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COVID-19: Redmond schools
Board adopts mask resolution
BY BRYCE DOLE
The Bulletin
The Redmond School Dis-
trict adopted a resolution last
Wednesday that takes pan-
demic mitigation from the
district’s control and hands
it to the discretion of parents
and guardians, a move that
could place the district at risk
of fines from state agencies
and legal retribution.
The resolution directs the
district to create plans making
masks optional for students
in Redmond School District
buildings by March 2, nearly
a month ahead of when the
state planned to lift its in-
door-mask mandate.
“It’s not crazy, it’s not law-
less,” said board member
Michael Summers, who con-
structed the resolution with
board Chairwoman Shawn
Hartfield. “I refute that all day
long.”
The move, passed in a 4-1
vote in a special meeting an-
nounced the day before, came
at the end of a lengthy and, at
times, tense discussion among
board members over the reso-
lution’s legality and the ability
of the district to implement
the changes.
The resolution states that
the board “recognizes the au-
thority of the parent/guard-
ian in the direction of the use/
non-use of masks, face shields
pertaining to their student and
their choices for their children.”
The resolution directs the
district to create a pandemic
plan “taking into account rec-
ommendations from state,
federal and local authorities
that affords parents/guardians
the ability to direct the use or
non-use of masks, face Shields
for their student(s).” It states
that the board “recognizes
that COVID is a fluid and
endemic virus and reserves
the right to return to, adjust
and modify this resolution if
needed for the preservation of
public confidence and trust.”
The Red-
mond School
Board during
a special
meeting
Aug. 11,
2021, to dis-
cuss the Gov.
Kate Brown’s
mask man-
date.
Nicole Bales/
Bulletin file
photo
See Masks / P3
Redmond ‘Museum of Art’ is
DESCHUTES COUNTY
COMMISSION
THE CITY ITSELF
Adair
to seek
second
term
BY BRENNA VISSER
The Bulletin
Bill Bartlett photos
Roberts Field gives passengers a taste of public art in Redmond.
Always open, always free, art dots the town in many public places
BY BILL BARTLETT • For The Spokesman
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edmond residents do not have to go to Bend or Sisters to get their art fix. The Redmond Museum of Art is a short stroll or
ride away and is full of paintings, sculptures, fabric, metal, enamel and photographic art. True, there is no building where
the museum sits, but that does not make it any less real. The whole town is an art museum in a sense.
For proof, just walk around town where
you will find not one or two or three, nor
a dozen art examples. No, 64 pieces in all;
some quite impressive in size and all color-
ful, enigmatic or thought provoking.
Many are patriotic in appearance or con-
jure up images of Americana or wildlife na-
tive to the area. Several are whimsical.
And that’s just the ones municipally spon-
sored.
Several are created with recycled materi-
als. Take Greg Congleton’s piece Air Traffic
Control at the corner of Highland Avenue
and 12th Street.
It stands at 21 feet high and is 18 feet in
length sculpted entirely of used “things” in-
cluding fan blades, a pitchfork, plow, meat
grinder and more than two dozen other dis-
carded metal parts.
A wood
carving
is housed
at the
Red-
mond air-
port.
Patti Adair is seeking reelec-
tion to the Deschutes County
Commission.
Adair, 70, was first elected to
the commission in 2018, and
so far is the only Republican
who has filed for the race. She
is being challenged by Mor-
gan Schmidt, a Democrat and
youth pastor.
A Sisters area resident, Adair
said she wants to run again be-
cause there are still things she
wants to accomplish as a com-
missioner.
“I feel like I’ve gotten a lot
done, but I feel like there is
more that needs to be done,”
Adair told The Bulletin.
If elected again, Adair said
some of her priorities would
include creating a psychiatric
hospital in Central Oregon and
developing more workforce
housing.
Specifically, Adair said she
is pushing for an unused por-
tion of Deer Ridge Correc-
tional Institution to be turned
into a psychiatric hospital. The
prison is located in Jefferson
County.
At first, Adair said her goal
was to build a new facility
to increase more psychiatric
bed capacity in Eastern Ore-
gon, but saw potential in Deer
Ridge after touring the facility
in August.
See Art / P4
See Adair / P3
The Spokesman uses
recycled newsprint
Wednesday 2/23
Events in and around Redmond
Rural Living Basics — Living with your Well & Septic: Learn
the basics about groundwater used for their drinking water and
septic systems; 6-8:30 p.m.; free; OSU Extension Service, Online;
extension.oregonstate.edu or 541-548-6088.
Thursday 2/24
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.
Justin Lavik — Range Music Series: The local acoustic, rock
‘n’ roll musician will perform; 5:30-8:30 p.m.; free; Brasada
Ranch, 16986 SW Brasada Ranch Road, Powell Butte; brasada.
com or 855-318-4960.
The Ballybogs: The Irish traditional music band will perform;
6-8 p.m.; free; Porter Brewing Co., 611 NE Jackpine Ct. 2, Red-
mond; porterbrewingco.com or 541-504-7959.
Hoodoo’s Wintervention: Table games, contests and grand
prize giveaways all evening long; 6-8 p.m.; free; General Duffy’s,
404 SW Forest Ave., Redmond; facebook.com/Generalduffys or
541-527-4345.
Comedy Night: Comedians Eric Oren, Cody Michael and Gina
Marie Christopher will perform comedy acts; 7-8:30 p.m.; free;
High Desert Music Hall, 818 SW Forest Ave., Redmond; high-
desertmusichall.com or 541-527-1387.
Leftslide: The rock ‘n’ roll band will perform at the afterparty of
See Calendar / P3
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Flashback ........ 3 Classifieds ....... 5
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