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Building Tomorrow’s Gamblers Today

In April, teams representing 75 Oregon schools – including seven from Central and Eastern Oregon – will compete in the “Scratch-It for Schools” event sponsored
H. Bruce Miller

In April, teams representing 75 Oregon schools - including seven from Central and Eastern Oregon - will compete in the "Scratch-It for Schools" event sponsored by the Oregon Lottery. Good clean fun for a worthy cause? Not according to Chuck Sheketoff, who sees it as a sleazy PR ploy.

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The Hook Hits Another Home Run

The EYE doesn’t know the name of the copywriter who’s been coming up with the TV ads for Democratic senatorial candidate Steve Novick, but she/he
H. Bruce Miller

The EYE doesn't know the name of the copywriter who's been coming up with the TV ads for Democratic senatorial candidate Steve Novick, but she/he deserves a bonus.

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Vinyl…it just sounds better: Digging through the bins of the vinyl world

In a corner of Brian Jones’ bedroom there’s a wooden trunk overflowing with LPs, many of which were recorded decades before the 22-year-old was even
The Source Staff

In a corner of Brian Jones' bedroom there's a wooden trunk overflowing with LPs, many of which were recorded decades before the 22-year-old was even born. Iconic album covers, each 12 inches by 12 inches, cover one wall of the room. Jones is thumbing through his collection of more than 300 records (ranging from a comprehensive Beatles section to a wealth of semi-rare blues albums) in his Seattle apartment and is trying to tell me why these pieces of vinyl are so important to him.

"The presentation of the album is what got me excited. The visual
aspect of it - opening up the insert, holding it in your hand," Jones
says. "I think the process of actually shuffling through and pulling it
out and looking at the record, not just scrolling on a computer, is
what attracts me to vinyl."

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Unger vs. Daly: Redmond Mayor hops into the county commissioner race

The Source Staff

Last week, Redmond Mayor Alan Unger announced that he will be running
for a spot on the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners. Unger, a
Democrat who has served as Redmond's mayor since 2001, will be seeking
the seat currently held by Republican Mike Daly.

Unger, a lifelong
resident of Oregon, was actually born in the city of which he is now
mayor. Before taking the city's top office, he served on the Redmond
Area Planning Commission and was then elected to the Redmond City
Council.

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Rick Metsger Stumps Into Town

State Sen. Rick Metsger, one of four Democrats trying to win their party’s nomination for Oregon secretary of state, dropped in at the Source office
H. Bruce Miller

State Sen. Rick Metsger, one of four Democrats trying to win their party's nomination for Oregon secretary of state, dropped in at the Source office this morning for a chat, and The EYE was left wondering: "Why should we be electing anybody to this job?"

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