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2021 Redmond Issue
New Ideas At Senior Center – The Redmond Senior Center is returning after the pandemic with a new staff, a new direction and the same mission From Vaccine Headquarters to Monster Trucks – Post-pandemic activities and events are ramping up at Redmond’s fairgrounds Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo is Back in the Saddle Again – After a year of…
Rescue Plan B
The City of Bend is adjusting its budget to meet City Council goals after it were awarded $7 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds. The supplemental budget presented at the city council meeting on July 21 outlined a $13.1 million budget adjustment in total, with a lot of the funds going toward housing projects. …
Source Weekly Update 07/21/2021 🎧
Highlights from our Redmond issue and news on three local fires in this Source Weekly Update Podcast. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 07/21/2021
From Vaccine Headquarters to Monster Trucks
The Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center located in Redmond is much, much more than “just a fairground.” In addition to events, the fairground has served as an evacuation center for residents and their animals displaced by wildfires. “We offer numerous public-friendly events to our community to make sure we have something for everyone,” said…
Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo is Back in the Saddle Again
Fairgoers and rodeo fans look forward to the return of the Deschutes County Fair and Rodeo this year, July 28 – Aug. 1. This year’s theme is “Back in the Saddle Again,” taken from the lyrics of Gene Autrey’s hit song, “I’m back in the saddle again, out where a friend is a friend…” A…
Letters to the Editor 7/22/21
Editor’s note: Every time I hang out in Redmond, I get the feeling that Bendites must have gotten in the late ’90s, when the population graphs started to show a massive spike upward. Now at over 32,000 people, the Hub City is growing every day and adding more culture, nightlife and activities—all reasons we’ve opted…
New Ideas At Senior Center
A ticker on Redmond Senior Center’s website is counting the days until Aug. 3, when programs return after a year of pandemic-induced inactivity. What returns won’t be quite the same senior center that the staff found when they came back to the building. “It was almost like a time capsule when we came in, because all…
Noticias en Español
Incendio Grandview El incendio localizado a 10 millas del norte de Sisters quemó 6,032 acres, a poco menos de 10 millas cuadradas, desde que se reportó por primera vez el 11 de julio. El incendio de Grandview se sustentó de madera, enebro, salvia y pasto y aumento con la ayuda de las altas temperaturas, la…
New School Board, Same Problems
The four recently elected members for the Bend-La Pine Schools Board of Directors were sworn in at the board’s regular meeting on July 13, opposite a large and vocal crowd mostly opposed to mandating children to wear masks and the belief that critical race theory is being taught within the district. The issues of masks…
Water Wars are Here. Let’s Work Together.
One year ago, the Source Weekly published an article titled “The Virus and Bend’s Sewage” that explored whether Bend’s wastewater posed a risk as it related to COVID-19. As that piece outlined, the water that drains from Bend’s toilets and sinks and showers goes through a three-step process to be cleaned… and then, it’s dumped…
Wasted in Bend: Single-Use Face Masks
Editor’s note: Wasted in Bend was a series we rolled out in the year before the pandemic, highlighting the waste stream and how locals can make choices to improve it. The intermittent series returns this week with a look at a timely pandemic-related waste problem. The more life returns to a post-pandemic version of normal,…
A “Plant-Forward” Restaurant for Redmond
A new dining concept is now open in SCP Redmond, the downtown hotel known for its holistic approach. The new restaurant, called Terra Kitchen, features a “plant-forward” Mediterranean-inspired menu that supports locally grown and locally sourced ingredients. The restaurant began its soft opening phase July 7, with hours of operation Wednesdays through Sundays from 4 to…
Invasion of the Ants
Well, our move to Eugene has opened up a new challenge for us: an invasion of tiny ants. And, oh boy, have they moved in! There are nearly 1,000 species of ants in North America. They range in size from tiny specks to as big as a AAA battery. And they’re ubiquitous—they’re everywhere! My wife…
Explore Redmond’s Backyard
Everybody loves options. Whether it’s deciding which of the 20+ breweries in Central Oregon to visit or which trail to take, we love having choices. “There’s more to Redmond than most people think,” said Bob Gilbert, Central Oregon Trail Alliance Redmond Chapter representative. “It’s well worth the drive from Bend.” Of the many worthy multiple-use…
“Shoot The Moon”
“Soulful” is a word that many have probably used to describe Jeshua Marshall’s music—you hear the passion in his voice and lyrics, and you can see it when he performs live. Marshall is a true performer. He’s toured all over the world as a member of Larry and His Flask and as a solo musician,…
Let’s Do Lunch… in Redmond!
As you may know, Redmond is referred to as the “Hub” of Central Oregon. Not only is the regional airport located there but if you look at a map of the area, Redmond is nearly equal distance from Prineville, Bend and Sisters. As the town continues to expand in population so do the choices of…
Bond Scare & Haste Crime
Bond Scare My roommate and I are best friends, and we’ve lived together for four years. Recently, she got into a pretty serious relationship, and it seems her priorities have totally shifted. Is a best friend always second place to a boyfriend? Or are they both of equal value? —Hurt A female best friend can do…
If You’re New Here: Redmond Breweries
In other regions of the country, locals might boast about the lone brewery that bears the town’s name. Not so much in this part of Oregon, where craft breweries are as numerous as roundabouts and awesome mountain views. Central Oregon boasts dozens of local beer brands—and for a town of just over 30,000, Redmond punches…
The Third Act
Decades ago, my father, a semanticist, published a book about dualism in Western culture titled Order and Counter Order. It is most definitely not what anyone would call light reading. I refer to it only because the title was invoked at my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. As was the tradition, friends and family gathered and…
Free Will Astrology—Week of July 22
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian artist Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656) achieved the impossible: She became a supremely skilled and renowned painter in an era when women had virtually no opportunities to become artists. Many aspects of her work distinguished her from other painters. For example, she depicted women as having strong, agile hands and arms. In…
Bigfoot, Brews and Drive-In Movies
The Pacific Northwest is rife with stories about Bigfoot lurking in the forests nearby. The potential for a mysterious creature to be hidden in the vast expanse of the West sounds entirely reasonable for some and complete fiction for others. For those hoping to dive into the truth of the Bigfoot stories, a few experts…
The Florida Projects
Every once in a while a movie comes out that makes a billion dollars and that critics and audiences both fall in love with, yet I end up hating it with the fiery passion of a thousand suns. A few years ago, that movie was the J.Lo flick “Hustlers,” which I found to be a…
Firewise
The proof of human-caused climate change is indisputable, especially this year. Global warming has been a normal occurrence throughout time. However, it is escalating at a rate in which the outcome is unknown, and the result won’t benefit the human race. “Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal,” states the Intergovernmental Panel…
