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Zone change for 4-story
mixed-use building OK’d
Planned development near
Ridgeview High includes
retail space, offices, condos
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
The rapidly developing southwest
corner of Redmond should become
denser soon, now that the city will
allow a four-story mixed-use build-
ing to be built in the neighborhood.
The Redmond City Council unan-
Submitted photo
An artist’s conceptual drawing of the proposed mixed-story development that would be
built on a 1.23 acre parcel on the corner of SW Canal Boulevard and SW Badger Avenue in
Redmond.
imously approved a zoning change at
a meeting last week — from general
residential to mixed-use neighbor-
hood — for a 1.23-acre parcel on the
corner of SW Canal Boulevard and
SW Badger Avenue.
The council also approved an ex-
ception to the height limitation for
that zoning, allowing the proposed
four-story building to be 47 feet,
which is two feet higher than the
limit.
The first floor of the proposed,
6,200-square-foot building will
Rogerson,
Hemminger
look forward
to fresh starts
AGRICULTURE
IS HER PASSION
BY SHEILA MILLER
Redmond School District
Redmond senior is also an elected FFA officer
ylie Baldwin’s love of
agriculture comes nat-
urally.
The Redmond High
School senior has lived on a farm
her whole life. Baldwin’s a bee-
keeper and also helps her family
raise goats. She’s been involved in
either 4-H or Future Farmers of
America since she was 5. Bald-
win hopes to become an agricul-
ture teacher and educate future
generations about the importance
of farms.
“I think it’s so important for
students to not have unanswered
questions about what’s put on
their plate,” said Baldwin, 17. “Ag-
riculture feeds us three meals a
day, and puts fuel in our vehicles.”
In March, the 12,000 student
members of Oregon FFA elected
Baldwin to the position of state re-
porter. She’ll postpone college for
a year while she travels around the
state to visit all 112 FFA chapters
along with the five other elected
state officers, she said. In October,
she’ll attend the National Future
K
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SENIOR PROFILES
Graduation stories
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
house small retail spaces. The sec-
ond floor will be office space, and
the third and fourth floor will hold a
combined eight condominium units.
Redmond senior planner Kyle
Roberts argued this building was
needed to meet the city’s housing
and density goals. In a 2019 housing
needs analysis, the city determined
that 1,741 new multi-family housing
units and 341 new mixed-use units
had to be built in Redmond by 2039
to accommodate growth, he said.
Farmers of America Convention
in Indianapolis.
Baldwin was introduced to
FFA in ninth grade during an ag-
riculture class in Nampa, Idaho,
where she lived at the time. She
quickly fell in love with the pro-
gram’s unique, hands-on activ-
ities and ability to connect with
local farmers and ranchers, she
said.
“When I first joined my very
first ag class, I found my place,”
Baldwin said. “It exposes students
to things they wouldn’t get in a
traditional classroom.”
After her year-long term with
FFA ends, Baldwin plans to at-
tend the University of Idaho in
the fall of 2022 to study agricul-
tural science, communication
and leadership.
Then, Baldwin wants to be-
come an agriculture teacher and
foster the same passion she has
for farming in the next genera-
tion. In particular, she hopes to
clear up misconceptions people
have about agriculture’s impact
on the environment, she said.
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“I think it’s so important for students to not have unanswered questions
about what’s put on their plate. Agriculture feeds us three meals a day,
and puts fuel in our vehicles.”
— Kylie Baldwin, Redmond High senior
Editor’s note: The Redmond
School District will profile some
of its exceptional seniors from
Redmond and Ridgeview high
schools over the next few weeks.
Submitted photo
Submitted photo
Redmond High School
senior Kylie Baldwin.
Meet the graduate
Name: Kylie Baldwin
Age: 17
School: Redmond High
School
Hometown: Redmond
Post-high school plans:
Serve as state recorder for
Oregon FFA, then attend
University of Idaho
Favorite food: Steak, medi-
um-rare
Favorite TV show or
movie: “Heartland”
If you could hang out with
a famous person for a day,
living or dead, who would
it be?: Brené Brown (pod-
caster, professor)
Once COVID-19 restric-
tions are fully lifted,
where do you want to go?:
A water park
If Hollywood makes a
movie about your life,
which actor would play
you?: Amber Marshall
Payton Rogerson
This year has been hard for
everyone. But Payton Roger-
son, an 18-year-old Redmond
High senior, took it in stride.
She’s seen worse.
As a 16-year-old, Payton was
diagnosed with synovial sar-
coma, a form of cancer that
develops in the soft tissue or
nerves. A softball player, Pay-
ton first noticed something was
wrong with her shoulder during
the season, but she assumed the
bump and the pain she felt while
pitching was due to a pinched
nerve or some other injury.
When the lump grew and
the pain didn’t subside, her
parents took her to get it
checked out. After a surgery
to remove as much of the tu-
mor as possible without caus-
ing paralysis, Payton endured
months of chemotherapy and
radiation.
“The hardest part of it was
that I was a junior, and that is
the hardest year of high school.
I was taking a bunch of AP
courses, but all of my teach-
ers were super nice, they were
super supportive,” she said.
“I ended up being the school
Sparrow, so having the whole
school behind me and so many
nice words said to me was what
really got me through it.”
She credits soccer and soft-
ball with keeping her on track
through cancer and then
through COVID. She has
maintained a 4.0 GPA and par-
ticipates in the Calculus Club
and Sparrow Club. Her biggest
advice? Join extracurricular ac-
tivities and connect with your
classmates.
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WEDNESDAY 6/2
Current Fiction Book Club: Discussing “Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo
Ishiguro; 6-7 p.m.; online; go.evvnt.com/781289-0 or 541-306-6564.
Events in and around Redmond
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panel discussion on the intersection between law enforcement and the
mental health system in Deschutes County. This is a live, virtual event;
6:30-8 p.m.; registration required; online; go.evvnt.com/774148-1 or 541-
312-1063.
INDEX
FRIDAY 6/4
Puzzles ............. 2 Obituaries ....... 5
Police log ........ 2 Classifieds ....... 6
Just Us: The local duo will perform. Advanced tickets required; 5-7 p.m.;
$10; Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW Lower Valley Drive,
Terrebonne; go.evvnt.com/757777-0
Superball: The party rock band will perform hits from the ‘70s. Advanced
tickets are required; 6-9 p.m.; $20; Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards,
70450 NW Lower Valley Drive, Terrebonne; go.evvnt.com/791491-1 or
541-526-5075.
Volume 111, No. 40
USPS 778-040
Zoom Author Event — J.T. Bushnell: The Oregon-based author
will discuss his first novel “The Step Back”; 6-7 p.m.; online; go.evvnt.
com/781802-0 or 541-306-6564.
Trivia on the Moon — Redmond Edition: The weekly trivia game
comes to Redmond and features a variety of categories and topics for
teams to test their knowledge for prizes; 7-9 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing,
THURSDAY 6/3
Police and Mental Health Crisis in Central Oregon: Join us for a
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