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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.

Katy Yoder and Mimi Graves check out the art at the "My Own Two Hands" auction. photo by Jim Cornelius

Controlled burn ignited south of Sisters
Smoke rose over Sisters on Monday afternoon when Oregon Department of Forestry and Forest Service fire personnel burned 120 acres on the Deschutes National Forest a mile and a half southeast of the city.

World championship sled dog race will mush through Sisters
April 8, 2004 -- Dog sled teams and top-rated mushers will converge on Sisters for the Atta Boy 300 IFSS World Sled Dog Championships set for January 5-14.

Art stroll and auction raise thousands
If there were any doubts that Sisters has become a vital center of the arts in Central Oregon, the "My Own Two Hands" Art Stroll and Auction on Friday and Saturday, April 2-3, dispelled them.

Sisters 'Y' intersection work starts
The "Y" intersection of Highway 20 and Highway 242 will soon be safer, according to officials from the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Volunteers will monitor water quality
Sisters-area volunteers learned how to monitor local streams for temperature and water quality at an Upper Deschutes Watershed Council/Squaw Creek Stewardship Committee Stream Monitoring seminar on Wednesday, March 31.

City planner leaves Sisters for New York job
City planner Neil Thompson has left his post, effective Monday, April 4

New mailboxes approved by city
Cooperation between the City of Sisters and the U.S. Postal Service will mean a savings in both time and money for many area residents.

Watchdog groups to appeal Sisters plan
Two land-use watchdog groups are set to appeal the Sisters Comprehensive Plan to the state Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA), arguing that its population forecast is too high and that it will bring too many acres of farm land into the city's Urban Growth Boundary (UGB).

Roads opened in wake of B&B Fire
Camp Sherman residents have been wondering when roads closed after last summer's B&B Complex Fire would reopen. Now they have an answer.

Wild horses win hearts in Sisters
Wild horse enthusiasts, potential adopters and the curious converged on Catalyst Farms Equestrian Center last weekend for a free Wild Horse Gentling Clinic and Adoption.

Semi-pro football program kicks off on Sisters field
Football was in action in Sisters last Saturday night, April 3, even though it is spring, not fall.

Washington tour is tops for students
It started badly. The flight out of Redmond was canceled at the last minute, causing the anxious group to arrive late in Washington, D.C.

Sisters auction is an international event
The annual Small Farmer's Journal auction draws people literally from all over the U.S. and some foreign countries to Sisters.