New Rental Outfit for Shuttling along the Deschutes
Tumalo Creek Kayak & Canoe, the Bend and Sunriver-based rental, tour and retail shop was just awarded the contract for concessions operations at Riverbend Park—where inner tube and paddleboard rentals happen—from the Bend Park & Recreation District. According to Julie Brown, BPRD’s communications and community manager, the District reached out for proposals because it intends…
Deschutes County wouldn’t enforce gun laws under proposed ballot measure
Deschutes County residents could vote on a ballot measure in November to prohibit the county from enforcing gun laws. Sponsors of an initiative petition called the Second Amendment Preservation Ordinance will begin collecting signatures to place it on the ballot. (See a version of the petition at the bottom of this post.) The proposed measure would…
Deschutes Shifts Gears with its Roanoke Brewery
The Deschutes Brewery facility planned for construction in Roanoke, Va. isn’t off the table—but plans have changed a bit. Instead of striking a deal with the City of Roanoke to get its land for free, the Bend-based company is going to buy the land outright. In 2016, the craft brewer announced that it would build…
Make America Science-y Again
In a Pew Research poll conducted in 2016, 74 percent of Americans said they believed “the country should do whatever it takes to protect the environment.” That’s compared to 23 percent who believed the government has gone too far to protect it, according to that same poll. Despite stats such as those, rollbacks to air…
Free Will Astrology week of April 11
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries statesman Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He wrote one of history’s most famous documents, the Declaration of Independence. He was an architect, violinist, inventor, and linguist who spoke numerous languages, as well as a philosopher who was knowledgeable about mathematics, surveying, and horticulture. But his…
Letters to the Editor
In response to, “What to do about outdoor cats?,” 4/5 This is a tough one. I am a bird feeder and have had an occasional cat climb the fence in my yard and stalk birds. It’s not frequent enough to trap him. But he hasn’t made a habit of this yet. I did run him…
A Brick & Mortar for Dump City Dumplings
Dump City Dumplings is expanding upon their popular food cart, opening a brick and mortar location. A little over three weeks ago owners Keith Shayon and Dan Butters heard that a space on Upper Terrace Drive had opened up. By April 1 they were ready to open the doors and start serving their Chinese-style steamed…
Juice Bar Opens in Box Factory
A bright, modern cafe serving plant-based superfood juice, smoothies, toast, salads and macro bowls is open in the Box Factory. Everything on the menu at Fix & Repeat, including the beer and wine, is intended to make you feel good. As the weather warms, sit on the patio, and if you have a pup, bring her.…
New Beer in the Pearl
It can be difficult to stand out as a beer destination in Portland, which has literally hundreds. It can be even harder when opening up a new spot in the Pearl District, where one can currently spit and hit a corner bar with 12 local drafts (or at least one Boneyard tap). But a scant…
Playin’ On Tulsa Time
How exactly does a rock band from Central Oregon end up headlining a benefit concert in honor of Leon Russell in Tulsa, Okla.? This puzzle involves a lesser-known rock band from the 1980s, a chance meeting in New Orleans, a memorial for a legendary rock musician, and a historic concert hall that features a spring-loaded…
Why Not Sleep Through Winter?
The longer I live, the more I wish scientists would succeed with “induced hibernation,” especially for old duffers like me. I hate winter! Well, not really. I do enjoy going out with my family getting in the winter wood, something I’ve been doing almost all my life, but not a much as I did when…
Elysia Kiyija
“Every child is just one positive adult away from being a success story.” Those are the words a mentor once said to Elysia Kiyija, program director for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon. They’re words she now lives by. “We’re looking for people wanting to be that adult,” she adds. Big Brothers Big Sisters…
Hotel Debate
A code change voted on by the Bend City Council has people in one northeast neighborhood challenging a new project. In December, the council voted to allow a new type of structure in the Medical District Overlay Zone, a 280-acre area around St. Charles Medical Center. The proposal, made by a Portland area developer, will allow extended-stay hotels…
Age Demographics Will Open Up Housing Supply
Based on a report from ATTOM Data Solutions, the aging of the American population will have a positive impact on the housing crisis. The report estimates that within the next decade, 38 percent of the U.S. population, or 66 million people, will be over the age of 65. Additionally, 25.8 million new households will be…
Nuisance Trapping?
Update: Wildlife Services confirmed on 4/18 the traps and signs in the area along Tumalo Creek have been removed. Chris Morrison has lived near the Skyliners neighborhood—minus a few years for college—since 1976. In the fall of 2017, while on one of his almost daily hikes with his golden retriever, Sunny, and his wife, Diana,…
Backbone To The Future
I’m a man in my 60s. Looking back on my romantic life, I was always the guy women spent time with when their husband or boyfriend wasn’t paying attention to them or while they waited for the right guy (status, power, money) to show up. I’m good-looking, but I realize from reading you that I…
When it comes to pot in Deschutes County, the black market is the problem, not legal business
County cannabis policy should focus on supporting the businesses trying to do the right thing—and that shouldn’t include a zero-tolerance policy for minor infractions Right now, the Deschutes County Commission is weighing whether to change its rules on growing cannabis in the county. In order to operate a recreational marijuana grow in Deschutes County, licensed…
Winning firepit becomes public art for Redmond’s transit hub
Oregon WinterFest has held a firepit competition at the February event for a number of years. New this year was the addition of a donation program that saw the winning artist gaining a $5,000 cash prize, and a local entity gaining a valuable piece of public art. This year, the winning creation, by Hunter Dahlberg…
Central Oregon Now and Then
Entering Bend’s downtown, I’ve often wondered about the origins of the street names there and in the mill worker’s neighborhoods. Wall, Hill, Harriman, Steidl, Tweet and many more are attributed to significant people who developed the town. Over the years, Bend has transformed from a tent and shanty village, occupied by a handful of families,…
A Peek Inside the Humble Beet
In 1977, Devore’s Good Food Store brought the first organic produce to Bend. Obsessed with perfect produce, owner Bob Devore drove to Eugene every day for 20 years to make it happen. Bob and his wife, Mary, were fixtures in the community. Devore’s sold organic produce, grab-and-go food, bulk items and wine for 40 years.…
May the Source Be With You
There are so many cool things happening in pop culture right now, or in the next few weeks, that it’s almost ridiculous. The year 2018 has already had several fantastic movies (“A Quiet Place,” “The Death of Stalin”) and shows (“Atlanta” and “The Terror”), but it’s not even the tip of the iceberg when it…
Flood! Fire! Earthquake!
Dennis Giacino, whose 2014 Off Broadway comedy “Disenchanted! The Musical” is currently in international production, is here in Bend to direct Seth Rudetsky’s similarly-styled “Disaster! The Musical,” opening at 2nd Street Theater this weekend. The Source Weekly asked Giacino what brought him and his partner, “Disaster!” Directorial Consultant Fiely Matias, to Bend to direct this…
Hush
I wasn’t really looking forward to seeing “A Quiet Place” in the theater. Don’t get me wrong, I was hyped for it, but it seems like for half the movies, the theaters are half-full with people treating the experience like they’re in their living rooms… answering a ringing phone, carrying on conversations or loudly reacting to…
Out to Dry
On the Lower Deschutes River near Warm Springs, Alysia and Elke Littleleaf recall the effects of the drought in 2015, brought on by low snowpack. Warm Springs had to go on emergency rations for home water usage, recalls the pair, owners of Littleleaf Fishing Guides. Alysia also recalls blooms of green and blue algae, black…
Fade to Black
The 4/20 “holiday” is right around the corner, and for those who celebrate it as a “High Holy Day,” bless your hearts. We can use an uptick in sales at dispensaries, so stock up and get down, responsibly. Not to be Donald Downer, but as always, please mind your intake of edibles. I’ve written here…
New Depth
Whether you’ve lived in Bend for six months or 60 years, you may very well have gotten down to the slide guitar and bucket banging sounds of Hillstomp. The Portland-based, bluesy-rock duo has been performing in Bend for 15 years, and they say they love coming back year after year. Hillstomp’s string man, “Hurricane” Henry…
Restaurant Guide 2018
Who’s hungry? With more than 350 restaurants, cafes and carts included in this guide, you’ll have no shortage of spots with which to satisfy your craving for Northwest cuisine—or Asian, American, Indian, Italian, Mexican, seafood, steak—or just about any other type of world food you can imagine. (OK, Central Oregon still doesn’t have a dedicated…
Food Cart of the Year
Before we go any further, here’s some important advice: save room for dessert at Scoutpost. If you’ve eaten at the cart, located in the Spoken Moto food pod, chances are you’re already drooling at the mention of its name. The food is so craveable, it had to be the Source’s 2018 food cart of the…
Go Old School
The Pine Tavern established 1936 Named after the Ponderosa pine tree that still grows in one of the dining rooms, The Pine Tavern serves traditional American cuisine. Locals and visitors rave about the complimentary, delicious, hot sourdough scones served with honey butter. The Pine Tavern was started as an English tavern by two women, Maren…
Restaurant of the Year: Bos Taurus
Modern American steakhouse Bos Taurus earns the Restaurant of the Year status for the service and cuisine—both impeccable. The intention Chef George Morris and his staff have put into the Bos Taurus experience is reminiscent of a carefully curated museum exhibition—but one you can sink your teeth into. Before opening a year ago, the Bos…
Rookie of the Year
“It kind of started off in a delicatessen, local-sourced view,” James Fink recounts, as he presses a bison burger into the flat-top grill in the kitchen of Wild Oregon Foods. Seven months later, he says, “it’s kind of more steered towards a diner—nostalgic, classic-style foods.” When you’re a rookie restaurant, shifting with the tastes of…
