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Pepper Rocks the Domino Room

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Last night's temps may have been near-freezing, but that didn't keep the young people of Bend from breaking a hardcore sweat and moshing like it was 1995 last night at the Domino Room's sold-out Pepper show.
Packed to the point of possible injury, Bend rocked as hard as ever to the reggae-spank rock styles of Pepper and opening bands Iration and Ill Scarlett.

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Flu Vaccine Supply Short of Expectations

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With the swine flu inflicting its second fatality in Bend, according to this morning’s Bulletin, worries about getting vaccinated in time will ratchet up another notch. But the swine flu vaccine hasn’t arrived here yet, and meanwhile vaccine for the “regular” seasonal flu may be hard to find.

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Local Non-Profits Represent in Oregon Business Ranking

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Local non-profits made a strong showing in a new ranking of the best charitable and other not-for profit organizations in Oregon. Deschutes Public Library cracked the Top 10 in a list of the state’s larger organizations (75 or more employees), weighing in at number five in a list that was otherwise heavily dominated by Portland non-profits that was recently compiled Oregon Business magazine.

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Nice Perk for Brewery Workers: Free Bikes

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Workers at an Ashland brewery and restaurant who agree to do some of their commuting by bike get a nice incentive – a free bike.
Writing for Greener World Media, Stephen Linaweaver reports that on a Labor Day weekend trip to Ashland he learned that in late August the Standing Stone Brewery started offering a bike to every employee who agrees to make at least 45 commutes per year by pedal power.

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Video from last night: Yard Dogs Road Show

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The Yard Dogs Road Show filled the Domino Room last night with plenty of fog, zany music, trombones, lasers and at least one fan wearing stilts for a show that melted the barriers between theater and rock music.
For the first time in my tenure here in Bend, there were chairs on the floor of the Domino Room, which makes sense, considering the theatrical, circus-show atmosphere.

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