The SpokeSman • TueSday, June 21, 2022 A3
Redmond home listed on historic register
BY TIM TRAINOR
Redmond Spokesman
The Norman and Frances Swanson
House, located at 327 NW Canyon Drive in
Redmond, has been listed in the National
Register of Historic Places.
The house was built in 1966 and, accord-
ing to the register, is representative of the
contemporary-style, single-family residences
and associated outbuildings in the area.
It was designed by the Eugene architec-
tural firm of Balzhiser, Seder and Rhodes.
The property is listed for its architectural
design, reflective of the modernist archi-
tecture movement in the Pacific North-
west. That movement is characterized
by its use of local, natural materials, low-
pitched gable roof with broad overhanging
eaves, have retained their location and set-
ting integrity, historic associations, over-
all massing, low-pitched roof and natural
materials, open floorplan, and extensive
use of large windows as a means of blend-
ing interior and exterior living spaces.
The homes is the first residential prop-
erty listed under the Historic Residential
Resources of Redmond multiple property
document.
The document describes the settlement
and residential development of Redmond
from 1900 to 1970 and defines the types
of associated residential properties such as
single-family residences and their associ-
ated outbuildings, multi-family residences
and their associated outbuildings and res-
idential historic districts. The document
then provides guidance on determining
the eligibility of such properties for listing
in the National Register.
Author pens biography of local triathlete
BY MARK MORICAL
Co media Group
Writing a biography of an
athlete and human as accom-
plished and prolific as Lew
Hollander is no simple task.
It’s no wonder that the proj-
ect required five years for Red-
mond author Dana Burnett.
The result is “Use It or Lose
It: Pathways to Healthy Liv-
ing,” a comprehensive account
of the adventures of Hol-
lander, a 92-year-old triathlete
and longtime Central Oregon
resident who is still compet-
ing.
“It’s probably been rewrit-
ten 200 or 300 times,” Burnett
said of the book, which was
released last year. “With some-
body like Lew, I’ve never met
anybody like him, and I just
felt there was a treasure there.
The essence of Lew is just
something that you don’t find
very often. There’s something
to his manner. He’s very low-
key, he inspires people and he
never quits trying.”
A world-class endurance
horseback rider in his younger
years, Hollander started racing
triathlons when he was 55.
Eight years ago at the age of
84, Hollander became the old-
est person in the world to fin-
ish an Ironman distance race.
Two years before that, at 82,
he became the oldest person
to finish the prestigious Iron-
man World Championship in
Council approves $1.1 million
for Odem Medo realignment
BY TIM TRAINOR
Redmond Spokesman
Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin file
Lew Hollander will compete in the Pilot Butte Challenge on Friday at 6 p.m. in Bend.
Kona, Hawaii.
In 2010, at 80, Hollander
finished the Ironman World
Championship in 15 hours, 48
minutes, a time that nobody
else in their 80s has come
close to.
Hollander has recently
switched to the shorter sprint
distance of triathlons, but he
estimates he has competed in
some 70 Ironman-distance tri-
athlons over the past 35 years.
(Ironmans include a 2.4-mile
swim, 112-mile bike ride and
26.2-mile run.)
Hollander is set to race in
the Pilot Butte Challenge on
Friday at 6 p.m. Part of the Pa-
cific Crest Endurance Sports
Festival this year in Bend,
the Pilot Butte Challenge is a
running race to the top of the
butte. In 2015, at age 85, Hol-
lander reached the top in 15
minutes, 56 seconds.
This past Saturday, Hol-
lander competed in the Or-
egon Dunes sprint triathlon
in Dunes City on the Oregon
Coast, finishing 37th overall in
3:18:52. He plans to compete
in about one race per week
through the summer, finishing
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thon on Oct. 2.
“It’s persistence,” Hollander
said of his ability to keep com-
peting at 92. “I have no tal-
ent that anybody else doesn’t
have. You fall down and you
pick yourself back up and
keep going. A lot of people are
much better athletes, but they
fall down and they’re done. I
guess I’m not done yet.”
Burnett said that what Hol-
lander is doing now is just as
remarkable as anything he has
accomplished throughout his
long racing career.
Redmond city coun-
cil on June 14 approved a
$1.1 million bid to realign
Odem Medo Road and its
connection to Canal Bou-
levard in southwest Red-
mond.
Currently, SW Salmon
Ave connects with Canal
at an unsignaled and of-
ten dangerous three-way
intersection. Odem Medo
and Canal roads intersect
just to the south.
The current construc-
tion plan calls to discon-
nect SW Salmon Ave and
Canal by ending Salmon
in a cul de sac. Odem
Medo will be rebuilt in a
southwestern angle to in-
tersect with Canal at safer
intersection that will have
a traffic light.
The project will also
add sidewalks and bike
lanes to the reconstructed
Odem Medo, which city
officials said will make for
safer travel.
Councilor Ed Fitch
noted that there had been
“two pedestrian hit-and-
runs” recently at the in-
tersection of Canal and
Salmon. Mayor George
Endicott said turning left
at the current intersection
is dangerous and the the
new realignment “will be
a welcome addition to that
part of town for traffic
movement.”
According to new city
engineer Jessica McLana-
han, roads in the area were
rebuilt in 2009 with the
goal of eventually realign-
ing Odem Medo to meet
Canal. In 2010, the city
starting buying parcels in
the path of the planned
street.
That work was com-
pleted and an open bid
was sent out in March.
Knife River Northwest
was the low bidder at
$1,138,751. Construction
is expected to start next
month and be finished by
November.
In other action, coun-
cilors again debated rules
and communication
about fireworks use on
the Fourth of July and all
summer long. Council-
ors Clifford Evelyn and
Cat Zwicker both rec-
ommended rules against
fireworks in Dry Canyon,
while councilor Jay Pat-
rick spoke against a for-
mal ordinance, but rec-
ommended council clearly
communicate how to
safely use fireworks and
discourage use in Dry
Canyon.