Oct 2-8, 2008

News

• Local News

  You Get Tubed: The best of Bend's YouTube submissions

  As promised, here are the videos featured in the "You Get Tubed" story from this week's special film issue. This is a lot better than

  By The Source Staff

  Oct 2, 2008

  
• Local News

  Bend Roots Round Up: Pictures and Video

  Last weekend saw a good chunk of the Westside occupied by local musicians and local music devotees for the Bend Roots Revival. Here's some photos

  By The Source Staff

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Local News

  Crunch Time for Transit: Citizens Step to the Plate to Pinch Hit for BAT

  Getting out the voteIt's 9:24 a.m. and Bend Area Transit (BAT) bus number three buzzes along its route through the city's south side, picking up

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 3, 2008

  
• Local News

  After the Storm:Humane Society of Redmond works to repair reputation, debt situation

  At a Deschutes County Board of Commissioners work session on July 9, the true financial problems of the Humane Society of Redmond came to light.

  By Mike Bookey

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Local News

  Inside Bill Sizemore's Brain

  Plenty of celebrities have their own fan sites on the Web, but damn few have their own ANTI-fan sites. And now Bill Sizemore has joined

  By The Source Staff

  Oct 3, 2008

  
• Local News

  The Bailout: Smith's Risky Move

  Locked in a tight race with Jeff Merkley, Gordon Smith made a gutsy - and risky - move yesterday in voting for the $700 billion

  By The Source Staff

  Oct 2, 2008

  
• Local News

  Smith to Portland: Drop Dead

  Gordon Smith likes to describe himself as a uniter, not a divider, but his campaign is running an ad aimed at antagonizing rural Oregonians against

  By The Source Staff

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Local News

  Shire Hits the Big Time, Again

  The Shire, the ill-fated, Tolkien-themed housing development on Bend's southeast side, has become a national symbol of the follies of the real estate bubble. Latest

  By The Source Staff

  Oct 1, 2008

  

Opinion

• Editorial

  All Jacked Up: New stealth rates at Bachelor, Call for photos and McCain Deathwatch

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Editorial

  A Custom-Made Resort Exemption

  At the Deschutes County Commission hearing earlier this month on a plan to metamorphose Aspen Lakes Golf Estates into a destination resort, there were a

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Don't Forget the Hunters

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 2, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Look Beyond the Grey Hair

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Wall Street Needs to be Cut Off

  I was relieved, and even excited when I heard that Congress had voted, "No" on the Wall Street Bailout yesterday. Hyper-inflation will not help Main

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Tower Crowd Too Tame

  I went to the Tower Theatre for the first time thinking it was going to be a great event. I was going to see Taj

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Downtowners Pulled a Fast One

  Shame on the Bend Downtowners. They completely misled us into paying $5 to get into NOTHING! My friends and I stood in a long line

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Betting on the Bulletin

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  

Culture

• Culture Features

  Make A Joyful Bosom Affair: One woman's birthday gift is another's force majeure

  By Mike Bookey

  Oct 1, 2008

  

Food & Drink

• Chow

  Dos La Rose: La Rosa brings its award-winning Mexican up the hill

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Chow

  Quick Bites: Blind Sipping in Sisters

  Not bad for out in the sticks. One of the lines in Bottle Shock - a new movie based on the 1976 blind tasting in

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Chow

  Quick Bites: Blind Sipping in Sisters

  "Not bad for out in the sticks." One of the lines in Bottle Shock - a new movie based on the 1976 blind tasting in

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Chow

  Dos La Rose: La Rosa brings its award-winning Mexican up the hill

  By Eric Flowers

  Oct 1, 2008

  

Screen

• Film

  Doing the Thing Right: Spike Lee scores with epic saga

  By Mike Bookey

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Film

  A Wild Ride: Eagle Eye delivers adrenalized action

  By Mike Bookey

  Oct 1, 2008

  

Music

• Sound Stories & Interviews

  Weekend Rally: Getting our Bend Roots stuck and trying to dance with Taj

  By Elise Jones

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Sound Stories & Interviews

  Omaha's Finest: Neva Dinova's friendly exchange

  By The Source Staff

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Sound Stories & Interviews

  Slightly Not Stoned Enough to Come Up With a Shorter Album Title: Slightly Stoopid is back in Bend

  Slightly Stoopid: With a name like that, they need balls like this. And also Dark sunglasses, apparently. Slightly Stoopid is back in Bend for round

  By Mike Bookey

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Sound Stories & Interviews

  Festival Season Will Never Die!

  By The Source Staff

  Oct 1, 2008

  

Outside

• Natural World

  Living in Elephant Country: When mammoths ruled the earth

  Where's Big Bird?They were BIG, very big, stood about 12 feet to the top of their wooly head, about as long as a school bus

  By Jim Anderson

  Oct 1, 2008

  
• Outside Features

  Shoulder Season: Plenty of post summer and pre-winter fun to be had

  It's a dog's worldNow that autumn has arrived, Oktoberfest has come and gone and the days are (alas!) getting noticeably shorter, "Shoulder Season" is just

  By Pam Stevenson

  Oct 1, 2008