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Wednesday, November 13, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Western author brings Fireside Stories By Sue Stafford Correspondent As the long winter nights set in, it is time again for the popular Fireside Stories Evenings sponsored by Three Sisters Historical Society, b e g i n n i n g We d n e s d a y, November 20, with the return of award-winning Western author and storyteller Rick Steber. Thanks to a community PHOTO BY JOE BAILIE grant from the City of Sisters, Rick Steber will kick off a new and the support of their mem- season of Fireside stories. bership, TSHS will host four Fireside Stories Evenings Chief Joseph9s Trail of Tears at the FivePine Conference through Hells Canyon. Center over the next five Each of the authors will months, bringing to town four have their books available for popular authors and lovers of purchase and signing the eve- local history. ning of their presentation. Besides Steber in For society members November, on Tuesday, whose dues are current January 21, historian Steve through 2020, the four eve- Lent from the Bowman nings are free of charge. Museum in Prineville will be General public admission sharing his photographs and is $10 per event. Doors will extensive knowledge of the open at 6:30 p.m. to allow history of logging in Central time to become members, Oregon, much of which took purchase books and artwork, place around Sisters. and find a seat. All three of Jarold Ramsey, Madras last year9s evenings had well essayist, poet, and respected over 100 in attendance. authority on traditional Steber is a masterful story- American Indian literature, teller who brings his charac- will be here Thursday, March ters to life as he captures the 5, to entertain with stories <Voices of the High Desert,= from the homesteading era of inspired by historical figures Central Oregon. He will be and events in Central and referencing two of his books Eastern Oregon. He will pro- 3 <New Era Reflections on the vide an enjoyable evening of Human and Natural History of <story and introduction to the Central Oregon= and <Words people and places that make Marked by a Place 3 Local the High Desert like no other Histories of Central Oregon.= place on earth.= On Sunday, April 26, Bill The prolific author of Sullivan will kick off the more than 40 books, Steber hiking season with an arm- has extensively researched chair hiker9s tour of photo- a n d i n t e r v i e w e d e a r l y graphs from his book <Hiking Oregonians for their personal Oregon9s History.= He will reminiscences and histori- share some of Oregon9s cal knowledge. His favorite most scenic historic sites quote regarding those oral like Lewis and Clark9s trail histories is, <Every time an across Tillamook Head and old person dies, it9s like a Why do you have house plants? Were they a gift or a plant left behind? Do you talk to or touch your plants? I help owners of house plants get to know each plant they adopt. Plants need nutrients. They need to be disease- and parasite-free. Plus, they need attention! I off er house-plant decorating, repotting and plant-sitting in Sisters, Redmond, and most of Bend. $15/hr. for fi rst consult Plant Care & Decorating Available A Growing Business Donna Lee Bolt, 541-740-4906 Donn library burns down.= More than two million copies of his works have sold, including <Traces,= <Jackson Sundown,= <Red White Black,= <Little White Man,= and his new release, <A Cowboy to Love.= Steber has won numerous awards for his colorful and inten- sively researched non-fiction books, biographies, and nov- els. Among his accolades are the Western Writers of America Spur Award for Best Western Novel, the Independent Publishers Award 3 Best Regional Fiction, the Western Heritage Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Mid-America Publishers Award, the Oregon Library Association Award, and the Oregon Literary Arts Award. Steber9s early years were spent in the small town of Bonanza in Klamath County, where he was steeped in the Western culture. He now makes his home in Prineville, where he writes in a cabin in the foothills of the Ochoco Mountains. He recently opened a new retail business in Prineville, Rick Steber & Company 3 MAKERS, which sells items from more than 50 rural artists and craftspeople. More information about Steber and his books is avail- able on his website: www. ricksteber.com. CHECK OUT THIS WEEK’S NUGGET INSERT! Ray’s Food Place Free Turkey! Buy a Sugar Tree Spiral Sliced Ham for $29.99 and get a FREE 10-16 lb. frozen turkey Fantastic Friday One Day Deal Boneless Beef Rump Roast Buy 1 Get 1 Free! Holiday Baking! Nestle Toll House Morsels, 10-12 oz. $2.99 McCormick 2.37 oz. Ground Cinnamon, 1-2 oz. Extracts or 1 oz. Food Coloring $2.99 each 11 Cub Scouts food drive... PHOTO BY TOM HESPE Sisters Cub Scouts delivered 550 fliers to Sisters residents on November 2 seeking donations for the Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank. They went back to those residents to pick up donations on November 9 and ended up with 683 pounds of donated food. What’s for dinner, daddy? That’s a tough question when you don’t have enough food for your family. Sisters is fortunate to have the Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank to ensure everyone in our community has food to put on their table, but that requires year-round community support... Cash & Food Donations Volunteers Nugget will Ready to donate? The staff at The them to receive your donations and deliver our food drive... Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank during The N P u A g P g E e R t N E W S E FALL FOOD DRIV p.m. • 442 E. Main Ave. • 9 a.m. to 5 v. 22 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri through No erishable Financial donations and non-p accepted. food (not past expiration) will be profit. Sisters Kiwanis is a 501(c)(3) non d Bank.” s Foo Make checks to “Sisters Kiwani DONATE ONLINE SistersKiwanis.org/food-bank