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The Nugget Vol. XLII No. 20 P OSTAL CUSTOMER News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon www.NuggetNews.com Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Art party raises thousands for programs By Jodi Schneider Correspondent Celebrating the arts in Sisters helps make it pos- sible for every student in the Sisters School District to experience art as a part of their lives. Each year, hundreds of people come together to help support the arts at the My Own Two Hands Art Auction & Party. This celebration is the pre- mier art event that benefits Sisters Folk Festival (SFF) to continue and grow the award-winning arts education programming. Enthusiasm and high hopes enhanced the 18th annual Art Auction and Party hosted by SFF on Saturday night at Ponderosa Forge & Ironworks. Artist and art donator Dennis McGregor told The Nugget, <(the) My Own Two Hands two-day event is a remarkable thing and I am so proud to be a part of (it) since its beginning. It9s con- tinued over so many years and grown and brought in new people and new artists and has benefited so many PRE-SORTED STANDARD ECRWSS U.S. POSTAGE PAID Sisters, OR Permit No. 15 SPRD board seats up for election By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief an array of upbeat melodies, jazzy ballads and soulful folk tunes. For over a decade Interim Executive Director Debbie Newport has volunteered as a worker for the event along Two positions on the Sisters Park & Recreation (SPRD) Board of Directors are on the ballot in the May 21 election; one of the two is contested. Heath Foott is standing for reelection to Position 4; incumbent Peggy Tehan and Rosemary Vasquez are con- tending for Position 5. Tehan has served SPRD for 10 years and is seeking her third full term on the board. Through most of her tenure, she has held the post of trea- surer. Tehan is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in her professional life. <I think in the position it is really good to have continu- ity,= she said. <Right now, we have a great board. Everybody on there comes with their own knowledge base and skill base.= See MOTH on page 18 See ELECTION on page 14 PHOTO BY ROB KERR Jack McGowan spots a bidder in a lively My Own Two Hands art auction at Ponderosa Forge. students. And I know many of them are adults now that went through the program, and they are better people for it, and we9re all enriched by that.= SFF Board Chair Sue Boettner added, <It is the big- gest party and fundraiser of the year in town, and it9s a double-whammy because not only do we have loads of fun, but we help kids K-12 with art and music!= The Sugar Beets from Eugene provided the eclectic soundtrack to match the vari- ety of art up for auction, with Use of tree-killing herbicide restricted Reenactor reaches out to touch history The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) has put strict restrictions on the use of an herbicide held responsible for killing 2,100 trees along Highway 20 west of Sisters. ODA reports review- ing more than 5,000 written public comments and tes- timony at public hearings before adopting a perma- nent rule signed to prevent future widespread tree deaths statewide. ODA investiga- tors concluded that applica- tions of aminocyclopyrachlor (ACP) from 2013 to 2015 in Central Oregon left more than 2,000 ponderosa and lodge- pole pines dead and dying. There are currently four known locations near Sisters exhibiting herbicide damage When the guns crack and thunder across the meadow at House On Metolius next weekend, Jim Stanovich will be in the thick of the heavy black powder smoke. For the past 28 years, Stanovich, of Knappa, Oregon, has been reaching out to touch the history of the American Civil War 4 and to help others understand what life was like for the sol- diers of that terrible conflict, which took some 620,000 American lives from 1861 to 1865. Through the weekend of May 18-19, Stanovich will serve as Confederate battal- ion commander, in charge of the Confederate forces among the approximately Inside... attributed to the use of ACP. A logging project is cur- rently underway to remove the dead and dying trees along Highway 20. According to Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid, that project is moving on or ahead of schedule and he expects that crews will hit the completion target date of May 22. ODA9s permanent rule prohibits byproducts of ACP- affected trees from being used in compost, mulch or animal bedding that will be used in compost or mulch. The permanent rule was filed with the Oregon Secretary of State on May 9, 2019 and is effective immediately. See HERBICIDE on page 28 By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief PHOTO PROVIDED Jim Stanovich will serve as Confederate Battalion Commander at the annual Northwest Civil War Council reenactment in Camp Sherman. 160 reenactors that will par- ticipate in the sixth annual Northwest Civil War Council event. The renactment immerses visitors in an open- air environment recreating See REENACTOR on page 11 Letters/Weather ................ 2 Obituaries ....................... 10 Entertainment ..................13 In The Pines ..................... 24 Classifieds ..................26-28 Meetings ........................... 3 Announcements ................12 Sisters Country Birds ........13 Crossword ....................... 25 Real Estate .................28-32