Month: April 2013

Is there a Bend-La Pine Schools teacher, administrator, school psych, or counselor who has impacted your life or your child’s life in a special way? If so, The Excellence in Education presenting sponsor, Mid-Oregon Credit Union, invites you to nominate this exceptional individual for the 2013 Excellence in Education Award. The winning recipients will be

The final day of the 2013 NorthWest Crossing Spring Festival was Sunday, and hundreds didn’t want to miss out. Music, food and crafts filled the streets all weekend. The theme of this year’s event: Cycle and Recycle. Throughout the area, vendors featured many bicycle-related and/or recyclable works of art. A good fit for the theme

Hundreds of BMX riders took to the Hooker Creek Event Center at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds this weekend. It was the return of the BMX Northwest National race. Nearly 300 competitors got on their bikes and flipped over dirt jumps as they tried to outrace each other. BMX is short for bicycle motocross racing. It

The second annual High Desert Invitational Tournament is going on this weekend at Redmond’s Bowlby Fields. Eight- to 12-year-old girls comprised of 13 teams from all over the state of Oregon are taking part. Organizers started the tournament to give girls the chance to learn good character and leadership skills and hard work. Mandi Puckett

As the number of bicyclists increases in the U.S., so does the need for increased safety measures, bike advocates say. Bicyclist fatalities have increased due to more distracted driving, higher motorist speeds and poor maintenance on our roadways, according to bicycling advocates. Advocates of improving safety Towards Zero Deaths believe the best way to improve

The 2013 NorthWest Crossing Spring Festival is under way, and on Saturday , dozens of professional artists, students and kids took part in a very popular event. The east side of the street on Northwest Crossing Drive was filled with chalk and turned into wonderful street art. The Street Chalk Art Competition featuredkids who had

Dozens of volunteers took advantage of the beautiful day Saturday to help put the finishing touches on the Maston trail area west of Redmond. The trail areas are part of the Cline Buttes Recreation Area, funded through a state parks grant. All of the trails were built by volunteers, and on Saturday, several of them

The Molalla Police Department, in conjunction with the FBI and other partner agencies, said Saturday night they have recovered a sick 14-month-old child, Mariah Nichols, who vanished with her parents from a Molalla apartment complex last Wednesday. Officers said the child is in the custody of a Department of Human Services caseworker and is receiving

A homeowner in rural northeast Bend confronted a burglar breaking into his home Thursday night, told him to leave – and fired a shot when he came toward him instead, authorities said. The suspect fled, prompting a search that ended with the bite of a police K-9 and an arrest. Around 9:12 p.m., Deschutes County

For Janee Finn, a Bend woman battling uterine cancer, just getting to the doctor can be a challenge. Friday morning, for the second time in her life, she boarded an Angel Flight, a donated private plane, to take her to Portland. “I have uterine cancer and this is my third set of treatments,” Finn said.

What are Central Oregon students learning about the tensions in the Korean peninsula? One AP (advanced placement) government teacher at Mountain View High School said Friday he gives the facts to the kids, and lets them form their own opinions. Mike Huff’s class kicks off with current events. Lately, North Korea has been on the

An attempted traffic stop early Friday in northeast Bend turned into a high-speed chase and arrest, with the help of a Bend K-9 that bit the fleeing suspect — who was not home a few hours earlier when his home was raided by drug agents, officers said. Shortly after midnight, an officer saw a driver

The Oregon House voted unanimously Friday to pass HB 3253, a bill to require sex offenders from other states to register if tin Oregon. “Nothing is more important than keeping our families safe,” said Rep. Jason Conger, R-Bend, one of two chief sponsors of the bill with Rep. Andy Olson, R – Albany, who carried

A popular military education benefit slated to be slashed because of federal budget woes secured a new lease on life recently. In late March, President Barak Obama signed the federal continuing funding resolution, designed to keep the government online until Sept. 30. An amendment connected to the spending resolution – co-sponsored by Oregon Sen. Ron

Resumes, dress shoes and a whole lot of handshakes were the scenes Thursday at the Bend National Guard Armory. “I hope I get something today,” said an Iraq veteran. “I hope they call, and I’ll certainly be following up with them,” said a Vietnam-era vet. Hundreds of Central Oregonians came out to meet more than

The tension on the Korean peninsula is felt in Central Oregon by one foreign exchange student who said Thursday she and and her family are not worried — at least, not yet. Trinity Lutheran School has 16 foreign exchange students, three from South Korea. One of them, Hanja Lee, 17, goes by the American name,

Oregon-based Consumer Cellular, the number one rated cell phone service provider in the U.S. for the third consecutive year and the exclusive wireless provider for AARP members, will host a job fair on Monday, Apr. 15 at its contact center in Redmond. After opening the Redmond contact center in August 2012, Consumer Cellular announced plans

Central Oregon residents who have lost their homes or filed for bankruptcy as a result of job loss, medical expenses or other related circumstances may be eligible for a fresh start through a new loan program announced recently by Bank of the Cascades. The bank’s New Beginnings Home Lending Program is designed to provide home

Heart of Oregon Corps hosted an Achievement Celebration on Thursday at the Bend Parks and Recreation Office to honor the accomplishments of 23 young people who completed service in one of three Heart of Oregon programs: AmeriCorps, Stewardship, and Clean Energy Service Corps. The ceremony highlighted the achievements of the young people, ages 16-27 who

Eight fabulous themed day camps held throughout the summer for kids entering K-5th grades, such as: Move Your Body, Mad Scientist, How Does Your Garden Grow, Great Outdoors, Music Makers, Superheroes, Trashformations, & Wild Artist. The first four camps will be held at Juniper Elementary and the last four at Bear Creek Elementary schools. Camps