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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.

Ray's Food Place will expand to include more shopping space, more check stands and several new services in about a year. No official plans have yet been submitted to the City of Sisters. photo by Susan Springer

Sisters woman injured in wreck
A Sisters woman is recovering from injuries suffered in a near-head-on collision on Highway 20 last Tuesday, October 19.

New, expanded Ray's store planned for Sisters
If all goes as planned, Sisters residents will be able to grocery shop in a larger, modernized Ray's Food Place next September.

Sisters woman dies in crash
Patricia Diane Gillespie, 52, of Sisters died late Tuesday evening after the vehicle she was operating left Highway 22 near milepost 72 and went down an embankment before coming to rest in the Santiam River.

Challenges of bringing power to Sisters
Engineers and planners at Central Electric Cooperative (CEC) are scrambling to keep up with the demand for electrical power in the fast-growing Sisters area.

Sisters schools seeing second year of growth
If two years constitute a trend, Sisters schools are entering a period of growth. The schools have experienced significant enrollment increases in 2003 and 2004 after seeing virtually none in the preceding six years.

Plans for school site move ahead
Sisters' dream of creating a cluster of public buildings at the town's eastern portal is receiving encouragement.

Halloween Parade set for October 29
The Sisters Rotary Club, SOAR and Sisters Branch Library will host the annual community Halloween Parade Friday, October 29. Ghosts and goblins up to seven years old will assemble at 3 p.m. at the Village Green Park, between Fir and Elm streets.

Citizens Against McDonald's vent feelings
A small but emotionally charged group of Sisters citizens met last week at Sisters Elementary School to express their opposition to the proposed plans for McDonald's in Sisters.

Detectives recover stolen bronze eagle sculpture
Detectives from the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office have recovered a sculpture of a bronze bald eagle that was stolen from the Ghiglieri Gallery in Sisters last July.

Fire department opens burning season
The Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District is opening full-day outdoor burning.

Sisters folks celebrate life of a friend
People from every walk of life in Sisters remembered Donald "Sully" Sullivan last week at a gathering that packed the bar at Bronco Billy's Ranch Grill & Saloon.

Locals fund forest research program
Mike and Sue Fisher, part-time residents of Black Butte Ranch (BBR), have donated money to start a graduate fellowship program at Oregon State Univaersity to assess forest health research in and around residential areas like the Ranch.

Mayor appoints three to planning commission
Mayor Dave Elliott has appointed three citizens to fill vacancies on the Sisters Planning Commission.