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A guide
through
grief
Kellstrom retires from Redmond Hospice,
oversaw Camp Sunrise for 17 years
BY LEO BAUDHUIN
Redmond Spokesman
Diane Kellstrom recalls one day at Hospice of
Redmond, when a high school student called her
out of the blue.
The student told her he had
attended hospice’s Camp Sun-
rise, a free children’s grief camp.
Kellstrom ran the program for
17 years, trying to support youth
who experienced the loss of a
loved one.
Kellstrom
“But coming to camp opened
his eyes to a world of people
that he so cared about and admired,” Kellstrom
said. “He said that even though his circumstances
hadn’t changed, he was going to graduate from high
school, and he was going to go out in the world
and become one of the amazing people that he had
met at Camp Sunrise. Because he had never met so
many loving and caring adults, and he wanted to be
one of them.”
Kellstrom said she’ll miss that culture of care and
support — both among hospice employees and be-
tween hospice members and the patients they help
— as she moves into retirement. Kellstrom will step
down after nearly 20 years with the organization.
Photos by Bill Bartlett
ABOVE: Granddaughter Alyssa gets a lesson in milking cow from grandpa Rory Callahan. BELOW: Les and Vicki Nolan keep Redmond
neighbors supplied with fresh eggs from backyard coop.
A little
COUNTRY
‘A LITTLE MAGIC’
In her 17 years as bereavement coordinator
with Hospice of Redmond, Kellstrom helped sup-
port locals grieving the death of a loved one. She
coordinated various free support services and
kept in touch with the hospice’s bereaved through
phone, mail and in-person meetings.
The job also includes supporting the hospice’s
bereavement team, said Kat Rachman, who’s tak-
ing Kellstrom’s place as the new bereavement co-
ordinator.
She established herself as a beloved member of
the Central Oregon hospice community.
See Kellstrom / A6
LOCAL
Business tour
Industry group checks out Oregon’s Wild
Harvest. INSIDE, A3
CITY
in the
Livestock still have homes in Redmond
BY BILL BARTLETT • For the Redmond Spokesman
A
s Redmond has grown to more than 36,000
human residents, you might think that
farming and ranching in city limits is done.
You’d be right when it comes to large scale, commercial ven-
tures. But dotted around its borders, and in a few cases close
to downtown, you can still find plenty of horses, cows, goats,
a few sheep, lots of chickens, some alpacas and a fair number
of rabbits, too.
Redmond’s deep farming and ranching heritage is alive
and well despite urbanization. It’s deep in the veins of
roughly 300 Redmond residents who still keep livestock on
their property. That population estimate is provided by area
veterinarians, some of whom still do on-site calls.
Is keeping livestock in the city legal? Absolutely.
Here are the rules if you are considering setting up a back-
yard barn, coop or hutch. Livestock, excluding horses, may
not be kept on lots having an area of less than 20,000 square
EVENTS
feet. The required area for horses is 10,000 square feet for one
horse, 20,000 square feet for two horses, and 5,000 square feet
for each additional horse.
• Cows, goats and sheep must have a fenced corral or pas-
ture with a usable area of at least 10,000 square feet per ani-
mal.
• The number of chickens, fowl and rabbits shall not ex-
ceed one for each 500 square feet of property. Animal runs or
barns, chicken, fowl pens and livestock enclosures must be
located on the rear half of the property not closer than 50 feet
from any off-property residence.
• Chickens and fowl are required to be properly caged
or housed and proper sanitation must be maintained at all
times. All animal or poultry food must be stored in metal or
other rodent-proof containers.
• Fences used for enclosing livestock must be kept in good
repair and be at least four feet tall.
See Livestock / A6
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