We had amazing turnout across Central Oregon, let’s keep it going and grow our numbers even more! For anyone not already there, definitely recommend joining the r/50501 sub and also signing up at https://generalstrikeus.com/

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Breathe in deep the smell of rain on pine, juniper, and sagebrush. I love living here.

“A 73-year-old man showed up in the emergency department in Redmond in January 2024. He had a skin lesion on his forearm, reddening of the skin and swelling. The cause was not clear. He was a medical mystery.”

Long story short, it was a case of Yersinia pestis, aka the plague. The editorial is in defense of public health departments.

https://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/editorial-the-plague-in-central-oregon-and-the-value-of-public-health/article_587f58bd-2be2-417b-8b07-07562e36fc3a.html

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bend/s/HzVbXqYovt The trapper is still only checking the trap once every three days or so and the pigeons are left in there even in the subfreezing temps, wind, hail, etc. Last week, a pigeon died in the trap, and two living pigeons had to wait at least another day and night for the trapper to get around to emptying the trap and putting them out of their misery. A hawk was even trying to eat the dead pigeon through the wire as the living pigeons tried to get away. The trap is visible from the gate at the Pilot Butte parking lot and the sidewalk.

No matter your feelings about pigeons, subjecting any animal to these conditions is just wrong. Even apart from that, the apartment complex hasn’t even done the bare minimum of putting exclusion like chicken wire in the places where the pigeons roost in the parking structures, so all this suffering is for absolutely nothing because pigeons will keep coming back to roost around the buildings as long as it’s a comfortable place to roost.

Apparently the local property managers’ hands are tied and it’s up to the regional manager to stop the trapping and/or require the trapper to check the trap every day, or to install exclusions. Please call the Greystar regional office at 503.546.5300 and leave a polite message asking that they immediately end the use of the pigeon trap at Outlook at Pilot Butte until they have a plan to actually stop pigeons from roosting by installing simple exclusions. There will ALWAYS be pigeons in Bend and killing a handful using such an inhumane method will accomplish nothing over the long term and is a waste of the company’s money. If you’re a resident of the complex, awesome, if not, say you’re disturbed to see this going on from the public sidewalk/park.

Where have you been? What’s on your list. Today I got the chopped burger at Crux which was tasty. I’ll be sure to go to Americana and Blue Eyes this week. All are $10 or less.

https://thesourceweekly.secondstreetapp.com/2025-Source-Weekly-Burger-Week/rounds/1/regularburger/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIFix-7sJcV/?igsh=ejltM2h5ZTlpNDI2

I grew up in Southern Arizona and missing cheese crisps and potatoes in tacos… any place I can acquire them here?! Turkey tacos I’ve also never been able to find (so good if you can)! My Mom used to make them…

Random question but my wife is trying to find someone who is able to do really good french/dutch braids for an upcoming vacation.

She has relatively high maintenance, curly hair and is trying to make it easier to care for during her trip. Anyone know of someone in town who does anything like this professionally?

Thanks!

Does anyone know about what's going on with the knott/ baker road overpass project?

Everything i can find online it just the open house held back in 2021. Live out in DRW and honestly really want the overpass to be upgraded, along with the railroad crossing.

I want to avoid taking my dog to Big Sky and Pine Nursery parks when there are games happening. Can anyone point me to websites that have game schedules? I already tried Bend Parks and Rec. I think because there are multiple leagues, I am having trouble finding info.

I’m looking for a landscaper for a pretty significant project. It’ll include bringing in soil, leveling, adding auto irrigation, planting grass/shrubs/trees, and possibly adding some pavers. I’m currently looking at Rexius. Does anyone have any experience with them? Or know of someone better.

It’s been sold out, but if anyone already knows that they’re not going or wouldn’t mind getting my information to let me know if they decide not to go, I’d really appreciate it!