http://www.bendbulletin.com The Bend Bulletin publishes Bend / Central Oregon Local news, Oregon State news, Bend Sports, Business news, Oregon Weather, Bend Entertainment, Classifieds http://www.bendbulletin.com/graphics/bulletin-home-masthead.gif http://www.bendbulletin.com Bend Bulletin RSS Feed Local News http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070383/-1/rss http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070383/-1/rss A former Redmond-area resident is expected to survive after being shot five times Thursday in a mass shooting at a Texas Army base that killed 13 and injured 30.Shawn Manning, 33, was shot once in the lung, twice in the abdomen, once in the leg and once in the foot during the shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, according to his aunt JoDeen Ridgway. Ridgway, who lives in Prineville, said her nephew served as a social worker for the Army, and worked with the Army psychiatrist who has been identified as the gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST Local News http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070329/-1/rss http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070329/-1/rss When Hunter Hassell of Bend was a fifth-grader at Lava Ridge Elementary, his teacher, Ryan Shaffer, taught the class about the importance of watersheds and clean water.So when it came time for Hunter, now 13 and a seventh-grader at Sky View Middle School, to earn his Eagle Scout Badge, “I didn't want to do something that's just sort of ordinary, like putting up a flagpole,” he said Tuesday. Recalling Shaffer's lessons, he decided he wanted to earn his badge doing something water-related. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST Local News http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070325/-1/rss http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070325/-1/rss With Veterans Day approaching Wednesday, a variety of local events are scheduled to celebrate military personnel.Sunday kicks off the celebrations with the Marine Corps birthday run and walk. The 10th annual event features a 5K run and one-mile walk beginning at Bend City Hall and traveling along the Deschutes River. Both races will end at Riverfront Plaza at the top of Drake Park in downtown Bend. The race costs $16, or $21 for participants who want a shirt. Racers can register until the start of the event, although attempting to sign up after 8:30 a.m. Sunday is not recommended. Proceeds will be used to purchase a van to transport disabled American veterans to the Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST Local News http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070357/-1/rss http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070357/-1/rss Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST Sports http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/SPORTS05/911070375/-1/rss http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/SPORTS05/911070375/-1/rss Needing two touchdowns to break Bend High’s single-season scoring mark, Lava Bear senior running back Kyle Brown wasted little time against host Summit on Friday, finding the end zone three times in the first half of the Lava Bears’ 42-7 Intermountain Conference rout over the Storm.Brown, who scored on runs of 2, 3, and 44 yards, ends the 2009 football regular season with 30 touchdowns and 180 points scored, both of which are Bend High records. (The previous record was held by Matt Sieverson, who rushed for 28 touchdowns as a senior in 2003 before going on to play at Oregon State University.) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST Business http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/BIZ0102/911070338/-1/rss http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/BIZ0102/911070338/-1/rss Two local entrepreneurs are heading full-force into a niche sector of the beverage industry — yerba mate — but on two different paths.Nate Winkler and Santiago Casanueva, former business partners who helped introduce Central Oregon to the South American drink, founded Santiago Mate Co. in 2005 in Redmond. Since then, the two have parted ways, but each is continuing to venture deeper into the business of mate (pronounced MA’-tay). Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST Local News http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070369/-1/rss http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091107/NEWS0107/911070369/-1/rss A last-minute stay from the chief judge of the Oregon Court of Appeals has kept Tami Sawyer out of jail for contempt of court, at least for seven days.Less than an hour before Sawyer was required to report to the Deschutes County jail for summary contempt of court, lawyers in the case and the Deschutes County Circuit Court received notice from the Appeals Court staying her incarceration for at least a week. Now Sawyer has until Nov. 13 to file an appeal of Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge Stephen Forte’s summary contempt ruling, which stems from her refusal to answer questions and produce documents during a court-ordered debtor exam. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST