The new covered food cart pod on the corner of Hartford Avenue and Columbia Street (near Hutch’s Bicycles and next to Real Food Bistro’s cart) is closer to opening. The plan is to be up in running in August. A month ago owner David Staley was unsure as to whether he’d be able to serve […]
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Cascade Cycling Classic is On!
Sam Wiebe Bend’s Alex Candelario is in top form and looking to crush this week. The 34th annual, six-stage Cascade Cycling Classic kicked off today with a short prologue. Head to the Tetherow club house to see today’s finish (the men don’t even start until 7pm and the short 2.5-mile course will take only minutes […]
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Pacific Power in Standoff with Mirror Pond Management Board
The mood was TENSE in today’s Mirror Pond Management Board meeting as its members, one after another, put Pacific Power representative Angela Price on the spot. The meeting was originally arranged so that project manager Jim Figurski could share the results from the latest survey. But what followed could only be described as a standoff […]
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Bike Town USA . . . Really?
Bend could do more to encourage bike commuting. But first residents should step up.
City Councilor Victor Chudowsky always gets a prime parking spot out front of Thump Coffee in downtown Bend. That’s because parking at the popular café isn’t a problem. At least not for bike commuters. Rather than another conventional parallel car parking space, similar to those lining the rest of Minnesota Avenue, a string of fire-engine […]
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Tour Tech
Bling at this week's Cascade Cycling Classic
Over the past year, cycling technology has seen great gains—from aerodynamic helmets that actually make riders faster, to sexy hydraulic rim road brakes that offer super modulation and stopping ease. Now that the Tour de France is well under way, the public is getting its first glimpse of the latest in tour tech. This week, […]
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Gary’s No Quit Wit
Worthy rolls out tribute beer for Gary Bonacker, Tour des Chutes
On July 10, Bend beer drinkers will get to raise a pint of “Gary’s No Quit Wit,” Worthy Brewing’s latest creation, in honor of Bend living legend Gary Bonacker, Sunnyside Sports co-owner and mountain bike pioneer. Also, cancer fighter and creator of Tour des Chutes, a benefit ride he created. Ten years ago Bonacker was […]
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Vote for Your Favorites. It’s Easy! It’s the “Best Of!”
Not sure what to do with that paper ballot in the “Best Of” ballot issue? There’s an easier way to vote for all of your favorite things in Central Oregon! Do it online—from our website! Step 0: Go to our homepage, bendsource.com. Step 1: Click on the box that says “Vote Here!” and features an […]
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BREAKING! U.S. Eclipsed by Mexico as Fattest Country
Flickr via Joe13 Yep. It’s true. As another can of Coke was drained, and another McRib consumed, Mexico’s adult obesity rate hit the 32.8% mark, narrowly eclipsing the U.S. obesity rate of 31.8%, according to a United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) report. The news, as reported by Huffington Post and others, makes Mexico […]
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Swayze Summer Starts Next Week with Point Break!
“If you want the ultimate, you gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price.” – Bodhi (aka Patrick Swayze) Here’s a smart thing to do next week: Go see Point Break, the 1991 Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) directed surf/bank robber movie starring Keanu Reeves and one of the world’s greatest actors, Patrick […]
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New Old Timey
The Rise of Americana: How traditional American music and culture became cool
More than any medium, music carries its sense of place. Or, at least that is how it once was. Say Liverpool, and what do you hear? See? Or consider a few years later after the British Invasion, when the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Janis Joplin delivered the Haight-Ashbury scene—and all of its flower power, […]
