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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 2021)
P2 The SpokeSman • WedneSday, december 1, 2021 FLASHBACK BRIEFING This week in history: Mail troubles and Kevin Costner’s ‘The Postman’ 100 years ago Dec. 1, 1921 — First mail since storm in today from outside The first mail to be received in Red- mond in 12 days from outside points ar- rived this afternoon and consisted mainly of first class mail, although a few papers also came in. Finding that there was no chance for the river roads to be opened for sometime, Postmaster W.H. Hudson of Bend had the mail routed over the Shaniko branch and he left Bend Tuesday night with two light trucks to meet it and transfer it to Gate- way, thence by train south. Buckley Bros. trucks from Redmond were also engaged and left for Shaniko. Alleged moonshiner taken near De- schutes escapes from city jail Fred Stevens, an alleged moonshiner, was arrested early Sunday afternoon at the Geo. Bates farm between Bend and Tum- alo, which he had leased, by Albert Julian and C.R. Holloway and brought to Red- mond and lodged in the city jail. Stevens was in one of the inner cells at 10 o’clock in the evening, but Monday morning was gone, having burned the hinges off the cell door. The lock on the outside door was broken and offered no barrier to the prisoner once he was out of the inner cell. 75 years ago Dec. 5, 1946 — Butler receives contract to run GI flight school Butler Air service’s contract for a GI flight school has been approved by the vet- erans administration, it was announced Wednesday by Cal Butler, owner. Butler has started instruction, one vet- eran, A.B. King of Cloverdale, having so- loed last Friday in Butler’s Luscombe Sil- vaire. Everett Endicott and Gene Elliott, for- mer army pilots, are starting the instruc- tors course to be offered by Butler. 50 years ago Dec. 8, 1971 — Police chief sees need for parents’ awareness of drugs “The big thing is to make parents aware,” is how Redmond Police Chief C.L. CROSSWORD Redmond pedestrian dies in crash on U.S. Highway 97 A Redmond woman was killed when she was struck by a ve- hicle on U.S. Highway 97 on Saturday. Around 10 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a report of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian near milepost 124 in Redmond. According to state police, an early investigation showed Kara Shepherd, of Redmond, was attempting to cross four lanes of the highway and was struck by a Lexus RX330 driven by Erin Behzadian, also of Redmond, who was driving north. Shepherd, 44, was pronounced dead at the scene. Behzadian, 37, was not injured and cooperated with the investigation, ac- cording to police. No criminal charges are being considered at this time, ac- cording to a spokesperson with Oregon State Police. Indoor smoking causes fatal house fire near Prineville A Crook County woman died Saturday after her Juniper Canyon home caught fire while she slept. Careless smoking indoors was the most probable cause of the fire, according to a report from Crook County Fire and Rescue. The fire occurred in a double-wide mobile home on SE Wintoon Road and was reported at 9:42 p.m. The fire was de- termined to be accidental. An investigation determined that the occupant had a history of smoking in bed and was on supplemental oxygen. Two men living on the property extinguished the majority of the fire with garden hoses before the arrival of firefighters. Fire crews entered the home, found significant fire damage and confirmed the female occupant was dead. The name of the woman was not released. PET OF THE WEEK Spokesman file photo Dale Moyer and Don Reding sort toys for the fire department in 1964. “Speed” Durgan views the drug abuse problem in this area. The chief points out that many parents don’t have any idea what they should look for — that the most obvious symptoms of drug usage go undetected by the parents. And to complicate the matter, “they can’t believe their kid would do it,” when con- fronted with the evidence. The “biggest problem” in this area has been with marijuana and hashish, STP (speed) and LSD (acid), according to Durgan. 25 years ago Dec. 4, 1996 — Costner’s next movie may shoot in Redmond Sorry, ladies. He came and left without signing autographs. Actor-director-producer Kevin Costner visited Redmond last week, scouting loca- tions near Smith Rock State Park for his next movie, “The Postman.” Costner is considering the Redmond area for the bulk of on-location production for the science fiction film, set in a bar- baric, post-nuclear war age. Based on a novel by David Brin, “The Postman” depicts a wandering survivor of the war who finds an old postal truck and decides to deliver letters sent before the war, bringing other survivors hope for the future. Costner, who will direct and co-produce the movie, flew into Redmond on his pri- vate jet Nov. 26 and spent the day touring locations near Smith Rock with an entou- rage of about nine people. “This would be a real financial boon to the area,” said Linda Swearington, Red- mond’s outgoing Chamber of Commerce director. Several producers are scouting Central Oregon for possible movie locations, ac- cording to the state’s Film and Video office. The movie “Even Cowgirls Get The Blues” and the television series “McKenna” pulled from the air after a few episodes, were filmed near Smith Rock. Meet Monk! Monk is a large and very hand- some tabby cat available for adoption. He came to the shelter as a stray and was never claimed by an owner. We discovered that Monk is FIV+. Being so, he will need to be an indoor only kitty and pref- erably the only cat or live with other FIV+ cats. He loves attention and knows his good looks will win you over! Please come to BrightSide Animal Cen- ter to meet Monk and learn more about FIV. We are unsure of his age but are guessing 2-3 years old. SUDOKU WEATHER Fill in the grid so every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9, with no repeats. FORECAST Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday monday Tuesday LAST WEEK HIGH LOW 67 57 49 58 56 53 50 39 32 34 35 41 34 36 HIGH LOW partly cloudy cloudy cloudy partly cloudy partly cloudy partly cloudy cloudy PRECIP monday, nov. 22 61 26 0 Tuesday, nov. 23 47 26 0 Wednesday, nov. 24 50 22 0 Thursday, nov. 25 61 30 0 Friday, nov. 26 56 37 .01 Saturday, nov. 27 64 31 0 Sunday, nov. 28 68 31 0 precipitation to date this year: 5.55 inches * = daily record national Weather Service broadcasts are on 162.50 mhz. 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