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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.

ODOT, citizens and the City of Sisters are debating what to do with traffic on Cascade Avenue. photo by Jim Cornelius

Sisters Rotary unveils centennial project
March 5, 2004 -- Sisters Rotary Club is determined to make sure every third grader in Sisters will be able to swim.

Sisters man dies after fight
March 4, 2004 -- Curtis Lee Ladd of Sisters has died after being hospitalized early this week, allegedly in the wake of a fight.

ODOT criticizes couplet plan
Plans to build a Hood/Main Avenue couplet are on hold due to concerns from the Oregon Department of Transportation. The proposals for the couplet alignments do not meet highway standards, ODOT officials told the city.

Bypass is not an option for Sisters
Some people in Sisters are still asking city officials for a bypass, complaining they don't want highway traffic diverted to downtown's Hood and Main Avenues.

Council approves comprehensive plan
Relieved and happy after long years of toil, city councilors clapped their hands on Thursday, February 26, after voting unanimously to adopt a thorough redrafting of the Sisters Urban Area Comprehensive Plan.

Storton is Sisters' Citizen of the Year
Peter Storton's leadership in creating Barclay Memorial Park earned him Citizen of the Year honors from the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce.

Hazard trees to be cut in fire areas
Roads in the Metolius Basin that were burned over by the B&B Complex Fires will be opened as the Forest Service can remove hazard trees. Some of these roads access popular camps and recreation areas.

City wants school sewer fees
When the school district hooked up a sewer line at the new middle school last summer, it allegedly didn't pay the required $115,000 of connection fees. It still hasn't, and the City of Sisters is not happy about it.

Council supports sheriff's levy
Deschutes County Sheriff Les Stiles is pushing hard to pass a three-year levy which will increase taxes for city and rural residents.

School budget picture brightens
Sisters School District's budget hole may turn out to be smaller than originally feared.

Camp Sherman group discuss cougars
Heightened local interest in cougars brought Clair Kunkel as guest speaker to the Saturday, February 28, Cabin Fever Potluck at Camp Sherman's community hall.

Council ponders sewer questions
Several Sisters residents, churches and outlying commercial sites remain unconnected to the municipal sewer system.

New roads going in at PMR
The New Sisters Village (Pine Meadow Ranch) development is entering Phase III of the project.

Gym goes down
A wrecking crew took down the old Sisters Middle School gym on Tuesday morning, March 2.

Sisters students visit animals
The animals at the Humane Society of Central Oregon in Bend received a visit from the "Furry Friends" group from Sisters Middle School on Friday, February 27.

Sisters students shine on tests
There is a general impression -- fortunately, accurate -- that Sisters students do well on state assessments, the annual tests administered by the Oregon Department of Education. Moreover, Karen Withrow, a high school science teacher who also serves as the district's assessment coordinator, says that the performance of local students is improving over time.