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Deschutes County• David A. Staley and Mary L. Vidas to Jeffrey J. Gartzke and Kimberly A. Kirschner, River Bend Estates, Lot 140C, $212,399.74• G. Alan and Cheryl Guggenheim to Daniel J. Rosauer, Tollgate, Fifth Addition, Lot 233, $320,000• Karl and Carol Haag to Harold H. and Jennifer E.

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Newport Avenue Market recently hosted the Go Golf Tournament at Broken Top Golf Club in Bend.Featuring more than 100 golfers from the community, the event raised $46,842 for the organization Backpacks in Bend.“The funds will be used to continue on our mission of filling children’s backpacks with non-perishable food to take home over the weekends when school is in session," said Backpacks in Bend’s Amy Fraley in a news release.

Delivered at St. Charles BendPerry Green II and Cassandra Arias-Greene, a girl, Nannally Lacey Greene, 6 pounds, 11 ounces, Aug. 12.Shawn and Brittany Bieghler, a girl, Hannah Marie Bieghler, 6 pounds, 6 ounces, Aug. 13.Andy and Amy Richardson, a girl, Raylee Winter Richardson, 6 pounds, 13 ounces, Aug.

BURLEY, Idaho — A portion of the Oregon Trail in south-central Idaho near Burley has been damaged by people using metal detectors and shovels to illegally search for artifacts, federal officials said.Bureau of Land Management officials said they recently found about 400 holes over several miles of the trail, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and protected under the Archaeological Resource Protection Act of 1979.

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Geologists say three small earthquakes recorded in an area northwest of Mount St. Helens on Friday are part of a mini-swarm of quakes not directly related to the nearby volcano.A U. S. Geological Survey report says such quakes are common in areas around Mount St. Helens and Oregon’s Mount Hood. The latest southwest Washington quakes included a 3.7 magnitude jolt at about 2:30 p.m. Friday, followed by a 3.4 and a 3.1, both on Friday evening.

100 YEARS AGOFor the week endingAug. 24, 1913State’s voters nearly double — woman suffrage is responsibleThat the total registration in the state will jump from 160,000, the number registered prior to the general election in 1912, to 250,000 or 300,000 before the next primary election, which will be held the third Friday in May, 1914, is the estimate of Assistant Secretary of State S.A. Kozer.

A small fire at a wood shop in a Redmond garage Saturday afternoon was extinguished quickly by crews from Redmond Fire & Rescue.The fire in the 1000 block of Southwest 15th Street was reported at 3:22 p. m.

Islamic charity founder gets new trial — An appeals court has overturned the conviction of a founder of the U. S. branch of an Islamic charity on charges he smuggled money out of the country to help Chechen rebels fight Russian forces. The ruling Friday from the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco says the government turned what was really a tax fraud case into a terrorism case.

CORVALLIS — The city of Corvallis is considering a recommendation to ban Oregon State freshmen from bringing cars to campus.The Collaboration Corvallis panel will meet Tuesday to discuss the idea of the ban, which is in effect at other university campuses around the country.The panel will also consider remote parking lots for students and a possible parking shuttle system for football game days.