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Congrats to All the Nominees in our Women of the Year Awards!

Five women took home awards. But over 50 women were nominated.
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

It’s been a huge honor participating in the Women of the Year awards, a partnership this year between the Source and the Bend Chamber. What a ride! After being nominated, each nominee was asked to submit a personal statement and other information about them. They then participated in a “meet and greet” with the panel […]

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Passion is Key Ingredient in Culinary Careers

Local female chefs, loving what they do
Avatar photo Donna Britt

The most recent Data USA report shows 77.6% of chefs and head cooks are men—but it appears this traditionally male-dominated field is evolving. More than half the students at the Culinary Institute of America are now women. Central Oregon Community College’s Cascade Culinary Institute reports in the school year 2017-18, the program’s females made up […]

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The Sporting Life

Three local women working to close gender gaps in sporting communities
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

After living in the flat, humid wasteland that is Florida for three years, I was excited to get on the mountain and try my hand at winter sports upon moving to Bend. My then-boyfriend, a long-time gnar-shredder, was so excited to get me on a board that he took off work to teach me almost […]

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2020 Women’s Issue

Celebrating our Women of the Year, inclusion in the outdoors, female chefs and brewers and so much more
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

The Source Weekly has had a Women’s Issue for as long as we can remember. It’s our place to highlight some of the many stories of Central Oregon women doing important work—but this year, a new partnership sought to amplify women’s voices even further.  The Source partnered with the Bend Chamber—which has had its own […]

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2019 Women in Art

A short list of accomplishments by local women in the arts
Cari Brown

As the year ends, we’re taking a quick look back at 2019 and making note of just a few of the many accomplishments and valuable contributions made by the women of the Central Oregon art community. Painter Sheila Dunn traveled to Nepal as part of the Art in Embassies Program, where her work now hangs […]

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It’s Equal Pay Day!

…but it’s not exactly a reason to celebrate
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

You’ve probably heard the stats that women tend to earn roughly 80 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts. In Oregon, women earn an estimated 79 cents to the dollar, placing the state 27th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.  For Latinas and black women, that gap is even […]

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Chamber announces nominees for 2018 Women of the Year

Local women nominated for Woman of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and more
Avatar photo Keely Damara

The Bend Chamber of Commerce announced their 2018 nominees for their Women of the Year Awards. On April 5, the Chamber will recognize select Central Oregon women for Woman of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Community Hero and Young Hero (Ages 14-17 and Ages 18-21) and the Lifetime Achievement Award. The nominees for Lifetime […]

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Bend Local Takes Over “Jeopardy!”

Rachel Lindgren is currently undefeated.
Danielle Meyers

T his week on “Jeopardy!,” Bend local, Rachel Lindgren dominates with five wins and a cash haul of $75,999, so far. Last January, Lindgren decided on a whim to try out for “Jeopardy!”— the popular televised quiz show hosted by Alex Trebek. “It was just something to show off all the pointless things I knew,” […]

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2016 Woman of the Year: Alice Elshoff

Educator and conservationist protecting Oregon’s natural treasures
Brian Jennings

As co-founder of Friends of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Alice Elshoff’s patience with the armed occupation near Burns unraveled on Jan. 9. She had patiently watched the armed takeover of the 188,000-acre preserve, admitting that she didn’t take it seriously at first. On that early Saturday in January, however, all that changed. She fired […]

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Sally Russell

Bend City Councilor
Brian Jennings

Sally Russell says she is ready. Having served as Mayor pro tem, she tells the Source Weekly that she wants to be Bend’s mayor. Russell was first elected to the Bend City Council in 2012 and will soon announce her re-election bid. Unlike many other cities, those who are elected Bend City Councilors choose a […]

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