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Job Opening at
Bend Chamber
Do you seek a career that is fulfilling
and gives back to your community? Are
you an experienced writer? The Bend
Chamber has an immediate opening for the
position of Communications Coordinator.
This is a dynamic position responsible
for developing and managing the
Chamber’s publications, including
interviews, writing, editing,
photography, and special projects. This
is a permanent, full-time position with
excellent benefits. Qualified candidates
will have a passion for writing,
excellent communication and analytical
skills, be able to effectively plan
tasks and complete deliverables on time
through goal setting and prioritization.
The Bend Chamber is a highly successful
organization and you must have a strong
desire to become part of our team.
Please contact Tim Casey for a full job
description and salary range at
541-382-3221 or email
tim@bendchamber.org.
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Water and
Sewer Rate Recommendation Moves
to 2008
The Water/Sewer Rate Advisory
Committee has completed six two-hour
meetings thus far in its work in
developing a recommendation for a new
conservation-based water/sewer rate
system. The work of the group has
gotten bogged down in data anomalies
making it more difficult to properly
assess the information needed to pull
together a new water/sewer rate system.
City staff and their consultant team
have been analyzing information from the
current rate structure and found they
need more time to do a proper analysis.
The original goal of recommending a new
rate structure to the City Council
before year-end has been pushed into
early 2008. In looking at 2006 billing
information, the following is the
breakdown by rate class: Commercial at
34.4%; Laundry at 0.1%; Residential at
61.6% and Schools at 3.9%. One other
thing the data analysis is telling us is
information about consumption. This has
shown us Bend residents and businesses
have been doing a good job of reducing
their use of water over the past few
years since metering went into effect.
Keep up the good work.
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Deck those windows
It’s time for the Holiday Window
Decorating Contest. Whether the window
of your business is already decorated or
not, this is the week to dress it up to
compete for the best window in Downtown
Bend!
The contest will run this week with
judges ranking windows this Friday night
during the Gallery Walk. The most
festive windows will win prizes
including wine, gifts and other items to
be given away at the next Downtown Bend
General Meeting, Wednesday, December 12th
at 8 a.m. Please go to
www.DowntownBend.org for more
information.
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Christmas Parade
– Downtown Bend December 8
The Annual Christmas Parade will
be held in Downtown Bend on
Saturday, December 8 beginning
at noon. As always, the parade
will filter down Wall Street and
of course will feature the man
himself, Santa Clause. For
those who cannot make the
parade, listen to LITE 95.1,
Horizon Broadcasting Group radio
personalities and yours truly
for all the action.
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New School
Superintendent Search – Get Involved
The Bend-La Pine Schools is
looking for your input for the
new Superintendent Search. Take
the survey online at this Web
site:
www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2275UN8RTPM
you may also take the
survey by visiting website at
www.bend.k12.or.us
You can help influence the
selection of our next
Superintendent.
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Coming
events
Jan 18, 2008 -
Community Affairs Council (CAC)
– Town Hall Luncheon
The first Town Hall
Luncheon topic has been
selected; titled “The City
Budget and the Business License
Fee.” City CFO Sonia Andrews
will provide us with an overview
of the city budget system, what
has been collected from the new
Business License Fee, and how
it’s being spent. Want to know
more about the city budget? Are
we going broke due to all the
lawsuits? Did public safety
receive more funding since the
creation of the Business License
Fee? What questions do you
have?
The new CAC Town Hall luncheons will be
held at Touchmark at Mount Bachelor
Village in the Forum Theater. The
luncheons will be held on the third
Friday of the month from noon to 1:30
p.m. If you sign up now, for the full
year, you will save $55. To join the CAC
Town Hall Luncheon series, call Lindi at
the Bend Chamber to reserve your spot:
382-3221.
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