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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
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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
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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. This Street
Fair will be my first real
foray in a sales situation.=
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throughout the whole sum-
mer. We9ve been vendors at
the Sisters Farmer9s Market.
<We9ve been compliant as
far as the mask and we have
sanitizer. We9re small town.
So, we9re naturally distanced
from other people. I9ve got
some customers in Portland
that I9ve talked to and it9s
definitely a difficult situation
there, but here I think we can
be safe and do business here.=
Dunaway has had a pas-
sion for pottery since the
seventh grade. But his craft
really kicked off in college
with a ceramics class.
<I went into it, wanting
to do it, you know, one of
those attitudes, and I went
three years in college with
two apprenticeships, had
my own studio for a while,
and another career for a few
decades. And now, this is
my career for the rest of the
years.=
Brent and Missy Taylor,
owners of Cabin Creek Log
Furniture & Designs have
also joined the team of ven-
dors at Sisters Farmers
Market.
Missy noted, <We9ve been
doing the summer markets
and we9ve been at a farmer9s
market in Bend Northwest
Crossing. We9ve been lucky
enough to get into Sisters
Farmer9s Market.=
Brent added, <They gave
us the stage in Fir Street Park
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