| Schools may toughen graduation standards |
| Sisters students may have to work harder to graduate in coming years.The
Sisters School Board is making improvement of academic achievement their
highest priority this |
year. That may mean tying diplomas to tough state standards. "We need
to begin making those connections between the report card process and the
(state) benchmark process," said |
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| Sisters gather in Sisters celebration |
| Hundreds of sisters came to Sisters over the October 2-4 weekend to enjoy
a weekend of activities, |
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Highway forest
to be thinned |
| About 9,300 acres of forest land along Highway 20 will be mowed, thinned
or burned over the next five |
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| Correction/clarification |
| In the April 1, 1998, issue of The Nugget, we ran a front page story with
the headline "Guardian of truant fined by Sisters schools."We
were contacted by lawyer Martin Fisher, |
representing Keith Akers, subject of the story. Mr. Fisher demanded a retraction,
saying that (1) Mr. Akers was not the registered guardian of his granddaughter,
that (2) Mr. Akers |
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| Business damaged |
| A toilet-plugging prank caused $6,500 damage to a Sisters business last
week, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office. |
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| "Harvest Faire" |
| A second "harvest faire" will be held Saturday, October 10, on
Hood Avenue and Ash Street.The Homespun Harvest Faire will be |
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| Campaign launched |
| The Redmond/Sisters United Way annual fund-raising campaign kicked off in
Sisters on Friday, October 2.This year's campaign |
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