Month: October 2012

Jake’s is accepting reservations for its Annual Thanksgiving Meal for Seniors at the Bend Senior Center. Reservations can be made at 382-0118. Every year, Jake’s closes its doors to normal business and opens up in the afternoon with an-all volunteer staff to serve an ‘at cost’ meal to seniors who don’t have family close by.

BendBroadband, a regional technology leader in broadband, digital cable and communication services, has completed the first phase of its BTOP (Broadband Technology and Opportunities Program) initiative, bringing high speed internet access to Madras residents. La Pine, Sunriver, Madras and Prineville residents will enjoy the same access to high speed internet at the end of November,

The League of Women Voters of Deschutes County announces the launch of the nonpartisan election resource www.VOTE411.org. This “one-stop-shop” for election information provides simple tools to help OR voters navigate the voting process this November. VOTE411.org provides candidate information, voter registration tools, polling place locations and other helpful Election Day information. Detailed candidate information, including

Please come and join us for a Wall Raising Event at 10am on Tuesday the 23 rd of October at 950 SW 27 th Street in Redmond for our newest Habitat family, Jodi, George and Logan. This is the official kick off of this project and we would like you to share in this very

Recently named the “World’s Best Beer” at the World Beer Awards, Deschutes Brewery’s Red Chair Northwest Pale Ale is just one of the beers that Wirtz Beverage will be bringing to craft beer fans in the state of Illinois early next year. Deschutes Brewery has partnered with the state’s leading distributor, which has more than

Oregon DMV Headquarters and all local DMV field offices will be closed Friday, Oct. 19. The closure is the sixth of 10 statewide mandatory unpaid “furlough” days for state employees scheduled for the 2011-13 budget period. Customer waiting times tend to be longer on the days just before and after office closures, so DMV suggests

A Sisters woman was out on a fall hike with friends at Crooked River Ranch on Monday when she put her hand on a rock and was bitten by a rattlesnake, officials said. Fortunately, her friends called 911 and a helicopter rushed her to a Bend hospital, where she was in fair condition later in

A Portland man who allegedly traveled to Bend to sell drugs was arrested late last week for doing just that, and a raid on his motel room turned up more heroin and some cash, officers said Monday. Last Thursday, Bend police received information that a man had recently traveled from Portland to Bend to sell

From a shelter pup to a hearing dog, Ruben is Kathy Zierlein’s new best friend. “He’s no different than having a normal dog. He just has an extra job,” said Zierlein. On the clock 24 hours a day, Ruben gets paid in treats. the Prineville woman relies on reading lips and hearing aids to get

Leaders of Bend’s Community Center say support from the community has helped tremendously since it first announced that it could be closing due to financial problems. Now, it plans to stick around, and key programs have been spared. The bad news: there are some impacts. The center is closing its thrift store, warehouse and Bike

The Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries said Monday it is reaching out to the local Thai community to maximize the reach of information for former employees of Typhoon!, Inc., recruited from Thailand. As part of BOLI’s settlement with the now-defunct restaurant chain, a $100,000 settlement fund will remain open into 2013 to allow claims

The Oregon Education Investment Board is asking for public input on the topic of school funding in a series of community forums this month. The first is Monday evening in Hermiston. The board’s Education Funding Team has already drafted some recommendations to Gov. John Kitzhaber, and Hermiston High School teacher John Larson says he will

The Sisters High School soccer program has been in need of funding and the athletes have done everything from car washes to pulling weeds. On Sunday they put on a scramble golf tournament at Black Butte Ranch. A total of 18 groups of four participated in the scramble format tournament, meaning the lowest score wins.

A high-speed chase of a reported stolen car on Highway 97 Sunday morning ended with a barefoot suspect running into a Redmond hotel, prompting police to surround the building and conduct a methodical room-by-room search — ending in success. thanks in part to a flushing toilet. Around 8:20 a.m., a Deschutes River Woods resident called

A school bus bringing the Crook County High cross-country team home from a meet in Portland struck a horse west of Warm Springs Saturday night, rendering the bus undrivable but causing no injuries, officials said. The crash occurred around 8:15 p.m. as the bus carrying about 20 students and officials returned from a cross-country meet

Since 2008, the Heart Campaign has organized days of service all across Oregon. And Saturday, it was again Central Oregon’s turn. Volunteers for the “I Heart Central Oregon” day of community service began their day at Westside Church. People gathered in six cities all around Central Oregon, taking part in 60-plus events to help places

A Bend man, on the run since eluding police after a high-speed chase in early August, ran from a northeast Bend traffic stop Saturday afternoon, but was caught after a foot chase during which he allegedly threw items away, including a knife and some methamphetamine, officers said. A woman was arrested in a resulting raid

BendFilm festival announced the winners in 12 categories Saturday evening at an awards gala at the Oxford Hotel in downtown Bend. An after-party was held at the Astro Lounge. The winning films and award amounts are listed below. Sunday is the final day of the festival, when winning films will be shown at The Tower

A Bend fire crew was heading back to their station on Hamby Road around 1:30 p.m. Saturday when they saw smoke coming over a homeowner’s fence along Norttheast Neff Road. At the same time, firefighters received a call for a structure fire in the vicinity, and they quickly came around the corner to see the

A Redmond motorcyclist and his dog were killed late Friday night when his motorcycle struck the dog on a northwest Redmond residential street, police said Saturday. Redmond police were dispatched around 10:15 p.m. to the area of NW Poplar Avenue and 20 th Court on the single-vehicle crash, said Sgt. Keith Knight. The reporting parties