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Outlaws post Homecoming win over Elmira page 5 Woman copes with storms of life page 14 Sisters lifters set records page 15 The Nugget Vol. XL No. 42 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Crowds flock to Harvest Faire Sisters company makes a big impact in disaster zones By Jodi Schneider McNamee Correspondent The sunny autumn weather helped attract thousands of treasure-seekers into town for the 42nd annual Harvest Faire hosted by Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce on Main Avenue last weekend. Folks from all over the Pacific Northwest came to browse through an abundant harvest of handmade items, from handcrafted dried floral arrangements to whimsical cloth dolls. And with over 165 juried artisan vendors, there was something for everyone’s taste. First-time vendor Randy Snow, from Sutherlin, Oregon, kickstarted a metal art project two years ago after retiring as a general contrac- tor and hasn’t stopped since. SnoCoArt became Snow’s new business in his barn where he handcrafts metal art into unique Western themes in wooden frames he designs By Jim Cornelius News Editor News Editor There’s nothing unlucky about Friday the 13th as far as Richard Skupa is concerned. For the Sisters man, who serves as the treasurer of the Sisters chapter of the veter- ans’ organization Band of Brothers, Friday, October 13, is a very good day indeed. He was reminded of that last Friday. “It was about 9:30 in the morning when I thought it was October 13, Friday and I thought, ʻWhoa! Wait a min- ute…’ and I started doing the math.” Friday, October 13, 2017, was the 50th anniversary of Skupa’s departure from Vietnam after a year’s tour of Inside... and shape it.” Musical entertainment Disaster after disaster struck in the U.S. this summer — hurricanes that caused epic flooding and wildfires that ravaged landscape and lives in much of the West. A Sisters-based company has made a big impact in the response to many of these disasters. GFP Response, a division of Eclipse Global, dispatched See HARVEST FAIRE on page 31 See DISASTER on page 30 PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Visitors to the Sisters Harvest Faire got to explore dozens of booths featuring unique wares. himself. “My very first design was a head of a horse made from horseshoes,” Snow said. Sisters veteran recalls leaving Saigon By Jim Cornelius PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 duty in-country. Skupa, now 72, was in the U.S. Navy. “I joined up,” he recalled. “I wanted to see something besides the wheat fields of Kansas.” He completed boot camp in 1966 and shipped out for Vietnam, where he ended up assigned to the Mobile Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta. His job was to help maintain the river patrol boats that were used by the Army’s Ninth Infantry Division for amphibious operations against the Viet Cong guerril- las in the area. Skupa served in the area for his year-long tour. Just two weeks before he was to leave, See VETERAN on page 24 “Now I start all my pieces with a big square sheet of steel or other metal and I trace my outline, cut it out Gunnarson earns art educator honors By Charlie Kanzig Correspondent Sisters High School (SHS) art teacher Bethany Gunnarson has been named the secondary Art Educator of the Year for 2017 by the Oregon Art Education Association. She learned of the honor in September, but the official ceremony was held Saturday, October 14, in Portland. Gunnarson, herself a graduate of SHS, is in her ninth year working for Sisters School District. A press release by the Oregon Art Association said, “The Oregon Art Education Association rec- ognizes Bethany Gunnarson for extraordinary achieve- ments and service of state and national significance and awards her the 2017 Art PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG Bethany Gunnarson is Oregon’s secondary Art Educator of the Year. Educator of the Year Award. Bethany will be recognized at the Oregon Art Education Association State Conference on Saturday, October 14. This honor is awarded to See GUNNARSON on page 23 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Announcements ............... 10 Obituaries ........................12 Sisters Salutes ................ 23 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Movies & Entertainment ....11 Focus on Health .......... 13-20 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................29-32
