Central Oregon has a particular manner of evolving: It likes its classics—like, Phil’s Trail and breakfast at McKay Cottage (this year’s winner of Best Breakfast, for the sixth year in a row). But it also accepts newcomers, and quickly embraces and absorbs them. Like, consider that Phil’s Trail is only about a decade old and […]
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Building Bend’s Future
Does the Urban Growth Boundary hold hope for affordable housing?
Bend has a housing problem—or, more precisely, with rental vacancy rates less than half a percent, an affordable housing shortage. And some city leaders believe that loosening up the Urban Growth Boundary could provide some relief from that chokehold. It is a basic theory that makes sense: Opening up more land for development will provide […]
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Canine Colleagues
Local shop and office dogs share their stories
This June marked the 17th annual Take Your Dog to Work Day. (By comparison, Take Your Daughter To Work Day started 23 years ago.) In Bend, however, that “holiday” is celebrated every day at some workplaces. While the impulse may be a simple side effect of Central Oregon’s fondness for canine companions, bringing pups to […]
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Water, Water, Everywhere!
For a desert, there sure are a lot of water sports around here!
Last Saturday, Reese Collins, a 19-year old student from COCC, reached the end of his first pass at the annual wakeboarding competition on Lake Billy Chinook. The conditions were ideal—barely any wind stirring up waves; “glass,” in waterskier and wakeboarder-speak. Collins had already landed a “tantrum”—essentially a back roll—and the boat swung back for his […]
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The Prince & the Pauper
Bikes are for everyone—and every budget
by erin rook Petie Thom, sales manager at the Eastside Hutch’s Bicycles, says she usually starts by asking customers a series of basic questions to guide their search for the perfect bike, components, and accessories: Have you done any research? Where do you want to ride? What are your friends riding? Have you been to […]
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Smells Like Hippie Spirit
The Source’s tie-dyed welcome mat to Phish Phans
There is a certain amount of debate about how the word “hippie” came about, and who coined the term. But hey, who owns a word anyway? While working as a journalist in San Francisco, I was consistently told that long-time San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen had first penned the title in the mid-60s for […]
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Freedom Is Nothing Left To Lose
Bend City Council expands civil exclusion zone
This weekend, revelers will flock to downtown Bend to celebrate Independence Day. Whether they realize it or not, they will also be crossing an invisible line into the City’s newly expanded civil exclusion zone, where an offense as minor as littering or underage drinking could get them 86’ed from the City’s core by police—all without […]
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Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em
As weed becomes legal, many wonder where to start
The long-awaited time has arrived. Starting July 1, the recreational use of marijuana is legal in Oregon, converting the reported 15 percent of Oregonians who currently smoke into law-abiding citizens. And opening the door for many who either smoked back in the day, or are curious but dissuaded by things like illegality. “Oregon has a […]
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It’s Not Over
After marriage, LGBT activists continue the fight for lived equality
It’s been just over a year since same-sex couples in Oregon won the legal right to marriage and, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to issue a landmark decision on marriage equality sometime this month, fingers are crossed for a particularly festive Pride season. But whether or not the Supreme Court declares that same-sex couples […]
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Summer Events Guide
A selection of the season’s hottest events
On June 21, the sun will rise at 5:21 am and set at 8:51 pm, the so-called longest day of the year. But really? It is just 24 hours like every other day; the same length of time and the same rotation around its axis as a gray, rainy day in November. Summer, though, just […]
