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Diner Life: January 2014
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Saturday, January 11, 2014. January 11, 2014. Joe Kline / The Bulletin. Jakes Diner owner Lyle Hicks bags up some clothes collected at his restaurant for his Middle of Winter clothing and drive on Saturday afternoon in Bend. Hicks gives the clothing and other items collected to Central Oregon Veterans Outreach, which distributes them to those in need. A coat for a veteran in need. Bend diner holds traditional clothing drive for vets. By Elon Glucklich / The Bulletin. Published Jan 6, 2014 at 12:01AM.
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Diner Life: A day at Autzen
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Sunday, April 19, 2015. A day at Autzen. I awoke and looked at the clock that said 635. Jumping out of bed and into the shower, I still made it there by 7. I kept telling myself that this was their day and we wanted it to be special. I tried to make it a point to see every one of them and press that point. The two Deschutes County Sheriff vans were soon loaded with guys in their 90's like a bunch of excited kids heading out on a class outing. My good friend, Neil Mackey, drove the point with Lt Deron...
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Diner Life: Time
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Thursday, October 23, 2014. My lunch soon came and I wolfed it down wanting to get back to my car. As I paid at the counter the cashier told me that I was lucky that I had beaten the rush. As I left, I could not help wondering what rush? It was 2 in the afternoon. Was it a pregame rush? I noticed online that three people had lost their lives on that accident on the pass. They had left behind a 6 year old who had stayed back with friends. My heart went out to this small boy and what he was about t...Subsc...
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Diner Life: John Spence
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Thursday, October 30, 2014. October 30, 2013. For the ones from out of town who cannot get the local paper, here is today's main article:. World War II vet was a first. John Spence, dead at 95 in Bend, pioneered U.S. underwater warfare. By Scott Hammers / The Bulletin. Published: October 30. 2013 4:00AM PST. America's first frogman," John Spence, died Tuesday in Bend. He was 95. Spence joined the Navy in 1936 and was sent to diving school. Assigned to the USS Idaho, he was primarily a gunner, but on ...
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Diner Life: March 2014
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Sunday, March 30, 2014. March 30, 2014. Before I left work that evening, I noticed a noise in my computer like a plane going off. I knew that a fan was going off. Instead of leaving it on, I shut off the machine before I went home. I don't know how many times that day, I sat down at my desk and grabbed my keyboard only to stare at a blank screen realizing that I would need to change over to the accounting machine to accomplish my task. We had already been working on the problem for well over a half hour ...
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Diner Life: June 2013
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Thursday, June 20, 2013. June 20, 2013. When they made the movie, Jake's Truck Stop, they were such a key part of the flavor of the diner, that she actually finished off the documentary returning to their conversation at the counter. When the Bulletin wrote a story on the movie, they added a picture of that part of the movie as an example of what was to be seen in it. Another Frank entered his life. Frank Spernak was a rather new member of the Band of Brothers who was looking for something to do in h...
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Diner Life: April 2015
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Sunday, April 19, 2015. A day at Autzen. I awoke and looked at the clock that said 635. Jumping out of bed and into the shower, I still made it there by 7. I kept telling myself that this was their day and we wanted it to be special. I tried to make it a point to see every one of them and press that point. The two Deschutes County Sheriff vans were soon loaded with guys in their 90's like a bunch of excited kids heading out on a class outing. My good friend, Neil Mackey, drove the point with Lt Deron...
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Diner Life: November 2013
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Friday, November 29, 2013. November 29, 2013. Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. We served around 350 seniors. There were ups and downs and there always is but I choose to be thankful for the ups and wish to list the highlights of the day:. So many handshakes, hugs, and kisses from grateful seniors who would have sat in their houses in front of the TV. To watch them interact with the volunteers and see the smiles on their faces is a priceless thing. I believe she meant it too. My other daughter, Car...
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Diner Life: May 2013
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Thursday, May 30, 2013. Another Brick in The Wall (den). May 30, 2013. We both agreed to get back with one another and they called me. Back the next week and agreed. In the meantime, I had talked with the principles from the group and they thought it would be a good thing also so the date was set. I warned them that the questions that would be asked might be pretty hot since we were not going to screen them. They thought that would be just fine. Or the Affordable Care Act without reading the bill? Origin...
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Diner Life: February 2014
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Tuesday, February 25, 2014. February 25, 2014. After talking it over with Jimmy, I suggested a Spaghetti feed and allow Jake's to be the venue and the first Spaghetti feed was created. The cost was $10 per head. It made the math much easier. If I brought in 100 customers, than we would raise $1000 dollars. That became my goal. The first year, we raised a bit over $2000, if I recall. That was six years ago or so.I tend to lose count. I actually tried to get out a bit early, but a full pass bar of food hel...
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