Feb 21-27, 2008

News

• Local News

  Pinback Video & Photos & Homeopathy

  As you'll know if you're a savvy Bend concertgoer and/or faithful Sound Check reader, Pinback packed the Domino Room last Wednesday night. Despite sickness and

  By The Source Staff

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Local News

  Whose Playground? As Bend grows, forest recreation users vie for a place in the snow

  It's early afternoon on a bluebird Saturday, and the locals and tourists are out in force at the Virginia Meissner Sno-Park off Century Drive. Joseph

  By The Source Staff

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Local News

  Jumping On the Obama Bandwagon

  The contest for the Democratic presidential nomination won't be over until after the Texas and Ohio primaries on March 4 - if then - but

  By H. Bruce Miller

  Feb 26, 2008

  
• Local News

  Mission: Bruckner Is Blackmailing Us

  The running feud between Allan Bruckner and The Shepherd's House got nastier this week, with the executive director of the mission accusing Bruckner of waging

  By H. Bruce Miller

  Feb 23, 2008

  
• Local News

  Burley, Whisnant Buck Mortgage Reforms

  A bill to make small reforms to the subprime mortgage lending industry narrowly passed the Oregon House yesterday, with no help from Central Oregon's two

  By H. Bruce Miller

  Feb 22, 2008

  
• Local News

  Businesses to Media: Be Positive ... Or Else

  Members of the Central Oregon business community apparently believe they can make the real estate slump go away if they just think positive - and

  By H. Bruce Miller

  Feb 20, 2008

  

Opinion

• Editorial

  Tuscany Comes to Central Oregon

  No, What I said was I need some EXERCISE!Upfront likes to spend some of our idle hours browsing through the Central Oregon real estate offerings

  By Joseph Oguiza

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Editorial

  Salem's Queens of Denial

  Denial is not just a river in Egypt, as the old joke says. Apparently it runs through Salem too.

  By H. Bruce Miller

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  OHSU Ducks Responsibility

  As a general internist in Portland for 30 years, I often treat a patient with needs that require the expertise of a consultant. When faced

  By Eric Flowers

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  They've Got Us on Their List

  By Eric Flowers

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  The Growth Machine Crashes and Burns

  Andy High, director of government affairs for the Central Oregon Builders Association, wrote a piece published in the "other" newspaper on Jan. 13. Andy claims

  By Eric Flowers

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Got Tased? It's Your Fault

  Amnesty International, famous for their efforts defending the human rights of terrorists and criminals everywhere, are now, with the full support of the Source, weighing

  By Eric Flowers

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Rudeness at the Tower

  This past Sunday's concert at the Tower featuring bluegrass legend Del McCoury was something that I had been looking forward to all winter.Bend rarely gets

  By Eric Flowers

  Feb 20, 2008

  

Culture

• Culture Features

  Word Up!: Suzanne Burns and others get literary at Word Café

  Welcome to the Doll Hospital. Local writer Suzanne Burns reads from her flip book at Barber Library. The first reading by Dave Eggers I

  By Mike Bookey

  Feb 20, 2008

  

Food & Drink

• Chow

  A Spoonful of...Sherry?: Exploring Grandma's Drink

  This isn't grocery store cooking wine, or as a local bartender fondly recalled, the cheap butane-like fino stolen from his parent's liquor cabinet.

  By Mike Bookey

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Chow

  Blacksmith is Back: Finding comfort in fine dining

  By Mike Bookey

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Chow

  Blacksmith is Back: Finding comfort in fine dining

  By Mike Bookey

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Chow

  A Spoonful of...Sherry?: Exploring Grandma's Drink

  This isn't grocery store cooking wine, or as a local bartender fondly recalled, the cheap butane-like fino stolen from his parent's liquor cabinet.

  By Mike Bookey

  Feb 20, 2008

  

Screen

• Film

  Clash Around the Campfire: The Future is Unwritten gives a glimpse of a punk icon

  Cooler than you.There's no doubt Joe Strummer was a cool guy. I wouldn't have wanted to be in The Clash with him, but I would've

  By Mike Bookey

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Film

  From Sociopaths to Special Effects: My 2008 Academy Awards predictions

  It was a year of exceptional films and acting performances in 2007, possibly the most competitive Oscar field ever. Three Best Picture nominees are based on major novels. Cinematography and special effects soar to new levels.

  By Mike Bookey

  Feb 20, 2008

  

Music

• Sound Stories & Interviews

  Pinback Au Naturale

  Smith (left) and Crow (right), deep within the realm of sickly soul.Pinback is a band of human beings. We suspected as much, but we had

  By Jeff Trainor

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Sound Stories & Interviews

  Blues to the Bone: Hillstomp reminds us why we dig the blues

  By The Source Staff

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Sound Stories & Interviews

  Ol' Fashioned Barn Dance: Brent Alan says a barn might be one of Central Oregon's best music venues

  This ain't your uncle chester's kinda barn.In addition to its "this-is-cowboy-country" architecture and street names, Sisters is also home to a deeper, more community-rooted attitude

  By The Source Staff

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Sound Stories & Interviews

  Double Bay Area Goodness

  By The Source Staff

  Feb 20, 2008

  

Outside

• Natural World

  Fly Like An Eagle: Lake Billy Chinook boasts world class gathering

  Thirteen years ago, Paul Patton, a remarkable Oregon Parks and Recreation Department manager who looks after parks in the Madras area introduced the first Eagle Watch in cooperation with PGE, Warm Springs Federation and a bunch of other good people.

  By Jim Anderson

  Feb 20, 2008

  
• Outside Features

  Digging into the Corn: Local notables, trail work and the science of snow

  We have been fortunate this year to have the snowflakes fall... and fall... and fall some more. So much snow has fallen, in fact, that seldom skied areas have seen tracks in the past month. Ralph Tadday and others made turns on Pilot Butte.

  By Mike Bookey

  Feb 20, 2008