Wednesday, February 25, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Sisters Folk Festival
to unveil 2015 poster
Riders shine in first competition
D e n n i s M c G r e g o r ’s
annual poster for the Sisters
Folk Festival has become an
artistic focal point as compel-
ling as any song. McGregor
will unveil his 2015 poster
image at a special event at
Clearwater Gallery/The Open
Door on Tuesday, March 3.
The event is part of The
Open Door wine bar and bis-
tro’s Dine for a Cause pro-
gram. Each month a different
nonprofit organization is fea-
tured and receives 10 percent
of the gross receipts for every
Tuesday of the month. The
Sisters Folk Festival is the
featured nonprofit for March.
The event runs from 4 to 6
p.m. at the gallery located at
303 W. Hood Ave.
McGregor and festival
Creative Director Brad Tisdel
will also provide some live
music for the event.
McGregor described the
poster that will first be seen at
the gallery event: “It features
songbirds from all around the
country,” he said. “Which is
what happens with the Sisters
Folk Festival: For 20 years,
songbirds from all around
the country have migrated to
Sisters.”
This is the second festival
poster to feature wildlife. Last
Sisters High School eques-
trians competed well at their
first Oregon High School
Equestrian Team (OHSET)
on the weekend.
Sisters veteran OHSET
members, Cammi Benson
and Ellie Chandler, shone in
the performance events, tak-
ing first-places in seven dif-
ferent classes. First-timer
Libby Harig helped the points
total with a third-place in sad-
dleseat equitation.
Rylee Hurtley continued a
family tradition with a good
showing in barrels, with other
Sisters athletes finishing in
the top 10 in several other
events.
The meets are an exer-
cise in stamina for athletes
and parents — competition
begins at 8 a.m. on Friday
and concludes sometime
Sunday afternoon. Parents
are expected to help run
the events, and they do so
cheerfully.
There are three arenas see-
ing action at the Deschutes
County Fair and Expo Center,
year’s poster, featuring a hip-
ster mule deer buck, was a big
hit.
“I was a little apprehensive
about what other folks might
think of it, because we’d
done people up to that point,”
McGregor acknowledged.
“To my surprise, people were
delighted by it.”
Creating a very popular
iconic image like “Buck” is
a two-edged sword. It’s grati-
fying of course — but it puts
pressure on the artist.
“The challenge is — and
it drives me crazy — is that
I want every one to be better
than the year before.”
The best route to get there
is to do something different.
“Don’t expect anything
based on what you’ve seen so
far,” the artist said.
The official event poster
won’t be available for a while
yet, as the festival is still
booking acts, all of which
will be listed on the poster.
Patrons won’t go home
empty handed though. There
will be a small flyer with the
new image available at the
unveiling.
“People will walk away
with a little handbill that
looks like the poster with the
acts so far,” McGregor said.
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Correspondent
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LETTER FROM SISTERS CITY HALL
In an effort to better engage the public and keep the public informed, every two
weeks in this space you will fi nd information about what is happening in Sisters from
the City’s perspective — projects that are underway, how they are progressing, ideas
the Council is considering and general updates. We want to do our very best to keep
you informed.
At the February 19 workshop Council discussed updates to the Business License,
Transient Merchant, and Public Event ordinances. Here is a summary of their discus-
sions.
Temporary Business License: Allowed for a minimum of 4 and maximum 45 con-
secutive-day period. Issued for a single period per calendar year, no renewals or exten-
sions. $100 application fee plus $10 per day.
Transient Merchant License: Licenses are limited to 3 consecutive days, 6 times
per calendar year on the same property. The fee is $100 per day. The fee for non-profi t
organizations will be reduced from $25 to zero.
Public Events: Public Events on private property will be added to the ordinance.
These will be events with more than 10 Transient Merchants taking place in the Down-
town Commercial District. Fees for all events will be restructured to account for staff
time and impact on City infrastructure. Included will be an application and park fee
depending on size of event and $10 per day fee for each Transient Merchant. Non-
profi t organizations will have reduced fees.
Council will have additional workshops to discuss these changes, and all interested
parties are encouraged to attend.
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