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Similar But Eastside Different

Three weeks old and eastside Jackson’s Corner already has regulars
Allison Miles

At first glance, Jackson’s Corner Eastside closely resembles its westside counterpart: it’s a bright space filled with large wooden tables, an open kitchen with a brick oven, and a counter with affable staff standing next to a glass case filled with eye-catching pastries and slices of pie. There are two counters, one for quick access […]

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The Rocky Road to City Council

Casey Roats knocks down major election hurdle, but a lawsuit still looms
Avatar photo Erin Rook

Casey Roats’ path to City Council reached another milestone Monday evening. After about three hours of often-tense deliberations on the letter and spirit of the City Charter’s residency requirements, councilors voted 5-2 to find Roats qualified to serve. TThe majority aligned in support of the notion that “intent” carries more weight than the common understanding […]

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A Christmas Carole

Humbug gives Scrooge a gender twist
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Christmas plays can be tricky. For starters, not everyone celebrates Christmas, which potentially alienates part of the theater-going crowd. Also, most Christmas plays are often shoddily written, more about sentiment than substance, and a means to distract children with pageantry instead of quality. Oh, and finally, if the play decides to approach Christmas from a […]

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Soulful Not Solitary

Possessed by Paul James, one man with meaning
Avatar photo Brianna Brey

Switching effortlessly between guitar, fiddle and banjo, one-man-band Possessed by Paul James is as raw as they come. Named for a combination of his grandfather, Paul Wert and his father, James, his music has an old-timey country vibrato, telling stories about 38-year-old cocktail waitresses, growing old, growing up, perfume letters, loving and losing. All the […]

Posted inOutside

Go Here 11/27-12/3

Oh, Christmas Tree!
Avatar photo Corbin Gentzler

If the thought of spending the day after Thanksgiving shopping among the frenzied, pie-fed, bargain-seeking masses makes you punchy, consider another option. Trade black for green and spend the day grabbing your Christmas tree. A remarkably unscientific survey reveals nine out of 10 local outdoorsy types recommend heading past Sisters, parking where McKenzie Pass is […]

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Home Town Heroes

Rolling toward history
Avatar photo Phil Busse

The entry in Wikipedia for the sport of “log rolling” or, its more popular name, “roleo” is barely more than 10 lines long. It provides a few rules and the most drab information about a sport once popular in mill towns throughout the Northwest and upper Midwest. But largely, the entry—and, for that matter, most […]

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Six Recipes to Shake Up Tradition

Local chefs and bakers share their secret recipes
Allison Miles

For this year’s Thanksgiving holiday, the Source reached out to a few of Bend’s most talented chefs for some recipe ideas that are a bit off the beaten path. For the main dish, Bryan Tremayne from Primal Cuts offered us Turkey Confit: a richly flavorful alternative to the usual slow-roasted bird, as well as Stuffin […]

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Judge and Jury

City Council prepares to weigh Casey Roats’ qualifications
Avatar photo Erin Rook

On December 1, City Council will hold a special session to deliberate and decide on the question whether councilor-elect Casey Roats is qualified to serve on Council. The meeting, scheduled for 3 pm at City Hall, will include testimony only from Roats. Neither the public, nor attorneys, will be permitted to comment. The meeting comes […]

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Connecting the Dots

A second hut-to-hut system opens this winter
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Although backcountry skiing is a common enough activity in Central Oregon, until Shane Fox and a couple of his buddies—”ski bums who build stuff,” he explains—started Three Sisters Backcountry, the idea of more formalized and semi-permanent structures in the backcountry was a novel concept here. Moreover, even though dozens of skiers have trekked out into […]

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Don’t Call It A Comeback

After a lousy snow year, Hoodoo looks forward
Avatar photo Phil Busse

Last year was a tough one for skiers—and even worse for ski resorts that simply don’t have the luxury of chasing snow. (Um, duh, they are mountains and sort of rooted where they are.). Hoodoo, one of Oregon’s first ski resorts, was hit as hard as anyone. But, Hoodoo Ski Area has a history of […]

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