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Westside Taco Co. damaged by fire — again
BY NICOLE ROGERS
For the Redmond Spokesman
A fire destroyed the Westside Taco
Co. food truck Oct. 3, marking the sec-
ond time in less than a year that the
business had been damaged by a blaze.
Firefighters received a call at
10:57 p.m. from a passerby who saw
flames coming from the food truck, lo-
cated at 245 SW Sixth, in the courtyard
of the Kobold taphouse. Redmond Fire
Chief Tom Mooney said crews arrived
on scene just five minutes later.
Mooney said that the fire’s cause
has not been determined. He said
there were “too many potential igni-
tion sources” in the kitchen to iden-
tify a specific one.
Amber Amos, who owns Westside
Taco with her husband Aaron Notar-
ianni, said the cart is “totaled.” She
hasn’t been able to go inside to assess
the damage, but she estimates the cost
to rebuild could be $40,000-$50,000.
The company’s former brick-and-
mortar store, located on SW Fifth,
was damaged beyond repair by an-
other fire back in March.
Amber said the couple has another
cart that they can cook out of tempo-
rarily, but it will take some time before
that is ready. She says they can still do
some catering jobs using mobile cook-
ing equipment, but for now the rest of
her employees are out of job.
Amos said that it has been a rough
year for her and her husband, but she
is trying to stay positive. Their goal is
to figure out how to rebuild “and be
back up and running for this com-
munity and everyone that depends
on us.”
By Nicole Rogers/Redmond Spokesman
The Westside Taco Company burned for the second time this year, leaving their downtown Redmond food truck destroyed.
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Arrests
Fri., Sept 30
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County Commissioner candidates Patti Adair, left, and Morgan Schmidt debate local issues in a forum at the
Redmond Senior Center on Oct. 4 in Redmond.
Commissioner candidates
spar in Redmond meeting
BY NICK ROSENBERGER
Redmond Spokesman
Deschutes County Commis-
sioner candidates Patti Adair and
Morgan Schmidt met Oct. 4 at
the Redmond Senior Center and
squared off to questions submit-
ted by the Redmond Rotary, Ki-
wanis and Executive Association.
The forum saw Schmidt, a
pastor at the First Presbyte-
rian Church of Bend, on the
offense — challenging Adair
on a variety of her stances
and actions since becoming a
county commissioner in 2018.
These included her response
to COVID-19, perspectives on
land use and hesitancy toward
psilocybin treatment. Adair,
meanwhile, defended her posi-
tions by emphasizing her pro-
fessional experience.
Topics included the use of
American Rescue Plan funds,
the lack of child care in De-
schutes County, PERS, drought,
housing and public safety. Can-
didates had one minute to re-
spond to each question. Much
of the forum focused on the
candidate’s abilities to deal with
county funds and ideas for more
affordable housing.
On housing, Adair empha-
sized her participation in Hab-
itat for Humanity and said she
worked on a plan to build a
57-acre manufactured home
park plan north of Bend that
Senator Tim Knopp presented.
She added that the plan was
dropped, likely in the Legisla-
ture.
“(Commissioners) really ap-
preciate the housing crisis and
we are trying to do exactly ev-
erything we can,” she said.
Schmidt mentioned that the
county needed to work better
with cities, like Redmond, to
bring more types of affordable
housing.
“I don’t think the answer is a
far-fetched idea dependent on a
legislative exception for 57 acres
of sprawl into our rural areas,”
Schmidt said.
When asked how they’d man-
age the county’s ever expand-
ing budget amid rapid growth,
Adair spoke about how her pro-
fessional experience as an ac-
countant had proved beneficial
for her role in the commission
— watching out for dollars and
trying to spend as carefully as
possible.
She said they’d just started a
pilot project to build more than
300 single-wide homes north of
Bend and that her other project
is to get rid of “those flammable
... water-sucking junipers.”
Schmidt, meanwhile, said
she was aware of Adair’s back-
ground as a CPA but added
that she hasn’t had any fines
from the Secretary of State’s of-
fice while Adair had been fined
$700 for misreporting funds.
Schmidt later mentioned that
Adair cut taxes while trying to
expand some social services
such as the county’s response to
homelessness.
In response to questions
about drought, Schmidt said
that Deschutes County has an-
tiquated water laws that aren’t
serving the new reality of cli-
mate change. She said the com-
mission needs to be proactive in
water use and cognizant of land-
use decisions.
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10:08 a.m. NW 6th St.
Arrested: Danielle Elizabeth
Moss, 35, Redmond.
Charges: DUII, Carry
Concealed Weapon (CCW)
10:15 p.m. NW Oak Tree
Ln. Arrested: Jennifer Lee
Hoefler, 46, Redmond.
Charge: Theft II —
Shoplifting
11:06 p.m. NE 5th St./
NE Maple Ave. Arrested:
Clarence Earl Harding, 44,
Redmond. Charge: Driving
While Suspended (DWS)
— Felony
Sat., Oct. 1
5:08 p.m. SE Jesse Butler
Circ. Arrested: Candice E.
Matayo, 31, Redmond.
Charge: Unlawful Use of
Motor Vehicle (UUMV)
Sun., Oct. 2
7:18 a.m. NW Hemlock/
NW 19th St. Arrested: Felipe
Angel Gonzalez Luna,
27, Redmond. Charges:
Reckless Endangering, DUII,
Criminal Mischief III
10:15 a.m. SW 23rd St./
SW Kalama Ave. Arrested:
Jessica Nicole Rodriguez, 35,
Redmond. Charge: Driving
While Suspended (DWS) —
Misdemeanor
3:47 p.m. SW 7th St./SW
Evergreen Ave. Arrested:
Blayke Aaron Valentine,
20, Redmond. Charge: Sex
Offender Failed to Register
— Felony
5:16 p.m. W Antler Ave.
Arrested: Carri Lynn
Newman, 34, Redmond.
Charge: In-State Warrant
Mon., Oct. 3
8:44 a.m. S HWY 97/SW
Veterans Way. Arrested:
Jordan Wayne Tuma, 27,
La Pine. Charge: Unlawful
Possession Firearm
12:40 p.m. SW Rimrock Way.
Arrested: Juvenile Male, 15,
Terrebonne. Charge: Theft III
7:46 p.m. 1600 Block NW
Larch Tree Ct. Arrested:
Juvenile Male, 16,
Redmond. Charges: Theft II,
Harassment
Tues., Oct. 4
1:35 a.m. SW 17th St.
Arrested: Juvenile Males, 12
and 14, Redmond. Charge:
Criminal Tresspass II
8:18 a.m. NW Larch Ave.
Arrested: Alvaro Zapien,
32, Redmond. Charge:
Improper Use of 911
8:30 a.m. 600 Block SW
Rimrock Way. Arrested:
Juvenile Male, 16,
Terrebonne. Charge:
Harassment
11:45 a.m. NW Upas Ave.
Arrested: Juvenile Female,
13, Redmond. Charge: MIP
— Marijuana
12:01 p.m. SW 17th St.
Arrested: Clarence William
Wetherald Jr., 49, Bend.
Charges: Forgery I, Theft
I — Aggravated, Identity
Theft
2:00 p.m. NW Oak Tree Ln.
Arrested: Louie Eusebio Villa
Sr., 60, Redmond. Charge:
Theft II — Deception/False
Pretenses
3:00 p.m. NW Larch Tree
Ct. Arrested: Juvenile Male,
16, Redmond. Charge:
Menacing
3:26 p.m. NW Rimrock Way.
Arrested: Juvenile Male,
16, Redmond. Charges:
Criminal Mischief I & II,
Unlawful Entry Vehicle
(UEMV), Unlawful Use of
Motor Vehicle (UUMV),
Theft III
9:33 p.m. NW 7th St.
Arrested: Rohn Buttolph,
57, Redmond. Charge:
Harassment
10:14 p.m. NW 6th St./
NW Fir Ave. Arrested:
Brian John Lelacheur, 45,
Redmond. Charge: Driving
While Suspended (DWS) —
Misdemeanor
Wed., Oct. 5
8:09 p.m. NW Canal Blvd.
Arrested: Jeremy Micheal
Nielsen, 46, Bend. Charge:
In-State Warrant
Thurs., Oct 6
8:26 a.m. SW Canyon Dr.
Arrested: Nicholas Ryan
Hurley, 38, Redmond.
Charges: In-State Warrant,
Criminal Trespass II
Thefts
Reported from Sept. 30
to Oct. 6 on the following
blocks in Redmond:
SE LAKE RD.
NW 27TH ST
S HWY 97
NW UPAS PL
SW 15TH ST
NW OAK TREE LN
NW 17TH ST
NW JACKPINE PL
NW 5TH ST
SW HIGHLAND AVE
SW UMATILLA AVE
SW DESCHUTES AVE
SW RIMROCK WAY
SW ELKHORN AVE
SE OCHOCO HWY/E HWY
126
SW CANAL BLVD
SIR WILLIAM CT
Burglaries
Fri., Sept. 30
3:09 p.m. Reported at NW 17th
St. No arrests.
Mon., Oct. 3
12:06 p.m. Reported at NE
Greenwood Ave. No arrests.
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