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Happy Hour Guide Winter 2018
Beer, Wine, Cider…Or a Perfectly Poured Cocktail Whatever your poison, wouldn’t you say now’s a good time to tip a glass, Central Oregon? For this season’s happy hour guide, we put on our big-city britches (hey, Bend is growing… gotta think big) and turned our focus on the Manhattan, the classic drink that, surprisingly, can…
Super Blue Blood Moon Swoon
If you’re like a lot of lovers of a good celestial spectacle, you may need an extra shot of espresso to help yourself wake up this morning. Gazing at a rare super blue blood moon is a task best left for the dead of night (or morning), after all. Thanks to Observatory Manager Grant Tandy…
Cheri Helt Vying for Buehler’s Seat
The race for Oregon House District 54 already has one Democratic candidate filed in the race—and now, one Republican is announcing her run for the Republican nomination. Cheri Helt, who currently sits on the school board for Bend-La Pine Schools, announced today that she’s seeking the Republican nomination for the seat currently held by Rep.…
Bend Local Takes Over “Jeopardy!”
T his week on “Jeopardy!,” Bend local, Rachel Lindgren dominates with five wins and a cash haul of $75,999, so far. Last January, Lindgren decided on a whim to try out for “Jeopardy!”— the popular televised quiz show hosted by Alex Trebek. “It was just something to show off all the pointless things I knew,”…
Bend-La Pine Graduation Rate Highest in History
The class of 2017 for the Bend-La Pine Schools just made history. Last year, the student graduation rate for Bend-La Pine Schools marked an all-time high for the percentage of students graduating on time, says a report released today by the Oregon Department of Education. The combined rate for district students earning a diploma on time…
The C Word: Consolidation
Although no one asked, I have some predictions for the cannabis landscape in Oregon, having nothing to do with the corrupt, race-baiting shitholes ruining this country. July will mark three years since Oregon passed Measure 91, our Adult Use, aka Recreational Use, program. It’s been great for adults who, prior to Measure 91, didn’t have…
Statewide Cred
For as long as I’ve lived in Central Oregon, I’ve driven past Just Joe’s Music with curiosity. Located on the second floor of a building facing Highway 97, children and their parents looking for band instruments press a button marked #1 to get buzzed into the building. Walking up the stairs, customers see photos of…
Advice Goddess: Burden of “Poof”
Out of the blue, my boyfriend of two years broke up with me. Not long afterward, I saw pix on Facebook of him with some other girl. It’s been two months since our breakup, and he wants to reconcile, so whatever he got into obviously tanked. We were planning on moving in together in the…
Representing Riders
Lucas Freeman showed up on his commuter bike for our interview. I suspected he might. As a co-founder and past president of the local nonprofit, Bend Bikes, he not only talks the talk, but he rides the rides. Freeman co-founded Bend Bikes with John Krog, Pam Hardy and Brian Potwin, filing for articles of incorporation…
The “Exposure” Carrot
It’s the third week of the new year and yesterday I opened my third email asking for a donation of my art for a fundraiser. That means, if I keep at this pace, I should expect 49 more emails in the coming year. Recently, a young artist in Bend was telling me, very excitedly, that…
Headache!
As the busier spring and summer home buying seasons approach, many homeowners are looking to put their homes on the market, while also looking for a new home. This has been a challenge due to the lower inventory levels and the competitive market, which make it difficult to find a replacement home. Selling a home…
Chai It, You’ll Like It
Sugar and spice and everything nice. That’s not referring to little girls, but instead refers to chai, the sweet, warm, spicy tea you find in many coffee houses. The word itself means “tea,” so calling it chai tea is a little redundant. If you were trying to be accurate, you’d call it the proper Indian…
Hands Off
Bend’s Mel Siegel knows more about self-driving cars than perhaps anyone else in town. He’s a Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh—and an authority on the subject. In honor of the transportation issue, Mel answered some questions about the future of ground transportation. Source Weekly: How long will it take until…
Who’s Driving
Head north on Highway 97 in the morning and you can’t help but notice the line of commuters driving into Bend from Redmond. It wasn’t like that 15 years ago. Take to pretty much any street during the height of the summer tourist season and you’ll find cars backed up at intersections and roundabouts that…
No More Honey for Sweet Alchemy
After five honey infusions and five years, Sweet Alchemy is saying farewell. Sandy Billings and Shonna Cunningham, a mother-daughter business team, said, “It was a tough decision because we love our product and love interacting with the community at farmers markets and events. Sandy is a full-time nurse and mother. I am currently using my…
Free Will Astrology: Jan. 24-31
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Thirty-five miles per hour is typically the highest speed attained by the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class aircraft carriers. That’s not very fast. On the other hand, each ship’s engine generates 190 megawatts, enough to provide the energy needs of 140,000 houses, and can go more than 20 years without refueling. If you…
Enjoying the GoodLife in ’18
GoodLife Brewing, opened to the public in 2011, is now old enough to qualify as a veteran of Bend’s beer community. Originally set to launch as Noble Brewing (until California-based Noble Ale Works opened first), GoodLife’s been putting out enough Sweet As and Descender IPA in cans across the Northwest to keep beer fans practically…
Letters to the Editor: Internet Porn at the Library, Corrupt Courts?, Wolves and Immigration
Immigration Anyone following the current immigration debate has to be disillusioned with our government. It is not only the immigration policy that is “broken,” it is also Congress, including both Democrats and Republicans. It is clear to me that many in Congress do not want to control our borders, or overstays on visa permits. They…
Bridge Battle, Part Deux
The fight over the proposed Deschutes River pedestrian bridge south of Bend may suffer a knockout blow if a new bill passes in the upcoming short legislative session. The draft of the bill, currently titled Legislative Concept 49, differs from Rep. Gene Whisnant’s failed bill from last session in that it doesn’t provide another option…
James Beard: America’s First Foodie
Did you know James Beard was an Oregon native? He also hosted the first television cooking show. You can learn more about this eccentric Oregonian, who recognized the importance of locally sourced food long before it was trendy, in the film, “James Beard: America’s First Foodie.” It’s playing for one night, Feb. 5, at McMenamins…
Can ridesharing apps help prevent drunk driving?
It’s been just over eight months since Uber arrived in Bend, and nearly seven months since Lyft followed suit. While Central Oregon may be relatively late to the ridesharing party, the San Francisco startups didn’t waste any time after a change in taxi ordinances in Bend and Redmond in early 2017 allowed them to operate.…
The gas tax wouldn’t have killed you.
If there’s one thing people like to complain/lament/rage about in Central Oregon (besides tourists and newcomers), it’s traffic and roads. It’s such a salient issue here, that we’ve devoted an entire issue of the Source to this important topic this week. If you want to know where the City of Bend and other entities are…
Sidewalk Talk
Foray to the Fitness Center A perilous journey in Midtown By Nicole Vulcan The joys of navigating Bend as a pedestrian start as soon as I set foot off my driveway. There’s no sidewalk on this portion of NE 6th Avenue in Midtown—even though we keep hearing about how this street will be a Neighborhood…
Returning to the River
“The Grand Coulee Dam murdered my tribe’s history. Murdered the history of all the Upper Columbia and Spokane tribes. Murdered my tribe’s relationship with its deity and murdered our relationship with our futures. For us, the Grand Coulee Dam is an epic gravestone and we Salish people have been mourning the death of our wild…
In Search of the Ideal Manhattan
Beer. Wine. Cider. Or a perfectly poured cocktail. Whatever your poison, wouldn’t you say now’s a good time to tip a glass, Central Oregon? For this season’s happy hour guide, we put on our big-city britches (hey, Bend is growing… gotta think big) and turned our focus on the Manhattan, the classic drink that, surprisingly,…
