Hello, readers! You are welcome to join me again on another summer skiing trip! This past Memorial Day weekend I met with brothers Todd Baribault and Allen Baribault. They flew into Portland from Santa Fe and Vermont respectively, where Todd and I were high school friends. We met up the following day with an agenda […]
A Backcountry Skiing Trifecta!
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Central Oregon Underwater
Snowflakes melt instantly upon touching the water of Lake Billy Chinook near Madras. It is February of 2008 and I float in a thick wetsuit shouldering scuba diving gear in 45-degree water. I shiver and feel awe at the thought of living under that water for a moment. As one might expect, there is not […]
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Shred Lightly: ‘A Field Guide to the Subterranean’
From the kaleidoscopic pages of “A Field Guide to the Subterranean: Reclaiming the Deep Earth and our Deepest Selves,” a new memoir by Justin Hocking, tumbles the author’s ambition, as a young man, to be hard. He cultivated a stiff upper lip in his late teens by training to become a mountaineering guide in his […]
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UPP to the Future
When Tonya Cornett came to Bend in 2002 to become brewmaster at Bend Brewing Company, she drew attention right away. Back then, the notice was mainly that she was a woman operating in a male-dominated industry. Twenty-plus years later, her gender is merely a footnote to the fact that Cornett has become one of the […]
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This Isn’t Nanna’s Bolognese
This wasn’t supposed to be a story. It was supposed to be dinner. But like most of my meals, this one came together somewhat haphazardly between photo editing, metal design, a dog walk and the “Oh crap, it’s already 12 pm.” I didn’t set out to reinvent Bolognese, I was just trying to avoid making […]
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Shouldering the Load — and Setting a World Junior Record
One of Bend’s fastest-rising, world-caliber athletes only recently graduated from high school. On June 5, while his friends and classmates at Caldera High School threw their graduation caps into the air, McKean was at the 2025 USA Swimming National Championship in Indianapolis, competing neck-to-neck with an Olympian in the Men’s 50 Meter Breaststroke race. In […]
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A 25,000-Acre Forest Restoration Project
A massive restoration project is expected to begin next year in the Deschutes National Forest outside Sisters and continue through the year 2040. The U.S. Forest Service signed the final decision to treat 25,000 acres in an area known as Green Ridge, 13 miles north of Sisters. The goal is to restore forest resiliency to disease […]
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Campbell McKean (Bend Swim Club) wins National Championship in 50 Meter Breaststroke
Competing at the 2025 USA Swimming National Championship meet in Indianapolis, Campbell McKean won the men’s 50 Meter Breaststroke event with a time of 26.90 seconds. The win qualifies McKean for Team USA which will compete at the World Championships in Singapore beginning July 26, 2025. McKean, a graduating senior at Caldera High School, was […]
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Bend’s Oldest Dance Studio Turns 50!
Terpsichorean Dance Studio will be hosting its 50th anniversary dance recital this year in Bend, with two performances. The annual recital is the culmination of the past year’s dance instruction, featuring performances at all levels in Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Tap, Contemporary and Modern. -Date: June 13 & 14 -Time: 6:00pm (either night) -Location: Caldera High […]
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Roundabout Books to Welcome Back Historian Glenn Voelz to Discuss His New Book “The Civilian Conservation Corp in Oregon: A Living Legacy”
Roundabout Books is excited to welcome back historian Glenn Voelz to discuss his latest book “The Civilian Conservation Corp in Oregon: A Living Legacy”. The event takes place in-store on July 31st at 6:30 pm. Amid the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt formulated a bold plan for putting millions of unemployed Americans […]