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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.

High Street swings at the big tent during the Sisters Jazz Festival. photo by Tim O'Neal

Sisters Jazz Festival is a hit
The weather was chilly but the music was hot at the 13th Sisters Jazz Festival (SJF) last weekend, September 17-19.

Human remains found in woods west of Sisters
A group of Camp Sherman property owners out for a hike in the woods found a human skull in a ravine on Wednesday, September 15.

McDonald's decision delayed for a month
Developers of a planned McDonald's restaurant at the west end of Sisters inched closer to approval on Thursday, September 16, but they have more work to do before the Sisters Planning commission is willing to sign off on the proposal.

Ranger district contends with off-road vehicles
Off-road vehicles are tearing up forest land around Sisters.

Pair summits three peaks in 24 hours
For most Sisters area residents, gazing up to the Three Sisters mountains from town is simply a daily dose of taking in the beauty of the peaks.

Thonstad is a model of late career change
Young people these days are told that they should expect to change careers several times during their working lives. When he talks to the students in Sisters schools, Superintendent Ted Thonstad can offer himself as a personification of that probability.

Eyerly salvage loses emergency status
The Eyerly Fire Salvage Sale lost its emergency status on September 10 when the designation was withdrawn by the Deschutes National Forest.

Dennis McGregor releases solo CD
Dennis McGregor is known for his Sisters event posters and as a member of the band The Blue D'Arts.

Correction
The deadline to register to vote in the November 2 general election is October 12 (a previous article in The Nugget misstated the date).

Dance helps Sisters FAN
Folks from Sisters can dance to the music of High Street while raising funds to help children during the Family Access Network's (FAN) "Dancing on the Green."

Sisters man recounts career as photographer, adventurer
J. Wesley Jones of Sisters has had plenty of "lights, cameras and action" over the course of his photographic career, which has spanned 40-plus years since his father gave him his first camera at 13.

Three pianos event hits a high note
Perhaps the sweetest note in a weekend of music at the Sisters Jazz Festival (SJF) was hit on Saturday afternoon, September 18, when three of the finest piano players in the U.S. gathered at Sisters High School.

Liquor commission sanctions local business
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission hit Space Age Fuel in Sisters with a $3,795 civil penalty or 23-day license suspension on charges that an employee failed to verify the age of a 17-year-old juvenile before selling him alcohol.

Sisters juvenile program is being replaced by new project
Sisters' long standing program to help juvenile offenders get on the right track will soon be replaced.

Three childhood friends meet in Sisters
Nearly 70 years ago, at the age of 10, three girls began a life journey together in Huddersfield, Yorkshire that paused for a few days in Sisters last week.

Bands jazz up Sisters schools
Two of the Sisters Jazz Festival's (SJF) high-energy, good-time bands took the stage at Sisters schools last week, bringing zydeco, swing and jump blues to Sisters youth.