The Nugget
Vol. XLIII No. 40
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Artists demonstrate their work in tour
By Jodi Schneider
Correspondent
Those who love the arts
in Sisters got the opportunity
last weekend to see some of
the region9s finest in action.
The
Sisters Art
Association (SAA) Artist
Studio Tour celebrated four
years of offering a unique
opportunity for art enthusi-
asts to visit studio spaces of
36 artists at 26 locations in
and around Sisters Country.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
on Saturday and Sunday,
September 26-27, a dynamic
group of local artists show-
cased unique collections of
work in the free, annual, self-
guided SAA Artist Studio
Tour.
The tour offered visitors
the special opportunity to
visit many of the talented art-
ists as they worked in their
studios. Most artists on the
tour 4 whether appearing
at their private studios or
joined up in small outdoor
groups around one home 4
actively demonstrated their
craft. This allowed guests to
gain insight into the materi-
als, techniques and processes
used in creating a work of
art. Artists participating in
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Permit No. 15
Fires
postpone
Whychus
Creek dam
removal
By Katy Yoder
Correspondent
PHOTO BY JODI SCHNEIDER
June Jaeger demonstrated her work with dyes during an Artist Studio Tour last weekend that brought a welcome
sense of activity and vitality to Sisters’ arts community.
the tour specialized in a wide tour last year,= he said. <But get out. We9ve seen a lot of
variety of mediums, ranging this year we met many new things just today that we
from painting to ceramics to artists and really loved them hadn9t seen before. I9m very
jewelry and textiles.
and their art. There has been impressed.=
Tom Williams was on the so much limited availability
A full-color tour guide
tour on Saturday.
of things to do and something
<We went to the studio like this is a great chance to
See STUDIO TOUR on page 23
Restoring Whychus Creek
as a healthy waterway has
taken many years, multiple
funding sources, and team-
work. The removal of the last
dam and fish passage bar-
rier will help support rein-
troduction of Chinook and
steelhead, which started in
Whychus Creek in 2007.
Efforts are helping transform
the once-dammed and over-
stressed water system into
a life-giving, vital flow of
clean, hospitable water able
to support a diverse habitat.
The final dam removal was
planned for September. But
recent fires and suffocating
smoke from around the state
increased the fire-threat level
on the Deschutes National
See DAM REMOVAL on page 14
Sisters voters have
choices to make
K-3 students return to school
Sisters voters will decide
who will serve on Sisters City
Council. Voters in the greater
Sisters area will vote on
who will serve as Deschutes
County Sheriff for the next
four years and on who will
serve four years in Position
#2 on the Deschutes County
Board of Commissioners.
Incumbent Phil Hender-
son is being challenged for
the seat by Phil Chang (see
profile of Henderson on page
6 and profile of Chang on
page 7).
Stories on the sher-
iff9s race between incum-
bent Sheriff Shane Nelson
and Bend PD officer Scott
Schaeir will be forthcoming
in subsequent editions of The
Nugget, along with profiles of
the five candidates vying for
three seats on City Council.
The five candidates for
For the first time since
mid-March students in kin-
dergarten through third
grade will return to Sisters
Elementary School (SES) for
in-class instruction, thanks to
a consistent drop in COVID-
19 cases in Deschutes
County.
The statistical metric
of fewer than 30 cases per
100,000 has held for over
three consecutive weeks,
allowing the return of the
youngest members of the
Sisters School District to
move from <Comprehensive
Distance Learning= to
<Hybrid Learning.= (Cases
did jump again late last
week).
Students will attend
classes in person Monday
through Thursday and
continue to take part in
Comprehensive Distance
Inside...
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
three open positions are:
Gary Ross; Elizabeth Fisher;
incumbent Andrea Blum;
Susan Cobb; and Jennifer
Letz.
In addition, local vot-
ers will decide on whether
to allow additional mari-
juana-growing operations in
unincorporated areas of the
county, and vote on bonds to
renovate, upgrade, construct
and equip library facilities.
Ballots will be mailed
out October 14. The last day
recommended to mail them
in to the County Clerk is
October 27. Election Day is
November 3, and all ballots
must be received by 8 p.m.
on election day in order to be
counted. Postmarks do not
count. There is a secure ballot
drop at Sisters City Hall, 520
E. Cascade Ave. Deadline to
register to vote is October 13.
Letters/Weather ..................... 2
Meetings ................................ 3
Announcements .....................10
Entertainment ....................... 11
PHOTO BY CHARLIE KANZIG
A student goes through the check-in process with staff before being
dropped off at Sisters Elementary School Monday morning.
Learning on Fridays.
Getting students back into
the school building requires a
comprehensive plan to meet
health and safety standards,
according to Superintendent
Curt Scholl.
Obituaries .............................15
Crossword .............................18
<We are excited to get to
see our K-3 students for in-
person instruction,= he said.
<Our elementary staff has
done a great job preparing
See SCHOOL on page 16
Classifieds ........................19-21
Real Estate .......................21-24