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The Hurting
Inside the following stories, we’ve compiled a look at some of the ways mental health professionals and advocates are working to improve outcomes and better the lives of people in Central Oregon and beyond. Oregon Voters Said Yes to Using Psilocybin as a Mental Health Therapy. What’s Next? – By Ashley Moreno Healing Justice Collective…
Listen: Source Weekly Update 1/14 🎧
In this week’s podcast, we discuss the plan for returning to school as the hybrid learning program starts up and take a look at the swearing-in of new Bend City councilors. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 1/14
Department of Corrections Faces Legal Challenges as Employees Receive COVID-19 Vaccine
As of Jan. 10, statewide 27 adults in custody incarcerated by the Department of Corrections have died after testing positive for COVID-19, according to the DOC’s Response to the Novel Coronavirus in Oregon website. There are 604 active cases among AICs statewide—including 25 at the Deer Ridge Correctional Institute in Madras. Cases among DOC staff are…
Listen: Ascending Together – Twin Sisters Fiona and Isabel Max on Running Through COVID 🎧
For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we spoke with Isabel and Fiona Max. These fraternal twins are record-breaking runners from Bend who started their Freshman year at Princeton University this fall… remotely. They often finish within seconds or split seconds of each other in races, though Isabel is known for wins in shorter sprints,…
New City Council Takes Office
New Bend City Councilors Anthony Broadman, Melanie Kebler, Megan Perkins and Rita Schenkelberg took their oaths of office at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, and Councilor Gena Goodman-Campbell was unanimously voted the new mayor pro-tem. The person in the mayor pro-tem role can serve as the presiding officer any time the mayor isn’t available. While the…
A Return to In-Person Instruction… Mostly
1/13/20, 4PM: This story has been updated with information on Redmond schools, and a push by some Bend teachers to allow teachers the opportunity to get vaccinated before returning to school buildings. “This made me cry—I’m so happy and so are the kids!” That was the reaction from a mother of two students in Bend-La…
In a Tough Year, Some Cold Hard Cash for Area Nonprofits
It was a little idea that grew into a big win for area nonprofits: Rather than having each nonprofit go it alone and raise their end-of-year funds through their own channels, why not offer a one-stop-shop for those nonprofits to gain more visibility? The idea for Central Oregon Gives, conceived in 2019, was the brainchild…
Intermittent Feasting
The New Year is often a time to contemplate one’s relationship with calories. After months of culturally sanctioned gluttony, we find ourselves suddenly facing a cold empty chasm with a familiar question: will we fill this void with purpose, or leftover eggnog? The pandemic holidays of 2020 were unique, of course. The usual peer-reviewed parade…
Get Your Drinks and Run
It’s official, and available for only a limited time: Oregon now allows restaurants and bars to sell mixed drinks to customers buying takeout or delivery—so long as those drinks come with a “substantial food item.” On Dec. 23, Gov. Kate Brown signed into law SB 1801, also known as the Restaurant Relief Act of 2020,…
Valentine’s Day activities outdoors are going to go fast
Look out, lovers—if you’re trying to plan something special with your sweetie and it involves something other than staying in and getting cozy by your own fire, then you probably already know that anything good this year is going to get booked fast. Will we have a return to indoor dining by then? Who knows—but…
Conservationists Howling Mad After Gray Wolf ESA Delisting
The return of gray wolves to their ancestral haunts is one of the great American conservation success stories. These ancestors of the domestic dog were extirpated over much of their range in the last 100 years. Only isolated populations existed in the Western Great Lakes region, Canada, and Alaska as these apex predators were hunted,…
Do Permits and City Ordinances Really Matter?
Getting a permit or checking city ordinances before making changes or additions to one’s property may feel like unnecessary trouble—but when selling, being in compliance and having permits will prevent major headaches, potential issues and quite possibly the transaction. Cities, counties and municipalities all have ordinances and permit requirements for a reason. And no—that reason…
They Still Release Movies, Don’t They?
In the first column I write for the Source Weekly every year, I always look ahead to the upcoming months and write about the movies I’m really looking forward to seeing. The problem with this concept right now is two-fold: One, half the movies I wrote about in this space last year still haven’t been…
What To (Maybe) Look Forward to in 2021
It’s probably fair to say we’re all prettttty stoked that 2020 is over. The beginning of the new year gives the music industry and local scenes some hope that things might improve in 2021. Fingers crossed that ends up being just the case. To celebrate in that newfound hope, here’s a list of items that…
Free Will Astrology—Week of January 7
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I only want people around me who can do the impossible,” said Capricorn businesswoman Elizabeth Arden. In that spirit, and in accordance with your astrological potentials, I hereby authorize you to pursue two “impossible” goals in 2021. The first comes to you courtesy of fashion writer Diana Vreeland, who wrote, “There’s…
Couching Tiger & Cujo’s Diner
Couching Tiger I’m a woman in my late 20s in a happy, committed relationship. I had the idea of going to a therapist with my boyfriend so we can learn to communicate better, etc. Friends I’ve told about this see it as a sign of “trouble in paradise.” Is it possible I’m in denial and…
Pearl’s Puzzle – Week Of Jan. 7
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Letters to the Editor 1/7/21
Editor’s note: For the first issue of a new year, it’s easy to slip into the familiar track, covering things such as “how to stick to your resolutions” and “cleansing after all that excess.” While you’ll find a slight blush of that type of content in this week’s Chow story covering intermittent fasting, for the…
After Oregon’s Devastating Fires, Protect Public Lands
Between the rampant smoke and the screaming headlines, it was hard to miss the fact that this past September, Oregon’s forests burned like they’ve never burned before. Estimates are that this past fire season burned twice as many acres as we’d normally see in 10 fire seasons. The impacts have been devastating to the thousands…
Feeling the Effects of Isolation? You Are Not Alone
If you’re struggling with isolation or experiencing other challenges related to social distancing and closures during the pandemic, you’re not alone. That’s the message from the Oregon Department of Human Services, which launched the “You Are Not Alone” campaign last month, hoping to address mental health issues facing Oregonians during the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a…
Noticias en Español
Con el objetivo de cerrar la gran brecha de salud y bienestar en la zona Centro de Oregon y mas allá de, un grupo de habitantes locales crearon recientemente Healing Justice Collective, con la intención de apoyar a las personas negras, indígenas y de color, y a aquellos que históricamente han sido oprimidos en su…
In Solidarity
“May I be loved. May all Black, Indigenous and people of color be loved. May all gay, lesbian and trans folks be loved. May all disabled people be loved. May we all be loved.” —An adaptation, by the Central Oregon Healing Justice Collective, of the popular Buddhist Metta loving-kindness prayer Aiming to close the long-fraught…
Mental Health Tips from the Pros
Finding a coven of wellness practitioners is key to making it through trying times (need I say the word… COVID). But if signing up for therapy (or finding a therapist) is beyond your scope, these are some health tips that are helping myself and my she-wolf pack make it through the wilderness of winter seasonal…
Teletherapy: Will It Survive the Pandemic?
With the declaration of a Public Health Emergency in the U.S. in 2020, mental health therapists, psychologists and other clinicians were able to make a quick pivot to teletherapy—therapy administered by either telephone or video conferencing. According to a survey by the American Psychological Association published in June, 75% of clinicians reported treating patients remotely.…
