Spokesman file photoOdem Medo Drive cuts through the landscape in the early 1950s.

100 years ago

Jan. 27, 1916 — The spell of heavy snowfall and cold weather in this section was broken the latter part of last week when a Chinook wind came up from the south, accompanied by some rain. The 10 to 12 inches of snow that was on the ground melted very fast, and the ground was in such condition in many places that the snow was absorbed into the earth.

While the cold weather and heavy snowfall was somewhat disagreeable in some respects, and a surprise to this section of the state, it did a world of good for the dry farmers, for they will be assured of plenty of moisture the coming spring.

The snow melted so fast Saturday night that Sunday the streets of the city were a veritable sea of water, and the street commissioner was kept busy opening the drains on the principal streets.

75 years ago

Jan. 23, 1941 — An act of vandalism Sunday came very near to putting Redmond City Water Works out of commission. A rock as large as a bathtub, according to Water Superintendent George Heighes, was rolled over the cliff some 300 feet above the city pumping plant, which is in the Deschutes Canyon about 2 miles upriver from Cline Falls. The particular rock scored a direct hit on a small outbuilding, smashed it to kindling and came to rest a half-dozen feet from the pump house itself.

The rock-rolling was evidently a deliberate act, Heighes said, because later the vandals descended the cliff and wrought other miscellaneous damage. They threw a stack of chimney bricks and some buckets into the river and tore the lock off the pump house door. Other rocks had been rolled down the cliff, damaging the stairway railing.

50 years ago

Jan. 27, 1966 — The Redmond Jaycees, which began activities Jan. 30, 1946, will celebrate their 20th anniversary Sunday. A birthday party and installation of officers is planned for April.

The idea of a Junior Chamber of Commerce came to life in the mind of Henry Gissembier Jr. in October 1915 in St. Louis. As time progressed, the idea spread, and in January of the 1920s, 24 Jaycee organizations from as many cities got together in St. Louis and organized the national group. The first annual meeting was held in June 1920.

The Redmond Junior Chamber of Commerce, one of the 104 Oregon divisions, was chartered Jan. 30, 1946, and is one of less than 20 that have never been re-chartered. Ernest Wilson was the first president, holding office January until April. Kenneth Munkres was the first full-term president taking office in June. Lee Stidd Jr., of Lake Oswego, was state president at this time. The club first met in the Franks Building, later moving to the Chadwick Building. The Jaycees now have their own hall.

25 years ago

Jan. 30, 1991 — The final design for the new Sisters High School will be formally presented Feb. 11 to the Sisters School Board and the community. A 10-person design review committee has worked in three weekly Friday afternoon sessions to fine-tune the preliminary designs for the 88,900-square-foot middle school/high school facility.

“We are right on target,” said Jim Rozewski, project designer from Barber Barrett Turner in Bend. “We have had attendance every week, and I am pleased with the input and the discussion,” he added. The design review committee has met Friday afternoons in BBT’s Sisters office upstairs in Barclay Square on Cascade Street. Dennis Staines said Friday’s meeting dealt mostly with interior changes, specifically adding skylights to the upstairs classroom wings.