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The former Oregon National Guardsman who sexually abused a fellow guardsman’s 11-year-old daughter was sentenced Tuesday to 37½ years in prison, with lifetime post-prison supervision, by Deschutes County Circuit Court Judge Stephen P. Forte.Forte found Florentino Allen Valdez, 35, of Bend, guilty on Oct. 9 of two counts each of first-degree rape and sodomy, and five counts of first-degree sexual assault.

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 DepartmentTheft — A theft was reported at 1:03 p.m. Oct.

Three wild horses were found shot dead on the Ochoco National Forest east of Prineville over the weekend, and U. S. Forest Service law enforcement officers are trying to determine who shot them and why.“We are looking for any information that people might have," said Capt.

PRINEVILLE — The newest addition to Facebook's data center campus is all about cold storage.But it has nothing to do with temperature.For Facebook, cold storage means data that's no longer in high demand.

A trip to the 2014 Super Bowl is the prize in a raffle being conducted by Summit High School boosters in a fundraising effort to pay down the debt on the Bend school’s football/soccer/lacrosse and track facility.Tickets are being sold for $20, and the raffle winner will receive a Super Bowl package that, according to Summit Boosters, is valued at $8,500. The package features two tickets to Super Bowl XLVIII, to be played on Sunday, Feb.

On deckTodayBoys soccer: Summit at Bend, 4:30 p. m.; Ridgeview at Mountain View, 4:30 p. m.; Junction City at Sisters, 4 p. m.; Madras at Gladstone, 6 p. m.; Elmira at La Pine, 4:30 p. m.; Crook County at Redmond, 4:30 p. m.Girls soccer: Ridgeview at Mountain View, 3 p.

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The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development recently awarded a grant to the city of Bend to help plan for transportation needs at the new Oregon State University-Cascades Campus, planned for southwest Bend.Karen Swirsky, a land use and transportation planner for the state agency, said DLCD has not yet determined the size of the city grant.

Mirror Pond’s mudflats were under water again Monday as the end of irrigation diversion upstream left more water in the Deschutes River.The Central Oregon Irrigation District ended its diversion upstream of Mirror Pond on Monday, leaving about 200 cubic feet per second of water in the river, said Kyle Gorman, regional manager for the Oregon Water Resources Department.

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 DepartmentTheft — A theft was reported at 1:29 p.m. Oct.