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Rosengarth regularly offered
tours of the house prior to the
COVID-19 pandemic. She re-
cently partnered with the Bend
Park & Recreation District and
Deschutes Historical Society to
turn the house into a museum.
“I’m not going to be around
to tell the stories forever,”
Rosengarth said.
Historical society volun-
teers organized more than 800
items in the house, and the
park district created interpre-
tive panels. The project is ex-
pected to be completed by the
fall, when the public will be in-
vited into the house.
“That’s the whole purpose
of it, to let people know about
what life was like here,” Rosen-
garth said. “It keeps my family
alive.”
Julie Brown, the Bend Park
& Recreation District spokes-
person, oversees the project
with Community Engagement
Supervisor Kim Johnson, and
said the plans for a museum
will build upon Rosengarth’s
work to maintain the house.
“What we wanted to do was
be able to capture and broaden
a little bit of that history,”
Brown said. “And be able to
have more museum quality in-
formation and panels and take
good care of the items that are
in the house.”
The idea for a museum
started in August 2019, when
Portland State University grad-
uate student Liza Schade was
hired as a park district intern
and tasked with creating an in-
ventory of items in the house.
While she was working,
Schade noticed people were
interested in the house and
wanted to learn more about it.
“She had the doors of the
house open for air flow, and
every day she had park users
pop their heads in to ask what
was going on,” Brown said.
The public interest led to
the park district and historical
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The interior of the Hollinshead-Matson Historic House at Hollinshead Park.
museum raising about $12,000
from a grant and in-kind dona-
tions to complete the work.
Kelly Cannon-Miller, direc-
tor of the Deschutes Historical
Museum, said many residents
today might not realize how
important farming was in the
region in the early 20th cen-
tury. The house shows how
people lived without electricity
and other modern comforts,
Cannon-Miller said.
“It’s a fantastic way for us to
tell the story of agriculture and
the role farming and ranching
played in the history of De-
schutes County, something that
has slowly been disappearing,”
Cannon-Miller said. “Most
residents don’t realize how im-
portant it was to our economy
well into the 1970s and 1980s.”
The house has been a labor
of love for Rosengarth. The
building connects Rosengarth
to her childhood. It reminds
her of her father, who moved
from Kansas during the Great
Depression to start a new life
in Oregon on the property that
is now Hollinshead Park.
Rosengarth is reminded
of her history every time she
shares it with school groups
and other interested visitors.
“It was like ‘Little House
on the Prairie’ in my mind,”
Rosengarth said. “We were way
out in the country.”
Reporter: 541-617-7820,
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Changes to Measure 11 prison sentences appear dead this session
NOELLE CROMBIE
The Oregonian
Efforts to undo Oregon’s manda-
tory minimum sentencing law have
fizzled, according to a key lawmaker
who has pushed for years to roll back
the longstanding policy.
Sen. Floyd Prozanski, a Democrat
from Eugene, said Thursday that the
bill he sponsored, Senate Bill 401, is
marooned in the Senate Rules Com-
mittee, where it seems likely to die.
Prozanski sought to replace manda-
tory minimum sentences for most vi-
olent crimes with a system that would
give judges more discretion over sen-
tences.
He blamed the Oregon District At-
torneys Association for failing to work
with him on a potential compromise.
“I don’t see it us moving it forward,”
he said. “I don’t have the 20 votes”
needed to pass it out of the Senate.
He said a neutral position from the
prosecutors group would have gone a
long way toward swaying some law-
makers.
He said he went to the district at-
torneys association several weeks
ago with a compromise that would
remove only second-degree robbery
and second-degree assault from the
list of crimes that trigger mandatory
minimum sentences. The rest of the
law would remain the same, he said.
But he and prosecutors still could
not reach an agreement.
“It’s never good enough” for the as-
sociation, he said.
Marion County District Attorney
Paige Clarkson, president of the pros-
ecutors association, said in response
that any changes “must be carried out
in a deliberate and thoughtful man-
ner that does not increase uncertainty
about any unintended consequences
of those changes.”
She called Prozanski’s final pro-
posal removing second-degree assault
and second-degree robbery “rushed.”
“A crime victim and survivor
should be able to have faith that any
proposed changes will only result
in the intended outcome and by not
rushing this complex conversation
we decrease the chances for those
unintended consequences harming
crime victims and survivors,” she
said.
Prozanski went into the session
hoping discussions on changing
Measure 11 would be front and cen-
ter. Four bills were submitted for
consideration, but eventually SB 401
emerged as the focus of those talks.
On Thursday, he said he was disap-
pointed the debate went nowhere.
“It’s frustrating that I don’t get the
Public hearing unlikely on Oregon
independent redistricting proposal
HILLARY BORRUD
The Oregonian
Supporters of a proposal
to hand Oregon’s redistrict-
ing process to an independent
commission hoped lawmakers
would consider and take input
on the plan during the five-
month legislative session.
With less than three weeks
left, it appears lawmakers will
go home without holding a
single public hearing on the
commission proposal, House
Joint Resolution 7.
Dismayed supporters in-
cluding good government
groups, businesses and
NAACP branches pleaded in
a letter Wednesday to House
Democratic and Republican
leaders for those lawmakers to
schedule a hearing.
“Oregonians deserve the op-
portunity to provide their opin-
ions directly to their elected
representatives on the well-sup-
ported alternative to the cur-
rent redistricting process,” they
wrote. “Our polling showed
that 83% of Democrats, 70% of
Independents and 62% of Re-
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His estranged wife and a
former employee had accused
him in 2019 of various offenses
while the three were in a live-in
polyamorous relationship.
Anderson, 34, remains ac-
cused of four criminal charges
in Deschutes County Circuit
Court. He denies ever abus-
ing his ex-wife, whom he says
abandoned their businesses
and left him to deal with her
debts.
District Attorney John Hum-
mel expects the stripped-down
criminal case to go to trial in
late summer.
“As to why there’s fewer
charges now, it was just through
the constant process of re-as-
sessing the case and digging
deeper,” Hummel said. “We’re
at the point where we feel he’s
facing the appropriate charges.”
Anderson’s attorney, Per Ol-
son, said previous coverage of
the case severely damaged his
client’s reputation, which he is
still attempting to rebuild.
“Andrew feels very strongly
that when this case first came
up two years ago, he was un-
fairly crucified in the newspa-
per,” Olson said. “Four counts
remain, and we’re going to trial
on those four counts in August.
He maintains his innocence
and looks forward to trying this
case.”
Andrew Anderson and Joc-
elyn Anderson wed in 2015 in
Jamaica, according to filings
from their lengthy and complex
divorce case, which is ongoing.
Jocelyn Anderson and her at-
torneys did not return calls left
Friday.
publicans in Oregon support
reforming our redistricting
process to create an indepen-
dent citizens’ commission that
would draw our legislative and
congressional districts.”
A top Democrat in the
House on Wednesday listed
numerous objections to the
plan and said the status quo
system of lawmakers redraw-
ing their own electoral lines
and congressional districts ev-
ery 10 years is fairer and more
accountable to voters.
“The most representative
body is a 90-person Legisla-
ture, elected and accountable
to the people, rather than a
hastily convened 15-20 per-
son commission,” Majority
Leader Barbara Smith Warner,
D-Portland, said in an emailed
statement. She pointed out that
House Speaker Tina Kotek,
D-Portland, gave Republi-
cans equal membership on the
House committee working on
redistricting plans for the next
decade. The Legislature faces
a September deadline to com-
plete that work.
Andrew J.
Anderson
works at
his Alfalfa
Valley Can-
nabis Farm
in October
2018.
fice moved to strike the major-
ity of the allegations from An-
drew Anderson’s indictment,
including all of the allegations
by White. He remains charged
in allegations by his wife:
fourth-degree assault, menac-
ing, second-degree kidnapping
— for allegations he took his
ex-wife places against her will
— and coercion, for allegedly
threatening to harm the fam-
ily dog.
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Together the couple soon
started several businesses in a
vertically integrated marijuana
operation. Jocelyn Anderson
oversaw Plantae’s retail side and
managed its marketing efforts,
while Andrew Anderson man-
aged operations at their pot
farm on Johnson Ranch Road
in Alfalfa.
The venture was profitable,
court records show. In 2017,
Plantae’s retail locations in
Bend and Madras brought in
a combined $1.7 million. In
2018, those locations generated
$2.4 million. And retail made
up just 38% of Plantae’s total
revenue. Other sources include
marijuana farming, manufac-
turing, real estate rental and
ATM fees.
For an 18-month period,
Plantae general manager Kris-
ten White lived with the couple
in a polyamorous relationship.
In July 2017, Jocelyn Ander-
son moved back to her home-
town near Chico, California. In
dueling divorce motions, she
claims she fled her husband’s
abuse, while he claims she aban-
doned him and their business.
He filed for divorce in Au-
gust 2017. She responded
several weeks later with a
counter-claim.
In May 2019, as the divorce
case proceeded, a grand jury
in Deschutes County indicted
Andrew Anderson on 20 crim-
inal counts related to allega-
tions levied by Jocelyn Ander-
son and White.
In August 2019, Andrew
Anderson was ordered to pay
his wife $8,000 per month in
spousal support. After five
months of nonpayment, plus
interest, he owed her $50,000.
In June of 2020, a Deschutes
County judge signed an order
granting Jocelyn Anderson
ownership and exclusive use
of the businesses she founded
with her husband.
In April, Plantae sent a
press release announcing Joc-
elyn Anderson was now 100%
owner of the company.
“This marks a new chapter
in the story of Plantae, and I
can’t wait to see what the future
holds,” said Anderson. “My
number one priority for Plan-
tae is to show appreciation and
support to the Plantae team.
Happy employees make for
happy customers, and we have
lots of perks lined up for both.”
In May, the Deschutes
County District Attorney’s of-
Reporter: 541-383-0325,
gandrews@bendbulletin.com
courtesy of having honest deliberation
and discussion,” he said.
All along, prosecutors have been
the most forceful opponents of chang-
ing the law.
They argue that Measure 11 ensures
courts treat violent criminals in a con-
sistent and fair manner. They say the
state’s mandatory minimum sentences
for crimes such as rape — eight years
and four months — are reasonable,
hold offenders accountable and keep
communities safe.
Prozanski and others who want to
do away with mandatory minimums
say the policy is outdated, inflexible
and overly harsh.
Hermiston couple on hook
for illegally selling crab
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — A Herm-
iston couple has been sen-
tenced to pay $1,200 in res-
titution after illegally selling
recreationally caught crab
on the commercial market
in Hermiston, according to
a press release from Oregon
State Police.
Gerald and Shawna Wil-
son of Hermiston also will
pay $100 each to the Turn In
Poachers Line fund, and they
are prohibited from obtaining
a fishing or shellfish license
for three years.
OSP Fish and Wildlife
troopers began an investiga-
tion after receiving a call on
the TIP Line reporting crab
advertised for sale on Face-
book. Investigators followed
up on the lead and discov-
ered the couple selling live or
cooked crab through social
media, the release said.
The couple listed the crab
as free of charge, but with a
suggested donation of $11
per pound to skirt marine
fisheries laws that prohibit
people from selling their
personal limits of crab and
other marine life on the com-
mercial market, according to
law enforcement. At least 11
people purchased the crab
through Facebook or other
social media.
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