Richard Marx Sings the Poop Away
So you’ve heard of Rhett and Link (of I Love Local Commercials) who travel the country making hilarious (but real!) commercials for struggling small businesses, right? Now they have a show documenting their adventures on IFC entitled Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings (Fridays at 10 pm). ANYWAY, somehow they talked ’80s pop crooner Richard Marx…
August Heat Wave To Hit Old St. Francis School
Come August 18th, the mercury will be rising inside McMenamin’s Father Luke’s Room here in Bend and the heat wave is going to last seven days. From that Thursday into the following Saturday, and then Wednesday of the next week, three shows from the 83Music Concert Calendar will grace the local venue famous for hosting ridiculously great…
Stream Pickathon Live
In case you didn’t get a ticket to this year’s Pickathon, the roots and folk music (both of those terms are employed quite loosely to describe the eclectic lineup, which includes Mavis freakin’ Staples!) festival that takes place outside of Portland, we have a solution for you. The festival is streaming live on the website!…
Bill Sizemore Goes Directly to Jail, Does Not Collect $200
Former Republican Gubernatorial candidate and Redmond resident Bill Sizemore, is finally serving some time behind bars for felony tax evasion. Sizemore, who spent 15 years as the king of Oregon initiatives including the infamous Ballot Measure 47, was sentenced to 30 days.
David Wu, Chinese Cartoon Villain and Special Elections
David Wu, Chinese Cartoon Villain and Special Elections Congressman David Wu finally resigned on Wednesday of this week sparking late night comedy spoofs on Jay Leno and this special Chinese cartoon version of the story (1:15) ending with the words “theTaiwan Nightmare has come to an end.” The special election dates to fill his seat…
Down River with A.G. John Kroger: My afternoon with the Dept. of Justice
I walked, paddled, and generally shot the breeze with Oregon Attorney General John Kroger on Wednesday. He’s a cool guy as evidenced by his flannel shirt, ability to paddle a canoe, and concern for Oregon environmental issues. Dave, from Wanderlust Tours led us on nature walk and facilitated a conversation about habitat restoration efforts on…
City Council Roundup: Mayoral elections and the move of the farmer’s market
After weeks of discussion, a divided City Council decided Wednesday night against making the mayoral position an elected one. Minutes later, council approved a $5.
The Celebrity Yodeling Contest is Coming Back to Oktoberfest
Great news for all you yodelers out there, the Bend Oktoberfest will be once again hosting a celebrity yodeler contest. The Bend Oktoberfest is a fundraiser for the Downtown Bend beautification projects, so what do you have to lose (except maybe your hearing)? The fest is the last weekend in September, but the yodeling contest…
Now Hanging: Sean Bagshaw’s nature photography
Well known nature photographer Sean Bagshaw’s beautiful canvas prints are showcased this month at Bellatazza on Wall Street here in Bend. Sean is one of the represented photographers at the Cascade Center of Photography and a frequent workshop teacher there.
Police Search for Man Accused of Robbing a Bend Gas Station
Bend police are on the search for an armed robber accused of allegedly robbing the Conoco gas station located directly in front of the Sugarloaf motel yesterday. According to the police report, the victim, who was a gas station attendant, reported that the suspect broke the glass door leading into the gas station office, showed…
Today in Awkward Teenage Dancing
There’s nothing like awkward teenage slow dancing to make you STOP worrying about teen sex. In the following heeee-larious video – plucked from the 1981-87 Philadelphia teen dance show Dancin’ on Air – four pairs of postpubescents are spotlighted for their incredibly awkward slow dancing skills.
Oregon Ranked Number 3 in Preseason Poll
College football season is still a few weeks away, but there was some good news for the Oregon Ducks squad today when the USA Today preseason rankings were released. Oregon is ranked #3 in a pre-season poll that has Oklahoma as the top-ranked team and places fellow Pac-12 (that feels weird to type) rival Stanford…
Mike Huckabee Teaches Your Kid About 9/11, Makes Money
Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor turned presidential candidate turned Fox News host turned, um, history teacher, has rolled out a series of videos to teach kids the story of our great nation. Aimed at correcting what Huckabee and his friends see as a liberal bent to education, the video series includes one installment about…
Deadman Canyon Fire Update: 3,384 Acres Burned
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A Property, A Dream, A Mission Sisters-area camp replaces problems with possibilities for at-risk youth
Once or twice every summer, Dan Wieden – the Portland-based ad man who coined Nike’s Just Do It slogan and whose award-winning agency Wieden+Kennedy boasts offices as far and wide as London and Shanghai – packs a day bag and heads off for camp in the Cascades outside of Sisters. Camp attire for Oregon's global…
News Briefs
Council to debate hydropower, revisit mayor question The Bend City Council is expected to sign off this week on a $5.6-million hydropower option that should bring in enough revenue to avoid rate hikes. The hydropower project would be tacked on to the already approved Bridge Creek Surface Water Improvement Project, which is estimated to cost…
Jeff Merkley Refuses to Roll Over
President Obama and the Republicans have been doing a weird little dance ever since Obama was inaugurated in 2009. It might be called the Congressional Two-Step. It goes like this: The Republicans take two steps to the right. Then Obama takes two steps to the right. Then the Republicans take two more steps to the…
Deschutes County Commissioners
This week's WTF comes courtesy of the Deschutes County Commissioners who decided in July to perpetuate the ongoing pissing match with Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty. Working through their contracted attorneys, county commissioners filed what amounted to a plea to oust the embattled Flaherty who is the subject of anonymous bar complaint over his…
The Finest, Freshest Straight Poop Available, by Default
Monday, July 25 First the good news: NFL players' union agrees to new contract with owners. Thanks, we needed that .
Road Rules Apply to Everyone
After reading much about bikers being cited and warned for infractions around Bend, I would like to offer my experiences and thoughts. Many times I have had to avoid careless cyclists who ignored traffic signs, lights and the rules of the road in general. I was under the impression that cyclists should obey laws like…
No Rabbit Shortage Here
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Where Have They Been?: The Shins make a surprise return, but as a very different act
I've never been struck by lightning and with statistics on my side, I'm going to guess that neither have you. But the last time I saw The Shins I was moderately concerned that I was going to move from the “not been struck by lightning” majority to breathe the rarified air within the “has been…
It's Your Art: Be Part of Art pushes to keep up Bend's creative reputation
Driving in circles could be maddening. It could be nauseating, actually. But on a recent Thursday afternoon, Jody Ward is instructing her friend and fellow Art in Public Places board member Cristy Lanfri to continue driving in circles. Just a couple more times, she says, pointing to the center of a roundabout on Newport Avenue,…
Little Bites: Nothing Fishy: Add fish and chips Bend's booming food cart world
Just over a month ago Bend had zero fish and chips carts – now we have two. So Wild Fish and Chips, a traditional pull-behind cart often found behind Chow on the corner of Newport and 11th Street, opened in the last few days of June. The Codfather, a bright red 1952 double-decker London transport…
Sisters' Secret Oasis: Doing it tight, doing it fresh at Poppies
In the midst of the faux-Western tourist territory of Sisters lays a hidden culinary gem: Poppies, a gourmet garden market and café. Poppies has been open for a year, but has not gotten the attention this one-of-a-kind eatery deserves. After being sorely disappointed by a new restaurant in Redmond this week, I can definitively say…
On the Friday Night Art Walk
It is 8:30 on a Friday evening and I've had just enough cheap wine and looked at just enough bad art to feel happy and sad. From this vantage point the evening is vast, stretching out in all directions, and the streets full, cheerful couples and small packs of friends roaming in the gloaming. It…
If Love Has You Lost, Just Go to a Bar: Crazy, Stupid, Love stays cute while managing to avoid clichés
We, women, are the perfect combination of sexy and cute. Or at least that's what some of us want to hear. Of course, this is also the line that Steve Carell's character, Cal, uses to describe his wife, and then later to pick-up a one-night-stand in Crazy, Stupid, Love. This also might be the ideal…
Just Kinda Good: Cowboys and Aliens proves just another summer blockbuste
I like a lot of really bad movies. Movies that are so bad they actually force me to examine my life choices and rationale behind why I think a movie called Mega Python vs Gatoroid is going to be worth my time (answer: it has Debbie Gibson and Tiffany in it.). It's easy to watch…
Football for Dummies NCAA Football 12 charges hard for the goal line
I am offense. With one eye making sure a burly linebacker doesn't break toward me, I focus my attention on the gridiron like a grandmaster evaluating a game of chess. I watch my teammates rush across the field in the pattern we agreed upon, making sure they arrive at their destinations and travel their intended…
Animals Can Hurt!
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Crash and Learn: Despite setback, Horner is optimistic about his future and upcoming fundraiser
Chris Horner loves Bend. The professional road cyclist, arguably one of the best in the world, races his bicycle all over the United States and Europe – enjoying the renowned beauty of locations like the French Riviera, the Swiss Alps, the Adriatic Coast and the Italian Dolomites – but Bend is home by choice. Horner…
Open Forum with Attorney General Kroger: Today
Oregon Attorney General John Kroger is holding a town-hall style meeting tonight at Riverbend Park to discuss what is being done to protect, restore and maintain Oregon’s fragile aquatic habitat. The Department of Justice’s Environmental Crimes Enforcement Unit plays a crucial role in protecting Oregon’s waterways.
D.B. Cooper: The original Northwest underdog
Growing up, whenever there was a mention of infamous skyjacker D.B. Cooper, my dad would tell me a story about attending a SuperSonics game a few days after Cooper hopped out of a plane on Thanksgiving eve, 1971. During a lull in the game, the public address announcer said, “We have a late-breaking score. D.B.…
