Thinking Outside the Cone: The inside scoop on summer treats
I scream, you scream, we all scream for… frozen desserts? That's right. As we bid farewell to national ice cream month, we say hello to a frozen feature. And while Redmond stresses over whether to permit, regulate or fingerprint its ice cream vendors, we've got our fingers all over frozen treat purveyors in Bend that…
David Wu’s Resignation: The Domino Effect
It almost feels like a political holiday with all the excitement in the air among politicos around Wu’s resignation. Now we have a whole new perspective to speculate.
The Traveling Camera: Balloons Over Bend
The Balloons Over Bend event is very, very photogenic. You have to be a lousy photographer to not get a decent shot.
David Wu Resigns: Here are some people who might fill his spot.
Obviously the biggest political news in the state today is the ongoing saga of U.S.
Mmmmm, Hamm’s!
Celebrate summer with Hamm’s. “Mmmm, Hamm’s!” Theodore Hamm (hence Hamm-apostrophe-s, as in it’s “Hamm’s beer”) started the brewery in 1865 near St.
Ride the Wind: Ballooning over Bend
The Northwest Community Balloons Over Bend Children’s Festival kicked off Friday morning at Riverbend Park. Hundreds gathered in the early morning to watch the balloons launch on what was a beautiful and cloudless Bend morning. One by one, starting at around 6:15 AM, all seven balloons safely took to the sky and headed out Northeast…
Mt. Washington/Reed Market Roundabout to Close Tomorrow
For all you drivers hoping to use the Mt. Washington/Reed Market roundabout, today is your last chance for over a month.
To Vote for Our Mayor or Not: Let the people decide, says Clinton
A divided city council opted earlier this week to postpone a decision on whether to break a 100-year tradition of allowing the council to appoint the city’s mayor and turn the question over to voters. The issue will be readdressed at the Aug. 3 Council meeting, in part to allow Council member Scott Ramsay and…
Astro Reopens at New Location – Tonight
Looking for something to do this Friday night? One of Bend’s favorite spots to find a make-out partner is reopening this evening (July 22), says owner Josh Maquet, who has had to do most of the finish work himself in order to speed things along at his new Bond St. space (939 Bond St., briefly…
Trails Conditions are Perfect
If you didn’t call in sick to work today, you might want to leave early for a “dentist appointment.” The trails are calling.
What Ales Ya?: Not making the grade as a beer lover
By Bob Woodward The great American jazz maestro Duke Ellington once noted: “if it sounds good and you like it, it's good music.” I feel the same way about beer. If it tastes good and I like it, it's good beer. And thankfully every one of our local craft brewers makes at least three beers…
Staying Put: Story of a little girl lost has a happy ending
By Bob Woodward This past Sunday mountain biking the loop trail around Shevlin Park I came on a young girl standing beside her bike at a trail/road. “Waiting for your mom and dad, “I asked. “Just my mom, “she replied, “we became separated and they told me at school that you should always stay in…
OPEN LETTER TO THE BEND PARK AND RECREATION BOARD
On June 16, I went to the congregate meal site to have lunch and listen to music with an older adult client. The meal was interrupted before it began by a panel from BPRD [Bend Park and Recreation District] and community partners representing the “social serves” aspect of the current Senior Center. Not only was…
Bait and Switch at the Senior Center
I am writing this letter on behalf of some of the senior citizens that go to the Senior Center to eat lunch. On Thursday June 16 I attended the Bend Park and Recreation panel discussion about moving the noon meal to the Bend Community Center.
Open Your Ears
What is with all the complaining about the sound quality at the free shows around town? I am an astute concertgoer who has noticed some of the uneven sound. I attribute it to the diverse styles of music these guys must mix every day.
What's That, You Say?
Flipping through Monday's edition of The Bulletin, it became clear that the readers of our daily paper are either a) quite old b) not especially great listeners or c) fans of the latest hearing assistance devices. In the “A” section of the paper alone, there were three full-page ads for hearing aids.
Your Straight Poop Now Available via Streaming Print!
Monday, July 11 Descending to the depths: Five senior Scotland Yard investigators reported to have had cellphones hacked by Rupert Murdoch's News of the World … The Sun, another Murdoch rag, allegedly stole medical records of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's infant son, who has cystic fibrosis … Shareholders file suit against Murdoch's News Corp.,…
The National Guard's Cheesy Move
When a merchant uses bait-and-switch tactics on customers, it's sleazy. If the government used bait-and-switch tactics on young men and women to entice them to join the armed forces and put their lives at risk, it's so far beyond “sleazy” there's no adjective strong enough to describe it. Chelsea Wells was a 17-year-old high school…
Out With the Old: old guard feels the squeeze as boomers stake their claim at Bend Senior Center
At 83 years old and aided by a walker that he uses both as a podium and mobility aid, Earl Williams doesn't cut the most intimidating figure in a room. But the World War II veteran and former public accountant isn't one to back down from a fight. For years, Williams has been one of…
Remember the '90s?: Getting reacquainted with Everclear, 16 years after Sparkle and Fade
On Saturday, September 3, a band will play at the South Park Rib and Wing Challenge at the Allegheny County Fairgrounds in Pittsburgh. The band will go onstage around 8:45 p.m. and they will be called Everclear. Two days later, this same band will play at the Rib America Festival in Indianapolis. This is the…
Viva Voce: THE FUTURE WILL DESTROY YOU VANGUARD RECORDS
Those of us who attended Viva Voce's Tower Theatre show last March were given a pretty strong preview of their new album. The overall performance was basically enjoyable, but husband-and-wife duo Kevin and Anita Robinson (Viva Voce) failed at times to command a dominant stage presence. This wasn't too surprising because Viva Voce has never…
All Good in the Hood (River)
After a full afternoon of recreating on a recent trip to Hood River, we were basking in the late-day sun in my buddy's driveway, drinking a PBR and plotting our next move. The local among us suggested Everybody's Brewing (across the river in White Salmon, Wash.
Solace from Sausalito: A happenstance discovery of The Pelican Inn
Editor's Note: A few weeks ago, Source food writer Sydney Leonard said she was going to Northern California and that she'd be eating some good food down there. Naturally, we asked her to write about the trip… mostly because we were jealous we didn't get to go. For the sake of simplicity, I told a…
Kickball Fever: Putting a foot into a big red ball is no longer just a game for kids
“For it's one, two foul balls and you're out at the old ball game.” Or so the traditional seventh-inning stretch baseball song might be adapted to fit the rules of kickball, a sport with schoolyard origins that for the past three years has been played in a Bend Parks and Recreation adult summer league. Take…
Charles Finn: Pennies from Heaven
Walking across a parking lot the other day, I stopped to pick up a penny – almost. It was right there beside my truck, a bright copper profile of our 16th president looking up at me and catching the sun. If I’m to believe the old songs and sayings, these things come from heaven, but…
Screw You, Voldemort: This Harry Potter fan's last date with the prince of wizards
I am a bad luck theatergoer. No matter the movie, the time of day or day of the week, I will always sit within one row of the drunkest, most obnoxious human being in the entire auditorium. If you see a person answer their phone at the climax and say “Hey what's up man? Oh…
From Sad to Worse: These Beginners have no luck
At one point in Beginners, Ewan McGregor's character, Oliver, says “Jack Russells are bred to be cute.” The film's implicit statement about human beings is much darker in contrast – humans are bred to be sad… and depressed, we learn. Oliver meets Anna (Mélanie Laurent) after the death of his father, Hal (Christopher Plummer), who…
Terrorists? Prepare to get Terrorized!
Okay, first of all, I just want everybody to know that I'm still not mad that Seal Team 6 got to Osama bin Laden before I did. That happened nearly three months ago, and I'm totally over it… not that I was mad about it in the first place. Oh sure, I did have a…
No More Re-Racks: It's time we came up with some formal beer pong rules
Games have rules, as do sports and public swimming pools (“no horseplay” being my favorite). Without rules, you'd just be aimlessly wandering, maybe with a ball. That's not a game. That's just screwing around. So it is with this in mind that I make a call for consensus in the world of beer pong. As…
Cut to the Chase: Lift-served mountain biking, hiking and disc golfing with a view at Willamette Pass
For mountain bikers who hate to ride uphill, Willamette Pass is a must-ride. Late in June, after the snow has melted from the mountain, the small ski resort off of Hwy. 58 near Oakridge converts its six-person chair to a gondola for mountain bikers, hikers, disc golfers and sightseers. The ski slopes give way to…
Where to Sit for the Crit: Cascade Cyclings premier public appearance returns to down town
The phone at 900 Wall began ringing in April with people eager to make reservations for Saturday, July 23. They were staking a claim on elegant front-row seats for the Cascade Cycling Classic criterium races that will take place that afternoon and evening. The restaurant, like many others downtown, adds outdoor tables for the race,…
Pity the Poor Jackrabbit: Things haven't been easy for these quick critters
If there is one wild animal that is taken for granted, overlooked in the wildlife management business, completely misunderstood by state agencies and killed relentlessly, it is our poor old black-tailed jackrabbit. Jackrabbits are actually “hares,” not “rabbits;” they’re in the genus lepus and are twice as large as our local rabbits, and hares have…
Unusually High Number of Human-Caused Wildfires in Central Oregon
On average, about 140 human-caused wildfires occur in the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests every year. Through the first two weeks of July, firefighters responded to almost 30 such fires (when the stats include fires on private lands and rural fire departments the number plumps up to 90 blazes) and while all were contained quickly…
