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As journalists, we are advised to keep ourselves out of the story and to focus instead on the people affected by any given issue. This week, in our nation’s Capitol, the focus of the ire (and outright insurrection) was lawmakers—but also affected by the fear and chaos were the many journalists covering the certification of the Electoral College votes. They, too, hunkered down in terror, and some even found themselves targets of people who, for the past four years, have ascribed to the belief that we are “enemies of the people” out to spread “fake news.” If you’re reading this, I hope you’re among the many who have paused this week to consider the importance of real, trusted and verified information, because the information that spurred the Capitol riots was anything but that.

When journalists become part of the story, something has often gone terribly wrong.

Real journalism is a profession that compels us to ask questions, talk to those affected by the stories we tell, root out facts, verify and re-verify information, and to come to the closest approximation of the truth that we can find before we put our work out to the public. It also compels us to correct ourselves publicly and quickly when we make a mistake. From all of us who believe and live by these tenets, I’d like to say a thankyou for picking up this newspaper or reading us online. I hate to even have to say it following last week’s spectacle, but real news really does save lives.

OPINION Yes, Cliff Bentz Failed Oregonians

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ver the past week, community conversations inside Rep. Cliff Bentz’s district have centered around the question, “Did Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) fail Oregonians when he voted against the certification of Pennsylvania’s electoral votes?”

Yes, he most certainly did.

It was enough for us to answer that question, knowing that Bentz—our new representative in the 2nd Congressional District, who himself was elected in this same election cycle that far too many Republicans decry as “fraudulent” and “suspect”—had decided to play along in this political game that now has deadly ends in the United States Capitol. But that is not the only reason for us to give a big fat “boot” to Bentz after his first week in Washington, D.C. In a report in the Malheur Enterprise, titled, “Bentz’s effort to dump one state’s presidential results rested on 10,000 votes never counted,” Bentz said his decision to object to Pennsylvania’s votes rested on a concern about some 9,428 mail-in votes that were postmarked by Election Day but were received in the days following. Because the issue of these ballots was so contentious, Pennsylvania did not include them in the count that it ultimately sent to Congress, and Biden still won that state by roughly 80,000 votes.

“Bentz said in the interview that he wasn’t aware the votes hadn’t been included in Pennsylvania’s totals. He acknowledged that had he been successful in his challenge, his questioning of about 10,000 uncounted ballots would have overturned the results of voting by nearly 7 million people,” the Enterprise reported. Bentz countered by saying his judgment was that Pennsylvania had violated the Constitution.

Bentz’s reasoning for taking a stand against the will of the people was based

on incomplete information—based on an objection to some nearly 10,000 votes that were set aside anyway—and ultimately in opposition to the findings of elections officials in every state, further fortified by the 59 of 60 election-related cases the president and his lackeys lost in state courts.

Should we chalk this up to our new member of Congress’ freshman-legislator ignorance? Or can we attribute it to a freshman Republican trapped in a party hell-bent on stoking fear and misinformation, to the point of leaving out crucial details during their pre-voting deliberations on Jan. 6? Either way, this is not the leadership from elected officials that Oregonians deserve.

We believe that the ignorance Bentz claims could very well be feigned. We also believe Republican party leaders, ahead of Wednesday’s deadly violence, were so emboldened by the support they were receiving about their baseless and dangerous assertions of voter fraud that they thought it perfectly OK to gloss over the important detail about Pennsylvania’s contentious votes being set aside to preserve overall voter integrity.

While we hardly find occasion to give nods to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, we find it telling that even he—who could earn the title of Obstructionist in Chief for his work — could not bring himself to take a stand against a legal, free and fair election.

Bentz, who continued on the path of sowing uncertainty about our electoral process, failed Oregonians on Jan. 6. In addition to the ire of his constituents, Bentz may now face the wrath of a corporate America, where more companies are vowing to withhold campaign contributions to objectors as the days go on.

It’s no longer a question. Cliff Bentz failed Oregon.

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When we say there is a stigma to mental illnesses, aid or abet those who do, whom are we helping except those trained to say it?

Curiously, no one. Why, then, do it?

— Harold A Maio, retired mental health editor

RIOT AT THE CAPITOL

My father fought in three wars for this country and gave his life due to military service. I fought in one. (That was enough.) That used to be patriotism.

“Patriot” used to mean—patriot. In the last few years it became synonymous with “militia thug.” In the last few months it has morphed to mean “terrorist, racist, traitor.”

This is tragic beyond imagining.

The actions in Congress of our newly sworn representative, Cliff Bentz, have only served to cement this last meaning.

Does he not see what’s happening? Does he not understand the danger? Will he do nothing to reverse course?

—Greg Byrne

U.S REPRESENTATIVE CLIFF BENTZ

WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR, CLIFF BENTZ? Well, look at you, Mr. Representative.

You were sworn in on Sunday to uphold the Constitution, yet three days later, you vote to cast it aside.

This is unacceptable. You are not beholden to (the waning days of) President Trump and his unfounded and conspiratorial assertions about the election.

He lost. Get over it. The votes and certification processes of each state were legitimate. You know this.

You represent my District. I expect you to do so with honor and integrity.

Within three days you have failed. You should be ashamed. How can I trust you as my Representative? Find the courage

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to not mindlessly slip-stream behind the likes of your irrational conservative colleagues. Find your soul and begin to listen to all your constituents before you find yourself in two years wondering why you didn’t get re-elected.

—Nancy Tyler

CLIFF BENTZ

I am shocked at the events that unfolded in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6.

Our Capitol was assaulted by a seditious mob. Five people have died. Pipe bombs were found by the Capitol. Our Constitution and our legal system were damaged by these events.

But let’s not forget how this all started. President Trump for months has been spreading lies about the election.

Despite losing 59 out of 60 court cases, despite having no evidence of significant voter fraud and despite the fact that his opponent won by more than 7 million votes, Trump continued to promote his false narrative that he won the election.

I hold Trump responsible for these deaths, damage to our Capitol, and more importantly the threat to our democracy. He needs to be held accountable.

However, I also hold Congressman Bentz responsible for the seditious events. Bentz voted to void the election results. He has repeated many times the same lies about the election as Trump.

We should not forget that Bentz was attempting to overthrow a legal election and to disenfranchise American voters.

On his website, Bentz says: “America is not just a country; it is an idea. A very successful idea that no one else in the world has been able to duplicate. Under President Trump’s leadership, the possibilities for our country’s future have expanded quickly and dramatically.”

At least in one way, Bentz is correct, under Trump the possibility of our country being overthrown by coup are possible.

I don’t say this lightly, but Bentz should be removed from office for

violating his oath to protect our country The deep divisions endangering our and our Constitution. country today have been cultivated — George Wuerthner and nurtured for decades. Demagogues broadcasting their vitriol over the airwaves and the internet have done their REMOVE CLIFF BENTZ damnedest to tear this country down Cliff Bentz, Representative from Oreand remake it in their own image. gon, was one of the people supporting The Constitution has been hijacked, the coup by voting to disenfranchise the misinterpreted and replaced with a Cult vote. He needs to be removed from office, of Personality that cannot and never will charged with sedition, and prevented be the equal of Democracy. from ever holding public office again.

Democracy. Look it up. Read about it.

—Jack Homeyer Educate yourself. Then take a moment from your busy life and participate in YOUR Democracy.

PRO TRUMP MOB —Woody Peasas Those who participated in the mayhem at the Capitol last week are not, and never can be, Patriots. To be a patriot you must live in the country of which

you profess your love. None of the people belonging to or subscribing to the organizations of the far right and their misWoody: Thanks for writing in guided, paranoid sentiments actually live and encouraging others to particin the USA. Instead, they live in a country ipate in our democracy. From my existing only within the narrow bounds perspective, one part of that particof their feeble, collective mindset. ipation is writing letters to the ediThey pledge allegiance to a fantator to share your thoughts in your sy country which resembles the United own community—so kudos to you States in name only. This fantasy version of for doing so! Come on by for your the USA and its angry, misguided citizenry gift card to Palate. routinely claim to be oppressed for their —Nicole Vulcan righteous and noble cause. What cause is that? The only one I can see is one that seeks to injure, dominate, ridicule, bully and oppress anyone who doesn’t agree with them. That’s not a cause; it’s a petulant, overblown sense of entitlement that comes complete with a pseudo-religious fascist, racist fascination with violence.

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Inmates claiming inadequate protection from COVID-19 receive favorable judgement in ongoing case against DOC, as staff receives first vaccines

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s of Jan. 10, statewide 27 adults in custody incarcerated by the Department of Corrections have died after testing positive for COVID-19, according to the DOC’s Response to the Novel Coronavirus in Oregon website. There are 604 active cases among AICs statewide—including 25 at the Deer Ridge Correctional Institute in Madras. Cases among DOC staff are self-reported due to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, but there have been 43 such reported cases at DRCI to date, 705 statewide.

Prisons present a unique challenge for enforcing COVID-19 health precautions because of the close quarters for inmates and staff. To try to address the issue, prison staff and AICs have been placed in Oregon’s Priority Group 1B for vaccination. This falls in line with the vaccine prioritization framework recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which puts people living in congregate or overcrowded settings in a group just behind the group with health care workers and first responders (Priority Group 1A).

The Oregon Department of Corrections received an initial shipment of 400 doses of the Moderna vaccine and expects “regular access to, and distribution of, additional vaccines in the future,” according to a Dec. 28 press release. The DOC operates 14 prisons across the state with approximately 13,000 adults in custody.

“Beginning Mon., Dec. 28, clinics were [set up] across the state, including at DRCI, to distribute the vaccine,” a spokesperson for the DOC told the Source via email. “We are happy to report that by Wed., Dec. 30 all 400 doses were delivered to staff.” As additional vaccines are available, they’ll be provided to more staff, contractors and AICs. While the spokesperson didn’t clarify how many vaccines went to staff at DRCI, they did say that as of Jan. 5, there are 712 AICs and 210 employees there. The Oregon Health Authority, the CDC, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the governor’s office will provide guidance on how to prioritize getting staff and AICs vaccinated. Per initial guidance, the first vaccines go to those in close contact with COVID-19-positive individuals and infectious materials, the spokesperson said. That includes AICs whose work assignments involve cleaning and disinfecting COVID-19-positive units. The DOC doesn’t currently have an estimate for when AICs will be offered a vaccine regardless of risk level or work assignment.

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“The Vaccine Advisory Committee will consider how adults in custody fit into the 1B prioritization as they consider other groups to be included in the 1B category,” the spokesperson said. “Once that determination is made and communicated with DOC, we will work diligently to implement the distribution plan.” Vaccination is voluntary but encouraged.

The DOC faces legal challenges for its COVID-19 response The DOC’s COVID-19 precautions thus far have included suspending visitation to prisons. Since March 2020, all DOC prisons remain closed to visitors, volunteers and the majority of contract employees, according to a DOC spokesperson. AICs are staying together by unit, inmates are asked to keep 6 feet apart and group activities in the yards have been eliminated.

Despite these efforts and others, COVID-19 made it into the prisons. A lawsuit from the Oregon Justice Resource Center claims the DOC failed to do enough to protect inmates, and its Civil Rights Project Director, Juan C. Chavez, is working on a class-action lawsuit against the DOC and others over the handling of COVID-19 in prisons, according to Alice Lundell, OJRC’s director of communication.

The lawsuit seeks damages for inmates who allege that officials violated the Eighth Amendment—which protects people from excessive bail and fines and cruel and unusual punishments—and negligently responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Initially, the named-Plaintiffs were Oregon prisoners with pre-existing conditions or other factors that make them vulnerable to a serious COVID-19 infection, Chavez said. Since then, a few of them have caught COVID-19.

The OJRC was handed a victory in the case in mid-December when U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman rejected Gov. Kate Brown’s qualified immunity argument made during the discovery process. Qualified immunity would have meant that the state wasn’t responsible for the damages because the novelty of COVID-19 meant no previous case clearly established the appropriate constitutional response. But Beckerman sided with the inmates, ruling that the state had enough fair warning of its responsibility to protect them from increased exposure risk to COVID-19, and the case will move forward.

The DOC Chief Medical Director Dr. Warren Roberts encourages all DOC employees, the adults in custody and the public to also get vaccinated as soon as it is available to them.

Chavez says DOC policies and the realities of what’s happening in prisons don’t always line up. For example, DOC’s official line on testing is: “AICs who would like to be tested or who are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 can reach out to Health Services via staff member or by written communication. After a full assessment

by Health Services, the AIC may be tested for COVID-19. If an AIC tests positive for COVID-19, the patient will be placed in medical isolation—and promptly transferred to an institution with 24/7 medical care, if necessary,” according to a DOC spokesperson.

“I’ve heard from the DOC that that’s their policy,” Chavez said. “But that just isn’t what we’ve heard from people.” He says AICs report that tests are rare, but that many AICs also don’t want tests because they’re afraid of how they’ll be treated if positive.

“It’s no secret that AICs don’t want to be tested,” Chavez said. “They don’t want to be put in solitary confinement.”

He says, “there’s a lot that’s bad about prison,” but that for most AICs, “nothing compares to solitary confinement.”

When asked if he thought prisoners would get the vaccine when available, Chavez said there needs to be better education about the value of vaccines and what will happen to the prisoners after vaccination.

“A lot of AICs have good reason to have grave distrust of DOC,” he said.

For example, he says some AICs have expressed concerns that they are not

going to be provided vaccines or that vaccines will not be administered correctly. Concern around how the system treated AICs who tested positive in the past may hinder vaccination efforts, too.

For example, he says prisoners may worry that if they get vaccinated, and then later test positive for antibodies, they might be put in solitary.

With vaccines in short supply, not everyone may sympathize with prioritizing prisoners in Group 1B. But outbreaks at prisons can lead to infections in the community at large. Also, there are moral implications.

These prisoners were not sentenced to die of COVID-19, Chavez said. He “implores” people to think about how the treatment of prisoners “falls on our consciences.”

“The vast majority of people know how dangerous this disease is and have changed their lives to protect loved ones,” Chavez said. Those opportunities were never offered to people who are incarcerated—not in Oregon, he said.

Requesting that the Court certify the OJRC lawsuit is the next big step, Chavez said via email Jan. 12.

“That can be a complicated issue, and we had to gather and establish enough facts to support the argument that we’re addressing a class-wide issue,” he said via email. “If the Court denies us, that means that instead of ODOC facing one big class-action, they will be dealing with 2,800 and rising individual cases. That motion is due on March 1, 2021.”

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Noticias en Español Un regreso al aprendizaje en persona… en su mayoría Por Nicole Vulcan Traducido por Jéssica Sánchez-Millar

Redmond regresa el 2 de febrero En el distrito escolar de Redmond, todos los alumnos comenzarán a asistir

a clases en persona, con un programa híbrido, la semana del 2 de febrero. Los dirigentes del distrito escolar de Redmond, anunciaron el 8 de enero que al igual que en otras escuelas, se les pedirá a los alumnos usar cubrebocas y practicar el distanciamiento social, y asistirán a clases en grupos pequeños. Los alumnos de Redmond también tendrán la opción de hacer la escuela totalmente en línea.

Según OPB, la gobernadora Brown tiene la esperanza que todos los maestros en Oregon estén vacunados contra el COVID-19 antes del 15 de febrero.

Toma de posesión del nuevo Consejo Municipal Por Ashley Moreno Traducido por Jéssica Sánchez-Millar

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os nuevos concejales de la ciudad de Bend, Anthony Broadman, Melanie Kebler, Megan Perkins y Rita Schenkelberg tomaron juramento del cargo durante la junta del Consejo Municipal del miércoles y la concejal Gena Goodman-Campbell fue elegida por unanimidad como la nueva alcaldesa provisional.

La persona en el cargo de alcalde provisional puede servir como oficial dirigente en cualquier momento que la alcaldesa no esté disponible. Si bien la junta permaneció con un espíritu de celebración, los violentos motines del día sucedidos

en el Capitolio en Washington emitieron una sombra durante la junta.

Debido a los requisitos del distanciamiento social a causa de COVID-19, la Juez Municipal Gwen Moore, llevó a cabo el juramento de los concejales a distancia. Algunos de los familiares pequeños de los concejales hicieron apariciones sorpresa.

La alcaldesa Sally Russell comenzó la reunión con una mención esperanzadora, pero honesta, de los desafíos que estará encarando el Consejo en el próximo año.

“Es un nuevo año y hay nuevas oportunidades,” comentó Russel. “Hemos tenido una temporada de electoral turbulenta en nuestro país y también hemos vivido algunos momentos turbulentos en nuestra comunidad. En realidad, es un alivio llegar a este punto y estar todos trabajando en conjunto. Ha habido muchas transiciones desde el 2020 – incluyendo el daño generalizado a nuestra economía, la lucha sin fin para lograr obtener la justicia social y el trágico espectro abrumador de COVID-19.

“Pero estamos aquí porque nuestro país y nuestra ciudad dependen de la democracia y proceso confiable de la democracia que está tomando lugar en nuestra comunidad y en nuestro país.” comentó Russell. “Y esta noche, reunirnos y la toma de posesión de este nuevo consejo también es una celebración a la democracia.”

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a Superintendente de las escuelas de Bend-La Pine, anunció el 7 de enero que los alumnos del distrito escolar comenzarán a regresar a las aulas a partir de este mes. Los alumnos de las escuelas de Bend-La Pine en el nivel escolar K-3 regresarán a las aulas cinco días a la semana, comenzando el 25 de enero, los alumnos en nivel escolar 4 y 5 regresarán a las aulas dos veces por semana, comenzando el 1º de febrero y los alumnos del nivel escolar 6-12 regresarán a las aulas dos días por semana comenzando el 8 de febrero, el primer día del nuevo semestre. Los días que no estén en las aulas, los estudiantes continuarán recibiendo enseñanza en línea.

Antes de su regreso a las aulas, los alumnos participarán en semanas de orientación para “conocer la guía de protocolos y protección en las aulas.” En las escuelas primarias parte de la orientación consta en enseñar a los alumnos como lavarse las manos. Para permitir el distanciamiento físico, las aulas estarán ocupadas al 50% de su capacidad.

El regreso a las aulas es constante

con el anuncio de la gobernadora Kate Brown / Gov. Kate Brown’s announcement del mes pasado, de que los parámetros en relación al regreso de los alumnos a las escuelas será “consultivo” en vez de “mandatorio.”

La guía para el año escolar 2020-21, “Ready Schools, Safe Learners”, ordena que el aprendizaje en persona viene junto con requisitos como: usar cubiertas para el rostro, limpiar y desinfectar y aumentar al máximo la circulación del aire y la ventilación de los edificios.

“Si bien hemos desarrollado un plan de incorporación para que todos los alumnos en los niveles escolares K-12 regresen al aprendizaje en persona, de ser necesario, estamos preparados para retrasar el regreso de los estudiantes con mayor edad”, redactó Nordquist.

Necesitamos el apoyo de toda nuestra comunidad conforme se presenten cambios, incluyendo el aumento de la propagación en la comunidad, esto resultaría en revaluar y cambiar nuestros planes.”

Mientras que las familias tendrán la opción para que sus hijos regresen al aprendizaje en persona, también tienen la opción de inscribirse en el Programa Virtual en Línea de las escuelas de BendLa Pine, que existe desde hace 10 años.

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A Return to In-Person Instruction... Mostly

By Nicole Vulcan

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The return to classrooms is in keeping with Gov. Kate Brown’s announcement last month that the metrics around students’ return to school would be “advisory” rather than “mandatory.”

The Oregon Department of Education’s “Ready Schools, Safe Learners” guidance for the 2020-21 school year dictates that in-person instruction comes with requirements that include face coverings, cleaning and disinfecting and maximizing airflow and ventilation in buildings.

“While we have developed a phasedin plan for all students K-12 to return to in-person learning, we are prepared to delay the return of older students, if necessary,” Nordquist wrote. We need the support of our entire community as changes, including increased community spread, would mean a need to reassess and potentially change our plans.”

While families will have the option to return their students to in-person

instruction, they also have the option to enroll in the Bend-La Pine Schools Online program, in existence for the past 10 years.

Redmond returns Feb. 2 In the Redmond School District, all students will start attending classes in person on a hybrid basis the week of Feb. 2. As in other schools, students will be required to wear masks and practice social distancing, and will attend class in small cohorts, RSD officials announced Jan. 8. Redmond students will also have a full-time online option.

Teachers press for vaccinations before opening On Jan. 11, a group of 47 teachers and classified staff from Summit High School in Bend sent a letter to BLPS’ superintendent, asking that the return to school come only after all teachers

and staff have had the opportunity to be vaccinated. With Gov. Brown’s targeted date for all students to return to school being Feb. 15, she announced Jan. 12 that educators and people over the age of 65 would begin receiving vaccinations Jan. 23, after federal officials announced they’d release more doses rather than storing them.

“Nailing that Feb. 15 vaccination target, which seems optimistic, would be great,” Summit teacher James Williams told the Source via email. “But we should wait to return in person until vaccinations have been offered to all staff. (Of course the actual process takes time—getting both shots, weeks apart, and waiting for them to do their thing is approximately a month-long process—so technically we'd be looking at an early March return, depending on how soon we can get those first jabs.)”

New City Council Takes Office

By Ashley Moreno

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ew Bend City Councilors Anthony Broadman, Melanie Kebler, Megan Perkins and Rita Schenkelberg took their oaths of office at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, and Councilor Gena Goodman-Campbell was unanimously voted the new mayor pro-tem. The person in the mayor pro-tem role can serve as the presiding officer any time the mayor isn’t available. While the meeting remained overall celebratory, the day’s violent riots at the Capitol in Washington cast a shadow over the meeting.

Due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, Municipal Judge Gwen Moore swore in the councilors remotely.

Some of the councilors’ younger family made surprise appearances, which provided the evening some levity.

“That was way better than without family!” Councilor Barb Campbell said,smiling. Mayor Sally Russell then started the meeting on a hopeful, but honest note about the challenges facing the Council in the coming year.

“It’s a new year and new opportunities,” Russell said. “We’ve had a tumultuous election season in our country, and we’ve also had some moments in our community. It’s really a relief to get to this point, and to be all working together. There have been a lot of transitions coming out of 2020—including pervasive damage to our economy, the never-ending struggle to achieve social justice and the overwhelming tragic specter of COVID-19.

“But we are here because our country and our city depend on democracy, and the solid process of democracy taking place in our community and in our country,” Russell said. “And tonight,

the gathering together and swearing in of this new council is also a celebration of democracy.”

Each of the new councilors then offered comments.

Broadman spoke to his goal “to connect our city—not just as a community, but physically” with progressive transportation initiatives and his goal of “ensuring the promise of our city” is available to everyone.

“I’m really proud to be a steward for the land we call Bend,” Broadman said. “This position as I see it is pretty simple. Once you get to tonight—along with the incredible staff of the City of Bend who do the hard work of running this city—it is really on us to answer one question: How can we make this the greatest city to live for everybody?

The purity of the mission is simple. It’s profound, but I want you to know we take it very seriously.”

Kebler expressed excitement about the celebratory day for the City of Bend, but also called it a “very dark day for our nation” due to the “insurrection” at our nation’s Capitol.

“The image of a confederate flag being proudly waved in the halls of our Senate chamber today—an image that made me sick to look at—is a result of white America’s failure to confront the fact that the creation of our nation and our state that we are in right now is rooted in white supremacy. We have to dismantle it at every level.”

She says she looks forward to helping Bend in that work. “I believe that Black Lives Matter, and that saying so is not a political statement, but it’s a human rights statement,” she said.

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Four new councilors took the oath of office Wednesday—making the newest Bend City Council consist of six women and one man.

With her time, Perkins asked the people of Bend to hold her accountable.

“If I’m not doing my job listening to all the people of the city,” Perkins said. “If I’m missing key information. If I’m not responding to you. If I’m speaking from a place of privilege and not seeing the reality, hold me accountable.” But she did ask for “one small thing” in return.

“Do it with some kindness,” she said.

“I promise to treat you with respect and listen to you. Please do the same with me. I think we could all do with some kindness these days.”

She also added sentiments regarding her stance on inclusivity.

“And because it needs to be said by every single person that looks like me, Black Lives Matter,” Perkins said.

Like her fellow councilors, Schenkelberg thanked several people— including her ancestors and those who lived here before.

“I offer gratitude to this land that we stand on right now, and the indigenous

people who don’t get to live here right now,” Schenkelberg said. “They are the foundation, and they’re the reason we are here. I offer gratitude to my ancestors because they made sure my butt made it in this seat.”

She then closed the roundtable with a unique perspective as the only queer person of color on Council.

“As a queer person of color, imagining being an elected official was not even a dream,” she said. “And so to be sitting in this seat and to be working with humans who see me, and humans who are willing to take accountability and work towards being more equitable and saying ‘Black Lives Matter’ very clearly makes my heart sing. It makes me so excited to be sitting here and to learn and to lead.”

The new councilors join Mayor Sally Russell and Councilors Barb Campbell and Gena Goodman-Campbell.

Councilors and the Mayor serve fouryear terms.

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end-La Pine Schools Superintendent Lora Nordquist announced Jan. 7 that students in the district would begin returning to classrooms as early as this month. Bend-La Pine students in grades K-3 will return to classrooms five days a week starting Jan. 25; students in grades 4 and 5 will return two days a week Feb. 1, and students in grades 6-12 will return two days a week starting Feb. 8, on the first day of the new school term. On days they’re not in classrooms, students will continue to receive instruction online.

Prior to their return to classrooms, students will engage in orientation weeks for “safety and classroom protocols orientation.” In elementary schools, part of that orientation will include teaching kids how to wash their hands. To allow for physical distancing, classrooms will be at about 50% capacity.

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Maybe you have it; maybe you don’t. Maybe you have less of it than you did a year ago.

Whatever your situation, the advice from financial experts could help.

A PENNY FOR HER THOUGHTS Local financial advisor shares nearly 25 years of investing insights to explain 2020 volatility and help Bendites maximize 2021 futures

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id 2020 take you to the cleaners?

Don’t go it alone recovering in 2021.

For a highlight reel of 2020 and to help you get your savings train back on the tracks in 2021, local Registered Principal and Registered Investment Advisor Representative Linda Zivney, with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., has some insights to offer.

Operating with a team of three women, Zivney personally manages investment accounts for families, retirees and those close to retirement. The comprehensive planning she oversees incorporates attorney and estate planning as well as accounting and taxes. Zivney also leads quarterly “women and investing” meetings.

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individual levels of risk and how markets were reacting… If my clients weren’t sleeping at night, we reduced their level of risk. Overall, we stayed with a fairly conservative bias for retirees and pre retirees—which is the phase of life for the majority of my clients.”

Getting back on track Zivney’s top tip for newbies to investing or those working to recover is, “Figure out a way to auto-save from every paycheck, no matter how small. Have automatic forced savings. This is the best starting point for newcomers or anyone.

From a retirement account standpoint, maximize your company’s retirement Workers are advised to auto-save an amount from every paycheck, no matter how small.

“Volatility should be a little less than last year.

We shouldn’t revisit a low like we saw on March 23, 2020. Stock markets are looking to recover in the second half of the year. Earnings will improve as the economy reopens, all predicated on the continued rollout of the vaccine.”

—Linda Zivney Overall 2020 market recap At the risk of stating the obvious, the 2020 market was volatile—with a correction, or lowest drop of the year, on March 23. The S&P 500 finished up at 16% in the black, with the biggest returns in large technology stocks. However, diversified individuals with lower risk investments may not have seen that full return in tech.

“From my standpoint, my job is always risk management,” notes Zivney, who manages accumulative assets north of $200 million.

“Last year I was in constant communication with clients discussing

plan offerings, especially if there is a contribution match option. Or, open your own Roth IRA, or traditional IRA,” advises Zivney. April 15, 2021 is the tax filing deadline for 2020. People can contribute to a retirement fund up until this date.

As for personal investing apps like Robinhood, Zivney isn’t a fan. “At the moment, active investment management is more critical than ever,” explains Zivney. For apps that help households with savings and spending, Zivney gives a thumbs up.

flying. She’s been on conference calls with investment managers, strategists and economists to gain consensus knowledge. Her findings so far: “The general theme is equities will do better than fixed income; stocks better than bonds. The Fed will keep interest rates low, so there will be little to no returns there. Volatility should be a little less than last year. We shouldn’t revisit a low like we saw on March 23, 2020. Stock markets are looking to recover in the second half of the year.

Earnings will improve as the economy reopens, all predicated on the continued rollout of the vaccine. There’s a pent-up demand for supply in leisure and other industries, which will fuel acceleration of economic growth into the second quarter. Inflation should stay low for the next year or two.

Because there’s a variance in returns, you need an investment manager weeding out investments which may underperform.”

2021 Financial Forecast According to Zivney, this is the time of year when predictions are

Environmental Social & Governance In 2020, ESG, or environmental, social and governance, portfolios

out-performed traditional counterparts.

“A lot of money is filtering into socially based investing. Consensus is that it will continue to perform well into 2021. I’m having more and more conversations with clients about ESG. In the past you may have given up returns if you wanted to invest with your heart. Not anymore.

There is already a call for this sort of investing in Bend, given our community’s common love for the outdoors and a propensity for generosity.”

Initial Public Offerings Did you know there were 460 IPOs that came to market in 2020, the largest year recorded in United States history? Although Airbnb is up over 100% (destination vacations, in alignment with Bend industry), Casper Sleep and McAfee security software are down. “Some IPOs do very well, others do not. And remember, most retail investors don’t have access to the IPO market, therefore the average investor does not have initial access.

By the time the shares come on the open market the cost to get in could be much higher.”

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ost people want to live their values—affecting where people spend their money and, increasingly, where they invest it. Certified Financial Planner Jack Schniepp founded Cascade Financial Strategies in Bend’s Old Mill District, and he’s a member of the United States Sustainable Investment Forum. He spoke with the Source about how average people can think about socially responsible investing, even during these difficult financial times.

The following interview was edited for clarity and length.

Source Weekly: What is socially responsible investing?

Jack Schniepp: Socially responsible investing, just the history of it, is really just any form of putting pressure on businesses to do business in a responsible manner. The first socially responsible investors might have been the Quakers not doing business with businesses that were involved in the slave trade. And then it gained steam during the apartheid years in South Africa. A lot of investment companies started pulling out and not having shares of companies that were doing business with South Africa. It’s really finding investments that promote your values as an investor or that don’t go against your values.

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SW: Discuss the acronym the industry uses for the work.

JS: The acronym is ESG, and it stands for environmental, social and governance. They’re the criteria that are used when evaluating a company or an investment to determine if it’s socially responsible. If you have a socially responsible investment mutual fund, when they are looking at a company, they’re going to look at profits and returns and price per earnings and all the normal criteria to evaluate an investment. But they’re going to add three more: the ESG. And they’re going to look at where you stand with environmental issues. And then they’re going to look at the social aspect, like what your supply chain looks like.

And then governance would be corporate ethics, for example.

SW: What does SRI look like for median Bend households that make about $50,000-$65,000 a year?

JS: Hopefully, most of those people have gotten to a point where they have some savings. They have a retirement plan at their work or just a Roth IRA or a traditional IRA on their own. Typically, smaller investors are going to use mutual plans, and mutual funds are great.

They provide diversification. They provide professional management. This investor can choose a mutual fund company that, as part of what they do and

Socially responsible investing means adding investment criteria to find companies that do business in accordance with your values, while still considering all the normal investment criteria, like profits and returns, according to Jack Schniepp.

who they are, promote socially responsible investing.

So, if you were to purchase a large growth mutual fund, instead of just buying the S&P 500 index, you might choose a Calvert fund, which is one of the best known socially responsible mutual fund companies. When you buy a Calvert

large blend, Calvert does the job evaluating the company for you so that you don’t own a company that compromises what you believe in. Or they find companies that are actually promoting the things that you value, like clean energy or whatever your cause is.

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t’s no secret the pandemic and its economic fallout have wreaked havoc on many people’s finances. According to data released by Pew Research Center in September, one in four adults have experienced trouble paying bills since the advent of the coronavirus. For many, that’s meant taking money from savings or retirement to pay the bills. For others, it’s meant borrowing from family or friends.

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ccording to a December article in Forbes, nearly half of retirees left the workforce before their target retirement age, according to a 2019 Employee Benefit Research Institute survey. Covid-19 has accelerated that, according to Desmond Henry, a Topeka, Kansas certified financial planner. “That strongly suggests that workers in their 50s and 60s should start making contingency retirement plans,” Forbes contributor Bob Sullivan wrote.

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et aside your “fun money.” In 2018, Americans on average spent about 12% of their income on personal care, entertainment and restaurants, according to the Consumer Expenditure Survey from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since there are fewer entertainment options at the moment, parsing that part of your salary into a savings account could help you get a jump on savings.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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SW: What does SRI look like for people who may predominantly save money through tools like 401Ks, Roth IRAs and IRAs?

JS: That’s a really tough question.

We have financial planning software that we plug in, you know, how much you’re saving now and how many years until retirement. What your life expectancy is and Social Security. Future inheritance. There are so many different variables that you can’t just tell somebody all you need is $1,000,000 by age 50. I would say that on average, depending on your income, if you can put 10% of your savings into a retirement plan, you’re probably doing great. And if a person has an employer-sponsored plan with a match, doing the amount up to the match would be the minimum I’d recommend.

“The first socially responsible investors might have been the Quakers not doing business with businesses that were involved in the slave trade.

And then it gained steam during the apartheid years in South Africa.”

— JACK SCHNIEPP put on pressure that you’re going to find the Fidelitys of the world, the Vanguards of the world offering ESG options. It’s a little harder with 401K. You might not be able to be 100% in ESG, but you can get a lot closer now than you could five years ago. In fact, the latest reports are showing that nearly $1 in every $5 in U.S. investments have been invested according to some sort of ESG criteria.

SW: Ideally but realistically, how much should people save for long-term retirement—specifically households

SW: Due to COVID-19, a lot of folks are experiencing reduced and lost wages. In what priority should people place savings tools?

JS: If you are still able to put some into a retirement account, but you’re nervous that your pay is decreased or your job might not be around next month, a Roth IRA or even the Roth 401K, which a lot of companies now allow, gives you some access to funds. An individual can put money into a Roth IRA and because you don’t get a tax break for the initial

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Crunching numbers: Those who can put 10% of savings into a retirement plan are on the right path.

contribution—all the tax benefits are later on—the IRS [Internal Revenue Service] allows you to withdraw what you put in without penalty. You can’t take the growth, but if I put $1,000 into a Roth today, six months from now I can pull the $1,000 out, and there’s not going to be a penalty. So that’s a way you’re still investing for retirement longer term, but you do have access.

SW: What would be your advice for a median-income person in Bend who would like to work with a financial advisor? What sort of qualifications and certifications should they have?

JS: I have the CFP, Certified Financial Planner, designation, and it’s still considered the highest designation

for financial planning. I think that should be the minimum a person looks for in an advisor, and it’s a lot more common now. And then I think it’s extremely valuable to be with a fee-only advisor, which means they’re only paid an annual fee for their services, for their management and for their financial planning. So, they don’t get paid on one product more than another product. Both the CFP and fee-only designations automatically put the advisor in the position as fiduciary. (Editor’s note: a “fiduciary” must act in the client’s or investor’s best interest.)

And then I’ll mention one more: In the SRI world, there’s only one organization that an advisor can belong to, and that is the United States Sustainable Investment Forum, or the U.S. SIF.

ven among those who have not lost their jobs or taken a pay cut, people reported trouble paying bills. But among those who took a pay cut or lost a job, the impact was much worse. Some 46% of people who lost jobs or experienced pay cuts had trouble paying bills.

Source: Pew Research Center

More savings tips for 2021 According to Maurie Beckman of the financial site The Motley Fool, there are four things people should do to set up a budget (and maybe actually save money) in 2021.

• Track your expenses so you know what you actually spend—not what you think you spend.

• Set a savings goal so you know how much you need to trim from your budget to make it there.

• Account for non-monthly expenses, like annual memberships. If your subscription for computer software costs $120 a year, budget $10 into each month to account or it.

• Don’t get down to your last dime. Factor in those unforeseen expenses so you don’t stress yourself out when you’ve paid bills and see your bank account balance go to zero.

Source: Motley Fool via Nasdaq

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JS: If it’s their own IRA or Roth IRA, most of the time they have all the investment options out there. So, they can find the SRI funds that they want.

If it’s an employer plan, the employer usually choses one company to be the administrator to provide the investment choices—so you might have a Fidelity or a Vanguard or something like that. Put pressure on or at least bring up with the human resources department that as an employee you want ESG investment options in your plan. Enough investors now have

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Tower Theatre’s new monthly series brings bluegrass to Central Oregon living rooms

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he Tower Theatre is kicking off its monthly “Live To Your Home” series this week, aiming to bring some Portland bluegrass to Central Oregon with The Junebugs. To top it off, these shows are FREE! Of course there will be options to tip the band as the show goes on, and anyone who does so will be entered into a raffle for a $100 gift certificate to the Tower Theatre plus a choice of Tower mugs and stickers. Live music and potential prizes? Sign me up.

The Junebugs are made up of vocalist/guitarist Moses Barrett, drummer Kyle Owen and bassist Nathaniel Daniel. The trio brings a fun and lively energy to each song they tackle that truly wows. The band’s bio even reads: “Imagine if Neil Young and Janis Joplin had three love children, and those children grew up to like folk rock and hip hop.” So, automatically that sounds like nothing but good times ahead. And The Junebugs love the Tower Theatre.

“We played there as part of the limited series last year. It was such an incredible experience even with a smaller crowd. We love the Tower and we love to support it,” Barrett said.

After what we’ve all experienced over the past year, The Junebugs are no longer strangers to livestreamed shows. The trio has been running virtual shows from a basement studio since last March, which they’ve dubbed the Social Distancing Series. The trio was actually prepared for live streaming a couple years ago, but they never really

got to see the full potential of it until now.

“It’s a funny story. We bought a streaming rig like two years ago. We had fans who would ask when we were doing all-ages shows, so we thought to stream them. And then just like nobody cared. But then the world ends, and everyone has to get really good at watching streams and streaming live content becomes the norm. We kind of hit the ground running,” said Barrett.

“The streams have kept us alive. And literally kept food on the table.”

Another cool feature to this series is the Afterparty option. Those who RSVP through the Tower’s ticketing link will be invited to what Barrett describes as a low-key outing after the show to give thanks to the Tower and those who tuned in. There also may or not be some extra tunes, and the band might bring out some fun instruments that weren’t in the live show.

The “Live to Your Home” series will be happening once a month, scheduled out through April as of now. But the ultimate goal is to hopefully play the Tower live and in person at some point during the new year—which is something Barrett says he and the band are looking forward to.

Live To Your Home with The Junebugs Jan. 14, Feb. 18, March 18, April 22 Shown live on Facebook

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BY GRANT ROSENBURG A LOOK BEHIND THE STORY

WEBCAST: RENEWAL IN OUR BURNED FORESTS BEYOND THE DESTRUCTION OF WILDFIRES

Join local author Grant Rosenburg as he explores the themes and mysteries behind his latest book. Grant has been active in the entertainment industry, writing, producing and assisting. This event is sure to keep you on the edge of your seat! Thu., Jan. 14, 6-7pm. roundaboutbookshop.com/event/zoom-authorevent-gideon-grant-rosenburg. Free.

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Take a look at some of our most treasured locales impacted by raging wildfires. Our forests and ecosystems are more resilient than we might think. What happens when forests are allowed to regrow naturally? Wed., Jan. 13, 6pm. oregonwild.org/events/webcast-renewal-our-burned-forests. Free.

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BILL POWERS OUTDOOR LIVE MUSIC IS BACK

A great way to start the weekend, grab a beer and a blanket and sit back by one of the many firepits for an evening of good tunes and company. Bill Powers will be playing his sweet, musical musings live in the yard.

Thu., Jan. 14, 5-7pm. River’s Place, 787 NE Purcell Blvd., Bend. No cover.

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THE JUNEBUGS LIVESTREAM LIVESTREAMING MUSIC AND FUN

This Portland-based trio is ready to rock your night— straight into your living room. This livestream event features bluegrass and classic Americana sounds.

Thu., Jan. 14, 6-10pm. towertheatre.org/tickets-andevents/the-junebugs-live-to-your-home. No cover.

FRIDAY 1/15

THURSDAY NIGHT VINTAGE SKI FILM IN THE TIN PAN ALLEY

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AUTHOR! AUTHOR! : TAYARI JONES, IN CONVERSATION WITH ELIZABETH GILBERT PRESENTED BY DESCHUTES PUBLIC LIBRARY

Join New York Times bestselling writer Tayari Jones as she chats with journalist and author Elizabeth Gilbert. Both women are renowned in the literary world and are sure to spark intense and thoughtful conversations around the writing process. Fri., Jan. 15, 6pm. dplfoundation.org/author-author. $25.

The Junebugs Folk-rock + fiery bluegrass!

Livestream Series TowerTheatre.org

SATURDAY 1/16

SATURDAYS IN THE YARD WITH MATT PUCCIO JR. PRESENTED BY BUNK + BREW

TUESDAY 1/19

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Dive into the unusual biology of our local sage-grouse and learn how this resilient species has adapted to thrive in the harsh environment of the sagebrush steppe. Presented by Dr. Stu Garrett, sage-grouse coordinator for the East Cascades Audubon Society.

Thu. Jan. 14, 6-7pm. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/ event/60929. Free.

Local Beatles cover band plays an afternoon show full of classics, favorites and more. Grab an early drink, a quick bite and relax this weekend at the Tavern. Sat., Jan. 16, 1-3pm. Horseshoe Tavern, 410 N Main St., Prineville. No cover.

Head on down to the Yard at Bunk + Brew for original folksy tunes from Matt Puccio Jr. Stay toasty in heated and covered igloos or enjoy the crisp Central Oregon air as you cozy up by their several bonfires or heaters.

Sat., Jan. 16, 5-7pm. Bunk + Brew Historic Lucas House, 42 NW Hawthorne Ave., Bend. No cover.

Keep your powder fervor going with fun vintage ski films every week at Tin Pan. An outdoor screening of vintage clips, films and more. Sip beer, hot cider and munch on popcorn while snuggled up in your favorite ski suit! Thu., Jan. 14, 6:30pm. Tin Pan Alley, 869 NW Tin Pan Alley, Bend. $15-$30.

KNOW PLACE: BOTANY MEETS BIOLOGY – THE PLIGHT OF THE SAGE GROUSE STRANGE LOCAL WILDLIFE

JUJU EYEBALL OUTDOOR WEEKEND MUSIC

Links and info at towertheatre.org

RACIAL HEALING DIALOGUES & HEALING JUSTICE AFFINITY SPACES GET INVOLVED WITH JUSTICE FOR ALL

TRACEs are partnering with local community facilitators to kick off Racial Healing Dialogues & Healing Justice Affinity Spaces this month. The initial event includes breakout spaces for folks of color, LGBTQ+ folks and white folks, who are excited to learn more about restorative justice and more! Email TRACES@ unitedwaycentraloregon.org to register. Tue., Jan. 19, 6-8pm. facebook.com/events/215484826690722.

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Livestream Join the PDX trio for a boot-stompin’ house party featuring fiery bluegrass and rockin’ renditions of the American songbook. Plus, Tower patrons are invited to an exclusive “after-party”! 6-10pm. Free.

Bridge 99 Brewery Thursday Trivia Night at Bridge 99 Bundle up and join us for trivia outdoors at Bridge 99. Fire pits, heaters, food trucks and brews are on the ready. Win gift cards.

6-8pm. Free.

River’s Place Bill Powers Grab a beer,

Tickets Available on Bendticket.com

Volcanic Theatre Pub Perpetual Groove Perpetual Groove - live in Bend! This East coast band is the stuff of legends and we are incredibly fortunate to have them in the Northwest. Don’t miss this high energy Jam Rock powerhouse !

8pm. $15.

19 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.

sit back by one of our many fire pits and enjoy this amazing weather. Bill Powers will be playing his sweet, musical musings live in the yard.

5-7pm. No cover.

MUSIC

Silver Moon Brewing Trivia on the Moon

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

Trivia on the Moon is back once again at Silver Moon Brewing! We are excited to welcome back our hosts and guests for exciting categories, great prizes, and good times. Trivia will be held on our socially distanced patio. 7-9pm.

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FILM EVENTS Thursday Night Vintage Ski Film

Bunk+Brew Historic Lucas House Bunk+Brew Presents: Saturdays in the

Yard with Matt Puccio Jr. Matt Puccio Jr. is a local folk singer not content with speaking truth to power and chooses to sing it as well. Heated and covered igloos, bonfires, and heaters available.

5-7pm. No cover.

Horseshoe Tavern Juju Eyeball Local

Beatles cover band plays an afternoon show.

Hits, licks and high kicks. Party on, Jojo. 1-3pm.

No cover.

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Join us outside in the alley for a fun evening of vintage ski films! Button up your favorite ski suit and come on out! Thursdays, 6:30pm. Through Jan. 28. Tin Pan Alley, Off Minnesota, between Thump and the Wine Shop, Bend. $15-$30.

ARTS & CRAFTS Bunk+Brew Presents: The Yuletide Winter Market We will be hosting local

vendors selling their wares and showcasing live music by the fire at night in our European inspired Winter Market. Saturdays, 2-10pm.

Through Jan. 16. Bunk+Brew Historic Lucas House, 42 NW Hawthorne Ave, Bend. Contact: 458-202-1090. Free.

Call to Artists The award winning Red Chair

new brunch options from the food trucks and of course Mimosas from the tap house. Free to play and prizes to win! Due to state mandate, seating is strictly outside. Come early and grab a seat at one of our many heated and fire pit tables. 12-1:30pm.

Gallery is looking for an artist who makes wearable art or accessories in fiber or leather. We are a membership gallery. Red Chair Gallery, 103 NW Oregon Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-410-6813. thewayweart229@gmail.com.

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Art at the Oxford Featuring Joren Traveller Joren Traveller is a sculptor-painter

vaccinations, deworming and microchips at our walk-in wellness clinic. No appointments necessary, first come first served. Saturdays, 9am-2pm.

Bend Spay & Neuter Project, 910 SE Wilson, Suite A1, Bend. $10-$30.

specializing in bronze and ceramic sculptures of birds and animals as well as commissioned animal portraits in graphite. Jan. 1-31. 10 Below - Oxford Hotel, 10 NW Minnesota Ave, Bend.

Know Place - Botany Meets Biology: The Plight of the Sage-Grouse

Learn about the unusual biology of the sagegrouse and how it has adapted to the challenging ecology of the sagebrush steppe with Dr. Stu Garrett. Register here to get the link: zoom.us/ webinar/register/WN_64VbrYceQWavIoVczsmSMQ Jan. 14, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-312-1029. laurelw@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Scalehouse Gallery Presents Shabazz Larkin: Fragile Black Man His practice

of vandalizing photographs, overwhelming use of color and bold typography, at times feel like visual concepts better suited for the editorial section of Rolling Stone. This technique only veils Larkin’s true intention to explore societal issues of race, justice and religion. Dec. 4-Jan. 30.

Scalehouse Gallery, 550 NW Franklin Ave, Bend.

Webcast: Renewal in Our Burned Forests Travel with us into some of Oregon’s

treasured public lands that were impacted in this and previous years’ fires, and see how nature and wildlife rebound and what we expect to see in the future. Jan. 13, 6pm. Free.

WORDS Author! Author!: TAYARI JONES, in conversation with Elizabeth Gilbert

New York Times bestselling writer Tayari Jones is the author of four novels. Her most recent release, An American Marriage, was an Oprah’s Book Club Selection and appeared on Barack Obama’s summer reading list as well as his year-end roundup.

Elizabeth Gilbert is a journalist and author. Her 2006 memoir Eat, Pray, Love has sold more than 12 million copies. Her most recent book is City of Girls. Jan. 15, 6pm. $25.

Know Place: Writing about Home with Elizabeth Wetmore This is a live webinar.

Elizabeth Wetmore will read a couple of short excerpts from her debut novel, Valentine and will talk briefly about the joys and hazards of setting her first novel in her hometown. Jan. 19, 6:30-7:30pm. Contact: 541-312-1063. paigef@ deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Mystery Book Club We will discuss The

Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi. Please visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info. Jan. 20, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Out of This World Book Club On

January 13th we will discuss Dread Nation by Justine Ireland. Please visit www.roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info. Jan. 13, 6-7pm.

Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Zoom Author Event: Gideon by Grant Rosenberg Dr. Kelly Harper lives the

Check out Bunk + Brew’s final weekend for its Yuletide Winter Market, featuring live music and arts from local makers. Sat., Jan. 16, 2-10pm.

good life. She has a dream job working alongside her father at their urgent care clinic and a longtime boyfriend who is a Homicide Inspector with the SFPD. Everything suddenly changes!

Visit roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info.

Jan. 14, 6-7pm. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@ roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

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

VOLUNTEER Big Brothers Big Sisters: Lunch & Learn Grab your lunch and join us on this

interactive Zoom chat and learn what it means to ignite, empower and defend the potential in local youth through the power of mentoring.

Jan. 20, Noon-1pm. Contact: 541-312-6047. balbert@bbbsco.org.

Call for Volunteers - Play with Parrots!

Volunteers needed at Second Chance Bird Rescue!

Friendly people needed to help socialize birds to ready for adoption, make toys, clean cages and make some new feathered friends! 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 Court Appointed Special

Advocates (or CASA volunteers) are trained and committed volunteers who provide a voice for and ensure that each child’s individual needs remain a priority in foster care. Become a CASA at our free online training in 2021. Tuesdays, Noon-3pm.

Through Feb. 23. Contact: 541-389-1618. mjohnson@casaofcentraloregon.org. $0.

Mentor a Child with an Incarcerated Parent This 3½-hour class covers program

policies, how to establish a mentor relationship, the impact incarceration has on families, communication skills, and safety and best practices for mentoring in a COVID-19 world. There is no cost to attend, but advanced registration is required.

Jan. 16, 9:30am-12:30pm. Contact: 541-388-6651. copy@deschutes.org. free.

Ultimate Scavenger Bend Cleanup! As

beautiful as Bend is, there are still areas that could be better. Every 3rd Saturday of the month, we’ve decided to find these places, get volunteers from the community, and help clean up. Third Saturday of every month, 11am. Brookswood Meadow Plaza, 19530 Amber Meadow Dr., Bend.

Volunteer Opportunity Are you a Jack/Jill of all trades? There’s everything from small engine, fencing, troubleshooting in a barn/rescue facility that require TLC repairs. Seize this opportunity; volunteer at Mustangs To The Rescue. Please call and leave a message. Mondays-Sundays, 9am6pm. Mustangs to the Rescue, 21670 McGilvray Road, Bend. Contact: 541-330-8943. volunteer@ MustangstotheRescue.org.

Volunteer with Salvation Army The Salva-

tion Army has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities for almost every age. We have an emergency food pantry, we visit residents of assisted living centers and we make up gifts for veterans and the homeless. Ongoing. Contact: 541-389-8888.

GROUPS & MEETUPS Bend Chamber Webinar Series: Homelessness Impact and Assistance Join the

Bend Chamber and our community experts panel as we discuss the issues our community is facing surrounding the topic of homelessness. Jan. 19, Noon-1pm. Free.

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ConnectW: Julie Harrelson will share some sto-

ries of her journey as an entrepreneur and discuss key elements for success in any venture whether it’s life, family, work or a new venture. Jan. 20, 7-8pm. Contact: info@connectw.org. $10-$20.

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Racial Healing Dialogues & Healing Justice Affinity Spaces The event

will include 90-min break outs including affinity spaces for folks of color, LGBTQ+ folks and white folks, Restorative Justice session and more! Email TRACES@unitedwaycentraloregon.org to register.

Jan. 19, 6-8pm. Contact: 541-389-6507.

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.

Kids Ninja Warrior Class Unique to Bend, your kids (age 6-10) will gain amazing abilities through obstacle course training, climbing and fitness conditioning, and team motivation in our Kids Ninja Warrior classes. Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30pm, 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.

Kids Ninja Warrior Half-Day Camp Drop-

off the kids after school for Half-Day Ninja Warrior Camps, they’ll get their energy out and their exercise in! Wednesdays, 1:30-4:30pm. Through May 26. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99 per child.

LEGO Robotics Join Camp Fire’s First LEGO

League Robotics club for 4th-5th graders. We will be exploring FLL’s new competition “Gamechangers” using LEGO EV3 Mindstorms robots. Mondays-Wednesdays, 3:30-5:30pm. Through Feb. 10.

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

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

making ninja warrior buddies as they develop fundamental coordination skills through obstacle-based gymnastics. 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.

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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.

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BEER & DRINK Apres Ski Special at Zpizza Tap Room Slice of premium pizza & beer- only

$5! Show your Mt. B lift ticket, finish your epic day on your way down from the mountain with us. Thu.- Sun., 4-6pm. Zpizza Tap Room, 1082 SW Yates Drive, Bend. Contact: 541-382-2007. bendsales@peppertreeinns.com. $5.

Cross Cut Warming Hut: Locals’ Day!

Tuesdays are Locals’ Day. Every Tuesday enjoy $1 off regular size draft beverages. Come by the Warming Hut and hang out by the fire. Tuesdays.

Cross Cut Warming Hut No 5, 566 SW Mill View Way, Bend.

Growler Discount Night! Enjoy $2 off growler

Bevel Brewing offers two different days to get your brew fix with local discounts, head on down on Tuesdays for $4 beers or Wednesdays for $2 off growler fills.

Locals’ Night Monday is the day to be at Silver

officially closes on Sunday, January 31 at 12 midnight, Mountain Standard Time. Racing runs from February 1-7 on a trail and area of your choice. Virginia Meissner SnoPark, Century Drive, Bend. $39.

fills every Wednesday at Bevel! Wednesdays. Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour Rd. Suite B, Bend.

Contact: 831-245-1922. holla@bevelbeer.com.

Moon Brewing! Come on down and join the local family all day every Monday! We offer $3 Pints of our core line up beers and $4 pours of our barrel aged beers all day. We will see you there! Mondays. Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend.

OUTDOOR EVENTS 12th Annual Polar Bear Virtual Run This

Locals’ Day Come on down to Bevel Craft Brewing 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.

year’s event will be virtual! So what does that mean for you? As a participant, you get to pick your route and run either 5k or 10k anytime the week of January 9th-16th. Jan. 9-16. $30.

Travel to France with The Good Drop Wine Shoppe Join The Good Drop June 10-

New Year’s Resolution Preparation Party! A physical therapist and a health coach will guide

you to creating a strong body and a clearly defined plan for resolution success during a free Zoom party! Jan. 13, 7-8pm. Contact: 503-481-0595. michelle@ceilingunlimitedhealthcoaching.com. Free.

17th, 2021 on a cruise of the Rhone River. Embark on a seven-night river cruise from Avignon to Lyon. We hope you decide to Sip and Sail with us.

Please call us at 541-410-1470 or email beckie@ gooddropwineshop.com for inquires and bookings.

ATHLETIC EVENTS HEALTH & WELLNESS Bend Pilates Bend Pilates is now offering a

Bend Area Running Fraternity The group

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

will run, maintaining social distance, along the Deschutes River and then receive discounted drinks!

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

Capoeira: A Perfect Adventure The Brazilian art form of Capoeira presents opportunities to develop personal insights, strength, balance, flexibility, musicality, voice, rhythm, and language.

Text 541-678-3460 for location and times. Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays, 6pm. $30 intro month.

Planet Fitness Home Work-Ins Planet Fit-

ness is offering free daily workouts via livestream!

Visit the Planet Fitness Facebook page for more details. Ongoing, Free.

Dream Interpretation Group Facilitator

Michael Hoffman has been interpreting dreams for the past 35 years. This approach draws on Jungian dream interpretation and spiritual traditions. Every other Tuesday, 6-7:30pm. Contact: 541-639-6246. michael@naturalwayofbeing.com. Free.

Redmond Running Group Run 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.

Tour of Meissner 30k classic race/tour on the

Meissner trails. Donations accepted. Jan. 7-26. Virginia Meissner SnoPark, Century Drive, Bend. Free.

Register Now: Virtual Boulder Mtn Tour

Our Race, Your Backyard is the theme for the 2021 Zions Bank Boulder Mountain Tour. Registration

Experience Your Chakras Through Yin Using the Baptiste methodology, journey in

stillness within the self-care practices of Yin Yoga, breath work, meditation, inquiry & energy medicines to tap into the energy centers - CHAKRAS - of your body. Led by Brandy Berlin. Sunday, January 16th, 3-5pm. $25 Jan. 16, 3-5pm. Contact: 541-5508550. namaspayoga@gmail.com. $25.

Getting Started With Essential Oils Bend Join us for this free workshop to learn how

to get started safely. Fridays, 7pm and Sundays, 10am. Through May 30. Riverhouse on the Deschutes, 3075 N. Highway 97, Bend. Free.

Livestream Pre + Postnatal Yoga Classes This class is designed to help pregnant ladies

and recently postpartum moms 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.

Livestream Yoga Flow Classes This all levels livestream yoga flow class is 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: 541-797-3404. info@freespiritbend.com. $9.

Livestreamed Meditation Class Free

online meditation classes led by Cathleen Hylton of Blissful Heart Wellness Center. Join class via zoom. us/j/596079985. Thursdays, 6-7pm. Free.

The Vance Stance/Structural Reprogramming In this series of two-hour classes in posture and flexibility. Mondays-Thursdays, Noon-2pm and Mondays-Wednesdays, 6-8pm. Through Feb. 11. EastSide Home Studio, 21173 Sunburst Ct., Bend. Contact: 541330-9070. vancebonner@juno.com. 12 classes/$180.

Thriving with Diabetes Synergy Health

and Wellness offers group classes accredited by the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) to help adults with Diabetes lower HbA1c, decrease complications, and have a better quality of life. Jan. 16, 9-11am.

Women’s Circle

A committed four week series open to all who identify as women. Move, dance and connect more soul-fully with yourself and others. Learn more at soulinmotionbend.com.

Wednesdays, 6:30-8pm. Through Jan. 28. Contact: 541-948-7015. soulinmotionbend@gmail.com. $100/series.

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An Ode to Central Oregon

“Placed” book offers insights and inspiration about the phenomena of this part of the world

By Nicole Vulcan

Santasiero and Cooper: Not too many parameters, except for length.

In our call we said, “Our idea is that the Encyclopedia is a composition of entries based on place and phenomena unique to our pocket of the planet, from Warm Springs to Fort Rock to Burns and everywhere in-between.

The idea is that each participant chooses a subject and writes an encyclopedic line or two that identifies and defines the subject. Participants then use the rest of their 500-800 words to riff on the subject however they like.

Lyric essay? Fabulous. Straight-up history lesson? Terrific. Poem? We should be so lucky. We hope to compile a collection of individual responses that reflect both lightness and latitude, gravity and glee.

Source Weekly: Describe the genesis of this book, from pre-COVID to now.

SW: What surprised you about the submissions you received?

Irene Cooper: A few years ago, Oregon poet laureate Kim Stafford floated the idea to library workshop attendees in Bend. He had a model for a community project with a regional focus.

We layered onto that our desire for a book that would reflect Central Oregon as more than a picturesque landscape and recreation destination, as a place where people worked and struggled and strived in ways both diverse and relatable.

IC: Maybe not surprising, per se, but definitely illuminating were the intimate nature of many of the pieces, how, even the more scientific entries revealed something of the writer’s connection and relationship to place.

Ellen Santasiero: A group of five local writers decided to create the book after Kim Stafford floated the suggestion at a library workshop in Bend. We got along well, we didn’t get bogged down with obstacles, we just marched forward. We trusted that the process would yield a print book someday. We put out a call to our networks.

As writers we all had robust networks.

We didn’t just ask writers. We asked people who we wanted to hear from because of their work such as a local farmers and people who worked with social justice. Because we were all busy working and had families, the process was slow, and it even sat for a while. Before COVID hit we had most of the submissions in. Then COVID hit and we were distracted. When BLM [Black Lives Matter] grew, we solicited a few more pieces to reflect some of that reality.

SW: Some of the essays take on a very informational tone, while others are more “poetic.” What were the parameters writers were given in order to submit a story or poem?

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SW: Describe a few of the pieces that stand out, perhaps now in the midst of what we have collectively experienced in this past year.

ES: The pieces on social justice, such as one about asylum seekers from Honduras, a piece about growing up bi-racial in Sisters, another on the BLM protests in Prineville last summer.

SW: What did the editing process look like?

ES: We used a light hand. We wanted the writers’ voices to shine through.

By the time we got down to editing and publishing, our editorial staff consisted of two of the original group of five, me and Irene Cooper. We split up the submissions and line-edited as needed. The most fun was ordering the pieces under the letters of the alphabet and coming up with one word to describe the essence of each piece. It was a blast to do that associative play, and contributed to the kind of slanted perspective—the side door—we were aiming for.

SW: What would you like readers and residents/visitors to know about this book and where to get it?

ES: We hope to add to the growing body of local literature in two

“Placed” offers everything from nonfiction essays about food and farms to poetry focused on things seen in the Central Oregon environment.

ways: 1., by providing stories that, as a whole, begin to represent all of what living in this place means, from its beauty to some of its hard realities, not excluding even the banalities; 2., by placing fiction and poetry side by side with nonfiction accounts. Most readers are accustomed to nonfiction in a place-focused book such as this one. Our collection argues that we can (and should!) perceive and understand a place from a less linear, more imaginative perspective.

“Placed” is available locally at Dudley’s, Roundabout Books, Paulina Springs Books, The Bend Store, and The Workhouse, and may be ordered from retail outlets everywhere. Cooper and Santasiero also

aim to put out more volumes and will put out a call for submissions when that time comes.

Know Place — Placed: An Encyclopedia of Central Oregon Sat., Jan 23. 2-3pm Online event through the Deschutes Public Library Editors Irene Cooper and Ellen Santasiero discuss PLACED, a composition of writings based on place and phenomena unique to Central Oregon. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar

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or those looking for a way to get up to speed on Central Oregon’s places and happenings—and on the creatives who inhabit these lands, “PLACED: An Encyclopedia of Central Oregon, Vol. 1” may be a good place to start. Edited by Bendbased writers Ellen Santasiero and Irene Cooper, “Placed” is a collection of essays and poems from 37 authors, highlighting areas from Warm Springs and Fort Rock, as well as the local flora, fauna and weather that poets find as muses.

Conceived of and started before the pandemic, the project and process evolved as 2020 unfolded, culminating in an October 2020 release. I checked in with Santasiero and Cooper about the book—which they’ll discuss in a Jan. 23 web event with the Deschutes Public Library.

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Up with Homemade Broths and Stocks CHOW Warm Making bone broth or vegetable stock at home is easy and nourishing

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bowl of hot soup or warm broth can take the chill out of a cold winter day. While grocery store shelves are usually stocked with an array of canned and boxed varieties, making a delicious broth for sipping or a stock as a base for other soups and recipes is something you can do while doing other things, such as working on your computer or doing the laundry. Once you get it going, you only have to check on it occasionally until it’s done.

According to Food & Wine, the difference between stock and broth is minimal. A stock is to be made with bones in addition to a mirepoix, a mix of carrots, onions and celery. At its most basic, broth is simply any liquid that meat has been cooked in. A broth can also be made with just vegetables. While broth is something you sip, stock is typically used as a base in sauces and soups, providing body rather than flavor.

As author Sally Fallon Morell points out in her book, “Nourishing Broth: An Old-Fashioned Remedy for the Modern World,” bone broth has rich dissolves of collagen, cartilage, bone and marrow which give the body the right stuff to rebuild and rejuvenate—stuff such

Homemade broth is as easy as bringing water to a slow simmer.

as vitamins, minerals, amino acids and healing sugars.

“Deep in the center of bones is marrow, a creamy substance valued by our ancestors for its life-giving, Courtesy nourishing broths

reproduction-enhancing, and brain-building fat and cholesterol.

As the seed of blood and stem cells, it’s prized as a sacred, energizing, and regenerative food in native cultures all over the world,” Morell writes. Of course, most are aware of the benefits of eating plenty of plants in our diet, too.

Whether you’re going for bones or carrots or both, the basic technique is the same. Simmer veggie scraps or bones in water for a long, slow time (in the case of straight-up vegetable broth, it can be finished in one hour or less).

Simple Vegetable Broth A swirl of your favorite oil 1 onion, chopped 2 stalks celery, chopped 2 large carrots, chopped Leftover vegetable scraps you have on hand (onion skins, carrot ends, celery leaves, herbs, potato peels, greens, etc.)

Several cloves of garlic, smashed Fresh parsley/thyme Pinch of salt Two bay leaves Water to cover Sauté chopped veggies in a bit of oil or water to soften. Add salt, herbs, bay leaves and water to cover. Bring to almost boiling, then turn heat down to simmer for 45-60 minutes, longer if desired. Strain.

Cool.

Sally Fallon Morell’s book, “Nourishing Broth: An Old-Fashioned Remedy for the Modern World”, is available in Central Oregon at Central Oregon Locavore.

Basic Bone Broth 3-4 pounds knucklebones/cartilage bones 2 pounds meaty bones 3 celery stalks, halved 3 carrots, halved 3 onions, quartered

Handful fresh parsley 4 quarts water, or just enough to cover bones Salt Roast bones on baking sheet in hot oven ( 400 degrees) for 30 minutes. Place bones and vegetables in big pot. Cover with water. Bring to an easy roll then immediately turn heat down. Simmer uncovered, skimming scum as it rises.

Cook for 24-72 hours. Turn off overnight, turn back on to simmer next morning.

During last 10 minutes of cooking, toss in fresh parsley for added flavor. Let broth cool before straining. Store in fridge up to one week or freezer up to six months.

Pro Tips: Save daily vegetable scraps in a large bag in freezer. Once your bag is full, you’ll have enough scraps to make a big pot of stock/ broth.

The number one goal for bone broth/ stock is to get it gelatinous, meaning it sets up in a solid gel if you put it in the fridge. Bones, such as knucklebones and chicken/pig feet with lots of cartilage help make the broth gelatinous. Include meaty bones, such as short ribs, to add flavor.

Water should just cover the bones.

Never overheat the broth/stock. A roiling boil will break down collagen fibers that won’t coagulate when cooled. So heat over medium heat only until the liquid starts to “roll,” then turn the heat down until it barely simmers.

Simmer with the lid off to prevent boiling and allow the gradual reduction of the stock and concentration of gelatin.

To avoid cloudiness, skim the scum that rises to the top as the liquid starts to cook and occasionally throughout cooking.

To freeze stock, only fill the container ¾ full.

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because I’m me, I went on a hunt for a brand new, January 2021 release on VOD that looked so bad that I might hopefully be able to recapture that lost feeling.

What I found was “Shadow in the Cloud” and, I’m sorry to say, it was awesome. Chloe Grace Moretz plays Maude Garrett, a flight officer in 1943 hitching a ride on a B-13 bomber that’s delivering a mysterious and top-secret package from New Zealand to Samoa.

The disgustingly sexist and awful crew puts her down in the belly turret for the flight, where after a few minutes she notices a GREMLIN ON THE DAMN WING!!!

Yep, you guessed it, “Shadow in the Cloud” is a WWII monster movie where

the main character is trapped in a turret for over half the film’s runtime. Most of the tension is built from what she hears happening in the plane above her through the radio comms. Don’t get me wrong, the movie is silly as all hell, but it plays like an episode of “The Twilight Zone” crossed with a 1940s radio play designed to scare the pants off little kids and their parents.

If you need a dash of realism with your movies, then “Shadow in the Cloud” might not do it for you, but as a fantasy it’s an absolute banger. The script by human stain Max Landis isn’t great, but Chinese-New Zealander director Roseanne Liang infuses the movie with such infectious energy that, even at its most ridiculous, the film never stops being an

exciting thrill ride that makes you feel like a kid listening to a campfire story.

It’s an absolute blast from start to finish and, even though it wasn’t what I was searching for, it’s exactly what I needed to hype myself on the uncertain future of movies in 2021. While I still very much missed that communal experience, “Shadow in the Cloud” reminded me of the joy a good movie can give you in any situation, whether it’s on your phone or at an IMAX. Actually, I take that back. Don’t watch movies on your phone. We’re all better than that.

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very single year of my lifetime until now, the movies that have been released to theaters and Video on Demand in January are, aside from a few lost Oscar stragglers, hot dumpster juice boiling around a tire fire. There have been several years in a row where the worst movie I’ve seen in a theater all year turned out to be the first movie I saw in a theater all year.

And, God help me, I miss it. I miss seeing something so profoundly bad with an audience that I could feel the auditorium shift from being entertained into a state of shock and pure disbelief. I’ll never forget seeing “The Devil Inside” at a packed Regal screening on Jan. 6, 2012. The entire movie was building up toward a bloody and (we were hoping) terrifying exorcism, and we were there for it. Creepy noises, shattered mirrors and distorted demonic presences started happening and the movie finally got a little scary.

Then, out of nowhere, a smash cut to black. The movie ended in the middle of the exorcism with an advertisement that if we wanted to see what happened next, then we needed to visit the film’s website!

Just like that, a howl rose up from the packed auditorium as a few hundred people rose, stunned and disbelieving that a movie would make us go to a website to see how it ends. And then, as one, the entire room started to laugh at how terrible the movie was, and we all left the theater energized by our collective disdain.

I miss the communal experience of bad movies…maybe more than the communal experience of good ones. So,

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La Niña offers the rarest and most prized of all Central Oregon commodities: snow.

So far, it’s been a “bland year.”

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ccurring every few years, La Niña is defined by stronger trade winds which cause water in the Pacific Ocean near the equator to be a few degrees colder than usual. This shift in temperature affects weather all over the world. While La Niña can wreak havoc on global farming commodities, she’s a double-edged sword in the stone. Pulling her out may promise more of the featherweight stock many outdoorsy Oregonians covet: snow—glorious snow. So far though, the year has been kinda meh.

Prior to opening day at Mt. Bachelor, many saw La Niña dividends in the back and side country. Longtime guide services noted more people off piste, exploring by all-terrain or splitboard gear than ever before—no doubt in part related to universal COVID cabin fever and a 2020 winter season cut short.

Skinning up on skis between Pine Marten and Outback lifts before the resorts opened, local skier Sarah Pascal found, “Really decent pow. Not too heavy, and a really good base. Didn’t really worry about hitting anything on the open trails.”

According to Tyler Rummel, lead mountain communications specialist at Mt. Bachelor, the early coverage came from heavy snowfall in the month of November, when an astonishing 89 inches fell. Compare that to November 2019, when the Cascades were snowless until Nov. 19, and 25 inches fell for the entire month, Rummel reported. In December, however, the snow fell short of average.

“December had us quiet down a little with the mountain recording 63 inches of snowfall for the month,” Rummel noted.

For the Nordic contingency, cars have been piled up along the Cascades

Stay Home, Get Wild with Think Wild’s discussion and trivia nights A ski run off the beaten path is a wonderful remedy to COVID-19 cabin fever this winter.

Highway and overflowing designated recreation lots so far this season. Bend local Erik Fernandez reveled in a Friday the 13th, 1.5-foot powder cross country trail break on Tangent Loop. “[Had to] cut trail most of the way.

One of the toughest cross-country days I’ve ever had. It was a beautiful winter wonderland though, and those are always more special when it’s the first of the season.”

On Dec. 7, opening day at Mt. Bachelor Resort, with faces hidden behind masks and goggles, winter shareholders stacked in lift lines emitted a special gratitude, perhaps related to La Niña. Although freshies weren’t on the docket, patrons enjoyed a 40-inch base of coverage on Pine Marten and Skyline lifts throughout the locals-only opening week. Blue bird spring conditions, albeit a bit icy, and manageable parking, despite the rollout of a new reservation K.M. Collins

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system, kept the restless energy of the bullpen mostly corralled.

Now a month into the season, scientific data may be raining on the La Niña parade. Kyle Gorman at the Oregon Water Resources Department isn’t celebrating a high-snowpack year just yet— though he’s hopeful.

“This winter has been about as bland as it can get,” Gorman wrote in an email.

“However, in the next few days, there will be an atmospheric river hitting the NW part of Oregon and the Western Cascades which should be exciting (for us water geeks).”

Gorman, who forecasts snowpack yearly in order to anticipate reservoir and drought conditions in the region, has some concerns. “At this point in time, the readings for the amount of water in our snowpack is starting to get serious,” he wrote. “We are well into winter and what I was hoping for has not materialized yet. We are just under 100% of average snow water equivalent. I was hoping to have 150% or more by now.”

Early in the season, Mt. Bachelor’s staff is looking for history to be on its side.

“At Mt. Bachelor… our historical snowfall record of 665 inches occurred in the La Niña year of 2010-11. The trend for these types of years has been average snowfall in most winter months with one to two months having near or record-setting monthly snowfall. Additionally, January, February or March have the highest chance of being the excitingly large snowfall month,” Rummel said.

Looking forward to the many months remaining of pow crop sharing, much remains to be seen in the way of guaranteed returns. Market volatility of Bend’s ace winter commodity abides. Standby.

One of the best things about Central Oregon: abundant outdoor recreation. However, spending time outside frequently leads to encounters with its wild inhabitants. Luckily, there are plenty of options for adventurers looking to do their part to protect wildlife and maybe even have some fun.

After its successful Wildlife Trivia nights throughout 2020, Think Wild is offering more ways for the community to get up close and personal with native wildlife while staying home.

For the new year, the Bend-based conservation center is adding a new discussion series called “Fangs, Feathers and Fur.” Think Wild describes these monthly events as part lecture, part happy hour chat. Each session in the series will focus on how traditional media representation of Central Oregon wildlife can impact conservation efforts and how the public interacts with them.

These casual chats are ideal if you’re new to Central Oregon wildlife or want to learn more about how to help our fanged, feathered and furry neighbors. The first topic in the lecture series is all about the big cats that roam around the high desert and mountains we call home.

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I’m accomplished in three of those categories, but a failure in being free of all ambitions. In fact, I’m eternally delighted by all the exciting creative projects I’m working on. I’m VERY ambitious. What about you, Capricorn? I’m going to contradict Poe and speculate that your happiness in the coming months will require you to be at least somewhat ambitious. That’s what the planetary omens are telling me. So what are the best goals and dreams for you to be ambitious about?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s time to launch Operation Supple Watchdog. That means you should be tenderly vigilant as you take extra good care of everyone and everything that provide you with meaning and sustenance. It means you should exercise rigorous but good-humored discernment about any oppressive or demeaning ideas that are flying around. You should protect and preserve the vulnerable parts of your life, but do so with tough-minded compassion, not ornery overreactions. Be skeptical, but warm; breezily resilient but always ready to stand up for what’s right. (P.S. The better you shield yourself against weird surprises, the more likely it is you’ll attract interesting surprises.)

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The atoms that compose your body have existed for billions of years. Originally created by a star, they have been part of many forms before you.

But they are exactly the same in structure as they have ever been. So in a very real sense, you are billions of years old.

Now that you know that, how do you feel? Any different?

Stronger?

More expansive? More eternal? I bring these thoughts to your attention, Pisces, because 2021 will be an excellent year for you to come to a more profound and detailed understanding of your true nature. I hope you will regularly meditate on the possibility that your soul is immortal, that your identity is not confined to this historical era, that you have been alive and will be alive for far longer than you’ve been taught to believe.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): As you ripen into a more fully embodied version of yourself, you will summon ever-greater discrimination about where to seek your inspiration. I trust that you will increasingly divest yourself of any tendency you might have to play around with just any old mediocre fire. More and more, you will be drawn to high-quality blazes that provide just the right amount of heat and light—neither too much nor too little. And you will steadfastly refrain from jumping into the flames, as glamorously dramatic as that might seem—and instead be a master of deft maneuvers that enable you to get the exact energy you need.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Today I received a new email from a Gemini friend who lives in London. It was date-stamped January 15, 2015. Weird!

In it, she talked about applying for a new job at a publishing company. That was double weird, because February 2015 was in fact the time she had gotten the editing job that she still has. Her email also conveyed other details about her life that I knew to be old history. So why did it arrive now, six years late? I called her on the phone to see if we

could unravel the mystery. In the end we concluded that her email had time-traveled in some inexplicable way. I predict that a comparable event or two will soon happen in your life, Gemini. Blasts from the past will pop in as if yesterday were today.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Eugene Sue (1804– 1857) was a popular French author whose stories often offered sympathetic portrayals of the harsh living conditions endured by people of the lower economic class. Writing generously about those downtrodden folks made him quite wealthy. I’d love to see you employ a comparable strategy in the coming year. What services might you perform that would increase your access to money and resources? How could you benefit yourself by helping and uplifting others?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The beautiful and luxurious fabric known as silk comes from cocoons spun by insect larvae. Sadly for the creatures that provide the raw material, they’re usually killed by humans harvesting their handiwork—either by being stabbed or boiled alive. However, there is a special kind of silk in which manufacturers spare the lives of their benefactors. The insects are allowed to mature into moths and escape. I propose that we make them your spirit creatures in the coming weeks. It’s an excellent time for you to take an inventory of everything you do, and evaluate how well it upholds the noble principle of “Do no harm.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

22): “Any time that is not spent on love is wasted,” declared the Italian poet Torquato Tasso. Although I am sympathetic with his sentiment, I can’t agree that acts of love are the only things ever worth doing. Sometimes it’s healthy to be motivated by anger or sadness or skepticism, for example. But I do suspect the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to be in intense devotion to Tasso’s counsel. All the important successes you achieve will be rooted in an intention to express love and compassion.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I heard a story about how a music aficionado took a Zen Buddhist monk to a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5. The monk wasn’t impressed. “Not enough silence!” he complained. I’m puzzled by that response. If the monk were referring to a busy intersection in a major city, I might agree with him, or the cacophony of a political argument among fanatics on Facebook. But to want more silence in one of history’s greatest pieces of music? That’s perverse. With this in mind, Libra, and in accordance with astrological omens, I encourage you to seek extra protection from useless noise and commotion during the coming weeks—even as you hungrily seek out rich sources of beautiful information, sound, and art.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal,” wrote Scorpio author Albert Camus. If you’re one of those folks, I’m happy to inform you that you have cosmic permission to relax. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to explore the pleasures of NOT being conventional, standard, ordinary, average, routine, prosaic, or common.

As you expansively practice non-normalcy, you will enhance your health, sharpen your wits, and clarify your decisions.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Our lives tend to be shaped by the stories about ourselves that we create and harbor in our imaginations. The adventures we actually experience, the problems we actually face, are often (not always) in alignment with the tales we tell ourselves about our epic fates. And here’s the crux of the matter: We can change the stories we tell ourselves. We can discard tales that reinforce our pain, and dream up revised tales that are more meaningful and pleasurable. I believe 2021 will be an excellent time for you to attend to this fun work. Your assignment: Be a self-nurturing storyteller.

Homework: What’s the first adventure you will embark on when the pandemic subsides? FreeWillAstrology.com

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“________ is a fairy wand touching everything with a strange magic.

It is like the smile of a friend in time of sorrow.”

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ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES

ACROSS 1. Job ID 4. Snow removal necessity 8. Immunity expert seen on TV 14. Japanese fish 15. Student possibly maybe looking forward to a Zoom PSAT: Abbr.

16. Prove to be false 17. Sort 18. I highly doubt this is going to fit round my neck ...

20. Kind of sushi 22. Equipment for holding 23. Layabout 24. ... and this is way too wet to go outside in ...

27. Stamp on grass-fed beef 28. ___-Coburg 29. Do covering 31. Make pretty 33. ... is this supposed to go on my head? ...

39. Douze less deux 40. Drawing forth 42. The past 43. ... these flowers won’t keep my hands warm ...

45. Delegate in Manhattan 47. That, in Tegucigalpa 48. What you can’t do to any of this puzzle’s theme answers 49. Dropped a deuce 52. ... how will I walk with this on? ...

58. “Sweet Jesus!”

60. Two for the seesaw 61. French 101 lesson 62. ... where do my arms go? Besides, this is way too thin 65. “Go-Big Show” channel 66. Deck out 67. Contact solution brand 68. Alternative to French 69. Bulgogi, e.g.

70. East, in Ecuador 71. Elementary org.?

DOWN 1. Cut back 2. ___ panel 3. Rock star who wrote the autobiography “The Heroin Diaries” 4. Anti-distracted driving spot 5. Home for “Liberty Leading the People” 6. Visual 7. Whichever person, old-style 8. Boston skyscraper, familiarly, with “the” 9. It can lower your interest payments 10. Not working 11. “The Last Dance” team 12. Racing horse 13. You are here, in sci-fi 19. “___ culpa” 21. Mosque leader 25. Kicks out 26. As compared to 30. Master debater 31. E-signature file 32. Setting for Hitchcock’s “Notorious” 33. Wheels with bad MPG 34. Speedy point 35. French flower 36. Ginger 37. Have a few birthdays 38. Play with Bubble Wrap, say 41. Online “brah” 44. Act sarcastic 46. Local ‘hood 48. “You ___ kidding!”

49. Hit to the side of the face 50. Mic check phrase 51. Tree-lined shelter 53. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act org.

54. Mollusk shell lining 55. U.S. Bank Stadium team, for short 56. Space junk’s path 57. Inventor of the alternating current induction motor 59. JCC alternative 63. Psaki who will be Joe Biden’s press secretary 64. Voting day: Abbr.

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News and trends in local whiskey

By Nicole Vulcan

Photos courtesy New Basin Distilling Company, Crater Lake Spirits, Sunriver Brewing

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t’s dark and broody—just like the nation’s current mood. If there was any time better than the middle of winter to revel in the craft of whiskey, we don’t know when it is. After the year we’ve had, it’s no surprise that consumption of alcoholic spirits is up in every category. And this year, consumers are looking to up their game in the spirits department.

“After a year of difficulties and robbed experiences, consumers are more likely than ever to indulge in premium spirits,” says Moonshine University, an “educational distillery” in Louisville, Kentucky.

“In 2021, consumers will also trend beyond small batch or single barrel releases and begin to take up more interest in experimental expressions of premium positioned products— think “grain-to-glass,” creative secondary maturations, innovative mash bills, unique blends and the like,” Moonshine University shared in a recent release.

In the local arena, whiskey makers have a few items of note.

-New Basin Distilling Company in Madras recently won awards in Sip Magazine’s Best of the Northwest spirits competition. New Basin also took home a Platinum award for its Strongest American Light Whiskey, and a Double Gold for its First Cut Vodka. The competition is blind-tasted by a panel of judges and industry pros in the Northwest.

Named after one of “Oregon’s first Eastern settlers and explorers, Jedediah Strong Smith,” Strongest is 133.4

proof and aged 13 years. First Cut, meanwhile, named after a “ranch hand term used to retrieve the best animal out of the herd,” is an 80-proof cornbased spirit that is charcoal filtered at least 10 times.

-Crater Lake Spirits has once again teamed up with Deschutes Brewery to issue its Black Butte Whiskey. Aged five years in char American oak barrels, the 94-proof malt whiskey offers flavors of malted vanilla along with chocolate notes of Black Butte Porter—one of Deschutes’ most enduring beers. It’s available only at the Crater Lake tasting rooms, including downtown Bend and Tumalo.

-Sunriver Brewing is now offering barrel-aged beers. Available in 500-ml bottles, the “Wild Series” will feature “bottle conditioned beers influenced

by Brettanomyces, mixed culture bacteria and spontaneous fermentations,” according to the company, while the “Wood Series” features bold beers conditioned in a variety of barrels.

The first two beers, released at the start of the year, include two Wood Series beers: the 12.8% ABV Bourbon Barrel Ale, aged for 12 months in Kentucky bourbon barrels, and the 11.5% ABV Mocha Stout, an imperial stout crafted to evoke the taste of a Mexican mocha. Future Wood Series releases will include a Hawaiian Imperial Stout and a Belgian Quad with Cherries, both set to release in February. A Wild Series release will come in the spring, with a Dry Hopped Brett Saison.

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Bright red lipstick is my trademark.

It makes me feel attractive and confident: ready to take on the world. A female friend criticizes me at parties about my leaving a lipstick mark on my glass, even when it’s a plastic cup.

She says it’s disgusting, often when guys are listening. Is this her problem or bad etiquette I need to change?

—Girl Unpowered According to annoyed caterers ranting online, lipstick on glass has staying power second only to nuclear garbage and nightmare party guests (“But there was no checkout time on the invitation!”). So, it’s possible this woman is a well-meaning etiquette activist acting on behalf of beleaguered dishwashing staff everywhere. Except -- wait, she also bashes you when you’re drinking out of a plastic cup, and I’m guessing the garbagemen don’t get miffy when there’s a lipsticked Dixie cup next to the corpse in the dumpster they’re emptying.

Your experience reminded me of a meangirling a friend got when she was 11.

A cute French boy sat next to her during the school assembly. She was basking in crushy happiness when the girl in front of her turned and gave her the dagger-eye. “You’re ugly,” she announced and turned back around. Luckily, French Boy was kind of awesome, and as my friend sat there speechless -- feeling head-to-toe soggy-diapered in shame -he pointed at the mean girl and made the hand-twirly “she’s nuts” sign.

Girls and women are rarely so direct -- so openly and transparently aggressive. Though men compete openly and even proudly for mates, jobs, and social status, psychologist Anne Campbell finds that female competition is usually “covert” (meaning hidden or camouflaged and easily denied or explained away). Basically, it’s like poison gas.

You only learn you’re under attack when you’re writhing on the floor seeing the tunnel at the end of the light.

Campbell believes this strategy -- avoiding direct confrontation that could lead to physical retaliation -evolved to protect women’s reproductive machinery and keep them alive to feed and care for children. Women’s indirect aggression plays out in sneaky sabotage tactics like using malicious gossip to get another woman ostracized and noxious criticism like you’re experiencing (often dressed up as “I just want to help!”) to shame hot women in sexy little outfits into going around in more tarplike attire.

As for how you get a meangirl to stop meangirling on you, there’s a bit of a problem. Psychologist Joyce Benenson explains that “women honestly do not believe they compete with one another.”

This belief helps them compete far better -- with more social and psychological leeway to do rotten things -- than if they were aware of their competitive nature.

Benenson observes, “Nothing works better than self-deception” to give a woman the upper hand in conflicts of interest with other women while helping her avoid retaliation.

While from boyhood war games on, to be male is to be openly competitive, Benenson finds that girls and women get outraged when they see Amy Alkon another being unapologetically ambitious. Sure, there are social alpha girls, girls who have more power -- like to choose which new girl in school will be the group’s kickball for the year -- but girls long to be seen as “nice,” and nice girls don’t stand out above the others. Girls who dare show superiority or boast set themselves up as targets of girl-group punishment.

Looking at your situation through the lens of female competition suggests an approach: pulling her aside and being assertive one-on-one. If you instead do this publicly, it gives her an audience to play to, allowing her to act all wounded that you’re so “mean” to her when she’s, yes, just trying to help! Supposed public meanness on your part might also energize her to seek revenge, like with post-event whispers about your attention-seeking with the “trashy” lipstick that reels in all the boys.

Assertiveness is at its most powerful when it’s brief, firm, and unapologetic.

A helpful guiding principle is security expert Gavin de Becker’s line, “No is a complete sentence.” So, for example, you could say: “Stop making comments about my appearance. My lipstick or whatever. Now. No more.” Expect her to make excuses, but don’t engage with her.

Just say: “We don’t need to talk about it.

Just stop.” This shows her you won’t be a compliant victim.

Ideally, this experience will serve as a template for dealing with ugly “helpfulness” from women. Despite women’s reputation as the kinder, gentler sex, we just come off that way because female aggression goes around in a disguise. If the Miss America pageant really wanted to showcase women’s special abilities, they’d have a talent competition with each contestant using sneaky psychological warfare to destroy her social and romantic rivals -- like by suggesting a competitor heal the world with some comfort-eating. (“Give pizza a chance!”)

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