Wednesday, July 7, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Grant program
accepting applications
Artist honors
AMERICAN FOLK
HEROES
The City of Sisters is seek-
ing to award grants to non-
profit community groups and
other entities that meet the
grant criteria for the 2021/22
fiscal year. The City will
award up to $20,000 in grants
this year for Sisters commu-
nity projects. The average
grant award is approximately
$1,300. The City has awarded
over $258,000 in grants to 59
local groups over the past 18
years.
Organizations that serve
the Sisters community, but
are not designated non-
profits, will need to meet at
least one of the following
criteria to be eligible for a
grant:
" Provides assistance for
essential utilities, food, medi-
cal needs, clothing, or shelter.
" Provides educational or
recreational opportunities for
children or seniors.
" Generates/supports eco-
nomic activity in Sisters.
In evaluating requests
from nonprofit and for-profit
organizations, the City will
consider the following:
" The requesting organiza-
tion9s history of success.
" The organizational and
financial stability of the
requesting organization.
" The number and types of
community members served
by the request.
" The ability to measure
and track the effectiveness of
the project or service.
" Community grant funds
will not be used for travel,
See GRANTS on page 22
PHOTO BY KATY YODER
Artist Leotie Richards with her fabric portrait of Sitting Bull.
By Katy Yoder
Correspondent
Leotie Richards loves
learning new techniques
and integrating them into
fabric art. Before retiring
and moving to Sisters she
spent 20 years designing
graphics and textiles for
retail stores. Always up
for a challenge, she began
exploring new ways to
work with fabrics, includ-
ing art quilting. Richards
combined her appreciation
for people she considers
American folk heroes with
her interest in botany and
history to create 12 portrait
quilts for a special exhibit
that debuted at the 2016
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
(SOQS).
Like the people featured
on the quilts, the art pieces
have had quite an adventure
since their first appearance.
They9ve been on display in
exhibitions up and down
the West Coast. Richards
was ready to move on to
another project and stored
them at her home.
Before the collection is
dispersed to buyers and gal-
leries, the American Folk
Legends exhibit is together
one last time at the Cindy
and Duncan Campbell
Gallery inside the Sisters
Art Works building.
Years honing her skills
as an artist and time spent
mastering various quilt-
ing techniques have
See RICHARDS on page 12
Art event supports
scholarships
Art at The Ranch is return-
ing after a two-year hiatus
due to smoke and COVID-19
restrictions.
The Art Sale & Auction is
sponsored by the Black Butte
Ranch (BBR) Art Guild.
Funds raised support Sisters
School District art programs
and scholarships for Sisters
High School seniors seek-
ing future art studies toward
an undergraduate degree in
visual arts. Since 2014 the
BBR Art Guild has contrib-
uted over $18,000 to schol-
arships and close to $30,000
to the elementary, middle,
and high schools for art
education.
The scholarship recipients
for 2021 include three gifted
students, each with unique
artistic pursuits: Sahara
Lucas, Anna Mensing, and
Katherine Springer. These
See ART SALE on page 23
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect gatherings, please contact individual organizations for current meeting status
SISTERS AREA MEETING CALENDAR
East of the Cascades Quilt Guild 4th
Wednesday (September-June), Stitchin’
Post. All are welcome. 541-549-6061.
Sisters Area Photography Club
2nd Wednesday, 4 p.m., meeting
at Sisters Community Church.
Al-Anon Mon., noon. / Thurs., 10 a.m.,
541-549-6157.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. Go Fish Fishing Group 3rd Monday,
Sisters Area Woodworkers
541-610-7383.
7 p.m. Sisters Community Church. All
1st Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m. 541-639-6216.
ages welcome. 541-771-2211.
Alcoholics Anonymous Thurs. &
Sisters
Astronomy Club 3rd
Sun., 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Heartwarmers (fl eece blanketmakers)
Tuesday, 7 p.m., SPRD. 541-549-8846.
Transfi guration / Sat., 8 a.m., Episcopal 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Sisters City
Church of the Transfi guration / Mon.,
Hall. Materials provided. 541-408-8505. Sisters Bridge Club Thursdays,
12:30 p.m., Email: sistersbridge2021@
5 p.m., Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Hero Quilters of Sisters Thursday,
gmail.com.
Church / Big Book study, Tues., noon,
1 to 4 p.m. 541-668-1755.
Sisters Caregiver Support Group
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church /
Citizens4Community, Let’s Talk
3rd Tues., 10:30 a.m., Village Green
Gentlemen’s meeting, Wed., 7 a.m.,
Park. 541-771-3258.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church / 3rd Monday, 5:30 to 8 p.m. RSVP at
Sober Sisters Women’s meeting, Thurs., citizens4community.com
Sisters Cribbage Club Please call for
details. 541-923-1632.
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
Military Parents of Sisters Meetings
Church / Step & Tradition meeting, Fri., are held quarterly; please call for details. Sisters Habitat for Humanity Board
noon, Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran
of Directors 4th Tuesday, 6 p.m.
541-388-9013.
Church. 541-548-0440.
Location information: 541-549-1193.
Oregon Band of Brothers – Sisters
Sisters Kiwanis Thursdays, 7 to
Black Butte Ranch Bridge Club
Chapter Wednesdays, 11:30 a.m.,
8:30 a.m., Brand 33 Restaurant at
Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., BBR community Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-549-6469.
Aspen Lakes. 541-410-2870.
room. Partner required. 541-595-6236.
Prayer Shawl Group 2nd & 4th
Sisters Parent Teacher Community
Central Oregon Fly Tyers Guild
Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Call for
2nd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. at Sisters
For Saturday meeting dates and
location: 503-819-1723.
Saloon. 541-480-5994.
location, email: steelefl y@msn.com.
SAGE (Senior Activities, Gatherings Sisters Parkinson’s Support Group
Central OR Spinners and Weavers
& Enrichment) Monday-Friday, 11 a.m. Meeting by Zoom.
Guild One Saturday per month, Jan.
to 4 p.m. at Sisters Park & Recreation
541-668-6599.
thru Oct. For schedule: 541-639-3217.
District. 541-549-2091.
Sisters Red Hats 1st Friday.
Location information: 541-279-1977.
Sisters Aglow Lighthouse
Council on Aging of Central Oregon
Senior Lunch Tuesdays, noon, Sisters 4th Saturday, 10 a.m., meeting by
Sisters Rotary 1st and 3rd Thursdays,
Community Church. 541-480-1843.
Zoom. 503-930-6158.
Noon, Aspen Lakes. 541-760-5645.
BOARDS, GROUPS, CLUBS
Sisters Speak Life Cancer Support
Group 2nd & 4th Tues, 1-2:30 p.m.
Call for location: 541-410-9716.
Sisters Trails Alliance Board 1st
Monday, 5 p.m. Sisters Library.
Public welcome. 808-281-2681.
Sisters Veterans Thursdays, noon,
Takoda’s Restaurant. 541-903-1123.
Three Sisters Irrigation District
Board of Directors 1st Tuesday,
4 p.m., TSID Offi ce. 541-549-8815.
Three Sisters Lions Club 2nd
Tuesday, noon, Ray’s Food Place
community room. 541-419-1279.
VFW Post 8138 and American Legion
Post 86 1st Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.,
Sisters City Hall. 541-903-1123.
Weight Watchers
Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, Sisters
Community Church. 541-602-2654.
SCHOOLS
Black Butte School Board of
Directors 2nd Tuesday, 3:45 p.m.,
Black Butte School. 541-595-6203.
Sisters School District Board of
Directors One Wed. monthly, SSD
Admin Bldg. See schedule online at
www.ssd6.org. 541-549-8521 x5002.
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