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Marijuana
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Redmond city staff drafted a se-
ries of dispensary regulations ahead
of the meeting. These proposed reg-
ulations — which can be found at
the Redmond City Council website
— include not allowing marijuana
businesses in residential zones.
These businesses must be farther
than 250 feet away from any pub-
licly owned facility like a park, tran-
sit center or day care facility, and
more than 1,000 feet of a school or
another marijuana business, the
proposed regulations state.
The proposed regulations would
also require marijuana businesses
to use an air filtration and ventila-
“If the feds legalize marijuana, then guess what? We
no longer have a prohibition against giving them
a business license. Then it’s, where do you put a
marijuana business?”
— Redmond Mayor George Endicott
tion system to confine the plant’s
odor to within the store as much as
possible.
In the recent past, Endicott has
said that he’s in favor of allowing
dispensaries in Redmond, but only
after the federal government legal-
izes it nationwide.
Lindsey Pate, CEO of craft
cannabis company Glass House
Grown and president of the Cas-
cade Cannabis Association advo-
cacy group, said she finds the City
Council’s further discussion on
marijuana encouraging.
“I don’t know if we’re in the right
position to do a retail store in Red-
mond, but if I had the money, I
would 100% jump on that,” said
Pate, who lives outside Redmond.
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Gun storage requirement
up for debate in Legislature
BY PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
Another gun regulation bill is
headed for a legislative debate and
vote, this time in the Oregon House.
House Bill 2510, approved March
30 by the House Health Care Com-
mittee, would require the storage of
firearms with trigger or cable locks,
in a locked container or in a gun
room. An offense is a Class C viola-
tion, which carries a maximum fine
of $500, unless someone under age
18 obtains access, in which case it is
a Class A violation with a maximum
fine of $2,000. No jail time is im-
posed for violations.
The committee vote was 6-4. All
Democrats voted for it, and all Re-
publicans against it.
On March 25, the Oregon Senate
voted 16-7 to approve a bill mak-
ing state buildings — including the
Capitol — off-limits to firearms
carried by concealed-handgun
licensees. Senate Bill 554, which
went to the House, leaves it up to
local governments to decide that
question for their own buildings.
Oregon is among the states with
no laws regulating gun storage, ac-
cording to the pro-regulation Gif-
fords Law Center. Laws in Califor-
nia and Washington apply to some
aspects of storage.
When the House Health Care
Committee heard the gun storage
bill March 11, almost 400 pieces
of testimony were submitted for
and against House Bill 2510. Some
people submitted more than one.
“We cannot gun-proof children,”
Dr. Benjamin Hoffman, pediatri-
cian at Doernbecher Children’s
“We cannot gun-proof children.
We must child-proof guns.”
— Dr. Benjamin Hoffman,
pediatrician at Oregon Health &
Science University
“This bill will subject hundreds
of thousands of law-abiding
citizens with potential criminal
and civil liability overnight
for actions that are perfectly
legal today.”
— Paul Donheffner, with the
Oregon Hunters Association
Hospital at Oregon Health & Sci-
ence University, testified. “We must
child-proof guns.”
Between 1999 and 2019, he said,
Oregon averaged 3.5 deaths by fire-
arms per 100,000 people, compared
with the national average of 2.3
per 100,000. For youths under 19
during the period, he said Oregon
averaged 6.3 deaths per 100,000,
compared with the national aver-
age of 5 per 100,000.
“Gun violence is one of the
leading causes of death for peo-
ple my age,” Hope Williams, a
volunteer with Students Demand
Action in Oregon, said in a state-
ment after the vote. “We want to
feel safe at home and in our com-
munities and that starts with se-
curely storing firearms to prevent
gun violence.”
Students Demand Action, to-
gether with Moms Demand Ac-
tion, constitute Everytown for Gun
Safety.
“Even in a pandemic, our com-
munities are continuing to endure
gun violence everyday,” Elizabeth
Klein, a gun violence survivor and
volunteer for the Oregon chapter of
Moms Demand Action, said. “And,
unintentional shootings and gun
suicides have continued to rise over
the past year. Secure storage is an
effective and easy way to help pre-
vent these tragedies.
But Oregon’s gun-rights advo-
cates staunchly opposed the bill.
“This bill will subject hundreds
of thousands of law-abiding citi-
zens with potential criminal and
civil liability overnight for actions
that are perfectly legal today,” Paul
Donheffner, legislative committee
chairman for the Oregon Hunters
Association, said in testimony to
the committee.
Kevin Starrett is director of
the Oregon Firearms Federation,
which bills itself as a no-compro-
mise group on gun rights. It even
disparaged Republican lawmakers
working on regulation of firearms
sales at gun shows in 1999, a year
after the group’s founding. The bill
did not pass, but voters approved a
related initiative measure in 2000
by a 62% majority.
Starrett had harsher words for
lawmakers during his committee
testimony. “Gun owners in Ore-
gon have been remarkably well-be-
haved,” he said. “But if you keep
rewarding criminals and punishing
the law-abiding, don’t expect them
to stay that way.”
Habitat for Humanity to accept more applications
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Accepting veteran applications
Honor Flight of Central Oregon is accepting applications for the next flight to Washington,
D.C., for Korean War and Vietnam War veterans.
A veteran must have served anywhere in the Armed Forces between Nov. 1, 1955, to April 30,
1975, and live within Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties, not have visited the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial wall in the past, and be physically able to travel and have a guardian.
Applications for veterans, guardians and volunteers are available online at:
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Flights
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Trips are free to the vets, but guard-
ians who help them along the way pay
$1,200. Overall, cost to Central Oregon
Honor Flight is about $70,000 for the
airline tickets, wheelchair rentals, bus
transportation, meals and hotel rooms.
A medical doctor and a nurse will travel
with the group.
The organizers continue to fundraise
and seek donors, but now that a new
date is set, there will be more fundrais-
ing activity.
Vietnam veterans will be allowed
along on this trip for the first time, too.
Prevatt, who works for Dutch Bros
Ways you
can support
Thelma’s Place:
NEWS BRIEFING
Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity is accepting applications
for the Quince Townhomes in Redmond through April 30.
This contemporary style townhome community includes 10
units in a land-lease development located near the Redmond
commercial district at the north end of town. The three-bedroom
two-bath homes include a garage.
Applicants must meet min/max income guidelines for home
loan approval and have a 620 minimum credit score. Applications
are available during open hours at the Bend ReStore, Mon-Sat
1-6 p.m. or online at bendredmondhabitat.org/habitat-homeown-
ership.
An application form in Spanish is available on the Latino Com-
munity Association, latinocommunityassociation.org. For more
information, email homeownership@brhabitat.org or call 541-
385-5387, ext. 102.
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A Central Oregon vet looks over the Korean War Memorial during one of the recent Honor
Flight trips to Washington, D.C.
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Day Respite and Support Groups
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coffee, says the company has contrib-
uted about $50,000 over several years of
the flights, which have usually left from
Portland.
“We want to leave from Redmond so
the local contributors can see our vet-
erans off from our airport, and be here
when they return. It will help with our
fundraising efforts,” Prevatt said.
Prevatt, 48, was a Marine corporal, 1st
Battalion, moving to Bend in 2008.
“I met Dick Tobiason in 2015 and
went on an honor flight as a team leader
and was hooked ever since.” In 2017 he
joined the board and became the group’s
local president.
For more details, go to www.honor-
flightofcentraloregon.org
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