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8 Wednesday, October 21, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon All Saints Day event will benefit Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank Sisters Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration will offer an All Saints Day blessing and an opportunity to help the Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank. As with many local events, the Halloween Parade through downtown Sisters will not be held this year. The <admission= for the parade has been canned food for the Food Bank and a substantial amount was raised. The Episcopal Church was pondering this news along with All Saints Day, which falls on Sunday, November 1. The church decided to host a drive through to receive an All Saints Day blessing and an opportunity to donate to the Kiwanis Food Bank. There will be a site to collect non-perishable food, paper goods, pet food, and financial donations to benefit the Food Bank and the community. Visit the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration on Sunday, November 1, from 2 to 4 p.m. Stay safe in your car, drive through, receive a blessing, and drop off donations. The church is located at 68825 Brooks Camp Rd. by the intersection with Highway 242. For more information call 541-549-7087. HALLOWEEN: Health officials caution about traditional activities Continued from page 3 want to be able to provide a way for kids to enjoy the hol- iday in a safe manner.= The Sisters Elementary School (SES) Halloween parade normally finds hun- dreds of costumed kids wind- ing their way throughout all classrooms, with music blast- ing over the intercom. Then each classroom explodes into a flurry of Halloween fun. Some students at SES have been able to attend school in-person this fall, dependent on COVID guide- lines issued at the State level. These kindergarten through third-grade (K-3) students will experience a COVID- conscious version of the school9s annual festivities. The parade will be held outside, only for in-person students. <We will maintain our six feet of separation and still enjoy seeing one anoth- er9s costumes,= an announce- ment read. Classroom parties will follow. <With the cohort con- cerns, we can9t bring the distance-learning students in for something that is not aca- demic in nature,= said SES principal Joan Warburg of other students. <We may be able to look at something vir- tual that encompasses all of our fourth-graders.= Delaney Sharp, head teacher at Black Butte School in Camp Sherman, said the tiny district was trying to fig- ure out Halloween plans. The school9s parent-teacher orga- nization discussed <orga- nizing some outdoor games that could be safe for that Saturday afternoon,= Sharp said. <They are also trying to organize a simple trick- or-treat time= for local Camp Sherman kids only. Sharp said that if the Drive-Thru Halloween! Saturday, October 31 from 1 to 3 p.m. We will be giving out treat bags to children of all ages! Drive through our front entrance while we provide a safe experience following all COVID-19 guidelines. For more info call us at 541-549-5634. 411 E. Carpenter Lane, Sisters Th eLodgeInSisters.com • 541-549-5634 school9s families gather for Halloween, it will be vol- untary, not an official BBS- sponsored activity. <Overall, I would just say everyone is working to find a way to cel- ebrate the holiday out here,= he said, <while also being mindful of being safe and not contributing to any unneces- sary spread of the virus.= Meanwhile, back in Sisters, <the City never played much of a role in the past,= said City Manager Cory Misley of the town9s Halloween activities. <It was just sort of an organic thing.= During this season, Misley asked citizens to <continue to do more of the same= 4 meaning, take the same precautions that have helped local businesses and residents during the pan- demic. Those precautions include <wearing masks, social distancing, sanitiz- ing, and avoiding groups and close contact.= Because the City of Sisters doesn9t employ its own public health officials, <we9re going to amplify and reiterate the mes- sages that are coming from Oregon Health Authority and Deschutes County Public Health.= Misley noted that the City of Sisters <has not gone above and beyond either of them.= In other words, PHOTO BY TL BROWN A young girl from Las Vegas delighted in the corn maze at Smith Rock Ranch. Gianna was in Central Oregon visiting her grandmother. the City doesn9t intend to ban Halloween activities, and <we won9t be doing enforcement.= Health authorities warn against high-risk activities. That means no traditional trick-or-treating where treats are handed to children going door-to-door. Indoor par- ties, haunted houses, and trunk-or-treating from cars are all discouraged by health authorities. 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