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28 Wednesday, August 16, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon COUNTRY FAIR: Event funds church outreach programs in Sisters Continued from page 1 Reed said. “And we’d be sold out in 30 minutes!” Excited kids gathered around the petting zoo, where a menagerie of animals was just waiting for some attention. A very friendly salmon- tine boa and a hognose snake attracted a crowd. Volunteer Christine Cole, who’s been bringing critters for seven years, brought three snakes that love to slither up and curl around on anyone. And her salmon-colored boa was curled right around Joel Hanson, who had never han- dled a snake before. “This snake feels really neat, I never knew what it would feel like to hold one,” Hanson said. “Besides snakes I have two velveteen bunnies, friendly chickens, two sheep and four rats,” Cole told The Nugget. One of the sheep, Bliss, won “Supreme Champion Ewe” at the Deschutes County Fair this year. Sisters resident Kristen Hilgart brought her two mini- horses, Trigger and Red. “The church has asked me to bring my horses so many times, and this year worked out,” Hilgart said. Sisters resident Beverly Halcon, a volunteer for Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD, helped Hilgart with her horses. The event wouldn’t be the same without Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD and all their bright-red fire trucks that engage kids of all ages. “We are educating people about what is on our trucks to protect them,” said Captain Jeff Liming from the district. “But we have a smaller crew than usual this year because the other firefighters are out checking on fires in the area. We have a wildland fire crew out investigating a fire right up the road from here. And we have a number of firefighters out on different fires in the area.” Two new fire students were helping the captain out educating the public. Lauren Bodemon and Nicholas Otasu are on their way to become paramedics and they both have all their fire certifications. The face painting station is always very popular with kids and adults. Sisters resi- dent and volunteer Alessandra Wentworth was busy paint- ing everything from rainbows to ladybugs with the help of friend Brynn Beaver. The Country Store is a big temptation at the fair. It was bustling with folks who bought fresh vegetables, homemade preserves and rel- ishes, home-baked goodies and hand-knitted hats. Sisters resident and Episcopal church member A’Journe Spyker brought a 140-year-old cider press that he acquired three years ago in Southwest Washington. “This is the first year we’ve done this for the fair, and it’s not even apple sea- son, but nice to taste some early,” Spyker said. “We’ve been bringing the press over to Circle of Friends and mak- ing apple cider for a couple of years now.” Young Eduardo was grind- ing the apples while Jim Prichard, a mentor from the nonprofit organization, sliced the apples and dropped them in the press. There was no charge for the cider. Donations were accepted. Little folks were able to express their creative side at Craft Corner and the Kid Zone area where anything was possible with chalk drawing, a bubble machine, a bouncy castle and other games with prizes. 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