Member Column

• Better Cell Phone Reception

What's New

• FREE Feline Vaccine with Spay/Neuter

• Chase Manhattan Mortgage’s Bend office offers helpful advice for local home buyers

• Healthcare: Is it too Complex for Change?-Part I is the topic of the next Talk of the Town on COTV-11

• Mt. Emily Shay Steam Locomotive To Make Brief Appearance With Crooked River Dinner Train

• FREE Document Shredding Event to Benefit local Food Banks

• Global Online Personal Research Study Launches

• Managing with Results

• Business Leader Forum

• 6th Annual Cascade Conference on Successful Aging

• Events at the Tower Theater

Bend Chamber Calendar of Events

     If you find you get no bars and too many dropped calls on your cell phone, you can blame it on the local antenna phobia. Since Aubrey Butte is our only cell antenna site, anyone behind a hill or in a forest can experience poor service and times of no service. A second or third cell tower site would give Bend the same quality cell phone service found in big cities, and would make our phones work better out in the boonies where we may need to make emergency calls.
     There are some places in your home with better reception than others. Carry your phone around your home watching the “bars”. Determine which rooms get a better signal. Call from there and leave your phone in that room on its charger. Turn in a circle while watching the “bars” on your phone and determine which direction your phone points when it gets the most signal.
     Moving, as in driving a car or walking, makes the radio in your cell phone have a difficult time locking onto the radio signal. Stand still for best (no clicking) sound.
     To get the best cellular reception in a fringe area, go to the room with the best reception, and stand still with the phone pointed in the optimum direction. Or consider installing a cell phone booster in your house.
     For help with radio or antenna problems call Jim Shaw at (541) 322-6864, or go to www.jimshawantenna.com.
 

  What's New

FREE Feline Vaccine with Spay/Neuter

The Bend Spay and Neuter Project is a nonprofit, low-cost spay and neuter clinic. Our mission is to end pet and stray animal homelessness and reduce euthanasia’s in our shelters by offering the public low cost spays and neuters. No income proof is required, we believe the only way to put a stop to unnecessary death and disease is to get to the root of the problem and target overpopulation. Our clinic opened in October of 2005 and in those 3 years, we have spayed and neutered 14,000 cats and dogs. We want to encourage the community to help us put an end to this tragic problem and have their animals altered. In celebration of our anniversary we are offering a FREE feline vaccine for all spay/neuter appointments in the month of October (mention this ad). We also offer assistance with trapping and altering feral cats and strays, all done on a donation basis. Call 617-1010 or e-mail info@bendsnip.org for more information. Visit our Web site www.bendsnip.org.
 

Healthcare: Is it too Complex for Change?-Part I is the topic of the next Talk of the Town on COTV-11

     “From access and delivery, to cost and responsibility, healthcare is as challenging as it is complex whether you’re talking on a national or local level,” says moderator Dave Jones. “Whether you are the patient or provider, insurer or involved organization, maybe even someone simply concerned about healthcare, we want you to join us. All of us are affected by healthcare issues some level.”
     Talk of the Town producer Jamie Christman encourages all parties interested in attending the taping to contact her in advance. Talk of the Town is always open to the public.
     The program airs Mondays at 7 p.m. on BendBroadband COTV channel 11 and on COTV on Demand on Digital Cable.
     If you would like to be a part of the taping for Talk of the Town on September 22 at CTC (Cascades Theatrical Company), RSVP to Jamie Christman at talk@bendbroadband.net or 541-388-5814. If you would like more details, go to www.talkofthetownco.com.
 

Mt. Emily Shay Steam Locomotive To Make Brief Appearance With Crooked River Dinner Train

     The Crooked River Dinner Train is proud to host the Mt. Emily Shay Steam Locomotive on September 27 and 28, 2008. Please make reservations soon, as this historical train always fills to capacity!
     The Shay locomotive was originally built as a "stock" locomotive for Shay dealer Hofius Steel & Equipment Co. of Seattle WA in 1923. Before she was delivered she was sold to the Independence Logging Co. of Aberdeen, WA for $28,070. In 1928 she was sold to the Mt. Emily Lumber Co. of La Grande, Oregon. She worked for the next 30 years on Mt. Emily's 40 mile logging railroad which included a 7½ percent grade on the mainline.
     To learn more about the Crooked River Dinner Train or to book tickets please call 541-447-4485.
 

FREE Document Shredding Event to Benefit local Food Banks

     Steve Scott Realtors and SecureShred are partnering on Saturday, October 4, 2008, to provide residents the opportunity to safely destroy personal documents and gather donations for the local food banks. SecureShred, a division of Bend Garbage and Recycling, will offer on-site document destruction at no cost to the public.
      In return, we ask you bring a bag of non-perishable food items for the NeighborImpact Food Bank. Providing food to 32 local agencies in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties, NeighborImpact is part of the Oregon Food Bank statewide network. Cash donations and checks will also be accepted in lieu of non-perishable food.
     This event will take place at Steve Scott Realtors parking lot, 685 SE 3rd St, Bend, from 8 a.m. until noon. If you have any questions, please call Pat Leahy at (541) 647-8417.
     Please note this event is open to residential shredding only and does not include commercial businesses, no advance sorting is necessary.
 

Global Online Personal Research Study Launches

     As a prelude to its 25th anniversary, PREP Profile Systems, Inc. has initiated the 2008 Revalidation and Cross Cultural Applications Study for China, Germany, and North America.
     Between now and September 30, 2008, PREP is offering free Introductory CORE Reports to be accessible online to Research Study participants. The study takes about 15 minutes to complete (including the PREP Survey) and the 4 page report is available to review immediately upon completing all the questions. The study is available at: http://research.prep-profiles.com. PREP invites participation and passing along the study to colleagues, family, and friends. In a research study, more participants are better, especially representing all segments of society and the globe!
     The PREP Personality Assessment is acclaimed as highly valid and statistically accurate, having both global and local clients using the report in Leadership, Hiring, Team Building, Coaching and Career Development applications.
     If you would like more information about this topic, or to schedule an interview with JoAn Mann, PREP’s author and founder, please call Kara Johnson at (541) 382‐1401 or send email to kara@prep-profiles.com.
 

Managing with Results

      Managing with Results will help managers to develop the skills needed to do more with less and be able to aggressively accomplish organizational and personal goals and objectives. This one year program provides a structured, open-ended, and pragmatic approach to management growth. Some areas covered in this program are: manage as a leader, attitude motivation, Transactional Analysis, active listening, timing & decisions, management communications, dealing with negative behavior, making the most of your time, confidence, subordinate development, creating a problem solving environment, managing through goal setting and more; Dates: Wed, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5 and 11/12 from 9-11 a.m. plus 3 follow up sessions; Location: 815 SW Silverlake Blvd.; Investment: $ 980 (Introductory rate—value is $1200). For more information or to register, contact Dana Barz at: 550-0272 or visit www.danamics.net 20 hrs of Continuing Education Units for Nurses are available.
 

Business Leader Forum

     October 7, 7:30-9:30 AM. Business Leader Forum – How Green Practices Increase Profits and Customer Satisfaction, co-sponsored by Oregon Environmental Council, Central Oregon Environmental Center, and the Bend Chamber of Commerce. Interact with and learn from company leaders from a variety of industries about the business value of “going green.” Discover new ways to improve your business practices and operations, cut costs, reduce waste, and use less energy, thereby increasing profitability. Featured speakers include Hank Ashforth, CEO, Ashforth Pacific; David Williams, CEO, ShoreBank Pacific; and Tim Fallon, President, Kettle Foods. St. Charles Learning Center, 2500 N.E. Neff Road, Bend. Breakfast served. $35 general public; $25 OEC members, nonprofits and government agencies. To register: www.oeconline.org or (503) 222-1963 ext. 100. 
 

     On September 28, Tower Theatre goers will enjoy an evening of the blues with Taj Mahal. A fine guitarist, musician and songwriter, Mahal is best known for his love of the blues. In 1997 and again in 2000 he won two Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Blues Album. In 2006 he appeared as a guest musician on the Ladysmith Black Mambazo album, Long Walk to Freedom. (Ladysmith sold out the Tower Theatre in April this year). He has also recorded numerous pieces of music for several movie soundtracks, including Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and The Blues Brothers 2000.
     On October 26, premier Native American flautist, R. Carlos Nakai comes to the Tower Theatre. Originally trained in classical trumpet and music theory, Nakai was given a traditional cedar wood flute as a gift and challenged to see what he could do with it. He has since been nominated for four Grammy Awards, and two of his records, Canyon Trilogy and Earth Spirit have been RIAA certified Gold. These are the first two Native American flute albums to go gold. R. Carlos Nakai melds the haunting sounds of the Native American flute with the soulful expressiveness of the cello of Israeli-born Udi Bar-David, who will join him on stage. Native American, Jewish, Arabic, and Turkish melodies are presented in diverse arrangements and unified by two eclectic and iconoclastic artists who personify their respective peoples.