The queen of meanLeona Helmsley, the developer and hotel owner who became an icon of the greed-is-good '80s, died Monday, not as the result of having a house dropped on her by a tornado but of natural causes. She was 87.
Ding, Dong…
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Making a Splash: All ages rip it up outdoors at JSFC, ladies’ scrum, and a “cruise”
Too often a local sports program will go virtually unnoticed or unheralded because it’s so good, leading people to forget about or be totally unaware of the program’s long and illustrious history.
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Baby Your Bentley, Only $29,500
If you really love your car - we mean really, really, REALLY love your car - shouldn't you buy it its own condo?
Seriously. Two guys in Sisters are building a 36-unit condo complex exclusively for pampered vintage, classic or otherwise special automobiles.
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The Short, Strange Voyage of the Acorn
We all live in an acorn Submarine.On Sept. 7, 1776, a strange, egg-shaped craft slipped into the waters of New York harbor. With a crew of one - Army Sgt. Ezra Lee - its mission was to blow up the HMS Eagle, one of the British ships blockading the city.
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Beating the Heat: Getting out in the “other” local mountains
Where’s Walton?
Does anyone else have the sense that most of stories about the outdoors in the local media focus too often on well-trodden territory prettied up to make it sound, well, almost too good to be true? For example, a story about the overrun/overused Todd Lake area might carry a title like: "Still An Unspoiled Gem."
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Don’t Play Chicken With This Judge
Michael Cicconetti, a municipal court judge in the little (population about 18,000) town of Painesville, OH, has built a national reputation for handing down unorthodox sentences, and last week he added to his growing legend.
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The Dog Days of Summer? Evel goes down, a big ride, the best rides, and theTour
Evel Sold
That fabulous Evel Kneivel road bike that was the highlight of a silent auction to raise money as part of the Tour des Chutes eventually sold for $425. The bike’s new owner remains unknown at this time, but one suspects he or she is planning to soon use the bike for a spectacular jump across the Deschutes River.
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Little Bites: Hideaway Gives a Shot to Southeast Bend
I recently moved out of northeast Bend, a virtual wasteland when it comes to food and nightlife. (The last vestige of culinary civilization, Little Pizza Paradise, picked up stakes and moved to Cascade Village Mall earlier this summer.) I didn’t improve my lot much by moving to southeast Bend, particularly when it comes to nightlife. […]