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SPOTLIGHT

NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION MONTH

JULIE JOHNSON

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n the news business, every season, holiday and major event brings with it a flood of press releases from well-meaning companies trying to link their product/service/idea to current events. For example, hurricane season on the East Coast cannot pass without my email inbox bulging with press releases about home emergency kits, window-protecting devices to communication tools (this despite the fact that we're about as likely to experience ahurricane inCentral Oregon as a tsunami). Likewise, as summer approaches, I receive dozens of press inquiries wondering if we will write about some new diet pill that promises to make you beach-ready, or special money-protecting handbags for travelers, or kitschy wine glasses for outdoor entertaining — you get the idea. Mother's Day is no different in the land of PR. As it approaches, dozens of companies try to tie their products to the holiday, sometimes in touching and meaningful ways (say, a memoir from a woman whose mother struggled with mental illness), and sometimes less successfully

Film explores Mideast peace The documentary "My So-Cal led Enemy" will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the First

Presbyterian Church in Bend as a fundraiser to help a local student

participate in the Seeds of Peace program in Maine. The documentary,

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chronicles six Palestinian and Israeli girls after they have

participated in a leadership program called Building Bridges for

Peace. It shows how developing relationships with their sup-

posed enemies can be a step toward resolving conflict.

The program is similar to the one that Bend High School

student Marley Forest

Photos courtesy Deschutes Historical Society

A garrison of 40 troops was stationed in the Camp Polk meadow to protect some of Central Oregon's first settlers during the winter of 1865-66. The Hindman homestead — which this historic barn was a part of — was built on thissite four years later.

stani, Afghan, Egyptian, Jordanian, Israeli and Palestinian origin.

The fundraiser is

proteinbars and weight loss shakes?

sponsored bythe Mt. Bachelor Rotary Club. The church is at 230 N.E. 9th St., Bend. Contact: 541-815-9678.

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year (I prefer to call it sparkle), the last thing I want from my children is a message that says "Mom, you look old — fix it." The same goesforthe Mother's Day promotion that urged gift givers to partake in a sale of fitness equipment. The message here? "Mom, you're fat — here's a treadmill." Not that questionable gifts are limited to the realm of marketing. I've heard plenty of stories through the years of gifts gone awry. Kitchen appliances and clothes irons don't seem to be popular presents for Mother's Day, for example, at least not among the moms I know. And despite the spate of sappy commercials on TV advertising cheesy jewelry and bad poetry from Hallmark, I contend that what most moms really want for Mother's Day is a break from the expectations of being a mom. No homework-wran-

gling or chore-nagging, no figuring out how to make a dinner from the

hodgepodge of random veggies in the fridge, no playing peacemaker between siblings at war, no cleaning cat pukeoffthe carpet. Most moms I know want the same thing for Mother's Day — a bottle of wine and a day off. That's my only-half-joking response to my husband's question of what I want for Mother's Day. And I do daydream sometimes of a respite from motherhood. A few blessed hours to myself. The knowledge that for a little while, I won't have to worry about the Stewie Griffin-esque call of "Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom ..." But then I see the coffee cup on my desk. A cheap plastic cup, stained on the inside and not particularly efficient at keeping coffee hot. It has a paper liner inside its clear plastic shell. "I love you Mommy," it says. It has pictures ofbutterflies and some plastic jewels glued on. My son made it for Mother's Day when he was 4. I guess I don't want a day off after all. I want "I love you Mommy" written on a cheap plastic mug that I will keep on my desk even when it is old and smudged. I want a handwritten card with misspelled words and stick figures drawn in crayon. I want to see my kids' sweet smiles. Unfortunately for the PR companies, you just can't market that. — Julie Johnson is the features editor at The Bulletin. 541-383-0308, jj ohnson@bendbulletin.com

can youth delegation. The program will also include about180 students of lndian, Paki-

(Mother's Day gift guides including One particularly terrible example this year promoted a pill that promised to return color to Mom's gray hair. "After all the years of being blamed for Mom's gray hair, this Mother's Day give Mom the best gift possible, the gift of youth by bringing back her natural hair color!" said the press release. The best Mother's Day gift possible? I beg to differ. While my own hair creeps more toward gray every

was selected to attend this summer. She is one of 20 U.S. students selected as the Ameri-

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Deschutes County's Historic Preservation Month celebration will feature events at the following historic sites:

over the county this year," said Kelly Cannon-Miller, executive director of the Deschutes County Historical Society, one of a dozen groups that

A garrison of 40 troops was stationed at Camp Polk three miles northeast of Sisters during the winter of1865-66 to protect Central Oregon's first settlers from Indian attacks. Samuel Hindman built what is believed to be the region's first homestead on this site in1870 and established a post office and a general store on the site five years later.

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The McAnn House is part of the17-square-block Drake Park Neighborhood Historic Site. Built between 1910 and 1954, the historic homes in this neighborhood outside downtown Bend represent 14 different architectural styles.

collected more than $31,000 for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation and breast cancer research since 2011.

Seven different races are held over two days, Aug. 31 and Sept. 1, including music and

ton qualifier race. Visit SunriverMara thon.com for registration links and details

about lodging packages. For more information, 800-801-8765 or www.sunriver-resort.

com.

• Community events: Email event information

represent14 distinct architectural styles, including American Craftsman, American Colonial, California Ranch, CapeCod, Dutch Colonial, English

to events@bendbul-

Cottage and Tudor. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

"Submit an Event" at www.bendbulletin. com. Allow at least10

Purchased by Redmond's first schoolteacher in1907, the Jessie Hill School bell rang proudly at Redmond High School sporting events. But after being put into storage in1928, the bell was almost forgotten until the teacher's sister asked that it be restored 30 years later. It now hangs

in the cupola of VernPatrick Elementary School. THE OLDREDMOND SGHOOLHOUSE Built in1905, the Old Redmond Schoolhouse is a single-story wooden building used to teach homesteader children. In1976, the building was moved from its original location near downtown Redmond to Dry Canyon in an attempt to prevent its demolition.

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This17-square-block area stretching from Riverside Boulevard to Drake Park houses a collection of homes built between1910 and1954 that

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PETERSENROCKGARDEN When he was 52 years old, Dutch immigrant Rasmus Petersen built

a series of statues and replica buildings using rocks, petrified wood, glass and shells that he collected from the areasurrounding Redmond to glorify his adopted country. The roadside attraction was closed this winter for much-needed repairs andmaintenance andwill reopen Memorial Dayweekend. The sites featured onthis map arejust a fewof the places theBend,DeschutesCountyand Redmond landmarks

commissions haverecognized asbeing historically significant to their localities. Toseeafull mapof Deschutes County's historic sites visit www.bendbulletin.com/historicsites.

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days before the desired date of publication. Contact: 541-3830351. • Story ideas: Email

Correction Due to incorrect information provided to The Bulletin, an acrylic

painting by LeahSowell was mistitled in a cap-

tion that ran on page 13 of GO! Magazine on Friday, May10. The correct title is "The Final

Days of a Well-loved Ford Probe." The Bulletin regrets

the error.