THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2022 A5
Air show over Madras thrills attendees
BY BILL BARTLETT
For the Redmond Spokesman
Hundreds of Redmond resi-
dents headed north Friday and
Saturday, making the 30 minute
journey to the Air Show of The
Cascades in Madras.
If you’ve never been to an air
show you might reconsider for
next year, it’s 23rd annual event.
“What folks need to think of
is not a textbook air show but
a festival,” said Joe Krenowicz,
who heads the Madras Chamber
of Commerce. “If planes don’t
interest you, then bring the fam-
ily for the fireworks, live music, a
sunrise breakfast, a fish ‘n chips
dinner or car show,” he said.
And record crowds did.
Friday night saw three times
as many patrons as 2021 and
Saturday, a picture perfect day in
the mid 70s, took acres of park-
ing to accommodate spectators
who hailed from a dozen states,
some as far flung as New York.
Krenowicz knew by Thursday
that it was going to be a busy
weekend. Advance ticket sales
set off alarm bells as organizers
scrambled to find 10 more por-
table toilets only to realize they’d
need yet another 10 as sales kept
ringing.
Naturally, aircraft were the
centerpiece of the two-day af-
fair. A large cadre of airplanes
were on ground and in the air.
Pilots from several nearby states
flew in to kick things off.
Their planes were a mixture
of vintage models, the kinds
Miss the air show?
The Erickson Aircraft Collec-
tion is open to the public
daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
except Monday.
The collection is closed
Thanksgiving, Christmas
and Easter Sunday.
Photo by Bill Bartlett for the Redmond Spokesman
Crowds wander through numerous vintage aircraft at the Air Show of
the Cascades in Madras.
made famous in movies like
”Out of Africa” with open air
cockpits to high performance
stunt planes.
Add in war planes includ-
ing the Mustang P-51 and B-17
Sentimental Journey originally
manufactured and delivered to
the U.S. Army Air Forces for
war service in 1944 where she
flew missions in the Pacific The-
ater. After the war she flew for
training, testing and at-sea res-
cue missions and was eventually
sold for surplus and used as a
fire bomber.
In 1978 the aircraft was pur-
chased by a Commemorative
Air Force (CAF) member and
donated to the newly formed
Arizona unit of the world-fa-
mous CAF.
The Spokesman had a bird’s
eye view of the event as an on-
board guest of the crowd fa-
vorite, Golden Knights, one of
only three Department of De-
fense-sanctioned aerial demon-
stration teams, along with the
US Navy Blue Angels and the
US Air Force Thunderbirds.
The precision unit made
three jumps to the thrill of the
onlookers gazing into a crystal
blue sky. For adrenaline buffs,
the Airshow had you covered.
But many needed to cover their
ears.
The Navy aircraft, the F-18
Growler, is a prominent air-
craft in the recently released
“Top Gun-Maverick” movie and
was in this year’s line-up both
days. The Growler performed
at speeds short of exceeding the
sound barrier as a pair started
their routine at 600 mph, 100
just feet over the runway.
The car show has always been
affiliated with this airshow since
the 1970s when friends and
family members began flying
and driving to the Ochs fam-
ily farm. Entries have been re-
turning for years in addition to
newcomers who are registering
for the first time. The Car Show
was an exciting and free activity
for attendees to enjoy as part of
their Airshow experience.
Chuck and Rachel Feriend
of Redmond took their little
Photo by Bill Bartlett for the Spokesman
A member of the Golden Knights, one of only three Department of De-
fense-sanctioned aerial demonstration teams, peers out a plane before
parachuting out to entertain crowds at the air show in Madras.
ones Jaxon, 5, and CJ, 2, to the
show. They were one of dozens
of Redmond families taking
advantage of the exceptional
weather and vast array of planes,
cars, food and games.
“The kids are really into the
planes,” Rachel said.
Chuck was impressed by the
intimacy of the event.
“You can sit in some of the
planes, walk right up and touch
them all. This is fun stuff,” he
enthused.
The Denmores of Redmond
were at their 11th show.
“It gets better every year,” Lon
Denmore said while his wife,
Brenda was thrilled with the
range of planes. “This is such a
quality display, equal to some of
the biggest air shows in Amer-
ica,” she estimated.
They’ve been to air shows in
Wisconsin, Florida, Texas and
Arizona and just last week at the
show in Hillsboro near Port-
land, the only other air show in
Oregon.
Renny Price is a larger than
life character who is beloved
throughout the airshow world
as much for his one-of-a-kind
personality as he is for his ag-
gressive aerobatic routines. Fly-
ing the legendary Russian Suk-
hoi-29, Renny Price is known as
one of the world’s greatest aer-
obatic pilots, in addition to his
fearless skills as an aviator. His
maneuvers had the audience
gasping.
Many wandered for hours at
the permanent Erickson Aircraft
Collection displaying a vintage
aircraft assemblage. The port-
folio features more than 20 rare
aircraft, most of which are still
in flying condition. The Collec-
tion features rare aircraft such as
the P-38 Lightning, P-51 Mus-
tang, Ki43 Hayabusa, F4U Cor-
sair, SBD Dauntless, Grumman
Duck and B-17 Flying Fortress.
NORTHWEST REDMOND
Major apartment project breaks ground
BY TIM TRAINOR
Redmond Spokesman
A four-story, eight-building,
84-unit housing development
has broken ground in north
Redmond.
Bend-based Momentasize
Construction is behind the proj-
ect, which is under construction
just west of the highway at what
will be the intersection of Sev-
enth St. and Teak Ave.
According to Dirk Van Der
Velde, founder of the Momen-
tasize, the project will be a “gar-
den style” development, with
green spaces planned to inter-
mix with the apartment build-
ings as well as 24 storage units.
The total development will be
spread across 3.5 acres.
It is the first four-story devel-
opment planned in Redmond,
according to Van Der Velde,
who said it “will be a monu-
mental addition to northwest
Schools
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The district also utilizes the
Safe Oregon Tip Line, which
allows students, faculty or
community members to anon-
ymously report a threat to a
school or student. Anyone can
send in a tip via call or text at
844-472-2267 or email tip@
safeoregon.com.
One of the tip line’s most
common uses is to share con-
cern about students who may be
considering suicide.
The district is promoting
Deschutes County’s First Step
app, which provides contact
information for mental health
providers and mental health
hotlines. Cline said there are
two student health centers
available on campus, both have
mental health and drug abuse
support available in partner-
ship with Rimrock Trails Treat-
ment Services. It also offers a
Bridges to Resilient Youth in
Transition — or BRYT — pro-
gram to provide behavioral and
emotional support for students
and a Step-Up program, which
helps support students’ aca-
demic success.
Redmond School District
also has five armed School Re-
source Officers — two full-time
and two part-time officers that
work in the district, as well as
one part-time SRO assigned to
the Redmond Proficiency Acad-
emy.
“Our goal is to continue to
build relationships, both with
students and staff or faculty
throughout all the schools,” said
Courtesy Momentasize
The project is part of a “garden apartment” development, with four-story buildings each with its own green space.
Redmond and provide the town
with much-needed, brand new,
high quality, market-rate apart-
ments.”
He described the project as “sort
of paving the way (for more devel-
opment) on that end of town.”
The apartments are a mix of
1-3 bedroom units. Extras in
each unit will include balco-
nies and fireplaces, as well as
picnic and barbecue space and
EV charging stations. Develop-
ers said the buildings will offer
views of the Cascades as well as
Smith Rock.
Christiansen’s Contracting
of Redmond will be the general
contractor on the project, which
was designed by 541 Architec-
Redmond Police Department
Lt. Jesse Petersen.
Beyond their presence in
Redmond schools and after
school events, SROs sometimes
teach criminal justice classes for
students who are interested in
law enforcement work.
“They’re there to listen to
the kids about any issues that
they may have and to help them
through that,” Petersen said.
“They’re not always just a police
officer.”
Redmond’s SROs practice
de-escalation techniques. Each
has mental health training and
help investigate crimes commit-
ted by and against students, Pe-
tersen said.
“We want to be proactive
about this,” Petersen continued.
“We know, especially with our
School Resource Officers, that
we have to have good relation-
ships in place, so that we can
have preventive actions in place
to prevent crime from occur-
ring or to be able to help people
that are in need.”
ant in an emergency.
SRP outlines five basic emer-
gency actions: “hold,” “secure,”
“lockdown,” “evacuate” and
“shelter.”
Hawthorne said the biggest
change is this year’s hold pro-
tocols. Instead of fully locking
down the school, a hold asks
students and faculty to clear
hallways but proceed with busi-
ness as usual once in a set loca-
tion. This allows administrators
to investigate potential threats
without causing undue alarm by
instituting a more severe emer-
gency action plan, Hawthorne
said.
If there is an active threat, Pe-
tersen said SROs and other local
law enforcement have specific
training on how to respond, but
those actions vary based on the
specific situation.
From a district perspective,
Cline said, they’re focused on
safety and communication.
“This stuff is scary, and par-
ents get scared,” he said — es-
pecially when they don’t know
what’s happening to their chil-
dren.
This year, the Redmond
School District is trying to en-
sure that parents get more reg-
ular updates in an emergency
situation. Hawthorne said the
goal is to send out a new mes-
sage every 15 minutes, even if
the message is that nothing’s
changed and the district will
check back in in another 15
minutes.
OFFICERS AND OPERATIONS
Petersen said SROs help
train the district in the Stan-
dard Response Protocol, a na-
tionally-utilized emergency
response program that out-
lines safety measures for hu-
man threats and natural di-
sasters.
Redmond School District en-
vironmental and safety compli-
ance officer Jeff Hawthorne said
the common language stream-
lines communication between
school faculty and first respond-
ers — something that’s import-
PHYSICAL SAFETY PROTOCOLS
Cline said the Redmond
School District is also work-
ing to make its buildings more
physically secure, partly with
funding from a voter-approved
bond.
Part of this is “building secure
vestibules,” Cline said, by mak-
ing sure that people coming into
a school are in a locked space
where they can be vetted be-
fore they’re allowed to interact
ture in Bend.
Duel Christiansen, senior
project manager for the com-
pany, said they plan to employ
130-140 people on site for the
duration of the build. He said
the benefit of hiring a local gen-
eral contractor is their strong
ties to the local labor pool. He
said the company should have
no issue finding enough sub-
contractors to do the work, de-
spite the tight labor market.
After nine months of navigat-
ing the permitting process, Van
Der Velde said excavation work
is underway at two of the pro-
posed buildings and concrete
foundations will be poured soon.
He said that, depending on
weather, it could take 18 months
to finish the project and they
could be welcoming tenants at
the end of 2023.
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with students. Adults must wear
identifying badges, so adminis-
tration can keep tabs on who’s in
the building.
The district is also in the pro-
cess of upgrading its security
cameras, and SROs have been
instructed to identify addi-
tional security improvements in
school buildings, Cline said.
“Safety is a community re-
sponsibility,” Cline said. “It’s not
just a school responsibility. And
everyone’s got a hand in it.”
The district will discuss
school safety at the Redmond
city council meeting on Sept. 13.
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