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Wednesday, July 8, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
CONCERT: Seating
will be limited and
set up in 8pods9
New City personnel
on the horizon
Continued from page 3
contractors, vendors, and
volunteers.
There will only be 190
admissions available to the
public, and seating will be
sold in <pods= for two- or
four-person social groups.
Attendees will need to bring
their own low back festival
chairs and/or blankets for
seating.
The venue opens at 4 p.m.;
music will take place from 5
to 10 p.m. There will be one
or two food vendors, on-site
beer and cider sales, plus
bike valet parking hosted by
Blazin Saddles. Attendees
are encouraged to bike to the
concert if possible.
The organization has put
a lot of thought into incorpo-
rating best practices to keep
this gathering as safe as pos-
sible during COVID-19. The
venue will be configured as
a one way in (west entrance)
and one way out (east exit)
venue. Wearing of masks
or face coverings (properly,
over the nose and mouth)
will be required and enforced
when patrons are outside of
their reserved, socially dis-
tanced seating zones.
Concert-goers will be able
to purchase food and bever-
ages and then take them back
to their seating area to enjoy.
<Organizers ask that all
attendees comply voluntarily
with mask wearing to help
keep yourself and others
safe,= SFF staff stated in a
prepared release. <If for any
reason that is either a hard-
ship, or you anticipate having
difficulty complying for any
reason, please stay home.=
Physical distancing will
also be implemented as
shown by markings on the
ground identifying six-foot
spacing for all areas where
By Sue Stafford
Correspondent
PHOTO BY TIM LABARGE
Ron Artis will headline the Sisters Folk Festival’s Close to Home Concert
on August 1.
organizers anticipate lines
forming. Seating pods for
social groups will be spaced
at least six feet from each
other and there will be 15
feet of room between the
stage and the first row of
seating. Public health guid-
ance signage such as physi-
cal distancing reminders,
hand washing/sanitizing
prompts, etc. will be posted
throughout the entire outdoor
venue as a reminder to follow
guidelines.
Organizers ask that
all attendees comply
voluntarily with mask
wearing to help keep
yourself and others safe.
— SFF Staff
<The staff at Sisters Folk
Festival is thrilled to be able
to plan this concert and4if
all goes well 3 is looking to
do something similar but
with additional venues over
the regular festival week-
end, SFF staff stated. <These
events can only be successful
if all participants follow the
rules.=
Tiered pricing for all
tickets will be offered start-
ing Monday, July 13, and
Sisters Folk Festival will
announce final lineup for
the day on or before that
date.
For tickets, artist infor-
mation, and a complete list-
ing of the lineup, visit www.
sistersfolkfestival.org.
The City will soon have
the services of an AmeriCorps
intern for 11 months, starting
in September. The person fill-
ing the position will be part
of the Resource Assistance
for Rural Environments
(RARE) federal program
administered through the
University of Oregon.
According to City
Manager Cory Misley, who
served as a RARE intern
while in school, they will be
interviewing possible can-
didates to find the person
who best fits the areas in
which they will be working
4 community engagement
and project management,
mainly around the Sisters
Vision Project. Some non-
profit experience would be
a plus, or other municipal
experience.
To participate in the pro-
gram, the City pays the U
of O $23,500 to help cover
expenses to place, train, and
support the intern. The City
is able to recoup $10,000 of
that amount with a grant from
the Ford Family Foundation.
The mission of the RARE
Program is to increase the
capacity of rural communi-
ties to improve their eco-
nomic, social, and environ-
mental conditions, through
the assistance of trained
graduate-level members who
live and work in communi-
ties for 11 months. Members
assist communities and agen-
cies in the development and
implementation of plans for
achieving a sustainable natu-
ral resource base and improv-
ing rural economic condi-
tions while gaining commu-
nity-building and leadership
skills.
Through the service-
learning program, RARE
AmeriCorps members gain
important service and profes-
sional experience by help-
ing to solve community and
regional development issues.
The posting for the City9s
Community Development
Director position is now
open. Misley hopes to have
the position filled by fall.
Check the City website for
the posting or contact City
Recorder Kerry Prosser for
information on the position,
541-323-5213.
A new City position,
Parks Planning and Public
Events Coordinator, has been
created to assist with the
workload in both the Public
Works Department and the
Community Development
Department. The new
employee will oversee the
City Parks Advisory Board,
handle the planning for new
parks, and will manage the
applications and arrange-
ments for all public events
in the City. Watch for the job
posting on the City website.
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