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Your Number is Up

The secrets behind “auctioning” food at the table, and other server tricks of the trade
Marscha Lynch

“Who had the pork chop?” We’ve all been through this. You and your dining companions have chosen a restaurant, been seated, presented with menus and had your orders taken. When the food arrives, the server starts making you do all the work. It’s a conversation-stopper. Hands point to one another across the table. A glass […]

Posted inCulture

Source Spotlight: Brad Chalfant

Protecting wild lands is his mission
Brian Jennings

“We’re not done — whether it’s in Camp Polk or one of the other properties. We see these fisheries coming back, but I want to see whole beaver colonies restoring these flood plains. And some day I hope to see sandhill cranes nesting in one of these meadows.” Brad Chalfant, a founding member of the […]

Posted inCulture

Zendites

Weekly groups offer meditation, mindfulness practice
Howard Leff

“May I be filled with loving kindness. May all beings be free from suffering.” — from the Bend Zen chant Nine of us sit together inside a small room toward the back of St. Helens Hall on the Trinity Episcopal Church campus. We’re here to calm the mind. It’s hard work. You’ve heard of Monday […]

Posted inMusic

GUNG HO FOR SHOWS 3/1-9

King Louie’s Blues Revue, Black Violin & the Avett Brothers
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Book these shows now so you don’t miss out. King Louie’s Blues Revue March 17-18 Phew, this is one heck of a funky show set for the Riverhouse Jazz series. The Portland-based brass band features three sets of smooth R&B, with bluesy vocals including “Oregon’s King of Soul” Andy Stokes, gospel queen LaRhonda Steele and […]

Posted inOpinion

Letters 2/22-3/1

Crooked River Water Flows, Source Activist Playbook Thanks & Response to Homelessness,
The Source Staff

Crooked River Water Flows I am concerned about the Crooked River water flows as it affects the fisheries. It is known that low water flows (1500 CFS) has raised havoc on the native trout and whitefish populations. Low water forces fish into smaller pockets and leaves insect larva high and dry. Extreme flows tend to […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Let’s Talk Saturation

Is there such a thing as too many breweries?
Kevin Gifford

Given the lack of a formal announcement, it might have been a surprise for fans of Redmond’s Juniper Brewing to go onto the local Craigslist a few days back and find the brewery for sale. The whole of Juniper’s operation is now on the market, including the two-barrel brewing system, 90-gallon brew kettle, four fermenters, […]

Posted inOutside

Natural World: Journey’s Adventure

Jim Anderson

Sisters Middle School science teacher Susie Werts’ record-setting monarch butterfly, “Journey,” named such by her students, is back in the news. Professor David James of Washington State University at Pullman—who issued the numbered tag placed on the underside of the butterfly’s hind wing—is keeping in touch with researchers in Carpinteria, Calif., who originally reported the […]

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Weed Cash

As marijuana tax receipts roll in, city leaders look to direct dollars toward street maintenance and police
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Marijuana tax receipts statewide have been steadily declining since November—but still, recent reports from the Oregon Department of Revenue indicate the state has already brought in $65.4 million in tax dollars from legal marijuana. January 2017 alone brought $5.3 million into state coffers, with retailers selling an estimated $7 million worth of marijuana each week […]

Posted inOutside

Ready to Ride

Spring is nearing, and for passionate cyclists it couldn’t come sooner
Rex Shepard

Whether you’re an enthusiast or even a professional, pedaling on a bike has been particularly challenging this winter. Bend has a reputation for being a place to comfortably ride bikes year-round, but not during this record snow year. For mountain and road bikers alike, the trails and roads have been covered in snow, promsing to […]

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