A10 THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2022
COFFEE BREAK
FLASHBACK
Enrollment climbing at Redmond schools in 1947
100 Years Ago
recommendations for the Redmond
area zoning Thursday evening, based
on both the city’s and county’s com-
prehensive plans. Morgan also will
be seeking feed-in from the citizen
advisors present.
Nov. 30, 1922 — The Oregon
City-Redmond game is won by visitors
Scoring early in the third quarter
in an evenly matched and hard fought
game Oregon City High School admin-
istered Redmond’s first defeat in two
years in the Thanksgiving Day game
on the local field. The score was 7 to 0.
The fray was witnessed by more than
1,000 people.
Redmond made 284 yards from
scrimmage as compared with Oregon
City’s 105, but the visitors put over a
successful pass at the crucial moment
and won the victory.
25 Years Ago
75 Years Ago
Dec. 4, 1947 — Enrollment still
climbing at both Redmond schools
Enrollments in Redmond’s public
schools are still climbing, with more
students crowding the classrooms at
both the grade and union high schools
than at any previous time.
At the grade school, the enrollment
has jumped to 690 pupils, an increase
of 64 over the opening day’s turnout,
it was reported by Principal Hugh
Hartman. And at the high school, en-
rollment has bounced to 383 students,
which also represents a new high level.
These increases were expected by
school officials when classes took up
in the fall with record numbers of stu-
dents at both institutions. Although
both schools are extremely crowded,
space requirements are being met by
judicious use of facilities available, in-
cluding annexes, and by running some
of the grade classes in the morning and
afternoon shifts, it was pointed out.
Submitted photo
This 1997 design for the new Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond calls for a distinct main gate.
Space problems at the grade school
will be alleviated later by the new class
building, which is now under construc-
tion on north Tenth Street.
50 Years Ago
Dec. 6, 1972 — Zoning starts to-
morrow on Redmond urban area
Zoning of the greater Redmond
area will be tackled Thursday eve-
ning, Dec. 7, by the Deschutes
County Planning Department, with
input from citizen advisors.
County planning officials will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in council cham-
bers Redmond City Hall with mem-
bers of the Redmond Comprehensive
Plan Citizens Advisory Committee
(members of the county-wide ad-
visory committee were appointed
several years ago to develop the
Deschutes County Comprehensive
Plan) and individuals who earlier
this fall responded to a call for vol-
unteers to participate in the zoning
of the Redmond urban area.
County planner Lorin Morgan
said his department would present
Dec. 3, 1997 — Report issued on
city effectiveness
In a rapidly growing community
such as Redmond, the city govern-
ment can’t afford to waste time or
money.
It must budget scarce resources
prudently, invest in employee training
at all levels, and measure performance
to ensure department heads succeed.
Those are among hundreds of ob-
servations Interim City Manager Ver-
gie Ries has made in a six-month re-
view of city operations.
Ries, hired to fill in for City Man-
ager Joe Hannan during his Army Re-
serves Service in Bosnia, will present
her page “report card” to the city coun-
cil at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at city hall.
Ries stressed that her report, which
the city council asked her to prepare,
is not intended for debate but as “food
for thought.” A public administration
consultant, Ries is the former admin-
istrator of Vernonia and worked as
a Beaverton policy manager for 10
years.
Drawing from her previous work
experience and making new compar-
isons with other cities of populations
around 12,000, Ries reviewed the ef-
fectiveness of city departments, poli-
cies and the city council. She plans to
finish analysis of the city budget and
processes in January.
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