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Coaching Champions

When it comes to learning and achieving, a few successful Bend athletes see themselves as both mentors and mentees
David Sword

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” — Isaac Newton Teachers, advisors, guides, counselors, coaches, confidants: All people whose role is to bring out greatness in others. The modern world is wrought with crossroads, confusing choices and rapid-fire messages. Mentorship is one way to clear the path toward […]

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Outstanding Student Athletes

Nominated by school athletic directors, these kids are tough on the field—and in the classroom
Chris Miller

As part of the Source’s Back to School issue, we reached out to area high school athletic directors to see who the best and brightest of Bend are—both on and off the field. Dalton Payfer-Lockling Mountain View High School The senior plays both sides of the ball and special teams. He’s basically on the field […]

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Rockin’ the Airwaves

Young DJs thrive on KPOV
Avatar photo Richard Sitts

It was four o’clock on a Thursday afternoon. I can’t remember where I was driving, but on KPOV-FM (88.9), the DJ dropped the 1963 classic, “Be My Baby” by The Ronettes, featuring Ronnie Spector. As the Bend traffic slowed, my mind flipped the switch to that song when it was featured in the 1973 Martin […]

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Fixing Our Schools

The Oregon PTA calls for the State to address billions in overdue repairs—but where’s the money coming from?
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

When Bend teacher Travis Overley was a student teacher at Bend High School, teaching in front of a class of more than 40 students was common. At Bend High, however—one of the oldest buildings in the Bend-La Pine School District—Overley says it wasn’t just the size of the classes that stood out. “Kids are sitting […]

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The 20Time Project

Summit High Students Get Creative and Make a Difference
Annette Benedetti

Erin Carrol spends her weekdays teaching a standard English lit class to high school seniors attending Summit High in Bend. “These aren’t necessarily 4.0 students, but that doesn’t mean they are less than exceptional,” she says. To prove her point she implemented a yearlong classroom assignment called The 20Time Project. The results were convincing. Created […]

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“Tarzan,” the Musical, Swings Into Bend

The future of theatre is in BEAT’s good hands
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Bend Experimental Art Theatre (BEAT) will present the Disney musical production “Tarzan” from May 6 to 15 at Summit High School. The cast for this award-winning musical includes more than five dozen young performers and a live orchestra of youth musicians. Local actor Steven Livingston is playing Tarzan and Eva Merrill plays Jane. The play […]

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Picks 2/25-3/4

The Source Staff

thursday 26 Back from the Dead BLUEBRASS—No one plays by the rules anymore. But that’s fine. As a result, we come across a new musical portmanteau at least once a week. This week’s winner: blue-brass, a fusion of bluegrass and brass band. Think Tom Waits meets Louis Armstrong, with the lyrical sensibilities of Johnny Cash. […]

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Safety in their Sights

Schools respond to shootings with more cops, guns
Avatar photo Erin Rook

In the wake of the most recent mass shooting—this time in Isla Vista, Calif., near the University of California at Santa Barbara, where Elliot Rodger allegedly killed six people including himself—the ripple effects are coursing through the nation’s consciousness. While “active shooter events,” as the FBI calls them, have been a part of our social […]

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