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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 recalls September 11
Americans will forever remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard the terrible news of the terrorist attacks of September 11.

Folk festival offers rousing good time
More than 1,000 roots music fans and musicians descended on Sisters last weekend for the three-day Sisters Folk Festival.

Thousands of cyclists visit Sisters
Some 2,000 cyclists were to start rolling into Sisters at about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, September 11.

Sisters students head back to school
Sisters students went back to the classroom on Monday, September 9 -- four days later than originally planned.

Sisters students shine on state tests
Sisters students gave local educators something to smile about amidst all the gloom associated with looming budget cuts.

Sisters Jazz Festival returns with top bands
The Sisters Jazz Festival mixes some of the country's best touring jazz bands with outstanding local and regional musicians.

Sisters Jazz Festival Schedule

Sisters gallery walk scheduled this month
SistersGalleries.com will host the September edition of Sisters Gallery Walk 2002 on Friday, September 20 from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event, featuring seven galleries, is free to the public.

Habitat store needs volunteers
The Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store in Sisters has an urgent need for volunteers to run the cash register and sort donations.

Outlaws outlast Burns in shootout
The Sisters football team survived its first test of the young season by upending highly regarded Burns on the Outlaws' home turf last Friday, September 6, by a score of 35-28.

FAN hosts five-week parenting class
Sisters Family Access Network (FAN) will host a parenting class series titled "Parenting with Love and Wisdom."

Pearl operates from Brothers to Sisters
Her territory runs from Brothers to Sisters and keeps Mary Beth Pearl quite busy serving on the Deschutes Public Library Board as one of five publicly elected members.

Acclaimed author to visit bookstore
Legendary writer Ursula K. Le Guin will appear at Paulina Springs Book Company on Sunday, September 15, at 5 p.m.

Song academy draws musicians to camp
The Americana Song Academy hosted a week-long songwriting retreat at Camp Caldera in the week leading up to the Sisters Folk Festival.

Girls ready for volleyball season
The Sisters girls volleyball team begins play this week looking to improve upon last year.

Boys tie North Marion in soccer opener
The Sisters boys varsity soccer team began the new fall season by hosting the Huskies of North Marion on Thursday, September 5.

Sisters events tent goes up
The Sisters Folk Festival last weekend marked the first use of Sisters' own events tent.

Sisters company provides security
Sisters Taekwondo instructor Tim Davis has parlayed his years of experience in security and the martial arts into a new Sisters-based security company.

The folks behind the folk festival
It was the musicians who kept feet stomping and hands clapping at the Sisters Folk Festival, but there was a small army of folks working behind the scenes to bring it all together.

Habitat victim of illegal dumping
Sisters' Habitat For Humanity Thrift Store relies on donations for its stock of goods. That does not mean the organization is a dumping ground for the community's junk.

Veterinary clinic serves Sisters
Broken Top Veterinary Clinic is Sisters' newest animal care facility. Located on Highway 20 just east of town, the clinic is owned by Dr. Little Liedblad.

Agenda...

HMO sues Health Plan
BEND, Ore. -- A managed care company in Central Oregon has filed a suit against the state-run Oregon Health Plan, saying it routinely underpays its physicians and hospitals.

How to survive wildfire
The Sisters Ranger District hosted a discussion on August 31 in Camp Sherman about reducing wildfire risk to homes in Central Oregon.