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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.

Oregon Log Homes is selling its Sisters production site. photo by Jeff McCaulou

Oregon Log Homes moving
The Oregon Log Homes production site on Highway 20 just east of Sisters is bare of logs for the first time in most people's memory.

Head-on collision kills Sisters man
Greg Martinez, 56, of Sisters died Saturday, November 15, after he plowed his van head-on into an oncoming Ford Expedition just east of Sisters.

Single-car wreck claims life of driver
A fiery single-vehicle car crash on Camp Polk Road on Wednesday, November 12, claimed the life of 44-year-old Thomas George Hansen of Sisters.

Advisors say couplet must enhance downtown
A couplet must enhance the downtown commercial area -- at least that's what the Couplet Advisory Committee set as its primary focus in its first meeting on Monday, November 10.

Salem family buys Sisters land
The Colson family of Salem has purchased another large chunk of land near Sisters.

Sisters Garden Club helps students
The red-painted "Greenhouse" at Sisters Elementary School is a busy place these days with young students learning about plants and gardening from parents and members of the Sisters Garden Club.

Side of beef raffle to benefit Red Cross
The local community is trying to give back a little of what the Deschutes Chapter Red Cross gave to the community during the fires of the past two summers.

Food Bank seeing hunger on the increase
We all remember our parents haranguing us to finish our dinners, raising the specter of famished children somewhere across the globe. They never told us about the hungry ones just down the street.

Logging project finished near Sisters
The Forest Service recently finished a logging project known as the Broken Rim Sale near Three Creek Lake, off Forest Road 700.

North Blowout shelter destroyed
A very popular Nordic shelter known as the North Blowout Shelter was destroyed as the B&B Complex Fire consumed forest land west of Sisters.

Closures affect winter activities
The B&B Complex Fire this summer has left lasting effects to the wilderness ecosystem that will require some changes in public use to help protect the fragile environment.

Teens help protect burned forests
Some Central Oregon teenagers are putting their backs into heavy work this fall, rehabilitating the forest burned by the B&B Complex Fire.

Dog takes on cougar at Black Butte Ranch
Judy Osborne opened the door of her Black Butte Ranch home at about 6:30 a.m. on Monday, November 10, to let her mini-doxie dog out. It met up with a cougar.

Death of sheriff's proposal disappoints city officials
Sisters city officials are disappointed with the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners 3-0 vote to deny support of a permanent tax district for sheriff's office services. The vote was taken Wednesday, November 12.

Library friends discuss building
Planning for Sisters' new library building is marching forward after the Wednesday, November 12, "family" meeting at the current facility.

Ponderosa Lodge adds rooms
Construction started in October on 28 high-end units and a laundry room facility at the Best Western Ponderosa Lodge at the west end of Sisters.

Link Crew makes life better for freshmen
Up until this year, high school freshmen in Sisters turned almost exclusively to professional academic advisors to help with the countless issues they encounter in understanding academic policy, reaching goals and finding their personal niche within a high school social scene.

Sisters puts down anti-icing agent
The pickup truck came to a downtown stop sign. It crossed the line on Cascade Avenue and swerved into the oncoming traffic lane for 50 feet.