THE SPOKESMAN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2022 P3
Masks
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But Redmond Superinten-
dent Charan Cline said at one
point in the meeting that “this
resolution does tell teachers
to break the law.” At multiple
moments during the meeting,
Cline voiced unsureness over
whether the district can pre-
pare quickly for the changes in
the resolution.
Those concerns, in part,
led to extensive changes to the
original document. Among
them: the board extended the
deadline for the district to im-
plement the new resolution,
which was originally proposed
to occur in just two days.
But the controversial reso-
lution represents a significant
change to how the district op-
erates to control the spread
of coronavirus in classrooms,
a move that is sure to divide
Adair
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“We need more mental
health help in our state and in
our nation,” Adair said.
Finding a way to site more
mobile home parks in the ru-
ral part of the county is also a
priority, given that a new one
hasn’t been established in de-
cades.
“We’ve got to find more
workforce housing,” she said.
Adair first moved to De-
community members both
along party lines and commu-
nity perception of the pan-
demic, which has killed 242
Deschutes County residents.
The resolution spurred a se-
ries of tense exchanges among
board members and the su-
perintendent.
At several points in the
meeting, board member Liz
Goodrich, the sole dissenting
voice on the board, clashed
with both Summers and Hart-
field over the accuracy of the
resolution’s statements, which
she said were provided with
scant evidence. Goodrich said
the board rushed the reso-
lution and wished that the
board had consulted with
local public health agencies
more before the meeting.
“Are we going to be asking
our school district to violate a
law, putting the school district,
its employees, at risk?” Go-
odrich said.
Summers responded by
saying: “This resolution is put-
ting the government back in
its lane.”
Summers and Hartfield
stood by the resolution, saying
that state-mandate pandemic
mitigation strategies had in-
fringed on the rights of com-
munity members and their
children and contributed to
poor conditions for students
in classrooms.
During the meeting, board
members sought out the guid-
ance of Alsea School District
Superintendent Marc Thiel-
man, a Republican guberna-
torial candidate whose district
faces fines for its decision to
buck the state’s indoor mask
requirements. Thielman
spoke at length in the meeting
about his experience navigat-
ing state agencies threatening
fines, encouraging the board
members to “take your class-
rooms back.”
Goodrich noted her con-
cern over the fact that the
board brought Thielman
out to speak with members,
rather than a public health of-
ficial.
The school district’s abrupt
move comes just over a
month before the state lifts
its indoor-mask mandate for
schools.
Officials said they would
lift mask requirements for
schools March 31 and the
statewide mask requirements
for indoor public places by the
end of March. The Redmond
School District, along with al-
most all other school districts
in Central Oregon, said earlier
this week that it would move
forward and make masks op-
tional at that time.
schutes County from
California in 2014
after growing up in
Eastern Oregon. Be-
fore becoming com-
missioner, she chaired
the Deschutes County
Adair
Republican Party for
two years.
Adair considers some of
her accomplishments to be
her work lobbying to get De-
schutes County two more cir-
cuit court judges, laying the
groundwork for the recently
completed Veter-
ans Village project
for homeless veter-
ans, and not rais-
ing county property
taxes.
“I care about our
county, our future,
our growth, but I
also appreciate the history of
Central Oregon,” Adair said.
“It’s really a calling to be a
county commissioner. It really
is a 24/7 job, but it is very close
to my heart.”
The seat held by Commis-
sioner Tony DeBone, a Re-
publican, is also up for elec-
tion. He is being challenged by
Republicans Tom McManus,
a retired health and safety
consultant, and Scott Stuart,
an insurance agent associated
with the People’s Rights orga-
nization. If DeBone wins the
primary, he will face Oliver
Tatom, a Democrat and pri-
mary care clinic manager.
Reporter: 541-660-9844,
bdole@bendbulletin.com
Reporter: 541-633-2160,
bvisser@bendbulletin.com
Calendar
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wintervention; 8-11 p.m.; free; Gen-
eral Duffy’s Watering Hole, 404 SW
Forest Ave., Bend; facebook.com/
Generalduffys or 541-527-4345.
Friday 2/25
Redmond Chamber Coffee Clat-
ter — Strive Workplace Solutions:
Join for networking and hear what’s
new with Strive Work Solutions; 8:30-
9:30 a.m.; free; Deschutes County Ti-
tle, 845 SW Veterans Way, Redmond;
visitredmondoregon.com.
Central Oregon Comedy Scene
presents Standup Comedy: Local
comedians will perform; 7-10 p.m.;
$15-$20; General Duffy’s Watering
Hole, 404 SW Forest Ave., Redmond;
facebook.com/Generalduffys or
541-527-4345.
Saturday 2/26
Zwickelmania 2022: A statewide
celebration of Oregon craft beer;
Noon-4 p.m.; free; Wild Ride Brew-
ing Co., 332 SW Fifth St., Redmond;
wildridebrew.com or 541-610-2520.
Oregon State Cameo Pageant:
Cinderella Cameo Snow Princess
Pageant will take place; free to at-
tend, $95 registration for contes-
tants ages 3-29; 4-6 p.m.; Redmond
High School, 975 SW Rimrock Way,
Redmond; orstatecinderella.com or
541-817-9979.
Heller Highwater Trio: The pop,
R&B trio will perform; 5-8 p.m.; $15
adults, children free; Faith, Hope
and Charity Vineyards, 70450 NW
Lower Valley Drive, Terrebonne;
faithhopeandcharityevents.com or
541-526-5075.
Monster Truck Nitro Tour: See
these 10,000-pound, car crushing
giants compete in racing, wheelie
contests and then rock the house
with amazing freestyle action
during the show; 1:30 p.m. and
7:30 p.m.; $23 adults, $15 children;
Deschutes County Fair & Expo Cen-
ter, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond;
expo.deschutes.org or 541-548-
2711.
Sunday 2/27
Sunday Brunch and Karaoke:
Join for brunch and Karaoke;
10 a.m.-3 p.m.; free; General Duffy’s
Watering Hole, 404 SW Forest Ave.,
Redmond; facebook.com/Gener-
alduffys or 541-527-4345.
Monday 2/28
Planning Commission Meeting:
A regular meeting will be held; 4:30-
6:30 p.m.; free; Redmond City Hall,
Online; redmondoregon.gov or 541-
923-7750.
Open Mic: First timers to pros, ev-
eryone’s welcome to sing up for
open mic; 5:30-7:30 p.m.; free; Gen-
eral Duffy’s Watering Hole, 404
SW Forest Ave., Redmond; gener-
alduffys.com or 541-527-4345.
Tuesday 3/1
Writers Writing — Quiet Writ-
ing Time: Enjoy the focus of a quiet
space with the benefit of others’
company; 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.;
free; Redmond Public Library, 827
SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond; de-
schuteslibrary.org or 541-312-1050.
Bingo: Play Bingo and Win Prizes;
11 a.m.-3 p.m.; General Duffy’s Wa-
tering Hole, 404 SW Forest Ave.,
Redmond; facebook.com/Gener-
alduffys or 541-527-4345.
FLASHBACK
This week in history: Dances under ban at Pythian Hall
clude it in current plans would
not be practical.
25 YEARS AGO
The Spokesman
100 YEARS AGO
Feb. 23, 1922 —Public
dances under ban at the Pyth-
ian Hall
The last public dance under
the auspices of the Knights of
Pythias has been held. Instead
there will be formed a dancing
club, so that admittance can be
gained only by the displaying
of membership cards.
Invasion of the dance hall
occasionally by an alleged
rough element from neighbor-
ing towns and evasion of the
lodge requirement that danc-
ers under the age of 17 years be
chaperoned was charged.
75 YEARS AGO
Feb. 27, 1947 — Shorthorn
sale draws stockman
Stockman from far ranges
and others who are interested
in a display of find pedigreed
beef animals are in Prineville
today for the first annual show
and sale of the Oregon Short-
horn Breeders association.
Many of the visitors will at-
tend the stockman‘s banquet
tonight at the Ochoco Inn,
and will stay over to attend
the auction which will start
at 12:30 p.m. Friday at the
Prineville fairgrounds. Mil-
lard R. Eakin, of Grass Valley,
is sales manager, Claude C.
Brennan, of Prineville, is presi-
dent of the association, and Jim
Short, of Redmond, is one of
the directors.
50 YEARS AGO
Feb. 23, 1972 — New zon-
ing, subdivision ordinance up
for review
The citizens’ advisory com-
mittee to Redmond’s com-
prehensive plan will hold an
interim meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 1, in City
Council chambers to review
the various materials prior to
the regular March 13 session.
The committee established
the new system of interim
meetings to give members a
chance to better digest plan-
ning materials and, if mes-
sages, obtain additional infor-
mation, prior to the regular
once-a-month meetings. Vis-
itors are welcome at both ses-
sions.
The remainder of the pro-
posed new zoning ordinance
and a revised subdivision or-
dinance will be reviewed at the
first interim session — next
Wednesday.
At the last meeting, com-
mittee members reviewed
the annexation policy within
restrictions permitted by Or-
egon Revised Statutes, with
an eye towards encouraging
annexation under favorable
Feb. 26, 1997 — Cooking
school sold out
There will be a lot of cooks
in the kitchen next week —
hundreds, in fact.
The Taste of Home cook-
Submitted Photo
Feb. 23, 1972 Flashback: “Bulger’s Holiday” rendered by the trumpet
trio, composed of music instructors Jerry Yahna, center, of Central Or-
egon Community College, and Bob Thornton and Ron McNutt of Red-
mond School District, will be a highlight of the annual Redmond High
School Pops Concert, Thursday evening in the commons area.
conditions — namely where
tax revenue would be available
to pay for required municipal
services.
Members also discussed a
capital improvement program,
which could be established on
an on-going basis to provide
for various city needs over a
period of years with continual
updating. Such items as sewer
construction, fire department
needs, city hall and shop con-
struction, water system expan-
sion and cemetery enlarge-
ment could be incorporated in
such a plan.
During a report from Lutes
& Amundson consultant Rob-
ert S. Furrer, it was learned that
any relocation of Highway 97
by the State Highway Division
is a long way off, perhaps 20
years or more, and that to in-
ing school, sponsored by
The Spokesman and to be
presented by Homemaker
Schools, is sold out.
All 600 tickets have been
sold for the 2½-hour cook-
ing demonstration, to begin
at 7 p.m. March 5 in the Red-
mond High School auditorium.
This week’s paper includes a
special pull out section featur-
ing dozens of favorite recipes
sent in by readers. The Spokes-
man staff picked its favorites,
which have been highlighted.
The recipe section, which
went to press last week, in-
dicated the tickets were still
available. The last were sold
Monday.