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Wednesday, August 21, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon WILD WEST: Performing troupe creates and acts out scripts Continued from page 1 <Taylor was in a skit last year, and now all my kids are getting into the act,= Barrier told The Nugget. Two new re-enactors from Redmond, Naomi Marlitt, a.k.a. Sassy Savanah, and Lorinda Tiller, a.k.a. Amber Rose, are members of the Cowboy Action Shooting Club and dressed up as the <fancy ladies= in town. Another new couple in town was Sam Kovic, a.k.a. Chance the Outlaw, and his wife, Lee, a.k.a. Polly Wanda Cracker, from Medford have been mem- bers of the Cowboy Action Shooting Club for a year. Kovic said, <You don9t want to get 8Polly9 mad; she9s a sure shot. Actually, Lee9s got a real good aim.= Cowboy action shooting is a fast-growing shooting sport, and is embraced by men, women and youngsters from all parts of the globe. Besides the shootout per- formances and skits begin- ning at high noon, the show also featured a beer garden and vendors with a variety of Native American and Western- themed arts and crafts for folks to meander through. New vendor artist Jeanne Warren from Grants Pass, a native Oregonian, showcased her detailed wildlife oil paint- ings while doing a demonstra- tion for visitors to watch. <I started painting as a kid,= she said. <My mom was Sisters author’s story to air on TV Local author Melody Carlson has had one of her novels adapted for television. <All Summer Long= pre- mieres this Saturday night on the Hallmark Channel and stars Brennan Elliott and Autumn Reeser. Peter DeLuise, son of the late come- dian Dom DeLuise, directed. The story takes place aboard a dinner yacht and is set on the San Francisco Bay, but the movie was filmed in British Columbia. Carlson visited the set in June to meet the cast and crew and watch the filming. Although she was invited to participate as an extra during a party scene, Carlson quite literally missed the boat. The crew sent a shut- tle back to shore to pick her up after filming of the scene was complete. Carlson is the author of over 200 novels for women, teens, and children. Her sto- ries range from serious issues like schizophrenia (<Finding Alice=) to lighter topics. She has accrued a number of awards including Romantic Times9 Career Achievement PHOTO PROVIDED The Yellowfin is a central part of the story “All Summer Long.” Award, the Rita and the Gold Medallion. Over the years, some of her other books have been optioned for film or tele- vision, and still others are cur- rently under consideration. <All Summer Long= is the first to come to fruition. <All Summer Long= pre- miers Saturday, August 24, at 9 p.m. on the Hallmark Channel. To learn more about Melody9s books and keep up with future news, visit www. MelodyCarlson.com. If you can’t find what you are looking for in our hand-forged product line, we can design something to fit your needs “Your Local Welding Shop” CCB# 87640 PHOTO BY ALEX JORDAN “Necessity is the mother of INVENTION” 541-549-9280 | 207 W. Sisters Park Dr. | PonderosaForge.com my inspiration. She painted in oil, and I used to watch her.= Her online gallery name, <Photismos,= stems from Warren9s passion for paint- ing light and color. She loves working with light and shad- ows to create a colorful expe- rience in nature. Vendor Marissa Walker from Ventura, California cre- ates her silver jewelry master- pieces on the road and in the wilderness. Walker said, <Right now, I9m living out of my little tear- drop trailer in the area. I hand- craft my jewelry work while I9m on the road and I pick up all my stones for my silver pieces along the way.= Jennifer Haken, co-owner of Garden of Eden in Sisters, also runs a mobile LulaRoe clothing boutique and was open to the public as one of 23 the show9s vendors. <I bought this trailer from a friend, and it was already custom-made for a cloth- ing shop,= Haken said. <My husband Jeff and I are very entrepreneurial. But I started my own business to help pay the bills, start a savings and it helped put my child through college. And now my daughter has her own LulaRoe clothing boutique in North Carolina.=
