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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.

Sisters firefighters helped hang quilts where others couldn't reach. photo by Jim Mitchell

Quilt show draws thousands
Warm weather -- but not too warm -- contributed to a near-record crowd at the 29th annual Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. Although nobody can, or will, estimate the size of the crowd at the annual event, estimates have been bandied about in the 20,000 range for previous shows.

Cyclists blast through Sisters in race
While Lance Armstrong battled in the first week of the Tour de France, more than 200 Olympic-level men and women cyclists from throughout the U.S. and Canada tested their strength, speed and stamina in last week's 25th Cascade Cycling Classic (CCC), the second stage of which passed through Sisters on Thursday, July 8.

Pelton agreement bodes well for fish
Those who dream of one day seeing steelhead and perhaps even Chinook salmon in Squaw Creek as it runs through Sisters will mark Tuesday, July 13, as an historic day.

Developers purchase Sisters land
Sisters developer Shane Lundgren and a group of investors called Dutch Pacific have purchased approximately 40 acres of industrial land at the north end of Sisters.

Camp Sherman hosts its own quilt show
More than 600 people visited Camp Sherman's historic Community Hall for the annual summer Pine Needlers quilt show last Friday, July 9.

School board ratifies teacher contract
Teachers in Sisters schools will get a 2 percent pay hike next year under a new contract ratified by the school board Monday night.

Cycle Oregon seeks Sisters volunteers
Hundreds of cyclists will roll into Sisters July 23-25 to participate in the first Cycle Oregon Weekend ride.

School board mulls local option bid
The local option tax levy that has kept Sisters schools operating since voters approved it in November 2000 will run out at the end of the next school year.

Portland firm contracted for city planning services
Bill Adams of Portland and his planning services firm will take over the reins as Sisters' new planning director this month.

Sisters wrestles with density questions in council workshop
Sisters' leaders continue to wrestle with a fundamental question that will shape the city's future: How to preserve Sisters' semi-rural character while accommodating a predicted population explosion over the next few years.

Jacobsen honored at quilters' picnic
The finale of the week-long Quilter's Affair class program was a picnic complete with music and, of course, more quilting. After a week of classes, lectures, and demonstrations, 650 quilters were served by Bronco Billy's Ranch Grill & Saloon in the Village Green Park.

Volunteers always make the quilt show run
It's the volunteers who make the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show possible.

Sisters group on mission to Uganda
A group of 10 Sisters residents led by Mike Parker and Sisters Community Church pastor Tim Kizziar will depart for Uganda on Thursday, July 15, on a short-term mission trip that will conclude July 27.