W. (Wilderness) T. (Therapy) F. (Friend)! In reference to last week's WTF? article, “Hoods In The Woods,” I would like to inform our community on a few things. I am a past “wannabee drill sergeant” having worked for 2-plus years at a Wilderness Therapy Program. I take offense to being called this slanderous term. No, we are not crazy drill sergeants. We are real people who just so happen to care about our youth. We hope to lead students on the journey of self-discovery. We work to build stronger family units in a time when many are falling apart. My “wannabee drill sergeant” friends and I find Central Oregon to be an amazing place to help teens discover all these things.
We're Not Wannabee Drill Sergeants
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Small Mistake Could Be a Big Factor in Tax Vote
A minor oversight could turn out to be a major problem for the forces trying to repeal the tax increases passed by the Democrat-controlled legislature last session.
The legislature’s tax measures include an increase in the corporate minimum tax (currently a ridiculous $10, unchanged since 1931) and in the top income tax rates for affluent Oregonians (individuals making over $125,000 a year or households making over $250,000).
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The Heavy at the Silver Moon: Canceled
While charging through the chaotic weekly nightmare that is the production cycle here at the Source, there was something looming in my mind: “Just think, by Wednesday you’ll be jamming out to The Heavy at the Silver Moon.”
Yeah, about that… I just got off the phone with Cassie Moore, the Booking Manager at the Silver Moon, who said that the show is cancelled.
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Video and recap of Poor Man’s Whiskey’s “Dark Side of the Moonshine”
A good 40 hours removed from Poor Man’s Whiskey’s performance of “Dark Side of the Moon Shine” at the Domino Room Saturday night, an Americana-laced version of “Breathe” is still bouncing around in my skull.
The show, which if it wasn’t sold out was pretty damn near, judging from the mass of costumed but mostly un-costumed fans that packed themselves into the club, was much more than the bluegrass take on Dark Side of the Moon it was billed as.
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Scam E-mail Hits Bend Broadband Customers
If you find an e-mail in your in-box today claiming to be from Bend Broadband and instructing you to send your username, password and phone number “to enable us carryout [sic] an urgent maintenance in your e-mail account” – don’t.
“BendBroadband wishes to inform you that there is a congestion [sic] in your Chesapeake.
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Mount Bachelor Looks To The Future: Opening The East Side
The cat is out of the bag (www.mtbachelor.
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Poor Man’s Whiskey Makes Us Ponder the Pink Floyd / Wizard of Oz Connection
Bay-area Americana rockers Poor Man’s Whiskey are bringing their “Dark Side of the Moonshine” project, which I wrote about in this week’s paper, to the Domino Room Saturday night. The show – a psychedelically bluegrass interpretation of the seminal Pink Floyd record – has a strong focus on Wizard of Oz themes and costumes, playing on the well-known, widely experienced urban legend that Dark Side and Oz, if properly synchronized, create one fantastic piece of spaced-out art that has been dubbed “Dark Side of the Rainbow.
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Time for a Pay-as-We-Grow Plan
Last week, like all Deschutes County property owners, I received the most depressing piece of mail of the year: my annual tax bill.
This morning The Bulletin had more depressing news.
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Hope for Fall/Winter Music: Son Volt, The Gourds, Swollen Members, Dropkick Murphys, Eek-a-Mouse
Winter, traditionally, has been the time for Central Oregon music junkies to hunker down in the basement with a stack of beloved albums rather than hit the bars and clubs for live shows. This year, however is looking pretty promising, especially knowing a band like Son Volt is coming to Bend before the year is out.