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The Nugget
Vol. XXXVIII No. 28
page 18
P OSTAL CUSTOMER
News and Opinion
from Sisters, Oregon
www.NuggetNews.com
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Forty years of wrapping Sisters in quilts
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
The 40th anniversary of
Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show
showcased close to 1,400
“timeless tapestries” last
Saturday. Colorful quilts lined
the streets, hung early in the
morning by volunteers, creat-
ing a riot of color that spilled
across three blocks, soaking
guests in a flood of design
schemes.
Sisters artist, songwriter
and singer Dennis McGregor
celebrated the 40th anni-
versary theme “A Timeless
Tapestry” with his charming
poster, capturing the essence
of Sisters.
“The quilt is at the heart
of the image, filling it with
light, just as the quilt show
is at the heart of our summer
festivities in Sisters, filling
our streets with their visual
creativity and throngs of visi-
tors from all over the world,”
McGregor said.
Sisters Outdoor Quilt
Show Executive Director
Jeanette Pilak and hundreds
of volunteers arrived right
after sunrise and began the
task of hanging the 1,357
quilts that were entered for the
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Gee’s Bend
quilters
inspire
students
By Jodi Schneider McNamee
Correspondent
The hubbub inspired all
kinds of creative endeavor.
N i n e - y e a r- o l d Z i l y a
Glidden from Meridian,
Idaho, fiddled for specta-
tors on the lawn of the Three
Back by Popular demand,
the traditional quilters of
Gee’s Bend inspired students
with their unique straightfor-
ward way of quilting at three
separate workshops during the
Quilter’s Affair held at Sisters
High School during the 40th
anniversary Sisters Outdoor
Quilt Show.
The women of Gee’s Bend,
a small, remote community in
Alabama surrounded on three
sides by the Alabama River,
have created hundreds of quilt
masterpieces dating from the
early 20th century to the pres-
ent. The 700-plus inhabitants
of this small rural commu-
nity are mostly descendants
of slaves, and for genera-
tions they worked the fields
belonging to the local Pettway
Plantation. Quilts have been
See QuIlT ShoW on page 30
See QuIlTerS on page 15
photo by Gary Miller
The quilters of Gees Bend and local firefighters both made big contributions to a smashing 40th anniversary Quilt
Show last Saturday.
40th SOQS.
The event was presented
by Kaufman Fabrics.
“We were just thrilled
that so many of the indus-
tries sponsored the quilt show
to help us celebrate the 40th
anniversary,” said Pilak.
“People came from far and
wide; we had folks from all
of the states and 13 countries.
There were 550 volunteers
doing a tremendous job all
through the day. We thank all
of central Oregon for all their
support!”
Firefighters knock down Sisters’ trees are under stress
blaze east of Sisters
By Jim Cornelius
News Editor
Firefighters made quick
work of a fire Tuesday after-
noon, July 7, that broke out 10
miles southeast of Sisters near
Cline Butte.
The fire was held to five
acres due in no small part to
the aircraft that aided ground
forces, according to fire
officials.
One heavy airtanker
worked the head of the fire
while two single-engine air
tankers and two helicopters
offered support to the three
engines, a bulldozer, and hand
crew working to build fire
line. By early evening a fire
Inside...
line was constructed around
the perimeter of the fire area
and firefighters were mop-
ping up with the help of the
remaining Type 1 helicopter.
The fire was started by
lightning.
Firefighters also made
quick work of a blaze in the
fire-prone Geneva area south
of Lake Billy Chinook.
The Geneva 15 incident
near the Three Rivers subdivi-
sion was held to 875 acres. The
Geneva 15 fire was reported
at approximately 4 p.m. Fri-
day. The cause has been
determined to be lightning.
If you think being in city
government in Sisters is
stressful — try being a tree.
Back-to-back dry seasons
and recent hot temperatures
have conspired to make life
very tough for Sisters’ down-
town trees. So tough that
about a dozen have died and
are slated to be cut down and
removed. The largest of these
is a ponderosa pine tree in
front of Hardtails Bar & Grill.
The tree’s rapid decline saw
it go from stressed to dying
to dead in a matter of weeks.
See DYING TreeS on page 22
photo by JiM Cornelius
A large ponderosa pine next to hardtails has died quickly. It will be
removed soon — as early as this week.
Letters/Weather ................ 2 Business at Glance............. 6 Sisters Salutes .................11 Movies & Entertainment ....13 Classifieds .................. 27-29
Meetings ........................... 3 Obituaries ....................... 10 Announcements ................12 Crossword ....................... 26 Real Estate .................29-32