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For those counting, the last time local stars Larry and His Flask played together was a year ago this month. Typical for this high energy, self-styled “Post-Americana” rock band, the “This Remedy West Coast Tour” included 14 shows in five western states over the span of about two weeks. With a year passing since then, […]
“Be sure to hide the roaches.” —”Pre-Road Downs,” Crosby, Stills & Nash The year was 1969. Crosby, Stills & Nash were flying high on the music charts and I was a 16-year-old in a suburb north of Boston. The band’s message about “hiding the roaches” (the remains of a marijuana cigarette after most of it […]
According to Redmond mayor George Endicott, the changes happening right now in his city are nothing short of a renaissance—thanks in large part to Urban Renewal funds. Let this fact sink in for a moment: Redmond’s population has doubled since 2000. Now at about 30,000 residents, Redmond’s yearly growth rate has been about 6.7%; Bend’s […]
Could you be an A-Fibber? Apparently having run five Boston Marathons, one New York Marathon (2:37 in 1981…OK, so it was 38 years ago…), numerous road and trail races and even the very first Bend marathon (at age 50, 16 years ago) isn’t enough to inoculate me from a recent diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, called […]
Over the past seven months, Redmond voters have shot down two separate bond measures that would have funded school and parks infrastructure. During last November’s election, the Redmond School District put a $70 million bond in front of voters. The bond would have replaced the 54-year-old M.A. Lynch Elementary School, as well as improving safety […]
Let’s get this out of the way up front: I’m an eccentric baby boomer. I mute ads on commercial radio stations and do the same thing while watching TV… drives my wife crazy. I cannot stand the onslaught of drug advertisements—and don’t get me started on political ads. And I’m cheap. I love Spotify, but […]
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