THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2022 A3
Fireworks allowed in Redmond, but
officials ask public to use caution
Terrebonne man charged
with sexual abuse of a
toddler, child pornography
Danger expects to
increase throughout
summer
Spokesman staff
BY NICK ROSENBERGER
Redmond Spokesman
With temperatures heating
up for summer and the vast
majority of Deschutes County
in drought, Redmond is one
of the few cities in the county
allowing fireworks this sum-
mer.
And, while the city coun-
cil did not ban fireworks in
city limits, concerns about the
risks permeate both the coun-
cil and fire officials.
“I’d like to ask the people of
Redmond to be responsible on
the Fourth of July,” said coun-
cilor Jay Patrick at a June 28
city council meeting. He asked
residents to not to set off fire-
works in Dry Canyon.
Tom Mooney, the Redmond
Fire & Rescue Marshal, said
people are civilly liable for any
damages caused by fireworks
they light. He said celebrants
should be mindful of where,
and what kind, of fireworks
they use.
Mooney mentioned that
the Dry Canyon was on their
radar as well for potential fire
risks.
“Do not go there,” he said.
Mooney noted that many
Spokesman file photo
2016 4th of July fireworks display at the Deschutes County Fair and
Expo Center.
fires started by fireworks are
caused by people poorly dis-
posing spent fireworks. Keep
a hose and metal bucket of
water nearby and place spent
fireworks in the bucket over-
night. He said many fires are
started when people then
bring the bucket close to their
house or put fireworks directly
in the trash. To combat this,
he recommended users leave
the bucket at the curb over-
night and hose everything
down.
While the fire department
will be respond to emergen-
cies, Mooney said they’re rely-
ing “on citizens to do the right
thing.” Calls to the fire depart-
ment often skyrocket on July
4, which means crews will be
overtaxed.
Additionally, Mooney noted
that recent rains can be a dou-
ble-edged sword. While it may
seem like the wet spring and
early summer would lower the
risk of fire, much of that water
drained straight into drought-
stricken aquifers and did not
stay near the surface. The rain
also helped spur the growth of
grasses, which can create more
fuel when the heat of summer
dries them out,
Councilor Ed Fitch hoped
Redmond would ban fire-
works in Dry Canyon and
other places on the Fourth of
July, and ban them the rest of
the year. He said people who
are careful, but are in areas
of dry grass, can still create
big problems that put life and
property in danger.
Fitch argued that the ma-
jority of city councilors “want
to allow fireworks any time,
any where and any place in
the city.”
“It’s just not a good idea,”
Fitch said.
In a recent joint statement
from the city of Redmond,
Redmond Fire & Rescue and
the Redmond Police Depart-
ment, officials urged residents
to celebrate safely and observe
the following safety tips:
• Only adults should light
or handle fireworks. Supervise
children at all times.
• Store fireworks, matches,
and lighters out of the reach of
children.
• Use fireworks outdoors
on a paved surface, away from
buildings, vehicles and vege-
tation.
• Never point or throw fire-
works at people, pets, cars, or
buildings.
• Never pick up or try to re-
light a “dud.”
• Never alter fireworks or
make your own.
• Have a hose nearby in case
of fire and place “spent” fire-
works in a metal bucket with
water.
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Reporter: nrosenberger@
redmondspokesman.com
Forest Ray brings psych, twang and rock to Redmond
BY BEN SALMON
For The Spokesman
The Seattle band known as
Forest Ray sounds not unlike a
certain romanticized image of
the Pacific Northwest: Dimly
lit and deeply rooted, with
misty rays of sunlight trickling
in through the tree canopy,
sun dappling off cartoonishly
large mushroom caps and
mystic vibes permeating the
chilly, crystal-clear air.
Somewhere, off in the
distance, a group of hirsute
dudes make a racket that their
hometown alt-weekly, The
Stranger, once described as a
“distinct blend of psychedelic
rock and folksy Americana,
doused with a healthy bit of
nostalgia for the 1960s (that)
would make anyone want to
smoke some grass and stare at
a mesmerizingly patterned ta-
blecloth.”
That may not exactly be
Forest Ray’s origin story, but it
sounds close enough, and it’s
probably more fun than the
truth anyway. What matters
is where Forest Ray is now,
which is putting out excellent
singles in preparation for a full
album release later this year.
If those singles are any indi-
cation (and they surely are),
the album will spill over with
warm, melodic rock ‘n’ roll
psych-ed and twang-ed up
with flutes, pedal steel guitar,
vibraphones, horns, organs
and strictly analog production
techniques.
If You Go
Brittne Lunniss/Submitted photo
What: Forest Ray, with Je-
shua Marshall and G Bots
and the Journeymen
When: 8 p.m. Tuesday,
July 5,
Where: High Desert Music
Hall, 818 SW Forest Ave.,
Redmond
Cost: $10 advance, $12 at
the door
Contact: highdesertmusi-
chall.com.
A Crooked River Ranch
resident was arrested
Wednesday, June 29 and
charged with numerous
counts of sexual abuse of a
child and possession of child
pornography.
Andres Carrera-Gar-
cia, 30, of Terrebonne, was
charged with multiple counts
of sodomy, sexual abuse, en-
couraging child sexual abuse
and sexual misconduct,
among other charges.
According to Oregon State
Police, detectives executed
a search warrant at Carre-
ra-Garcia’s Crooked River
Ranch home, located in Jef-
ferson County.
Among his belongings,
detectives allege they found
hundreds of images of child
sexual abuse that had been
downloaded from the inter-
net. Carrera-Garcia then ad-
mitted to sexually molesting
a child, who was 2 years old
at the time, while babysitting
him at a residence in Red-
mond in 2020 and 2021.
Carrera-Garcia was
lodged at the Deschutes
County Jail. Additional
Andres Carrera-Garcia
charges are pending in Jef-
ferson County for possession
of child sexual abuse mate-
rial.
OSP detectives believe it
is possible there are addi-
tional victims that have yet
to be identified. If your child
had unsupervised contact
with Andres Carrera-Garcia
contact Oregon State Police
at 1-800-422-0776 or *OSP
(*677) from a mobile phone.
Reference case number
SP22-026887.
OSP was assisted by
members of the Deschutes
County Sheriff’s Office and
the Redmond Police Depart-
ment.
Motorcyclist killed and
passenger injured in crash
north of Terrebonne
Spokesman staff
A Washington State man
was killed Tuesday, June 28
after colliding with another
car on Highway 97.
According to police, Mar-
tin Fox, 65, of Manson,
Wash., was driving north-
bound on a Honda Gold
Wing motorcycle from Ter-
rebonne toward Culver about
2:23 p.m. Mario Villagomez,
31, of Prineville, was driving
westbound on Highway 361
and failed to stop before en-
tering Highway 97.
The two vehicles collided
and Fox died the scene. A
passenger on the motorcy-
cle, Susan Fox, 62, was criti-
cally injured and flown to St.
Charles in Bend.
Traffic was closed or
slowed on highways 97 and
361 for approximately three
hours. Oregon State Police
was assisted by Jefferson
County Sheriff’s Office, Jef-
ferson County Fire & EMS
and ODOT.
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Rerpoter: ttrainor@
redmondspokesman.com
Peter Sumic, left, and Simon Olander of Forest Ray.
Before Forest Ray arrives in
Redmond to play High Desert
Music Hall (see “If you go”),
GO! reached out and asked
band leader Peter Sumic a
few questions. Here are his
answers, edited for space and
clarity.
GO!: When you started the
band, did you have an idea
of what you wanted to sound
like? Or did that reveal itself
over time?
Peter Sumic: I think when
we were starting around 2015
I was really influenced by ga-
rage rock and the “Pebbles”
compilations, which doc-
umented short-lived and/
or obscure rock songs from
the 1960s. So it was origi-
nally intended to emulate that
lower fidelity sound and the
sound of recordings of that
era, especially with the vo-
cals and drum sounds. Our
first record, especially, fea-
tures broader sonic experi-
mentation and is much more
psychedelic, while our later
albums focus more on song-
writing and traditional song
structure as well as acoustic
instruments and folk music.
I think psychedelic folk-rock
or garage rock is probably the
most accurate description of
our band’s current sound.
GO!: What do you all like
about blending folk/coun-
try music and psychedelic
sounds? Why do you think
they go well together?
PS: I’ve always been a big
fan of The Byrds and Buffalo
Springfield, and I think those
two genres have blended re-
ally nicely in the past. Es-
pecially in the 1960s Laurel
Canyon scene and even with
some of the outlaw country
from Texas. For me person-
ally, as a guitarist and song-
writer, I’m really drawn to the
way guitar is used throughout
country music. I’ve always
been drawn to that guitar fo-
cus in country and rock. But
with that said, we also have
pretty diverse orchestration,
and our multi-instrumental-
ist Brendan McGovern brings
a lot of the orchestration in-
fluence of the ‘60s, a la the
Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds” and
some Brazilian psych like Os
Mutantes, who heavily fea-
tured woodwinds.
GO!: Your music feels mod-
ern to me, but something
about the production makes
it feel like it’s been imported
from another time. How do
you do that?
PS: Primarily I think our
process of recording, mixing
and mastering with tape or
analog methods gives it that
feel. Because we’re using a lot
of recording techniques and
gear from a bygone era.
Driver ejected, seriously
injured in Cline Falls
Highway car crash
BY TIM TRAINOR
Redmond Spokesman
A woman was ejected
from her car and seriously
injured in a one vehicle crash
on Tuesday, June 28, on the
Cline Falls Highway.
According to Deschutes
County deputies, emergency
crews were dispatched to
the single vehicle crash near
Tumalo Cemetery about
4:40 p.m. and once on scene
found a 2021 Subaru For-
ester resting on its driver’s
side, on the southbound
shoulder of the highway. The
driver, a 34-year-old woman,
was ejected from the car
and was transported to St.
Charles Hospital in Bend
with serious injuries.
According to police, the
woman was driving north
when she lost control on
curve just south of the cem-
etery, cut across southbound
lanes and struck a wooden
fence and power pole, flip-
ping her car.
As of Wednesday, investi-
gators are still determining
whether alcohol or speed
were a factor in the crash.
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Rerpoter: ttrainor@
redmondspokesman.com