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Protest Organizers Talk What’s Next – After big turnouts at protests in Central Oregon this weekend, the organizers behind them talk to the Source about what they say comes next.

10 - Feature Sanctuary in the Outdoors: Does It Exist? – For this week’s Outside Guide, we asked local outdoors advocates to ponder on the topic of the outdoors as sanctuary. PLUS: What’s OK and what’s not amid coronavirus? We offer a few answers.

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Minnesota is my place of birth. Minneapolis is where I studied journalism and had my first reporter job, and where I met friends from nearly every continent. Lake Street is where I rode my bike to get to work, to eat food from its many immigrant-owned businesses and to drink a cheap cocktail. None of these ties mean I am more or less connected to the atrocious death of George Floyd, which happened in that city I love—but it does mean I food from immigranthave a real sense of what it looks and feels like there right Buying owned businesses. Not a bad now. It means I can text friends to get updates on their idea now or anytime. safety as they attend protests, or simply try to defend their neighborhoods from outside groups who they say are posing as protesters to sow mayhem. It means maybe I have a more inside view; but when it comes to channeling knowledge into action, that work is done here.

In addition to our Outside Guide stories (and sometimes concurrently), inside these pages we have gathered the reactions and actions of some of the people of color who live and work right here. Our histories and back stories have us Central Oregonians hailing from everywhere, but as we outlined in this week’s Opinion, it’s where we live that we should put our energy and focus into what to do next. I look forward to sharing more of your stories of how you’re doing that, Central Oregonians, as the weeks and months go on. As always, your comments, letters and story suggestions are welcome at editor@bendsource.com.

OPINION

Kudos to the Peaceful Protesters.

Now, Let’s Get to Work.

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udos to the peaceful protesters in Prineville, Redmond and Bend for showing up in numbers this weekend for the Black Lives Matter protests.

Kudos to those who kept the momentum going and organized another demonstration Tuesday.

Kudos to local police departments of Bend and Redmond for being proactive in speaking out against the death of George Floyd.

Kudos to those who took to social media to speak out against injustice.

These are all good things—but now it’s time to get to work.

Things are not rosy, and Central Oregon is no bubble; no utopia about which we can say that there are no issues to address. We may not have seen any recent deaths of people of color at the hands of the police around these parts, but that doesn’t exonerate the people of our region from doing more to interrupt racism and to support our growing population of people of color.

Students in our schools are still called the “N” word by classmates.

They’re still forced to grapple with the offhand racist comments of some teachers. Community members are still pulled over near their homes, asked “what they’re doing in this neighborhood.” The stories of indigenous people who once lived here have been largely erased by the settler culture that followed.

Just last week, the Deschutes County District Attorney’s office was served a tort claim notice by a former assistant DA, a Mexican-American woman, Jasmyn Troncosco, who, according to a note from the DA’s office, “alleges she was treated horribly by colleagues during her employment with Deschutes County and she alleges this treatment was motivated by her race and gender.”

DA John Hummel has said the alleged treatment by his staff was “despicable,” and said he is committed to finding out the facts and responding appropriately. That appears to be an appropriate response—but we as a community can all do more.

We can call on our elected officials and those in charge of our police departments, sheriff’s offices, school districts, city halls, parks departments and counties to not only speak out against racism and police brutality, but also to actively train and equip themselves to understand and interrupt destructive racism.

In response to a flood of inquiries, the City of Bend Police Department has, this week, outlined a number of measures it is taking to address Diversity, Equity and Inclusion within its department. It is engaged in DEI trainings for its workforce, but not all members of the department have done the training.

Due to pressure from the public, Bend PD’s leaders say they are committed to doing more. In addition to mandatory DEI trainings there, we would like to see them implement body cams for all officers. Similar efforts need to happen at the local sheriff’s offices as well.

At the Bend-La Pine Schools district, similar pressure has encouraged training more staff members in DEI principles for education; but again, without making the efforts mandatory, it’s often only the willing who participate. This kind of governmental change will come at a cost to taxpayers and it is where we need to back our desire for an inclusive community with dollars of support.

If we learn anything from the protests, it is that public pressure works.

This moment in history has brought forward a groundswell of enthusiasm, emotion and energy toward seeing the United States become a more inclusive and just society. Let’s all of us, not just our public officials, but the wider public who pays for those entities to operate, do our part, by showing up to public meetings in the same numbers we show up to protests. Let’s continue to press our public entities to not just point to their discrimination and equity policies, but to go beyond policy and into meaningful action that touches every employee in every public hall of government. This is the way we channel that enthusiasm from the streets into meaningful change.

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Letter of the week receives $5 to Palate! watching, “A Time to Kill” the other day, and I remember Samuel L’s character tell his attorney, “make them believe that I’m white.” But I say, why do I have to continually make you feel comfortable because of my blackness? I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of the racial inequalities i have to deal with every day. Not knowing if the COVID-19 mask I’m wearing constitutes an ass whipping or being killed.

LET’S TALK OPTICS: Finally, if you are witnessing injustice, put the camera down. If you know that there is injustice happening, step out of your bubble and help a fellow human being; it just might save their life.

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GUEST OPINION: No Hero IN RESPONSE TO “CALLED TO ACT,” THE SOURCE’S COVER STORY ON 5/21

Hero (noun); /‘hirō/ - 1. a.) “A mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability.” Source: Merriam-Webster.

Thank you Source Weekly for this story, and for calling attention to this campaign.

However, I do not accept recognition of any kind of "hero" (The Bulletin) while communities of color continue to face disparities and oppressions due to the systems built against them.

A hero is also defined as ‘one who shows great courage’ - and I ask you all to understand, when my friends and brown relatives in Central Oregon are being discriminated against, exploited, pushed aside and oftentimes forgotten, what choice do I have but to speak up and help tear down barriers the systems hold against us? Equal rights does not equate to equal treatment. We show great courage because we are forced to. Forced to self advocate, forced to build our own communities up, and in no way is that mythological or superhuman. It is as real and as human as it gets. It is not heroic to me to have common decency and humanity or compassion, it is simply the right thing to do, the way my parents raised me.

I am the daughter of once "immigrant" parents - my father of Indigenous Mexican descent once considered ‘illegal’ on stolen land. I am a single parent of two mixed race children, and in no way are we white-passing. Living through daily microaggressions, passive racist remarks, blatant racist remarks, listening to my 13-year -old retelling a story of being called the Nword on the playground of Cascade Middle School earlier this year. In a constant state of fear due to the color of our skin.

My gratitude is insurmountable, however, but more so for my own community that has put their trust in me. That has

exposed their vulnerabilities and shared their most personal struggles with me and our volunteers. The undocumented people that built this economy right here for us to thrive in and never once seeking praise for simply doing their jobs. The folks that work for menial wages, that expose their health and safety in order to feed their families and simultaneously put food on our tables. No, we’re not all field workers. Some of us hold the privilege of speaking the dominant culture’s language, have diplomas and higher education degrees to hold jobs in sectors we traditionally do not because of the inequities that exist there as well, and we find ways to advocate for our communities because we’ve lived these realities our entire lives.

But from the janitors at our schools, to the rural agricultural farm workers, to the directors of Latinx programs at our colleges, Central Oregon, we are essential to this community beyond COVID-19.

Lastly, to the allies that donated, shared our posts, and emails and jumped into action when called upon; Thank You. Thank you for stepping up. Thank you for showing up.

—Janet Llerandi Gonzalez

BLACK LIVES MATTER RALLY

I appreciate the Source reporting on the Black Lives Matter rally Saturday. The lesser-attended rally took place in Prineville on Sunday. Unlike BPD, no statement from Prineville Police Department was issued to affirm safety from the white nationalism performance art on display there.

The opposite side of the street was lined with anti-protestors. Their behavior was threatening. Some hecklers were visibly armed or carried partially concealed

weapons while trucks spewed smoke (rollin’ coal) and motorcycles revved engines (both violate environmental laws and noise ordinances) in vulgar displays of distaste and disapproval. Peaceful protests are unwanted enough to warrant staging a standoff. While disappointing, this should shock no one.

“Get out of MY [expletive] town” was shouted repeatedly. Colonized states who forced indigenous peoples to sign treaties under threat of genocide didn’t earn current residents ownership here.

Citizens need take actionable steps toward an equitable and equality-centered Central Oregon, as we cannot rely on police and policy for protection. This is white peoples’ labor to do, vulnerable populations cannot carry the burden alone. Continuing to demand policy overhaul is critical.

“All Lives Matter” is a sentiment that dismisses and minimizes what is happening to Black people right now, and has been happening for 400 years. American political activist Angela Davis said, “In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist— we must be anti-racist.” It’s time for Central Oregon to pony up against racism until equality is measurable and police and policy makers accountable. We need Source Weekly to be here every step of the way.

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BLACK PERSON! BLACK PEOPLE! BLACK! BLACCCKKKKKK! Oh did I scare you? What, are you afraid now? BLACK! Does this topic make you uneasy, fearful, ashamed? Now that I have your attention—Let’s Talk Optics.

The headline reads: POLICE KILL ANOTHER UNARMED BLACK PERSON Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and others would be with us today if one simple thing happens: Don’t send an armed officer to handle a basic disruption that two humans should be able to handle. It’s easy as ABC! We’ve lost too many black Americans for trying to survive something that should not require survival. I’m sick of stories that pop up where A) the subject is usually a white woman or man and B) the target is a black person doing some activity like sitting in a Starbucks, selling water, napping in the park, or providing food for the homeless.

Let’s Talk Optics!

We live in a system where white people can call the police for deadly force to ensure their comfort. We all know that the police use excessive force more for black people than they do whites. Because when the police come for a disruption involving a person of color you know it’s different.

So when will the weaponized discomfort stop? And shit isn’t new, from 18771950, the United States had 4,400 reported lynchings (Source: National Memorial for Peace and Justice). I’m not saying it was a lynching, but cutting off someone’s air supply with a knee in your neck is sure damn close. We need to look at the structure of the system, where the power lies within that system for any changes to happen. We can change the narrative by changing the action and building a new system.

LET’S TALK OPTICS! How many of you have the opportunity to raise a beautiful black child? How many of you have to tell them that people may perceive or receive you differently? How many of you have to inform your son or daughter that people may call you names based on the color of your skin? How many of you have to inform your child, without scaring them, that the police may or may not protect you because of skin color? How many of you have to tell your children stories of police brutality that interfered with your childhood based on your skin color?

I know these questions are rhetorical being that we reside in Bend, but I tell my children every day to be proud of their African American heritage. I love looking in their eyes, full of hope, and wonder, knowing they have the opportunity to achieve insurmountable things. I was

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NEWS

The Peaceful Protests of Central Oregon Organizers of the weekend’s local demonstrations look to what’s next

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Hundreds showed up for Saturday's protest in downtown Bend.

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aturday’s Black Lives Matter peaceful protest in downtown Bend was organized in less than 24 hours.

On Sunday, two more followed in Redmond and Prineville. On Tuesday, another protest started near Bend City Hall before moving from the Deschutes County Courthouse to Bond Street and back to City Hall.

The death of George Floyd—who died after a now-former Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for nearly 9 minutes—has been a tipping point in the U.S., causing many to rally, and some to lash out violently across the U.S. over the past week.

In Portland, people broke into the Portland Justice Center and lit fires Friday night, among other damage. In Minneapolis, people lit the police station where the four officers involved in detaining Floyd worked.

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A demonstrator poses for a photo at Saturday's peaceful protest in downtown Bend.

In Central Oregon, the response was significant—but not as violent. Hundreds of people gathered near Greenwood Ave. and Wall Street Saturday morning, eventually doing an impromptu march from Wall to Bend’s busy 3rd Street. Aquarius, age 21, said her desire to stage a peaceful protest went from idea to fruition in just one day, with the help of many others. She was thrilled with the turnout, but when people began to get rowdy and move from the sidewalk to the street, she said she was happy to see that request heeded.

“I blown away that I could get such big of a crowd to listen to me. I never thought that my voice could bleed over hundreds of people,” Aquarius, a former Bend Senior High School student and a graduate of the local Job Corps program, told the Source. “We’re not going to make any headway with these riots. I Andrea Maria Vazquez Fernandez

Prineville's protest on Sunday was largely peaceful, though organizers say they were accosted by counter-protesters after it ended.

understand that we’re angry. I’m angry.

I feel it. But I’m infusing my anger with love—the only way to counter hate is with love.”

While the Bend protest was mostly peaceful, a few counter-protesters circled downtown in large trucks, blowing exhaust fumes on the crowd.

In Prineville, police say about 150 people gathered Sunday. There, counter-protesters were even bolder— blowing exhaust and also accosting organizers Amber VanDenack and Josie (who declined to provide her last name for fear of retaliation). Counter-protesters can be heard on a video, provided to the Source by VanDenack, saying “go back to Portland,” and “this is our town” as the protest wrapped up. (See the video in the online version of this story.)

Both VanDenack and Josie, who is a person of color, live in Prineville.

“We just wanted to say that we stand with Black Lives Matter, and that this can’t keep going on—especially in Prineville,” VanDenack said.

Both Aquarius, who launched the first Bend protest, and VanDenack in Prineville say they hope to hold a monthly protest in their respective cities. They both also hope to develop relationships with local police departments to keep conversations going around police brutality, training of officers and other areas of concern. As for other ideas, they both said they’re working within their circles—now widened significantly—to come up with other ideas.

“We are begging people to understand that things are wrong,” Aquarius said. “And my generation… we are the change. So many youth are behind me and I need them to understand how powerful our voice is.”

Andrea Maria Vazquez Fernandez

Organizers of local protests say they want to hold monthly protests to keep the momentum going.

NEWS

St. Charles Financially Devastated Tourists Won’t Stay Home Hospital may lose $50 million in 2020; announces plans to cut employee hours and executive pay

Bend’s occupancy rate surges to 64% over Memorial Day Weekend; some local trails packed

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St. Charles Health System has a goal to break even for two months during 2020. Even then, it will likely lose $50 million this year.

off due to low patient volumes will not be paid for missed shifts anymore.

Further, the hospital’s “Executive Care Team,” which includes President and CEO Joe Sluka and 11 vice presidents—is taking a 10% pay cut through 2020.

In 2017, Sluka took home $1.12 million in compensation, according to the hospital’s 990 IRS form. Total executive pay for that period totals more than $6 million.

“We simply are not generating enough money we need to care for patients, invest in our caregivers and support our community,” said Welander. “Instead, we are spending down our reserves and that isn’t sustainable.”

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It doesn’t look like it’s working.

Visit Bend reported the city’s hotel and rental occupancy rate at 64% on Saturday May 23, compared to 23% at the beginning of this May. Last year, on the same weekend, lodging was 94% full. The report showed that many local lodging properties substantially lowered their rates compared to last year, which will drive down the city’s transient room tax collections. Occupancy for all of Central Oregon was 62% on May 23, quadrupling from the weekend before.

“It’s concerning how many people disregarded state and local restrictions on non-essential travel over Memorial Day weekend, and we’re hopeful the uptick in visitors won’t lead to further spread of COVID-19,” said Kevney Dugan, Visit Bend’s CEO. “Visit Bend will continue to urge potential visitors to stay safe and stay home until the Governor deems it appropriate to resume leisure travel. While we’re not yet ready to welcome guests to Bend, the enthusiasm for Bend travel does bode well for the city’s economic recovery once the pandemic is behind us.”

hree weekends ago, Deschutes County entered Phase One of reopening: restaurants, shops and boutiques welcomed customers inside for the first time in months. On Monday, the Deschutes County Commissioners voted to send its Phase Two reopening application to the State which would allow gatherings of up to 100 people outside. If approved, local theaters, pools, churches and camps could reopen as soon as Friday.

Meanwhile, anti-tourism sentiment exploded on social media. People who live here feared outsiders coming to visit and bringing coronavirus with them. Strong non-essential travel advisories are flaccid without enforcement mechanisms.

Historically, Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest of the season, and this year it fell on the second weekend of the county’s official reopening. Despite the ongoing recreational travel ban, visitors from the Willamette Valley flooded into Bend. Visit Bend—along with city and state officials—have been broadcasting the message to “stay home, stay safe,” even after Deschutes County entered Phase One.

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ell before coronavirus officially hit Central Oregon, St. Charles Health System took steps to plan for a COVID-19 surge and double capacity. Before Gov. Kate Brown banned “non-essential” surgeries, hospital executives stopped them to preserve personal protective equipment. Elective surgeries are a major source of revenue and help to make up for the lower reimbursement rates of Medicare and Medicaid. The hospital is considered a nonprofit, as are about 60% of U.S. hospitals.

SCHS’ Chief Financial Officer, Jenn Welander, said in the past that it has enough liquidity to float for the next seven months without revenue. But on May 28, the hospital announced a plan to cut back.

SCHS has paid 52,000 hours in missed shifts, at a cost of more than $2.1 million, since the COVID-19 crisis began. Now, it’s asking caregivers to volunteer to take unpaid time off, while requiring others to use earned time off or take unpaid time off during holidays for the duration of 2020. On-call employees who are called

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Reopening the Forest

Toilet cleaning and other services in the Deschutes National Forest have been closed—but recreationalists have still been “going.” You can imagine the results.

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garbage left outside dumpsters or human waste scattered around trailhead areas.

“It’s kind of a mixed bag. We’ve certainly seen people who have left their trash at closed dumpsters and we’ll obviously be dealing with that.

I wouldn’t say that we’re seeing more people doing it,” Nelson-Dean said.

“We’re actively looking to restore services. We’re really trying to get people to understand that their behavior can either help us or really hinder us.”

The reason these damages have become issues is that DNF and other national forests haven’t been offer-

“We’re not keeping those places closed because we don’t want people in them, we’re keeping them closed because if there are hazard trees it could fall on people, or a car.

There’s no way to escape a large falling tree.

You might think you can, but you can’t.”

—Jean Nelson-Dean, the Public Affairs Officer of the Deschutes National Forest National Forest, but that still isn’t stopping people from recreating, which is creating another problem.

Jean Nelson-Dean, the public affairs officer of the Deschutes National Forest, tells the Source that the Forest Service is having to sift through all of the madness—whether that be

ing full services; agencies haven’t been fully staffed due to the stay-at-home order. Now, with things opening back up, the agency is having to play catchup with the messes left behind. Based on what’s out there right now, it seems that leaving behind waste might be normal practice for some recreators.

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Views from Paulina Peak at the Newberry National Volcanic Monument.

Nelson-Dean says one reason why it’s so hard to police this is that for one, the DNF is huge. Trailheads may have been closed, but that doesn’t mean people weren’t using the trails.

The limited staffing makes covering this ground even harder, she said.

“We have had actually more people than normal this time of year out recreating despite our closure. There is no way we could enforce our closures at every single location in any form.

Going out and telling people to stop doing what they’re doing wasn’t a priority,” said Nelson-Dean.

Another way Forest Service workers find themselves behind: Not all trails are ready for opening, due to the delays in getting staff back to action. Some trails in the area have been opened with limited services, but others still need work regarding hazard trees and other trail maintenance to make them safe for recreational use. Right now, making sure hikers and campers are safe is a big focus.

“We’re not keeping those places closed because we don’t want people in them,” says Nelson-Dean. “We’re keeping them closed because if there are hazard trees it could fall on people, or a car. There’s no way to escape a large falling tree. You might think you can, but you can’t.”

Inside the DNF, the Forest Service plans to open a few fully-serviced campgrounds in the near future;

some as soon as June 5. Nelson-Dean also mentions that the agency is aiming to fully open most campsites in the Newberry-Caldera area, except for the group campground, on June 15.

The campgrounds opening on June 5 include Crane Prairie, Cultus Lake, Gull Point, Lava Lake, North Twin Lake, South Twin Lake, Contorta Flat, Crescent Creek, Crescent Lake, East Davis Lake, Princess Creek, Spring Campground, Sunset Cove, Trapper Creek and Whitefish Horse Camp.

Other campgrounds opening in the area on June 15 include McKay Crossing campground and the Prairie campground. Most of the other campgrounds in the DNF are tentatively slated for a late June open.

“We know many summer memories are made while camping outdoors. We are excited to start opening some campgrounds on the Deschutes National Forest to enjoy,” stated Forest Supervisor Holly Jewkes in a press release.

If you do plan to use trails or campsites in the Deschutes National Forest, especially spots that aren’t offering full services, officials remind visitors that it’s important to practice proper leave-no-trace methods to the best of their ability. Among them: Don’t leave trash behind, and if you need to “go,” dig a hole and bury your waste 6 to 8 inches deep, and at least 200 feet from any water sources.

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he outside appeared closed up for a few months, but was it really? With trailheads and camping “closed” in the Deschutes National Forest during the COVID-19 outbreak and only partially being re-opened as of late, it would seem things out on the trails are even busier than normal.

At Phil’s Trail trailhead this past weekend, it became clear that the fallout of having few to no services available was beginning to add up. Toilets at the popular trailhead were overflowing; garbage was strewn about.

Currently there are no restroom or garbage services in the Deschutes

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In honor of our Outside Guide, local outdoor advocates and enthusiasts muse on the notion of “sanctuary” in the outdoors. What is it?

Where is it? Does it even exist?

Slow Down and Inhale

By Brad Chalfant

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t’s been hard. I say that, well aware I’m still employed, healthy and enjoying all the privilege of being a white, middle class male. It’s hard to imagine the stress on those less fortunate.

However, maybe there’s a silver lining to our collective experience – maybe a greater awareness of the inequity, our

Nature is my refuge

By David Sword

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chose to live, work and play in the outdoors a very long time ago. I took a brief detour into the asylum of the big city, only to be met by ever darkening clouds on the emotional horizon. From the darkness I had to escape, and back to the mountains I returned.

The opportunities, experiences and memories found in the natural environs are what I figured would add up to a full life. Mountains, rivers, weather, flora and fauna have provided me with an unending fuel source, full of awe and inspiration, and in times of uncertainty, or duress, the outdoors acts as my refuge, my shelter and retreat.

Climbing, skiing, hiking, biking, fishing, and gazing up at the stars act as an oasis from the daily rigors of life in our exponentially devolving modern times.

petty, tribal politics and our profound disconnection from the things that truly matter.

For a great many Central Oregonians, recreation is what brought us here. Now, in our time of need, we’ve turned to the forests, rivers and high desert. By the looks of it, the numbers are rapidly growing. That’s a good thing, particularly if it broadens access, but as trails grow crowded, so do the impacts.

Impacts include social conflict, vanished wildlife and diminished water quality. We may not recognize the wildlife are missing, but it’s hard to miss a rude experience. Too often the problem stems from a superficial relationship to wild places — they simply provide a scenic backdrop for burning off steam.

Our favorite stereotype is the scowling, endorphin-driven Bend athlete, who arrogantly expects others to step aside while they race past. The truth is that most of us have failed to smile or share a friendly greeting as we pass. Likewise, those trail runs and rides so central to our quality of life are having a growing

cumulative impact on the wildlife that depend on wild lands for their survival.

As much as I enjoy endorphins and adrenalin, deep down I know I need something deeper. For each of us, that “something deeper” looks different.

For me, it’s unplugging for three weeks to wander the canyons of the Southwest, long weekends birding at Malheur or time alone, waist deep in the Deschutes, rhythmically swinging a flyline for absent steelhead as dawn approaches and the canyon walls shape shift from purple shadows to ochre and tan.

While my daily workouts are important, they can’t substitute for the deeper solitude and rootedness that comes with moving slowing and smelling the wildflowers. In fact, there’s a growing body of research telling us we need something more, a connection to place, to see ourselves as part of nature and accept a responsibility to protect it.

Finding peace of mind is never easy, but against the backdrop of pandemic, recession, racism and inequity, while cities

As the world has grown more complex, with more people traveling and moving to sights once held secret, the need to find grounding and the desire to refuel the soul has become more challenging. I do not seek a particular “pindrop” on the map for safe harbor. That is the key to my success. My sanctuary lies within, the safe place I can go to reconnect, recenter and rebuild. When I cannot access the outdoors directly, I use pictures and words from my photo images and journals to refresh the memories of experiences gone by.

Sometimes the haven is as simple as a day casting dry flies to rising trout on one of our beloved streams, rivers or lakes. Regardless if I catch, the process of being on the water and the rhythm of the cast is a powerful tool for re-centering.

Often it's the easier moments that can make up for weeks of uneasiness.

Cycling provides me with ample time to

cleanse, as there are seemingly endless single track routes, gravel grinds and road loops to aid in processing all that collects in the dust bin of my mind. If I am out of ideas, I go to Trail Forks, MTB Project or Dirty Freehub for inspiration.

At other times, the need to escape runs so deep that only the power of a multiday adventure can right the ship. With nearly 300,000 acres of Wilderness out the back door, truly getting away from it all, is well within my sanctuary range.

If I am to have a legacy or simply to be able pass on one kernel of wisdom, it would be to immerse oneself in the outdoors. Learn a craft and develop the necessary skills. Go out and explore.

That is where you may find refuge.

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where non intrudes, by the deep sea, and

burn and rhetoric divides us, it’s more important than ever to turn off the laptop, leave the smart phone and earbuds at home and just go for a long, slow walk in the forest. Forget about strava times and max heart rate. Instead, walk alone, find a rock to sit on or a tree to lean against, breathe deep, pause and slowly exhale.

Just listen and observe. Take your time, don’t rush, but notice your surroundings.

To be healthy, sane and resilient in the face of difficult times, we have to slow down and see the forests, rivers and desert as more than just a scenic backdrop for a compulsion-driven exercise routine or a fun adventure. See them for what they really are… a place that can center us, but also a delicate landscape that calls for awareness and thoughtful stewardship.

Give yourself the gift of time, whether for an hour or a week to slow down and smell the wildflowers.

—Brad Chalfant, founding director of the Deschutes Land Trust and previously, co-founder of Central Oregon Trails Alliance, Deschutes Trails Coalition and an Oregon State Parks commissioner

music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.” - Lord Byron —David Sword is a former ski professional and climbing guide who spends his free time seeking answers to life through skiing, cycling and traveling.

Outside GUIDE The Epitome of Privilege

By Jamie Dawson

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Serenity Flows

By Jason Bowerman

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he outside world in Central Oregon is a paradox of hidden beauty, where the initial impression of a rugged existence in the volcanic landscape is merely a façade for the many amazingly adapted plants and animals that inhabit every nook and cranny of the forests, bitterbrush expanses and especially the riparian and river habitats of the Cascade Lakes and Deschutes River. For me, the contrast of lush green sedges and

Riding the Wilderness

By Leeann O'Neill

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ike most people who moved to Bend from somewhere else, I came for the spaces we call “the outdoors.” The miles of empty roads and trails for bike touring beckoned. Whether it is a quick overnighter from town by myself or a multi-week trip somewhere far flung with friends, bike touring feeds my souI. It is my time to unplug and to relish the feeling of independence and self-reliance; to navigate through old forest roads and slowing life down to 40 to 60 miles a day; and to discover the perfect dispersed campsite as the hunger pangs for dinner start rumbling.

In these uncertain times, it is too easy to romanticize our outdoors experiences. The American vision of the outdoors evokes a feeling of pristine wilderness areas without people. I am a trailblazing adventurer. I conquer mountains.

follows my fellow humans with black and brown skin. I get to decide if and when issues of race warrant my attention. This sanctuary is a privilege and it’s time I call it by that name.

Please do not take this as my self-celebration, or a victory lap. If I have learned one thing in recent days, it’s that allyship is consistent work, and I have a lot more of it to do. I’m still searching for resources, answers, and solutions. And I hope that if you find yourself in a similar circumstance to me, reader, that you consider this your formal invitation to do the work that needs to be done.

There’s a different world we could live in, one where that particular rabbit hole no longer exists. Where the incredible experiences I’ve had outdoors, and the safety I generally experience throughout life, is widely accessible to everyone regardless of their race, gender, and orientation.

Where the sanctuary I seek outdoors does not come at the expense of others.

Each of us has a role to play in birthing that reality. I can’t say what yours is, but I can say with absolute certainty that it is not to simply look away.

—Jamie Dawson works for Oregon Wild in Bend

grasses along the river’s edge, crowded against anthracite-colored lava flows and, framed by creamy aspen trunks and ochre-puzzled pine bark, has been the place to find answers to the questions which, left unanswered, only multiply through the technology and pressures of society to crowd and trouble the mind.

Since childhood the Deschutes River has been sharing its energy, calming my restless spirit and illuminating my understanding of this world we live in.

The river, with its own contrasting reaches of turbulent falls churning and rolling into gentle waves and eventually lazy meanders, has been my teacher, sacred text and monastery rolled into one.

Watching how water gently flowing downstream, when finding its path blocked by a rugged expanse of crusty lava, first pushes up and onto the immobile mass before rolling away, spinning and mixing with new direction and energy, is a lesson that could serve each

of us well in these troubled times.

While it is perhaps cliché to acknowledge that life in the time of COVID has turned, twisted and transformed nearly every corner of Bend and the world beyond, we are nonetheless seemingly at the mercy of an uncaring and immutable force acting on each of us in different ways. This forced change of lifestyle and direction is asking each of us to examine our relationships with everyone and everything around us. At our best we might reach new understanding and appreciation of our environment and relationships. Remembering that, like water, we will likely experience a lot of turbulence and numerous direction changes before things eventually calm down again, is hopefully a reassuring thought. In the vast uncertainty of what lies ahead, it seems that also knowing that there is a safe, calm and comforting place to retreat, even if only a thought or memory, is a helpful realization to keep moving through the moment.

With much of the world forcibly locked in their apartments, I’ve been incredibly grateful that here in Bend we are still able to get outside, walk, ride our bikes, and put paddles into the water of the Deschutes River. Even if required to remain close to home, there are still so many opportunities to find calming space and get that much needed exercise, perhaps even an adrenaline or dopamine lift.

We’ve perhaps never had more people actively using our public spaces, especially the in-town reaches of the Deschutes Paddle Trail. Hopefully you too are finding moments of peace and insight along our rivers and trails, forests and range land, through life lived outside.

—Jayson Bowerman is a former U.S. Freestyle Canoe and Kayak team athlete, Bend Paddle Trail Alliance board member and river recreation advocate. A maker of custom guitars and father of two, he can often be seen paddling his wife and sons around upper Mirror Pond "beach boy style" standing in the family canoe.

I go toe-to-toe with nature, if just for a moment. But there is a vast disconnect between the contrived challenge I’ve created for myself, the fleeting euphoria of bike touring, and the reality of the history of the spaces in which I travel on two wheels.

For thousands of years, indigenous people lived, traveled, traded, fished, and thrived here. The vision of the outdoors as unblemished by people is a fallacy and one that erases the existence of the original stewards of this land. These pristine outdoors spaces only became so because we violently removed the people who already had lived there in harmony with the earth for generations. Who, then, was allowed back in once this so-called blank slate became the American wilderness?

I struggled with the theme of “Sanctuary in the Outdoors” because the concept feels tone deaf against our national backdrop. Sanctuary implies a

sense of safety, but that is not the reality for indigenous people, black people, people of color, or people who look like me. As an Asian woman, society tells me that the outdoors is too dangerous. I am too fragile and incompetent to be in the outdoors by myself. Surely the fear of being raped or assaulted in the woods would keep me home. Even that fear is relative. While other people are what make me feel the most unsafe in the outdoors, I do not have to worry about being murdered due to my relative proximity to whiteness.

While there are no easy solutions, we can all take time to reflect on our relationship with the outdoors and find some understanding in how we impact those who share those spaces with us (as well as those who are excluded from those spaces). So I leave you with the words of Jolie Varela, the founder of Indigenous Women Hike -- “To move forward we must acknowledge

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this sad and violent history. We need to take a deeper look at ‘Great American Heroes’ like John Muir. We must no longer be complicit in the erasure of Native peoples from these spaces. We must Rethink the Wild.”

—LeeAnn O'Neill is a partner with Allyship in Action, a local equity and social justice consulting company, and spends her spare time advocating for people who ride bikes in Bend and trying to convince other WTF folks (women | trans | femme) to fall in love with bike touring.

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You know the one; it feels hopeless and it’s full of stories with tragic endings to human lives. Lives that couldn’t feel farther from my own. Stories that seem light-years away from my reality as a white woman living in our majority-white, majority-Democrat state.

This issue is about the outdoors as a sanctuary. This essay is a call to action for those of us who go outside to hide from the world, even when we don’t intend to.

When someone asks what the outdoors mean to me, my gut response is that it’s where I go to solve problems.

Too stressed from work? Got in a fight with my partner?

Go outside. Go for a walk. Watch the river. Take a beat.

That habit that I have - seeking sanctuary outside - applies today perhaps

more now than ever. 100,000 dead from the pandemic? Go outdoors. They’re literally dynamiting sacred Indigenous sites in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to build Trump’s border wall? Go outside. The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless others who never made it on my radar? Go outdoors.

But when does going outside transform into looking away? What does it mean that I can use the outdoors as a sanctuary, as a place to distract myself when things get tough, when others don’t have that option? Where do they get to go?

This, my friends, is the epitome of privilege. Things get heavy, I go running. I can run up Pilot Butte and ignore the fact that the KKK used to gather and burn crosses there. I can run wherever I want without people questioning my intentions. I can go outdoors in search of sanctuary from the nasty reality that

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By Zavier Borja

anctuary in the outdoors does not exist. It sounds lovely and what a better place than Bend, to be referred to as such. I do not think it is something that exists for ALL people, maybe to a certain group, but not for everybody. Personally, I think the outdoors is definitely a sanctuary; I love being outside, I love

Planning the Future

By Graham Zimmerman

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live what feels to me like a busy life that until recently was continually ramping up. By February of 2020, I had developed a habit of only checking the following week on my calendar. Would I be traveling? For what did I need to be prepared?

Would I be headed out of state? Overseas? Or maybe I would have a precious week at home. That month, in particular, I was in both New England and Michigan, climbing and presenting on climate change at a variety of different locations.

As that month started to wind down, I got on a flight to Brazil for a project in which I was seeking out solutions that could be developed to preserve the Amazon rainforest. Travel had become an essential part of my life and work as an athlete, storyteller, and activist, and there was no end in sight.

Then, of course, everything changed.

My travel came to a screeching halt, along with everyone else. The news became terrifying, much of my work in content

Wilderness Sees Me

By Judith Sadora

a giant barrier, not a sanctuary. The topic of the outdoors being referred to as an outdoor sanctuary—although it does feel like that to me, I know in fact that’s not true for ALL people. Especially for folks in marginalized and underrepresented communities such as; indigenous tribes, POC communities, member(s) of the LGBTQ group(s), folks with disabilities and many more.

Sanctuary (n): a place of refuge or safety; sanctuary would be the last term folks from these communities would use to describe the outdoors. I think other words like fear, non-inclusive environment, not feeling it’s for them because they do not fit the “Bend” narrative of the outdoors, fear of getting in trouble for not knowing regulations and rules, not knowing where this information can even be found, lack of gear knowledge and so many others.

This romanticized narrative about the outdoors being this sanctuary, is true, but mostly for the dominant

culture that has controlled this outdoor narrative, such as here in Bend. For me to talk and write about the outdoors as a sanctuary would be a lie. Understanding that folks who reflect those underrepresented and marginalized communities do not resonate with this term, outdoor sanctuary. To perpetuate that false narrative would be a disservice to the work I am a part of and to the people of these communities. The outdoor sanctuary does not exist for ALL people. What does an outdoor sanctuary for all even look like? Is this something that’s even obtainable? I don’t know the answer to either, but will give everything I have to figure that out.

—Zavier Borja is a first generation Mexican-American, born and raised in Central Oregon. His passions include serving our youth, communities, equity and getting outside, all in various capacities and facets. In 2019, he created a chapter of Latino Outdoors, a nationally recognized non-profit, here in Central Oregon.

creation dried up, and all of my speaking engagements were either canceled or digitized. Turbulence and insecurity became the norm for myself and my community.

Collectively we grappled for stability.

Outside of my marriage and the ever-present love of Pebble, our dog, I was hard-pressed to find the solid ground that I felt I needed to push ahead with my career. The world was chaotic and constantly changing, forcing everyone’s decisions to be reactionary. Desperation also caused deep issues in our communities to bubble to the surface in profound and essential, yet challenging ways that forced me to rethink my role in society.

Not all of these things are bad, many of them are exceptionally important, and with the right work, they will have positive outcomes. But in the here and now, they are generating instability. And I have been seeking tools to help me regain my footing, to help me move forward and continue to be effective.

Surprisingly, I have found it in that same calendar on which I was so reliant when keeping track of my hectic

travel agenda. But instead of looking at next week, I skipped over the next few months. I started to look at a further time horizon of six to 12 to 18 months from now. I started digging into long term planning, unlike I had been able just a few months before.

I’ve started looking more closely at things like an expedition to the Karakoram in the summer of 2021, for which I can start training and planning now as well as the November election, which is far more critical than ever. Shannon and I have started thinking about bigger plans than just the coming weekend, and instead, we are looking at parts of the world, both near and far that we wanted to adventure. I’ve been provided a view of what parts of my travel were necessary and that could be dealt with, far more efficiently, via video call or simply email.

I have also found time for the reading and learning on the subjects of climate, race and policy, for which in February, I never had enough time.

This long-term planning and learning as it applies to my work in climbing,

advocacy, and content, has made the short term a little easier to deal with, and it has me excited about the future.

And within that, I have managed to find something of a silver lining.

Friends, look after yourself in the present and plan for the future. This chaos that we are currently living in will calm down, and when it does, we want to be ready to get back to making the world a better place, for everyone, and exploring the wild places that we love.

—Graham Zimmerman is a professional alpinist and storyteller based in Bend. He’s a partner at locally based Bedrock Film Works, where he strives to share stories about the power of the outdoors and the importance of protecting our climate and natural spaces.

Wilderness to me is a place of refuge and discovery.

Wilderness for me, means going into myself, not to get rid of myself, but to find who I am.

Am I more than the skin I wear?

Am I more than the history I bear?

Am I more than untold stories?

Wilderness tells me that I’m more.

Exploring wide spaces and seeing a different side of God, was my healing grace.

The outdoors is my safe haven. A place I call home. It is where I feel the most me in my skin and body. Living in Central Oregon as a woman of color has its many challenges; listen to the black and brown voices in our nation today. Their voices give meaning to my everyday struggle, and nonetheless, I am always able to retreat into the Wilderness.

On May 30, 2020, I attended my first protest in light of George Floyd’s murder and all the other killings that have plagued us in this country. I experienced so many feelings of anger, sadness, hope, regret, and shame. Too many emotions to contain, but Wilderness was a friend.

After that protest I retreated to her. She was my shelter of refuge, place of peace.

Not to run away from my feelings, but to

be a safe container to feel them and find my sense of self again. Wilderness sees me at times when nothing else seems to see me and for that I am eternally grateful. I believe in the healing power of Wilderness so much that I have dedicated a season of my life to help adolescent boys of color find their sense of self in the Wilderness. This time they don’t need to do it alone. I offer the emotional support they need as a therapist to experience this journey of going into themselves. My hope is that they would sense in their spirit that Wilderness sees them.

That I see them.

—Judith Sadora is wilderness therapist working with adolescent boys of color in nature. She believes in making nature accessible to people of color as a way to care for the mental health of black and brown communities. @sadorawellness.

I As a black woman, every space I enter sees color.

As a black woman, every space I enter sees history.

As a black woman, every space I enter sees a story.

As a black woman, Wilderness sees me.

f I had to describe what the Wilderness means to me, the best words I can think of is that it sees me. I have navigated white spaces in this black face for most of my life and have felt alone doing it. I experienced the loving embrace of my black skin in the summer of 2011, when I hiked the Calico Tanks of Red Rock Canyon. Song lyrics of freedom and liberation on my lips as I hiked and explored trails I had never seen nor imagined.

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being able to ground myself and reconnect with nature—such a pure and humbling feeling. I especially enjoy the rush of adventure I feel when exploring, the sound the river makes as it trickles downstream, the lush PNW vegetation and the thrill of visiting places with friends are all wonderful things. The term outdoors is very vague and can take a multitude of forms. From walking around your neighborhood, commuting to work via a bike, walking to the bus stop, landscaping, gardening, eating at the park and, well you get the picture. I think this outdoor narrative, especially in Bend, is very confined, specific and limiting—which is wild to think or to even say, given the abundance of options to choose from here. But this box of “extreme” recreational activities and if you’re not partaking in them, (paddle boarding, mountain biking, backpacking South Sister, rock climbing, etc.) then you’re not really doing the outdoors. That concept does not fit the mold for a lot of people and creates

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By Nicole Vulcan who have found themselves on the trails or at the parks, trying to mind the tenets of social distancing and avoiding spreading disease can be pretty tough.

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In honor of the Outside Guide, we’ve put together this handy guide about how to handle some of the more delicate situations that arise in the outdoors.

Spitting while exercising We know that saliva or snot ball is gathering in your throat or nose, just waiting for its chance to hit the pavement. We know it’s sometimes uncomfortable or annoying to hold it in, but avoid spitting and launching snot rockets. “Spit contains saliva but could also contain sputum from the lungs or drainage from the posterior nasopharynx,” Amy Treakle, M.D., an infectious disease specialist with The Polyclinic in Seattle, told Runner’s World.

High-fiving your outdoor buddies Do your riding bros wash their hands as much as you do? Have they been wiping away dribbles of a pending snot rocket since the last trail fork? Find another way to show your buddies you enjoy their company. Maybe buy them a beer?

Swimming in public waters Should you take that dip when things heat up? According to the CDC, “There is no evidence that the virus that causes COVID-19 can be spread to people through the water in pools, hot tubs, or water playgrounds. Additionally, proper operation of these aquatic venues and disinfection of the water (with chlorine or bromine) should inactivate the virus.” Since the Deschutes River is not going to be disinfected anytime soon, practice the other guidelines set forth here, and only go in when you can stay 6 feet from others.

Passing on single track If you haven’t learned proper general trail etiquette yet, now’s the time to learn. In addition to yielding to uphill travelers and giving a friendly smile or “hello,” here’s this from our friends at the City of Boise: “Please stop and move directly off the trail at a 90 degree angle, preferably at least 6 feet if possible (sometimes terrain makes this a bit difficult) and stop again. Please avoid continuing to travel parallel to the trail either on foot or on a bicycle. This will cause more damage to vegetation and more rapid trail widening. Once the person or persons you have yielded to have passed, move directly back onto the trail and continue your ride/hike/run.”

Using public toilets According to research published in Science Daily, human waste can contain coronavirus, the virus that caused COVID-19, for up to a month after the person has recovered. Without knowing when a bathroom was last disinfected—if at all, and considering that local Forest Service bathrooms are just now beginning to be serviced—your best bet may be to learn how to dig a cat hole. At least 6 to 8 inches deep, and 200 feet away from bodies of water.

Sharing doobies with friends The potential for swapping germs has long been a topic of concern among some stoners.

It’s fun to burn one down together after a big hike or ride or whatever, but considering that pre-rolls can be found for as little as $1 or $2, in the words of a commercial on one local radio station, “bogart that sh*t.”

Public fountains Thirsty on your run? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “There is no evidence showing anyone has gotten COVID-19 through drinking water, recreational water, or wastewater.” If you want to be extra cautious however, bring a bottle from home. It’s (nearly) summer in the high desert, after all.

Working out in a mask The CDC says people should wear cloth face coverings in public settings “where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain.” If you’re in the woods, you’re probably fine without a mask. If you’re running on the Deschutes River Trail by the Old Mill on a Saturday, mask up.

Ask a Pair of Experts: Environmental Policy

The Oregon Natural Desert Association hosts a number of meaningful stewardship trips throughout the year—but many of them are on hold for now, due to restrictions around COVID-19.

To stay engaged in local outdoor and environmental issues, join ONDA for some upcoming online events. Two events are coming up soon, including the “Ask a Pair of Experts Environmental Policy” event on June 16, and “Remarkable Desert Rivers” on June 25.

In “Ask a Pair of Experts,” ONDA’s in-house experts on environmental policy, including Program Director Mark Salvo and Senior Attorney Mac Lacy, will reflect on the history of ONDA’s legal work, share thoughts on how Covid-19 might impact conservation policy, and take questions. It’s live-streamed to allow people to attend from home.

In “Remarkable Desert Rivers,” Chad Brown of Soul River, Inc. and ONDA’s Gena Goodman-Campbell share reflections on the value of desert rivers. Goodman-Campbell will introduce some lesser-known streams, rivers and lakes worth conserving in a unique opportunity to protect more waterways across Oregon’s high desert.

Ask a Pair of Experts: Environmental Policy Tue., Jun 16. 4-5pm

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Eric Leadbetter helps bring joy to the music scene, food industry and hospital workers with the St. Charles Meal Mission

By Isaac Biehl Courtesy Eric Leadbetter

Other musicians included the likes of Bill Powers, of the duo Honey Don’t, as they asked for donations during their Honey Brunches live stream shows on Saturday mornings. It was a total team effort, and the music and food scenes here rallied together to pull off something special.

To make it work, Leadbetter partnered with food trucks in the area,

“The whole idea is they did something nice for our family so we wanted to do something nice for them. It was really nice to get help from other musicians. It made it last longer than it would have on my own.”

“The hospital staff was so cool there; they really were top of the line,” said Leadbetter. “I asked a couple of the nurses how we could repay them for bringing our kid into the world and the overwhelming answer was food.”

From there the St. Charles Meal Mission was born.

Leadbetter decided he’d host live stream concerts with a digital tip jar, choosing to buy the birthing unit food that first week. The mission ran a total of six weeks, and by the end Leadbetter was no longer the only one involved.

“After the first couple [live streams], Bobby Lindstrom reached out to me on how he could help. And then a lot of musicians in the area jumped on.”

many of which were also looking to get business and be more active during the time of stay at home orders. Some of the participating food trucks included Big Ski’s Perogies, Dump City Dumplings, Bleu Rooster, Parilla Grill and more. Sometimes the food trucks would even offer up grub at discounted rates since it was going to a good cause. Even Ben & Jerry’s was donating ice cream—sometimes even enough for some of the patients.

“The whole idea is they did something nice for our family so we wanted to do something nice for them,” explained Leadbetter. “It was really nice to get help from other musicians. It made it last longer than it would have on my own.”

A St. Charles hospital worker receives a delivery of grub from the St. Charles Meal Mission.

Finally coming to a close after six weeks of running the mission, Leadbetter says they were able to feed around 200 to 250 hospital workers through their combined efforts, including every

unit at St. Charles. It was a perfect recipe for doing good.“It was a triple whammy,” said Leadbetter. “The food carts needed business, I needed work, the hospital needed food.”

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The local musician was given a front row seat to see just how hard the staff at St. Charles was working and the conditions they had to work through during the pandemic.

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‘Without Ever Reaching the Summit’

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The Show Must Go On… Eventually. Maybe.

Will shutdowns push theater outdoors, or is this the end of the (already struggling) Bend theater scene?

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he show must go on! Unless, of course, you happen to be in the midst of a deadly global pandemic.

While events hosting under 25 people are now allowed, the future of largescale events remains uncertain. What does this mean for local theater?

In December, I covered the struggle local artists were facing in finding affordable theater space. Well, guess what? Nothing has changed. In fact, in light of coronavirus-related shutdowns and restrictions, finding adequate space for future performances is more difficult than ever.

Michelle Mejaski is a professional dancer, choreographer and director of Bend’s Theater in the Park.

“More venue options are what Bend needs, and I know the community will support us in trying to find them. The question is, where do we go? There is no live theatre slated for this summer, as far as I know – none.”

—Michelle Mejaski “I’ve been very fortunate in that I’m able to work with Cascades Theatrical Company as a producer,” Mejaski explained. “It’s a smaller venue, and it’s always booked up, so I can only rent it out a few times a year—if that. The Tower Theatre simply isn’t an affordable option for the majority of us. Second Street Theater closed.

What I’m really looking for is the opportunity to do back-to-back shows; to bring more performance opportunities to local artists.”

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Two years ago, Mejaski took over what was previously Shakespeare in the Park—an annual production slated to be phased out completely. “It initially began as a response to the lack of options in this community. I was convinced that we would make musical theater in the park crazy successful,” she said. “Rather than just canceling Shakespeare, I took over the operation and we put on "Jesus Christ Superstar" in 2018. The following summer, we put on "Les Cage Aux Folles." Both shows were completely sold out, standing room only. This year we were set to put on "Into the Woods," but sadly, there will be no Theater in the Park this year.” (Disclosure: The Source’s

sister company, Lay It Out Events, produces Theater in the Park.)

Mejaski explained that taking a mandatory hiatus might hurt future productions. “We’re hoping that we can financially sustain the event and pick it all up next year. Ideally, we could do more outdoor theater, especially with everything that’s been going on. Now would be the perfect time.

As far as Drake Park, we’re lucky that Bend Parks and Rec gives us one weekend. There are so many rules as far as Carol Sternkof

What better way to enjoy a warm summer evening than a dinner theater-style performance right by the river?

Les Cage Aux Folles at Drake Park, in more theatre-friendly times.

permitting, everything needing to be shut down by 10 pm; if local community members banded together and looked into additional options, we might get somewhere.”

Local actor Ed Victor has participated in several outdoor shows, including "Les Cage Aux Folles" and a handful of Shakespeare in the Park productions.

“Outdoor theatre is great, it’s a whole different vibe,” he said. “When you come see a play in an auditorium, the house lights go off, the stage lights go up, and that’s it. Being outside allows for audience members to relax a bit more and really enjoy the event. It’s a fun experience as an actor; you’re presented with a new set of challenges.”

Victor looks back on Drake Park productions fondly. “Theater in the Park is the best use of Drake I’ve ever seen,” he said. “I wish Bend Parks and Rec would open Drake up for more theatrical use, and it’d be nice if they also considered putting up another type of amphitheater for local artists. I was in "Taming of the Shrew," and the production traveled around to different venues; to an amphitheater in Sisters, which was really cool, and definitely underutilized.”

Among its current projects, BPRD has slated Alpenglow Park on SE 15 th Street to include a new event space, with a stage—though it’s not set to open until Fall 2021, according to BPRD’s website.

Mejaski suggested that Les Schwab Amphitheater might be a viable

option—if she could get in touch with its owners. “You just don’t know if you’ll finally get a show together, only to have Paul Simon’s people call up and say, ‘Hey, we want to come to Bend on this night.’ You can’t compete with the amount of revenue Paul Simon would bring in.”

Victor touched on struggles with uncertainty as well. “Everything is still so up in the air. What’s going to happen to theater as a whole? Will we have to social distance onstage? As of now, I haven’t heard of anything as far as outdoor performances this year. This will be the first summer in five years that I haven’t performed outside.”

“We just want to make art and present it to the community,” Mejaski concluded. “The truth is, we don’t have a theater in Bend. CTC is a small venue, a black box theater able to house just over 100 people. Like I said, it’s always booked up, it’s almost impossible to get into. The Tower Theatre is a movie house; there are no green rooms, no wings, there’s no fly system. More venue options are what Bend needs, and I know the community will support us in trying to find them. The question is, where do we go? There is no live theatre slated for this summer, as far as I know – none. Even if CTC does reopen with a limited audience, will people want to wear masks as they sit through a show?

What happens when someone coughs, sending the audience into a silent panic? It’s time we get creative.”

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Grab-and-Go Adventure Getting out for a one-night backpacking or biking adventure doesn’t have to be fussy. Check out these tried-and-true grab-and-go eats from locally owned spots Expensive, freeze-dried backpacking food that comes in a heavy plastic container is great and all (not really), but if you’re headed out for just a short time, why make it complicated? In honor of the Outside Issue, here are three ideas for local foods you can pick up and enjoy on the first night of your adventure.

Prepare to have your taters twisted when you discover this recipe calls for NO mayo!

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espite all the blooming and greening of spring, it doesn’t offer much to eat. The corn is anklehigh, the peaches leave a lot to the imagination, and many farmers and gardeners have barely planted out their tomatoes. But you can always eat Kale Potato Salad.

This salad is so transformative that even teenagers ask for it. I know a young woman who requested it for her graduation party. The combination of rosemary, celery seed and thyme in the vinaigrette evokes the flavor of marinated artichokes. Each component of the salad, including kale leaf and stem, cheddar cheese chunk and potato, holds the dressing differently. It’s a side dish that doesn’t need a main event.

Kale is an early-season producer, and freezes, well too. The fall harvest is the sweetest and most abundant of the year, and I like to freeze a big stash to eat through winter and spring. This time of year I make it with either fresh or frozen kale.

It’s a template as much of a recipe, a style of potato salad. You can make it with as much or as little kale as you want, cook the kale much or little as you wish, chop it as small as you care to, and even substitute other fibrous greens like dandelion or collards. You can even add crispy bits of bacon.

But incredibly, one ingredient the

recipe does not call for is mayo. I may be worldly in some ways, but I’m very provincial when it comes to both potato salad and mayonnaise. Potato salad needs mayo, and mayo needs to go on everything. But there is a long tradition, most famously in France but elsewhere too, of naked, mayofree potato salad. And I must admit, Kale Potato Salad has made me question some of my most deeply held beliefs.

Kale Potato Salad Chunks of potatoes plastered and speckled with kale, full of that unmistakable potato salad-dy flavor of summer. Here at the end of spring, we can still find cool enough days to serve it warm, as a comforting bowlful.

Serves 4 4 cups diced red potatoes (they hold together best), peeled or not 4-ish cups of kale (or other fibrous greens). Stripped from the center vein and chopped. Optional: chop of the ribs, which are tougher, to cook with the potatoes. If using frozen kale, it should be thawed.

2 cups stock ½ cup olive oil (or more, to taste) ¼ cup white vinegar ½ tablespoon mustard powder 1 teaspoon dried thyme ½ teaspoon celery seed 1 teaspoon ground or dried rosemary ¼ teaspoon black pepper

2 garlic cloves, and more to taste, minced or grated ½ cup minced onion ½ cup minced celery 1 cup finely diced cheddar cheese.

Good, flavorful cheddar. Like an aged raw milk Salt, to taste Optional: red pepper flakes Boil potatoes in the stock or water with 3 tablespoons of olive oil. About ten minutes in, add any chopped kale rib you care to.

While the potatoes are cooking, make the dressing. Combine remaining oil, vinegar, mustard powder, herbs and garlic.

If using whole dried herbs, powder them between your fingers as you add them.

Shake vigorously in a closed jar or otherwise stir very well.

When the potatoes are nearly tender, add the kale and stir it in with a scooping motion so as not to crush the potatoes.

When the liquid is gone, turn off the heat.

If serving warm, finish the recipe immediately. If serving cold, let the potatoes and kale cool first.

To finish, add the onion, celery, cheddar, pepper flakes, if using and dressing, and toss the salad. Add more salt and/ or oil to taste. If serving cool, it’s best to make kale potato salad a day ahead.

Just make sure to make extra, or there won’t be enough.

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Trying to have a staycation in a time of unrest

By Jared Rasic

perfect and just like me: flaky on the outside and bursting with chicken-y goodness on the inside.

But the real treat, the treat o’ treats, was to be found the next morning when we journeyed to Redmond. We had breakfast at my personal favorite spot in our neck of the woods, One Street Down Cafe. After the literal best Benny I’ve ever tasted, it was time for the thing I was looking forward to the most.

Holy sh&* guys! I went to a movie! Like in a theater and everything. I missed seeing movies in the theater like normal people miss the outdoors or a loved one on deployment. That communal experience of sharing either art or trash with friends

"Holy sh&* guys! I went to a movie! Like in a theater and everything. I missed seeing movies in the theater like normal people miss the outdoors or a loved one on deployment."

We started the weekend with brunch at McKay Cottage, where sitting outside in the sun felt more decadent than the food. Then a pre-roll and a walk through Shevlin Park helped me reconnect to nature in a way I desperately needed after three months alone in my living room. We did the only sensible thing we could do after that and booked a room at the Riverhouse, watching horror movies on my laptop. We wrapped the evening with dinner at Crossings where I had my first (and likely only) piece of fried chicken of the year. It was

and strangers is my home, my church and my safe place rolled up into one sticky floored, sometimes awkward, experience.

Even the worst theatrical experience I’ve ever had is more enjoyable to me than the best baseball game I’ve ever seen.

Odem Theater Pub is open for business. The popcorn was hot, the movies were new (although available on VOD) and the beer was flowing like, well, beer.

I didn’t even care what we were seeing. Anything to take my mind off of the news. I needed to put a pin in reality for a few hours.

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n January, I made plans with a lady friend to go on a little mini-vacation.

We reserved three nights in May at McMenamin’s Crystal Hotel in Downtown Portland and got tickets to see Girl Talk at the Crystal Ballroom. We would have checked out the Rose Festival, spent an entire day in record stores and Powell’s Books and eaten at some of my favorite PDX spots like Delta and Harlow. Obviously, none of these things happened.

Last weekend the stir craziness caught up to us and we tentatively decided to dip our toes back into the world and try an even mini-er vacation, but without leaving the confines of Central Oregon.

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Oh, how I’ve missed you, sweet, sweet theaters.

The fact that the first thing I saw upon entering Odem Theater Pub was a giant TV blasting Fox News and the Minneapolis riots at full volume wasn’t going to deter me. Got the popcorn, got the IPA and got the tickets for a British coming-of-age dramedy called “How to Build a Girl.” As the lights dimmed, the thoughts of COVID-19, 100,000 dead, George Floyd, murder hornets, unemployment, mass protests, the president retweeting that the only good democrat was a dead one…they didn’t go away.

They used to. As soon as the trailers begin, my mind would meld with movies and I’d forget everything else. But not this time. This time I just kept getting angrier. Maybe it was because the

movie wasn’t very good (it was grossly naive) or maybe I’m just not the same person I was the last time I saw a movie in the theater (March 10). Either way, it just wasn’t fun to be watching a painfully stupid movie while it feels like we’re fighting a civil war.

I was going to end this by saying I hope things go back to the way they were and that movie theaters feel like my safe haven again. But I’m not sure I do. I don’t think I want to forget reality anymore.

It’s a privilege that I was ever able to in the first place. I’m ready to stay awake now and, as lovely as my little staycation was, it’s just not a good time to sleep.

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and gutters, remove any debris build up and look for missing or damaged materials on the roof. Clean the gutters and run a hose inside to make sure water flows properly into the downspouts and water is directed away from the structure.

Check for damage, holes or cracks in the siding and also confirm the siding allows water to flow down and away from your home. The exterior house paint protects the siding and helps to keep water outside of your home. If the paint and caulking appear faded, cracked or missing, consult with a licensed qualified professional to get a proper evaluation. A paint or caulk touch-up could be a suitable solution, or it may be time for a quality paint job. Remove vegetation or soil that is against the home, as this can be a direct path for insects and moisture, and the rubbing will damage siding over time.

Some miscellaneous items for the exterior maintenance checklist include, wash and scrub your home and surrounding decks and walkways. Be cautious if using pressure washers as they can easily cause damage. Refinish wood decking and seal cracks in concrete foundations, sidewalks and driveways to keep everything looking great and to extend their lifespan. Make sure window screens are functioning properly, which will allow you to enjoy fresh air while keeping insects out. Yard sprinklers should never spray on the home; this will shorten the exterior paint’s lifespan and will eventually cause damage.

Taking care of your home is not only an essential part of homeownership— it’s also very rewarding and is incredibly Do-It-Yourself friendly.

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urchasing a home is most likely the largest investment that anyone will make in their lifetime and it’s important to improve and take care of the property. Besides a sense of pride and a feeling of accomplishment, there are additional reasons that homeowners should consider maintenance a necessary task and not as an option.

A well-maintained home ensures a higher resale value by making the home shine and gives the impression to homebuyers that the home has been well cared for. Another significant reason to keep up on maintenance is to prevent potentially serious damage and high repair costs. According to J.D. Roth’s book, “Your Money: The Missing Manual,” for every dollar you spend on preventative maintenance around the home, you save approximately $100 in future repairs.

Also, remember that a home warranty company will usually only warrant claims that are due to normal wear and tear, and not from a lack of maintenance.

Prepare a checklist of maintenance items after a thorough inspection of the home which will be needed yearly or seasonally. A professional home inspection report likely completed during the home purchase process can be a great tool, offering maintenance suggestions and identifying possible problem areas.

Determining problems early, prior to them becoming urgent situations will allow plenty of time for the homeowner to plan and save for maintenance or repair costs.

When compiling the maintenance list, inspect the house from the top and work down from there. Beginning with the roof

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SCIENCE ADVICE GODDESS TheMyAfterwife wonderful stepmom died last

year, and my dad was debilitated by grief. I got him to go to a support group, which really seemed to help. He’s been dating a woman he met there, and they’ve gotten serious. My brother says my dad wants to marry this woman. He’s happy for our dad, but I’m disgusted. It’s just wrong that he’s with another woman so soon. My dad loved my stepmother and was a great husband, but he’s now looking like a fraud because he’s moved on so quickly.

—Distraught Daughter It’s not like your dad wore dark glasses to the funeral so he could cruise the pretty ladies in attendance without getting caught.

There are many misconceptions about how a person’s “supposed” to feel after their loved one dies, and we tend to go all grief police on someone we think isn’t grieving enough or for long enough.

I suspect these harsh views are a byproduct of one of the possible functions of grief. Evolutionary psychologist Bo Winegard and his colleagues point out that grief stops us from getting on with our lives after a loved one dies. This is costly, impinging on our survival, or at least keeping us from mating and passing on our genes. But because of this, grief can be a sort of tear-drenched, listless, gloom-shrouded character witness.

Sure, we could tell people we’ve got great character. But that’s just blah, blah, blah, with nothing to back it up. However, because grief is costly -- emotionally, physically, and in forcing us to put our lives on pause -- it’s seen as a more reliable signal than claims we make about ourselves. The Winegard team believes grief likely functions as a form of social advertising: evidence the grieving person is a “loyal, trustworthy,” committed partner who forms deep attachments.

This might be why so many people eventually went so vicious on comedian Patton Oswalt. His wife died suddenly, and he was devastated, and he got a flood of sympathy from his fans.

Eighteen months later, he remarried, and the public turned on him -- with ugly tweets like: “80,000 died from the flu last year and fat man Patton never mentioned it. Faker than his ‘grief’ for his dead ex wife.”

My journalist friend, Leslie Gray Streeter, 49, gets really angry about these attacks on a surviving spouse: “It’s always shocking how strangers would rather you be embalmed in their memory than happy.” She writes “you”

because she, unfortunately, has experience in this area, chronicled in “Black Widow,” her “sad-funny” memoir about suddenly losing her husband five years into their marriage. She tweets about the social media-shaming of Oswalt, Dog the Bounty Hunter, and other widowed celebs: “It’s not your business when celebrities you don’t know remarry after being widowed. No it’s not. I’m serious. Stop it. Not your business. ... Leave people alone.”

This is advice we should apply beyond the celebrisphere.

Research by psychologist Camille Wortman debunks many common myths about how grief “should” work: for example, the incorAmy Alkon rect expectations “that depression is inevitable following loss; that distress is necessary, and failure to experience it is indicative of pathology.”

And then there’s the myth you might be clinging to: the notion that real love leads to grief that is endlessly debilitating.

It is -- for a very small percentage of people. But grief researcher George Bonanno suspects we’re prone to believe unending grief is the norm in part because much of what’s written about grief is by grief therapists. They are “apt to see only those bereaved people” who are unable to recover without professional help. However, Bonanno explains, for most grieving people, resilience -- the ability to recover (and sometimes to recover relatively quickly) and get on with life -- is the norm.

Bonanno urges us not to assume that this means they had “either superficial or conflicted relationships with the persons they lost.”

Bonanno explains that bereaved people who find peace seem to put their loss into some sort of perspective.

He gives the example of a woman who married her high school sweetheart and had two children and a full life with him. Her world shattered when her husband died abruptly, but she “found meaning and vigor and even joy in the idea she was going to make it.”

Consider whether the message you want to send to your dad is, “Hey! Your life was supposed to stop when my stepmom’s did,” effectively punishing him for healthy coping. Wortman writes: “The major coping task faced by the bereaved is to reconcile themselves to a situation that cannot be changed and find a way to carry on with their own lives.” As Patton Oswalt explained about why he remarried 18 months after losing his wife: “It just felt like worlds were connecting and everything was okay again.”

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teacher Jack Kornfield articulates the spiritual medicine I think you should seek in the coming weeks. You especially need it, and by happy coincidence, it’s likely to be available. Kornfield writes: “When we have for so long been judged by everyone we meet, just to look into the eyes of another who does not judge us can be extraordinarily healing.”

I urge you to identify the people who can perform this service for you, then ask them point-blank to perform this service, even if it has to happen over FaceTime or via Zoom. To generate the good karma that will ensure this happens in just the right way, offer to perform the same service for others.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m one of the

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “The changes

lucky people who has never been addicted to alcohol or drugs. What’s the source of my great fortune? Two kinds of grace are key: I suffered no abuse and trauma when I was growing up, and my genetic make-up doesn’t predispose me to self-medicate with intoxicants. But I am indeed a bit addicted to other things, like fearful fantasies, sexual feelings, and the urge to win arguments. So I’m blessed in some ways, cursed in others—just like all of us! In honor of our season of introspection, my fellow Cancerian, I invite you to do what I just did: Count your blessings and curses. Doing so will bring you just the right kind of healing.

we dread most may contain our salvation,” writes author Barbara Kingsolver. Although I mostly agree with her conclusion, I’ll also suggest that we could come up with less melodramatic versions of it. For example, we might say, “The adjustments we’re resisting may actually be healthy.” Or “The uncomfortable transitions we’re avoiding might ultimately lead to a better version of comfort.” Or “The revelations we’re attempting to ignore and deny could eventually be the source of relief and release.” Do any of these work for you right now, Capricorn? I bet at least one does.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Jacquemus Mini Le

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don’t,” writes author Rebecca Solnit. “And it surprises me, even in myself, how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown.” Your assignment in the coming weeks is to thoroughly incorporate Solnit’s wisdom—and then wield it with tender ferocity as you reshape your relationship with the future. See if you can manage, if only for ten days, to fight off and dissolve the reflex to worry. Here’s a tip: Any time the agitated fantasy of an ugly scenario rises up in your imagination, remind yourself that it’s not objectively true and immediately replace it with a fantasy of a desirable scenario.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): When Europeans

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet Paul Verlaine wrote “Autumn Song” in 1866. It became a well-known French poem, and eventually played a role in a historical turning point. In June 1944, a top-secret British spy organization used the poem as a code to communicate crucial information to the French Resistance, via BBC radio, about the allies’ upcoming D-Day invasion of Normandy. In the spirit of poetry being used to accomplish practical actions, I’m now sending out a burst of code to you, Aries. It’s adapted from another poem by Verlaine: “Delight in good-omened fortune, baptized by the bristling scents of mint, thyme, and clover on the wind of dawn.” Regard this as a signal for you to acquire a necessary resource, strengthen connections with key allies, and intensify your current quest.

Libran author William Faulkner was asked by a cousin if he was drunk when he dreamed up the imaginative stories and characters in his novels.

The truth was that on occasion Faulkner did indeed consume alcohol in excessive amounts. However, he rarely indulged while actually writing. His creative ideas mostly came from his fertile imagination, not an unhinged spirit. In the coming weeks, I hope you will be like Faulkner during the inventive phases he enjoyed while sober and disciplined and driven by focused intention. The astrological omens suggest that’s the best recipe for generating original ideas and productive visions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “What use is this howling tenderness?” wrote eighth-century Tamil mystic poet Andal. My research on Google reveals that no one has answered her question until now.

I decided you would benefit from hearing my response, since you are in a chapter of your life story when howling tenderness could work to your benefit. So here’s my counsel: Howling tenderness is useful because it has the power to shatter mysterious barriers that have been at least partially obstructing you from exploring the frontiers of sacred intimacy.

arrived in the New World, the Iroquois Confederacy in what’s now northeastern North American had been practicing participatory democracy for 350 years. The visionary principles of these native people ultimately influenced the formation of the United States and its Constitution. Now would be a good time for you to be inspired by these facts.

How? You could draw teachings from the past and use them to create your future. You could study the perspectives of indigenous people and incorporate their wisdom into the way you live your life. You could tune in to and explore the traditions of people you respect and adopt them for your own use.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus philosopher Bertrand Russell observed, “The best life is the one in which the creative impulses play the largest part and the possessive impulses the smallest.”

That is always an important principle for everyone to embrace, in my opinion. But it will be an especially essential truth for you in the coming weeks.

Your creative powers will thrive, even soar and generate blessings, to the degree that you downplay and outwit your possessive inclinations.

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Chiquito” is the name of a tiny purse you can buy for $522. It fits into the palm of your hand, and won’t hold much—maybe a single-use strand of dental floss, a shoe from a Barbie doll, a snippet of a loved one’s hair, an aspirin, maybe a few crumbs from a potato chip. In any case, I don’t recommend it for you.

You should be surrounding yourself with symbols of capaciousness and roominess. You need influences that inspire you to be a spacious container. It’s time for you to welcome and receive an abundance of blessings, inquiries, and invitations.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some people seem to think of sacredness as being pristine and pious—an immaculate and orderly transcendence of earthly concerns. Author and minister Marilyn Sewell has a different perspective. “Who can order the Holy?” she asks. “It is like a rain forest, dripping, lush, fecund, wild.

We enter its abundance at our peril, for here we are called to the wholeness for which we long, but which requires all we are and can hope to be.” I recommend Sewell’s version of holiness to you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. You’re primed to upgrade and deepen your sacred lust for life.

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others don’t understand,” writes author Jenna Woginrich. That’s a healthy attitude for an eccentric person like her, who taught herself by trial and error how to run a small farm with a meager budget while all alone in the middle of nowhere. But does her advice apply to everyone? I say yes, it does. All of us have quirky behaviors and idiosyncratic ideas and odd feelings that other people find hard to understand, let alone appreciate. I bring this to your attention, Gemini, because the coming weeks will be a time when it’s best for you to emancipate yourself as much as possible from the need to be perfectly understood as you express your raw, pure, unique self.

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Deschutes Brewery – Paying it Forward 6-Pack Style The Bend staple and Oregon’s leading craft brew producer has been hard hit by the pandemic, ultimately laying off close to 300 employees as a result of tasting room and pub closures. Still, they’re finding creative ways to give back. The Deschutes webstore currently includes the opportunity to purchase a Pay It Forward Sixer. Sixers (six-packs) are $6, and each personal purchase is matched by Deschutes and delivered directly to health care professionals at St. Charles.

If you’re interested in paying it forward with an ice-cold sixer (nothing says “thank you” like a frosty Fresh Squeezed IPA), head to shop.deschutesbrewery.com/storefront.aspx.

Riff Cold Brewed – Coffee Kegs for All! Longtime proponents of charitable work, the Riff Cold Brewed team immediately started looking for creative ways to give back to the community during this time of crisis. Julie Galbraith, chief marketing director for the local coffee taphouse, explained, “We donated to St. Charles in Redmond and Bend, bringing daily deliveries to health care workers who would go through our product in a matter of hours. It felt really good to give back, and as a team we wanted to be sure that we were covering all frontline workers, including grocery store employees.” The company has been delivering coffee kegs to the breakrooms of local grocery stores for the past three weeks.

Riff is slated to reopen in early June (offering takeout beverages only). Stay up-to-date on its grand reopening at riffcoldbrewed.com.

AVID Cider – A (Fermented) Apple a Day “We’re happy to help our community and support everyone during these uncertain times,” said Lauranne Crooks, AVID’s sales representative. “I’ve personally gone around to several businesses and dropped off our cider as a ‘thank you’ for all everyone is doing out there. We’re also offering ‘cider grams,’ delivering cider directly to loved ones. People have been taking advantage of the grams and delivering

messages of gratitude to local health care workers. It’s been going great. This week we’re going around to local businesses, bringing them cider and seltzers and letting them know, ‘Hey, we support local! We appreciate you! Enjoy a pint on us.’” Visit avidcider.com to send out your own personalized ‘cider gram.’

Over the Edge Taphouse – Not Taken for Granted Lynette Morgan, owner of Over the Edge Taphouse in Crooked River Ranch, gave back to her community in a unique way. “We own several businesses in the community, but the Taphouse seems to be where people gather to reach out during a crisis, or come to share knowledge and support,” she shared. “We were approached by the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners about applying for a grant that would be awarded to small, local businesses. We applied and received it, but soon found that only a few of the businesses that applied were actually awarded the grant. There simply wasn’t enough funding to go around.

So we gave the grant back, and we asked the commissioners to pay it forward.”

Morgan explained that Over the Edge is no stranger to charitable work, and they often hold coat drives and fundraisers for individuals and groups in need. Learn more about Crooked River Ranch’s new taphouse at theedgetaphouse.com.

Cinder Butte Meat Co. – Pleased to Meat You Lori Mehan has co-owned Cinder Butte Meat Co. (with locations in Redmond and Prineville) with her husband, Bob, for the past six years. “Soon after the pandemic hit, we realized that a lot of community members had been laid off and were struggling to get unemployment,” she explained. “I put up a post that said, ‘If you need meat, let me know.’ Once we started giving the requests poured in. We made up 35 bags and gave them out within a day. People banded together and started donating, and so far we’ve given out around 250 bags to locals. We don’t ask any questions, we gladly give to those in need. It’s been so awesome to see the community band together.” Mehan explained that Cinder Butte is currently working with a waitlist of around 30, and additional community support will never be turned away! Learn more at cinderbuttemeat.com.

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ACROSS 1. Drape atop 8. Court legend Andre 14. Ask 15. Country singer Lyle 16. German delicacies?

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28. Edge of a coffee cup 29. Unnamed gentleman 30. Chimney part 31. Fancy purse material 32. Pope who was kind of a jerk?

34. Foiled weapon 37. Donegal’s country 38. Cost for entering 41. Saudi resident 42. Overly precious 43. Cry, like an alley cat 44. Sci-fi author Chiang 45. Altar in the night sky 46. Ohio city where The Breeders are from 48. :( 49. “The Communist Manifesto” co-author 51. “___ Homo” (DEVO song) 52. Part of a nuclear reactor that does some serious flattening?

55. Inability to talk 56. Most effortless 57. First name in mysteries 58. “Hmmm...”

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10. Gardner in “On the Beach” 11. Ignite 12. PED injection 13. “Put your wallet away” 17. Sugar substitute?

22. Mohs scale mineral 27. Neither hot nor cold 28. Touring group’s rental 30. Christmas image 31. WNBA star Bird 32. Belle of the ball 33. Mad as heck 34. Tangerine alternative 35. Large floor covering 36. Statistical gobbledegook 38. Picks up 39. Language spoken by bearlike creatures on the moon planet Endor 40. The USA, to Mexico 42. Hospital wing 43. Eye ailment 45. Pennsylvanian sect 47. “Only ___ peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be lasting.” (Obama) 50. ___ Energy Center (Minnesota Wild stadium) 53. Minor annoyance 54. “Insecure” star

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