A4 THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022
Poverty Simulation
event set for May 20
BY BRENNA VISSER
EO Media Group
Redmond residents are invited
to participate in Poverty Simu-
lation on May 20, an event de-
signed to show the general com-
munity the realities of poverty.
The event, which is being
hosted by the nonprofit organiza-
tion Rogue Retreat, will simulate
how difficult everyday tasks and
responsibilities are when living
under the poverty line, according
to the event’s description.
Participants will attempt to ac-
complish tasks by visiting tables
around a room represented by
service providers, government
agencies and others with lived ex-
perience, according to Jim Cook,
a Redmond homeless advocate.
“This simulation dramatically
demonstrates how much time
and energy many families have to
give to survive from day to day,”
according to the event descrip-
tion. “It quickly dispels the myth
that people would do fine if they
would only go out and get a job!”
The event will be held at
Mountainview Fellowship
Church in Redmond between
8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The
event is free and lunch will be
provided. To volunteer or par-
ticipate, people can visit the Pov-
erty Simulation Eventbrite page
or contact Oasis Village, a group
of people trying to start a man-
aged tiny-home village in Red-
mond, at info@oasisvillageor.
org.
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Ryan Brennecke/
The Bulletin
Redmond
Police Chief
Devin Lewis
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Some specialized teams
Lewis has in mind include
a mental health team that
would initially be made up
of two or three officers spe-
cially trained to deal with
mental health crises, and
who would work closely
with licensed behavioral
health workers. The model
is similar to the co-re-
sponder mental health crisis
team at the Bend Police De-
partment, Lewis said.
Redmond Mayor George
Endicott is also in support
of the bond and urged vot-
ers to vote yes.
“Our current police sta-
tion is not only outdated in
terms of maintenance and
upkeep, but also in size,”
Endicott said. “We aren’t
even growing our police
force commensurate with
the population growth, but
we still have a lot more of-
ficers than we had before,
and we’ve run out of room.
We’ve run out of capacity.”
Endicott said the police
station project was devel-
oped with a consulting
firm and while it is not go-
ing to be extravagant, it is
expected to be functional
and practical for Redmond,
which has seen significant
and steady growth in the
past decades.
The new police station
project has been in the
works since April, and if ac-
cepted by voters is expected
to be up and running by
2024 or 2025 at a cost of
around $49 million.
The bond measure would
cover the $40 million for
construction, while the rest
of the $9 million will come
from the federal govern-
ment and the city’s general
fund.
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Trey Thomason, a Realms High School junior, and Robert Wooldridge, a teacher, pull invasive plants at Smith Rock State Park on May 6.
Realms
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Harju also said that these
programs are critical ways to
reignite student enthusiasm
that waned during the pan-
demic. He added that students
are often more excited about
school in the weeks following
the week-long program than
they were before.
Last week, students took
part in a variety of activities
both on and off campus. Some
students took a culinary class,
where they learned about the
science of fermentation. Oth-
ers were refurbishing and rid-
ing mountain bikes. Another
group of students held a mock
trial, Harju said.
The group at Smith Rock
spent the week learning about
the basics of rock climbing in
the gym. They capped off the
week with outdoor climbing
Thursday and the invasive
plant cleanup Friday.
On Friday, students started
their day learning from Van-
derbeek about the “dramatic
geologic history” that shaped
the park where they’d spend
their day. They also learned
about the different flora and
fauna in the park. Then, they
spread out along park trails
and got down in the dirt,
yanking up plants while scar-
ing each other with stories
about rattlesnakes and spi-
ders.
Wyatt Winterbottom, a ju-
nior at Realms High, said it
was thrilling to climb outside,
which he had never done be-
fore. He and other students
said the invasive plant re-
moval reinforced in them the
“leave no trace” ethic among
those who enjoy the outdoors.
While students and teach-
ers tossed their invasive plants
into bags, Vanderbeek, the
park ranger, laughed as he re-
counted the many days he has
spent pulling the plants that he
said are dominating the park.
Plants like these — medu-
sahead rye, knapweed, cheat-
grass — are among the leading
causes of native biodiversity
loss in habitats like Smith
Rock’s. Some species can in-
crease fire danger, while others
Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin
ABOVE: Realms High School student Brett Ross rock climbs May 5 at
Smith Rock State Park during an alternative learning opportunity.
LEFT: Realms High School student Haley Delgado climbs at Smith
Rock State Park on May 5 during an alternative learning opportunity.
have spikes that can get lodged
in dog paws or deer nostrils.
But many will continue to
“spread out and spread out”
in a relatively rapid fashion if
they aren’t removed, Vander-
beek said.
Standing in what he called a
“hot spot” for invasive plants,
he estimated that the students
would do in a few hours what
would ordinarily take him a
week’s time.
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