The Nugget Newspaper - News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

Officers from the U.S.S. Philip hold a drawing of the Fletcher-class destroyer. Front row, (left to right): Fr. Ned Kellogg (San Diego, CA), Bob McKitrick (Oxon Hill, MD), Jim Dunn (Corvallis, OR), Hap Gladstone (Lafayette, CA). Back row,... — Updated 9/24/2002 Full story

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has completed the extension of Barclay Drive, giving motorists an alternate route through Sisters. Barclay Drive, which is the main thoroughfare for the industrial park, originally connected... — Updated 9/24/2002 Full story

The staff and students at Sisters Elementary School gathered for a flag salute ceremony on September 11. Sisters High School remembered September 11 last Wednesday with an assembly that captured the essence of what Americans have thought... — Updated 9/17/2002 Full story

Lucas Denzer controls the ball for Sisters. After playing North Marion to a draw in the season opener, the Sisters boys soccer team continued to show mixed results -- first dominating Grant Union and then getting upended by Madras in the... — Updated 9/17/2002 Full story

The No. 2-ranked Sisters Outlaws paid a visit to Madras on Friday the 13th, where they mauled the White Buffaloes by a 47-14 score. Coach Bob Macauley was humble in his assessment of the contest. "It was a good game -- everybody got to... — Updated 9/17/2002 Full story

The Sisters girls varsity volleyball team wrapped up the first week of action splitting two non-league contests. First on tap was a trip to ex-league foe Central on Tuesday, September 10. The Outlaws came away with a satisfying victory,... — Updated 9/17/2002 Full story

Americans will forever remember where they were and what they were doing when they heard the terrible news of the terrorist attacks of September 11. None of us can forget the horrific sight of a Boeing jet smashing into the World Trade... — Updated 9/10/2002 Full story

Pat Burke takes the snap. The Sisters football team survived its first test of the young season by upending highly regarded Burns on the Outlaws' home turf last Friday, September 6, by a score of 35-28. Sisters came out and took the opening... — Updated 9/10/2002 Full story

The Sisters girls volleyball team begins play this week looking to improve upon last year. The perennial front runners had a rough time last season, finishing fourth in the Capital Conference. They did have the satisfaction of making the... — Updated 9/10/2002 Full story

The Outlaws soccer team in action. The Sisters boys varsity soccer team began the new fall season by hosting the Huskies of North Marion on Thursday, September 5. When the final whistle had sounded, the teams had battled to a 3-3 draw. The... — Updated 9/10/2002 Full story

Riley Burdick and Mark Macpherson trace a chalk outline of cooperative victim A.J. Sells. Cascade Avenue looked like an episode of "CSI" last Thursday, August 29. Almost 100 chalk silhouettes of bodies had been drawn around town the night... — Updated 9/3/2002 Full story

The boys varsity soccer team is ready to roll... The 2002 Sisters boys soccer team is ready to take its play to a higher level. It's a new team, a new season, and a new coach. Mark Keel coached last year's undefeated Junior Varsity squad,... — Updated 9/3/2002 Full story

The 2002 Sisters High football team begins the year with both high expectations and uncertainty. But Coach Bob Macauley remains upbeat about the coming season. "We finished third in state last year, losing in the semi-finals to Pleasant... — Updated 9/3/2002 Full story

The Sisters baseball team's storybook season finally came to an end on Saturday, June 1, as the Outlaws lost the championship game to The Dalles 17-6. The Outlaws wound up as the runner-up for the state crown. Evan Livsey started and came ou... — Updated 6/4/2002 Full story

Matt Harp drives one for the Outlaws. The Sisters boys' baseball team is making the most of its opportunity in the state playoffs. After dropping the last regular season game to Central to finish in second place in the Capital Conference,... — Updated 5/28/2002 Full story

Even Tiger Woods doesn't win every time he takes to the links. So it was that the Sisters boys varsity golf team finished in second place at the state tournament, held at Eagle Crest on Monday and Tuesday, May 13-14. The Outlaws put up a spi... — Updated 5/21/2002 Full story

The Outlaws baseball team beat Baker 5-3 on Monday, May 20 to advance in the playoffs. The win came after the Outlaws lost the league title in a ragged performance, and a comeback that re-established the Outlaws' power. On Tuesday, May 14,... — Updated 5/21/2002 Full story

For the first time in this stellar season, the Sisters boys varsity baseball team knows the taste of defeat at the hands of a league foe. On Tuesday, May 7, the Outlaws went to Stayton and lost a heartbreaker by a 4-3 score. Coach Ray... — Updated 5/14/2002 Full story

Great golfers: Jeremey DeBoard, Justin Little, the Green brothers -- David, Jonathan and Christian -- and Adam Perry. The Sisters boys varsity golf team took on the rest of the Capital Conference on Monday and Tuesday, May 6-7 at the Aspen... — Updated 5/14/2002 Full story

When Tim and Deanna Muir bought Sisters Drug and Pharmacy 19 years ago, little did they know that they would also operate a high-end gift store, as well as a gourmet food and chef shop. The Muirs began business in what is now The Palace on... — Updated 5/7/2002 Full story

Sisters golfers raised more than $3,000 in a benefit tourney to help school teams with transportation, coaching, green fees, golf balls and other expenses. As a result of beating up on the bigger schools in the area, the Outlaws can lay... — Updated 5/7/2002 Full story

Brad Martell and Mark Hedford serve pizza by the slice (and whole ones, too) at Martolli's Pizza. Brad Martell and Mark Hedford have realized a lifelong dream by starting their own pizza restaurant here in Sisters. "We grew up in Portland... — Updated 5/7/2002 Full story

Effective pitching and a balanced attack contributed to two more wins in the Capital Conference for the Outlaws baseball squad last week. The Outlaws visited Sweet Home on Tuesday, April 30 and came away with a 9-2 victory. With the score 4-... — Updated 5/7/2002 Full story

The Sisters boys varsity golf team squared off last week in two matches that pitted them in head-to-head competition with Bend High School. On Wednesday, April 24, at Langdon Farms in Wilsonville, the Lava Bears got the better of the... — Updated 4/30/2002 Full story

In the only game scheduled for the week, the Sisters boys baseball team continued its domination of the opposition with an 11-1 thrashing of Molalla on Thursday, April 25. The game was called in the bottom of the fifth inning due to the 10... — Updated 4/30/2002 Full story