Hillary Clinton edged out Barack Obama in the nationwide Super Tuesday primaries, but she got clobbered in Deschutes County.
Growing up, inventor Jack Cover was a fan of the fictional boy detective and scientist Tom Swift. So when he came up with a new device that could bring down people at a distance with a jolt of electricity, he playfully named it "Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle."
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.
Jeff Merkley, Steve Novick's rival for the Democratic Senate nomination, has responded to Novick's funny "have a beer with Steve" ad by producing his own humorous video.
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.
All right, call us dumb. Go ahead.
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."
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.
And yes. Here’s the vids n’ photos you were looking for from last Saturday night’s Sound Check encounters with Skeletonwitch and the Slipmat Science dance party crew. Read on. Yobel.
Fortunately, most days on the campaign trail aren't as rough for Jeff Merkley as Thursday was.
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