Whale, Here’s A New Design
Oregon, DMV, License Plates, Marine Mammal Institute, Bruce Mate, Oregon State University, grey whales
Nurses Ratify a New Contract
With a tentative contract on the table over the past several weeks, the nurses at St. Charles Medical Center have voted in favor to ratify their four-and-a-half year contract. A majority of the over 900 nurses at St. Charles needed to sign on to complete the ratification—so after months of back and forth, many people…
Weekend Warrior: Jan 24-27
It’s that time of the week again – where you start to ask yourself “what am I going to do this weekend?” Sometimes our brains don’t have enough power left to even begin to think about making plans. Well, that’s where we come in. Here’s a bit of what’s going on the next few days…
Transparency and listening fall off in appointee process
Ahead of the November election, then-Mayor Pro Tem Sally Russell promised, were she to be elected as Bend’s first directly elected mayor, that she would prioritize listening to constituents as she makes City decisions. Following the election, then Mayor-Elect Russell, tasked, along with the rest of the council, with appointing someone to fill the council…
Alleged Harassment in the Forest Service
Imagine your son gets run off a bridge, Molotov cocktails are thrown through your window and the word “sh*t” is written with sewage in your backyard. That’s what Janine McFarland said she endured—and more—working for the U.S. Forest Service; a dream job turned nightmare. McFarland, an archeologist with the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District of the…
Batter’s Out For The Pancake Wagon
After two and a half years, The Pancake Wagon, a food cart that introduced Bend to the purrito, or pancake burrito, is saying goodbye. The announcement came via Facebook: “After experiencing several tragic events in our lives in 2017-2018, we did our best to keep the wagon-a-rollin.’ An angel in the form of a loved…
Canada’s Legalization, Four Months In
Let’s check in again with how Canada is doing with its national legalization of cannabis, just four months in. It’s the largest cannabis legalization program ever undertaken, and even though Americans do terribly in learning from other countries (or from history, or in school), perhaps we can buck that trend and take away some insight…
Letters to the Editor
City Council Appointment Process I am concerned about the recent city council appointment process and the missed opportunity for Bend to become truly welcoming. The process was promoted as public and non-partisan but appears was neither. Kathy Austin, James Dorofi and Kerani Mitchell were the top three candidates at the close of Monday’s council meeting,…
Dark Night Of The Soul
Society has made some significant strides when it comes to talking about mental health. While there has been improvement, the discussion about it in art communities might still be lacking. Elijah Goodall of This Island Earth would like to see it become more open, and he and his friends have plans for helping accomplish that.…
From the Bars of Miami
What started as a one-man band by Robbie Hunter has grown into much, much more. Now assembled with the skills of Pat Howard (drums) and John Coughlin (guitar), Magic City Hippies have moved from the bars of Miami (paid in free beer, I’m told) to playing festivals on their bucket list like Bonnaroo and Electric…
Co-Living Development
The affordable housing crunch is bringing out innovators trying to come up with solutions. In many larger U.S. cities, our local problems are magnified—so I like to look at what they’re doing. Unfortunately, not much is coming up, but this week an article about co-living developments caught my attention. Many millennials and others in Bend…
Jackalope Grill Hosts All-Oyster Dinner
Celebrate a culinary delight, the oyster, at the Jackalope Grill’s 10th annual all-oyster dinner. Throughout the evening you’ll try Pacific, Kumomoto, Shigoku, Luna Bella, Pickering Passage, Willipa Bay and Goose Point oysters. The five-course menu includes alder smoked oyster, fresh oyster selection, Northwest-style oyster pan roast with shrimp and shitake mushroom, oysters Florentine and a…
Areola 51 and A Czar Is Born
Areola 51 A lot of women are posting pix of themselves on Instagram in very skimpy attire. I don’t feel comfortable doing that (though I’m in great shape), because I’m single and I’m afraid men would think I’m “easy.” Am I right in thinking men don’t take you seriously as relationship material if you post…
Things You Know, But Cannot Explain
The renowned artist Rick Bartow once described his process this way: “I drew myself straight.” He also said, “art is medicine.” When you put the ideas together, you start to see how Bartow was able to transform pain into something beautiful and hopeful; challenging and redemptive. It’s possibly what Bartow is best known for—making challenging…
Hogan’s Hoagie Stop
Bend has many sandwich shops, and most of them will deliver a basic sandwich with bread, meats piled directly in the center and spreads like mayo and mustard doled out willy-nilly. At Hogan’s Hoagie Stop, you’ll get a sandwich that might keep you up at night, waiting for tomorrow’s lunch, when you can try another.…
Bridging the Gap Between Cocktail and Mocktail
Shirley Temple, Roy Rogers, Arnold Palmer: all attempts at creating non-alcoholic beverages. What they have in common is a syrupy sweet backbone with little reference to the pungent flavors you find in cocktails like a Manhattan or Negroni, which are made mostly with spirits. Order a lime and soda and it’s less sugary but has…
THE Love Story
Thoroughly Modern Productions of Bend brings Sondheim and Bernstein’s “West Side Story,” widely referred to as Romeo and Juliet the musical, to the Tower Theater this weekend. The company splurged on the best-quality digital music available from broker Music Theatre International for the production, according to director and TMP founder David DaCosta. “West Side Story…
That Guy’s Bistro Grand Opening in Redmond
That Guy’s Bistro, a food cart featuring flatbreads served as pizzas, or with Philly cheesesteak-inspired sandwich fillings, wrapped like a taco, opens Feb. 15. That Guy’s Bistro will be part of the new General Duffy’s Food Truck lot located on Forest Avenue, backing up to the Busy Chef commercial kitchen and event center and across…
Deschutes County’s First Century Farm
On Sept. 19, 1919, George and Anna Rastovich took advantage of the Homesteaders Act to start a 40-acre farm on what’s now called Rastovich Road on Bend’s east side. The Rastoviches immigrated to the U.S. from Yugoslavia in the early 1900s, got married in Spokane, Wash., and had three children before the promise of free…
Bend City Council Fills Open Seat
The Bend City Council voted 4-2 on Wednesday, Jan. 16, to appoint businessman and registered Republican Chris Piper to the vacant council spot for the next two years. The position opened after Sally Russell became Bend’s first directly elected mayor. The Council previously met Monday, Jan. 14 to tackle the issue, but was unable to…
Stuff for Snow Pups
Humans and dogs aren’t much different in winter. Both love to romp through fresh powder, go out for daily walks, and sniff each…well, two out of three isn’t bad. Humans layer up with hats, gloves and jackets before going outside—though some dogs are better suited to the cold than other dogs. Think husky versus chihuahua.…
We Could Be Heroes
I’m not sure there will be a weirder studio movie this year than M. Night Shyamalan’s “Glass.” One viewing doesn’t seem like remotely enough to get to the bottom of the deeply strange little movie that acts as a sequel to not only 2016’s surprise hit “Split,” but also 2000’s financial failure “Unbreakable.” Not too…
Free Will Astrology—Week of January 24
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. FEBRUARY: Start a new trend that will serve your noble goals for years to come. MARCH: Passion comes back into fashion with a tickle and a shiver and a whoosh. APRIL: As you expand and deepen your explorations, call on…
