Erin Rook
Erin was a writer and editor at the Source from 2013 to 2016.
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PICK: Balloons Over Bend
Balloons Over Bend BALLOONS—The annual children’s festival starts bright and early with a morning hot air balloon launch, but the highlight of the day is the Night Glow—when balloons backlit by the roaring fire inside, like giant fireflies, float up into the starry sky just after dusk. Watch from below or, if you’re feeling bold, […]
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What in the World: Malaysian Flight MH17, California Drought Hypocrisy, and Nelson Mandela Day
TRAGEDY: The Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 reportedly shot down near the border of Russia and the Ukraine is believed to have been carrying as many as 108 AIDS activists and researchers en route to the 20th International AIDS Conference in Australia. While many are hopeful that the number is much lower than that, a number of […]
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What in the World: Hump Day Video Edition with Weird Al, Jenny Lewis and Jon Stewart
“Weird Al” Yankovich (remember him?) is back with a new album, and eight days worth of video releases to support it. Today’s video, “Word Crimes,” which takes on Robin Thicke‘s “Blurred Lines,” is an obvious contender for Stuff Journalists Like. But it’s also great because it allows us to listen to that catchy melody without feeling dirty. […]
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I’ve Never: Shot a Gun
Playing cowboy with the Pine Mountain Posse
As the first child born to overprotective parents, I am naturally predisposed to approach life with caution. As such, I’ve always had a healthy respect (read: mild fear) for anything that can cause loss of life or limb. Chief among those agents of potential death and destruction—guns. (Cue eye rolls from all the native Central […]
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Speed Cycle
Criterium brings cyclists flying through downtown
The 35th Annual Cascade Cycling Classic has arrived. Like many cycling events, it brings a large number of people and bicycles to the area. But unique to this event is the massively popular criterium race, which takes over the downtown core with the whir of sleek bodies and spinning wheels—and throngs of captivated spectators. “For […]
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Out of Town 7/17-7/24
portland thursday 17 Tiny Ruins New Zealand indie folk band Tiny Ruins started out as a solo project by Hollie Fullbrook, and even though the group’s second album features a full band, its languid, dreamy sound is still carried by Fullbrook’s bird-like warbling. Alternately channeling the sound of a whistle in the wind and a […]
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Killer Tofu
Local scientist warns Bend of GMO risks
Dr. Ray Seidler, a retired Oregon State University professor and former microbiologist for the Environmental Protection Agency, is on a mission to educate local communities about what he says are the dangers of allowing genetically modified organisms into the food supply unlabeled and unregulated. The scientist says he was spurred to action after reading an […]
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What in the World: Flowers in Beards, Journos in Detention, and Fires in Central Oregon
FASHION: It’s been said that beards have reached their peak and are on their way out of style, but can fusing facial hair with flower chains postpone their demise? You be the judge. Also, please send us photos of your Bend floral beard crowns. (Mic) IMMIGRATION: Activist and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who came out three years ago about his […]
