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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: 4 - Opinion 5- Mailbox 6 - News No Really, is Anyone Enforcing This Thing? Gov. Kate Brown allowed Central Oregon counties to reopen Friday—but what happens if businesses step outside the lines? As Laurel Brauns reports, not much. 8 - Feature Called to Act How did you spend your quarantine? These Central Oregonians spent it in service, finding ways to help that went beyond their regular routines. 13 - Source Picks 15 - Sound 17 - Culture Garden Betty’s Veggie-Saving Tips Now’s not the time to waste money on throwing food away. Linda Ly, aka Garden Betty, shares some tips for using all of the parts of the plants you buy. 19 - Chow Closing Downtown Streets A group of business owners wants to close Bend’s downtown streets to cars to allow for more customers. What are the chances? 21 - Screen 23 - Outside Bike Rides, Social Distancing Approved Double-track gravel roads are a bikey social distancer’s ideal. Linda English from Dirty Freehub offers a wealth of routes to ride in the nearby Ochoco Mountains. 27 - Real Estate 28 - Advice 29 - Astrology 30- Craft 31 - Puzzles

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On the Cover: Janet Llerandi Gonzalez, Loretta Cummings and the frontline workers of St. Charles, starring in this week's feature story, pages 8-10. Photos by Megan Baker and Caitlin Eddolls. Cover design by Darris Hurst .

What’s a newspaper without a print edition? Turns out, more than you might think. While we’re beyond stoked to be putting out this print issue after a sevenweek hiatus due to COVID-19, we’ve also used this time to get creative and to find new ways to serve the readers of Central Oregon. You can now find the following online resources to get the news, culture and entertainment you’re looking It's OK—everyone's ears for in Central Oregon, including: stick out in these things. -Bend Don’t Break, a weekly podcast hosted by Publisher Aaron Switzer, doing a deep dive into people and issues (That’s in addition to the Source Weekly Update, our weekly news podcast) -The Cascades Reader newsletter, now delivered seven days a week right to readers’ inboxes. Open your email, get your day’s news and entertainment suggestions, and get on with your day. -The Source Weekly video series, with videos embedded into some of our most interesting stories. Check out video featuring restauranteurs getting ready to reopen in Cayla Clark’s online story, “Eat, Drink, Play… But Stay 6 Feet Away,” and local venue operators weighing in on the summer music situation in Isaac Biehl’s story (found in this print edition), “A Summer of No Live Music?” -And still upcoming: Noticias Españolas: A Spanish language news page, online and in print. Find links to all of these features on the home page of our website, bendsource.com. While there’s plenty more I could say about re-launching our beloved weekly print edition, which you can hold in your hand, finding things you might never have looked for online, suffice it to say we’re simply happy to be serving you in print once again. Onward!

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end has always been a boom-andbust town, but this time, we have less historical precedent to be able to understand what happens next. What we are witnessing, in its current form, may never happen again. During this recent lockdown, society has been in a collective pause; a holding pattern that has meant we’ve been able to sit, think and evaluate— perhaps for the first time—in our lives. We hope people use this time to think deeply about what isn’t serving us, and to rethink individual choices—a good example being our global supply chains and the positive impact buying local can have on our neighbors. This period in history has shown us how inextricably connected we are. We’d like to think that people would have used this time to contemplate the enormity of what has happened and why it happened – and try to not do the things that contribute to a similar outcome again. However, this reopening weekend, all of that came into sharp relief against our base instincts as humans, who prefer not to be caged. Judging by the crowds in Bend this reopening weekend, our community is showing the signs of being cooped up for too long. The solution to those woes was food, drink and browsing shops and sidewalks. The Deschutes River Trail, busy even during lockdown, wouldn’t be cowed by a little May rain, and was packed with walkers, joggers and revelers. Many bars were overflowing. Most restaurants ran on a mellower mood, complying with the regulations put before them for Phase One of the governor’s reopening plan. At this point in the pandemic, some will continue to comply with the governor’s cumbersome reopening regulations and will wear masks in public and stay 6 feet from others. Others will openly flout the guidelines. With little to no enforcement, besides the half-hearted suggestions by state officials to report worker safety complaints to OSHA, businesses flouting the rules won’t face much scrutiny. The

businesses that choose to ignore guidelines and let people pack their establishments may, in the end, be the ones to financially make it. This is a tough balancing act that, barring enforcement, puts the onus on business owners to put community first. During this time, it is up to every one of us to dig deeply, and to think creatively in order to balance the competing demands of community health with economic prosperity for the people who live here. This has always been a delicate teeter-totter, and it will never be easy. As we look inward, at our own business, it feels good to be back putting papers on stands, knowing not only that we are providing a valuable service to the community, but also that we have used our time off to focus on the necessary precautions to help us move forward. Our readers, too, have adapted, coming forward by the hundreds to support and become members of our membership program, Source Insider, in order to see local journalism thrive. We thank you all for that. For those who only read us in print before quarantine, we invite you to check out our daily email newsletter, Cascades Reader— yet another adaptation we’ve made to our news offerings to continue serving our community. We continue to innovate while experiencing the uncertainty that every small business in America is feeling right now. The journalism teeter-totter is tough, but we are bolstered by the support of our community and excited about the changes. When faced with the economic annihilation that is plaguing so many businesses right now, we know it’s difficult to make the right choices in the name of the greater good. But before, and as we emerge from this collective nightmare, each of us has the power to decide what sort of Bend we want to see emerge. Which establishments we want to thrive. How we want our community to look when this is over. Because what we do right now is what will sow those seeds.

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RE: WE’RE OPEN! BUT THIS IS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL, 5/15

RE: GYMS ARE OPEN. WILL PEOPLE GO? 5/16 Larger gyms with staff can afford lengthy and expensive mitigation efforts and can assume the risk to clients. Smaller gyms in Bend, facing overhead, mitigation, two months of lost sales, and the assumed risk of transmission and liability between staff and clients, or clients to clients, or clients to staff, face an uphill battle. —Patric Douglas, via bendsource.com

RE: A SUMMER OF NO LIVE MUSIC? 5/17 I liked your article about the Bend music scene and the strange summer of 2020. I am an audio professional who makes a living as an expert in the technology of live concerts. Maybe you could write a piece about the people who have 0 income right now as a result of the fact that there are no live shows happening.

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I know of at least 10 colleagues who are out of work. I don’t know if I, or they, will have work for months or even a year. Music is indeed one of the things that will get us through the madness of this time, but for me it’s also the way I feed my family. Thanks for your time. -Ethan Singe via bendsource.comr

RE: MEMORIES OF THE VOLCANO, 5/18 Great story. My older brother, his friend, and I were driving north on I-5 from Federal Way to Seattle to attend a SuperSonics game later that day. I remember sitting in the backseat, looking out the rear window directly south down I-5, and being able to see the plume of smoke and ash spewing thousands of feet into the sky. I’ll never forget it. An acquaintance of mine back then had a cousin who was fishing with his friend that morning on one of the nearby lakes. They were two of the 47 (number correct?) victims of the volcanic blast. Both were never heard from or seen again. - Brian Puncoche via bendsource.comr

RE: ARE WE READY TO REOPEN? 5/7 We went downtown Friday to pick up food prepared by Zydeco. It simply wasn’t safe because of the number of people milling in the streets in groups much larger than the maximum 25 members. Most were younger than 50 and no one was social distancing or wearing masks. That said, I have real concerns about not having a management and enforcement plan as part of a county application process. What I experienced in Bend’s downtown day of opening was no enforcement for public health and safety violations outlined in the Governor’s County application obligations. When I look at system’s issues, like this one—no enforcement, there is obvious cause and effect. The ramifications will be known in 21 days. Other ramifications for parents include whether kids will be in school this fall. Hopefully parents will be back to work by then. Who will take care of their children? When irresponsible citizens tip the scale the ramifications continue. I saw a political sign last evening on the news that said, “selfish and proud of it.” Enforcement is then necessary. If schools remain closed because of local spikes due to no enforcement and the selfish public disregard for COVID public safety, then we have another

problem with what happens to Juniors in high school now? How will that affect these students? It seems clear that opening colleges for 2020 high school graduates will be iffy. So their applications are being carried over for another year. Seems fair. If you have ever been in the position of analyzing industrial bottlenecks... this is one. Lack of alleged enforcement in Deschutes County communities and the Bend Police department specifically results in what? Not being with your loved one if they succumb results in what? Not being able to visit elderly relatives in assisted living results in what? This is a much bigger picture than not getting a safe restaurant menu item from a downtown restaurant we love to order from. We certainly will not be returning for any reason to downtown Bend until we are convinced it is safe to do so. What we saw opening night wasn’t safe. Perhaps the Bend Downtowner’s association will hire security guards to break up groups larger than 25. In my view, that's a replication of services when our taxes pay for Bend Police in the general fund. Perhaps the Old Mill District will have improved options. They do have their security guards in place. Not sure about you, but the enforcement of health, education and welfare safety considerations are important to me and to the continuation of a civil society. —Dianne Crampton, via bendsource.com

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What the person above fails to realize is that the perception of human life has become much more precious as history has evolved and unfolded. Much of this is likely due to the nature of our societies and culture. We now have modern medicines and surgical techniques that extend lives far beyond what they were in 1918 or during the other scourges mentioned. Context matters, right? Saving lives, respecting health care and essential workers lives and rights and banding together as humans to stave off unnecessary death is not tyranny or a mass violation of civil rights but is instead civil duty in this day and age. Recognizing we are all on this planet together with a shared goal to live long and prosper is actually the opposite of tyranny. Yes, we can all agree that businesses having to struggle for an unknown time is unfortunate and no one wants that. But the truth is that the economy is nothing more than an elaborate trade and barter system and when it is safe to do so we will all go back to trading and bartering services or goods for funds that were likely earned by rendering other types of services or selling goods. To imply this is a radical plan to tank the economy by a political party sounds fascist and like a poorly contrived conspiracy theory. But unfortunately this type of ideology is rampant now in this country. Makes you wonder what's worse, the virus......or this type of selfish thinking? —Bob Erickson, via bendsource.com

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Is Anyone Enforcing This?

No draconian police-state here. Elected officials emphasize education and individual responsibility By Laurel Brauns

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ver the last week, local, state and county officials have hosted a slew of virtual press meetings to announce the news that most of Oregon is reopening… albeit with caution. At every level of government, curious reporters have asked the same questions: Who is enforcing the new guidelines? Will people violating the non-essential travel ban face repercussions? Elected officials, from Gov. Kate Brown, to Deschutes County Commissioner Tony DeBone, emphasized education and personal responsibility as the first steps toward enforcing Phase One regulations. Will scofflaws get arrested? “The Governor’s order is enforceable by law enforcement, however, agencies in Central Oregon have reported they are primarily focused on education and outreach about current regulations and would use arrests as a last resort,” read a press release sent Monday by the Central Oregon Emergency Information Network. (See the end of this article for a variety of numbers to call to report violations or ask questions.) “We will continue to follow the guidance from the Governor’s Office by focusing on education and voluntary compliance,” said Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson in an email to the Source. “If a situation, or someone, is putting other’s safety at risk, we will take enforcement action if we don’t gain voluntary compliance.” Lt. Juli McConkey of the Bend Police Department echoed that sentiment: “Our plan is to educate and if we need to, we can send a report to the district attorney and they can determine if they are going to file charges. The last resort would be making an arrest,”

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McConkey told the Source. “We have a lot more important things to do and [need to] respond to 911 calls.” And what does District Attorney John Hummel plan to do with any citations he might see? Hummel said the majority of the community has demonstrated care for “their neighbors” to comply so far, and most people in Deschutes County respect the law, he told the Source. “The few who fail to come into compliance after being asked by law enforcement to do so should be issued citations,” Hummel said. “I stand ready to prosecute offenders identified by local law enforcement officers.” Helping businesses, avoiding forced compliance During a May 8 virtual press conference of city and county leaders, Deschutes County Commissioner Tony DeBone said, “[The main goal] is education…. If we’re in a situation where things are getting out of control, then there is a discussion about what enforcement works, right? [But] that is not the culture we’re trying to set up right now…. Every citizen is going to have to take some personal responsibility, being out in the community, wearing a mask, understanding that this is an unknown generational health emergency that we’re living in in this time.” The Deschutes County Environmental Health department—which is normally responsible for local safety inspections—has moved into high gear with various forms and signage for businesses entering Phase One and staff ready to answer technical questions during regular business hours. Nicole Vulcan

Worthy Brewing Taps & Tacos was one of the many restaurants in downtown Bend to allow sit-down service on Friday. Guests may sit on the patio or at one of the three tables inside spaced for social distancing.

The Downtown Bend Business Association worked during lockdown to help its members change their business models and sell products online. Here, a DBBA staffer puts up new banners encouraging people to shop local.

What about tourism? After the governor loosened restrictions on 29 Oregon counties last week, many people wanted to know how Phase One will affect the state’s non-essential travel ban. The Oregon Health Authority Reopening Guidance from May 16 states: “Stay close to home. Avoid overnight trips and

lockdown. What’s to stop people in the city from escaping to the mountains? “This is up to all of us,” Brown said. “Public law enforcement has really important things to do. I’m not going to be asking them to stop cars that are going to the Coast. I’m asking, I’m encouraging Oregonians to be thoughtful and considerate of others.”

“That is not the culture we’re trying to set up right now…. Every citizen is going to have to take some personal responsibility, being out in the community, wearing a mask, understanding that this is an unknown generational health emergency that we’re living in in this time.” -Deschutes County Commissioner Tony DeBone minimize other non-essential travel, including recreational day trips to destinations outside the community where you live.” When Brown announced limited opening of state recreational areas on May 5, she said that nobody should travel more than 50 miles for outdoor recreation. In tourism communities like Central Oregon and the Oregon Coast, some people worry the reopening announcement may inspire a flood of visitors. Clackamas, Washington and Multnomah counties—which are part of the Greater Portland region—are still on

Dr. Dean Sidelinger, the state’s epidemiologist, said on Thursday that most people have stayed home through lockdown; therefore, he doesn’t expect a huge spike in recreational travel. Traffic data and aggregated cell phone data demonstrated Oregonians were complying, he said. Neither Deschutes County or the City of Bend want local tourism agencies or companies to push out any marketing messages promoting travel to Central Oregon right now. Yet, the county’s temporary ban on shortterm rentals expired May 15. The Bend City Council renewed its advisory

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against recreational travel on May 6, but there’s no way to enforce it, and it may only remain in effect for another three weeks. “Although we’ve allowed our prohibitions against overnight rentals or short-term rentals to lapse, we are

On Friday afternoon, the first day Deschutes County had officially entered Phase One, Sunriver Resort sent out an email at 4pm with the headline, “We’re open & ready to welcome you,” offering dirt cheap home and condo rentals (from $89 a night)

not trying to encourage travel from other parts of the area currently,” said Henderson on May 13. “But we do need to have travel and the tourism, so that’s going to be a coming thing and we’re very supportive of that as it can grow.” Across the state, county and local level, tourism guidelines are open to interpretation. Visit Bend’s recent post, “4 ways not to mess this up as Bend reopens for business,” clearly states that locals need to remind out-of-town friends to stay home. Meanwhile, some local properties went all in with Phase One.

Outdoor seating is a viable option for restaurants to offer sit-down service as the the commuity enters Phase One. Here, Dan Baumann, owner of The Commons Cafe & Taproom, sets up a picnic table outside the Rademacher House .

and “third night free” deals. The email came with links to the resort’s new health and sanitation practices. Does Sunriver Resort have an ethical obligation to hold off on marketing while the travel ban is still in effect? “I would argue that [Sunriver Resort] showed the most responsibility of everyone,” said Tom O’Shea, managing director for the resort. “We closed first, perhaps first in the state. We closed voluntarily for eight weeks; it was not mandated by the governor to close. We took that time to re-evaluate our operations, and take care of our community, employees and provide a

safe environment for our guests and we have done that. Our reopening has nothing to do with Phase One.” The Source will report updated occupancy rates comparing the first weekend of Phase One to weekends during lockdown later this week at bendsource.com. Commissioner DeBone summed up the confusion over enforcement: “There’s a difference between recommendations and regulations, and we’re at the regulations phase right now; these are all recommendations to be safe in our community.”

Report Issues Related to COVID-19 Restrictions Employees: Oregon OSHA at 541-388-6066 or tech.web@oregon.gov Restaurants, Pools and Hotels: Deschutes County Health Services Environmental Health at 541-317-3114 or CountyEnvironmentalHealth@deschutes.org Bend Park and Recreation: 541-389-7275 Any violation in Deschutes County: 541-693-6911 or CountyEnvironmentalHealth@deschutes.org.

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"Stay close to home. Avoid overnight trips and minimize other non-essential travel, including recreational day trips to destinations outside the community where you live. -Oregon Health Authority Reopening Guidance

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The coronavirus shutdown has had a lot of people living different lives than they did before. Throughout the closures, we’ve been collecting the stories of people who have stepped in and stepped up, doing new things in the name of the greater good during this crisis. Here are some of these locals’ stories.

The frontline health care workers of St. Charles More than 20 nurses who work at St. Charles Bend—and are part of the Oregon Nurses Association—gathered on the lawn by the hospital last week for this shot. Source photographer Megan Baker said both the social distancing requirement and facemasks made for a challenging shoot, but the nurses’ strong gazes and determined postures say it all. Renee Ruiz, a labor representative for Bend and Prineville nurses, organized the photo. David Hilderbrand was in the shot: he’s the ONA Chair for SCB, and in an April Source story, offered an insider’s perspective into what it’s like to work on the intubation team with COVID-19-positive patients during the pandemic. The photo features nurses that work everywhere from the St. Charles Family Birthing Center team to those in the Emergency Department and Operating Room. ‑ Photos by Megan Baker

Janet Llerandi Gonzalez Janet Llerandi Gonzalez is the founder of Mecca Bend, an online directory assistance program for the Latinx Community of Central Oregon, aimed at helping advance Latinx people and integrating them into the wider Central Oregon community. Undocumented individuals have been left out of federal economic recovery assistance programs—but not only that, any residents or U.S. citizens who live with undocumented individuals have also been disqualified from receiving federal aid. Seeing the need for financial support, Llerandi and Mecca Bend, with the support of Embrace Bend, organized the Central Oregon COVID-19 Mutual Aid Relief Fund, offering cash benefits to those left out of support programs. “The backbone of Central Oregon’s economy is the undocumented workers that continue to be pushed to the margins by discrimination and further exploitation,” Llerandi told the Source. “The so-called ‘undocumented’ immigrants have paid over $13 billion annually since 2015 to this nation’s economy through an individual taxpayer’s identification number. As the daughter of immigrant parents, I took this responsibility upon myself to advocate for my community, and be a strong voice for changing the systems of oppression.” Find out more at meccabend.com. ‑ Photo by Megan Baker

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Ashley and Patrick Neptune Ashley Neptune and her son, Patrick, have spent weeks delivering food to the local unhoused population, collecting cans in order to pay for the food—but also accepting donations. ‑ Photo by Caitlin Eddolls 9

Michelle Camburn is a crisis worker in “regular” times, so during the pandemic, she’s offered free, 30-minute emotional support phone sessions from her home for those in need. ‑ Photo by Caitlin Eddolls

Laura Wang, Timothy Gorbold and Elisa Rebecca Melton During our print shutdown, the Source published two online stories about these three powerhouses, who emerged from their regular lives to lead an enthusiastic group of thousands of DIY mask makers in Central Oregon and beyond. Laura Wang, Timothy Gorbold and Elisa Rebecca Melton teamed up after finding one another on the Pandemic Partners Bend Facebook group, working together to create the Central Oregon Emergency Mask Makers Facebook group, which included over 3,500 members by May. The group brought together people with will and skills with people who could get things done; from making masks, group members went on to make gowns, caps and even 3D printed shields, with the support of local orthodontists, including Dr. Brian Rosenzwieg and Dr. Blair Struble. After the Emergency Mask Makers group made over 31,000 masks and 831 face shields, ensuring that St. Charles Health System workers had ample back-up personal protective equipment, Wang, Gorbold and Melton declared “mission accomplished,” turning the effort over to the many local pros who are now supplying masks to anyone and everyone who wants them. ‑ Photos by Megan Baker Continued on p. 11

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Loretta Cummings and Jean Jones During WWII, Loretta Cummings was the classic “Rosie the Riveter” character, working as a ship welder. During the recent crisis, Cummings and her daughter, Jean Jones, stepped in to help, teaming up to make masks as part of the Central Oregon Emergency Mask Makers Facebook group. ‑ Photos by Caitlin Eddolls

Morgan Schmidt Founder of Pandemic Partners Bend Suffice to say that the Pandemic Partners Bend Facebook group is the place to go to get help or give it in Central Oregon. While many organizations and businesses have stepped up to offer resources during the COVID-19 shutdown, Pandemic Partners Bend, with nearly 12,000 members since it was started just two months ago, has been among the most active. Started by Morgan Schmidt, a pastor at First Presbyterian Church, people can go on the site to offer everything from people food to dog food to help training youngsters with sick family members to cook. Pictured at left are Carrie and Isaac Sidak, members of Pandemic Partners Bend who made masks to help out.‑ Photo, right, by Aaron Sadik & above, courtesy First Presbyterian Church of Bend

About the photographers Megan Baker is a regular Source contributor and commercial and portrait photographer in Bend. Find her work on Instagram at @mbphotographybend or on the web at oregonhawaiiphotographer.com

Caitlin Eddolls is a local photographer who has been working with the Source throughout the pandemic. See more of Eddolls’ work at caitlineddolls.com, or on Instagram at @caitlineddolls.

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Central Oregon’s music scene will be severely limited through August. Some local venues will stay shut; others chart a way forward By Isaac Biehl

Bend’s outdoor venue goes dark... for now While certain businesses are beginning to open up, Gov. Kate Brown has continued to ban gatherings of 25 or more people—at least until the end of September. Bend’s Les Schwab Amphitheater— the city’s largest outdoor venue—was set to have a huge summer of tunes: Brandi Carlile, Bob Dylan & Nathaniel Rateliff, Vampire Weekend, Dave Matthews Band and more. Some shows are postponed; some won’t happen at all. “All the shows that we have on the calendar we do expect to postpone, reschedule or cancel,” Marney Smith, director of Bend Concerts and the Les Schwab Amphitheater, told the Source. “It is our stance that the community

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is doing everything we can to flatten the curve and keep our community safe. Until we can get a plan in place where people can actually get to a port-a-potty and know that it is actually sanitized and safe for them to use, it doesn’t feel like a responsible decision on our part to hold any events,” Smith says. Les Schwab is making full refunds available for both cancellations and rescheduled shows. Thinking outside the theatre box At the Tower Theatre, staff has been constantly churning out new ways to look ahead. “I hope the Tower can lead with different kinds of performances,” Ray Solley, director of the Tower Theatre, told the Source. “We think if we can be creative within the restrictions, embrace the restrictions, then we will be able to slowly but surely open up and get people in to enjoy some performances.” Currently the Tower is offering its Curbside Concessions, where people can buy popcorn, soda, candy and wine as a take-home snack. Solley also said they’re considering a drive-up movie concert, ticketed streaming options for low-capacity shows and silent disco shows. “The key for us I think will be in Phase Three, which is when you get to maybe 100, well I don’t know the exact number, but let’s say 100 or more. Then we can safely put people in the theater 6 feet apart,” Solley said. Daniel Robbins

Past nights at the Volcanic Theatre Pub, before COVID-19 necessitated "last call."

What the Les Schwab Amphitheater looks like during normal summers.

A small, vibrant local venue sees a way forward Bend’s Volcanic Theatre Pub has the potential to hold smaller shows—but doing so isn’t an easy decision. “Now that businesses are allowed to open with restrictions, it’s possible that Volcanic can open with limited capacity,” said owner Derek Sitter. “We’re thinking properly distanced tables and chairs inside and outside, along with health protocols set up by state and county standards will be the most effective.” However, Sitter notes that most national tours have moved to the fall or winter, with many looking ahead to 2021—meaning there probably won’t be many events right away. “We’ve been closed since March 9. We can’t continue to keep our doors open if we’re forced to stay closed all summer. We will have to adapt.”

through generator-powered amps. “It’s been fun to watch people come out of their homes, sometimes with a beverage in hand, to enjoy these surprise concerts. One gentleman said, ‘I didn’t realize how much I missed live music until now!” said Crista Munro, director at SFF. While SFF’s summer programming has been greatly affected, it still may be able to look ahead to its big festival in September. “We are currently looking into what those modifications might look like for the Folk Festival, as well as surveying our volunteers before we make a decision,” Munro said. “The last thing we want is to either, A), plan for a modified event and then not be able to do it because cases spike and we go into another wave of closures, or B) we hold a modified live event before it is safe to do so and cause harm to our community.”

Tapping local talent Tapping local musicians will be a huge part of keeping live music alive this summer. They don’t need to travel far to play. The Sisters Folk Festival is already utilizing the local core, starting the SFF Bandwagon a few weeks ago. Artists like Pete Kartsounes, Beth Wood, Benji Nagel and more have taken part, getting set up with appropriate social distancing on a flatbed trailer, playing tunes

Flexibility is key. “The music organizations that survive this crisis will be the ones that work creatively to take the best components of their events and deliver them in a different but meaningful way,” says Munro. “Most of all, when we get through this and can once again gather to share experiences, I think you’ll see audiences who really appreciate being together and not taking that opportunity for granted.”

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sually around this time of year the Source would be putting out its Summer Music Guide, sharing the many live music events coming to Central Oregon for the season. But 2020 is different. This summer, we won’t be going to shows every weekend or setting up chairs early at Les Schwab Amphitheater, just to make sure we get that perfect spot. Nope. There won’t be many late nights at the Volcanic Theatre Pub. And I won’t be interviewing all of the excellent bands coming to town. This is the summer of (mostly) no live music, and it’s going to be weird.

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How to Waste Less Food in the Kitchen (and Eat Better, Too) Saving money by using the whole plant, from Bend’s Garden Betty By Linda Ly

butchery. It embraces the idea of using up all the edible parts of plants in your meals, including (and especially) the parts that we typically don’t think to eat. It’s about discovering a whole new range of flavors and textures from the same vegetables you’ve always brought home, and it goes beyond simply putting the scraps in vegetable stock. Here are four “new” vegetables to try in your cooking, and if you want to know what else you’ve been inadvertently discarding, my new book, “The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook,” has 80 plant-friendly recipes that help you see your produce in new and delicious ways. Will Taylor

In her new book, Bend's "Garden Betty" discusses how to use the whole vegetable plant.

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1. Leek greens. How many times have you run across a recipe calling for leeks, but instructing you to discard the dark green ends? It’s a shame how many leek tops have been thrown out because of this. The dark green parts taste exactly like the white and light green parts, and they’re actually more versatile because they hold their shape and texture well when braised or sauteed. Thinly sliced into half moons, leek greens can be used in place of regular onions or green onions in most recipes, and they have a delicate onion flavor that enhances (but doesn’t overpower) the other ingredients they’re cooked with. Onions (which belong to the same family as leeks) also have edible leaves. That means if you buy them from the farmers’ mar- The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook by Bend-based Linda Ly, ket or grow them at home, you aka Garden Betty. can use the leaves from immature onions (also called spring onions) to draw moisture from the roots even and Mexican green onions. What do they after harvest), and treat them as a taste like? You guessed it: onions! (Just leafy herb. not as assertive as the bulbs, and without What kind of leafy herb, you might the tears when you chop them up.) ask? Carrot greens are a good substitute for parsley with their earthy flavor. 2. Radish greens. Out of habit, many You can garnish soups, stews, and othof us cut the tops off radishes before er dishes with minced carrot greens, or we use them (and I get it, the leaves on use them 1:1 for parsley in homemade most conventionally grown radishes chimichurri (a tangy Argentine condifrom the supermarket are pretty ratty). ment, which you’ll find the recipe for in But radish greens are not only edible; “The No-Waste Vegetable Cookbook”). they contain a variety of phytonutrients not found in the roots (which is the case 4. Everything but the squash. This for almost every root vegetable). one’s for the gardeners, as squash is a This is because the leaves grow truly prolific plant that keeps on givabove ground, where they photosyn- ing. (Those of you who try to unload thesize and produce antioxidants (a foot-long zucchini on your neighbors form of botanical sunscreen, if you all summer know what I’m talkin’ will) to protect against the sun. So you about.) You can eat almost every part get more nutrition and more food out of the squash plant: the leaves, flowof the same bundle of radishes just by ers, fruit, and even the seeds. But my using the leaves! favorite are the tender shoots of sumSpring radish leaves have only a hint mer squash and winter squash, which of the peppery spice that salad radish- are mild and velvety. es are known for, and they’re tender Squash shoots are common in enough to eat raw in a salad. On the Southeast Asian cuisine, where they’re other hand, winter radish leaves (from harvested from opo squash and used in daikon, watermelon radishes and oth- curries, stir-fries, and soups. But as long er winter radishes) are very mild and as you pick them while they’re young make a good substitute for swiss chard. and tender, and remove all the stiff tendrils, you can eat the green shoots from 3. Carrot greens. A lot of grocery any squash variety you grow. checkout clerks ask if you want them to cut off those carrot tops when you Order “The No-Waste Vegetable buy them, but wait! That’s like throw- Cookbook” by Linda Ly from Dudley’s ing away half your money. Bring them Bookshop Cafe (signed copies available) home, cut them off yourself (to keep or from major retailers and booksellers the roots crisp; carrot greens continue nationwide.

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s of May 15, much of Oregon was officially able to begin Phase One reopening under Gov. Kate Brown’s guidelines. Over the past two months, some local restaurants shut their doors entirely, others shifted to takeout and delivery. Now, many restaurants and bars are reopened for dine-in—under strict guidelines. As we start to crawl from under our quarantine rocks and apprehensively test the waters (or cannonball in), we can expect one of two events to unfold, experts say: we either work together as a community to keep one another safe, or we fall victim to an ongoing pattern of shutting down and reopening. Christopher Nicols, director of the Center for the Humanities at Oregon State University, suggested the likelihood of history repeating itself if people throw caution to the wind. “Based on the historical precedents of the 1918-19 influenza pandemic, I would say that one of the main lessons for us in reopening today is that there will be no such thing as business as usual,” he said. “Some areas of the economy can open with optimal public distancing and health and safety measures, but many—and virtually all that require interpersonal interaction—will be dependent on how consumers feel and think about risk and illness.” Upon Friday’s reopening in the three counties of Central Oregon, many unmasked locals flocked to downtown Bend. While most local businesses are doing what they can to ensure patron safety, it became clear that in some circumstances, implementing regulations was going to be no small feat. “The amount of people downtown… it was pretty shocking,” said Dylan Malenfant, one of the many Bendites who took immediate advantage of the Phase One Pamela Morgan

Pablo, Pamela Morgan’s pup, has been practicing mask-wearing in anticipation for the McKay Cottage reopening.

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reopening. “Bend Brewing Company did a good job of following guidelines. The employees were all wearing masks. We had to call ahead to reserve a table, which were definitely all 6 feet apart." Malenfant said they walked by another downtown bar that was packed on the inside, and people were spilling out onto the outside patio, too. His group moved on. William Frankle, a bartender at Dogwood Cocktail Cabin, expressed his concerns. “I know we’ll be strictly following guidelines,” he said. Dogwood has delayed its re-opening in order to retrain all staff members. “We love tourists, we all look forward to the summer, to people coming in from out of town. Of course, with everything that’s been going on, the summer season poses a new set of concerns.” Staying on top of all regulations will be near impossible when adding alcohol to the mix, some believe. Lowered inhibition also means that deeply ingrained habits will bubble to the surface—like giving hugs and trying a friend’s cocktail. “When people are getting drunk, they’re not going to have the wherewithal to stay 6 feet apart or even wash their hands,” Malenfant added. “People have definitely missed going out, and I think a lot of people are already jumping at the opportunity.” Nicols noted that he felt a similar level of concern over re-opening weekend in Corvallis. “The weather was nice, and all of the open-air places were bustling. People weren’t practicing much of anything.” While some bars and restaurants opened immediately, others are taking additional time to make sure that both patrons and employees will be as safe as possible.

“We’re taking extra time because we want to do everything right,” said Pamela Morgan, owner of McKay Cottage. “We’re going to be training before reopening; we want to make sure that we have cleaning systems in place and sanitization processes down. Although we have a tentative date set for the end of the month, we want to make sure we’ve got a system in place before officially reopening.” While Morgan still anticipates a busy summer, Nicols suggested that those businesses opening without a stable plan of reinforcement could negatively affect businesses that are prioritizing safety. He explained that phased reopening would only be a viable long-term solution if people seriously stuck to the rules. “If we just go for it, if we start opening dive bars and the like… This is very worrisome from a historical perspective. When the war ended in 1918, people held parades, they went out to eat at restaurants and as a result, they saw a huge spike in cases,” Nicols said. “If we stop following guidelines, the results will be devastating. As much as we think we can do business as usual, history suggests this is impossible. Of course, being holed up isn’t sustainable, either. People of the past have learned to make necessary changes to their lives. What we need to collectively realize is that this certainly isn’t a binary situation—it isn’t ‘you’re open or you’re closed,’ ‘you practice health and safety or you have a vibrant economy.’ Multiple paths are the way forward.” He concluded that remaining vigilant is essential if people want to keep the economy open. “We have to seriously consider cyclically reopening and closing throughout the fall. These re-openings likely won’t last very long if we don’t follow guidelines.”

Downtown Bend restaurants and retailers are lobbying in favor of a carfree summer, hoping that proposed street closures will make social distancing guidelines easier to implement. The majority of local eateries have had to cut the number of dining room tables in half. Outdoor dining options would free up more space for patrons while helping small local businesses stay afloat. Businesses with private parking lots could utilize them as outdoor seating areas, and certain sidewalks would also be open for additional seating. Mindy Aisling, executive director of the Downtown Bend Business Association, confirmed that while a plan was in the works, the DBBA wanted to gather insight from all downtown businesses (including retailers and business offices) before forming an official stance. “We want to make sure we’re doing what’s right for the entire community,” Aisling said. If the Bend City Council approves any proposed measure, councilors will also have to consider the length of time the outdoor seating measures will be permitted. Bend’s Chief Operations Officer, Jon Skidmore, commented on Friday that if central streets are shut down, it will likely only be through summertime and for a limited amount of time each day. The Bend City Council will discuss the issue at its May 20 meeting. Cayla Clark

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“I was working on a project with my buddy Falk,” Morden explains, “who had someone quarantined with him. I packed up my camera gear, set it out for them to pick up, along with some storyboards I drew up. Then we were able to do a full shoot via video chat and I could see the back of the camera and direct the performance remotely—something we never would have done without the distancing guidelines in place, but I think it actually worked pretty well. I’m editing the short now.” Remote directing probably won’t become commonplace after the guidelines are lifted, however. “I’ve done a lot of remote shoots for documentaries before COVID, where it was cheaper to hire a local crew and direct via Skype than to fly out there with equipment,” says Morden. “But that’s a pretty unique Photo by Gary Eidsmoe

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Taylor Morden filming Kevin Smith for “The Last Blockbuster.”

thing and only really happens in the low-budget indie world. I doubt we’ll see someone directing a superhero movie via FaceTime any time soon.” With so much speculation about how COVID-19 is going to affect the film industry and movie theaters, it’s important to try and imagine how it will change the state of indie filmmaking for the foreseeable future. “We are probably in for a long road back to ‘business as usual,’” says Morden, “and I’m hopeful that means that people like me who are used to operating with very small crews and can adapt quickly will have a slight leg up on the studios that can’t figure out how to make a movie without 50 people on set. It’s hard to say what the regulations will be, but I do think that we are potentially looking at much smaller crews, maybe using green screen simply

to put two actors close to each other in a scene? It could be anything.” As devotees of the theatrical experience, it’s hard for Morden and myself not to fret about a future which eliminates the choice of moviegoing altogether, trading in shared spaces with living rooms. “I think we may see the end of first run movies, unless they’re giant Marvel movies or “Star Wars” or something. But we will always have that need for a communal experience, and maybe we will lean more towards the novelty theaters that show ’80s movies, drivein theaters, or movies being shown as a special event at a regular theater like the Tower. But it definitely sucks to think about movie theaters going away. Going to the movies is the thing I miss most about pre-quarantine times.” You and me both, Taylor.

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Finding solitude and wide-open spaces, just east of Bend

he Ochoco National Forest has a million roads with so few cars that I always give out a big HOWDY wave when they go by. It’s the perfect place for gravel cycling; a recreational paradise. Late spring through mid-summer is my favorite riding time, with loads of wildflowers. We often run into mustangs, deer and antelope as we cruise by green prairies, fast running creeks, and rocky canyons. Looking at a map, you’ll realize it’s a tall order to figure out where to start, so let me help you. Here are a few of my favorites, just an hour or two from Bend. Find all the route details including downloadable maps, photos, and route descriptions at Dirty Freehub (dirtyfreehub.com). All for free! Note that all of the routes listed below are e-bike friendly which means there are no restrictions for riding an e-bike. Bonanza is a moderate route that starts near Brothers. The route is 51 miles with 3,200 feet of gain. It has a wild, Wild West history of gold mines and an ill-fated wagon train expedition. Don’t be surprised if you end up in a cattle drive. McKay Creek Lollipop is a moderate route that starts 12 miles north of Prineville. The route is 38 miles with 3,700 feet of gain. You’ll love the big ponderosas, a beautiful creek and a ripping fast descent at the end. This is a classic Ochocos route!

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Kloochman is an advanced loop that starts in downtown Prineville at the Good Bike shop. It is 92 miles of gravel and road with 5,400 feet of gain. The route includes two of the best road cycling routes, connecting them with a great gravel section up and over the Maury Mountains. It includes the Post General Store and Prineville Reservoir. Linda English

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Meatloaf is a moderate route that starts in the town of Post. It’s 35 miles and 2,900 feet of climbing. The loop has a big continuous climb through a ponderosa forest, from valley floor to the mountain tops, with a blasting long downhill and terrific views of the Post/ Paulina valley. The backside of the loop has a beautiful section of ponderosa trees covered in bright green wolf moss. Major Enoch is a moderate+ route that starts 30 miles east of Prineville. The route is 54 miles and 5,900 feet of climbing and includes amazing geographical features like the Steens Pillar. It finishes up with a fast, paved descent. Big Summit Prairie is a moderate route that starts 15 miles east of Prineville, 48 miles and 3,800 feet of climbing. It’s a great place to spot antelope and mustangs. This route is a huge favorite in spring because of the amazing wildflowers and abundance of birds. Pink Lady is a moderate+ route that begins two hours east of Bend, near Riley—32 miles and 1,400 feet of gain. It includes wetlands and rocky canyons but is also rugged and remote. Dreamliner is a moderate route that starts outside of the town of Paulina. The route is 38 miles and 3,600 feet of gain and includes Boeing Field, Little Summit Prairie and a dreamy 8-mile paved downhill finish. -Linda English, aka Gravel Girl, is the co-founder of Dirty Free Hub, a free local resource for gravel cycling routes in Central Oregon and far beyond.

It’s a controversial—and confusing—topic: Should e-bikes be allowed on the same remote trails now populated by the people-powered varieties of bikes? And if they’re not allowed everywhere, where should e-bikes be allowed to roam? Advocates of expanding access say allowing e-bikes on public lands gets more people out on the lands and improves health and fitness. Others believe allowing motorized bikes in remote areas only sets the land up for misuse, overuse, or more wildlife habitat destruction. Plenty of opinions fall somewhere in between. Officials from the Bureau of Land Management recently opened up a comment period centered around the regulation of e-bikes on BLM lands— which, in Central and Eastern Oregon, include vast swaths of desert lands. Rules around e-bikes vary, depending on the agency managing the land. E-bikes are prohibited on national forest trails, but are allowed on national forest roads. They’re allowed on BLM lands, but officials there want to get more clarity around how and when they can be used, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt has advocated in favor of expanding access to e-bikes. Find a link to the comment portal and more information at: blm.gov/press-release/blm-seekspublic-comment-proposed-e-bike-regulations. The comment period ends June 9.

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have a friend, Lynn Tompkins, who, with her husband, Bob, operate a wildlife facility that does wildlife rehab work near Pendleton. At the moment she and her irreplaceable Volunteers (Capitalized because they are so faithful and hard-working), headed by Michele Canon, are currently handling over 30 orphaned barn owls that have come to her attention as hay-haulers removed the bales from the barns, where the birds were nesting. Canon and her team have taken over an old farm, where they feed the baby owls the hundreds of mice they consume as they grow up (and you can just imagine what that cost is). When they reach their flying age, they leave on their own (known as hacking) to take

In addition to the young and infirm, they also get eagles and hawks suffering from lead poisoning, both from ingesting it in the prey they ate, or pounded into their body by some person with a firearm that has to kill something — or has a misguided attitude about raptors and shoots every one he or she can. Yes, at one time people paid a bounty for dead eagles in Alaska. Fisherman were so upset by the number of bald eagles eating “their” salmon they thought killing the eagles would provide more salmon for them to sell. The Bald Eagle Act, enacted in 1940 and amended several times since, prohibits anyone, without a permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior, from

Every day, all day, the phone is ringing about this or that wild animal that needs help. Baby wildlife that can’t be put back with their parents in the wild end up at the Blue Mountain Wildlife facility. up residence in southeast Washington and northeast Oregon. But before they leave, the team bands every one of them with a USGS leg band. Every day, all day, the phone is ringing about this or that wild animal that needs help. Baby wildlife that can’t be put back with their parents in the wild end up at the Blue Mountain Wildlife facility. Baby owls, robins, opossum, hawks, you name it. Lynn Tompkins, with the help of another volunteer, Samantha Castoldi, and her crew, will often have several wildlife of varied species to care for.

“taking” (killing) bald or golden eagles, including having in their possession parts, nests or eggs. But unfortunately, law enforcement seemed to be looking the other way, and no one really paid much attention to the Act, here or anywhere else. When I rolled into Bend on my Harley in ’51 I went into the eagle protection business pretty quickly, because I found federal trappers poisoning eagles (along with hawks, owls, woodpeckers, skunks, badgers and everything else that ate meat) in the 1,080 Courtesy Blue Mt. Wildlife

X-ray of shot-up eagle’s wing, done by some person with a firearm who just had to shoot something.

Releasing a previously injured bird. The best feeling in the world.

poison sets supposedly placed all over Central Oregon to “control” coyotes. The Bald Eagle Protection Act meant nothing to them. I had the greatest opportunity to help stop the killing of raptors when I accidentally met and began working with State Police Wildlife Officer, Avon Mayfield, stationed in Bend. He called me one day out of the blue and asked if I would climb into an old ponderosa pine near the Fryrear landfill of today and retrieve two dead baby golden eagles someone had shot. It took Officer Mayfield almost a year to apprehend the culprits, but he got ‘em and stood right alongside them when they appeared before the county judge to be sentenced. From that day until I left Bend to go to work with OMSI as their staff naturalist, Mayfield and I put the fear of God in hawk, owl and eagle shooters. When I’d discover someone shooting raptors, I’d call Mayfield on his home phone and his answer was always the same, “Wait until I get my uniform on…” Right now, however, Blue Mountain Wildlife is plagued with a preponderance of gun-shot raptors. Most of the time the victims have to be euthanized because the injuries are so severe. When this happens in the spring that means nestlings also die.

Here’s what Lynn said about the gunshot bird X-ray to the left: “Jim, this bald eagle was euthanized on admission Jan 10, 2020. The right wrist was destroyed by a projectile. I’ve included the radiograph of the left wrist for comparison. This eagle (also) had a blood lead level of 42.7 micrograms/ deciliter. “It had lead poisoning from scavenging an animal that had been shot with lead ammunition. We test approximately 200 birds per year for lead using a LeadCare II machine. Its original purpose was to screen children in the doctor’s office for lead poisoning. It is portable, and California condor researchers use it to monitor lead levels in free flying condors. That is how I found out about it. “This is the eagle that Richie Bare, of USFWS has offered a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest of the person who shot the eagle.” What Lynn has shared with us is just the tip of the iceberg; that eagle was not only ingesting lead, but it was also shot with lead ammunition — it didn’t stand a chance. Unfortunately, 50 years of Earth Days still hasn’t sufficiently impacted the wildlife shooters. If you would like to donate to Blue Mountain to help support this work that Lynn and her Volunteers do, you can contact her at: bluemountainwildlife.org.

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My boyfriend broke up with me recently. He wants to be friends, and I don’t want to reject his friendship, but it’s really painful when we hang out. How do I deal with the attraction I still have for him and the frustration and pain that he doesn’t want more? —Brokenhearted Gay Boy It’s hard to accept that it’s over when your partner’s breakup M.O. is essentially, “All good things must come to a middle.” Unfortunately, the emotional bond you have with this guy won’t conveniently disintegrate into a Amy Alkon small pile of ash. Psychiatrist John Bowlby explains that when somebody dies (or your relationship with them does), you need to “reorganize” your “inner life accordingly” so when you require comfort, attention, or support, you no longer automatically turn toward your former partner to get it. That’s why one of the healthier models for recovering from a painful breakup comes out of Oxford. No, not their psych department -- the dictionary, under the definition for “dumping”: to “put down or abandon (something) hurriedly in order to make an escape.” In contrast, contact with one’s former partner after a breakup tends to slow a person’s emotional recovery, reactivating or amplifying the “sadness, anger, or pining that had slowly dissipated since the initial separation,” according to research by clinical psychologists David Sbarra and Robert Emery. In fact, though when we miss a person, we long to be around them, Sbarra and Emery find that seeing or even just talking with the ex you’re trying to get over is likely to lead to “significantly more love and sadness, not less.” Your ex is doing what’s good for him alone, perhaps because he’s a horrible person or perhaps because you haven’t told him how much you’re hurting or how painful it is to be around him. Tell him what you need, whether it’s no contact for a period of time (like three months or six months) or whether the no-contact period that works for you is “forever.” Don’t hold back on doing what’s best for your day-to-day healing and in the longterm. That’s your job as a person -- not hanging out at your ex’s place and letting him use you for everything but sex: “Bro, do me a favor and get on all fours, but keep your back straight so the drinks won’t spill. It’s just for a few days, until my new coffee table comes.”

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my two favorite 19th-century poets were unfamiliar with each other’s poetry. Walt Whitman was 11 years older than Emily Dickinson, but didn’t know her work. Dickinson had heard of Whitman, but didn’t read his stuff. Their styles were indeed very different: hers intimate, elliptical, psychologically acute; his expansive, gregarious, earthy. But they were alike in being the most innovative American poets of their time, and equally transgressive in their disregard for standard poetic forms. If there were such a thing as time travel, I’d send one of you Sagittarians back to set up a meeting between them. Acts of innovative blending and creative unifying will be your specialties in the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The periodic arrivals of “natural disruption” in our everyday routines has a divine purpose, writes Yoruba priest Awó Falokun Fatunmbi. It is “to shake consciousness loose from complacency and rigid thinking.” To be vital, he says, our perception of truth must be constantly evolving, and never stagnant. “Truth is a way of looking at self and World,” Fatunmbi declares. “It is a state of being rather than an act of knowing.” Many Westerners find this hard to understand because they regard truth as a “fixed set of rules or dogma,” or as a body of “objective facts.” But here’s the good news: Right now, you Cancerians are especially receptive to Fatunmbi’s alternative understanding of truth—and likely to thrive by adopting it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): According to author and teacher Marianne Williamson, “Ego says, ‘Once everything falls into place, I’ll feel peace.’ Spirit says, ‘Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place.’” I think the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to take Williamson’s advice seriously, Virgo. How? By giving control of your life to Spirit as you find your peace. In saying this, I’m not implying that Ego is bad or wrong. In fact, I think Ego is a crucial asset for you, and I’m hoping that in recent months you have been lifting your Ego to a higher, finer state of confidence and competence than ever before. But right now I think you should authorize Spirit to run the show for a while. If you do, it will bless you with good surprises.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “Snatching the eternal out of the desperately fleeting is the great magic trick of human existence.” Playwright Tennessee Williams said that, and now I’m conveying his insight to you—just in time for you to dramatically embody it. According to my astrological analysis, you now have more power than usual to accomplish this magic trick: to create something permanent in the midst of the transitory; to make an indelible mark on a process that has previously been characterized by restless permutations; to initiate a bold move that you will forever remember and be remembered for. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In the course of his 73 years on the planet, Scorpio author Paul Valéry (1871–1945) wrote more than 20 books. But between the ages of 25 and 45, he passed through a phase he called the “great silence.” During that time, he quit writing and published nothing. Afterwards, he returned to his life’s work and was nominated 12 times for a Nobel Prize. Although your own version of a great silence is less extreme than his, I’m happy to announce that you will emerge from it sooner than you imagine.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “People become like what they love,” observed theologian St. Catherine of Siena. That’ll be an interesting truth for you to meditate on in the coming weeks. I suspect you will attract experiences that are clear reflections of the kind of love you have cultivated and expressed for quite some time. You’ll be blessed in ways similar to the ways you have blessed. You’ll be challenged to face questions about love that you have not been dealing with. And here’s a promise for the future: You’ll have the opportunity to refine and deepen your approach to love so as to transform yourself into more of the person you’d like to become.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): “Humanity is a mystery,” wrote author Fyodor Dostoevsky. “The mystery needs to be unraveled, and if you spend your whole life unraveling it, you haven’t wasted your time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a complete human being.” I love this tender perspective on the preciousness of the Great Riddle we’re all immersed in. It’s especially useful and apropos for you to adopt right now, Pisces, because you are undergoing an unusually deep and intense communion with the mystery. As you marinate, you shouldn’t measure your success and good fortune by how much new understanding you have attained, but rather by how much reverence and gratitude you feel and how stirring your questions are.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Excellence does not require perfection,” wrote Aries author Henry James. Now I’m conveying this brilliant counsel to you—just in time for the season when it will make good sense to strive for shining excellence without getting bogged down in a debilitating quest for perfection. Have fun re-committing yourself to doing the best you can, Aries, even as you refuse to be tempted by the unprofitable lure of absolute purity and juvenile forms of idealism.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): To generate an ounce of pure cocaine, you must collect 52 pounds of raw coca leaf and work hard to transform it. But please don’t do that. Fate won’t be on your side if you do. However, I will suggest that you consider undertaking a metaphorically comparable process—by gathering a sizable amount of raw material or basic stuff that will be necessary to produce the small treasure or precious resource that you require.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Novelist and war correspondent Martha Gellhorn departed this life in 1998, but she articulated a message that’s important for you to hear right now. She wrote, “People often say, with pride, ‘I’m not interested in politics.’ They might as well say, ‘I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future or any future.’” Gelhorn added, “If we mean to keep control over our world and lives, we must be interested in politics.” In my opinion, her advice is always applicable to all of us, but it’s especially crucial for you to meditate on right now. You’ll be wise to upgrade your interest and involvement in the big cultural and political developments that are impacting your personal destiny.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The fictional character Sherlock Holmes (born January 6, and thus a Capricorn) is a brilliant logician and acute observer who has astonishing crime-solving skills. On the other hand, according to his friend Dr. Watson, he “knows next to nothing” about “contemporary literature, philosophy, and politics.” So he’s not a well-rounded person. He’s smart in some ways, dumb in others. Most of us fit that description. We are both brilliant and ignorant; talented and inept; interesting and boring. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to hone and cultivate the less mature aspects of your own nature. I bet you’ll reap rich rewards by doing so.

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s the virtual beer festival a way of the future, or a way of right now? Who knows, but the Portland Beer Fest Virtual Edition was way more fun than I was expecting. For $30, they ship 10 beers to your house. I really wasn’t expecting much— maybe some type of virtual meeting with other festival goers, hardly able to hear what anyone is saying, people watching each other drink their beer. That’s not what actually happened. The festival was on Saturday. I received my beer shipment the Tuesday prior. I had to be home to watch the delivery driver sign for the delivery on my behalf, since you have to be 21 to receive the beer. Normally I would have signed for it, but to keep a safe social distance, he signed and then left the beer on my stoop. Inside were 10 standard-sized cans, including: Split Shot by Elysian; Passing Haze by Ballast Point; Clementine and Grapefruit Seltzer by Seek Out; Batsquatch by Rogue ; Wowza by Deschutes; Peach Maiden the Shade by Ninkasi; Abnormalweiss by Abnormal; Sour K by 4 Sons; Made Marion by 2 Towns and The Pupil by Societe. Some of these beers were new to me, and that was exciting. The beers were good, but many of them are pretty easily acquired, so that was a bit disappointing. My expectations were still pretty low. On Friday morning, I received an email from Rock Star Beer Festivals with a link to YouTube. My expectations dropped even lower. So we are just going to watch a video… OK…. Festival day arrived. I got out tasting glasses (my husband was sharing my beer loot during the festival), a “dump” bucket and a pitcher of water for cleaning said tasting glasses. Just before the festival was scheduled to begin, I opened up my laptop and clicked the YouTube link that

included a live chat of folks talking about the beers and generally visiting. I was intrigued. We were having a great time, and then a 2-minute countdown began. I casted to my smart TV and got ready. The festival began with a music video—a remake of a popular song from the ‘90s. It was cool. I felt myself getting a bit excited. Next, Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray welcomed us to the festival. That was fun. Next up was a hilarious interview with a brewer from Abnormal brewing as he talked about his beer, and what you should be able to taste and smell. There was banter and trivia. Quite enjoyable. This continued on through a couple of more breweries, and then we had another music entertainer and a breather from smashing back those brews (thank goodness). Along the way, other stars made appearances, including people from “Tiger King” and actor Gilbert Godfrey. This went on with five of the breweries before intermission. At this point, I was very much regretting my “pregame.” I was in my living room dancing to the intermission music, yelling “CHEERS” at my husband, who laughed at me. It really was like a beer fest in my house! I would periodically check in on the chatting going on with the other attendees. It seemed we were all having fun… and also on our way to a hangover the next day. The second half of the festival is a bit of a blur, but I think it was a great time! Somehow, I managed to finish my homemade sourdough bread that the quarantine Facebook posts encouraged me to make before hitting the sack. The next day, my hangover was palpable. Ten beers shared with my husband in about a two-hour time frame may have been a bad idea, but it was still worth it, and a breakfast burrito from Don Gabino’s was the perfect medicine.

THE REC ROOM

Crossword

“NAME-CALLIN”

By Brendan Emmett Quigley

Pearl’s Puzzle

Difficulty Level

★★

We’re Local!

Fill in every row, column, and 3x3 box with each of the letters exactly once.

T I N Y

G O U R D

The highlighted letters read left to right and top to bottom will complete the quote:

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, __________. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” — J. R. R. Tolkien

ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES

ACROSS 1. Dummkopf 5. Prince under a spell, maybe 9. Driveway material 14. Fencing necessity 15. Ride provider for the smartphoneless set 16. Had a technicolor yawn 17. Like Trump’s youngest son’s trust fund? 20. Sign up 21. Bar on a tire 22. Pop-pop’s wife 23. “Don’t just stand there!” 25. Baker’s meas. 27. Quarterback Rodgers doing a movie cameo? 35. WYSIWYG 36. Film nobody sees 37. “Hot” beverage 39. Talk, and talk, talk 40. Shaking instruments 42. Cousin of biz 43. Political cheap shot 45. ___’ acte 46. Month when “Ulysses” takes place 47. Very thorough woman who would like to speak to the manager? 50. Activity, in some Shakespeare classes 51. Underhanded 52. Was completely convinced 55. Only state that Pete Buttigieg won 59. “Star Trek” character 63. What “The Middle” singer Morris’s nickname will be when she’s nearing retirement? 66. Edwards, e.g.: Abbr. 67. Hard to find 68. “Gimme! Gimme!” 69. Takes (off) 70. Mike who was Black Doug in “The Hangover” 71. “Laughing Gothic” artist Paul

DOWN 1. Famous bicycle kicker 2. At the top of 3. Common sports injury 4. Hybrid quadrupeds with stripy legs 5. Big bouquet seller 6. “The King of Clay” 7. Mash note sign off 8. Mash note recipient 9. Room off a wellness center 10. Make the jump to the big leagues 11. Pod used in gumbo 12. Brightly colored 13. Bart’s teacher 18. Morlocks eat them in “The Time Machine” 19. Still in testing, as code 24. Dream league 26. Pollen pouches 27. Means’ mates 28. “Me too” 29. Equate 30. Second family under the Clintons 31. Middle Easterner 32. “The Blacklist” channel 33. Happen 34. Number of spectactors in the stands at the recently-relaunched Bundesliga matches 38. “You got that right, pal” 40. Neigh-sayer of early TV 41. God of war 44. Slightly amiss 46. University of Kansas athlete 48. Reason for being bounced 49. Heidi in fashion spreads 52. Slab of beefcake 53. Very very 54. Page from someone’s book 56. Dumb brute 57. Sandwich style 58. Elderly-empowering org. 60. Asian territory in Risk 61. Man’s name that sounds like a woman’s 62. Chip in for a hand 64. Dumbbells abbr. 65. Hoped-for answer to “did you enjoy that puzzle?”

“Obviously, as an adult I realize this girl-on-girl sabotage is the third worst kind of female behavior, right behind saying “like” all the time and leaving your baby in a dumpster.” — Tina Fey

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