Time for Summer Adventure!
It’s an issue that most of the Source staff can get behind: Summer adventure! Inside this issue we dish out a bit of local knowledge about everything from touring on a bicycle to tips for making great camping/hiking food. Get your summer started with some of these local tips! Plus, a local woman shares her…
Grilled Mexican Corn And Charred Corn Salad
Maize, commonly called corn these days, has humble beginnings in Mexico where domestication of the wild grass called teosinte began thousands of years ago. That domestication continued throughout different parts of the Americas and today’s corn is one of the world’s most important crops. We eat it, turn it into flours and syrups, feed it…
LISTEN: Creating a Theatre Community with Craig Brauner 🎧
Craig Brauner is a theatre artist and educator who’s called Central Oregon home since 2018. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, he has starred in over 80 productions across the country with prominent regional theatres as well as numerous workshops, readings and devised pieces. He obtained his MFA in Acting from the University of California-Irvine and BFA…
2023 Pacific Crest Endurance Sports Festival
The 27th annual Pacific Crest Endurance Sports Festival brings a weekend full of races and fun for endurance athletes from June 15 to 18. From biking to swimming to running, the festival hosts a variety of competitive racing events. Kicking off the weekend, the Pilot Butte Challenge will set the tone for the rest of…
Country Harmony with Muscadine Bloodline
National touring southern country duo, Muscadine Bloodline, performs at General Duffy’s Waterhole on Thursday, June 22, showcasing classic county harmonies and authentic lyrics. Bend’s Century Drive will warm up the stage, bringing a country twist to the mix. Gary Stanton and Charlie Muncaster met in 2012, both with dreams to pursue big-time music careers. After…
Horoscope Week of June 8, 2023
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “All the things I wanted to do and didn’t do took so long. It was years of not doing.” So writes Gemini poet Lee Upton in her book Undid in the Land of Undone. Most of us could make a similar statement. But I have good news for you, Gemini. I…
Letters to the Editor 06/08/2023
WHY DID COCC INVITE CHAVEZ-DEREMER TO SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT? You have to wonder why someone thought Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer deserves the honor of being Central Oregon Community College’s commencement speaker. This is just some of her record: Chavez-DeRemer voted for an anti-transgender bill that would require that “sex … be recognized based solely on a…
Cookouts + Beer: Sounds Like Summer
The Suttle Lodge is a fun place to be nearly anytime – but summer on the lake is pretty special. For those looking for a mid-week getaway and a bit of fun, add Wednesdays at the Suttle Lodge & Boathouse to the calendar. Every Wednesday in summer the Lodge hosts a Brewery Cookout featuring a…
Distillery Day for Dad
Mother’s Day is all about brunch. Father’s Day is kind of a barbecue day… but for those looking to get out and about for Dad’s special day, Oregon Spirit Distillers is doing Father’s Day at the Distillery. Dads get a free Glencairn glass and a taste of Oregon Spirit’s new malt whiskey. The event takes…
Oregon’s Prairie Ghost
Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) may be the most recognizable of all wildlife in Oregon’s vast sagebrush sea. Commonly — but mistakenly — also referred to as “antelope,” this migratory species is an indicator of the health and resiliency of their sagebrush habitats. If pronghorn populations are faring well, then likely so is their ecosystem. Where pronghorn…
Boneyard Pub has a Stage!
Besides making delicious craft beer for well over a decade (this year marks Boneyard Pub’s 13th Anniversary) —motorcycles, old classic cars and skulls and cross bones are a few of Boneyard Pub’s favorite things over at 1955 NE Division Street. Now adding to its unique old-town, SoCal aesthetic, the five-year-old pub has a platform for…
ONA Issues Strike Notice
Update: St. Charles narrowly avoided a strike on June 8 after both parties reached a tentative agreement. Oregon Nurses Association members at the St. Charles campus in Bend will vote to ratify the contract within the next few days. St. Charles nursing staff gave notice that they’ll start striking on June 12 if a contract…
Rewind: Shows We Saw This Week
The Source staff is pretty spoiled when it comes to seeing live music. Between invites from press people and hosting some of our own shows through our colleagues at Lay It Out Events, we see a lot of music! Throughout the summer, look for this occasional column recapping the shows we saw and what we…
Intimidating Note, Dead Raccoon Left at Redmond Mayor’s Law Office
An unknown suspect placed a menacing note and a dead racoon at the door to Redmond Mayor Ed Fitch’s law firm offices on Monday morning, and the Redmond Police Department is investigating it as a potential bias crime. The sign referenced both Fitch and Redmond City Councilor Clifford Evelyn with what police say is intimidating…
La Asociación de Enfermeros de Oregon emite aviso de huelga
El personal de enfermería de St. Charles notificó que empezarán la huelga el 12 de junio si no se obtiene el contrato. Enfermeros de St. Charles Medical Center hicieron pública su intención de llevar a cabo la huelga el 1 de junio, después de que votaran para autorizar una huelga a principios de semana. La…
Activists Call for Breese-Iverson’s Resignation
Activists demanded House Minority Leader Vikki Breese-Iverson’s (R-Prineville) resignation on Friday, June 2, after a photograph of her teenage son and another person doing Nazi salutes in front of a replica German aircraft with a swastika spread on social media. The Central Oregon Diversity Project also demanded the high school student be removed from school…
Understanding Intimacy: Dead Bedroom Frustration
What are your suggestions for a couple that wants to reintroduce physical intimacy and sex into their relationship after their bedroom has been dead and physical touch is now awkward? From, Frustrated The feeling of awkwardness can start so soon! It’s almost as if there’s some kind of magnetic field (that’s acting in reverse) when…
Oops! Home Prices Didn’t Crash After All
During the fourth quarter of last year, many housing experts predicted home prices were going to crash this year. Here are a few of those forecasts: Jeremy Siegel, Russell E. Palmer Professor Emeritus of Finance at the Wharton School of Business: “I expect housing prices fall 10% to 15%, and the housing prices are accelerating…
You Have To Listen To Your Food
It’s all about tending the fire. “It’s difficult, it’s the hardest part about the whole thing. Maintaining your oven and keeping it balanced. It’s very engaging. There’s a primal element to it and it’s very exciting,” is what Stiv Reisdorph tells me when I ask him what he likes most about making pizza. Reisdorph is…
This is Not the Way to Help Those Experiencing Homelessness
Ask the average person in Central Oregon what the most pressing issues we face here are, and chances are that they’ll include housing and homelessness in their answers. With staggering rent increases and plenty of inflation, the number of people who don’t have a proper place to live is skyrocketing. It’s a problem so great…
Fifty Years of Unique Land Use
In 1973 Oregon Gov. Tom McCall signed Senate Bills 100 and 101, creating the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development and 14 statewide planning goals and protections to farmland. It was the most ambitious and powerful statewide land-use decision any state undertook before or since. No other state regulates land use to the extent…
Don’t Forget to Check Under the Bed
Just in case you weren’t sure how much I was bullied in high school, my other deep and abiding love, aside from movies, is reading. I try to read 100+ a year (I fail more than I succeed), but a chunk of those are rereads of the man who got me into books in the…
