Wednesday, August 28, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Orientation
set at SHS
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Le Vent du Nord will bring their hard-driving, upbeat traditional Quebecois
music to the stage at the Sisters Folk Festival.
Sound of French Canada
to ring in Sisters
By Ceili Cornelius
Correspondent
The traditional Quebecois
band Le Vent du Nord is an
award-winning group con-
sidered leaders in the franco-
phone folk movement. They
draw upon traditional sources
and original compositions
while enhancing a driving,
soulful sound rooted in the
Celtic diaspora.
Andre Brunet, fiddle
player of the band, spoke with
The Nugget about his role in
the band and how honored he
feels to be in this long-lasting
Quebec-based band playing
songs of his homeland.
Le Vent du Nord has been
a band for 17 years and has
done over 1,000 shows.
Throughout the years, the
membership of the band has
fluctuated, but the group now
is as solid as ever.
<It is an honor to be a
part of this band who plays
It is an honor to be a
part of this band who
plays such traditional
music that I have such
an appreciation for.
— Andre Brunet
such traditional music that
I have such an appreciation
for,= said Brunet. Brunet had
always had an affinity for the
violin, taking lessons as a kid,
and in 2008 took home top
honors as Grand Master of
Canada. He played in a band
See FOLK FESTIVAL on page 24
Incoming first-year stu-
dents are invited to come
to Sisters High School on
Tuesday, September 3 for
new-student orientation. The
orientation will be from 7:45
a.m. to 3:05 p.m.
The purpose of this orien-
tation is to make the transi-
tion to Sisters High School a
positive one, school officials
report. Hand-picked seniors
and juniors will be serving as
leaders and mentors to help
first-year students transition
successfully to the school.
The morning will consist
of large- and small-group
activities focused on team-
building, cooperative skill
development, and discussion
skills. After lunch, students
will get locker assignments
and run through a short-
ened version of their daily
schedule.
Bus routes will run in the
morning and afternoon. The
route times can be found on
the district website: www.
ssd6.org.
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Three Redmond residents died when their vehicle veered off Highway 126
and into a group of roadside rocks.
Three die in rollover
accident east of Sisters
Three Redmond residents
died in a single-vehicle wreck
on Highway 126 between
Sisters and Redmond last
week.
On Tuesday, August 20,
at approximately 11:30 a.m.
Oregon State Police troop-
ers and emergency person-
nel responded to the report of
the crash on Highway 126 at
Milepost 105.
Preliminary investigation
revealed that a 2011 Toyota
Venza, operated by Kenneth
Vaughn, 69, of Redmond,
was traveling westbound on
Highway 126, when for an
unknown reason it veered
off the road and struck
large rocks at a driveway
access.
Kenneth Vaughn and his
passengers Sheryl Vaughn,
63, of Redmond and April
Vaughn, 33, sustained fatal
injuries and were pronounced
dead at the scene.
OSP was assisted by the
Deschutes County Sheriff9s
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Department, and ODOT.
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