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Little Bites: Sample Platter – Los Agaves, Bond Street Grill and Boken

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Los Agaves
A new amigo on the block, Los Agaves Mexican Grill in downtown Sisters has ignited the area's restaurant scene with an inventive take on familiar, south-of-the-border fare. Sporting the flowering green agave plant on their signs and menus, the famous herb from which tequila is derived, owner and head chef Jimmy Fernandez welcomes old friends and customers with his trademark grin and hospitality.
A quick glance at the lunch menu showed ten items priced between $6 and $7 and choices from Carnitas De Puerco, Chorizo Con Huevos, Quesadillas De Pollo or Tacos De Pescado with fresh Mahi fish. All lunches include two side orders and homemade chips with family recipe salsa.
Agaves also offers a daily happy hour, Mon – Fri, that runs from 2-6pm with small plates, including Jimmy's special nachos for just $4.

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Out of Town 3/23 – 3/31: She Wants Revenge, Gold Panda, Zion 1 and the Grouch, Ruby Feathers

In case you’re not going to be in Bend this weekend, here are our Out of Town picks.
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She Wants Revenge
As spring is beginning to lighten up the dark of winter, so is She Wants Revenge lightening up the genre of “dark dance” music. She Wants Revenge's funky electronic-alternative rock vibe helps you shake off the darkness of winter and embrace the slightly lighter chill of early spring. 9pm, Dante's.

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J MASCIS – Several Shades of Why

The guitar god comes through with a clean disc of well crafted songs.
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It wasn't until recently – Dinosaur Jr's 2009 album Farm, specifically – that I could even begin to understand J Mascis. Before that, he was just a gray-haired guitar god: a guru of geekery on the covers of Guitar World and other magazines I don't care about reading.

Posted inCulture

Our Picks for 3/23 – 3/31: Bent Blog Launch Party, Galactic, Igor & The Red Elvises, LA Guns, Pine Party, Tom Grant Band and more

What to do in Central Oregon the week of March 23-31, 2011.
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Bent Blog Launch Party
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Yes, there are a couple of big shows going down on Thursday night (see below) but before you head out to Greenwood Avenue, you should come over to Velvet and say hello to the staff of the Source, who will be celebrating the launch of our new(ish) blog, Bent. We're giving away hella (yeah, we mean hella) CDs, books and other stuff. Also, the drinks are cheap. 7pm. Velvet, 805 NW Wall St.

Posted inOpinion

Concealing the Facts About Concealed-Carry

The Oregon legislature decides that concealed weapon permits can remain secret.
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Shirley Katz, a teacher at South Medford High School, wanted to bring her 9-mm Glock to school. The school district thought that wasn't such a good idea.
That was the start of a legal battle that Katz ultimately lost. It also was the start of a battle between the rights of gun owners and the right of the public to access crucial information. That battle is still going on – and the public, at this point, is losing.
Prompted by the Katz case, the Medford Mail Tribune asked the Jackson County sheriff for the names of all county residents who had concealed-carry permits. The sheriff refused. The Mail Tribune took him to court. It won, first in Jackson County Circuit Court and then in the Oregon Court of Appeals.
That should have been the end of the story, but it wasn't.

Posted inOpinion

Five-Star Gourmet Straight Poop at Fast-Food Prices

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Monday, March 14
Staring into the abyss: Japan fears nuclear disaster as explosion damages reactor and radiation levels rise … Really lousy timing: Aflac fires Gilbert Gottfried as voice of the Aflac duck after he tweets lame jokes like: “Japan is really advanced. They don't go to the beach. The beach comes to them” … Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour fires aide for joking that Otis Redding's “Dock of the Bay” isn't popular in Japan right now … Royals gotta stick together: Saudi Arabia sends troops into neighboring Bahrain as royal family asks for help to quell uprising … Nothing like an open mind: National Rifle Association boss Wayne LaPierre refuses to meet with President Obama. “Why should I or the NRA go sit down with a group of people that have spent a lifetime trying to destroy the Second Amendment in the United States?” he says … Surprisingly, this did not happen in Arizona: During discussion about shooting feral swine from helicopters, Kansas State Rep. Virgil Peck suggests using same tactic on illegal immigrants. He later says it was a joke. Maybe he should be a writer for Gilbert Gottfried.

Posted inOpinion

Bulletin Should Stop Attacking Flaherty

Letter to the editor: The Bulletin should stop it’s attack on Flaherty.
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The integrity of John Costa should be questioned, not our new district attorney.
I can tell you from first-hand experience as a candidate last summer that Costa uses his paper to protect his personal and political interests, and to slander those who do not represent them.

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Remembering Romero

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During his recent trip to Latin America, President Obama paid homage to the assassinated Archbishop Oscar Romero, an El Salvadoran hero famous for standing with the poor during the war-torn 1980s. Oscar Romero was assassinated while giving mass 31 years ago this week.

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Sliding Snow: Some avalanche information is better than none

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It's been a year since Wesley Amos, a 28-year-old man from La Pine who loved the exploring the backcountry on his snowmobile, was killed when he was caught in an avalanche near Paulina Peak. Amos was riding on a slope frequented by snowmobilers that historically has been stable. Still, on that day the weight of his snow mobile was enough to release an estimated 200-yard wide slip. While the incident remains an outlier in relatively avalanche immune Central Oregon, it illustrates the dangers of travel, both motorized and non-motorized, in the vast terrain around Bend.
While there are no concrete numbers on backcountry travel, Forest Service representatives, backcountry guides and members of the Central Oregon Avalanche Association agree, backcountry usage is on the rise in Oregon. Whether it is snowshoeing, snowmobiling, cross country or backcountry skiing, the evidence is in our increasingly crowded sno-parks.

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