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Jul 1-7, 2010

Vol. 14, No. 26

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Local News

Waste and Fraud: Walden Goes After the Big Game

By H. Bruce Miller
Jul 2, 2010
Local News

'No Thanks' Heard For Forest Welcome Center: A proposed Forest Service welcome center proves the first fight for Sen. Wyden's outdoor recreation committee

The Deschutes County Committee on Recreation Assets doesn't answer to the county, as its name might suggest, but rather is an independent organization.

By Mike Bookey
Jun 30, 2010
Local News

Fossilized: back for more bluegrass

By The Source Staff
Jul 4, 2010
Local News

Bob Dylan and John Mellencamp's Addition to Amphitheater Schedule Is Pretty Rad

By The Source Staff
Jul 1, 2010
Local News

Mosley Wotta Wins Last Band Standing Bend

After 12 weeks, Last Band Standing has a winner and it's Mosley Wotta.

By The Source Staff
Jul 2, 2010
Local News

Video from Sara Jackson-Holman's First Bend Show

Sara Jackson-Holman plays her first local show in Bend,

By The Source Staff
Jul 6, 2010
Local News

Bend's Geese Waddle That Last Mile

By The Source Staff
Jul 1, 2010
Local News

Real Estate: Nothing to Wave the Flag About

By The Source Staff
Jul 4, 2010
Commentary

The More Things Change: Twenty years after Valdez we've learned little

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010

Editorial

America the Fat: Our booming national waistline, Justices free handguns, Cheney's black heart and more!

EDITOR'S NOTE: After last week's column regarding kief suppositories and questions over President Obama firing General Stanley McChrystal, the Source Weekly was forced to fire Mick McMenaminuses

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Editorial

The Room Tax Chiselers

We've seen businesses perform some amazing acrobatic feats with numbers, but the cast of Cirque du Soleil couldn't top the stunt that Wayne Purcell, Brett Evert and some other Bend hotel owners are trying to pull off.

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Wanna Ride My Crazy Bike?

What sort of witchcraft is being employed here? WTF?

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Kill Them!

Kill them! Yes, kill them! Surely that is the answer (isn't it always?) these procreating, defecating, yin-yang residents of our clipped, fertilized, poisonous and gorgeous green grass in Drake Park. I mean, my God, they're not even American!

By Source Weekly
Jul 1, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Letter of the Week: Stick To Non-Lethal Goose Control

Letter to the Editor.

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Letters to the Editor

I'll Have Some Car-Bike Peace, Please

Letter to the Editor.

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Letters to the Editor

We're All Geese At Heart

Letter to the Editor.

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Letters to the Editor

Bend Does It Right

Letter to the Editor.

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010

Culture Features

Back to the Old Days: The Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival provides a slice of small-town charm for the Fourth of July

A few minutes past noon, the parade takes shape down by the courthouse.

By Bob Woodward
Jun 30, 2010
Picks

Our Picks for 6/30 - 7/8: Last Band Standing Finals, Eric Tollefson & the World's Greatest Lovers, The Autonomics, 4th of July, Pinback and more

Our pick's for what to do in Central Oregon the week of 6/30 - 7/8, including the 4th of July!

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Book Talk

King For A Day: Despite lack of access, author gets the dirt on DreamWorks rise and fall

DreamWorks was monstrous, misfit, and idealistic.

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010

Chow

Rolling Riverside

By The Source Staff
Jul 1, 2010
Chow

Smoked and Grilled Satisfy your summer BBQ cravings

By Anne Pick
Jun 30, 2010
Chow

Bourbon Street Bend -- a taste of the French Quarter coming soon!

Coming soon: New restaurant, Bourbon Street Bend, set to open July 15th!

By Amy Belasen
Jul 1, 2010
Chow

Breaking Bread News: Come on Bend, let's get baked

By Amy Belasen
Jun 30, 2010
Chow

Repeat Offender: Central Oregon's bad-boy Top Chef defends his title

Kokanee Cafe's Roscoe Roberson takes home the top honors again at this Bite of Bend

By Alice Finer
Jun 30, 2010
Chow

Little Bites: Repeat Offender: Central Oregon's bad-boy Top Chef defends his title

Another Top Chef Competition at Bite of Bend has come and gone, leaving delicious memories in its wake (and for us judges the residual heartburn and sunburn that go along with them!).

By Alice Finer
Jun 30, 2010
Chow

Breaking Bread News: Come on Bend, let's get baked

While Bend is famous for its vast numbers of coffee roasters and coffee shops, dunk-worthy pastries are often harder to find.

By Amy Belasen
Jun 30, 2010

Film

To Love and Be Loved in Return: Twilight's Eclipse proves to be the best of the series

The Twilight Saga hits its stride with Eclipse.

By Anne Pick
Jul 1, 2010
Film

In With the Old: Lives and deaths intertwine in Please Give

Here is one of those movies that will make you want to go straight out and rent the rest of the writer-director's work.

By Holly Grigg-Spall
Jun 30, 2010
Film

The Cruise Identity: Knight and Day is celluloid proof that movie stars suck

By Morgan P Salvo
Jun 30, 2010
Film Events

Smash, Bash and Crash: Personalization fuels ModNation Racers success

"My kids are hooked on ModNation Racers," a friend recently e-mailed me. "They love anything where you get to create your own character."

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Film Events

Now with 100 Percent Patriotic Content

AMERICA! The country in which I receive a paycheck! AMERICA! The country in which I can say whatever I want about my employer without fear of termination (unless I'm General Stanley A. McChrystal).

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010

Sound Stories & Interviews

The Autonomics Shed "Youth" Label With Solid EP

By Mike Bookey
Jun 30, 2010
Sound Stories & Interviews

Mike Patton - Mondo Cane

It was 1990. I was 9 and on the TV I watched as Mike Patton, the lead singer in Faith No More, was flopping on the stage like a fish as his band finished playing "Epic" behind him.

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Sound Stories & Interviews

A Winner Emerges: After three months, Last Band Standing is ready to crown a winner - here are the finalists

Last Band Standing, the ongoing local marathon music battle that finally reaches a conclusion on Thursday, July 1.

By Mike Bookey
Jun 30, 2010

Outside Features

Take You Higher: Get high to escape the dreaded dust

So it appears that summer is finally here in Central Oregon. There's a noticeable change in the air and on the trails.

By Source Weekly
Jun 30, 2010
Outside Features

Bikes Everywhere: Racing, beating the odds and riding to work

Time trial bikes, tandem bikes, hand bikes, mountain bikes, cruiser bikes. Bikes were everywhere in Bend last week.

By Pam Stevenson
Jun 30, 2010
Outside Features

ODFW Fishing Report for the Week of July 1

By The Source Staff
Jun 30, 2010