Wednesday, June 24, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Festival will raffle an
extraordinary guitar
The Sisters Folk Festival
(SFF) will raffle an extraor-
dinary Breedlove Guitar to
mark its 20th year during the
festival set for September
11-13.
The guitar, a custom C20/
CM by Breedlove Guitars,
has a red cedar top and quilted
mahogany back and sides, a
sunburst finish, and a custom
inlay of “SFF 2015,” with a
vintage microphone in keep-
ing with this year’s poster
image by Dennis McGregor.
It is valued at $8,000.
The wood used to produce
the guitar back and sides is
from “The Tree,” a legend-
ary Honduran mahogany tree
felled 50 years ago.
The wood was donated
by musician and songwriter
Jay Howlett. Jay is an ardent
supporter of the Sisters Folk
Festival and, along with his
record company “Blah Blah,
Woof Woof” and label-mate
Chuck McCabe, he was a key
player in its inception.
The legend of The Tree
began almost 50 years ago,
when a group of loggers deep
in the Chiquibul Jungle of
what is now Belize, discov-
ered a giant mahogany tree,
100 feet tall, with a 10-foot
base and spiraled bark that
See GuItar on page 30
Miller family quilts a
piece of quilt show history
By Jim cornelius
News Editor
Quilting is a traditional
art — one that is continuing
to grow and evolve as artists
press into new frontiers.
Yet even the most avant-
garde quilter can appreciate
the extraordinary detail-work
of hand-stitched traditional
quilts. Visitors to the Sisters
Outdoor Quilt Show this July
will have an opportunity to
see such work on display at
Beacham’s Clock Company.
Family quilts belong-
ing to local contractor and
Sisters Rodeo Association
President Glenn Miller will be
on display there through the
entire month of July.
These quilts have an addi-
tional touch of traditional res-
onance. They first hung on the
streets of Sisters back in 1975.
“A couple of ’em were in
the first quilt show 40 years
ago,” Miller told The Nugget.
The quilts come out of
the Mennonite and Amish
traditions.
“My mom was a Mennonite
and all my aunts and uncles
were Amish,” Miller said.
A couple of the quilts on
display in this year’s show
were made by Miller’s mother.
See HIStory on page 24
photo provided
Some of the 2015 Honored Quilters who have achieved recognition for their superb workmanship, their mastery
of a wide variety of quilting techniques, and their ability to create extraordinary artistic beauty in quilting.
Quilt Show offers ‘Timeless Tapestry’
The 40th Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show is about to roll out
in Sisters.
The theme of the 2015
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
(SOQS) is “A Timeless
Tapestry” — a story told
through weaving fabric and
thread. This year, SOQS hon-
ors the quilters, instructors,
volunteers, artists, businesses,
donors, sponsors and indus-
try leaders whose help and
support during the past four
decades have transformed
the town of Sisters into a liv-
ing tapestry every second
Saturday in July since 1975.
The 40th anniversary
event is being presented by
Robert Kaufman Fabrics.
Robert Kaufman Co, Inc. is
a purveyor of quilting fabrics
and textiles for retailers and
manufacturers. Kaufman Co.
is a fabric supplier to many
industries, including retail &
quilting, home decor, bridal,
uniforms, and the apparel
industry.
Highlighting the 40th anni-
versary celebration will be the
return visit from the Quilters
of Gee’s Bend presented by
The Roundhouse Foundation.
Recently, three of the quilters
of Gee’s Bend received a 2015
National Heritage Fellowship,
the nation’s highest award
for folk and traditional arts.
Mary Lee Bendolph, Loretta
Pettway, and Lucy Mingo,
three of the chief quilters of
Gee’s Bend, are among the
group of artists chosen for this
year’s award.
“Roundhouse Foundation
has been a LoneStar Sponsor
of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt
Show these many years
because it meets our mis-
sion to encourage commu-
nity enrichment through the
arts in Central Oregon,” said
Kathy Deggendorfer. “The
Roundhouse Foundation
wanted to support the Quilters
of Gee’s Bend return to Sisters
for their third visit to continue
to build our friendships and
the roundhouse
foundation wanted to
support the Quilters
of Gees Bend return to
Sisters ... to continue to
build our friendships and
artistic relationships with
these artists...
— Kathy deggendorfer
artistic relationships with
these artists, who are national
treasures.”
See QuIlt SHoW on page 21
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
location information: 541-549-2072.
ALANON Monday, noon, Shepherd
of the Hills Lutheran Church •
Central Oregon Spinners and
Wednesday, 6 p.m., The Episcopal
Weavers Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to
Church of the Transfi guration.
3 p.m. Sisters Library. 541-639-3217.
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Alcoholics Anonymous Thursday &
Guild 1st Monday. 541-610-9022.
Sunday, 7 p.m., The Episcopal Church
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
of the Transfi guration • Saturday,
Wednesday, September-June, Stitchin’
8 a.m., The Episcopal Church of the
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Transfi guration • Monday, 5 p.m.,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
Friends of the Sisters Library
• Tuesday, noon, Big Book study,
Board of Directors 2nd Tuesday,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church • 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Library. Public is
Thursday, noon, Sober Sisters Women welcome. 541-977-8285.
Meeting, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Church. 541-548-0440.
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Authors Support Group 2nd Friday,
Hall. Just bring scissors! 503-880-5832.
10 a.m., Sisters Area Chamber of
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
Commerce. 541-588-0081.
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-548-3304.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Military Parents of Sisters 2nd
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-647-7483.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., Black Butte
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
Ranch community room. All welcome;
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
partner required. 541-595-6236.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters & Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
community room. All are welcome.
541-923-1632.
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 a.m.,
Brand 33 Restaurant at Aspen Lakes.
541-410-2870.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board of
Directors 2nd Wed., 5:30 to 7 p.m.
The Pines Clubhouse. 541-719-8822.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd
Tuesday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
VFW 8138 & American Legion
1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. Service offi cer available.
541-903-1123 or 541-549-1132.
CITY & PARKS
Sisters City Council 2nd &
4th Thursday, 7 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
5:30 p.m., SPRD building. The public is
welcome. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
FIRE & POLICE
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors
3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Main Station,
George Cyrus Rd. 541-548-4815. See
the agenda at www.cloverdalefi re.com.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 301 S. Elm St.
541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
SCHOOLS
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
RE/MAX Revolution offi ce at Outlaw
Station. 541-549-4133.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month,
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule at www.
sisters.k12.or.us. 541-549-8521 x4011.
This calendar is for reg
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