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Articles from the November 19, 2019 edition


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  • Operation Christmas Child underway

    Updated Nov 19, 2019

    As Thanksgiving Day approaches, Sisters families are expressing their gratitude by giving back. Residents are filling shoeboxes with fun toys, school supplies and hygiene items to send to children in need around the world. For many of these children, it will be the first gift they have ever received. During Operation Christmas Child’s National Collection Week, November 18 – 25, local residents will collect shoebox gifts at drop-off locations in the area. The Samaritan’s Purse project, partnering with churches wor... Full story

  • SMS in the running for tech funds

    Updated Nov 19, 2019

    Sisters Middle School is one of five who are among the nation’s 300 state finalists in the 10th annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, a program that encourages 6th- through 12th-grade students to solve real-world issues in their community using classroom skills in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The Oregon State Finalist classrooms were chosen based on their creative and strategic proposals to solve complicated issues that affect their communities by using STEM learning. All 300 teachers that s... Full story