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Letters to the Editor 4/26

Thanking city councilors who supported a vacation rental ban, a reminder about suicide and support for a local candidate in this week’s letters
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RE: City Council Votes Against Enforcing Vacation Rental Ban 4/16 Dear Barb and Gena, Thank you for taking the obvious and appropriate stance of being in favor of prohibiting short term rentals for the time being. You both demonstrated respect for the community and importantly respect for frontline workers as well as a better understanding […]

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Finding the Will to Live

For one Eugene-based comedian, speaking out about suicide led to a book dedicated to men’s mental health
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In the U.S., one person dies by suicide every 11 minutes, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Frank King, “The Mental Health Comedian,” has been familiar with suicide from an early age, having found his great-aunt after she killed herself when he was just four years old. Later, when he filed for bankruptcy […]

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Reporting on Suicide has an Impact. In One Case Involving a Black Teen, a Lawsuit May Have a Bigger One.

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It was with heavy hearts that we learned this week of the pending lawsuit filed by the family of Deshaun Adderley against Bend-La Pine Schools. As parents ourselves, the story of Deshaun’s suicide in December 2017 hit us hard. When Deshaun’s father, Donavan, granted us an interview in the spring of 2018, Donavan’s story describing […]

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For a statewide youth crisis line, inserting a local rep made all the difference for young people

As Suicide Prevention Month continues throughout September, here’s a bright spot
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The topic of suicide in Deschutes County can conjure any number of unpleasant images. The county had the fifth-highest rate of suicide in the state in 2018, according to county officials, while being only the seventh-most-populous county that same year. You have no doubt heard stories of people who have died by suicide, right here […]

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Hearts Unknown

A posthumous painting of Anthony Bourdain sparks an art series—and opens a conversation around suicide for World Suicide Awareness Day
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On the southeastern tip of Bainbridge Island sits an exposed swath of bedrock—a sign of past seismic activity, one not often seen so close to the surface. It’s a geologic phenomenon, geologists say. Bainbridge Island, near Seattle, is also where Nicola Carpinelli was living when he began a descent into depression and substance abuse, he […]

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Suspect in Missing Woman Case Dies

Bryan Michael Penner died of apparent suicide by asphyxiation
Chris Miller

Bryan Michael Penner died this morning at St. Charles Medical Center of an apparent suicide, says the office of District Attorney John Hummel. According to that office, Penner was the sole suspect in the disappearance of Sara Gomez. According to a Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office press release, another inmate found Penner Sunday night. Rescue teams rushed to […]

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PICK: Out of the Darkness Community Walk

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saturday 13 Out of the Darkness Community Walk COMMUNITY—With the recent high-profile suicide death of actor Robin Williams and the still-fresh memory of the loss of a Bend High School student last February, the annual community walk and fundraiser for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention feels timely. The event includes a memorial garden displaying […]

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Guest Post: Preventing Mass Killings with Kindness

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.sarahwynne. By Molly Boyle, Sisters High School Student Our country was devastated by the 2012 Sandy Hook Shooting in Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were killed in a shooting spree. Schools all around the United States tightened security by installing metal detectors and bulletproof glass, and performing routine lockdown drills. However, regardless […]

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