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Wednesday, July 27, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Arts & CrAfts:
Vendors ranged from
crafters to foodies
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Kentucky, who vacations
in Sisters every summer,
admired a remarkable-looking
necklace at Jenee Mohler’s
booth.
Mohler designs elegant
repurposed and upcycled jew-
elry, and showcased jewelry
crafted with authentic antique
pocket watches, porcelain
dials, old gears and parts, vin-
tage jewelry pieces and what-
ever else strikes her fancy
Mohler, a Sisters resident
and first-time vendor, shared
the booth with her daughter
Beth Garner, who upcycles
bike-tire inner tubes into stun-
ning jewelry.
“This venture started last
year when my mother took
me to a basic wire wrapping
class,” Mohler said.
Mohler has always been
intrigued with the intri-
cate mechanics of early
timepieces.
“I love the mystery sur-
rounding the vintage pieces I
start with and enjoy creating
something beautiful to wear
out of them.”
Rock & roll blues-style
music by Derek Michael
Mark & Double AA band
entertained throughout the
day on Saturday, as folks
stopped by and listened for a
while on their way for more
browsing or getting ready to
grab a delicious pulled-pork
sandwich from Bad Boys
Barbecue.
And you couldn’t keep
folks away from the enticing
Chocolate Moonshine Co.
booth all weekend — includ-
ing this Nugget correspondent.
“Our company is located
in Grove City, Pennsylvania
and has been operational
for three years,” said Sean
Babuso, company employee.
“I actually flew in from
Pittsburg a couple of days ago
for training and am having a
great time in Sisters.”
Chocolate Moonshine Co.
uses sustainable natural and
organic raw materials that
are not overly processed.
Their fudge recipe was voted
as the “best tasting fudge
in America” by Hershey’s
Chocolate Co.
“Our fudge is creamy
and not overly sweet. It’s
made with fresh cream and
fresh butter with 30 percent
less sugar than other fudge,”
Babuso added.
I actually flew in
from Pittsburg a couple
of days ago for training
and am having a great
time in Sisters.
— Sean Babuso
Reed and Sarah Boeder,
from Bend, new distributors
for the company, were hand-
ing out samples of fudge.
People took time to relax in
the shade where a light breeze
made it pleasantly cool. The
festival also had several wet
dogs walking around that
had found the creek that runs
through the park.
stAff: Department
recruiting for
additional planner
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applications, as explained by
Davenport.
“CDD priority is focused
on performing plan reviews
for building permits and
land-use applications. Code
enforcement, grant-writing,
and long-range planning proj-
ects are not a priority given
the current staffing situation.”
Davenport went on to say,
“There are some delays in
customer-service requests,
but so far our response is
not too bad considering the
situation.”
He did warn, however,
that a great deal of his time
over the next few weeks
will be taken up with pre-
paring staff reports for the
Planning Commission meet-
ing on August 18, dealing
with a modification for the
remaining vacant land held
by Hayden Homes, as well as
a modification to ClearPine
subdivision to allow for con-
struction of nine cottage-
style dwellings in Phase 2.
Davenport will also be pre-
paring to present develop-
ment code text amendments
for cluster developments and
site plan reviews.
“I am trying to train Carol
for a shift in her responsi-
bilities to assume some more
duties, but this takes time,
which is in short supply these
days,” said Davenport.
Allen remains optimistic
about finding the right per-
son to fill the senior planner
position.
“I am confident that
Sisters is a desirable place to
work and we will be success-
ful. It just might take a little
longer. We have only been
at it for three weeks; that is
not considered close to a long
recruiting process,” he said.
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