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Escaping the North Tower ▶ [with video]
Graphic warning: This story contains some graphic details of the carnage of the September 11 attacks. When Chuck Allen arrived for work on September 11, 2001, he made the arduous trip to his office in the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. It usually took about 10 minutes to get to his…
A New Way to Manage Houseless Services?
Two Bend City Councilors are advocating for the creation of a joint office that would centralize the work of area unhoused service providers. In a letter to Deschutes County commissioners, Councilors Anthony Broadman and Megan Perkins noted the reported 13% increase in the unhoused population following the most recent point-in-time count from the Central Oregon…
Cartel Grow Op Busted
Cops confiscated a massive amount of marijuana and a handful of weapons from a 30-acre property in Alfalfa, east of Bend, that detectives say was operated by a Mexican drug cartel. Detectives with the Deschutes County Illegal Marijuana Enforcement team concluded their long-term investigation into the property on Sept. 2, where they found over 9,000…
Letters to the Editor 9/9/21
Editor’s note: This week’s feature story highlighting the story of a Sept. 11 survivor was a collaborative effort on the part of a number of people from the Source Weekly team. Occasional contributor in the Outside section, Linda English (aka Gravel Girl) introduced us to Chuck Allen, her friend and a somewhat recent transplant who…
Noticias en Español
Las propuestas de la ciudad de Bend para crear dos campamentos controlados para personas sin hogar recibieron amplia oposición de parte de los vecinos, los comercios y los maestros de escuelas cercanas. Este asunto surgió durante la junta habitual del consejo municipal de la ciudad de Bend el 18 de agosto. La cuidad redujo el…
Chulitas Juice Bar Makes a Delicious, Colorful Splash Around Bend
Real fruit, nothing artificial, blended fresh daily: those are the first few things to hear or see when at the new Chulitas Authentic Juice Bar. Open only since Bend’s Summer Fest in July, the colorful juice bar-cart is already making a big impression on locals and tourists alike. But let’s back up a minute. Olivia…
Awakening Your Inner Hero
Sometimes, we human beings like to believe we are independent. That may be the silliest idea we could ever entertain. A few years ago, my wife Wendy and I bought a new, used car—a 2014 Nissan Murano. We loved it from the moment it backed off the truck and landed in our ever-grateful possession. Smooth…
A Spying Mission Gone Awry
Recently, Mary Webster, a longtime pal and resident of Central Oregon—and whale of a fine photographer—sent me images of Sauvie Island, located on the Columbia River, north of Portland. It has a beautiful wildlife management area on it, operated by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, nestled in amongst several hundred acres of private…
May the Source Be With You
The air is filled with smoke, summer is almost over and there are more people in the local hospital with COVID than ever before, but at least we’re not all still arguing about masks anymore. Wait, that’s still a thing too? OK, so maybe we’ve taken a few years’ long detour into the darkest timeline,…
Source Material
Drake and Kanye West are two of the biggest names in the music world. When it was discovered that the two would be releasing albums within a week of each other, the hype around the battle was rising on social media. While hopefuls looked on, yearning for a similar matchup to the likes of West…
Bend’s Loss in Court Shouldn’t Stop It From Trying Again to Use Tourism Promotion Dollars Creatively
Last month, the Oregon Court of Appeals sided with local hoteliers and the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association, who argued that the City of Bend violated state law when it tried to get creative with the way it spends room tax dollars. Under a state law established in 2003, the City of Bend is obligated…
Managing Camps and Public Opinion
Proposals by the City of Bend to create two managed houseless camps received ample pushback from neighboring homeowners, businesses and educators at nearby schools. The issue came up during the Bend City Council’s regular meeting Aug. 18. The City whittled possible sites down to a City-owned parcel off of NE Ninth Street north of Bridgeford…
Oktoberfest
An Oktoberfest for Redmond Organizers canceled the annual Oktoberfest celebration in downtown Bend this year—but over in Redmond, revelers can take part in another party that pays tribute to Munich’s massive beer party (which is also canceled for 2021). R’Oktoberfest takes place Sept. 11 at Wild Ride Brewing in Redmond. The Redmond Kiwanis Club is…
Cross is Back!
It’s a thing bike lovers look forward to all year: The end of summer and the return of the silly fun that is cyclocross. That eagerness is even more pronounced this year, as races return after being largely shut down for the 2020 season. Cyclocross races—defined by USA Cycling as “a cross between road cycling,…
Cannabis Advisory Panel to help steer marijuana tax revenue in Deschutes County
A person could be forgiven for being a bit confused about the future of legal marijuana businesses in rural Deschutes County. First, the County voted—along with the rest of the state—in 2014 to legalize cannabis businesses. Then, in 2016, a panel of experts convened to help write rules for cannabis companies. After persecution by a cannabis-hostile…
What Happens if a Buyer Cannot Close Escrow On Time?
The escrow process is moving along smoothly and then all of a sudden there is a bump, and it is looking like the buyer cannot close escrow on time. This can cause a host of problems; the primary issue being that the purchase contract contained a closing date upon acceptance and that purchase contract is…
The Camera Sutra
The Camera Sutra I really like the girl I’m dating, except for one thing. On every date, she asks me to take photos of her for Instagram. Afterward, she consults me repeatedly on which will “get the most likes.” I’m starting to get really annoyed, and I find it cuts into my enjoyment of our…
Free Will Astrology—Week of September 9
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Between 37 and 41 BCE, Virgo-born Caligula served as third Emperor of Rome. To do so, he had to disprove the prophecy of a renowned astrologer, Thrasyllus of Mendes. Years earlier, Thrasyllus had predicted that Caligula, despite being well-connected, “had no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse…
