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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.

Fivemile Butte is already studded with communication towers. photo by Jim Fisher

Radio repeater to aid fire districts
A long-awaited new radio repeater is expected to improve operations for three local fire districts and increase safety for firefighters.

Sisters woman safe after head-on crash
Robin Buckles of Sisters was recovering at home on Sunday, December 5, after she was involved in a head-on collision on Highway 20 on Friday night.

Bronze Star recipient visits Sisters
Sisters High School graduate John Leese is back from the Iraqi desert with extra baggage -- the Bronze Star Medal awarded for heroism in combat.

Schools' relationship under review
Sisters School District and Sonrise Christian School have suspended a program in which for several years the district has paid part of the salaries of some Sonrise teachers. Leaders of both systems are conducting a review to make sure that their practice does not violate state laws or regulations.

Collecting is a habit for Sisters man
Tom and Mabel Anderson, managers of the Comfort Inn in Sisters, have been collecting for longer than they have been married -- over 35 years. Much of their collecting falls into the holiday mode and they would like to share with the public.

Council to meet with a packed agenda
The Sisters City Council moved up its meeting time for the Thursday, December 9 city council meeting to 6:30 p.m. to cope with a packed agenda.

State budget won't help Sisters schools
Gov. Ted Kulongoski's proposed $5 billion public education budget for the next biennium doesn't provide much solace for Sisters school administrators.

Sisters residents file Measure 37 claim
A Sisters area couple has filed Deschutes County's first claim under voter-approved Ballot Measure 37 seeking either approval to build a dwelling on their Cloverdale Road property east of Sisters or to be compensated in the amount of $383,000 for the loss of their property value.

City to adopt Measure 37 procedures
Measure 37 passed handily (60 percent voter approval statewide) in the November election. Now that Measure 37 is law (as of December 2), state municipalities are scrambling to implement claim processing procedures.

Local businesses contribute to flights
Five Sisters businesses stepped up to pledge a minimum of $2,000 in advance ticket payments in an effort to bring Delta Airlines service to Redmond.

Interim rector plays unique role in Episcopal church transition
Marilyn Sanders is a bridge builder. She helps Episcopal Church congregations move from the past to the future with grace.

Snow brings hopes of Hoodoo opening
The sixty-seventh year of skiing at Hoodoo Mountain Resort could begin any time -- snow willing.

Habitat owners are business owners
A frequent image of Habitat for Humanity home owners is one of struggling on subsistence level incomes, i.e., minimum wage jobs. Four Sisters Habitat owners have made moves to change that image and have become business owners.

Sisters company seeking new markets
O'Keeffe's® Co. is boldly going where no hand cream has gone before. To Home Depot. And maybe to Lowe's, too.