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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.

Assistant Fire Chief Ken Enoch ignites a training fire as a squad prepares to attack the flames.

Firefighters get live-fire training
At the touch of a flare, the flames whooshed into the air -- six feet high and roaring.

Fireworks: Be careful
As the nation watches vast sections of Western forests engulfed in firestorms, fire professionals are urging caution in the use of legal fireworks during the Fourth of July holiday.

Sisters council says no to forest land swap
The Sisters City Council has weighed in against a proposed exchange of Squaw Creek lands for property in the Steens Mountain Wilderness.

Featured artist tells a story with her quilt
Phyllis Dickenson's most recent quilt is a good example of why she was chosen to be the featured quilter at this year's Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show.

Walden seeks forest change
Congressman Greg Walden wants to see more timber harvested off of public lands -- to preserve timber jobs and to avert catastrophic wildfires such as those in Arizona and Colorado.

City to cut park trees
A student survey of trees in Sisters' parks has sparked a thinning project by the City of Sisters.

School board to seek water rights
The Sisters School Board will seek a price to purchase some 36 acres of water rights for irrigation of fields at the new high school and at the current school.

Golf tournament raises $20,000 for children
Some 195 golfers turned out on Saturday, June 22, at Aspen Lakes Golf Course, to raise $20,000 for Doernbecher Children's Hospital, SOAR and other programs benefiting children.

Sisters graduate headed for Annapolis
Corey Lounsbury has earned an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

Bloodmobile to visit Sisters
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will visit Sisters on Thursday, July 18, as part of the organization's continuing campaign to maintain regional blood supplies.

Camp Sunrise helps grieving survivors
Last weekend 35 campers ages 7-14 attended Camp Sunrise, a camp for bereaved youth created by Hospice of Redmond & Sisters and conducted at the United Methodist Church Camp on Suttle Lake.

Cyclists roll through Sisters
Picture-perfect weather greeted 67 California bicyclists as they rolled into Sisters to camp on the night of Tuesday, June 25.

Most of Sisters area is open range
A couple of cattle were wandering along Camp Polk road again on Sunday, and after a few calls, 911 again alerted Deschutes County Sheriff's office. This time, though, something different happened.

Sisters man builds saddles the old way
The great American tradition of working art is alive and well in the hands of Sisters craftsman Mario Hanel.

Council ponders street closure request
Sisters artist Richard Esterman wants to stage a Sisters Arts & Crafts Show on a closed-off Oak Street during Rodeo Weekend and the Quilt Show next year (2003).

Fire district purchases city property
The Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District now owns the entire city block where the fire hall now sits.

Wildflower meadow featured on tour
Wildflowers, fire and forest management were the topic of a Forest Service field tour in Allingham Meadow along the Metolius River on Saturday, June 29.

Police Chief Fegette retires
Chief Hank Fegette of the Black Butte Police Department retired last Friday, June 28. His 23 years of service to the Sisters Community were honored Friday evening at a ceremony at the BBR lodge.

Kansan now owns Sisters Veterinary Clinic
Dr. Carl Berg is the new veterinarian/owner of the Sisters Veterinary Clinic.

Sisters flagpole planted in time for holiday
Just in time for Independence Day, Old Glory is flapping proudly from a community flag pole at the east end of town.

Central Oregon Track Club offers July meets
The Central Oregon Track Club is inviting track athletes of all ages from the region to a series of track meets during the month of July.