The Tumalo Langlauf Club has worked diligently this fall to get the Meissner Community Ski Area ready for winter. Yesterday, some partiers visited the Meissner Shelter and managed to trash the place and leave beer bottles and cans and, most sadly, burn up a quantity of the wood that had been split and stored for wintertime visitors.
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Parkway Safety Starts With Landscaping
We've all been hearing about tragedies on the south end of Bend's parkway. We don't want to have people needlessly killed and injured here, or have Bend be known for its highway death trap. Certainly, an over-the-road pedestrian bridge would save lives. Considering where our tax dollars get wasted, this would be a smart alternative. But, something needs to be done now. I'm not a politician or business executive, but I've been a landscaper here since the 1970s.
Posted inCulture
Trilogy of Error: Hereafter grasps at profundity by tying three dull stories together
Eastwood’s Hereafter isn’t his best entry.
Here's a handy tip for any aspiring screenwriter out there: Let's say you have three or four moderately interesting but half-baked story ideas and can't figure out how to develop any one of them into a feature-length narrative. Why don't you just combine them into a single script and make everything seem deeper and more profound than it really is?
Posted inOutside
Winter Work is Underway: Expect more good things next spring
Winter is upon us, but the singletrack trails are still open.
Although winter seems to be “officially here,” as Bend's esteemed godfather of mountain biking Bob Woodward wrote last week, it doesn't mean the Central Oregon mountain biking opportunities have disappeared. All those suggestions are worthy. The enthusiasts can get our tires on dirt yearround; it just becomes a matter of clothing over weather. Make sure you head out well prepared, not only for cold, but for darkness as well. Keep in mind also as snow levels fluctuate and trails become snowed in, not only is the biking more difficult, but so is the emergency access. Please be careful out there!
Posted inCulture
Ain't War Hell? Latest Medal of Honor is a demotion
Medal of Honor’s newest installment is a step backward for the franchise.
I’ve been dropped into so many war zones I no longer notice the details – the golden chains of bullets strung through the air, pings and pops from various calibers of shots, voices screaming in English and whatever non-English my opponents scream…
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The Poop Inside My Pants
I'd like you to stop whatever you're doing right now, and deeply inhale the inside of my pants. Now: what do you smell? Perhaps… nutmeg? Maybe a touch of lavender? The lingering scent of last night's sex sweat mixed with a trace of Axe Body Spray? Okay, so tell me this: What's missing? CORRECT! Poop. There is not the slightest scent of poop inside my trousers. And NO, this is NOT a good thing!
Posted inFood & Drink
Bringing the Islands to the North Side: Bend Fish Company adds Hawaiian fare to its menu
Bend Fish Company adds another option to its menu with new Hawaiian recipes.
Five years doesn't qualify a business as an “institution,” but given the recent mortality rate for Bend restaurants, we need an apt label for tenacious establishments like Bend Fish Company. “For the first 18 months… we hit a home run, but then the [stuff] hit the fan,” recalls Mike West who, along with his wife Cynthia, started the eatery in 2005. “We've survived, but lately it's been hard and we've had to find other revenue streams.”
Posted inOpinion
Restoring Sanity
A protester was stomped by Tea Party members this week, and that’s just a bit of the insanity.
The author is reporting from D.C., in a mall full of hipsters and hippies all looking to restore sanity, and someone named Molly.
A bizarro world was revealed on Sunday when Republican National Committee chairman Michael “Not of” Steele and Republican smear-mongerer Karl “Turd Blossom” Rove appeared on opposite talk shows. As Steele insisted on having no knowledge of shadow groups pumping billions (yes, billions – this election will cost $3.2 billion) into Congressional races on “Meet the Press,” Rove brought papers proving the dirty money and donor nondisclosures to “Face the Nation.” Steele is under fire in his party for not raising enough or supporting GOP candidates in need, yet still predicted, “An unprecedented wave on election day that’s going to surprise a lot of people.” Meanwhile, from his alternative universe, Rove is flush with cash and blaming “liberals” for inventing this mess, calling it and the Tea Party, “wholesome, patriotic and incredibly positive for the country.”
Posted inOpinion
That Weird Anti-Dallas Brown Ad
A third party attack ad on Deschutes County Commission candidate doesn’t pass the smell test.
Richard Gorby likes Tony DeBone. He really, really likes him.
He likes the Republican candidate for Deschutes County Commission so much, in fact, that he made radio ads supporting him and attacking his Democratic opponent, Dallas Brown. Recorded them in his own voice and paid for them with his own money.
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Newspaper Integrity
WTF is up with the wrap around political ads in our daily papers?
The front page of the newspaper has always been held with a certain amount of reverence within the world of journalism. So it was disappointing to see that our local newspaper saw fit to serve up this past Sunday's paper wrapped in a political ad for the extremely partisan Central Oregon Association of Realtors.