22
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FFF announces bottle
and can drive change
Painted Lady Antiques open in Sisters
The Furry Friends
Foundation (FFF) bottle
and can donation program
raises thousands of dollars
each year to support services
the foundation offers to the
Sisters community. Having
recently lost their sorting
facility, FFF is transitioning
to OBRC9s (Oregon Beverage
Recycling Cooperative) blue
bag program.
Bottles and cans must be
marked with OR 10¢ (OR 5¢
also okay).
<Next time you leave your
bottles and cans at the Furry
Friends drop-off location,
you9ll see a supply of spe-
cial blue bags. Please take as
many of the bags as you9ll
need and use them to collect
your bottles and cans,= said
FFF founder Kiki Dolson.
When the blue bags are
full, tie them securely and
bring them to the drop-off
as usual. If there are mostly
glass bottles, put no more
than 30 in each bag to keep
it under the 20-pound limit
set by OBRC. It9s OK to mix
plastic, glass, and aluminum
bottles and cans in the same
bag, but do not crush the
containers.
If it is more convenient 4
and it helps Furry Friend9s
volunteers, too 4 drop the
tied blue bags at any OBRC
BottleDrop location. The
closest in Sisters is Ray9s
Food Place. Simply take your
bag to the bottle drop area at
the right side of the building.
Marla and Kent Stevens
opened Painted Lady
Antiques this summer with
a firm goal: to be an unclut-
tered, reasonably priced shop
that people want to return to
again and again.
<We didn9t want to be
another high-end store,= said
Marla. <We love return cus-
tomers and we cater to the
whole family.=
Furniture and accent
pieces, pocket knives, bits and
pieces, and toys ensure every
customer has a fun browsing
experience. And the store isn9t
filled with all old stuff either.
The Stevens9 have art, quilts
and new-from-old repurposed
pieces. Kent is skilled at mak-
ing tables, entryway benches
and hall tables, and Marla is a
whiz at refinishing pieces that
come in looking a bit worse
for wear or are dated.
Kent scored a load of old
barnwood that he fashions
into the tables and benches,
often using legs from other
furniture that Marla finds in
her forays into estate sales.
She also finds treasures at the
Sisters Habitat for Humanity
Restore where she is an active
volunteer. Sometimes people
bring her pieces for consid-
eration, either to sell on con-
signment or for the Stevens9
to purchase outright and
resell.
Marla encourages
Scanning the barcoded tag
on the blue bag will open a
secure BottleDrop door for
you to leave your bag.
<Furry Friends has spayed
and neutered approximately
70 Sisters-area pets this year.
Plus we9ve been able to spon-
sor over $9,500 in vaccina-
tions and veterinary care to
families,= Dolson reported.
<An estimated 40 percent
of our clients are seniors on
fixed incomes. When Furry
Friends regularly provides a
family with pet food and pet
supplies, it gives them more
dollars in their monthly bud-
get to use on other needs. We
rely heavily on the bottle and
can drive for funding.=
Furry Friends has
spayed and neutered
approximately 70 Sisters-
area pets this year.
— Kiki Dolson
Blue fundraiser bags may
also be picked up at the FFF
office, at 204 W. Adams Ave.,
inside the Sisters Art Works
building. Donors may still
leave their blue bags on the
left porch at The Nugget any
time, and volunteers will han-
dle them.
For more information call
541-797-4023.
a nonprofit charity that provides
fully guided and outfitted trips for
disabled Veterans at no charge
more than 2,000 disabled
veterans have been served
All guides and board members are disabled veterans. There are
no paid employees. Warfighter Outfitters is 100% volunteer-based
and only spends donor dollars on basic operating costs of fuel and
food. All operating costs are funded by donor dollars.
Would you consider making a donation
to Warfighter Outfitters today?
warfighteroutfitters.org
Warfighter Outfitters • 541-719-0071 • 501(c)(3) Nonprofit
By Kathryn Godsiff
Correspondent
PHOTO BY KATHRYN GODSIFF
Marla and Kent Stevens launched Painted Lady Antiques in Sisters.
customers contemplating pur-
chase of a piece to enquire
about its history. There are
some interesting stories that
go with furniture that9s been
present as life unfolds.
The Stevens9 moved to
Sisters 18 months ago after
retiring from careers in
Ventura, California. Kent
is a veteran, a former Army
Ranger who served in Desert
Storm. They moved north and
decided a small business deal-
ing with things they love4old
and repurposed furniture4
would be an interesting retire-
ment gig. They live in Sisters,
and for the first year had a
booth in one of the antique
malls in Redmond. They used
that experience to gauge the
Central Oregon market, but
discovered after moving the
business to Sisters that their
summer customer base is
largely tourist-based. They
have scored several repeat
customers however, and
Marla is delighted when she
receives a photo of a piece of
her refurbished furniture in its
new home. They are looking
forward to locals season, as
summer traffic winds down.
The store presents an ever-
changing array of displays as
inventory comes and goes.
<We are constantly updat-
ing,= said Marla.
They are open during the
4th Friday Art Strolls, and
Kent and Marla truly enjoy
building relationships with
their customers.
Painted Lady Antiques is
located in Barclay Square,
next door to Sundance Shoes.
We’ve Gone Blue
1
2
3
With our Bottle & Can Drive
It’s Easy as 1 - 2 - 3
Pickup our new Blue Fundraiser
Bags at our offi ce or at our
drop off location
Fill them with Oregon returnable
bottles & cans. Okay to mix bottles
& cans (20 lb. limit per bag)
Return them to our drop off
location on The Nugget’s
porch (left side) or at Ray’s
BottleDrop, scan code on
bag to open door, place bag.
FURRY FRIEND S
501 ( c )( 3 )
FOUNDATION
Offi ce located at 204 W. Adams, Ste. 109, Sisters Art Works Building
541-797-4023
Hours: Tuesday, 2 to 5 p.m. & Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.