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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.

Scott Cotter of the Sisters Ranger District talks about salmon with Sisters Middle School students. The students gathered along the Metolius River for the Salmon Watch program. photo by Conrad Weiler

Detectives investigate apparent suicide
Detectives from the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office are investigating the apparent suicide of a Sisters man on Sunday, October 10.

Flu shots scarce in Sisters
Flu shots will be very hard to come by in Sisters this season.

Classes study fish life on the Metolius
Five classes of Central Oregon students learned about the life of the Metolius River last week through Salmon Watch, an Oregon Trout-sponsored educational program. The program raises awareness of fish life cycles, ecology and protection of river resources.

Sisters schools have strong attendance record
Oregon schools have a big problem with too many absentees, according to a recent report of the Chalkboard Project, based in Portland (see story page 35).

'Sisters' come out to visit the town of that name
Sunny, warm weather greeted nearly 300 women last weekend for the seventh annual Sisters in Sisters event.

Street repair fund is full of potholes
The Street Maintenance Fund for the City of Sisters is in need of repair.

Commercial tackles teen drinking
Last Saturday night, a sheriff's deputy and a Forest Service law enforcement officer approached a campfire in the woods behind SOAR to find a party going on: 30 to 40 teenagers with red plastic beer glasses, a beer keg in the back of a battered red pickup.

Sisters Harvest Faire runs this weekend
The 23rd annual Sisters Harvest Faire will be held October 9 and 10 on Hood Avenue.

OSU forestry dean to open BBR Friends series
Hal Salwasser, OSU Dean of the College of Forestry, will speak on Thursday, October 14 at 3 p.m., at the Black Butte Ranch (BBR) Fire Hall. His talk will focus on forest health.

Four vie for Sisters City Council seats
Four Sisters citizens will vie for three Sisters City Council positions in the November 2 election. Three are incumbents; the fourth is a retail store owner.

City officials study water and land use issues
Four City of Sisters staff members and councilors studied water and land use issues at the Central Oregon Summit, held last Thursday and Friday, September 30-October 1 at the Riverhouse in Bend.

Sisters water bond fee dropped
City residents will get a break on their utility bills starting in October.

Sisters student travels, works and finds challenges in India
Monet Tyler, Sisters High School senior, has experienced the joys and pains of traveling in a foreign country. This summer she spent almost three months traveling and working in India.

Art guild supports Sisters schools
Co-chairs Marti and Lee Kufchak of the Black Butte Ranch Art Guild recently announced two local schools will each receive $1,000 awards from their group.

Rose Slavkovsky travels to Africa
Eleven years ago Rose Slavkovsky became involved in the Sisters Act, a local talent show aimed at supporting the work of the Good Samaritan Ministries (GSM).