A10 THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2022
COFFEE BREAK
FLASHBACK
Bend v. Redmond at 1922 county fair
The Spokesman
100 Years Ago
Oct. 12, 1922 — Football prospects
were never better
The Central Oregon gridiron sea-
son will be ushered in Friday afternoon
when Redmond Union High School
will meet Bend High in one of the
headline attractions of the Deschutes
County fair.
Attempting to dope out such vaga-
ries as football games before they take
place is at best a precarious occupation
and in this case no dopesters have as
yet been discovered who were willing
to make an unqualified prediction as to
the result of the contest.
According to assertions emanating
from the rival camp, Coach Crossman
has at least two teams of such uniform
and unrivaled excellence that he is fac-
ing a new brand of nervous frustration
trying to figure out which one to bring
along. Bend probably has this year one
of the best teams in the history of the
school. However, as we have been able
to look up only their recent history, we
have found no great grounds for undo
alarm.
75 Years Ago
Oct. 16, 1946 — Dreams of city ser-
vices come true as crates arrive for sta-
tion KWSQ
All sorts of dreaming and scheming
on the part of the city of Redmond‘s
working services came to an end this
week when 10 brand-new, very-high-
frequency two-way radio sets arrived
Submitted Photo
Citizens building the arch for the Railway Day Celebration in Redmond in Sep-
tember 1911. The view looks northeast of Sixth Street between C and D streets,
now know as Cascade and Deschutes avenues.
and became available for installation
and all of the city’s vehicles.
This equipment, which is of the
very latest design, was obtained
through War Assets Administration
at a price of $31.20 per set. This is
considered an almost fantastic bar-
gain by the city men who have been
working on the deal, since it was said
to have cost the government up to
$2,500 per set, and quotations for
similar installations from various
firms have been running into the
thousands of dollars.
An operating and construction
permit has already been obtained
from the Federal Communications
Commission, and the call letters
KWSQ assigned to the city of Red-
mond radio system.
50 Years Ago
Oct. 18, 1972 — Irrigation season
ends; water hauling to begin
Irrigation season is over for city and
rural residents alike, effective Saturday,
Oct. 21, when the water will be turned
off by Central Oregon Irrigation Dis-
trict.
Simultaneous to COI halting the
water flow and its canals, the city of
Redmond will convert to its city sys-
tem, capable of furnishing water for
domestic needs but not for irrigation
of yards and gardens. Hence, city res-
idents are asked to discontinue irriga-
tion.
Persons living in the rural areas
served by COI are reminded that they
should fill stock ponds and domestic
cisterns before the Oct. 21 turn-off.
Domestic water runs will be made
approximately once a month, with
variations due to weather.
City water for rural residents is
available for a fee through the recent-
ly-installed, coin-operated dispensing
unit near the city shops between the
golf club and the airport terminal on
the southside of Airport Road. This
unit replaces the standpipe on Railroad
Blvd., near Boedecker‘s Potato Ware-
house which for many years has been
available to rural water users.
Except for painting and installation
of an electric heater, city crews have
completed construction of a pumice
block structure housing the metering
system, installation of a swing-arm
type hose mounting for easier filling
of water trucks and paving of the sur-
rounding area to eliminate mud holes.
The cost is estimated at near $2,500.
Water haulers are advised that they
will need quarters to operate the new
unit, which is equipped with a stop
button that enables them to move a
second tank in for filling without los-
ing the water for which they have paid.
25 Years Ago
Oct. 15, 1997 — Residents may ex-
amine proposed character change
Should home rule character be De-
schutes County‘s form of government
for the 21st century?
Voters could be asked to decide
that question within a year, although
some who favor at home rule char-
acter think the May 1998 election is
the wrong time to put the issue on the
ballot.
A nine-member citizens commit-
tee meeting over the past year drafted
a home rule character proposal, and
public meetings around the county
this month will inform residents
about how the character would re-
shape county government, and give
people a chance to suggest revisions.
A meeting in Redmond is sched-
uled for 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the Ea-
gle Crest offices, 821 S. Sixth St.
Many people may be like Elaine
Young, a Redmond City Council
member who admits she knew little
about the home rule concept before
she was appointed to the committee
that drafted the proposed character. A
change to home rule, she said, is more
complex than simply changing the
number of county commissioners and
how they are elected.
“It’s difficult to explain, which is
why it will be difficult to pass unless
people really take the time to under-
stand what it means,” Young said.
The most noticeable change would
be replacing the board of four or
three full-time commissioners with
seven part-time commissioners to be
elected to represent a specific district
in the county.
“This will not save the county any
money,” Commissioner Linda Swear-
ingen said. “But it will provide bet-
ter representation for all parts of the
county.”
She supports a change to home
rule, but thinks the draft proposal
needs some reworking.
“I don’t believe the county adminis-
trator should be the budget officer for
the county,” Swearingen said. “I think
that should be one of the elected of-
ficials.”
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