Trad is Rad?
After several consecutive weeks of attempting to successfully sport climb, I opted for something a little different. I heard once that being a bolt-jockey wasn’t cool anymore and in order to get in touch with my grassroots as a climber, I needed to do what they refer to as “plugging gear.
Gallagher Show Rescheduled
Unfortunately, the watermelon-smashing comedian Gallagher will not be appearing at the Tower Theatre on March 23 as planned. The 65-year old suffered a heart attack last week in Texas and docs responded by placing him in a medically induced coma.
Bachelor Buyout Organizer Threatens to Boycott Meeting
The Facebook Group pushing a community buyout of Mt. Bachelor is calling for a boycott of the resort’s public meeting this week if Mt.
Local Slice Pizza coming soon to the Southside
The folks at Chow are gearing up to try their hands at something new soon. Local Slice Pizza is scheduled to open by the last week of April on Amber Meadow Drive off of Brookswood.
Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows
It looks like the upcoming re-boot of Dark Shadows is going for a much lighter tone than the original series. I guess if you preferred your Barnabus Collins as brooding Jonathan Frid (1960’s version) or an even more brooding Ben Cross (1990’s version), then the campy route Johnny Depp is taking, then this new film…
St. Charles Workers Allege Coercion on Eve of Union Vote
Tense labor negotiations at St. Charles got a little more prickly on Friday when members of the employee bargaining team and the employee union asked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to investigate allegations that the hospital administration has interfered with an upcoming unionization vote.
Mt. Bachelor Responds to “Community Buy-Out” Initiative: Open forum next week
Mt. Bachelor is not for sale.
4 Peaks Music Festival, Tickets On Sale Now!
And there’s only 500 of ’em, so act fast. This year’s festival is June 22-25.
How Far We’ve Come: A new Obama campaign video
Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim’s look at the last four years, The Road We’ve Traveled: [video:http://www.youtube.
Brown Bags County Commish Bid
Democrat Dallas Brown has dropped out of the race for county commissioner, ending his bid to unseat fellow democrat Alan Unger, the former Redmond mayor who has served one term on the county commission. A perennial candidate for office, Brown ran unsuccessfully against Tony DeBone for a seat on the county commission last year.
Nature of Words Names New Executive Director
The Nature of Words announced today that Robert McDowell will succeed NOW founder Ellen Waterson as Executive Director of the local literary non-profit. McDowell, co-founder and executive director of Story Line Press, has authored five books of poetry and has published the works of five Pulitzer Prize recipients, six U.
My Morning with Walt the Horseshoer
Basically, it was awesome. Screw journalism! I want to ride around with Walt and shoe horses, trim their hooves and bullshit with nice horse people.
Cops Bust Idahoans with 10 pounds of Pot in Bend Traffic Stop
A pair of North Idaho men and a female companion are facing marijuana trafficking charges after Oregon State Police seized roughly ten pounds of marijuana from them during a traffic stop near Bend. Shawn Lee Miller, Marcus George Heidenreich and Shanisy Loree Miller were stopped in their 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee near MP 147 after…
Running Out Daylight
Why is it so hard to get rid of some old things? Take changing the time all over the country. Granted Daylight Savings Time is not a bad idea in that it allows us to enjoy a longer “light” period each day in the spring and summer. But why not set it, and forget it?…
Props to the Barrio Boys
My first letter to the editor ever.
Set Bridge Cost Record Straight
We are writing this to set the record straight in reply to the Source Editor's note re: “Good Bridge, Bad Bridge” (Opinion 3/1). The cost estimate for the Option B bridge over the Deschutes near First Street Rapids was quoted by the Source's editor as being between $430,00 and $575,000.
A Good Flip-Flop and a Total Flop
When a politician changes his position on an issue, he usually gets ridiculed for “flip-flopping.” But when a politician flips from the wrong position to the right one, that's something to applaud. Several weeks ago we gave state Rep. Gene Whisnant THE BOOT for blocking bills designed to protect homeowners facing foreclosure, including one to…
Unions? No thanks.: St. Charles employees are part of national trend pitting worker vs. worker
The bulletin boards inside a staff entrance to the St. Charles Bend hospital tell a story of a workplace divided. Some flyers scream out “Vote No” in bold red letters, others appeal for a “yes” on bright canary yellow paper. They all refer to an upcoming vote to determine whether employees, including certified nursing assistants,…
Sheriff Spurred State's Flaherty Investigation: AG's office acted on a complaint relayed from Deschutes County sheriff
A state criminal investigation into Deschutes County District Attorney Patrick Flaherty that turned up no evidence of wrongdoing came via a tip from Sheriff Larry Blanton. Attorney General John Kroger's spokesman Tony Green said in an interview that his office took up the case against Flaherty after getting a complaint from the Deschutes County sheriff.…
Leo Kottke: Steel string master tunes up at the Tower
The demure Midwest finger style guitar maestro makes his Tower Theatre debut this weekend in a performance that the Tower is dubbing, “An Evening with Leo Kottke.” It seems a fitting bill for a man whose conversational performances and colorful storytelling seem more suited for a coffee house than a stadium. Perhaps that's because Kottke…
A Change of Space: With its relaxed vibe, GoodLife Brewing lives up to the name
When I read that there was a new brewery in town, my first reaction was a mixture of cynicism and weariness. The amount of brewpubs here in Bend is bordering on satire. Within 30 seconds of walking in the door of GoodLife, I knew that my initial reaction was premature. First off, the entire feel…
“And the BEAT goes on”: Youth theater seeks to fill gap in arts curriculum
Parker Daines is living the dream. He's 19. He's living in Los Angeles. He's working at a restaurant. He's doing audition after audition, looking for his break into Hollywood. He'll go to LA City College and major in theater this fall. “It's pretty incredible,” said Daines, a former actor with Bend Experimental Art Theatre, aka…
Two Days in March: Or, the least productive work week of the year
On Thursday or Friday of this week, your employer might say something like this. It might not be these exact words and your name might not be Johnson, but this could happen: “Hey, you! Johnson! Get back to work! What in Sam hell are you doing? I was supposed to have the report on the…
Fresh Recycling: 21 Jump Street shows the right way to find creativity in a familiar name.
It’s all well and good that, early in 21 Jump Street, a police chief (Nick Offerman) informs rookie cops Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) that they’re reviving an old undercover-in-high-school program from the 1980s, because the only ideas anyone can come up with now is to “recycle sh-t from the past.” But what…
Cabin by the Lame: Shrieking Olsen sister can't redeem the weak Silent House
Movies don't profess to really tell the truth. (Just check the Coen brothers' credentials surrounding Fargo.) But when a movie advertises something that it is not, you have to wonder, as an audience member, whether it's worth being lied to. If the movie is good enough, sure; however, in the case of Silent House, it's…
Mom… You're Embarrassing Me!
My mom is the worst. Not in the way Rush Limbaugh or Hitler are the worst – but still… the worst. She's not the kind of mother that steals and smokes your meth, or uses your forearm as an ashtray. She's the kind of mom that murders you… with embarrassment. Example: When I was 16,…
Groomed for Success: On the graveyard shift at Meissner, Nordeen and more!
Juck Macilster is accustomed to working alone and in the dark. Four times a week, Macilster (not his real name, more on that later) fires up his Bombardier BR400 snowcat, pulls it out of an oversized garage at Virginia Meissner Sno Park and begins a typical eight hour grooming shift, just as he did on…
Some of Your Beeswax: New class will make a beekeeper out of you
With all the hullabaloo over the mysterious death of honeybees and the impact on local beekeeping and honey production, Oregon State University (OSU) and our local Central Oregon Beekeeping Association (COBA) are coming to the rescue. Master beekeepers Stephen Harris, and his sidekick, John Connely, both of Bend, are teaching a yearlong course on apprentice…
