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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.

A work crew watches a helicopter with its load of grass seed.

Reseeding operation launched
The legacy of this summer's wildfires continued last week, as an emergency fire rehabilitation crew labored to protect severely burned slopes of the Eyerly fire north of Sisters to reduce the threat of soil erosion.

Ranch officers honored for fire actions
Black Butte Ranch police officers Mitch Elliott and Sergeant Harry Hawkins were honored with Medals of Valor at a ceremony on Thursday, October 24, for their actions during the Cache Mountain fire last summer.

SOAR to raise funds for recreation center
The Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation is at about the half-way point in its effort to raise $950,000 to build a recreation center in Sisters.

Outdoor classes test students' mettle
Sisters High School's Interdisciplinary Exploratory Education (IEE) class pulled off its third annual fall expedition last week from October 17 to 21.

Planners launch search for new library site
Sisters should have a new, $1.4 million library by 2008. Where that library will be has yet to be decided.

Students offer taste of new food program
Some school officials and community leaders got a preview of a new student-run dining room at Sisters High School on Thursday, October 24.

Local students to honor veterans
Sisters High School will host the annual Veterans Appreciation Service on Wednesday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the high school cafetorium.

Sisters COCC hosts art show
A local art show titled "Shades of Autumn" is currently on exhibit at Sisters COCC.

Sonrise school stages living history museum
Sir Francis Drake, El Cid, Queen Esther and others visited Sisters last week as Sonrise Christian School turned into a museum of sorts on Thursday, October 24.

Former Senate candidate to speak
Sisters resident and former Senate candidate Harry Lonsdale will read from his new book "Running: Politics, Power, and the Press" at Paulina Springs Book Company on Sunday, November 3, at 4 p.m.

Sisters residents learn at Wellness Expo
Sisters High School gymnasium was transformed on Saturday morning, October 26, into a health club and information center at the first Sisters Wellness Expo.

"Mindful Eating" explored at Expo
Folks who attended the Sisters Wellness Expo at Sisters High School on Saturday, October 26, learned that how you eat can be as important as what you do to keep fit in the gym.

Camp Sherman poet honored
John M. Schwartz has been awarded first place in the Non-rhyming Poem category of the 71st annual Writer's Digest writing competition based on his poem "Bank of China."

Profs perform math balancing act
Using meter sticks, Central Oregon Community College Professors Jack McCown and Doug Nelson offered a mathematical balancing act at the Thursday, October 24, Lunch and Learn class at Sisters COCC.

Hunt completes season as football player
Kady Hunt is a girl. She is in the eighth grade, and she is a good student. But what makes Kady Hunt unique is that she plays football on the school team.

Website depicts local project
Sisters area residents can learn about a major fire-risk reduction project near Camp Sherman through a new web page crafted by the Deschutes National Forest.

Sisters resident teaches communication
Three workshops on "Communicating Compassionately" will be offered from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on November 6, 13 and 20 in Room 151 of the Boyle Education Center at Central Oregon Community College.

Youth soccer wraps up season
Two undefeated titans of the Sisters U-8 youth soccer program met on the SOAR field on Saturday in the final game of the season.

School Book Fair raises $2,200
The Sisters Elementary School Book Fair with Scholastic Books raised $2,200 for next spring's fourth grade field trip.

Sisters church builds new addition
The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration sanctuary offers one of the best views in town, but the facilities have become a bit cramped in recent years.

Runners have big day
The Capital Conference District Championship cross country meet on Friday, October 25, turned out to be a banner day for the Sisters Outlaws.

Clarification
The headline and lead paragraph of The Nugget story "Judge denies attorney's fees in SCID suit" (The Nugget, October 23, page 17) overstated the scope of the judge's ruling.