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Month: June 2013

Marriage equality group campaigns in Bend

June is Gay Pride Month and Oregon United for Marriage was in Bend and four other cities to campaign Saturday. Organizers signed up volunteers to attend speaking engagements and to help collect thousands of signatures to put a marriage equality measure on the ballot in November 2014. Bend City Councilor Jodie Barram spoke out on

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C.O. Special Olympics athletes collect cans

Special Olympics in Central Oregon does a variety of fund-raisers, from the Polar Plunge to Tip a Cop — and Saturday’s was just as important. Ray’s Food Place stores in Bend, Redmond and Prineville hosted the annual Build-a-Mountain can and bottle drive. Trucks were parked outside the stores, with mountains of cans and bottles stacked

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Injured teen Smith Rock climber rescued

A 17-year-old Redmond resident fell about 20 feet and injured his ankle while climbing at Smith Rock State Park Saturday morning, prompting his call for help and a rescue operation involving Redmond fire crews and Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers. County 911 dispatchers got a call around 8:40 a.m. from the teen, who

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Dorys named Bend Chamber ‘Citizens of Year’

Debbie and Rudy Dory were named the Citizens of the Year by the Bend Chamber of Commerce at the Chamber’s 2013 SAGE Awards Dinner Friday. The Dorys are well known figures within Central Oregon and are the proud owners of the family-owned neighborhood grocery store Newport Avenue Market. Debbie and Rudy continually explore innovative ways

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