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30 Wednesday, September 9, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon STREET FAIR: Cancellations have been tough on vendors Honoring educators in Sisters Country Continued from page 3 The Nugget wants to help the Sisters community honor the dedicated educators who have continued to serve their students in the confusing and chaotic atmosphere of a global pandemic. In lieu of the traditional Outlaw Calendar, The Nugget will publish each month a Sisters Educator Honor Roll 4 a salute to the teachers and staff who go above and beyond the call of duty to make their students9 educa- tional experience in Sisters exceptional 4 whether it9s online or in-person. Students and family mem- bers are invited to email brief statements recognizing exceptional educators to be published in the Honor Roll. Include the name of the stu- dent (first name only is OK); name of the teacher; grade level and school; and a state- ment describing what makes the educator exceptional. Send submissions of 55 words or less to leith@ nuggetnews.com. They will be placed on a space-avail- able basis. SCHOOL: Metrics are working in students9 favor maintain COVID-19 proto- cols during Labor Day week- end and that there won9t be another spike in cases. Scholl said he toured the schools last week and saw readiness to get the school year underway 4 regardless of the configuration. <From what I witnessed this week, from school staff, to parents, to students, we are all ready to move into the 20-21 school year together and make it the best year pos- sible,= he said. Continued from page 3 about the possibility of a reopen at our middle and high schools,= Scholl wrote. <If our metrics hold, we could be reopening by the week of October 19.= As of the September 2 report, the 97759 zip code has seen 25 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Deschutes County cases peaked in July and have returned to levels seen in late May and early June. St. Charles Health Services CEO Joe Sluka reported last Thursday that, <The latest COVID-19 news at St. Charles is that our num- bers of hospitalized patients have been quite low for the past few weeks. We have three COVID-19 patients in the Bend hospital (as of last Thursday) and two of them are in the ICU on ventila- tors. Yesterday (Wednesday, September2) , we had only one new positive COVID-19 case in the three counties we serve. <This is really positive news and I can9t say how much we appreciate all you are doing to help 4 by wash- ing your hands, wearing masks, staying home, physi- cally distancing and more.= Health authorities were hopeful that people would SUDOKU SOLUTION for puzzle on page 28 Riley Sheets, one of the event staff from Crater Lake Spirits in Bend, was offering small bottles of hand sani- tizer to patrons stopping at the booth. She said, <We are the spirit of adventure. And now we make a street fair sani- tizer and we9re giving out little complimentary bottles. That was probably our big- gest change going through COVID. We are also making sure that when we are going to events, we have enough so that we can serve people a little better in that way.= Hannah Moncham, mar- keting assistant, added, <Our tasting room is open in Bend. We9re doing our typical tast- ings, with a course in pre-san- itation, everybody9s required to have masks on and as long as they9re seated at the table, they can take their masks off. We9re still fully operational with that.= Prineville resident Joel Dunaway, Clay Dragon Pottery owner, was a first- time vendor at Sisters Street Fair. He noted, <My wife and I have actually been here A Partnership Beyond Your Expectations We’ve been compliant as far as the mask and we have sanitizer. We’re small town. So, we’re naturally distanced from other people. — Joel Dunaway because there were no spaces left. And we9re pretty happy with that.= <We9ve been getting by with these little shows,= Missy said. <This was our first and only art show this year, but we9re managing.= Local scratchboard art- ist Jennifer Hartwig9s booth showcased her stunning artis- tic talent. <This is such a wonderful thing to have right now,= she told The Nugget. <I jumped on this show really quick. So right now, during COVID, a lot of my meat-and-potatoes business is creating dog por- traits. So, surprisingly enough I haven9t lost business on that. I9ve also been able to receive the PUA (Pandemic Unemployment Assistance) through the unemployment for my business. 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