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Nov 6-12, 2008

Vol. 12, No. 45

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Local News

The Weekend Warrior

Starting today, The Blender is going to do our damndest to bring you a guide for the weekend to come every Friday. We're not saying

By The Source Staff
Nov 7, 2008
Local News

Early Turns on Mt. B

Throughout much of the day yesterday the sky was spitting out snow, much of it mixed with rain, but up on Mt. Bachelor it was

By The Source Staff
Nov 6, 2008
Local News

Is Bigger Better? Bend weighs an unprecedented growth plan.

Hay farm today, auto mall tomorrowYou can't see Bend's sprawling auto malls and shopping centers, or the rows and rows of cookie cutter homes, from

By Eric Flowers
Nov 5, 2008
Local News

Wells Gets a Gold Mine, Oregon Gets the Shaft

While the eyes of Congress and the public were focused on the $700 billion Wall Street bailout in September, the Bush administration slipped through a

By The Source Staff
Nov 11, 2008
Local News

GOP Advice: "Freeze Out" Liberal Reporters

Who's to blame for Republican Party's election setbacks in Oregon? It was the durn liberal media, of course.

By The Source Staff
Nov 10, 2008
Local News

Ex-Mayor Bill Friedman Dies

The Eye was saddened this morning to learn of the death Sunday of Bill Friedman, former Bend mayor and veteran city councilor, of complications following

By The Source Staff
Nov 10, 2008
Local News

Bachelor to Cancel Free Ski Day

Mount Bachelor management is canceling Free Ski Day, a popular annual charitable event that has been a tradition in Central Oregon for decades.

By The Source Staff
Nov 8, 2008
Local News

FCC Probes Bend Broadband Pricing Policies

The Federal Communications Commission has launched an investigation into the pricing policies of 11 cable TV services, including Central Oregon's own Bend Cable Communications.

By The Source Staff
Nov 7, 2008
Local News

Got Them Low-Down, High-Deductible Health Care Blues

There was a touching story on the front page of the local section of Bend's Only Daily Newspaper this morning - touching, but also disgusting

By The Source Staff
Nov 7, 2008
Local News

Obama's Progesssive Mandate

It's just three days after Barack Obama swept the board in the presidential race, and already the mainstream media pundits are repeating their shopworn argument

By The Source Staff
Nov 7, 2008
Local News

Random Wanderings on the Morning After

The most surprising thing about this election to The Eye is how blue Deschutes County turned out to be.

By The Source Staff
Nov 5, 2008

Editorial

Trick or Cheating: Taking the easy way out on Halloween, crazy Coulter, and sex talks

By Eric Flowers
Nov 5, 2008
Editorial

Our Medieval Electoral College

By Eric Flowers
Nov 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Of Foxes and Henhouses

This week's letter of the week comes from Mac Simon who takes aim at the recent city council shake-up. Thanks for the pointed letter, Mac.

By Eric Flowers
Nov 6, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Good Dog, Bad Owner

This morning, my one desire was a simple thing; a quiet walk through a beautiful setting without the need to fend off an attack. So

By Eric Flowers
Nov 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Another Bad Deal At Juniper Ridge

In Thursday, October 23rd Bulletin I was surprised to read "Suterra likely to relocate to Juniper Ridge". Suterra is a pesticide/biochemical company who plans to

By Eric Flowers
Nov 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Don't Hate Corn

By Eric Flowers
Nov 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Tickets Are Real

I read the article "Beware Parking Ticket Racket" from the September 25th issue. I decided to do some research of my own because I did

By Eric Flowers
Nov 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

BendFilm Was Always First

I accepted the request of the BendFilm board to be the Executive Director in November 2007. So that we would not have to close our

By Eric Flowers
Nov 5, 2008

Culture Features

The Didjeridude: Tyler Spencer puts a new spin on an Aboriginal Australian instrument

By Mike Bookey
Nov 10, 2008

Chow

Bend's Godmother of Dining: Pine Tavern offers lessons only history can teach

By Alice Finer
Nov 5, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: Good, Cheap Eats on Northbound 97

Not to worry, the world still revolves around Bend. But for times when you are forced - by death or marriage - to leave Bend,

By Mike Bookey
Nov 5, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: Good, Cheap Eats on Northbound 97

Not to worry, the world still revolves around Bend. But for times when you are forced - by death or marriage - to leave Bend,

By Mike Bookey
Nov 5, 2008
Chow

Bend's Godmother of Dining: Pine Tavern offers lessons only history can teach

By Alice Finer
Nov 5, 2008

Film

Lifeless Haunting Will Shock No One: You've seen this one before...on every channel

By Mike Bookey
Nov 5, 2008
Film

Get A Real Porno: Zack and Miri make a forgettable movie

By Rachel Purcell
Nov 5, 2008
Film Events

Wii Like Music: Nintendo takes on the Guitar Hero phenomenon

By Shawn Wallbaum
Nov 5, 2008

Sound Stories & Interviews

The Last Rockers: The Commercial Underground is about as much of a rock band as you'll find

The Commercial Underground: Real rockers.The Commercial Underground is about as much of a rock band as you're likely to find in these parts. They look

By The Source Staff
Nov 5, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Party on Bend, Party On: GWAR, a snowboarding movie, metal and Jackass antics all in one sitting

You should see these guys on a snowboard.In today's Ritalin-filled youth culture, it seems that the under 25 crowd can be hard to please. We're

By Mike Bookey
Nov 5, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Playing in the Band: Keller Williams has an all-star band and a grip on the shrinking jam band scene

By The Source Staff
Nov 5, 2008

Natural World

What Goes 'Round, Come Around: The curious life of bot flies

By Jim Anderson
Nov 5, 2008
Outside Features

Fall into Winter: Squeeze in a last-chance hike before the snow falls

By Pam Stevenson
Nov 5, 2008