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Vicki Bolling, left of center in a white hat and red jacket, the daughter of Dick Higgins, the only known Pearl Harbor survivor living in Bend, reads a proclamation Friday from Gov. Kate Brown during a ceremony at the Bend Heroes Memorial. The ceremony marked the 77th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. (Andy Tullis/Bulletin photos)

Dick Higgins, 97, posts an American flag labeled “Pearl Harbor Survivors” on the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge in Bend on Friday. World War II Navy veterans Leon Devereaux, left, and Les Joslin assist.

M&J Tavern in Bend earned a reputation as the music scene’s “living room” by giving up-and-coming Central Oregon musicians their first gigs. (Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin photo)

ABOVE: Paleo Magazine is based in Bend. LEFT: Shawn Mihalik, managing editor of Paleo Magazine in Bend, eats in his office on Nov. 30. (Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin photo)

A paleo salad Shawn Mihalik made for lunch on Nov. 30. (Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin photo)

Birdwatchers and members of the East Cascades Audubon Society scan the skies around a wastewater pond in Redmond. (Joe Kline /Bulletin file photo)

Bartender Kyle Wanless serves a beer to a patron at Maverick’s Country Bar & Grill in Bend. (Andy Tullis/Bulletin photo)

Kindergartners Chris Gasper, left, and Lillie Mirror touch hands as they share their goals for the day along with the rest of teacher Lindsey Kealey’s class at Silver Rail Elementary on Wednesday. Setting daily goals ties in with the PAWsitive Choices behavior management program implemented in Kealey’s class. (Joe Kline/Bulletin photo)

A white coat of snow and a bluebird day greeted skiers and snowboarders at Mt. Bachelor on Monday. (Andy Tullis/Bulletin photo)

Skiers and snowboarders get excited after taking off on the first chair ride of the new Cloudchaser chairlift at Mt. Bachelor on Dec. 16, 2016. (Andy Tullis/Bulletin file photo)