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Inside: Redmond man is vet program’s first graduate » Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Redmond, Oregon • $1 redmondspokesman.com A special good morning to subscriber Carolyn and Aden Bynum @redmondspox REDMOND CHAMBER Citizen, business of the year named DeLand, AccuAir honored BY TIM TRAINOR Redmond Spokesman The Redmond Chamber of Com- merce handed out some hardware, naming its citizen and business of the year as well as a number of other awards. Don DeLand won the “Citizen of the Year” honor for his work leading VFW Post 4108 and American Legion Post 44 in Redmond. DeLand also spear- heads an honor guard of local veter- ans that provides military honors at veteran funerals, memorial services and celebrations of life, as requested by families. But that’s not all. DeLand also ran the food pantry of the St. Vincent de Paul, which handed out food through- out the pandemic. In addition, he is vice president of Honor Flight of Cen- tral Oregon, which flies area veterans to Washington, D.C, so they can be celebrated. DeLand said he averages 30 hours of volunteer time each week. DeLand got out of the U.S. Navy in 1970, joining what was then Pacific Northwest Bell. He spent his career with the changing telephone compa- nies for 42 years as an installer and later as an analyst. He retired in 2013 when he moved from Silverton to Redmond, where he quickly got involved in local service organizations. “If you live in a community you need to be active in the community,” hesaid. Don DeLand was named “Citizen of the Year” by the Redmond Chamber of Commerce. Photo courtesy Redmond Chamber of Commerce See Citizen / P3 Redmond: Deschutes Fair & Expo Center FFA PARTICIPANTS PACK CITY FOR STATE CONVENTION Spokesman will be delivered by mail BY TIM TRAINOR Redmond Spokesman Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin photos Students gather March 17 to enter the First Interstate Bank Center for the opening session of the Oregon FFA State Convention at the Deschutes Fair & Expo Center. GEORGE PLAVEN • For the Spokesman W atching the opening session of the 2022 Oregon Future Farmers of America State Convention, Hayden Bush could feel tears welling in his eyes. “I’m an emotional person,” said Bush, an agriculture teacher and FFA adviser at Tillamook High School. “There is something about being in that session hall and feeling that excitement that you can’t get virtually.” Students run through the doors to enter the First Inter- state Bank Center for the opening session of the conven- tion. More than 2,500 Oregon FFA members and guests gathered start- ing March 17 for the first in-person convention since the start of the pandemic, bringing a rush of energy and unbridled enthusiasm to the Deschutes Fair & Expo Center in Redmond. The convention culmi- nated Sunday in the election of state officers. For Codie-Lee Haner, a freshman at Sherman County High School in Moro, it was her first live conven- tion experience. She likened it to a rock concert, particularly in the main session hall where members crowded around the stage to dance with their friends. “So far, I’ve made a lot of friends along the way,” Haner said. “I’m not good at making friends, but I’ve opened up to a lot of people here.” It is precisely that element of to- getherness that FFA members and advisors say can’t be duplicated on- line. See FFA / P3 As part of a suite of changes coming to the Red- mond Spokesman, the news- paper will soon be delivered via U.S. mail, arriving at most households on Tues- days. Starting with the April 5 edition, the paper will be printed on Monday nights and then taken to the post office. From there, papers will be delivered to mail- boxes in and around the Redmond area on Tues- day — arriving a day earlier than most readers are cur- rently receiving their paper. The Spokesman’s digital edition, which is included free with a print subscrip- tion, will be delivered via e-mail to subscribers by 6 a.m. each Tuesday morn- ing. All local stories will be posted immediately at www.redmondspokesman. com and on the newspa- per’s Facebook and Twitter pages. The change will ensure delivery of each and every edition to each and every subscriber. “For a weekly paper, mail delivery makes a lot of sense,” said Spokesman editor Tim Trainor. “It allows us to have a reliable distribution partner to make sure everyone gets what they paid for. It will also allow our staff to focus on what readers want — more local content.” It will reduce the cost of a subscription to $51 per year. Subscribers can call the Spokesman’s customer ser- vice team at 800-781-3214 to sign up for the digital edition and for access to the Spokesman website. The delivery change is just one of many updates for the paper. It is also in the process of moving into a new downtown newsroom on SW Sixth Street, next to the Odem Theater, which is set to open next month. New staffing updates are on the way, as well. The Spokesman uses recycled newsprint Wednesday 3/23 Events in and around Redmond High Desert Stampede: A fast-paced, entertaining rodeo event that draws a wide variety of spectators; 7 p.m.; $20-$30; Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond; expo.deschutes.org or 541-548-2711. Thursday 3/24 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. Ribbon Cutting — Eqwine Wine Bar: Celebrate new busi- ness and network at this event; 4-5 p.m.; free; Eqwine Wine Bar, 218 SW Fourth St., Redmond; visitredmondoregon.com or 541- 527-4419. Historic Landmarks Commission Meeting: A regular meet- ing will be held; 4:30-6 p.m.; free; Redmond City Hall, 411 SW Ninth St., Redmond; redmondoregon.gov or 541-923-7710. Spring Fling Dating: Meet a lover or make some friends and mingle. Drinks and conversation starters provided; 5:30- 10 p.m.; $10 Seniors, $15 Adults; General Duffy’s Watering Hole, 404 SW Forest Ave., Bend; facebook.com/Generalduffys or 541- 527-4345. Lino — Range Music Series: The local musician will perform smooth jazz, classical, Latin, and world music; 5:30-8:30 p.m.; free; Brasada Ranch, 16986 SW Brasada Ranch Road, Powell Butte; brasada.com or 855-318-4960. See Calendar / P3 INDEX Puzzles ............. 2 Obituaries ....... 5 Flashback ........ 5 Classifieds ....... 6 Volume 112, No. 30 USPS 778-040 U|xaIICGHy02326kzU