A4 The BulleTin • Tuesday, april 20, 2021
INGENUITY TAKES FLIGHT ON MARS
“Goosebumps. It looks just the way we had tested,”
project manager MiMi Aung said as she watched the
flight video later. “Absolutely beautiful flight. I don’t
think I can ever stop watching it over and over again.”
Flight controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Labora-
tory in California declared success after receiving the
data and images via the Perseverance rover. Ingenuity
hitched a ride to Mars on Perseverance, clinging to the
rover’s belly when it touched down in February.
The $85 million helicopter demo was considered
ASA’s experimental helicopter Ingenuity rose
into the thin air above the dusty red surface of
Mars on Monday, achieving the first powered flight by
an aircraft on another planet.
The triumph was hailed as a Wright brothers mo-
ment. The mini 4-pound copter even carried a bit of
wing fabric from the Wright Flyer that made similar
history at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
It was a brief hop — just 39 seconds and 10 feet —
but accomplished all the major milestones.
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Ingenuity casts a shadow as
it hovers above the surface
of Mars on Monday. NASA
Sunriver: $5 million expansion project is halfway funded
TODAY
Today is Tuesday, April 20, the
110th day of 2021. There are 255
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On April 20, 1999, two students
shot and killed 12 classmates
and one teacher before taking
their own lives at Columbine
High School in Colorado.
In 1812, George Clinton became
the first vice president to die
while in office, at age 72.
In 1914, the Ludlow Massacre
took place when the Colorado
National Guard opened fire on
a tent colony of striking miners;
about 20 strikers, women and
children died.
In 1916, the Chicago Cubs
played their first game at Wrig-
ley Field (then known as Wee-
ghman Park); the Cubs defeated
the Cincinnati Reds 7-6.
In 1971, the Supreme Court
unanimously upheld the use of
busing to achieve racial desegre-
gation in schools.
In 1972, Apollo 16’s lunar mod-
ule, carrying astronauts John W.
Young and Charles M. Duke Jr.,
landed on the moon.
In 2003, U.S. Army forces took
control of Baghdad from the
Marines in a changing of the
guard that thinned the military
presence in the capital.
In 2010, an explosion on the
Deepwater Horizon oil platform
killed 11 workers and caused a
blow-out that began spewing
an estimated 200 million gallons
of crude into the Gulf of Mexico.
Ten years ago: The U.S. gov-
ernment announced new pro-
tections for air travelers when
airlines lose their bags, bump
them off flights or hold them on
the runway for hours.
Five years ago: Treasury Secre-
tary Jacob Lew announced that
Harriet Tubman, an African Amer-
ican abolitionist born into slavery,
would be the new face on the
$20 bill. Pro wrestler Chyna (Joan
Marie Laurer) was found dead in
California at age 46.
One year ago: The Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
said reports of accidental poison-
ings from cleaners and disinfec-
tants were up about 20% in the
first three months of the year; re-
searchers believed it was related
to the coronavirus epidemic.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Leslie
Phillips is 97. Actor George Takei is
84. Singer Johnny Tillotson is 83.
Bluegrass musician Doyle Law-
son (Quicksilver) is 77. Rock musi-
cian Craig Frost (Grand Funk; Bob
Seger’s Silver Bullet Band) is 73.
Actor Jessica Lange is 72. Actor
Crispin Glover is 57. Actor Andy
Serkis is 57. Olympic silver medal
figure skater Rosalynn Sumners
is 57. Actor Carmen Electra is 49.
Reggae singer Stephen Marley is
49. Actor Joey Lawrence is 45.
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Lewis said due to crowding,
the department cannot offer
crime victims a secure lobby
when they come to report an
offense, or auditory privacy.
Like the city itself, the Red-
mond Police Department has
grown considerably since 2000,
when it employed 36 sworn
and nonsworn staff members.
Today, there are 55 sworn and
nonsworn personnel plus three
part-time employees. Red-
mond’s population has more
than doubled in that time,
from 13,418 residents in 2000
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WALTER MONDALE • 1928-2021
Carter’s VP was also a
liberal icon in the Senate
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Construction was delayed
a year due to the COVID-19
pandemic, so the nature center
staff and Sunriver community
are happy to see the expansion
finally taking place, said Abby
Rowland, executive director of
the nature center and obser-
vatory.
“It’s really nice to see actual
physical work being done to
re-excite our community about
what’s to come,” Rowland said.
The expansion was able to
start this year due to private do-
nations and grants totaling $2.5
million. The nature center and
observatory are still fundraising
for the remaining $2.5 million.
“We are halfway there,”
Rowland said. “We feel really
good about that for a little or-
ganization.”
Fundraising efforts took a
step forward last year when
the project was awarded a
$250,000 grant from the M.J.
Murdock Charitable Trust, an
organization that supports arts
and culture in the Northwest.
The trust awarded the money
specifically for the observatory
construction.
The NASA-affiliated obser-
vatory draws about 400 people
on busy nights. Doubling the
capacity will allow people to
have shorter waits to use the
telescopes and speak with staff,
said Bob Grossfeld, observa-
tory manager.
The extra space will also
help accommodate more peo-
ple during the pandemic,
Grossfeld said.
“We will be able to spread
people out quite a bit more since
we are basically doubling the ca-
pacity of the facility,” he said.
The observatory will remain
open during the construction.
Once the work is finished, the
larger space will allow for more
school groups and university re-
high risk, yet high reward.
Scientists cheered the news from around the world,
even from space. “A whole new way to explore the alien
terrain in our solar system is now at our disposal,” Not-
tingham Trent University astronomer Daniel Brown said
from England. This first flight — with more to come as
soon as Thursday — holds great promise, Brown noted.
Future helicopters could serve as scouts for rovers, and
eventually astronauts, in difficult, dangerous places.
running mate made him the
Former Vice President Wal- first major-party presidential
ter F. Mondale, a liberal icon
nominee to put a woman on
who lost a lopsided presiden-
the ticket, but his declara-
tial election after bluntly tell-
tion that he would raise taxes
ing voters to expect a tax in-
helped define the race.
crease if he won, died
On Election Day,
Monday. He was 93.
he carried only his
The death of the
home state and the
former senator, am-
District of Colum-
bassador and Min-
bia. The electoral
nesota attorney gen-
vote was 525-13.
eral was announced
“I did my best,”
in a statement from
Mondale said the
Mondale
his family. No cause
day after the elec-
was cited.
tion.
Mondale followed the trail
Mondale started his career
blazed by his political mentor, in Washington in 1964, when
Hubert H. Humphrey, from
he was appointed to the Sen-
Minnesota politics to the U.S. ate to replace Humphrey, who
Senate and the vice presi-
had resigned to become vice
dency, serving under Jimmy
president. His Senate career
Carter from 1977 to 1981.
was marked by advocacy of
His own try for the White
social issues such as educa-
House, in 1984, came at the
tion, housing, migrant work-
zenith of Ronald Reagan’s
ers and child nutrition. Like
popularity. Mondale’s se-
Humphrey, he was an outspo-
lection of Rep. Geraldine
ken supporter of civil rights.
Ferraro of New York as his
His wife, Joan, died in 2014.
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Astronomy interpreter Paul Poncy talks about the new expansion proj-
ect while working at the Sunriver Observatory on Saturday.
Submitted by Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory
The 7,700-square-foot Sunriver Discovery Center will be the new main
entrance to the Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory campus.
search projects, Grossfeld said.
“This is going to be a huge
asset for our educational K-12
programming,” Grossfeld said.
“We are excited about the ed-
ucational aspect to get school
groups in there.”
When the nature center and
observatory was built in 1984,
it was designed to handle 5,000
to 10,000 visitors each year.
Since then, the number of visi-
tors each year has increased to
about 50,000.
Rowland said it is time for the
nature center and observatory
to meet the demand of visitors.
Other nearby destinations such
as the Sunriver Resort and Vil-
lage at Sunriver have already
gone through similar expan-
to 35,439 in 2020, according to
the U.S. Census Bureau.
According to a PowerPoint
presentation accompanying
the proposal, land acquisition
would cost $2 million to $3 mil-
lion, design would cost $1 mil-
lion to $2 million and construc-
tion, $12 million to $15 million
with a ceiling of $30 million.
A voter-approved gen-
eral obligation bond is listed
among the proposed funding
methods, along with the city
fully financing the project, or a
sions, Rowland said.
“We are kind of behind on
all of it,” Rowland said. “Our
little campus was only de-
signed to hold maybe 5,000 to
10,000 people a year and we
see five to six times that.”
Rowland is looking forward
to the major upgrades and ad-
ditions. All the new offerings
will allow the nature center to
host more permanent exhibits,
wildlife and presentations.
“Having the additional space
will be great from that perspec-
tive,” Rowland said. “Not only
as a community resource, but
for us to be able to offer more
programs with a larger space.”
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Reporter: 541-617-7820,
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mix of the two.
Selling the current station
property could net the city an es-
timated $2 million to $3 million.
Bend Police headquarters on
NE 15th Street was built in 2003
with a second phase completed
in 2009. The department is not
completely out of space, accord-
ing to Bend Lt. Juli McConkey,
and there are plans for future
growth, as there are for other
city facilities.
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gandrews@bendbulletin.com
OBITUARY
Julie Winters Ellington
April 15, 1957 - March 11, 2021
Beauti ful,
peti te,
stronger than heck,
best muscles ever,
exercise
fanati c,
strong
willed,
gracious,
quick
witt ed, asserti ve,
resourceful,
successful
professional glass
blower, adventurer,
golfer, snow and water skier, sailor, kayaker, fl y
fi sherman, dog lover, reader, musician & bass
player, San Francisco Bay Area, Lake Tahoe,
Portland, Bend, Dunsmuir, unbelievable bread
maker, home and garden design enthusiast,
fabulous entertainer, connoisseur and chef of
gourmet foods, fi ne wines, exoti c tequila and
signature Ellington cocktails, the kindest and most
giving daughter, sister, friend and wife, Lover of life.
Our Jules.
OBITUARY
OBITUARY
Glenn Alan Harris
January 19, 1956 - April 12, 2021
Glenn Alan Harris was born January 19, 1956 in
Prineville, Oregon to Dell and Jessie (Osborne)
Harris. He attended Terrebonne School and
graduated from Redmond High in 1974. He
married Sandy Fromdahl in 1979 in Redmond.
Glenn worked as a timber faller throughout
Oregon and the Pacific Northwest for much of
his life. He loved falling timber and was good
at it. We will always think of him when we
smell fresh sawdust. An accidental fire took
his life on April 12, 2021.
Glenn is survived by his mother Jessie
Harris of Terrebonne; son Scott Lawrence,
his wife Lesa, and grandsons John, Kagen,
and Tate, all of Redmond; daughter Julie
Cooley and her husband Marshall of Bend;
daughter Stacy Harris and her children Cash
and Ayla of Roseburg; brother Bill Harris of
Arlington, Oregon; and brother John Harris
of Terrebonne. He is preceded in death by his
father, Dell.
The family will hold a private remembrance in
the woods at a later date.
David L. Hanson
March 31st, 1949 - March 18th, 2021
Born March 31st, 1949 to Ann and Oswald Hanson, Dave
was the third of fi ve children living on the Hanson Dairy.
Aft er graduati ng from Redmond High School in 1967,
Dave joined the Navy and served on the USS Dale.
Aft er serving his country, Dave returned home to work
the land and raise animals. Locally known for raising
polled Herefords, Dave was also nati onally known for
breeding exoti c animals. Over 40 years, Dave built up
a wildlife sanctuary tucked away above the Deschutes
River with a wide array of exoti c animals.
Dave was preceded in death by his parents, Ann and
Oswald and his brother, Kevin. Dave is survived by his
siblings, Arlene (Vern) Michaels, Rod (Sandi) Hanson,
Steve (Linda) Hanson, Carol (Bob) Downs, his former wife
of 37 years, Diane Hanson and his children, Stephanie
Jones, Jessica (Chris) Wells, Heidi (Harrison) McArthur,
Danny (Sarah) Hanson, and Michael Hanson, as well as
the six grandchildren, Kyden, Owen, Parker, Huntley,
Adelyn and Harper.
A celebrati on of life will be held in the coming summer.