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Lodging tax moves to Bend council
June 18, 2013 4:00 am
The seven members of the Bend City Council sat in the audience Monday night as a group of a dozen stakeholders, at odds over a proposed hike in the city lodging tax, debated the potential increase. A public hearing on the proposed 2 percentage point....MORE
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Deschutes extends jail bed lease with Jefferson County
June 18, 2013 4:00 am
The Deschutes County Jail will continue renting jail beds From the Jefferson County Jail to avoid using a matrix system to release inmates when the jail reaches capacity. The Deschutes County Commission on Monday approved an addendum to the....MORE
Correction
June 18, 2013 4:00 am
In a class listing for “Deer Resistant Landscapes," which appeared Friday, June 14, on page 19 in Go! Magazine, the class date was reported incorrectly, due to incorrect information supplied to The Bulletin. The class will meet at noon....MORE
COCC program offers flight at night
June 18, 2013 4:00 am
Pilots flying into Prineville Airport at night usually use a radio trick to turn on the runway lights so they can see the small....MORE
Prep sports
eLocal stars take home several state rodeo titles
June 18, 2013 4:00 am
PRINEVILLE — Central Oregon cowboys and cowgirls cleaned up at the 2013 Oregon High School Rodeo Association state finals, which concluded their four-day run Saturday at the Crook County Fairgrounds. Among the champions crowned were....MORE
Executive file
eShelving the memories
June 18, 2013 4:00 am
Cindy Anderson had no idea when she started ScrapNCube in 2003 that her modular furniture business would be around 10 years later. But that’s exactly what has happened. From one product a decade ago to more than 130 customizable pieces today, from their garage to their own studio space, Cindy and her husband, Greg, have kept the business going through the housing market’s boom and....MORE
Bend council
eDeal would expand wireless
• Result would be improved coverage in Bend for AT&T
June 18, 2013 4:00 am
The Bend City Council could approve an agreement Wednesday that would allow a Colorado telecommunications company to install a fiber-optic network around Bend for AT&T. Zayo Group LLC, a wholesale company that provides no residential services, seeks....MORE
News of Record: Police Log, Bend fire runs, Redmond fire runs
Bend Police Department, Redmond Police Department, Prineville Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police
June 18, 2013 4:00 am
Police LogThe Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358. Bend Police DepartmentTheft....MORE
Bend set to resume work on southeast’s sewer line
June 17, 2013 4:00 am
Bend officials are including a major sewer project to fix problems in southeast Bend in their next two-year budget. The City Council is scheduled to vote on the budget Wednesday. The proposed budget would allow the city to spend $18.1 million to extend a major sewer line known as the southeast interceptor. Even after two years, the city will still have several more years of work to do, according....MORE
Swimming
Bend Swim Club tryouts slated
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
Tryouts for the Bend Swim Club summer program take place in the coming week in the outdoor pool at Juniper Swim & Fitness Center. Swimmers are invited to try out any day, Monday through Friday; the tryouts start each day at 9:45 a. m. The tryouts....MORE
Bend
ePolice chief sees pilot program for info sharing
• Jeff Sale believes public agencies must work together to prevent mass shootings
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
Bend Chief of Police Jeff Sale says local law enforcement, health care and school officials might be interpreting federal health and education privacy laws too narrowly, and that could prevent the sharing of crucial information about students and....MORE
Yesterday
1913 Crook County judge vs. birds
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
100 YEARS AGOFor the week endingJune 15, 1913Game warden’s office to proceed against Springer —Placing poison for birds and destruction of wrens likely to embarrass Crook County’s judgeThere seems small doubt that Crook County is....MORE
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MERS rulings leave doubt
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
Mortgage lenders and legal experts are still trying to figure out how foreclosures will be processed in Oregon, after a pair of June 6 rulings by the Oregon Supreme Court gave lenders the go-ahead to transfer mortgages through an electronic database ....MORE
25 years of brew
• Bend craft brewery has become nation's 12th largest beer maker
June 16, 2013 4:00 am
After 25 years of building Deschutes Brewery into the fifth-largest craft brewer in the U. S. — 12th place overall — Gary Fish decided to pour some of his profits into his employees' wallets by giving them a piece of the company.“This program, for the people that have made Deschutes Brewery a success over the last 25 years, is exciting for all of us," said Fish, founder and owner ....MORE
Tetherow
eCounty cuts SDCs in half for subdivision
June 15, 2013 4:00 am
The Deschutes County Commission cut developers and single-family homeowners in Tetherow a break Wednesday by halving the fee they pay to offset the county cost to upgrade and maintain roads and streets. In the future, fees there will come to $1,522....MORE
A photographer's intuition
• The path leading to Bruce Jackson's new landscape prints has been long, winding and forged by artistic determination
June 15, 2013 4:00 am
In the early 1980s, Bruce Jackson was fired from a job waiting tables.“It was the first time I'd ever been fired from a job ....MORE
Second time around
• Now more casual, the 'new' Blacksmith maintains a high standard
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
When a late 2011 bankruptcy led restaurateur Gavin McMichael to relinquish two of his three Bend properties, it left the future....MORE
Direct daily flight to L.A. gets a splash of a sendoff
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Los Angeles-bound passengers board an American Eagle CRJ200 airliner Thursday morning for the first nonstop American Airlines....MORE
Golf
eAmateur stuns field to win Oregon Open
Torrid finish helps Albany golfer leap into win • Albany’s Hans Reimers eagles the final hole at Redmond’s Juniper Golf Course to shoot a 66 and claim a one-shot victory
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
REDMOND — Hans Reimers knew he could go low on Juniper Golf Course’s back nine. After all, the 22-year-old amateur....MORE
Dirt today; a hotel in 2014
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Employees of Keeton King Contracting LLC of Sisters use heavy equipment Thursday to clear rocks from the site of a new Hampton....MORE
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Bend businesses in patent lawsuits
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
The impact of patent infringement lawsuits that President Barack Obama spoke about recently spreads beyond high-tech hubs like the Silicon Valley, one Bend business leader said. They impact the small but growing energy, technology and bioscience....MORE
Just for Fun
eEntertainment booms
• Baby boomers influence everything from nightclubs to movie choices
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Greg Mudge hosted a regular Thursday night punk rock concert at the Northside Bar & Grill after he and his partners opened the restaurant in 2005.“We were trying to find a niche," the 52-year-old bar manager said when he looked back on the restaurant's early days. But while these concerts brought in a steady stream of customers, Mudge said they wasn't exactly the type of people he and....MORE
Duo evolution
• Former Ascetic Junkies return to Bend with a new band and a new style
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Over the past three and a half years, the Portland band Ascetic Junkies made the trip over the Cascades a bunch of times to play....MORE
Fermentation celebration
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
When: 5-10 p. m. ThursdayWhere: Old Mill District, BendCost: Free admission, partaking in beverages cost $20Contact: www.....MORE
Rise Up summer camp begins Monday
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
The folks at Rise Up, a grass-roots arts organization that helps give people a creative voice in their communities, will hold an art and music summer camp starting Monday. The first session, June 17-20, will be an art camp held daily from 9 a. m. to....MORE
A6 founder wins ‘I Am Oregon’ award
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Pat Clark of Atelier 6000 Printmaking and Book Arts Studio in Bend has been named an “Inspirational Oregonian" as part of the Meyer Memorial Trust’s “I Am Oregon" award. The May prize recognized 11 citizen problem solvers across....MORE
Breweries on the move
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Boneyard Beer Co. in Bend was the sixth fastest-growing craft brewery in the nation last year, according to data posted in an online database this week by The New Yorker. The data — gathered by the Brewers Association — showed that....MORE
Deschutes Brewery on TV
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Deschutes Brewery and its Bend brewpub are featured in the pilot episode of a new television show, “Breweries, Bars and Beer Food."The show introduces viewers to craft brewers across the nation and the chefs who create dishes to accompany....MORE
Rootsy shows, presented in tweet-sized bites
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Bend is going to be covered with Northwest-based roots/folk/Americana/’grass bands over the next week, according to The Bulletin’s comprehensive event calendar. Want to hear about them? OK. Here are tweet-length summaries of several!....MORE
KPOV's Beatles Singalong
Benefit features Fab Four faves
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Before I write about tonight’s Beatles Singalong at The Old Stone in Bend — a benefit and birthday bash for the local ....MORE
Mr. D is a family man
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Meet Mr. D, an active 8-year-old Siberian husky mix. He loves to go on hikes and walks, playing with toys and the company of other dogs. He also enjoys being around adults, children and cats. If you would like to meet Mr. D, or any other animal....MORE
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Bond is funding ADA fixes at a local school
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Tucked into the $96 million Bend-La Pine Schools bond that voters approved in May are some projects that didn’t receive much attention during the campaign. Yet the projects could have a big impact for disabled students who attend Buckingham....MORE
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Early start to fire season
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Despite the change this week to weather that’s brisk, and a little damp, the Oregon Department of Forestry declared today as the start of fire season in Central Oregon.“I don’t expect this weather to continue for any long....MORE
Correction
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
CorrectionIn an article headlined “Mirror, mirror" that appeared on page A1 of the Thursday, June 13, edition, a meeting....MORE
Housing Works recognized
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Housing Works, the Central Oregon public housing authority, was recognized Thursday in Redmond for its work helping rural Central Oregonians into their own homes. Officials of the U. S. departments of Agriculture and Housing and Urban Development....MORE
3 injured in crash near Sunriver
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Heavy rain and hail may have contributed to a four-vehicle crash that injured three Thursday on U. S. Highway 97 north of Sunriver, according to Oregon State Police. The driver of a southbound Ford Thunderbird lost control in a passing storm around....MORE
News of Record: Police Log, Bend Police Department, Prineville Police Department, Bend fire runs
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
Police LogThe Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358. Bend Police DepartmentTheft....MORE
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School district sells property quickly
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
After less than a week on the market, the Bend-La Pine Schools board received and accepted an offer for its former youth behavior program house Tuesday.“It’s certainly nice to be able to put dollars back to good use," said Brad Henry,....MORE
Laugh it up!
• CTC stages hilarious 'Fox on the Fairway,' a play by Ken Ludwig
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
This may be too much inside baseball for some, but it bears mentioning at least once: The theater articles you read in GO! are....MORE
All the way from Idaho, it's New Transit!
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
New Transit is a fine Americana band out of the burgeoning music scene in Boise, Idaho, that has played alongside big names like Dr. John, Chris Isaak and Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers. You don't get gigs like that with bad songs played badly.....MORE
Together again
• Vihara, once active in Bend's music scene, reunites to play a show at Liquid Lounge
June 14, 2013 4:00 am
For five years in the early 2000s, the hard-rock quartet Vihara was an active and powerful force in Bend's music scene. They formed in 2001, played a bunch of gigs in the region and beyond, then recorded an album, “Stand Fast," and released it in May of 2006. And then ... nothing. Or, at least, not much.“We all kinda got the CD finished and at that point were really ready to do....MORE
7 options for Mirror Pond’s future
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
The Mirror Pond Steering Committee released a series of images and plans on Wednesday, offering a glimpse into what Mirror Pond could look like years into the future. Mirror Pond is changing, with or without our help. The Mirror Pond Steering....MORE
Parking garage crash victim dies
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
A Powell Butte man died Wednesday at St. Charles Medical Center, two days after his car fell from the second story of an east Bend parking structure, according to police and hospital authorities. Richard Marsellos, 87, lay in critical condition at....MORE
News of Record: Police Log, Bend Police Department, Prineville Police Department, Bend fire runs
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
Police LogThe Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358. Bend Police....MORE
Prep baseball
Locals receive all-state honors
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
Redmond senior J. D. Abbas, who has been named the Class 5A pitcher of the year, highlights a long list of postseason honors for Central Oregon baseball players. Abbas, who guided the Panthers to the state semifinal round, was also selected to the 5A....MORE
golf
eEugene golfer edges local to win Bend Ladies Invitational
• Bend's Rosie Cook is runner-up
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
Leilani Norman came from two shots back Wednesday to edge Bend's Rosie Cook in the final round of the Bend Ladies Invitational.....MORE
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Amateurs in control at Oregon Open
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
REDMOND — The 2013 Oregon Open Invitational has been taken over by a bunch of amateurs. In a field filled with the top club professionals from around the Pacific Northwest, it is four amateurs sitting atop the leaderboard heading into....MORE
West Coast League baseball
eReturn of the Elks
• Bend drops its home opener in extra innings to the Cowlitz Black Bears, 4-2
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
The Bend Elks have put up some of the best offensive numbers in the West Coast League through their first six baseball games of....MORE
Big summer plans?
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
Wednesday was the last day of school for students in the Bend-La Pine school district. We asked some students at High Lakes....MORE
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COCC’s $42.5M budget approved
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
Amidst a projected decline in enrollment numbers, the Central Oregon Community College board of directors unanimously approved a 2013-14 budget of just over $42.5 million Wednesday.“It’s more of a maintenance budget this year," said....MORE
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State, banks partner on elder abuse
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
To help protect Oregon’s seniors and their finances, the Oregon Bankers Association has teamed up with the Oregon Department of Human Services to give banks throughout the state updated tools to prevent financial abuse. A toolkit,....MORE
Permits
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
City of Bend• Hayden Homes LLC, 63763 Hunters, $178,968• Floyd C. Antonsen, 2858 N. E. Aldrich, $201,068• Chet Antonsen, 21278 S. E. Woodruff, $205,822• High Returns LLC, 20074 S. W. Millbrook Lane, $293,771• Old West Land ....MORE
Health Events
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
“EASE YOUR PAIN": Learn two to three scientifically proven pain-reducing practices presented by Healing Bridge Physical Therapy; donations accepted, reservations recommended; noon-1 p. m.; Tuesday; Bend Karate Club, 502 N. E. Revere Ave.; 541-....MORE
Medicine
eGenetic testing
• For Bend women, it answers some questions, raises others
June 13, 2013 4:00 am
Ginger Risch's lifetime of symptoms amounted to what sounded like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a group of disorders that affect a body's connective tissues — mostly the skin, joints and blood vessels. EDS symptoms can range from loose joints — causing repetitive, painful dislocations, for example — to life-threatening complications. Some types of EDS can cause blood-vessel or uterus-....MORE
School Notes
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
ReunionsBend High School class of 1973 will hold a reunion Aug. 9-10; 5:30 p. m. Aug. 9 at Crux Fermentation Project, 50 S. W. Division St., Bend; free; 5:30 p. m. Aug. 10 at Bend Golf and Country Club, 61045 Country Club Dr.; $35, $40 after June 1;....MORE
Baseball
Elks play home opener tonight
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
Rolling after a three-game sweep of the Kelowna Falcons, the Bend Elks host the Cowlitz Black Bears tonight in their 2013 home opener. Game time at Vince Genna Stadium is 6:35 p. m. Bend and Cowlitz are tied atop the West Coast League South Division....MORE
Golf
eOregon Open is a family affair
• Five teams of fathers and sons are competing in Redmond
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
REDMOND — When Bend pro Andy Heinly watched his playing partner miss a 3-foot birdie putt on the 17th green, he could not help but react.“I die," Heinly said Tuesday afternoon at Juniper Golf Club after the first round at the Oregon Open ....MORE
3,000 miles to college
• Bend High grad will bike across the U.S. to North Carolina
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
Bend's Ryan Roemer plans to bike to his college classes this year. But Roemer's commute is not as simple as biking to Oregon State ....MORE
Fatal Hit-and-run
eBiedscheid gets 3 months
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
A Bend man will serve 90 days in jail for fleeing the scene of the crash that killed Anthony “Tony" Martin 21⁄2 years ago. In a statement to the court prior to sentencing on a charge of failure to perform the duties of a driver on Tuesday,....MORE
Tumalo State Park wildfire contained
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
A wind-pushed wildfire charred just more than a quarter of an acre Tuesday at Tumalo State Park before firefighters stopped the blaze. The brush fire between O. B. Riley Road and the Deschutes River was reported at 2:14 p. m., according to the Bend....MORE
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Animal shelters seeing an influx of dogs and cats
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
Sunny days, the end of school and the start of summer vacation season may all be combining to cause an influx of dogs and cats into Central Oregon animal shelters, officials at shelters in Bend and Redmond say.“People are in and out of the....MORE
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Bend-La Pine adds 2 class days
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
Bend-La Pine Schools will add two class days to its school year after the school board unanimously approved its 2013-14 school year budget Tuesday.“We’re back to having one of the longest school years in Oregon," said Julianne Repman,....MORE
Brewery founder wins award
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
Gary Fish, Deschutes Brewery founder and CEO, has been named Ernst & Young’s entrepreneur of the year for the Pacific Northwest, according to a news release issued Tuesday. As a regional winner, Fish will advance to the national competition,....MORE
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Bankruptcies
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
Chapter 7Filed June 4• Joesph W. Hall, 551 N. E. Basalt Ave., Terrebonne• Kaipo J. Dandurand, 2941 N. W. Wild Meadow Drive, BendFiled June 5• Phil L. Geiger, 61149 S. U. S. Highway 97, #146, Bend• James K. Urbach, P. O. Box 362,....MORE
Bend Housing market
eBuilding to resume on pre-bust project
• Developer plans to complete final phase of Old Mill townhomes
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
A Bend building company is set to start work on the final units of its riverfront townhome community, which was planned at the....MORE
Mountain biking
eOlympic blitz
• Olympians from Canada and New Zealand win the Blitz to the Barrel races on trails near Bend; locals Adam Craig and Serena Bishop Gordon earn third-place finishes
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
Three-time Olympian Geoff Kabush rode into the 10 Barrel Brewing Company pub's parking lot Tuesday evening and chugged an....MORE
Police Log
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
The Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358. Bend Police DepartmentTheft — A....MORE
Golf
Local takes Bend Ladies invite lead
June 12, 2013 4:00 am
Bend golfer Rosie Cook shot an 8-over-par 80 Tuesday at Bend Golf and Country Club to take the first-round lead in the Bend Ladies Invitational. On a windy Tuesday, Cook, a Bend resident, was able to squeeze out a one-stroke lead over....MORE
Bend man gets 90 days in January 2011 hit and run death
June 11, 2013 1:36 pm
Bret Biedscheid will serve 90 days in jail for fleeing the scene of the crash that killed Anthony “Tony" Martin 2.5 years ago. Biedscheid, 40, pleaded guilty to a charge of failure to perform the duties of a driver and was issued his sentence....MORE
Fatal hit-and-run
eBiedscheid expected to plead guilty today
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
For nearly 21⁄2 years, the remains of Anthony “Tony" Martin have been in limbo, and the lives of his family and....MORE
Sports On the air
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
Today: Time TV/RadioBASEBALL College, Super Regional, North Carolina vs. South Carolina 9 a. m. ESPNUMLB, San Francisco at Pittsburgh 4 p. m. MLBMLB, Houston at Seattle 7 p. m. RootSOCCERWorld Cup qualifier, Mexico vs. Costa Rica 4:30 p. m. ESPNWorld....MORE
News of Record: Police Log
Bend Police Department, Redmond Police Department, Prineville Police Department, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
Police LogThe Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358. Bend Police DepartmentTheft....MORE
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Deschutes County to enter into statewide e-permitting system
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
Building contractors in Deschutes County will soon be able to apply online for building permits once the county becomes part of Accela, the statewide e-permitting system introduced in late 2011.“The installation is beginning immediately, and....MORE
Whatever happened to ... Bend's efforts to address loitering
eProblem persists downtown, though it’s not a city priority
• Business owners say it impacts them negatively; City Council is leery of being a ‘trail blazer’ on issue
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
Five years after Bend city councilors dropped a plan to ban panhandling, the city continues trying other ways to minimize....MORE
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DEQ issues fine over asbestos
• Bend company faces a $4,500 penalty for remodel work at Redmond High School
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is fining a Bend abatement company for what the agency says was improper handling of asbestos during the ongoing remodel of Redmond High School. Alpine Abatement Associates faces a $4,500 fine, according ....MORE
Executive file
ePropelled by wind, web
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
About 14 years ago, Michael Giebelhaus scraped together enough funds to place his first order of kiteboarding equipment to sell....MORE
Advanced Energy renews lease
June 11, 2013 4:00 am
Advanced Energy Industries, which is moving its solar inverter manufacturing operations to Fort Collins, Colo., has renewed the lease on its building in northeast Bend, Compass Commercial Real Estate Services announced Monday. The 105,000-square-foot ....MORE
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