Free Will Astrology – Week of 04/21/2022
ARIES (March 21-April 19): I recommend you adopt a limitation that will enable you to claim more freedom. For example, you could de-emphasize your involvement with a lukewarm dream so as to liberate time and energy for a passionate dream. Or you could minimize your fascination with a certain negative emotion to make more room…
LISTEN: Jill Mahler of KPOV 🎧
Jill Mahler recently stepped down from her role as station manager and executive director of KPOV, Bend’s local non-profit community radio station. Mahler started her KPOV career in 2008, as part-time office manager of the then-fledgling station, with a passion for community and no media experience. Over the years she aided KPOV in growing from…
Meadowlark Brings Fun, Elegant Dining to the South Side
The south side of Bend is getting a hip new spot for dining and cocktails. Meadowlark Restaurant is a family friendly spot serving dinner during the week and brunch on the weekends. It’s located in the Brookswood Plaza, in the former La Rosa location. Brought to you by the folks who run Boxwood Kitchen in…
Easter Events
EASTER BRUNCHES Sunriver Resort Bloody Mary and mimosa bar anyone? Bring the family to Sunriver Resort for an Easter Brunch that includes a family portrait, omelettes and beautiful views. 8am-2pm. Sunriver Resort, 17600 Center Dr., Sunriver. $69/adults $39/kids. Brasada Ranch A brunch for the whole family. Following the meal kids will be invited to partake…
San Simón Team Opens The Flamingo Room
The owners of San Simón, voted Best Bar by Source Weekly readers in 2021, have opened a new venture off Century Drive. The Flamingo Room features a warm-weather, “vaguely Equatorial” feel, inspired, as co-owner Brian Trottier said, “from different pockets of the globe, but not any one element.” The drinks run the gamut but are…
Become an X Kid
Many years ago, like back before WWII, there was a butterfly called the Xerces blue, scientific name, Glaucopsyche xerces. It lived in sand dunes on the edge of San Francisco in California and — like the Monarch butterfly that must have milkweed for its babies to feed on — the Xerces blue caterpillars depended on…
Hey, What’s That Sound?
There are many examples of engineering marvels in the natural world which humans have yet to replicate. One of these astonishing feats is the skill of a woodpecker. These incredible birds slam their head into trees at up to 20 times a second—the equivalent of going from zero to 26,000 mph. At this acceleration the…
Former Bend Running Back Charged with Murder
Deschutes County Sheriffs arrested Keenan Harpole in Bend around 8:30 am on April 4 for allegedly shooting and killing Amara Marluke around 1 am on April 4 near the Portland State University campus. The sheriff’s office transported Harpole to Multnomah County and turned him over to the Portland Police Bureau. Harpole pleaded not guilty to…
Code Changes Could Expand Shelter Capacity
The Bend City Council heard a report on proposed shelter code changes at its regular meeting on April 6. The controversial amendments are meant to increase the number of available shelter beds by clarifying zoning requirements for shelters. The Sounding Board to House our Neighbors, which drafted the new code, is a committee formed by…
Stevens Road Survey
The City of Bend is holding its final public open house for people to weigh in on the Stevens Road Tract Concept Plan, a 261-acre plot in southeast Bend. The western portion of the Stevens Road Tract, called the Stevens Ranch Master Plan, was brought into Bend’s urban growth boundary in 2016 and the City…
Farmworkers Overworked
Between February and July of 2021 researchers conducted 48 interviews with farmworkers in agricultural regions throughout the state, concluding that farmworkers endured unsafe and dehumanizing experiences throughout the pandemic. Farmworkers often lack protections afforded to most professions. They can be fired for union activity and aren’t owed overtime, two protections enshrined in the National Labor…
Noticias en Español
Entre febrero y julio de 2021, investigadores llevaron a cabo 48 entrevistas con trabajadores agrícolas en zonas agricultoras de todo el estado, concluyendo que los trabajadores agrícolas padecieron vivencias peligrosas e inhumanas durante la pandemia. A menudo, los trabajadores agrícolas carecen de la protección otorgada a la mayoría de las profesiones. Pueden correrlos debido a…
Not A Sushi Bar
It’s easy to forget how close we all used to be. Over the last few years, we got so used to eating at home or only going out with people in our bubble that the communal aspect of sharing food and passing around small plates to a large table full of friends, family or co-workers…
Noticias en Español
La policía del condado Deschutes arresto a Keenan Harpole el 4 de abril in Bend alrededor de las 8:30 por presunto disparo y por matar a Amara Marluke alrededor de la 1 am cerca del plantel de la Universidad del Estado de Portland (PSU por sus siglas en inglés). La oficina del alguacil transportó a…
Boss Rambler Gets Its Own Brewery
Boss Rambler Beer Club has pulled off a lot in its brief run that, this Saturday, April 16, celebrates three years since opening its doors on Galveston. (The beer debuted a year before the taproom.) That means two-thirds of the operation overlapped a world-paralyzing pandemic. To survive, Boss Rambler did what virtually everyone did: pivot. Originally…
Partisan Primaries: A tool for extreme politics
Plenty of people have plenty to say about the extreme swings of Oregon’s politics. While the state maintains a Democratic majority in the legislature, most of the state east of the Cascades tends to vote Republican. When the two sides meet in Salem, sometimes those differences of opinion can lead to clashes, or even outright…
Understanding Intimacy: Stressed Out
Dear Dr. Jane, What do you do when “everyday” stress that will, realistically, never really go away (finances, jobs, family stress) is always the big excuse? I mean I understand it, but that doesn’t make the rejection any easier. How do you overcome that? From, Stressed Out Dear Stressed, I hear your question—why and how…
Tabula Rasa
How much of who we are is based on the memories and moments that have imprinted on us since birth? I sometimes wonder if I woke up tomorrow completely tabula rasa, would I find my way back to loving the same movies, the same music, the same people, or would I end up being some…
Noticias en Español
EEntre febrero y julio de 2021, investigadores llevaron a cabo 48 entrevistas con trabajadores agrícolas en zonas agricultoras de todo el estado, concluyendo que los trabajadores agrícolas padecieron vivencias peligrosas e inhumanas durante la pandemia. A menudo, los trabajadores agrícolas carecen de la protección otorgada a la mayoría de las profesiones. Pueden correrlos debido a…
Let It Cook
The stylings of Bend’s Oregon Fryer pull energy from blues, country, rock ‘n roll and Americana, creating a sound that will have you transported to a bubbling speakeasy one moment and a ground-stomping barn party the next. The five-piece has been bringing joy to Central Oregonians since coming together in 2016, and this Friday night…
Artists Tackle Climate Change
In the current climate of political and corporate greenwashing, it’s hard to gauge the sincerity, let alone feasibility, of the Music Climate Pact. Announced recently with considerable fanfare, the MCP is a declaration of intent by the Big Three major labels (Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group) to reach net-zero greenhouse gas…
Buying or Selling Tenant-Occupied Homes
Despite climbing interest rates, supply and demand in the housing market remains significantly unbalanced. There are still many more buyers looking for homes than units available. As a result, it remains a sellers’ market, with prices up more than 20% from just one year ago. Some investors who own and rent out homes or other…
Salmon Run 2022
This week, the Salmon Run returns for its 32nd year. The Salmon Run, and many other races, have been challenged during pandemic times. In 2020 the event switched to an online only format, while last year the race moved to Pronghorn Resort due to COVID. Similar to the salmon that make their annual journey, the…
Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries author Marge Piercy writes, “I love people who harness themselves, an ox to a heavy cart, who pull like water buffalo, with massive patience, who strain in the mud and the muck to move things forward, who do what has to be done, again and again.” According to my analysis…
Letters to Editor
Guest Opinion: Water laws in Oregon As a local farmer in Central Oregon, I am writing today out of desperation, out of panic, and from the heaviest heart. But I am also writing out of hope. If Oregon can make some changes to water laws and regulations, and fast, we may only have to endure…
RIP, Amy Alkon’s science-based syndicated advice column: 1995 to March 31, 2022.
My column, for years, ran in over 100 papers across the US and Canada, and in the military paper, the Stars & Stripes. It is “applied science,” meaning I read and vet scientific studies, translate them from the professor-ese into clear, understandable language, and then use them as a springboard to help people reframe their…
