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This week in history: New resort Panthers are
bill and power capacity increase perfect in IMC
organization externally, and
to Don Anderson, formally of
Redmond, for his service to the
association internally.
25 YEARS AGO
The Spokesman
100 YEARS AGO
March 2, 1999 — Legion
jumps membership one-third
Membership of Ray John-
son post No. 44 of the Amer-
ican league legion has been
increased one-third as the
result of a membership cam-
paign conducted during the
last month, according to a re-
port made Monday evening
by P.M. Houk, adjutant. The
total membership of the post is
now 64.
Mrs. Myrtle Adelle Geun-
ther, wife of H.W. Geun-
ther, salesman for Swift and
Co., is among the class of 15
new members and is the first
woman admitted to the or-
ganization here. During the
war she served a year and nine
months as a private in the Ma-
rine Corps Reserve, working in
the office at Portland.
75 YEARS AGO
March 6, 1947 — Power
capacity to be increased
by 60 percent
With work nearly complete
on the installation of two new
transformer banks that provide
a 60 per cent increase in capac-
ity at the Redmond substation,
Pacific Power and Light com-
pany’s construction program in
the Deschutes district this year
will total more than $215,000,
W.B. Galligan, local manager
for the company, said Wednes-
day.
Indicative of the rapid de-
velopment that is underway
here, the company has allo-
cated $100,000 for additional
distribution lines, to serve new
farms, homes, and business
and industrial establishments
in the midstate territory this
year, much of it in the Red-
mond area.
Galligan said the additions
to the power system here
Submitted Photo
First recipients of Emergency Medical Technician patches are Red-
mond ambulance attendants Dick Zobrist, left, and Lyle Calvert, right.
Presenting them was Robert Stewart, training chief of the Division of
Emergency Health Services from Washington, D.C.
are part of a $3,874,000 sys-
tem-wide construction pro-
gram scheduled for comple-
tion this year by Pacific Power
and Light company. The 1947
building program is the largest
in the company’s history.
50 YEARS AGO
March 1, 1972 — Ambu-
lance attendants awarded
Three Redmond ambulance
attendants, Paul McCoy, Lyle
Calvert and Dick Zobrist, are
scheduled to receive citations
for outstanding service from
Gov. Tom McCall during cere-
monies this afternoon in Salem.
Last week the same three
men became the first ambu-
lance attendants in the state,
and possibly in the nation, to
receive Emergency Medical
Technician uniform patches.
They were presented at the
Volunteer Ambulance Asso-
ciation of Oregon convention
at Yachats by Robert Stewart,
training chief of the Division
of Emergency Health Services,
U.S. Public Health Services,
Washington, D.C.
EMT patches were issued
early as a result of a letter from
the wife of a young man, who
had been seriously injured
in December on the Santiam
Pass. Thanks to the skill which
was employed by McCoy,
Calvert and Zobrist in moving
the victim, he is expected to
recover completely from inju-
ries which could have rendered
him a semi-invalid — if he had
been improperly moved.
The governor’s award also is
a result of the letter. All three
honorees are in Salem today
for the presentation. McCoy
was unable to personally ac-
cept his EMT patch.
Also in the limelight at the
Yachats convention was Red-
mond fireman Fay Scoggin,
who was presented the Pres-
ident’s Appreciation Trophy.
Scoggin was cited for “carry-
ing on my job in Redmond,
without which it would have
been impossible for me to
serve as president” by Wilbur
“Spike” Durfee, Redmond as-
sistant fire chief and president
of the state ambulance asso-
ciation.
Other awards went to Bill
McIntyre, director of Emer-
gency Health Services Divi-
sion, Oregon State Board of
Health, for his service to the
March 5, 1997 —
New resort bill makes
concessions to farmers
Legislators again with the
bait revising the states land-
use law regarding destination
resorts with a bill introduced
Tuesday by Sen. Neil Bryant,
R-Bend.
The legislation, sought by
developers who propose build-
ing a large resort near Terre-
bonne, differs from a version
adopted in the 1995 Legislature
but vetoed by Gov. John Kitch-
ener.
Most significantly, the bill
seeks to ease restrictions on re-
sort development only east of the
Cascades rather than statewide.
Senate Bill 870 also would
require developers to pay into
a trust fund to purchase con-
servation easements and devel-
opment right near the resort
in order to deter sprawl onto
farm land.
The bill also seeks to insulate
adjacent farmers from being
sued for farming practices that
resort residents or patrons find
objectionable, and it would
mandate the architecture con-
form with standards to ensure
that resorts near parks, rivers
and other scenic areas aren’t
eyesores.
Bryant admitted that his
bill would eliminate some of
the hurdles that developers
Jim Gardner and Mick Hum-
phreys face in their proposed
$500 million Rimrock resort
on 1,800 acres west and north
of Smith Rock State Park. But it
doesn’t apply only to that proj-
ect, he stressed.
BY BRIAN RATHBONE
The Bulletin
REDMOND — The first
12 games of the season were a
bit of a roller coaster for Red-
mond.
One day, the Panthers
would beat Class 6A Bend
High by 17 points, and an-
other day, they would lose to
4A Marshfield or squeak by
4A Junction City.
With just two returners
who played meaningful min-
utes last season, the Red-
mond boys basketball team
was trying to navigate a non-
league season that had nearly
as many losses as it did wins.
Yet, after an admittedly
frustrating game — a 51-44
loss to Mountain View in the
Summit Holiday Classic —
Garrett Osborne was certain
the tides would change and
the Panthers would eventually
accomplish something they
had not in nearly a decade.
“We are going to win
league for sure,” said the
spring-loaded senior wing
without a shred of doubt back
in late December.
And Redmond did just
that. Last week against Hood
River Valley, the Panthers
clinched the 5A Intermoun-
tain Conference title — the
program’s first conference
championship since 2013.
“Cutting down the nets
was such a good feeling, it
will be something that I’ll re-
member for the rest of my
life,” Osborne said. “To finish
like that in our senior year is
a good feeling, definitely.”
Redmond (10-0 IMC, 19-5
overall) has not lost a game
since that late-December set-
back against Mountain View
and has yet to lose in 2022.
In the regular season fi-
nale Tuesday night in the
Brian Rathbone/The Bulletin
Redmond’s Garrett Osborne
(10) tries to move past Rid-
geview’s Ryan Asplund during
the Panthers’ 61-46 win over
the Ravens Tuesday night at
Ridgeview High School.
Hometown Showdown at
Ridgeview, Redmond capped
off its undefeated IMC sea-
son with a 61-46 win and
pushed its winning streak to
12 games.
In a battle between the two
Redmond schools, Osborne
led the way with 19 points
while Evan Otten added 14
points and Nathan Wachs
15 points, including four
3-pointers.
Ridgeview (4-6, 13-11),
still in the hunt for a postsea-
son at-large berth, had dou-
ble-digit scoring efforts from
Aidan Brenneman (12) and
Ryan Asplund (10). Jeremiah
Schwartz and Zack Asplund
each had eight points for the
Ravens in the loss.
“It is pretty special,” said
Redmond coach Reagan Gil-
bertson. “The guys put in the
time throughout the COVID
season to keep working, to
keep getting better, so these
guys deserve it. I’m just so
happy for them.”
Reporter: 541-383-0307,
brathbone@bendbulletin.com