P6 THE SPOKESMAN • WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021
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Redmond man arrested
after stabbings in Bend
Pandemic
pushes
wrestling
into ‘Friday
Night Lights’
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
BY BRIAN RATHBONE
The Bulletin
Redmond High School’s Junior Downing, top, wrestles against Sweet Home
High School’s Ryker Hartsook during the 145-pound match Friday night.
REDMOND — Perhaps
COVID-19 pushing the high
school wrestling season from
the winter into the late spring
was not the worst thing in the
world. It at least came with one
benefit.
On a cloudless May evening
Friday, with temperatures in
the low 70s and a slight breeze,
five wrestling mats were spread
across the Redmond High
School football field while eight
wrestling teams grappled in
a one-day, dual meet tourna-
ment aptly called “Friday Night
Lights.”
For years, Redmond coach
Kris Davis had envisioned
hosting a outdoor wrestling
event during the summer. But
when the COVD-19 pandemic
pushed the sport traditionally
played when the temperatures
are closer to freezing into late
spring, wrestling outdoors and
under stadium lights became a
reality.
It became evident after the
first of three matches Friday
night, that dream of having an
outdoor wrestling event was
starting to come true for Da-
vis.
“With COVID pushing into
the spring it kinda manifested
itself and so I developed a plan
to put this together with my ad-
ministration and asked for their
A Redmond man was arrested May 27 af-
ter turning himself in to Bend police, follow-
ing an incident at Stonebriar Apartments the
night of May 22, according to a press release
from the Bend Police Department.
Eric David Taylor, 21, was being sought
by police for alleged involvement in a fight
which police said involved numerous people
in a parking lot. Two male victims, ages 23
and 17, were treated for non life-threatening
stab wounds. Taylor was lodged at Deschutes
County Jail.
EVENTS
blessing and it happened,” said
Davis. “Some of the best teams
reached out and wanted to
come out so we are having some
really high level wrestling so it is
awesome.”
Eight teams made their way
to the tournament. Local teams
Mountain View, Bend High,
Crook County and Ridgeview
made the quick trip, while Cas-
cade, Sweet Home and peren-
nial power Newberg made the
trek to Central Oregon.
Friday was Redmond’s sec-
ond outdoor wrestling event of
the week. The Panthers hosted
Pendleton for an outdoor dual
meet last Wednesday.
OSU Extension offers
pressure canning workshops
Oregon State University Extension and the
Central Oregon Master Food Preservers will
offer two virtual pressure canning workshops,
June 2. The sessions offered are 10-11:30 a.m.
or 5:30-7 p.m. “Zoom in on Pressure Can-
ning” covers the only safe way to can vege-
tables, soups, meat, fish, poultry, and wild
game. The workshops are live and interactive
and participants may also enroll separately
in a hands-on session June 9. Participants
should register by June 1 and the cost is $5.
Registration is available at apps.ideal-logic.
com/osuextension. For more information,
contact Glenda Hyde at 541-548-6088, option
4 or email Glenda.hyde@oregonstate.edu.
‘Growing vegetables
in Central Oregon’ virtual Q&A
Zoning
Continued from P1
“This project will nicely help
meet these specific needs,” Rob-
erts told the council.
Roberts and project develop-
ers also noted that this build-
ing would provide retail and
employment from a walkable
distance for people living in the
quickly-growing neighborhood.
The plot of land is already sur-
rounded by new houses and
apartments, all right next to
Ridgeview High School.
“The tone has already been
set for a mixed-use, higher-den-
sity type of development,” land
use planner Tammy Wisco
told the council. “The intent of
this project is to bring in that
neighborhood-centric, small
commercial facility that compli-
ments the setting it’s already in.”
City councilors had mostly
positive things to say about the
proposed building during the
meeting.
“Personally, I find this build-
ing quite intriguing,” said Mayor
George Endicott. “A mixed-use
like this, with retail on the first
floor ... is exactly more of what
we need in Redmond.”
“I’m also very excited to see a
project with the mixed-use go-
ing forward,” added city coun-
cilor Krisanna Clark-Endicott.
The only major concern
raised during the meeting was
how the development would ef-
fect nearby traffic.
City councilor Ed Fitch said
he liked the project overall,
but was worried it — and other
nearby recent developments —
would turn the Badger/Canal
intersection into a traffic night-
mare. Specifically, he wanted a
designated right turn lane for
northbound Canal Boulevard
onto Badger Avenue.
“As this town grows...Canal
Boulevard, whether we like it
or not, will become a major
thoroughfare north and south,”
Fitch said Tuesday night. “My
major concern is ensuring that
the intersection is going to work
in the future.”
Redmond city engineer Mike
Caccavano said the lack of a
dedicated right turn lane on Ca-
nal was intentional. Adding that
lane would speed up traffic on
the boulevard, and at the mo-
ment, the city is trying to slow
speeds on the street near Rid-
geview High School, he said.
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Reporter: 541-617-7854,
jhogan@bendbulletin.com
The Central Oregon Chapter of OSU
Master Gardeners presents a free virtual
live Q&A session to complement the video
“Growing Vegetables in Central Oregon,”
which is available at media.oregonstate.edu/
media/t/1_45m9pklu. The Q&A session will
be held 6:30 p.m. June 7 and requires regis-
tration. To register visit bit.ly/2Sq9QjB. For
more information, contact 541-548-6088.
2021 Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo
is ‘Back in the Saddle’
The Deschutes County Fair & Expo has
announced that the 2021 the Deschutes
County Fair & Rodeo is planned to take
place July 28-Aug. 1 with the theme “Back in
the Saddle.” Deschutes County Fair & Expo
will be following all state and local health
guidance, which may result in event modi-
fications.
Adjustments will likely include reduced ca-
pacities, depending on state and local health
guidelines that are in place at the time of the
fair. Specific programming, including con-
certs, are still being finalized. Admission tick-
ets for the 2021 Fair will be available starting
July 5 and will be sold online, with limited
availability at the Fair box office. For more
information or to purchase tickets, visit de-
schutesfair.com.
BUSINESS
Redmond real estate professionals
to receive EnCOAR awards
The Central Oregon Association of RE-
ALTORS® (COAR) will present the 2021 En-
COAR awards on June 7 at Tetherow Resort.
Redmond real estate professionals to be hon-
ored include:
• “COARPAC Cup Large Office” — Red-
mond Windermere office
• “COARPAC Cup Small Office” — Des-
ert Sky Realty
• “WCR Member of the Year” — Cat
Zwicker, principle at Desert Sky Realty
• “Affiliate of the year” — Amber Wilson,
mortgage officer at the Redmond branch of
Umpqua Bank
EDUCATION
RVHS Theater to stream
Spring Radio Plays 2021
The Ridgeview High School theater de-
partment will stream their spring produc-
tion from the golden age of radio “Spring
Radio Plays 2021” June 4-6. The production
includes “Our Miss Brooks: Puppy Love”
and “Richard Diamond: Lonely Hearts.” The
production was performed in front of a lim-
ited audience April 23, and may be streamed
on-demand at youtube.com/ridgeviewravens
free of charge. Donations are accepted at rid-
geviewhs.seatyourself.biz, suggested $5 per
adult and $3 for children.
Local student graduates
from Whitman College
Zidane Galant-LaPorte, of Redmond, a
graduate of Sisters High School, received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology, magna
cum laude, from Whitman College, in Walla
Walla, Washington
Redmond student honored
at Cedarville University
Madison Holsey, of Redmond, was named
to the spring 2021 dean’s list at Cedarville
University, in Cedarville, Ohio, a recognition
which requires a 3.5 GPA or higher for the
semester and a minimum of 12 credit hours.
Holsey is studying nursing.