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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.

Musicians (left to right) Greg Barnhill, Dave Ellingson, Kim Carnes, Suzy Bogguss and Carolyn Dawn Johnson performed at Sisters Starry Nights on Saturday. photo by Peggy Chesser

Growth strains electrical system
March 22, 2004 -- As Sisters grows, the local electric utility has to continually upgrade its system to keep up.

Forest Service ignites burn near Tollgate
March 19, 2004 -- Foresters put 85 acres to the torch on Friday, March 19, west of the Tollgate subdivision.

Athletic director is woodworker in spare time
March 19, 2004 -- Sisters High School's athletic director Mary Flande has enjoyed woodworking since she was a child. She has turned that enjoyment into a full fledged hobby.

No one injured in plane crash
March 18, 2004 -- A Prineville pilot and his passenger walked away from a plane crash near Black Butte Ranch on Wednesday, March 17.

A full house enjoys Starry Nights concert
The good times were rolling -- both on stage and off -- at Saturday's Sisters Starry Nights concert at the Sisters High School auditorium.

School board explains loss of interest money
Sisters area taxpayers won't get $900,000 taken off their bill for the new Sisters High School as they were promised by the school board.

Sisters man arrested in gun incident
SISTERS, Ore. -- Deschutes County Sheriff's Deputies arrested 28-year-old Leonard Holland Probert of Sisters after he allegedly menaced two people with a .22 caliber rifle.

Citizens argue for alternate route
As plans move forward for a downtown couplet on Hood and Main Avenues, a group of citizens is proposing a different fix for Sisters' traffic problems.

Ballet wows Sisters audience
Sisters provided a large and rapt audience for Brigham Young University Theatre Ballet's production of "The Snow Queen" on Tuesday, March 9.

Students raise money for new Sparrow
In just one month the students at Sisters High School raised $4,687 for their new Sparrow, three-and-a-half-year-old Carl Shelton who has a brain tumor.

Sisters poised on brink of change
Sisters is on the verge of significant and lasting changes as local government develops a plan for a couplet, expands the Urban Growth Boundary and attempts to promote economic development.

Golf season opens in Sisters
Balmy spring weather welcomed golfers who turned out for the opening day of the season at Aspen Lakes on Friday, March 12.

City re-examines school sewer bill
Delaying a hefty sewer connection fee payment might turn out to be an advantage for the Sisters School District.

City offers grace period on school district sewer hook-up
High sewer connection fees could force a local church to close its doors.

Black Butte Ranch gets new conduit
The two main roads near the entrance to Black Butte Ranch have been torn up the past three weeks for the replacement of underground electrical conduit.

Forest Service will start burning in forest
The U.S. Forest Service is gearing up for prescribed burn season in Sisters.

City changes parking requirements
The City of Sisters is encouraging commercial development by changing its parking requirements.