Month: June 2013

The Nature of Words (NOW) has recently been awarded six grants for its creative writing programs and planning. These grants demonstrate a strong support from foundations for NOW’s continuing work in Central Oregon’s schools, alternative education environments and communities. NOW is grateful for the generous support of these grantors: Juan Young Trust, PGE, The James

An 87-year-old Powell Butte man whose SUV crashed through a second-floor guardrail and plunged to the ground Monday at The Center medical facility has died, family and hospital officials said Wednesday. After suffering a medical emergency, Richard Theodore Marsellos’ SUV sped backwards, hitting two cars, then forward through a handrail and guardrail, plunging about 15

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife invites Oregonians to fish for free during Free Fishing Weekend, June 1-2. To help beginning anglers get started, free fishing events around the region can help parents introduce their children to the joy of fishing. Events are typically geared towards kids and many provide loaner rods and reels

Oregon Adaptive Sports is pleased to announce the awarding of a $5,000 grant to purchase adaptive hand-cycles from The Roundhouse Foundation. The funds will be used to support the adaptive cycling program being developed as part of the expansion of OAS programs from seasonal to year round. OAS Executive Director, Christine Brousseau, says “we are

Bend Park & Recreation District invites the public to celebrate the 4th of July by volunteering in our community’s biggest parade and holiday event – the 4th of July Pet Parade and Old Fashioned July 4th Festival. Just a little time from each volunteer goes a long way in helping present two of Bend’s longest

Executive Director Anne Heath of Sisters Park & Recreation District as resigned her position. A letter of resignation was delivered to the Board of Directors on June 6, 2013. Anne and her husband Alan will be moving to the Eugene area, where he has accepted a position with the Forest Service on the Willamette National

More than 40 million people visit Oregon’s state parks every year to enjoy camping, hiking, picnicking and other traditional recreation with friends and family. Park rules help visitors enjoy parks as they protect park resources and reduce conflicts between people. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is updating park rules to keep them current, and

More than 100 years of baseball history in 2 glass cases stuffed with uniforms, old score books, and signed pictures neatly arranged with ball gloves and bats. The “Diamonds in the Desert” exhibit at the Deschutes Historical Museum is a step back in time. Historian Vanessa Ivey spent months talking to former players, reading old

Two Warm springs men were sentenced to 24 years in prison Tuesday for the beating death of a Seattle fisherman whose body was found in an abandoned railroad tunnel near Warm Springs just over a year ago, Jefferson County District Attorney Steve Leriche said. Circuit Judge Annette Hillman imposed the sentences on Steven Neal Anderson

A wind-fanned brushfire that burned nearly a third of an acre at Tumalo State Park Tuesday afternoon was human-caused, but the exact cause could not be determined, officials said. Crews were dispatched around 2:15 p.m. to the fire spreading fast in dense vegetation between OB Riley Road and the Deschutes River, on the west bank

A Bend man was sentenced Tuesday to a 90-day county jail term, three years probation and 500 hours of community service for leaving the scene of a deadly hit-and-run crash in January 2011. Under terms of a plea deal reached last month, Bret Biedscheid, 40, director of accounting for Les Schwab Tire Centers, changed his

Over the last 24 hours, dozens of cats and dogs have arrived at the Humane Society of Central Oregon. “In cats, we are at capacity, in dogs we’re at about 70 percent,” Shelter Manager Karen Burns said Tuesday. On top of 10 dogs, 38 cats and six rabbits up for adoption, the shelter is overrun

The Bend-La Pine School District is expected to approve a $133 million dollar budget at its board meeting Tuesday night. In the meantime, the school district is still waiting to see how much money it’ll get from the state. The district’s budget at this point is about $5 million more than last year. Officials hope

Two California women are traveling by bike across the country to promote and learn more about sustainable farming. Hayden Mills and Haylee Wellsh of Palm Springs are filming interviews with farmers and companies practicing corporate responsibility by being environmentally conscious. While in Bend, the pair toured Deschutes Brewery and Bend Distillery and learned that businesses

The Air National Guard plans a series of scoping meetings around Oregon June 17 -21 to receive public comment as the first step in the development of a draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding the Oregon Air National Guard’s proposed Airspace Initiative. The goal of the Oregon Air National Guard Airspace Initiative is to provide properly

In order to help prevent fire deaths in our community, the Bend Fire Department will go door to door, testing and replacing smoke alarms and batteries if needed at no cost to homeowners. The goal of the Code Ready Smoke Alarm Installation Program is to protect our citizens, by providing smoke alarms, at no cost,

National HIV Testing Day is Thursday, June 27th this year. It was launched in 1995 by the National Association of People with AIDS in response to the growing number of HIV infections in communities of color and other heavily impacted communities. Too many people don’t know they have HIV. In the United States, nearly 1.2

The federal Energy Department on Tuesday launched the eGallon – a quick and simple way for consumers to compare the costs of fueling electric vehicles vs. driving on gasoline. In Oregon, the eGallon price is about $0.96, meaning that a typical electric vehicle could travel as far on $0.96 worth of electricity as a similar

Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), accompanied by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dean Heller (R-NV), Mark Begich (D-AK), Al Franken (D-MN), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Ron Wyden (D-OR), introduced a bill Tuesday that would put an end to the “secret law” governing controversial government surveillance programs. This bill would require the Attorney

The huge value of vaccinating more children and young adults for influenza is being seriously underestimated, Oregon State University and other experts say in a new report, while conventional wisdom and historic vaccine programs have concentrated on the elderly and those at higher risk of death and serious complications. A computer modeling analysis was just