Horizon Broadcasting Group has named Dave Christi as Creative Services Director for its cluster of radio stations in Central Oregon. Christi was a national finalist for the 2006 Radio Mercury Award for best commercial produced by a radio station.   Dave Christi was named new Creative Services Director for Horizon Broadcasting Group. “We’re excited to have Dave join our team to write, produce and create award-winning advertising campaigns for our clients,” said Keith Shipman, President & CEO ... [full story]

The Humane Society of Central Oregon and Hertz Car Sales will bring together friends of animals for a benefit golf tournament at the Bend Golf and Country Club on Monday, October 9. The field for the first annual golf tournament will be limited to 36 foursomes.  Registration is still open for a few more golfers.  The tournament will be a scramble with a Calloway handicap system.  The cost of the fundraising event is $125 per person. ... [full story]

Suspect allegedly attacks mother A man who allegedly tried to attack his mother with a knife at a home north of Redmond Tuesday afternoon was arrested by Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies on several charges, authorities reported. Sheriff’s deputies arrived at 6666 northwest Lynch Lane about 4:30 p.m. September 19 in response to a 911 call made by the victim’s husband. The caller reported his step-son, David Sloan Overcash, 43, was trying to attack his wife ... [full story]

Work slated to start by end of September The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently finalized a decision regarding cleanup activities at the former Bend Trap Club site based on approval of the investigation, evaluation of remedial action alternatives conducted to date, and completion of the public notification period. No public comments were received. Since November 2005, DEQ has been providing oversight under a Voluntary Cleanup Agreement to investigate the site formerly used as ... [full story]

Movie Review of "FLYBOYS" Addressing the latest crop of spanking new American volunteers, who are literally dying to fly, Jean Reno's French Captain Thenault warns them that their life expectancy is "between three to six weeks." How these young men fight the gravity of Captain Thenault's words, as well as the gravity of a planet that's determined to keep them earthbound through fate as much as physics, is just one leg of the journey that ... [full story]

"Silent Message" is a three-fold motion picture experience which will premier October 4th at the Tower Theatre.  First it includes a behind the scenes look at the making of this phenomenal film project initiated by a group of Central Oregon teenagers. It focuses on how a family of local filmmakers and this group of high risk kids got together to shoot a picture about sexual abuse.  How these high school kids were able to act ... [full story]

Central Oregon Community College’s Culinary Institute is again offering five-course luncheons from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Grandview Student Center on the Bend campus starting September 26. The meals are prepared by Cascade Culinary Institute students under the supervision of Julian Darwin, director of the Institute. COCC’s Cascade Culinary Institute offers a four-term certificate program that prepares students for positions as prep cooks, line cooks and, in some cases, chef’s assistants. ... [full story]

Agency Celebrates 21 Years of Service to Central Oregon COCAAN has been serving the Central Oregon community for the past 20 years and has grown from a small non-profit to an organization with over 15 offices, and just last year, provided over 100,000 different services to local residents.  It is one of the largest local social service organizations in Central Oregon, and now the agency has taken on a new name in an effort to ... [full story]

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office has announced they will hold four town hall meetings in October, designed to provide an opportunity for residents to learn about their sheriff's office and the November 7 elections. The agenda will include accomplishments, budget and future issues -- permenant funding.  A question and answer session will follow the presentation. Meetings will be held: October 10 at 6:00 p.m. at the Terrebonne Community School, 119 B Ave., Terrebonne October 11 at 6:00 p.m. at the ... [full story]

Fourteen-year-old Xiao Fan lost his parents in a flood. Fifteen-year-old Si Xun has only one hand; when her parents divorced, neither wanted her. Sixteen-year-old Xiao Ying was found abandoned as an infant. Now, thanks to a new company in Bend and the dedication of a man raised in Chinese orphanages, these teens and several others have a shot at a secure future.Launched earlier this year, Scrolls From China sells intricate, museum-quality Chinese wall scrolls painted ... [full story]