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Top Ten Local News Stories of 2011: Flare ups, flameouts, throw downs, touchdowns and so much more!

Top ten local news stories of 2011.

The Sandra Meyer Murder
The Sandra Meyer tragedy is one that we add reluctantly to this list out of respect to Meyer's family members who endured much during the nearly month-long search for the missing Bend woman. Meyer's mysterious disappearance became a matter of public discussion after family members and police called on the public to help locate her. Family members erected a billboard on the Parkway emblazoned with Meyer's image and police searched the river around the Old Mill where Meyer's car was found. Suspicion quickly turned to her husband John Meyer who later shot himself in the couple's home. Still, Meyer's family was left in limbo after police found evidence that she had been murdered, but failed to turn up her body. The case came to a shocking and sad conclusion when Meyer's family members discovered her body on the couple's property almost a month after the crime. It was an area that police had supposedly scoured thoroughly. Friends have memorialized Meyer by dedicating a room in her honor at the Bend women's shelter, Saving Grace.

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Give Guide a Great Success for Area Vets

Thanks to a number of local businesses, we were able to donate a bundle to COVO.

Thanks, y’all!
For the ninth consecutive year, the Source successfully coordinated with local businesses in an effort to give back to the community during the holiday season via our Give Guide. We handed this year’s beneficiary, Central Oregon Veteran’s Outreach, a check for $5,600—the most we’ve ever raised! COVO is a Bend nonprofit that distributes food, clothing and other necessities like dental work and disability services to homeless veterans.

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New Music Video From Laurel Brauns

Laurel Brauns’ new music video for her song Kaleidoscope Eyes.

Laurel Brauns, the indie-folk singer-songwriter who was long a mainstay in Bend’s music scene, may have since moved to Portland to further explore her music career, but she hasn’t forgotten about us here in Central Oregon.
In fact, she was around just a few weeks ago to shoot this music video, directed by Far From Earth Films’ Tim Cash, for her song “Kaleidoscope Eyes.

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