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Our Picks for 9/23 – 10/1: DJ Barisone, Pepper, Bend Roots Revival

The Source StaffSeptember 23, 2009April 11, 2025

Finn Riggins, Church
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This was in the Picks last week, but since we got our hands on Finn Riggins' new album, Vs. Wilderness, we have to write more about this Boise, Idaho trio given that said album is incredibly awesome.

News

Off Target: Conservationists' opposition to hunting wolves is wrongheaded

Source WeeklySeptember 23, 2009January 4, 2023

I never thought I'd say this, but wolf recovery in the West has been the most successful program ever accomplished under the Endangered Species Act. Thanks to the efforts of the U.

News

In Each Other We Trust: Bend tries its hand setting the dollar aside for local currency

Source WeeklySeptember 23, 2009April 27, 2023

The end of the world is nigh. We're just polishing the brass on the Titanic. This is all going down. That got your attention, right? Apocalypse sells. FOX News feeds a diet of disaster – the swine flu epidemic, nuclear arms in North Korea – into our living rooms. The Apocalypse used to be so far off, now it's always just around the next corner.
The economic crash has ushered in more doom and gloom with massive numbers of unemployed and homeless. Bend boomed big and the bust hit hard. A dire situation as this either brings communities closer together or pushes people further apart, getting us to hole-up-alone-in-a-bunker mentality. Locally there are a few folks who want to take a practical approach to problems we're facing and make a step towards getting Bend back on track.

Opinion

The Wrong Way to Protect River Access Rights

The Source StaffSeptember 23, 2009March 8, 2025

Many areas of law are murky, but the law governing access to Oregon rivers and their banks is a veritable Okefenokee Swamp. We can't blame state legislators for wanting to clear the waters a little, but the approach they're taking could end up seriously limiting recreational users' rights – while leaving the legal situation as muddy as it is now.

Opinion

My Local Paper

The Source StaffSeptember 23, 2009April 28, 2024

Imagine a world where the only network television news came via FOX, or the New York Post was the only national newspaper. Kind of frightening.

Opinion

Let's Review: Obama hits the circuit, Afghanistan smolders and Romo runs for his life

Source WeeklySeptember 23, 2009January 4, 2023

The author has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from where your relatives and America started – Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, Virginia – on assignment for Or-Bust.

Opinion

Government can be counterproductive

Source WeeklySeptember 23, 2009January 16, 2023

I write this letter in response to Wayne Bredtze's letter “Government Can Be Good” in last week's issue. At first glance federal loans and grants indeed do seem like an essential part of higher education, though upon closer inspection they are quite counter productive.

Opinion

Lotto Numbers Don't Add Up

Source WeeklySeptember 23, 2009November 1, 2023

Props to Dr. Nathan Boddie for his piece in favor of health care reform.

Opinion

Who Gives A Sh#@?

Source WeeklySeptember 23, 2009July 14, 2025

Dear Boot,
So that's what's wrong with Bend? Goose poop that hinders using the park? You're given a column to bitch about anything you want and you pick geese? What's wrong with you?
You wasted half a page and go off about how bird droppings 'ruin' the park? And then you mock the people who try and fix it!
Well I know life sucks, however complaining about bird shit should be really low on the list. You could have used that space to actually tell your readership something useful.

Opinion

Fuzzy, Fuzzy Math

Source WeeklySeptember 23, 2009February 13, 2025

Last week The Boot opined that tavern owners would only take a $6,300 hit if their share of video lottery game revenues drops from roughly 24% to 15%. I suspect that The Boot may have attended the Timothy Geithner/Charles Rangel School of Fuzzy Math and/or he/she got a head start sampling some of the delicious barrel-aged brew for the Little Woody festival.

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