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Wednesday, June 15, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Unique variety at Art in the Park
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Scores of folks flocked
to check out a unique vari-
ety of goods at Creekside
Park during Rodeo weekend
for Sisters’ annual Art in the
Park. From whimsical hand-
made birdhouses to hand-
picked dessert wines from
Depoe Bay Winery, 90 ven-
dor booths spread across the
grassy lawn with an eclectic
mix of craftsmanship.
New vendor Aaron
Ysasaga was showing off pil-
lows at his booth — but not
just any pillows, American-
made therapeutic bamboo
pillows from Saga Brothers
Home Comfort, a family-
owned business in Portland.
“They are made from
shredded memory foam on
the inside and the outside is
bamboo, which is 10 times as
strong as cotton and 20 times
more breathable,” Ysasaga
said.
A special highlight this
year for kids and adults were
giant life-size board games
featuring chess and checkers.
Jax Hats, by designer
Adrienne Priess, a new ven-
dor from Bend, creates col-
orful stylish hats for adults
and children out of recycled
clothing and hand-makes the
buttons out of polymer clay.
“My mother, Jackie,
created the company 10
years ago out of Missoula,
Montana,” Priess said.
Jackie Priess wanted to
make a cute hat for her two
daughters, Adrienne and
Bethany, so using a sweater
which had seen better days,
she created adorable hats that
her kids’ friends raved about,
and that is how her business
began in 2007.
Both daughters created
a branch of the family busi-
ness. Adrienne creates Jax
hats in Bend and her sister
Bethany produces hats out of
Montana.
photo by Jodi sChneider mCnamee
The farmer’s daughter partner and dad, Bob.
“I enjoy selling my hats at
events, but recently I started
selling to some stores in
Bend. Hopefully Sisters will
be next.”
On Saturday, visitors and
vendors tapped their feet to
musical entertainment fea-
tured on both sides of the
park.
Singer songwriter Cassia
Dawn from Madras and her
uncle John Fortune teamed
up as a unique duo in The
Uncharted Project and played
a harmonious blend of melo-
dies including folk, rock, soul
and Indie music.
“I grew up with my uncle
and we became a musical
team over a year ago. He
writes the music and I write
the lyrics,” Dawn said.
Paws Up Bakery was cre-
ated by Pat Parker and Julie
Kremers from Coos Bay.
The homemade biscuits are
filled with good ingredients
for your furry friend, such as
pumpkin, peanut butter, coco-
nut flour and flax seed.
Parker originally baked
cookies for her miniature pin-
schers years ago.
“Pat and I both drove
school buses for the same
school, and were hired the
same day. We became fast
friends, and one thing led to
another and now we are in
the doggie baking business
together,” Kremers said.
The Farmer’s Daughter,
a business owned by Bob
Inabnit and his daughter Jill
Lorang from Montana is a
family partnership between
a farmer and daughter. They
work on re-purposing items
found around their Montana
farm and ranch and turn them
into distinctive pieces of art.
“My dad and I have been
doing this together for nine
years, and we have used a
lot of repurposed barbwire,”
Lorang told The Nugget.
This was event-organizer
Richard Esterman’s 14th Art
in the Park, with a silent auc-
tion benefitting the Make-A-
Wish Foundation of Oregon.
“The public loved the
creative endeavor from a
lot of new vendors, and
everyone enjoys the relaxed
atmosphere of the event,”
Esterman said.
Outlaw Open swings
into action Friday
The Outlaw Open golf
tourney is set to roll at Aspen
Lakes on Friday, June 17, at
Aspen Lakes Golf Course.
The scramble tournament
begins with a 1 p.m. shotgun
start.
As of press time, the tour-
nament was close to being
full, but interested players
should inquire about a slot.
T h e to u rn a me n t h a s
always been a fun afternoon
and evening for the attendees
— and it has been the Outlaw
Booster Club’s crucial fund-
raiser for Sisters schools’
extracurricular programs.
Since 1998, the Outlaw
Open has raised more than
$250,000 for Outlaw ath-
letics, including more than
$30,000 since the Outlaw
Booster Club began pairing
The Outlaw Open and Hall of
Fame Banquet.
“The Booster Club has
focused on FUNraising and
working with the school dis-
trict to fill the seats and events
to support the students and
athletes,” said Brett Hudson,
president of the Outlaw
Booster Club, which is now
in its second year organizing
the golf tournament.
The Outlaw Open, which
sold out in 2015, would not
be as much of a success if it
wasn’t fun for all. This year,
the event will get even more
enjoyable for the attendees.
As always, the tournament
includes a dinner and live auc-
tion. But new this year will be
a dance and a performance by
Central Oregon’s own High
Street Band. Cost to play in
the tournament is $130 per
golfer, and includes dinner,
auction, and entertainment.
Those not interested in play-
ing are invited to attend the
dinner and post-dinner enter-
tainment ($30 per person)
or just the High Street Band
performance and dance ($10).
Aspen Lakes has been
involved from the beginning,
and has donated the use of the
course for all 19 tournaments.
”One of the things we
wanted when we built the
golf course was to be able to
give back to the Sisters com-
munity,” said Pam Mitchell,
who co-owns Aspen Lakes.
“This is one of those ways
we do it. The Outlaw Open
helps support the Sisters foot-
ball program and the rest of
the schools’ extracurricular
activities.”
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visit www.birdeasepro.com/
OBCOutlawOpenandHOF or
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