Shon Rae has a relationship with her two boys, 17 and 19, that other moms would give up grandma’s secret gumbo recipe for. Last Saturday, Rae, an attractive and toned 41-year-old with shoulder-length blonde braided pigtails, explored the rolling, dusty trails west of Shevlin Park with her eldest, who was visiting home on a weekend […]
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Put On the Big Girl Pants
How to run a business, and a household,
on your own
“My father taught me: Take care of the people who take care of you,” explained Summer Ramsey. That scratch-my-back-I’ll-scratch-yours motto is both her business ethic and her commitment to her friends and family. A 35-year-old with reddish-brown hair, silver nose ring and a big, bright smile, Ramsey is a mother of two and owns her […]
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Top Five Most Underrated Moms
Marie Curie, sure. But what about Tina Turner?
History is rarely made by well-behaved single moms. Someone really should make a bumper sticker of that. The Source gives five top choices for our favorite, historical single moms: Sacagawea (1788—1812): While Lewis & Clark & Company complained the whole way westward (Oh, Meriwether, my feet hurt. Oh, William, how much further? Jeez, Meriwether, you […]
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Word to your Mother
The Source goes truly interactive with media salons
Gone are the days when reading the newspaper is a one-way conversation. Oh sure, we have our wonderful blog at the Source, you comment on our FB page and we request tweets from you now and again. But we want to do more! To take us into the 21st century we’re going old school, as […]
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How to get a man into mom jeans
Bend’s guide to gettin’ some as a single mom
Sure, life as a single mom is as busy as a bee, but that doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be time to make honey. Here are the Source’s tips on where to go and what to say when mama is looking for a one-night daddy or a forever father. The One-Nighter Venue: The Riverside Market Heels […]
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Is Your Toilet Running?
Better go and catch it!
A little more than a decade ago, 150 or so miles south by southwest from Bend, one of the most heated battles over water rights in contemporary American history exploded. For years, ranchers and farmers in the Klamath Basin had squared off against environmentalists who believed that the rivers tumbling through the area should be […]
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Dive In
The top 10 water-logged controversies in the High Desert
Ask any juniper or brittlebush, water management in a desert environment is critical, tricky and politically prickly. The Source identifies these Top 10 issues as the most important we’ve tangled with lately in the High Desert. 1. Laying Pipe in our Backyard: Bridge Creek Surface Water Improvement Project Whether it’s a good project or not […]
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Climate Change Hits Home
Declining snowpack will be an issue for Central Oregon
In the past 50 years, the amount of snow that blankets the Douglas firs of the Cascade Mountains has fallen less thickly. There’s been a hushed build up to the realization that this change is very real and, in the case of forest fires, could have a dangerous impact on Central Oregonians. But now, finally, […]
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Use All You Want
When it comes to water rates, Bend has it wrong
Conserving water in the High Desert should be a no-brainer. But the problem is, according to local conservationists, the city’s water-billing strategy is severely flawed. Rather than rewarding conservation by charging for per-gallon use, ratepayers are charged a monthly flat fee—no matter how much (or little) they use. The result is that water conservers are […]
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Bring out the Best
Staycations the perfect excuse to splurge
In this economy, when all of us are holding on to our purse strings a little tighter, a fancy vacation just might not be in the budget. But why take a plane, train or automobile when there is so much to do right outside your front door? Of course you will still have to cook, […]
