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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.

This may soon be the site of the Sisters Library and Sisters City Hall. photo by Jim Cornelius

City, library consider school site
Sisters residents may soon be able to check out a book and drop off a ballot or pay their water bill with one stop.

State funds tight for furnishing schools
The Sisters School Board is getting a little nervous about how much money the district will receive from the state to pay for furniture and other equipment for the new high school and the remodeled former high school that has become a middle school.

Cougar sighting reported near Tollgate
A Sisters area resident reported seeing a cougar crossing a Forest Service road just west of the Tollgate subdivision last week.

Governor seeks disaster declaration
Governor Ted Kulongoski on Monday, September 22, requested a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Declaration for Deschutes County and all contiguous counties, based on the severe economic impact the B&B Complex Fire has had on small businesses in the area.

Citizens can weigh in on couplet plans
Sisters residents can help shape future highway changes in the city by joining a Couplet Advisory Committee (CAC) now being formed by the City of Sisters.

Art Stroll brings out community
A pleasant Indian summer evening greeted strollers for the September in Sisters Art Stroll on Saturday evening, September 20.

Wildlife is likely to thrive after fire
BEND, Ore. (AP) -- Deer, elk and bull trout will survive and possibly thrive despite a complex of fires that burned 91,000 acres in or around the areas where these creatures live, wildlife experts say.

Reading program needs volunteers
The SMART® book and reading program is looking for volunteers to read with students in Sisters Elementary School.

Rider lobbies for legalizing pot
After 15 years on the front lines of the drug war with the Lansing, Michigan police department, Howard J. Wooldridge retired his police cruiser.

New high school has new computers
Computers are now critical to educating students in Sisters. They must learn how to use computers -- a vital skill in a technology-driven world. And they also use computers to further their education in other fields, from history to science.

Sisters players travel for soccer
While younger players contend with each other in a Sisters soccer league, 17 10-year-old Sisters players are traveling to the Willamette Valley to face off with some tough competitors.