ANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR: No recent reports. Opportunities for carryover rainbow trout from 10-18 inches are good. Anglers should fish the deeper water near the dam this time of year. BIG LAVA LAKE : Anglers have had good success over the past week. The fish are in excellent condition averaging 15 to 16 inches in size. CLEAR LAKE : Clear Lake , located about 20 miles west of Maupin, has been stocked with keeper trout and ... [full story]

Summit High School is kicking off the 2006 football season with Neighborhood Nights, a chance for community members and neighbors to get out and reconnect during a fun-filled night of prep-football. “During each home football game, residents of a particular neighborhood association in the Summit High School attendance area will be invited to attend the game and cheer-on our student athletes. During half-time, we’ll take a moment to recognize the association members in the stands ... [full story]

If you like catching lots of fish and a variety of fish, then Brownlee Reservoir is the place. My wife and I joined two other couples from Prineville on September 8 and came home with plenty of fish and memories. Impounded by Brownlee Dam in 1958, this part of the Snake River system provides some great fishing. “Brownlee is probably the best fishery in the Northwest for catching a variety of warmwater species,” said Gary ... [full story]

What's a girl (or guy) to do when poor credit makes it hard to put a financial foot forward?Linda is 34, and like many people in their 30s, she's already lugging some financial baggage: school loans, car payments, $10,000 in credit card debt, held jointly with her ex-fiancé, and a credit score hovering around 500. Of all these serious obstacles to her financial freedom, the most damaging is her low credit score. Increasingly, Americans live and ... [full story]

Caldera Springs resort community has announced that 240 homesites, 75% of all sites available in the entire Caldera Springs community, sold within the first six months.  Demand for homesites in the area adjacent to Sunriver and Crosswater reached a new high at the selection event held in late August. “As the first new resort community in the Sunriver area since 1994, we knew we’d have strong interest, but we never imagined that we’d see this kind ... [full story]

During the week, there were 15 reports of vehicle break-ins, with an estimated value of stolen items at $5,889.  Of the 15 reports, ten vehicles were unlocked.  There were a total of three bicycle thefts, two unlocked, with an estimated value of $1,700.  DUII arrests totaled six, and there were 25 warrant arrests made.  Seven vehicles were impounded when the drivers were found to have suspended licenses, or none at all. §         8/28. A Bend couple ... [full story]

MSNBC talk show host takes on Rumsfeld and his reckless appeasement rhetoric  On Wednesday, August 30, MSNBC’s Keith Olberman, had his Edward R. Morrow moment and he made the most of it. In a hard-hitting and thoughtful six-minute commentary, Olbermann, the host of “Countdown,” responded to a new campaign launched by the Bush Administration branding opponents of the war in Iraq as appeasers and confused enablers of terrorism. With the war in Iraq droning on, ... [full story]

With a 4-2 vote, the Bend-La Pine School Board elected Janelle Wilcox to be their seventh member on Wednesday afternoon. Wilcox fills the Zone 2 seat that was vacated by Brian Gatley this spring. “All of the candidates were excellent.  It was a difficult decision but I am very pleased with the board decision to elect Janelle,” said School Board Chair Scott Reynolds.   Wilcox has lived in Bend for nearly 20 years and has ... [full story]

For the 16th consecutive school year, the Bend-La Pine School district has had a significant enrollment increase in its schools. “Initial reports show that we will meet or exceed our initial projections,” said Ron Wilkinson, Deputy Superintendent. “We’ve grown by more than 400 students this year – and that number could rise by the end of the week.”   Becky Crawford instructs her students at Pine Ridge Elementary School - Photo by Richard Burton While the growth ... [full story]

With all the talk of the housing market cooling, many may be surprised at recent statistics from the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO) that Bend had the greatest one-year increase in appreciation in the nation. The average price of a single-family home grew 1.17 percent in the second quarter in contrast to the first-quarter growth of 2.2 percent. Overall, the second quarter of 2006 had the lowest rate of appreciation since the fourth ... [full story]