Crook County athletes win good-sport award By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 29. 2006 5:00AM PSTWhen Crook County High School's varsity volleyball team won the Class 5A state championship nearly three weeks ago, the players were ecstatic at having defeated their Central Oregon rival, Mountain View, for the first time in three meetings this season.But taking home the statewide sportsmanship award, head coach Rosie Honl said,...
Prineville pair files second M37 claim By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 29. 2006 5:00AM PSTA Prineville couple upset with the outcome of their Measure 37 claim have filed a new claim seeking millions of dollars in compensation.At Tuesday night's city council meeting, Grover Palin, 80, told councilors that he is withdrawing his original Measure 37 claim and filing another that seeks development rights for a...
Crook County teen fights bone cancer of the leg By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 26. 2006 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE - When Crook County High School sophomore Tyler Smith learned that he had cancer four months ago, his mother was in the same hospital giving birth to his new baby brother."We found out that he had cancer and we got a new baby in the same week,"...
Crook County garbage company changes hands Owners pass on Prineville family business to daughter, son-in-law By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 24. 2006 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE - Gary Goodman has seen a lot of change in Prineville in the last 30 years - much of it from the driver's seat of a garbage truck.Goodman and his wife, Sally, have owned Prineville Disposal, Crook County's only garbage pickup...
Prineville eyes ways to ease congestion Police say Third Street traffic leading to more accidents By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 21. 2006 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE - Sitting in his office that looks out onto Third Street in Prineville, Police Chief Eric Bush said he frequently sees accidents and traffic violations occur on the busy thoroughfare.Still, he was surprised recently when he stepped into the crosswalk in...
M37 clause stirs up claims Measure's two-year deadline confusing some Oregon landowners By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 20. 2006 5:00AM PSTConfusing language in the text of Measure 37 has led to a spike in the number of claims filed in recent weeks in Crook, Jefferson and Des-chutes counties.One clause in the measure seems to set a deadline of two years after it went into effect...
Crook County clarifies measure Revision to M37 gives property owners two years to file claims By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 19. 2006 5:00AM PSTNearly two years after Measure 37 went into effect, the Crook County Court is refining its ordinance for handling claims stemming from the property rights law.The county took up its first major revision to the Measure 37 ordinance, to clarify the transferability...
Prineville short on police Growth, hiring pressures mean residents may wait longer for service By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 18. 2006 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE - Officials at the Prineville Police Department are worried that the agency's days of responding to "everything from barking-dog complaints to homicide," in the words of Police Chief Eric Bush, may be numbered.In the last few years, the department has started to...
Contractor arrested on murder-for-hire charge By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 14. 2006 5:00AM PSTA Bend cement contractor is in police custody following his arrest Monday on allegations that he tried to hire two men to murder a customer after a payment dispute.Oregon State Police detectives arrested Jonathan Fred Andrews, 44, of Bend, on Monday afternoon on charges of attempting to commit aggravated murder and solicitation...
Prineville's rejected pool plan in limbo By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: November 11. 2006 5:00AM PSTIn the wake of a second defeat at the polls for a ballot measure that would have built a new aquatic center in Prineville, Crook County Parks and Recreation District officials say they are not sure what to do next.The Crook County Parks and Recreation District Board intends to meet next...