People who have been convicted of cannabis-related crimes live their lives with the proverbial scarlet letter sewn onto their shirts. To say these folks face difficulty in doing things many people take for granted is an understatement. Most people convicted of cannabis crimes cannot get a car or home loan, or often the kind of […]
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Into the Dark
Local gallery dims it down to offer a rare art experience
Take a look at most prints from before Japan’s introduction to the West and you’ll likely find them quite pale and muted. But with the opening of Japan to the West and the introduction of different dyes, all that changed. If you want to see the contrast for yourself, start at the A6 Studio & […]
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Fuel for the Fires, Inside and Out
A look at biomass as an alternative fuel source
Wildfires are a constant concern. Coal-fired power is on its way out. With biomass technologies, some say they may strike at both issues at once.
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Ain’t No Party Like a Small Batch Party
Little Woody has aged to perfection
Way back when, The Little Woody started with a small group of local brewers getting together to share the barrel-aged beers they were producing. The small batches of brew were made as a way to celebrate craft brewing as an art form, back when every element of beer culture wasn’t soaked up by the general […]
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From Community Activist to Longtime Mayor
Bend Mayor Jim Clinton looks back at 12 years in office—and to the future
Mayor Jim Clinton chose not to seek re-election this year to a fourth term on Bend City Council. The Source Weekly caught up with him recently to chat about the past 12 years in office, where Bend is today and what the future holds. The Past Clinton’s political journey started with elk. He and his […]
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Letters 8/31-9/7
Deschutes River Alliance Fires Back In your Aug. 24 article, “In Search Of a Cooler River,” Portland General Electric spokesperson Steve Corson states, “They (the Deschutes River Alliance) want to go back to the status quo prior to the selective water withdrawal system, and essentially to abandon the reintroduction effort for salmon and steelhead above […]
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Wild Game and Foraged Finds
Dinner with Hank Shaw celebrates “Buck, Buck, Moose”
If there is any event to be excited about this fall in Bend’s culinary scene, this is it. DRAKE is hosting the fifth stop on a nationwide tour promoting James Beard Award-winning author Hank Shaw’s third cookbook, “Buck, Buck, Moose: Recipes and Techniques for Cooking Deer, Elk, Moose, Antelope and Other Antlered Things.” The comprehensive […]
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Sides Notes 8/31-9/7
Pilot Dies at Airshow of the Cascades The Airshow of the Cascades show ended in tragedy Aug. 27 when a pilot died in a plane crash. According to Airshow of the Cascades’ website, Marcus Paine died during his Saturday afternoon performance in Madras. Paine, who hailed from Anchorage, Alaska, had been a pilot for more […]
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Climate Change Resolution
Do something instead of doing nothing
As a reporter at my college newspaper I witnessed a scene that reminded me of the current wrangling over Bend’s climate change resolution. A young undergraduate was taking advantage of the open-forum hour in the school’s student center. Her topic: reducing our consumption of fossil fuels by going vegan. Surrounding her below the podium was […]
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Hope for Credit-Challenged Buyers: FHA Loans
Many people who are renting today are paying more than they would with a mortgage. At the same time, those renters may think they can’t qualify for a loan because of damaged credit and more stringent loan requirements. Conventional loan criteria require higher credit scores than in the past, but the good news is that […]
