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Recognizing Female Veterans — They Are Not Invisible — Bend Magazine

Nov 6, 2024 | bendmagazine.com | Aaron Rasheed |Libby Marsden

There’s a distinguished group of people who don’t need the word “super” in front of “hero,” because their feats of heroism are real. Their origin stories are also more humbling. This heroic group is honored each Veterans Day, a federal holiday on November 11 recognizing United States Armed Forces military veterans.
Juneteenth Celebration in Bend — Bend Magazine

Jun 9, 2024 | bendmagazine.com | Aaron Rasheed |Jeremiah Crisp

Juneteenth is an American day celebrating independence, though it’s not the 4th of July. Following in the footsteps of Juneteenth pioneers, The Father’s Group of Bend [click to read more about one of their programs, Ujima Youth Program] unites the community for what is now recognized as America’s “Second Independence Day.”This year’s celebration, “Jubilee,” takes place at Drake Park on June 15-16.
Exploring Central Oregon's Crater Ditch Trail

Sep 14, 2023 | bendbulletin.com | Aaron Rasheed

Last month, the chance to explore the beautiful Crater Ditch Trailhead on a tag-along with geologist Hal Wershow presented itself. Wershow is a Central Oregon Community College professor and environmentalist. His climate change and geology research appears in many news sources, including Central Oregon Daily and the Central Oregon Geoscience Society. On Aug. 15, Wershow conducted environmental research on Bend Glacier meltwater and how it feeds into our canal system.
"Art in the West" opens Saturday at High Desert Museum in Bend

Jul 5, 2023 | bendbulletin.com | Aaron Rasheed

In honor of the High Desert’s inspirational landscape, cultures and history, The High Desert Museum in Bend is once again hosting “Art in the West.” The annual fine art exhibition and silent auction opens Saturday at the museum, where it will display through Sept. 22. The artwork being displayed are from the exhibit award winners and selected artists from throughout the region, which extends from the Eastern slope of the Cascades and Sierras to the Wyoming Basin and Colorado Plateau.
Bank fishing at Central Oregon lakes and reservoirs

Jun 30, 2023 | bendbulletin.com | Aaron Rasheed

Whether you like bank fishing or have to do it because you don’t have a boat, Central Oregon has many options to explore, and water levels are healthier than they’ve been in recent years courtesy of a snowy winter and cool, damp spring. Three destinations offering plenty of bank fishing are Prineville Reservoir, Ochoco Reservoir and Lake Billy Chinook. Just remember to check the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife for updated licenses and regulations.
Central Oregon celebrates Juneteenth with free events in Bend

Jun 14, 2023 | bendbulletin.com | Aaron Rasheed

Juneteenth is an American holiday celebrating the official freeing of the last U.S. slaves during the year 1865 in Galveston, Texas. President Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation, which abolished slavery, on Jan. 1, 1863. However, the proclamation only applied to places under Confederate control and not the slaveholding or rebel regions that remained unjust. Nearing the end of the Civil War, Texas was the last slave-holding stronghold.
Bend's former U.S. military women reflect on service, sacrifice, service and a double standard

May 28, 2023 | bendbulletin.com | Aaron Rasheed

When a U.S. veteran dies, the military funeral begins with an American flag draped over the coffin. The flag is then lifted and meticulously folded by honor guard personnel. Every crease is smoothed by hand. Every fold is identical. Then, one of the honor guard members takes a knee. Cradling the flag, the guard hands it to a loved one of the fallen veteran. It’s how the nation displays its gratitude at a time when grief is still fresh. kAmqFE |6>@C:2= s2J[ H9:49 H:== 36 >2C<65 24C@DD E96 ?2E:@?
Access and safety info for floating Deschutes River in Bend

May 26, 2023 | bendbulletin.com | Aaron Rasheed

Summer is around the corner, and floating the Deschutes River from the Riverbend Park area downstream to Drake Park is a fun trip through town that takes between 60 and 90 minutes depending on conditions.
Nature on an even keel at Oregon’s Balancing Rock

May 25, 2023 | thebrunswicknews.com | Aaron Rasheed

CULVER, Ore. — The captivating drive along the way to the Metolius Balancing Rocks makes the travel time seem irrelevant. Just through the small town of Culver, you’ll see a yellow sea of farmland flowers before you enter The Cove Palisades State Park. Upon park entry, you get a breathtaking view of a canyon filled with a turquoise-blue reservoir connecting to the Crooked, Deschutes and Metolius rivers, jagged rocky cliffs, colorful bluffs and dense green forest.
High Desert Museum's new Latinx immersive exhibit, “Vistas Del Cielo”

May 24, 2023 | bendbulletin.com | Aaron Rasheed

In the new High Desert Museum exhibition “Vistas Del Cielo,” artist Justin Favela uses colorful piñata panes of paper-stained glass in the artist’s work. The bright wavy colors of reds, yellows and oranges make the landscape mural come to life with movement. Honoring his heritage, Favela also created a colorful artistic representation of churches he visited with his grandfather, who was a vaquero, or Indigenous Mexican cowboy. kAm“x 2> :?E6C6DE65 :?