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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.

photo by Jeff Sperber

Kiwanis program is complex operation
Each month, the Kiwanis Club of Sisters, through the Sisters Food Bank, serves up to 80 families. Those families who meet federal income guidelines are eligible for a donation of food monthly from the food bank.

McDonald's clears city council hurdle
What started out as an application to construct a new building containing a restaurant, a convenience market, and a gas station turned into a city-wide verbal battle over whether McDonald's should be allowed to do business in Sisters.

Forests near Sisters may become classroom
Some 400 acres of county-owned forestland located in Fremont Canyon eight miles northeast of Sisters may become part of an outdoor classroom for natural resource students at Central Oregon Community College and Oregon State University-Cascades, according to Joe Stutler, Deschutes County forester.

Atta Boy 300 poised to hit the trail in spite of little snow
This is a World Championship year for the Atta Boy 300 Oregon World Cup Sled Dog Race for Vision, more commonly known as simply the Atta Boy 300.

Boyd wins four-year term in council coin toss
Several important city issues were overshadowed by the McDonald's decision at the Sisters City Council meeting on Thursday, December 23.

Schools seek ways to cut heating costs
The price of cutting heating oil consumption at Sisters High School has nearly tripled in a month. But the school board hopes the result will still represent a bargain.

Sisters firefighters douse car fire
The Sisters/Camp Sherman fire department hit the road twice within three hours last Thursday morning, December 23.

Sisters Roundhouse still stands
The historic Sisters roundhouse still stands across from the western end of Trinity Way as a reminder of earlier logging days.

McDonald's, couplet big stories in 2004
Sisters' growing pains generated some of the biggest news of 2004, with controversies over a proposed McDonald's and a planned one-way couplet generating lots of ink on the news pages -- and in the Letters to the Editor column.