Source Weekly, Author at The Source - Bend, Oregon

More Than Just the McKenzie: Exploring fall colors on the wet side

Ahh, rain and fall colors. Does it get any better than this? I just rode the McKenzie River Trail (MRT) and even when it’s raining you stay mostly dry underneath the high canopy of old growth forest that covers this trail.

Source WeeklySeptember 22, 2010October 9, 2023

Ahh, rain and fall colors. Does it get any better than this? I just rode the McKenzie River Trail (MRT) and even when it's raining you stay mostly dry underneath the high canopy of old growth forest that covers this trail. Fall colors are just beginning to show themselves and it only gets better as winter approaches. The MRT is one of those classic rides – very scenic, plenty of challenges for every level of mountain biker and a full day immersed in some spectacularly pristine nature. I liken riding the McKenzie to a biking baptism, as it has a renewing effect.

Opinion

Civil War! Dispatches from post-Tea Party America

The author is reporting from Fort Pocahontas, not where John(s) Smith's and Rolfe's sexy squaw made camp, but where the United States Colored Troops defeated the Rebels in 1864.

Source WeeklySeptember 22, 2010January 4, 2023

The author is reporting from Fort Pocahontas, not where John(s) Smith's and Rolfe's sexy squaw made camp, but where the United States Colored Troops defeated the Rebels in 1864.

Food & Drink

Know Your Bar Menu (type)

There are three distinct subsets of menu readers that diverge from the mainstream.

Source WeeklySeptember 22, 2010January 4, 2023

There are three distinct subsets of menu readers that diverge from the mainstream. These are people who regard the menu differently than other people – those who take it and show a distinct part of their persona by the way they handle a simple piece of paper with food descriptions and prices.

Culture

You Will, You Won't

Generally speaking, when I tell you to do something—you should do it.

Source WeeklySeptember 22, 2010April 7, 2023

Generally speaking, when I tell you to do something – you should do it. HOWEVER! If I tell you to do something, and I appear to be wildly intoxicated, mostly naked, and have something that may or may not be feces smeared on my face? You probably shouldn't do it. Of course, you have no way of knowing if I'm currently wildly intoxicated, nearly nude, and have a poopylike substance on my face or not – so I guess you'll just have to trust me. What follows are some things you WILL watch on TV this week, and some things you WON'T watch. C'mon. Trust me.

Culture

Our Picks for 9/22-9/30: Against Me! Oktoberfest, Bend Roots Festival, Blind Pilot, and more

Our Picks for 9/22-9/30 Against Me! Oktoberfest, Bend Roots Festival, Blind Pilot

Source WeeklySeptember 22, 2010April 13, 2025

Little Shop of Horrors
wednesday-saturday 22-25
We had the chance to check out the opening night of Little Shop of Horrors and can say with no reservations that it's downright delightful. The musical numbers are extremely well done, the set is incredible and the acting is as solid as anything we've ever seen here in Bend.

Opinion

The Minimum Wage Whiners

Oregon's minimum wage will increase by a dime on Jan. 1, 2011. The weeping and wailing from Oregon businesses, conservative politicians and right-wing think tanks will commence well before then.

Source WeeklySeptember 22, 2010January 25, 2023

Oregon's minimum wage will increase by a dime on Jan. 1, 2011. The weeping and wailing from Oregon businesses, conservative politicians and right-wing think tanks will commence well before then.

Opinion

More News is Good News: KOHD Returns, Winter Snow Report, Happy Birthday Land Trust and More

Six months after pairing down its staff and trimming nightly newscasts from a full half- hour down to less than 10 minutes, KOHD has brought back its full weekday newscasts at both 6pm and 11pm.

Source WeeklySeptember 22, 2010November 10, 2024

Thirty Full Minutes
Six months after pairing down its staff and trimming nightly newscasts from a full half- hour down to less than 10 minutes, KOHD has brought back its full weekday newscasts at both 6pm and 11pm. Previously, the newscast was a fast-paced data distribution of local news stories and weather, but we can now expect the newscast – which hit the air in 2007 – to return to something more similar to their original format.

Opinion

It's Called Street Smarts

Is it time for the City of Bend to file bankruptcy and outsource all services to private contractors?

Source WeeklySeptember 22, 2010August 21, 2023

Is it time for the City of Bend to file bankruptcy and outsource all services to private contractors?

Opinion

Vote For Dallas

I write in support of an energetic, intelligent and knowledgeable candidate for Deschutes County Commissioner – Dallas Brown.

Source WeeklySeptember 16, 2010January 4, 2023

I write in support of an energetic, intelligent and knowledgeable candidate for Deschutes County Commissioner – Dallas Brown. Dallas has a deep understanding of the government, having worked with officials at local, state and federal agencies.

Opinion

“Vote Pedro”

So we’re at “Bay Days” in Hampton, VA, (not to be confused with a fabulous fashion show in CA) looking for George Clinton and Parliament yet finding some crap country band instead, wondering where da funk be at.

Source WeeklySeptember 15, 2010January 4, 2023

So we're at “Bay Days” in Hampton, VA, (not to be confused with a fabulous fashion show in CA) looking for George Clinton and Parliament yet finding some crap country band instead, wondering where da funk be at. Asking one of the 22 crackers listening to some 9-11 patriotic heartburn we then learned that Parliament (George couldn't make it, maybe his hair wasn't feeling well) was performing on the other stage. You heard me right: On the 400th anniversary of “America's oldest continuously English speaking settlement,” music must still serve all sides – segregation based on the level of bass.

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