Facing reelection in November and with a number of Republicans champing at the bit to challenge the first-term senator, Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) made a stop at Bend’s Central Oregon Community College last Saturday for a town hall. It is all part of his 36-county tour around Oregon. Although Stanford and Princeton, where Merkley received his […]
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A Facility for All Seasons
No snow? No problem. Cascade Indoor Sports offers adult dodgeball and more
On a recent Friday, I watched nearly two dozen peewee football players form tight huddles, each on opposite ends of a green Astroturf field inside one of the two Cascade Indoor Sports buildings. In a fit of giggles, the offensive team, in yellow pennies, unleashed an unorthodox trick play that can best be described as […]
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VIDEO: Local Mountain Bikers Shred Mt. Bachelor on (limited) Snow
With minimal snow and the Dirksen Derby course still up, Bend’s Kirt Voreis and Carson Storch took to the hill for a studded-tire smack down. Local photographer and videographer Pete Alport was on hand to shoot.Way to make hay, fellas.
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What in the World? Today’s News!
Get it together, L.A. A 13-member citizen report released on Wednesday says the city of angles is suffering from “a crisis of leadership and direction,” and cites traffic and poverty as two of the biggest issues. The council was convened by city council president, Herb Wesson. Syria (starts) to stand down. On Tuesday, Syria, a […]
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What in the World? Todays News!
Stranded Antarctic explorers, saved! Today, a Chinese helicopter plucked all 52 passengers from a Russian boat that has been trapped by ice near Antarctica since Dec. 24. Goodbye, Mayor Bloomberg! Hello, Mayor de Blasio. Yesterday, New Yorkers welcomed new mayor Bill de Blasio during his inauguration speech. President Clinton swore in the progressive new Mayor […]
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Pour Me Another!
Central Oregon taps another batch of breweries
Platypus Pub Though the name is familiar—Platypus is a basement pub famous for serving hard-to-find beers—the Third Street bar has gone beyond pouring and recently entered the brewing arena with outstanding results. See the exceptional (and tongue twisterly named) Haste Ye’ Back Scottish Wee Heavy (8.5% ABV) for proof of their brewing prowess. “We’re selling […]
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Bend on Ice
A new, full-sized public ice rink is little more than a year away
Ashley Chally thinks the next Kristi Yamaguchi or Mario Lemieux could come from Bend. It makes sense. Already, Central Oregon is the high-desert home to a healthy collection of the country’s strongest athletes—from runners, to snowboarders, rock climbers, cyclists (road, mountain and cyclocross), nordic skiers and whitewater kayakers. And with an ice rink befitting the […]
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SCREENING TONIGHT: McConkey at The Tower Theatre
Extreme skiing pioneer Shane McConkey, who died skiing in 2009, must have been one of the most filmed athletes of all time. Since boyhood, McConkey, an affable daredevil, was obsessed with taking calculated risks—most of which were captured on camera. Using carefully selected clips, the directors of McConkey expertly match old footage with current interviews […]
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Bend to Host USA Cycling XC and Enduro National Champs, 2015 and 2016
Mt. Bachelor’s trails will be two years old when the races come to town. Visit Bend is doing a good job with the bike-race-hosting thing. It was just announced that our city would be the site of the USA Cycling 2015 and 2016 cross-country and enduro national championship mountain bike races. What’s most interesting about […]
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Cruxing Out
Don’t waffle on last minute beer gifts—choose
Crux’s new barrel-aged brews
On Saturday, Crux Fermentation Project released three beautifully packaged, experimental bottled beers: Freakcake Barrel-Aged Oud Bruin Ale, Banished Doublecross Dark Belgian Ale and Half Hitch Imperial Mosaic IPA. And, bonus!, the Bend brewery re-released Tough Love Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout. All are impressive, and available locally (look for them in 375-milliliter, wax-sealed bottles), but the lightly […]
