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Vol. XLIII No. 23
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News and
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Sisters
Folk
Festival off
for 2020
pages 11-22
SISTERS RODEO
KEEPSAKE PULL-OUT SECTION
A Tribute to The Biggest Little Show in the World
PHOTO BY DEVERE HELFRICH
were busy the first day.
<We did have a lot of tour-
ists come through during
Memorial Day weekend,=
Rickards said.
It is one thing to have
the legal ability to reopen
and another thing entirely to
instill a feeling of confidence
in the minds of the guests.
The Sisters Folk Festival
(SFF) cannot go forward in
2020, due to the constraints
imposed by the COVID-19
pandemic. However, SFF
staff and board remain deter-
mined to safely and respon-
sibly provide live music
experiences for Sisters locals
through the summer and fall,
and the festival will return in
September 2021.
The staff and board
of directors of Sisters
Folk Festival announced
Wednesday that they have
made the difficult decision
to postpone the 24th annual
Sisters Folk Festival 4
originally scheduled to take
place September 11-13 4 to
September 10-12, 2021.
On May 7, Governor
K a t e B r o w n 9s o f f i c e
announced that concerts,
major sporting events and
large gatherings would not
be allowed to occur without
significant modifications,
at least through the end of
September. Since then, SFF
staff has explored what
those modifications might
See RESTAURANTS on page 27
See FESTIVAL on page 27
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER
Chops Bistro, like other Sisters eateries that are back to hosting diners, is serving outside and spacing patrons
to conform to physical distancing requirements.
Sisters restaurants reopening
By Jodi Schneider
Correspondent
Restaurants, bars, brewer-
ies, tasting rooms, and distill-
eries were all given the go-
ahead to open under Oregon9s
Phase I plan for recovery
from the COVID-19 shut-
down. After May 15, for the
first time in two months, res-
taurants fired up their grills
and employees put on their
masks, allowing people to
dine in and sit outside while
following Phase 1 guidelines.
The Open Door at
Clearwater Gallery located
on Hood Avenue opened
their doors on the Friday that
kicked off Memorial Day
Weekend.
Co-owner Julia Rickards
told The Nugget that they
Community School staff cheers senior class
can help
honor Class
of 2020
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Many of Sisters9 trade-
mark events are not happen-
ing this summer 4 but there
is still plenty left to cele-
brate, including the <made in
Sisters= class of 2020.
The local nonprofit
Citizens4Community and
other volunteers are hoping
all of Sisters will unite behind
a new project that affirms the
City9s small town atmosphere
while honoring hometown
high school seniors.
The SHS Class of 2020
Street Banner & Keepsake
See BANNERS on page 26
Inside...
In an outpouring of sup-
port for the class of 2020,
staff members from all three
Sisters schools lined the
roadway and bus turnaround
at Sisters High School cheer-
ing, ringing bells and waving
signs as the seniors drove
through to pick up gradua-
tion gowns and other materi-
als on Friday, May 29.
<It was one small way we
could show our love for the
seniors,= said SHS Principal
Joe Hosang.
High school teachers and
support staff handed out
packets that included gradu-
ation caps and gowns, schol-
arship notifications, and
other materials amid smiles
and a few tears.
Lynne Fendall, high
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Sisters turned cap-and-gown distribution into a small event in honor of
the Class of 2020.
school registrar and mother
of senior Taylor Fendall,
said her son had expressed
disappointment in not being
able to say goodbye with the
sudden shutdown in March.
See SENIORS on page 25
Letters/Weather ...............2 Stars over Sisters ............ 6 Crossword ......................27 Classifieds ................ 28-30
Meetings ......................... 3 Announcements ..............10 Sudoku .......................... 29 Real Estate ............... 30-32