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					<title>Sisters Holiday Celebration</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Barclay Park in Sisters<br />Dates: 11/28 to 11/29/2008</i><p>Tree Lighting Ceremony at 5:30pm on Friday, November 28th in Barclay Park.  Join us for this community event and help bring in the holidays.  The Christmas Parade is on Saturday, November 29th at 2:00pm on Hood Ave.  This tradition is fun for the whole family.  Following the parade, visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Chamber.  Enjoy refreshments and holiday cheer.  Contact the Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce for more information.  541-549-0251.]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-20 12:05:58</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Harvest Faire</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=10</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Hood Ave<br />Dates: 10/11 to 10/12/2008</i><p>Quality handmade arts &amp; crafts, live entertainment
And food court.  For more information call 
541-549-0251 or www.sisterschamber.com]]></description>
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					<title>Pacific Amateur Golf Classic</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=09</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Aspen Lakes, Eagle Crest & Sunriver<br />Dates: 09/27 to 10/02/2008</i><p>Approximately 700 players for the 11th year of this event.  The multi-day Classic consists of daily tournament play at courses throughout the region including Aspen Lakes, Eagle Crest Resort, Sunriver Resort and more.  Contact Central Oregon Visitor Association (COVA) at 888-425-3976 for more information.  www.pacamgolf.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-20 12:03:09</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters in Sisters</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: FivePine Lodge<br />Dates: 09/26 to 09/28/2008</i><p>Round up your mom, sister or best friend for a
Weekend of  fun.  Speakers, activities &amp; more. Call
541-549-0251 or www.sistersinsisters.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-16 18:54:35</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Stride into Autumn</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=09</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: The Streets of Sister Country<br />Dates: 09/21</i><p>5K and 10K walks for competitive and non-competitive walkers.  Beginning and ending at Sisters Athletic Club you will pass through the beautiful Sisters areas where you will get a further appreciation of all the beauty Oregon has to offer.  Organized by Wonders of Walking.  Register at www.wondersofwalking.com or Sisters Athletic Club at 541-549-6878.  Deadline is September 17, 2008.]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-20 13:10:03</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Fall Street Festival</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=09</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Oak Street between Cascade & Main Avenues<br />Dates: 09/20 to 09/21/2008</i><p>Arts, crafts, food, entertainment and winetasting.  Silent auction benefiting Sisters School District's Creative Department.  Fore more information contact Richard Esterman at 541-549-8905.]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-20 13:07:08</pubDate>
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					<title>Northwest Pro Rodeo Finals</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=09</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Sisters Rodeo Grounds<br />Dates: 09/19 to 09/20/2008</i><p>The NPRA Finals will take place at the Sisters Rodeo Grounds.  Performances are Friday at 7:00pm and Saturday at 2:00pm.  The purse for this event is $70,000.  For more information contact Ryder Gauteraux or Dan Wolfe at 541-588-5007.  www.outlawproductionslive.com.]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-20 13:05:10</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Folk Festival</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=09</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Various venues<br />Dates: 09/05 to 09/07/2008</i><p>American music from blues to bluegrass by top
Folk artists and musicians. For more details call
541-549-4979 or www.sistersfolkfestival.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-16 18:54:26</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Western &amp; Native American Arts Festival</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=08</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Creekside Park<br />Dates: 08/30 to 08/31/2008</i><p>Quality handmade arts &amp; crafts, western &amp; Native Am.
Entertainment, food court, kids activities.For more info 
Call 541-549-0251 or www.sisterschamber.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-16 18:54:36</pubDate>
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					<title>Art at the Ranch</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=08</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Black Butte Ranch<br />Dates: 08/29 to 08/30/2008</i><p>Friday ~ Artist's Reception and Silent Auction from 4pm to 7pm.  Saturday is the Show and Sale from 10am to 4pm.  Proceeds helps support art in the Sisters schools and to purchase art for various buildings at Black Butte Ranch.  JANHAY@aol.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-10 16:25:57</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Antique Faire</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=08</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Village Green Park<br />Dates: 08/16 to 08/17/2008</i><p>Quality antiques and collectibles, classic cars,
live entertainment, live auction on Sunday. Call
541-549-0251 or www.sisterschamber.com
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					<pubDate>2008-04-16 18:54:19</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Bead Stampede</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=08</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Barclay Park<br />Dates: 08/09 to 08/10/2008</i><p>One of a kind handmade beads, antique &amp; trade
beads. Hours 10-4 both days. Call 541-549-0251
or www.sisterschamber.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-16 18:54:25</pubDate>
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					<title>Country Fair</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=08</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration<br />Dates: 08/08 to 08/09/2008</i><p>13th annual event features juried art show and sale on Friday evening from 5pm to 8pm.  Refreshments served.  Saturday ~ Enchanting Country Fair and Art Show from 10am to 3pm with live music, pony rides, face painting, petting zoo, Country store and more.  Located 1/8 mile west of Sisters on Hwy. 242.  All proceeds go to outreach programs.  541.504.9358]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-10 16:23:55</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Summer Faire #2</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Village Green Park<br />Dates: 08/02 to 08/03/2008</i><p>Vendors selling quality handcrafted items. Hours
10-4 both days. Live music, food court and free 
admission.  541-549-0251or www.sisterschamber.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-15 21:11:06</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Art &amp; Crafts Festival</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=07</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Sisters Creekside Park<br />Dates: 07/26 to 07/27/2008</i><p>Arts, crafts, entertainment &amp; wine tasting.  Silent auction benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon.  Located at Sisters Creekside Park.  541.549.8905]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-10 16:17:27</pubDate>
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					<title>Metolius River Fly Fishing &amp; Bamboo Rod Fair</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Camp Sherman, Field behind the Black Butte School<br />Dates: 07/19 to 07/20/2008</i><p>Come enjoy the Seventh Annual Metolius River Fly Fishing &amp; Bamboo Rod Fair!
Casting demos, fly tying demos. Cane Rods-Buy, Sell, Trade, Show &amp; Tell.  Meet some of Oregon's finest rod builders.  Learn to tie the best Metolius River fly patterns.  Free appraisals for your old antique cane rods and tackle.  For more information call: 1-541-595-6711; email roger@campshermanstore.com or website: www.campshermanstore.com.]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-30 12:54:55</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=07</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Downtown Sisters<br />Dates: 07/12</i><p>Over 1000 quilts displayed throughout town. Hours 
9:30am to 5:00pm. Five days of classes precede the event. Call
541-549-0989 or www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org

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					<pubDate>2008-05-01 12:50:02</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Annual Library Book Sale</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=07</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Library Grounds<br />Dates: 07/12</i><p>Friends of the Sisters Library Annual Used Book Sale is held on the grounds of the Sisters Library from 9:00am to 4:00pm.  541.549.6157]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-10 16:15:55</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Garden Club Tour</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=07</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Sisters<br />Dates: 07/10</i><p>Sisters Garden Club's Tour.  9:00am to 3:00pm.  Tickets sold at The Stitchin' Post.  541.549.6061  www.stitchinpost.com ]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-10 16:14:29</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Summer Faire</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=07</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Village Green Park<br />Dates: 07/05 to 07/06/2008</i><p>Vendors selling quality handcrafted items. Hours
10-4 both days. Live music, food court and free 
admission.  541-549-0251or www.sisterschamber.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-14 13:36:57</pubDate>
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					<title>Around the Block Quilt Walk</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=07</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Downtown Sisters<br />Dates: 07/05 to 07/13/2008</i><p>Take a walking tour of Sisters and view over 100 quilts on display in Quilt Show sponsoring businesses during regular business hours.  Brochures available at Sisters Chamber and businesses throughout town.  541-549-0989 or www.fiberartstroll.org]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-01 12:52:19</pubDate>
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					<title>Around the Block Fiber Arts Stroll</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=07</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Downtown Sisters<br />Dates: 07/05</i><p>Fiber artists display, demonstration and selling of their work in various business throughout Sisters.  4pm to 7:30pm.  541-549-0989 or www.fiberartstroll.org]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-01 12:56:03</pubDate>
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					<title>Central Oregon Blues &amp; Crawfish Festival</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=07</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Creekside Park in Sisters<br />Dates: 07/03 to 07/05/2008</i><p>Featuring Johnny Lee Hooker Jr.  Fresh crawfish from Louisianna cooked by a Cajun chef!! Join us for a fun filled weekend.  541.420.7975   www.ampmediagroup.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-21 10:10:00</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Round of Gems</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=07</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Sisters Middle School Grounds<br />Dates: 07/03 to 07/06/2008</i><p>Be dazzled by over 40 displays ~ an acre of rocks, minerals and fossils from throughout the world.  A unique setting to view and purchase these magnificent creations of nature.  503.829.2680]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-10 16:12:28</pubDate>
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					<title>74th Oregon Open Golf Invitational</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=06</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Aspen Lakes Golf Course<br />Dates: 06/24 to 06/26/2008</i><p>The Oregon Open brings to Sisters approximately 200 golfers from across the Pacific Northwest.  The tournament will be hold at Aspen Lakes Golf Course.  Admission and parking are free.  Contact: Tarah Cronquist at 1-800-688-4653.  www.pnwpga.com.]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-20 11:55:57</pubDate>
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					<title>Art in the Park</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=06</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Sisters Creekside Park<br />Dates: 06/14 to 06/15/2008</i><p>Arts, crafts, food and entertainment.  Silent Auction benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon.  Located at Sisters Creekside Park, Hwy. 20 &amp; Jefferson Ave.  For more information contact Richard Esterman 541-549-8905.]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-20 11:53:45</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Rodeo &amp; Parade</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=06</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Sisters Rodeo Grounds<br />Dates: 06/13 to 06/15/2008</i><p>Four shows. Fri &amp; Sat. 7:00 pm, Sat. &amp; Sun. 
1:00 pm. Parade Sat. 9:30 am. Call 541-549-0251
or 800-827-7522. Check out www.sistersrodeo.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-14 13:36:55</pubDate>
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					<title>Kiwanis Charitable Golf Tournament</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=06</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Aspen Lakes Golf Course<br />Dates: 06/07</i><p>Ray's Foodplace &amp; Kiwanis Club of Sisters presents the Charitable Funds Golf Tournament.  Four person scramble.  Limited to 120 golfers per flight.  Entry feee $125 per person, includes green fees, carts, BBQ lunch and refreshments.  For more information or registration contact Bill Duehren at whdmad@bendnet.com.  Jeff McDonald at macatak@outlawnet.com.]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-20 11:59:17</pubDate>
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					<title>Woodpecker Wonderland Festival</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=06</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Camp Sherman Community Hall<br />Dates: 06/06 to 06/08/2008</i><p>Welcome to the Central Oregon Cascade Mountains, home to eleven species of nesting woodpeckers!  The community of Camp Sherman is the perfect base for our adventures, surrounded by old-growth ponderosa pine and resting against the incomparable Metolius River.  For more information please visit our website at www.woodpeckerwonderland.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-23 14:38:15</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Summer Nights Concert &amp; Farmers Market</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=06</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Across from the Sisters Chamber<br />Dates: 06/05</i><p>Every Thursday Evening in June.  Farmers Market from 2pm to 7pm.  Live music to follow.  Food &amp; beverage available.  Bring your blankets and have a great time under the stars.  541.420.7975 www.ampmediagroup.com]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-21 10:11:07</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Starry Nights Benefit Concert - Keb' Mo'</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=05</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Sisters High School<br />Dates: 05/10</i><p>The Starry Night Benefit Concert Series will feature contemporary blues singer/guitarist Keb' Mo'. This is the 11th year of this fund raiser to support the programs and activities for students in the Sisters School District. Tickets go on sale Saturday March 15 at Leavitt's Western Wear at 9:00 am.  For more information, contact Shirleen Condiff at the Sisters School District, 541.549.8521.
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					<pubDate>2008-04-25 17:34:47</pubDate>
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					<title>Art at the Ranch</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=04</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Black Butte Ranch<br />Dates: 04/29 to 04/30/2008</i><p>Fri. is artist reception with a silent auction 4-7. Sat. is
Show and sale from 10-4. Proceeds help support art in 
Sisters Schools.  Contact Jan Hay JANHAY@aol.com

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					<pubDate>2008-04-14 13:37:25</pubDate>
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					<title>Sisters Starry Nights Benefit Concert - Rodney Crowell</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=04</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Sisters High School<br />Dates: 04/26</i><p>The first concert in 2008 of the concert series will feature songwriting legend Rodney Crowell with a performance at the Sisters High School.  This is the 11th year of this fund raiser to support the programs and activities for students in the Sisters School District.  Tickets will go on sale at Leavitt's Western Wear on Saturday March 15 at 9:00 am.  For information please contact Shirleen Cundiff at 549-8521, ext. 4008.]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-05-20 12:00:06</pubDate>
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					<title>Central Oregon Shoot Out</title>
					<link>http://www.thesisterscountry.com/events.php?year=2008&amp;month=04</link>
					<description><![CDATA[<i>Location: Aspen Lakes & Black Butte Ranch<br />Dates: 04/25 to 04/27/2008</i><p>Created by Black Butte Ranch and Aspen Lakes, this public tournament promotes Central Oregon golf and reminds golfers that the season is upon us. The Central Oregon Shootout has become so popular it has doubled in size, and now includes Eagle Crest. Join the fun this year and see why so many people travel to play our courses in Central Oregon's season opener!  541-595-1294]]></description>
					<pubDate>2008-04-25 18:04:20</pubDate>
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