Awakening Your Inner Hero: I Love My Doctors
In my lifetime, medical miracles have become the norm. New hearts, new kidneys, lungs, knees. And that doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of our infinite medical blessings. When my dad, of blessed memory, was 78 years old, he finally gave in to getting his right knee replaced. He was an athlete his whole…
Musictown, USA
You’d be forgiven if you’d lost count of the number of show announcements flowing out of the Old Mill District’s newly titled Hayden Homes Amphitheater this year. As of April 4, 39 shows were scheduled for Bend’s biggest stage—ranging from comedy acts like Jim Gaffigan, to returning acts like My Morning Jacket, to legacy artists…
The Great Northwest Nationals BMX Race
Since 2008 the Deschutes County Fair and Expo Center has played host to the Great Northwest Nationals BMX races. In 2022, it returns again after a two-year hiatus. “We could not be more excited to get back to the Expo Center,” says John David, chief strategy officer of USA BMX. The Great Northwest Nationals race is…
Letters to the Editor
Guest Opinion: Enforce Water Quality Laws for the Deschutes River For the past twelve years, the Wild and Scenic lower Deschutes River has been warmer and filled with nuisance algae, to the detriment of aquatic life. Meanwhile the Department of Environmental Quality has stood by and allowed the river to be harmed. At its April…
Alternatives to Pesticides
As we come into spring and our landscape tasks, it is timely to review what products we will be using to make our landscape happy, beautiful and safe. For aesthetic purposes, pesticides are widely used on lawns, landscapes and open space. Many of these chemicals harm human health and the environment with both immediate and…
Same Building, New Location
On April 4, the Warm Springs commissary building crawled to a new location on Wasco Drive, in view of Highway 26 via a Wolfe’s hydraulic Buckingham Power and Coaster Dolly, a massive remote-controlled dolly that supported the two-story structure. The federal government built the commissary in 1896 to distribute grains, flour, seeds and tools for…
Firefighters Feuding
The La Pine Firefighters Union submitted a letter on April 1 to its board of directors, but it wasn’t a joke. All 22 members of the union approved of a no-confidence letter to La Pine Fire Chief Michael Supkis, indicating they do not support the chief and will advocate for a replacement. The La Pine…
Noticias en Español
El 4 de abril, el edificio de la comisaría de Warm Springs se desplazó a una nueva ubicación sobre la calle Wasco Drive, a la vista de la carretera 26 por Buckinham Power y Coaster Dolly, una enorme plataforma móvil controlada por control remoto que sostenía una estructura de dos pisos. El gobierno federal construyó…
Camps and Cleanups: You’re Paying for It, Either Way
This week, fire crews were able to get a quick handle on a fire that started at a City of Bend facility that pumps sewer waste from much of the west side of Bend. Quick work on the fire meant that the damage was limited to $20,000—not so much when you consider that instead, the…
There is Nothing to ‘Pop’
Everywhere I go online it seems someone is posting some article (not too much unlike this one) about how the real estate market is in a bubble, and that soon that bubble will burst. The thing is none of it is very convincing, because for this to be a bubble something has to “pop.” To…
Running into 2022 Side by Side
Bend Marathon has had to cancel its in-person races for the past two years, but this year, runners will be delighted to know that the “real deal” is back. On Sunday April 10 organizers will stage the marathon, half marathon, 10k and 5k in-person races, starting and ending in the Old Mill District where it’s…
Open-Mic Guide
Looking for a place to support local music? Check out this current list of open mics, where aspiring and established local musicians come to play. Astro Lounge-Mondays Astro Lounge provides friendly bantering with the feeling of watching the talent show at a family reunion. Musicians play a range of classic and modern acoustic hits, all…
A Vampire and A Witch Walk into a Theater
There’s something so purely timeless to me about a good old-fashioned double feature. I don’t mean like at the drive-in where it’s a specially curated two-fer of films that are thematically connected or are perfectly paired with each other. Don’t get me wrong…those are great, but there’s something beautiful about seeing two movies just because…
Meat Cute
Meat Cute In using dating apps, I go by who looks cute in photos (followed by a call). But I keep going on dates and finding I have zero physical attraction to the guy. No spark. Big depressing waste of time. How do I prevent this? —Unhappy Hour Girl “Looks cute in photos” is a…
When Will Social Equity Matter to the OLCC?
For would-be cannabis entrepreneurs, the “Green Rush” is over and oversupply in the illicit market dominates all marijuana-related headlines in Oregon. For all but a few lucky players in the marijuana industry, the door is largely closed until federal law changes and turns Oregon into a cannabis-exporting giant. Oregon House Bill 4016, awaiting an inevitable…
Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I have lived my life according to this principle: If I’m afraid of it, then I must do it.” Aries author Erica Jong said that. Since I’m not an Aries myself, her aspiration is too strong for me to embrace. Sometimes I just don’t have the courage, willpower, and boldness to…
Ukraine Collab
Component Recordings out of Providence, Rhode Island, has put together a MASSIVE compilation album of 199 songs featuring artists from 25 different countries, dabbling in the industrial, electronic, ambient and adjacent genres. The songs were selected by either an open call on Facebook or through Component directly reaching out to friends and other connections. They…
Cooking Up New Ideas
Chef Amber Amos had already made a splash in Redmond with the opening of Westside Taco Co. in summer 2017—its second incarnation, after initially opening in Los Angeles. With the cart, located at Kobold in downtown Redmond, running successfully, Amos then ventured into a brick and mortar, opening Westside Local shortly before the pandemic started,…
Back Together and Back on the Road
Dave Simonett, singer/guitarist in the string band Trampled By Turtles, has an EP out called “Orion” that’s as close to a true solo project as he’s likely to do. While some of the songs have more than just his voice and either guitar or piano, the instruments were all played by Simonett and recorded in…
Dining, Food Truck Open at Elevation
Each spring, the students of Cascade Culinary Institute open their doors to the public for a series of lunches, dinners, and now a food truck. Spring fine dining lunches opened April 4 at the CCI restaurant, Elevation. A $10 fee gets patrons an appetizer, entrée and dessert Mondays and Tuesdays through May 24. Also open…
Taj Palace Moves to Hwy. 97
Fans of Taj Palace’s classic Indian buffet had to suffer through two full years of having it off the table—but now, the buffet is back, and in a new location. Taj Palace opened in its new space on Hwy. 97 in March, in the former Red Dragon restaurant location. It and downtown neighbor Wall Street…
