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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.

Kenny Loggins inaugurated the new Sisters High School auditorium with a high-energy show. photo by Peggy Chesser

Kenny Loggins rocks a full house in Sisters
Kenny Loggins rocked the house at the Sisters Starry Nights Concert held in the new Sisters High School auditorium on Saturday evening, January 17.

Cougar captured in Camp Sherman
The elusive Camp Sherman area cougar was captured early Sunday morning, January 18, near Pine Lodge Road.

Schools chase interest money explanation
At its first meeting of the year on Monday, January 12, the Sisters School Board failed to get a more complete explanation of lower-than-expected interest earnings on the district's high school construction bonds.

Tax measure will affect Sisters schools
State Measure 30 will make an $800-million difference to the state budget during the current (2003-05) biennium. Ballots for the measure went to voters in the mail last week.

Squaw Creek surges in winter storm
On Wednesday, January 7, Sisters City Hall got a call from Tim Clasen who lives south of Sisters. Clasen reported that Squaw Creek was very high and that there would soon be excess water in town.

Firefighters to burn old middle school
For years people forced to work or attend school at the dilapidated middle school on Locust Street in Sisters have thought, "They oughta burn that thing."

Mushers race in Sisters country
In the world of dogsled racing, comparing Buddy Streeper and Doug Swingley is like comparing a Ferrari to a Land Rover.

Steele Associates will design City Hall
Sisters took a big step towards building a long-awaited new City Hall when the Sisters City Council voted unanimously this month to select a local architectural firm to design the building.

Fouts scores big for local schools
The "Wheel of Fortune" spun Dan Fouts' way this month -- and the Sisters Schools Foundation is $63,300 richer for it.

Horse rescued from icy pond
A routine feeding session turned into a rescue mission on Sunday, January 11, at the Lazy Z Ranch just outside of Sisters.

School buildings weather storms
For staff that have been with the Sisters School District for a decade, it's a bout of deja vu -- a new high school and a powerful winter storm.

Project celebrates the arts in Sisters
Artists from Sisters and the surrounding communities will offer up their works in a variety of media as a celebration of the arts as a force for change in the world -- and as a fund-raiser for the Sisters Folk Festival's Americana Project.