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Dec 2-8, 2010

Vol. 14, No. 48

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Local News

Noise: Endless chatter and bad ads during The Civil War

By Bob Woodward
Dec 6, 2010
Local News

Dispassionate: Not taking sides in the Civil War

It's OK to not root for either the Ducks or the Beavers.

By Bob Woodward
Dec 3, 2010
Local News

Speed Kills? Apparently not on the way to and from Mt. Bachelor

What's with all the people driving dangerously fast on the way to Mt. Bachelor in Bend.

By Bob Woodward
Dec 1, 2010
Local News

Green Business: In one week, Bend gets its first full time medical marijuana clinic and private cardholder club

Although Measure 74, a proposed law to create a state-regulated medical marijuana dispensary system, was voted down last month, the medical pot movement has been increasingly active in Bend.

By Mike Bookey
Dec 1, 2010
Local News

Council Pondering Historic Water Project

After two years of study, the Bend City Council was expected to make what is essentially a final decision on the future of the city’s domestic water supply.

By Eric Flowers
Dec 1, 2010
Local News

Arnold Concedes Bend City Council Seat to Ramsay

Scott Ramsay wins the hotly contested Bend City Council race after a recount.

By The Source Staff
Dec 1, 2010
Local News

Central Oregon's Email Subject Line of the Day

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2010
Local News

Lucero Tonight at the Domino Room in Bend

By The Source Staff
Dec 1, 2010
Local News

Lyrics Born to Headline Winterfest in Bend

Funky hip-hop star Lyrics Born to Headline Bend, Oregon's Winterfest.

By The Source Staff
Dec 1, 2010
Local News

The Aggrolites Added to Bend WinterFest Lineup

LA reggae rockers The Aggrolites to appear at Bend Winterfest.

By The Source Staff
Dec 2, 2010
Local News

Win Free Tickets to Two Shows This Weekend: Larry and His Flask, Art For India

Enter to win tickets for 2 shows this weekend featuring Larry and His Flask, Empty Space Orchestra, The Autonomics and others.

By The Source Staff
Dec 2, 2010
Local News

This New Source Staffer is Kind of a Bummer

GI Joe stops by our office...and kind of weirds everyone out.

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2010
Local News

Last Comic Standing Winner Performs Tonight

Jim Mortenson and other Last Comic standing finalists perform tonight in "No Contest."

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2010
Local News

All-Star Jam Tonight in Bend

By The Source Staff
Dec 4, 2010
Local News

Art for India Show Tonight with Empty Space Orchestra, The Autonomics and More

By The Source Staff
Dec 5, 2010
Local News

Help Senior Citizens Enjoy the Holidays

By The Source Staff
Dec 6, 2010
Local News

Mr. Merkley Goes to Washington, Kicks Ass

By The Source Staff
Dec 2, 2010
Local News

That Weird Duck-vs.-Beaver Thing

By The Source Staff
Dec 3, 2010
Local News

Wandering Observations, Post-Civil War

By The Source Staff
Dec 5, 2010

Editorial

Giuseppe's Closes For Good, Black Friday, We're Number One and more!

Goodbye Goomba's, Hello Bond Street Bar and Grill The restaurant casualties continue in downtown when longtime operator Peggy Falcaro announced on Monday that she has sold Giuseppe's after a 20-plus-year run on Bond Street.

By Source Weekly
Dec 1, 2010
Editorial

Another Jewel in Bend's Riverfront Crown

In 1921 a group of Bend citizens, most of them women, led a successful campaign to have the city acquire 11 acres of land along the Deschutes River and protect it from development.

By Source Weekly
Dec 1, 2010
Letters to the Editor

"Merde!" Picasso's "plumber," WikiLeaks - again, plus news from the border

“This is an abuse of power,” declared disgraced former House Speaker Tom “The Felon” DeLay after a jury deliberated 19 hours to find him guilty of two counts of money laundering while rigging elections.

By Source Weekly
Dec 1, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Home Sweet Drone

This week, tucked down at the bottom of the Bend City Council's always dry agenda is one item that caught our attention: A letter of support for drone flight testing. You read that right.

By Source Weekly
Dec 1, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Hypocrites Behind the Wheel

By Source Weekly
Dec 1, 2010

Culture Features

The Golden Dumpster: Inside Bend's freegan movement

“In the course of a week, I’ve found whole pizzas, wrapped sandwiches, bags of onions, garlic, shallots, salad mix, boxes of donuts and cookies and all kinds of vegetables,” says a 20-something Bend resident who is also an on-and-off dumpster diver.

By Suzanne Burns
Dec 1, 2010
Picks

Our Picks for 12/01-12/09: The Nutcracker, The Autonomics, and more!

By Source Weekly
Dec 1, 2010

Chow

Breakfast Nativity Scene Knows Exactly What We like

There are two things we love above all else: Christmas and pork products. It seems that we're not the only ones. Behold, the Bacon Nativity.

By Sara Roth
Dec 6, 2010
Chow

Drama on Bond Street

We just received a call from the folks over at the Decoy.

By Sara Roth
Dec 3, 2010
Chow

Spork Opens Pop-Up Restaurant Dec. 9 and 10

We just got a press release from Spork - the restaurant in an airstream that travels around Bend, serving amazing street food.

By The Source Staff
Dec 2, 2010
Chow

When in Rome: Slow Food conference delegates share their experiences

By Sara Roth
Dec 7, 2010
Chow

When in Rome: Slow Food conference delegates share their experiences

In October, three Central Oregonians hopped a flight to Torino, Italy. But this wasn’t a vacation or a trip to the 2006 Olympics site.

By Sara Roth
Dec 1, 2010

Film

The Rock Gets Pissed Off: It's all about the revenge in Faster

You won’t have to work too hard to keep up with Faster, a bullet-headed, throwaway vengeance flick that is stripped-down to the max and beefed up to the hilt from title to characters to plot.

By Morgan P Salvo
Dec 1, 2010
Film

Trying Too Hard: Love and Other Drugs may be scatterbrained, but has the heart to back it up

Here's the problem with romantic comedies: Most of them are so formulaic that you can anticipate the plot of the entire film before you even step foot inside the theater. To the contrary, the best romances are rarely comedies.

By Anne Pick
Dec 1, 2010
Film Events

Hasseling the Hoff

What is UP with those Kardashian people? You know who I'm talking about, right? The stars of that inexplicably popular show called Keeping Up with the Kardashians (E!, running almost constantly)?

By Source Weekly
Dec 1, 2010

Sound Stories & Interviews

Jingle Banjos: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones arrive in Bend with holiday cheer

More than 20 years ago, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones started playing Christmas songs on their tours during the holiday season.

By Mike Bookey
Dec 1, 2010

Outside Features

A Thanksgiving Miracle! American Ninja Warrior vs. every other sport in the world

American Ninja Warrior is probably the greatest sport ever.

By Mike Bookey
Dec 1, 2010
Outside Features

Off The Groomed: Where to ski without groomed tracks and crowds

There’s often a certain lemming-like quality to cross country skiers. They tend to go only where there are machine-groomed tracks and, as a result, crowds.

By Bob Woodward
Dec 1, 2010
Outside Features

Slip Sliding Away: Snowy Crossaflixion offers a sneak peak at 'cross nationals

It would have been easy to blow off last Saturday’s Crossaflixion cyclocross race. With snow falling heavily on race day, the appeal of a Nordic ski, or a day on the sofa with a glass of wine, was obvious.

By Michelle Mercer
Dec 1, 2010