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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.

Amy Cretsinger leaps into the top tier of female track athletes in Oregon. Photo by Jordan Beck

Outlaws' Cretsinger takes triple jump title
Amy Cretsinger won the triple jump and finished second in both the long jump and 300-meter hurdles to lead the Outlaw girls track team to fourth place at the OSAA 3A Track and Field Championships.

District hires new school chief
The Sisters School Board has reason to believe that the third time is a charm. On its third attempt, the board hired a superintendent for the coming year.

New name coming for Squaw Creek
Since Oregon Senate Bill 488 passed nearly two years ago, the name "Squaw Creek" has been living on borrowed time.

New road to be finished this summer
One more piece of the road that will run from the Sisters Industrial park to the new Sisters High School has been completed.

Burn season closed
After deciding just last week that debris burning could continue a while longer, Central Oregon fire authorities reversed themselves and closed all burning last weekend.

Graduating Sisters seniors honored
Graduating seniors were in the spotlight the evening of May 27 at the annual Senior Awards and Scholarship program at the Sisters High School cafetorium.

Black Butte School celebrates
Parents, grandparents, friends and former students gathered at the Camp Sherman Community Hall Thursday evening, May 29, for an end-of-school celebration for Black Butte School (BBS).

Summer programs on tap at library
This week's Preschool Parade program, "Counting Capers," is set for Thursday, June 5, at 10:30 a.m.

New Suttle Lake Lodge about to rise
The much-anticipated new lodge at Suttle Lake Resort is one step closer to reality.

Water issues could make big waves in Central Oregon
Ownership of water has always been a critical issue in Central Oregon, as evidenced by the recent House passage of House Bill 3298. The text of HB 3298 states that the person who has title to the property described by the water right owns that right.

Head Start signing up fall students
Enrollment has begun for next fall's Sisters COCAAN Head Start. Targeted to low-income and special-need families who want hands-on involvement with their pre-schoolers, the free, state-funded pre-school program will have two teachers and will accept 18 children.

Gregg Geser wins 'Race Across Oregon'
Gregg Geser of Sisters won the Race Across Oregon (RAO) last weekend, May 31-June 1.

School bond rates drop
The tax bill for the new $21-million high school that will open in Sisters this fall has been lower than expected and is continuing to drop.

Ranch not responsible for creek going dry
The Sokol ranch in Sisters apparently had nothing to do with the drying out of a section of Squaw Creek last week ("Fish die as Squaw Creek runs dry," The Nugget, May 28).

Sudden birth tests mom's mettle
Michelle Barnes of Sisters was three days away from her due date of May 11. She and husband Robert Lucas were eagerly awaiting the arrival of their second child. Everything was planned and the couple had decided to do a home birth, a water birth, in fact.

New bridge access to Suttle completed
One of Central Oregon's more dangerous intersections has finally been eliminated.

Free wireless Internet access offered at library
Sisters Library now offers free wireless Internet service for users at the library. Patrons may now use their own computer rather than the desktop models available at the library.

Library turns into 'Answerland'
Got a question? Ask a librarian. Get an answer.

Stable caters to trail riders
Crooked Horseshoe Stables offers a casual, laid back host of activities.

Garbage hauler making mulch
Once a week, almost every business and resident in the Sisters area hauls trash carts to the curb or street edge to rid themselves of the accumulated waste and garbage.

Students learn about American flag
Sisters first graders learned about the history and etiquette surrounding the American flag in a Lion's club presentation on Thursday, May 29.