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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.

Late snow on the mountains around Sisters is a welcome sight. Photo by Jim Cornelius

Late snow helps area irrigators
Late season snows may be annoying when you've just taken your studded tires off and are looking for your tulips to start peeking out.

Sisters marks the passing of a pioneer
Dorothy Barclay, who figured prominently in Sisters from logging camp days to the beginnings of the tourist industry, died at 92 on April 2.

Yellow ribbons show Sisters' support
The American flag may be red, white and blue, but Sisters is showing its support for the troops with yellow and blue.

Forest Service presents wildfire safety program
For the last several years, the Forest Service has devoted considerable resources to wildfire prevention and forest health programs.

Publisher announces layoff
Multnomah Publishers eliminated 24 positions in a layoff announced to staff on Thursday, April 3.

Portland, Sisters youth make music
Justin Thomas and Caitlin Partridge of Sisters do not know Sam Aquino from Portland. Ashley Owen and Patrick Hammons, also from Sisters, do not know Lucas Sokol who lives in Hillsboro.

Art festival will take flight in Sisters
The KiteStrings art festival will blend music, fine arts and party entertainment on Friday and Saturday, April 11-12.

Fire officials urge preparation
The coming fire season promises to be a dangerous one and fire officials are urging local residents to get prepared.

Students enter history competition
Students from Camp Sherman's Black Butte School will offer their best projects to the judges at the eighth annual Oregon State National History Day Competition finals on Saturday, April 12 at Willamette University in Salem.

Stop leads to arrests
A Sisters deputy stopped a driver on Highway 126 on April 1 for driving with a suspended license. The stop led to the arrest of two men on drug charges.

Keyser lands Washington principal's position
Sisters High School Principal Boyd Keyser is moving out of Oregon, not just out of Sisters.

Church building awaits sewer
wo years in the planning. A year and a half in construction. And now, waiting. Waiting for the city sewer line running along McKinney Butte Road to be finished to permit a coalition of four property owners along "church row" to hook onto it. They call themselves, "The Trinity Way Sewer Consortium."

Sisters couple imports Brazilian horses
The Sisters horse scene is gaining some exotic influence. Holm and Susan Neumann have begun the process of importing six of Brazil's national horses, the Mangalarga Marchador, to join the two they already have.

Books to beg, borrow -- or trade
A revolving book rack, literally, is in use at the Sisters Library for those who want to take one or more books out and keep them indefinitely.

Horse equipment auction scheduled
Thousands of horse and small farming enthusiasts will descend on the Sisters Rodeo Grounds for the 25th annual Small Farmer's Journal Draft Horse and Horsedrawn Equipment Auction and Swap Meet April 25-27.