My tears were large reading Bruce (Miller's) account of poor Colorado Springs. The voters said “No” to more taxes and told the city to live within its means – what a novel concept.
Colorado Springs Had It Coming
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The Great Duping Of America
It was a gut-wrenching experience the moment health care reform became doomed with the special election in Massachusetts. A democratically elected President of far too much personal integrity was asked to do what the GOP would not hesitate to do in his position – use the last remaining days of party majority to advance a controversial political agenda, in this case health- care reform. This writer knows far too well the consequences of the outcome; I've been living for several years with major health issues that are excluded under current law as pre-existing conditions. I had been waiting, hoping, praying for reform to come into effect so that I might be able to seek out the health care I desperately need and cannot afford.
Posted inNews
A Brief Look at the WinterFest Rail Jam Construction
With Bend WinterFest only three short days away, things are already starting to look like festival time down in the Old Mill where the crew is hard at work erecting the massive apparatus for the Rail Jam competition.
Take a look at this brief video and see where they’re at.
Posted inNews
Ex-Bend Chamber Pres Drops out of Council Race
Former Bend Chamber President Mike Schmidt announced today that he is dropping out of this year’s Bend City Council race just a few weeks after announcing his candidacy.
Schmidt, who came to Bend from California to replace controversial ex-Chamber President Gary Peters, charted a new more progressive direction for the chamber before splitting ways with the Bend business group.
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Games On: A Look Back at One Winter Olympic Game’s Non-Medal Moments
As the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games approach, memories of the five games I've worked came flooding back. And like most memories, those from my very first (winter 1980) Olympic Games are still the most vivid.
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Check Out the New Track from The Thermals – “Canada”
One of Portland’s most solid rock bands, The Thermals, have released a new, timely titled single called “Canada.” ‘Cause, ya know, the Olympics and all.
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Innovation Theatre Works Opens Performance Facility in Bend
With the fate of 2nd Street Theater still up in the air (although there’s rumors of a potential buyer for the location) there’s some good news to be had in the local theater world today with the announcement just minutes ago that Innovation Theatre Works will be opening a theater facility.
Most know Innovation for their productions of Driving Miss Daisy and the Frank Sinatra tribute My Way, both of which were performed at the Tower Theatre.
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Cash’d Out Walked the Line at the Domino Room Last Night and Here’s Some Video
My friends and I had been pretty pumped since finding out Cash’d Out, a Johnny Cash tribute band, was coming to Bend and finally last night we got to enjoy the Man in Black’s tunes, live. Cash’d Out has been called the next best thing to Cash himself, and I imagine that’s pretty on par, being too young to have ever seen him live myself.
Posted inOutside
There are No Trilobites in Oregon: Well, maybe…
Now that I’ve reached that “ripe old age” of over 80, I find myself enjoying fossils more than I did years ago. Do you suppose someone’s trying to tell me something? Be that as it may, for more years than I care to remember, I’ve heard the old axiom, “Some day, someone will find a trilobite in Oregon.” Well, maybe.
One place to look is in the fossil-bearing Permian limestone of Coyote Butte near the Nevada border in southeast Oregon. “Hold on,” you say, “We have a Coyote Butte along China Hat Road, southeast of Bend.” Sorry, that’s a cinder cone, no trilobites there, it’s volcanic in origin and several millions of years to young.
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Alaskan Bluegrass Act Bearfoot in Sisters
The Sisters Folk Festival Winter Concert Series kicks off tonight with a show from Anchorage bluegrass/Americana quintet, Bearfoot.
The band, which fuses traditional roots music influences with modern country flavors, is quickly on the rise over the past couple years.