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4 - Opinion 5 - Mailbox 6 - News Shelter from the Smoke – Some Bend churches are acting as temporary shelters for people experiencing homelessness who need a place away from the smoke.

Fires and Climate Change – The Oregon Legislature has been stymied from taking action on climate change during recent sessions. Could that have stopped this year’s deadly fires?

10 - Feature 13 - Source Picks 14 - Sound 15 - Calendar 17 - Best of Central Oregon BEST OF CENTRAL OREGON 2020! – The readers of the Source have spoken, voting by the thousands for local restaurants, services, shops and more! See all the winners, starting on page 17.

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Oregon—and the entire Pacific region—has been making national headlines again this week, and once again, it’s not for anything good. Our hearts go out to the many families who have lost their homes in the fires that continue to blaze in Oregon, and to the ones who have lost a loved one or are waiting to hear.

In this week’s Culture section, Bend artist Bill Hoppe talks about his painting, “Unfathomable Loss”—a painting that could not be more aptly titled during this unfathomable year. For those hoping to turn the anguish they’re feeling into meaningful action, we’ve assembled a list of recommended resources and donation points in our “Go Here” section on page 73. As we all continue to grapple with what this next calamity means for Oregonians in the long term, we invite you to catch our daily coverage in our email newsletter, the Cascades Reader—to which you can sign up at bendsource. com/newsletters.

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o say this year has been a difficult one would be the understatement of, well, the 21st Century.

Every day, we hear a story of a business struggling to survive, of a parent on the brink, of a family forced to make tough decisions in order to keep a roof over their heads… and now, of those without any roof at all, forced to battle the double threats of coronavirus and wildfire smoke without that most basic of human necessities.

If there ever was a time when people in this community could use some good news, it’s now.

In our Best of Central Oregon awards, found inside this issue, we aim to deliver some of that good news.

Here’s a little anecdote that has helped us see the impact our annual readers’ poll can have on people.

A member of our team was making the rounds recently, alerting some of our Best of Central Oregon honorees of their wins. On more than occasion, the delivery of that news resulted in the person breaking out in tears. Tears of joy happen on occasion during most “Best Of ” seasons—but not like this. Business owner after business owner told us that after the past six months of uncertainty and stress and sometimes, financial strain, getting this one piece of good news was enough to make them break down. Good news has been far too spread out these days.

That’s the impact that you, readers, have on the people with whom you do business—and for whom you voted in this year’s Best of Central Oregon readers’ poll. It’s an easy thing to do—filling out a basic survey and entering the names of the places you like—but for many of the people on the receiving end, this year it feels like arriving in that magical place, somewhere over the rainbow.

You’ve probably heard a few times recently how much a little kindness can count. Maybe someone has reminded you to share a smile with a grocery worker, or to pack a bit more patience as you wait in a long, socially distanced line with a mask on. In a time when so many parts of our lives are upended, these basic commitments to staying calm and spreading a little joy have uncountable impacts on the people around us.

Right now, our state is experiencing a series of wildfire events unlike any before. Voting for your “bests” is a simple act like many others we can all take to improve someone’s outlook. There are many ways that we as neighbors can support one another. And there has never been a better time for a small act of kindness.

To borrow a lyric from “Over the Rainbow,” the Israel Kamakawiwo‘ole version of a song featured in “The Wizard of Oz”: "And I think to myself Oh, what a wonderful world.

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workers and for driving down wages. Even after repeal of the Chinese Exclusion Act, the U.S. only allowed 105 Chinese immigrants per year in the 1950s. That window was big enough for my lucky parents to get through, but not very big.

Refugees like my parents who seek freedom, opportunity and safety can become loyal citizens. Hard-working immigrants can invigorate our workforce and strengthen our economy. How welcoming is the United States to immigrants like these at this moment in history? Are any windows open?

One of the starkest contrasts between the value of foreign-born workers and the welcome we extend to those workers can be found in nearby forests. Many of the workers who perform the hard, seasonal, migratory and sometimes-dangerous manual labor to clear hazardous fuels from the forest to reduce wildfire risks are either temporary H2-B guest workers or undocumented. They protect our homes from burning to the ground but our federal immigration policy doesn’t offer them a home. What kinds of contributions could workers like these make if we treated them with dignity, respect and inclusivity?

—Phil Chang

A RESPONSE TO BILL BOYD RE: BEND ICE ARRESTS HIGHLIGHT CONTINUED TRAUMA INFLICTED ON OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, 8/27

I appreciate respectful dialogue, so thanks to Mr. Bill Boyd for his letter. Mr. Boyd focuses on U.S. “carrying capacity,” yet theories claiming that immigrants disrupt an arbitrary population equilibrium have long been disproven. Today, geographers and demographers understand that man-made national borders don’t align with environmental capacity. If Mr. Boyd is arguing that immigrants will overwhelm social programs, he forgets that undocumented immigrants account for 8% of all state and local tax revenue, while the richest 1% of Americans pay just 5.4%. At the same time, the majority of undocumented immigrants can’t access social services and

even documented immigrants routinely underuse programs they’re eligible for.

Yet Mr. Boyd’s argument also misses that when people flee by necessity, their alternative options for survival and decency have run out. And there is no “line” for them to wait in to come legally.

The hundreds of migrants I interviewed for my book No Option but North were coming to the U.S. no matter what. The practical question is not how many people can the U.S. hold, but rather do we want to create avenues for those who will come to the U.S. regardless to do so legally? Or do we want people to continue to suffer the violence of the journey north?

While I never mentioned “open borders,” I do see many “sensible solutions.” To those who want to discuss further I invite you to join me on September 17 as part of the City of Bend’s Welcoming Week.

—Kelsey Freeman

ANAGNORISIS

In 1899 the ecologist Henry Chandler Cowles showed that small plants adapted to colonize sandy habitat on the Lake Michigan shoreline add nutrients and organic matter to the soil, which allows subsequent species to outcompete them and drive them out. These sand-inhabiting pioneer species can’t think, and certainly cannot be faulted for orchestrating their demise. Humans, in contrast, pride themselves on an enormous intellect—often to the point of hubris, which may explain how we have become the only species in the long history of life on earth to knowingly sabotage its own life support system.

We marinate in tens of thousands of synthetic chemicals untested for health effects, many of which are found

harmful after people are unwitting guinea pigs. We souse in the side-effects of fossil fuel combustion, including worsening heat, drought, famine, inundation, and wildfires. We spur zoonotic pandemics by destroying wildlife habitat.

There is little guarantee such problems will be met by mitigating leadership. To the contrary, the worse things become, the more insane the politician needed to protect the agendas of polluting profiteers. The Trump administration has undone almost seventy environmental regulations related to toxic chemicals, air quality, fossil fuel extraction, and wildlife, with an eventual hundred on the immediate chopping block (https://tinyurl.com/ya5273ne).

In Greek tragedy, “anagnorisis” is the sudden realization of things as they stand, often after a prolonged period of ignorance or denial. The increasing dread felt by people these days seems an incipient anagnorisis, inspired by nature’s escalating response to our assaults.

—Matt Orr

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Welcoming Week is a time to celebrate our immigrant neighbors and to reflect on why immigration policy matters to us all.

I’m the proud son of very lucky Chinese immigrants who sought a life here during a uniquely open and welcoming moment in U.S. history. My parents arrived in the U.S. in the 1950s essentially as war refugees.

They grew up in mainland China during the brutal Japanese invasion of World War II. When World War II ended, a bloody civil war broke out in China and in 1949 two million Chinese Nationalists—including my teenage parents—were ejected from the mainland by the Communist party.

My parents came to the U.S. seeking freedom and opportunity in the nation whose Allied aircraft and pilots had protected them from countless Japanese bombing raids. Their allegiance to their new country grew as they settled in, built their lives, and eventually became citizens. My father was part of the generation of computer scientists that invented memory technology small enough to build a computer that could fit on a desk, helping to establish our nation’s technological dominance for decades. He and my mother instilled a commitment to public service in me that has guided my career.

Immigrants like my parents contribute to society and the economy of our nation in so many ways. You can find them at work in health care, construction, science and technology, tourism, finance, agriculture, education and other sectors. But immigrants can only contribute if they are allowed to be here.

Between 1882 and 1942 the Chinese Exclusion Act barred people like my parents from immigrating to the U.S. During the mid-1800s Chinese laborers had helped dig the mines, build the railroads, work the canneries and tend the crops that allowed settlement of the Western U.S. But when economic conditions got tough in the 1870s, Chinese laborers were blamed for taking jobs from domestic

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In Oregon, legislators have struggled to pass consequential laws to lower emissions.

The recent Republican walkouts exacerbated that.

By Laurel Brauns

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s Oregon and California set new wildfire destruction records this past week (3.1 million acres burned in California and 1 million in Oregon), climate change experts argue this is just the beginning.

“Climate change dries out the grassland and will continue to make summers longer and hotter, with longer fire seasons,” explained Brad Chalfant, founding director of the Deschutes Land Trust, which has been trying to buy the Skyline Forest to create more of a wildland-urban interface zone between Bend and the wider forest.

“The reduced snowpack in the Cascades means there’s less water available in the summer for soil and vegetation.

Whether fires ignite while people are out recreating or from people who live near a WUI, or from natural causes like lightning, Oregon is likely to see a lot more fire in the future.”

Erica Fleishman, the director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, explained that as the climate changes, drought comes more often and stays longer, creating fire-prone conditions. Also, mountainous regions like Central Oregon have been invaded by cheatgrass, a nonnative species that is highly flammable.

“The total annual precipitation in Oregon is not projected to change

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appreciably,” Fleishman said. “However, storms may become less frequent and more intense (which increases the risk of landslides in burned areas).”

Politics of Global Warming Will the apocalyptic photos and reports from this past week finally be enough to convince the most ardent climate deniers that global warming is real? Even here in Oregon, the eighth-most liberal state in the union, legislators have struggled to pass consequential laws that would lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Democratic legislators have been working for the past 10 years to pass a cap and trade bill to limit carbon emissions in the state. This February, during the Legislature’s “short session,” the latest version of the bill was introduced. It would require big polluters to pay for credits for each ton of greenhouse gas emissions they produce over a cap set by the state. The state would then use the money from the credits to invest in “de-carbonized” transportation, such as electric public transit buses and charging stations for electric cars. The goal was to lower emissions levels to 80% below 1990 by 2050.

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As of Tuesday morning, the Almeda fire was 100% contained. It started at 11 am on Sept. 8 and burned hundreds of homes and businesses from Ashland to South Medford.

Fire crews work to contain the 134,575-acre Riverside Fire near Estacada in Clackamas County. As of Tuesday morning, it was 0% contained with 400 people working to put it out.

Republicans who walked off the job in protest (with the exception of Central Oregon Sen. Tim Knopp and Bend Rep. Cheri Helt). This is the fifth time a group of Republicans have fled the capitol since May 2019 to obstruct bills that would easily pass under the current Democratic supermajority. The glitch is Oregon state law requires a certain number of members of both houses present to pass bills, so if Republicans leave, the Legislature can’t do anything.

The Wildfire Bill SB 1536, a wildfire mitigation bill, was also a casualty of the walkouts this winter. It was crafted from the conclusions of the Governor’s Council on Wildfire Response, which met for a year to work on it, and included Bend Mayor Sally Russell.

The bill would have cleared trees and reduced fuel load on 300,000 acres of Oregon a year. This strategy is similar to the work of the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project, a federally funded organization that has been working to thin and clear the forests around Bend since 2009 to prevent wildfire in the area.

The “short session’s” wildfire bill would have required utilities to create their own mitigation plans: Downed powerlines were likely responsible

for many of the recent fires near the McKenzie River and farther north in the Detroit area. It would have also funded programs to help communities prepare and survive coming fires.

The Council estimated these projects would cost about $200 million a year for the next 20 years. Republicans expressed concern over the ambitions and cost, but the bill made it out of committee and likely would have passed in both houses if Republicans were present for the vote.

“Obviously, it’s very disappointing that the session wound down without that going through,” Matt Donegan told Oregon Public Broadcasting after the session was cut short by the walkouts in March. He chaired the Council and works in the sustainable forestry industry.

“I think the nightmare scenario is going to be if we have a horrible fire season,” he said. “If the recommendations we made could have been helpful in preventing some kind of tragedy—and because of the walkout the recommendations weren’t followed. I don’t think anyone wants to see that.”

With the 1 million acres burned in Oregon, and most of the fires less than 5% contained as of press time, it appears that Donegan’s “nightmare scenario” has played out.

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Escrito por Laurel Brauns; Traducido por/translated by Jéssica Sánchez-Millar incendio forestal llegaría cada cinco a veinte años destruyendo así arboles pequeños. Esto mantuvo el bosque ralo y suministro mas nutrientes para los pinos grandes de ponderosa, que crecieron con corteza resistente al fuego.

Las décadas de la tala de arboles combinada con una baja intensa de los incendios forestales hicieron que la región fuera mas susceptible a los incendios. Se desequilibraron siglos de ciclos naturales.

Keith menciono que una de las maneras de manejar este riesgo es el intentar restaurar la capacidad de adaptación histórica de lo bosques cercanos, utilizando en base frecuente incendios de baja intensidad. A esto se le llama incendios programados, los cuales son planeados por bomberos teniendo en cuenta las condiciones del tiempo y del viento.

La geografía única de los frecuentes incendios forestales Ed Keith, el guardabosques del condado de Deschutes explicó que a durante de la mayor parte de los años 1900 y milenio antes, el bosque alrededor de Bend era muy variado, rodeado de arboles enormes y vegetación herbácea. Un

Mantenimiento para la prevención de incendios Keith pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo como guardabosques educando a las personas del condado de Deschutes para decirles como proteger sus casas de los incendios forestales.

Bend y a ciudades cercanas, desde el viernes hasta el día en que esta historia llego a imprenta, con un índice de calidad del aire de más de 500. De acuerdo a Kristine McConnell, vicepresidente de relaciones industriales de Visit Central Oregon, para el día Lunes, casi 250 refugiados debido a los incendios forestales llegaron a la zona centro de Oregon y están siendo atendidos por la Cruz Roja de la región Cascades.

Mientras que el riesgo de un incendio en la región se mantiene alto, las agencias gubernamentales locales reconocieron esto hace décadas y cambiaron los reglamentos de construcción y facilitaron fondos para apoyar la reducción de incendios forestales en la zona centro de Oregon. Empezando con el trabajo colaborativo de expertos en incendios forestales hasta voluntarios de la ciudad que ayudan a inspeccionar casas para evaluar el peligro de incendio, el gobierno federal, local y estatal están trabajando en conjunto para mantener la comunidad a salvo.

Keith, el guardabosques del condado indico que “Parte del éxito se debe a que la región ha sufrido incendios frecuentes, hay mas urgencia, esta en la mente de los habitantes”.

“No creo que sea cierto que hemos trabajado mas en nuestra comunidad, sus alrededores y en el bosque nacional que alguna otra parte del estado para prevenir incendios”.

El uso del suelo Otra de las cosas que protege a la zona centro de Oregon de una destrucción masiva es la política estatal del uso del suelo, el cual impide a las ciudades expandirse sin cesar hacia las áreas silvestres. Gracias, en parte, al trabajo del gobernador de Oregon Tom McCall en los años de 70s, cuando una ciudad quiere expandirse, debe pasar por largo proceso de revisión a nivel estatal. Por el contrario, California tiene una política de uso del suelo la cual permitió que las ciudades de crecimiento rápido se extendieran hacia las colinas y los cañones en donde las casas son expuestas a los incendios forestales.

La calidad del aire, los evacuados en la zona centro de Oregon Es muy probable que en la zona centro de Oregon la gente sufrió uno de los peores fines de semana en la historia con relación a la calidad de aire, teniendo a

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on el 10 % de la población del estado de Oregon bajo algún tipo de orden de evacuación y cerca de 1 millón de hectáreas incendiadas a lo largo del estado, hay miles de razones para creer que los incendios forestales fuera de control puedan llegar a extenderse a Bend en los próximos años.

Mientras que es imposible predecir el futuro, la zona Centro de Oregon puede estar mas protegida que otras partes del estado de California. La geografía única de la región, el trabajo en equipo de los expertos en la prevención de los incendios forestales y el limite de crecimiento estricto urbano se combinan para darle a Bend la oportunidad de resistir una destrucción devastadora de los incendios forestales en los próximos años.

Keith dijo que “Usamos las investigaciones del porqué se pierden casas durante los incendios forestales” . “Intentamos crear un espacio defensor alrededor de la casa, lo cual incluye, quitar todo material flamable -desde los arbustos y matorrales, la leña que se encuentra cerca de la casa, hasta podar los arboles. La perdida de residencias generalmente se debe a las brasas que se caen encima de la casa y el jardín, no debido a una pared en lumbres.

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Shelter from the Smoke

Locals mobilize to offer a space for people without homes to go, away from the hazardous air quality

By Nicole Vulcan

“We don’t have a commitment for a place that can house folks, and we have a need that is bigger than 23. We’re talking about close to 1,000 people experiencing some version of homelessness.”

—Lindsey Stailing That hazardous air quality forced people to keep windows and doors tightly closed. Stores saw a run on air purifiers. Some set up makeshift air purifiers using air filters taped to box fans.

But for the people without an indoor space to call their own, taping a filter to a fan wouldn’t be enough to stave off the relentless smoke, which moved into Central Oregon Friday when winds changed and began to blow eastward.

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For a small fraction of the people living outdoors during this massive wildfire event, at least two local churches have become places of respite. Over the weekend, First Presbyterian Church and First United Methodist Church in Bend formed temporary, emergency-relief “smoke shelters” inside their buildings—a place for those without homes to spend time indoors. First United Methodist offered its space only over the weekend. First Presbyterian, approved by the fire marshal to house 23 individuals as a temporary shelter, plans to keep its shelter open through Thursday, when the smoke is expected to clear, said Morgan Schmidt, pastor at First Presbyterian. Mattresses on loan from NeighborImpact and Shepherd’s House line the annex and

the smaller chapel. Donations of basic supplies, such as toothbrushes, snacks and donated clothes are set up around the space. Families with small children—and their dogs—mill around.

Everyone wears a mask while inside.

If the numbers go above 23, some stay in their cars outside, coming inside during the day, said Lindsey Stailing, board member of the Homeless Leadership Coalition and patient support Nicole Vulcan

Morgan Schmidt, pastor at First Presbyterian Church, helped organize the smoke relief shelter at her church this week.

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end’s Air Quality Index was hovering in the 300 range Tuesday afternoon. The AQI was an improvement from days prior, when the fires raging around Oregon caused Bendites to see AQI ratings of 500 or more.

Other than Medford, no city in Oregon had experienced a hazardous air quality day since the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality began monitoring in the 1970s. Medford had one day of hazardous air quality in both 2017 and 1987. Last week, Eugene had five hazardous days; Bend and Medford had three; Portland two, and Klamath Falls one, the DEQ stated Tuesday. Bend’s previous record AQI was 231 (very unhealthy) in 2017.

Bend’s new record is over 500 (beyond the AQI scale) set on Saturday, according to DEQ.

Outside the temporary smoke relief shelter at First Presbyterian Church Tuesday.

program manager for Mosaic Medical.

In addition to basic shelter services, Mosaic has provided some medical care for the people on site.

“A lot of them struggle with health conditions. We have some families; we have an individual experiencing a pregnancy. It’s really important that these folks are able to get out of the smoke so that they can stay healthy,” Stailing said.

Highlighting a need Bend’s shelter space is already woefully inadequate for the hundreds of people who are considered homeless in the area—and with the cooler weather ahead, the annual issue of housing people in winter is about to come up again. Last year, the Deschutes County Sheriff ’s Office offered a building under renovation for the temporary shelter. The year before, it was housed in a private building in downtown Bend.

“What we really need is to find a longer-term solution, because these are just Band-Aids,” Stailing said. “We are just trying to make things a little bit easier for a really tiny amount of time.

We are planning for our emergency winter shelters for the very same reason. We don’t have a place. We don’t have a commitment for a place that can house folks, and we have a need that is bigger than 23. We’re talking about close to 1,000 people experiencing some version of homelessness.”

Stailing said the people staying at the temporary smoke shelters are not “out of towners,” but are Central Oregonians. “We need lower-barrier options in this town to help transition

those folks out of homelessness.

Since it’s pretty hard to build houses and apartments, we need to start thinking creatively about longer-term strategies to get folks out—and sometimes that’s going to look a little more creative than just building an apartment building.”

Ideas into action Pastor Schmidt—who is also the driving force behind Pandemic Partners, a series of Facebook groups connecting people with resources during the COVID-19 pandemic—said the idea for the smoke shelters was conceived just last Friday. Within 24 hours, the first smoke shelter was open.

“By Saturday morning I was on a call at 9 (with the Homeless Leadership Coalition). I was on a call at 11:30 with a bunch of providers, local churches, local folks who said, ‘let’s talk about it.’” Later Saturday, the churches had gotten approval from the fire marshal for 23 guests at First Presbyterian.

Schmidt said she’s also working with other community partners to help connect restauranteurs and other locals who want to support evacuees and houseless individuals with food and other resources. As of press time, they were in the midst of gaining approval to add a Bend directory on the site Dine11, a site, developed in the midst of the pandemic, that connects restaurants that can cook and deliver food with people who want to donate.

Schmidt said they hope to have the Bend directory up and running by Friday. When it becomes available, that Bend directory will be visible at Dine11.org.

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What local, state and federal governments are doing to protect Deschutes County from wildfire

By Laurel Brauns

The remains of the Idanha-Detroit Rural Fire Protection District’s old fire truck, destroyed by the Beachie Creek Fire.

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ith 10% of the people in Oregon under some type of evacuation order, and roughly 1 million acres burned throughout the state, there’s plenty of reason to believe that out-ofcontrol wildfires could reach Bend in the coming years.

While the future is impossible to predict, Central Oregon may be more protected than other parts of the state and California. The unique geography of the region, the collaborative work of wildfire prevention experts and the strict urban growth boundary combine to give Bend a fighting chance to withstand the devastation of wildfire destruction in the years to come.

One way to manage this risk is to try to restore the historical resiliency of nearby forests, using low-intensity fires on a frequent basis, Keith said.

This is the goal of the Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project, a diverse group of people in Central Oregon who are strongly connected to the fate of the

forest. First assembled in 2009 to garner federal support, it’s primarily guided by a 19-member steering committee made up of academics, environmentalists, logging company execs, local elected leaders, the county forester and many others.

So far, the federal government has provided $10.1 million for

forest thinning and controlled burns throughout Central Oregon, and it just asked for $8 million more, Keith said.

The group prioritized projects that protect both developed areas as well as recreational amenities such as the Deschutes River Trail and Phil’s Trail, according to its website.

The unique geography of frequent wildfire Throughout much of the 1900s, and for millennia before, the forest around Bend was wide open, dotted with huge trees and a grassy understory, explained Ed Keith, the county forester for Deschutes County. A wildfire would come through every five to 20 years, destroying all the smaller trees, Keith said. This kept the forest thin, and provided more nutrients for the larger ponderosa pines, which evolved with fire-resistant bark as they grew older.

Decades of logging, combined with aggressive suppression of wildfires, made the region much more vulnerable to fire. Centuries of natural cycles were thrown out of balance.

The Lionshead Fire near Warm Springs reached 148,000 acres by Tuesday morning and was 5% contained. It merged with the Beachie Creek Fire this weekend.

People in the Sidwalter Flats area on the Warm Springs Reservation are now on a Level 2 evacuation notice.

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The Rosland Road Fire near La Pine was a recent success story of a similar forest treatment effort by the Greater La Pine Joint Chiefs Cohesive Strategy Project. The fire started in an untreated area and the underbrush and dense trees fueled a huge conflagration. It spread rapidly until it reached an area that was intentionally thinned and cleared. The fire dropped to the ground and was soon contained and put out, Keith explained.

“We might be one of the most collaborative places in the state, with people willing to work together that have a different view,” Keith said. “Part of that is urgency; if we have a wildfire, no one wins.”

Much of Talent (north of Ashland) was left decimated by the Almeda Fire that tore through town on Sept. 8. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department reported Monday that three people have died.

Land Use Another thing that protects Central Oregon from mass destruction is state land use policy, which prevents cities from expanding endlessly into wildlands. Partially thanks to the work of Oregon Gov. Tom McCall in the 1970s, when a city does want to expand, it must undergo a lengthy review process with the state. California, in contrast, has land use policy which allowed fast-growing cities to sprawl out into hillsides and canyons where homes are exposed to wildfires. These areas are called the wildland-urban interface, or the WUI.

Bend has its own recent example of a WUI called Skyline Forest: It’s a 33,000acre tract of timberland located between Bend and Sisters, north of Skyliners Road (the road leading up to Tumalo Falls). In the past, the City of Bend has tried to expand into this region so developers could build many houses on small parcels of land: Its most recent proposal in 2009 was denied by the state. This is partially thanks to the work of Central Oregon LandWatch, which created the Westside Transect Zone, a natural buffer between Shevlin Park (Tumalo Creek) and nearby developments. The goal was to both protect houses from Courtesy The Nugget Newspaper by Kris Kristovich

fire while preserving the surrounding forest in its natural state.

Meanwhile, the Deschutes Land Trust has been trying to buy the Skyline Forest property for years to permanently protect it, explained Deschutes Land Trust Founding Director Brad Chalfant.

The investor from China who owns the land is not interested in selling it for a lowered price for preservation purposes right now, Chalfant said, but the owner has allowed people to recreate on it.

Air quality, evacuees in Central Oregon In Central Oregon, people likely suffered through one of the worst weekends for air quality in history, with Bend and nearby towns above an Air Quality Index of 500 from Friday through the time this story went to press. As of Monday morning, nearly 250 wildfire refugees have come to Central Oregon and are being cared for by the Red Cross Cascades Region, according to Kristine McConnell, VP of industry relations for Visit Central Oregon.

While wildfire risk remains high in the region, local governments recognized this decades ago and changed building codes and provided funding to support wildfire mitigation efforts in Central Oregon. From the collaborative work of the DCFP to local volunteers who help inspect homes for fire danger, local, state and federal governments are working to help keep the community safe.

“Part of our success is that because the region experienced fire on a regular basis, there’s more urgency, it’s on people’s minds” said Keith, the county forester.

“I do think it’s true that we’ve done more work in and around our community and in the national forest to prevent fires than probably anywhere in the state.”

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Fire prevention maintenance Keith spends the bulk of his time as county forester educating people in Deschutes County about how to protect their homes from wildfires.

“We use research on why homes are lost during wildfire,” Keith said. “We try to create a defensible space around the house which includes removing everything flammable—from shrubs and brush, to firewood close to the home, to thinning trees. Home loss is usually due to embers that fall on the home and yard, not a wall of fire.”

Until fairly recently, many houses in Deschutes County had roofs made of untreated cedar shingles: This construction was even required in some subdivisions for the “woodsy” look, Keith explained. The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners finally outlawed wood roofs in 2001 when it declared the county a wildfire hazard zone. Today, most wood roofs have aged out and been replaced with fire resistant or treated roofs, Keith said.

Many of the 22 homes burned in the Awbrey Hall Fire of 1990 were covered with cedar shingles, Keith said.

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Join Worthy Brewing on its socially distanced patio for live music with Fair Trade Boogie Band! Join in with a drink from Worthy or at home streaming live via the Worthy Facebook page. Wed., Sept. 16, 7-9pm. Worthy Brewing, 495 NE Bellevue Dr., Bend. No cover.

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Enjoy a drink, good eats and live country and southern rock n’ roll. Socially distanced outdoor concert—don’t forget your mask! Fri., Sept. 18, 7 p.m. General Duffy’s Water Hole, 404 SW Forest Ave., Redmond. $15.

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The “Daredevils” exhibit looks at the people who have tested the limits, from Evil Knievel to Kitty O’Neil.

Learn about their death-defying feats such as jumping a canyon or going faster than anyone thought possible. Sat., Sep. 19, 9am-5pm. High Desert Museum 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Free.

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Local artist Kartsounes plays tunes that will move your heart and soul. Original and inspirational songs from an artist with heart, skill and a knack for the guitar. Thu., Sept. 17 6-8pm, River's Place, 787 NE Purcell Blvd., Bend. No cover.

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Listen to your favorite Beatles songs covered by local band Juju Eyeball. This outdoor show has plenty of room for social distancing while you get your groove on. Fri. Sept. 18, 6-8pm. On Tap, 1424 NE Cushing Dr., Bend. No cover.

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONSDISMANTLING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM ANTIRACISM: DOING THE WORK

Guest speaker Dalton Miller-Jones joins community members in a conversation about how to keep doing the work of antiracism. Join in on the conversation of where to go from here as a community and individuals. Sun., Sep. 20, 4-6pm. deschuteslibrary.org/ calendar/event/60509 Free.

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Explore how normalizing race conversations can begin to break down systematic and individual racial prejudices with Christy Walker, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Central Oregon Community College.

In partnership with COCC. Thu., Sept. 17, 5-6pm. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar/event/60578. Free.

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THE LITTLE WOODY FESTIVAL FOR THE LOVE OF BARREL-AGED BREWS

Celebrate craft barrel-aged beer, whiskey and cider from across the Northwest! Participants can sign up for time slots to start their “walkabout.” Sample new creations from local spots while touring downtown! Fri., Sept. 18, 4-10pm and Sat. Sept. 19, 4-10pm. Deschutes Historical Museum, 129 NW Idaho Ave, Bend. $1-$35.

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Hang out with alt-country original hits at River’s Place for a fun Sunday outside. Enjoy a mix of originals, blues and covers of your favorite songs. Sun., Sep. 20, 6-8pm.

River’s Place 787 NE Purcell Blvd., Bend. No cover.

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Revival Vintage, Luck of the Draw Trade Co, and Babe City Studio host a party to celebrate small wins in tough times. Festivities include a live DJ, free drinks, vintage threads and a photo booth. Fri., Sept. 18, 6-9:30pm. Affatati- Corner of 1824 NE Division and Revere, Bend. Free.

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The Tables Have Turned New owner takes over Ranch Records during pandemic and changes name to “Smith Rock Records”

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Owner Patrick Smith installed stage lights and revamped the store’s stereo system, in hopes of one day hosting live concerts.

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hen Patrick Smith first envisioned owning a record store, he dreamt of outfitting the shop with stage lights, hosting local bands and making the store feel like a concert hall. Little did he know he would become a record store owner during the pandemic.

In late March, Smith took over the Downtown Bend staple, Ranch Records, renaming it Smith Rock Records. Former owner, John Schroeder, had been thinking of retiring for over two years, and Smith was ready to take his place, even if that meant taking over during a pandemic.

Smith has been ingrained in the local music community for much of his life.

He grew up in Bend, managed the nowclosed Stereo Planet and works in concert production.

“Music has always been part of my life,” Smith said, who plays the drums, guitar and a little bass. “I still have records from when I was a kid, and I got records from what (Smith Rock Records) started from.”

Before Ranch Records was founded, longtime Bendites like Smith bought their vinyl at a store named “Great American Plant & Record” and later “Paramount Records” on the corner of Franklin and Bond. In 1996, when Paramount closed, Schroeder enlisted a partner to open Ranch Records, with one location in Bend and the other in Salem.

Eight years ago, Schroeder bought out his partner and became full owner of the Bend store, while his partner kept the Salem location. This June, the sister store in Salem shut its doors, and Schroeder and Smith decided it was time to let the “Ranch” name fade.

“It’s just time to close the chapter on (Ranch Records) and start fresh,” Schroeder said.

As owner, Smith chose the new name both in reference to his last name and the nearby climbing and hiking destination. Smith is also a former climber.

“I won’t say (Smith Rock is) out my back door, but I step out in the morning and I see it,” Smith said. “I think the new name just tied (the store) to this whole area.”

Smith’s first few months in business were slow due to COVID-19. Schroeder

had already laid off all of the store’s employees, yet Smith had to keep the doors open to refund concert tickets.

Smith has been trying to increase inventory but is dealing with abundant backorders due to the pandemic.

During this time, locals have had time to clean out their homes and bring their used vinyl to the shop. Smith said that during his first few months in business die-hard vinyl collectors still frequented the store, allowing him to keep the lights on. Smith finally started to see business pick up with the summer tourism season.

“The tourists are coming in, not being able to find albums in their city because stuff is shut down, and they’re just going crazy,” he said.

In late August, vinyl collectors woke up early to line up at the store for Record Store Day, which was separated into three days (Aug. 29, Sept. 26 and Oct. 24) to avoid crowding at indie record stores across the country. Locals grasped the opportunity to get their hands on one-off pressings.

Outside of Record Store Day, Smith hopes to fill the shop with obscure titles and specialize in the vinyl “you can’t get on Amazon,” he said. While his dream of hosting live concerts is a long way off, he already set up stage lights and movie screens around the store and revamped the stereo system.

“I’m an audio nut,” Smith said.

“Things have to sound good. When I listen to music, I can’t listen on a cell phone or little Bluetooth speakers. I’m spoiled.

I’ve got surround systems in pretty much every part of my house.”

Smith will host local musicians when it is safe to do so, though until then, he plans to screen music documentaries and old concerts. With the Vector Volcano Arcade next store and the last Blockbuster nearby, Smith is loving being a part of retro Bend.

He added, “We really want to make part of downtown just a little brighter.”

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Worthy Brewing Worthy Wednesday with Fair Trade Boogie Band Join us on our socially distanced patio for live music with Fair Trade Boogie Band from the Worthy Brewing stage or livestream from Worthy’s page! 7-9pm. No cover.

Maragas Winery Tap Room Sunday Jazz at Maragas Winery We’ll have snacks for you to enjoy on our patio or lawn while listening to live music!

Masks are required, social distancing will be enforced and groups will be limited to 10 people! 1-4pm.

River’s Place Sweet Whiskey Lips Alt-country band with a twist, playing originals, blues and covers. No cover.

Silver Moon Brewing Not Cho’ Grandma’s

Bingo: Presented by MBSEF We are taking it to our socially distanced and spacious patio. Bloody Marys, mimosas, breakfast and cash prizes! 10am-noon.

17 Thursday Bridge 99 Brewery Thursday Trivia at

Bridge 99 Bridge 99 pint specials and food truck grub. Complying with state health guidelines.

6-8:30pm. Free.

River’s Place Pete Kartsounes Kartsounes writes music that will move and inspire the heart and soul. 6-8pm. No cover.

Silver Moon Brewing Trivia on the Moon

21 Monday Crater Lake Spirits Downtown Tasting Room Flight Night! Enjoy a cocktail at the Crater Lake Spirits Downtown Tasting Room while listening to live music performed by Jen Forti! 5:30pm.

No cover.

River’s Place Trivia Mondays at River’s Place Kick

Join us and our wonderful hosts in the socially distanced patio edition of trivia. 7-9pm.

off the week with cold brew, good grub and Bend’s finest live trivia show, UKB Trivia. 6-8pm. Free.

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The Little Woody - Barrel-Aged Beer, Cider & Whiskey Festival To commemorate one of Central Oregon’s hallmarks, craft beer, The Little Woody features small-batch beers aged in wood barrels by top Northwest breweries. 5-10pm. $1-$35.

General Duffy’s Waterhole Country-

fied Awesome local band playing country music and southern rock! 7pm. $15.

Initiative Brewing Trainwreck Central Oregon dance cover band, playing the songs you know all the words to! 6:30-9:30pm. No cover.

22 Tuesday Greg’s Grill Live Music at Greg’s Grill Join Greg’s Grill on their outdoor patio for food, drinks, breathtaking views and socially distanced live music. 5:30pm. No cover.

Initiative Brewing Tuesday Night Trivia in

Redmond Free and fun to play, with Taco Tuesday specials too. Don’t miss out! 6:30-8:30pm. Free.

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On Tap Juju Eyeball, A Beatles Cover Band Local Beatles cover band plays all the hits in a socially distanced outdoor show. 6-8pm. Free.

Worthy Brewing Worthy Wednesday with 90

Solo acoustic performance! 7-9pm. No cover.

Revival Vintage Party Like It’s 2020!

Mask up + Vibe with Revival Vintage Come vibe and imbibe with Revival Vintage, Luck of the Draw Trade Co, and Babe City Studio! Live DJ, free drinks, vintage threads and a photo booth.

6-9:30pm. Free.

Cascade Highlanders Pipe Band Practice Experienced pipers and drummers are wel-

Leadbetter Band Join us on our socially distanced patio for live music from the stage or tune in to the stream on Worthy’s page! 7-9pm. No cover.

19 Saturday Silver Moon Brewing Save the Music Saturdays! Enjoy some of Central Oregon’s best local artists while sipping on award-winning craft beer.

Concerts are free of charge and family-friendly!

4-7pm. Free.

Brave New World Join us on our socially distanced patio for live music from the stage or tune in to the stream on Worthy’s page! 7-9pm. No cover.

Proof Join us on our socially distanced patio for live music with 90 Proof from the Worthy Brewing stage or stream on our Facebook page! 7-9pm. No cover.

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come to attend, along with those interested in taking up piping or drumming who would like to find out what it would take to learn. Call beforehand to confirm! Limit 10 people. Mondays, 6-8pm. Mission Church - Redmond, 3732 SW 21st Pl, Redmond.

Contact: 541-633-3225. pipersej@yahoo.com.

The Ultimate Oldies Show A locally-produced,

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

DANCE Country Swing Lessons No monthly commit-

ment and drop-in options are available. Wednesdays, 7:30-8:30pm. Through Oct. 1. The Space, 2570 NE Twin Knolls Drive, Suite 110, Bend. Contact: 541-4011635. cooperdancecompany@gmail.com. $12.

Local band Trainwreck plays at Initiative Brewing on Fri., Sep. 18 from 6:30-9:30pm!

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wrist conditions. Sept. 23, 6-6:45pm. Online. Contact: 541-322-2211. jgriggs@thecenteroregon.com. Free.

BendTicket Pop Up Drive-In BendFilm’s Pop Up Drive-In combines the nostalgia of the drive-in era, the crisp Pacific Northwest air, the right amount of physical distancing and innovative presentation elements to create the ultimate outdoor viewing experience. Limited to first 110 vehicles. Fridays, 7pm and Saturdays, 7pm. Deschutes Brewery Warehouse, 399 SW Shevlin Hixon Drive, Bend. $35.

Know Us - Blacks in Oregon: A Brief Survey Professor James Stanley Harrison explores the

Classic Horror Thursday at the Tin Pan Theater! Join the Tin Pan Theater every Thursday

Know Us - Let’s Talk About Race: Normalizing Race Conversations Explore

for an outdoor screening of a classic horror film!

First come, first served - masks are required!

Thursdays, 7pm. Tin Pan Theater, 869 NW Tin Pan Alley, Bend. $7.

ARTS & CRAFTS Call to Artists The award winning Red Chair

Gallery located in downtown Bend is seeking new 2D and 3D artists. Mondays-Sundays. Red Chair Gallery, 103 NW Oregon Ave., Bend. Contact: 541410-6813. thewayweart229@gmail.com.

Student Pottery Sale Come out to the Bite in Tumalo and get a head start on your holiday shopping while supporting some aspiring potters.

10 % of sales go to Tumalo Community School’ art program. Sept. 19, 3-6pm. The Bite, 19860 7th Street, Tumalo. Contact: 321-432-8009. potterybyyvonne@gmail.com. Free.

PRESENTATIONS & EXHIBITS Genealogy with the Library Learn how

Deschutes Public Library’s genealogy resources can help you trace your ancestry. We’ll show you what we have and how they can help you in your quest for family history. Sept. 18, Noon1pm. Online. Contact: 541-617-7089. jenniferp@ deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Hablemos de Raza: Normalización de Conversaciones Raciales Explora como el

acto de normalizar conversaciones sobre raza, puedan empezar a de-construir prejuicios estructurales e individuales con Christy Walker, Directora de Diversidad e Inclusión para COCC. En colaboración con COCC. Disponible a partir del jueves 17 de septiembre a las 5pm. Sept. 17, 5-6pm. Online. Contact: 541-312-1029. laurelw@deschuteslibrary.org.

Hand & Wrist Aches, Pains & Nagging Discomforts Join orthopedic surgeon and upper extremity specialist, Dr. Chris Healy for a free live webinar on the prevention of common hand and

history of Blacks in Oregon. During his presentation, Harrison will examine major events in the history of Blacks in Oregon from the 17th century to the 1960s and highlight the unvarnished truth of a successful fight against oppression within national and international contexts. Sept. 22, 6-7pm. Online. Contact: 541-312-1032. lizg@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

how normalizing race conversations can begin to break down systematic and individual racial prejudices with Christy Walker, Director of Diversity and Inclusion at Central Oregon Community College.

Sept. 17, 5-6pm. Online. Contact: 541-312-1029. laurelw@deschuteslibrary.org.

Know Us: Our Journey - Navigating Burnout During COVID-19 Explore hope

burnout, resiliency, meaning making and the art of self-compassion. Dr. Sabrina Hadeed is a Licensed Professional Counselor, supervisor, and counselor educator in Bend with over 14 years of experience.

Sept. 23, 6:30-8pm. Online. Contact: 541-312-1063. paigef@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Twilight Talk: Rocks from Space Join our

observatory team for a special look at meteorites.

This program will take place outdoors; masks required, capacity is limited. Pre-register! Sept. 16, 7:30-8:15pm. Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory, 57245 River Rd., Sunriver. Contact: 541-5934394. info@snco.org. $10.

Twilight Talk: Swans of Sunriver For

over five years, Sunriver’s Trumpeter Swans have nested, raised cygnets and played a critical role in Oregon’s swan restoration project. Pre-registration required. Sept. 20, 6:30-7:30pm. Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory, 57245 River Rd., Sunriver.

Contact: 541-593-4394. info@snco.org. $10.

Twilight Talk: The Equinox Learn about the

seasons and Earth’s relationship with the Sun. Pre-registration required. Sept. 23, 7:30-8:15pm. Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory, 57245 River Rd., Sunriver. Contact: 541-593-4394. info@snco.org. $10.

THEATER Teen Theater Comedy and Improv Course

Ages 12-19 - Discover improvisational comedy, improve storytelling skills and be more creative. Led by instructor Molly Choate. Register online at www. cascadestheatrical.org/book-online Thursdays, 4-6pm. Through Oct. 2. Cascades Theatre, 148 NW Greenwood Avenue, Bend. Contact: 541-389-0803. teentheater@cascadestheatrical.org. Free.

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the Cascades Teen Theater Fall Production, Declaration, by Jonathan Dorf. Directed by Molly Chote. This free experience will rehearse Oct. 5 through Nov. 11, Mon. - Wed. from 3:30-6pm at CTC. Performances Thu. through Sat. Nov.12, 7pm - Sun. Nov. 15, 2pm. Register online at www. cascadestheatrical.org/book-online Sept. 21, 3:30-6pm. Cascades Theatre, 148 NW Greenwood Avenue, Bend. Contact: 541-389-0803. teentheater@cascadestheatrical.org. Free.

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Providing private, compassionate euthanasia services for your cats & dogs in the privacy of your pet’s home.

Mystery Book Club On September 16th we

will discuss “November Road” by Lou Berney. Visit www.roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info.

Sept. 16, 6-7pm. Online. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Rediscovered Reads Book Club On

September 23rd we will discuss “A Tale for the Time Being” by Ruth Ozeki. Visit www.roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info. Sept. 23, 6-7pm. Online. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@ roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

Virtual Common Ground: The Meaning of Extinction How do we feel about the

permanent loss of species–and how should we care for those that remain? Join this curator-facilitated discussion to express your thoughts and hear the perspectives of others in the community. Sept. 22, 6-7:30pm. Contact: 541-382-4754. bburda@highdesertmuseum.org. Free.

Zoom Author Event: Twice Baked Tales: A Conversation with Beth Alvarado, Irene Cooper & Brigitte Lewis Local authors, Beth Alvarado, Irene

Cooper, and Brigitte Lewis will discuss their writing process and latest books. An engaging and lively conversation for sure! Please visit www.roundaboutbookshop.com for Zoom info.

Sept. 18, 6-7pm. Online. Contact: 541-306-6564. sara@roundaboutbookshop.com. Free.

ETC. Exhibit Opening: “Daredevils”

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The High Desert’s former lakebeds, salt flats and canyons have made it an ideal place for daredevils and risk-takers. “Daredevils” looks at the people who have tested the limits, from Evel Knievel to Kitty O’Neil, attempting death-defying feats such as jumping a canyon. Sept. 19, 9am5pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Contact: 541-382-4754. bburda@ highdesertmuseum.org. Free.

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

Proud to be Central Oregon’s first and only carbon-offset radio station

offers vaccinations, deworming and microchips.

No appointments necessary, first come first served. Saturdays, 10am-1:30pm. Bend Spay & Neuter Project, 910 SE Wilson, Suite A1, Bend. $10/office visit.

VOLUNTEER Call for Volunteers - Play with Parrots! Volunteers needed at Second Chance Bird

Rescue! People needed to help socialize birds to ready for adoption! Located past Cascade Lakes Distillery, call for hours and location. Contact: 916-956-2153.

Register to Vote! Your Voice is Important! League of Women Voters of

Deschutes County has forms and assistance for you to get registered to vote before the October 13th deadline. Saturdays, 10am-2pm. Through Oct. 10. Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St., Bend. Redmond Public Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond. Sisters Public Library, 110 N Cedar St., Sisters. Contact: info@lwvdeschutes.org. Free.

the adult alternative

Volunteer Opportunity Everything from

small engine, fencing, troubleshooting in a barn/ rescue facility that require TLC repairs. Please call and leave a message. Mondays-Sundays,

9am-6pm. Mustangs to the Rescue, 21670 McGilvray Road, Bend. Contact: 541-330-8943. info@ MustangstotheRescue.org.

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

GROUPS & MEETUPS 2020 Candidate Forum: U.S. Representative for 2nd District LWV of

Deschutes County & City Club of Central Oregon record and broadcast candidate responses to CO concerns. Sept. 22, 7-8pm. Online. Contact: info@lwvdeschutes.org. Free.

City Club Virtual Forum: Every Vote Counts, Social Movements & Voting Trends This election-season program will

examine voting behaviors in light of recent social movements. Current demographics, voting patterns and activism in Central Oregon will be featured. Sept. 17, Noon-1pm.

Online. Contact: info@cityclubco.com. Free, Donation Encouraged.

Community Conversations Dismantling Institutional Racism After

July’s conversation on understanding systemic racism and white privilege, one may wonder, “Where do I go from here? Join community members and guest speaker Dalton Miller-Jones as we ponder these questions. Registration is required. Sept. 20, 4-6pm. Online, 61220 S. Hwy 97, Bend. Contact: 541-312-1032. lizg@deschuteslibrary.org. Free.

Drum Ensemble - You’re Invited! Join

a peaceful drum ensemble at Drake Park every Saturday! No drugs, alcohol or violence; no political platforms. Saturdays-Noon. Drake Park, Bend. Contact: 360-301-5579. wononorb@ gmail.com. Free.

Guided River Walk Along the Deschutes River Learn more about our Deschutes River

wildlife ecology in this one hour walk guided by Think Wild and Beaver Works experts. Sun, Sept.

20, 8-9am. Old Mill District, 450 SW Powerhouse Dr. Suite 422, Bend. Contact: 541-362-1024. info@ beaverworks.org. Free.

Milky Way & Night Sky Photo Outing

September is a wonderful time to head out and take photos of our clear night sky. Join pro Doug Bowser for a sunset & night sky photo outing to a local pond. Sept. 19, 5:30-11:30pm. Cascade Center of Photography, 2660 NE Highway 20 Ste 610, #212, Bend. Contact: 541-241-2266. workshops@ ccophoto.com. $95.

Museum and Me A quieter time for children

and adults who experience physical, intellectual and/or social disabilities to enjoy the High Desert Museum after hours. Face coverings are required.

Sept. 23, 5-8pm. High Desert Museum, 59800 S. Highway 97, Bend. Contact: 541-382-0475. bburda@highdesertmuseum.org. Free.

Resist! Rally Bring your signs, bring your attitude—and we’ll bring the bullhorn! Contact info@ thevocalseniority.org for more info. Tuesdays, 11:30am-12:30pm. Peace Corner, Corner of NW Greenwood Avenue and NW Wall Street, Bend.

Virtual Coffee Clatter Come and join us at

our Virtual Coffee Clatters on Fridays at 8:30 am on Facebook Live! Fridays, 8:30-9:30am. Through Oct. 3. Online. Contact: 541-923-5191. info@ visitredmondoregon.com. Free.

FAMILY & KIDS Autocross Club of Central Oregon Event Join some of the best drivers in Oregon on the Autocross course at Mt. Bachelor’s main lodge. Fri, Sept. 18, 3-6pm, Sat, Sept. 19, 8am-3pm and Sun, Sept. 20, 8am-1pm. Mt. Bachelor - Pine Martin Lodge, 13000 SW Century Dr., Bend. Contact: 541325-2114. Taureaudor@hotmail.com. $35.

Toto, we are definitely not in Kansas anymore...

A global pandemic. A summer of reckoning over police brutality. And now, a spate of deadly wildfires.

During this troubling year, Central Oregonians could use a dose of good news, right?!

This year, our 2020 Best of Central Oregon issue explores the magical world of Oz—where heartless Tin Men see their souls restored; where we discover that indeed, there is no place quite like home.

In homage to the many hard-working service employees (and owners) serving us up that yummy takeout and delivery, we’ve added a host of new categories in the Dining section this year, including Best New Restaurant categories for Bend, Redmond, Sisters and Sunriver—and added a Best Food Cart category for Redmond, too. Also new: Best Indoor Plant Store, because plants make people happy.

Meanwhile, featured on this year’s cover is a representative of an industry that we’ve seen take on even more importance this year: The heroic grocery stores that have soldiered on, day after day.

We may not be in Kansas anymore, but with this Best of Central Oregon section, filled with only good news, we hope to bring you back, somewhere over the rainbow.

Where trouble melts like lemon drops High above the chimney tops….

THANK YOU CENTRAL OREGON FOR LETTING US PROVIDE YOU WITH EXCEPTIONAL SALES AND SERVICE FOR THE PAST 80+ YEARS! — THE THOMAS FAMILY

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Thank You from Subaru of Bend Three Rows. Seats 7 or 8.

Oregon’s Oldest Subaru Dealer Family Owned Since 1937 Call 877-266-3821

Visit 2060 NE Hwy 20, Bend

Click www.SubaruofBend.com

The 2019 Subaru Ascent. The biggest Subaru SUV ever with room for up to 8 passengers. Choice of second-row captain’s chairs or bench seating. Standard EyeSight® Driver Assist Technology,15 and standard Symmetrical All-Wheel Drive + up to 27 mpg.*

BEST EATS

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BEST SERVICES

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BEST DRINKS

BEST OF HEALTH & REC

BEST SHOPPING

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CONTENTS

Best Eats in Bend

Best New Restaurant Best International Cuisine & Best Casual Dining Best Food Cart Lot Best Patio Dining

Best Drinks in Bend

Best Bar & Best Specialty Cocktail Best Happy Hour Best Brewer

Best of Shopping Best Grocery Store Best Nursery Best Dispensary Best Green Business Best Indoor Plant Shop

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Best of Services

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Best of Arts & Culture

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Best of Local Life

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Best Barber Best Medical Group Best Daycare/Preschool

Best Local Radio Personality

Best Place to Work, (over 50 employees) Best Nonprofit

Best of Health & Recreation Best Staycation Best Outdoor Gear Shop

Darris Hurst

BEST OF REDMOND, SISTERS, SUNRIVER

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Best of Redmond

p.58 Best Food Cart/Lunch p.58 Best New Restaurant/Bar p.59

Best of Sisters

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Best of Sunriver

p.63 p.63

Best New Restaurant

Best Bang For Your Buck

p.55 p.55 p.57

EDITOR Nicole Vulcan PRODUCTION MANAGER Darris Hurst CONTRIBUTORS Isaac Biehl, Laurel Brauns, Cayla Clark, Jared Rasic GRAPHIC DESIGN Shannon Corey PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Baker, Darris Hurst ILLUSTRATION Miina McCown COPY EDITOR Richard Sitts INTERNS Jess McComb, Miina McCown SALES EXECUTIVES Ashley Sarvis, Ban Tat

Grace Pulver Photography

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PROUD TO BE BEND’S FIRST VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT. COME IN AND ENJOY YOUR FAVORITE AND NEW DISHES AVAILABLE YOUR BOBA TEA CENTER

Thank you Bend and CO for all your votes and support!

Mực Rang Muối Salt and Pepper Calamari or Shrimp

100% Vegan Lemongrass Tofu.

Hu Tieu Tom Suon Soft Cooked Pork Spare Ribs & Shrimp Unique Southern Style Pork Rib Broth

Pho Viet Noodle Bowls are Definitely Your Cold or Hangover Cure!

7 Mixed Tropical Fruit Drink

Sunrise Up Beef Pho 541.382.2929 | 1326 NE 3rd St. Bend Phovietandcafe.com | Open 10 am Everyday

BEST OF EATS

IN BEND

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Courtesy Kefi Fresh

Best New Restaurant

Nancy Patterson

Kefi Fast Fresh Mediterranean

BY JARED RASIC Whenever I’m in PDX, I try to hit up Baba’s Mediterranean Grill because the act of creating a build-your-own falafel bowl is my own personal yellow brick road. I was always disappointed to come back to Bend, knowing my sweet, customizable gyro love was being left behind in Portland.

Enter Kefi Fast Fresh Mediterranean.

Everything I loved from Baba’s was finally available in Bend, but Kefi’s ingredients tasted even better. The lemon harissa tahini sauce melts in your mouth, the kabobs taste like sunshine—and don’t even get me started on the grilled corn garbanzo salad. Plus, they opened at the height of COVID, making their future anything but certain.

Owner Nick Stanitsas explains, “We didn’t have an online ordering system or website set up yet. As a result, we had to take call-in orders on only one phone line.

This meant spending hours on call-in orders each day and calling people back when we missed their calls. Another thing we did

during the pandemic was we kept all of our employees. Even if it meant my parents and I didn’t get paid ourselves. Myself, my 58-year-old mother and 63-year-old father all worked 12 hour days, seven days a week to keep this place going.”

But aside from the excellent service, Stanitsas knows the secret to his success: “Once you try it, you’re hooked. The freshness of the ingredients, and the fact we make 90% of everything in-house keep the people coming back. Especially the baklava.” No arguments here.

Courtesy Kefi Fresh

Kefi Fast Fresh Mediterranean 20520 N E Robal Ln., Suite 120, Bend 541-797-6554 facebook.com/kefifresh/

2nd - Deeply Rooted

Megan Baker

BEST HANGOVER SPOT

BEST FINE DINING

BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK

BEST FAMILY DINING

1st D&D Bar & Grill 2nd Sidelines Sports Bar & Grill

1st Ariana Restaurant 2nd Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails

1st El Sancho 2nd Super Burrito

1st Jackson’s Corner 2nd Red Robin

VOTED BEST BREAKFAST 11 YEARS IN A ROW! 2010 – 2020

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR WONDERFUL CUSTOMERS!

times. We love our community and are so

GREAT FOOD

takeout and delivery with a limited menu.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for updates.

www.baldysbbq.com

GREAT SETTING FUN FOR KIDS

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GENERATIONS

GREAT SERVICE

GREAT

Thank you for your support during these crazy grateful to all of you. We are open for dine-in,

GREAT PEOPLE

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Thank You

BREAKFAST

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343 NW 6th Street

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Hwy 20 & 27th St In the Forum shops

541.388.4BBQ (4227)

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BEST FOOD SERVICE

1st Ariana Restaurant 2nd Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails BEST CHEF

1st Joe Kim, 5 Fusion and Sushi Bar 2nd Josh Podwils, Loyauté BEST CATERER

1st Bleu Bite Catering 2nd Tate and Tate Catering BEST FOOD CART

1st Thailandia 2nd Aina Kauai Style Grill BEST ASIAN (EXCL. THAI)

1st Chi Chinese & Sushi Bar 2nd Pho Viet & Café BEST THAI

1st Wild Rose 2nd Noi Thai Cuisine BEST MEDITERRANEAN

1st Kebaba 2nd Joolz BEST MEXICAN

1st El Sancho 2nd Hola!

BEST BBQ

1st Baldy’s Barbeque 2nd Curb BQ

Megan Baker

Best International Cuisine & Best Casual Dining Spork

BY ISAAC BIEHL Whenever people visiting ask me where to get food in Bend, one of my first mentions is always Spork. The atmosphere is great, the selection is wide and the price is right. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that the food kicks ass.

Recently, I was able to try the spicy cauliflower alternative to the fried chicken, along with kimchi, and it was mind-blowing.

To paraphrase, I said something along the lines of, “This is the best thing I’ve eaten in Bend.” So, it’s no surprise that they’ve won both Best International Cuisine and Casual Dining in this year’s Best Of. “We are honored to get both of those things. It feels great to be seen and appreciated for what we do,” said owner Erica Reilly. “I feel like we’ve put a lot of love into our work, which is challenging given how busy we often are.”

Spork started out as a food truck in 2009, with the restaurant opening in 2013.

This summer presented new challenges for many in the food service industry, so Spork turned back the clock a bit, returning to its roots. Using their Airstream food truck and outdoor seating only, Spork has created an easy and welcoming system in the age of COVID-19.

“I think that we are really fortunate to have started with a food truck and have takeout in our DNA. Prior to Spork and alongside Spork, we’ve also done a lot of events—so I kind of feel like we got to reach back into our skill set to the past as well and pull it all together,” says Reilly.

“Getting to feed our community is a really sweet thing. Thank you for your continued support, which allows us to create (and sometimes re-create) this space to gather in our shared humanity. It’s what we all need most right now.”

Spork

937 NW Newport Ave., Bend 541-390-0946 sporkbend.com

2nd International Cuisine - Joolz 2nd Casual Dining - Brother Jon's

THANK YOU CENTRAL OREGON FOR VOTING US THE BEST! We are honored and humbled.

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Winner - 1st Place

BEST SUSHI BEST CHEF - JOE KIM

Order online take out and delivery by Doordash and Bend take out.

821 NW WALL, SUITE 100 (541) 323-2328 WWW.5FUSION.COM

2735 NW CROSSING DR, SUITE 105 (541) 306-6796 WWW.POKEROW.COM

THANK YOU BEND FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND VOTING FOR US

A Truly Thai Experience is here in Bend.

Catering Available A Delivery A Available on ordertakeouttoday.com Take Out with Curb Side Pick Up 550 NW Franklin Ave A Suite 148 (Entrance on Bond St.) | 541-647-6904

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Best Food Cart Lot

Megan Baker

On Tap

BY CAYLA CLARK Eric and Laura Kramer opened their food cart lot—Bend’s best, as of 2020—roughly two -and-a-half years ago. Inspired in large part by their love of craft beer and good food, On Tap has taken off in popularity since it first opened on the east side. When asked to what they attributed their success, Laura responded, “First and foremost, it has to do with our location. We’re in a prime location for eastsiders. There’s a lot of walkability, and we have the huge outdoor seating space which has really come in handy this year.”

The impressive food truck lineup that On Tap boasts undeniably contributes to the popularity. Current carts include Barrio, CURB B Q, Himalayan Bites, The Bleu Rooster, Philly Style, Duda’s Aussie Pies and Shaka Shave Ice. Not only is the food selection top notch, but the extensive tap list makes the lot an especially appealing lunch spot for craft brew aficionados. “We have 35 beers on tap,

and we’re now offering a limited selection of cans as well,” said Laura Kramer. “Both Eric and I are super passionate about our tap list.

We have Locals' Day on Monday, which has been a really cool thing. We have live music every Monday, Friday and Saturday, and we’ll keep that up for as long as the weather allows.” The Kramers noted that without the backing of Bendites, their success would not have been possible. “We super appreciate the community support we’ve received since day one,” they concluded.

On Tap 1424 NE Cushing Dr., Bend ontapbend.com

2nd - The Podski

Courtesy CURB B Q

BEST SEAFOOD

BEST SUSHI

BEST PASTA

BEST PIZZA

1st Anthony’s at the Old Mill District 2nd Baltazar’s

1st 5 Fusion & Sushi Bar 2nd Kanpai

1st Pastini 2nd Trattoria Sbandati

1st Pizza Mondo 2nd Little Pizza Paradise

BEST STEAK

1st Bos Taurus 2nd Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails BEST SALAD

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Feeling the love For the 4th year in a row

1st Croutons 2nd Jackson’s Corner BEST SANDWICH/DELI

1st Valentine’s Deli 2nd Planker Sandwiches BEST BURGER

1st Bend Burger Company 2nd Dandy’s Drive-In BEST SMOOTHIE/JUICE BAR

1st Mother’s Juice Café 2nd Fix & Repeat BEST BAKERY

1st The Sparrow Bakery 2nd Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen BEST BAGEL

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Thank you Bend for voting us

BEST NEW RESTAURANT!

1st Big O Bagels 2nd Rockin’ Dave’s Bistro & Backstage Lounge BEST DONUT

1st The Dough Nut 2nd Sweetheart Doughnuts BEST VEGAN/VEGETARIAN

1st Active Culture 2nd A Broken Angel BEST BREAKFAST

1st McKay Cottage Restaurant 2nd The Victorian Café BEST LUNCH “These past 7 months have been a wild ride and we couldn’t be more thrilled and thankful that this community has accepted us and our unique cuisine. Stop by and say hi!”

— George, Menoula and Nick

Open Daily 11-9 20520 Robal Ln Suite 120 541-797-6554 Online ordering available at

Kefifresh.com

1st Jackson’s Corner 2nd Spork BEST DINNER

1st Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails 2nd Ariana Restaurant BEST DESSERT

1st Bontà 2nd Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen BEST BURRITO

1st Parilla Grill 2nd Super Burrito BEST BOWL

1st Café Yumm!

2nd Active Culture

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Best Patio Dining Pine Tavern

BY ISAAC BIEHL If the Pine Tavern was along the Yellow Brick Road, you can bet Dorothy and Toto would have stopped in for a quick bite while they were off to see the wizard. The building was originally built in 1936 and is a staple in Bend. Come for the great happy hour, fish and chips, burgers or any of the specialty desserts. And with views overlooking the Deschutes River and Mirror Pond, this is a spot prime for outdoor dining.

“It’s a great honor. We certainly think we have the best patio in Bend. It’s a tribute to the people of Bend who came here all summer long and supported us,” said General Manager Anthony Avraam. “We were scared what it was going to look like [when the Pine Tavern reopened], but we were overwhelmed with the support.”

This summer outdoor and spaced-seating ruled king for anyone who felt safe enough to venture out and grab a bite. The Pine Tavern reopened May 15 with uncertainty, but its team

VOTED

Best Pizza

23 Years & Running!

was hoping to create a safe atmosphere for everyone who stopped in.

“We’re lucky. We’re one of the few places where we can offer that, and for people who were comfortable and wanting to sit outside we were able to provide them that. That was what it was all about when we relaunched—how can we make you feel as most comfortable as possible?”

And in the end, that consideration paid off.

“THANK YOU. Thank you, thank you, thank you, from all of us at the Pine Tavern,” exclaimed Avraam.

Pine Tavern 967 NW Brooks St., Bend 541-382-5581 pinetavern.com

2nd - Worthy Brewing Company Courtesy Pine Tavern

THANKS BEND! We’re truly grateful for the community support!

(541) 330-9093 811 NW Wall St.

PizzaMondoBend.com

THANKS, BEND, FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2020.

EAT WELL AND TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER!

Voted Bend’s BEST MEDITERRANEAN RESTAURANT 14 Years in a Row! 1004 NW Newport Avenue in Bend • kebaba.com 541.318.6224

Nails | Facials | Massage | Body Treatments

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Voted locals favorite 18 years in a row!

B PORTS AR IN TOW S ST N! E B

OPEN EVERYDAY AT 8 AM

BEST BREAKFAST AROUND! Go Later The Governor Lets Us Open Till 10pm Until Mon-Sat 8 AM – 1 AM Sun 8 AM – 10 PM

1020 NW Wall St., Bend, OR (541) 385-8898

sidelines-bend.com

THE BIGGEST SPORTS BAR IN CENTRAL OREGON VOTED ONE OF THE TOP 100 SPORTSBARS IN THE NATION BY CNN

give in…

Thank you

Source readers for voting us

BEST MASSAGE 125 NW Wall | Bend | 541.388.1485 | spa-w.com

BEST OF DRINKS IN BEND

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Courtesy Dogwood Cocktail Cabin

Best Bar & Best Specialty Cocktail Dogwood Cocktail Cabin (and its Poco Loco cocktail)

Megan Baker

BY JARED RASIC Dogwood Cocktail Cabin is better than it has any right to be. It’s in such a prime downtown location that they could probably coast by on strong drinks and decent bar food, but instead there’s a sense of curated deliciousness to the Dogwood that continually exceeds all expectations.

Owners Doug and Phoebe Pedersen don’t take this for granted. “The magic at the Dogwood is all in the small details,” say the Pedersens. “We wanted to provide an experience that goes beyond a quick drink. Order something you can’t get anywhere else, look around and take it all in.”

For me, what makes or breaks a spot like Dogwood is what they do with their vodka. Surprise me. Remind me that there’s a sweet science to the art of the cocktail.

Dogwood knows this, which is why the Poco Loco won Best Drink. The infused vodkas are pretty excellent across the board, but the Poco Loco takes a pineapple and habanero-infused vodka and combines it with lemon and honey to make one of the only drinks in

town I’d go out of my way to get.

The Pedersens explain: “Like most of our cocktails, it was culinarily inspired. I remember eating something with pineapple and habanero and thought ‘this would be even better with vodka.’ What makes all of our drinks work so well is balance.”

It’s a delicious drink and the Dogwood is itself a jewel in the center of downtown. As a matter of fact, I’d be there right now… if I only had a brain.

Dogwood Cocktail Cabin 147 NW Minnesota Ave., Bend 541-706-9949 thedogwoodcocktailcabin.com

2nd Best Bar - Velvet 2nd Best Specialty Cocktail Blue Velvet - Velvet Megan Baker

BEST SPORTS BAR

1st Sidelines Sports Bar & Grill 2nd The Hideaway Tavern BEST BARTENDER

1st Buck Bales - D&D Bar & Grill (now retired) 2nd Todd Steinbach - J-DUB

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BEST BLOODY MARY

THANK YOU

FOR CHOOSING MOTHER’S! We have been making Bend eat their vegetables for 20 years.

We put Mother’s love in to everything we make.

2 locations to serve you!

Serving breakfast and lunch all day every day!

Thank you for loving your Mother’s!

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1st The Victorian Café 2nd CHOW BEST WINE LIST

1st Portello Winecafe 2nd 900 Wall BEST BREWERY

1st Deschutes Brewery 2nd 10 Barrel Brewing Co. BEST DARK BEER

1st Black Butte Porter – Deschutes Brewery 2nd Sinistor - 10 Barrel Brewing Co. BEST LIGHT BEER

1st Sweet As – GoodLife Brewing 2nd Crux Pilz – Crux Fermentation Project BEST IPA

1st RPM IPA - Boneyard Beer 2nd Tropic Pines - Bend Brewing Company BEST SEASONAL BEER

1st Jubelale - Deschutes Brewery 2nd Red Chair NWPA - Deschutes Brewery BEST CIDER

1st Avid Cider Co 2nd Tumalo Cider Company BEST KOMBUCHA

1st Humm Kombucha 2nd Caboost Kombucha BEST COFFEE

1st Backporch Coffee Roasters 2nd Thump BEST COLD BREW COFFEE

1st Riff Cold Brewed Coffee 2nd Backporch Coffee Roasters BEST DRIVE THRU COFFEE

1st Dutch Bros 2nd Backporch Coffee Roasters BEST LOCAL TEA

1st Townshend’s 2nd Metolius Tea

DRINK

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Darris Hurst

Best Happy Hour 900 Wall

BY JARED RASIC As COVID-19 has kept many downtown businesses unable to take full advantage of their dining rooms, 900 Wall expanded into the street and kept people coming back to what is essentially one of the most popular restaurants/happy hours in Bend.

“Having the additional outdoor seating has been instrumental to our success this summer,” says co-owner and operator Katie Egge. “I think our guests really appreciate the option to sit outside and feel safe. Our dining areas being so spread out and all the additional steps we’ve taken to stay safe and sanitized has been an added challenge, but we have adapted.”

The worst thing about 900 Wall’s happy hour is that the menu is legit so varied and diverse, that I sometimes have decision anxiety when trying to figure out what to order.

Like, yes, I’m obviously going to get some spicy deviled eggs and the house-made mortadella, but do I follow that up with the

pork belly sliders or the banh mi? If only there were some mysterious man behind the curtain to help me decide.

Ultimately, Egge knows exactly what it is that’s keeping people coming to 900 Wall during this very stressful time: “I hope that people can dine with us and feel comfort and joy in letting us take care of them,” says Egge. “Let us do the cooking and cleaning and give our guests a couple hours to relax and enjoy and escape all the stresses we are all experiencing these days.” Well, if you insist.

900 Wall 900 NW Wall St., Bend 541-323-6295 900wall.com

2nd - Pine Tavern Megan Baker

o K m e b t i ucha of 20 r o v a F s ' d n 20!

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Humm Taproom • 1125 NE 2nd Street Open Monday - Saturday 10am - 7pm 23 taps: Beer, cider, and kombucha

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VOTED BEST LIGHT BEER 2020 Source Weekly Best of Central OR goodlifebrewing.com

BEND’S BEST COFFEE

DOWNTOWN BEND LOCATION OPENING THIS WINTER!

DRINK

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Best Brewer Nate Doss, Bevel Brewing

BY JARED RASIC “I always say, my goal in making beer is to create great conversation,” says Nate Doss, winner of the 2020 Best Brewer award. Good thing, because there’s quite a bit of conversation right now about Nate and Valarie (Jenkins) Doss and their Bevel Craft Brewing. Between the two of them, they have seven world championship and two junior world championship disc golf titles—and then, they managed to turn that passion, drive and focus into the world of craft beer.

Personally, I’m Over the Rainbow with my love for Bevel. Whether it’s the dark chocolate maltiness of Black Ace or the On Tour Barleywine, which hits a balance between bitter and sweet that reminds me of absolutely nothing else, Bevel is taking chances with its flavor profiles that no local brewery has done since the early days of Boneyard.

Even to try opening a new brewery in Central Oregon takes a level of fearlessness nowadays that is staggering. There are so many to choose from here that it’s almost overwhelming, but Bevel stands separate from the pack. Nate Doss explains: “We

knew, coming into this saturated craft beer market, it would be difficult to stand out in a town like Bend because of all the incredible breweries we have. At the end of the day, it has always been our goal to just focus on the quality of the beer we produce and make sure that we personally enjoy each beer that we put on tap for our customers.”

Flying monkeys couldn’t keep me away.

Darris Hurst

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2nd - Tonya Cornett 10 Barrel Brewing Co.

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Best Grocery Store

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Newport Avenue Market

BY NICOLE VULCAN Standing in the delightfully colorful produce section inside Bend’s Newport Avenue Market, it occurs to me that we couldn’t have chosen a better location for our Wizard of Oz-themed cover shoot with CEO Lauren G.R. Johnson. Above the dark green zucchinis and the broad-leafed parsley sits a monkey that looks plucked right from an Oz-themed tale.

“My parents collect carousels,” Johnson informs me after I make a comment about flying monkeys. Johnson and her parents, Newport Avenue Market founders Rudy and Debbie Dory, are collectors of another variety, too: They’ve taken home the title of Best Grocery store in our readers’ poll nearly every year it’s been offered.

To say that grocery stores have taken on a new, or perhaps altered, role in the era of COVID-19 is an understatement. They’re people’s lifelines for basic goods—but at Newport Avenue Market, they’re also sources of a friendly smile (behind that mask, of course), and a place where staff members make every effort to learn customers’ names, says General Store Manager Erika

Maloley. In the age of coronavirus, when employees now have to don masks all day, every day, both Johnson and Maloley shared how proud they are of their entire team for going the extra mile to keep the store clean and to remain a welcoming lifeline for customers during this tough time.

The extra effort shows, because even flying monkeys can’t keep people away from this awesome, employee-owned local grocery.

Darris Hurst

(See our video from the making of our cover shoot, and our interview with Maloley in the online version of this story at bendsource.com!)

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2nd - Market of Choice

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BEST CAR DEALERSHIP

BEST WOMEN’S CLOTHING

1st Subaru of Bend 2nd Kendall Toyota of Bend

1st Vanilla Urban Threads 2nd Hot Box Betty

BEST MEN’S CLOTHING

1st Revolvr 2nd Vanilla Urban Threads BEST CHILDREN’S CLOTHING

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1st Hopscotch Kids 2nd Stone Soup BEST SHOE STORE

1st Footzone 2nd North Soles Footwear BEST CLOTHING CONSIGNMENT

1st Cosa Cura 2nd Bag Ladies of Union Street BEST VINTAGE CLOTHING

1st Revival Vintage 2nd Luck of the Draw Trade Co. BEST JEWELRY STORE

1st Silverado Jewelry Gallery 2nd Saxon’s Fine Jewelers BEST ANTIQUES

1st Iron Horse Second Hand Store 2nd Beyond the Ranch Antiques BEST THRIFT STORE

1st Humane Society Thrift Store 2nd Habitat for Humanity ReStore BEST HOME DÉCOR

1st Lark Mountain Modern 2nd Real Deals on Home Décor BEST FURNITURE STORE

1st Bend UpStyle 2nd Bend Furniture & Design BEST TOY STORE

1st Leapin’ Lizards Toy Company 2nd Learning Express BEST GIFT STORE

1st ju-bee-lee 2nd Clementine Urban Mercantile BEST PET STORE

1st Bend Pet Express 2nd Mud Bay BEST PLACE TO BUY PRODUCE

1st Paradise Produce Stand 2nd Central Oregon Locavore

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Eastside Gardens

BY MIINA MCCOWN Due to the pandemic, there also has been a growing interest in gardening and nature this year. Whenever you want to browse an exciting variety of vegetation, gardening supplies, or just even have a fun walk around a plant nursery, Eastside Gardens is the place to go. Ex-

pect not just friendly service, but also a massive selection of plants, all under one roof. It’s no wonder that this family owned business won Best Nursery in this year’s readers’ poll.

“We’re very excited to be chosen,” said Allee Cocco, manager of Eastside

Gardens. “We try our best to provide plants, veggies, supplies and service to our customers in this growing climate. We believe our customers like us and they choose to come here because we are a small, family run business. We have our nursery set up with user-friendly areas and always try to have a different variety of things. We also try to showcase our new and fun items when they arrive.”

With almost 6 acres of plants to browse, Eastside’s selections include succulents, soil, fertilizers, and plants fit for specific purposes, such as deer resistant, organic pest deterrent, and more. They also offer delivery, as well as on-site yard and garden consultation

about everything from water features to patios and garden design.

“People have been more excited about the outdoors this year,” says Cocco. “We think this current pandemic has given people more time to explore and learn about gardening and nature. We enjoy helping people learn and grow their yards/gardens.”

Eastside Gardens

61870 SE 27th St., Bend 541-383-3722 eastsidegardensinc.com

2nd - Moonfire and Sun Garden Center

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Best Dispensary

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Tokyo Starfish

BY JARED RASIC

Megan Baker

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Bend has a surplus of dispensaries. When marijuana became legal in Oregon, the novelty of just being able to walk into a store and come out with cannabis was cool enough to keep many dispensaries going—even the hollow Tin Man ones, basically empty on the inside with crappy customer service and a poor selection base.

But now after a few years, the cream has had a chance to rise and Tokyo Starfish continues to prove why it’s consistently one of the most popular dispensaries in Bend.

Even as tastes change and customers keep searching for whatever is the new-new, Tokyo realizes the delicate balance it needs to tread to keep people coming back.

When looking at what’s important for a dispensary to offer in 2020, Director of Marketing Jason Shurtz explains the Tokyo philosophy. “Providing consistent, friendly and welcoming customer service,” says Shurtz.

“Also providing a product selection that isn’t directly catered to people with a lot of previous cannabis experience. Make things easy and comfortable for customers; coming into a dispensary for your first time can be a daunting experience for some and you don’t want anyone to have a bad experience for their first time.”

Thanks for being gentle with us, Tokyo.

It’s always nice for pot shopping to feel fun instead of like a chore, and the Starfish always keeps it light and green.

Tokyo Starfish Box Factory – 542 NW Arizona Ave., Bend South – 61230 S. Hwy 97, Bend 3rd St. – 923 SE 3rd St., Bend tokyostarfish.com

2nd - Oregrown

BEST LIQUOR STORE

BEST BUDTENDER

BEST SMOKING ACCESSORIES

1st 3rd Street Beverage 2nd East Bend Liquor

1st Dusty Newman - Oregrown 2nd Tanner Austin - Oregrown

1st Hempies 2nd Piece of Mind

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Best Green Business

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Central Oregon Locavore

BY LAUREL BRAUNS Central Oregon Locavore has been connecting local farmers with customers since 2010, when it opened an online store. Today, Locavore is a small, indoor farmers market on NE Third Street with a co-op feel: it sells fresh produce, dairy, meat and other local and sustainable goods. The shelves are stocked with colorful vegetables, bulk bins and hard-to-find personal care items.

“It’s our goal and mission to support local farmers and ranchers for the health of our community,” said Nicolle Timm-Branch, president and founder.

“It’s nice to see it recognized and appreciated because we work hard and it’s definitely a labor of love,” she said when she found out Locavore was voted Best Green Business.

During the first months of the pandemic, Locavore was busier than it had ever been before.

“People are interested in being healthy; they want their immune systems to stay strong,” she said. “They also want to do everything they can to support the local economy through this.”

Grocery store shortages made people realize that conventional food systems in the U.S. were not as stable as they thought, she said.

“More people now understand how important it is to build solid, local food production systems and a community so that we are a little more self-reliant,” she said.

“I think people appreciate the importance of supporting our friends and neighbors who grow local food, because especially in the High Desert, growing food is difficult,” she said. “We face short growing seasons, volcanic soil, extreme temperature variations and low rain fall, as well as harsh winters.”

Central Oregon Locavore 1841 NE 3rd St., Bend 541-633-7388 centraloregonlocavore.org

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Somewhere That’s Green

BY CAYLA CLARK Local thespian and experienced plant papa John Kish first dreamed of opening up an indoor plant shop 10 years ago while studying theater in New York. In 2018 his green dreams started sprouting into reality. “I began with pop-ups at local stores like Revolvr and Wren and

Wild,” Kish explained. “I started out with tip money that I made at a local coffee shop, and I was able to expand into a 400-square-foot studio at the DIY Cave.

Finally I moved to the Old Mill in June.”

Kish noted that being a part of the Old Mill Community far exceeded his initial

expectations. “It’s been a crazy difference,” he said. “The Old Mill has been so amazing to be a part of. I’ve been getting so much support from the community and from other small business owners.

I was scared to go bigger, but I think I’ve been able to maintain a small and personable feel. I’m lucky to have a lot of loyal customers who believe in what we do, and we’ve managed to maintain our integrity and the sense of accessible knowledge we strive for.”

Kish noted that his full-service indoor plant shop is currently expanding to provide additional services to those who are looking to liven up their personal space.

“I offer hour-long consultations within people’s homes so that they’re able to

make more informed purchases at the shop; understand what will best fit their space. We’re starting up our workshops again, which are always fun. We host everything from date night terrarium building classes to plant Q&As, which we call ‘Plant Parenthood.’ Our main goal right now is just bringing a little bit of joy to people’s crazy lives.”

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661 SW Powerhouse Dr., Suite 1301, Bend 541-330-4086 somewheregreen.com

2nd - Root Adorned

To every one who voted OREGROWN "Best Place to Work" in the Best of Central Oregon Readers' Poll...

And a big CONGRATULATIONS to two of our very own, for being voted "Best Budtender!"

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Best Barber Bond Street Barber Shop

BY ISAAC BIEHL When the pandemic hit, the internet started to fill with memes and photos of people dying to get back to their barber. Some just let their hair keep growing out as long as the Cowardly Lion’s—but some just aren’t built for the shaggy life. When barber shops and hair stylists began to open their doors again, a mass sigh of relief could be heard across the country.

“We haven’t slowed down since we’ve opened back up. That first two weeks was crazy,” said owner Troy Batson. “We had people drive all the way from California, Portland and Seattle. We were trying to take care of all of our local customers and those people as well.”

Bond Street. Barber Shop is a home for both kids and adults. You can get a razor lineup, a fade, beard trim, hot towel shave and more, all while enjoying a beer on tap (if you’re of legal age, of course). Maybe even try a tequila sunrise! With all the coronavirus restrictions, they can’t serve up drinks right now, but you can still expect a great atmosphere while they fix you up. In spite of the state of things, the barber shop’s mission of keeping people looking good hasn’t

changed.

“I used to think it was that we just gave great haircuts or that we served beer. But it’s also the camaraderie at the barbershop, and the conversation. With COVID we can’t serve alcohol, and now all you can do is write your name on the board and wait your turn,” adds Batson. “But I guess we’re still giving great haircuts. It’s one of the few places a guy can go and still be a guy. We do get women in there who come to get cool designs in their hair, too. So you know, it’s just old school conversation.”

Bond Street Barber Shop 841 NW Bond St., Bend 541-312-2121 bondstreetbarbershop.com

2nd - Bishops

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BEST ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CLINIC

1st Pangea Chiropractic 2nd Inspired Health BEST DENTAL GROUP

1st Bend Family Dentistry 2nd Skyline Dental

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BEST VETERINARIAN

1st Bend Veterinary Clinic 2nd Riverside Animal Hospital BEST AUTO REPAIR

1st Import Performance 2nd Happy Danes BEST BANK BRANCH

1st OnPoint Community Credit Union 2nd SELCO Community Credit Union BEST FLORIST

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Best Medical Group

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Praxis Health/High Lakes Health Care

BY ISAAC BIEHL Taking care of yourself and making sure you’re in good health is always important—but in these times, it can be even more crucial. When it comes to your health, you want to be sure you can trust those providing care to you and your family.

That’s where Praxis Health/High Lakes Health Care comes in. Through its urgent care, gynecology and primary care doctors, nurse practitioners and support staff working in Bend, Redmond and Sisters, High Lakes provides that trusted, consistent relationship with patients of all ages. This actually marks the third year in a row that High Lakes has won Best Medical Group—call it a three-peat!

“Thank you Central Oregon! Our greatest joy is to be entrusted to provide quality care to our patients. Being voted Best Medical Group by Source Weekly readers is truly icing on the cake,” said Katie White, support staff manager. “Central Oregon has some of the finest physicians and health care organizations in the country. To be considered once was a tremendous honor. To win this award three consecutive years, to share this accomplishment with our work family, with our patients, is met with an overwhelming sense of gratitude and respect for a community we embrace.”

In High Lakes Health Care’s eyes, the patient is #1. In a year when health has been more of

a focus than normal, providers and employees have risen to the challenge.

“While this year has proven challenging on many levels for both health care providers and their patients, we continue to build on the promise of helping our patients through every step of their health care journey,” White said. “We wouldn’t be able to do it without our outstanding team. Thank you to all of our incredible providers and behind-the-scenes employees who work tirelessly each and every day.”

High Lakes Health Care

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Best Day Care Cottage Day Care

BY NICOLE VULCAN When it comes to running a business in the age of COVID-19, it’s abundantly clear that “we’re not in Kansas anymore.” And when it comes to daycare openings in Bend, suffice to say that finding a place to take child is like going toe E XCELLENCE IN C your ANINE N UTRITION to toe with the Wicked Witch of the West.

Plenty of businesses have seen their operations upturned—or shuttered all together—due to the virus. Things are definitely upended at the Cottage Day Care, but as a business serving the children of essential workers, they haven’t had a single day of closures, said Sue Stendahl, owner and founder.

E XCELLENCE C ANINE N UTRITION around re“You look at all IN the controversies opening schools—but we never closed, for even one hour,” she said. In March, the Cottage, open for 42 years in Bend, saw its numbers dwindle from 82 kids to just 12. Slowly, they’ve added back their numbers, all while installing a pure air filtration system for the building, installing plexiglass dividers, adding in new IN sanitizing and checkE XCELLENCE C ANINEprotocols N UTRITION ing kids’ temperatures as they arrive for the day.

“Physically, it’s just a lot more work to sanitize on an hourly basis. Mentally, it’s a lot more worry,” Stendahl said. IN C ANINE N UTRITION E XCELLENCE

But beyond the current crisis and the additional work involved, Stendahl believes the reason the readers of the Source continue to vote for the Cottage as Best Day Care is the personal relationships she, along with her daughters, co-owners Haley Stendahl and Hannah St. John-Stendahl, and the rest of the team form with families.

“We have many second-generation families,” Sue Stendahl said. “We’ve taken care of, like, nine people from the same family. It’s relationship before business. So, if a family is struggling financially, we don’t make them pay. Or if there’s a medical crisis, we help out.”

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Best Local Radio Personality

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Tracee Tuesday

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1st Bob Shaw 2nd Samantha O’Connor BEST INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT

1st Memes of Bend @memesofbend 2nd Babe City Studio @babecitystudio BEST INDOOR MUSIC VENUE

1st Volcanic Theatre Pub 2nd Tower Theatre

It’s inching close to 100 degrees Fahrenheit when I meet Tracee Tuesday outside of the Bend Radio Group offices for this interview. (Check out our video version in the online version of this story!) I’d love to be inside, out of this sun, chatting with her at the mic as she assembles her show— but alas, COVID. As she greets me, she goes in for a hug, but then, again, COVID. Try meeting this bubbly, infectiously friendly radio personality and not wanting to give her a hug.

I really don’t know that anyone can pull that off.

Fans of Tracee Tuesday know her as “your best girlfriend” on the air from noon to 5 pm weekdays (and Saturdays) on Power 94, but she can also be found at The Mix 100.7, and as a TV personality on the local CW channel. Tracee says she loves bringing people the tunes they love, while also helping them stay informed about what’s going on around Central Oregon.

With 20 years in the biz, Tracee, who grew up in the Bay Area, was on the air in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and even Omaha before landing in Central Oregon eight years ago. Doing radio and TV isn’t the only thing on her

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plate, however; she’s also a Big Sister in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Oregon program, and volunteers at the library, reading to kids. Upon hearing she’d won Best Radio Personality for a second time (she also won in 2018), she extended a big “thank you!” to all of her listeners and fans.

So now—the question everyone wants to ask a radio DJ: What’s her favorite hype song on Power 94 right now?

“Definitely ‘WAP’ from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion!” she enthusiastically exclaims—while also rattling off a list of other songs she’s hyped on. I kinda stopped listening. She had me at Cardi B.

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HAYDEN HOMES Voted Best Place To Work & Best Local Homebuilder Virginia Watson, co-founder of Hayden Homes, taught us the importance of loving what we do, and valuing our customers, co-workers and community. It keeps us grateful, and always looking for ways to make our company better and our community stronger. We call it Give As You Go™, and it’s our way of staying true to what she taught us. Receiving these awards—for building in the Central Oregon communities we love and valuing our team members —is an honor, and proof that she was right. Thank you, Virginia.

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Best Place to work, (over 50 employees) Hayden Homes

BY ISAAC BIEHL Hayden Homes stays busy all year working to build communities throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho. And you’ve definitely seen their homes here in Central Oregon. Heck, the house that crushed the Wicked Witch of the East? Probably built by Hayden Homes.

To make these communities possible it takes the entire team to get the job done.

With over 300 employees between Hayden Homes and Simplicity by Hayden Homes, 100 of which are in Central Oregon, many individuals make sure they are operating at a high level.

“It is an honor to be voted not only Best Local Homebuilder but also the Best Place to Work in Central Oregon,” says Patti Murphy, employee experience director at Hayden Homes.

Hayden Homes operates by the “Give As You Go” mantra, and hopes to serve its customers and communities far beyond just building homes. Especially this year, the people at Hayden Homes worked hard to give back when they could.

“This year has brought many challenges throughout our communities and across our country. We are especially proud of the ways in which our team members came forward with volunteering their time and resources in our community to bring our ‘Give As You Go’ philosophy to life by coordinating supply drives, hand sewing masks for front-line workers, packaging meals at The Giving Plate, and helping with impromptu food and donation drives. We are proud of our team for earning us this recognition as the Best Place to Work.”

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BEST PLACE TO WORK (UNDER 50 EMPLOYEES)

1st Crux Fermentation Project 2nd Spoken Moto

1st River Pig Saloon 2nd Velvet

1st Oregrown 2nd Bend Veterinary Clinic

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We’re open for takeout and delivery so you can enjoy a Yumm! Bowl® almost anywhere ... in your office or backyard, or by the river.

We serve nourishing food, fresh to order, to satisfy your active lifestyle and delicious pursuits. And we’re happy to personalize orders to suit your taste or dietary requests.

Thank you for voting us Central Oregon’s Best Bowl two years in a row!

Best Nonprofit

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Humane Society of Central Oregon

BY MIINA MCCOWN The Humane Society of Central Oregon is one of the longest-running nonprofits in Central Oregon. Since 1961, it has served local animals and people, providing company as well as thrifted items at its secondhand store, where profits go toward the efforts and operations of the animal shelter.

“We are incredibly honored and humbled to win best of for nonprofit as well as thrift store,” says Lynne Ouchida, community outreach manager. “This community is passionate about all animals; those that we live with as well as those that live within our environment, and we are here to support the needs of the people and the animals in our community.”

With the advent of COVID-19, the human-animal bond came to the forefront, as people have chosen to take advantage of the shelter and adopt animals during the pandemic.

Sabrina Lusser, executive director, says, “We feel that we’re so well supported be-

cause of our long-standing history in the community and we try and adapt to whatever’s happening at the time to try and help.”

When the virus first made its appearance, the Humane Society chose not to put its animals into foster homes, but rather, continue making efforts for its adoptions throughout the pandemic. It was able to find homes for all of the animals, despite the little bit of worry around going outside the norm.

“We’re one of the shelters that did not put our animals into foster [when the virus started]; we decided that permanent placement in their forever homes was the ideal, and so we tried it and it worked perfectly,” says Ouchida.

Humane Society of Central Oregon 61170 SE 27th St., Bend 541-382-3537

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BEST LOCAL FUNDRAISER

BEST LOCALS' NIGHT (DISCOUNTS)

1st The Great Drake Park Duck Race 2nd Tuxes & Tails

1st Bend Brewing Company 2nd On Tap

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FOR THE 20TH TIME!

THANK YOU CENTRAL OREGON FOR VOTING US BEST LOCALS’ HANGOUT! Shout out to all the staff, food carts, musicians, retailers and good people who we get to call our customers. you make it all possible!

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Best Staycation Sunriver Resort

BY JESS MCCOMB In the midst of the pandemic, staycations prove to be the safest way to kick back, relax and escape the chaos. Hidden in the grassy river plains of the Cascade mountain range just 15 miles from Bend, Sunriver Resort provides all of the amenities for the perfect staycation.

“At Sunriver Resort you can get away from everyday life, enjoy the country air and our scenic grounds, recreate and do pretty much whatever you like to do,” said Tom O’Shea, managing director. “Our resort has become the ideal weekend retreat for the people of the Central Oregon region and we’re very grateful that the readers of the Source recognize that.”

The broad array of outdoor recreational activities makes Sunriver Resort the most ideal location for a Covid-19 approved getaway. Guests can play to their heart’s desires coasting the extensive bike trails, paddling the lazy channels of the Deschutes, or riding horseback through the scenic grasslands. To finish off the evening, fine dining

is offered from several restaurants on the resort grounds.

“We have multiple amenities that guests can enjoy. Our grounds are extremely spacious and allow for a surplus of recreation, it feels very open and inviting to families,” said O’Shea.

Despite the sacrifices made during the pandemic, Sunriver Resort remains one of the hottest attractions in Central Oregon.

“We have had to make some adjustments to keep our guests safe during the pandemic but thanks to our large offering of outdoor activities we have had a very successful busy summer.”

Courtesy Sunriver Resort

Sunriver Resort 17600 Center Dr., Sunriver 855-420-8206 Destinationhotels.com/sunriverresort

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1st Orange Theory 2nd Barre 3

1st Namaspa Yoga 2nd Groove Yoga

1st Planet Fitness 2nd Xcel Fitness

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Thank you friends and neighbors for choosing Newport Avenue Market as Bend’s Best Grocery Store.

This year more than ever, we’re proud to be your favorite place to get fit, swim and have fun!

We’re proud to be Bend’s only local, 100% employee owned grocery store.

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1st Juniper Swim & Fitness Center 2nd The Athletic Club of Bend BEST BIKE SHOP

1st Hutch’s Bicycles 2nd Pine Mountain Sports BEST SKI & SNOWBOARD SHOP

1st Powder House 2nd Skjersaa’s BEST OUTDOOR CLOTHING STORE

1st Mountain Supply 2nd The Gear Fix BEST LODGING

1st The Oxford Hotel 2nd McMenamins Old St. Francis School BEST GOLF COURSE

1st Widgi Creek Golf Club 2nd Tetherow

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Best Outdoor Gear Shop Pine Mountain Sports

BY JESS MCCOMB The pandemic has robbed many of the simple summer pleasures in Central Oregon—but when it comes down to it, coronavirus has nothing on Mother Nature. Outdoor recreation is the hottest trend this summer and Pine Mountain Sports is keeping locals and tourists fully equipped for their activity of choice. In the warmer months, the friendly staff flaunts their expertise by recommending the best mountain biking trails in Bend and dressing their customers for the occasion. Events like races, group mountain bike rides and sports clinics are offered out of the company’s doors. When the first snowflake falls, Pine Mountain Sports exchanges bikes for skis, padded shorts for insulated jackets, spiked tennis shoes for buckled boots.

“Our name is rather ambiguous; we could sell almost anything considered

sports, and we used to have a broader variety of products but we decided to focus on bikes and skis, because honestly, we like doing what we do really, really well. The more focused we are on what we sell, the better we can serve our customers,” said Dan McGarigle, owner of Pine Mountain Sports.

Year round, Pine Mountain Sports offers the finest gear and advises the prime locations for the activities of the season.

“Pine Mountain Sports is the go-to outdoor sports shop in Central Oregon because we cover our customers’ outdoor needs for winter, summer, spring and fall. We provide the gear to get out on the trails and mountains,” said employee Henry Abel. “I think our store resonates with the people in Bend because we have a lot of locals working

for us. We don’t hire seasonal employees; our customers can get to know our staff and feel comfortable with them. It definitely provides for a more personal experience.”

Pine Mountain Sports 255 SW Century Dr,. Bend 541-385-8080 pinemountainsports.com

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BEST OF REDMOND

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Best Food Cart & Best Lunch in Redmond Westside Taco Co.

1st Lucy’s Taco Shop 2nd Madeline’s Grill BEST COFFEE SHOP

1st Proust Coffee 2nd Honey and Pine Coffee Company BEST BREAKFAST

BY NICOLE VULCAN If the land of Oz was for realsies (and not just a theme we selected for our Best of Central Oregon issue) Amber Amos would be like the Good Witch, her band of loyal taco lovers floating behind her, bottles of salsa and fresh crema in each hand. If you haven’t yet tried Amos’ taco delights, well, it might be time for a trip to Redmond.

Amos—who just opened a second place, Westside Local, down the way in downtown Redmond (it got second for Best New Restaurant in Redmond)— serves up some awesome takes on classic tacos, including a Root Beer Braised Carnitas that goes heavy—but not too

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heavy—on the sweetness, while also offering delicious crispy edges. Amos says another popular item among Central Oregonians is the Blueberry Chipotle Brisket. That’s a mighty witchin’ combo, don’t you think? Also popular for the summer are the Baja Fish Tacos.

But when it comes down to it, Amos says she believes readers of the Source voted her cart best in Redmond “Because we remember customers’ names.

We run the food. We bus the tables,” Amos shared. In other words, she and her staff go out of their way to make each customer feel special—and they work dang hard doing it.

Of this year’s double-whammy win for Best Food Cart and Best Lunch in Redmond, Amos says to her customers, “We would like to thank them, and let them know we couldn’t do this without them.”

Westside Taco Co.

245 SW 6th St., Redmond 541-527-9556 westsidetacoco.com

2nd Best Lunch Diego's Spirited Kitchen 2nd Best Food Cart - Wild Catch

1st One Street Down Cafe 2nd Mo’s Egg House BEST DINNER

1st Diego’s Spirited Kitchen 2nd Brickhouse Steakhouse BEST BREWPUB

1st Wild Ride Brewing 2nd The Vault Taphouse/ Kobold Tasting Room

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Best New Restaurant in Redmond Carnaval Mexican Grill

BY NICOLE VULCAN

Courtesy Carnival Mexican Grill

Like most of Central Oregon, Redmond is growing. With that has come a swanky new hotel downtown, an awesome push for more public art, a host of new breweries (and a distillery) in recent years—and now, the advent of Carnaval Mexican Grill.

Plenty of places in Redmond serve up the Mexican fare that people know and love, but at Carnaval, that fare comes with a healthy dose of ambiance, too. Located in the heart of downtown Redmond, where other new businesses are giving the area a new look and feel, Carnaval beckons with its fresh logo, bright, clean exterior and swanky wood-lined bar—wood that the owners reclaimed from the first location of the Redmond Hospital.

“We have both worked in the restaurant industry for over 15 years,” explain owners Yadira and Emmanuel Medina on Carnaval’s website. “We love cooking and serving up great food for the people of Redmond. So, we decided to start our own restaurant and show locals we can cook amazing authentic Latin American food.”

The menu is a delight of upscale takes on classic Latin American ingredients: Purple Spanish octopus graces the appetizer menu, while Oaxacan-style chile-marinated pork, braised beef short ribs and grilled fresh Northwest organic salmon are highlights of the dinner menu. And the drinks? Carnaval has a full menu of cocktails made with mezcal, the traditional and complex spirit made from agave. Looking for a date night spot? It’s clear that Source readers have found their spot in Redmond.

Carnaval Mexican Grill 343 SW 6th St., Redmond 541-316-6960 carnavalmexicangrill.com

2nd Westside Local Courtesy Carnival Mexican Grill

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1st Willow Wild 2nd Forever Sunshine

1st Smith Rock State Park 2nd Homestead Bike Park Pump Track

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1st Sno Cap Drive In 2nd Angeline’s Bakery BEST COFFEE SHOP

1st Sisters Coffee Company 2nd Fika Sisters Coffeehouse BEST BREAKFAST IN SISTERS

1st Angeline’s Bakery 2nd The Cottonwood Cafe BEST LUNCH

1st The Open Door 2nd Sisters Meat and Smokehouse BEST DINNER

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Best New Restaurant in Sisters

1st The Open Door 2nd Chops Bistro

Coco Loco Taco Bar

BEST BAR/BREWPUB

BY NICOLE VULCAN

1st Three Creeks Brewing 2nd Hardtails Bar & Grill

The town of Sisters has a wealth of delightful restaurants and food carts—many of them serving up Mexican fare—but this new little gem in the Eurosports food cart garden is taking home the title of Best New Restaurant in Sisters this year. (It’s a category we’ve just added to our Best of Central Oregon lineup for the smaller towns around Bend this year.) Coco Loco Taco Bar, housed in a welcoming food truck, opened for business only this June. Since then, it has gained a reputation for serving up not only some of the classic tacos that people love—but also offers vegan taco varieties that include organic beans, cabbage, house-made salsa

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1st Bedouin 2nd Faveur Boutique BEST LOCAL ATTRACTION

1st Sisters Folk Festival 2nd Sisters Rodeo

fresca, avocado cubes, cilantro and a special vegan Coco Loco sauce. Also on the menu are nachos, burritos, quesadillas, bowls and paletas—fresh Mexican popsicles made with real fruit, and you’ve got both lunch (or dinner) and dessert handled.

Coco Loco Taco Bar

223 NE Hood Ave., Sisters (in the Eurosports food cart garden) facebook.com/cocolocotacos/

2nd June's Asian Kitchen

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BEST COFFEE SHOP

1st Brewed Awakenings 2nd Cafe Sintra BEST BREAKFAST

1st Cafe Sintra 2nd Carson’s American Kitchen BEST LUNCH

1st Sunriver Brewing Company 2nd Big Belly Burgers & Brew BEST DINNER

1st Marcello’s Cucina Italiana 2nd South Bend Bistro BEST BAR/BREWPUB

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Best Bang for Your Buck in Sunriver

1st Sunriver Brewing Company 2nd The Mountain Jug

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BEST BOUTIQUE

BY NICOLE VULCAN

1st The Lazy Daisy 2nd Village Threads

Sunriver gets a lot of visitors—but when locals look for a low-key spot to grab food and drinks, they look to The Wallow Bar & Grill. Located along Spring River Road in Sunriver, The Wallow serves up a host of delicious meals, all for prices that Sunriver locals appreciate. The bar and grill offers a menu of burgers—made a number of different ways—along with sandwiches that include the beloved Monte Cristo (can’t beat the $12 price), a Rueben, and a French Dip, as well as hearty salads and an appetizer selection that includes wings and nachos.

There’s even a kids’ menu with all the classics. Best of all? The Wallow boasts that

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1st Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory 2nd SHARC BEST NEW RESTAURANT/BAR

1st Auntie Bernie’s Hawaiian Grill

most of its meals are made from scratch, ensuring not just a good value, but good quality, too. And with early morning opening hours on the weekends, and a friendly patio with a fire pit, locals have plenty of reasons to love this spot. Oh, and did we mention the Bloody Marys?! They won’t disappoint.

The Wallow Bar & Grill

17363 Spring River Rd., Sunriver 541-639-3178 thewallowgrill.com

2nd Big Belly Burgers & Brew

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

Drop off your kids age 6 and older for up to 3 hours of fun in our super-rad indoor ninja warrior play space. Sat, Sept. 19, 6-9pm, Sat, Oct. 3, 6-9pm, Sat, Oct. 17, 6-9pm, Sat, Oct. 24. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $20.

Moonfire and Sun Labor Day Sale Moon-

fire & Sun Garden Center will be holding a Labor Day Sale from September 5th-20th (Hours 9-5) with items 20%-50% off. Sat, Sept. 5, 9am-5pm and Sun, Sept. 20, 9am-5pm. Moonfire & Sun Garden Center, 61944 SE 27th St., Bend. Contact: 541-318-6155. info@moonfireandsun.com.

Nano-Ninja Classes Our structured classes are designed to be safe and fun! Through positive direction your children, ages 4-5, will gain confidence. Thursdays, 3:30-4:15pm and Thursdays, 3:30-4:15pm. Through Dec. 10. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99.

Ninja Elite Classes Kids (age 9-12) come

increase your athletic performance through the exciting sport of Ninja Warrior! Tuesdays, 5-6pm and Tuesdays, 5-6pm. Through Dec. 8. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $99.

Teen Service Club Members explore what matters to them, challenge themselves, and take on leadership roles to achieve their goals. This group, Firestarters, is for 6th-8th graders who are participating in TIA for the first time. Mondays, 3:30-6:30pm. Through Nov. 9. BendTECH, 1001 SW Emkay Dr, Bend. Contact: 541-382-4682. info@ campfireco.org. $75-$175.

Sisters. Contact: 541-904-0134. www.sistersfarmersmarket.com. Free.

try with Instructor Kellianne Jordon, create short films and share them at a special screening at the end of the course. For ages 12 to 19. Register online at www.cascadestheatrical.org/book-online Mondays-Wednesdays, 4-6pm. Through Oct. 2. Online. Contact: 541-389-0803. teentheater@ cascadestheatrical.org. Free.

BEER & DRINK EVENTS

Teen Theater Intro to the World Of Theater Course Practice stage direction, voice,

Brewing Collaboration Beer Release Parties! Two epic breweries, one delicious beer Peanut Butter & Marion Berry Jelly Brown Ale! Sept. 19, 5-7pm.

Midtown Yacht Club, 1661 NE 4th Street, Bend.

Contact: caldera.cady@gmail.com. Sept. 17, 6-8pm.

Wild Ride Brewing, 332 SW Fifth St., Redmond

movement, genres, theater history, superstitions, projection, and theater etiquette. For ages 12 to 19. Instructed by Maya Gardner. Register online at www.cascadestheatrical.org/book-online Tuesdays, 4-6pm. Through Oct. 2. Cascades Theatre, 148 NW Greenwood Avenue, Bend. Contact: 541-389-0803. teentheater@cascadestheatrical.org. Free.

Teen Theater Playwriting Workshop

Seasoned playwright or just starting out, this workshop is for you! For ages 12 to 19. Instructor: Cricket Daniel. Register online at www.cascadestheatrical.org/book-online. Mondays-Wednesdays, 4-6pm. Through Oct. 2. Cascades Theatre, 148 NW Greenwood Avenue, Bend. Contact: 541-389-0803. teentheater@cascadestheatrical.org. Free.

FOOD EVENTS Madras Saturday Market The weekly Madras market features local produce and handmade goods, fresh flowers and more! Safe and socially distanced - don’t forget to bring your mask!

Saturdays, 10am. Sahalee Park, 241 SE Seventh St, Madras. Contact: 541-550-0066. saturdaymarketmadras@gmail.com. Free.

CANCELED - Caldera Brewing and Wild Ride Brewing Collaboration Beer Release Party at Midtown Yacht Club and Wild Ride! Caldera Brewing and Wild Ride

Locals' Night $4 beers and food specials from

the food carts! Tuesdays, 3-9pm. Bevel Craft Brewing, 911 SE Armour Rd. Suite B, Bend. Contact: holla@bevelbeer.com. Free.

Locals' Night at Porter Brewing! We

offer a full menu of cask-conditioned ales, wine, cider and non-alcoholic beverages. Wednesdays, 4-7pm. Porter Brewing, 611 NE Jackpine Ct #2, Redmond. Free.

Taco Tuesdays Join us every Tuesday $2.50 tacos! Treat yourself to one of our three signature margaritas. Tuesdays, 4-10pm. Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-388-8331. info@silvermoonbrewing.com.

Thursdays on the Deck at Suttle Lodge

Each glass will be paired with a unique array of small-plates from our chef, using seasonal ingredients to compliment each wine. Seatings require reservations! Thursdays, 1-4pm. The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse, 13300 Hwy 20, Sisters. $55.

Prime Rib Night Earlier reservations recommended. Don’t miss out! Saturdays-Sundays, 4:30pm. Tumalo Feed Co. Steak House, 64619 W. Highway 20, Bend. Contact: 541-382-2202. tfcsmanagement@gmail.com. $32.95-$37.50.

Whiskey Wing Wednesdays When you

Sisters Farmers Market Enjoy the community abundance with our open-air socially distanced market! Local veggies, fruits, meats, eggs, pickles, grains, breads, soaps and artisan goods! Sundays, 11am-2pm. Through Sept. 30. Sisters Farmers Market at Fir Street Park, 291 East Main Avenue,

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Camp Fire Central Oregon

just can’t make it until Friday! Wednesdays, 11:30am-10pm. Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend. Contact: 541-388-8331. info@silvermoonbrewing.com.

Bend Area Running Fraternity The group will run, maintaining social distance, along the Deschutes River and enjoy discounted drinks from the cidery! Mondays, 5pm. AVID Cider Co., 900 SE Wilson St., Bend. Contact: bendarearunningfraternity@gmail.com. Free.

Bend Pilates Bend Pilates is now offering a full schedule of classes through Zoom! Prior to start you will receive an email invitation to join class.

Ongoing. For more information visit http://bendpilates.net/classes/. Ongoing, Noon-1pm. Online.

Cascade Chute Out PRCA Rodeo is headed

back to Central Oregon. Sept. 17, 7pm. OSU Deschutes County Extension Service, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond. $20.

InMotion Weekly Workout InMotion Training

Studio in Bend is offering free weekly workouts via their Facebook page, Facebook.com/inmotionbend. www.landpage.co/inmotionfreeworkouts. Free.

Ongoing, 4-5pm. Online. Free.

Sixth through 8th graders - join in on the Teen Service Club every Monday from 3:30-6:30pm at BendTech!

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Outdoor Spirit Fitness Class Open to all abilities this well-rounded fitness class will enhance and tone your whole body through the bodyweight movement patterns. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 7:30-8:30am. Through Oct. 29. Free Spirit

Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@ freespiritbend.com. $12.

Outdoor Vinyasa + Vino Women’t Event This monthly event is designed to help

women feel good, get centered, and move mindfully with a fun flowing yoga practice and then have time to mingle. Sept. 19, 5:30-7:30pm. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $20.

Outdoor Yoga Flow Uplift your mood, gain

positive perspective while also gaining flexibility and strength. Pre-registration required. Mondays-Wednesdays-Saturdays-Sundays, 9:1510:15am. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $12.

Planet Fitness Home Work-Ins Planet Fitness is offering free daily workouts via livestream!

The best part? No equipment needed. Ongoing.

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

OUTDOOR EVENTS Outdoor Yoga + Fit Outdoor Yoga + Fit in the Old Mill starts with bodyweight fitness exercises and ends with yoga flow movements. The fitness component will strengthen muscles and increase cardiovascular endurance, while the yoga portion focuses on and increasing mobility for an incredible whole body workout. Pre-registration required. Fridays, 9:15-10:15am. Free Spirit Yoga + Fitness + Play, 320 SW Powerhouse Drive, Suite 150, Bend. Contact: 541-241-3919. info@freespiritbend.com. $12.

HEALTH & WELLNESS Curbside Acupuncture Curbside Acupuncture is essentially a minimal contact, drive-up experience specifically for those experiencing high levels of stress during this time of crisis.

First and Third Wednesday of every month, 11am-3pm. Deschutes Acupuncture, 339 SW Century Drive, Bend. Contact: 541-429-0900. info@deschutsacupuncture.com. Donation only.

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

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rtist Bill Hoppe’s latest show, Gradients & Gatherings, is on display through Sept. 26 at the Liberty Theater—the final installation in the gallery before it closes its doors. At Liberty, the collective that originally planned the show, announced last month that it was merging with Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts for future installations and events, with future locations for works TBD. Hoppe, a longtime artist whose work has been seen in the art museums of Seattle, Tacoma and Portland, as well as the Oregon State Capitol, recently retired from teaching art at Central Oregon Community College. With “Gradients & Gatherings,” he’s once again created a series of large-scale works—this time, with the Liberty Theater space in mind. We sat down in the gallery to chat about the work.

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space, I knew how difficult this space is, but I love it.

Having the work address the environment that it’s in and weld itself or express itself in some way with the architecture—because my work is pretty architectonic in a lot of ways, the geometry of it. So I conceived of four big canvases composed of all the little canvases that I had and started painting.

The times always gets into the work in some way. If not, usually just in my own mind more than symbolically or literally, but I started working with the idea. There’s a print of a Ship of Fools that has this beautiful central focal point rises up and then there’s sort of sail-like form. I’ve always wanted to do a painting of Ship of Fools. So one became the Ship of Fools.

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The artist in front of a previous instalation.

present the initial steps. I do a little retrospective. I like to inform the viewer of how the work is generated.

SW: Not everybody does that—do you think that’s because you have been teaching all these years?

BH: It is, in part, because I want to teach but it’s also a part for my own.

SW: In terms of process, how do you know when the work is done—or do you know?

BH: I don’t know it’s done until someone has seen it. It’s done when I just don’t want to work out anymore or I know it’s gone to where I didn’t know where it was going to go. It’s an arrangement that we’ve worked out. I make a lot of mistakes and the mistakes tell me to go in a different direction because I

“28th Street Nocturne” by Bill Hoppe.

Source Weekly: Can you describe the work for our readers?

Bill Hoppe: The work actually started two years ago when I did an exhibition in this space in 2017 where I showed drawings from the ‘70s and early 80’s, big and long—100-footlong, 80-foot-long drawings, and in order to support them, I had to build these canvas supports.

The canvas supports have now become the supports for the paintings for the show. So, all of these canvases have been in here before but not looking like this. I like that idea.

SW: So, you painted over… so now you painted on the support?

BH: I took the drawings off the supports and was left with the blank canvases. Having done the show in the

SW: When did you start making these works?

BH: This one [points to the painting, “Unfathomable Loss,” which includes an all-black panel surrounded by painted panels] I started in 2020. I needed to present the viewer with the experience of this big, sudden kind of disappearance of the painting and the form.

If I could put a hole in the wall with it, I would, but that’s as good as I could do.

SW: During the last show in this gallery, you had sketches on the side, like preliminary stuff. You have that this time, too. Is it a common thing for you to put like your preliminary or unfinished works out when you do a show?

BH: You create a body of work over a lifetime. In order to understand the how the work came to be, you have to

Bill Hoppe's "Ship of Fools" on display through Sept. 26.

can’t cover the mistakes.

I have to incorporate them because everything is transparent in the paintings. But I love that— I love the layers, the transparency.

SW: So, then you’re just like, you’re literally like, I’m done with you?

BH: It’s like no, we’re satisfied with one another.

The artist is on hand Friday evenings to discuss the works, with a final event planned for the weekend of Sept. 25.

Gradients & Gatherings by Bill Hoppe On display through Sept. 26 Gallery open Thu-Sat, 1-6pm 849 NW Wall St., Bend scalehouse.org/on-exhibit

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One of Volcano Veggies’ local produce and product-stuffed subscription boxes.

Agricultural Connections Agricultural Connections offers several Harvest Boxes, all available for weekly pick-up or delivery. The Small Harvest Box includes enough fresh fruits and veggies for between one and two people, and includes produce harvested from local farms in Central Oregon and the Willamette Valley. The Standard Harvest Box feeds three to four for a full week, and the Full Harvest box feeds four to six. Those looking to give back to community members can do so by purchasing a Produce Box to be donated to a local shelter – typically Shepherd’s House.

Andrew Adams founded AC in 2010, when he discovered that many Bendites were hunting for a place to find farmfresh produce year-round – not just during the farmers market season. The business has since been adopted by local Elizabeth Weigand, who grew up on a farm north of Madras. Weigand believes in a community where local farmers are recognized as heroes at every meal.

Check out all available box subscription options at: agriculturalconnections.com/ Volcano Veggies Volcano Veggies is a year-round, organic, indoor aquaponic farm near downtown Bend.

“Our farm uses 90% less water than outdoor farms, and our veggies

are harvested the very same day that we deliver them to our direct customers,” said Shannon Sbarra, who co-owns the company with her husband, Jimmy. “We offer a year-round CSA called the Fresh Club, and it’s actually a subscription. Customers can order local greens from Volcano Veggies and other local farms. We work with about 15 local farms and food companies each week, and we’ve purchased from almost every food business in Central Oregon at least once! Home delivery is always free.”

Sbarra detailed some of the current subscription add-ons. “Our ‘Local Stuff’ selection is basically a tour of the farmers market and local food economy. We choose a new local food product or business to support every week. ‘Seasonal Rotating Fruit’ follows the season with a surprise order of in-season fruit. ‘Seasonal Rotating Veggies’ adds variety to your meal plan with delicious, local veggie crops as they come into season. ‘Something Extra’ is fun; every order comes with an extra surprise! It could be an extra box of greens from Volcano Veggies, a cupcake from Ida’s Cupcakes or a snack size pack of almonds from Gather Nuts.”

Volcano Veggies offers four multisized produce boxes, in addition to a box filled with eggs, meat, cheese and veggies and a green smoothie-making kit. “With all this smoke, the farmers markets are

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So now is a better time than any to support local farmers and eat clean.”

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Bend’s newest Mediterranean dig is opening in the Old Mill at the Crosscut – Warming Hut No. 5. The smoke threw a small wrench in the cart’s plans, but the spot was set to officially open Wednesday. Owner and chef Cliff Abrahams explained his extensive personal experience. “I currently own and operate Bluma’s Chicken and Waffles and Abe Capanna’s Detroit Pan Pizza,” he said.

“I’m a professional chef with over 30 years of experience. I’ve owned restaurants and I’ve been an executive chef and a director of operations for multiple award-winning restaurant groups.”

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now, and I’ve noticed that for the most part, they’re treated terribly. We’re losing our politeness. I’m not sure if it’s a Trump thing, a COVID thing or a surrounded-by-fires-and pretending-everything-is-fine thing. So I went on a hunt for a podcast about manners and I found “Were You Raised By Wolves?” the best damn podcast about etiquette I’ve ever heard. It’s also the only one I’ve heard, but comedian Leah Bonnema and journalist Nick Leighton are so funny and assured that it’s the only one I need. Our hurried self-interest will eventually reach a tipping point and Bonnema and Leighton remind us that being rude and awful not only erodes the fabric of society, but it eats away at our soul a little, too.

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or last month’s column of May the Source Be With You, I talked about my anxiety connected to the world being on fire… several weeks before the air had the quality of actually living inside of a camp fire. I was trying to be metaphorical, not to predict the future. It’s pretty disturbing because for the first time in my life, the toxic air quality combined with how dark and gloomy everything looks with all the smoke in the air makes the outward appearance of Central Oregon look basically hellish. It’s like my inner feelings were made manifest.

As a giant fan of horror movies, I thought a world where the air is poison, other people’s spit can kill us and the safety of me and my loved ones is being decided by a reality show host would be more fun. Seriously, Pennywise the Clown could show up riding the dragon Smaug at this point and it would only get a sigh out of me.

But I’m less alarmed than I was a month ago, too. People are still making beautiful art, still falling in love and still being a strong shoulder for those around them. As downright nightmarish as some of these days feel, I know there is another side to this darkness and we’ll come out the other end stronger and, hopefully, closer.

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State officials still allow hunters to grab Greater sage-grouse, despite their imperiled numbers

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Many of Oregon’s beloved outdoor spaces are burned out or imperiled right now. Here are some ways to help.

Male sage grouse flirting with the ladies.

satisfy the needs of cattle-growers, that meant the end of hundreds of species of insects as well.

If you go out and look around in that so-called pastureland today, you can see tiny places where rabbit brush is trying to make a comeback, along with a few native plants. But the all-important insects are not there. And without a variety of insects, sage-grouse do not have that vital food element in their babies’ lives—and neither do other birds and animals in the once-great sage-grouse biome.

If you travel through areas near the waterholes that the BLM, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Garrett and his crew maintain for grouse and other birds and wildlife, you’ll see thousands of tiny reflectors they’ve installed on barbed wire fences to keep sage-grouse and other wildlife from striking the wires.

In his latest report, Garrett and his partner, retired entomology professor from Oregon State University, Dr. Jerry Freilich, say this: “Sage-grouse have been impacted by a constellation of disturbances. But despite many efforts, their numbers have never stopped declining. This is the time for emergency triage. If we (and many supporting authors) are correct that nesting and brood-rearing habitat is the critical “missing link” to Sage-grouse survival, then it is essential to restore some habitat to specific parameters.

“These parameters have been demonstrated in careful studies but no one, to our knowledge, has expressly worked to recreate these conditions in field plots. We suspect that part of the problem is a depletion of the soil seed-bank and we propose new methods to address that issue.”

Now I wonder, is it time to give the land back to the indigenous wildlife that

need it and let cows eat hay that’s being raised on underground water (that, too, may run out someday)?

In the meantime, ODFW, in its all-knowing and all-wise decision-making—despite the sage grouse’s diminishing population—still maintains a hunting season on them.

Here’s the way they do it: - The hunting application period begins on July 1. Permit numbers for each hunt unit are not posted until early August, after population surveys are complete. Applications are due the Monday closest to Aug. 20 every year.

It costs $4 to apply for a permit, plus another $2 to buy the permit if you’re successful.

- Results are available on Aug. 25 and the nine-day season usually spans the first and second weekends of September. The 2020 season is Sept. 12-20.

- Hunters are limited to a daily and seasonal bag limit of two birds, of either sex.

- In addition to the sage-grouse permit, hunters also must have a hunting license and an upland bird validation.

- If you are successful in the permit draw, ODFW will send you a wing-return envelope for one wing from each of your harvested birds. This information is critical to managers, offering important data about the population.

This statement from the Father of Land Conservation: Aldo Leopold, seems appropriate to end this discussion: “If the land mechanism as a whole is good then every part is good, whether we understand it or not…To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering.”

The Lionshead Fire on Mt. Jefferson and the Warm Springs Indian Reservation is the largest fire burning in Central Oregon—while at the same time, at least a dozen other fires have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 10 people. Another 22 are still missing.

For those looking to help evacuees and firefighters, the Central Oregon Emergency Information Network recommends these ways to help: -Donate or volunteer with the Red Cross at Redcross.org/donate and Redcross.org/volunteer - Donate to the 2020 Community Rebuilding Fund, established by Gov. Kate Brown. Both long-term and immediate relief fund portals are available at oregoncf.org - Sign up to volunteer at the Oregon Office of Emergency Management at oregonrecovers.org.communityos.org - Donate or volunteer with the Salvation Army Cascades’ Division Emergency Disaster Services at cascade.salvationarmy.org/cascade2/oregon-wildfire-response - Donate to the Wildland Firefighter Foundation at wffoundation.org Jasen Vela courtesy of Jefferson Public Radio

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ome people just never “retire;” they just jump from one job to another.

(Editor’s note: Case in point: Jim Anderson, who penned this piece despite announcing his “retirement” from this column!)

Take Stu Garret, of Bend, as an example. When I met him way back in the ’70s, he was a family doctor practicing in Bend at the old Bend Memorial Clinic, started by some of our even older doctors.

Garrett saved me from a lot of pain and anguish time and time again when I fell out of trees and got myself into physical trouble banding owls, eagle and hawks.

Just about the time he was in his heyday, I was trying to learn as much as I could about the goings-on of kestrels, great horned owls and golden eagles. It was then the Bureau of Land Management decided that cows were the most important animal on earth and without hesitation, sprayed chemicals all over our High Desert to kill sagebrush. Then they converted thousands and thousands of what was native wildlife public land into cow pastures.

You can still see that cow country today all over Lake County and what was once the Oregon High Desert of eastern Oregon.

I can also recall when the BLM suddenly went, “Whoops!” and realized they had destroyed thousands and thousands of acres of Greater sage-grouse habitat. That was especially so when we watched sage-grouse numbers slowly slide out of sight.

My first adventure with sage-grouse was in the early ’50s when my old pal, Ed Park, and I took newcomer birders from Great Britain, Alan and Sheila Baldridge, to see their first sage grouse in America. We had them pitch their tent overnight on Reub Long’s hay field/ strutting ground at Ft. Rock. In the morning our native sage-grouse were right in the Baldridge’s front yard.

Since those wonderful times of long ago, our Greater sage-grouse numbers have shrunk to alarming low numbers, and Garrett and his team of East of the Cascades Audubon Society volunteers are working their butts off trying to remedy the situation.

They are learning our grouse —and raptors —have a lot to worry about. The very land they depend on to stay alive and create more of their kind is under threat of vanishing, along with it the plants and animals that share it.

When the BLM sprayed thousands and thousands of acres of sagebrush with those deadly herbicides, they also destroyed life in that entire biome as we knew it. Then, when they planted crested wheat and other non-native stuff to

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Purchasing Land to Build a Dream Home?

Things to know before diving into buying land

potential cost of bringing utilities to the property if they aren’t already at the site.

There’s the topic of public water and sewer versus wells and septic. If public utilities are not available, will the county or city allow for wells and a septic system? Can the property support a septic system or well? These are studies that need to be conducted during the due diligence period to determine feasibility.

In addition to zoning, there are also conditions, covenants and restrictions of the development to consider. What’s allowed on the land? Are there limitations to structure size or where on the lot the structure may be placed? Are there architectural guidelines and requirements for review and approval of the building style?

As an example, some neighborhoods require that the structure follow a specific building style, like craftsman or contemporary. Are additional structures like a shop or accessory dwelling unit allowed?

Easements are another crucial piece to the puzzle. An easement is defined as an interest in land owned by another that entitles its holder to a specific limited use. If easements exist, one must investigate what, if any, limitations the easement creates for the property.

Surveying the vacant land helps to determine the property boundaries and marks the exact lot lines. A survey can also help determine critical information about flood plains and elevations.

And then there’s permitting, which runs in line with zoning. It’s important to investigate what permits are going to be required and what are the potential costs of these permits and system development charges. And finally, what is the overall cost to build the building or home? There are many more expenses than just the vertical build, as discussed above. The final puzzle piece is determining expense.

As always, a real estate professional and professional general contractor can help guide one through the due diligence process.

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hen deciding to purchase vacant land, there are many things to consider, as it can be a complicated process. The first thing to know is that buying vacant land is not the same as buying a property with an existing structure or dwelling. As with any real estate purchase, research is incredibly important.

It’s crucial that as a buyer no stone is left unturned in the due diligence process. It’s also important to understand financing options or lack thereof with vacant land.

In many cases, land must be a cash sale. Many lenders will not carry a mortgage on vacant land—although there are a few exceptions. Those few lenders who are willing to lend on a vacant land purchase require a substantial amount down and, in some cases, will also require that construction begin within a specific timeframe. It’s important to perform the due diligence on financing options and financing requirements available prior to beginning the land search.

Zoning restrictions are a critical piece of the due diligence puzzle, which govern what can and cannot be done with the land. Not all land can be built on, or there are restrictions on what type of building can be built on the land. What will the building be used for? For example, a single-family home cannot be built on a commercial or industrial-zoned lot.

It’s important to be very clear on the exact use the zoning allows for. This will help with understanding what types of buildings are or are not allowed on the land. In addition, it’s beneficial to investigate what the city/county’s plans are for the development and zoning of the surrounding area, especially where roads and types of roads are concerned. The last thing one wants to do is build their dream home and it ends up right next to a new highway because that step of the due diligence was skipped.

And then there are utilities. Prior to purchasing vacant land, it’s crucial to verify what utilities are available and the

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woman, married for 21 years to a pretty decent guy. When our now-18-year-old son was little, my husband completely ignored Mother’s Day for maybe six years. Once, I asked him why, and he simply said, “You aren’t my mother.” It hurt me SO MUCH because I busted my butt to be a good mom. I told him why I was so upset, and one year, I laid on our bed and cried, but nothing changed. Six years ago, he began giving me a card and flowers on Mother’s Day. This year, he and our son got me hanging flower baskets, which was wonderful. The problem is I can’t get over his doing nothing in the past, and it’s affecting my feelings for him and how I treat him.

—Still Hurting If your relationship has a spirit animal, it’s best if it isn’t a dog frozen in time after the volcanic eruption at Pompeii.

The problem between you started with an error in mind-reading.

“Mind-reading” sounds like a Vegas magic act, but it’s a mental ability we all have (though it’s actually mind-predicting rather than -reading). Psychologists call this “theory of mind,” referring to our ability to do reasonably well at guessing (“theorizing” about!) the “mental states” of others, meaning the emotions they’re experiencing, their beliefs, their desires, and their intentions.

I give an example of theory of mind in action in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck”: “When you see a man looking deep into a woman’s eyes, smiling tenderly and then getting down on one knee, your understanding and experience of what this usually means helps you guess that he’s about to ask ‘Will you marry me?’ and not ‘Would you mind lending me a pen?’”

Unfortunately, we often do pretty poorly at the everyday swami thing because we tend “to imagine that other minds are much like our own,” observes anthropologist Donald Symons. Making matters worse, we tend to assume others’ minds should work like our own.

So, if something isn’t important to us, we assume it isn’t (and shouldn’t be) important to someone else.

Your husband’s view of Mother’s Day -- unimportant and only applicable to one’s own mother -- led him to conclude it should be unimportant to you and to sneer, “You aren’t my mother!”

This sort of assumption leads to strife and maybe even divorce through the

resentment that builds when one partner consistently doesn’t get their needs met (and gets them mocked, to boot).

Happier, lasting relationships are fostered through a different approach: loving acceptance of the crazy. Even when you think your partner’s desire is irrational or unbecoming of someone with an IQ surpassing that of a root vegetable, if you won’t lose a limb, part company with your ethics, or otherwise seriously put yourself out, why not give them what they want? Again, you don’t have to find it reasonable; you do it because it would make them happy.

Though your husband’s now coming around on Mother’s Amy Alkon Day, I would bet my last bra strap he doesn’t care in the slightest about Father’s Day and still might not get why Mother’s Day means so much to you. But you cried and cried, and he eventually got that it was hugely important to you (perhaps through your son’s influence), and he’s come around -- this year with the hanging flowers of Babylon. That’s awesome.

However, you have yet to update your idea of him as mean and selfish, perhaps because, like many people, you see forgiveness as a feeling and wait for it to strike you, lightning on the golf course-style. In fact, forgiveness is a set of actions you choose to take. Evolutionary social psychologist Michael McCullough explains that forgiveness involves deciding to set aside a grievance against a person, expressed in your “thoughts, emotions, and/or behaviors,” in order to have a continuing relationship with them.

Consider that your husband, though “pretty decent,” might have some continuing limitations in understanding and accepting what you need (even when you tell him). A mediator with a relationships focus would be helpful in facilitating understanding and empathy between you, maybe in a single session.

(Find one at Mediate.com.)

If mediation isn’t an option, there’s still a DIY approach: Explain the science on theory of mind and the notion of doing things simply to make your partner happy (even if you find their desires a bit crackers). This might help your husband be more motivated to come around in ways you need, showing you he’s making an effort, best he can. This, in turn, could help you break with the past and the resentful feelings that went with -- releasing them into the wild like Sea World’s orcas into the ocean: “Bye, Shamu!

Bye, Bruce! Bye, Carla!”

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I may not lead the

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I rejoice

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In one of your past lives, maybe you were a Neanderthal midwife in what’s now southern France. In another incarnation, you may have been a 17th-century Guarani shaman who shared your knowledge about local plants with an Italian Jesuit missionary in what’s now Uruguay. All the powers and aptitudes you perfected in those and other previous ages could prove helpful as you cultivate your genius in the coming weeks. JUST KIDDING! Cancel my previous speculations,. For you Aries folks, past achievements are often of secondary importance as you create your future. In fact, your mandate is usually to transcend the old days and old ways. It may be better not to imitate or rely on old stories, no matter how dazzling. This will be especially true in the coming weeks.

TAURUS (April 20May 20): “There are no ordinary feelings,” says poet Dean Young. “Just as there are no ordinary spring days or kicked over cans of paint.”

That’s always true, but it will be especially true for you in the coming weeks.

I suspect you will be host to a wealth of interesting, unique, and profound feelings. They might be a bit overwhelming at times, but I think they will mostly provide rich opportunities for your soul to grow deeper and stronger and more resilient.

to live in such a splendidly disturbing time!” said author Helen Keller (1880–1968). She was a smart activist who worked hard in behalf of women’s equality, labor rights, antimilitarism, and socialism. Was she being sarcastic in saying she loved being alive during a time of upheaval? Not at all.

She derived excitement and vigor from critiquing injustice. Her lust for life soared as she lent her considerable energy to making life on earth more enjoyable for more people. I invite you to consider adopting her attitude in the coming weeks. It’s a good time to experiment with generating the personal power that becomes available by taking practical action in behalf of your high ideals.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “There should be a

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You know what perfectionists are: people who obsessively strive to finesse every last detail, polishing and honing so compulsively that they risk sucking all the soul out of the finished product. In contrast to them, I propose that we identify a different class of humans known as imperfectionists .

They understand that a ferocious drive for utter purity can make things sterile and ugly. They resolve to cultivate excellence while at the same time they understand that irregularities and eccentricities may infuse their work with beauty.

I hope you’ll act like an imperfectionist in the coming weeks, Capricorn.

writer Mathangi Arulpragasam is better known by her stage name M.I.A. She has accomplished a lot in her 45 years on the planet, having been nominated for three Grammy Awards and an Academy Award.

Esquire magazine named her the 75th most influential person of the 21st century. One key to her success is the fact that she formulated a clear master plan many years ago, and has used it to guide her decisions. In her song “Matangi,” she refers to it: “If you’re gonna be me, you need a manifesto / If you ain’t got one, you better get one presto.” I bring this to your attention, Cancerian, because the coming weeks will be an excellent time to formulate (or re-formulate) your life manifesto and master plan.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Everything good I’ve ever gotten in life, I only got because I gave something else up,” writes author Elizabeth Gilbert. To that melodramatic declaration, I say, “Really? Everything? I don’t believe you.” And yet I do think she has a point. On some occasions, the most effective strategy for bringing good new influences into our lives is to sacrifice an influence or habit or pattern we’re attached to. And often the thing that needs to be sacrificed is comfortable or consoling or mildly pleasurable. I suspect that the coming weeks will offer you one of these opportunities, Aquarius.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “If you’re not invited to the party, throw your own,” declares singer and actress Diahann Carroll. In the coming weeks, I urge you Leos to use that advice as a metaphor in every way you can imagine. For example, if you’re not getting the love you want from a certain someone, give it to yourself. If no one hands you the opportunity you need, hand it to yourself. If you wish people would tell you what you want to hear, but they’re not saying it, tell yourself what you want to hear. It’s a time when you need to go beyond mere self-sufficiency. Be self-gratifying, self-rewarding, self-acknowledging.

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science of discontent,” said novelist Frank Herbert. “People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.” I partially agree with that observation, but I also think it’s a gratuitous cliché that’s not at all absolute. In fact, our culture is under the spell of a mass delusion that tempts us to believe “no pain, no gain” is the supreme learning principle. I’d like to see the development of a robust science of contentment: how fascination and freedom and generosity can build psychic muscles. You’ll be a good candidate to study that subject in the coming weeks.

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most dramatic life,” confesses singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, “but in my brain it’s War and Peace every day.” He was referencing Leo Tolstoy’s sprawling, exuberant 1,200-page novel War and Peace, which features stories about five families who lived through Napoléon’s invasion of Russia in the 19th century. I’m guessing that these days your fantasy life may also be filled with epic fairy tales and heroic sagas and tear-jerking myths.

Is there a problem with that? Not necessarily. It could be quite entertaining and educational. I do recommend that you keep your actual life a little calmer and saner, however.

always too deeply in conversation,” confessed philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. I wonder why he said “too deeply” and not just “deeply.” Did he mean his dialogs with himself distracted him from important matters in the world outside of his imagination? Was he implying that he got so consumed while conducting his self-interviews that he lost his bearings and forgot what his goals were? With these cautions in mind, Pisces, I invite you to dive into an intense but spacious communion with yourself. Make this a delightful and illuminating conference, not a raging debate or a debilitating argument.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran playwright Wendy Wasserstein wrote, “Every year I resolve to be a little less the me I know and leave a little room for the me I could be. Every year I make a note not to feel left behind by my friends and family who have managed to change far more than I.” I recommend Wasserstein’s practice to you, dear Libra. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to launch this ritual as an annual tradition. For best results, write it out as a vow. I mean take a pen and paper and compose a solemn pledge, then sign it on the bottom to seal your determination.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “I and me are

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “At the necessary moment, going naked will be your most convincing disguise,” writes poet Dobby Gibson. As I apply his witty statement to your life, I’ll interpret it metaphorically. My sense is that you could really use the kind of “disguise” he’s talking about. What I mean is that you would benefit by appearing to be different from what people expect of you. You can gain key advantages by shifting the image you present to the world—by expressing a part of your identity that is not usually obvious. And I think the best way to do that is to “go naked”—i.e. be candid and transparent and vulnerable about your core truths.

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f you’re like me, you love it when breweries have new beer releases.

While it’s slowed down a bit, there are still plenty of new brews and beer releases happening in Central Oregon.

Portland has seen attrition in the beer industry amid this pandemic—Grixsen Brewing being one of them. BIG sad face. Meanwhile, Central Oregon breweries have been resourceful and very active. Good job, Central Oregon beer drinkers, I’m proud of you! Your next mission is to go out there and try something new.

Let me tell you about a couple of new brews.

Kobold Brewing / The Vault Taphouse has an IPA and a seltzer on its new release board. I decided to step outside of the box and tried the seltzer.

I was NOT disappointed. The guava, mango, prickly pear seltzer was a first for them. I’ve tried several, but this one has so much more flavor than those mainstream seltzers. I love this seltzer, and wish I would have grabbed a crowler. With an ABV of 6.8%, this is no floofy drink; it’s a manly seltzer (trust me on this). That ABV lent to a boozy punch on my first sip. That punch tapered off very quickly and turned into a refreshing wine-like drink. It pleasantly took me back to my wine cooler days. Delicate flavors of the guava, mango and

prickly pear were clearly evident. It was hot out and this drink had a nice cooling factor. This seltzer is beautiful, with so many bubbles and its dusty rose color. I like to think I was saving calories for later so I could eat something fried, but I’m not entirely sure that was true (although I still had fried food). Solid 5 on my drinkability scale. Go get some.

The next beer I want to share is the Pert Near fresh hop beer from Crux Fermentation Project. I have to talk about a fresh-hop beer. ‘Tis the season! I was shocked at the maltiness of this fresh-hopped wonder. The malt is big, and it works well with the aroma of the fresh hops. The maltiness seems to strip away much of the bitterness of all those hops, leaving a fresh and bright flavor. It comes in at 6.9% ABV; another easy drinking beer and gets a 5 out of 5 on my drinkability scale. Crux has a BUNCH of new brews on tap right now.

They don’t disappoint.

Meanwhile, Monkless Belgian Ales recently released its 4 Devils beer. It was a doozy, and comes among a trio of Four Devils: the original Four Devils Golden Strong Ale, a Chardonnay barrel-aged version and a Pinot Noir barrel-aged version. Fantastic. All three of them. The original still holds my heart.

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ACROSS 1. Swift horse 5. “Stille ___” 10. Prospecting props 14. Risk battle?

15. Tree-lined area 16. Too many to wrap your head around 17. ___ gaze 18. “Lord of the Flies” boy turning on the waterworks?

20. Notes in some margins, maybe 22. French sociologist Durkheim 23. One shy of four-and-a-half games of golf?

27. Fat meas.

30. “You got me?”

31. Cuts the crop 32. Realty units 34. NRA symbol 35. Part of a meter 36. Strapping young lads, collectively?

42. Birds drawn with glasses in cartoons 43. Best Actor of 2002 44. Sea anemone 46. Curving shot in many trick pool shots 47. Slangy turndown 50. Squeeze (out) 51. “Get out of here, shrimp!”?

54. Death Star shot 56. A Russian in Georgia, e.g.

57. Men who are definitely NOT the marrying type?

62. Small change 63. Problem solved by Dr. Mom 64. Vocally bother, puppy-style 65. Woman’s name that means “light” 66. Pre-toothbrushing rinse 67. “My Hero Academia” genre 68. Speech therapist’s challenge

DOWN 1. Private assemblies 2. Marshall stack mover 3. Claim without proof 4. “Yuuuuuuck” 5. Saigon’s home, briefly 6. R&B singer Lennox 7. “Love Island” network 8. Red Monopoly purchases 9. “I might be game” 10. Milkmaid’s container 11. Linear equations subject 12. Oft-spiked Christmas drink 13. Wallower’s home 19. Where Fibonacci was born 21. Go off the beaten path 24. Cracker with a stethoscope 25. In great shape 26. Place to get free screwdrivers 28. Brief letter 29. ID with a UPC-like code 33. ___ planning 34. Independent jeweler’s website 36. Be gloomy 37. “Star Wars” creature that has a penchant for eating humans 38. “Praise the Lord!”

39. Prefix with while 40. Upbeat 41. Singer with the best-selling album of the 21st century 45. “I’m over here!”

46. See 55-Down 47. Campania’s capital 48. Is of use to 49. Towelette that comes with wings 52. OutKast song that Rolling Stone that sounded like “an indie rock Little Richard” 53. Do well at 55. With 46-Down, co-captain of United States women’s national soccer team 57. Man about town, back in the Victorian era 58. Leather-smithing tool 59. Wire letters 60. Orange tuber 61. ___-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec

“People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”

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