A10 REDMOND SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2022
COFFEE BREAK
FLASHBACK
Bucks for Books campaign fills shelves
100 Years Ago
deposited in the bank until
such time as City Council di-
rects what the monies should be
used for.
“The funds would be better
spent on capital improvements
rather than day-to-day expen-
ditures,“ said English, pointing
out that if the monies were used
for operational expenses, Red-
mond could be “hard-pressed“
to show what had been accom-
plished with the federal funds.
He noted the accounting proce-
dures on the funds still have not
been totally clarified.
Dec. 7, 1922 — From ‘local
happenings’
Two degrees above zero this
morning, with a blanket of snow
eight inches deep, is the condi-
tion of the things in Redmond.
Maurice Gates, who has been
suffering from a severe case of
pneumonia since the football
game with Oregon City, is re-
ported slightly improved.
75 Years Ago
Dec. 11, 1947 — Future
Farmers proud owners of Cat-
erpillar
Proud possessors of a D-6
Caterpillar tractor and bull-
dozer is the Redmond union
high school chapter of Future
Farmers of America.
The big machine arrived last
week, and was obtained by the
chapter through the state de-
partment of education from the
war assets administration.
To finance the purchase price,
amounting to about $600 de-
livered, the boys have formed a
share organization, with most of
the members buying an interest.
Many of the boys have fields
of their own, adviser Stanley
Green explained, and they will
rent the machine from the shore
group to do leveling, ditching
and other jobs. The equipment
is expected to pay for itself sev-
eral times over in this way.
25 Years Ago
submitted photo
From Dec. 10, 1997: Durinda Sanders paints a cheery greeting on the window of Redmond Interna-
tional Hair Port at Wagner’s mall. A transplant from Oklahoma, the stylist said she tackled the painting
because she was “a little bored.”
The tractor, which is of me-
dium size, was worth about
$7,000 when new, Green said. It
has only been used about 2,000
hours, and should be run an-
other 5,000 hours before need-
ing repairs or an overhaul.
50 Years Ago
Dec. 13, 1972 — Redmond
receives more revenue sharing
money than estimated
Redmond apparently is one
of the lucky few municipalities
which are receiving more, rather
than less, revenue sharing funds
than originally were estimated.
City administrator Ed En-
glish reported that Redmond
received a check Monday morn-
ing for $36,990 from the U.S.
Treasury Department. Local of-
ficials have been informed that
the checks being received this
month represent payment for
the first six months, or one-half
the annual amount due to the
cities and counties. If so, Red-
mond’s annual payment would
be $73,980, or nearly $9,000
over the $65,000 estimated last
summer.
English said misrepresenta-
tion of the complicated formula
used to compute payments
probably was to blame for the
difference between the esti-
mated and actual figures.
English said Redmond’s rev-
enue sharing funds would be
Dec. 10, 1997 — Campaign
yields new titles for library
If the books “The Man Who
Listens to Horses,” “Celestine Vi-
sion” and “The Silent Cry” are
ones you’ve been dying to read
get ready: They’re on their way to
Redmond.
The first literature purchased
through Deschutes County’s
Bucks for Books campaign will
hit library shelves this week.
And if library supporters cross
the county heed the solicitations
arriving in the mail this week,
those books are just the begin-
ning of what’s to come.
The Bucks for Books fundrais-
ing effort began in October and
has raised more than $22,000 to
buy new books and magazine
subscriptions for library branches
throughout the county.
Redmond donations have
passed the $5,000 mark, making
the area the second highest in
per-capita donations. So far, the
community of Sisters is leading
the campaign.
The Redmond library has
held hay rides and a craft and
bake sale, and it plans a pie social
and silent auction from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Friday at the library to
raise more money for buying
books.
Elementary school students
have pitched in their pennies to
help boost the total. The libraries
are striving for 3,000 donations,
not a specific amount of cash.
Through last week, about 1,000
people had contributed to the
effort.
Bucks for Books is scheduled
to run through Jan. 15, and this
week’s direct-mail solicitations
represent a “critical point in the
campaign,” said Michael Gaston,
director of the Deschutes County
Library.
More than 190 volunteers
from around the county spent
many hours stuffing the enve-
lopes, saving the library sys-
tem about $2,000. In addition,
the printing was donated by
CAN-AM Management, ON-
LINE Publishing Service.
The Bucks for Books cam-
paign is intended to replace a
substantial portion of the library’s
book budget, which was cut by
$175,000 this year.
Donations may be earmarked
for a particular community.
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