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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.

Past and present SOAR leaders break ground (l.-r.): Lei Durdan, Ben Ehrenstrom, Carole C.B. Davis, Colin Adams, Bonnie Malone, Ginger Durdan-Shaw, Mary Daday, Maureen Bidasolo, Tom Coffield, Carol Moorehead, Marie Clasen. photo by Jim Cornelius

SOAR breaks ground on center
A joyful crowd of children, parents, community activists and board members of Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation gathered on Thursday, July 17, at the west end of the new Sisters High School parking lot to turn the first, symbolic shovels of dirt at the site of Phase One of a new Community Activity Center.

Double school move nearly finished
Anyone who has ever moved from one address to another can understand why Sisters School District facilities manager Bob Martin had concerns about getting everything transported from the former middle and high schools to the new locations this summer.

Crews will remain on Link Fire
Smoke no longer descends in choking clouds on Sisters, and Black Butte Ranch has returned to normal activities.

Metolius gets new plan
The U.S. Forest Service is ready to launch a major project to protect forests in the Metolius Basin.

Funding cut hits Sisters Head Start
The Sisters Head Start Center has closed down in the wake of a $150,000 cut in state funding to the early childhood development program.

Custom car classic heads to Sisters
The rumbling sound and the flash of bright sunlight on polished chrome that will predominate on Sisters roads next weekend mark the 14th running of the High Desert Rod and Custom Car Classic.

Volunteers balance home, public service
Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteers must be available to help others — even when it puts their own lives on hold.

Girl Scouts help paint houses
A high school honor student and senior member of the Girl Scouts organized a group of half a dozen other scouts and an equal number of parents and adults to help paint and landscape three new Sisters Habitat houses last weekend, July 19-20.

Camp Sherman hall makes historical registry
Camp Sherman's Community Hall has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the Interior Department of the United States.

Camp Sherman project approved
Camp Sherman landowner Irwin Holzman won approval for an irrigation diversion project from the Jefferson County planning commissioners on a 6-0 vote at their meeting earlier this month.

Removal of flags raises questions for some
Sisters' main thoroughfare is no longer festooned with red, white and blue.

Horse classic draws top riders
Some of the finest horseflesh and best riders in Central Oregon offered their best efforts at the 14th Annual Oregon High Desert Classics Horse Show at the J Bar J Youth Services facility in Bend.

Trans-America runners near goal
Dave Bronfenbrenner and Scott Sehon give the phrase "cross-country running" a whole new meaning. The pair came through Sisters last week as they neared the end of a journey that began on the New Jersey coast on February 24 and will end in Florence, Oregon on August 2.

Riders learn intricacies of proper saddle fit
Several Central Oregon horses should be feeling better soon, if their owners follow the tips and advice gleaned from Saturday's Saddle Fit and Function Clinic.

Local couple returns from Mexico mission
Judy and Mike Patterson recently returned to their home in Sisters after spending six months in Vicente Guerrero, Mexico. They joined hundreds of other volunteers to work at the 80-acre mission there founded by Charla Pareau in 1956.

Local group to circle Mt. Hood in fast-paced hike
Eight local residents from Black Butte Ranch will spend three days hiking around Mt. Hood, according to Jessica Judy, trek organizer.