Maybe this has happened to you. Out of the corner of your eye, you spot what you think might be, could be - even though you know it really can't be - the Unabomber. At a grocery store. Or a mall. As it turns out, nope, it's just some kid in a dingy sweat shirt, with the hood up. But who can tell? It's crazy out there with hoodies. Just who isn't wearing one these ... [full story]

The Cascade Culinary Institute at Central Oregon Community College (COCC) is presenting a culinary open house from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, in Grandview Student Center. The event will feature hands-on demonstrations as the culinary students showcase their skills. Samples from the Café Del Sol menu, a sushi bar and a raffle drawing will be included with the $10 admission.  During spring term, the CCI will offer eight multi-course luncheons at noon ... [full story]

Before you start fretting about a new swimsuit, before you start worrying about tan lines and before you get all worked up into a sweat about frizzy hair days, lighten up. Spring has officially begun and we're all in the mood to add something cool to last year's warm-weather wardrobes. So before you get all hot and bothered, take a chill pill and consider a few of these fashion trends to update your closet: The ... [full story]

La Pine, Oregon — Prineville District Bureau of Land Management (BLM) fire specialists are planning to burn piles of woody debris in La Pine State Park this Saturday, March 31, 2007.  The piles are located on the north end of La Pine State Park near Forest Lane and west of the Deschutes River. This project is a collaboration of efforts between the BLM, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Volunteers ... [full story]

Posted Jan. 11 on a People magazine Web site was the headline: "Were You a Real-Life Ugly Betty?" The "were" of the headline implies the magazine is looking for past "Ugly Bettys," but the few short paragraphs afterward leave a different impression. "Do you know what it feels like to be smart, hardworking, and completely underrated because of the way you look? ... "People is looking for real-life 'Ugly Bettys,' who, like the character America ... [full story]

ODOT is not extending the studded tire season this year—the deadline remains April 1 A sure sign of springtime is the approach of Oregon’s deadline to remove studded tires from motor vehicles by Sunday, April 1. Weather forecasts from the National Weather Service predict that daytime temperatures will be in the low to mid 50's next week with only a chance of rain showers even in Central Oregon. Based on this information, Oregon Department of Transportation ... [full story]

The proper hamstring stretch means finding some rope and hitting the floor. THE MOVES: A two-position hamstring stretch using a rope or similar tool. WORKS ON: Stretching the hamstring muscle and hamstring tendons. SETUP: Get a piece of rope or strap about 5 to 6 feet long. Lie down on your back with knees bent, head on the floor. Bring one knee to the chest, loop the rope around the foot and hold a tail ... [full story]

Bend, Oregon – The Deschutes Basin Land Trust announced this week that Cascade Timberlands, the owner of Skyline Forest, has committed to work with the Land Trust and the community to explore conservation opportunities for Skyline Forest. The Land Trust has sought to acquire and conserve Skyline Forest, the 33,000-acre tree farm that stretches from Bend to Sisters.  The property has historically been known as the Bull Springs Tree Farm, operating as such for roughly ... [full story]

In the early 1960s, as protests rocked college campuses around the world, a Japanese newspaper printed an angry letter from a Tokyo university student. The source of the writer's fury? The media's insistence that fashion design was silly, frivolous, unworthy of serious coverage. "He was interested in being a designer, the letter said, and he didn't intend to feel second-class about it, either," Time's critic Jay Cocks reported years later. Now 68, clothes designer Issey ... [full story]

The Expedition 14 crew of the International Space Station continued preparations for the April arrival of a new station crew by boarding their Soyuz TMA-9 craft and taking a 24-minute flight from one station docking port to another.Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin guided the Soyuz away from the Earth-facing port of the station's Zarya module and docked it to the aft port of the Zvezda module. The move frees the Zarya port for the arrival of ... [full story]