Wednesday, July 8, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Library hosts big
annual book sale
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Stop by the lawn in front
of the Sisters Library on Quilt
Show Day, July 11, from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. to peruse a treasure
trove of books at the Friends
of the Sisters Library (FOSL)
annual book sale.
All paperback books are
50 cents, children’s books are
25 to 50 cents, and all hard-
cover books are $1. There will
also be a special collection of
quilting books for $4 to $5
each. Choose from hundreds
of books at bargain prices and
help support the work of FOSL
in supporting the library.
The annual sale, which
began in the 1990s when the
library was located on Main
Avenue in what is now the
Sisters Area Chamber of
Commerce Visitors Center, has
grown larger every year, rais-
ing more than $1,200 last year.
“Come down and look at
all our quilting books and the
wonderful quilt available for
raffle, and check out all our
great bargain books,” said
Sandy Duncan, co-manager of
the FOSL Book Corner.
Refreshments prepared by
FOSL members will be avail-
able throughout the day for
free as well as water to beat the
heat. Donations will be gladly
See BooK SAle on page 36
photo by Jodi Schneider McnaMee
richard Anderson displays his handiwork, an obsidian tool with a moose-antler handle.
Gem show dazzles onlookers
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Glory Daze will fill town
with that rumblin’ sound
That rumblin’ sound you’ll
hear in Sisters on Saturday,
July 18, will be coming from
the lovingly built and main-
tained engines of dozens of
classic cars and hot rods com-
ing to town for their annual
opportunity to strut their stuff.
The Sisters Area Chamber
of Commerce will host the
seventh-annual Sisters “Glory
Daze” Car Show on Main
Avenue from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Dust off your poodle skirts
and saddle shoes and head
to downtown Sisters. There
will be entertainment from
professional D.J. RC West of
KSJJ-102.9 Sisters Park &
Recreation District will host
“Beef and Brew” featuring
buried beef, “beer keg beans,”
and beverages for sale in the
parking lot next to Bank of the
Cascades.
An awards ceremony will
take place around 2:45 p.m.
and a 50/50 raffle draw-
ing will benefit a local non-
profit whose mission includes
inspiring and empowering
positive change in the lives
of young people through jobs,
education, and stewardship.
Registration is open to all
makes and models through
See CAr ShoW on page 38
Correspondent
Sisters Elementary
School grounds sparkled in
the sunlight for the annual
Sisters Roundup of Gems
last Thursday at the start of
a four-day show. More than
40 vendors set up camp and
displayed their unique trea-
sures, dug up from around
the world.
And it was happy digging
for rock and gem enthusiasts,
or anyone just browsing the
shimmering collections.
You could find loose
beads, rocks and minerals
for specimen collecting and
cutting, loose precious and
semi-precious gemstones
from amethysts to moon-
stones, settings and findings,
fossils, meteorites, tools and
books, plus completed pieces
of fine, Southwestern Native
American jewelry and bead
jewelry.
Vendors Rick and Ginny
Taylor, from Corvallis, mine
Sunstone, which is Oregon’s
state gemstone. The Oregon
sunstone was designated
the state’s official gem-
stone in 1987. Sunstones are
uncommon in their compo-
sition, clarity, and range of
colors.
“It’s the most mined
gemstone in the U.S.,” Rick
Taylor said. “And Oregon
is the only place that the
sunstone has been found.
Collectors and miners
attracted by these sunstones
have been a boon to tour-
ism in Oregon. The color of
a sunstone is determined by
the quantity of copper metal
found within the stone, which
makes it very unique.”
Despite the scorching
heat, folks still came out
to browse and buy to their
hearts delight.
Richard Anderson, from
Waldport, was at his booth
showing off one of his many
obsidian stone tools, a dagger
which he had hand-carved
with a tool made from cop-
per. The handle was made
from a moose antler.
Obsidian forms from
molten lava that cooled very
quickly. It is said to be a type
of volcanic glass.
“I carve it the old-fash-
ioned way,” Anderson said.
“I use a tool made from cop-
per and plastic, a very simple
tool. A good friend of mine
carves all the handles which
are made out of moose and
deer antlers, elk teeth, and
even a coyote jawbone. I
have found many of the han-
dles out in the wild. As for
See geM ShoW on page 12
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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