I first spotted the news a few days ago on Metroblogging Portland: Google in The Dalles. Then my wife read about it online this morning, and now it’s on Slashdot. Sounds interesting, but it seems like kind of a random place to plunk down a data center (if that’s what they intend to build). Well,… Continue reading Google in The Dalles
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Central Oregon’s biggest baby?
According to this article in the Bulletin, a woman in Prineville gave birth to a 14 pound, 1 ounce baby. Holy c-section, Batman! Still, as big as that is, it doesn’t quite beat the 16.7 pound baby born last month. And then for some bogglers check out these Guinness World Record entries for heaviest births.
Super Wal-Mart
So there’s supposed to be a new Wal-Mart Supercenter coming to Bend. The Bend.com story is here. It’ll be located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Highway 97 and Cooley Road, and is supposed to be a gargantuan 200,000 square feet in size. I can’t say I’m thrilled. Why? Bend and Central Oregon… Continue reading Super Wal-Mart
Jumping from a taxi?
Speaking of the ice storm, what’s up with this story out of Portland? Woman dies after jumping out of taxi: And a taxi passenger died Saturday after she jumped from the vehicle as it approached her home on Mount Scott. The victim, Nancy Johnson, 61, was returning to her home on Southeast Johns Court… Continue reading Jumping from a taxi?
Bend Centennial
Happy birthday to Bend! Today is the 100th anniversary of Bend, Oregon, marking the beginning of the year-long Bend Centennial celebration. Just a quick post while I’m thinking about it; I might have more to say later. Also, check out Bend.com’s article from November.
Barney on TV
Last night on News Channel 21‘s (gack, Z21 to us locals) “Hometown Forum” program, I was surprised to see none other than Bend.com‘s own Barney Lerten as the guest! Did anyone else catch it? It was about the year in news, I think, but I was also finishing up dishes and enthralled in an exciting… Continue reading Barney on TV
Some local post-election thoughts
I was disappointed to see both the Bend measures (establish a mass transportation district, more money for schools) fail, though not particulary surprised: you can pretty much guarantee that when a measure appears in Central Oregon that requires raising taxes, it will get shot down. But hell, do kids have to be cannibalizing themselves in… Continue reading Some local post-election thoughts
Election Day
Did you vote yet? You can bet I did, mailed it in last week. (You gotta like the Oregon vote-by-mail system.) I’ve been spending the last hour and a half or so sitting here compulsively hitting refresh on the CNN and MSNBC sites to review the latest numbers, while catching up on Bloglines. It’s close… Continue reading Election Day
When Bush was in Medford…
I’m very, very surprised this story isn’t being picked up nationally (or if it has, I haven’t seen it anywhere yet except locally): during Bush’s visit to Medford, three schoolteachers were removed from the rally for wearing offensive T-shirts. How offensive? They read, “Protect Our Civil Liberties.” Via Jack Bog’s Blog, this post points to… Continue reading When Bush was in Medford…
Mt. St. Helens
Of course, the notable news around here while we were away is that Mt. St. Helens started getting active again. Neat. What’s more interesting to me, though, is that at the same time, while we were in California, there were a series of earthquakes near Parkfield, one of which hit 6.0 on the Richter scale.… Continue reading Mt. St. Helens