The Nugget
Vol. XLIII No. 18
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
‘Victory Gardens’ promote resilience
By Katy Yoder
Correspondent
As the COVID-19 pan-
demic continues, people are
discovering ways to deal
with fear and uncertainty.
It9s an eerie feeling pushing
a grocery cart, with the faint
smell of disinfectant, down
aisles with empty shelves
while masked shoppers try
to keep their distance. Many
are wondering about food
shortages, especially fresh
produce. Relying solely on
over-burdened grocers and
their heroic staff to pro-
vide supplies might not be
enough.
During World War I and
World War II, “Victory
Garden” campaigns served
to boost morale and safe-
guard against food shortages
caused by a breakdown of
systems for food distribu-
tion. Like tough times in
human history, more people
are planting vegetables and
herbs in containers, repur-
posed flower gardens, lawns
with grocery stores close by
and people living in places
with little ground for culti-
vating food. But folks are
See GARDENING on page 22
See QUILT SHOW on page 16
Audrey Tehan is teaching Sisters how to “grow resilience.”
of gardening in the High
Desert climate. Gardening
skills have gone dormant
over the years. Knowledge
passed down through gen-
erations was less important
Quilt Show
cancels
events,
goes
virtual
The Sisters Outdoor Quilt
Show (SOQS) announced
Friday, April 24, that the orga-
nization will cancel the events
for the 2020 Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show due to impacts
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show was sched-
uled for Saturday, July 11.
“Our priority continues
to be the health and safety of
our volunteers, guests, and
all community members and
as such we are following the
best health protocols at this
time. Sadly, that includes
restructuring what our show
day will look like,” Dawn
Boyd, executive director of
PHOTO BY EMILY GREEN
and sunny windowsills.
Being proactive can
produce a sense of resil-
ience and self-reliance…
until Central Oregonians
run into the many pitfalls
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Sisters Rhythm &
Brews Fest canceled
Riding the river into a changed world
Sisters Rhythm & Brews
Festival scheduled for July
has announced that it is can-
celing due to the COVID-19
pandemic.
Festival organizers
Jennifer and Joe Rambo
announced the decision in an
update to patrons on Tuesday,
April 21.
“After many weeks of
anguish, consternation and
many, many tears, we have
decided to err on the side
of caution and will be post-
poning this year9s Sisters
Rhythm & Brews Festival to
July 2021,” they wrote. “This
decision comes with incred-
ible sadness as we so looked
forward to spending another
amazing weekend with our
growing festival family. For
the health and well being of
all parties involved including
you, our ticket holders, we
feel this is the safest decision.”
The Festival will automat-
ically roll over tickets to next
year9s event.
<Prior to next year9s festi-
val, upload the ticket to your
A trip of a lifetime rafting
the Colorado River through
the Grand Canyon ended
with the world turned upside
down for Sisters Middle
School Counselor Brook
Jackson and his wife, Marie.
Permits to float the river
are selected by lottery and
can be hard to come by, so
when a friend half-jokingly
asked if Jackson could go,
Jackson replied, “Let me ask
my wife.”
Jackson, an avid out-
doorsman who has worked
in Sisters since 2014, said,
“I had a sense that this was
the time for me to make this
happen. You can9t exactly
plan for these trips since it
is a random lottery and once
my wife, Marie, gave the
thumbs up it was a go.”
He sprung into action,
first negotiating a leave of
absence from the school dis-
trict and then began the prep-
arations. Marie works for
Deschutes County Mental
Health and also arranged a
leave in order to make the
Inside...
phone or print out the hard
copy and we will see you at
the front gate!” the Rambos
wrote. “Due to our ongoing
commitments to the artists,
community, vendors and the
resources already allocated
to this year9s event, as a show
of your support we strongly
encourage you to take this
action. As of this morning it
looks like almost all of this
year9s artists will be back for
next year!=
The Festival will continue
its commitment to scholar-
ships for high school seniors
and its support of Sisters
Habitat for Humanity and
Heart of Oregon YouthBuild.
Refunds for those who
request them will be pro-
cessed starting the first week
of July.
“Letting go is a part of life
and we want to gracefully
say thank you and goodbye
to the 2020 festival season,”
the Rambos stated. “We
wish you all good health and
safety during this very painful
experience.=
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
PHOTO PROVIDED
Sisters Middle School counselor Brook Jackson emerged from a river
expedition into a world changed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
trip.
The pair left on the trip in
late February and departed
Lee9s Ferry with 14 other
rafters divided among six
rafts on March 1, just as
rumblings of the COVID-
19 virus was becoming part
of the nightly news. By the
time they stepped ashore to
head home on March 24,
they came face-to-face with
a pandemic-altered world.
Jackson knew a few of
See RAFTING TRIP on page 23
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