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Wednesday, October 13, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon C O M M U N I T 3 Y Sisters’ Roundhouse Foundation is growing By Sue Stafford Correspondent PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Central Oregon Textiles was one of the vendors who demonstrated their high-quality work on-site at Sisters Harvest Faire. Sisters is home to a unique private family foundation that began in 2002 with a focus on supporting a creative economy in Sisters. Today, almost 20 years later, that same Roundhouse Foundation has grown 4 in assets, in programs and partners, in staff, and in geographic reach. Founder, trustee, artist, and local Sisters resident Kathy Deggendorfer, in collaboration with her mother, Gert Boyle, the matriarch of Columbia Sportswear, established the Roundhouse Foundation with the original desire to focus on supporting ideas and projects that created positive change. The programs they9ve supported, like the Sisters Folk Festival9s Americana Project in local schools, celebrate creative problem solving, and allowing creative people, like Americana Project founder Brad Tisdel, to serve as positive mentors for children. Creative people were also encouraged to be important forces in creating new economies. The purchase of the former Multnomah Publishing building on Adams Avenue led to the establishment of See ROUNDHOUSE on page 22 Harvest Faire draws a horde to market By Jim Cornelius Editor in Chief For two generations, the Sisters Harvest Faire has offered a celebration of the season, a celebration of handcrafted excellence in a plastic world, and a celebra- tion of the community of Sisters. This year9s Faire felt especially celebratory as the crowds of market-goers returned after a year hia- tus forced by the COVID- 19 pandemic. Shoppers strolled among the stalls of dozens of vendors 4 many of whom have been regulars at the Faire for as long as 20 years. Judging from the burdens they carried back to their vehicles parked all across Sisters, they weren9t just looking. The juried artists are noted for the quality of their goods, and shoppers find unique items of art, décor, or food and drink to take home with them. Many of them find their way under a Christmas tree in a couple of months9 time. The Sisters Harvest Faire is held across several blocks of Main Avenue in Sisters, around Fir Street Park, where Dry Canyon Stampede played on the stage on Saturday, with Bill Keale performing on Sunday. Demonstrations of glass-blowing, textile-mak- ing, metal arts, and more lend an educational aspect to the Faire. <It was awesome,= said Jill Neal, whose <Wild (Tasteful) Women= and other works of art were on display in her tent. <[Saturday] it was wall-to- wall bodies in here. It was like old-home week.= Neal closed her gallery in Sisters and has scaled back on doing shows, focus- ing on a continually grow- ing online business. But the Sisters Harvest Faire will stay on the schedule, she said. She plans to be back See FAIRE on page 21 Sisters bridge players are back in action By Craig F. Eisenbeis Correspondent After a year-and-a-half pause brought on by the pandemic, the Sisters Bridge Club is up and running again. Organizers want to get the word out and are interested in recruiting 4 and mentoring 4 new players. The local organization has been playing bridge in Sisters for more than 40 years. Some of the people who have played in the past have migrated out of the area, and snowbird lifestyles are also creating plenty of room for newcomers. To help players who are out of practice, such as those who may have played a little in college 4 or aspiring players who have never played at all 4 the club will be offering free bridge lessons. The only requirement for participation is that players See BRIDGE on page 14 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. 541-231-1897. 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 Tuesdays, 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 Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Spoons Restaurant. 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. 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
