Last night, The Nature of Words - Bend's annual literary celebration - announced the authors for the 2009 event. At the top of the list is a Source favorite in Sherman Alexie, the author of Smoke Signals as well as The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, a hilarious tale of a boy on a Northwest Indian reservation that made waves in Central Oregon when Crook County schools decided to ban the book from their curriculum.
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Fuzzy Conservative Numbers
Economist Randall J. Podenza from the conservative Cascade Policy Institute makes some interesting (although totally predictable) predictions about the effects of HB 3405, which raises corporate tax rates in Oregon.
The OLCC: Still Drunk With Power
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission seems to have sobered up a little, at least regarding regulation of some events in Central Oregon.
Like Taking Nicotine from a Baby
Sen. Jeff Merkley is leading a crusade to take candy away from children - tobacco candy, that is.
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band Video!
Yeah, so what, it’s a little blurry, but given that most of the town missed this band’s headlining show at Bite of Bend on Saturday, we figured you need to see this.
News Flash: Metolius Bill Passes
In a dramatic reversal of fortune, the bill to protect the Metolius Basin from potentially destructive destination resort development passed the Oregon House today by a vote of 31-28.
They’re Not Laughing With Us, They’re Laughing at Us
In The Eye's past trips to Hawaii, when other tourists asked us where we were from and we replied, "Bend, Oregon," the response would be something along the lines of: "Oh, I hear that's a real nice place."
Appetite For Deception Video! Welcome to the Jungle!
The Blender has a thing for tribute bands, which is why we were at Boondocks last night to check out Appetite for Deception, a Portland-based band that is – somewhat surprisingly – pretty dead-on in their depiction of Guns N’ Roses.
Steve Larsen: A Tragic Wakeup Call
When a 39-year-old man dies suddenly of a heart attack, it's shocking. When the man is a former professional bike racer and top-ranked endurance athlete, the shock is almost overwhelming. This kind of thing just shouldn’t happen, we think.
Who’s Got Your Back? Bend Surgeons Do
Got an aching back? If you live in Bend, you're more than twice as likely to have surgery for it as the average American is.

