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Wednesday, June 24, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Glimpses of Sisters Karen Keady Columnist As I got into my car the other day to head home from work the warm aroma of homemade bread welcomed me. I9d stopped at Melvin9s (AKA Oliver Lemon9s, but we all still call it Melvin9s) and bought a loaf of Sparrow Bakery sourdough bread which makes the best grilled cheese sandwich of all the breads I9ve tried. The warmth of the afternoon sun had heated the inside of my car sending the lovely aroma wafting through the air. On my way home I stopped at Sisters Meat and Smokehouse to buy chicken breasts planning to make my famous chicken chili over the weekend. They know me there and always give me free jerky for my three dogs. When they acci- dently drop a piece of their fabulous jerky on the floor, they put it into a special container to give customers a tidbit for their dogs. Over this winter we lost two of our three old dogs. The little guy was a Lhasa Apso. Our little Wilson, the Lhasa was blind and hard of hear hearing. Toward the end of his life we had to walk him in a baby stroller because he couldn9t see or keep up with the other two dogs. He loved that stroller. People would comment, <That9s the ugliest baby I9ve ever seen.= I9d always say that he took after my hus- bands9 side of the family. The Smokehouse still gives me jerky for three dogs although we only have one now and she9s getting pretty fat. If the Johnsons are reading this, I9m busted on the jerky! We are so lucky to live in such a small well-con- nected community. I walk a few blocks to my neigh- bors, to buy fresh eggs once a month. One-time Glen had to go out to the coop to get them right out from under the hen! Now, that is fresh. He insisted on wash- ing them because he will not sell eggs with poop on them. On my trip to Bi-Mart I try to get in the checkout line of my favorite checker, Denise. We used to attend the same Pilates class. As I go through her line with birthday cards and wrap- ping paper, she reminds me to buy stamps, or the ice cream. If I have wine in my cart she points to the dairy case and says, <better get some cheese to go with that whine!= She9s always a ray of sunshine. I9ve decided to Feng Shui my kitchen during this mostly stay-at-home time. A trip to Ace Hardware was in order, to pick up paint samples to tape up on the wall for color selection. As I approached the entrance a polite man wearing a mask held the door for me to go in ahead of him. I thanked him and remarked that I also have a mask but it9s hanging in my car. He replied, <Well then you9re an idiot.= I guess I9ve been called worse things than an idiot but when I go back to Ace to buy my paint I most defi- nitely will be wearing my mask. A friend stopped by my business and said he had a surprise for me. I love sur- prises. He asked me to pick a number between one and eight. I got married on the fifth, so, I picked number five. He said, <congratu- lations, you get five of the eight puppies my dog just gave birth to!= What a Huckleberry! I told him he could have gotten that dog spayed with the help of Furry Friends, but now there are eight puppies to find homes for! T-shirts contribute to canceled events Many summer events may be canceled, but Oliver Lemon9s Sisters is making sure that support is not. Sisters Country9s local grocer is selling custom- designed T-shirts to raise funds for the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and Sisters Folk Festival, both of which were canceled due to the COVID- 19 pandemic. <We9d give the shirts off our backs to help our community,= said Lauren Johnson, CEO of Oliver Lemon9s. <A T-shirt fun- draiser to help the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and Sisters Folk Festival is the next best thing.= T h e T- s h i r t s w e r e designed by local artist Shelli Walters and produced in Central Oregon. The art- work incorporates iconic ele- ments from Sisters events, such as quilts, Western We’d give the shirts off our backs to help our community. — Lauren Johnson imagery, and folk elements, alongside Oliver Lemon9s signature rooster Oliver, his sidekick chick Ollie, and Newport Market9s mascot Viris (Violet + Iris = Viris). T-shirts are $20 each and available at Oliver Lemon9s in Sisters and online at www. oliverlemons.com. One hundred percent of profits from the sale of the T-shirts will be shared equally between Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show and Sisters Folk Festival. For more informa- tion contact the store at 541-549-0711. Indian Head Casino reopens The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs reopened Indian Head Casino on Thursday June 18. <We are very excited to open and with the amount of phone calls we receive on a daily basis from our guests, we know they are look- ing forward to our opening too.= said Belinda Chavez, Director of Marketing for Indian Head Gaming last week. <We are committed to following the CDC9s guide- lines and we have imple- mented safety and sanitation measures in addition to lim- iting our occupancy to 250 total guests.= The casino will open with new operating hours of 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. All guests will be required to enter the casino through the doors on the east side of the build- ing, which is the entrance to Cottonwood restaurant. Facemasks will be required for all guests and employees, as well as a touchless tem- perature check before enter- ing the building. At least initially, the entire property at Indian Head Casino will be non- smoking. Plexiglass shields and social distancing mark- ers have been installed in high-traffic areas such as the Players Club, cashier booths, and the check-out counter at the Tule Grill. In addition to new cleaning procedures, the casino will provide mul- tiple hand-sanitizing stations on the casino floor. The slot machines will be open and ready for play. Table games will open on a later date. All restaurants at Indian Head Casino will be open for take- out and the Cottonwood res- taurant will offer curbside delivery. Indian Head Casino vol- untarily closed on March 18 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and continued to stay closed for nearly three months. ZAM! I In a J Jam? m ? Call the Super Heroes! boom! pow! 541-549-4349 541 5 260 N. Pine St., Sisters Licensed/Bonded/Insured/CCB#87587 Batter Up! WHAT PANDEMIC? FIRST LIVE SHOW JULY 3 at 6 p.m. Free show featuring W ’ getting We’re tti pampered d with ith h room service i h happy hour, ice cream sundaes, and popcorn for the movies. 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