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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 Rodeo offered the usual thrills as top cowboys rode and roped. Photo by Jeff Sperber

Rodeo draws big crowds to Sisters
A sea of cowboy hats, traffic at a standstill on Highway 20, and funny brown stuff on your boots. It must be rodeo weekend in Sisters!

Superintendent Baker introduced to Sisters
Lynn Baker, the soon-to-be Sisters school superintendent, is getting a rapid introduction to the schools and the general area.

Wreck injures driver
A collision near the junction of Highways 20 and 126 on Friday afternoon, June 13, sent a woman to the hospital with facial lacerations and possible head injuries.

Activists claim fee demo deception
Opponents of Forest Service trail fees are citing a General Accounting Office (GAO) report that they say proves the agency is padding the numbers in an effort to make its fee program look like a success.

Lake Creek Lodge project put on hold
After receiving a flurry of letters and email comments on the proposed expansion of Lake Creek Lodge at Camp Sherman, the six Jefferson County planning commissioners postponed a decision on the project proposal until their July 10 meeting.

Walking the Metolius Preserve
Most folks in the Sisters country have heard about the Metolius Preserve project of the Deschutes Basin Land Trust (DBLT).

PRCA tour abandons the Sisters Rodeo
As always, the Sisters Rodeo was a big success, and big cowboy names made the annual pilgrimage to town.

Generous high school students help family
Sisters High School students' hearts were touched when they learned of little Hannah Piete and their efforts to help her went beyond expectations.

Cowgirl rides with the cowboys
Rodeo fans are used to seeing lots of pretty girls at the rodeo. They're the rodeo queens, the barrel racers, the flag girls.

Wild Child wows rodeo crowd
Faster than a wild bronc, more powerful than his sleek Dodge truck, able to leap a tall Sundowner trailer in a single bound.

Garbage rates go up
It will cost a little more for Sisters residents to get rid of the garbage next month. On June 12, the Sisters City Council adopted new rates for several city services, licenses and permits.

Group stages 'Last Rehearsal'
Sisters Community Theatre's production of Sisters resident Gilbert Martin's "The Last Rehearsal" opens Friday, June 20, at Sisters Elementary School. Curtain is at 7 p.m.

Hamonds take over Nettie's
Linda and Ralph Hamond are still scratching their heads. Sheer serendipity has made them the new owners of Nettie's Gifts and Flowers. Next to their wedding four years ago, it is the biggest meant-to-be in their life together.

Walkway to new church finished
The laying of a walkway put the final touch to the entrance of the new Community Hall at Sisters Episcopal Church last week.

SOAR unveils mascot
A tall, colorful dinosaur loomed over the Sisters Rodeo Parade on Saturday, June 14.

Inmates reflect and plan for future
Mountain tops have always been places for reflection and soul searching. Inmates contracted to dismantle an old lookout tower on Black Butte earlier this month marveled at the beauty and spoke of their lives, their mistakes, and their hopes for the future.

Trimester of learning culminates in a raft trip
For the third consecutive year Sisters High School's Interdisciplinary Environmental Expedition (IEE) class capped months of study with a raft trip down the Deschutes River. Over Memorial Day weekend two groups of 25 students enjoyed the three-day adventure.