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Sisters children enjoyed instructive puppet shows staged by firefighters at the Sisters Country Fair.

Country Fair mixed music and art
The llamas at Patterson Ranch lined up along the fence line on Saturday morning, August 11, watching with curiosity as visitors began streaming into the Episcopal Church grounds on Highway 242.

Investigators look at suspicious fires
Cloverdale firefighters responded to two fires on consecutive days last week off Fryrear Road east of Sisters.

Sisters women hurt in Bend accident
Two Sisters women were injured Sunday afternoon, August 12, in a motor vehicle accident on Century Drive near the entrance to Entrada Lodge outside Bend.

Food bank demand hits new record
The Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank is serving an average of 40 families per month, an approximately 20 percent increase over last year’s record level of demand.

Schools make case for early annex vote
The Sisters School District wants a November vote to annex the approximately 98-acre site of the new Sisters High School into the City of Sisters.

Sisters School District registration schedule
Sisters Elementary School, new students: Tuesday, August 21 Kindergarten-Grade 5: 8 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 3:30 p.m.

Kiwanis hosts hole-in-one tourney

The Kiwanis Club of Sisters is inviting Central Oregon golfers to try their luck at the second annual Million Dollar Hole-in-One Shootout to be held on August 17, 18, and 19 at Aspen Lakes Golf Course.

Porkers place at fair
Even though it was the first year for most of the students to raise and show pigs, the newly-formed 4H pig club, Porky in the Pines, made an impressive start at the Deschutes County Fair earlier this month.

City to Forest Service: Pay up
The Sisters City Council is demanding that the Sisters Ranger District pay a $98,948 sewer bill before being allowed to hook up to the municipal system.

Sisters Folk Festival offers new ticket deal
The Sisters Folk Festival is offering a special ticket package for several performances during the September 7-9 weekend.

City signs five-year cell tower lease
The City of Sisters has inked a deal with Spectrasite Wireless Towers, Inc. to allow construction of a cell phone tower near the city's sewer treatment plant.

Motor coach drivers explore Sisters
They came rolling in to Central Oregon from all around the Pacific Northwest, headed toward Redmond for a giant RV-ers' rendezvous.

Sisters quilter tapes TV show
Sisters quilter Jackie Erickson traveled to Los Angeles last week to tape an installment of "Simply Quilts," a cable television show developed to promote an art form that has put Sisters on the map.

Sisters plays tough in state tourney
Sisters American Legion Outlaws made their first-ever appearance in the eight-team State Tournament at David Douglas High School in Portland, finishing with a 1-2 record.