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Police LogThe Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358.Bend Police DepartmentUnlawful entry — A vehicle was reported entered at 12:17 p.m. Sept.

Taz Dudley spends his workdays riffling through piles of random items, then breaking them down by hand into pure materials — like copper from the coils in electric motors, or aluminum from the reel on a kid's fishing pole — which will then be recycled.

ON DECKTodayFootball: Bend at West Salem, 7 p. m.; Hood River Valley at Redmond, 7 p. m.; Summit at Klamath Union, 7 p. m.; Mountain View at Sprague, 7 p. m.; Ridgeview at North Valley, 7 p. m.; Crook County at The Dalles Wahtonka, 7 p. m.; Madras at Sisters, 7 p. m.; La Pine at Henley, 7 p.

Bend-based Strictly Organic Coffee Co. won a gold cup in the single-varietal category at the 2013 Best Coffee in Oregon competition at the Oregon State Fair, co-owner Rhonda Ealy said Wednesday.The company competed against 30 other coffees.

Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch has expanded with a 51-acre ranch property located at 19275 Innes Market Road in Bend. The new property is located across the road from the existing location and includes facilities for horse training and breeding, as well as an indoor arena.The Deschutes Public Library System has become a Funding Information Network partner with the Foundation Center of New York.

Bend resident Mark Timothy Ellis, 38, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to filing a false tax return and filing a false lien against the federal law enforcement who investigated his tax return.According to court documents, between 2007 and 2010 Ellis used illegal debt termination programs to fraudulently cancel his and other debts like home mortgages and credit card debts.

The splash pad in Redmond’s Centennial Park has been closed since Monday after city crews noticed it was not operating correctly.

Police LogThe Bulletin will update items in the Police Log when such a request is received. Any new information, such as the dismissal of charges or acquittal, must be verifiable. For more information, call 541-383-0358.Bend Police DepartmentUnlawful entry — A vehicle was reported entered at 12:17 p.m. Sept.

Oregon State University-Cascades Campus has identified two adjacent sites it will bring to the state Board of Higher Education as the proposed location of the university's new campus.The properties total 56 acres and are located near the intersection of Southwest Century and Chandler avenues on Bend's west side. One of the sites is 10 acres of wooded land that borders the roundabout where Chandler and Southwest Century intersect.

Crooked River Elementary School walkers Brandon Draper, boy in glasses, Heidi Barney, in orange, Kaylee Williams, center, and Lilly Lopez, right, walk laps around the school in Prineville Thursday in recognition of September's National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Four hundred students at the school honored a pledge to walk at least a mile.