LISTEN: Smith Rock New Master Plan with Matt Davey 🎧
Matthew Davey, park manager for Smith Rock State Park, joined the Source Weekly for a chat about the recently released draft master plan for Smith Rock. Davey is currently serving as the park manager at Smith Rock State Park. He originally came to the park as a lead ranger in 2012 and took the manager…
New Food Cart Lot and Pub Opens in Redmond
A new public house with a little of it all is now open, and is preparing for its grand opening weekend. Blacksmith Public House – located in, you guessed it, a former blacksmith shop – opened last week on SW Evergreen Street in downtown Redmond. This place, owned by Michael and Molly Kosakowski, ticks all the…
The Green Issue: For the Love of Trees
This week’s Green Issue is coming out just in time for Earth Day, and while you’ll see plenty of stories covering a wide range of topics inside this issue, we put a good amount of our focus on trees. They’re the topic of a new, proposed tree preservation code at the city level, so they…
Re-wilding Oregon Conference
What is your definition of wildlands and how do you think management of public lands leads to that definition? That is a component of the Re-Wilding Oregon Conference to be held at the Lake Creek Lodge in Camp Sherman on May 13. The all-day conference will feature panel discussions on desert and forest ecosystems, carnivores,…
BodyWise: A Column on the BodyMind Connection
People are rightly concerned about Artificial Intelligence, but consistently ignore BI, Body Intelligence. The brilliance sitting in our tissues can get us and keep us healthy and save us a ton of money and suffering. Dr. John Upledger, the osteopathic physician who popularized CranioSacral Therapy, made a career of exploring its therapeutic value. Perhaps his…
New OSU-Cascades Dean Announced
Oregon State University – Cascades named Sherman Bloomer as the new chancellor and dean of the satellite campus. Bloom is replacing Andrew Ketsdever, who has served as the interim vice president for the past two years. Before Ketsdever, Becky Johnson held the top position at the satellite campus since 2009 but was appointed the interim…
At Bend’s Original Vegan Food Cart, Sustainability is an Everyday Thing
As I’m settling in and waiting for my sandwich from A Broken Angel, a kid next to me takes a bite out of his vegan lunch. “I’d definitely be vegan if they cooked for me every day!” he says – and I have to agree. As a former vegetarian turned omnivore who’s more veg-inclined once…
Nearly $14 Million in Homeless Funding Coming to Central Oregon
Gov. Tina Kotek announced this month the recipients of over $98 million to fund homelessness emergency plans as part of her “Homeless State of Emergency.” The legislature funded the project with Senate Bill 5019, and entrusted the Governor’s office to distribute money. Central Oregon got $13.9 million to help rehouse 161 households and create 111…
Tree Beer Festival Ahead for Bend
Finally, a new kind of beer festival! This is no ordinary festival, in a giant venue, drunk fest. No way. This is a unique celebration of Mother Earth and the spoils she so lovingly provides to us… so we can make BEER! Enter the first inaugural (hopefully) Tree Beer Fest, which will take place at…
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Redmond School Board Endorsements ▶ [With Video]
Vote Liz Goodrich for Redmond School Board #5 John Campbell and Liz Goodrich, the incumbent, are running for the Redmond school board in position 5. In this race, we see no reason to unseat the person already at work, Goodrich. Both Campbell and Goodrich have experience in the classroom; Campbell as a former science teacher,…
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Natural Beauty with Bend-Based Axiology ▶ [With Video]
Ericka Rodriguez founded Axiology Beauty with a passion for vegan, cruelty-free makeup and a vision for a sustainable future, specifically in the beauty industry. “I was in my mid 20s when I discovered that all of the makeup I was using was tested on animals,” Rodriguez told the Source Weekly. “I was like, ‘OK, no…
Six Movies, One Weekend
I might have overdone it at the theater last weekend. It was one of those weeks where life became a perfect storm of exhaustion, seasonal affective disorder and heartsickness, so I figured I would apply comforting cinematic ointment to my poor, addled brain. So, across three days, I went to six movies in the theater, basking…
A Crusade to Save Bend’s Trees
On March 15 the Bend City Council recommended adjustments to the Bend tree preservation code to clear up inconsistencies and add clarity to its standards. Now, Bend city code — which applies after construction — requires developers to retain all trees with a diameter larger than 12 inches and half of all trees smaller than…
‘A Light That Never Dims’ Combines Country-Grunge-Shoegaze with Vocals That Will Earth Shatter Your Soul
Black Boot is the artist name for Conrad Gonzalez, who moved to Bend from Brownsville, Texas about a year ago, who plays with, “a revolving door of friends, new and old,” according to the band’s Spotify. Gonzalez currently works as a chef at Suttle Lake Lodge by day, working as a focused interdisciplinary musician during…
Reuse the News
For many people, reading the paper with a morning cup of coffee is a daily ritual — but many of those newspapers end up in the recycling bin after only a couple of reads. So how can we eliminate some of that waste? Surprisingly, a newspaper can be used for many things. For those struggling…
Casi $14 millones en fondos para personas sin hogar se aproximan a la zona Centro de Oregon
La gobernadora Tina Kotek anunció este mes los destinatarios de más de $98 millones para financiar planes de emergencia para personas sin hogar. La zona Centro de Oregon obtuvo $13.9 millones para ayudar a realojar a 161 hogares y desarrollar 111 camas de albergue. Según el Concilio Intergubernamental de la zona Centro de Oregon (COIC…
Three Great Tree Reads
Ever since I read “The Overstory,” I’ve been changed. That’s not hyperbole. Many of us storytellers already knew the power of a good story to transform and build empathy, but in that one, I genuinely was altered from a person who centered my life around the works of people, into one who’s able to understand…
Home Energy Scores Coming to Bend
The Bend Residential Home Energy Score is a program implemented by the City that requires all residential properties to have an energy score as part of the real estate transaction process. The HES is a rating system that assesses the energy efficiency of a home on scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the…
A Case for the Bidet
It is no shock to me that my first introduction to the American use of the bidet was in Eugene, Oregon – in my mind, the capital of all eco-conscious living. I grew up as an Army brat in Europe, so I wasn’t totally ignorant to the use of these cleaning contraptions that replace toilet…
Tree Tips
Set a timer to water with drip irrigation for 1 hour in early morning under at least the entire canopy drip line one time per week during dry spells without soaking tree trunk. Don’t dig around the base of the tree. Don’t park your car under tree canopy. The weight and leaking fluids of the…
Get Green with The Environmental Center
The Environmental Center’s Repair Café and Happy Hour in the Garden offer the community ways to get their hands dirty, learn something new and show a little love for the Earth. Repair Café The Environmental Center’s 10th annual Repair Café is on Wednesday, April 26 at Oregon State University-Cascades. This free public event will show…
Soak Up Nature with Forest Bathing
People living in Central Oregon are no strangers to spending time outdoors. With the rivers, mountains and lively outdoor events, being outside is a part of living here. Sure, existing outside is good for you, but taking the time to slow down, connect with the Earth below your feet and feel one with nature can…
Horoscope Week of April 20, 2023
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Satirical Taurus author Karl Kraus defined “sentimental irony” as “a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.” Please avoid that decadent emotion in the coming weeks, Taurus. You will also be wise to reject any other useless or counterproductive feelings that rise up within you or hurtle toward…
Letters to the Editor 04/20/2023
CORRECTIONS: In last week’s article “Hunnell Road Under New Camping Codes” we incorrectly said campsites were being cited under new city codes governing outdoor camping on City rights of way. Camps across Bend are being given notice to modify their campsites, which can theoretically end in a citation to municipal court. However, none have yet…
Local Launches Chai Company
A Bend local is launching a new line of chai, and kicking things off at this week’s Earth Day Fair and Parade. Kavi Chokshi, who’s originally from India, has enjoyed informally sharing his own version of masala chai — or spiced milk tea — with friends and coworkers in Bend over the past several years. Now…
