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New burning regulations in effect Oct. 21
No burning in city limits, new
app to apply for permit
Spokesman Staff
Redmond will see the opening of
the outdoor debris burning season
on Oct. 21 with new regulations and
rules after the Redmond Fire & Res-
cue Board passed a new ordinance in
April.
“We want to remind everyone that
the regulations have changed,” said
Tom Mooney, RF&R fire chief. “Open
burning within the city limits of Red-
mond is not allowed anymore.”
Those interested in burning debris
must obtain a burn permit by calling
the outdoor burning number at 541-
504-5035 or by downloading the Burn
Permit app from the Apple Store or
Google Play Store.
Mooney said they will check the
weather every day at 8 a.m. and will
approve or deny permits for all burn-
ing, dependent upon weather condi-
tions.
According to the RF&R require-
ments, those who start burns are com-
pletely responsible — criminally and
personally — for suppression costs for
any fire that gets out of hand.
All fires must be permitted and at-
tended by an adult until extinguished.
Yard debris should be no more than
6 feet tall and 10 feet away from other
piles.
At least one fire extinguisher or
other approved fire-extinguishing
equipment such as a shovel and dirt,
garden hose or water truck must also
be available.
Items not allowed to be burned in-
clude garbage, plastic, asbestos, painted
or treated wood, rubber products such
as tires and any animal or vegetable
matter from food preparation.
Items allowed include paper, card-
board and clothing or yard debris such
as wood, needle or leaf materials from
trees, shrubs or plants.
Recreational fires cannot be larger
than 3 feet in diameter and 2 feet in
height and must be at least 25 feet away
from a structure or combustible ma-
terial.
A full list of requirements and
rules can be found online at rdmfire.
org. To report an illegal burn, call the
non-emergency line at 541-693-6911.
Victim in Redmond homicide called 9-1-1
BY BRYCE DOLE
CO Media Group
Police believe a man killed
in Redmond last month was
shot after calling 911 follow-
ing a fight with the suspected
gunman.
Trevit C. Law, 46, was shot
through the head after a fight
on Sept. 25 with Skyler R. My-
ers, according to Deschutes
County Circuit Court records.
The 32-year-old Myers was the
son of Law’s girlfriend, friends
of the victim say.
The records do not state
what preceded the fight at the
home on SW Young Avenue
where the shooting took place.
But at some point, a man be-
lieved to be Law called 911 to
report he was being assaulted,
according to the records.
At one
point during
the fight,
Law and a
woman got
into a black
2007 Volk-
swagen Jetta
Myers
outside the
home. The
woman, whose name was re-
dacted in the document, told
police she was in the driver’s
seat and Law was in the rear
seat while he and Myers con-
tinued to argue through an
open window.
She said Myers then “struck”
Law through the open window,
according to the records. The
woman told police that “some-
thing to the left caught her at-
tention and caused her to look
away.” Then, she said she heard
a loud pop.
As her ears were ringing, the
woman told police, she looked
over and saw Law “slumped
over.” She told police she and
Myers screamed, and he said
“something to the effect of ‘Oh
my God,’” according to the re-
cords.
Witnesses told police that
Myers ran into the house and
that he shot Law before he left,
according to the records. It is
not clear through the records
what kind of gun was used in
the shooting, but a witness told
police he believed Myers had a
.38 caliber handgun.
Police arrived and report-
edly found Law inside the ve-
hicle. Police also found what
appeared to be blood through-
out the house, including on a
trashcan in the upstairs bath-
room and in the kitchen.
Police reportedly chased
Myers for about seven hours
after the shooting before he
took his own life. Myers was
found near Gift Road and the
Deschutes Canal.
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Reporter: 541-617-7854, bdole@
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Submitted photo
Trevit C. Law
Pet supply store celebrates grand opening
BY NICK ROSENBERGER
Redmond Spokesman
The pitter-patter of claws
filled Local Paws as customers
packed the colorful aisles for
the store’s grand opening event
on Oct. 15 featuring local and
national suppliers and raffles,
prizes and samples.
After moving into the loca-
tion six months ago, the store
finally flung its doors wide
open for an excited public that
showed up in droves.
The first local pet supply
store in the city, Local Paws is
the brainchild of Mark and Jes-
sica Tiersma who decided to
start their own business after 25
combined years in the industry.
“We thought we really
needed a neighbor pet supply,”
Jessica Tiersma said. “If some-
one’s going to open a pet store in
Redmond, why not us?”
It began when they decided
to start selling pet supplies out
of a mobile trailer in October
2020 during the heart of the
COVID-19 pandemic. They
traveled through Central Or-
egon selling treats and toys to
customers in need.
When they began selling
more pet food and raw ingredi-
ents, they realized they would
need to find a more permanent
location and wound up in a cart
at General Duffy’s Waterhole for
18 months.
Amber Fiock, who brought
her Oreo-colored Australian
Shepherd named Clif to the
opening event, said she’d drive
to Mud Bay in Bend for supplies
until she started shopping at Lo-
cal Paws when it was just a cart.
She loved how knowledgeable
photo provided by mark Tiersma
A line stretches around Local Paws in Redmond on Oct. 15 as customers
wait for the store’s grand opening.
nick rosenberger/Spokesman
Tosha Asker holds Ruby at the Local Paws grand opening event on Oct. 15 in Redmond.
and kind the Tiersmas were and
how they remembered Clif’s
name when she came back to
visit.
“They have a really good
selection of stuff,” Fiock said.
“They don’t just pick up any-
thing.”
Fiock said she visits them two
to three times a month for sup-
plies and said it’s nice that the
store is within walking distance
to everything else downtown
and close to a bunch of other lo-
cal businesses.
“It’s better than big corpo-
rations,” she said. “This is our
store. (Clif) loves coming here.”
For the Tiersmas, it boils
down to the local community
and natural products. When
a customer came in asking for
help with itching, they recom-
mended a functional mush-
room for his dog. He came back
after two weeks in tears because
he felt like he’d gotten his dog
back.
“That’s why we’re here,” Jes-
sica said. “That is our goal — is
just to help the community and
keep the money in the commu-
nity too.”
According to Jessica, Local
Paws is also unique from bigger
box stores because they focus
more on natural approaches.
They take this approach, she
said, because their dog Otis.
Otis, Jessica said, had a lot of
Redmond woman among
2 dead in Highway 26 crash
BY TIM TRAINOR
Redmond Spokesman
A Redmond woman died
Oct. 15 in a car crash on
Highway 26.
Carla Nichols, 63, died at
scene, according to police. So
too did James Mahon, 51, of
Mineral Wells, Texas.
According to Oregon State
Police, Mahon was driving
eastbound in a Ford Taurus
about 1:30 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 15 on Highway 26 when
his vehicle drifted into on-
coming traffic and collided
head-on with the westbound
Hyundai driven by Nichols.
Her young Chihuahua, who
was traveling with her, sur-
vived the crash and was cared
for at the scene.
Highway 26 was affected
for roughly five hours on Sat-
urday while the OSP Colli-
sion Reconstruction Unit in-
vestigated the scene. OSP was
assisted by Warm Springs Po-
lice Department and ODOT.
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allergies. They tried all sorts of
different topicals and foods and
eventually put him on medica-
tion to help. He soon after de-
veloped cancer. To counteract
his health issues, they began giv-
ing him natural remedies and
his itching stopped.
Because of this, Local Paws is
much more focused on natural
solutions and offers people an
option for their pets without go-
ing the prescription route. She
said this makes them different
from a lot of other pet supply
stores.
She said they’re mostly fo-
cused on dogs and cats. Al-
though they carry some
chicken supplies, they’re not
aiming to compete with local
farm stores.
“We want to help support the
local economy,” Jessica said.
Tosha Asker, a sales man-
ager for Instinct Pet Food, said
her company only sells it’s raw
pet food at local neighbor-
hood stores like Local Paws.
She added that a lot of compa-
nies start selling their products
at bigger stores like PetCo and
PetSmart as they get larger, but
said that it’s important to sup-
port community pet suppliers.
“If it wasn’t for the small
neighborhood pet stores,” Asker
said, “we wouldn’t have the sup-
port and the notoriety and peo-
ple wouldn’t recognize food if it
wasn’t for them.”
Camille Uda, another sales
manager who attended the
event for Pets Global, said she
could barely keep up with the
customers as they flocked to the
store — buying up bags of their
food and treats.
Jessica said they had set aside
tote bags with treats and free-
bies for the first 100 customers
and expected it to last the ma-
jority of the day. Instead, the
bags disappeared quickly with a
line wrapping around the store
before they opened.
“Our customers love that
we’re here and we’re a resource
for them,” Jessica said. “Makes it
a very rewarding job for us”
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Reporter: nrosenberger@
redmondspokesman.com