100 years ago

November 9, 1916 — The first Central Oregon Cow Testing Association this summer completed the first two months’ official data, which is signed by the official tester Charles H. Roseman and Secretary E.C. Park. The association was started largely through the efforts of the county agriculturist working in cooperation with interested parties. Records of the two months, September and August are in the county agent’s office where the agent, Mr. R. A. Blanchard makes interesting notation of the facts revealed. While the records only deal with those cows producing more than 40 pounds of butter fat per month, there were but 18 cows in the entire association doing this. The average cow gave 48½ lbs of fat per month. Changing her with a fair cost of labor and keep, this would give the owner $69 per year profit per cow. The poorest produced a profit of but $45 while the best cow produced $120. If the association went no further that this, it would serve to prove the difference in the herds themselves.

75 years ago

November 6, 1941 — An additional six months will be available for farmers to perfect their water rights as the result of action taken Tuesday by the C.O.I. Board of directors in concurrence with similar action taken recently by directors of other affected irrigation districts. Under the original schedule, the state engineer was to survey all lands irrigated by waters of the Deschutes river as of December 1, 1941, and on the basis of this survey to cancel all water rights for lands on which the water was not being put to the beneficial use on that date. The state engineer however has advised that it would not be physically possible to make the survey until June and indicated that his office would approve an extension of the deadline from December 1 to June 1 1942.

50 years ago

November 10, 1966 — Classes will commence at the Opportunity School of Central Oregon next Monday, Nov. 14, with the formal opening scheduled for January. Teachers Jane Funk and Lois Clowers will instruct 15 or 16 children at the beginning. By Jan. 1, they expect to have 25 children, and may add another staff member. The name, “Opportunity School of Central Oregon,” was chosen at the Opportunity Foundation board of directors meeting Nov. 2, at Crater Lake Mcjinery Co. Building. Board President Bruce Bates appointed a five-man planning committee to make arrangements for the formal opening ceremonies. I.R. (easy) Robuin of Redmond is chairman, assisted by Cecil Sly, Prineville; Bob Hammond, Madras; Dr. James Hyatt, Bend; and George Smith, Warm Springs.

25 years ago

November 6, 1991 — After six months of meetings, the Residential Standards and Manufactured Housing Committee has come up with recommendations designed to meet the new state requirements for manufactured homes, as well as protect the integrity of certain neighborhoods. The committee’s report was given its first airing before the Redmond Urban Area Planning Commission Monday night. The committee was appointed in April by the Redmond city Council and charged with developing recommendations to meet the new state law regarding additional citing of manufactured homes. In addition, the committee was asked to develop adequate standards to protect residential neighborhoods and improve aesthetics of the Redmond community. The housing committee has recommended that manufactured homes be allowed on 1,734 acres of residential land within the urban growth boundary, an area the commission calls “open” or nonprotected. That figure meets the state’s requirement of 30 percent, a figure equal to the percentage of area residents within the annual income range of $15,000 to $26,000.