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“Let’s Pull Together”

The Deschutes County Weed Advisory Board and the “Let’s Pull Together” (LPT) event organizers are gearing up for noxious weed pull events that begin Saturday, June 9 during Noxious Weed Awareness Week. The week’s weed pull events help to educate in preserving Central Oregon’s ecosystem from non-native noxious weeds.

Noxious weeds are non-native invasive species which threaten our ecosystem. They not only crowd out native plants, but they starve wildlife, use water and create allergens. Noxious weeds also provide significant amounts of ladder fuel which during wildfires, can radically change the speed and fury at which wildfires burn.

Let’s Pull Together is a family-friendly countywide noxious weed-pulling event held around Deschutes County. All residents are welcome to attend one of the events, to help rid the area of noxious weeds. Grab your kids, your friends, your neighbors and meet us at the weed pull.  After the weeds pull events, all volunteers are welcome to feast at the complimentary volunteer appreciation lunch, which are held in every participating community. Festivities include entertainment and great prizes.

In past years, the region’s weed pull events have been among the best attended of all the community service projects throughout the Deschutes County. So, get your neighbors and…Let’s Pull Together.

For more information about LPT locations and how to participate, please visit the “Let’s Pull Together” event web site at www.letspulltogether.com . For assistance and information about noxious weeds, please visit the Deschutes County web site at www.deschutes.org/weeds or contact Dan Sherwin, Vegetation Manager at (541) 322-7135.

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Public Notice: Riverside Market & Pub

OLCC Bend Regional Office
2146 NE 4th Street #160
Bend, OR 97701

May 7, 2012

SUBJECT: LIQUOR LICENSE APPLICATION AT:

RIVERSIDE MARKET & PUB
285 NW Riverside Blvd
Bend, Oregon 97701

The Oregon Liquor Control Commission has received a request from Jonathon Gaipo for a premises extension of their Full On-Premises License. If the license is granted, the premises will be able to sell beer, wine and distilled spirits for on-premises consumption utilizing outdoor seating.

If your organization wishes to provide the Commission with factual information concerning whether there is a basis to grant or deny this license under the liquor laws of Oregon, please write to:

Katie Siefkes, License Investigator
Oregon Liquor Control Commission
2146 NE 4th Street Suite 160
Bend, OR 97701

Please respond within 15 days of the date of this letter so that we can process the request in a timely manner. We will share your information with the applicant, make it part of the public record and consider it when deciding to grant or deny this request.

Sincerely,

Katie Siefkes
License Investigator
(541) 633.1108 (direct line)
Katie.siefkes@state.or.us

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Open House to review noise code changes

The public is invited to attend an open house on proposed amendments to the City of Bend Noise Code. The meeting will be held on Monday, May 7 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 710 NW Wall St. There will be an opportunity to ask questions and share your ideas.

City staff has met with a group of interested and informed citizens, including event coordinators and neighborhood representatives, in an effort to develop code amendments in response to concerns about noise.

The committee worked to clarify where and how noise is measured and to identify appropriate decibel limits to ensure that residents won’t be disturbed by noise in their homes after 10 p.m. This included developing a permit process for limited exceptions to the noise ordinance requiring neighborhood notification and a point of contact during events. There was also agreement to establish escalating penalties for repeat violations.

The proposed code revisions are posted on the City website, www.bendoregon.gov, on the City Recorder’s page. The City Council is expected to consider these amendments at its May 16, 2012 meeting.

If you are unable to attend the open house on May 7, please send your comments or questions to City Recorder Robyn Christie at rchristie@ci.bend.or.us or 541-388-5517.