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High Desert Quilt Guild show set for Sept. 17
Local talent on full display
BY LEO BAUDHUIN
Redmond Spokesman
Quilting isn’t a new craft in
Central Oregon.
The annual Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show is 47 years old and
one of the largest in the world,
drawing more than 10,000
guests from across the United
States and the world.
Two months after the Sisters
event, Redmond will host its
own quilt show. The High Des-
ert Quilt Guild of Redmond is
putting together its second bi-
ennial quilt show, set for Sept.
17. Although it held the first
iteration of the event in 2018,
COVID-19 restrictions pre-
vented a second show in 2020
and 2021.
This year’s event is set to run
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at High-
land Baptist Church. Quilts will
be available for both sale and
to win in a raffle. The show will
also feature a silent auction and
a country store full of items like
aprons and Christmas deco-
rations. Admission is $2, with
proceeds going to the guild.
Local artist and High Desert
Quilt Guild member Stef Hin-
ton is set to feature in the show,
displaying 10 of her original
pieces.
Hinton has been sewing
since she was in seventh grade.
She’s made clothes — including
three wedding dresses — and
home decor, modified store-
Photo courtesy of Stef Hinton
“High Country Sun Challenge,” quilt by Stef Hinton.
Photo courtesy of Stef Hinton
“Tygh Valley homestead #2”, a quilt by Stef Hinton.
bought clothing and reuphol-
stered furniture. She’s taken
college-level classes in dress-
making and tailoring.
“I sew something every day,”
Hinton said. “Maybe not a quilt,
but I do sew on something. It
keeps me out of trouble.”
She didn’t actually get into
quilting until about 25 years
ago — after she retired and
moved to Oregon with her hus-
band.
Soon after the move, Hinton
was at a sewing shop in Bend,
looking for accessories for a
new sewing machine. She ran
into another woman with the
same type of machine and they
struck up a conversation.
The woman asked Hinton if
she was a quilter and — even
though Hinton said she wasn’t
— invited her to a Mountain
Meadow Quilters meeting in
Sunriver.
“That’s when I fell in love
with quilting,” Hinton said.
“Plus the people.”
The quilting community has
a strong family feel, Hinton
said.
“Once you’re a quilter, it’s al-
most like we can recognize each
other from across the room,”
she said. “We’re like, ‘Look at
that tote bag she’s got over her
shoulder and all that fabric in
it.’”
Hinton eventually joined a
quilt guild in Prineville, which
she said was a bit of a drive
from Redmond, but worth it for
the sake of being in the group.
The Prineville group also in-
Students head back to school
without pandemic restrictions
BY LEO BAUDHUIN
Redmond Spokesman
The pathways leading to the
front entrance of John Tuck Ele-
mentary School on Sept. 6 were
decorated with colorful chalk
patterns, welcoming families
of its second- through fifth-
grade students for the first day
of school.
When the doors opened,
children and parents quickly
streamed inside. Teachers wel-
comed many of the children by
name.
Kris Davis said he was sim-
ilarly energized by the start of
the new year, which kicked off
for Redmond High School up-
perclassmen on Sept. 7. Davis is
Redmond High School’s dean of
students, head wrestling coach
and football offensive coordi-
nator.
He said the 2022-23 year
hopefully marks “a new start
and a better start,” especially be-
cause it’s the first year since 2020
without mask mandates and
other COVID-19 restrictions.
During the past couple years,
faculty had to focus more on
enforcing COVID-19 safety
protocols than on having posi-
tive interactions with students.
Davis said he’s excited for that
to change.
Audrey Haugan, the principal
of Redmond High, said she feels
similarly. High schoolers go
through an introductory lesson
every period on the first day, she
said, and last year’s presentation
was all about COVID-19.
This year, they have room
to touch on a variety of topics,
including this year’s theme: Be-
lieve.
“We want our kids to believe
in their school, to believe in
themselves, to believe in each
other,” Haugan said.
cluded several members who
lived even further west in Eagle
Creek.
One day, Hinton’s friend
Sarah Spady — also a board
member for the High Desert
Quilt Guild — asked for Hin-
ton’s thoughts on starting a
guild closer to home. Although
Hinton had never considered it
before, she thought it sounded
like a good idea.
They were able to get a group
of about 20 people on board
and held their first meeting in
January 2016. Hinton was cho-
sen as the guild’s first president.
“Ever since then, there’s al-
ways more people coming,”
Hinton said. “Maybe one or two
people, five or 10.”
The guild is now up to al-
most 150 members, according
to Hinton.
Redmond’s quilt guild meets
at VFW Hall, 491 SW Veterans
Way, on the first Thursday of
every month. The guild hosts
demonstrations from a number
of established quilters. It also
has set sewing days, so mem-
bers can work on their craft in a
communal setting.
High Desert Quilt Guild also
collaborates to make quilts for
a number of local organizations
— supporting everyone from
Head Start groups to veterans.
“It feels so good to make
something for someone else
and give it to them,” Hinton
said. “And, of course, we keep
the economy going by buying
fabric.”
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Reporter: lbaudhuin@
redmondspokesman.com
LOCAL BRIEFING
Sept. 24 class to prepare volunteer mentors
Central Oregon Partnerships for Youth, a program of
the Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office, offers a class to
prepare volunteers in Redmond to become mentors for
children with an incarcerated parent.
After initial training and background checks, volun-
teers are matched with a child that shares similar interests
and commits to spending a few hours a week together for
a minimum of one year. This time is often spent on activi-
ties, exploring the community, doing art or craft projects,
or simply hanging out and talking.
On Sept. 24, COPY will offer an orientation/training
class. This 3.5-hour class covers program policies, Q&A
from a current volunteer, how to establish a mentor re-
lationship, the impact incarceration has on families, and
communication skills. There is no cost to attend, but ad-
vanced registration is required.
For additional details please call 541-388-6651 or email
COPY@deschutes.org Additional program information is
available at the Sheriff ’s Office web site at www.sheriff.de-
schutes.org/copy.
Central Oregon Health Council to host
listening session in Redmond
Photo by Leo Baudhuin/Spokesman
Students walk into Redmond High School on the first day of the 2022-23 school year.
Photo by Leo Baudhuin/Spokesman
A sign in front of Redmond High School welcomes students on the first day of class.
For students, this year is an
opportunity to participate in ac-
tivities that have been more lim-
ited during the pandemic.
Redmond High sophomore
and varsity tight end Ukiah
Munson said he’s excited for the
opportunities that he missed
out on last year. Mikella Sund-
berg and Ryan Batti said they’re
excited to have pandemic re-
strictions behind them and have
relatively normal last year of
high school and graduation.
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Not everyone has had their
first day, however. First graders
started start their scholastic ca-
reers on Sept. 8, while kinder-
garteners begin on Sept. 15.
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redmondspokesman.com
The Central Oregon Health Council will host 11 listen-
ing sessions throughout the region, including one in Red-
mond, to hear from residents who are struggling to pay
for basic needs yet earn too much to qualify for financial
assistance.
Participants will be asked to share how they are coping,
their greatest challenges, frustrations, and ideas and solu-
tions. Each listening session participant will receive $50
and a free meal.
“Too many people live in a situation where they’re not
eligible for financial assistance but they just can’t make
ends meet,” said MaCayla Arsenault, project manager for
the Central Oregon Health Council. “Our goal is to lis-
ten so that we can understand people’s current challenges
and needs to help guide future funding and resource de-
cisions.”
According to Arsenault, this growing population is
referred to as ALICE, an acronym for asset-limited, in-
come-constrained, employed.
“ALICE represents those of us who are unable to afford
the basics, like housing, childcare, food, transportation,
health care, and technology,” said Arsenault.
There will be 11 ALICE listening sessions offered be-
tween September 2022 and January 2023. Both English
and Spanish sessions will be held in Bend, Redmond,
Prineville, and Madras. English listening sessions will also
be held in Sisters, La Pine (including northern Klamath
residents), and Warm Springs.
For more information, call (541) 610-4304 or email
info@cohealthcouncil.org.
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