Wednesday, August 29, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Moen is SFF education manager
City snapshot
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
• The application process
for three open seats on the
City Parks Advisory Board
is ongoing for a few more
days. On Friday, September
7, applicants will be inter-
viewed by two City coun-
cilors, the chairman of the
CPAB, and two City staff
members. Applications are
available on the City website
or at City Hall. Applicants
may live inside or outside the
city limits. The terms are all
for three years.
• The City Council,
Planning Commission, City
staff, and City legal team con-
tinue to hone the language for
new marijuana regulations.
Feedback from the council
and commission has been
collected and will be rolled
into the suggested draft text
by staff and reviewed by the
legal team. The final review
of the text amendments will
take place with the Planning
Commission on Thursday,
November 8, at a special pub-
lic hearing. The City Council
will hold a public hearing and
first reading on Thursday,
November 28.
If a second reading is not
required (necessary only if
the first vote is not unani-
mous), the ordinance will go
into effect on December 28. A
second reading would delay
the effective date to January
11. Sisters city residents will
vote on allowing marijuana
sales and a 3 percent tax on
those sales on the November
6 midterm ballot.
• The Sisters Horizons
Vision second survey was
completed by 565 respon-
dents and the analysis of
the survey should be com-
pleted this week. Community
Development Director
Patrick Davenport reported
that 27 invitations have been
extended asking citizens to
serve on the Vision Action
Team. So far, 18 people have
responded in the affirmative.
The City hopes to have a team
with at least 20 members.
At an October 4 Vision
Summit, 4:30 to 7 p.m., at
FivePine Conference Center,
the public will have an
opportunity to review survey
results and offer input. A draft
version of the Vision Action
Plan will hopefully be ready
to present to the City Council
on November 28 for review,
with a vote for acceptance
scheduled for December or
early January.
• O n We d n e s d a y,
September 12, at the City
Council workshop, repre-
sentatives of the Oregon
Department of Transportation
will be in attendance to dis-
cuss downtown traffic con-
gestion, provide an update on
summer ODOT projects, and
plans for future projects. The
workshop will start at 5 p.m.
• Fir Street Park will be
the scene of the Fiesta de
Independencia to celebrate
Mexican Independence
Day, scheduled for Sunday,
September 16, 4 to 7 p.m.
Main Avenue in the area of
the park will be closed during
the event. Plans include free
food, music, dancing, and
celebration, and everyone is
invited.
• All of the bids received
by the City for the landscap-
ing project at the Barclay/
Highway 20 roundabout were
significantly higher than the
amount budgeted. The deci-
sion has been made to break
up the single large project into
separate smaller pieces. The
boulders and basalt columns
will be put out to bid immedi-
ately so they can be installed
this fall. After the rock, exca-
vation and fill work will also
be done this fall so the statues
can be placed before the start
of winter. Bids for the land-
scaping will be accepted this
winter for spring installation.
Kelley Moen is the new
education program manager
with Sisters Folk Festival.
Moen brings enthusiasm
and understanding of the
Sisters School District to the
position, and will help inte-
grate and sustain SFF pro-
gramming in the schools, the
organization reports.
She will assist Creative
Director Brad Tisdel in festi-
val production and artist man-
agement, and she brings her
experience as a professional
writer to the community-
based education programs.
“With the Americana
Project, the Americana Luthier
program, Americana Song
Academy and Song Academy
for Youth, seven different
guest artists in the schools the
week of the festival, and pro-
gramming in all three schools,
there is a lot of integration
that takes place for the unique
and innovative offerings of
Sisters Folk Festival. We are
immensely excited to get
Kelley immersed in program
management as quickly as
possible,” said Tisdel.
Moen has recently been
co-owner and principal writer
for Catch Magazine, an inter-
national online fly-fishing
magazine she runs with her
husband, Todd Moen. The
publication is seen in 165
countries worldwide. For the
past five years, Moen has
consistently volunteered in
Sisters Elementary School
and has excellent relation-
ships with teachers and staff.
“As the Studio to School
initiative is taking hold in the
schools, and we are on our
fifth year of a five-year initia-
tive, the timing couldn’t be
better to bring a skilled and
talented program manager
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Moen signs on with Sisters Folk Festival.
onto our team,” Tisdel said.
“We continue to develop our
partnership and programs
during the school day and
after school, and Kelley will
help sustain and grow what
we do to serve the community
better.”
Moen said, “I truly value
the arts and music opportu-
nities Sisters Folk Festival
provides for our community,
particularly for students in
the Sisters School District.
My own children have expe-
rienced these programs, so
I see first-hand what a pow-
erful and positive impact it
has on kids’ education and
development as they grow up
in this town. It’s an honor to
join Sisters Folk Festival as
the education program man-
ager, and I’m thrilled to begin
working with all the people
who make these programs
possible.”
As a resident of Sisters
for the past 11 years, Kelley
is eager to jump in and help
facilitate a successful 2018
Sisters Folk Festival, while
kicking off another year of
programming in the schools.
For inforomation on the
upcoming 2018 Sisters Folk
Festival, September 7-9, pro-
gram and artist information,
visit sistersfolkfestival.org.
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