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2020 Gift Guide: Comfort & Joy
It’s been a year. The past 12 months have included divisive politics, devastating wildfires and a ruthless virus that has exposed breathtaking societal inequalities as it has cut lives short. Yet difficulties have a way of making our priorities clear. Families have grown closer (perhaps closer than we’d have liked!), we’ve found a renewed sense…
Superintendent Search Down to Two Candidates
Two candidates for the position of superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools are participating in a community forum on Wed., Dec. 16, introducing themselves to the public as they vie for the top spot in the district. The BLPS Board of Directors announced the names of the finalists Dec. 14. They include Dr. Kristina Bellamy, who…
Listen: Source Weekly Update Podcast 12/17 🎧
The first doses of the coronavirus vaccine are headed to Bend, and details on the upcoming session of the Oregon legislature, aimed at helping renters and businesses affected by the shutdowns, along with wildfire victims, all in this week’s podcast. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 12/17
First Shipments of COVID-19 Vaccine Expected in Bend
St. Charles expects to receive its first 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Dec. 17, with vaccinations expected to start Dec. 21
Listen: Anthony Broadman on Getting Kids Back in the Classroom 🎧
For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we spoke with City Councilor-Elect, Anthony Broadman who also works as an indigenous rights attorney. Broadman has already developed a reputation for leadership in Bend: He helped spearhead a plan to expand outdoor seating for restaurants throughout the City and introduced a proposal to provide childcare for community…
The Source Poetry Contest is Back! Now’s your chance to win cash prizes
It’s been quite a year, Central Oregon—this is your chance to write about it… and get cash prizes! The Source Weekly’s popular poetry contest is back for another year, with a theme of “Reckoning.” Co-produced by the Source Weekly, the Deschutes Public Library and the Masters of Fine Arts program at Oregon State University-Cascades. Here’s…
Pearl’s Puzzle- Week of Dec. 14
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Listen: Source Weekly Update – Dec 10 🎧
In this week’s Source Weekly Update, plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Bend and Central Oregon and assessing Gov. Kate Brown’s new framework, in which Deschutes County and 24 other counties are in the “extreme” risk category. How do we move out of “extreme?” We suss out the details. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon ·…
May the Source Be With You
Hello, lovelies. I’m partially writing this from the emergency room, as I just recently slipped on some ice and ripped open my elbow, so pardon me if I ramble because blood loss and hunger are combining to make me something of a blubbering mess. I gotta tell ya, I’m not feeling the holidays this year.…
Meet Lupine
Bend local Ella Peterson releases folky, bedroom-pop songs under the name Lupine. I stumbled across her music at the beginning of the fall while searching for new tunes from Bend on Bandcamp—and I was super excited with what I found. The 17-year-old only had two songs and an EP titled, “Clover,” released at the time,…
Digital Foot Traffic
In an ever-expanding digital shopping universe, Amazon is the black hole swallowing local retailers’ market shares. In a 2017 Retail Dive article, Neil Stern noted that from 2006 to 2017, Amazon saw nearly 2000% growth in market value. How can smaller retail planets without the gravitational pull of Amazon supernovas maintain autonomy? “Omnichannel, seamless retailing,…
Geoff Babb and the AdvenChair are Ready to Roll
On Nov. 10, 2005, Geoff Babb, a retired Bureau of Land Management fire ecologist and avid outdoor recreationalist who loved to ski and mountain bike, was rushed to the hospital after having a brain stem stroke. The near-fatal stroke left Babb with limited mobility. His recovery, aided by his wife, Yvonne, and then twin 12-year-old…
Holidays, COVID-19 and Real Estate Showings
It’s no secret that the real estate market is one sector of the economy where the effects of coronavirus have had the opposite influence than on the vast majority of the U.S. economy. From the start of the pandemic, the real estate industry in Oregon has been considered an essential business/industry. In fact, the real…
2020 Gift Guide: Joy for Pets
Catnip Toy from Bend Pet Express, $5 420 NE Windy Knolls Dr.; 133 SW Century Dr., Bend bendpetexpress.com Sport Launcher from Bend Pet Express, starting at $8 420 NE Windy Knolls Dr.; 133 SW Century Dr., Bend bendpetexpress.com Pig-N-Poke from Wild Chewz, $13 wildchewz.com Qwizl Treat Toy from Bendy Dog, $16 114 NW Minnesota Ave.,…
2020 Gift Guide: Joy for Kids
Ice cream Sundae Bag from Goody’s Chocolates and Ice Cream, $20 957 NW Wall St., Bend shop.goodyschocolates.com Spooner Board from Leapin’ Lizards, $49.99 953 NW Wall St., Bend leapinlizardstoys.com Pandemic Board Game from Modern Games, $44.99 550 SW Industrial Way #150, Bend moderngamesbend.com Ukelele from Sunday Guitars, $54.99 759 NE Greenwood Ave. Ste. 1, Bend…
2020 Gift Guide: Joy for Her
Heirloom Bend Ornament from Lone Crow Bungalow, $59 937 NW Wall St, Bend lonecrowbungalow.com Single Stone Bar Necklace from The Workhouse, $30 50 SE Scott St. #6, Bend theworkhousebend.com Chocolate Sampler from Seahorse Chocolate, $18 35 NW Bond St., Bend seahorsechocolate.com Shelli Walters Painting from Tumalo Art Co., $285 387, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. Unit 407, Bend…
2020 Gift Guide: Joy for Him
Whiskey Club Membership from McMenamin’s, $75 annually 700 NW Bond St., Bend mcmenamins.com Bone-a-Fide Fitted Hat from Boneyard Brewery, $32 1955 NE Division St., Bend boneyardbeer.com Beer’d Men’s T-shirt from Cascade Cottons, $24.95 909 NW Wall St., Bend cascadecottons.com Scorpion Bottle Opener from The Workhouse, $35 50 SE Scott St. #6, Bend theworkhousebend.com Recliner Crew Fleece…
Flee Bites & All Night Yawn
Flee Bites I broke up with my boyfriend because he didn’t prioritize our relationship and wouldn’t commit. He now wants to get back together and has been sending me cards and letters for weeks. Is it foolish to give him another shot? —Red Flag? A man who’s all, “Forget the Tinder randos! I need you!”…
Free Will Astrology—Week of December 10
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I’m envisioning a scene in which you’re sitting on a chair at a kitchen table. At the center of the table is a white vase holding 18 long-stemmed red roses. The rest of the table’s surface is filled with piles of money, which you have just unloaded from five mysterious suitcases…
COVID-19 restrictions changing to allow up to 50 people to gather outdoors
With COVID-19 restrictions changing to allow up to 50 people to gather outdoors, we checked in with some well-known local spots offering outdoor events, deals on takeout or continued local night specials. Cross Cut Warming Hut No. 5: Snag locals’ day deal on Tuesdays, get $1 off all drafts, all day long. Snuggle up by…
To Scan or Not to Scan: Local Restaurants and QR Codes
Once viewed as a marketing gimmick, QR codes are now becoming widely adopted and accepted thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. In larger cities throughout the country, many restaurants have shifted to digital menus, using QR codes for menu viewing and sometimes even ordering. Rather than physical menus, eateries can have diners scan a QR code…
Letters to the Editor 12/10/20
Editor’s note: In a year that’s been filled with ups and downs and everything seeming topsy turvy, we elected to focus our two-part Gift Guide on two things that most people could use a good dose of this year: First, Comfort. Second, Joy. The “Joy” portion comes in this week’s edition, where we’ve rounded up…
Noticias en Español
Las Autoridades de Salud de Oregon esperan que “en algún vecindario” lleguen al estado 100,000 vacunas a finales del mes. Durante la actualización de Salud Pública Regional del 3 de diciembre, el director de servicios de salud del condado Deschutes, el Dr. George Conway, dijo que menos de 2,000 vacunas serán enviadas al condado Deschutes.…
Bend’s Poor Rating in LGBTQ Equality Can Be a Roadmap to Inclusivity and Continued Economic Prosperity
This week, the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer civil rights organization, released its Municipal Equality Index, which rates U.S. cities based on cities’ LGBTQ policies. The 506 cities named were rated on things including whether the city has a human rights commission, whether a city’s employees have access to…
Thinking Outside the Buds: Canna-Friendly Gifts
More likely than not, the cannabis lover in your life already has their favorite dispensary—and dispensary products—well in hand. Putting a container of edibles or flower under the tree this year will be sure to make them smile, but if you’re looking for something besides product to wrap up and give this year, here are…
Give the Gift of Music
For all the things that went horribly wrong in 2020, it was a good year for deluxe box sets and album reissues – all good options for Christmas gifts. Of the dozens of such sets that arrived this year, here are some recommendations. Anthology Sets: Elton John: “Elton: Jewel Box”–The meat to this eight-CD set…
