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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Folk Festival to kick off ticket sales
The early bird may get
the worm — but only if they
jump on it quickly.
Sisters Folk Festival
(SFF) is opening ticket sales
for the 2017 festival at 9
a.m. on Thursday, December
1. The festival dates are
September 8-10, 2017.
There will be 500 tick-
ets for a three-day weekend
pass available at a discounted
price of $125. Patrons are
limited to four discounted
tickets per purchase. When
the early-bird tickets are
gone, there will be plenty of
full-price tickets available
at $150. Organizers remind
patrons that last year early
bird tickets sold out in less
than five minutes, but full-
price passes didn’t sell out
until June. Once the dis-
counted tickets are gone,
full-price tickets will be
immediately available.
“Early-bird ticket pricing
is one way we can help those
who can’t afford a full-price
ticket to experience the festi-
val. But you have to be ready
— they sold out very quickly
last year and we expect that
will probably happen again,”
said SFF Managing Director
Ann Richardson.
Tickets will be available
for purchase online at www.
sistersfolkfestival.org/tickets
starting at 9 a.m. There will
be no phone sales.
The 22nd annual festival
will feature more than 40
acts, 11 stages and three days
of world-class music. “All
the town’s a stage” is not
just a tagline, it’s a reality for
three magical days.
The festival is organized
by the nonprofit Sisters
Folk Festival, Inc. SFF has
also pioneered excellence
in music education through
the acclaimed Americana
Project, Americana Song
Academy, and Song
Academy for Youth.
Registration
will
open December 1 for the
Americana Song Academy,
September 5-8, 2017. The
academy is held at Caldera,
an arts camp located in the
Cascade mountains just
outside Sisters. Select fes-
tival artists arrive four days
early for an intimate music
and songwriting experience
that has been described as
transformative. Catie Curtis,
touring professional singer-
songwriter said of her experi-
ence, “The Americana Song
Academy brought me back to
life, artistically. It rekindled
the fire I had been looking
for for a long time.”
For more informa-
tion about the Sisters Folk
Festival or Americana
Song Academy, visit www.
sistersfolkfestival.org or call
541-549-4979.
First Interstate to acquire BOTC
First Interstate, parent
company of First Interstate
Bank, will acquire Cascade
Bancorp, parent company
of Bank of the Cascades, in
a cash and stock transaction
valued at approximately $589
million. The transaction cre-
ates a regional banking fran-
chise that extends from the
Mountain West to the Pacific
Northwest and provides First
Interstate with a presence in
several high-growth markets,
including Bend and Boise.
After completion of the
acquisition, First Interstate
will have approximately
$12.1 billion in total assets,
$10.1 billion in total deposits,
$7.6 billion in total loans and
131 banking offices.
“We are very excited
to announce this transfor-
mational acquisition that
leverages our significant
investment in people, pro-
cesses and technology. This
opportunity is a good fit for
us geographically, strategi-
cally, financially and cultur-
ally. Cascade’s operating
philosophy, commitment
to community banking and
corporate responsibility are
similar to ours, allowing for
a seamless integration of our
two companies,” said First
Interstate President and Chief
Executive Officer Kevin
Riley. “We are pleased to
welcome Cascade’s employ-
ees, customers and share-
holders and look forward to
continuing the good work that
Cascade has been doing. Both
of our banks have very strong,
relationship-centered cultures
and this is an ideal extension
of First Interstate into markets
we have been evaluating for
several years.”
“We believe First
Interstate is an exceptional
banking partner for Cascade,”
commented Terry Zink,
president and chief executive
officer of Cascade Bancorp.
“Strategically they intend to
grow Cascade’s branch net-
work, as well as our metro-
politan commercial banking
centers across the Northwest.
It follows that they highly
value the many Cascade
bankers who are on the front
line with our customer rela-
tionships and are committed
to ensuring our loyal cus-
tomers will benefit from this
combination.”
First Interstate and
Cascade expect to close the
transaction in mid-2017.
Report: Oregon job
growth cooling off
SALEM (AP) — Oregon’s
job growth has cooled off,
and with that, the growth in
personal income taxes that
the state collects has slowed.
The state says in its eco-
nomic and revenue forecast,
published on November 16,
that Oregon’s General Fund
revenue outlook remains sta-
ble. Currently, those revenues
are expected to land within
$8 million of the estimate
from the close of the last leg-
islative session.
The report says that based
on new employment data
and withholdings out of
Oregonian paychecks, the
slowdown is already here.
While Oregon’s labor market
growth is slowing somewhat,
the state is at or near full
employment.
Bend’s sewage plant
contractor sues city of Bend
BEND (AP) — A
Washington-based construc-
tion company that was in
charge of expanding the city’s
sewage treatment plant has
filed a lawsuit against the city
for unpaid work.
The Bulletin reports that
Apollo Inc. filed the lawsuit
in Deschutes County Circuit
Court while the city was in
a mediation session with the
company.
The company’s lawsuit
alleges that design flaws led to
delays and unexpected costs
for the sewage plant project.
Apollo Inc. did not return
a request for comment.
Apollo was awarded a
$32 million contract in 2013
to expand the facility. After
problems, the city chose
to remove Apollo from the
project.
Last month, city attorney
Mary Winters said the con-
struction company didn’t
manage the project properly,
which caused delays and a
number of changes in the con-
struction plan.
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