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English-Russian translation by Dominic McIntyre

SISTER CITIES: USA - RUSSIA

   OUR MISSION: GRANTS PASS, OREGON & RUBTSOVSK, RUSSIA - TWO SISTER CITIES ENRICHING LIVES, EXPANDING HORIZONS,
   MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND BUILDING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WORLDWIDE. OUR BOARD MEETS 5:30, SECOND THURSDAY
   EACH MONTH, Community Outreach Room at OHMS (Oregon Health Management) Bldg. You are welcome. Parking is available
   in lot at corner of 5th and H Streets, across the street from Sunshine Health Foods.

RECENT EVENTS:

   FEBRUARY 11, 2010: ANNUAL SISTER CITY WINTERFEST Celebration at GP Museum of Art on G Street. 6-8 pm
   Suggested donation $5 pp. INVITATION: WINTERFEST 2010 INVITE.pdf THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED
   AND ALL WHO ATTENDED. NEWS ARTICLES AND PHOTOS.

   DECEMBER 2009: Sister City was an Official Entrant in Christmas Trees/Winterfest Event at the Bear Hotel. Carolyn Rice was
   the coordinator of this project. The committee included Andrea Dougan, the artist who made the "Snow Maiden" figure
   for the top of the tree, and the doves; Betty and Glen Erps, Lena Green, and Ruth Pepple. See Christmas Tree photo below.

   AUGUST 6, 2009: 6:30 pm An Evening of Friendship, at the Fruitdale Grange,
   corner of Parkdale Drive and Rogue River Highway.

   OCTOBER 15, 2009: Annual Meeting was held at JJ Norths, Russian music was provided.

2009 OPEN WORLD DELEGATION	2009 ART COMPETITION	2009 SISTER CITY QUILT
SISTER CITY BEAR!	SISTER CITY BEAR-2	2006 DELEGATIONS TO RUBTSOVSK
RUBTSOVSK TEACHERS MAY 2007 OCTOBER 2007 OPEN WORLD RUBTSOVSK MAR 07 Youth Delegation
LIST OF HISTORICAL EXCHANGES OCTOBER 2006: OPEN WORLD 2006 DELEGATIONS
RECIPES ZAKUSKI 08/ 09 SCENES AROUND GRANTS PASS Student Exchange 2003 Changing Lives
Medical Delegations: 2005 2004 The Young Artists Competition 2005: 2005 On TV Maps
WINTER IN RUBTSOVSK (Brian Pike) SHARING A YURT IN GRANTS PASS (Brian Robinson)
GWEN'S AMAZING RED SQUARE ENCOUNTER LOCAL WEBSITE FEATURES SISTER CITY!
WINTERFEST CELEBRATIONS: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Thanks, Grants Pass Mayor Mike Murphy
2005 Sister Cities Annual Conference Connecting Global Villages HEART-TO-HEART PHOTO ALBUM
Books for Rubtsovsk: South Middle School Builders' Club-2005 2005 Evergreen Federal Bank Community Book Sale
Exchange Highlights Official Exch. May 1993 1997 to Rubtsovsk In a Russian Garden Russian Art
NEWSLETTERS: 2009 FALL 2008 FALL 2006 JAN 2006 SEPT 2005 APR 2005 JAN 2005 July 2004 MAR 2004
http://www.visitgrantspass.org/ GP Chamber/Commerce City of Grants Pass
CONTACT INFORMATION BOARD MEMBERS SC Member Application Our History VIDEO LIBRARY

ABOVE: TWO RIVERS...Rogue River & Alei River

Rubtsovsk	51°30'N	81°10'E
Grants Pass	42° 26' 21" N	123° 19' 38" W

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    This website is maintained by the Grants Pass
    Sister City Committee, Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
    Webmaster Judy Gosnell
Web hosting originally provided by Mark Kellenbeck,
    now provided by Grants Pass company VISP, with
    many thanks to Mark for making this happen.

    Photos above from Rubtsovsk web site
    Background map © Defense Mapping Agency

Evening Bells MUSIC (VECHERNIY ZVON) Works well with WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER.
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SISTER CITY 2009 WINTERFEST TREE
RUSSIAN WINTER