News

Redmond man wins $100,000 in lottery: A Redmond man recently claimed a $100,000 prize in an Oregon Lottery Scratch-it game. Jeremy Gilbertson won the prize Feb. 1 on a $10 Extreme Cash game ticket bought at a Redmond Chevron station. “I scratched the ticket, I looked at this, and I thought, ‘This just doesn’t happen to me.’” Gilbertson said in a lottery news release. “All I could say was ahhhhh. I won $100,000 and I couldn’t believe it.” Gilbertson usually buys $2 or $3 tickets but uses winnings to buy higher-value tickets, the release said. He plans to use the winnings to take his wife on a trip to celebrate their second wedding anniversary. He was the second area man to win $100,000 on a $10 ticket in as many days, with Carl Ostercamp, of Bend, claiming the prize on a ticket bought Jan. 31 at a US Market in Bend. The lottery says more than $4.2 million in lottery prizes were won last year in Redmond and Bend, and $28.9 million in lottery proceeds went to economic development, parks, education and watershed enhancement in Deschutes County in the 2015-17 biennium.

Eagle Crest Resort sold: The sale of the 100-room Eagle Crest Resort hotel to Tampa-based KDG Capital was recently completed, according to a news release from Holliday Fenoglio Fowler L.P., which marketed the property west of Redmond. The 1,700-acre property was sold free and clear of existing debt and without a management contract to KDG by a partnership between Northview Hotel Group and Oaktree Capital Management L.P., the release said. The Bulletin previously reported that the resort was being sold for $12 million.

Education

Empty Bowls fundraiser April 8: Ridgeview and Redmond high schools are partnering to put on the fifth Empty Bowls fundraiser from noon to 6 p.m. April 8. Tickets, which cost $20, include a hand-crafted artisan bowl made by art students at the schools, along with soup made by Ridgeview culinary students. Additional bowls cost $20. Money raised benefits Jericho Road, a nonprofit that provides food and transitional housing to homeless families in the Redmond area. Tickets are available at ridgeviewhs.seatyourself.biz or at the door. Contact Jensine Peterson at 541-504-3600 or jensine.peterson@redmondschools.org for more information.

RPA open enrollment approaching: Redmond Proficiency Academy’s open enrollment period runs from March 1-15. Students interested in attending the grades 6-12 tuition-free charter school can apply at rpaacademy.org. Families can also attend the “Experience RPA!” preview night from 5:30-7:30 p.m. March 6 at the high school campus at 657 SW Glacier Ave. or the middle school at 150 SW 25th Ave. They can also schedule a private tour on the website.