Remember the nights when you waited in your bed for the Tooth Fairy to bring you money for your tiny tooth or on the couch by the Christmas tree for Santa Claus to give you awesome presents after stuffing his belly full of cookies and milk. Ah, to be a kid again. Those memories are […]
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Home is Where the Help Is
Even with expanded services, homeless vets trod a dismal trail
Raymond Houser struggles with trust issues. Basic human interaction remains a challenge—so working in small groups during his college physics labs? Forget it. When push comes to shove, Houser, who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, says he gets the literal urge to shove. “I get that little itch between my shoulder blades, you know?” […]
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The Concussion Blitz
A local foundation’s path for new standards proves vital for high school athletes
As sweat trickled down his face and the defense inched toward the line, Mountain View High School senior Trevor Roberts hit the go button and rushed through a gap during a varsity football game last season. His head collided with one of the linebackers and the rest is a lesson in brain injuries. “I thought […]
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Super Text – Killing Them Softly
Killing Them Softly hammers its thematic ideas into the ground
Killing Them Softly—the new crime caper thriller from writer/director Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford)—is set in 2008, during the height of the panic over the U.S. financial collapse and the run-up to Barack Obama’s election. I mention this because you might miss that crucial bit of subtext if […]
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Fans with a Cause
For many, following Brandi Carlile is about more than going to concerts
Dead Heads, Parrotheads, Beliebers—if you get big enough, your fans name themselves. While followers of country-folk singer Brandi Carlile may not have a name as cool as fans of Jimmy Buffet—they call themselves AT’ers after the Carlile fan site againtoday.com—they are just as committed. Maybe even more so. If you were at Carlile’s Les Schwab […]
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Hitting the Mark
Killing Them Softly's leading men are some of the best actors in the business
The four lead actors in Killing Them Softly are some of the strongest actors working today. Each one has the ability to inhabit the character and go beyond our expectations. Here is a list of must see flicks by these actors and what they played in their newest movie. Brad Pitt: The charismatic talkative hit […]
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Decidedly Disenfranchised
Hot Rock Pizza evolves out of dissolved Pizzicato franchise
I have firm feelings when it comes to some restaurant franchises. They’re not all totally awful, but usually they are, and I rarely patronize any. They tend to pulse with upbeat, annoying music. Flashy branding attempts and catchy marketing phrases are everywhere you look. Worse yet, service is usually coached and disingenuous. So, I was […]
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‘Cross Culture
Can Bend handle more cyclocross craziness?
The short answer is, “yes.” Which is good, because the two-day U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross is coming back to Bend this weekend and, given their recent performance in L.A., our local pros are well positioned to pack the top-10 places on the results sheet. As always, there should be plenty to cheer about. But […]
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A Dead Stop
State remands surface water plan to city on eve of new council debut
In what is just about the most perfect timing ever for opponents, a state board has told the city it must redo portions of its controversial plan to upgrade its surface water system. Critics of the project are calling it a victory. Meanwhile, a city official said the problems found by the Oregon Land Use […]
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Leading by Example
Rare college graduate returns to Warm Springs Reservation to inspire youth
Native American students face cultural barriers in college others don’t
