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New councilwoman to hit the ground running
BY BILL BARELETT
For The Spokesman
Redmond’s newest City Coun-
cil member is immersing herself
in reams of documents, studies,
procedures and proposals as she
prepares to join the City Coun-
cil on Jan. 3. Having already
served as vice chair of Redmond
Urban Area Planning Commis-
sion, Zwicker has a head start in
knowing the workings of the sev-
en-member body.
Catherine Zwicker, known to
everybody as Cat, was appointed
to fill the vacancy of Jon Bull-
ock who himself was appointed,
not elected, to council in 2017.
Zwicker was chosen from among
17 applicants.
She is head of Desert Sky Real
Estate and the incoming presi-
dent of Central Oregon Associa-
tion of Realtors.
The Spokesman sat down with
Zwicker last week to get a sense
of what drives her and what she
hopes to achieve on the council.
The two words she used the
most were “community” and “in-
frastructure,” the latter covering
a broad swath of subjects from
housing to water. “I’m a military
“I’m a military
brat,” Cat Zwicker
said, adding: “Liv-
ing on military
bases you learn
about community.
Military families
are a close-knit, co-
hesive bunch who
look out for and
take care of each
other from their
shared experience
and sense of risk.”
brat,” she said, adding: “Living
on military bases you learn about
community. Military families are
a close-knit, cohesive bunch who
look out for and take care of each
other from their shared experi-
ence and sense of risk.”
Zwicker says that she sees
a lot of that kind of commu-
nity in Redmond in spite of its
rapid growth, up nearly 4,000 in
just two years and now sitting
at 36,000, a 35% spurt since the
2010 census. It’s this growth that
excites Zwicker.
Bill Bartlett photo
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REDMOND GETS
CHARGED UP
RIDGEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL
Mother
of injured
cheerleader
sues district
BY GARRETT ANDREWS
The Bulletin
Bill Bartlett photos
Rapid charging at Fred Meyer ‘fills’ your electric tank by the time you finish shopping.
BY BILL BARTLETT • For The Spokesman
P
ull into the Redmond Freddie’s, Safeway or Walmart and it’s easy
to assume that Redmond identifies more with pick-ups and SUV’s
than EV (all electric) or hybrid vehicles. Drive into The Home Depot
or Lowe’s and you’ll find that Redmond drivers are clearly more at home in that
Chevy, Dodge or Ford truck just as dad or grandpa drove all those years.
Given its ranching and farming heritage,
it’s understandable that drivers here would
favor the heftier, multi-purpose usefulness
of a light duty truck or roomy SUV. Years
running, pickups are the best-selling passen-
ger vehicles in America with Ford’s F-150
perennially at the top of the sales rankings,
followed this year by Dodge Ram and the
Chevrolet Silverado. Through November
these models have sold a combined 1.25 mil-
lion vehicles. Pickups held the number 11
and 12 spots too.
For the first time an all-electric car, the
Tesla Model Y, made Car and Driver’s list
coming in at number 19. That list looks a lot
like Redmond. But experts say that’s all go-
ing to change.
The year 2022 could be the year EV sales
take off. More than a dozen new models are
expected to launch, adding to 20 already on
the market in 2020.
Red-
mond
folks
looking
for Tesla
super-
chargers
must go
to Bend,
Eagle
Crest
Resort
or Black
Butte
Ranch.
The mother of a Ridgeview High
School cheerleader who broke her
arm at practice is suing the Red-
mond School District.
Freshman Reese Evenhus was at-
tempting a group stunt called a 360
in 2019, according to a lawsuit filled
Thursday in Deschutes County Cir-
cuit Court.
Reese’s mother, Amy Evenhus,
alleges the stunt was beyond her
daughter’s abilities as a junior varsity
athlete and is seeking $850,000 in
compensation for alleged permanent
injuries.
The district has yet to respond to
the suit. A spokesperson said Mon-
day the district cannot comment on
pending litigation.
The accident took place Oct. 2,
2019, at cheer practice at the Rid-
geview campus on SW Elkhorn Av-
enue. It was the girl’s first season as a
cheerleader.
According to the lawsuit, JV coach
Kyra Roediger prepared the team to
execute a 360 by showing them an
instructional video on her cellphone.
On the day in question, Re-
ese was designated the “flyer,” the
team member lifted into in the air
by members of the “base.”’ Reese’s
mother states the girl hadn’t demon-
strated she could consistently per-
form easier stunts, and she had ex-
pressed to her coaches she was not
comfortable attempting the 360.
Members of the base lifted Reese
to shoulder-height. From there, she
was boosted upward. While attempt-
ing to rotate her body around, she
fell, breaking her left arm in numer-
ous places.
The lawsuit alleges the ground
was unpadded and the coach failed
to employ spotters who could have
caught Reese.
Evenhus is seeking $100,000 for
medical expenses and $750,000 in
noneconomic damages. She says
Roediger was improperly trained
and supervised as a coach and the
district should have used safety mea-
sures like spotters and floor padding.
Evenhus is represented by attor-
ney David Rosen of High Desert
Law in Bend.
e
See Charged / P4
Reporter: 541-383-0325,
gandrews@bendbulletin.com
The Spokesman uses
recycled newsprint
Wednesday 12/29
Events in and around Redmond
The Redmond Spokesman welcomes event information for
its community calendar. Submissions are limited to nonprofit,
free and live entertainment events. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday
for the following Wednesday’s paper. Items are published on a
space-available basis and may be edited. Contact us at
news@redmondspokesman.com or fax 541-548-3203.
Aaron Rehn & Grace Cooper: The guitar duo will perform; 6:30-
9:30 p.m.; $5; General Duffy’s Watering Hole, 404 SW Forest Ave.,
Redmond; facebook.com/Generalduffys or 541-527-4345.
Trivia Wednesdays: Go with a team or team up there to play genuine
UKB Trivia live and possibly win gift certificates; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Initiative
Brewing, 424 NW Fifth, Redmond; facebook.com/InitiativeBrew or 541-
527-4380.
THUrsday 12/30
Holiday Lights: A walk-through holiday light show spanning 100,000
sq. ft. with more than 3 million dazzling lights happening daily;
4-10 p.m.; $25 per person, $65 family four-pack, $95 family six-pack;
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond;
holidaylightexperience.com or 541-548-2711.
INDEX
Coyote Willow: The roots-country-Americana duo will perform;
5:30 p.m.; free; Brasada Ranch, 16986 SW Brasada Ranch Road, Powell
Butte; brasada.com or 541-526-6865.
Puzzles ............. 2 Obituaries ....... 5
Flashback ........ 3 Classifieds ....... 5
Irish Trad Music with The Ballybogs: The Ballybogs will perform;
6-8 p.m.; free; Porter Brewing Co., 611 NE Jackpine, Ct. 2, Redmond;
porterbrewingco.com or 541-504-7959.
Volume 112, No. 18
USPS 778-040
Parker Steers: The country, rock artist will perform; 6:30-10 p.m.; free;
General Duffy’s Watering Hole, 404 SW Forest Ave., Redmond; facebook.
com/Generalduffys or 541-527-4345.
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