Bend High School - Bear Tracks Yearbook (Bend, OR)

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y l l l l l y v L l I s l i ' Building was the word to accu- rately describe the activities around Bend and Bend High. Businesses sprouted up like weeds. Mtn. View Mall, con- structed north of town, housed many new shops including G.l. Joe's and the Emporium. The Bend River Mall, on north High- way 97, aimed for an April open- ing and included a Sears store. MichaeI's Jeans and Bon Marche among its 52 businesses. After decades of service toyBend, the Healy's Furniture building down- town was torn down to make room for a First National Bank parking lot. l Bend experienced alclose en- counter of the fourth kind when it was invaded by assorted fast food chains. These newcomers included Baskins and Robbins, Arctic Circle, Skippers, Burger King and Dunkin' Donuts, all on Third Street. During the year, truckers across the nation boycotted gas prices.

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