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22 Wednesday, March 1, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon POSTER: Statue and guitar both date to the 1880s Continued from page 3 PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS Pavement work is currently underway on t2e Barclay Drive side of Hig2way 20 near BiMart and Ray’s. ROUNDABOUT: Work to be done by Memorial Day Continued from page 1 During the period of con- struction, there will be a variety of detours for motor- ists around the construction area so that access to and from Sisters to the west will SCIENCE FAIR: Event includes hands-on activities Continued from page 3 finding one amazing exhibit after another. There’s always such an electric excitement as parents, kids and commu- nity members discover the wonders and importance of science.” Healthy living and green energy programs will have displays from greenhouse gardening to organic veg- etables in our Seed-To-Table program. The planetarium will be set up and students, teachers, and astronomy vol- unteers will be on hand to explain the night sky. A 3-D printer will be there to aston- ish your imagination with fascinating possibilities and new innovation. The 2017 Design, Construct, Compete (DCC) Challenge will feature a never be completely shut down. Installation of the art- work and landscaping for the roundabout will occur after the construction is complete. The $3.2 million proj- ect is designed to improve safety, mobility, and access at the intersection of Highway 20 and Barclay Drive. Construction of the round- about improvement is to be completed by Memorial Day. mousetrap car competition for elementary school stu- dents and a catapult compe- tition for middle and high school students. Registration forms and a $25 check are due by March 2 for the cat- apult competition. Rules and registration forms for the catapult competition are available for download at the Sisters Science Club website, www.sistersscienceclub.org. Elementary school students can register to compete in the mousetrap car competition at the Science Fair. Rules for the Science Fair SciArt contest are also avail- able at the Sisters Science Club website, and entries must be submitted by March 8. The success of the Sisters Science Fair depends on its many volunteers willing to help set up, answer questions and steer visitors in the right direction. If you’d like to vol- unteer to help at this year’s Science Fair, contact Barbara Bott at bottb1@gmail.com. here with this uniquely American instrument. And the music became known as ‘folk music,’ for the folks who wrote and played it. The songs often celebrated liberty, and over the years have also become known for protesting injustices.” Sisters was designed to resemble a Western town of the 1880s, the same period as Lady Liberty and the parlor guitar. “As today’s America searches for common ground, there might be some here — in songs written by and for the people,” adds McGregor. “How fitting that our little festival grew up here, and that today ‘all the town’s a stage.’” McGregor’s poster image title, “For You and Me,” hails from one of the most famous folk songs in America, “This Land is Your Land,” written by Woody Guthrie. During the 1940s Guthrie became one of the promi- nent songwriters for the loosely knit folk group called Almanac Singers. They took up social causes such as union organizing, anti-fascism, peace, and just plain fighting for the things they believed in the best way they could: through songs of political pro- test and activism. A decade later, the Almanacs re-formed as The Weavers, the most commer- cially successful and influen- tial folk music group of the early 1950s. Guthrie also traveled all over the country, and the Pacific Northwest was one of his favorite spots in the nation. This year marks the 22nd anniversary of the Sisters Folk Festival and the 17th year that McGregor has been commissioned to paint origi- nal artwork for the annual SFF poster image that attracts thousands of people to the three-day music festival. “Dennis came to me in 2000 and volunteered to paint an image for SFF, and he also wanted to help with the music aspects for the festival. He was one of two instructors we brought in as guest artists for the very first Americana class,” said Brad Tisdel, SFF creative director. Some feedback from Sisters folks regarding the 2017 poster image: “I think the image is magnificent. There is some- thing about blue that’s peace- ful and honest. The image is strong, patriotic and brings us all together and that’s what we need now,” said Helen Schmidling, Sisters Gallery manager. “Dennis captures the feel- ing and the vibe within our community and in our coun- try, and I think he’s done that in a way that represents diver- sity, inclusion and acceptance for everyone,” said Tisdel. “I think that’s the value of the SFF. We want to be diverse culturally and we want to be diverse musically and we want to be accepting and unifying. That creates an opportunity for solidarity,” he added. Katy Yoder, developmen- tal director for SFF, was on hand to share her excitement with The Nugget. “I think that this is a pow- erful message for solidarity. And I’m really happy to see that because it’s what we need.” Tisdel divulged that SFF has 17 acts confirmed, with The East Pointers as the encore artists. 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