Rock Facing Built At Pageant Park
Taking advantage of low water in the Deschutes, result of draining of the Mirror pond, a city crew today was engaged in the preliminary improvement of Pageant park, facing the Deschutes from the west...
View ArticleBottom Gates of Dam Closed And Pond Starts to Fill Again
Bottom gates of the power dam were closed over the week-end, backing water upstream partly to cover the mud bottoms that have been exposed in the Mirror pond basin of the Deschutes river for the past...
View ArticleMirror Pond Arch Nearing Completion
Bend’s massive Mirror pond arch, partly spanning the Deschutes river just below Drake park footbridge, was taking final shape today as busy crews prepared for the presentation of this city’s first...
View ArticleMemories drift to other years as Bend prepares to present its river pageant
Pageant days are here again. Once more the spotlight turns on the Deschutes and beautiful Drake Park, locale of a three-night fete, on July 2, 3 and 4. This year, memories go back Into the past: The...
View Article“New” Fete Off to Good Start;
Thousands on three nights over the Fourth of July weekend viewed and were thrilled by Bend’s “new” Mirror Pond fete. It was a river show entirely different from pageants of the past, dating to 1933....
View ArticleReborn Bend Water Pageant floats gracefully into view
Lots of great things fade from view over time — but they all aren’t necessarily gone forever. Witness the past week’s return of a 30-year summer tradition that vanished 35 years ago – the Bend Water...
View ArticleWater Pageant back again: ’2001: A Water Odyssey’
The Bend Youth Council is pleased to present to the residents of Deschutes County the 2nd Bend Water Pageant of this century, “2001: A Water Odyssey”. The pageant takes place in downtown Bend and on...
View ArticleRoyal return: Teens vie for revived Water Pageant’s crowns
Ten teen-agers who just might restore a cynic’s faith in the “species” have been chosen to represent Deschutes County’s five high schools and vie for the queen’s and king’s crowns in a new feature of...
View ArticleBend businesswoman dies at 94
Bend has lost one of its most vibrant characters as well as a part of its history. “She was very flamboyant,” said her daughter, Marcia Wolfe. “She was the kind of person with a different drummer.”...
View ArticleObituary: Virginia Wolfe
May 25, 1918 – June 5, 2012 Bend Water Pageant Queen 1935 Virginia “Ginny” was destined to live life as she saw it, mostly in interesting ways that we envied. She was a strong-willed girl who was...
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