The Nugget Vol. XLVII No. 39
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News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Glory Daze dazzles car enthusiasts
Festival offers diverse music
By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
If you found a parking spot in Sisters Saturday, consider yourself among the lucky. Between the 1,000plus who marveled at a collection of 95 pristine cars and trucks — some nearly 100 years old — and The Artist Studio Tour, town was wallto-wall with happy visitors. And if three blocks of automotive artistry weren’t enough for car buffs and their tag-alongs, no fewer than 52 vintage Packards rolled into Sisters, an overnight stop on their 1,100-mile road trip through a dozen states. Packard was an American luxury automobile company located in Detroit, Michigan. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last Packards were built in South Bend, Indiana, in 1958. The average value is $108,402, meaning some $5 million of them were huddled in the Ponderosa Inn parking lot, their home for a night. One of their owners told The Nugget, “This is icing on our cake. We had no idea of the quality of car show you’re putting on here.” That was the word used all day: quality. The judges
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As the days get shorter and the approach of winter is not far away, thoughts of our unhoused neighbors rise higher in our consciousness. For many Sisters agencies and organizations, the welfare of those neighbors is a year-round priority. To provide information to the public on the work being done on behalf of those Sisters residents lacking secure permanent housing, and to provide an opportunity to hear ideas, concerns, and questions from community members, the City has gathered together their partner agencies to convene a
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See GLORY DAZE on page 11
See FESTIVAL on page 19
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Sisters works on houselessness By Sue Stafford
Aficionados looked under hoods and inspected imperceptible details of the impeccable vehicles. Others – call them gawkers – strolled up and down Main Avenue from Elm to Larch, three blocks closed to vehicular traffic.
There is excitement around the lineup for the Sisters Folk Festival, which rolls into town FridaySunday, September 27-29. “I’m excited, even exuberant, about the diversity of music this year,” SFF Creative Director Brad Tisdel told The Nugget. Artists from Africa to Venezuela will take the stage, with many artists making their debut at the festival, with stalwarts like blues master Chris Smither marking his return for a third engagement. The last time he was here was in 2006. “We have outstanding fiddlers from all over the world,” Tisdel noted. A total of 33 acts are slated to perform in seven venues around downtown Sisters. Smither, Väsen, Caleb Klauder and Reeb Willms Country Band, Las Guaracheras, Carsie
The Glory Daze Car Show shone on Main Avenue on Saturday, showcasing automobiles of many vintages. of the juried show struggled with so many superb entries. Chief judge Steve Auerbach said: “This was really tough. The scoring was all bunched so close together. We had so many excellent cars today.” The oohs and aahs from the constant stream of
community conversation on Sunday, October 6, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., at the new Sisters Elementary School at 2155 West McKinney Butte Road. This will be a learning and input-gathering session, not a problem-solving session. This is the first step in exploring the very large issue of houselessness in the Sisters community. The reasons people lack secure housing are as varied as the people themselves. What they need and want in the way of assistance ranges from being left alone, to help finding employment, or the need for specific social services or healthcare. See HOUSELESS on page 13
spectators was palpable. “Just when I thought I had seen a truly amazing car, I’d walk 15 feet and there’d be another,” said Riley Wilcox from Lebanon, Oregon, who journeyed with a motorcade of seven vehicles from the Valley, their third Glory Daze.
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Artists open their studios to public By Bill Bartlett Correspondent
Conditions were all that could be hoped for when the annual Sisters Artist Studio Tour opened its doors Saturday for a two-day stint. Perfect weather, hundreds of leftover visitors on hand from the Glory Daze Car Show (see story, page 1), and an impressive lineup of ceramicists, painters, and sculptors — 18 in all, spread over 12 venues. And even as a steady mass wound its way from one studio or gallery to the next, several gallery operators and artists reported mixed results. A few welcomed more visitors than at any time previously while others said traffic languished. Most, not all, found
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Taylor Manoles mixed oils as art lovers talked with her about her style. Saturday satisfying, but then saw a marked drop-off on Sunday. They reported much praise and enthusiasm for the works presented and some of
the newer artists. However, that did not translate much to sales or commissions. See ARTISTS on page 9
Letters/Weather ............... 2 Bull by Bull ....................... 6 Announcements...............10 Obituaries .......................16 Crossword .......................21 Meetings .......................... 3 Bunkhouse Chronicle ........ 8 Entertainment .................12 Life is a game .................. 20 Classifieds................. 22-23