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In reply to “Les Schwab Amphitheater Closes East River Bank to Cut Free Concert Access” (8/9, Bent Blog) This news is very disheartening. One of Bend’s many attributes is that people of all socioeconomic means have access to the beauty and events that surround us. Listening to music on the rivers edge is a social […]

NO on the King Amendment! We must stop this sweeping attack on the rights of states to protect the health, safety and welfare of our citizens. Oregon does a fine job managing OUR states affairs and certainly doesn’t need a congressman from Iowa dictating Federal authority to Oregon and every state in the Union. Meet […]

To The Editor, As fellow firefighters and the public mourn the loss of the nineteen Granite Mountain Hotshot crewmembers in Yarnell Hill Arizona on June 30th 2013, we are also left with the questions of how and why this tragedy happened. It will most likely take months for the Serious Accident Investigation Team, (SAIT) to […]

Dogs and people I'd like to direct this to the small, yet vocal, group of dog haters in this town, even though I know that they probably will be the least likely to read what I am going to say. It is now a proven, unarguable, fact that if it were not for dogs our […]

In reply to "Best Of Ballot (Survey, 7/4)" Dude…La Pine? You have Sisters, Redmond, and Sunriver on your survey, but not La Pine? Best Breakfast: Wickiup doughnuts!! Best Staycation: Paulina snowshoeing (and lodge, etc.)! Give folks a voice and they might surprise you. —Josie Hanneman In reply to "Don’t Be a Dunderhead (Boot, 7/11)" No […]

Bear Creek's principal getting administrative leave These recent weeks we have seen society wake up to its double standards and bigotry, whether it is seeing a 11 year old boy as a second-class citizen because he cherishes one of the many cultures that coexist in this country or the casual use of the n-word to […]

Bend Parks & Recreation and NorthWest Crossing, Sunset View Park Aloha. When I moved here 20 years ago I felt The Bend Park & Recreation (BPR) District was a wonderful organization seriously working to preserve as much of the local outdoors as possible.  There is no doubt that BPR has done a great many good […]

In reply to “Too Many Dogs in Too Many Places” (Opinion, 6/20) I am very much aware that Bend is a kid town. I have friends and family who have kids and for the most part we tolerate each other. I do not have a kid, nor do I want one. However, it is getting […]

Letters to the Editor: AT ONE END OF THE WILDLIFE The author who thinks "the ODFW thinks like it is 1870" may be correct in dating the ODFW to 1870, but the Oregon fur trade, think trapping, was in its infancy 100 years prior to 1870. The beaver hat fashion craze had long gone being replaced […]