Bend City Council issued the following proclamation during tonight’s meeting, recognizing Dec. 7 as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The proclamation was initiated by the Bend Heroes Foundation. Proclamation DECEMBER 7TH, 2014 as PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY WHEREAS, December 7th, 2014 marks the seventy-third anniversary of the premeditated attack on Pearl Harbor propelling our nation into WWII, […]
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Fighting with Demons
The post-traumatic struggle in Jennifer Percy’s Demon Camp: A Soldier’s Exorcism
Several years ago, when newspapers were just announcing a “suicide epidemic” among soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, Jennifer Percy—who grew up in Central Oregon, and whose brother Benjamin Percy is also an acclaimed author (Red Moon)—began to wonder how one survives in the aftermath of such deep personal trauma, forever haunted by it. Thus […]
