THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 2021 A3
Have you noticed a change
in your ability to remember?
LOCAL BRIEFING
Bend parks’ summer
registration opens April 20
In anticipation of a busy
summer season, the Bend Park
& Recreation District plans to
open registration for its sum-
mer recreation programs on
April 20.
Summer programs begin
mid-June and run into Sep-
tember. Options include youth
and adult activities, summer
camp and child care, arts, fit-
ness, swimming, sports and
outdoor recreation.
Activity options will be sim-
ilar to pre-pandemic programs
with some capacity changes
to stay in compliance with
COVID-19 guidelines.
Program descriptions and
schedules will be available
for preview the week prior to
registration opening. A digi-
tal summer camp finder and
“Playlist” tool will support reg-
istration as the printed play-
book guide won’t be available.
Spring programs from
March through early June are
open for registration now at
register.bendparksandrec.org
or by phone at 541-389-7275.
County seeks input on
community development
Deschutes County residents
are invited to provide feedback
on the county’s Community
Development Department
work plan.
The plan outlines commu-
nity development projects and
goals for the coming year.
The Deschutes County
Planning Commission will
host a virtual public hearing at
5:30 p.m. March 25.
Some of the goals and proj-
ects in this plan are addressing
affordable housing, requiring
fire resistant building codes
and defensible space standards
to protect from wildfires, and
to update the Tumalo Com-
munity Plan.
For a full list of goals and
projects, the draft document is
available at the county’s website.
For more information about
the process for the work plan,
call 541-385-1709.
Written feedback about the
draft can be sent to peter.gu-
towsky@deschutes.org.
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Bulletin file photo
Camp participants line up their arrows toward a target during a Bend
Park & Recreation District summer camp archery session at Tillicum
Ranch in Bend in 2016. Registration for this year’s summer programs
opens April 20.
ñ ñ Do you feel that people mumble or do not speak clearly?
ñ ñ Do you turn the TV up louder than others need to?
ñ ñ Do family or friends get frustrated when you ask them
to repeat themselves?
Filing deadline for
May election approaches
their respective county clerk’s
offices.
The filing deadline for those
seeking to run for office in
the May 18 special election is
Thursday.
In Deschutes County, there
are several races for open spots
on the Bend Park & Recreation
District board, school boards
and various boards of fire, wa-
ter and sewer districts, accord-
ing to the Deschutes County
Clerk’s office.
There are four seats open
on the Central Oregon Com-
munity College board and two
seats open on the Deschutes
County Library District board.
For school districts, there
are three positions open on
the Redmond School District
board, three positions open
on the Sisters School District
board, and four open on the
Bend-La Pine SchoolBoard.
The park districts in Bend,
Redmond, La Pine and Sis-
ters all have openings on each
board. Each district has three
open seats on each of its re-
spective boards.
Documents needed to run
for office can be found at www.
deschutes.org/clerk.
Jefferson and Crook coun-
ties also have various positions
open on school, fire, park and
other special taxing district
boards.
Prospective candidates have
until 5 p.m. Thursday to file
their election documents with
New Outback Trail connects
Discovery, Shevlin parks
ñ ñ Do you have trouble understanding the voices of women
and small children when they are speaking?
Bend area hikers have an
opportunity to trek along a
new trail connecting the west-
ern neighborhoods of Bend to
Shevlin Park.
The new route allows walk-
ers to skip the windy road to
Shevlin Park and get there on
foot instead.
The trail, just under a mile
long, begins at Discovery Park
in NorthWest Crossing and
passes through 30 acres of un-
developed land west of the
park. Trail users are asked to
keep dogs leashed and be on
the lookout for construction
vehicles active in the area.
“The new Outback Trail is
ready for use at a great time
when the benefits of spending
time outdoors have never been
greater,” said Henry Stroud,
Bend Park & Recreation Dis-
trict trail planner. “This trail
connection greatly enhances
safer, nonmotorized access to
Shevlin Park.”
The trail currently has a
gravel surface, but there are
plans to pave the trail in later
stages of the Discovery West
housing project, which borders
the Outback Trail. Hikers are
encouraged to use the parking
lot at Discovery Park to access
the trail.
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TODAY
Today is Tuesday, March 16, the 75th day of 2021.
There are 290 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On March 16, 1945, during World War II, American
forces declared they had secured Iwo Jima, although
pockets of Japanese resistance remained.
In 1935, Adolf Hitler broke the terms set by the Treaty of
Versailles by ordering the rearming of Germany.
In 1968, the My Lai massacre took place during the
Vietnam War as U.S. Army soldiers hunting for Viet Cong
fighters and sympathizers killed unarmed villagers in
two hamlets of Son My village; estimates of the death
toll vary from 347 to 504.
In 1991, U.S. skaters Kristi Yamaguchi, Tonya Harding
and Nancy Kerrigan swept the World Figure Skating
Championships in Munich, Germany.
In 1994, Tonya Harding pleaded guilty in Portland to con-
spiracy to hinder prosecution for covering up an attack on
Nancy Kerrigan, avoiding jail but drawing a $100,000 fine.
In 2003, American activist Rachel Corrie, 23, was crushed
to death by an Israeli military bulldozer while trying to
block demolition of a Palestinian home in the Gaza Strip.
In 2004, China declared victory in its fight against bird
flu, saying it had “stamped out” all its known cases.
In 2006, Iraq’s new parliament met for the first time.
Ten years ago: Pakistan abruptly freed CIA contractor
Raymond Allen Davis, who had shot and killed two men
in a gunfight in Lahore, after a deal was reached to pay
$2.34 million to the men’s families.
Five years ago: President Barack Obama nominated
Merrick Garland to take the seat of Supreme Court Jus-
tice Antonin Scalia. Frank Sinatra Jr., 72, died in Florida.
One year ago: The White House released a set of guide-
lines for the next 15 days; Americans were urged not to
gather in groups of more than 10 people and older Amer-
icans were told to stay home. Canada closed its borders
to noncitizens; Americans were exempted.
Today’s Birthdays: Game show host Chuck Woolery is 80.
Country singer Robin Williams is 74. Actor Erik Estrada is 72.
Actor Victor Garber is 72. Musician Nancy Wilson (Heart) is
67. World Golf Hall of Famer Hollis Stacy is 67. Actor Clifton
Powell is 65. Rapper-actor Flavor Flav is 62. Rock musician
Jimmy DeGrasso is 58. Actor Jerome Flynn is 58. Folk singer
Patty Griffin is 57. Director Gore Verbinski is 57. Actor Judah
Friedlander is 52. Actor Alan Tudyk is 50. Actor Kimrie Lewis
is 39. Rock musician Wolfgang Van Halen is 30.
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