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Win VIP Passes to the Oregon Country Fair

Win a chance to go to one of Oregon’s greatest traditions.

Yeah, it’s last minute, but if you want to see one of weirdest, coolest, most Oregon-ish thing the summer has to offer, you should enter to win two VIP tickets to the Oregon Country Fair. The cultural celebration of arts, music, food and general hippie-ness is now in its 42nd year and begins today in Veneta (outside of Eugene) and continues through Sunday.

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More Big ‘Cross Races for Bend

Bend lands another big cyclocross race – the two-day Deschutes Brewery Cup.

Score another one for Bend in the “we host more big, important and ultimately awesome bike races than your town” category.
The US Gran Prix of Cyclocross, a four-weekend, eight-race series — the premiere ‘cross series in the states, announced Thursday that Bend will host the two-day series finale on Dec.

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Update: How Our Mayor is Chosen

Committee decides on no change for now.

Should we vote for our mayor, or should the mayor be appointed by his fellow Bend City Council Members?
A charter review committee (see below for members)* met today to voice their opinions as to whether or not a directly elected mayor should be voted on by us, the community members.
Quick background: Currently, our mayor (who, since Jan.

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Beer Hunter: How to

Hunting beers in your own backyard.

Beer Hunter is a simple, yet extremely rewarding game.
Here’s how to do it:

Set up some full cans of light beer in the backyard
take aim with your trusty BB gun and call out a buddy’s name, as in “this one’s for Joe.”
if you hit the can, buddy (“Joe”) has to run over and drink (shotgun, really) the beer through the hole made by the BB. (Be sure to open the beer for proper shotgunning).

pass around the gun, taking turns.

It’s fun to gang up on one dude in an effort to get that person extra-drunk.
The rewarding part is threefold: hitting a full can of beer which sprays everywhere, the excitement of someone else hitting a full can of beer can, and drinking beer.

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Night Ranger’s Ridiculously Awesome Music Video

In 1984, music videos were incredibly literal. Especially Night Ranger’s “Sister Christian.”

Tomorrow night a band called Night Ranger is playing at Troy Field (that park next to McMenamins that people think is a dog park but actually isn’t) and it’s for free.
Who is Night Ranger? They’re the band that sang “Sister Christian” of course! They’re also the band behind one of the most bizarre music videos of all time.

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