Would Walden Bid for Governor Be a “Disaster”?
Speculation is growing that the 2nd Congressional District's own Greg Walden will go after the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, but at least one prominent Oregon Republican says a Walden candidacy would be "an almost certain disaster."
“Pop-Up Video” Smacks Down Smith
One of the knocks on Jeff Merkley during the Democratic senatorial primary campaign was that he was too bland and mild-mannered to run the kind of tough campaign needed to knock off an incumbent. Now Merkley seems determined to refute that charge.
Bend’s Super-D Throws In With Obama
Wayne Kinney, a Democratic convention superdelegate who lives in Bend, announced today that he's supporting Barack Obama for the party's presidential nomination.
Liner Notes: Word to the 23rd
Spoken word or tamborine? Which is it, Al?Spoken word is hard to pull off. Sometimes this genre, or subgenre, if you will, brings to mind beret-intensive poetry slams where ideological rhetoric tends to trump skill. There are some heavy spoken word elements at play with Alfred Howard and the K23 Orchestra, but it's not the…
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Bend kids meet new friends through the Hello Neighbor program
photographs from caldera’s hello neighbor project grace the source weekly headquarters.When was the last time you talked with your neighbors? Maybe they're your best friends, or perhaps more likely, you've never even really gotten to know them beyond a simple wave. Somehow, we seem more likely to seek out friends on MySpace than we are…
Running the gauntlet: The intersection of owls, cars and evolution
CASUALTIES to nature and man.Every day you see them dead on the highway, animals that tried to run the gauntlet and lost - cats, dogs, squirrels, mice, mule deer, elk, pronghorn, hawks, owls, eagles, and other forms of life, both domestic and wild. There isn't much anyone can do about it either; it is the…
King of Runners: A conversation with Bend’s own Max King
Max King competing in the 2008 Oregon RelaysMax King Max King's running resume spills onto a second page as he quietly continues to rack up national level finishes, World XC Championship team selections, and impressive steeple chase finishes across the country and around the globe. Two main goals he's been working toward are qualifying…
Do Wii Need Another Mario Kart? Popular franchise makes its way to Nintendo’s new console
blasting off with mario Kart. Nintendo capitalizes on the nostalgia for childhood games like Mario, Link and Samus, allowing us to relive these classics with each new Nintendo system that comes out while allowing newcomers to indulge in some retro-gaming. But, after spending a few hundred dollars for various versions of the same game on…
Simple on the Screen: The Visitor looks at deportation with a subtle eye
some flowers are just funnier than others. The Visitor is tough to categorize. On one hand it's a straightforward story of a lonely guy who finds meaning in life, and on the other it's so deadpan and simple that it makes you remember why they make movies: Because real life depicted as real life can…
Keeping Up with the Joneses: While Globetrotting with an Older Indy
Hey, aren’t you han solo?The unabashedly campy Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull takes us on yet another retro, whirlwind adventure, this time led by an older, slightly mellowed, but still dashing "Indy." The latest installment of the four Indiana Jones films taps into '50s nostalgia-beginning in a malt shop in Cambridge,…
Quick Bites: Spring is the small wine time
Wine making is a tricky business. I recently visited my friend Mark Huff, owner of Stag Hollow Vineyard, who along with his wife Jill Zarnowitz, generates about 1800 cases of classic Oregon pinot noir, dolcetto, and dry-style muscat each year.
Quick Bites: Spring is the small wine time
Wine making is a tricky business. I recently visited my friend Mark Huff, owner of Stag Hollow Vineyard, who along with his wife Jill Zarnowitz, generates about 1800 cases of classic Oregon pinot noir, dolcetto, and dry-style muscat each year.
Eating High on the Hog: BBQ Season has finally arrived
at $3 a pound, you can’t go wrong with pork. Summer means barbeque. To some people, barbeque includes anything cooked on a grill. To me, barbeque means pulled pork. Blame it on my Southern upbringing. I was raised in a state with more pigs than people. My first job was in a barbeque restaurant that…
Eating High on the Hog: BBQ Season has finally arrived
at $3 a pound, you can’t go wrong with pork. Summer means barbeque. To some people, barbeque includes anything cooked on a grill. To me, barbeque means pulled pork. Blame it on my Southern upbringing. I was raised in a state with more pigs than people. My first job was in a barbeque restaurant that…
Sound Check: Staying Dry at the Schwab
Friday - Michael Franti & Spearhead, Built To Spill The drizzle had nearly subsided when Built To Spill took the stage, signaling the official beginning of the Memorial Day weekend bonanza at the Les Schwab Amphitheater. As BTS ripped their indie jam rock through the low-hanging clouds, a late arriving crowd, Sound Check included, wondered…
Lords of the Weird: Bombadil prefers to do things their own way
probably didn’t hang out with the lacrosse team. If anyone went to the trouble of reading all the Lord of the Rings books, and just not watching the movies, then you may remember the mysterious and endearing character of Tom Bombadil, who was slighted in the film versions. If you're into bands that play everything…
Dead Ahead: Donna Jean and the Tricksters extend the branches of the Grateful Dead family tree
This band is not playing at your church this sunday. Honest. You can try to avoid the Grateful Dead. You can attempt to bury your tie-dyes and ticket stubs in the closet and scrape those dancing bears off the back of your Volkswagen. But you can never quite get away from the influence of the…
Our Picks for the Week of 5/29-6/4
The Confederats, Hands on Throat, No Cash Value friday 30 We want the punk, gotta have that punk! If you go to one punk show this week, make it this one. PDX's Confederats finally make it back over and rock out like Ringo: with some help from their friends (HoT and No Cash Value). A…
One More Shot: Scoring hundreds of points with the Central Oregon Hotshots
Some of the 200 or so people scattered throughout the stands at Mountain View High School’s gymnasium are gathering their belongings and tossing jackets over their shoulders as the clock on the scoreboard runs down, the digits in the hundredths of a second box fluttering by indiscernibly. The Central Oregon Hotshots are leading the West…
Sen. Ron Wyden
The word "unique" is the most overworked adjective in the advertising copywriter's lexicon, but in the case of Bend's Badlands area, it's justified. The rugged 30,000-acre expanse just 20 miles northeast of town holds a combination of geological features, archaeological sites, wildlife and vegetation - including rare wildflowers and junipers that were growing before Columbus…
The Triumph of Martketing: Senator Wide Stance update, city gets a new leader, more…
Change…your slogan Recently, House of Representatives Republican leader John Boehner said that the GOP does not plan to alter the campaign slogan it recently unveiled, despite the fact that the party's slogan: "Change you deserve," is actually used to market Effexor, an anti-depressant drug. "I think it's working out just fine," Boehner told Reuters. It…
The Shakeup at the Mountain
The team just had a lousy season. The fans are grumbling. Season ticket sales are down. What do you do? The standard response if you're running a football team is to fire the coach. That's pretty much what Powdr Corp., which runs the Mt. Bachelor ski resort, did last week by firing General Manager Matt…
Fly It Right, Or Not At All
I have told myself I was going to write a Letter to the Editor to the Source one too many times without actually doing it. Here goes, I will not rant: Location: The Shell station at Greenwood and 27th Street on Memorial Day.
Owners Give Dogs A Bad Name
I adopted a dog in 1997, the year I moved to Oregon. I've seen Bend change from an extremely dog-friendly town to an ambivalently dog-tolerant city.
Respect the Badge
I would like to respond to the Name Withheld letter titled "Turn in Your Badge." While I have never been a police officer, I have compassion for anyone who wants to be, or who may have chosen that profession.
Don’t Sell Short Sales Short
I would like to comment on your article entitled "Selling the Market Short" in which the writer attempted to warn the public of the result of selling their home via the Short Sale option. While I appreciate the media attempting to keep the public well informed, in this case it was your article that fell…
