At a recent public meeting, about 30 community members and a handful of children shared their dismay at the anticipated loss of de facto downtown park Troy Field. They urged representatives from the Bend-La Pine School District—who recently accepted a $1.9 million offer from an out-of-area developer—not to seek a removal of the existing public […]
Erin Rook
Erin was a writer and editor at the Source from 2013 to 2016.
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Side Notes
There are currently more than 10 active fires in Oregon, according to InciWeb, a government incident information system. Of those, the Canyon Creek Complex Fire is the largest, at 105,684 acres and 49 percent contained as of press time. More than 900 firefighters are currently working on that blaze, include six National Guard units. In […]
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Things That Go Hump in the Night
Dan Savage’s HUMP! Film Festival showcases porn for the people
Does the world really need more porn? Depending on whose statistics you trust, the internet is comprised of somewhere between 4 and 37 percent “adult” content. The problem, if you ask advice columnist Dan Savage, is that it’s all more or less the same, and rarely authentic. That’s why he started the HUMP! Film Festival, […]
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Cool Confections
The Barge caters to floaters seeking sweet treats
Nothing says summer like a float down the river, or the sound of an ice cream truck crawling through neighborhoods playing a tinny rendition of “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” The Barge, which officially launched last weekend, combines those summer essentials with what is essentially a floating ice cream truck. Anchored just upstream from the […]
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Fire in the Blood
Warm Springs women carry on a family firefighting tradition
Yvette Leecy walks through the fire camp like it’s her home—and in many ways, it is. She stops to greet the crew serving meals to firefighters, grabbing a sack lunch and asking how long they’ve been working fires. Some are relatives, others are coworkers, none are strangers. It’s this knack for working with people—combined with […]
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Out to Dry
WaterWatch puts irrigation districts on notice over frog deaths
WaterWatch of Oregon says that agencies responsible for management of the Crane Prairie, Wickiup, and Crescent Lake dams and reservoirs are causing harm to the threatened Oregon spotted frog. And if they don’t take action to comply with federal law, the conservation organization intends to sue. The 60-day notice filed by WaterWatch on August 12 […]
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Pro-Life Group Protests Bend Planned Parenthood
Side Notes 8/26-9/2
Last Saturday, Central Oregon Right to Life protested the Bend Planned Parenthood clinic, calling on lawmakers to defund the women’s health nonprofit. The protest was part of a nationwide demonstration against the organization, which critics claim sells fetal tissue for profit in violation of federal law. Planned Parenthood denies the allegations, which opponents say are […]
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Rep. Knute Buehler says he won’t run for Governor
Rep. Knute Buehler (R-Bend) says that he won’t run for Governor in 2016, as he previously suggested he might, and will instead run for re-election to the Oregon House. But he did leave the door open to a gubernatorial run further in the future. “This was a highly personal rather than a political decision,” Buehler […]
