Update from The Loony Bin, aka the Republican congressional delegation: The House on Friday rejected a move to fight the current economic crisis by imposing a freeze on federal spending.
Now that Dr. Sanjay Gupta has taken himself out of contention for the job of surgeon general in the Obama administration, Kari Chisholm of Blue Oregon is thumping the tub for - of course - Oregon's own Dr. John Kitzhaber.
Central Oregon LandWatch is pushing legislation that would go further toward restricting resort development near the Metolius - as well as other areas in Jefferson County - than the plan developed by the state Land Conservation and Development Commission.
This past weekend (Feb 27-Mar 1) Mt. Bachelor was crowded with numbered bibs as the mountain played host to the High Cascade Snowboard Camp Enter the Dragon series, the 46th annual MBSEF Sun Cup, the Phoenix Inn High School Reunion nordic race, and the SOS outreach, providing free gear and lessons to underprivileged kids in our area.
Homeowners in Deschutes County are defaulting on their mortgages at the rate of 10 a day, according to a report by OPB's Ethan Lindsey this morning.
Piled in a binder at the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District office are more than 700 letters and printed e-mails. They come from a range of different folks: snowmobilers, cross country skiers, snowshoers, backcountry ski enthusiasts and others. While the writers' backgrounds vary, the subject matter does not.
Each of these writings is a comment on the proposed Kapka Butte
Sno-park, a parking facility that would include 70 spots for trailers
and 40 additional slots for other vehicles near the Forest Road 45
cutoff (to Sunriver) from the Cascade Lakes Highway. The intent of the
proposed park, which is being built by the U.S. Forest Service, is to
create more space for higher-elevation recreation in addition to the
Dutchman Flat Sno-park - something that has been in discussion for
almost 15 years. Both motorized and non-motorized users, many of whom
wrote letters, say that there is a need for more parking in the heavily
used recreation, but that the Kapka Butte project, as it currently
exists, is not the answer.
Marv Lang, a recreation forester with the
Forest Service says that although the public comments period closed in
early February, a draft for the $500,000-plus project isn't likely to
hit the streets until September or October. In short, Lang says the
driving notion behind the project is one that's common in the arena of
public recreation: provide something for everyone. And in this case,
"everyone" ranges from snowmobilers to backcountry skiers to snowshoers
and many others.
On Feb. 20 The Eye reported that Orestar, the Oregon state campaign finance database, showed that The Bulletin had given a $4,000 in-kind contribution to the Bend Business PAC, the political arm of the Chamber of Commerce, before the last election.
Gordon Smith's being talked up as a candidate for governor again - but the guy who's doing the talking is a Democrat.
If you didn’t make it down to the Domino Room on Saturday night for Person People’s CD release show you missed out on a hell of a show. But thankfully the Blender was there to capture some video, so check it out.
In a way, you have to admire the indestructible optimism of Bend realtors. If you could take an extract from their brains and turn it into a pill it would be better than Prozac.
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