In this Issue of C.O. Local BUZZ…

🤔 Local Trivia - Deschutes River

🌄 Bend, OR Weather

📅 Lots and LOTS of Events

🍔🎶🖼️🛍️ Bend Summer Fest

🚵‍♀️Women of the Dirt Kickoff @ Mt Bachelor

🎉New Event Calendar! Central Oregon Local Live!

📰 Local News - What’s a Happening?

📰Explore Newport Avenue with Bend's New Stormwater Walking Tour

📰Bend's only American Sign Language immersion preschool shuts doors

📰Deschutes National Forest - Bridge Removal

🔥Central Oregon Fire Info

📰 Darlene 3 Fire Update

📰 Redmond Fire & Rescue Bans Recreational Fires

📰 McCaffery Fire Updates

Social Media Posts

🚧 Road Closures

🔥⛑️Fire & Rescue News

⛑️Rescue Teams and Helicopters Save Injured Climber on North Sister

🚨 Crime News

⚖️Madras Woman Pleads Guilty to Reduced Manslaughter Charge in Ex-Husband's Death, Faces 18-Year Sentence

📰 Community News

🫴Grocery Outlet announces 14th annual Independence from Hunger Food Drive

🫴💖 Local Cause Spotlight

🐶😺Changing Lives, One Paw at a Time: The Heartwarming Work of The Humane Society of the Ochocos

Pets available | 80s Fundraising Photos

😁 MEME of the Day

What is the total length of the Deschutes River? 

A) 156 miles
B) 208 miles
C) 252 miles
D) 323 miles

👉 Find the ANSWERS in Tomorrow’s Newsletter👉

BEND

REDMOND

Events Sponsored By Enjoy Bend Life Real Estate

What’s Up Central Oregon

July 12th, 13th & 14th

The Bend Summer Festival is Central Oregon's longest running arts and crafts festival, celebrating over 30 years of showcasing arts and crafts in Bend. This is a lively festival that enjoys a strong regional audience as well as tourist attendance throughout the weekend. It spans seven city blocks in Downtown Bend with the Fine Arts Promenade placed in the heart of the event. The annual festival also includes music stages, the Oregon Lifestyle Area, a Family Fun Zone, and the Bend Business Showcase area dedicated to resourceful living.

Women of the Dirt Kickoff @ Mt Bachelor

July 13th 2024

Gear up for an exhilarating start to your summer at the Women of the Dirt Kickoff event! Designed exclusively for female riders, from newcomers to seasoned pros, join us for a day dedicated to celebrating our passion for mountain biking. Whether you're riding solo or with friends, this event promises camaraderie, skill-building, and plenty of adrenaline-pumping adventures.

Event Schedule:

9:30 AM: Check-in 
10:00 AM: Grouping of Riders
10:30 AM: Riding Session Begins
12:30 PM: Lunch Break (on your own)

Explore Newport Avenue with Bend's New Stormwater Walking Tour

The City of Bend is offering a new way to explore Newport Avenue with the Stormwater Walking Tour. An outdoor exhibit of interpretive signs will take guests on a self-paced walking tour of the historic corridor to give a glimpse into what is above and below ground.

The tour highlights stormwater system features, Bend’s water history, and educates the public about important city infrastructure that is helping protect the Deschutes River and its critters. 

The self-guided tour begins and ends in Pageant Park at 691 NW Drake Road, along the Deschutes River. Student groups are already taking the tour as part of the city’s youth education partnership with the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council.  

“We're thrilled to offer a tour allowing community members and visitors a special look at the Newport Avenue corridor and the Deschutes River. The tour includes information and exhibits that offer insights into the past and present, and illustrates the important role of new infrastructure in protecting the future of our beautiful river,” said Stormwater Program Manager Elisabeth Okeefe.

“We encourage community members to explore what is above and below ground and find out what you can do to help keep the Deschutes River clean.”  

Bend's only American Sign Language immersion preschool shuts doors

Parents at Bend Immersion Preschool received a text Tuesday afternoon with no warning, stating the preschool would close immediately. The owner said the location has struggled to keep up with rising costs, now searching for another location to reopen.

Deschutes National Forest - Bridge Removal

Bridge removal work has started on the Tract E Bridge upstream of Camp Sherman. Portions of the Metolius River Trail may be detoured this week.

The bridge was used to access a recreation residence, which is no longer needed.

Darlene 3 Fire Update:

Update July 8, 2024 5:00 PM*****

After consultation with fire managers, the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office is lifting all evacuation notices around the Darlene 3 Fire effective today.

Updated maps and information can be found at www.deschutes.org/emergency.

Numerous road closures remain in effect around the fire. The public is asked to respect these road closures as well as closures put in place by the Deschutes National Forest and Prineville District of the Bureau of Land Management. These closures are in place to protect the public and firefighters working in the area.

Redmond Fire & Rescue Bans Recreational Fires - 07/08/24 
July 8, 2024-REDMOND, OR- The National Weather Service in Pendleton has issued a Red Flag Warning for dry and unstable conditions, which is in effect until 11 PM PDT Tuesday.

Due to this Red Flag warning, all recreational fires are banned until the Red Flag Warning expires.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 610 East Slopes of Central
Oregon Cascades, 611 Deschutes National Forest, 639 East Slopes
of the Northern Oregon Cascades, 640 Central Mountains of
Oregon, 694 Yakama Alpine District and 695 East Washington South
Central Cascade Mountains.

* TIMING...Today through Tuesday night.

* WINDS...North 5 to 15 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Up to 105.

* IMPACTS...Any new and existing fires have a strong potential for
extreme fire behavior.

* HAINES...As high as 6.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

Social Media Posts:

Link to: Northwest Large Fire Interactive Web Map

Rescue Teams and Helicopters Save Injured Climber on North Sister

Sisters, OR - Lane County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue was assisted by their Deschutes County counterparts, two air ambulances and a National Guard helicopter to rescue a fallen and injured climber on Saturday at a high elevation on the North Sister.

Deputies said the climber likely had several broken bones and was on an exposed scree slide, taking rockfall. He was able to call 911 and give updates on his location and condition on the 10,085-foot peak in the Three Sisters Wilderness.

A Lane County Sheriff’s SAR deputy deployed to high elevation on a Life Flight helicopter, while Deschutes County Sheriff’s SAR volunteers deployed on an AirLink helicopter. Another, backup team of SAR volunteers began climbing to the location as well.

Once the climber was located, the SAR personnel flown in by helicopters were able to climb to his location, provide medical care and move him from the precarious slope, deputies said.

An Oregon Army National Guard helicopter responded and airlifted the patient to a hospital for more medical care. AirLink retrieved the rescuers from the climber’s location, while the backup SAR team climbed back down and hiked out.

Madras Woman Pleads Guilty to Reduced Manslaughter Charge in Ex-Husband's Death, Faces 18-Year Sentence

A 27-year-old Madras woman entered a negotiated guilty plea Monday afternoon to a reduced charge of first-degree manslaughter in the December 2022 fatal shooting of her ex-husband and faces a likely sentence of nearly 18 years in prison.

Deschutes County Circuit Judge Alison Emerson, who has been overseeing the case, accepted the plea petition signed Monday by Paige Jordan Vannorsdall, which recommends dismissing the second-degree murder charge she faced. Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed to recommend a 214-month sentence, followed by 26 months of post-prison supervision.

"On December 16, 2022, I intentionally caused the death of Devyne Briggs, another human being. At the time of the homicide I was acting under an extreme emotional disturbance, such that I lost the capacity to control myself and forgo the homicide," Vannorsdall, who initially pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges, stated in her plea petition.

Emerson scheduled sentencing in two weeks.

Grocery Outlet announces 14th annual Independence from Hunger Food Drive

Grocery Outlet on Monday launched its 14^th annual Independence from Hunger Food Drive to combat food insecurity. Now through July 31, the campaign will collect cash donations and pre-made bags of nonperishable foods at Grocery Outlet’s 470+ locations that will be distributed to local food agency partners.

Data from the United States Department of Agriculture and Feeding America shows that inflation is causing a double squeeze in communities across the nation. As prices rise, the number of Americans who get groceries at a food bank has increased to 41 million or 1 in 6 households, but the amount of donations to food banks has gone down.

Each independently owned and operated Grocery Outlet store is committed to giving back to their community and has partnered locally to help their communities provide families with nutritious food.

“In a time when budgets are tight and families across the country are working hard to put food on the table, Grocery Outlet is in your corner. We’re thrilled with the continued success and growth of our annual Independence from Hunger^â Food Drive to support the communities we serve and take the worry out of where families will get their next meal,” said RJ Sheedy, President and CEO of Grocery Outlet. “None of this would be possible without the commitment of our employees, operators, charitable partners and customers. We are beyond grateful for their support to help end hunger.”

Changing Lives, One Paw at a Time: The Heartwarming Work of The Humane Society of the Ochocos

Are you an animal lover looking to make a positive impact on the lives of our furry friends in need? If so, you're in luck! Let me introduce you to a wonderful non-profit organization that is doing incredible work for animals in our community - The Humane Society of the Ochocos (HSO).

Visit their website at https://www.thehso.org/ to learn more about their programs, upcoming events, and how you can get involved. Together, we can make the world a better place for animals in need.

A few of the pets HSO has available:

The photos from Back To The 80's are here! If you had your name on the list for glamour shots, they will be emailed out separately shortly  High resolution versions can be found here

https://photos.app.goo.gl/4ygASECQemLFk2nz9

Thank you all again for coming out and supporting the shelter!!!

:Photography by Arielle

WITHOUT YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT, WE WOULD NOT EXIST TO SERVE YOU SINCE 1995

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