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Erin Rook

Erin was a writer and editor at the Source from 2013 to 2016.

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This Used to Be My Playground

Bend-La Pine Schools district accepts hotel developer’s $1.9 million offer on Troy Field
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On a recent weekday afternoon, Troy Field is bustling with activity. Children play a game of flag football while others lounge in the grass soaking up the summer sun. In the mornings and evenings, locals can be seen walking their dogs in the former Bend High athletic field. And every Memorial Day, Tracy Miller hosts […]

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Don’t Love That Dirty Water

Construction and tourist debris flood the Deschutes
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Last month, Jaik Goff was fishing on the Deschutes when he saw a large piece of black plastic floating downstream from the Colorado Whitewater Project. He quickly sprung into action, grabbed ahold of a sheet of construction material he says was 20-by-30 feet. and dragged it to the shore. After heaving it onto the riverbank, […]

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Side Notes 7/1-7/8

City Council talks transportation funding
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A local gas tax is creeping closer to the November ballot. At a special meeting of Bend City Council on Monday, councilors discussed the results of a survey by DHM Research that found 63 percent of respondents support a 10-cent gas tax. It’s no secret that Bend’s roads are in bad shape. Survey respondents confirmed […]

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Freedom Is Nothing Left To Lose

Bend City Council expands civil exclusion zone
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This weekend, revelers will flock to downtown Bend to celebrate Independence Day. Whether they realize it or not, they will also be crossing an invisible line into the City’s newly expanded civil exclusion zone, where an offense as minor as littering or underage drinking could get them 86’ed from the City’s core by police—all without […]

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What’s Legal?

When to smoke ’em and when to hold ’em
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Green light (legal July 1) Smoking or otherwise consuming marijuana at home or in other private places Starting a small (four plants maximum per residence) pot garden (out of public view) on your own property Possessing up to eight ounces of usable marijuana at home Carrying up to one ounce of usable marijuana on your […]

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Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em

As weed becomes legal, many wonder where to start
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The long-awaited time has arrived. Starting July 1, the recreational use of marijuana is legal in Oregon, converting the reported 15 percent of Oregonians who currently smoke into law-abiding citizens. And opening the door for many who either smoked back in the day, or are curious but dissuaded by things like illegality. “Oregon has a […]

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Spreading its Wings

Crow’s Feet Commons regains plaza, expands into former gallery
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Last August, fans of Crow’s Feet Commons were up in arms when the City declined to renew the bike/ski shop and café’s lease on a portion of the Mirror Pond Plaza in front of its building. But this summer, the City is singing a different tune. A new lease, effective June 5, grants an extension […]

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Side Notes 6/25-7/2

Bend Transit Gets Funding Boost
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Cascades East Transit announced a $3.4 million partnership to fund improvements to Bend’s bus system Friday in a press conference including elected officials, City staff, and local business and education leaders. The three-year partnership will facilitate the first meaningful expansion of the chronically underfunded transit system, which has not added hours or routes in the […]

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Someone’s in the Kitchen with an iPhone

FoodFu app brings cooking competitions home
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A couple years ago, Lisa Sipe and her husband Jim were looking for a way to entertain family visiting for Christmas. “Everyone loves cooking,” she explains. “So we played something similar to ‘Chopped.’” In the popular Food Network show, contestants are presented with a basket of seemingly incompatible ingredients and tasked with transforming them. A […]

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