The knock against Old Mill Brew Wërks has always been its abysmal location; it was like finding the witch in the wardrobe. Tucked on the bottom floor of a multistory office complex on the fringes of the Old Mill shopping area, the little pub was hard to find even if one went looking for it. […]
James Williams
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Beer of the Week: Swill
It’s been decided: This is the beer of summer. Refreshing, low alcohol (4.5% ABV) and lightly sweet Swill is the latest release from 10 Barrel‘s brew wizard Tonya Cornett. Officially, the beer is a Berliner-Weisse, a cloudy sour wheat. In Germany, in the 19th century, it was the most popular alcoholic drink in the country. […]
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Cradle to Grave
How to compete, whether you’re a pup or an old dog
Nature doesn’t care how old you are. Neither does Alder Butsch, 11, or Don Leet, 62, two Bend athletes from two very different backgrounds—and eras. Leet, an accomplished mountain biker and co-owner of Sunnyside Sports, was already receiving AARP mailings when Butsch, a sponsored snowboarder, was a bump in the belly. The two may have […]
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Teach Your Children
Coming Back Stronger
Shon Rae has a relationship with her two boys, 17 and 19, that other moms would give up grandma’s secret gumbo recipe for. Last Saturday, Rae, an attractive and toned 41-year-old with shoulder-length blonde braided pigtails, explored the rolling, dusty trails west of Shevlin Park with her eldest, who was visiting home on a weekend […]
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Put On the Big Girl Pants
How to run a business, and a household,
on your own
“My father taught me: Take care of the people who take care of you,” explained Summer Ramsey. That scratch-my-back-I’ll-scratch-yours motto is both her business ethic and her commitment to her friends and family. A 35-year-old with reddish-brown hair, silver nose ring and a big, bright smile, Ramsey is a mother of two and owns her […]
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Top Five Most Underrated Moms
Marie Curie, sure. But what about Tina Turner?
History is rarely made by well-behaved single moms. Someone really should make a bumper sticker of that. The Source gives five top choices for our favorite, historical single moms: Sacagawea (1788—1812): While Lewis & Clark & Company complained the whole way westward (Oh, Meriwether, my feet hurt. Oh, William, how much further? Jeez, Meriwether, you […]
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Running Form Clinic Tonight—With Real Professionals
How to run efficiently. Remember when we wrote about Jay Dicharry and his fancy treadmill, the one that cost more than my house and measures impact forces in 3D? He’s giving a talk tonight at Rebound Physical Therapy (the Westside Clinic, 1160 SW Simpson) and will be joined by local running legends Max King and […]
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Where Men Can Be Men
A look at Bend’s barber culture
One hundred years ago the most popular men’s haircut was a tapered look—tight and clean on the sides and longer on top. For 20 cents men could look like Al Capone or Calvin Coolidge. Or Forrest Gump. And for the last 90 years, the Metropolitan Barber Shop on Wall Street has not only provided such […]
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NOW More than Ever
Forced to cancel fundraising event, The Nature of Words needs community support
Times are tough for The Nature of Words, the Bend-based literary nonprofit. In January, NOW released its executive director, Robert McDowell, less than one year after the Ashland poet, author and founder of Story Line Press failed to raise sufficient funds for the organization. And last week, NOW announced the cancellation of Bookplate, an annual […]
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Terror on the Tooth
Bend climber grabs first ascent in the Alaska Range
After covering nearly 3,500 vertical feet in a single 24-hour push, Chris Wright and Scott Adamson arrived at their first resting spot exhausted, cold, shaken and ready for sleep. It would prove elusive. The pair was attempting to camp on a ledge the size of a coffee table, their feet dangling into the void; dehydration […]
