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Births

Delivered at St. Charles BendRobert Williams and Robin Meehan-Williams, a boy, Gage Marcus Williams, 7 pounds, 6 ounces, Sept. 7.Horacio Morales and Sofia Nunez, a boy, Michael Arley Morales, 9 pounds, 1 ounce, Sept. 10.Logan and Aura Carr, a girl, Acacia Rose Carr, 6 pounds, 14 ounces, Sept.

 

Road inspectors forced to foot own gas bill in 1913

100 YEARS AGOFor the week endingSept. 21, 1913Bills turned down again — County Court won’t pay for gasoline when Springer wasn’t ridingThe County Court, at this session consisting only of Commissioner W. W. Brown and Judge G. Springer (R. H. Bayley remaining at home, stating that it is impossible to transact business reasonably with Springer), again turned down the gasoline and other bills incurred when officers of the Crook County Good Roads Association made a preliminary trip of road inspection several months ago.

 

Theater panic follows mention of word ‘gun’

TIGARD — A confused, upset woman who thought there was a gun Friday evening in a darkened Tigard theater where two other patrons were scuffling said the word “gun" out loud and set off a brief panic, a police spokesman said.Most of the 100 patrons in one theater of a multiplex in this Portland suburb ran into the lobby and out the door after several people repeated the alarm, Lt.

 

Downs

David and Lucinda (Huitt) Downs, of Bend, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with a dinner party hosted by friends followed by a trip to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland and the Oregon Coast.The couple were married Sept. 10, 1988.

 

Bruner

Gene and Eula (Leggitt) Bruner, of Crooked River Ranch, celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary with a private event hosted by their children.The couple were married Aug. 10, 1947, in Pasadena, Calif.

 

Morton

David and Shannon (Sabel) Morton, of Bend, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with a trip to the Old Course at St. Andrews in Scotland.The couple were married Aug. 25, 1973, in San Mateo, Calif.

 

Body, car found northeast of Chemult

A hunter discovered a body today northeast of Chemult, along with a car belonging to a Bend man reported missing on Sept. 6.The Klamath County Major Crime Team is investigating the death.

 

Prep Scoreboard

FootballFriday’s Local ResultsClass 5A———Nonconference———Marist 55, Bend 0Bend 0 0 0 0 — 0Marist 14 20 14 7 — 55M— Andrew Park 66 run (Clark Morton kick)M— Justin Eneski-Frank 72 run (Morton kick)

 

Woman arrested in gun incident

A woman who deputies say fired a gun during a dispute with her brother-in-law was arrested and jailed on Friday, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.Rosa Olamendi, 63, of Bend, was jailed on charges of unlawful use of a weapon and menacing.Deputies responded to the 2100 block of Obsidian Avenue on Bend’s east side shortly before noon.

 

Dogs with jobs; Video: Dog helps owner herd sheep

Francis Chai wasn't planning to get a dog until he saw his roommate's border collie and decided he wanted one as well.“I knew these dogs were very smart," Chai said, explaining why he was attracted to border collies.But what Chai did not know about border collies, at least not until he saw a program about them on television, is that the dogs were originally bred to h

 

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