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The 2nd Annual Kendall Soap Box Derby is Back!
Looking for some good clean fun this weekend? The 2nd Annual Kendall Auto Soapbox Derby is back! This year it will be held at River’s Edge Golf Course, this Saturday, from 2-6:30PM. The event features traditional Soapbox Derby racing with the added competitive criteria of “crowd judging” in combination with time trials. There will be a Soapbox Car Show, Food Vendors, Beer, and even a long put competition! The 2nd Annual Kendall Auto Soapbox Derby is designed to raise money for many of Central Oregons most valuable non-profits. Kendall Auto has invited local businesses & nonprofit organizations, high school teams, and beyond to participate in this fun event benefiting our local charities.Kendall Cares will be donating up to $10,000 between the top 3 teams (Up to $5000 for 1st, up to $3000 for 2nd, and up to $2000 for 3rd)*. Teams are required to choose a beneficiary that they will donate 50% of their winnings to, and can choose to keep or donate the other 50%. -
Join the Oregon Get There Challenge
The Oregon Get There Challenge is an annual 15-day statewide challenge to encourage people who live or work in Oregon to drive alone less and use transportation options more. Transportation options include biking, walking, transit, carpooling, vanpooling, or working remotely.
New this year, the Get There Challenge is encouraging some friendly competition by making it team-based. Mark your calendar for October 1-15, 2023 and gather up your best Commute Options mates to win big together. You can join a community, worksite team, OR you can create your own team of up to 10 friends, neighbors, and/or co-workers. Teams will compete for prizes by logging trips taken by bike, walk, carpool, vanpool, bus, and remote work. You can also win bonus prizes by unlocking early bird achievements.
Find out more information or sign up at https://getthereoregon.org/challenge/
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The West is Burning Documentary Screening
See the screening for a new documentary, The West is Burning. Learn more here.
Article and photograph by Cascade Business News
The West is Burning examines the history of forest management and social conflict that has contributed to current forest conditions, causing longer fire seasons and unprecedented destruction. The film emphasizes the need to act now to generate positive change in our forests, watersheds, and communities. Click here to watch a trailer of the film.
SEE THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL CBN ARTICLE HERE
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Central Oregon Maker Faire - Perhaps the Greatest Make, Show & Tell Show on Earth!
Wanna do something completely different this weekend? The Central Oregon Maker Faire, is happening this Saturday and Sunday at Deschutes Brewery near the Old Mill. Explore robotics, metalworking, sustainability, fermentation, woodworking, the arts and more. The Maker Faire is for everyone! A family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker Movement. A place for people to show what they’ve made and learned.
The aim of Maker Faire is to entertain, inform, connect, and grow our community. Featured this year are a 5,000 watt tesla coil, and the 16 ft robotic flower sculpture with 3500 LED’s that lit up Burning Man. Tickets are $2.50 for children and $5 for adults. For more information or to purchase tickets go to centraloregon.makerfaire.comHigh Desert Makers is a local non-profit organization. Their mission is to bring together artists, tinkerers, scientists, experimenters, crafters, designers, engineers, foodies, musicians, and builders of all ages who want to share their passion and ideas with others. High Desert Makers are committed to the goal of supporting and building the maker movement in Central Oregon. -
Things Got Heated at Burning Man
Since 1986, roughly 80,000 people each year build the counter cultural Black Rock City, transforming 4,000 acres of Nevada desert into Burning Man.
Recently, Climate Crisis protesters blocked the road into the festival, causing tempers to flare. Read the full article here in The Guardian as shared from Apple News.
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Don’t Miss Country Star CHRIS JANSON LIVE on your Labor Day Weekend!
Today’s Country KSJJ 102/9 welcomes Country Recording Star Chris Janson with Triston Marez to Century Center on Bend’s Westside. Outdoors. This Sunday, September 3rd.
Chris Janson has already scored four #1 hits. He’s created all-star collaborations with Travis Tritt and Eric Church, and lent his pen to the likes of Tim McGraw and Hank Williams Jr. Chris’ new album, The Outlaw Side of Me, is climbing the charts with “21 Forever” featuring Dolly Parton and Slash.
When will a Country legacy in the making like Chris Janson perform in your backyard, on Labor Day Weekend, at an intimate outdoor setting like Century Center? Likely never again!
Get up close and personal with Chris JansonLive, Sunday September 3rd at Century Center. Tickets are locally priced at just $55 each. Beers and cocktails will be affordably priced as well.
Chris Janson Live. A part of the Kendall Toyota of Bend Concert Series supporting locally produced and affordable live music for Central Oregon.
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Oregon facing threats from invasive vine mealybugs
Invasive vine mealybugs have been found in Southern Oregon. Find out more here.
By Rolando Hernandez (OPB)
An invasive vine mealybug was found in Southern Oregon in 2021 and since then, vineyards have been fighting to eradicate the insect. The pest can cause significant damage to Oregon’s grape vines, affecting fruit quality and mold growth. State funding from SB 5506 will invest more than $400,000 to monitor, research and suppress the insect before it becomes widespread in the state.
Brian Gruber is the president of the Oregon Winegrowers Association. Greg Jones is the vice chair on the Oregon Wine Board’s board of directors. And Vaughn Walton is a professor at Oregon State University’s horticulture department . They join us now to share how this bug can potentially affect Oregon’s vineyards and the potential impact of the funding to address the threat it poses.
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