The Source Weekly

Green Light: Pot remains illegal, but Oregon’s medical marijuana laws have led to a booming industry that continues to confound cops

• Written by: Mike Bookey
• Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Sandee Burbank is 65 years old, a breast cancer survivor, a grandmother and a longtime community volunteer in her hometown of Mosier, Oregon. She also uses marijuana.

Burbank is one of Oregon’s 23,000-plus marijuana cardholders and also the executive director of Mothers Against Misuse and Abuse , a gro...

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The Imprint of Adam Haynes: From beer labels to landscapes, the local artist has an eye on the fringe

• Written by: Kaycee Anseth-Townsend
• Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Have you sipped a Deschutes Brewery Hop Trip recently?

If you have, you probably took a gaze at the bottle or tap label, and maybe without knowing it, experienced the work of Adam Haynes. Working as both a commercial and fine artist, the Bend-based illustrator’s art can be seen on several lines of De...

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…And They’re Canadian: Swollen Members battle addiction, stereotypes and end up with a damn good record

• Written by: Sara Roth
• Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Canada’s hip-hop contributions may not have been as respected, as say, the country’s contribution to curling and ice hockey or its French-fry-and-gravy culinary innovations. Artists like Snow (of “Informer” infamy) have given our northern neighbors a reputation that was hard to shake. These days, ho... Read more...

A Serious Snow Jones: Predicting about and riding into winter

• Written by: Bob Woodward
• Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Entering the dead zone

After the teasing snowstorms of October and then a pleasant change of recent weather, a lot of ski and ride-aholics are getting antsy. Dreaming of making fresh tracks, the “I skied/rode the cone last month, dude,” crowd is crying out for some big storms. When and if the snow wi...

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True Lies: The Men Who Stare at Goats succeeds at silliness, but fails at journalism

• Written by: Scott Renshaw
• Wednesday, 4 November 2009

“More of this story is true than you would believe,” reads the caption at the beginning of The Men Who Stare at Goats , but let’s be real: No one involved in this movie goes out of their way to give it the sting of veracity. If a movie can be said to have an attitude, this one would involve a shake of... Read more...

We Got Spirit: Diego’s adds evidence of a downtown Redmond revival

• Written by: Nikki Jefford
• Wednesday, 4 November 2009

There are two things that bring my husband and I into Bend regularly: walking and eating. Lately we’ve been searching out alternatives closer to home. As far as walking goes, our favorite trail within a 10-mile radius is along the Deschutes River at Eagle Crest or, if we decide to put up with the ex... Read more...