Wednesday, October 9, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Festival of Books has
activities for everyone
activities from Saturday and
Sunday authors.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
activities for children will
include: a story hour featur-
ing bilingual stories, music
with Dennis McGregor and
others, coloring, and other
activities; a roundup of kid
and young-adult authors;
and Jonathan Tweet presents
<Grandmother Fish= with
activities.
Told in an engaging call
and response text where a
child can wiggle like a fish or
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
Families and community
are the focus all day Sunday,
October 20, at the Sisters
Festival of Books. All events
except one are free and open
to the public.
Paulina Springs Books
will be the site of a major-
ity of the events. All day
long at the store there will
be free Leuchtturm 1917
Journal embossing with jour-
nal purchase. Signing tables
will also be available all day
with drop-in signings and
See FESTIVAL on page 29
PHOTO BY HELEN SCHMIDLING
Middle school students shared their picks for favorite paintings with artist Dan Rickards at Clearwater Gallery.
Sisters festival brings
renowned author
transcended both region and
genre to win national acclaim
from critics and readers alike.
Joy is one of the featured
authors at the Sisters Festival
of Books this month, and will
present his work at 2:30 p.m.
on Saturday, October 19, in
Room C at Sisters Middle
School.
In an interview with The
Nugget, Joy reflected on how
themes resonate out from the
local and particular.
<I think what you9re get-
ting at is something that9s
been addressed by lots of
By Jim Cornelius
Editor in Chief
David Joy writes from
the beauty and darkness
of his home country in the
Appalachian Mountains of
western North Carolina. His
<Appalachian noir= novels
4 <Where All Light Tends
To Go,= (an Edgar finalist
for Best First Novel); <The
Weight of this World=; and
most recently <The Line That
Held Us= are deeply steeped
in the culture and the land-
scape of the region 4 yet
the writing and the storytell-
ing is so powerful that it has
See AUTHOR on page 19
Art students tour Hood Ave. galleries
By Helen Schmidling
Correspondent
Two dozen art students
from Sisters Middle School
art classes walked to town
Thursday for a colorful tour
through four galleries on
Hood Avenue. First, they
gathered in front of Sisters
Gallery & Frame Shop.
Dividing into small groups,
they alternated among the
galleries for a different expe-
rience in each location. For
some, it was their very first
opportunity to visit an art
gallery and meet with work-
ing artists.
At Sisters Gallery &
Frame Shop, small groups
cut glass petals under the
expert supervision of fused
glass artist Mel Archer. It was
hands-on all the way. Archer
brought his worktable, panels
of bright yellow glass, safety
glasses and glasscutters. He
also brought samples of fin-
ished work so the students
could picture what they were
about to create.
After a firm lesson on
how to handle the glass and
the tools, the young artists
donned goggles, and with
little trepidation, zipped the
cutting wheels across the
glass surface. When prop-
erly executed, the motion of
the wheel on glass sounds
exactly like a zipper. Then,
<Crack!= they carefully split
the glass pieces, right along
the zip line.
During the afternoon,
Archer9s toolbox filled with
golden glass petals that he
will fuse into a glass portrait
of sunflowers for the class.
<They loved the opportu-
nity to touch the raw material
of glass and look forward to
seeing its final product,= said
Sisters Middle School art
instructor Judy Fuentes.
Archer thoroughly
enjoyed the exercise, even
See ART STUDENTS on page 22
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Al-Anon Mon., noon, Shepherd of the
Hills Lutheran Church / Wed., 6 p.m.,
Episcopal Church of the Transfi guration.
541-549-8737 or 541-549-1527.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs.,
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri.,
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Church. 541-548-0440.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver
Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon,
Sisters City Hall. 800-272-3900.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
For Saturday meeting dates and
location, email: steelefl y@msn.com.
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Guild One Saturday per month, Jan.
thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.
Council on Aging of Central Oregon
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Community Church. 541-480-1843.
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Area Woodworkers
1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m., Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com.
12:30 p.m., The Pines Clubhouse.
Novices welcomed. 541-549-9419.
Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday,
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All
3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in
ages welcome. 541-771-2211.
Sisters. 541-771-3258.
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Sisters Cribbage Club Wednesdays,
1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Ray’s Food Place
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. community room. 541-923-1632.
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday, 1 to Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
4 p.m. 541-549-1028 or 541-719-1230. of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
are held quarterly; please call for details. Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
541-388-9013.
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.
Saloon. 541-480-5994.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group
& Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. 2nd Tuesday, 2 p.m., The Lodge.
to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation
541-668-6599.
District. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Family Aglow Lighthouse
4th Saturday, 10 a.m., Ponderosa Lodge Sisters Rotary Tuesdays, noon,
Meeting Room. 503-930-6158.
Aspen Lakes Lodge. 541-760-5645.
Sisters Area Photography Club
Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., Sisters Library Group 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 10 a.m.
Suttle Tea. 503-819-1723.
community room. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st
Wednesday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library.
Public welcome. 541-719-8822.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 1st
Thursday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
VFW Post 8138 and American Legion
Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123.
Weight Watchers
Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters
Community Church. 541-602-2654.
SCHOOLS
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 5 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Christian Academy Board
of Directors 2nd Thursday, 8 a.m.,
RE/MAX offi ce. 541-549-4133.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD
Admin Bldg. See schedule online at
www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.
Sisters Middle School Parent
Collaboration Team 1st Tuesday,
2 p.m., SMS. 541-610-9513.
CITY & PARKS
Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 2nd & 4th Tuesdays,
5:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
FIRE & POLICE
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors
3rd Wed., 7 p.m., 67433 Cloverdale Rd.
541-548-4815. cloverdalefi re.com.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
This listing is for regular
Sisters Country meetings;
email information to
lisa@nuggetnews.com