Washington Declares Drought Emergency—Is Oregon Next?
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared a statewide drought emergency today, OPB reports. The emergency status was brought about by low snowpack. Insley said that while the state should have sufficient water for drinking, crops and fish may be threatened, and wild fires are an increased risk. California has already declared a drought emergency. Is Oregon…
Friday Mixtape: School Songs
By: Josh Gross This issue of The Source looks into Bend’s local community college. And it turns out, school is a topic that songwriters have been exploring for some time as well. Sounds like a Mixtape to us. We’ve found some great songs about the trials and successes of the educational process, with everyone from Nirvana…
Editor’s Note: In this week’s issue
As the population in Central Oregon continues a steady march upwards and with visual reminders all over town—like the housing projects popping up along the southern reaches of town—there has been a certain amount of chatter over whether growth is good. Part of that discussion is, of course, that growth brings change and competition—competition for…
Crossword Puzzle Answers (5/6/15)
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And then he told them to go back to California!
When a local guy saw a father at Tumalo Falls allowing his two children to carve their names into a hand railing, he asked them to stop. They didn’t. He took a picture, posted to Facebook and now, with 52,000 shares the Forest Service is hunting down the family. KGW has a more complete…
Their honeymoon cut short by an earthquake, they decided to stay and help.
Submitted by Madeline Bokowa We stood there high up in the Himalayas, rigid, almost frozen in space, as a boulder the size of house, dropped from the sky and ricocheted its way down the path in front of us. “RUN!” My partner Chadd yelled, as he grabbed my arm and pulled us away from underneath…
Volcano Tour Part 3: Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Rainier
After almost a week on the road, traveling from one volcano to the next, camping, bagging peaks, and experiencing plenty of adventure, a rest day presented a mix of both relief for our tired bodies and a bit of something else: anxiety, perhaps? It felt strange to not be hiking a mountain. However, we had…
Editor’s Note: In this week’s issue
Three years ago, my Norwegian grandmother Bernice turned 100 years old. Leading up to her birthday, I spent a number of evenings interviewing her, and asking questions about her childhood and about growing up on a Wisconsin farm before there was electricity and phones and cars. But what struck me most was her answer to…
Preserving Funding
A couple Mondays ago, 50 some people gathered at Obsidian School in Redmond to discuss a way in which Outdoor School could be enjoyed by all of the almost 50,000 fifth and sixth grade students in Oregon. To their utter joy, they all discovered it could happen. This may sound nearly impossible when the state…
Art Watch 4/29-5/6
One of Bend’s most celebrated artists, master printmaker and Atelier 6000 (A6) founder Patricia Clark, celebrates her 80th birthday this year. Her impressive works, which reflect a fascination with the natural world that spans six decades, will be on display at two galleries during First Friday and throughout the month of May. Her exhibit “Marks”…
Where the Women Are
More than one in four businesses in the Bend-Redmond area are woman-owned. With women comprising 51 percent of the population that may not seem significant. But it is enough for Bend-Redmond Metropolitan Statistical Area to rank 20th in the nation for woman-owned businesses, according to a recent study by consumer advocacy site NerdWallet. In the…
Bouyant and Bubbly
In the six years that Portland artist Tracie Broughton has been a fine art painter, the prolific painter has embarked on ambitious projects with a distinctive style suggesting a much longer career. Broughton is a graphic designer by trade whose murals and lifelike canvases evoke a joyful liveliness in both form and substance. The photographic…
Those Boots Are Made For Hiking
Since I first moved to Oregon two decades ago, Bill Sullivan has been one of the consistent voices in my head. As the author of the popular series of 100 Hikes, each covering one of five regions in the state, Sullivan has directed me deep into the Cascades and on wind-swept trails along the coast.…
Out of Town 4/29-5/6
eugene wednesday 29 – sunday 3 Cinema Pacific Film Festival Typical U of O—go big or go home. Their annual Cinema Pacific Film Festival features films from countries surrounding the Pacific Ocean. Though that seems a wide net to cast, the focus of this year’s event is The Philippines. Films will be shown daily on…
DO Go Chasing Waterfalls!
Despite the disappointing snowpack across the state, sunny skies and warm spring temperatures mean it’s waterfall season in Oregon. Here are three worth leaving the county for. White River Falls State Park This park contains at least three of my favorite features: huge geologic landforms, a series of cascading whitewater falls, and the physical remains…
Picks 4/29-5/6
thursday 30 Jeff Austin Band BLUEGRASS—The former mandolin player of Yonder Mountain String Band, Jeff Austin, who is celebrated for his shockingly quick fingers and improvisational skills on stage, is headed in a new creative direction as a solo artist. Performing in Bend with Danny Barnes, Ross Martin, and Eric Thorin, for an evening of…
Power to the People
If Dr. Shirley Metcalf had led with her personal motto—”it’s all about the people,” a turn of phrase by way of former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell’s book It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership—it might have come off as a shtick. Instead, Dr. Metcalf, the fifth president of Central Oregon Community College…
Source Suggests 4/29-5/6
First Friday Party Featuring Bobby Lindstrom and Mean Ed Sharlet “The blues,” Steve Martin once explained, “just get me so blue.” But this First Friday, Bobby Lindstrom brings upbeat, bluesy rock to the Crow’s Feet Commons courtyard. With raspy vocals, high energy, and passion, Lindstrom plays a set of his favorite blues covers mixed in…
Bend Park and Rec Board: Dan Fishkin
What three things do you most hope to accomplish if elected? If given the opportunity to continue my service on the Board of Directors, my primary goal is to oversee the completion of the Bond projects currently under construction. These Bond projects are in various stages of completion, are on schedule and on budget, and…
Where The Candidates Roam
On Monday evening, the three candidates for the Director position for the Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD) gathered at the Deschutes County Building, and on May 6, a second debate will be hosted at Deschutes Brewery Public House. No wonder all the interest: Serving on the Board of Directors for BPRD is a critical…
Bend Park and Rec: Foster Fell
What three things do you most hope to accomplish if elected? 1. Re-prioritize Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD) planning and spending to more closely meet the needs of the taxpayers who support it. BPRD’s own polling shows support for neighborhood parks and a new swim and rec center as paramount needs. I think we, for…
Bend Park and Rec: Brady Fuller
What three things do you most hope to accomplish if elected? If elected, I hope to work with other Board members to rapidly determine a multi-year waiver of SDCs for affordable housing and match that loss in revenue with a reduction in the District’s ambitions for new facilities. Second, I hope to advocate for improved…
The Year in Women
Last year full of firsts for women, and the momentum is only continuing through 2015. Here are just a few reasons why. JANUARY 2014 – President Barack Obama establishes the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. – Mary Barra becomes the first female CEO of General Motors. FEBRUARY 2014 – Janet…
Three is The Magic Number
We are sitting outside at Crow’s Feet Commons, and I’m talking with Tyler Martin and Lion Lovechild, two members from NRG Tribe, an up-and-coming hip-hop trio from Redmond. They are telling me about auras, and about how the third member of their group was drawn to them because of one of their indigo auras. No,…
She Works Hard for the Money
While most people think of April 14 as the 11th hour of income tax preparation, for half the population it has a different kind of economic significance. It’s the point in the year—combined with the previous 12 months—at which women will have finally earned as much as men did in the previous calendar year. Dubbed…
Big in Australia
There should be a saying that goes: when you can rock a mohawk, then you can talk. Australian singer/songwriter/guitarist Mia Dyson has surely earned the right, and not just because of her curly, center-stripe haircut. This accomplished musician will appear for the first time ever in Bend at the Volcanic Theatre Pub on May 4,…
Side Notes 4/29-5/6
If you are among those that believe every day is Earth Day, then there are plenty of upcoming opportunities to make an impact. For starters, May is National Bike Month. According to My City Bikes, a public health campaign for beginner cyclists, there are plenty of perks to taking two wheels. The organization claims that…
Rich Dude’s Lament
“Rich white guy loses all his money” is probably a really compelling pitch to other rich white guys. Cue shirtless rich dude staring bleakly into his bathroom mirror: “What if all this money is keeping me from living an authentic life?” Etc. If you’re not innately drawn to the premise, however, it’s hard to get…
Numbers Don’t Lie
For last week’s Earth Day, we received a press release regarding titled, “America’s 10 most polluting mountain towns.” It is not a list that Bend wants to see itself on, but there it is: seventh worst polluting “mountain town” in America. The report is troubling, and hopefully one that Bendites will fully consider. It came…
Film Events 4/29-5/6
Metropolitan Opera: Cavalleria Rusticana/Paliacci Encore Yeah, it’s that good, there’s an encore. Like a three and half hour encore! Amazingly, this opera—although now roundly considered a classic—was the equivalent of a 19th century open-mic, as a music publisher and pimp invited a bunch of young Italian composers (who had yet to produce anything) to submit…
Letters 4/21-4/28
GALVESTON AVENUE After reading the article in the Bulletin last week about potential changes to Galveston Avenue, I decided to ponder the best way for this to happen. And noticed that there is NO MONEY in the City budget for this $2.5-$5 million project. Since there is no college yet on the west side with…
Are We There Yet?
Are We There Yet? By many accounts, 2014 was a banner year for women, and it isn’t hard to see why. From the explosion of Twitter hashtags calling attention to the harassment and abuse of women, such as #YesAllWomen and #WhyIStayed, to the Columbia University student who carried around her mattress in protest of her…
Smoke Signals 4/29-5/6
The latest buzz in cannabis news is surrounding the retirement of the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Michele Leonhart. Leonhart was notorious for coming down hard on folks in the marijuana industry, including medical and recreational businesses operating legally within their state. She also publicly disagreed with the President Barack Obama on his position…
Good Guys
Feminism isn’t just for women. Despite the prefix, wanting equality for a group that comprises a slight majority of the population is a cause we should all be able to get behind. But, without bras to burn or once-shaven leg hair to grow in, what does solidarity look like? “Learn about the issue, decide what…
From Galveston Avenue to Oblivion
There are now officially too many great beer spots around Bend’s downtown and nearby west side to visit in one go-around—at least if you want to keep your liver and headspace fresh. Over the past year or so alone, the area around Galveston Avenue—home of the already-popular 10 Barrel and Brother Jon’s Public House—has become…
No Justice, No Peace
Warm Springs tribal member Alyssa Macy has represented indigenous women globally at the United Nations World Conference on Indigenous Peoples. She also has survived multiple incidents of sexual assault. Unfortunately, for Native American women, the latter of these experiences is more common than the former. “The research shows that Native women are victims of sexual…
Move Over Pedal Pub
Art & Wine, Oh My! offers a simple concept: people getting together to paint and have some drinks. “It’s all about creating community and getting to know one another,” says owner Kaie Stoops. The mobile paint-and-sip business opened last year, and hosts both public events (open to the community three to four nights per week)…
