The Nugget
Vol. XLIII No. 20
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Arts program announces awards
The award recipients for
this year9s My Own Two
Hands exemplify the spirit
of the Sisters community
in their work and in their
generosity in donating to
the Sisters Folk Festival9s
programing.
Sisters Folk Festival9s
annual My Own Two Hands
art auction and fundraiser
will be a completely online
silent auction this year, due
to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The virtual auction will open
on Friday, May 8 and close
on Saturday, May 16, with
more than 70 different items
coming up for bid during that
time. Since 2002, local and
regional artists have donated
tens of thousands of dollars
worth of artwork to My Own
Two Hands (MOTH) in sup-
port of Sisters Folk Festival9s
mission of providing com-
prehensive music and arts
education.
The theme of this year9s
My Own Two Hands event is
<A New Dawn.=
<The theme was decided
well before the COVID-19
pandemic in order to give art-
ists a focused theme to create
their pieces around, and we
believe the theme couldn9t be
more appropriate as we look
forward to better days and
opportunity ahead,= the folk
festival stated.
Editor in Chief
Sisters9 civic leaders are
looking toward the next
phase in the community9s
response to the COVID-19
pandemic.
The Sisters City Council
will meet in a workshop via
Zoom on Wednesday, May
13 to discuss next steps and
how the City will sync up
with the state and county in
a phased <reopening= of the
local economy. Those inter-
ested in attending the meet-
ing can request the Zoom
link by emailing kprosser@
ci.sisters.or.us starting May
8 up until 4 p.m. on May
13 and also through the
City9s website. A call-in
Inside...
Sources of
Strength
school
program
takes
action
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
PHOTO BY CEILI CORNELIUS
Beth Wood got on the bandwagon to offer a little mobile music to Sisters. The Sisters Folk Festival artist and
educator launched what will be an ongoing effort to serve up a little fun and raise awareness of festival programing.
Sisters Folk Festival
announced the 2020 My
Own Two Hands Award
Recipients:
The Theme Award is given
to the artist and artwork that
most closely adheres to or
interprets the yearly theme.
It went David Mensing, for
his illuminating oil painting,
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excellence in craft, execution
and/or interpretation in their
chosen medium.
" Janice Druian9s beau-
tiful capturing of <Dawn9s
Early Light.= Druian says
the unique painting <is from
a photo I took of pinnacles at
See AWARDS on page 12
See SOS on page 14
By Katy Yoder
Correspondent
option will be available.
Topics will include
whether or not to extend the
City9s State of Emergency
Declaration, which is due to
expire. Extending the State
of Emergency Declaration
preserves legal authorities
to take actions related to the
crisis and maintains funding
eligibility 4 it does NOT
mean COVID-19 related
lockdowns will extend for
the length of the state of
emergency.
City Manager Cory
Misley and Mayor Chuck
Ryan told The Nugget last
week that the Council will
likely discuss when and
how to reopen the recycling
See CITY RESPONSE on page 16
<Plenary.= Mensing stated,
<It is my honor to participate
in support of My Own Two
Hands and The Sisters Folk
Festival. The value they bring
to my family and the commu-
nity can9t be overstated.=
Three Awards of Merit
were given to artists and
artwork recognized for
Earlier this year, the Sisters
School District implemented
a program called Sources
of Strength (SOS) to form a
foundation for interconnect-
edness and well-being for stu-
dents, staff, and community.
In light of the ramifi-
cations of the COVID-19
pandemic, the SOS team at
Sisters High School (SHS)
has jumped into action, offer-
ing a variety of resources and
activities designed to help
people cope with these chal-
lenging circumstances.
In the fall, 60 high school
students and some staff were
trained in the program as
mentors, which high school
teacher Matt Bradley over-
sees with the help of coun-
selor Lindy Weddel and other
Zemko marks century of joyful living
City eyes next moves
in pandemic response
By Jim Cornelius
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Being alive for 100 years
is a milestone most people
would like to experience, but
probably won9t. Imagine the
changes and lessons learned
in that time. Dinzel Zemko
doesn9t have to: she turned
100 on April 23.
She9s seen her share of
hardships and challenges,
but she learned long ago to
keep the faith, stay positive
and let go of things you can9t
change.
Celebrating her 100th
birthday didn9t go as planned.
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Her family made the pain- Dinzel Zemko has lived a full, rich life across a century.
ful decision to cancel her
long-awaited party to keep
everyone safe. Calling was disheartened, but knew plan and focus on the many
FinePine Lodge and let- dwelling on it wouldn9t do blessings in her life.
ting them know her big day any good. So, she did what
was off was tough. Zemko she does best, trust God9s
See 100 YEARS on page 23
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