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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
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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.
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LA PINE FIRE DISTRICT
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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
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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.
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Smoke billows into the air April 15 as a pre-
scribed fire burns within the Phil’s Trail area.
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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.
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