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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.

Circle 5 is bringing double-wide mobile homes into the park to create a more permanent residential community.

Circle 5 changing to permanent residences
New manufactured homes are making a residential area out of the Circle Five Mobile Home and RV Park on the outskirts of Sisters on Highway 20.

Attitudes about drink, drugs vary in Sisters
Is Sisters the drinking and drugging capital of Central Oregon? Or is substance use among students no big deal?

Two die in wreck near Sisters
Two Bend residents died in a single-vehicle accident near Black Butte Ranch on Saturday, March 16.

School annexation passes by wide margin
Sisters residents voted overwhelmingly March 12 to annex approximately 100 acres of land west of town as the site of the new Sisters High School.

Buck Run resident fights for sewer hookup
A sewer line runs just across the street from Murray Perkins' lot on the corner of Locust and Tyler streets in Buck Run -- but Perkins can't hook up to it.

Sickness lays Sisters folks low
Many folks in Sisters have headed out for spring break this week -- but they're going down the road feeling bad.

Students take a charitable break
For many college students, spring break means a week-long vacation at a warm, sunny beach. But last week, 10 students from Minnesota spent their spring break doing something entirely different from the stereotype. They donated their time to come to Sisters and work on the Habitat for Humanity house currently under construction.

Lions Club sponsors Mobile Screening Unit
The newly formed Three Sisters Lions Club will host the Lions Screening Unit on Friday, March 22 and Saturday, March 23, at the Three Wind Shopping Center lot near Ray's Food Place.

New subdivisions on planning agenda
Two new subdivisions are in the planning stages in Sisters.

Stitchin' Post runs an 'Olympics'
The first annual Stitchin' Post Olympics was held on Tuesday, March 12.

Opportunity Knocks expanding into Sisters
Opportunity Knocks, Central Oregon's small business problem-solving organization, is starting two new teams in Sisters.

Discover Central Oregon with local artist
Dennis McGregor recently finished a porcelain-enamel mural "A Century in Sisters" panel for the Forest Service East Portal Kiosk at the west end of Sisters.

Biologist studies Metolius Chinook habitat
Going by the textbook, Chinook shouldn't be found in such large numbers in the Metolius River.

Hoodoo extends spring season
There's thirteen feet of snow and counting at the local ski area.

Jim Anderson column, My son, the Lt. Colonel
It isn't every day that I get a phone call from one of my sons with: "Hi Pop, I just thought I'd call and let you know I've made Lt. Colonel."

Local duo launch tackle company
"If you can't catch it with Suttle Lake Tackle, you probably can't catch it."

Sisters meningitis case isolated
A single case of meningitis was reported in Sisters last week. According to Karyn Anderson, a family nurse practioner with Bend Memorial Clinic, it was not the deadly meningococcal form of the illness.