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Post office worker Derrick Urquhart now uses rubber gloves -- just to be safe.

Sisters post office takes precautions
Sisters is a long way from the Washington D.C.-New York City epicenter of terrorist anthrax attacks.

Ground still swells near South Sister
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Federal researchers will consider whether to place new seismic equipment near the South Sister after evidence that molten rock has continued to seep into the area over the past year.

City chief job hunt launched
The Sisters City Council has launched a national job search for a new city administrator.

Cross country girls win championship
Domination is the only way to describe how the Outlaw girls cross country team handled the district meet as Sisters placed seven girls in the top 13 in cruising to the Capital Conference title Friday, October 26 at Bush Park in Salem.

Costs may force cuts in new high school
The Sisters School Board will have to make deep cuts in the planned high school/middle school project to meet its target cost of $21.45 million.

Sisters High School Cost Sheet (750 students)

Sisters girl's wish comes true
Three-year-old Josie Hanel hasn't had an easy time of it for the past couple of years, bravely battling leukemia.

Shots for Tots clinic scheduled in Sisters
The Shots for Tots immunization program will host a clinic at Sisters Elementary School from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 3.

Stellar program set for Starry Nights
The Sixth Annual Sisters Starry Nights Concert Series will bring Hal Ketchum, Vince Gill and Amy Grant and Karla Bonoff to the Sisters High School stage this winter.

Former P.O.W. speaks to students
On August 31, 1967, Dave Carey's fighter plane was shot down over a rice paddy in Viet Nam. The 24-year-old Captain in the United States Air Force spent the next six years in prison.

Jazz festival to make a comeback
The High Mountains Jazz at Sisters board of directors announced that the famed Sisters festival will return next September.

Forest health demo project begins
A project that will demonstrate the effects of different types of forest management got underway last week in the Metolius Basin.

Brown resigns from Sisters fire board
Greg Brown has resigned from the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District Board of Directors in the midst of an investigation.