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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
COUNTRY FAIR: Event
funds church outreach
programs in Sisters
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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.
We used to sell it
[marionberry cobbler]
at the Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show before the
Country Fair, and we’d be
sold out in 30 minutes!
— Ann Reed
The silent auction from
Friday evening continued
with something for everyone.
Items included art, jewelry,
crystal, gift baskets and gift
certificates.
Proceeds from the event
go to the church’s outreach
program. Over the years, the
event has raised thousands of
dollars for organizations that
support people in the Sisters
community.
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
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