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SUNDAY • April 25, 2021 • Serving Central Oregon since 1903 • $3 TION • SUNDAY, APRIL 25, , april 25, 2021 2021 Market Recap: A8 bendbulletin.com 93RD ACADEMY AWARDS WHEEL SPECIAL AUTO SECTION, D1-12 » | Conditions Report: centraloregonexp lore.com OSCAR’S BIG NIGHT AT THE INSIDE THIS EDITION » | 5 P.M. SUNDAY ON By Charles Apple ABC | THE SPOKESMAN-R EVIEW It’ll be two months after its usual but the 93rd annual time of year — thanks changed this year Academy Awards will be awarded again, coronavirus — to tonight. Rules releases but had account for all the films that were had planned to be shown instead on various streamin theatrical Here’s a look g services. at some of the most notable numbers and oddities in the long history of Oscar: Most Oscar wins OSCARS HISTORY, B4 » Get a grip on automotive vehicles, reviews, tips news, electric and more: INSIDE Ben-Hur, 1959 by a movie Titanic, 1997 The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, 2003 West Side Story, 1961 Gigi, 1958 The Last Emperor, 1987 The English Patient, 1996 Gone With the Wind, 1939 From Here to Eternity, 1953 On the Waterfron t, 1954 My Fair Lady, 1964 Caberet, 1972 Gandhi, 1982 Amadeus, 1984 Slumdog Millionaire , 2012 Biggest Oscar sweep 11 11 11 10 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 Most nominat ions by a movie All About 14 Eve, 1950 (Won 6) Titanic, 14 1997 (Won 11) La La Land, 2016 14 (Won 6) HOW TO WATCH Most nominat ions with no wins The Turning Point, 1977 The Color Purple, 1985 11 11 ‘Big Five’ sweeps The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, 2003 Three times have movies won Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Screenplay: Won all 11 categories in which it was nominated. OSCAR CONTEST Enter your picks in our GO! Magazine Oscar contest for a chance to win a $50 gift card. Enter through 4 p.m. Sunday, before the awards broadcast, then watch the ceremony to see how you did. The contest is open to all Central Oregon residents and you must include your full name and contact email in order to win. Enter online at: bit.ly/ BulletinOscars It Happened One Night, 1934 One Flew Ov The show will go live on ABC at 5 p.m. For those who prefer a livestream option, the show can be seen on Hulu and YouTube TV, as well as on ABC.com. In the recent past, the ceremony has been about three hours long. ■ LA PINE FIRE DISTRICT ■ ■ Medical centers pay the bill for ambulance rides BY SUZANNE ROIG The Bulletin When a La Pine medical facility calls 911 for an ambu- lance, the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District charges that facility, not the patient. The fire district’s billing practice is an anomaly in Cen- tral Oregon, and the estimated $2,000 fee it charges per ambu- lance ride to St. Charles Bend’s emergency room has triggered a lawsuit and raised concerns among residents and medical professionals. The district’s ac- La Pine Rural Fire Protection District meeting The next meeting of the La Pine Rural Fire Protection District board will be held at 9 a.m. May 13 at the fire station at 51550 Huntington Road, La Pine. For more information, call 541-536-2935. tions could jeopardize health care in a low-income commu- nity where the life expectancy of residents is already shorter than their neighbors in Bend. Those actions could also lead to the closure of the two rural medical facilities as unafford- able fees pile up. “It would be a tremendous step backward for our commu- nity,” said Ann Gawith, La Pine Chamber of Commerce exec- utive director. “The people in the district need to know that ambulance service isn’t paid through their taxes.” One La Pine health care pro- vider fears the billing method incentivizes patients to drive to a medical facility when they’re suf- fering a medical emergency in order to avoid ambulance fees. While the La Pine fire dis- trict charges the facilities that call 911, in Bend and Madras, it’s the patient’s responsibility to pay the bill, regardless of who calls for emergency help. See Ambulance / A5 Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin file A La Pine Rural Fire Protection District ambulance leaves the St. Charles Bend campus after taking a patient to the emergency room in 2020. BEND A dream of the ’90s come true The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile visits the last Blockbuster on Earth Dry weather portends explosive fire season Fuel moisture levels drop to seasonal lows, sparking early season wildfires BY MICHAEL KOHN The Bulletin Seven months ago, Central Oregonians felt the impact of some of the worst wildfires in this state’s history. Now there is grow- ing concern that dry fuels across the region could ignite even bigger fires this year. Tinderbox conditions have already ig- nited several fires around Central Oregon this year, even as higher elevations are still blanketed with snow. Part of that is due to a drying out of the forests at lower elevations, which are experiencing some of the lowest moisture levels recorded in years. “The outlook is for an early fire season,” said Kevin Stock, fire and aviation staff of- ficer for Central Oregon Fire Management Service. “We are way behind in precipita- tion. It has been warm and dry through April, (causing) severe and exceptional drought.” See Wildfires / A5 Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin photos A crowd gathers Saturday to look at the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile during its stop at the Bend Blockbuster. BY KYLE SPURR • The Bulletin T wo cultural icons converged in Bend on Saturday when the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile parked in front of the last Blockbuster video rental store on Earth. The Wienermobile, the rolling orange and yellow symbol of Oscar Mayer hot dogs, pulled into the Blockbuster parking lot off Third Street to a crowd of about two dozen people taking pictures and singing, “I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner.” TODAY’S WEATHER Cloudy; a shower High 52, Low 29 Page B6 INDEX Business/Life Classifieds Dear Abby C1-8 B5 C3 Editorial Horoscope Local/State A4 C3 A2-3 Lottery Market Recap Mon. Comics Pittman, 31 and VanOteghem, 30, stopped Saturday to visit the Block- buster and had no idea the Wiener- mobile was scheduled to visit. It was a flashback to childhood for Pittman, who remembers sing- ing the Oscar Mayer song in the grocery store with her mother and looking for the Wienermobile on road trips with her family. See Wienermobile / A6 B2 A8 C5-6 Obituaries Puzzles Sports A6-7 C4 B1-3 Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin Smoke billows into the air April 15 as a pre- scribed fire burns within the Phil’s Trail area. The Bulletin An Independent Newspaper We use recycled newsprint Vol. 117, No. 329, 38 pages, 5 sections U|xaIICGHy02330rzu CENTRAL OREGON AUTO GUIDE Today in The Bulletin! Central Oregon Auto is your local resource for everything automotive. Featuring articles on car repair, new car sales, electric vehicles and technological advances in the automotive industry. SUN/THU Some people were busy pick- ing out movies inside the Block- buster and were startled when the 27-foot-long hot dog on wheels parked outside. “I saw it pull up through the window, and I just started yelling and ran to the window,” said Esty Pittman, who was visiting from Salt Lake City with her boyfriend, Jacob VanOteghem. Jason Loesche takes a pic- ture with his fam- ily while stopping to look at the Oscar Mayer Wie- nermobile. A SPECIAL SECTION FROM