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Winter Improvements at Mt. Bachelor

Mt. Bachelor winter operations are expected to begin on Nov. 29. Ahead of the season, the resort has announced several new on-mountain improvements and adjustments to its operating schedule, its facilities and ticketing, among others.

The resort’s Sunrise Lodge is undergoing an expansion which will add over 50 seats, according to a press release. The cafe at the lodge will also begin offering mobile ordering to decrease congestion within the lodge. This winter, the resort will try to get skier and riders on the mountain faster, with contactless digital ticket and pass-printing kiosks at several locations.

Mt. Bachelor will also attempt to extend access to the Little Pine lift, allowing access to beginner terrain through the end of the season, and add restrooms to outlier lifts such as Outback Express, Northwest Express and Cloud chaser Express.

-Julianna LaFollete

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Teamsters Strike at Bigfoot Beverages

Members of Teamsters Local 324 and 206 went on strike at Bigfoot Beverages on Sept. 19 and picketed outside the company’s headquarters. Bigfoot is one of the largest soft drink and alcohol distributors in the Pacific Northwest. The primary issue in bargaining, according to a press release, has been the Teamsters’ retirement benefit.

“We came to the table with raises for each employee, an extremely generous 401(k) retirement plan plus a signing ratification bonus of $2,500 each yet we were rejected without allowing our team members to vote on our offer,” said Eric Forrest, co-president of Bigfoot Beverages.

-Julianna LaFollete

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– The number of green tomatoes you’ll need to make this week’s Green Tomato Sauce, found in the Chow story, “Adventures in Green Tomato Cookery.”

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“Hopefully the community will feel like they were listened to with this.”

– Eliza Wilson, director of runaway and homeless youth programs for J Bar J, regarding the home on Wilson Avenue that will become a home for youth rather than an Adult Parole and Probation house. From the News story, “New Youth Housing to Open in Bend.”

This article appears in Source Weekly September 26, 2024.