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by Teafly Peterson. Artist's statement: The people illustrated on the cover represent the variety of ways we express love in the world. To showcase the love we have for nurturing and growing things I drew John Kish—the owner of Somewhere That’s Green—as his alter-drag ego, Fertile Liza. I drew Rita Schenkelberg, our first ever city councilor of color, to represent love for community. I drew MoShow The Cat Rapper to showcase our love for our animals. I believe that you can never really be good at anything you don’t deeply love and it is that type of love I wanted to depict when I drew Kizzmekia Corbett and Dolly Parton, two women whose deep love for their individual passions has helped bring the COVID-19 vaccine to fruition.

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Happy February! After an eventful January, it’s nice to look ahead to what could be an enriching Black History Month, filled with opportunities to focus on moving our country forward, rather than biting our nails about what political calamity might happen next. This week’s Source Picks section includes a few great events to help mark Black History Month—including an Author! Author! event with Ta-Nehisi Coates. If only we were able to welcome him to Bend for an in-person appearance, as in other years—but online is what we get, and it’s still worth your time.

As spring inches closer and the COVID-19 vaccine begins to be more widespread in our area and beyond, we hope the stories inside this week’s issue give you some ways to look up, look ahead and keep moving forward.

OPINION

A Glass Slipper for Rapid Vaccine Deployment; A Boot for Hypocritical Relaxed Restrictions

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ast week, health officials from Deschutes County and St. Charles Health System did something extraordinary: In the span of a weekend, they saw over 3,000 people pass through the doors of the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, acting on guidance from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, who placed teachers and school staff in Group 1B of the state’s vaccination schedule. The decision to prioritize teachers in this second group ahead of seniors was not without controversy and put Brown in the rarified air of the very few governors who prioritized teachers before seniors.

But what came after Brown’s decision was remarkable. As of Monday, nearly 2,000 people have received at least one shot in Crook County, with over 28,000 in Deschutes County, and over 1,200 in Jefferson County. Deschutes County now has nearly 5,000 people who have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. With 940 employees in Redmond schools and 2,200 employees in BendLa Pine Schools, it appears that the vast majority of school staff have been able to access the vaccine.

St. Charles and Deschutes County did the job of vaccinating mass numbers of people so well that they were also able to up the timeline on when seniors 75 and older could get the vaccine locally.

They handled the logistical job of standing up a mass vaccination clinic for Central Oregon so well, in fact, that it caught the eye of those same state leaders who had sent the vaccines this way in the first place. It was fun run while it lasted, and St. Charles and Deschutes County deserve our “Glass Slipper” for their efforts—even if it meant that this week, the doses earmarked for this county went instead to the Portland area, where it was reported that some health care workers had not yet been fully vaccinated. Central Oregonians, in our enthusiasm to get schools reopened and life back to some semblance of normalcy, gave all it could to get the job done. And now, we wait for next week’s doses to arrive.

But even as we hand out a slipper for our local public health crusaders, we also have to toss out a “Boot” for the governor’s office—but not because of the last-minute reallocation of doses. Health care workers in our state, whether they’re in Portland or Bend, deserve some peace of mind and to be fully vaccinated. It’s curious that state officials did not run the numbers appropriately in order to determine how many doses each county would need before robbing Peter to pay Paul—but alas— this is a pandemic.

What we take issue with is the scraps that Gov. Brown and her team tossed out this last week to counties still in the Extreme Risk category, which include Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties, in the way of

“relaxed restrictions.”

Under the updated guidance, gyms and indoor recreational facilities over 500 square feet can have up to six patrons in their establishments. In a place like the Bend Athletic Club, six people could exercise in separate rooms of the sprawling club and never see one another. But OK, it’s allowing something, and that’s better than nothing.

Under the updated guidance, tents set up for outdoor dining can have two sides, rather than just one. This is all well and good for those in the Willamette Valley who contend with rain more than the biting cold east of the Cascades. Outdoor dining with two tent flaps open rather than the three previously required is hardly progress.

And then, the pièce de resistance of this week’s changes: the decision to allow up to six lottery patrons to enter buildings to play. The guidance states that lottery patrons must wear masks at all times so as not to equate them with indoor diners—but this paper-thin justification for turning on a source of revenue for the State of Oregon while many restaurants are shut down smacks of a double standard. Now facing months of reduced revenue due to ongoing shutdowns, it seems perfectly OK for state officials to turn the gas on to their own revenue but ignore the many struggling businesses that still have their revenues stifled to almost nothing. It is maddeningly obvious that this was a method of ensuring our state government gets its vice-laden end, while thousands of other businesses wait for the next handout or ease in restrictions. And are we really buying the notion that lottery patrons won’t ask for, and be served, a drink while they fritter away their stimulus funds on those machines?

In the ongoing saga that is the pandemic, we are forced to trust our local and state leaders to craft appropriate plans and reasonable responses to the challenges that we all have faced. When they don’t, it encourages people to take matters into their own sanitized hands.

This is not how our state should be rolling into reopening.

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GUEST OPINION: BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE VACCINATION CLINIC

I’ve been volunteering at the vaccine clinic at the county fairgrounds since just after it opened on January 21. It’s been one of the most rewarding—and intense—experiences of my life.

After less than two weeks, the clinic is running nearly seamlessly.

Many people have told me that their entire experience from parking to exiting after their 15-minute respite (an observation period to watch for any serious side effects) has taken less than an hour. Contrast that with the long lines and wait times in other states. (Please note that appointments are required; walk-ins are not taken and there is no waitlist).

The clinic is the result of a strong partnership between the Deschutes County public health department and St. Charles. The leadership team (“incident command”) has done a phenomenal job of coordinating the efforts of hundreds of volunteers, including dozens of members of the Oregon National Guard, and it runs like clockwork.

In fact, Deschutes County has done such a good job, ramping up to about 2,500 shots/day (so far), that we currently have the highest per capita rate of inoculations in Oregon other than Wheeler County, which has a population of less than 1,500.

My job is “flow,” managing the Disney World-like lines and ensuring that

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people move efficiently from the parking lot to check-in, registration, vaccination and then respite. To make the process even easier, second doses are scheduled before you leave.

In this role I often get to chat briefly with people as they wait their turn.

Many are emotional. All are gracious.

Some share how overwhelming it feels to go from months of social isolation to being plunged into this huge space with hundreds of people. Others cry out of sheer relief that there’s an end in sight. They have different reasons for coming. One gentleman told me that he had just buried a dear friend who had died from COVID. Another told me that he wants to get vaccinated so that he can help care for his disabled grandson.

It is a privilege to be giving back to my community in this way. In Central Oregon, people look out for each other. Hundreds have volunteered to work long shifts to help their friends and neighbors. For me, this is what makes living here so special.

If you’d like to help, you can sign up to volunteer on the Deschutes County website: https://www.governmentjobs. com/careers/deschutes/jobs/2881935/ public-health-reserve-corps Finally, please do get vaccinated as soon as you’re eligible—but please don’t cut in line, even if you somehow find a way to do so. With two additional vaccines likely to receive emergency authorization from the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] this month, supply should increase significantly and wait times will be shorter. You can sign up to be notified when it’s your turn at vaccine.deschutes.org/.

— Angelique Loscar volunteers at St. Charles and is currently having flashbacks to her days working at Disney World.

VACCINE

Kudos to the streamlined and efficient Covid vaccine operation at the Expo Center. Pleasant and kind workers and volunteers made the senior experience so easy. They all deserve our gratitude for a job well done!

—Melissa Elliott

VACCINES

I am writing this letter to express my anger and frustration at Governor Brown’s recent arbitrary decision to prioritize educators above seniors and those with underlying conditions, in obtaining the COVID 19 vaccine.

My husband is 65 years old with a defective mitral heart valve and will require surgery in the near future. We have been religiously following the guidelines with respect to social distancing and masking. We have not seen our children or grandchildren in over a year. I have not been able to visit my 87-year-old mother in over a year.

I am appalled that she would make this decision without seemingly understanding the full repercussions. If her motivation is to avoid hospitals filling up with COVID-19 patients, I fail to see the logic. Elderly people are the most vulnerable to this disease and those with underlying conditions the most likely to die.

Please help me to understand how this decision could possibly be in the interest of public health.

—Karen Jost

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Most everyone realizes that our country desperately need’s healing.

We are not making meaningful progress. The need for such essential human characteristics as compassion, humility, tolerance and graciousness is lacking any meaningful progress. As a result, we are becoming more polarized, violent, disrespectful and tribal. How can we move toward civility without significant improvement in the human character?

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Coronavirus Q&A: Practical Guidance for the Pandemic

From avoiding fogging your glasses to info about new strains in Bend, get answers to some common questions

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he public health guidance we’ve been hearing for months sounds so simple: Wear a mask, wash your hands and physically distance from people outside your household.

The thing is, it’s not that simple.

There are gray areas and nuances within each of those guidelines, and recommendations keep changing as new research emerges. With the recent arrival of more easily transmissible variants of the virus, even precautions that were good enough last month may no longer be sufficient.

With these issues in mind, we turned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other experts for answers to common questions.

MASKS How can I tell if my masks are good enough?

First, make sure your masks fit properly—not so tight that you can’t breathe but with no large gaps around the sides.

If your glasses fog up, that’s one sign of gaps. Second, make sure that you’re using masks with at least two, and preferably three, layers.

Next, run a couple simple home tests that aren’t scientific but do suggest mask effectiveness. For the “sunshine test,” hold each mask up to a light source. If light can pass through the mask, odds are the coronavirus can too. For the second test, popularized by Bill Nye “The Science Guy,” put on each mask and attempt to blow out a candle about a foot in front of your face. If your breath can get through to blow out the candle, the virus can probably squeeze through, too.

The good news? You don’t necessarily have to discard your ineffective masks. Instead, try wearing two at once and running the tests again. As noted later, doubling up on masks is recommended as an added defense against new variants.

Is it OK to keep wearing my mask when it gets wet from snow or sweat?

According to the CDC, you should change your mask when it gets wet.

That’s partly because it will be harder to breathe through but also because it won’t filter the virus as well.

Is there a clever way to help me remember my mask? I keep forgetting to carry it with me.

Masks are easy to forget! Some people hang clean masks on their door handles so they remember to grab them on the way out. Others keep a spare stash in a paper or mesh fabric bag in the car (the bags should be breathable).

After doing laundry, also consider putting clean masks in the pockets of your most-used jackets.

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Am I washing my mask right?

The CDC advises that people wash cloth masks at least once a day. It can go in with your regular laundry, or you can wash it with tap water and laundry detergent or soap.

HAND WASHING If I use hand sanitizer, do I also need to wash my hands?

Washing hands with soap and water is the best protection. Hand sanitizers that contain at least 60% alcohol are believed to destroy the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but they do not get rid of all types of germs, including certain noroviruses that can cause vomiting and diarrhea.

Also note that hand sanitizers aren’t as effective on dirty or greasy hands, and you have to use enough to thoroughly cover your hands. Then allow the sanitizer to dry (don’t wipe it off).

I know I have to wash my hands for 20 seconds. Do I also have to wait for the water to get warm?

No, cold water is fine.

Do I need to use antibacterial soap?

No, any type of soap is fine. According to the CDC, studies haven’t found any additional benefit from using soaps with antibacterial ingredients, and some studies suggest that using antibacterial soap may contribute to antibiotic resistance.

PHYSICAL DISTANCING If I’m 6 feet away from someone indoors; do I still have to wear a mask?

Yes, if they’re outside your household, you need to do both. To understand why, imagine if the other person were smoking a cigarette. You would smell less smoke if you were farther apart, but the smoke would float in the air, as some coronavirus particles do, and you would likely inhale it at some point. If you both mask up, there’s less “smoke,” or fewer virus particles, in the air and less chance of the other person inhaling them.

I need to have some plumbing work done inside the house. How can I make that safe for the workers and my family?

Talk with the company to make sure they’re taking precautions like wearing masks. If you can, leave the house while the workers are there. If that’s not possible, everyone in the house should wear masks and stay at least 6 feet apart.

Beyond those basics, the CDC recommends that you focus on ventilation. Open doors and windows if you can, and place fans nearby to blow the air outside. Also turn on exhaust fans in

A Deschutes County senior gets her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 29 at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center. After administering vaccines to 3,000 school staff members over the Jan. 23-24 weekend, and then opening up the vaccine pool to include those over age 75, Deschutes County public health officials announced that due to Gov. Kate Brown’s announcement that more vaccines would be routed to the Portland area, Deschutes County would not receive any more first-dose vaccines this week. First-dose vaccine appointments are now fully booked, and will reopen once the Oregon Health Authority releases more vaccines for Deschutes County.

your bathrooms and kitchen for an hour before and after the visit. The same goes for any portable air cleaners that you may have for wildfire smoke; they can also help filter virus particles from the air.

I’ve been in lots of situations in Bend—at food carts, when renting skis—where people are not physically distancing. What should I do?

There’s no one answer that fits all situations, but here are a couple things to keep in mind. One is that you need to prioritize your own health, so you may have to remove yourself from the immediate situation. Crowding indoors is especially unsafe, and more so if you are elderly or have underlying conditions.

A second thing to keep in mind is that it’s in the best interests of businesses to keep customers healthy and happy. In the ski rental situation, you might ask an employee if they will serve you outside.

At the food carts, you could ask a worker if they wouldn’t mind asking customers to spread out. Again, each situation is different, but staying safe is in everyone’s best interests.

If you have a bad experience, you can call or go online to report violations to the City of Bend.

GENERAL QUESTIONS I’ve been vaccinated. Can I still spread COVID-19?

Scientists aren’t yet certain if vaccinated people can still spread COVID-19, so the best advice is to act as though it is possible. That means continuing to mask up, wash your hands, and maintain physical distancing until research

confirms—possibly within just a few months—that you cannot give the disease to others.

Are any variants of the virus in Bend?

Yes. Wastewater testing by Oregon State University’s Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing has detected multiple variants of the coronavirus across Oregon, including one sample of the highly contagious U.K. strain in Bend.

The sample containing the U.K. strain was taken from Bend wastewater on Dec. 22. Genomic sequencing to identify the strain took a month, so presumably the variant has been in the city at least that long. With limited testing, it is unknown whether other strains are in Bend, and how prevalent they may be.

What can I do to protect myself and my family from the variants?

The variants first identified in the U.K, South Africa and Brazil have been shown to be more contagious than the original strain. They’re new, so scientists don’t yet know why these variants are spreading more easily.

For now, experts advise people to double down on the precautions they’ve already been taking. For example, double-masking when going to the grocery store can help ensure that you are filtering out the virus. And that’s if you go to the grocery store or other busy places.

Cutting down on the number of visits and amount of time you spend indoors with non-household members is a good idea, especially right now.

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¿Cómo puedo saber si mis cubrebocas son lo suficientemente buenos?

Primero, asegúrese que sus cubrebocas le queden bien—no tan apretado, que no le permite respirar, pero sin que le quede un hueco grande en los costados del cubrebocas. Si se le empañan los anteojos, quiere decir que hay un espacio hueco. Segundo, asegúrese de usar un cubrebocas con por lo menos dos capas o de preferencia tres.

Siguiente, haga un par de pruebas simples que no son específicas pero que sugieren el uso efectivo del cubrebocas.

Para la prueba de “luz solar”, sujete el cubrebocas frente a la luz. Si la luz puede pasar por el cubrebocas es posible que

el coronavirus también. Para la segunda prueba, polirizada de Bill Nye “El chico de la ciencia” póngase cada cubrebocas e intente apagar una vela a un pie de distancia de su cara. Si su respiración puede llegar a la vela y apagarla, el virus posiblemente también puede pasar a través del cubrebocas.

No es necesario descartar la efectividad del cubrebocas. En vez de hacer esto, trate de usar dos cubrebocas a lavez. ¿Si se moja con la nieve o se humedece, esta bien seguir usando el cubrebocas?

De acuerdo al Centro para el control y prevención de enfermedades, debe cambiarse el cubrebocas cuando se moje/humedezca. ¿Estoy lavando bien mi cubrebocas?

La CDC recomienda que las personas laven su cubrebocas de tele por lo menos una vez al día. La puede lavar junto con su ropa o la puede lavar con agua de la llave y con jabón para la ropa o trastes. ¿Si uso desinfectante para manos, necesito lavarme las manos?

Lavarse las manos con jabón y agua

es la mejor forma para protejerse. Los desinfestantes para mano contienen por lo menos 60% de alcohol y se cree que destruye el coronavirus que causa el COVID-19, pero no quitan todo tipo de germenes, incluyendo ciertos norovirus que pueden causar nausea y vómito.

También el desinfectante no es tan efectivo al usarlo en manos sucias o grasosas y necesita usar lo suficiente para cubrir completamente las manos.

Deje que secar el desinfectante (no se lo limpie).

Se que tengo que lavarme las manos por 20 segundos. ¿Necesito esperarar a que salga el agua tibia?

No, esta bien lavarse las manos con agua fría. ¿Necesito usar jabón antibacterial?

No, esta bien usar cualquier tipo de jabón.

Ya me vacunarón, ¿Puedo todavia propagar COVID-19?

Los científicos todavía no tienen la certeza si las personas vacunadas pueden seguir propagando el virus de COVID-19, así que hay que llevar la vida como si fuera posible propagarlo. ¿Hay algunas variantes del virus en Bend?

Sí. La prueba de aguas residuales elaborada por el Genome Research and Biocomputing de la universidad del estado de Oreon ha detectado múltiples variantes de Coronavirus alrededor del estado, incluyendo una muestra de una cepa altamente contagiosa del Reino Unido en Bend.

La muestra que contiene la cepa del Reino Unido fue tomada de las aguas residuales de Bend el día 22 de diciembre. Con pruebas limitadas, no se sabe si otras sepas se encuentran en Bend y que tan prevalentes pueden ser.

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Wyden Will Push for Green Jobs, Clean Energy as Chair of Senate Finance A chat with Oregon’s longtime Senator on a new regime in Washington, D.C., and more

By Aaron Switzer and Laurel Brauns

Source Weekly: Now that you’re chair of the Senate Finance Committee, what are some of your top goals for the coming years?

Sen. Ron Wyden: Well, the first will be hugely important to Central Oregon—renewable energy. Wind, solar, wave biomass… the list kind of goes on and on… Central Oregon, rural Oregon geothermal—there are 44 separate tax breaks for energy on the federal books today, and when I get to be officially the chair I’m going to basically say lights out

on that, because mostly they’re kind of monuments to yesteryear. Somebody powerful put something in, so I’m going to say the 44 are out and I’m going to have three—one for clean energy, one for clean transportation fuel and one for energy efficiency. And I’m saying to my Republican colleagues, ‘hey guys, you want fewer subsidies?’ I’ll help you get more green for less. Green from everybody’s wallet. And a kind of complement to this is my 21st Century Civilian Conservation Act, to put thousands of people to work in the woods.

SW: You’ve always had a big conservation base to your politics, and all the talk about the New Green Deal that went on under Trump—it seemed like that wasn’t really going to move forward. But now with this change of policy, do you feel a sense of optimism, or does it feel like business as usual?

RW: It is a great surge—but what’s different now is that it comes after four years, that on so many issues took our country in the wrong direction, needlessly polarized us, caused, around the country, for people to say, ‘was the President of the United States really holding people up to ridicule?’

You might remember the day that he mocked the journalists.

When we saw Joe Biden being sworn in… my wife and I were sitting. Garth Brooks of course performed—everybody loves Garth Brooks—he came off the podium and Barack Obama, for a second, holds out his hand. Garth Brooks throws his arms around Barack Obama and George W. Bush—who I disagreed with on plenty of stuff… all kinds of things—he sees Obama getting hugged by Garth Brooks, and he kind of goes, ‘hey, over here—where’s the love?’ and so George W. gets a hug.

These are all kind of little, small vignettes about this—but I think the country really wanted to turn the page.

Now having said that, Donald Trump got over 70 million votes, so there’s a lot to be done, particularly to address some of the economic despair that was a factor in all of this.

SW: In the communication we’ve had with a lot of conservatives in our reporting, even though they may not be saying it in public, there is this sense of relief that there’s somewhat of a return to business as normal. While they may not be saying it with the same

enthusiasm as Democrats, are you having that same kind of across-the-aisle communication where there’s a little bit of a wink, like, yeah, let’s do something, let’s get something done?

RW: I hope that will be the case.

When Barack Obama came in, Mitch McConnell said, ‘My number-one priority is to keep Barack Obama from getting a second term.’ I really hope that won’t be the case with Joe Biden. Working on the budget package, a lot of it goes to the Finance Committee—the checks and unemployment and that kind of thing—so, it’s going to be a heavy lift. As you know, some of the senior Republicans said they don’t like the package I’ve tried to work with. All of the moderates, they’ve said they wanted some of the benefits more targeted—happy to do that, but look at the jobs numbers from yesterday (Jan. 28); another big hit.

Sen. Wyden had lots more to say about the prospect of federally legal marijuana, Section 230 of the Federal Communications Decency Act and constitutionally protected speech, national vote-by-mail and more.

Listen to the full interview in the podcasts section of our website, bendsource.com.

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regon Sen. Ron Wyden has held his seat in the Senate chamber since 1996. Before that, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981-1996 for Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes most of Portland.

Thanks to the new Democratic majority in the Senate after the Georgia runoffs, Wyden is serving as the chair to the Senate Finance Committee which makes him one of the most influential elected leaders in the Senate. We chatted with Sen. Wyden in a recent episode of our “Bend Don’t Break” podcast. This print edition has been lightly edited for clarity.

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Couples, Keeping It Interesting

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In a global pandemic, many couples have spent the better part of a year together, for better or worse.

How are they keeping things interesting?

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or better or worse, for richer or poorer… over the past year, there’s no doubt that plenty of couples who have uttered those words during a traditional marriage ceremony have hearkened back to them, wondering whether they’d considered the advent of a year-long global pandemic when they said them. Whether married or otherwise, couples—like everyone else—have seen new challenges and unexpected circumstances arise over the past year.

With this Love Issue upon us, we wanted to know, how are couples keeping it interesting? How are they managing to handle the stress of the current situation without going nuclear?

To start, we asked our readers to weigh in. These are a few of their responses.

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is a robust, growing city embracing diversity, housing, traffic, political divergence, love of the outdoor fishing, hunting, bicycling, big truck loves merging. We are Bend. We are changing and growing. We will always love the smell of pine trees.” – Angela Carmen via Facebook Feeling the sexy vibes in a global pandemic OK, so that’s not the only way they’re keeping things interesting, right?

It might be a no-brainer to think that sex, and sales in the sex-toy industry, have gone up during the pandemic—but the stats are a bit more nuanced. Early on in the pandemic, in March 2020, researchers in China discovered that “sexual activity, frequency, and risky sexual behaviors all decreased significantActor Danny Kaye and friend Jennie Grossinger keep it real (and interesting) with this peck on the cheek, circa 1951.

- increase in sex toy sales in the U.K., from April 2019 to April 2020

“We plan and cook dinners together! We didn’t really have this in our lives pre-pandemic (he would cook, or I would, but not together). It’s a simple thing that we both have really grown to appreciate.” – Salena Baca via Facebook “We started taking West Coast Swing dance lessons on YouTube. So much fun.” – Christina Lowe via Instagram “Lucky for us I fight fire and am gone enough each year.” —Savanah Gardner via Facebook “We got a new hot tub, kinda puts you in a better mood and you sleep better.” Michael Morrow via Instagram “We ordered dinner in from a personal chef and it was amazing.” Businesses Uniting via Instagram “Our first full, entire winter staying in Bend in nine years—with Covid and bathroom remodeling. We love our neighborhood, our neighbors (friends), our neighborhood grocery store C.E. Lovejoy’s, sidewalks, nature paths and streets we can walk safely. Bend is a beautiful, growing, city to live. Keeping Bend, Bend— is not just a growth issue. Bend

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“no significant difference in frequency of sexual activity before or during the pandemic.”

“with particular emphasis on quiet and discreet vibrators, as well as a 173% increase in sex toys for men.”

ly during the coronavirus pandemic.

Individuals also reported a decrease in sexual desire,” according to the research paper, “COVID-19 and Coitus: Novel Times and Novelties as this Pandemic Fans an Already Flaming Epidemic,” produced by a team at Oklahoma State College of

Coupled up or no, sex toys sales are up And what about porn and sex toy usage? Both up. Consumption of pornography skyrocketed as soon as countries initiated stay-at-home orders. The day that Pornhub, a website offering pornographic material, offered free premium memberships to the entire country of Italy, traffic went up 57%, according to the Okla-

Oregon’s divorce rates: down in 2020 There’s no doubt that the economic and health concerns affecting society are causing stress inside people’s relationships. But according to the American Family Survey, a survey published in July by Deseret News/Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy, 58% of married women and men ages 18 to 55 said the pandemic has made them appreciate their spouse more. Meanwhile, 51% said their commitment to marriage had deepened.

And not only that, but the percentage of people who said their marriage was in trouble went down, from 40% in 2019 to 29% in 2020.

In Oregon in 2020, divorce filings were down 12%, according to the Institute for Family Studies, a conservative think tank with a mission “to strengthen marriage and family life.”

Those whose financial situation has gotten worse reported more stress in their marriages than those whose financial situation has improved during the pandemic, at 45% and 35% respectively, according to IFS.

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- increase in Italy’s traffic on the Pornhub site the day it made membership free

Osteopathic Medicine. But as the researchers also pointed out, another study also conducted in March found that in the United Kingdom, “Data revealed that sexual activity significantly increased with greater time spent in isolation.”

According to the Oklahoma paper, a pharmacy in Nottingham “reported an increase of 34% in regard to sales of medications for erectile dysfunction and premature ejaculation since the onset of self-isolation,” the Oklahoma researchers wrote. In another study of people in Bangladesh, India and Nepal in April, researchers found

Source: Pornhub Insights

homa paper. When California went into shelter in place for the first time in April, Pornhub traffic in the U.S. went up close to 10%. The Oklahoma paper also cited stats from BusinessInsider, which reported that sex toy sales in the U.K. were up 126% in April 2020 compared to April 2019,

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- decrease in divorce rates in Oregon in 2020 Source: Institute for Family Studies

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Pandemadating: Love is a Battlefield Reports from the trenches of those seeking love in the time of coronavirus

By K.M. Collins K.M. Collins

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he gap between those coupled up going into COVID and those not is as vast as a battlefield, casualties piled high on the latter side.

What’s a single lone-star cowpoke to do? Instead of standing in front of the loneliness firing squad, many have sought a partner through the modern marvel of the interwebs. These are their stories.

Let’s be real. Online dating is treacherous and awkward enough without newly requisite masks, sitting 6 feet apart, Zoom booty calls and 14-day quarantines prior to meeting IN REAL LIFE. Then again, people have always been willing to jump through hoops for romance— including the Evil Knievel-style ring of fire that defines digital dating.

Instead of asking how many dates are appropriate before a kiss, an overnight or a consummation with a perfect stranger, people are now asking, how many dates until we can meet in person? Instead of the good old-fashioned questions like, “Have you been tested for STDs?” now, standard queries are, “Will you get an invasive COVID screening?”

To make matters worse—according to some reconnaissance—the habit of ghosting is more popular than ever. A local writer we’ll call Amy, cyber dating in 2020, found, “TONS of Californians who want[ed] to meet up one time and then ghost.

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photo and post is carefully inspected to learn everything one can about a person in advance of meeting them.

Richard insists it’s a way for some to get a jumpstart on first date third-degree jealous questioning. Yikes! Duck and cover.

What’s worse than being backdoored? Being fished by a mediocre kayaker with top-notch clickbait. Let me explain. Last fall, when a local whitewater boater, we’ll call her Tam-

Let’s be real. Online dating is treacherous and awkward enough without newly requisite masks, sitting 6 feet apart, Zoom booty calls and 14-day quarantines prior to meeting IN REAL LIFE. Did they hope for a one-night stand?

I don’t roll like that. It’s been a really weird experience having so little care and/or interest shown in actually making a connection.” Has the swipe-right digital meet/meat-market stolen our every civility and sense of decorum?

What’s worse than being ghosted? Being backdoored by a 50+ yearold and her gaggle of girl crew. A man we’ll call Richard defines the term “backdoored” as a process of digitally stalking a dating prospect. Cyber voyeurism, if you will. With the precision of a fine-tooth comb, each

my, noticed familiar kayaking photos popping up on a random male Tinder profile, she started asking questions.

Turns out the digital Casanova was thieving waterfall drop pics from other accounts and attempting to pass them off as his.

“At first, we roasted him on social media because it was funny, then a few women spoke up about him being legit creepy to them and asking for sex videos and such…. I felt like an Instagram roasting was in order ♀,” shares Tammy. She posted screenshots of the interaction and rallied moral support in the boating community for this

guy’s Tinder victims.

All this sound a bit lackluster?

Are you too lazy to fill out a polished Tinder or Bumble profile with a little-house-on-the-prairie, new-wave colonial, high-desert outdoorsy, nonchalant-hipster, I-just-wake-up-looking-like-this-model filter? Here’s an alternate option from the author that hasn’t produced the love of her life, but has filled some of the solitude void during COVID plague fallout. Take a stab at Russian-roulette speed dating—a la the ski lift.

Here’s how it works. Head up to the mountain solo. Get in line.

Get matched with another single to ride the lift with. Once seated on opposing bench ends, while hiding under balaclavas and goggles, assess each other purely on personality and outer apparel/hard goods ski brands. H2NO vs GORT(S)EX. If the match seems promising, offer to take a run together at the top of the lift. Anytime the match becomes unwelcome (this does not count as ghosting), break off with a simple wave good-bye carefully timed with a last-minute dash for the West Village get-back. But if there’s chemistry, keep up the hot laps.

If you have to dodge dating landmines, at least do it while you’re shredding. Two birds, one stone.

Just saying. See you on the lift…

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To Avoid Fires, Sisters Folk Festival Moves to October A new date, concert pods and virtual classes ahead for the popular fest

By Isaac Biehl Rob Kerr

Rising Appalachia performs on the Five Pine stage at a past Sisters Folk Festival.

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his week, Sisters Folk Festival announced that the festival will move the date of the popular fall gathering into October, in hopes of avoiding wildfire/smoke season. This year the festival will take place Oct. 1-3. That is, of course, if it’s held at all. Many popular and larger festivals like Coachella and Stagecoach, and Glastonbury in Europe have already announced cancellations this year. The advantage that SFF has is that it’s later in the year when we might see a potential decline in the severity of COVID-19.

In place of last year’s festival, SFF planned to hold a weekend of socially-distanced outdoor shows (part of their Close To Home series) over the usual September weekend, but had to cancel last minute due to the wildfires.

So not only are concert promoters planning with an unknown pandemic future, but in Central Oregon they're also thinking about the environment and weather.

“It was chilling to think that, had the Sisters Folk Festival not been postponed due to the pandemic, we would have been looking at our second festival cancellation due to wildfire smoke in four years.

It was clear to the board and staff that difficult decisions had to be made for the long-term survival of the festival,” said SFF executive director Crista Munro.

Before 2020's cancellation, most will remember the festival being canceled in 2017. Creative Director Brad Tisdel recalls moving the Song Academy in 2003 and 2006 due to smoke, and vividly remembers fires during the 2012 festival.

“In 2012, the Pole Creek Fire erupted on Sunday morning of the festival and over our nine stages we made announcements that the town was OK, but the fire grew to be one of the worst in the area,” says Tisdel. “ I remember going out to the Sunday morning community show and seeing the fire erupt just outside of town, and then being at the Depot Cafe watching Gregory Alan Isakov perform with a massive plume of smoke rising behind

the building to the west.”

This year Munro says SFF also plans to host four weekends of shows outside at Sisters Art Works, just like the Close To Home series last year. This means socially-distanced seating pods and two times per evening for shows (Friday and Saturday), with the same acts playing both times the same night. The following night would be new acts.

“That allows for maximum efficiency in producing shows for a relatively small number of people, compared to what we’re used to hosting. It’s important to our staff and board that we continue to offer programming in whatever ways we can until things return to a more normal state; seeing the enjoyment on the faces in the crowd, and the huge smiles on the artists on stage makes it worth the effort,” Munro told the Source.

Other SFF programming planned so far this year includes a slate of virtual workshops and weekend workshops over the next few weeks. The Americana Song Academy for Youth will most likely be virtual this year and is set for April 23-25, Munro said. She hopes to be able to return to in-person, small-size classes, workshops and camps in early summer when the weather is warmer and activities can be held outdoors. But as she notes, it’s still too soon to make that call.

“We don’t know what OHA [Oregon Health Authority] will be requiring yet, but we are operating under the assumption that guidelines will be similar to last summer, so we will sell seating pods as opposed to individual tickets, require proper face mask usage of all attendees and have rigorous sanitation measures in place for those concerts,” says Munro.

“We might end up doing five to six weekends of these concerts if it looks like we won’t be able to have a ‘normal’ festival in 2021. Right now everything at SFF is based on scenario planning and staying ready to change gears once we have the information needed to make final decisions.”

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A seasonal multi-media experience perfect for celebrating safely with the whole family. Playing on a loop, the animation will be between five and 10 minutes long. Viewers are encouraged to remain in their cars as they enjoy the show. Fri., Feb. 5 & Sat., Feb. 6, 6-9:30pm. Redmond City Hall, 411 SW 9th St., Redmond. Free.

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Outdoor live music is going strong! Join the Sisters Depot this weekend for live music on its patio, complete with heaters, tents and fire pits. Make a reservation or stop in and grab a bite or brew from their kitchen while you jam out. Sat., Feb. 6, 6-8:30pm. Sisters Depot, 250 W Cascades Ave., Sisters. No cover.

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HIGH DESERT NIGHTS AT BUNK + BREW WEEKLY CONCERT SERIES

High Desert Music Collective is partnering with Bunk + Brew to bring live music back to Central Oregon. Come on down for the first week of music featuring Mougli & the Blues and Manuel Bair. Covered igloos, warm fires and plenty of beer will keep you warm while you listen. Fri., Feb. 5, 5-7pm. Bunk + Brew Historic Lucas House, 42 NW Hawthorne Ave., Bend. No cover.

A streaming musical journey with 12-piece orchestra! Take a stroll through history featuring the music, sounds and even vintage comedy from the early 20th Century. Ends Sat. Feb. 6, 6pm.towertheatre.org/ tickets-and-events. $20.

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This insightful talk will take a look at why we tend to reject science and facts when they don’t align with our ideological positions. Follow along as the presenters use high-stakes, real-world examples of this phenomena in action, plus learn how to take steps to overcome this tendency in your everyday life and in the political sphere. Mon., Feb. 8, 6-7:30pm. sciencepub-whenideologytrumpsscience.eventbrite.com. Free.

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PLANNED PARENTHOOD 12TH VALENTINE’S BENEFIT AUTHOR! AUTHOR!: TA-NEHISI COATES ANNUAL STORIES FROM THE DARK SIDE OF DATING IN CONVERSATION WITH MITCHELL S. JACKSON

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Join in for a conversation between two distinguished writers. Ta-Nehisi Coates is a writer in residence at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and the author of several award-winning works including the bestselling, “Between the World and Me.” Mitchell S. Jackson is the winner of a Whiting Award and is known for his nonfiction and novel writing. Sun., Feb. 7, 4pm. dplfoundation.org/author-author. $25.

Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra “Stage and Screen Spectacular”

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Tai Chi is a movement-based practice that helps balance your energies and mind. Learn the basics from Master JianFeng Chen in this virtual class. Register early as space is limited! Mon., Feb. 8, 6-7pm. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/60980. Free.

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Kick off Black History month with MOsley WOtta, local spoken-word artist and equal rights activist. An evening of poetry and storytelling that celebrates the history and future of the Black community, with a focus on advocating for continued equitable change. Fri., Feb. 5, 12:30-1:30pm. cocc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJclceqppzstHtXE-D9iQqUnknYBzJtEOoPS. Free.

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An evening of laughs and lost love. Oregon’s wittiest storytellers are pouring their hearts out online for this fundraising event celebrating bad dates, silly romances and the stumbling quest for love. The virtual-style event means you can join in the fun from anywhere! Wed., Feb. 10, 6-8pm. weareplannedparenthoodaction.org/a/its-not-me-its-you-storiesdark-side-dating-2021. $25.

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Eagle Crest is hosting a season of fun on its expansive patio. Music, games, drinks and food; there is sure to be something for everyone to enjoy! Olivia Harms will be kicking off the live music at an event that is promised to go on rain or shine! Sat., Feb. 6, 11am-6pm.

Niblick & Greenes at Eagle Crest, 7535 Falcon Crest Dr., Redmond. No cover.

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entertainment, sights, sounds, and comedy of the early 20th Century. Jan. 28- 6pm. $20.

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Tower Theatre Peacherine Ragtime Society

Orchestra Enjoy the musical journey through the entertainment, sights, sounds, and comedy of the early 20th Century. Jan. 28-Feb. 6, 6pm. $20.

Cabin 22 Locals’ Wednesdays Trivia at Cabin 22 Locals Wednesday Trivia, outside on the patio.

Specials all day! 6-8pm. Free.

Worthy Brewing Star Bar Sessions With Eric

Leadbetter and Friends Join us in our roasty, toasty, covered Star Bar or on our spacious, socially-cushioned patio around the fires for live music, great food, and a slice of “normalcy”. Eric Leadbetter will be hosting this cozy event and inviting some friends each week to join him. 5:30pm. No cover.

Bunk+Brew Presents: Saturdays in the Yard with Mystic Jake Live music originals by Mystic Jake - an impromptu fusion of country blues, tribal beats, and healing electronic energy presented through original tunes by Jake Soto and fantastical rhythm arrangements by Jhana and Bob Morris. 5-7pm. No cover.

Sisters Depot Bart Hafeman at Sisters

Depot Many of our favorite musicians have not been able to perform for the last year due to Covid-19 venue restrictions. Even with heaters, tents and fire pits, please dress accordingly and feel free to bring a blanket to stay toasty. Reservations accepted at SistersDepot.com 6-8:30pm.

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Bridge 99 Bundle up and join us for trivia outdoors at Bridge 99. Fire pits, heaters, food trucks and brews are on the ready. 6-8pm. Free.

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. 7-9pm.

Sisters Virtual Americana Song Share A song share virtual gathering for high school students on Thursday evenings. Feb. 4, 6:30pm. $50.

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River’s Place Trivia Brunch Edition! Yummy new brunch options from the food trucks and of course Mimosas from the tap house. Free to play and prizes to win! 12-1:30pm.

9 Tuesday Initiative Brewing Tuesday Night Trivia in Redmond It’s UKB Trivia outdoors on the partially sheltered patio with gas fire pits. It’s free to play with prize cards to win! Event is on each week, weather permitting, so dress warm!

6:30-8:30pm. Free.

10 Wednesday Cabin 22 Locals’ Wednesdays Trivia at Cabin 22 Locals Wednesday Trivia, outside on the patio.

Specials all day! 6-8pm. Free.

Sisters Sisters Songworks 2.0: An Intimate Writing Retreat Sisters Songworks is an intimate and intensive virtual writing retreat celebrating and exploring the art of songwriting in community. 6pm. $175.

Leadbetter and Friends Join us in our roasty, toasty, covered Star Bar or on our spacious, socially-cushioned patio around the fires for live music, great food, and a slice of “normalcy”. 5:30pm. No cover.

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MUSIC The Ultimate Oldies Show A locally-produced,

Society Orchestra A streaming stage and screen spectacular! Enjoy the musical journey through the

Bunk+Brew Presents: Ski Films in The Yard Heated igloos, bonfire pits, and warm

spiced wine all available for you to enjoy the stoke in comfort. Fridays. Through Feb. 26. Bunk+Brew Historic Lucas House, 42 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend.

Contact: 458-202-1090. info@bunkandbrew.com.

syndicated, weekly, thematic two-hour radio show highlighting the music 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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Classics Book Club We will discuss Beowulf:

A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley.

Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info. Feb. 10, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@ roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

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Celebrating Black History Month with MOsley WOtta MOsley WOtta is a local

spoken word artist and equal rights activist excited to share the power of words in advocating for the support and empowerment in black and brown lives in Central Oregon. Feb. 5, 12:30-1:30pm.

a a brief overview of the council’s programs and services, including restoration, monitoring and education programs. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/ event/61368 Feb. 4, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-312-1029. laurelw@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Our First Amendment - From Sedition to Wedding Cakes? Our discussion will take

us from insurrection to confections and back again.

Space is limited and registration is required. Feb. 3, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-312-1032. lizg@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Resilient You! An 8-Week Class; Ignite Your 12 Spiritual Powers and Create a Radiant Life! Learn how to harness the 12

Powers of wisdom, love, strength, faith, imagination, order, understanding, will, power, zeal, release, and life itself in order to free yourself from suffering and to thrive in this world! Mondays, 5:307pm. Through March 29. Contact: 541-390-8244. janeyhiatt@gmail.com. $75.

Science Pub: When Ideology Trumps Science: Why We Question the Experts on Everything From Climate Change to Vaccinations Using examples from

high-stakes policy debates centered on hot-button controversies such as climate change, immunization and stem cell research, Wolters and Steel document the many reasons policymakers decline to take science into account when making decisions that affect the general population. Feb. 8, 6-7:30pm. Free.

Webcast: Tongass National Forest: Our Most Powerful Natural Climate Solution

Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson. Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info. Feb. 3, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

cuss The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune.

Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info. Feb. 8, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@ roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Planned Parenthood 12th Annual Valentine’s Benefit: “It’s Not Me, It’s You: Stories from the Dark Side of Dating”

Every year since 2010, PPAO has invited Oregon’s sharpest storytellers to pour their hearts out for a good cause — and our 2021 edition will be available online, so you can join the fun no matter where you live! Feb. 10, 6-8pm. $25.

Scholastic Parents Night Hosted by John Schu, focusing on keeping kids engaged as readers.

Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for online link. Feb. 10, 4-6pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. Free.

ETC. Bunk+Brew Presents: The Big Game in The Yard We will have the big game showing and food and drink specials from Old Ironwood Taps and Alebrije. Feb. 7, 3pm. Bunk+Brew Historic Lucas House, 42 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend. Contact: 458-202-1090.

Preventative Walk-In Pet Wellness Clinic The Bend Spay and Neuter Project offers

vaccinations, deworming and microchips at our walk-in wellness clinic. Saturdays, 9am-2pm. Bend Spay & Neuter Project, 910 SE Wilson, Suite A1, Bend. $10-$30.

Women’s Share Healing Circle We all ex-

perience challenges on our journey of life. Together We uplift and encourage as we connect and share.

Sun, Feb. 7, 9am. Free.

VOLUNTEER Call for Volunteers - Play with Parrots!

Volunteers needed at Second Chance Bird Rescue!

Located past Cascade Lakes Distillery, call for hours and location. Contact: 916-956-2153.

CASA Training to Be A Voice for Kids in Foster Care Become a CASA at our free online

This presentation will feature the fish, wildlife, and human communities that depend on the Tongass - and an exploration of how preserving it and other mature and old-growth forests is key to combating climate change. Feb. 3, 6pm. Free.

training in 2021. Tuesdays, Noon-3pm. Through Feb. 23. Contact: 541-389-1618. mjohnson@casaofcentraloregon.org. Free.

Zach Filkins at Box Factory Local artist

Central Oregon Volunteer Kickoff Party

Zach Filkins will display his artwork in our Box Factory Breezeway. Pieces will be available for purchase and a percentage of proceeds will go towards The Giving Plate. Feb. 1-March 26. Box Factory, 550 SW industrial way, Bend.

WORDS The winter fun never has to stop with two nights of ski films to inspire your next ride. Join the Tin Pan Theater Thursdays at 6:30pm in the Alley for vintage films or catch a viewing at Bunk + Brew in the Yard on Fridays.

writer in residence at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. He is also the current author of the Marvel comics The Black Panther and Captain America. Mitchell S. Jackson is the winner of a Whiting Award. Feb. 7, 4pm. $25.

Thursday Night Vintage Ski Film Button up your favorite ski suit and come on out! Serving up beer, wine, hot cider, cocoa, tea, fresh hot theater popcorn! Thursdays, 6:30pm. Through April 1. Tin Pan Alley, Off Minnesota, between Thump and the Wine Shop, Bend. $15-$30.

Know Flow - Habitat Restoration & Upper Deschutes Watershed Council Get

High Desert Nights @ Bunk+Brew HDMC and Bunk+Brew present a weekly Friday night concert series featuring Bend’s best local artists! Join us this week for the Mougli & the Blues and Manuel Bair! 5-7pm. No cover.

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FILM EVENTS

Author! Author!:TA-NEHISI COATES, in conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson Ta-Nehisi Coates is a distinguished

Submitting an event is free and easy.

You’ll learn how your skills can support the Walk to End Alzheimer’s Planning Committee to make a real difference in our community. Feb. 10, 5:30-6:30pm.

Contact: 541-230-9594. kmbertholet@alz.org. Free.

Volunteer Opportunity There’s everything

from small engine, fencing, troubleshooting in a barn/rescue facility that require TLC repairs.

Please call and leave a message. Mondays-Sundays, 9am-6pm. Mustangs to the Rescue, 21670 McGilvray Road, Bend. Contact: 541-330-8943. volunteer@MustangstotheRescue.org.

Add your event to our calendar at bendsource.com/submitevent

2020 Annual Report

Discover Your Forest is dedicated to promoting the discovery of the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grassland by enriching the experience of visitors, building community support and creating the next generation of environmental stewards.

PROUD PARTNER OF

www.discoveryourforest.org

2020 ANNUAL REPORT

Dear Supporters, At Discover Your Forest, 2020 was filled with challenges, setbacks and heartbreak like it was for many. The impacts to our partners and programs stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, the devastation felt by our friends and neighbors in a catastrophic wildfire season and the pain in our community stemming from centuries of social injustice challenged us to deliver our mission in new ways. 2020 was also filled with innovation, self-reflection and triumph over adversity. Discover Your Forest, our staff, partners and volunteers showed incredible commitment to our core values and found ways to impact, inspire, inform and be of service to our community. With Visitor Centers closed and Interpretive Programs cancelled, our staff worked tirelessly to serve visitors through virtual interpretive opportunities, printed materials for visitors and providing support to our partners to sell recreation passes, maps and materials online.

Our conservation education programs were replaced with virtual programs delivered to hundreds of students as part of their remote learning reality. These programs provided invaluable support to teachers who were asked for so much this year. We could not be more proud of our education staff who rose to the occasion and rapidly pivoted their programs to this incredibly challenging format to serve students and teachers when they needed us most.

This spring and summer, our Volunteers on the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests largely stood down as a measure to protect themselves and others from the spread of COVID-19. As time progressed, many trails volunteers found ways to serve safely and they were able to make incredible impacts and provided much improved experiences for the exploding numbers of recreationists on the Forest in 2020.

Our residential volunteer program this year welcomed 14 camp hosts in the Newberry Caldera. These incredible volunteers served the public tirelessly this summer and were truly on the front lines providing families with incredible camping experiences on our forest. We are so thankful for the work of these amazing individuals!

As people around our country fought for social justice, Discover Your Forest endeavored to identify and acknowledge the disparities and threats facing Black, Indigenous, People of Color, the LGBTQ+ community and people experiencing disabilities that occur on our Public Lands. We have strengthened our commitment to making our programs and our Public Lands welcoming and safe for all people. We are taking action on all fronts to engage with our community members and change our way of doing business to serve our broader community in a more just and equitable way.

BY THE NUMBERS

$500K+

raised to support our forests

2020 Winner

of the Public Lands Partner Award from the Public Lands Alliance

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Residential and camp host volunteers

1,079 VOLUNTEERS volunteer hours 2020 2019

53,064 117,373

volunteer service 2020 2019

1.44 million 2.98 million

6,000 KIDS Discover Your Forest adapted to serve local students through both in-person and virtual programs this year

In 2020 we saw a collective realization of the incredible value of our Public Lands. In addition to being places we play, Public Lands became places we went to be with our families, to heal our minds and bodies and to find peace.

We watched together and saw an explosion of use on our National Forests in 2020, with hundreds of thousands of users accessing new trails, learning new sports and spending much more time outside. With this use came new challenges. To address growing issues of resource damage, user conflict and safety, we are working hard to develop resources for visitors to understand how to recreate responsibly.

I want to close this letter with a message to all those who recreated on our National Forests in 2020. No matter where you call home, how you recreate or who you are, we are glad you’re here. Discover Your Forest invites each of you to explore how you can give back to the places that gave us so much this year. Reach out to volunteer, donate, attend a program or become a member. Do more than just visit.

Together we can create a bright future for our Public Lands.

With Gratitude,

Rika Ayotte Executive Director

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New VIRTUAL PROGRAMS available for students

In 2019, DYF hosted 11 INTERNSHIPS on the Deschutes and National Forest, paying nearly $20,000 IN STIPENDS.

G E T I N VO LV E D At Discover Your Forest, we want you to do more than just visit your public lands. If you love our National Forests, there are so many ways that you can connect, give back and make a difference in these special places. Here are a few ways to get involved:

VOLUNTEER

Central Oregon’s National Forests and Grassland is extremely grateful for the incredible community of diverse volunteers who are devoted to stewardship and their public lands. Whether you are an aspiring or an advanced outdoor enthusiast, our volunteers advocate for healthy forests and protection of natural landscapes by providing education to visitors, helping to maintain trails, serving at wilderness trailheads, picking up trash, preventing the spread of invasive plants, and much more. Our staff supports volunteers by onboarding, training and ensuring that everyone is having a rewarding and successful volunteer experience.

Are you interested in volunteering in your local Forest or Grassland? If so, come share your talents with us!. Learn more at discoveryourforest.org/volunteer, or reach out to our Community Engagement Director at 541-508-9899 or stacey.cochran@discovernw.org.

PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM

While in-person events are still on hold, Discover Your Forest is still offering some fun ways to take part in programs. From hosting Backcountry Film Festival virtually for the first time ever, to DIY Stargazing Kits, virtual snow science and more, we are still working to connect with our community. As things are changing every day still, the best way to stay up-to-date with our programs is to follow us on social media, or check in at discoveryourforest.com/all-programs.

DONATE

The stresses put on teachers and young students during the pandemic is hard to fathom – making it even more vital that we support them with quality programs this year. By investing in Discover Your Forest, you are helping to ensure our ability to offer important programs that protect the future of our Central Oregon forests. There are a

variety of ways to support us financially, and every dollar helps. Learn about all of them at discoveryourforest.org/donate

BECOME A MEMBER

You can show your support for the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forest and Crooked River National Grassland by becoming a member of Discover Your Forest. Your membership funds go toward conservation and interpretive efforts on our local National Forests.

For just $25 per year, you will receive: 15% Off In all DYF stores, along with reciprocal discounts in over 100 stores across the US, members only quarterly outings and discounts, as well as access to our quarterly newsletter and much more.

Signup is a breeze. Head to discoveryourforest.org/membership

CREATING THE NEXT GENERATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS At Discover Your Forest, we believe in the power of change. We believe the best gift we can give to future generations, and the best legacy we can leave behind, is a community of environmentally literate youth who are equipped with the skills to address current and future environmental challenges.

We offer programs across Central Oregon, serving children from preschool through college. All of our programs are offered completely free of charge.

We fundraise and strive to make sure that all children have the opportunity to fully participate regardless of their ability, language or socioeconomic status.

You can support these programs by volunteering, donating or simply helping to share our programs with parents and educators in your life. Together, we can create the next generation of environmental stewards.

WE WANT ALL STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAMS TO:

• Learn to enjoy the outdoors and develop a positive attitude toward the natural world • Observe and experience nature, becoming familiar with its systems and species • Understand the ecological web and its importance within Central Oregon and across the globe • Become environmentally literate and assume responsibility for the future • Understand the impact humans have on the environment and how to mitigate these impacts

T ES T I M O N I A LS SARAH WILSON

RANDY HARANO

KEVNEY DUGAN

TEACHER

VOLUNTEER

PARTNER

“Discover Your Forest was quick to adapt their elementary program to engage JCSD students participating in Comprehensive Distance Learning. This pivot enabled Jefferson County Community Learning Center to curate virtual enrichment class programming while students were learning from home. We are incredibly grateful to DYF for providing these learning experiences for our students!”

“Being a Volunteer Ranger has been the most rewarding volunteer endeavor of my life.

I’ve had the opportunity to meet people from all over the world and help them to understand the marvelous historic and geologic wonders on Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Being a volunteer ranger has simply been awesome! Amazing staff and coworkers make it a fun place to be. You can’t beat a day on the Monument greeting visitors and working with amazing staff.”

“This year taught us just how valuable our National Forests are to our community. Discover Your Forest plays an essential role in giving visitors the tools they need to become stewards of their Public Lands. We are proud to partner with them to help preserve and protect these special places.”

M E E T O U R S TA F F RIKA AYOTTE

GAIL WHELAN

Executive Director

Rika has been the Executive Director of Discover Your Forest since 2015. Her background is in museums and she has experience in executive leadership, public programs and education. Rika’s role is to grow the philanthropic support base, to ensure our financial future and to enable us to better serve our public lands.

KAREN GENTRY

Gail has been with us since 2012. She is responsible for 11 retail stores in Central Oregon and manages recreation pass sales for our Forest Service partners, accounting for 5 sites within the Deschutes National Forest. She stocks a wide selection of maps, books, interactive and fun educational retail items in all of our visitor centers and ranger stations.

Education & Interpretation Director

AMY JENSEN

Karen has been with Discover Your Forest since 2010.

She oversees the creation and facilitation of all of our programming; spanning seasons, topics, audiences and forests. She also acts as the trainer for our volunteer interpreters, and leads community projects throughout Central Oregon.

STACEY COCHRAN

PROTECTING OUR PUBLIC LANDS

BECKY YAEGER

Check the status of the place you want to visit. If it is closed, don’t go. If it’s crowded, have a Plan B.

PLAN AHEAD

Prepare for facilities to be closed, pack lunch and bring essentials like hand sanitizer and a face covering.

PRACTICE PHYSICAL DISTANCING

Keep your group size small. Be prepared to cover your nose and mouth and give others space. If you are sick, stay home.

PLAY IT SAFE

Slow down and choose lower-risk activities to reduce your risk of injury. Search and rescue operations and health care resources are both strained.

F I N A N C I A LS 4% Events 10%

Donations

2020 INCOME 42% Retail

EXPLORE LOCALLY

Limit long-distance travel and make use of local parks, trails and public spaces.

Be mindful of your impact on the communities you visit.

LEAVE NO TRACE

Respect public lands and waters, as well as Native and local communities. Take all your garbage with you.

BUILD AN INCLUSIVE OUTDOORS

Be an active part of making the outdoors safe and welcoming for all identities and abilities.

For more information, visit recreateresponsibly.org or discoveryourforest.org/ TakeCareOutThere

OUR DONORS

30% Staff Expense

3%

Grants

2020 EXPENSES

23%

Forest Service

31%

37%

Conservation Education Specialist

Since 2018, Becky has been coordinating conservation education programs at sites across the forests. After leading snowshoe tours for students during Winter 2020, Becky converted her field trips to virtual explorations.

She made video lessons and new online activities for distance learning that have allowed a majority of kids to continue participating in DYF programs.

KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

2020 pushed our public lands further than any year before. With unprecedented use across the globe, forests and grasslands saw record numbers of visitors in dire need of both the serenity and thrill that nature offers.

With thousands flocking to their public land sites, it is more important than ever to educate and encourage best practices. Our partners at the Forest Service worked to compile information to keep visitors, wildlife and our wild places safe:

18% Trails Coalitions

Marketing & Events Director

Amy joined the team in 2019. Her role includes the planning and execution of major annual fundraising events such as Stars Over Newberry, Campout for Public Lands, and Backcountry Film Festival. She also runs our membership program and oversees all marketing efforts.

Community Engagement Director

Stacey started with Discover Your Forest in 2014 as their event and volunteer coordinator. Growing into the Community Engagement director role, she cultivates relationships with community members to support their success as a volunteer steward, making sure they have everything they need for an incredible and rewarding experience. Stacey also manages our career pathways program, fostering mentored experiential learning for youth who are passionate about the health of our public lands.

Retail Operations Coordinator & Business Manager

Program Expense

2%

Events

Retail Expense

$10,000+

$2,500+

Mt. Bachelor REI US Forest Service US Fish and Wildlife Service Visit Central Oregon Roger Worthington Worthy Garden Club Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board

Cascades East Transit

$5,000 + Children’s Forest of Central Oregon

$1,000+ Sunriver Rotary Club Foundation Sisters Movie House

$500+ Winter Wildlands Alliance Earthcruiser USA LLC Pine Mt Sports Gray Family Foundation Victoria Gordon & Robert Bradley John Hope

Discover Your Forest would also like to recognize and thank the hundreds of other donors and members who provided additional support throughout the year.

EVENTS

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT

Volunteer with Salvation Army The Salva-

tion Army has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for almost every age. Contact: 541-389-8888.

GROUPS & MEETUPS All Jewelry Show Showing local central

Beginning Quilting Learn to develop and sew a quilt from start to finish. Feb. 4, 1pm. SHARC, 57250 Overlook Rd., Sunriver. Free.

High Desert Corvette ClubDue to COVID,

the kids after school for Half-Day Ninja Warrior Camps! Wednesdays, 1:30-4:30pm. Through May 26.

Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99 per child. 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.

Mini-Yogi + Me 4-Week Series (Livestream) Parents and kids (ages 2 - 6) will have a

blast during these fun, upbeat livestream yoga classes! Tuesdays, 10:30-11am. Through Feb. 23. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $34.

Know Flow - Electric Vehicles 101

ing ninja warrior buddies as they develop fundamental coordination skills. Wednesdays, 5-5:50pm and Thursdays, 3:30-4:20pm. Through May 27. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99 per child.

LWV of Deschutes County First Thursday: Warm Springs Reservation Learn

more about health, educational, environmental, and political issues as they relate to life on the reservation. zoom.us/j/2141001920 Passcode:LWVDC Feb. 4, 11:30am-1pm. Contact: 206-390-8507. info@ lwvdeschutes.org. Free.

Museum and Me A quieter time for children

and adults who experience physical, intellectual and/or social disabilities to enjoy the High Desert Museum after hours. Feb. 6, 4-7pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Contact: 541382-4754. bburda@highdesertmuseum.org. Free.

FAMILY & KIDS Baby Ninja + Me Cuties (10 months-24 months) plus adult will bond and have a blast during this unique yoga and ninja warrior class!

Wednesdays, 11-11:45am. Through June 2. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99 per Child.

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.

Foundations of Kids Yoga Training Join

Deven Sisler to receive practices you can share right away, as well as a supportive community for cultivating your own self-care. Fri, Feb. 5, 5-8:30pm, Sat, Feb. 6, 1-5:30pm, Sat, Feb. 13, 1-5:30pm and Sat, Feb. 20, 1-5:30pm. Contact: 541550-8550. namaspayoga@gmail.com. $360-$450.

Kids Ninja Warrior Class Unique to Bend,

your kids (age 6-10) will gain amazing abilities through obstacle course training. Tuesdays, 3:304:30pm, Wednesdays, 6:15-7:15pm and Thursdays, 5-6pm. Through May 27. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend.

Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99 per child.

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LEGO Robotics This club is all about problem

please check our website for meeting details: highdesertcorvettes.org Second Tuesday of every month, 6-7:30pm. Contact: 909-994-7500.

1991highdesertcorvettes@gmail.com. TBD. Join this live webinar to learn the basics about Electric Vehicles. Register for the Zoom link here: deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/61369 Feb. 9, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-312-1029. laurelw@ deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

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Kids Ninja Warrior Half-Day Camp Drop-off

Nano-Ninja Class Kids (age 4-5) will love mak-

Needle Felting at Wild Child Create a

Virtual classes from Free Spirit keep kids and parents moving and exploring. Mini Yogi + Me Series, Tuesdays throughout Feb. at 10:30am.

Locals’ Night We offer $3 Pints of our core line

Capoeira: A Perfect Adventure Learn the Brazilian art form of Capoeira. Text 541-678-3460 for location and times. Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays, 6pm. $30 intro month.

Locals’ Day Come on down to Bevel Craft Brew-

In-Person Yoga at LOFT Wellness & Day Spa In-person yoga classes at Bend’s newest

up beers and $4 pours of our barrel aged beers all day. Mondays. Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. ing for $4 beers and cider and $1 off wine all day.

Tuesdays. Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour Rd. Suite B, Bend. Contact: holla@bevelbeer.com.

cute wool felted valentine for your child! This is a parents only class. Limited to 10. Feb. 10, 10am.

Wild Child, 680 SW Powerhouse Dr, Bend. Contact: wildchildbend@gmail.com. $30.

Ninja Elite Class Kids (age 8 - 12) come increase your athletic performance through the exciting sport of Ninja Warrior! Tuesdays, 5-6pm. Through May 25.

Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99 per child.

Redmond Northern Lights: Valentine’s Show Original, fun, and family friendly

Monkless Belgian Ales Beer Release Curtain Closer - Extremely Limited Our

super limited 12% Belgian Quintuple aged on raspberries and cacao. Feb. 9, Noon-8pm. Monkless Belgian Ales Brasserie, 803 SW Industrial Way, Bend.

Contact: 541-797-6760. aaron@monkless.com.

ATHLETIC EVENTS Bend Area Running Fraternity The group

animation that interacts with the building’s facade, this light show experience is the perfect way to remain COVID safe while still celebrating Valentines Day! . Fri, Feb. 5 & Sat, Feb. 6, 6-9:30pm. Redmond City Hall, 411 SW 9th St, Redmond. Free.

FOOD EVENTS

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.

some sweet tunes, get toasty by the fire, grab a bite and a brew with friends and family. Feb. 6, 11am-6pm. Niblick and Greenes at Eagle Crest, 7535 Falcon Crest Drive, Redmond. Free.

Apres Ski Special at Zpizza Tap Room

Apres Ski Special at Zpizza is happening Thur-Sun on our outside heated patio! Slice of premium pizza & beer- only $5! Thu.- Sun., 4-6pm. Zpizza Tap Room, 1082 SW Yates Drive, Bend. Contact: 541382-2007. bendsales@peppertreeinns.com. $5.

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 Flow - Beginning Tai Chi

Learn the very basics of footwork and upper body movements in this virtual beginner’s class led by Master JianFeng Chen. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/60980 Feb. 8, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-3121029. laurelw@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Livestream Pre + Postnatal Yoga Classes Safely strengthen and stretch their bodies, relax the mind, reduce discomfort, and improve postpartum recovery. Sundays, 10:30am. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-797-3404. info@freespiritbend.com. $9.

OUTDOOR EVENTS

Livestream Yoga Flow Classes Built around sun salutations and creative sequencing to build heat, endurance, flexibility and strength.

Tuesdays-Thursdays-Saturdays, 9:15-10:15am.

Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-7973404. info@freespiritbend.com. $9.

Freezing February: Virtual Polar Plunge Plungers will join the virtual festivities

BEER & DRINK

Intuitive Life Coaching Discover exactly what is blocking you from feeling peace, happiness and satisfaction in your life and relationships. We meet most weeks at the same time on Zoom. Wed, Feb. 3, 3pm. Free.

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.

Winter Wonderland, Saturday-Funday! Come down to NIB’s and enjoy

yoga studio! Tuesdays: Vinyasa. 5-6pm. Thursdays: Foundation Flow. 5-6pm. Loft Wellness & Day Spa, 339 SW Century Drive Ste 203, Bend. Contact: 541690-5100. info@loftbend.com. $20.

during the month of Freezin’ February while staying safe at home with family, friends or teammates! Feb. 1-27.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Befriending Chatarunga (round 2) Learn

proper alignment, options, strengthening, modifications for a healthy and powerful chatarunga.

Sat., February 6th, 2:30-3:45pm. Live via Zoom (or Bend Studio if open). Namaspa Yoga Studio, 1135 NW Galveston Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-550-8550. namaspayoga@gmail.com. $20.

Bend Pilates Bend Pilates is now offering a

full schedule of classes through Zoom! For more information visit bendpilates.net/classes/.

Weekend Services at Powell Butte Christian Church Saturday Night Cowboy

Church: 7pm (Historic Chapel): Sunday Morning: 8:30am and 10:30am (Worship Center), and 11:30am (Historic Chapel) Feb. 6, 7pm and Feb. 7, 8:30-11:30am. Powell Butte Christian Church, 13720 SW Hwy 126, Bend. Free.

Yoga Strong For Women 4-Week Series (Livestream) It’s your time to thrive—inside and out in our invigorating, replenishing and transformative yoga series designed just for women.

Sundays, 9:15-10:45am. Through Feb. 28. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $70.

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Valentines — Show your love you care and go bare down there!

Send the right KIND of flower, candies & chocolate this Valentine’s Day!

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By Nicole Vulcan

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Owner says, “We are still baking our little hearts out”

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Source Weekly: In March 2020 you wrote on Facebook, “With this virus outbreak and how serious it is, the restaurant industry will forever change. How can it not?” How has COVID impacted Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen since then?

Nickol Hayden-Cady: Covid has impacted Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen in all ways possible. Some of the more drastic measures we had to take along the way were, first having to close our doors and lay off all 18 employees in March in a matter of three days because we were not an operational to-go restaurant at the time. We needed to get creative with fundraising measures to ensure we could make it through a harsh Central Oregon winter with low tourism. We developed a fundraiser called Foxtail Reimagined where we teamed up with local artists to sell our rolling pins that made up our upstairs bannister, that were hand painted or designed as art. The fundraiser had moderate success but not enough to meet our needs. Had it not been for the PPP [Paycheck Protection Program] loan we would not have been able to reopen our doors in June. Our hopes for summer were dampened by decreased tourism, canceled or rescheduled weddings, and the fires; all of which had a severe financial burden on us. Ultimately, we had to make tough calls along the way, like cutting our savory brunch department and finally laying off our entire staff because of the continued freeze on restaurants due to Covid number spikes.

I started my restaurant as a place for people to gather and talk to one another. I envisioned a place where people could enjoy every medium of art, from the artistic farmers that grow beautiful food in Central Oregon, to the way the food was thoughtfully developed to encompass an experience and a visual beauty. The idea was to bring this to life with a beautiful mural, vibrant employees and playful dishes and pastries to savor the whimsical experience.

SW: There is a misconception that Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen is closed, but I’ve seen your pastries at Lone Pine Coffee Roasters. Are you still baking?

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Hayden-Cady bakes award-winning cakes that can still be ordered online.

NHC: We are still baking our little hearts out. Currently we are operating as a wholesale bakery, meaning we are not open to the public, but you can still enjoy our delicious, made from scratch pastries at Lone Pine Coffee Roasters, Backporch Coffee Roasters, Megaphone Coffee Co. and Still Vibrato Coffee. We will be having occasional pop-ups; the next one is for Valentine’s Day. You can pre-order our desserts online to pick up for Valentine’s Day loved ones by the 11th of February.

We still take birthday cake, cupcake and pie orders online with a three-day notice.

NHC: Well, what’s next for me is this: I fully intended to continue Foxtail in its current form at the moment until it sells or we are able to have 100% occupancy indoors again. As far as my future, all I can say presently is that it will entail giving back to the community, working with the land and pushing the same innovative spirit I have always given.

SW: Your business is up for sale.

Who are you hoping purchases Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen?

NHC: The community can help the restaurants that are still pushing to keep their employees employed and doors open, by continuing to support the businesses they don’t want to see close. First, show up as if this pandemic was not happening. Second, treat those in the service industry with respect. There is a lot of unkindness going on out there. Don’t take part in it and call it out when you see it.

NHC: I have always known that my purpose was to birth Foxtail. My soul had something to create and I knew that would be a huge sacrifice for myself and my family but it needed to come to life. I am so proud of what my mother and I have created. I achieved all my goals and dreams for Foxtail with the help of my incredible staff. If it wasn’t for this pandemic, we would have stayed on our projected growth path. When we decided to put Foxtail up for sale it was a very hard decision, but we know that someone else with more funds can truly make Foxtail magical and more attainable for the Pacific Northwest. Ideally I would like it to go to a person or couple who would carry on its legacy. I am proud of my vision and would like to see it continued and I know our loyal customers would as well.

SW: Do you know what’s next for you?

SW: Is there anything the community can do to help local restaurants survive the pandemic?

SW: What advice do you have for students?

NHC: For the Culinary and Pastry arts students out there, with the restaurant industry truly evolving into something I hope will be spectacular, this is your time to hone in on your skills. Find your purpose and style in Culinary Arts. Inspire others so they can find it in their soul to create. Be fully present in your craft and the essence of what you cook will be a force of pure enjoyment. Always allow yourself to dream big!

Lone Pine Coffee Roasters, a favorite downtown Bend haunt that last year moved from Tin Pan Alley to NW Harriman Street, now has a second location. Lone Pine’s “East End” location, at 1462 NE Cushing Drive Ste 160, in the new building behind the On Tap food cart pod, offers the same delicious coffee drinks and delightful pastries as the original location. Dare we say this is the coolest coffee spot to open in deep-east Bend, like, ever?

For now—as is the sign of the times—Lone Pine East End is open from 6am to 5pm every day, with takeout only. Its “Boomtown Location” at 910 NW Harriman Street is open from 7am to 5pm daily.

Don’t worry, coffee lovers: Someday you’ll get the chance to while away a Saturday inside one of the shops, gazing at your beautiful coffee drink…

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Founded in 1967 by two men, the company created an employee stock ownership plan in 1985. The Bend store is open 24 hours a day.

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n early January, the line wrapped around the Box Factory buildings and customers filed like soldiers 6 feet apart in the cold, waiting at least an hour to order pastries and treats on the last day Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen was open to the public. We checked in with chef owner Nickol Hayden-Cady to see what the future holds for one of Bend’s sweetest bakeries.

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a life choice (“A father”), or something a little more metaphysical (“A nobody”).

I refuse to spoil anything further, but by the end of the performance, each member of the audience that took choosing a card seriously was revealed not only to the audience, but to themselves, as well.

I had never heard of Delgaudio and had no idea he was a magician, so when he starts adding illusions and simple, yet astounding, card tricks to his deeply personal and heartbreaking monologues about his childhood and his early life as a professional gambler, the entire show becomes a meta examination of our own identities and fragilities in the modern world. This isn’t David Blaine levitating and pulling needles out of his chest or David Copperfield walking through the Great Wall of China; this is a very gener-

Magician/storyteller/performance artist Derek Delgaudio performed his one man show 552 times at the Daryl Roth Theater in New York City from April 2017 to August 2018. Astonished, tear-filled audiences that walked in for a magic show came out different people with entirely new preconceptions about themselves and the world. for a magic show came out different people with entirely new conceptions about themselves and the world.

As people arrived at the theater, they would see 690 cards in the lobby. Each card began with the words “I am” and was followed by a profession (“An artist”), or

ic-looking white guy with tears streaming down his cheeks, laying himself bare onstage and healing himself and his audience at the exact same time.

Here’s the thing: Delgaudio is either the most honest and self-effacing magician who has ever lived, or he’s the best liar I’ve

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spent this entire week prepping to review the new Denzel Washington movie, “The Little Things,” a throwback serial killer thriller also starring Jared Leto and Rami Malek. I was really looking forward to it since the movie looked like exactly what I was after: cinematic comfort food. Empty movie calories that reminded me of ‘90s thrillers like “The Bone Collector” and “Fallen,” with a little bit of “Seven” thrown in the pot.

But then a friend recommended I watch some weird-ass little movie on Hulu called “In and Of Itself” and now I can’t think about anything else. Magician/storyteller/performance artist Derek Delgaudio performed his one-man show 552 times at the Daryl Roth Theater in New York City from April 2017 to August 2018. Astonished, tear-filled audiences that walked in

Derek Delgaudio finds the magic “In and Of Itself.”

ever seen. Directed by the legendary Frank (The Damned Voice of Yoda) Oz, the stage performance looks to have changed some of the lives and thought processes of people lucky enough to have been there. The magic inherent in this show has nothing to do with the illusions presented, but in the way Delgaudio focuses on the misconceptions of identity and perception. The magic is in how he makes people feel, not in what he makes them see.

None of this is done in a way that feels false and pretentious. “In and Of Itself” is elegant and moving, mesmerizing and transcendent; a warm hug for those of us deeply missing the live theater experience. This show is humanism at its finest and a reminder of the things we carry with us our entire lives and how they shape every single interaction we have.

There’s so much more I want to say about this show but going into it completely blind to what is coming is such a joy. I was amazed by a trick one moment and had tears streaming down my face in the next due to the sheer compassion and empathy on display.

“In and Of Itself ” is a profound and deeply moving experience. Share it with everyone you know. Even if they hate magic. Especially if they hate magic. In fact, find the most cynical, dour human being you’ve ever met, show them this, and, when it’s over, hold them for a minute. Let’s see what happens.

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Roses are red, violets are blue, free refills stacked in the white room, fresh and new.

Chocolates are dark, filling is creamy, set back my bindings for turns totally dreamy.

Amethysts are purple, diamonds are icy, untracked faces picking lines so spicy.

Champagne is classy, wine is bold, weaving through gully stashes never gets old.

Candles are lit, slow jams are on, the stillness of snow is my favorite song.

Stilettos are tall, cheeks are rouge, bring a snorkel for going down on the winter deluge.

Bath is bubbly, strawberries are sweet, splashing through powder is the ultimate treat.

Pillows are soft, garments are lacy, carving in tandem drives me crazy.

Once upon a time...

Blowing by at high speed, scabby snowblower flakes kiss a small window of exposed skin between my cheekbones and lips. Winter ignites my sensory system. Winding through trees, scouting each line in the blink of an eye, I float on cloud nine. Alternating between holding my breath and drinking in the gift of precipitation, my heart skips a beat. Trying to keep it upright with low visibility and mounting vertigo, the butterflies in my stomach rage.

Fresh, naked powder makes me blush.

Downy rapture.

I’m in love with my snowboard.

Kshh, kshh, kshh, kshh. My skins drag across the pow-laden Earth. The sound of

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carpet-brushing snow broadcasts from the bottom of my splitboard. The rhythm produced is an entrancing soundtrack as I inch toward another summit. Melody echoes against the eight-count slow dancing under an infinite winter sky. Recitations of reading snow patterns, wind loading, cornice checks and noting conditions coalesce, harmonizing lyrics in my head.

The slopestyle love song hits double time during descent. Enlisting big mountain turns and tight, surfy heeltoe edge shifts, I intimately traverse the contours of a desert snowscape.

The ratio of uphill climbing to downhill shredding, earning your turns as it were, isn’t for the faint of heart. Cloaked in gear poundage, heavy breathing and heaving myself uphill, I feel sexy. Winter elevation makes me swoon and the powder always catches me when I fall.

I’m in love with my splitboard.

Riding a snowy winter tide is my hotdate, holy-grail fairy tale. I am my own K.M. Collins

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knight in shining armor, gently straddled atop an all-mountain poppy twintip steed. I am my own prince charming, slipping my foot into glass-slipper flexy skate bindings.

To prepare for these romantic rendezvous, I trade in the blow dryer and nail polish for an iron and hot wax.

Instead of a vanity, makeup and lingerie, a solid workbench, tune kit and Carhartts are requisite.

The art of waxing a snowboard starts with running your hands over the undercarriage, checking for blemishes—dirt, corrosion, pollen and detritus. Like a deep tissue massage, the goal is to remove knots that could prevent a smooth ride.

To wax, I hold the milky white brick against the hot press and allow the meltoff to drip between the rails, tip to tail. Massage the blotches of wax in. Eventually, I remove excess wax with a pliable sharp plastic scraper. Finally, by dragging a soft brush along the base, I create directional runnels or conduits for tracking.

After my board is all minted up, I check the binding positioning against the forecast: duck foot for groomers versus set back, directional stance for pow.

A quick soft goods inventory and I double check I secured a mountain parking pass. Like setting the dinner table with the best china and silver cutlery, I iron out the details so my date with my snow whip flows without a hitch.

A superbly applied layer of hot wax against a fresh blanket of powder is the crem de la crem, the pinnacle, the climax. The ultimate sugar high, an unmatched aphrodisiac and the perfect Shred Betty Valentine. See you on the flip side this February 14!

And she lived happily ever after… the end.

Itching to get outside and moving after a long season of staying home and staying safe? The racing season is just around the corner and in-person running events are back on the schedule. The 2021 Salmon Run kicks off the season this spring, with a portion of the proceeds benefitting local nonprofit, The Environmental Center.

The Salmon Run is in its 32nd year of celebrating the epic journey that the iconic PNW salmon make each year, traversing thousands of treacherous watery miles back to their homes. Luckily, salmon runners only have to complete the racing distance of their choice, 5K, 10K or a half marathon.

An all-new course and venue at Pronghorn Resort brings a change of pace for previous runners. New and past runners will enjoy the crisp, early spring air as they race around the high desert with snowy Central Oregon mountains framing the scene.

With the ongoing pandemic, safety remains a top priority for racing events. Take advantage of that unique racing atmosphere with wave start times and free face coverings, or run solo from anywhere with virtual options.

Shake off the past year and join the mighty salmon in spirit, pushing against the current and crossing the finish with triumph. The 2021 Salmon Run is scheduled for Saturday, April 10—virtual runners can run anytime and anyplace!

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ASTROLOGY By Rob Brezsny AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Alice Walker writes, “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.❞ In the coming weeks, I hope you’ll adopt that way of thinking and apply it to every aspect of your perfectly imperfect body and mind and soul. I hope you’ll give the same generous blessing to the rest of the world, as well. This attitude is always wise to cultivate, of course, but it will be especially transformative for you in the coming weeks. It’s time to celebrate your gorgeous idiosyncrasies and eccentricities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Though the bamboo forest is dense, water flows through it freely.” I offer that Zen saying just in time for you to adopt it as your metaphor of power. No matter how thick and complicated and impassable the terrain might appear to be in he coming weeks, I swear you’ll have a flair for finding a graceful path through it. All you have to do is imitate the consistency and flow of water.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Herman Hesse’s novel Siddartha is a story about a spiritual seeker who goes in search of illumination. Near the end of the quest, when Siddartha is purified and enlightened, he tells his friend, “I greatly needed sin, lust, vanity, the striving for goods, and the most shameful despair, to learn how to love the world, to stop comparing the world with any world that I wish for, with any perfection that I think up; I learned to let the world be as it is, and to love it and to belong to it gladly.” While I trust you won’t overdo the sinful stuff in the coming months, Aries, I hope you will reach a conclusion like Siddartha’s. The astrological omens suggest that 2021 is the best year ever for you to learn how to love your life and the world just as they are.

TAURUS (April 20May 20): Taurus physicist Richard Feynman said,

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): When we want to get a distinct look at a faint star, we must avert our eyes away from it just a little. If we look at it directly, it fades into invisibility. (There’s a scientific explanation for this phenomenon, which I won’t go into.) I propose that we make this your metaphor of power for the coming weeks. Proceed on the hypothesis that if you want to get glimpses of what’s in the distance or in the future, don’t gaze at it directly. Use the psychological version of your peripheral vision. And yes, now is a favorable time to seek those glimpses.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): If the apocalypse happens and you’re the last human left on earth, don’t worry about getting enough to eat. Just find an intact grocery store and make your new home there. It’s stocked with enough non-perishable food to feed you for 55 years—or 63 years if you’re willing to dine on pet food. I’M JOKING! JUST KIDDING! In fact, the apocalypse won’t happen for another 503 million years. My purpose in imagining such a loopy scenario is to nudge you to dissolve your scarcity thinking. Here’s the ironic fact of the matter for us Cancerians: If we indulge in fearful fantasies about running out of stuff—money, resources, love, or time—we undermine our efforts to have enough of what we need. The time is now right for you to stop worrying and instead take robust action to ensure you’re well-supplied for a long time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Judge a moth by the beauty of its candle,” writes Coleman Barks in his rendering of a poem by Rumi. In accordance with astrological omens, I am invoking that thought as a useful metaphor for your life right now. How lovely and noble are the goals you’re

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pursuing? How exalted and bighearted are the dreams you’re focused on? If you fi nd there are any less-than-beautiful aspects to your motivating symbols and ideals, now is a good time to make adjustments.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I invite you to try the following experiment. Select two situations in your world that really need to be reinvented, and let every other glitch and annoyance just slide for now. Then meditate with tender ferocity on how best to get the transformations done. Summoning intense focus will generate what amounts to magic! PS: Maybe the desired reinventions would require other people to alter their behavior. But it’s also possible that your own behavior may need altering.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Author Marguerite Duras wrote these words: “That she had so completely recovered her sanity was a source of sadness to her. One should never be cured of one’s passion.” I am spiritually allergic to that idea. It implies that our deepest passions are unavailable unless we’re insane, or at least disturbed. But in the world I aspire to live in, the opposite is true: Our passions thrive if we’re mentally healthy. We are best able to harness our most inspiring motivations if we’re feeing poised and stable. So I’m here to urge you to reject Duras’s perspective and embrace mine. The time has arrived for you to explore the mysteries of relaxing passion.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23Nov. 21): Author Karen Barad writes, “The past is never finished. It cannot be wrapped up like a package, or a scrapbook; we never leave it and it never leaves us behind.” I agree. That’s why I can’t understand New Age teachers who advise us to “live in the now.” That’s impossible! We are always embedded in our histories.

Everything we do is conditioned by our life story.

I acknowledge that there’s value in trying to see the world afresh in each new moment. I’m a hearty advocate of adopting a “beginner’s mind.” But to pretend we can completely shut off or escape the past is delusional and foolish. Thank you for listening to my rant, Scorpio. Now please spend quality time upgrading your love and appreciation for your own past. It’s time to celebrate where you have come from—and meditate on how your history affects who you are now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Luisah Teish is a writer and priestess in the Yoruban Lucumi tradition. She wrote a book called Jump Up: Seasonal Celebrations from the World’s Deep Traditions . “Jump up” is a Caribbean phrase that refers to festive rituals and parties that feature “joyous music, laughter, food, and dancing.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due for a phase infused with the “jump up” spirit. As Teish would say, it’s a time for “jumping, jamming, swinging, hopping, and kicking it.”

I realize that in order to do this, you will have to work around the very necessary limitations imposed on us all by the pandemic. Do the best you can. Maybe make it a virtual or fantasy jump up.

Maybe dance alone in the dark.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “Perhaps we should know better,” wrote poet Tony Hoagland, “but we keep on looking, thinking, and listening, hunting that singular book, theory, perception, or tonality that will unlock and liberate us.” It’s my duty to report, Capricorn, that there will most likely be no such singular magnificence for you in 2021. However, I’m happy to tell you that an accumulation of smaller treasures could ultimately lead to a substantial unlocking and liberation. For that to happen, you must be alert for and appreciate the small treasures, and patiently gather them in. (PS: Author Rebecca Solnit says, “We devour heaven in bites too small to be measured.” I say: The small bites of heaven you devour in the coming months will ultimately add up to being dramatically measurable.)

Homework: What’s the important thing you forgot about that you really do need to remember sometime soon? FreeWillAstrology.com

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ACROSS 1. “The Ultimate Driving Machine” vehicle 4. Blood-bank stock 10. Footsie player 15. Org. that offers a tire and wheel protection plan 16. Actress Phylicia who was nicknamed “The Mother of the Black Community” at the 2010 NAACP Image Awards 17. Confuzzled 18. The basics, in academics 19. Disreputable doctor who also has trouble seeing?

21. Pain in the neck 23. Betting location 24. Evil alter ego 25. Author Hurston’s middle name 27. Room full of drips?: Abbr.

29. People who gave up on using Robinhood?

35. Chance to possibly make it home 36. Alternative media name 37. Gate closer 40. Deadhead’s hero, briefly 41. Jazzy quality 42. “Now I get it!”

43. Acrobat’s parent 46. Time to give up 47. Breakfast sandwich bread 49. “Don’t joke, everybody knows a knight looks for the Holy Grail!”?

52. Joe, to Hunter 53. Appears to be 54. It’s a mixed bag 57. Make feasible 62. Racks up, as hours 64. Returning to one’s upswept hairstyle?

67. Ballplayer with a W on his cap 68. “That wasn’t clear ...”

69. Stifle 70. Jawbreaker’s genre 71. Participants in some reaction videos 72. Major headache 73. “Darn right”

DOWN 1. Toy’s cry 2. Like some steak tips 3. Bugs’ co.

4. 100% behind 5. Big name in medical journals 6. On the briny 7. “___ Country” (Jason Aldean hit) 8. Question before doing a demonstration 9. Middle East port city 10. Page for some confused browsers 11. USS Enterprise communications off.

12. “Oi!,” only much more posh 13. Warehouse stamp 14. Grab 20. “Act now!”

22. Mononomic soccer star who was the first athlete to have 10 million Twitter followers 26. Allow 28. Olive picture?

29. Goya painted a clothed one 30. Squash 31. Chase on the baseball diamond 32. “___ way, shape or form” 33. Nearing the hour 34. Green prop 38. “The Queen’s Gambit” highlight 39. Put an end to 44. “Cheap Trick At ___” (classic live album) 45. Historian’s bailiwick 47. Hwy. to the Battery Tunnel 48. “Earth’s Children” author Jean 50. Garden with a snake 51. Worth keeping 54. Final words?

55. Rather unconvincing 56. Frozen treat brand name 58. Brooklyn Nets coach Steve 59. Blue hue 60. Buddies 61. Canister coverings 63. “That’s enough of that” 65. Election Day winners 66. Uber Eats add-on?

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ith its explosive growth and lofty projections for the continuation of the same, the cannabis industry is a popular career choice. While operating stealth illicit basement grows, slinging sacks or loading up vans with hundreds of pounds of packs were once the sole options for working in cannabis pre-legalization, that’s changed. Many of the OGs who now head up successful brands started out by doing the same things they do now—except in place of stock options and fawning press, theycould have received heavy fines and jail time.

Be it working at legal and licensed grow warehouses, trimming and processing the flowers for market ready products, or selling all those goods through dispensaries, all require one thing: A Marijuana Worker Permit.

An MWP is the cannabis equivalent of what the Oregon Health Authority issues for cooks, restaurant workers and catering staff (Food Handlers Card) or what the Oregon Liquor Control Commission puts upon people pouring your drinks (Alcohol Service Permit). If a job involves even touching cannabis products—growers, trimmers, wholesalers, retailers—it requires an MWP. That’s a great deal of permits, with over 61,00 active, and a great deal of revenue for the state at $6.1 million.

An MWP costs $100, while an Alcohol Permit is $28.65 and a Food Handlers Card is $10. Applicants must be at least 21, provide valid ID and demonstrate a basic pot proficiency by getting at least 70% correct answers in an online 30-question test. (Could you take the test stoned and pass? Yes. Should you? Maybe, I’m not you.)

The degree of difficulty isn’t a barrier for those eligible, but the $100 is. The pandemic has highlighted numerous inequities, and economic truth is that for some applicants the fee can be a deterrent.

Enter Portland resident Raina Casey, described as a “death doula, social justice advocate and cannabis consultant,” from her profile as the founder of the Oregon Handler’s Fund. OHF’s mission statement is to pay for the applicant fees of MWPs for “Black and Non-Black People of Color. Because representation matters.”

Casey explains that she started the nonprofit after hearing numerous stories of applicants unable to raise the $100 fee.

During the Black Lives Matters discussions and advocacy for diversity in the cannabis industry, Casey had an idea: What if individuals and cannabis businesses funded the costs of the permit fees?

“We go and support all the Black and brown dispensaries and cannabis

Courtesy Raina Casey

Raina Casey is on a mission to help BIPOC individuals get the state permit they need to work in the cannabis industry.

businesses, and it’s great to support our businesses, but we need help with the barrier of getting our people into the workforce.” Casey writes on the website.

“There’s no reason why all of these people, ready to go into the workforce, pass exams and background checks and everything, are just sitting there because they say they don’t have a $100 for the permit? There is something very wrong with that picture: You have all of these people who are qualified to work but they can’t,” she told cannabis website Weedmaps last year.

Casey has a deep appreciation and understanding of cannabis on numerous fronts, having begun her use prior to a stroke she experienced in 2012. Since that time, she’s used medicinally to avoid using—and depending upon—a list of prescribed seizure medications related to the stroke. She’s also experienced and incorporated cannabis as a tool in her work as a death doula, assisting those making their transition from this life.

She started OHF during quarantine, with some amazing results in its short life.

“To date we’ve awarded 16 permits, and recently acquired office space to accommodate our applicants. This allows us to award applicants as soon as they’re ready, as opposed to having to wait to get their permit. The appointments don’t usually last longer than 10 minutes—providing the applicant remembers their login and password!” Casey explains.

“We’re hoping to expand our social media outreach to develop a network for BIPOC individuals in the industry.

It’s important to us that our applicants are allowed to use all of their transferable skills. We want them to do more than picking, trimming, and selling the weed.”

Oregon Handlers Fund oregonhandlers.org/

SCIENCE ADVICE GODDESS Dad Man Walking

Whenever I feel like I click with someone, I want to be upfront and tell them I like them right away. My friends all say this is dating suicide (and that’s how it’s been working out for me). But if I’m looking for emotional honesty in a partner, shouldn’t I lead with it?

—Confused If we’re arrested, we have a right to remain silent. Ideally, we don’t just confess: “That was me, robbing the 7-Eleven. See -- there on the video -- that’s my hair.”

Best practices for criminals are also helpful for dating. In short, leaving some mystery as to whether you’re all in will make you seem more desirable. Consider that we value things that are hard to get, which is why people spend thousands of dollars on rings with sparkly rocks chipped out of African mines when there are very pretty sparkly pebbles that can be picked up all over suburbia.

Psychologist Robert Cialdini explains that the less available something seems, the more desirable we perceive it to be. This doesn’t mean it is more valuable, but fear of losing access to it kicks off a motivational state in us: a drive to get it that we don’t feel when we hear, “More where that came from!

Our supply’s basically on the level of ‘plague of locusts.’”

The thing is, you can tell somebody you’re into them through how you look at them and touch them. Consider where your longing to be immediately “honest” in spoken-word form might be coming from. Holding back information causes psychological tension, as does the suspense when we’re left wondering how another person feels. This tension is uncomfortable, so we long to relieve the pressure, like by exploding our feelz all over the person who inspired them. Tension released! Uh, along with the message that we’re probably deeply needy and “not all that.”

Try an experiment: With the next three guys you date, make a pact with yourself to tough out the discomfort instead of flapping your lips to make it go away. In practical terms: Don’t confess. Just be. You’ll ultimately have a better chance of finding the “emotional honesty” you’re looking for than if you try to rush the process -- like by calling the guy up and blurting out, “Hi...I really love you!” A strangely familiar male voice responds: “I’m sorry, Ma’am. This is the gas company.”

I’m a 33-year-old woman with a male partner in his late 30s. We eventually want children, and I’ve been considering having my eggs frozen.

My doctor suggested my boyfriend should consider freezing his sperm.

He is a “manly man” type, and his masculinity is a strong part of his identity. How can I keep him from being insulted and angry if I suggest he look into sperm freezing?

—Aspiring Mom Unfortunately, the men with the healthiest sperm are the 20-somethings who have trouble sustainAmy Alkon ing adult relationships -- but no problem, because they’ll just have their mom call to tell you it’s over.

We tend to have a weirdly one-sided view of fertility issues, as if a man’s only role in babymaking is the fun part, and never mind whether Daddy’s 27 or 70 at the time of conception. Meanwhile, women in their late 30s and their 40s get treated like they have dinosaur eggs. Having a bun in the oven at age 35 or older is referred to as a “geriatric pregnancy” or, less mortifyingly, being of “advanced maternal age.” It’s associated with increased risk of miscarriage and birth defects, as well as diabetes and high blood pressure in a woman during her pregnancy.

There’s little understanding that aging sperm can be a problem, too.

Researchers are still squabbling about when men hit “advanced paternal age,” but there’s general agreement that after age 40, sperm exhibit damage that can make it more difficult for a man to get a woman pregnant and are associated with greater miscarriage rates. There’s also an increased risk of having children who develop schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders. OB-GYN researcher Dr. Nancy A. Phillips and her colleagues suggest that men “bank sperm before their 35th or, at least, their 45th birthday” to limit the risks to the mother, fetus, and child from aging sperm.

In presenting this to your boyfriend, consider that how you frame a story changes the story that gets told.

Make this a story not of elderly sperm but of the very manly act of protecting the woman he loves from harm (along with any baby who might enter the picture). Chances are he’ll see looking into sperm-freezing as a positive thing: a way he can preserve his he-man-liest sperm -- instead of waiting till his varsity swimmers are more like old dudes floating on water wings in the condo pool.

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Winter 2021 is Looking Much Different Than Years Past

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hus far, the winter season of 2021 has been anything but typical. We’ve been blessed with warm days—that is, warm within in the context of Central Oregon’s version of winter warmth. Central Oregonians are finding themselves spending more time outside than is usual for the winter months, and then of course there is the housing market. Ordinarily, the market tends to quiet a bit during the holidays and winter months. We generally see a dip in inventory and a slight dip in buyer demand and pricing. That is certainly not the case for Winter 2021.

The inventory shortage is standard for this time of year. Our yards are dormant, the trees barren and the general vibrancy of colorful and lively curb appeal doesn’t exist. The typical trend in years past has been to wait until spring to list a property for sale. That is not the case this year. There has been a massive inventory shortage in the preceding months and that doesn’t look as though it will change anytime in the near future.

Buyer demand is another key factor in in driving the shortage for inventory and price growth. With the interest rates continuing to remain low—that includes the jumbo rates, buyers are looking to take advantage of the low rates across all price ranges. In addition, the continued evolution and growth of industries shifting to remote working is fueling the demand for larger homes to accommodate home offices and the migration from urban to suburban and rural areas. This continued growth in demand has led to unusually active winter market conditions.

This sustained buyer demand has continued to fuel price growth. In years past, the thought was that better “deals” could be found during the winter months when there is less competition with other buyers. Again, 2021 is demonstrating that is not the case for Central Oregon. Buyer demand is higher than we have experienced in the region, especially during the winter months. The days of the winter “deal” have waned and the winter market remains as competitive for buyers, as multiple offers have become customary.

Another factor driving the increased wintertime demand is the fear of becoming priced out of the market. The year 2020 saw huge gains in price growth and median home prices both nationally and locally. With many economists forecasting significant price growth again in 2021, a lot of buyers are spending the winter months looking to purchase a home for fear that prices will continue to rise in the latter half of 2021. For example, if prices rise just 5% from the December median home price in Bend of $524,000, that will result in a $26,200 price increase. That kind of increase can potentially price a buyer out of the desired area or size and style of home.

All of the above factors have changed the landscape of the winter real estate market. Regardless of the barren scenery and colder temperatures, buyers are lacing up their winter boots and hunting for real estate to buy, turning what has been a historical slowing of the market into a hot winter market.

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