Wednesday, August 23, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Trails Alliance seeks
Cycle Oregon volunteers
Hundreds of cyclists
will come rolling down
the McKenzie Highway on
September 16 (fire condi-
tions permitting) on the
final leg of the annual Cycle
Oregon bike ride.
By the time they
hit Sisters they’ll be
hungry.
Sisters Trails Alliance
is seeking 24 volunteers to
work 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. getting
ready for the riders, serving
up lunch, and cleaning up
afterwards.
“They give you $2,000
for doing that, which is
really nice,” said Ann
Richardson of STA. “We’re
donating that to Bike Park
242.”
Bike Park 242 is a com-
munity-based project to cre-
ate dirt-track riding features
for mountain bikers. There’s
already a pump track on
the grounds of Sisters Park
& Recreation District, and
design, materials. and fund-
ing are being put in place to
add technical skills features,
“drop zones” and lines of
jumps.
See VOLUNTEERS on page 19
McGregor paintings
soon to be a book
or fowl in Sisters Country,
McGregor has probably
painted it.
One ordinary day, three
years ago, he sat down in
his studio and painted a tur-
tle, but from the underside.
This turtle needed some kind
of support – so McGregor
painted it hanging on a string
of barbed-wire fence. This
turtle wears a rather pained
expression, no doubt, due to
its precarious perch.
Then, he decided to paint
a bird next to the turtle on the
wire. The bird he picked was
By Helen Schmidling
Correspondent
Is there a term for ani-
mals that share their famil-
iar names? If you know the
answer, please tell Dennis
McGregor.
Over the years, the Sisters
artist and musician has
painted hundreds – maybe
thousands – of animals, birds,
fish, and insects. He is widely
known for his many illustra-
tions for the Sisters Folk
Festival, Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show, and Sisters
Rodeo, among many others.
If there is a deer, fish, bird
See MCGREGOR on page 22
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Wild West gunfighters pulled their smokewagons on Cascade Avenue.
Show shoots up its own smoke
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
Cascade Avenue between
Oak and Pine streets was
taken back to a time when
the “Old West” was alive
and well. With 140 feet of
Western town façade, folks
did a double take and sat for
a spell to watch the Deschutes
Desperados, formerly
The Pine Mountain Posse
Reenactment Players, and a
rowdy bunch of new players
entertain with skits for the
5th annual Sisters Wild West
Show last weekend.
The Deschutes Desperados
reenactment player Mick
Howard, aka Mojave Mick,
was back again as the town’s
sheriff, ready to incarcerate
the worst hombres. Howard
has been in re-enactment for
eight years and with involved
in cowboy action shooting for
over 20 years.
“Re-enactments are only a
small part of Pine Mountain
Posse, which is the cowboy
action shooting club that I
belong to,” Howard told The
Nugget. “We decided to sepa-
rate ourselves as re-enactment
players, so I came up with the
name Deschutes Desperados.”
The Single Action
Shooting Society (SASS) is
an international organiza-
tion formed to preserve and
promote the sport of cowboy
action shooting, a competitive
shooting sport that originated
in Southern California.
Spectators got to step back
into the wild age of gunfight-
ers, saloons, and cowboys,
like a scene out of a classic
Clint Eastwood Western that
came alive. The Deschutes
Desperados performed nine
Western performances, skits,
and shoot-outs.
Before each show, event
organizer Richard Esterman
talked about safety and
explained that the guns used
are real, but there would be no
real bullets, only black-pow-
der blanks.
However, the gunshots
sounded real and the kids
were advised to cover their
ears — and they did, along
with a few adults.
On Saturday, the first
shootout performance was
at high noon and every hour
until 5 p.m.
See WILD WEST on page 30
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
4th Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For
location information: 541-549-2072.
Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m.,
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration. Guild 4th Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m. Sisters
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Library (Jan.-Oct.). 541-639-3217.
Alateen Thursday, 7 p.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration.
541-549-1527.
Central Oregon Woodworkers
Guild 2nd Tuesday. 541-639-6216.
Sisters Area SketchUp Users Group
2nd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Earthwood
Timber Frame Homes. 541-549-0924.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Walking Group Fridays,
10 a.m. at Village Green Park. All are
welcome to come walk! 541-410-9245.
Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 1st
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
3rd Tuesday, 10 a.m., Ray’s Food Place community room. 541-419-1279.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
community room. 541-771-3258.
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
VFW 8138 & American Legion
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Friends of the Sisters Library Board
Sisters Cribbage Club Tuesdays,
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Ray’s Food Place 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123 or
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Sisters Library. 541-977-8285.
community room. 541-923-1632.
541-549-1132.
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
CITY & PARKS
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to
Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri.,
541-549-6022.
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Sisters Park & Recreation District
are held quarterly; please call for details.
Church. 541-548-0440.
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
541-388-9013.
3rd Wednesday, 3 p.m., Sisters
6 p.m., SPRD building. 541-549-2091.
Black Butte Macintosh Users Group
Elementary C-wing. 971-570-2405.
3rd Thursday, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sisters Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Sisters Planning Commission
Library community room. 541-549-1471. Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
Sisters
Red
Hats
1st
Friday.
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-408-5594.
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
Location
information:
541-279-1977.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community & Enrichment) Wednesdays, 1 to
Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
FIRE & POLICE
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-977-6545.
4 p.m. at SPRD. 541-549-2091.
Central Oregon Council on Aging
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-678-5483.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library
community room. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board
1st Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Art
Works. Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors
3rd Wednesday, 7 p.m., Station 602,
67433 Cloverdale Rd. 541-548-4815.
See the agenda at cloverdalefi re.com.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Mondays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
SCHOOLS
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 0 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
RE/MAX Out West Realty offi ce at
Outlaw Station. 541-549-4133.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wednesday per month,
SSD Admin Bldg. See schedule at www.
sisters.k12.or.us. 541-549-8521 x4011 .
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