Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center 4550 SW Airport Way Prineville, OR 97754 Contact: Media Desk: 541-416-6811 NEW! NEW! NEW!!! Email: Centralorfireinfo@gmail.com Twitter: @CentralORfire For more information visit: CentralORfireinfo.blogspot.com FIRE NEWS—Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center For Immediate Release: July 24, 2014 10:20 a.m. Central Oregon MORNING Fire Update YELLOW Highlight indicates changed information since the last […]
Phil Busse
Phil Busse has done his tour of duty with alt-weeklies, starting in 1992 right after graduation from Middlebury College as the first environmental beat reporter for San Francisco Weekly. After a brief detour through the University of Oregon School of Law, Phil returned to writing as the first Managing Editor for Portland Mercury. In 2006, he started the Media Institute for Social Change in Portland, through which he continues to host a summer program teaching college students to produce documentaries.
Until he was 25 or so, Phil thought that he would be a spy, and took scuba lessons to prepare, and learned to drive a motorcycle and an 18-wheeler. Perhaps, then, it is unsurprising that his favorite holiday is the Fourth of July (he loves blowing stuff up). He feels at home with Joseph Conrad's fictional characters.
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U.S. Dept. of Justice closes ADA case against City of Bend
PRESS RELEASE: The City of Bend received a letter on July 23, 2014, stating that the U.S. Department of Justice has closed its files on the City’s 2004 Project Civic Access Settlement Agreement for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The letter from the Department of Justice says, “Your City has acceptably progressed […]
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Editor’s Note: This week’s issue
On the surface, Central Oregon is as normal as apple pie. About the biggest oddities are people’s very detailed obsessions with their sports and health. But this week we tapped a bit beneath that normal-seeming surface and found a few oddities—most in the form of roadside attractions. It was a fun week for us, looking […]
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Stroke It
Getting started on triathlons is as easy as one arm in front of the other
“The swim in the triathlon is the shortest leg,” explains Rick Floyd, a local professional triathlete and swim coach. “But,” he cautions, “it can be the most challenging for beginners.” Although probably too late to start training for the Deschutes Dash this weekend (Sat. & Sun., Old Mill District), if you happen to get bit […]
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What Goes Up
Mt Bachelor Downhill Bike Park gives you your dessert without having to eat your spinach!
When asked if it is cheating to have a chair lift carry your bike (and you) to the top of Mt Bachelor, and then just let gravity do the work, Mike Shannon, manager for Bend Cyclery, laughs. “Not at all,” he says. “There is still a lot of cardo and physical workout that comes along […]
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Fire Update: The rain helped, the lightning didn’t
Central Oregon MORNING Fire Update YELLOW Highlight indicates changed information since the last Update Central Oregon- A Red Flag Warning for abundant lightning is in effect until 5 p.m. this afternoon for lands within the Central Oregon management area. From approximately 3 p.m. yesterday through this morning 59 new incidents were reported to the Central […]
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Fire Reports – afternoon updates
Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center 4550 SW Airport Way Prineville, OR 97754 Contact: Media Desk: 541-416-6811 NEW! NEW! NEW!!! Email: Centralorfireinfo@gmail.com Twitter: @CentralORfire For more information visit: CentralORfireinfo.blogspot.com FIRE NEWS—Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center For Immediate Release: July 22, 2014 1:45 p.m. Central Oregon MORNING Fire Update YELLOW Highlight indicates changed information since the last […]
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Central Oregon MORNING Fire Update
Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center 4550 SW Airport Way Prineville, OR 97754 Contact: Media Desk: 541-416-6811 Twitter: CentralORfire Email: coidcincidentinformation@gmail.com For more information visit: CentralORfireinfo.blogspot.com FIRE NEWS—Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center For Immediate Release: July 20, 2014, 10:30 a.m. Central Oregon MORNING Fire Update YELLOW Highlight indicates changed information since the last Update Fire Name […]
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PICK: Bend Experimental Art Theatre Presents Lord of the Flies
Aw, sucks to your ass-mar, this is the greatest story about adolescence, in all of its conflict, wildness, cruelty, bullying and noble attempts to tame the savage. With a massive and energetic cast of 6 to 19-year-olds, Bend Experimental Art Theatre successfully and beautifully corrals Lord of the Flies onto the stage. 7 pm Thursday-Saturday, […]
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FIRE NEWS, from Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center
Ochoco Complex- New Complex Ochoco National Forest Service Prineville BLM Oscar Fire 17 miles E of Post Lava Fire Near the junction of FS Road 22 and FS Road 4210, near the NW corner of Big Summit Prairie Fox Fire 3 miles NW of the North Fork Wilderness Study area, near FS Road 4230. Broadway […]
