Newport Avenue’s Owner Gets a National Award
Since opening in 1976, Newport Avenue Market has left its mark on the community. The store itself is a 19-time winner of the “Best Grocery Store” category in the Source’s Best Of Issue. Now its founder, Rudy Dory, has been honored with another award by the National Grocers Association – the Clarence G. Adamy Great…
Hayden Homes is The Best Company to Work for in Oregon
Hayden Homes tops Oregon Business Magazine’s Best Companies list.
Oregon Leads National Lawsuit Against “Gag Rule”
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced they are leading a national lawsuit against a ruling that would directly effect funding for Title X.
Shoveling Giving You a Sore Back? This Might Help
The first day of this recent big storm was magical—the white stuff piling up like lovely puffs over the grime of winter. You may have shoveled the walk a bit, mostly enjoying some time off in front of the fire. The next day, maybe the groceries were running low. Maybe you had to go back…
Women’s Issue: Important conversations emerge when we acknowledge our diversity
This week, Editor Nicole Vulcan has elected to write a personal note to readers, in honor of the 2019 Women’s Issue. Every year, the Source dedicates one issue to highlighting the work of some of the women doing impactful work around social, environmental and cultural change in our community. Some years, we’ve elected to name…
Youth Hostile
I’m a 35-year-old woman who’s been married for a year to a 70-year-old man. My husband’s closest female friend is also one of his exes. He’s known her for 40 years. She’s a real sore point for me. She stayed at our apartment while we were away. She wouldn’t reply to any of my emails…
Everyday Sheroes
When I was a little girl, combing outdoor magazines for inspiration, there was rarely a woman to be found—and if there was, she was always a top performing, elite athlete. While there are many women who can keep up with the boys and even lead the pack, I know I’m not alone in wanting to…
Tumalo Art Company
Alive and thriving in Bend are a number of arts collectives where artists come together to work and sell their art. While it’s not uncommon to find in cities, it’s a testament to the creative culture that Central Oregon has so many. Founded in 2001, Tumalo Art Company has been a collective that has housed…
Dinner celebrates gut health through plants
Fill your belly and your brain at The Humble Beet’s first-ever five-course vegan dinner. In addition to a plant-based dinner prepared by food blogger Marla Tomorug, attendees will get probiotic elixir pairings from The Water Kefir People, live music from Tosch Roy and gut health education from Dr. Jessica Goyke. Plant-Based Gut Health Dinner, Probiotic…
Art Walk Picks
Headed to First Friday in downtown Bend? Here’s what to put on your radar. MARK RANSOM & THE MOSTEST CD RELEASE CD RELEASE PARTY When First Friday rolls around, the first thing that comes to mind is fine art exhibits — but Bend showcases all sorts of artists during Art Walk. Join local musician Mark Ransom…
AcaDummy Awards
The Oscars were weird this year. I mean, they’re always baffling for at least a few minutes, but this year seemed especially frontloaded with the strangeness. There were several deserving winners, but there were also such terrible choices as to completely cheapen what came before. Here are a few of the good, the bad and…
Culinary Skills Improve Bariatric Success
“It saddens me we don’t teach our children to cook anymore. It has fallen away from our society’s desire for convenience and speed,” says Rose Archer, chef and owner of True You Food. “I have this belief that everyone wants to be happy, fundamentally. You cannot be happy if your health is terrible. Study after…
10 Barrel Podcast
Get behind the scenes at 10 Barrel with its new podcast, “Fully Aligned.” With two episodes under their belt, the podcasters deliver life at the brewery with cheeky antics. If you can get beyond the bro talk and frat vibe, even with a female co-host, local craft beer enthusiasts will geek out on all the…
Distiller Faces Ryegrass Roadblocks
Before starting a craft distillery in 2012, Chris Beatty was a partner in Trillium FiberFuels, a company focused on creating ethanol from grass and wheat straw. He studied the ryegrass plant because the company was in the Willamette Valley, the ryegrass capitol of the world. They’d learned that as the ryegrass grows, they could cut…
County Commissioners storm ahead with denials; LUBA showdown looms
Much like the national political climate, in which we’re witnessing a loony, right-wing president drive insane policies to fights in the federal courts, our own right-wing Deschutes Board of County Commissioners may be driving our rural cannabis industry to Salem to seek a change to Deschutes County rules. First, an update to a story we…
Not Your Token Activist
Activist Rachel Cargle will be in Bend two times over the next month—first, as a lecturer at this week’s Muse Conference, and then as a presenter at TEDxBend March 30. Both appearances will center around a lecture she’s given around the country, titled, “Unpacking White Feminism.” At the root of Cargle’s work: exploring the “intersection…
On The Brink
When Alicia Viani put down the oboe and picked up the guitar, the course of her life and musical career shifted. Born in Singapore, Viani lived overseas for the first eight years of her life, including places such as Japan and Indonesia. Her parents were teachers, which gave her a love for travel at an…
Source Suggests These Books
Before you stroll the streets of First Friday, check out these suggestions from Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe. Then head down to the shop for a discount on the books! “Daisy Jones and the Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid Told through a series of interviews with band members and the people in their orbit, this reads like…
It’s In The Details
There’s a certain power in the softness of “Traveling Mercies,” the latest album from country-folk artist Emily Scott Robinson. Her voice is elegant, telling a variety of vivid stories as we weave between the 12 tracks. It’s a playback of mini movies Robinson has either experienced or been inspired by on her journey through life.…
Woman to Woman
As we outlined in the Opinion piece on page 4 of this issue, the Source’s Woman of the Year in 2019 is Erika McCalpine, a business instructor at OSU-Cascades, who moved to this community in early 2018 from Alabama. Not long after, McCalpine experienced at least one racial incident that left her feeling vulnerable—an incident…
To iBuy or not to iBuy?
We know you’ve seen those recognizable signs claiming, “We Buy Your Home 4 Cash” or “Cash Now For Your Fixer.” The premise behind this business model: individuals or private groups of investors will purchase a home quickly, with cash, well below market value, and then fix it up and resell it for a nice profit.…
40 Years as Ladies of the Law
Forty years ago, Lynn Jarvis and I joined a very small group of women attorneys in the Central Oregon area. The landscape of the legal profession has definitely changed over those four decades. Estimates are now that over 50 percent of law students are female. When I was in law school in the ’70s, it…
2019 Paw Pageant — Vote!
Now’s the time to vote in the Source Weekly’s inaugural Paw Pageant! The winner will be featured in our new magazine “Central Oregon Pets,” which hits stands on March 28. Let the cuteness begin! VOTING HAS ENDED — A WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE CENTRAL OREGON PETS MAGAZINE, ON STANDS MARCH 28TH!
Free Will Astrology—Week of February 28
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Until the sixteenth century in much of Europe and the eighteenth century in Britain, the new year was celebrated in March. That made sense given the fact that the weather was growing noticeably warmer and it was time to plant the crops again. In my astrological opinion, the month of March…
Letters to the Editor
Mt. Bachelor’s Management We have been visiting Mt. Bachelor for decades now and we’re no longer going to do so. They have a list of failures that a ski area of this size shouldn’t have. Today, February 25, was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Only Skyliner, Sunrise, Sunshine Accelerator and Cloudchaser are open.…
Inaugural Brewing Man and Origin Beer competition
Brewers and distillers unite in a festival of terroir-based beverages and inspired brewing methods. Presented by Mecca Grade Estate Malt, it’s a celebration of indigenous ingredients and natural methods of brewing. The weekend includes overnight camping, a five-course dinner, workshops and entry into Brewing Man Brew Competition. Brewing Man & Origin Beer Competition Fri. May…
On Flies in Winter
“Hey Jim,” a recent email read, “How about a Source article describing the nature and intent of ‘winter flies?’ They come into our houses—fly around slow and stupidly—do not feed—and within a day or two, they die. When they do, they seem almost completely dehydrated and they actually crumble to dust and body parts when…
Creating Beauty From Hardship
Veronica Ramos isn’t a counselor. By day, she works in accounting for Bend Parks and Recreation District. She dreams of one day opening a halfway home for women transitioning out of human trafficking. For now, though, she’s focusing on a new support group for women survivors of sexual abuse — something she’s passionate about, as…
V is for Inclusion
Donning colors of pink, red and purple, women of all backgrounds and appearances acted out Eve Ensler’s riveting writings at this year’s mid-February performances of “The Vagina Monologues”, held in both Bend and Madras. Having a performance in a place beyond Bend is just one way the show producers aimed to make it more inclusive.…
