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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.

Local farmers like the looks of that snowpack. photo by Jim Cornelius

Heavy, wet snow good for irrigators
Heavy, wet snowfall in the Sisters country has local irrigators looking forward to the first good water year they've seen in about three years.

Eyerly timber salvage awaits go-ahead
Foresters are waiting for the green light to launch a salvage logging project on approximately 4,877 acres burned during the Eyerly Fire of 2002 to the north and northwest of Sisters.

Highway development moves forward
Traffic on Highway 20 at the west end of Sisters wended its way past construction crews last week as the workers ran a sewer line to a planned new development along the highway.

Jazz band takes first place -- again
The Sisters High School Jazz Band took first place at the Capital Conference Jazz band competition for the fifth consecutive year on Wednesday, February 18.

Accident claims man near Sisters
A 33-year-old man was killed on Sunday, February 22, when he apparently got tangled up in a post-hole auger while working in Plainview east of Sisters.

Recycling program boosts schools
In the face of dwindling budgets, a citizens committee has created a new program to tap recycling money for programs in Sisters schools.

BYU Theatre Ballet to perform in Sisters
Brigham Young University Theatre Ballet will perform at Sisters High School on Tuesday, March 9 at 7 p.m.

Sisters Act set for March 6
"A Celtic Sisters Act" will be held on Saturday, March 6, at 7 p.m. at Sisters High School auditorium.

Group helps people face loss after a murder
The loss of a loved one at the hand of another is the most crushing blow any human being is forced to endure. Kate Rohauer of Sisters knows this first-hand; she lived through the emotional maelstrom following the murder of her daughter Lynette Jarvis in California in September of 1998.

Suttle Lake timber salvage planned
The Forest Service plans to fast track two salvage operations in the area of last summer's B & B Complex Fire in the Metolius Basin near Suttle Lake and Jack Creek.

Teacher receives rescued time capsules
Time plays tricks on memory -- a problem social studies teacher Jeff Barton understands all too well.

Sisters business at a glance