In Response: Bike Issue Letter (7/27) While I do agree with KarenLynn on many issues I would like to comment on one issue. This is the second letter printed in the Source over the last year or so regarding the issue of vehicles veering from cyclists. The previous letter pretty much stated, “Do you think […]
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RBC Balloons Over Bend Children’s Festival supports Saving Grace
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Retro Majestic Laney Jones
A legend in the making
Laney Jones is the front for the band Laney Jones and the Spirits, a group based out of the boot of Florida. It is important not to underestimate the power of this disarmingly petite, young and downright adorable 24-year-old. What she is offering to the music world, or even the world as a whole, is […]
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Boot 1/13-1/20
A Call For Peace
Although Ammond Bundy claims that his armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Harney County has been in the works for decades, he doesn’t seem to be thinking too far ahead. There’s no way this ends well for the Bundy brothers and their militant movement to reclaim federal lands and return them to the […]
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The Boot 1/7-1/13
This is Not Your Land “This land is your land, this land is my land.” The self-styled “militia” that initiated an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge near Burns seems to be misinterpreting the meaning of Woody Guthrie’s classic American folk song, “This Land (Was Made for You & Me).” Rather than suggesting that […]
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Slipper 12/30-1/6
Hoping for Tolerance
The past year has both challenged our understanding of who we are and tested our ability to love our neighbors. On the national stage, acts of violence and fear-based politics created painful rifts between communities, eroding trust and breeding hatred. On the flip side, tragedies like the terrorist attacks in Paris, Charleston, and San Bernardino, […]
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No, Seriously, Put Your Cell Phones Away
Volcanic’s Santaland wants to touch your dark places
The Santaland Diaries was initially sparked from David Sedaris spending a holiday season playing a Christmas elf in the SantaLand of a massive Macy’s department store in New York City. The resulting essay is dryly funny and full of biting observations about how Americans treat strangers and their children around the holidays, but it also […]
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The Boot 11/25-12/2
Don’t Give In
Every time a terrorist group that aligns itself with Islam attacks, we see a backlash against the peaceful Muslim majority. And while the most recent acts of terrorism occurred in “far away lands,” their aftershocks can be felt even in Central Oregon. Following the attacks in Paris, governors of multiple states came out with statements […]
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Letters 10/28-11/4
NOT HAPPY WITH THE BEND WHITEWATER PARK? Tell them Bend Parks and Rec needs to be held accountable to taxpayers for not delivering what was promised and provide the community with a clear explanation for how they plan to remedy the issues surrounding the Bend Whitewater Park. There are a number of other whitewater parks […]
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The Boot 10/21-10/28
Less Grandstanding, More Listening
Last weekend, members and supporters of Oregon’s Democratic Party gathered for a biennial summit in Sunriver for three days of panels, speakers, and networking. To those already a part of the party, the event no doubt felt something like a family reunion. But the undercurrent of self-congratulation, assumptions about unaffiliated voters, and anti-Republican rhetoric revealed […]