The Source Staff

A relatively average late winter and early spring, allowed state highway managers to open the scenic McKenzie pass to vehicle traffic Thursday morning. The highway has been closed since mid-November and opens roughly on schedule, but more than a month earlier than its latest opening in 1999 when crews didn’t get the road open until late July.

Mt. Bachelor officials will open the summit for one last weekend of skiing and snowboarding June 29 through July 1!
Check out their website for more information.

The city pulled in roughly $2 million more in revenue than expected this year.
The cash, which comes mostly from an increase in tax revenues, gives the Bend City Council a chance to play Santa Claus—a rare role for the council, which has governed through some of the worst of an economic recession.

Earlier this year, the owner of a shop downtown stacked her snow tires on the sidewalk outside her door and tried to sell them. 
That and all the other random uses downtown business owners are finding for sidewalks—folding tables, racks of clothes, brochure displays—is a problem, representatives of the Bend Downtowner’s Association told the Bend City Council Wednesday night.

Richard “Ric” Nowak, who ran Country by Design Antiques in downtown Redmond, passed away June 17.
Nowak was well known throughout Central Oregon through his roles on the Redmond City Council, the Deschutes County Landmarks Commission, the Redmond Historical Society, and on the Redmond Chamber of Commerce and Convention Visitors Bureau Board.

Crazy Delicious is open again!
But look for the cart in a new location near the corner of Galveston Avenue and 12th Street, kind of across from 10 Barrel. 
The owner of the blue and green food cart famous for the chicken waffle sandwiches drenched in lime syrup said he plans to stay in the location throughout the rest of the summer.

If you want to get in on the 4 Peaks action this weekend you need to act fast. There are only a handful of tickets left before the thing is SOLD OUT.