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Wednesday, May 31, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Burning
closes
down
May 31
The Central Oregon Fire
Chiefs Association (COFCA)
has announced the date of
closing for residential and
private lands open debris
burning across the tri-county
region in Deschutes, Crook,
and Jefferson counties.
Fire chiefs from the local
municipal and rural fire
departments, along with State
and Federal partners have
determined that, due to exist-
ing environmental conditions
this year, outdoor burning of
debris and agricultural burns
on private lands will close as
of sunset on May 31.
Sisters-Camp Sherman
Fire District Chief Roger
Johnson strongly urges home-
owners to prepare their prop-
erty for the upcoming fire
season now before there is
smoke on the horizon. There
are alternatives to burn-
ing yard debris. The spring
FireFree events in Deschutes
and Jefferson counties pro-
vides this opportunity for
local residents to dispose of
their debris inexpensively and
legally. The FireFree days
will begin on June 2-3 for
Sisters-area residents and will
be available for selected dates
during the month in numer-
ous locations to all Central
Oregon residents.
For information call
541-549-0771.
AMERICANA CD: Students
will perform in concert
at The Belfry
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them each year and support
their musical and personal
growth.”
This year ’s recording
shows the diversity and tal-
ent possessed by these young
artists. It features the work
of talented young musicians,
and will be a final send-off
for senior students, includ-
ing Ryan Funk; Brandon
Ermatinger; Liam Brown;
Johanna Geisen; Bree
Papworth; and Alec Gannon,
who plans to go on to study
recording technology in col-
lege. The album artwork fea-
tures work by Max Sillers
and Brandon Ermatinger,
and showcases 15 original
songs. This year’s CD proj-
ect has been funded by the
Dottie and Eli Ashley Fund
of the Oregon Community
Foundation.
On Monday, June 12, the
Americana Luthier Program
is celebrating the completion
of handmade guitars and uku-
leles. The showcase will be
held at 6:30 p.m. at the Sisters
High School Lecture/Drama
room and is free to the public.
The Luthier Program
is a collaboration between
Sisters Folk Festival, Sisters
School District and Breedlove
Guitars, and funded primarily
through Sisters Folk Festival.
The program, which was
started in 2006 by Jayson
Bowerman and Sisters High
School teacher Tony Cosby,
instructs students in the age-
old craft of building musical
instruments. The guitar-build-
ing program is led by Cosby,
the engineering and wood-
working instructor at Sisters
High School, with engineer-
ing integration from Kerry
Bott, a retired Intel engineer
and SFF board-member, and
many dedicated volunteers.
Bott and other volunteers pro-
vide engineering insight and
mentoring each day to help
the students complete beau-
tiful heirloom-quality instru-
ments. The ukulele program
is led by Bill MacDonald of
Kona Breeze Ukuleles, with
support from David Perkins
and dedicated volunteers.
“There is great collabora-
tion that takes place, where
guitar students work together
with engineering students to
come up with the design they
Hair 911?
want to see, and help to make
it a reality with the CNC
machine, creating their own
headstock and rosette designs.
They learn many life lessons,
including patience, persever-
ance and resiliency, while also
learning career-related wood-
working skills. This kind of
integration of engineering
and the arts is what makes
the program special, and they
get to keep the instrument for
life,” said Brad Tisdel, cre-
ative director for Sisters Folk
Festival and co-founder of the
Americana Project.
At the event, the students
will present their completed
instruments and there will
be a tour of the woodshop
offered to those interested
in learning more about the
program.
Programs like the
Americana Luther Project and
the creation of an annual CD
are made possible through
donations and grants. To help
support these and other arts-
related learning opportuni-
ties in Sisters schools, dona-
tions can be made at www.
sistersfolk.org/donate-sff.
Suggested donation for
the CD release concert on
Wednesday, June 7, is $15 for
adults, $10 for students (at the
door only – no advance sales),
with this year’s CD included
in the price. Doors open at
6:30 p.m. and the concert
begins at 7 p.m. The Belfry
is located at 302 E. Main
Ave. The Americana Luthier
Showcase, which is free to
the public, will be held at the
Sisters High School Lecture
Drama room.
They learn many life
lessons, including
patience, perseverance
and resiliency, while also
learning career-related
woodworking skills.
— Brad Tisdel
For information on all
2017 Sisters Folk Festival
events, visit www.sistersfolk
festival.org or call the festival
office at 541-549-4979.
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June 2-3, 2017, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
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Join the fun and
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Swiss Mountain Log Homes
is hosting an
Open House
Saturday, June 3 •1 to 3 p.m.
Come view a just-completed full-scribe,
handcrafted log shell at our work-yard
$20 in advance
$25 day of
The Sisters Homebrew Festival is like many brew fests, with
one distinct twist — it’s all homebrew. Entry buys you unlimited
samples of beer, a beer sampling glass, smoked meats from
Sisters Smokehouse and great music!
in the Sisters Industrial Park.
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