Listen: Greater Idaho, Lesser Oregon with Matt McCaw 🎧
For this edition of Bend Don’t Break, the Source sits down with a leader the Greater Idaho movement, the effort to move Oregon’s border and fold more counties into the state of Idaho. Matt McCaw is the Crook County Move Oregon’s Border Captain and has been actively involved with both Move Oregon’s Border and Citizens…
Listen: A new vision for Bend with Steven Ames 🎧
The Source sits down with Steven Ames of the Bend Vision Project—Part of Envision Bend—to talk about this new process for envisioning Bend’s future. Ames is a consulting long-range planner and principal of NXT Consulting Group of Bend and Portland, Oregon. Author of the American Planning Association’s award-winning Guide to Community Visioning, Steven has worked…
Appraisals in Today’s Market
This week I wanted to discuss some changes we are starting to see in our local real estate market with regards to appraisals. Quickly, an appraisal is an unbiased professional opinion on a home’s value, used whenever financing is involved. The lender just wants to do their own bit of due diligence on a property…
The Pleasures of Parsley
Curly parsley is widely scorned by the culinary elite. Aspiring chefs absorb this disdain from a young age and quickly understand that getting ahead in this game requires committing instead to the flat-leafed version, also called Italian parsley. But in my parsley potato salad recipe, curly parsley does the heavy lifting. Typecast as a garnish,…
Dutchie Lays off 8% of Workforce
Dutchie, a Bend, Ore.-based software startup that serves cannabis retailers, has laid off 8% of its workforce. GeekWire confirmed the cuts with a Dutchie spokesperson. The company employs more than 700 people. The cuts affected roles across product and recruiting teams, according to LinkedIn posts written by laid off employees. “I am saddened, frustrated, and genuinely…
BodyMind: Trauma In? Trauma Out!
Trauma In? Trauma Out! Experiencing stubborn health or life challenges? Underlying trauma may be the problem. While recent decades have witnessed quantum advances in the study of trauma, its consequences and treatment, most people still view car wrecks, falls, assaults, divorce, abuse, emotional upsets, and more simplistically: one-and-done events happening to somebody else. On one…
Burgers, Bodies, Bad Guys and Beauty
I just watched four entirely disparate films, and because of that I can’t imagine a better time to check in on the current state of movies. This last weekend I went to an animated family film, a new body horror film by the reigning master of the genre, a gentle French drama about motherhood and disturbing…
¿Barrera Alta o Baja?
En diciembre del 2020 las escuelas de Bend-La Pine (BLPS) implementaron un “nivel de calificaciones” del 50% para los estudiantes de secundaria (middle school) y preparatoria (high school) ya que los estudiantes batallaron para acostumbrarse al modelo de aprendizaje a distancia. La política indicó que los estudiantes podían sacar no menos del 50% de calificación,…
Let’s Talk About Stares
Before we get into the havoc alien starlings, or stares, are causing here in the U.S., I have to comment on the nutty title for this piece. At one time, way back in the mid-1800s, when Shakespeare was prominent in the intellectual world, the European starling, Sturnis vulgaris, was known in Ireland as the stare.…
A New Taphouse/Food Cart Lot for Sisters
Sisters will get another food cart lot and taphouse this week when High Camp taphouse opens along Highway 20. Launched by the same family that created the Himalayan Bites food cart in Bend, High Camp will serve samosas, Tibetan dumplings, curries and noodles, along with other Nepalese items. Also on the menu: a quarter-pound burger,…
Low Bar or High Barrier?
In December 2020 Bend La Pine Schools implemented a 50% “grading floor” for middle and high schools as students struggled to accommodate to distance learning models. The policy meant students could score no less than 50%, even if they didn’t complete any work. The following spring the school district formed a task force of teachers…
Searching for Summer
Summer. Finally. We all deserve longer, warmer days, where our biggest decisions are what plot on the map to explore. Get some new hiking boots, change the line on your fly rod, pump up your bike tires and get ready for some Central-Oregon-level recreation. Seen by many as a place to adventure, find solace, rejuvenate,…
Council Fills Vacancies
The Bend City Council filled two vacant seats at a special meeting on June 9, appointing Mo Mitchell and Stephen Sehgal to seats vacated by former City Councilors Rita Schenkelberg, who resigned, and Gena Goodman Campbell, who City Council appointed to the mayorship after Mayor Sally Russell’s resignation. Mitchell and Sehgal are two of eight…
Surf’s Back Up
Bend Park and Recreation District plans to reactivate the surf wave at the Bend Whitewater Park on June 18, about six weeks after 17-year-old Ben Murphy became trapped underwater while surfing the wave. That event prompted its closure and an investigation into what caused the incident. The investigation into the incident suggests Murphy’s foot got…
We Wanted Records on the Biggest Users of Water in Bend. One Major Supplier Sued Us Instead.
This week, at least one Oregon media outlet reported on our efforts to obtain records about the top residential water users in Bend, and how Avion Water is blocking that effort in court. Last month, we made public records requests to the City of Bend, the City of Redmond and Avion, asking for information about…
An Appreciation of Clouds
You don’t have to be a member of the Cloud Appreciation Society to enjoy watching clouds sail overhead or to love observing odd atmospheric occurrences. But if you are, you’re probably standing with others “on cloud nine.” In short, clouds are made up of water droplets or ice crystals—the result of water vapor condensing in…
Astrology – Week of June 16, 2022
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the coming weeks, you will need even more human touch than usual. Your mental, physical, and spiritual health REQUIRE you to have your skin in contact with people who care for you and are eager to feel their skin against yours. A Tumblr blogger named Friend-Suggestion sets the tone for…
Joy in Learning at 85
For Bob Weed, it’s a thrill to go to school at the age of 85. He’s graduating this month with a Bachelor of Science in liberal studies, a program he likes because it has a little bit of everything, from computer science to art. After completing two years of education at Oregon State University in…
Memories of a Musical Life
In light of the spate of music biopics and memoirs that have have come out recently, anyone expecting lots of hot dishing when they crack open “Been So Long: My Life and Music,” Jorma Kaukonen’s 2018 autobiography, is advised to look elsewhere. Despite the fact that the Jefferson Airplane founding member and Hot Tuna co-founder…
Letters to the Editor 06/16/2022
I am coming at this in several directions as I work at an electric bike shop downtown. We do sales, service, tours and bike rentals. The rentals are an important part of our revenue during our busy tourist summer. Saturday morning 6/5 I arrived to work to find several Bird bikes parked outside of our location.…
2022 Redmond Run
Peak running season is here! On Sat., June 18, Lay It Out Events will host its first-ever Redmond Run half marathon, 10k and 5k. The course takes racers straight through the middle of Central Oregon on a stunning course which highlights the natural beauty of the High Desert. Racers start in Redmond’s charming downtown then…
Gov’t Mule Goes Full Blues
There’s no shortage of wheelings and dealings when it comes to Gov’t Mule’s discography. The highly skilled crew has tackled just about every inch of rock music in a variety of ways, from its 2004 Pink Floyd live covers album, “Dark Side of the Mule,” to the band’s third and highly beloved album, “Life Before…
Korean Restaurant Opens in Downtown Bend
Yoli Bend, the long-awaited Korean restaurant from award-winning chef Joe Kim, opened in downtown Bend on June 14. Located at 1133 NW Wall Street, next to Super Burrito, Yoli serves “elevated Korean cuisine with the flavors of Korea intertwined with his [Chef Kim’s] modern, unique style,” according to its website. Lunch is casual and dinner…
