THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2022 A3
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Redmond shooting victim remembered
by friends as a kind and generous man
BY BRYCE DOLE
CO Media Group
Ric Hall called Trevit C. Law four
times on Sunday, but unlike most days,
his best friend wasn’t calling back.
They had plans that day to repair a
window in the car used by Hall’s wife.
The unanswered calls were unusual.
Hall and Law had
known each other
since childhood.
They met when they
were both nine years
old and growing
up across the street
from each other in
Law
Prineville. They be-
came such good
friends that Law became the godfather
to Hall’s son.
Hall is disabled and cannot use his
right hand and arm. He sometimes
joked that Law was his “right-hand
man.” On Friday, they spoke over the
phone about the window and Law’s
plans for the weekend.
“I love you man,” Hall said to his
friend, who, like him, was 46. “I’ll see
you Sunday.”
But on Sunday, Hall found Law’s
cousin at the front door with the reason
for the unreturned calls: Law was dead.
“I was on the floor,” Hall said.
Police say Law was shot and killed
at a home at 5677 SW Young Ave. in
Redmond on Sunday by Skyler R. My-
ers. The 32-year-old Myers was the
focus of a law enforcement manhunt
for seven hours before he took his own
life. Police have not revealed a motive
or even a connection between the two
men. But four of Law’s friends said
Tuesday that Myers was the son of
Law’s girlfriend.
Aside from hearing that the shooting
occurred after a dispute, Law’s friends
know little about what transpired. Now,
they are grieving the loss of their good
friend, a father of four who is the latest
victim in a year repeatedly marked by
homicides across Deschutes County.
“I really want to know what the hell
happened,” said Hall, who added: “Now
the world’s short a superhero.”
Hall’s friends described him as a
kind, generous man who always made
Submitted photo
Trevit C. Law
time to help his friends and his chil-
dren. He was an average-sized man
with a scruffy brown and gray beard
who lived in Redmond. He worked
a slew of jobs — doing construction,
driving dump trucks, working in the
hemp industry, restoring hotel rooms,
testing out people’s cars.
He was a jack of all trades, his
friends say.
“He would always find work to sup-
port the family,” said Nicki Randolph,
a caregiver from Prineville who pre-
viously dated Law and remained close
with him during the 10 years she knew
him.
What stuck out to Randolph about
Law was how much he cared for his
children. A single dad, he had a son
and three daughters. Randolph would
join Law and his children at their
home, selling lemonade and snow
cones during the summer.
“He was the best dad I’ve ever
known,” she said.
He was also someone who would
go out of his way to be there for people
in times of need, Randolph and other
friends said. When Randolph’s husband
died in a car accident in 2019, Law was
there. He showed up the minute he
heard what happened. He listened to
her as she grieved. He stayed with her
as she fell asleep.
“I’ve never met any person who
didn’t love him,” Randolph said. “I can’t
believe anybody would hurt him.”
Law did have a criminal history in
Oregon, including a 1995 robbery con-
viction. In 2012, he also pleaded no
contest to fourth-degree attempted as-
sault for an incident in front of minor
children.
He was also a lively man, cracking
jokes that could light up a room and
keep everyone laughing, his friends
Submitted photo
Samantha Godat, 23, and Trevit C. Law at her wedding in Newport in August.
said.
Mel Beitz, a 47-year-old construction
worker from Prineville who met Law
in the fourth grade, said they would
make so many puns together that their
girlfriends would get tired of hear-
ing them. The two would go camping
along the John Day River, rafting in
the Crooked River and fishing in the
Prineville Reservoir.
If Beitz needed help with his car,
moving things, working around the
house, Law was there. He was some-
one Beitz could vent to about anything:
work, relationships, “everything under
the sun,” he said.
Now, Beitz is in shock. “I feel lost,”
he said.
In August, Law drove Hall and his
wife to their daughter’s wedding in
Newport. Hall cannot drive because of
his disability, and his wife doesn’t like to
drive that far, he said. To Hall, that’s the
kind of man Law was: generous.
Parts of Hall’s friendship with Law
remain around the house. There is
Law’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle
and tractor, which sits in the backyard.
There is Law’s garbage trailer, which
sits in his driveway. There’s a small boat
in the backyard. The two were plan-
ning to take it out in the water some-
time in the next month, but now, Hall
is calling Law’s family to come gather
his things.
“To know Trevit was to love him,”
said Hall, who added: “We were broth-
ers.”
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Council to endorse Parks and Rec bond, levy
BY TIM TRAINOR
Redmond Spokesman
The Redmond City Council
plans to endorse both the bond
and operations levies that the
Redmond Parks and Recre-
ation District has placed on the
November ballot. Many coun-
cilors voiced their support of
the measures at their Sept. 27
meeting.
“It’s sorely needed,” said
mayor George Endicott. “I don’t
know of anyone up here who
doesn’t support it ... I hope the
citizens feel the same way.”
A number of councilors
agreed.
“We really do need (a recre-
ation center),” said councilor
Clifford Evelyn. “It’s good for
the kids, it’s good for the adults,
it’s good for senior citizens and
it’s long overdue.”
Councilor Jay Patrick said he
encouraged voters “very much”
to support it, as did councilor
Shannon Wedding.
“It’s very limited — the re-
sources we have in town with
the current rec center,” said
Wedding. “I 100 percent sup-
port moving forward with the
bond for the new center.”
Councilor Cat Zwicker also
noted her support for the mea-
sure, saying the current center
is “dated and aged and did not
grow at the rate our community
has.” She said the new facility,
which would be built on a 10-
acre plot, would have the ability
to expand to meet any future
growth.
An official resolution will be
brought before the Redmond
city council at their next meet-
ing, set for Oct. 4.
Council also:
• Approved a raise for city
manager Keith Witcosky to
$186,000 a year, effective from
June 1, 2022. As a comparison,
Bend city manager Eric King
makes $226,405 a year.
• Approved bid of $745,025
to Knife River for the 2022 Red-
mond stormwater improve-
ment plan. Planned work in
northwest Redmond includes
Canyon Drive, and in south-
west Redmond near Quartz
and Salmon avenues and Vol-
cano Circle.
• Awarded contract of
$543,170 to Cumming to be the
owner’s representative during
the building of the new police
station. Cumming is a local
business and has overseen a
number of public safety facili-
ties in Oregon.
• Approved bid of $269,388
to replace the pond liner at
the main pond at Juniper Golf
Course. The 18-year-old mem-
brane is original to the course.
The pond acts as the primary
reservoir of water used on the
course.
• Approved contract amend-
ments with Keeton King Con-
tracting, LLC for a change or-
der of $85,898 to increase the
size of electrical conduit line in
Quartz Park to 2 inches. The
line will power the restroom,
rapid flashing beacon, parking
lot lights and trail lights.
• Reminder that the Oct. 4
city council meeting will be
held at the Redmond Airport
Administration Building. The
public is welcome.
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Reporter: ttrainor@
redmondspokesman.com
Hartfield resigns from Redmond School Board seat
BY NICK ROSENBERGER
Redmond Spokesman
Shawn Hartfield resigned
Sept. 28 from her seat on the
Redmond School Board.
Hartfield moved to Central
Texas three weeks prior to help
her family-owned auto parts busi-
ness, Buckstop Truckware, open a
new manufacturing facility there.
“I just felt it was time for me
to step back,” Hartfield said of
her decision to leave the board.
Hartfield served on the board
for seven years. She told the
Spokesman Sept. 29 that she
hopes her seat is filled by some-
one who has board experience
and understands how
meant to fill my seat,”
the district works.
she said.
“We have to stand
She said the high-
up for our local gov-
light of her time on
ernment and our lo-
the board was watch-
cal needs, even when
ing students cross the
the state is mandating
stage at graduation and
things,” she said.
shaking their hands ev-
Hartfield
During the pan-
ery year.
demic, Hartfield op-
“That gives me so
posed mask mandates in the
much joy to be a part of that,”
district, which made statewide
she said. “Kids are worth it.
news.
They’re the shining star of our
Hartfield said she’ll miss the
society.”
people of Redmond, but that she
Michael Summers, current
knows they are in good hands.
board chair, said losing the most
“They have a good board and senior member of the board is
they’ll find the person who is
difficult. He, too, hoped to fill
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Hartfield’s seat quickly.
“She leaves big shoes to fill,”
he said. “She has a very keen
business sense and she’s an ex-
cellent leader.”
Summers said Hartfield had
been a rock when he was new to
the job and that she was a steady
hand throughout his time on the
board.
The Redmond School District
will now have four of their five
school board seats up for elec-
tion in the May 2023 election,
with Summers’ seat extending
another two years. The district,
however, is looking to fill Hart-
field’s empty seat before next
year’s election.
“This is a really good oppor-
tunity to support the school sys-
tem and our staff and our com-
munity,” said RSD spokesperson
Holly Brown. “It’s a real chance
to have an impact.”
While COVID-19 has slowed,
the new appointee will help the
district catch up on learning
losses in math, reading and sci-
ence, as well as helping kids re-
coup social and emotional learn-
ing losses during the pandemic,
according to Summers. Addi-
tionally, RSD Superintendent
Charan Cline’s contract will be
up for renewal later this year.
Applications will be accepted
until 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17.
The board will meet on Oct. 26
to determine which applicants
to interview on Nov. 9 and the
final candidate will be sworn in
on Nov. 30.
Those interested must be reg-
istered voters and residents of
the Redmond School District for
one year prior the appointment.
The person chosen to fill Hart-
field’s seat will serve through
June 30, 2023.
Contact Gina Blanchette at
541-923-8250 or visit www.red-
mondschools.org for informa-
tion or to apply.
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