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Happy Holidays from The Nugget Newspaper.

Black Butte lookout tower collapses
For more than 65 years, the historic Forest Service fire lookout tower stood like a sentinel atop Black Butte; then, suddenly, it was gone.

Pair arrested after stealing truck in Sisters
A Sisters businessman made a brief stop in town on Friday evening and left his Chevy pickup truck running, with the keys in the ignition.

County hears school UGB request
Deschutes County will decide in January whether to bring 98.2 acres into the City of Sisters urban growth boundary for a new high school.

Snowplow crew off to a busy start
If the ill-fated pioneers of the Donner Party had been able to call upon the Oregon Department of Transportation snowplow crew in Sisters, they might not have had to resort to.....well, what they resorted to.

Portable weather research lab comes to Sisters
First came the six foot chain link fence enclosure at Sisters Airport, and people wondered, "A really big dog run, perhaps?" Then came the porta-potty, and "Maybe a very small minimum security prison," was one of the more amusing conjectures.

Forest Service burning continues
The Forest Service is providing some festive holiday lighting out in the forest these days.

Christmas Village comes to life
Looking for a Christmas tree to buy at the Outlaws Booster Club sale last week, Carl Newport unexpectedly found a magnificent miniature holiday village.

Buck Run residents seek sewer solutions
Buck Run Phase III homeowners left off the City of Sisters sewer system may get their main lines and laterals installed on their own.

Keep snow off city sidewalks
The City of Sisters is reminding all property owners about snow removal within the city limits.

Correction
The return of interest money from the Sisters High School bond is contingent upon a construction start date of July 1, 2002.

Due to a typographical error, last week's page one story stated the date incorrectly as July 1, 2001.

Sisters residents will vote on whether to annex the future high school property in a vote-by-mail election that ends March 12, 2002.