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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.

Sisters residents read poetry and proclaimed their commitment to and hope for peace at a vigil on Sunday night, March 16. Photo by Jim Cornelius

Sisters residents turn out for peace vigil
More than 70 Sisters area residents lit candles and paraded through the darkened streets of Sisters Sunday night, March 16, in a candlelight peace vigil.

School to start late next year
School will start later in Sisters next year, according to the 2003-04 calendar the Sisters School Board adopted at its last meeting.

New computer lab opens at Sisters Library
A new wireless six-station computer lab is up and running at Sisters Library.

Funding project kicks off with Art Stroll
KiteStrings 2003 -- a fund-raiser for the Sisters Folk Festival Americana Project -- will "lift off" on Friday, March 21, at 4:30 p.m. with a gala Art Stroll throughout downtown Sisters.

SOAR lands big grant
Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation (SOAR) has received a $250,000 grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust. The grant is dedicated to construction of a new SOAR community activities facility.

Brown gets 33 months for embezzlement
Greg Brown, former Deschutes County Sheriff, will serve 33 months in a minimum security federal prison for embezzling more than $575,000 from the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office and the Sisters-Camp Sherman Rural Fire Protection District.

Sonrise students shine in science competition
Imagine having studded tires that work when you need them and retract when roads are dry. You'd save on wear-and-tear to your tires and damage to Oregon highways could be greatly reduced.

School board wraps up candidate interviews
The Sisters School Board has completed interviews of all five candidates who remain under consideration for the job as Sisters School Superintendent.

Black Butte Ranch looks forward
Black Butte Ranch (BBR) is considering new maintenance, recreation and registration facilities.

Local soldiers head into war
Zack Ingle is at the very tip of the point of the spear.

Students honored for tree study
Five Sisters students won honors in the 2002 Oregon Urban Community Forestry Awards for a tree study they performed in Sisters.

SOAR basketball tournaments score for Sisters
Matt Macauley laughed when a Newport, Oregon, resident called to tell him, "Newport looks like a walking billboard for the Sisters Shootout."

Campfire ban imposed at lake
Effective this month, the neighboring Detroit Ranger District of the Willamette National Forest has imposed a campfire ban at Marion Lake in the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness, northwest of Sisters.

Squaw Creek group seeks help
The Squaw Creek Stewardship Committee is looking for a few good men and women.

Sisters girls help sheriff's canine unit
The crowd at last Thursday's Sisters City Council meeting was a little out of the ordinary. The main difference was the four middle school girls, their families and a six-year-old German Shepherd named Ike in attendance.

Brown Bag program distributes food
Folks in Sisters picked up some surplus fresh food through the Sisters Brown Bag program on Friday, March 14.

Local dentist works in Nicaragua
Imagine that a toothbrush cost $1,000 -- if you could find one at all. Daily dental care would be out of reach for most people.