Cascade Healthcare will run Prineville's hospital By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: July 31. 2007 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE — The membership of Pioneer Memorial Hospital voted Monday night to accept a lease agreement that would hand over responsibility for running the hospital to Cascade Healthcare Community, the parent company of St. Charles Medical Centers in Bend and Redmond.The deal leaves Pioneer Memorial with ownership of the hospital’s land,...
Habitat’s production to increase Group partners with American Legion post By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: July 30. 2007 5:00AM PSTBend Area Habitat for Humanity is hoping to more than double the number of houses it builds this year from last year’s total, and it is looking for families who are hoping to become homeowners.The organization also is partnering with the Bend post of the American Legion...
Prineville rebuilds its staff ‘In spite of the difficulties,’ city manager expects an improvement By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: July 29. 2007 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE — The city is rebuilding its public works department in the wake of administrative restructuring that eliminated the public works director’s position.Jerry Brummer, a 15-year city employee, has been promoted from sewer and water superintendent to the newly created position of public...
Multiple views at Bend UGB meeting By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: July 27. 2007 5:00AM PSTHundreds of people packed a meeting room at the Deschutes County Services Center for a public hearing Thursday about Bend’s proposed urban growth boundary and urban reserve area expansion.Representatives from Bend-La Pine Schools, Bend Metro Park and Recreation District and local irrigation districts, as well as local developers and residents spoke...
Prineville councilor steps down Bobbi Young is second to resign from the City Council this year By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: July 25. 2007 5:00AM PSTPRINEVILLE — Councilor Bobbi Young announced her resignation at the Prineville City Council’s regular meeting Tuesday night.Young, who has been on the council for about four years, said after the meeting that she is moving out of the city limits because...
Assignment: Fix aging schools in Crook County Issue could come before voters as early as May By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: July 24. 2007 8:15AM PSTPRINEVILLE -- Many people know what it’s like to attend a crowded public school with too many students for too few classrooms and teachers.In the Crook County School District, nearly all the students know that feeling. Officials there say that every...
Growth spurs look at raising impact fees Higher development charges would boost area housing costs, critics say By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: July 23. 2007 5:00AM PSTWhen Prineville announced it might double its sewer system development charges last month, builders, developers and residents turned up at a City Council meeting to protest the move.Raising the impact fees more than 100 percent, from $4,089 to $8,677 per...
Madras schools declare contract impasse By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: July 17. 2007 5:00AM PSTAfter almost 15 months of bargaining over a new contract for teachers, the Madras Education Association and the Jefferson County School District have declared an official impasse in negotiations.The parties are now in the middle of a 30-day “cooling-off” period and have submitted their final proposals to a mediator from the state...
Park board looks at adaptive recreation Meeting details ideas for people with disabilities By Rachael Scarborough King / The Bulletin Published: July 16. 2007 5:00AM PST Beth Brown just moved to Central Oregon two weeks ago, but she was the only community member to show up at a Bend Metro Park and Recreation District meeting Sunday to discuss adaptive recreation, or programs for people with disabilities. Despite the...
Sunriver to aid toads’ annual pilgrimage across the street By Rachael Scarborough King / The BulletinPublished: July 14. 2007 5:00AM PSTSUNRIVER — The rock on the western bank of Sunriver’s Aspen Lake was disintegrating. In every direction, little brown blobs flew into the air and landed in the grass at the water’s edge.But the brown mass on the shore wasn’t a rock. It was a pile of 3-month-old...