Wednesday, April 21, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Local woman approaches
grief with creativity
By T. Lee Brown
Correspondent
PHOTO PROVIDED
Our Hands, Our Work by Carly Garzón Vargas was awarded the Americana Folk Award.
MOTH announces award winners
Sisters Folk Festival
(SFF) is getting ready to
host its largest annual fun-
draiser and community arts
celebration, My Own Two
Hands. The event will be
held virtually May 10-15.
Proceeds from the event
support SFF9s mission of
strengthening community
and transforming lives
through music and art.
Selecting this year9s
MOTH award winners was
both challenging and hum-
bling with nearly 80 incred-
ible pieces of art donated by
generous artists and organi-
zations to choose from, SFF
reported.
Awards of Excellence
Design Award 4 Toni
Del Guidice9s mixed
media original, aptly titled
<Holding Hope= was cho-
sen for the 2021 My Own
Two Hands poster art.
<Holding Hope is literal
to me: Hope for our planet.
Hope for the pandemic.
Hope for integrity in gov-
ernment. Hope for equity,=
she said.
Theme Award 3 Jan
Hansson9s wood sculp-
ture on swiveling plat-
form, <Together We Are
Hopeful.=
<Born and raised in
Sweden, I am inspired
by the clean lines of
Scandinavian design,=
Hansson said. <Less can
often tell you more. I hope
to inspire people to look
beyond the sculpture itself.=
Awards of Merit
" David
R o c k 9s
acrylic painting on board,
Chrysalis.
<A monarch butterfly
chrysalis,= Rock explained.
<It seems to me to be the
epitome of 8Holding Hope.9
A cocoon is a perfect sym-
bol of the promise of re-cre-
ation from old to new, from
past to future. Yet the form
itself is completely alien
to its previous existence or
future manifestation. It is at
once: sarcophagus, jewel,
and egg. The image in this
painting is separated from
any reference to the natural
world so that it can be con-
sidered and contemplated
See WINNERS on page 22
When the Institute of
Happiness in Copenhagen sent
out a call for submissions last
year, Sisters resident Katie
Diez was intrigued. People
around the world were invited
to submit objects that made
them feel happy. Winning
objects would be displayed at
the institute9s new Happiness
Museum.
Diez, an occupational thera-
pist who works with children,
had a unique object to send: a
packet of seeds. Her <Comfort
Seeds= project, a collaboration
with visual artist Manda Bryn
Severin, explores grief and
regeneration. Comfort Seeds
had already brought happiness
to Diez, her young students,
and dozens of participants.
Why not bring them to the
world?
The Institute of Happiness
accepted only 18 objects out
of hundreds submitted. To
be included at all would be
an honor. Diez received an
email from the museum that
her Comfort Seed project was
not only accepted4it was
the Grand Prize winner. The
prize included an all-expense-
paid trip to Denmark to tour
the Happiness Museum, after
COVID.
<I was kind of screaming
I was so excited,= Diez said.
<And then I got hit with, 8Wait,
is this real?9= Katie messaged
See DIEZ on page 8
The challenges of online
learning at SMS
By Kale Gardner
Correspondent
The challenges of online
learning from school has taken
a toll on many students in the
Sisters School District, espe-
cially at Sisters Middle School
(SMS).
Sisters Middle School stu-
dent Holly Davis told The
Nugget that, <one of the only
positive impacts online learn-
ing had on me was having less
classes during the day, simply
because there was a lot less
stress and anxiety hanging on
my shoulders, I was and felt
more free, but there was defi-
nitely a lot more cons to the
story than pros.
<With online learning the
hardest part about it was just
simply not being able to con-
nect with great teachers on a
day-to-day basis. It was also
really frustrating because a lot
of people who learn differently
were not at a level playing
field, and it was so sad.=
See ONLINE on page 14
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect gatherings, please contact individual organizations for current meeting status
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
Council on Aging of Central Oregon
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters
Al-Anon Mon., noon, by Zoom. / Thurs., Community Church. 541-480-1843.
10 a.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Church. 541-610-7383.
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
Friends of the Sisters Library Board
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
of Directors 2nd Tuesday, 9 to 11 a.m.,
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal Sisters Library.www.sistersfol.com.
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday,
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
ages welcome. 541-771-2211.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505.
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs.,
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday,
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755.
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri.,
Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at
Church. 541-548-0440.
citizens4community.com
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Support Group 1st Tuesday, noon,
are held quarterly; please call for details.
SPRD bldg. 800-272-3900.
541-388-9013.
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236. Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
& Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.
For Saturday meeting dates and
to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation
location, email: steelefl y@msn.com.
District. 541-549-2091.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
Guild One Saturday per month, Jan.
thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.
Sisters Aglow Lighthouse
4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by
Zoom. 503-930-6158.
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., meeting by
Zoom. 541-549-6157.
Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support
Group 2nd & 4th Monday. Call Suzi for
location and time: 503-819-1723.
Sisters Area Woodworkers
1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st
Monday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library.
Public welcome. 808-281-2681.
Sisters Astronomy Club 3rd
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Sisters Bridge Club In-person
gathering suspended until further notice. Three Sisters Irrigation District
For free online bridge info,
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
call Barbara 541-914-6322.
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., The Lodge in
Sisters. 541-771-3258.
Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd
Tuesday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for
details. 541-923-1632.
VFW Post 8138 and American Legion
Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123.
Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
Weight Watchers
Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters
Community Church. 541-602-2654.
SCHOOLS
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters
Saloon. 541-480-5994.
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group
Meeting by Zoom.
541-668-6599.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD
Admin Bldg. See schedule online at
www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Thursdays,
Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.
Sisters Middle School Parent
Collaboration Team 1st Tuesday,
2 p.m., SMS. 541-610-9513.
CITY & PARKS
Sisters City Council 2nd & 4th
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m., Sisters City Hall.
541-549-6022.
Sisters Park & Recreation District
Board of Directors 2nd & 4th Tuesdays,
4:30 p.m., SPRD bldg. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Planning Commission
3rd Thursday, 5:30 p.m., Sisters
City Hall. 541-549-6022.
FIRE & POLICE
Black Butte Ranch Police Dept.
Board of Directors Meets monthly.
541-595-2191 for time & date.
Black Butte Ranch RFPD Board of
Directors 4th Thursday, 9 a.m., Black
Butte Ranch Fire Station. 541-595-2288.
Cloverdale RFPD Board of Directors
3rd Wed., 5:30 p.m., 67433 Cloverdale
Rd. 541-548-4815. cloverdalefi re.com.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday,
5 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall, 541-549-0771.
Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD Drills
Tuesdays, 7 p.m., Sisters Fire Hall,
301 S. Elm St. 541-549-0771.
This listing is for regular
Sisters Country meetings;
email information to
lisa@nuggetnews.com