Holy smokes! SOO many great memories. There are a billion reason I love the Horn. I have made so many extraordinary friends through the Horned Hand—friends who have become best friends; some local and some from all over the country. I've seen the best shows there, some of my favorites: The Tornado Riders, The Hooten […]
Editor's note: This editorial was sent in response to a hot-button topic: logging. And, specifically, to a letter last week, "Notice: Popular Recreation Forest Near Bend Slated for Logging" (6/6). Two and a half years ago, the Forest Service began planning the 25,700-acre project on the western side of Bend. A dedicated group of community […]
The Bulletin has recently become Bend’s cheerleader for the $70 million project to pipe and treat creekwater. All the cheering in the world won’t overcome the federal injunction that halted construction in October. Nevertheless, Bend’s daily is urging city councilors to forge ahead without allowing public input (Bend Should Stick with Water Plan, Feb. 20, […]
The issue of prison reform and funding has become a front-page issue recently in the state of Oregon. Taxpayers and lawmakers are both very concerned about public safety and the money used to pay for this safety. The Thursday (Jan. 31) edition of the Bend Bulletin newspaper had a frontpage article regarding a proposed $10.9 […]
The City of Bend continues to refuse to consider alternatives to a $30 million, 10-mile-long, 30-inch pipeline for its Surface Water Improvement Project (SWIP) despite clear opposition to the plan expressed by voters last November. The city should reconsider based on the following. The basis for an original recommendation of a large pipe was the […]
In the game of compromise there are always winners and losers on both sides of the table. As the former project manager who worked with the Mirror Pond Steering Committee, I know the quest for a solution, if one could even call it that, is socially complex and politically powered. I applaud the city of […]
The high desert of Central Oregon is a special region, blessed with abundant summer sunshine and a moderate climate. The thread that binds the fabric of this region together is an anomaly: a clean, cold-water river in an otherwise arid landscape. Born from springs high in the Cascades, the Deschutes flows through Bend as a […]
Winter in Central Oregon is filled with adventures. For some, all that’s needed is a place to park the car, unload the gear and head into the forest. However, most of us depend on trails, for the core of the experience or as a way to access the backcountry. And that’s where volunteer groups come […]
The tragedy in Newtown, Conn., last month really hit home for our family. My 15-year-old stepdaughter and her mother live in Danbury, Conn.; my husband and I anxiously awaited more information when the news broke, and (I am ashamed to say) we breathed a sigh of relief when we learned that it was not a […]
Each of us, Jim Clinton and Jodie Barram, is seeking to become the next Mayor and would like to explain how the selection process works. In nearly all cities, the voters elect the Mayor, but in Bend the City Council chooses the Mayor. The City of Bend Charter provides that after every general election Councilors […]
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