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RECORDS / COMMUNITY
PET OF THE WEEK
TRUCK OF THE WEEK
Meet Elsa!
This sweet love bug
was brought to Bright-
Side to find her for-
ever home! While big
changes happened in
the previous home,
Elsa’s previous owners
trusted us to match her
with the best home we
can! Here at the shelter
Elsa has been a curious
and gentle pup who
is still a bit shy and
adapting to her new
surroundings. Elsa has
been gentle and easy
going especially on a
leash! As well as good
leash skills, Elsa knows
sit, stay, and down, and
is so eager to please
and learn more!
Still being a pup and
learning all the time,
Elsa has show us that she is both treat and socially motivated to do her best!
Elsa is a good candidate for many types of homes and does well with people
of all ages, we require a meet and greet between her and other dogs in the
home, and at this time we are not sure how Elsa does with cats.
If you are looking for a fluffy and fun pup, come meet Elsa today!
Name of truck: El Poblanito
Location: 818 SW Forest Ave.,
behind High Desert Music Hall
Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; closed
Mondays
Owner: Luis Rivera
Opened: May 2022
Type of food: Mexican
About the cart: Luis Rivera
opened the cart after doing restau-
rant work in the United States and
Mexico for more than 20 years. It
serves Mexican food in the dis-
tinctive style of the State of Puebla,
located southeast of Mexico City.
The name Poblanito is translates
as “little boy from Puebla.”
Your first order should be: Luis
recommends the cemita, a sand-
wich popular in his home region.
Photo by Tim Trainor
It starts with breaded and fried
skirt steak then piles on the fixings Luis Rivera and Hannah Espinoza are the brains and brawn behind the El Poblanito
food truck, parked at edge of dining area behind High Desert Music Hall.
— pickled jalapeños, onion and
papalo (a cilantro-related herb)
just to name a few. Also try the fish or chicken tacos made Puebla style — no sour cream or guacamole. The aquachile
is unique as well. It’s sort of like ceviche, but tossed in chile water instead of marinated in citrus.
Fun fact: Rivera emigrated from a small village of roughly 50 families outside Puebla, Mexico. His grandmother and
mother were both great cooks. When there was a wedding or birthday in his village, they all asked his grandmother to
make her famous mole. Rivera started helping out in the kitchen when he was 11 years old and picked up most of his
recipes from her.
Five Redmond residents among
20 arrested in sex crime sting
BY BRYCE DOLE
CO Media Group
Bend police arrested 20 peo-
ple over a monthslong sting
operation meant to crack down
on child sex crimes in Central
Oregon.
Those arrested, who come
from across the region and are
between the ages of 20 and 73,
face a slew of charges for at-
tempting to lure and have sex
with minors, according to a
press release.
Half of the people arrested
are from Bend, police reported.
Five of the people are from Red-
mond. The other five are from
Sisters, La Pine, Prineville, Ma-
dras and Oxnard, California.
About a dozen officers were
involved in the investigation,
and police conducted the ar-
rests in motels, parking lots,
parks and other places across
town, according to Bend Police
spokeswoman Sheila Miller.
Police also arrested eight
more people on adult prostitu-
tion charges, six of whom are
from Bend, the release said.
They were cited and released
after being charged with a mis-
demeanor.
During an investigation from
May 19 through Aug. 23, police
posted online advertisements
and posed as minors over texts
and phone calls, the press re-
lease said. Police reportedly re-
ceived more than 200 calls from
different phone numbers re-
sponding to the advertisements.
Miller said the ads were
posted on websites and apps
specifically used by people seek-
ing prostitutes.
Police identified themselves
as minors, and many of the call-
ers “immediately” cut off com-
munication, the release said.
Others agreed to meet and were
arrested and booked in the De-
schutes County jail. Some face
additional charges because they
brought drugs or alcohol with
them to give to the officers pos-
ing as youths.
Yet police reported that “of
the 200-plus people who an-
swered Bend Police’s online ads
and learned of a minor child
being trafficked for sex, not one
subsequently shared that infor-
mation with law enforcement.”
At the beginning of the
project, police were inun-
dated with calls from people
who saw the ads. By August,
they were receiving fewer. Po-
lice also reported seeing fewer
sex workers around town and
seeing fewer advertisements
on the websites they were us-
ing.
As the investigation unfolded,
“multiple” people reported to
police that they were victims of
the accused. Police also reported
that during the investigation,
the demand for sex work and
the amount of sex workers in
the region declined.
The following are the 20 peo-
ple embroiled in the police in-
vestigation into child sex crimes
in Central Oregon.
• Mathieu Ackah, 46, of Ox-
nard, California.
• Christopher Arroway, 30,
of Bend.
• Gage Bergeron, 31, of Bend.
• David Burnham, 73, of
Bend.
• Forrest Dodge, 28, of Bend.
• Cody Fortune, 32, of Bend.
• Ryan Frye, 23, of Bend.
• Rene Hernandez, 28, of
Bend.
• Joshua Huddleston, 45, of
Bend.
• James Kapsalis, 26, of Red-
mond.
• Miles Leffler, 40, of Sisters.
• Devin Linker, 34, of Red-
mond.
• Ian McCord, 38, of
Prineville.
• Jorge Beltran Mendoza, 29,
of Redmond.
• Waynerd Montgomery, 47,
of Redmond.
• Jacob Schneider, 36, of
Bend.
• Connor Strupith, 22, of
Redmond.
• Isaac Testerman, 41 of
Bend.
• Eduardo Vega-Ruiz, 22, of
Madras.
• Dylan Zook, 20, of La Pine.
Police are asking the public
to report any further allega-
tions against these people to the
nonemergency dispatch: 541-
693-6911.
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Reporter: 541-617-7854,
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70th anniversary
Doris and Malcolm
Edmunson celebrate
platinum anniversary
Doris and Malcolm Ed-
munson of Bend will celebrate
their 70th wedding anniver-
sary on Sept. 17 with an open
House from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at
their family home in Bend.
The couple were married
September 14, 1952, at the Old
Presbyterian Church in Red-
mond, OR.
Mr. Edmunson is a retired
county assessor. He graduated
from the University of Oregon
in 1957 and is a fourth gener-
ation Oregon born. His ances-
tors traveled over the Oregon
Trail to settle in Oregon.
Mrs. Edmunson moved
with her family to Oregon at
age 14, from South Dakota.
She graduated from Redmond
High School in 1952 and
worked at the Pentagon her
first year of marriage when
Malcom was assigned to Fort
Belvoir in Washington, DC.
They were married when
Mr. Edmunson was home on
Submitted Photo
Doris and Malcom Edmunson
leave from serving in Korean,
then they left the next day for
his next assignment in Wash-
ington, DC Fort Belvoir for
one year before returning to
Oregon.
After Mr. Edmunson re-
tired from the LA County
Assessor’s office, the couple
moved back home to Bend 43
years ago.
Fire expands, air advisory for Deschutes County
BY MICHAEL KOHN
The Bulletin
Wildfire smoke in parts of
Central Oregon reached un-
healthy levels on Monday and
the Department of Environ-
mental Quality has issued an
air quality advisory for De-
schutes County.
The Air Quality Index reg-
istered 387 in southwest Bend
at 10 a.m. on Monday and
446 in La Pine. Any level over
AQI 300 is considered haz-
ardous and people are advised
to stay indoors.
The Cedar Creek Wildfire
burning west of Waldo Lake,
the primary source of smoke
impacting Central Oregon, has
burned 86,000 acres. The size
of the fire increased four-fold
over the weekend as an east
wind event fanned the flames.
Some areas schools have
canceled outdoor recess and
activities in order to mini-
mize smoke exposure to chil-
dren.
Bend Park and Recreation
District has closed its indoor
pools at Juniper Swim & Fit-
ness Center and Larkspur
Community Center due to
the smoke. Spokesperson Julie
Brown said smoke has gotten
into the buildings. The Bend
Senior Center is also closed
and its programs are canceled.
Outdoor pools are not in
use due to previously sched-
uled seasonal maintenance.
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Group fitness classes are be-
ing held as scheduled, said
Brown.
“Conditions are being
monitored hourly for impacts
for outdoor sports that are
scheduled for late afternoon
and evening,” said Brown.
Smoke levels in Redmond,
Prineville, and Madras are
between 100 and 150, consid-
ered unhealthy for sensitive
groups.
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