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The contents of the on-line edition of The Nugget represent a selection among the stories that appear in the weekly print edition.

Thousands of quilters will enjoy Sisters' outdoor display on Saturday.

Quilt Show offers many events, exhibits
Quilters began arriving in Sisters last week for classes and activities leading up to the annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show on Saturday, July 13.

Sisters country braces for fire season
Those of us who live in the Sisters country watched the catastrophic forest fires in Colorado and Arizona with a cold thought in mind: That could be us.

Hiker injured in fall on Tam McArthur Rim
A Florida man suffered a broken ankle and dislocated shoulder in a fall on Tam McArthur Rim on Sunday, July 7.

Piping ditch has saved Squaw Creek water
Farmers are getting plenty of water this summer -- and taking less out of Squaw Creek -- since the Squaw Creek Irrigation District piped the Cloverdale Ditch.

Burglar hits liquor store in Sisters
A burglar broke a window at The Gallimaufry on Thursday, July 4, and stole an estimated $2,000 worth of liquor and some merchandise.

Cycling Classic will come to Sisters
Sisters will be the center of activity for Stage Two of the annual Columbia River Bank Cascade Cycling Classic as the elite men and women riders race through town tomorrow on their way to the finish line at the Upper Three Creek Lake Sno-Park.

Gem Show brings treasures
All through the long holiday weekend, visitors and Sisters folk filtered into the tent city at Sisters Elementary School to hunt for treasure.

Folk festival offers guitar auction
The Sisters Folk Festival is offering the chance to own a unique Breedlove collector's guitar signed by Sisters Starry Nights performers Vince Gill, Amy Grant, Karla Bonoff, and Hal Ketchum.

RV club helps Habitat
Some 40 to 50 RV enthusiasts rolled into Sisters with a mission this week.

Book store brings authors to town
Paulina Springs Book Company will host three authors during the week of the annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.

Obituary, Jesse Edgington
Jesse Crawford Edgington, born on the Edgington Ranch near Sisters on September 22, 1918, died on the Fourth of July, at Green Acre Foster Care Home in Redmond.

Recycling center will have to move
The City of Sisters will eventually have to move its recycling center out of the current space located behind the Sisters Fire Hall.

Runners encounter cougar on bike trail
Two Sisters high school cross country runners out for a summer training run had an encounter with a cougar on the Suttle Lake Tie Trail west of Sisters at about 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 6.

June ran hot, then cool in Sisters
Variable temperatures, mostly sunny days, and sparse precipitation characterized the weather in Central Oregon last month. Several exceptionally warm -- make that hot -- afternoons gave local residents a taste of summer.

Sisters drivers shine at Seattle race
Bech's Big Bore Bad Boys of Central Oregon made quite a noise at the Pacific Northwest Historics Race at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington Fourth of July Weekend.

Smith named school board chair
Jeff Smith was named chairman of the Sisters School Board at the board's annual organizational meeting on Monday, July 8.