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Endorsement interview for Elizabeth Hughes Weide and Deb Schoen, candidates for Bend Park and Recreation District board Position 5 in the May 2021 election. Look for the Source Weekly’s endorsements in May 2021 races in our April 28 issue!
Endorsement interview for Robin Vora and Zavier Borja, candidates for Bend Park and Recreation District Position 4 in the May 2021 election. Look for the Source Weekly’s endorsements in May 2021 races in our April 28 issue!
Endorsement interview for Nathan Hovekamp and Lauren Noweirski-Stadnick, candidates for Bend Park and Recreation District Position 3 in the May 2021 election. Look for the Source Weekly’s endorsements in May 2021 races in our April 28 issue!
As 2020 approaches, people have plenty of predictions about the next decade, and inclinations about what’s ahead. The Senate impeachment trial looms. An interesting presidential election will follow, with health care, trade and immigration only some of the topics of debate. Here in Bend, we have more locally focused ideas about what will emerge as […]
Bend Park and Recreation district is hosting a job fair to help fill the 30 new positions created for their after school programs.
After what may have felt like an eternity, local officials have made some movement on the dredging of Mirror Pond—and for what the future might hold for one of Bend’s more recognizable landmarks. Mirror Pond—part of the Deschutes River in downtown Bend—has been building up sediment since it was last dredged in 1984. The issue […]
In a region as amped on winter sports as Central Oregon, there’s really no sense in delaying the inevitable with young children. Whether enrolling them in group lessons, privates or settling on parent teaching, there are ample opportunities to get kids started on being comfortable in this winter recreation mecca. Skiing and Snowboarding When learning […]
Bend-La Pine Schools announced new school start times last month—a change the district’s been considering for years. The new times have less to do with convenience, and more to do with studies showing that adolescents learn better when they start their days later. The process of changing school start times took the district two years […]
Across the country, traditional contact sports—including tackle football and soccer—are seeing declining participation rates in high school and among kids aged 6 to 12. Locally, soccer is on the rise but tackle football, according to data from the Bend Park and Recreation District, has been seeing a sharp decline in participation over the last 10 […]
Big Sky Dog’s Denied the Pond Pleasures??!! Recently signs and fencing went up keeping dogs out of the canals and pond featured at the Big Sky off leash dog park. I called Bend Parks and Rec to get the lowdown, and apparently COID requested the measure. I asked if there had been an incident of […]
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