A6 The BulleTin • Sunday, april 25, 2021
Wienermobile
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“My mom used to push me
around the grocery store, and
I would sing the Oscar Mayer
song,” Pittman said. “This is
my ’90s dream come true.”
Blockbuster was the third
out of four stops in Central
Oregon for the Wienermobile.
The traveling hot dog made
an appearance at Fort Rock
Park in Sunriver on Thursday,
in downtown Bend on Friday
and will travel south again to
the Village at Sunriver from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
The Wienermobile has been
on the road since 1936. To-
day, six Wienermobiles travel
around the country at all
times.
The Wienermobile that
came to Bend travels the West
Coast and averages about 500
miles per week, said Tommy
Derken, a “Hotdogger” who
drives the Wienermobile.
Derken graduated from Uni-
versity of Southern California
in May and hit the road in the
Wienermobile in June.
Driving the Wienermobile
is the perfect job for a recent
college graduate, since it’s good
public relations and marketing
experience and a good way to
see the country, Derken said.
“And you are a celebrity ev-
erywhere you go,” Derken said.
Derken and another Hot-
dogger, Nina LeBrun, spent
Saturday handing out stickers
and Wienermobile whistles
to the crowd. The two Hot-
doggers also took families’
pictures, signed autographs
and helped children pose be-
hind cardboard cutouts of hot
dogs.
No food was served during
the event, which is a common
misconception, Derken said.
“We don’t sell hot dogs,”
Derken said. “We just look like
one.”
Bend resident Helen Guer-
rero-Randall came early Satur-
day and could not contain her
excitement as she watched the
Wienermobile park in front of
Blockbuster.
Guerrero-Randall, a re-
tired medical librarian for St.
Charles Health System, always
loved the old advertisements
for Oscar Mayer on TV, but
never had a chance to see the
Wienermobile in person.
“I didn’t know they still had
this going around,” she said.
“They are actually still doing
promotions. I’m thrilled.”
Guerrero-Randall enthusi-
astically sang the entire Oscar
Mayer song, took a picture
with the cardboard cut out and
got Derken’s autograph.
She soaked in the nostalgia
of Oscar Mayer and Block-
buster, where she still has her
membership card to rent mov-
ies.
“It’s nostalgic in a really good
way,” Guerrero-Randall said.
“It’s that positive nostalgia. The
endorphins are flowing.”
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Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Ruby and Brewer Mottern stand with their two dogs Griz (behind cutout) and Luna as their mother, Jody Mottern, takes their picture Saturday
while visiting the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile at the Bend Blockbuster.
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House approves plan to
overhaul drug approach
BY GENE JOHNSON
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Washington’s
House of Representatives on
Saturday approved an overhaul
of the state’s approach to drug
possession, after the Wash-
ington Supreme Court struck
down its previous law as uncon-
stitutional — a ruling that left
no prohibition on having small
amounts of drugs, even for kids.
Many majority Democrats
in Olympia saw the dramatic
consequences of the ruling
as an opportunity to address
some of the harm the war on
drugs caused, especially to
communities of color. They
sought to use it to expand ac-
cess to addiction treatment and
to put the state on a path to
drug decriminalization.
“This is a down payment
on rebuilding communities,”
Democratic Rep. Jamila Tay-
lor said. “We know the war
on drugs is a failed policy. We
know we have better options.”
Under the bill that passed on
a bipartisan 80-18 vote, posses-
sion of controlled substances,
including cocaine, heroin and
methamphetamine, would for
now become a misdemeanor
punishable by up to 90 days in
jail. That’s a change from a ver-
sion of the legislation approved
by the Senate, which would have
made it a gross misdemeanor
punishable by up to a year in
custody, and from the previous
law, which made it a felony.
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fendant’s first two offenses to
treatment before the case even
made it to a prosecutor, and if
a defendant’s case ever reached
a prosecutor, the prosecutor
would be able to divert as well.
“It’s a major step in the right
direction to go as far upstream
as possible to have a therapeutic
intervention rather than a pu-
nitive intervention,” said Rep.
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unexpectedly at her home in Milwaukie, Ore.,
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Ore., on August 28, 1958, to Russell and Helen
(Jensen) Holm. For over 40 years, she worked
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Francia Melanie Pierpont
September 11, 1951 - March 1, 2021
Francia Melanie Pierpont
departed our world March 1,
2021 at the age of 69. Beloved
mother, grandmother, aunt
and sister, she was a friend
to many near and far. She
remains in all our hearts
forever.
Always generous and giving,
kind and friendly, she opened
her heart to everyone and was
greatly admired by her peers,
friends, students, and family. A teacher to hundreds of
students over the course of her long career in educati on,
she will be sorely missed by each and every one.
Melanie championed the underdog, the disadvantaged,
the physically impaired, and minoriti es alike. She was a
mentor to all. As a child, she was a diving champion at
Sunset Pool in Longmont, Colorado. She worked in her
teens, saving her summer earnings and then gave to
migrant children who returned to Mexico at the end of
the season.
A graduate of the University of Colorado, she headed
West to Eugene, Oregon where she received her
MS in educati on from the University of Oregon. She
subsequently joined Teacher Corps and was assigned to
North Carolina. Melanie also taught schools in Coos Bay,
Sweet Home, Eugene, and Bend.
Melanie escorted students to Japan, travelled to
Ghana, and was a host for students. She att ended the
specialized Teacher Fellowship Program at the Holocaust
Museum in Washington D.C. She was a Court Appointed
Special Advocate (CASA) for children, devoti ng herself to
minoriti es and their respecti ve plights.
A perpetually positi ve person, despite batt ling juvenile
diabetes since the age of 12, she welcomed one and
all into her home and heart while enduring physical
setbacks bravely throughout her life. Yes, the world will
miss Francia Melanie Pierpont.
She is survived by sons, Spencer Bushnell and wife Leela,
Taylor Bushnell and wife Julie and their two children
Odin and Skadi. Siblings; Lucinda Pierpont and her
son Tyson Pierpont, Scott and Jill Pierpont and their
sons Noah and Simon Pierpont, AFS student brother
Wirarachai Phrompechrut of Thailand, Kurti s Pierpont
and wife Helena Sawicki and their sons Dylan, Austi n and
Evan Pierpont