Wednesday, July 22, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Harvest Faire will move
to Main Avenue
Organizers of one of
Sisters’ longest-running
events are changing its
location.
The Sisters Area Chamber
of Commerce has announced
that the 2015 Sisters Harvest
Faire will be held on Main
Avenue between Elm and
Larch Streets.
This year’s event will be
held October 10 and 11 from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The new location will be
adjacent to the new Fir Street
Park and provide increased
access for vendors and visi-
tors. The new venue will ben-
efit vendors by allowing them
to set up one hour earlier,
there will be more corner loca-
tions, and increased vendor
parking.
Visitors and local event
attendees will benefit with
increased visibility and ease
of access to Fir Street Park.
Local musicians will ben-
efit from the new stage, and
the food vendors will now
have space that makes them
feel more connected to the
event.
“The Sisters Area Chamber
of Commerce has been host-
ing the popular Harvest Faire
for over 30 years,” said Judy
Trego, executive director of
See HArVeSt fAIre on page 21
photo by diane Goble
Sisters turned out to celebrate the new community Garden facility last week.
Garden celebration marks milestone
By Diane Goble
Scratchboard artist
featured in ‘Dog Show’
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Artist Jennifer Hartwig’s
first introduction to scratch-
board art was in a high school
class using scratch-paper. Life
intervened and she didn’t pick
up the medium again until 12
years ago. Hartwig, a Sisters
resident, is now a scratch-
board artist specializing in
wildlife and pet portraits, and
will be a featured artist in the
seventh annual celebration of
“The Dog Show: A Fetching
Display of Canine Imagery.”
An artists reception,
including Hartwig, will be
held at Sisters Art Works on
Friday, July 24, from 4 to 7
p.m. Sisters Art Works will
host The Dog Show from July
24 through September 24 at
204 W. Adams Ave.
Scratchboard art is a form
of direct engraving. Pictures
are created using a sharp
scribing tool. The panel starts
out solid black, and then the
artist scratches to expose a
layer of white clay under
black ink.
“I use pressboard, and on
that is baked ceramic and then
the ceramic is sprayed over
with India ink. The ceramic
creates the white which has a
See ArtISt on page 20
Correspondent
The members of Sisters
Community Garden hosted a
garden party last week to rec-
ognize all the people and busi-
nesses that have contributed
to the success of this commu-
nity project.
As honored guests mean-
dered through the organic lab-
yrinth located just southeast
of the Sisters Airport runway,
garden advisor Donna Parker
took visitors new to the gar-
den on a tour through the 44
planting beds showing off
the variety of fruits and veg-
etables planted by community
members, including children,
with enough left over to be
able to donate about 300
pounds of fresh produce to the
local food banks every year.
In the background, against
a threatening stormy sky that
spared the garden and moved
on just in time for the guests
to start arriving, played The
Anvil Blasters, a Western
Americana band, with Jim
Cornelius, Lynn Woodward,
Jeff Wester and Mike Biggers.
Garden manager Marvin
Benson told guests the story
of the greenhouse — taking
it from a dream to reality, and
what a benefit it is to grow-
ing starter and vine plants that
can’t take our Central Oregon
weather extremes or our
shorter growing season.
Ruthie Douglas and her
tireless volunteers had the
garden all dressed up with
tables and chairs scattered
throughout the garden. There
was a colorful tablecloth and
a vase of flowers on every
table, and a delicious buf-
fet spread with foods made
from local produce and deli-
cious strawberry-rhubarb pie
baked by gardeners made for
a fun evening of good food,
good company and good
entertainment.
“This garden embodies
the spirit of the community,”
Douglas said. “It was built by
the generosity of the Sisters
community— that is what we
are recognizing this evening.
I believe all this calls for a
celebration!”
Community Garden
vice-president Bob Lawton
stopped the music to begin
the program and asked one
of the original members, Sue
Stafford, to give a little of the
history since it began in 2006.
(See related story, page 13.)
Champagne was passed
around, and Lawton asked all
to raise their glasses in toast
to Marvin Benson for all the
work he has done in bring-
ing this community together.
Lawton then recognized
some of the many people who
See GArDeN on page 14
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
scheduled meetings; ularly
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