Elevating Education: Cascade Culinary Institute's student-run restaurant competes
It had been open several months before I even knew it existed, but suddenly, I was hearing about Elevation, the new student-run restaurant at the Cascade Culinary Institute, several times a week. In addition to regular culinary courses, the curriculum at the culinary institute includes hands-on front- and back-of-the- house training for students at Elevation.…
Trapped in Paradise
One beautiful golden day on the desert an old woman and her much loved old humane society rescue mutt were on their daily desert hike. Going up a low rocky outcrop, the old woman's soft hiking shoe dropped into a narrow slit between two large rocks that bent the soft sole. No big deal. After…
Not Fit For a Cat
I am writing out of concern. The High Desert Museum had an old [bob]cat in the atrium for the last number of years.
Women's Rights Still Wanting
My mother not only raised four girls to becomestrong women, she also helped us with my two daughters. She did this in a time when women were expected to stay home and raise the children, volunteer at school and church functions and obey their husbands.
Follow the Money
The red white and blue yard signs are ubiquitous, multiplying like dandelions in spring across the landscape. Election season is definitely upon us. There are just days to go before the ballots will be counted in the May primary, then a calm before the November storm. In one sense, it's democracy at work. Candidates square…
Cash Connection: Insiders say lobbyist's political vendetta could decide Telfer-Knopp race
Last year, when Chris Telfer locked horns with the most powerful lobbyist in the state, political insiders in Salem thought it would blow over. After all, the issues at stake weren't life or death. The dust up was, in fact, over something as silly sounding as a hookah bill. But what appeared to be just…
Back in Vogue: Knitting takes center stage at Imperial Ranch event and in yarn bombs around town
According to Jeanne Carver, Imperial Stock Ranch is 90 miles and 100 years from Bend. This working ranch is a National Historic District where over the past 141 years, owners have raised cattle, sheep, grain and hay using bio-diverse and sustainable ranching practices. You may recognize the name from locally-sourced restaurant menus across Central Oregon…
Our Picks for 05/09 – 05/17
The 44’s wednesday 9 The traditional, raw sound of this Los Angeles-based blues band will transport you back to a smoky Chicago tavern circa 1950. Their music is packed with the sort of guitar solos and harmonica riffs that you'd expect from a band that plays vintage instruments.
Definition of a Legacy: The punk rock kings solidify rock-and-roll immortality across generations
The year 1978 was filled with notable milestones. Among them, President Jimmy Carter signed legislation allowing home brewing in the United States, Pete Rose tallied his 3,000th hit, and Mike Ness formed the iconic California punk rock band Social Distortion. It was also a time of palpable social angst. High gas prices, poor economic growth…
Rocking Out With Salt: Pull out the flavor in your food
Salt, salt, where would we be without it? I mean, other than dead. Essential for life, salt has played a role in human history that easily outshines petroleum in terms of sheer power factor. Wars have been fought over it. Fortunes have been made from it. Currency has been literally made from it. Historians have…
Getting Schooled on Motherhood: A working student-mom reveals how she keeps it all together
Being a mom isn't easy. And the life of a college student, while often enjoyable and soaked in spirits for twenty-somethings, ain't no cake walk, especially if you have a family, too. Looming deadlines, test-anxiety nightmares and the rising cost of tuition are all legitimate stressors. So why would someone want to take on both…
Adios Career; Hello Kiddo: From HP engineer to diaper duty
Meagan Greenough was climbing the corporate ladder as an engineer at Hewlett Packard when she decided to abandon the career quest in favor of a lifestyle that seemed to fly in the face of her upbringing and her education. Rather than ascend another wrung at HP, Greenough quit her job when she had her first…
Going It Alone: The Single Mom
Name: Kristie Zinniker, 22, and Courtland, 2 Town: Redmond, Oregon Job: Retention Representative at T-Mobile, which means she works with the tough customers. We met with Kristie and Courtland at the Source offices in Bend to talk about what life is like as a single mother, how she makes it work and her advice for…
Home Sweet Home: Foregoing the workplace for motherhood
The running joke in Bend is that best place to find a stay-home mom is not in the kitchen or in the home at all, but rather in the nearest pilates gym or yoga studio. And while that may be the case for some moms, the truth is that the majority of stay-home mothers in…
Working Nine to Five: Harmony Thomas, wife and mother of two, explains how to work full time and do so with a smile
In 2006, Tarren Thomas suffered a stroke shortly after he was born. Life Flight transported him from Bend to Portland where he was placed in a medically induced coma to prevent brain damage. After two days, the doctors declared that Thomas would live but would likely suffer from cerebral palsy. Today Tarren is a happy…
Bend Moms for Moms: The online encyclopedia and social networking site for Bend moms
Bend Moms for Moms is a free social network with more than 750 active members/users connecting and discussing the joys and grievances of motherhood in a very local and relevant context. Launched in September 2010 by local mother Sarah Daily, Bend Moms for Moms provides a safe and supportive forum for mothers to discuss everything…
Bend Area Man Busted with 107 Pounds of Pot
Whoa, that’s a lot of pot. Still, we feel for Brandon James Manger, 23, who was caught with it all in his SUV last night just north of Klamath Falls by Oregon State Police.
Bringing a Gun to a Fist Fight: Safe Refuses to play to Statham’s strengths
One thing I will never understand is why a director casts a very capable martial artist, then has him shoot at people for 90 minutes. If an actor looks great kicking someone in the throat, then let him throat kick. Don’t put them in long stagnant gunfights. That, in a nutshell, is my biggest issue…
Uncle Charlie, the Internet
I treat the internet as if it were a person. Because if it actually were a person, the internet would be my Uncle Charlie who has been medically diagnosed as an “idiot,” but unfortunately controls much of the Humphrey fortune – so I pretend to be nice to him. Let's continue the analogy: Uncle Charlie…
Welcome to Summer! (Almost): The approaching summer season brings with it a change in teams for one local athlete as well as heaps of events for your sporting pleasure
Bend's Ryan Trebon is not only one of the fastest cyclocross racers in the world, he's a darn nice guy. The 6-foot-5-inch 31-year-old finished last year ranked 15th on the world 'cross standings and his tireless work ethic, large smile, and ability to generate otherworldly power on the bike has earned him the respect of…
Update on Police Service Reductions
So, last week we threw up that blog about police potentially cutting back critical services if the department didn’t get more money. Read it here.
