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The State of Cannabis in Deschutes County—and Beyond
There’s a lot going on out there in the world of cannabis, including rule changes at the county level, overproduction, the black market and hemp. So sit back, maybe even light a doob, and read on. Deschutes County Rule Changes The current Deschutes County Commission, made up of Tony DeBone, Phil Henderson and Tammy Baney,…
2018 Midterm Election Results
Find up-to-date results for the 2018 midterm races and measures below. (Editor’s note: Page last updated 10:38 pm Tuesday). Some takeaways thus far from election night: -All state measures defeated, except Measure 102.- Democrat incumbent Kate Brown wins the governor’s race against Republican Knute Buehler- Republican Cheri Helt set to win the Bend’s Oregon House…
Think FAST
November 5 to the 9 is the week dedicated to Stroke Awareness Oregon’s F.A.S.T. awareness campaign, aimed at increasing stroke awareness and decreasing the devastating effects of stroke through rapid medical attention and supporting the recovery of stroke survivors and their caregivers. F.A.S.T. is the acronym for the signs of a stroke. Face drooping, arm…
The Skinny on Elections
It’s election day, people—and with a tight governor’s race, some heated county races and a scandal-filled House race in District 54, suffice to say it’s been quite the election season. And that’s not even mentioning the ups and downs and predictions coming from national politics. When it comes to elections and voting, there’s a lot…
The Life of a Ballot
Mail-in voting allows voters a chance to research their candidates and vote in the comfort of their own homes—but it also affects the timeline for counties to process those ballots. In Deschutes County, the county clerk’s office is counting ballots for weeks before election day. Although the process may seem mundane, it’s visibly exciting for…
Midterm Elections Seeing Huge Turnout
As election day nears, voters across Oregon are setting a record for the largest voter turnout in a midterm election, nearly surpassing the turnout for the 2012 presidential election. “It is fantastic that over 881,715 Oregonians have already turned in their ballots,” said Secretary of State Dennis Richardson in a press release. “I encourage all…
Q&A: Andy Dunnigan of The Lil Smokies
With roots in traditional bluegrass, The Lil Smokies have blossomed into a leading player in progressive bluegrass circles. The quintet from Montana powers stellar songwriting and beautiful harmonies with the force of a rock band. The Source spoke with singer-songwriter and dobro player Andy Dunnigan ahead of their Sunday show at The Domino Room in…
Free Will Astrology—Week of November 1
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Penetralia” is a word that means the innermost or most private parts, the most secret and mysterious places. It’s derived from the same Latin term that evolved into the word “penetrate.” You Scorpios are of course the zodiac’s masters of penetralia. More than any other sign, you’re likely to know where…
World Music Rebels
As Bend continues to grow, the city attracts bigger-name performers, as well as more unique talents that may not have come in the past. Fortunately for people in Central Oregon, this area is on Dirtwire’s radar. Fans have the pleasure of welcoming them back to the Volcanic Theatre Pub this week, bringing a blend of…
Letters to the Editor
Amy Lowes For Deschutes County Amy Lowes — who is running for Deschutes Country Commissioner, Chair 1 —came here 22 years ago for the same reasons I did on my Harley from Connecticut in 1951, and many of you did earlier and later: the imagnificient beauty, wildlife and recreation recources our county offers. Farmers, ranchers,…
Master Pie Before the Holidays
Learn how to make the perfect all-butter pie crust from Pastry Chef Nickol Hayden-Cady just in time for Thanksgiving. At pie class each student will make their own crust, fillings and bake their pies to take home. Small bites and cider will be served. The three-hour class is offered twice in November at Foxtail Bakeshop.…
Thanksgiving Pie Fundraiser for Culinary Students
Maple sugar pumpkin pie, chocolate bourbon pecan pie, chai apple streusel… are you drooling now? Those tasty pies are for sale for $25 at the Cascade Culinary Institute to benefit the Culinary Club. Proceeds will be used to send students to the Pebble Beach Food & Wine Festival to volunteer and work with national and…
Move Right In
The singers that Portland’s Ural Thomas has counted among his contemporaries reads like the list of Lifetime Achievement Award winners. Thomas first forayed into a career in music back in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, performing with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding and James Brown. After taking a break from professional music, it…
Business Meating and Droop Dead Gorgeous
Business Meating A man asked me for my number at an event, saying he wanted to take me to dinner. I told him I’d just ended a relationship and wasn’t ready to date. Of course, he then said it’d be a business dinner, and I consented and wrote my number down. I feel that I…
Barrel Season
Time to clear some space in the ol’ beer shed. Just in time for consistently cold weather, Bendites will get to enjoy not one, not two, but three big-name barrel-aged beer releases in November. Available right now at Deschutes Brewery’s pub on Bond Street is the 2018 version of The Dissident, an “oud bruin” (old…
Haunted Housing
Most states require a seller’s property disclosure statement on the condition of a house—but many, including Oregon, do not require disclosure of prior deaths, crimes or other stigmas that might be associated with a home. A spooky or creepy history is important to many people, so how can they find out if the home has…
Photography Show Explores the Artistry of the Darkroom
In an ever-growing world of technology that brings new mediums and tools for artists to explore, Central Oregon Community College is still displaying interest in the archival process of photography. Next week, a new exhibit of student work titled “Shake That Shadow” will open at the Pence Pinckney Gallery, showcasing the work of 12 student…
No Voting System is Perfect
On Tuesday, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office reported the discovery of a batch of stolen mail on Bureau of Land Management land, including a number of unopened election ballots. For those not in support of vote-by-mail systems, this might seem like ammunition to help their cause. In this case, none of the ballots were opened,…
Winter Insider
The sun is shining and the leaves are blowing—but if snow lovers have their way, any day now the flakes will fly in the low country as well as the mountains. Let this Winter Insider issue be something like a rain dance, inviting the best parts of winter to get here, already. Is this the…
Apres: Coffee Spots
After a full day of snowboarding, skiing, snowshoeing — or whatever other winter excursion you’ve ventured out to do in the beautiful slice of heaven that is Central Oregon — these spots will let you warm your toes and chill out after a brisk outing. SPOKEN MOTO Have a passion for hand-roasted coffee and vintage…
Hockey in Bend: A First-Timer’s Story
The last time I played organized sports, I looked up at the scoreboard at the end of the game and asked my team, “Wait, are we Away or Home?” I clearly wouldn’t consider myself “competitive,” nor would I say I am very “good at sports”—but there’s a place for everyone in Bend hockey. My boyfriend has…
On Tap Gets Toasty
On Tap, the food truck lot on the east side near St. Charles, made changes just in time for colder weather. “Not only do we have two fire pits for those who enjoy outside seating,” said owner Laura Kramer, “but we also have five overhead heaters inside our newly enclosed bar area.” The enclosure features…
Pageantry on the Deschutes
Those who grew up in Bend may have fond memories of spending the 4th of July at Mirror Pond, watching colorful floats parade down the river. The first Bend Water Pageant was held in 1933, an effort by the Bend Chamber of Commerce. By the peak of the event’s popularity in 1940, Bend’s population exploded…
The Shape of You
When I was in fifth grade, my mom got married to a man with two boys—one my own age and one several years older. We all moved to a big ranch house with a barn and an old Quonset hut filled with bits of scrap metal, broken records and cobwebs. My older step-brother moved out…
Moscow’s Nutcracker
The Moscow Ballet returns to Bend Sunday as part of the company’s seventh international Dove of Peace Tour, with back-to-back performances of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” at the Tower Theatre. Dance students from Terpsichorean Dance Studio of Bend have been training under the guidance of an instructor from the Moscow Ballet since early September. They’ll play mice,…
Skate or Die
They don’t put an exact date on when “Mid90s” is set, but based on the music and some of the clothes, I’m guessing it’s either 1994 or 1995. I was 14. The main character in this film that represents Jonah Hill’s filmmaking debut is 13, thus making the movie one of the most personal experiences…
Backcountry 101
The first time I went backcountry skiing, I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I knew it would be more work than resort skiing because I had to ski/walk/shuffle or some combination of all three to get myself to the top of the run, but I didn’t realize that getting back down wouldn’t…
Hoodoo or Bachelor?
Snow riders, rejoice! It’s time to wax your planks, dig out the snow clothes and start doing squats in preparation for the upcoming season. The shops are full of this year’s gear, 10 Barrel’s got Pray For Snow on tap and in bottles, and who knows, snow enthusiasts may get another year where Mt. Bachelor…
Beacon to the Backcountry
When I meet Pete Keane in the office of Timberline Mountain Guides, he’s pretty clear he doesn’t necessarily want to be there. I don’t take it personally, though, because really, what human can compete with the grace and solitude of the mountains? “I like being out with people and instructing them and being out in…
Winter Picks
SATURDAY 11/10 BEND SNOW & AVALANCHE WORKSHOP SURVIVAL SKILLS Join the Central Oregon Avalanche Association on the COCC campus for a full day of speakers from around the country discussing topics ranging from risk and decision making to traveling safely through the backcountry. Beneficial to all levels of outdoor enthusiasts! 7am-7pm. Central Oregon Community College,…
It’s First Friday this week!
OPENING RECEPTION: “N O W H E R E” MICHAEL BOONSTRA Eugene artist Michael Boonstra’s exhibit examines the physical and experiential attributes of places and the limitations of representing landscapes. 5pm. At Liberty, 849 NW Wall St., Bend. Free. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ART & CULTURE Join the Latino Community Association and Rise Up International…
Protecting Elders From Abuse
The third annual Elder Abuse Conference is heading to Bend, taking place Nov. 8 and 9 at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes Convention Center. According to the Oregon Department of Justice, fighting elder abuse is a top priority for the DOJ and Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum. As the population of older residents continues to…
Election 2018
**LOOKING FOR ELECTION RESULTS? GO HERE. ** Talk to any candidate about their confidence in any given race, and chances are—even in the races that seem the surest wins—they’ll tell you they’re not holding their breath about winning. Party-line politics might play big in other parts of the state, but here in Central Oregon, a…
The Black Widow’s Sister Arrives
Let’s begin this story with the high points regarding the spider genus, Latrodectus and the family Theridiidae, most of which are commonly known as widow spiders. (If you visit Africa, however, you’ll find they have the common name of button spiders.) The accompanying drawing by my son Caleb is an African brown widow recently reported…
Budtender Olympics 2018!
They came. They rolled. They quizzed. And in the end, one awesome local emerged victorious in our annual contest of budtender prowess. For the second year in a row, we invited a budtender from each dispensary in Central Oregon to compete in our friendly competition that tests budtenders’ knowledge and skill, in four different rounds.…
Bottom’s Up
Want to absorb the health benefits of CBD, but not into smoking? CBD products have infiltrated the marketplace in a variety of forms, from tinctures to gummies to a wide array of beverages. We scoped out the local CBD beverage scene and found lots of options to please palates. Ablis Ablis may be the best…
The Leaflet — Fall 2018
Two times a year, the staff at the Source Weekly gets the pleasure of turning its focus to an industry that many of us didn’t believe would emerge in our lifetimes. But recreational cannabis is indeed a reality, and one the world is waking up to, as well. Canada legalized marijuana country-wide Oct. 17. Yay,…
Got Your Number
When Alex Berger noticed a lack of infused beverages within the Oregon medical marijuana industry in 2014, he wasted no time co-founding Magic Number. Originally a technical consultant from Cincinnati turned Oregonian, Berger saw the cannabis industry on the verge of recreation legalization and charged the scene. His goal: produce the best craft cannabis-brewed beverages…
What’s with Terpenes?
Pot Pop Quiz: When you go into a dispensary and see jars of flower, you probably look for three things: strain name, the THC content and whether it’s a sativa, indica or hybrid. What should you add to that list, and perhaps make most important? The answer is terpenes—or for those of you who are…
For Your Review
Whether joints or vapes are your method of consumption, here are a few items we like right now. Princewoodart portable rolling/stash box Sometimes, you just want a joint—the analog, OG method of consumption. Carrying around papers and weed in your pocket is fine, but a flat, stable rolling surface isn’t always readily available. This is…
