Locals, This One’s For You
Around this time of year, before the tourists arrive in droves, we like to take a little time out to honor the people who live, work and play right here. Everything we do here at the Source Weekly is for, and because of you, intrepid locals. We see you, mom with a cargo bike commuting…
Endorsement for the Republican Primary for Deschutes County Commissioner Position 1: Tony DeBone
Tony DeBone for Deschutes County Board of Commissioners Pos. 1, Republican primary Courtesy electtonydebone.com/ County commissioners handle the relatively mundane business of overseeing land use, the landfill, road maintenance, elections and the public health department, among others. It’s an important role, and one that requires the ability to listen to the concerns of rural, suburban…
Endorsement for the Republican Primary for Congressional District 5: Jimmy Crumpacker
Jimmy Crumpacker for Congressional District 5, Republican primary crumpackerfororegon.com Anyone throwing their hat into the race for Congressional District 5 is going to have the hurdle of introducing themselves to the constituency. As a newly redrawn district, even the Democratic incumbent has only represented roughly half of the people who now occupy his district. But…
Endorsement for the Democratic Primary for Congressional District 5: Jamie McLeod-Skinner
Jamie McLeod-Skinner for Congressional District 5, Democratic Primary Courtesy jamiefororegon.com When the last census finished and it was clear that Oregon’s rapid growth had earned it another congressional seat, there was a great deal of excitement about the possibility that Bend might get greater attention from a new smaller district. When the redistricting settled, our…
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WATCH: Jamie McLeod-Skinner endorsement interview ▶ [with video]
Jamie McLeod-Skinner, running for the Democratic ticket in the May primary for Oregon’s Congressional District 5, chats with the Source Weekly about her platform. Democratic candidate Kurt Schrader, also running in the Democratic primary, did not respond to our requests to join the interview. See our endorsements in the May primary on our Opinion page.…
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WATCH: Deschutes County Republican primary May 2022 ▶ [with video]
Scott Stuart and Tony DeBone are both running in the Deschutes County Republican primary, vying for a seat on the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners. In this interview, Source Publisher and Editor Nicole Vulcan talk with Stuart and DeBone about land use, their rating of the county health department’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic… and,…
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WATCH: Oregon Congressional District 5 Republican primary interview ▶ [with video]
Jimmy Crumpacker and Madison Oatman, candidates running in the Republican primary for Oregon’s Congressional District 5, chat with the Source Weekly about their platforms ahead of the May 2022 primary election. Three other candidates in this race either declined or did not respond to our requests for an interview. See our endorsements in the May…
Snow Way Out
A late season snowstorm gave Central Oregonians a glimmer of hope that the drought, among the most severe in the region’s history, could be alleviated. Oregon’s Snotel precipitation report found the Upper Deschutes received about 99% of the median yearly snowfall. That figure may be a bit misleading, according to experts, and on April 25…
It’s Easy to Love the Earth in Spring, But “Don’t Tell Me What to Do”
Having Earth Day happen in spring is ideal. It’s easy to love our planet—and to commit to protect it—when the flowers are starting to bloom and the trees are bursting with life. There’s still abundant precipitation to water our gardens. The smoke has yet to arrive. For just a moment, we can perhaps forget that…
Celebrate National Native Plant Month
With bipartisan support, the U.S. Senate has proclaimed April to be National Native Plant Month under Senate Resolution 570. The designation “… recognizes the benefits of native plants to the environment and economy of the United States.” With Earth Day on the horizon, perhaps it’s a good time to review our interest in native plant…
Turning Saltwater into Freshwater
On a planet where 70% of the area is covered by water, only 3% of that is fresh water—and only a small fraction of that is available for drinking. More than 884 million people don’t have access to drinking water, and that number is only expected to grow as the planet warms. But what if…
2022 Bend Bike Swap
It should come as no surprise that outdoor enthusiasts of Central Oregon may have a bit of a gear consuming problem. One of the positive aspects of this consumption is that garages fill up quickly, which means used gear is always on the loose around town. There are several robust used outdoor equipment stores in…
Letters to the Editor 04/21/2022
RE: A Farmer’s Plea to Change Water Laws, Guest Opinion, 4/14 I recently read the “Farmer’s Plea to Change Water Laws” and I think this is the main issue facing Oregon and specifically Deschutes County in relation to water. The letter from Megan Keller-Rode is so well written and precise to the specific issues…
Earth Day, in Homage to This Wonderful Planet
Humans excel at classification. One of the wonderful tricks of neurocognition is finding similarities and patterns. Classification is the process by which things are differentiated so that similar things can immediately be recognized and with a basis of understanding established. Aristotle, the Greek philosopher and polymath, had some of the earliest definitive writing classifying and…
Candidates Debate in Contentious Jefferson County Sheriff’s Race
Jefferson County Sheriff candidates Marc Heckathorn and Jason Pollock met for what’s likely to be the only debate between the two at the Jefferson County Community Center on April 18. Questions ranged from matters of policy to the several controversies that arose over the course of the campaigns. Jefferson County Commissioners interviewed both candidates to…
Fires in the Forest
Two fires started off China Hat Road near houseless camps in April, the first torching an RV and the second igniting a pickup truck. There’s been an increase in camps staying longer than the 14-day stay limit over the last year, according to Deschutes National Forest Public Affairs Officer Jean Nelson-Dean. The fires alarmed nearby…
Noticias en Español
El Centro de Oregon se enfrenta a una de las sequías más fuertes registradas y la gente está verdaderamente preocupada por el agua debido al cambio climático, a que la población crece y a la pérdida del hábitat de la fauna que recalcan la ya delicada estabilidad del uso del agua en la zona desértica.…
Embrace Healthy Disagreement and the Rule of the Majority
This week, an Oregon newspaper reported on the dilemma facing one community: Voters approved, through a bond, the construction of a new central library. But now, the organizers behind the construction are tasked with finding a piece of land large enough to accommodate a project of this massive scale. Why didn’t they be sure to…
Your New Favorite Bakery May Be Found Right Next Door
Imagine coming home from a full day of work and instead of putting your feet up on the coffee table in front of that super comfy couch as you prepare for a Netflix marathon, you instead work ’til midnight baking a cake for someone else. Maybe the details are slightly off. Maybe it’s Hulu and…
Roads Less Traveled
“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth….” Two years have gone by since the beginning of the Covid pandemic—500+ days of canceled events and closures,…
Locals Nights and Other Things
If you’re looking for a place to knock back a pint without breaking the bank, let these locals’ nights give you a place to start. It’s far from a comprehensive list, but it’ll get you going. MONDAYS Start the week off with a healthy dose of Silver Moon at its Locals’ Night Mondays. OK, it’s…
Weed Between the Lines
I’ve said it before, and I know I’ll say it again: We need better stoner movies. For the last three 4/20’s in a row, I’ve been trying to come up with a new and improved stoner canon, something better than a random Cheech and Chong movie or “Half Baked,” smarter and more brain expandy than…
Variety is the Spice of “The Cascades 10”
If variety is what the selection committee was looking for when they gleaned just nine plays from the more than 25 submitted for this year’s “Cascades 10” short play festival, then they succeeded in their task. This year’s array spans the gamut of genres, from philosophy to farce, situation comedy, relationship dynamics—and a stagehand eating…
Making It Happen
Last November, Bend singer/songwriter Joel Chadd was busy raising funds on Kickstarter to help the completion of his debut solo album, “Ghost Of You.” Fast forward to today and Chadd is ready to have CDs up for sale and his first single—the soft and touching “Enough’s Been Said”—will be released on April 22. When we…
A Mother-Daughter Duo’s Quest to Promote Clean Beauty
Mandy Butera and daughter Carly Olinger are the mother-daughter duo behind the Bend-based clean beauty business, Wren and Wild. Their business takes customer service to the next level, by matching customers with products that align with lifestyle and values. Wren and Wild offers over 70 clean beauty products, and they research them all so customers…
Ranch Hand Makes Music
Riddy Arman did write a song about a horse once, a long time ago, but no one has ever heard it and she doubts anyone will. And while there are few mentions of horses on her self-titled debut album, she does imagine herself riding one whenever she sings “Old Maid’s Draw,” her high-lonesome ode to working as…
Let’s Talk About Lawns
Two years ago, Jess Joseph bought her Redmond home—a quarter-acre plot with what she calls a “blank canvas” out back. This spring, where there were once patches of grass and weeds, that blank canvas has been tilled up in prep for its new life as a series of paths, gravel, trees, native plants and beneficial…
Let’s Talk About Contingencies
I wanted to take a moment to talk about some of the more popular contingencies that exist in most residential real estate sale agreements. A contingency clause “is a provision requiring a specific event or action to occur in order for the contract to be considered valid.” After a buyer and seller agree and have a…
Reduce, Reuse, Rebate: The Three R’s of Urban Water Conservation
Central Oregon is facing one of the most severe droughts on record, and people are rightly worried about water as climate change, population growth and the loss of wildlife habitat stress the already-delicate balance of water use in the high desert. Municipal water accounts for about 2% of overall water rights in the Deschutes Basin…
Farmer Moves to Drought Resistant Crop
In 2019 Marv Wodtli transitioned his 10-acre farm away from hay, a crop he’d grown on the family plot of land since he was a child. Wodtli owned a floor covering store, Floor Decor, for over 30 years as his main job but still farmed on the side. He started growing lavender after researching crops…
