RE: My Time with Tom Feature, July 28 Dan Mooney’s piece was so enjoyable to read, that I’m keeping it for many re-reads. Please encourage him to write more of his recollections from his interesting life for publication! —Donna C. McLean Editor’s note: Reader Steve Eberhard read “My Time with Tom” and then went back […]
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Effective Politicians Do It for the Results, Not the Re-Election
Good ideas are out there—but a surface-level understanding can lead to surface-level depression about the state of the world. Dig in and find the layers.
As we put out this Best of Central Oregon issue this week, we like to stop and smell the roses, so to speak. It’s easy to get lost in the entrenched pessimism that is the mood of the day, while all around us there are ideas and solutions that simply need time to play out. […]
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Letters to the Editor 08/04/2022
Fire Alarm Suggestions in case of a wildfire in Central Oregon: Prior to a wildfire emergency: Top off vehicle fuel frequently. Carry water, food, medications and extra clothing. Inspect contents and carry a first aid kit. Carry flashlights and flares. Carry masks for protection against smoke. Keep cell phones fully charged. Record numbers of emergency […]
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Deschutes County Psilocybin Services: Stop the Steal
Community members who rail about red tape, excess spending, about inefficiencies and the will of the people being subverted should be upset.
Last month, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners listened to testimony from dozens of educated, experienced people who came from all walks of life—licensed clinical social workers, authors, therapists and “average Joes” who have seen the promise of psilocybin therapy and who are hopeful that with the passage of Measure 109 by voters statewide in […]
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Should the State Sell its Lands to a Central Oregon Golf Resort? Weigh In.
It’s going to seem like a win if the state decides not to sell the Cline Buttes land—and it will be. But in the grand scheme of things, Central Oregon’s water resources are still in big trouble.
In the 15+ years that Central Oregonians have been hearing about the development of Thornburgh Resort near Cline Buttes, much has been said, much debated. Parts of the story seem like a done deal. As was outlined in an enlightening piece by OPB this week, to ensure Thornburgh gets the approximately 6 million daily gallons […]
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Letters to the Editor 07/28/2022
Guest Opinion: Does Fossil Gas Really Have a Future? Growing numbers of scientists, health care workers and environmentalists are calling to stop fossil gas. Oregon’s Public Utilities Commission, however, seems to be following the gas industry’s playbook. Will it continue allowing the gas industry to subsidize installation of dangerous, unhealthy fossil gas infrastructure? More than […]
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The Library Debacle is the New Mirror Pond
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Picture this: A city gets nearly $200 million in bond funds. Two years after the vote that ushered it in, little has been accomplished. There’s no solid location for the project in question. The people involved in the decision making can’t even agree on what the project should be. And so the money sits while […]
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Letters to the Editor 07/21/2022
RE: Tripping Over the Details News, 7/14 Congrats to 25 years – I moved here well before you guys or KPOV arrived which was long overdue. I want to respond to the two articles regarding psilocybin. While yes it was voted to make it legal, there still is more work that needs to happen regarding place, […]
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My first issue: Molly Ringwald.
Just a few months before stepping into the Editor job a decade ago in 2012, I had seen Molly Ringwald present a confessional talk at The Moth; she talked about being a mom, and about recognizing that her middle-school daughter was a bully, and her abject frustration as that went against her entire life-philosophy and, […]
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The Source Weekly Turns 25
If this newspaper were a human, it could now officially rent a car… and maybe even move out of the parents’ basement!
In many ways, the story of the Source Weekly is the story of Bend—once small and scrappy, now a bit more citified… and populated by a Portlander or two or three. The Source Weekly, dubbed the “Deschutes Source” during its early days in 1997, has survived 25 years of fires, droughts, political upheavals, recalls, opt-outs, […]
