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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.

Goats dotted the hillsides north of Sisters, eating knapweed.

Budget crisis worsens for Sisters schools
Despite a veto override last week that preserved some $250,000 for this school year in Sisters, the district is right back looking at a $500,000 hole in the budget.

800 goats have knapweed lunch
An unusual restoration team of 800 goats came to Sisters last week to help control a massive noxious weed infestation in the Eyerly Wildfire area.

City to require next phase of road
The owners of the Comfort Inn and Mountain Shadow RV Park will soon have to complete the next phase of the road that will link the Sisters Industrial Park with the future Sisters High School.

Sisters will host Western festival
Sisters will live up to its Western theme this weekend as the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce hosts its Western & Native American Festival at Creekside City Park.

The Outlaws ran well in a major tune-up event.

Local runners second in Portland-to-Coast
The Outlaws Cross Country team took to the roads over the weekend as 26 team members participated in the Portland-to-Coast Relay, held August 23-24.

Jazz festival adds venue
The Sisters Jazz Festival will open a fourth all-event venue at Sisters Elementary School to make sure patrons have adequate seating at the rejuvenated festival.

Does fire hydrant flow in Camp Sherman?
At last week's Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Board meeting, Roger White questioned whether the single fire hydrant in downtown Camp Sherman worked or not.

Knapweed takes root in local areas
It's August and those pretty purple flowers of the noxious Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa) or its close relative Diffuse Knapweed (Centaurea diffusa) are in bloom.

Carleys' celebrate 60 years together
Margaret and Raymond Carley celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary earlier this month.