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La Magie Bakery: Bringing magic to Bend

La Magie Bakery opens in what was the old space for the Bond Street Market and serving a list of French pastries.
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As the previous home of the Bond Street Market, 949 NW Bond St., was known as a great spot to pick up such delicacies as Twinkies, a pack of Marlboro Lights, or a 40 of PBR.
But no longer.
With the opening of La Magie Bakery in the spot on Jan. 30, owner Di Long has transformed the space into a European-inspired bakery and lunch spot decked with lavender and Granny Smith apple-colored walls.
Magazine displays have been replaced with bistro tables adorned with Peruvian Lilies and arrangements of bamboo. Huge picture windows welcome in the sunshine, and the upstairs offers a secluded spot for a reflective cup of coffee.

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Cascade Lakes Project X

Cascade Lakes releases its latest seasonal ale called Project X.
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The latest seasonal release from Cascade Lakes is a smooth-drinking pale ale that will temporarily replace the Pine Marten Pale Ale. Soon available in six packs, Project X is a classic Northwest pale, that uses a blend of two-row, crisp, Munich and cara grains to create a well-rounded beer that puts as much emphasis on its malt profile as it does on hops.

Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides

‘I’m Not A Nurse’: Lack of formal training didn't deter this Bend native

Local hero, Lavonna Redman created a school dedicated to children with special needs and is the founder of Angel Notion.
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Angel Notion, the solitary medical resource for underprivileged families in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, exists because one Bendite decided to make a difference.
“Twenty years ago I was living in Bend, and I had an opportunity to vacation to Playa, and the first time I put my feet in the sand, I felt like it was home,” said Angel Notion Founder, Lavonna Redman. “I moved my family down here within six weeks.”
She held many posts in the tourist, Caribbean community, including hotel owner and restaurateur, before concentrating her efforts on humanitarian work.
“After a few years, there was something I needed to do for the people,” she explained. “So I started a school for special needs children.”

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There When You Need Them: Commitment binds local search and rescue volunteers

Local heroes of search and rescue help a man who fell onto a ledge at Smith Rock.
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Last November, a climber attempting The Wambat Route in Smith Rock State Park lost his hold and fell hard to a ledge below. Luckily for the climber, the Deschutes County Search and Rescue Mountain Rescue Unit was training at Smith Rock that day. They moved into action and immediately initiated the rescue.
“He fell onto a ledge, which is a tricky rescue,” said Richard Adler, team member since 2007. “This was the first time we were able to perform a ground-up rescue. It worked perfectly.”
Adler is one of 118 volunteers on the Deschutes County Search and Rescue crew who devotes hundreds of hours to training and rescue missions all in the name of keeping Central Oregonians safe.

Posted inOpinion

Losing Our Religion

The relationship between the United States and religion.
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The fact is: this nation was never a Christian nation to begin with (thankfully). Our Constitution and our Declaration are godless documents that protect us from religion, but also give people the freedom to worship as they choose. However, that doesn't give people the freedom to push it in our schools, our politics, or force their silly belief systems on us.
Religion is a personal choice. It is not the law; it is not anything other than someone choosing to follow that system. I have no issue with people that want to keep it to themselves.
It has, however, destroyed countries, families, and caused wars, spread hate, discrimination, and intolerance for full equality. And, quite frankly, people are tired of that. We are progressing and finding out that you do not need religion to be moral, ethical, or live a good/happy life. And guess what? It’s all going to be OK!

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The Family Kitchen serves a large amount of meals to the locals.
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That's how many meals that the local nonprofit Family Kitchen provided last Friday, a record for the local charity meal provider. Read about how the organization has stepped to meet the community's growing demand for its service in this week's news feature, “A Singular Purpose” Pg.

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Wyden Grounds the Choppers

Wyden gets Senate to pass a bill stopping helicopter tours above Crater Lake.
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Helicopters have their place, but the sky over Crater Lake isn't one of them. Thanks to Ron Wyden, their racket won't be disturbing the serenity of Oregon's only national park – at least not for a while.
Back in 2009, a Bend-based company called Leading Edge Aviation proposed to run as many as 300 helicopter tours a year over the rim of the lake. Company officials said the helicopters would stay far away from the visitor center, would fly at least 1,000 feet above the lake and cause minimal disruption – “an RV on the rim road would generate more noise,” one of them claimed.

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PCP Returns to Bend: Get high with the Portland Cello Project, not the recreational dissociative drug

The Portland Cello Project showing at Summit High School that is sure to please the crowd.
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If you plan on showing up at Summit High School with your mother, you might warn her that Portland Cello Project is better known for its tour with Buckethead than its arrangements of Beethoven. They don't perform in black. They don't print programs. They won't offer you an intermission. And they have been known to grind on their cellos while performing Salt-n-Pepa's, “Push it.”
Perhaps best known for their rendition of Kanye West’s and Rihanna's “All of the Lights,” this string ensemble's repertoire is vast, genre-bending and clearly unorthodox; there is no style they won't play.
“The main philosophy when I'm making a set for any performance is to make it varied, and confuse the audience as much as possible,” explains ensemble leader Douglas Jenkins.

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More Change Afoot at Old Mill Brew Werks

Old Mill Brew Works changes location to the old 10 Barrel spot and will brew under the name Bend Brew Works.
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Dave Love, co-founder of Old Mill Brew Werks is finally making the big move from brew purveyor to brew creator. Love recently inked an agreement to take over the old 10 Barrel space in the Brinson business park in northeast Bend where he will begin brewing as Bend Brew Werks.

Posted inOutside

Risk Vs. Reward: On accidents, avalanches and other perils

Risks of avalanches are more common than we think and possible signs appear on Mt. Bachelor.
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Last month, Canadian freeskier Sarah Burke crashed while training in a Park City, Utah, superpipe. The fall resulted in an arterial tear, a brain bleed, cardiac arrest, and, ultimately ,Burke's death at age 29. Burke was a leader in women's freeskiing and identified by many as one of the best in the sport. She was wearing a helmet and skiing within her abilities when she fell. It was an unexplainable accident. There are a lot of freak accidents in the mountains.
In 2007, Bend's own Tyler Eklund, then a 14-year-old grom, broke his C3 vertebra and was paralyzed from the neck down while taking a practice run at the USASA National's snowboard event. Eklund, who continues to be involved in snowboarding through events like the annual Dirksen Derby at Mt. Bachelor, was also wearing a helmet at the time of his accident and had been training for several months to participate in the event

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