by erin rook Petie Thom, sales manager at the Eastside Hutch’s Bicycles, says she usually starts by asking customers a series of basic questions to guide their search for the perfect bike, components, and accessories: Have you done any research? Where do you want to ride? What are your friends riding? Have you been to […]
Erin Rook
Erin was a writer and editor at the Source from 2013 to 2016.
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Ride On!
Bike rides, classes, and clinics
GROUP RIDES Hutch’s Club Rides One road and one mountain bike ride every month throughout the summer. Because these are “no drop” rides, no one gets left behind. Don’t have a mountain/road bike? Demos are half-price during club rides. Next ride: July 16. 6 pm. Hutch’s Eastside. Free. Hutch’s Hammer Ride Test your mettle against […]
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The Church of Rock
Melissa Etheridge sings to incite
Melissa Etheridge has been making raw, personal music for nearly 30 years. And while it’s been alternately referred to as folk and blues, to Etheridge it all comes back to rock. “I’ve just got to call it rock ‘n’ roll,” she tells the Source. “Because in the end, rock ‘n’ roll can only be defined […]
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The Not-So Wild West
The slow burn of legal weed in Bend
When the clock struck midnight on July 1, a large pro-pot contingent gathered on Portland’s Burnside Bridge under a cloud of smoke, celebrating the historic occasion with free cannabis, freely smoked. But in Bend, the celebration was more subdued. On July 1, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel let it be known that the legalization […]
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Side Notes 7/15-7/22
Rep. Knute Buehler (R-Bend) announced on his Facebook page Monday that he is entertaining the idea of running for Governor in 2016. “Next year’s election in Oregon will be unique with three statewide offices up for election without an elected incumbent. I have an important decision to make,” he wrote. “Should I run for re-election […]
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In Hot Water
Dead salmon discovered in warming lower Deschutes
Over the Fourth of July weekend, Steve Pribyl was hiking along the lower Deschutes River between Rattlesnake Rapid and Moody when a distressing sight caught his eye. The retired Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist and Deschutes River Alliance board member found about 13 dead or distressed sockeye salmon in shallow waters, says […]
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A Flower Childhood
On being raised by hippies
The term “hippie” often brings to mind an image of flowing blonde locks adorned with flowers, VW buses adorned with flowers, and polyester bellbottoms adorned with, yes, more flowers. But for Alice Finer, who grew up in an urban hippie commune in the 1970s, the hippie generation is defined by an earnest desire to create […]
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Side Notes 7/8-7/15
The lengthy process to redefine the City’s boundaries just took another step forward. The Urban Growth Boundary Steering Committee recently approved three options for Bend’s future footprint to be evaluated in more detail. The proposed scenarios came out of research and deliberations by City staff, consultants, and the UGB Technical Advisory Committee. The steering committee […]
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Drink Guide—Summer 2015
Yes, it is good to have routines, like James Bond always ordering the same drink, shaken, not stirred. But, we also think that it is a wide world of beverage choices out there and not worth limiting the horizons completely. For this edition of the Drink Guide, we have shuffled the order a bit—and beefed up the content. […]
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Interview: Bend Police Chief Jim Porter on the expansion of the civil exclusion zone
The Bend City Council recently approved an ordinance expanding the civil exclusion zone to cover downtown. We talked to Bend Police Chief Jim Porter to get the inside scoop on how the ordinance came about and how police plan to execute it. Source Weekly: Where and how did the conversation about expanding the civil exclusion […]
