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Richard Sitts grew up in the midwest, mostly in Kansas. After earning a journalism degree from Kansas State University, he worked in various capacities at newspapers in Kansas, New York, New Mexico, California and Colorado, before arriving in Bend several years ago. Highlights included working as a bureau reporter covering the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Ariz., copy editing and writing stories for the Albuquerque Tribune, and serving as editor for a group of four weekly newspapers in central California. Once, between journalism jobs in Houston, he worked as the assistant stage manager at an old school, burlesque dinner theater. The second show every night, the dancers performed topless, as he moved curtains and props, and operated the dry ice fog machine.
Chicago was my very first rock ‘n’ roll concert, on March 14, 1971, at the Tulsa Assembly Center, and it was cathartic. We were juniors in high school, just shy of driving privileges, so my dad drove a buddy and me down to T-Town from Independence, Kansas. Dad was a great sport, willing to hang […]
When she was crowned “Miss Czhilispiel” in her Texas hometown in 1998, Tara Songey’s royal duties included riding on parade floats in the thick Texas heat and humidity. She recalls the floats as “foil frying pans” and laughs as she remembers, “just melting and wearing that heavy crown.” Fast forward to today and she is […]
Things were going well for McKenzie McCulloch in his young radio career. First, he completed an internship at Central Oregon’s community radio station, KPOV, and was four years into hosting his own show, “Ken and the Kindred Spirits,” airing Sundays, where he goes by his radio name, Ken McKenzie. Then Bend Radio Group hired him […]
A recent post from a friend on Facebook is one of those Top 10 lists that people are challenged to make. You know, like, what are the Top 10 activities you enjoy doing during the COVID-19 quarantine. Usually, I have little desire to participate, but this challenge really piqued my interest. A friend posted that he […]
After the alarm clock jolted us awake at 3 a.m. for a flight from Redmond to Salt Lake City, Utah, it would be nearly 24 hours before our heads hit pillows again. Over a four-day run, my wife, Floy, and I would see five features, three documentaries and two collections of shorts during the 2020 […]
OK, Central Oregonians of all ages, warm up those vocal chords, put on those dancing shoes and get stoked to “Twist and Shout.” Following a two-year hiatus, the popular Beatles Singalong is back. The event is a fundraiser for Bend’s only nonprofit community radio station, KPOV, taking place Saturday at the Boys and Girls […]
Tucked away in a strip mall on the east side of Third Street, Tomo can be easy to miss. The unassuming sushi restaurant has been a locals’ under-the-radar favorite for years and recently underwent a change in ownership. Portland native Jeremy Letter took over July 1, buying the restaurant from longtime executive chef Emerson Jespersen […]
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Matthew Williams has a goal: Helping clients move stored-up pain out of the body. As a board-certified structural integrationist, Williams says his work on the body can be intense at times. He calls the process, “movement re-education.” The goal is to develop a “recipe” for changing a person’s habit of movements. “You can’t fundamentally change […]
Tod Heisler might as well have river water running through his veins. He was recently hired as the director of the Rivers Conservation Program within Central Oregon LandWatch, and before that he led the Deschutes River Conservancy for 15 years. His 30 years of conservation experience began with the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C., […]
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