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BEND
REDMOND AIRPORT
Low-cost
flights to
Burbank
to take off
Protecting pollinators
By JaCKSON HOGaN
The Bulletin
For $19, you could buy two six-packs of
craft brew in Bend. Once Central Oregon
theaters reopen, that would also get you in
to see a movie and get a small popcorn, too.
But starting May 13, $19 will get you all the
way to Burbank, California.
Avelo Airlines — the first new major U.S.
airline in about 15 years — introduced itself
to the public Thursday with 11 new routes,
including one from Redmond Airport to
Hollywood Burbank Airport. Avelo says the
ticket price is part of a temporary, introduc-
tory offer.
Local tourism and business leaders see
this new option as a win for Central Oregon.
“There’s just more options, which both
visitors and locals appreciate,” said Julia
Theisen, president and CEO of Sunriv-
er-based tourism nonprofit Central Oregon
Visitors Association. “It’s both convenient,
and expanding the (Los Angeles) market for
us, which is already strong.”
Avelo flights from Redmond to Burbank
will fly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
days, according to Zachary Bass, director of
Redmond Airport.
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
a honeybee collects nectar from a cluster of blooming flowers Friday in an east Bend neighborhood.
Resident creates Pollinator Pathway, which seeks to add plants that will help bees, butterflies
See Flights / A4
By KyLE SPurr • The Bulletin
A
fter years of planting a home garden to attract endangered pollinators like bees and butterflies, Bend resident
Justices: Oregon
lawmakers can
have first crack
at redistricting
Basey Klopp had a vision to create more spaces for the threatened species. Klopp, a 48-year-old mother of two
boys who worked for a native plant nursery, launched Bend Pollinator Pathway, a volunteer-led initiative that
will start this month.
The project is work-
ing with the city of Bend,
Bend Park & Recreation
District and local residents
and businesses to plant pol-
linator gardens across the
region.
The goal is to rebuild
habitats for the hundreds
of bee, butterfly, moth
and hummingbird species
throughout Bend and Cen-
tral Oregon, Klopp said.
Worldwide, more than 40%
of insect species are facing
extinction due to pesticides
and habitat loss, according
to international studies.
“The great news is that
we know exactly what we
need to do,” Klopp said.
“We need to plant native
plants.”
As residents start plan-
ning spring gardens, Klopp
hopes they consider adding
native plants such as milk-
weed, buckwheat and west-
ern wallflower. Milkweed
is especially important for
monarch butterflies, which
lay their eggs on the native
plant.
The monarch butterfly
population is in crisis. A
count in 2017 showed the
population fell to fewer
than 29,000 in North Amer-
ica, down from 1.2 million
counted in 1997, according
to the Center for Biological
Diversity.
Klopp uses the distress-
ing statistics as motivation.
“This is a critical point
that we have reached, and I
am fueled and I am not get-
ting bummed out,” Klopp
said. “It’s past time for ac-
tion.”
By PEtEr WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
A decision by the Oregon Supreme Court
will enable lawmakers, not Secretary of
State Shemia Fagan, to get first crack at re-
drawing legislative district boundaries de-
spite a pandemic-caused delay in federal
census data.
The court, in an opinion issued Friday,
gives legislators until Sept. 27 to come up
with a plan — even though the Oregon
Constitution sets a deadline of July 1.
“The great news is that we know
exactly what we need to do.
We need to plant native plants.”
Basey Klopp, Bend Pollinator
Pathway creator
See Pollinators / A4
See redistricting / A7
Former Sen. Gordon Smith stepping COCC’s business development
down as head of broadcaster group center accepts GI Bill benefits
Former U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Oregon,
announced this week that he will step down two
years early as head of the National Association
of Broadcasters. Smith, 68, made the announce-
ment in a video to the more than 8,300 radio
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and television stations in the group.
“It has been my great honor to give the lion’s
roar for broadcasters — those who run into the
storm, those who stand firm in chaos to hear the
voice of the people, those who hold to account
the powerful,” Smith said in the video.
See Smith / A7
INDEX
Business
Classifieds
Comics
A5-6
B7-8
B4-5
Dear Abby
Editorial
Horoscope
A6
B6
A6
By JaCKSON HOGaN
The Bulletin
Since 2014, Shawn Haw-
kins has attended occasional
business classes at Central
Oregon Community College’s
noncredit business program,
Local/State
Lottery
Nation/World
A2-4
B2
A7
Obituaries
Puzzles
Sports
A7
B5
B1-2
the Small Business Devel-
opment Center. He believes
these courses helped him get
his company, Tiger Town
Brewing Co. in Mitchell, off
the ground in 2017.
The Bulletin
An Independent Newspaper
We use
recycled
newsprint
Vol. 117, No. 329, 16 pages, 2 sections
But when Hawkins signed
up for a Quickbooks Online
class at the Small Business De-
velopment Center, he noticed
something odd: It was free.
See GI Bill / A7
DAILY
By Gary a. WarNEr
Oregon Capital Bureau
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