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Plenty of wiser minds have weighed in this week about how it feels, at this present moment, to see a COVID-19 vaccine roll out amid a global pandemic and an ongoing economic crisis—with the pressure and expectations of the holiday season thrown in.

If I had to characterize all of this in culinary terms, it might be like biting into a chocolate truffle (the holidays), only to have the flavors of bitter, used coffee grounds (the economic crisis), rotten tomatoes (the pandemic) and a little bit of strawberry cream (the vaccine) all come spilling out. (Forgive me, but I’ve already stated that wiser minds have weighed in on this feeling more adeptly.)

While we continue to grapple with the unwanted sensations of rotten tomatoes and used coffee grounds intervening in our lives, perhaps we can train our palates to home in on the truffle and strawberry cream a little bit more. It’s what we can savor right now, even as we continue to weather everything there is to weather…

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arlier this month, as news of two prospective COVID-19 vaccines began to go from a possibility to a reality, an interactive module offered

by The New York Times, “Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line,” allowed people to get a sense of where they would stand in the line to get vaccinated against the virus, when vaccines became available.

A teacher in Oregon plugged her information into the module, which asks people about their age, profession and where they live and COVID health risk. The module shared that she was behind 1.7 million others in Oregon to receive the vaccine. Her ex-husband, meanwhile, designs fire sprinkler systems. When he plugged his information in, it revealed that he was behind 1.6 million others—essentially ahead of the teacher by 100,000 people. Neither have health risks.

Both were behind health care workers, nursing home residents, first responders, those with health risks, and “other elderly,” with teachers falling behind “other essential workers.”

While the module is only an estimate for a vaccine rollout that is going to require massive coordination and education on a global scale, it’s troubling to hear that a teacher who continues to see students lose interest and struggle academically and mentally due to distance learning is ostensibly prioritized below a person whose job lends itself to independent work via computer. The devil is in the details, as they say—and right now, the details are few about who gets the vaccine after health care workers and nursing homes.

According to the Oregon Health Authority Dec. 14, “Priority groups in Phase 2 will be determined at a later time.”

Earlier this month, a diverse group of elected officials in Bend sent a letter to Gov. Kate Brown, urging her to reopen schools in January, and to consider the negative impacts that an entire year of distance learning is having on local kids. Our community has varied opinions on whether to get kids back into school buildings, based on their varying levels of concern about the virus’ spread and its potential for harm against the negative ripple effects to the rest of the community. However; much of that conversation was framed during a time when vaccinations—now beginning to be distributed in Oregon and the rest of the United States—were not yet a reality. It is wise to first prioritize health care and nursing home workers who are exposed most

frequently to the virus, and to then vaccinate the people whose lives are most in jeopardy should they contract it. But after that, there lies a gray zone where state leaders have the opportunity to weigh the broad impacts of the virus—the economic ones, the educational ones and the health-risk ones, all—to determine who goes after that.

The sooner we can vaccinate teachers and school workers, the better for a broad swath of society—and not just those interacting with schools.

We cannot say it any better than The Wall Street Journal, which weighed in Nov. 19: “Many states have made reopening nonessential businesses such as retail shops, bars and restaurants, malls and entertainment venues a priority. But without open schools, many parents can’t go to work. Some 12% of U.S. households have schoolage children with no in-home caretaker options. The demands of at-home lessons are already rippling through the workforce; labor-force participation rates have fallen significantly for women with children at home. Vaccinating teachers could make it possible to open schools permanently and get these parents back to work.

That would help the economy recover. Thinking long-term, education is the foundation of future economic growth.” As WSJ further pointed out, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommended a four-phase rollout of the vaccines, with high-risk health care workers and first responders first, and K-12 teachers second. While the CDC has already added nursing home workers and residents to its first recommended cohort, we agree that educators should come second.

Back when the vaccine was less of a reality and more of a broad hope to hold onto, prioritizing economic prosperity was, for many people, less of a consideration than protecting people’s health. We are in a new era now, and with the advent of not one but very likely two vaccines this month, it’s time to take a broader view of how we recover economically, academically, socially and otherwise. Getting teachers vaccinated before other workers who are able to wait a bit longer and to continue their essential work from home makes sense.

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Is this saying that Renters would get potentially 100% relief but landlords have to give in 20%? Is that equal?

When landlord/Owners are living off of said rental income of acquired (possibly mortgaged, definitely property taxed, insurance and upkeep) rental property or more it seems unfair. It’s like your employer took 1/5 of your income away when you counted on that to complete your bill paying and ability to function. It should be dollar to dollar, for every dollar of relief to a renter a landlord should be getting that dollar. Unless the renter is sacrificing 20% too which is not what I read. All together now.

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RE: WHAT’S ‘EXTREME RISK’ ANYWAY? AN EXPLAINER OF THE NEW COVID RISK GUIDELINES IN OREGON, NEWS, 12/3

Central Oregon has a significant trans-generational Veteran population. Many of our veterans regardless of age have diagnosed co-occurring medical conditions that in conjunction with COVID 19 infection are life-threatening—The VA recommends the following per its website ht tps://www.publichealth.va.gov/n-coronavirus What should Veterans do?

Veterans with symptoms such as fever, cough, or shortness of breath should immediately contact their local VA facility. VA urges Veterans to contact VA before visiting—you can find contact information for your closest VA facility. Alternatively, Veterans can sign into My HealtheVet to send secure messages to their VA providers or use telehealth

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options to explain their condition and receive a prompt diagnosis.

Read responses to Veterans’ frequently asked questions about accessing their VA benefits.

Upon arriving at VA, all patients will be screened for flu-like symptoms before they enter in order to protect other patients and staff. A VA health care professional will assist you with next steps once this screening process is complete.

At this time, VA is urging all visitors who do not feel well to please postpone their visits to VA facilities.

How to protect yourself Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent the COVID-19 infection and no medication to treat it. CDC believes symptoms appear 2 to 14 days after exposure. Avoid exposure and avoid exposing others to an infection with these simple steps.

Learn to use VA Video Connect through the VA mobile app store or by contacting your VA care team, before any urgent problems arise.

Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. An easy way to mark the time is to hum the “Happy Birthday” song from beginning to end twice while scrubbing.

Use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.

Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands.

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RE: AN OPEN LETTER TO GOV. KATE BROWN AND ODE DIRECTOR COLT GILL, REGARDING SCHOOL TESTING AND OPENING, LETTERS, 12/10

Thank you for the group letter from our leaders in the community. I wholeheartedly agree and appreciate what they have asked. We need to get our kids, teachers and faculty access to testing and contact tracing so our kids can get back to school.

We need this for our mental states and to get back to some normalcy. However, I also think our leaders to implore the community to stop with the politics and come together and stop the anti-mask wearing rallies and suggest that Bend residents stop traveling, close down bars and ask VISIT BEND to focus on detouring tourism at this point by letting vacationers know that while we appreciate them during normal times, we need them to stay home until we are in a healthy and safe situation. We need to just come together to be a community right now and focus on our youth.

—Nicole Perullo, via bendsource.com

RE: BEND’S POOR RATING IN LGBTQ EQUALITY CAN BE A ROADMAP TO INCLUSIVITY AND CONTINUED ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, OPINION, 12/10

still very much homophobic, intolerant and ignorant. A lot of outreach has to happen before that community will ever come to the table. We spend marketing dollars for Bend on the wrong communities. Bend will continue to grow, how we include those being pushed to the margins will determine the future of Bend. I submit to you that if Bend wants to grow as a community we need to include all communities. In a vacuum those whose beliefs are not in line with the country tend to amplify their own messaging to their own ends. Leadership is lacking and desperately needed.

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Hundreds More Affordable Housing Apartments Underway in Bend Stillwater Crossing breaks ground; meanwhile, Stevens Road sale goes through, adding even more housing

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project that could very well be Bend’s biggest affordable housing project to date is now underway.

Wishcamper Development Partners recently held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony on Stillwater Crossing—a $51.6 million, 240-unit affordable housing apartment community planned for Bend. The site is north of Ponderosa Street along Atwood Drive, parallel to Highway 97. Planning for the project began in 2019, and Wishcamper closed on financing in September.

According to a Wishcamper press release, the community will have one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments for working families and people who earn less than 60% of local median family income, or just under $46,000 for a family of four. Plans include an approximately 5,000-square-foot community building with recreational space, a fitness center, kitchen facilities and a community room to host free onsite services for residents and the surrounding community. Outdoor amenities will include a large splash pad, picnic and BBQ areas, community gardens and covered bike storage.

“The project is currently under construction, and we’re nearing the point when buildings will begin going vertical,” Justin Metcalf, president of Wishcamper Development Partners, told the Source via email. “In the near-term, we’ll begin local community outreach to priority populations to ensure they understand the housing opportunity that will be available and solicit feedback on resident services.”

There are some challenges associated with building during COVID-19, such as shortages in labor and volatile markets for materials, but Metcalf said so far the project is on schedule.

Based on an Aug. 2020 report from Oregon Housing and Community Services and ECONorthwest, the Deschutes Region currently lacks housing at all income levels. It’s currently short about 1,000 homes affordable to households earning 30 to 50% MFI, and the area is expected to need another 5,000 over the next 20 years. The area is also short about 1,100 homes affordable to households

earning 50 to 80% MFI, and it’s projected to need about 7,000 homes at that level over the next 20 years. Overall, about 38% of new units in the Deschutes Region will need to be affordable to households earning less than 80% of MFI. Lynne McConnell, affordable housing manager for the City of Bend, says The Bend City Council’s current goal is to add 100 affordable housing units a year.

With 240 new units, McConnell noted that Stillwater might be the largest affordable housing project in Bend thus far, and it’s coming “in the time where we need it more than ever before,” she said. The City Council also set a goal to complete a total of 3,000 residential units during the current biennium. “’Affordable’ is used in a whole bunch of different ways by a whole bunch of different people,” McConnell said. “This is a true, subsidized property that has rents that are restricted at certain levels.” She said that any violation of those established rent thresholds could potentially put the entire property in default.

“So, it’s a really big deal,” McConnell said. “This property will stay affordable under the Housing and Urban Development definitions for a term of at least 50 years. It’s pretty exciting to have that sort of security and length of affordability covenants.”

McConnell expects many of Bend’s essential workers to move into Stillwater. “They are the folks who answer the call if you call 911 and will show up in the back of an ambulance at your house,” she said. “They’re our child care workers, and the folks checking out groceries and cleaning hotel rooms.”

Just as the Stillwater project feeds into city and county housing goals, it’s part of a statewide effort to expand affordable housing. According to Nicole Stingh, interim director of public affairs for Oregon Housing and Community Services, in 2019 the OHCS released the Oregon Statewide Housing Plan, which combines qualitative and quantitative data to establish how Oregon can best tackle its housing crisis. “One of the key goals, of course, is affordable rental housing,” Stingh told Wishcamper Development Partners

A look at the virtual groundbreaking of the Stillwater Crossing Apartments.

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An aerial map of the Stevens Road Tract.

the Source. Too many Oregonians currently pay half of their income toward rent alone, she said. Statewide, Oregon hopes to triple the existing pipeline of affordable rental housing, up to 25,000 homes.

Stevens Road Sells Meanwhile, the State of Oregon closed the sale of about 382 acres known as Lands Bend Corp., a private developer, for $22 million. Located at 21425 Stevens Rd. (adjacent to 27th Street and Reed Market Road), the property is designated for mixed residential, commercial and industrial uses within the City of Bend Comprehensive Plan. Proceeds from the sale will go to Oregon’s Common School Fund, which previously owned the property. The project has been somewhat controversial because the area is a popular hiking destination. However, the Oregon Department of State Lands stated in a press release that it expects the project to bring more than $450 million into the city along with 800 jobs once complete.

McConnell says Lands Bend Corp. has not indicated that there will be any subsidized, or what she calls “capital A affordable housing,” on the property, and the City did not require it as a condition of annexation. According to McConnell, that’s not unusual.

Under Bend’s current Urban Growth Boundary, about 370 acres of the Stevens Road Tract will need to be annexed into the City as part of the project. (Twelve acres already fall within the City boundary and are designated residential.) In Oregon, UGBs are a city’s growth plan, indicating where it expects to expand over the next 20 years, and meant to limit excess urban sprawl and preserve farmland and forests.

“To date, the Bend City Council has not required provision of affordable housing as a condition of coming into the UGB or building within the UGB,” McConnell told the Source. “We have developers really very interested in

building true affordable housing that are waiting for that right property and ensuring that they can line up the subsidy appropriately. And it takes a lot of time. So, sometimes the City has to consider how much is out there as we’re making policy to promote affordable housing so that we’re setting our expectations in a place that’s appropriate for what’s actually available.”

When properties are available, making affordable housing projects feasible remains a challenge. “The lack of subsidy locally, at the state and at the federal level right now is, in my opinion, the largest barrier that we face in affordable housing development in Bend right now,” said McConnell.

McConnell says the City Council has seen success with focusing on incentivizing affordable housing rather than requiring it.

“We have received offers from private landowners who wish to build affordable housing, and that was considered as a condition of coming into the UGB through the UGB expansion that was approved in 2016,” she said. “So, there are a variety of property owners all around the existing city limit that have offered to put affordable housing in. We are seeing a handful of developments that will have that that are being annexed over time.”

Russell Grayson, community development director for the City of Bend, said Lands Bend Corp. has indicated it hopes to get its Master Plan for the project submitted in early 2021, and has shown an interest in “various types of market rate housing” and “incorporating some natural features into their park and open space areas.”

Both the City and the Bend Park and Recreation District are involved in conversations with Lands Bend Corp. regarding park, open space and trail requirements, Grayson said via email.

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Cientos de viviendas económicas en marcha en la ciudad de Bend Está en marcha un proyecto de vivienda económica que puede ser uno de los más grandes a la fecha en Bend.

Recientemente, los colaboradores del Desarrollo Wishcamper, realizaron una ceremonia de inauguración virtual en donde se colocó la primera piedra en Stillwater Crossing-- un complejo de departamentos para la vivienda económicos de $51.6 millones, 240 unidades de vivienda programadas para Bend.

El lugar está al norte de la calle Ponderosa, a lo largo de la calle Atwood Dr., paralelo a la carretera 97. La planeación del proyecto comenzó en el 2019 y Wishcamper cerró el financiamiento en septiembre.

De acuerdo con el comunicado de prensa de Wishcamper, la comunidad tendrá departamentos de una, dos, y tres recamaras para familias obreras y para personas que ganan menos del 60% del ingreso medio en el área (AMI por sus siglas en inglés) local, lo cual representa un poco menos de

Se espera que la mayoría de los proveedores de vacunas registrados en Oregon recibán la vacuna de Pfizer-BioNTech en las próximas dos semanas, con más entregas a futuro el 22 y 29 de diciembre. Además, las entregas de la vacuna Moderna también están programadas para el 22 y el 29 de diciembre, a la espera de la autorización de uso por parte de la Administración de Fármacos y Alimentos de los Estados Unidos.

“En las semanas recientes, a medida que las vacunas contra COVID-19 pasaron a las etapas finales de aprobación, la Gobernadora Kate Brown dijo en una rueda de prensa del 14 de diciembre, “he dicho una u otra vez que la esperanza viene en camino y hoy puedo decirles que la ayuda está aquí.”

Al principio, el estado se enfocará en vacunar a los trabajadores que brindan atención médica de primera mano y a los residentes de centros de atención que brindan apoyo a largo plazo, quienes son vulnerables a las complicaciones. El director de las Autoridades de Salud de Oregon, Patrick Allen, enfatizó que la vacuna para la mayoría de los residentes de Oregon están a meses de llegar. Mientras tanto, Allen pidió que se encarguen en practicar efectivamente las medidas de prevención, incluyendo el usar el cubrebocas, el distanciamiento social, evitar reuniones y si está enfermo.

Los primeros cargamentos de la Vacuna contra el COVID-19 llegán a Oregon De acuerdo con las Autoridades de Salud de Oregon, el primer cargamento de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 de Pfizer-BioNTech llegó a Oregon a Legacy Health el 14 de diciembre. Legacy Health es el primer suministrador registrado de la vacuna contra COVID-19 en el estado en recibir la vacuna, con dos de sus instalaciones aceptando una entrega de 975 dosis en cada una.

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$46,000. El plano incluye un edificio para uso comunitario de aproximadamente 5,000 pies cuadrados junto con un espacio recreativo, un gimnasio, cocina, y un salón comunitario para llevar a cabo eventos presenciales gratuitos para los residentes y la comunidad circunvecina. Las instalaciones al aire libre incluyen un chapoteadero, zonas de picnic y para asar carnes, jardines comunitarios y bodega techada para bicicletas.

Lynne McConnell, gerente del departamento de vivienda económica, de la ciudad de Bend, mencionó que no tiene los datos exactos de la reciente escasez de vivienda para las personas que ganan el 60 % del AMI, pero comentó que el área en este momento tiene una escasez de alrededor de 1,400 unidades al 50% del umbral del AMI -- y no incluye la necesidad prevista, dijo, que generalmente es la forma como la ciudad conduce el planeamiento. La meta actual del Consejo Municipal de la ciudad de Bend es agregar 100 unidades de vivienda económica al año.

Con las 240 unidades nuevas, McConnel comentó que Stillwater podría ser el proyecto de vivienda económica más

grande en Bend hasta la fecha y llega “en el momento en que lo necesitamos más que nunca,” El Consejo Municipal también puso la meta de terminar con un total de 3000 unidades residenciales durante el bienio actual.

Ella comentó que, “esta propiedad se mantendrá económica por un término de por lo menos 50 años de acuerdo con la definición de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano.”

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The health system will bring caregivers from locations in Redmond, Madras and Prineville during paid work hours for vaccination in Bend. An internal survey conducted by St. Charles indicates that over 90% of medical staff would elect to receive the vaccine when available.

While it cannot legally require people to get the vaccine, St. Charles will encourage all staff to do so.

The very first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipment arrived in Oregon at Legacy Health on Monday, Dec. 14. Oregon has been allocated 35,100 Pfizer-BioNTech doses for the week. Additional doses were expected at three other locations on Dec. 15, including Oregon Health & Science University Pharmacy, Kaiser Permanente’s Airport Way Center in Portland and St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Ontario. Each of these facilities also expected 975 doses. The remaining 30,225 are set to arrive at hospitals throughout the rest of the week, with 10,725 doses going to skilled nursing facilities.

Most registered vaccine providers in Oregon are expected to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine over the next two weeks, with additional shipments expected on Dec. 22 and Dec. 29. In addition, deliveries of Moderna’s vaccine are also scheduled for Dec. 22 and Dec. 29, pending U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization.

“In recent weeks, as COVID-19 vaccines reached the final stages of approval, I have said time and again that hope is on the way,” said Gov. Kate Brown in a

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While he called the vaccine “light at the end of the tunnel,” Oregon Health Authority director Patrick Allen also stressed that vaccinations for most Oregonians remain months away. In the meantime, Allen asks for vigilance in practicing effective prevention measures, including wearing masks, physical distancing, avoiding gatherings and staying home if sick.

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regon legislators will meet at the Oregon State Capitol Dec. 21 for a special one-day session aimed at tackling wildfire relief and the impacts of COVID-19. Gov. Kate Brown announced the special session Dec. 15, in an effort to move forward on some $800 million in relief for Oregonians.

“Included in the Governor’s budget priorities is aid for tenants and landlords, funding for vaccine distribution and contact tracing, wildfire prevention and community preparedness, and support

for reopening schools,” stated a release from Brown’s office. The session is also expected to address economic relief for small businesses and restaurants.

Housing advocates have been calling for Brown to convene a special session before the end of the year to address the pending end to the state’s eviction moratorium, set to expire Dec. 31. Among the proposals to help struggling renters— and the landlords who rent to them— is one that would create a fund to help landlords recover unpaid rent.

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wo candidates for the position of superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools are participating in a community forum Dec. 16, introducing themselves to the public as they vie for the top spot in the district. The BLPS Board of Directors announced the names of the finalists Dec. 14. They include Dr. Kristina Bellamy,

who currently serves as Director of K-12 Teaching and Learning at the Anchorage School District in Alaska, and Dr. Steven Cook, who is Superintendent at the Coeur d’Alene School District in Idaho. BLPS’ community forum will be streamed on the district’s Vimeo and Facebook pages starting at 5 pm on Dec. 16.

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t. Charles Health System expects to receive its first 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Dec. 17, with vaccinations expected to start Dec. 21, according to a Dec. 15 press briefing.

All 975 doses will go to St. Charles caregivers, and the State will send additional doses within 21 days, when the second dose is needed. Both the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which already received emergency use authorization, and the Moderna vaccine, expected to be approved this week, require two doses.

The Oregon Health Authority recommends hospitals prioritize staff with high COVID-19 exposure risk and those people critical for maintaining hospital capacity. To meet this request, St. Charles will vaccinate staff in waves, with more doses expected to arrive weekly. Even after they’re fully vaccinated, all hospital staff will continue to follow current COVID-19 guidelines, including wearing full personal protective equipment, St. Charles officials said.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends first vaccinating health care providers and long-term care facility residents in what it calls “Phase 1a” of the vaccine rollout. It then recommends essential workers, people with high-risk medical conditions and adults 65 and older to follow. St. Charles doesn’t expect to begin vaccinating most Oregonians until late spring or early summer 2021.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine requires ultra-cold storage at minus 70 degrees Celsius. Once removed from the freezer, the vaccine must be thawed for two hours and then administered within six hours.

St. Charles only has one freezer at its Bend location that can store up to 5,000

briefing on Dec 14. “Today, I can tell you that help is here.”

The shipments follow Friday’s FDA decision to issue emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine, which was found in Phase 3 clinical trials to be 95% effective and, in most people, cause only mild to moderate, short-lived side effects.

Initially, the state will focus on vaccinating frontline health care workers and long-term care facility residents who are particularly vulnerable to complications.

“We are in the middle of some of the hardest days of this pandemic,” Brown said. “Our hospitals are stretched to

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very year since 1976, Project Censored has performed an invaluable service — shedding light on the most significant news that’s somehow not fit to print. Censorship in an authoritarian society is obvious, from a distance, at least. There is a central agent or agency responsible for it and the lines are clearly drawn. That’s not the case in America, yet some stories rarely, if ever, see the light of day, such as stories about violence against Native American women and girls, even though four out of five of them experience violence at some point in their lives, overwhelmingly at the hands of non-Native perpetrators.

“I wouldn’t say that we’re more vulnerable,” Annita Lucchesi, a Southern Cheyenne descendant and executive director of the Sovereign Bodies Institute, told The Guardian. “I’d say that we’re targeted. It’s not about us being vulnerable victims, it’s about the system being designed to target and marginalize our women.”

And, the media erasure of their stories is part of that same system of targeting and marginalization. While journalists everyday work hard to expose injustices, they work within a system where some injustices are so deeply baked in that stories exposing them are rarely told and even more rarely expanded upon to give them their proper due.

That’s where Project Censored comes in.

“The primary purpose of Project Censored is to explore and publicize the extent of news censorship in our society by locating stories about significant issues of which the public should be aware, but is not, for a variety of reasons,” wrote its founder Carl Jensen on its 20th anniversary.

Thus, the list of censored stories that’s the centerpiece of its annual book, State of the Free Press | 2021 doesn’t just help us to see individual stories we might otherwise have missed. It helps us see patterns — patterns of censorship, of stories suppressed and patterns of how those stories fit together.

This year, for example, among its top 10 stories there are two stories about violence and victimization of women of color, including the role of media neglect: #1. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (introduced above) and #7. Underreporting of Missing and Victimized Black Women and Girls.

There are similarities as well as differences between them and being able to see them both together in Project Censored’s list helps us see them both more fully as distinct, yet connected stories.

There are also three stories concerning the media itself (#2. Monsanto

“Intelligence Center” Targeted Journalists and Activists, #6. Shadow Network of Conservative Outlets Emerges to Exploit Faith in Local News, and # 10. Revive Journalism with a Stimulus Package and Public Option); there are two climate change stories about overlooked causes and risks (#3. U.S. Military — A Massive, Hidden Contributor to Climate Crisis and #9.

Rising Risks of Nuclear Power Due to Climate Change) while a third (#4. Congressional Investments and Conflicts of Interest) had a climate change component — senators’ fossil fuel investments; and two related to income inequality (#5. Inequality Kills: Gap between Richest and Poorest Americans Largest in 50 Years, about the problem itself and #8. The Public Banking Revolution, about a promising way to support a more equitable economy).

There are also further climate change threads woven through these stories — a highlighted connection between the extractive fossil fuel industry and violence against Native women, as well as an unmentioned connection via Monsanto’s employment of FTI Consulting, which has been heavily involved in climate disinformation warfare.

The stories listed below are only part of what Project Censored does, however.

State of the Free Press | 2021 has chapters devoted to other forms of obfuscation that help keep censored stories obscured. There’s a chapter devoted to “Junk Food News,” meaning cheaply produced, stories focused on celebrityhood, industry-generated buzz and other trivia in place of substantive investigative journalism, and another devoted to “News Abuse,” meaning genuinely important topics presented through a distorted lens or two. There’s also a chapter devoted to “Déjà Vu News,” tracking previous Project Censored stories to update them and track whether they’ve gained some of the wider attention they deserve. And the chapter, Media Democracy in Action highlights individuals and organizations engaged in building a more inclusive, equitable, and democratic society. So, if the Top 10 stories summarized below leave you hungry for more, Project Censored has all that and more waiting for you in State of the Free Press | 2021.

1. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls “In June 2019 the Canadian National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls released its final report, which received widespread news coverage in the United

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States,” Project Censored notes. “U.S. corporate news outlets have provided nearly nothing in the way of reporting on missing and murdered Indigenous women in the United States.”

That’s despite a problem of similar dimensions, and complexity, along with the election of the first two Native American congresswomen, Deb Holland and Sharice Davids, who, Ms. Magazine reported, “are supporting two bills that would address the federal government’s failure to track and respond to violence against indigenous women [and] are supported by a mass movement in the U.S. and Canada raising an alarm about missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG).”

Four in five Native women experience violence at some time in their lives, according to a 2016 survey by the National Institute of Justice, cited in an August 2019 Think Progress report.

“About nine in 10 Native American rape or sexual-assault victims had assailants who were white or Black,” according to a 1999 Justice Department report.

“Although the number of Native Americans murdered or missing in 2016 exceeded 3,000 — roughly the number of people who died during the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack — the Justice Department’s missing persons database logged only 116 cases that year,” Think Progress noted. “The sheer scale of the violence against Native women and the abysmal failure by the government to adequately address it, explains why the issue was given such prominence during this

week’s presidential candidates’ forum in Sioux City — the first to focus entirely on Native American issues.”

But even that didn’t grab media attention.

There are multiple complicating factors in reporting, tracking, investigating and prosecuting, which were explored in coverage by The Guardian and Yes! Magazine, as well as Ms. and Think Progress.

“Campaigners, including the Sovereign Bodies Institute, the Brave Heart Society, and the Urban Indian Health Institute, identify aspects of systemic racism — including the indelible legacies of settler colonialism, issues with law enforcement, a lack of reliable and comprehensive data, and flawed policymaking — as deep-rooted sources of the crisis,” Project Censored summed up.

“As YES! Magazine reported, tribal communities in the United States often lack jurisdiction to respond to crimes.”

This was partially remedied in the 2013 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, known as VAWA, but “it left sex trafficking and other forms of sexual violence outside tribal jurisdiction, YES! Magazine reported.”

The House voted to expand tribal jurisdiction in such cases in its 2019 VAWA reauthorization, but, Ms. reported, “The bill is now languishing in the Senate, where Republicans have so far blocked a vote.”

Another facet of the problem explored

by Yes! is the connection between the extractive fossil fuel industry and violence against Native women. The

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2. Monsanto “Intelligence Center” Targeted Journalists and Activists In its fight to avoid liability for causing cancer, the agricultural giant Monsanto (now owned by Bayer) cre­ated an “intelligence fusion center” to “monitor and discredit” journalists and activists, Sam Levin reported for The Guardian in August 2019.

“More than 18,000 people have filed suit against Monsanto, alleging that exposure to Roundup [weedkiller] caused non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and that Monsanto covered up the risks by manipulating scientific data and silencing critics,” the Hill summarized. “The company has lost three high-profile cases in the past year, and Bayer is reportedly offering $8 billion to settle all outstanding claims.”

“Monsanto adopted a multi-pronged strategy to target Carey Gillam, a Reuters journalist who investigated the company’s weedkiller,” The Guardian reported.

This took place while also targeting Neil Young (who released a 2015 record, The Monsanto Years), and creating a massive, multi-million dollar spying and disinformation campaign targeting journalists writing about it, as well as scientists and advocates exposing the risks its product posed. Creating a covert army of seemingly neutral allies to attack its critics was central to Monsanto’s strategy.

The Guardian’s report was based on internal documents (primarily from 2015 to 2017) released during trial. They showed that “Monsanto planned a series of ‘actions’ to attack a book authored

by Gillam prior to its release, including writing ‘talking points’ for ‘third parties’ to criticize the book and directing ‘industry and farmer customers’ on how to post negative reviews.”

In addition, Monsanto paid Google to skew search results promoting criticism of Gilliam’s work on Monsanto, and they discussed strategies for pressuring Reuters with the goal of getting her reassigned. The company “had a ‘Carey Gillam Book’ spreadsheet, with more than 20 actions dedicated to opposing her book before its publication.” They also

“wrote a lengthy report about singer Neil Young’s anti-Monsanto advocacy, monitoring his impact on social media, and at one point considering ‘legal action.’”

The entire pool of journalists covering the third trial was also targeted in a covert influence operation, Paul Thacker reported for The Huffington Post. A purported “freelancer for the BBC” schmoozed other reporters, trying to steer them toward writing stories critical of the plaintiffs suing Monsanto. Their curiosity aroused, they discovered that “her LinkedIn account said she worked for FTI Consulting, a global business advisory firm that Monsanto and Bayer, Monsanto’s parent company, had engaged for consulting,” and she subsequently went into a digital disappearing act.

“FTI staff have previously attempted to obtain information under the guise of journalism,” Thacker added. “In January, two FTI consultants working for Western Wire — a ‘news and analysis’ website backed by the oil and gas trade group Western Energy Alliance — attempted to question an attorney who represents communities suing Exxon over climate change.”

Nor was FTI alone.

“Monsanto has also previously employed shadowy networks of consultants, PR firms, and front groups to spy

scientists and worked to conceal the dangers of glyphosate, the world’s most widely used herbicide,” it summed up.

“Monsanto’s campaign to monitor and discredit journal­ists and other critics has received almost no corporate news coverage,” Project Censored notes.

A rare exception was a June 2019, ABC News report which nonetheless “consistently emphasized the perspective of Monsanto and Bayer.”

3. U.S. Military — A Massive, Hidden Contributor to Climate Crisis It’s said that an army travels on its stomach, but the Army itself has said, “Fuel is the ‘blood of the military,’” as quoted in a study, Hidden carbon costs of the ‘everywhere war’ by Oliver Belcher, Patrick Bigger, Ben Neimark, and Cara Kennelly, who subsequently summarized their findings for The Conversation in June 2019.

The U.S. military is “one of the largest polluters in history, consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more cli­matechanging gases than most medium-sized countries,” they wrote.

If it were a country, it would rank as “the 47th largest emitter of green­house gases in the world.”

Studies of greenhouse gas emissions Courtesy U.S. Army

Studies show the U.S. military has a larger carbon footprint than any civilian corporation in the world.

on and influence reporters,” Thacker wrote. “And all of it appears to be part of a pattern at the company of using a variety of tactics to intimidate, mislead and discredit journalists and critics.”

“Monsanto officials were repeatedly worried about the release of documents on their financial relationships with scientists that could support the allegations they were ‘covering up unflattering research,” The Guardian noted.

At the same time, they tried to attack critics as “anti-science.”

“The internal communications add fuel to the ongoing claims in court that Monsanto has ‘bullied’ critics and

usu­ally focus on civilian use, but the U.S. military has a larger carbon footprint than any civilian corporation in the world.

“The U.S. military’s climate policy remains fundamentally contradictory,” their study notes.

On the one hand, “The U.S. military sees climate change as a ‘threat multiplier,’ or a condition that will exacerbate other threats, and is fast becoming one of the leading federal agencies in the United States to invest in research and adoption of renewable energy [but] it remains the largest single institutional consumer of hydrocarbons in the world [and] this dependence on fossil fuels is

unlikely to change as the USA continues to pursue open-ended operations around the globe.”

While the military has invested in developing biofuels, “the entire point of these fuels is that they are ‘drop-in’ – they can be used in existing military kit – which means that, whenever convenient or cheaper, the infrastructure is already in place to undo whatever marginal gains have been made in decarbonisation.”

Things will only get worse.

“There is no shortage of evidence that the climate is on the brink of irreversible tipping points,” the study notes.

“Once past those tipping points, the impacts of climate change will continue to be more intense, prolonged, and widespread, giving cover to even more extensive U.S. military interventions.”

Understanding the military’s climate impact requires a systems approach.

“We argue that to account for the U.S. military as a major climate actor, one must understand the logistical supply chain that makes its acquisition and consumption of hydrocarbon-based fuels possible,” the study states. “We show several ‘path dependencies’ – warfighting paradigms, weapons systems, bureaucratic requirements, and waste – that are put in place by military supply chains and undergird a heavy reliance on carbon-based fuels by the U.S. military for years to come.”

Data for their study was difficult to get.

“A loophole in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol exempted the United States from reporting mil­ itary emissions,” Project Censored explains. “Although the Paris Accord closed this loophole, Neimark, Belcher, and Bigger noted that, ‘with the Trump administration due to withdraw from the accord in 2020, this gap . . . will return.’” They only obtained fuel purchase data through multiple Freedom of Information Act requests.

Finally, by way of conclusions, Project Censored stated: Noting that “action on climate change demands shut­ tering vast sections of the military machine,” Neimark, Belcher, and Bigger recommended that “money spent procuring and distributing fuel across the U.S. empire” be reinvested as “a peace dividend, helping to fund a Green New Deal in whatever form it might take.”

Not surprisingly, the report had received “little to no corporate news coverage” as of May 2020, beyond scattered republication of their Conversation piece.

4. Congressional Investments and Conflicts of Interest Exposition, political corruption and conflicts of interest are age-old staples of journalism. So, it’s notable that two of the most glaring, far-reaching examples of congressional conflicts of interest in the Trump era have been virtually ignored by corporate media: Republican’s support for the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, and bipartisan failure to act on catastrophic climate change.

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Canadian report “showed a strong link between extraction zones on the missing and murdered women crisis in Canada,” Yes! noted. “It specifically cited rotational shift work, sexual harassment in the workplace, substance abuse, economic insecurity, and a largely transient workforce as contributing to increased violence against Native women in communities near fossil fuel infrastructure.”

“It creates this culture of using and abuse,” said Annita Lucchesi, executive director of the Sovereign Bodies Institute. “If you can use and abuse the water and land, you can use and abuse the people around you, too.”

Project Censored concluded, “As a result of limited news coverage, the United States is far from a national reckoning on its crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.”

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in companies that extract, transport, or burn fossil fuels, or provide services to fossil fuel companies,” Donald Shaw reported for Sludge in September 2019.

While unsurprising on the Republican side, this also includes two key Democrats. Sen. Tom Carper, of Delaware, is the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee. He has “up to $310,000 invested in more than a dozen oil, gas, and utility companies, as well as mutual funds with holdings in the fossil fuel industry,” Shaw reported.

But his record is not nearly as questionable as Sen. Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, the ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, who “owns between $1 million

5. Inequality Kills: Gap between Richest and Poorest Americans Largest in 50 Years “In public health, decades of research are coming to a consensus: Inequality kills,” DePaul University sociologist Fernando De Maio wrote for Truthout in December 2019.

Even before COVID-19, his research added fine-grained evidence of broad trends highlighted in three prominent governmental reports: the gap between rich and poor Americans had grown larger than ever in half a century, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019 annual survey, with dramatic evidence of its lethal impact: Courtesy Ottojula / Wikimedia Commons

Reports show politicians from both sides of the aisle have profited from enabling the fossil fuel industry.

and $5 million worth of non-public stock in a family coal business, Enersystems,” and reported earning “between $100,001 and $1 million” in reported dividends and interest in 2018, plus $470,000 in ‘ordinary business income,” Shaw reported.

His support for the industry was significant: Manchin was the only Democrat to vote against an amendment to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling in 2017, and he was one of just three Democrats to vote against an amendment to phase out taxpayer subsidies for coal, oil, and gas producers in 2016. Manchin has also voted to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, expedite the approval process for natural gas pipelines, and override an Obama administration rule requiring coal companies to protect groundwater from toxic coal mining waste.

While there has been critical coverage of 2017 tax cuts, this has not included coverage of lawmakers personal profiting, Project Censored noted.

“In addition, despite the significant conflicts of interest exposed by Donald Shaw’s reporting for Sludge, the alarming facts about U.S. senators’ massive investments in the fossil fuel industry appear to have gone completely unreported in the corporate press.”

people in the poorest quintile die at twice the rate as those in the richest quintile, according to a report by the Congressional General Accounting Office. And, this is partly because job-related deaths are increasingly rooted in the physical and psychological toll of low-wage work, as opposed to on-the-job accidents, as documented by the United Nations’ International Labor Organization.

All these conditions were made worse

by COVID-19, but they could have been seen before the pandemic struck — if only the information hadn’t been censored by the corporate media, as Project Censored noted: As of May 2020, Project Censored has not been able to identify any corporate news coverage on the GAO or Census Bureau reports on inequality and premature mortality, or on the ILO report about work-related illnesses, accidents, and deaths that take place when workers are off-duty.

The August 2019 GAO report was based on health and retirement surveys conducted by the Social Security Administration in 1992 and 2014, looking at those between 51 and 61 years old in 1992, and dividing them into five wealth quintiles.

“[T]he GAO found that nearly half of those (48 percent) in the poorest quintile died before 2014, when they would have been between 73 and 83 years old. Of the wealthiest quintile, only a quarter (26 percent) died,” explained Patrick Martin, writing for the World Socialists Website Death rates increased for each quintile as the level of wealth declined.

It’s at the level of cities and communities “that the most striking links between inequality and health can be detected,” De Maio wrote. “At the city level, life expectancy varies from a low of 71.4 years in Gary, Indiana, to a high of 84.7 in Newton, Massachusetts — a gap of more than 13 years.”

And at the community level, “In Chicago, there is a nine-year gap between the life expectancy for Black and white people. This gap amounts to more than 3,000 ‘excess deaths’” among black Chicagoans, due to “heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes and kidney disease. All of these are conditions that an equitable health care system would address,” he concluded.

“The poorest Americans are also more likely than their rich counterparts to face illness or premature death due to the inherent dangers of low-wage work,” Project Censored noted.

“In 2019, you no longer have to hang from scaffolding to risk your life on the job,” María José Carmona wrote for Inequality.org. “Precariousness, stress, and overwork can also make you sick, and even kill you, at a much higher rate than accidents.”

She reported on an ILO story that found that less than 14 percent of the 7,500 people who die “due to unsafe and unhealthy working conditions every day” die from workplace accidents.

The greatest risk comes from “increasing pressure, precarious contracts, and working hours incompatible with life, which, bit by bit, continue to feed the invisible accident rate that does not appear in the news,” Carmona wrote. “The most vulnerable workers are those employed on a temporary or casual basis, those subcontracted through agencies and the false self-employed. ILO data shows the rate of accidents for these employees to be much higher than for any others.”

As of May 2020, Project Censored has not been able to identify any corporate news coverage on the GAO or Census Bureau reports on inequality and premature mortality, or on the ILO report about work-related illnesses, accidents, and deaths that take place when workers are off-duty.

Paul Rosenberg is an activist turned journalist who has written for the Christian Science Monitor, the Los Angeles Times, the Denver Post, Al Jazeera English, Salon. com, and numerous other periodicals.

He has also written more than 300 book reviews. He has worked as an editor at Random Lengths News since 2002.

There’s lots more to this story! Catch stories 6-10 in Project Censored’s Top 10 on the news page of our website, bendsource.com.

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“The cuts likely saved members of Congress hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes collectively, while the corporate tax cut hiked the value of their holdings,” Peter Cary of the Center for Public Integrity reported for Vox in January 2020.

It was sold as a middle-class tax cut that would benefit everyone.

“Promises that the tax act would boost investment have not panned out,” he noted. “Corporate investment is now at lower levels than before the act passed, according to the Commerce Department.”

Once again, ‘trickle down tax cuts’ didn’t trickle down.

“The tax law’s centerpiece is its record cut in the corporate tax rate, from 35 percent to 21 percent,” Cary wrote. “At the time of its passage, most of the bill’s Republican supporters said the cut would result in higher wages, factory expansions, and more jobs. Instead, it was mainly exploited by corporations, which bought back stock and raised dividends.”

Buybacks exceeded $1 trillion for the first time ever, the year after the cuts were passed, and dividends topped a record $1.3 trillion high.

The benefits to Congressional Republicans were enormous.

“The 10 richest Republicans in Congress in 2017 who voted for the tax bill held more than $731 million in assets, almost two-thirds of which were in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other instruments,” which benefitted handsomely as a result of their votes that “doled out nearly $150 billion in corporate tax savings in 2018 alone,” Cary noted. “All but one of the 47 Republicans who sat on the three key committees overseeing the drafting of the tax bill own stocks and stock mutual funds.

“Democrats also stood to gain from the tax bill, though not one voted for it,” he wrote. “All but 12 Republicans voted for the tax bill.”

Two special features deserve notice.

First is a newly created 20% deduction for income from ‘pass-through’ businesses, or smaller, single-owner corporations.

“At least 22 of the 47 members of the House and Senate tax-writing committees have investments in pass-through businesses,” Project Censored noted.

Second was a provision allowing real estate companies with relatively few employees — like the Trump organization — to take a 20 percent deduction usually reserved for larger businesses with sizable payrolls.

“Out of the 47 Republicans responsible for drafting the bill, at least 29 held real estate interests at the time of its passage,” Project Censored pointed out.

As to the second major conflict, “Members of the U.S. Senate are heavily invested in the fossil fuel companies that drive the current climate crisis, creating a conflict between those senators’ financial interests as investors and their responsibilities as elected representatives,” Project Censored wrote.

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The director of Pine Mountain Observatory in Central Oregon shares images of solar systems and experiences working with giant telescopes that can capture them. Dive into the discussion of the stars and how we relate to them in this online event. Thu., Dec. 17, 7-8:30pm. snco.org/event/cosmic-perspective. $5.

The Yuletide Winter Market begins this weekend at Bunk + Brew. They will be hosting local vendors featuring arts, crafts, beer, food and more! Come on down for local wares, live music and cheer every weekend in Dec. Sat., Dec. 19, 2-10pm. Bunk + Brew Historic Lucas House, 42 NW Hawthorne Ave., Bend. No cover.

CENTRAL OREGON LIVESTREAM CONCERT FT. BLÜ PRESENTED BY SOUL FUNKTION ENTERTAINMENT

A livestream concert, with audio and visual masterpieces. Experience some of Central Oregon’s most-talented musicians in this exciting streaming premier for Central Oregon Live. Stream on YouTube, Twitch or Facebook! Fri., Dec. 18, 7pm. twitch.tv/ soulfunktionentertainment. Free.

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SATURDAY 12/19

KNOW FELIZ: DENNIS MCGREGOR SOLO PERFORMANCE ENJOY MUSIC AND ART AT HOME

NORTH POLE MAILBOXES GET YOUR LETTERS TO SANTA IN THIS WEEK!

Don’t miss out on getting your letters and lists sent out to Santa at the Old Mill. Two special Christmas mailboxes will be accepting letters through this Sat. Be sure to get them sent in time to get a response from the North Pole! Through Sat., Dec. 19. Old Mill District, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr., Bend. Free.

Well known for his poster illustrations and songwriting camp with Sisters Folk Festival, Dennis is ready to share it all with you in the comfort of home. Enjoy old and new songs with illustrations from his upcoming book. Wed. Dec. 16, 4-5pm. deschuteslibrary.org/ calendar/event/61017. Free.

WEDNESDAY 12/16

BEHIND THE LENS THE SECRETS BEHIND ONDA’S CALENDAR

Go “behind the lens” with ONDA’s photographers that create and capture the images that make up their stunning calendar each year. This livestream event will give you tips, tricks, stories and maybe even a few desert locales to add to your “must-see” list. Wed., Dec. 16, 6-7pm. onda.org/event/behindthe-lens/. Free.

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MOSCOW BALLET’S GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER ENJOY A HOLIDAY BALLET FROM HOME

This intimate and behind the scenes ballet event promises to be a holiday experience like no other. In addition to the performance, get a special take on how this production came to life this year, right from the designers! Sat., Dec. 19, 5-7pm. towertheatre. org/tickets-and-events/moscow-ballets-great-russian-nutcracker-christmas-stream. $25.

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VIRTUAL AIRING OF THE GRIEVANCES A FESTIVUS TRADITION GOES VIRTUAL

We are all sure to have a long list of grievances to air from this tough year. Monkless Belgian Ales is bringing this tradition to your living room with a virtual celebration. Send in your grievances and the Monkless team will be your proxy, as they air everyone’s grievances online and over a few beers. Wed., Dec. 23, 6:30pm. facebook.com/events/819966192167883. Free.

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The Ultimate Oldies Show A locally-pro-

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22 Outdoor show, weather permitting! Locals Day specials all day! It’s free to play! 7-9pm. Free.

duced, two-hour radio show highlighting the music and cultural touchstones of the late 1940s through the late 1960s. Fridays, 6-8pm. KPOV, 501 NW Bond St., Bend. Contact: mikeficher@gmail.com. Free.

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Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcraker Experience the ballet like never

Silver Moon Brewing Trivia on the Moon

Trivia on the Moon is back once again at Silver Moon Brewing! Trivia will be held on our socially distanced patio. We will see you and your team there! 7-9pm. No cover.

before during an intimate, behind-the-scenes and straight-from-the-designers look at this cherished holiday tradition. Online. Dec. 19, 5-7pm. Contact: 541-317-0700. info@towertheatre.org. $24.99.

ARTS & CRAFTS

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2020 NCOB Artisan Showcase Artisans

River’s Place Trivia Brunch Edition! Yummy

have been hard at work all year creating unique items and are now ready for your shopping pleasure. newcomersclubofbend.org Nov. 16-Dec. 20, Contact: ncob.president@gmail.com.

new brunch options from the food trucks and of course Mimosas from the tap house. Seating is strictly outside. 12-1:30pm.

Silver Moon Brewing The Return of Not Cho’

Grandma’s Bingo: Presented by Choose Joy This is most certainly Not Cho’ Grandmas’s Bingo (But we still welcome all Grandmas) We will be bringing back our Bloody Mary Bar, mimosas, and a new updated breakfast menu! 10am-Noon. $1-$5.

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22 Outdoor show, weather permitting! Locals Day specials all day! It’s free to play! 7-9pm. Free.

MUSIC Know Feliz - Dennis McGregor Solo Performance Kick back and enjoy old and

new songs, plus illustrations from his upcoming book. Dec. 16, 4-5pm. Contact: 541-312-1029. laurelw@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

tunes, stories about her career and a preview of her album, “Comfort and Joy – An Acoustic Christmas.”

Dec. 16, 7-9pm. Contact: 541-317-0700. amanda@ towertheatre.org. $20.

Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy “A Celtic Family Christmas” Natalie and

Donnell invite you to a high-energy, candid family celebration with music, culture, dance and song!

Know Feliz - Christmas in Mexico: Importance and Adaptations Dr. Enrique Chacon will explore the interaction of European and Indigenous cultures in the Christmas celebration in Mexico. Dec. 22, 5-6pm. Contact: 541-312-1029. laurelw@deschuteslibrary.org.

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Know Feliz: Who Stole Christmas?

The Pagan Origins of the Holiday

Christmas-Yule-Winter Solstice is a time of celebration that can bring people together, regardless of their religious paths. Dec. 17, 6-7pm.

Contact: 541-312-1063. paigef@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Scalehouse Gallery Presents Shabazz Larkin: Fragile Black Man

Bunk+Brew Presents: The Yuletide Winter Market We will be hosting local vendors

Shabazz is most known for his portraits that capture the beauty of resilience in black culture. We will follow updated State guidelines and allow six people in the gallery at a time.

Dec. 4-Jan. 30. Scalehouse Gallery, 550 NW Franklin Ave, Bend.

Call to Artists The award winning Red Chair

Tribal Water Justice This webinar will focus on the history of treaty rights and stewardship in the Klamath Basin and the Upper Klamath Lake (the largest freshwater body in Oregon!). Dec. 16, 12-1:30pm. Free.

and showcasing live music in our European inspired Winter Market. Saturdays, 2-10pm. Through Dec. 26. Bunk+Brew Historic Lucas House, 42 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend. Contact: 458-202-1090. No cover.

Gallery is looking for an artist who makes wearable art or accessories in fiber or leather. Red Chair Gallery, 103 NW Oregon Ave., Bend. Contact: 541410-6813. thewayweart229@gmail.com.

December Local Art Showcase We are

hosting several local artists inside the cafe for a month long mini art market for your gifting needs. Follow us on instagram @thecommonsbend. Thursdays, 9am-5pm. Through Dec. 31.

The Commons Cafe and Taproom, 875 Northwest Brooks Street, Bend.

Holiday Studio Sale Reduced prices on all

Liz Callaway “Home for the Holidays”A mix of holiday favorites, beloved Broadway

A Cosmic Perspective Join Dr. Scott Fisher, Director of Pine Mountain Observatory in Central Oregon, as he shares a new cosmic perspective. Dec. 17, 7-8:30pm.

Contact: 541-797-9959. info@snco.org. $5.

original artwork. Portion of proceeds going to the Oregon Food Bank. Dec. 15-20, 9am-5pm. LTA Gallery, 611 NE Jackpine Ct Suite3, Redmond. Contact: 503-888-1266. dkaostudios@gmail.com.

PRESENTATIONS & EXHIBITS

Behind the Lens Join ONDA for this live, free-wheeling chat with photgraphers who bring the calendar to life. Dec. 16, 6-7pm. Free.

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A Year in Oregon’s High Desert This show features 24 stunning images from public lands in Eastern Oregon, including both grand landscapes and close-ups of the plants and wildlife that give Oregon’s sagebrush steppe its pulse. Nov. 16-Jan. 8, 5:30pm. Free.

WORDS Know Feliz - Rhodd Caldwell Reads A Child’s Christmas in Wales LIsten in to this

classic holiday prose work by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Dec. 20, 3-4pm. Contact: 541-312-1032. lizg@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Mystery Book Club We will discuss The

Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Dec. 16, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

ETC. Christmas Joy Worship Concert Both Christmas songs and worship songs fill the Worship Center this night! Dec. 19, 6:30pm.

Powell Butte Christian Church, 13720 SW Hwy 126, Bend. Free.

Volunteer Opportunity Seize this opportunity;

volunteer at Mustangs To The Rescue Mustangs to the Rescue, 21670 McGilvray Road, Bend. Contact: 541-330-8943. volunteer@MustangstotheRescue.org.

Volunteer with Salvation Army The Salvation Army has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for almost every age. Contact: 541-389-8888.

GROUPS & MEETUPS City Club Forum: How to Respectfully Agree to Disagree Modeling productive dia-

logue in an age of dysfunction and learning how to acknowledge and interact with civility- even when we don’t agree Dec. 17, Noon-1pm. Contact: info@ cityclubco.org. Free.

Ready, Set, Plan?! Webinar Oregon Trails Coalition is working on an introductory guide to trail planning and decision-making with support from the BLM and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Dec. 16, 3-4pm. Free.

Whole Soul Sister Circle (sometimes men too) Join me, Julie Tartak, once a month

for circle time. We will have a series of specific topics for our personal growth to deepen our self love. Mon, Dec. 21, 6:45pm. The Sanctuary, 339 SW Century Dr. #203, Bend. $30.

FAMILY & KIDS

Baby Ninja + Me Each of these classes will include soft obstacle ninja warrior courses, yoga and fun. Wednesdays, 11-11:45am. Through June 2. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-2413919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99 per child.

Camp Fire Afterschool

Aflexible and fun option for families looking to balance afterschool care with enrichment opportunities and social-emotional skill development. Mondays-Tuesdays-Thursdays, 1:30-5:30pm. Through Dec. 18. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd., Bend. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. $120 per 7 week session.

Camp Fire Nature Days An all-day enrichment program with nature-based themes to support family and youth during current distance learning.

Wednesdays, 9am-3:30pm. Through Dec. 16. Sons of Norway Hall, 549 NW Harmon Blvd., Bend. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. $55 per day.

Mommy and Me: Breastfeeding Support Group in Bend Come visit for social

Preventative Walk-In Pet Wellness Clinic

Equipo de Robótica Bilingüe ¡Únete al Equipo de Robótica LEGO y aprende a construir y programar con robots LEGO! *Bilingüe English/Spanish programa Mondays-Wednesdays, 5-7pm. Through Feb. 10. BendTECH, 1001 SW Emkay Dr, Bend. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. $80/month.

Offering vaccinations, deworming and microchips at our walk-in wellness clinic. Saturdays, 9am2pm. Bend Spay & Neuter Project, 910 SE Wilson, Suite A1, Bend. $10-$30.

Virtual Airing of the Grievances

Call for Volunteers - Play with Parrots!

Friendly people needed to help socialize birds to ready for adoption, make toys, clean cages and make some new feathered friends! Call for hours and location. Contact: 916-956-2153.

Christmas in the Pines Drive through a lighted wonderland at the Crook County Fair Grounds.

Entrance with non perishable food and/or pet food or cash donation. Fridays-Sundays, 5:30-9pm.

Through Jan. 3. Crook County Fairgrounds, 1280 S Main St., Prineville. Contact: 541-408-6930. gmerritt@prinetime.net.

hour and breastfeeding support. We have two locations: Redmond - Tuesdays, 12-2pm at the Center for Women’s Health and Bend - Thursdays, 1-3pm at Central Oregon Locavore. See Facebook for details! Free.

Head on down to the Old Mill District for your last chance to catch a peek of Santa Claus as he picks up letters addressed to the North Pole, Fri., Dec. 18 & Sat., Dec. 19 at 1pm.

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We’re bringing Festivus and The Airing of the Grievances to your living room. Please have your grievances sent in no later than December 18th.

Dec. 23, 6:30pm. Free.

Kids Ninja Night It’s parent’s night out! Drop off

your kids age 6 and older for up to three hours of fun in our super-rad indoor ninja warrior play space.

Sat, Dec. 19, 6-9pm. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $20.

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Kids Ninja Warrior Winter 2-Day Camp

This drop-off camp is the perfect chance to make new friends and get those cold weather wiggles out! Dec. 21-22, 12:30-3:30pm, Dec. 23-24, 12:303:30pm. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $49.

Museum and Me - Winter Edition A quieter time for children and adults who experience physical, intellectual and/or social disabilities to enjoy the High Desert Museum after hours. Dec. 17, 4-7pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Contact: 541-382-4754. bburda@highdesertmuseum.org. Free.

North Pole Mailboxes Two special Christmas mailboxes will be in Bend’s Old Mill District to drop off your letters to Santa. All letters will get a response from the North Pole. Nov. 27Dec. 19. Old Mill District, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. Suite 422, Bend.

NorthWest Crossing Holiday Tour of Lights NorthWest Crossing Community business-

es and residents have teamed up to create a socially distanced way for us to celebrate the holiday season together. See the lights! Dec. 1-20.

Online Art Activities for Kids Join Camp Fire for virtual art activities. Tuesdays, 4-4:30pm.

Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. Free.

Online STEM Activities for Kids Join Camp Fire for virtual STEM activities. Thursdays, 4-4:30pm. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. Free.

Powel Butte Christian Church: Live Drive-Thru Nativity Join Powell Butte Christian Church in celebrating this season with live drive-thru nativity scene. Dec. 20, 5-8pm. Powell Butte Christian Church, 13720 SW Hwy 126, Bend. Free.

Redmond Northern Lights This animated

short broadcast on the Redmond City Hall about a magical holiday elf will delight Central Oregon families in the weekend leading up to Christmas. Drive through and view the show from the safety of your vehicle! Dec. 18-19, 6-9pm. Redmond City Hall, 411 SW 9th St, Redmond. Free.

Santa in the Old Mill District Come see Santa in-person this holiday season when he picks up the letters from the special North Pole mailboxes! Dec. 18-19, 1pm. Old Mill District, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. Suite 422, Bend. Free.

Sunriver Lodge Holiday Light Show Grab

a hot toddy or chocolate from the shop and get ready for some lights! Enjoy your favorite holiday songs as thousands of lights dance to the beat.

Shows will be 15 to 20 minutes long and will rotate through a selection of songs. Nov. 25-Jan. 3, 5:30, 6:30 and 7:30pm. Sunriver Resort, 17600 Center Dr., Sunriver. Free.

Youth Mental Health Discussion A

community conversation around youth mental health. What are the mental health concerns facing our young people? How can we promote

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mental wellness during such an isolating time?

Dec. 17, Noon-1pm. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. Free.

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our reverse advent calendar or bring in any non-perishable item to receive your discount, daily! Dec. 3-23, 11am-8pm. River’s Place, 787 NE Purcell Blvd., Bend. Contact: 541-525-5532. riversplacebend@gmail.com.

Cross Cut Warming Hut: Locals' Day!

Every Tuesday enjoy $1 off regular size draft beverages. Tuesdays. Cross Cut Warming Hut No 5, 566 SW Mill View Way, Bend.

Growler Discount Night! Enjoy $2 Off Growler Fills every Wednesday at Bevel! Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour Rd. Suite B, Bend. Contact: 831-245-1922. holla@bevelbeer.com.

Know Feliz: Online Holiday Cocktails Demonstration Treat yourself or impress your guests this holiday season with the perfect cocktail. Dec. 16, 6-6:30pm. Contact: 541-312-1063. paigef@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Locals’ Night Come on down and join the local family all day every Monday! We offer $3.00 Pints of our core line up beers and $4.00 pours of our barrel aged beers Mondays. Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend.

Locals’ Day Come on down to Bevel Craft

Brewing for $4 beers and cider and $1 off wine all day. Outdoor dining is open now! Tuesdays. Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour Rd. Suite B, Bend.

Contact: holla@bevelbeer.com.

Travel to France with The Good Drop Wine Shoppe Join The Good Drop June 10-17th, 2021 on a cruise of the Rhone River. Embark on a seven-night river cruise from Avignon to Lyon. We hope you decide to Sip and Sail with us. Please call us at 541-410-1470 or email beckie@gooddropwineshop.com for inquires and bookings.

ATHLETIC EVENTS Bend Area Running Fraternity POST-

PONED until after the two week freeze. The group will run, maintaining social distance, along the Deschutes River and then receive discounted drinks from the cidery after the run!

Mondays, 5pm. AVID Cider Co. Taproom, 550 SW Industrial Way, Bend. Contact: bendarearunningfraternity@gmail.com. Free.

Bend Pilates Bend Pilates is now offering a full

schedule of classes through Zoom! Sign up for your class on Mindbody.com and download Zoom. Prior to start you will receive an email invitation to join class. Be ready with mat, weights, roller, and/or band and login five minutes prior to class time. For more information visit bendpilates.net/classes/.

InMotion Weekly Workout InMotion Training Studio in Bend is offering free weekly workouts via their Facebook page, Facebook. com/inmotionbend. Additionally, those that register will receive daily education and the ability to check-in and stay accountable. landpage.co/ inmotionfreeworkouts. Free.

This drop-off Ninja Warrior-style class is perfect for kids to meet new friends while burning off some winter energy, various dates in Dec. at Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play.

Planet Fitness Home Work-Ins Planet

Morning Mysore In Person Ashtanga Yoga

Redmond Running Group Run All levels welcome. Find the Redmond Oregon Running Klub on Facebook for weekly run details. Thursdays, 6:15pm. City of Redmond, Redmond, Or., Redmond.

Contact: rundanorun1985@gmail.com.

The Vance Stance/Structural Reprogramming Tired of being in Pain? Get to the

Fitness is offering free daily workouts via livestream! The best part? No equipment needed. Get your sweat on at least four times a day. Valid even for those without memberships! Sorry, #vanlifers cannot virtually take advantage of facility showers.

Ongoing. Visit the Planet Fitness Facebook page for more details. Ongoing, 4-5pm. Free.

OUTDOOR EVENTS

Ski and Stay Package Book any full-service accommodation and receive two Hoodoo Ski Lift tickets per day of your stay for free! Every two Hoodoo Ski Lift tickets can be traded for four Autobahn Tubing tickets. Dec. 5-Jan. 23. Black Butte Ranch, 13899 Bishops Cap, Sisters. Contact: 855-257-8435.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Capoeira: A Perfect Adventure Become your

own hero. The Brazilian art form of Capoeira presents opportunities to develop personal insights, strength, balance, flexibility, musicality, voice, rhythm, and language by tapping the energy of this rich cultural expression and global community. Text 541-678-3460 for location and times. Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays, 6pm. ucabend@gmail.com. $30 intro month.

Intuitive Life Coaching Discover exactly what

is blocking you from feeling peace, happiness, and satisfaction in your life and relationships. Wednesdays through February at 3pm. RSVP for address, Bend. Free.

Life Coaching with Tarot Partner with the

power of the Divine to help you reach your highest aspirations. Use Tarot as an advisor to identify your blocks to success. Saturdays, 2pm. Through Dec. 26.

RSVP for address, Bend. Free.

Livestreamed Meditation Class Free

online meditation classes led by Cathleen Hylton of Blissful Heart Wellness Center. Take a break from the current climate and get your zen on in this free meditation class. Join class via zoom. us/j/596079985. Thursdays, 6-7pm. Free.

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THE OFFICIAL BEND BEER YOGA Virtually

Classes both Guided and Mysore Style. Ashtanga Yoga is a practice that links movement of breath to help calm the mind. Masks and Social distancing are adhered to. Mondays-Fridays, 6-8:30am.

Through Dec. 24. Terpsichorean Dance Studio, 1601 NW Newport Ave, Bend. Contact: 662-302-1877. cclauren.cruz@gmail.com. $20.

root of why you are tight & suffering. In this series of two-hour classes in posture and flexibility.

Classes begin Weds, Nov. 21st. Mondays-Thursdays, Noon-2pm and Mondays-Wednesdays, 6-8pm. Through Feb. 11. EastSide Home Studio, 21173 Sunburst Ct., Bend. Contact: 541-330-9070. vancebonner@juno.com. $180/12 classes.

Winter Solstice Solace Sumakha (celebration) Are you ready to celebrate and

set an intention for 2021? As we come to the close of 2020, Join Suzie Newcome as she leads us through 108 Sun Salutations to leave us in Your True North. Live via Zoom. Proceeds benefit Namaspa Foundation. Dec. 19, 9:30-11:30am.

Contact: 541-550-8550. namaspayoga@gmail.com. $15 suggested donation.

Writing Your Way Home from 2020 A

Three-Session Creative Writing Series to Integrate the Learning of this Year We write to heal. We write to discover. We write to be inspired. Healing, discovery, inspiration--we need all of these at this time. Join us to fall back in love with writing and remember its healing impact. Mondays, 121:30pm. Through Jan. 4. Contact: 541-280-4726. katie@co-elevate.com. $275

Online Yoga for Cultivating Inner Stillness Through a moving meditation you will

embark on a spiritual journey designed to awaken awareness of Self. This hour long practice builds strength, balance and flexibility while inviting in tools that aid in managing life’s stresses. In this classical and holistic Hatha Yoga class you will stretch and tone the whole body in a therapeutic and mindful space. This low-impact practice integrates chanting, meditation, breathing and Asana (postures). Wednesdays, 7-8pm. Through Dec. 30. $7-$10.

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LEGO Robotics This club is all about problem solving, getting creative, exploring new ideas, and having fun! Mondays-Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30pm.

Through Feb. 10. BendTECH, 1001 SW Emkay Dr, Bend. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@campfireco.org. $80/month.

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t’s a well-known fact that one of the best parts about video games with cars is that you can drive like an absolute maniac. Just ask anyone who’s played “Grand Theft Auto” in their lifetime. But sometimes I find that slowing things down, just going for a cruise while taking in the scenery and soundtrack can be just as fun— if not even more satisfying. To me, “Soul Sprint” sounds just like one of the latter moments.

“Soul Sprint” is the latest release from Bend-based producer/visual artist J.R.J, otherwise known as Jordan Russell. Russell has an exceptional knack for beat making, or as his Instagram bio reads, “bleep-bloop noises.” Call it what you want; there’s just something so electrifying about Russell’s latest release that it floods happiness and good vibes into my soul—and there is absolutely no fighting it as it flutters along.

“I was honestly pretty surprised by how it came out. I think there was some subconscious defiance of reality lately that wanted to bring out some light. It’s relatively different than stuff I usually make, but I’m happy it turned out that way,” says Russell, noting some of the inspiration he’s found in recent times. “Lately, I’ve been inspired by films of Laika, the music of Madeon, Faded Paper Figures, hometown hero of mine Henry Chadwick, and my buddy who goes by Indigo Hush.”

To pair with the new song, Russell released a motion-graphic

video of a character flying along in a plane, zooming over a pretty video game-landscape. It’s a perfect animation to go with the song, since “Soul Sprint” really makes the listener feel like they’re floating along over everything. Above all, in a year that’s been filled with more downs than ups, “Soul Sprint” takes me to a place where the sun always seems to be shining, and is another reminder of why music can sometimes be our greatest friend.

For Russell, he says “Soul Sprint” moved him out of the box a bit, as he continues to dive into other mediums to help fuel his music.

“The COVID fiasco has been an interesting development for me in terms of how I create. I’ve actually been way less prolific, as I’ve only released one other song this year (“Quentin Quarantino”), but they’ve been some of my best stuff, I think,” reflects Russell. “The irregular nature of how society is going currently was getting me burnt out mentally and musically, so I’ve been trying out (or obsessed) with other artistic mediums such as stop-motion animation to mix it up and get out of my comfort zone.”

Russell seems to be so into being out of that comfort zone that right now he says he’s looking for stop-motion collaborators. He also plans to have more music out next year as an EP or full album. In the meantime, check out “Soul Sprint,” and other J.R.J releases on Bandcamp, Apple Music or Spotify.

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The follow-up to the internationally bestselling “The Lost Words,” “The Lost Spells” is a beautiful collection of poems and illustrations that evoke the magic of the everyday natural world. To read “The Lost Spells” is to see in new ways the natural world within our grasp and to be reminded of what happens when we allow it to slip away.

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Sibley is best known for his guidebooks, but this one is for birders and non-birders alike. Oversized pages provide an in-depth look at individual species, each one going in-depth about that bird’s particular behaviors and filled with fun new facts. Taken together, Sibley gives us a format that provides an interesting, deeper understanding of our feathered friends both in our backyard and far afield.

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In a sort of “spiritual autobiography,” the revered Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and novelist offers a collection of prose reflecting on the relationship between humankind and the Earth. Momaday recalls stories that have been passed down through generations of his people and reveal a sacred connection to the American landscape.

It’s both a celebration and a warning that we must all be keepers of our Earth.

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rook, Jefferson and Deschutes counties are among the 25 counties falling under COVID-19 “extreme risk” status, which means holiday gatherings indoors and out must be kept to six or fewer people from no more than two households. But people can still stay safe this season without going full Scrooge.

Keep this year’s holiday guest list tight— and the season bright—with a scaled down main dish of roasted chicken.

I like to dry-brine my chicken, spatchcock it (a hilarious and fancy way to say “butterfly it”) and then roast it in a castiron skillet following the roasting method in America’s Test Kitchen’s recipe for Crisp Roast Butterflied Chicken. To dry brine: Pat a fresh whole chicken dry with paper towels and then rub it down with salt—getting under the skin on the breast and thighs. For a 4- to 5-pound chicken, use about 2 or 3 tablespoons of kosher salt. Then let it brine for two days in a covered container in the fridge.

The day of your gathering: Follow the cooking instructions in the previously mentioned recipe. ATK includes a video (https://youtu.be/tvLvPEYlzF0) that will walk you through every step. This approach calls for preheating the cast-iron skillet in the oven. Don’t skimp on that step—it’s the key to crispy skin. Also, I find that roasting a 4- to 5-pound chicken usually takes 40 minutes breast-down and 15 to 20 minutes breast up, a little longer than the times ATK suggests. When the chicken is done, rest it for 15 minutes uncovered.

Tenting with foil will ruin that crisp skin.

For spices, anything goes, and this is where to really make the recipe your own.

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Think Outside the Pie A dry-brined, ancho-chile-rubbed chicken roasted for about an hour and ready to carve.

I recently roasted a chicken for a weeknight dinner with the following rub, and it turned out great. Rub the spices all over the chicken and under the skin.

2 tablespoons ancho chile 2 tablespoons oregano 1 tablespoon paprika, either hot or sweet 1 tablespoon cumin seed, crushed with a mortar and pestle ½ tablespoon cinnamon 4-5 cloves garlic, crushed and stuffed under the skin on the breast and thighs Fresh ground pepper Now, I’m just a home cook, standing before an oven, asking it to love me. So, I reached out to the pros at Sisters Meat and Smokehouse for chicken advice.

They said to estimate about 1 pound per person for anything bone-in, including chicken, and reiterated the importance of brining.

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“One, it will help add flavor,” Austin Heiser, smoke house manager at Sisters Meat and Smokehouse, told the Source.

He says the main thing it does is keep the meat moist and the skin crisp.

“Typically, when you’re cooking chicken, you want to cook it to 165F, and if you cook it over 175F, that’s when it really starts to dry out,” Heiser said. “The brining process will help it stay moist. It will give you a little more of a buffer.”

Admittedly, he prefers a wet brine.

And for you wet briners, he says to brine for 24 hours. But don’t go over 48 hours or it will become too salty, he said.

For roasting, Heiser uses a Dutch oven.

“I set it at about 350F and cook it for about 45 minutes,” he said, adding that exact cook time depends on the size of the chicken. “After that, I’ll [take the temperature of] my chicken in the breast and thighs once it gets closer. Once it hits 145F, I take off the lid and turn the oven up to 450F until the chicken hits 165F internal temperature.

Turning up the temperature will help it crisp up the skin,” he said.

If chicken isn’t your thing and you want to try a roast for a smaller group, he had some other suggestions.

“You could do a small prime rib— like a two-bone prime rib will feed four to five people,” Heiser said. “Another one that I like to do that is super easy is a chuck roast. For that, you can either make it in the Crock-Pot or a Dutch oven. I like to season it just with salt and pepper. And I like to score it and put crushed garlic cloves in it and onion.”

If you go Dutch oven, cook it for about four hours at 350F, he says. If you’re team Crock-Pot, then cook it about four hours on low. Either way, he says to put about an inch of water in the pot to keep the roast moist.

Swiss rolls: A pie alternative perfect for this year’s small gatherings For a family-sized holiday dessert, think outside the pie with a swiss roll— perfect for a small holiday centerpiece.

Composed of a simple sponge cake and a filling such as jam and whipped cream, it offers a light dessert after a heavy holiday dinner. The only tricky part: rolling the cake so it features the signature swirl.

No need for a special swiss or jelly roll pan. Just use a quarter baking sheet, or any mold with dimensions around 13 inches by 9 inches. Butter and line the pan with parchment paper and, according to Foxtail Bakeshop owner and pastry chef Nickol Hayden-Cady, pick a joconde sponge recipe for easy rolling.

“It has so much egg whites in it, and it’s light and airy so that you can roll it up and fill it,” she told the Source, adding that more of a dense butter cake will likely break. Just be sure not to overbake it. “You want very little browning,” she said.

While it’s still hot, remove it from the pan and gently roll it up between two pieces of parchment.

“And then I would wrap it in a nice towel and stick it in the fridge until they’re ready to fill it,” Hayden-Cady said.

Foxtail Bakeshop is making a similar treat: buche de noels, made of a French sponge called a “biscuit” that’s also filled and rolled.

“We’re doing a whipped hazelnut ganache, and then a little Valrhona 60% ganache in there,” Hayden-Cady said. “So, it’s a little bit lighter but still has that richness. And then on the outside, we’ll have a fun design of chocolate, and then we’re going to do a velvet coco spray on it.” Foxtail is also decorating with festive treats including meringue mushrooms and candied cranberries.

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By Jared Rassic of another person who through she then carries out the assassination.

Whenever she’s unplugged from her latest victim, she tries reconnecting with her estranged husband and son, retraining her mind how to care about playing with her kid or how to engage in small talk at dinner parties. Every time Vos regains her consciousness and re-inhabits her body, she not only leaves a piece of herself behind in the body of her victims, but gains some of their feelings, thoughts and memories.

“Possessor” is a lo-fi, cyberpunk technoir thriller filled to the brim with imagination. As much as I enjoyed “Tenet,” “Possessor” is filled with the big ideas, themes and concepts I wanted out of that movie, but with one-tenth the budget. Cronenberg takes the body horror paranoia of some of his father’s films like “The Fly” and “Videodrome,” but then modernizes those fears into a movie that plays like a rot-infused fever dream from the mind of our grandchildren.

I’m sure I would have eventually discovered this movie when it shows up on some streaming service or another next year, but finding it on the shelves while socially distancing my way around my local video store felt like I was rediscovering a part of history I had thought long buried. It was something so simple: Hey, that box has cool art! Grab it, read the back and take a chance on it. But doing it still almost feels revolutionary.

“Possessor” is violent, intense and deeply strange, guaranteed not to appeal to many of you reading this. I’m not even necessarily recommending you watch it (although people into experimental

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n celebration of the worldwide DVD/ Blu/VOD release of “The Last Blockbuster” this week (written, directed and produced by Bendites Taylor Morden and Zeke Kamm, and with an appearance by yours truly), I decided to make it a Blockbuster night. Nothing streaming was tickling my fancy and I’m literally two blocks away from the last Blockbuster in the known universe, so I put on my mask and headed to the store to try to find something weird.

Did you ever do that as a kid? Pick the movie you wanted to watch just based on how cool the box art is? Well, that’s what I was after: a bonkers cover that promised me 90 minutes of insanity…no trailer, no buffering, no expectations. In the new releases, I found something so strange and wonderful that my 12-year-old self was finally able to die happy. The cover was bright psychedelic yellow and looked like someone’s face was melting, which was perfect because I was looking for a movie that would actively melt my face.

The movie is called “Possessor” and it’s written and directed by David Cronenberg’s son Brandon, who was responsible for 2012’s super-disturbing high concept thriller “Antiviral,” which follows a guy who sells designer pathogens curated from diseased celebrities.

“Possessor” is a similarly high-concept sci-fi mind-f*ck that taps into our fear of corporate surveillance while also telling an intimate story of losing yourself to your work. The always incredible Andrea Riseborough (Mandy from “Mandy”) plays Vos, a contract killer for a mega-corporation whose consciousness is implanted in the body

Andrea Riseborough is unforgettable as the sad assassin Vos in “Possessor.”

cinema will have a religious experience), but instead I’m just here to once again sing the praises of physical media and the tactile sensations of investing something more than a barely noticed automatic withdrawal in order to engage with the art we consume.

Investing the tiniest bit of effort into procuring “Possessor” made my relationship to the film different and more meaningful than if I’d just clicked play while fumbling through Netflix. I

paid more attention and gave more of myself to the film as if it was homework I dared not fail, which in turn made me feel connected back into the world like I haven’t felt since somewhere around March. Rejoining the human race…one movie at a time.

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An online celebration of life for Blaine Davis, who died while kayaking last month

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rom the 100+ posts on the remembrance page for local kayaker Blaine Davis, it’s clear that he was a beloved member of the outdoors and wider Central Oregon community. The page, Blaine Davis Remembrance, includes hundreds of photos and comments and notes from the many lives and communities he touched as far away as New Zealand.

Twenty-year-old Davis of Sunriver died during a kayaking accident on Nov. 15—only four days after returning from a year traveling in New Zealand. A 911 call from his friends reported that he got trapped under water while whitewater kayaking in Canyon Creek near Vancouver, Washington, KATU news reported. He’s survived by mother Joan, father Mark and brother Walker, who remember him as a talented athlete, musician, philosopher and mentor.

Gavin Biancucci, a fellow hometown kayaker, wrote on the remembrance page, “Words can’t really describe this kid, he touched each of our lives in such positive ways. I really am gonna miss him... He was one of the people that would push me to do my best on and off the water. He is a great, great friend.

Love you Blaine.”

Hailing from a family tradition of whitewater, Davis grew up rafting from a young age. At 10 years old he began kayaking and enjoyed yearly trips to sun-drenched Kelly’s Whitewater Park in Idaho with his family. Brother Walker Davis told the Source Weekly that Blaine Davis honed his play boat skills on these trips, so that he could roll his kayak back up after a capsize anywhere, on any water.

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Blaine Davis traveling during his recent year living in New Zealand. On his Instagram profile, Davis added a John Muir quote related to his travels: “The world is big and I wanna have a good look at it before it gets dark.”

recounting all the school yards, hallways and football games his son would hot lap with cartwheels, round-offs, back flips and back handsprings.

Gail Landis Ngo remembers Blaine’s natural leadership in the gymnastics community. “Though Blaine was several [skill] levels above my son, he always had kind words of encouragement for all the boys on the team. Through the years he really took a leadership role on the gymnastics team… Blaine single-handedly stood up for the younger boys and the team as whole… All the boys looked

“Sitting and watching Blaine play was paradise.”

—Mark Davis Other adventurous family experiences at a young age, such as cruising British Columbia on a sailboat, winter RV ski vacations and backpacking trips, likely poised him for ease in the outdoors and athletic success.

Although Davis had a clear penchant for skiing and kayaking, his first love was gymnastics. He began competing at six years old; by 18 he had qualified for Nationals four times, placing 10th in the Junior Olympic National Championship finals during his last year of eligibility.

“We used to call him the Energizer Bunny,” said his dad, Mark Davis,

up to him; he was a true leader, friend and inspiration... He will be missed; he had such an insatiable spirit.”

Mother Joan Davis told the Source that gymnastics was Blaine’s tool for crossing over and excelling in everything from kayaking to skiing and climbing, to life. All this, despite significant life-long health struggles revolving around the atopic triad of allergies, eczema and asthma.

In school, Davis discovered his music talents while attending Bend’s Highland Magnet School and REALMS middle school. His father remembers

Davis picking away at a guitar while Mom Joan accompanied with a banjo on the back porch.

“Sitting and watching Blaine play was paradise,” Mark Davis said.

A traveler, searcher and seeker, Joan Davis said Blaine Davis, “Sought to understand life and live it to the fullest.

He was empathetic, genuine and possessed excellent emotional intelligence.

He was very humble about his gymnastics and other accomplishments. When he competed, he didn’t care about winning, he just wanted to do his best and glean as many life lessons as he could.”

Davis’ mother said she feels gymnastics gave him a foundation in all other sports and taught him how to “conquer his inner fears.”

“Even complete strangers like waitresses in restaurants would call him an old soul. He had a sparkle. He was a peacemaker. He was an amazing person that way,” Mark Davis recalls.

While in New Zealand, Davis discovered an interest in pursuing a helicopter pilot license. The year prior, he dedicated himself to learning the art of organic farming. All who knew Blaine Davis—a massive network of kayakers, gymnasts, New Zealanders and Bend locals, insist his friendship and community contributions were far beyond his years. Many continue to feel his presence and look to him as a daily inspiration.

Welcome to “If You’re New Here,” a new, occasional feature in the Source Weekly that gives the many newcomers to Central Oregon a primer on some of the area’s most beloved destinations.

This week, If You’re New Here has some deets on where to go for ice skating in Bend and beyond.

Bend Park and Recreation District reopened The Pavilion, Bend’s public skate facility, on Dec. 15. Located at 1001 SW Bradbury Way in Bend, The Pavilion hosts open skate times, curling leagues and in regular years, hockey leagues at its outdoor—but covered—rink. With COVID restrictions in place, reservations are required, and are available 72 hours ahead of the desired time at bendparksandrec.org/facility/the-pavilion/.

Seventh Mountain Resort, located at 18575 SW Century Dr. in Bend, has a smaller rink that is open to the public and available by reservation. The resort also offers “private ice” times.

Get more info at seventhmountainriverco.com/ice-skating/.

The Village at Sunriver, located at 57100 Beaver Dr. in Sunriver, has an ice rink that is open for the season, with reservations required up to 14 days in advance. Book at sunrivervillagefun.com/sunriver-ice-skating/.

Redmond’s Downtown Redmond Plaza also offers an outdoor rink, but it’s closed for the season due to COVID-19. If you’re new here and you plan to stick around, check it out next winter season!

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Amidst pandemic, real estate markets thriving even further, homebuyers' preference extends to having a detached home, a large yard in a walkable community with shorter commute times.

According to our local market data source, Donnie Montagner and the Beacon Report, the median sales price of a single-family home in Bend dipped down from an all-time record high in October of $560,000 to $535,000 in November. The monthly total number of homes sold has steadily declined since the high of 318 homes sold in July, landing at 208 in November, down from 248 in October. Inventory remains very low, with housing supply dipping just below half a month.

Reflecting back on median sales prices each November tells the story of extraordinary increases over time in Bend. The year 2020 was $535,000, 2019 was $431,000, 2018 was $433,000, 2017 was $390,000 and 2016 was $374,000.

When the Federal Reserve ended its two-day policy meeting in June, it determined that rates would be left unchanged and suggested that it will not raise interest rates for a long time. In a recent Mortgage Bankers Association meeting, Chief Economist Mike Fratontoni said that rates could rise over the coming year, but will still remain near the all-time lows. We should see end-ofyear rates at about 3% with rates rising to around 3.3% next year.

While predictions of 2021’s housing market largely depend on the COVID-19 pandemic steadying, signs are pointing to a strong seller’s market and ample buyers, but sales prices are expected to plateau, with a more steady increase.

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he year 2020 will go down in the history books as an unprecedented year in many regards. The real estate market in Central Oregon was no exception. Since approaching the year’s end it seems appropriate to begin reflecting on this year’s real estate activity. The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales hit a 14-year high in August, also marking 103 straight months of yearover-year gains; and the total housing inventory hit a record low nationally to just 2 1/2 months’ supply in October.

Keeping consistent with this atypical year, home sales remained unusually high in the fall and winter months, where they typically trend downward.

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun states, “I would attribute this jump to record-low interest rates and an abundance of buyers in the marketplace, including buyers of vacation homes, given the greater flexibility to work from home.”

There were other surprises, too.

“Uncertainty about when the pandemic will end, coupled with the ability to work from home, appears to have boosted sales in summer resort regions, including Lake Tahoe, mid-Atlantic beaches,” Yun commented. This also holds true for Bend and the Central Oregon area.

Home sales in vacation destination counties saw an incredible gain with 34% more sales in September, according to a recent NAR study. The coronavirus pandemic has modified where families with children want to live, with an increased preference for detached homes with large yards. To take it

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My boyfriend, who was adopted as an infant, just heard from his birth mom for the first time ever. She contacted him out of the blue, sending a perfectly nice message, not expecting anything from him. Instead of responding to it, he’s just sort of shutting down. Times are tough enough, and I don’t think it’s healthy to bottle up his feelings. However, whenever I point that out or ask him how he feels, he says he doesn’t want to talk about it. How can I help motivate him to process his feelings?

—Caring Girlfriend We all have to deal with rejection, but most of us get our first taste of it at 6 -years old, that is, not six minutes after a nurse cuts our umbilical cord.

Emotions are basically the helper elves of humanity. They evolved to motivate behavior to help ancestral humans survive, mate, and pass on their genes.

We tend to see “negative” emotions like sadness and anger as damaging, but evolutionary researcher Randolph Nesse, M.D., explains they are just as functional as “positive” emotions.

Negative emotions are the brakes for behavior that isn’t working for us.

Though, these days, minor bad choices usually aren’t fatal, our psychology is calibrated as if they could be. The psychological operating system driving our behavior today is adapted for a harsh ancestral hunter-gatherer environment.

Say some Neanderbro had the brilliant idea that he’d catch wild game for dinner by asking it nicely to throw itself onto his spear. But say, after collecting only windblown dust on his spearhead, the emotions he felt were happiness and excitement. He’d stick with his hunting approach and end up dining on tree-bark rib-eyes, the culinary choice of people who slowly starve to death.

Though men get depressed just like women do, another evolutionary researcher, psychologist Joyce Benenson, notes that men tend to be less emotionally sensitive than women, showing less fear and sadness from infancy on. Men are also less emotionally fluent, meaning they have trouble understanding exactly what they’re feeling, which, in turn, keeps them from being able to put names to their emotions. Though these seem like shortcomings, they serve men’s evolved role as the “warriors” of our species. In combat, men would put themselves and their fellow warriors at risk if they jabber on about how terrified they are and plop down on the battlefield for a good cry.

How does your boyfriend feel? Best guess: Emotionally overwhelmed. If so, his “shutting down” makes sense.

It’s basically the human version of overloaded electrical wiring triggering a circuit breaker in your house -- as opposed to keeping the juice flowing and triggering an electrical fire, turning your home into a two-bedroom, twobath pile of smoking ash.

Sigmund Freud, who saw having actual evidence to support his claims an unnecessary bother, drove the widespread assumption that “repression” -- avoiding upsetting thoughts to prevent or minimize anxiety -- is emotionally and physically destructive. In fact, cliniAmy Alkon cal psychologist Karin Coifman and her colleagues observe that there’s “a small and relatively inconsistent body of evidence” that associates “repressive coping” with health costs.

Research increasingly suggests it can be “adaptive” -- beneficial -- for a person to direct their attention away from experiences that cause negative feelings (especially negative feelings about themself...say, like being “given up” for adoption). And the Coifman team’s own study finds that the “emotional dissociation” of repressive coping can actually lead to better adjustment, fewer health complaints, and “a less significant medical history.”

Consider, too, that men often “speak” through action rather than words. Your boyfriend is probably flooded with uncertainty about what he should do: contact his birth mom, meet with her, do nothing. You can help him -- by being loving and supportive as he goes about this his way. If he still seems to be suffering a month from now, you might Google adoptee discussion boards and ask him whether you could give him the links. Reading about others’ feelings and experiences could help him understand his own feelings and decide how he’ll proceed.

Ultimately, the emotional expressiveness that comes naturally to many women is unnatural for many men.

Benenson explains that women tend to bond through “sharing vulnerabilities” and soothe themselves by talking about their feelings, behavior that would leave most men feeling exposed and threatened. This provides helpful perspective on men’s seemingly counterproductive reactions to bad stuff that happens.

True story from one of my male friends: “A few years ago, I mentioned to my wife that there was a guy at work who was a real pain in the ass. She said, ‘Do you want to talk about it?’ I said, ‘I just did.’”

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should have a vigorous fragrance, like a wheat field on a summer’s night,” wrote philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. I encourage you to adopt that joyful mandate as your own. It’s a perfect time to throw out stale opinions and moldy ideas as you make room for an aromatic array of fresh, spicy notions. To add to your bliss, get rid of musty old feelings and decaying dreams and stinky judgments. That brave cleansing will make room for the arrival of crisp insights that smell really good.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Have you heard the term “catastrophize”? It refers to when people experience a small setback or minor problem but interpret it as being a major misfortune. It’s very important that you not engage in catastrophizing during the coming weeks.

I urge you to prevent your imagination from jumping to awful conclusions that aren’t warranted.

Use deep breathing and logical thinking to coax yourself into responding calmly. Bonus tip: In my view, the small “setback” you experience could lead to an unexpected opportunity—especially if you resist the temptation to catastrophize.

PISCES (Feb. 19March 20): My Buddhist friend Marcia says the ultimate goal of her meditation practice is to know that the material world is an illusion and that there is no such thing “I” or “you,” no past or future. There is only the quality-less ground of being. My Sufi friend Roanne, on the other hand, is a devotee of the poet Rumi. The ultimate goal of her meditation practice is to be in intimate contact, in tender loving communion, with the Divine Friend, the personal face of the Cosmic Intelligence. Given your astrological omens, Pisces, I’d say you’re in a prime position to experience the raw truth of both Marcia’s and Roanne’s ideals. The coming days could bring you amazing spiritual breakthroughs!

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Temporary gods are deities who come alive and become available for particular functions, and are not otherwise necessary or called upon. For instance, in ancient Greece, the god Myiagros showed up when humans made sacrifices to the goddess Athena. His task was to shoo away flies. I encourage you to invent or invoke such a spirit for the work you have ahead of you. And what’s that work? 1. To translate your recent discoveries into practical plans. 2. To channel your new-found freedom into strategies that will ensure freedom will last. 3. To infuse the details of daily life with the big visions you’ve harvested recently. What will you name your temporary god?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Author Virginia Woolf said that we don’t wholly experience the unique feelings that arise in any particular moment. They take a while to completely settle in, unfold, and expand. From her perspective, then, we rarely “have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.” With that as your starting point, Taurus, I invite you to take a journey through the last 11 months and thoroughly evolve all the emotions that weren’t entirely ripe when they originally appeared. Now is an excellent time to deepen your experience of what has already happened; to fully bloom the seeds that have been planted.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Wonder is a bulky emotion,” writes author Diane Ackerman. “When you let it fill your heart and mind, there isn’t room for anxiety, distress, or anything else.” I’d love for

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’ll use the words of Cancerian painter Frida Kahlo to tell you the kind of intimate ally you deserve. If for some inexplicable reason you have not enjoyed a relationship like this before now, I urge you to make 2021 the year that you finally do. And if you HAVE indeed been lucky in this regard, I bet you’ll be even luckier in 2021. Here’s Frida: “You deserve a lover who wants you disheveled . . . who makes you feel safe . . . who wants to dance with you . . . who never gets tired of studying your expressions . . . who listens when you sing, who supports you when you feel shame and respects your freedom . . . who takes away the lies and brings you hope.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In 2019, singer Ariana Grande got Japanese characters tattooed on her palm. She believed them to be a translation of the English phrase “7 Rings,” which was the title of a song she had released. But knowledgeable observers later informed her that the tattoo’s real meaning was “small charcoal grill.” She arranged to have alterations made, but the new version was worse: “Japanese barbecue grill finger.” I offer you this story for two reasons, Leo. First, I applaud the creativity and innovative spirit that have been flowing through you. Second, I want to make sure that you keep them on the right track—that they continue to express what you want them to express.

With proper planning and discernment, they will.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): While sleeping, most of us have over a thousand dreams every year. Many are hard to remember and not worth remembering. But a beloved few can be life-changers. They have the potential to trigger epiphanies that transform our destinies for the better. In my astrological opinion, you are now in a phase when such dreams are more likely than usual. That’s why I invite you to keep a recorder or a pen and notebook by your bed so as to capture them. For inspiration, read this testimony from Jasper Johns, whom some call America’s “foremost living artist”: “One night I dreamed that I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I got up and I went out and bought the materials to begin it.” Painting flags ultimately became one of Johns’ specialties.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I composed a prayer that’s in alignment with your current astrological omens. If it feels right, say it daily for the next ten days. Here it is: “Dear Higher Self, Guardian Angel, and Future Me: Please show me how to find or create the key to the part of my own heart that’s locked up. Reveal the secret to dissolving any inhibitions that interfere with my ability to feel all I need to feel. Make it possible for me to get brilliant insights into truths that will enable me to lift my intimate alliances to the next level.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Author Herman Hesse observed, “Whoever wants music instead of noise, joy instead of pleasure, soul instead of gold, creative work instead of business, passion instead of foolery, finds no home in this trivial world.”

I hope you will prove him wrong in 2021, Scorpio.

According to my reading of astrological omens, the rhythms of life will be in alignment with yours if you do indeed make bold attempts to favor music over noise, joy over pleasure, soul over gold, creative work over business, passion over foolery. Moreover, I think this will be your perfect formula for success—a strategy that will guarantee you’ll feel at home in the world more than ever before.

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you to use her observation as a prescription in 2021, Gemini. According to my understanding of the coming year’s astrological portents, you will have more natural access to wonder and amazement and awe than you’ve had in a long time. And it would make me happy to see you rouse those primal emotions with vigor—so much so that you drive away at least some of the flabby emotions like anxiety, which are often more neurotic than real.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to researcher Nick Watts and his documentary film The Human Footprint, the average person speaks more than 13 million words in a lifetime, or about 4,300 per day. But I suspect and hope that your output will increase in 2021. I think you’ll have more to say than usual—more truths to articulate, more observations to express, more experiences to describe. So please raise your daily quota of self-expression to account for your expanded capacity to share your intelligence with the world.

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omemade gifts rule, and that includes cannabis edibles. You know who could use some cannabis-infused edibles this holiday season?

Every adult in this batshit country.

Cannabis edibles can help with the common physical and psychological manifestations of the stresses of the pandemic, including insomnia, anxiety and pain. (“Just wanting to be high right now” is frequently cited as well.)

Gifts made with love are awesome, and with cannabis, even better. So, let’s make some!

Get You Some Ganja You’ll need cannabis: small b-buds (smaller flower formations near the bottom of the plant, AKA “popcorn buds”), shake (tiny pieces of flower that break off larger buds), or sugar leaf (the small leaves that hold cannabis buds together). Dispensaries often sell ounces of shake and b-bud from their inventory for as little as $25 an ounce.

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Booze or Butter?

THC is soluble in fat (butter, nut/ seed oils, lard) and alcohol. The higher the fat or proof, the stronger the finished product. Your gifts can be edibles made with an infused fat, and tinctures of infused alcohol.

Tinctures allow for a more precise dose of cannabis compared to homemade edibles, as what qualifies as a “bite” varies. They take longer to produce when using time instead of heat to extract the THC and other cannabinoids from the cannabis. (Want to learn how to make a tincture? Check out the bonus content in the online version of this story at bendsource.com) Oregon’s Favorite Cookie Leafly offers a great recipe for how to how to make any type of THC-infused “canna fat”—butter, coconut, olive, or other oils—you’d like to bake with. There are negligible variations in strength between the fats, and the intensity of the “weed” taste, smell, and coloring in the final product can be reduced by a fat/water extraction process.

Decarboxylate your cannabis first, (again, Leafly is a great resource, but it

basically involves heating your ganga at a low temp) by turning non-active THC to active through the removal of water molecules. It’s as easy as a very closely watched cookie sheet of cannabis in an oven at very low heat. (As ovens notoriously vary, you can go from perfectly decarbed to burnt if not looked after.)

Warning: Even experienced, daily tough-puffers will be taken to their knees by an edibles OD, often with VWTHS (Vomiting While Too High Syndrome).

Dose properly! Learn how to determine the strength of your fat, and thereby the strength of each serving.

Once you’ve made your canna fat, use it as you would regular fat. Eggs made with a tablespoon of canna-fat result in a stony breakfast that’s liable to put you back in bed.

Want to give your edibles a holiday-style spin? Try sugar cookies. They store and travel well, are fast and simple to make, and provide the perfect canvas to shape and decorate. They are also, according to Real Simple, the favorite Christmas cookie of Oregonians.

Got kids? Make the child-safe version first, then the “adult” version. This will eliminate any issues with cross contamination, or having to bake with children while super high (bless their hearts).

No matter which recipe you choose, always add a tablespoon or two of liquid lecithin to cookies. It helps strengthen and extend the effects of cannabis— kind of a “turbocharger” for edibles.

Now it’s time to make them extra festive.

Get your “Stoned Martha” on, as there are no wrong choices when decorating cookies: Santas, trees, Munch-like “Scream” faces… share your holiday truth through frosting and sparkles. Check out the cannabis cookies that came out of my oven!

Happy Birthday, White Jesus Nothing puts the “Christ” in Christmas cookies like these festive reminders.

Kwanzaa Kush Cookies Kwanzaa celebrates the importance of African culture, family, and community—because not everyone is dreaming of a white Christmas.

Hanukkah Haze and ‘Dro Dreidels These Kosher cookies will keep the recipient lit up for eight nights, too.

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