How about our talented Redmond students? Three years of Redmond High School woodworking students helped create a meaningful table for Redmond Fire and Rescue.

The table is big enough for the whole shift to sit around, helping crews build camaraderie and making sure crews communicate before and after major events.

It’s a cool project that definitely builds community in Hub City.

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The 2022 political season is well underway and changes are coming to the top spot in city government. Mayor George Endicott declared he will not run for another term in November. Four people are already expected to gun for his seat, however, and others could jump in as well.

Read this piece to get introduced to the cast of characters who want to be the next leaders of Redmond.

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Our ‘Chuck of the Week’ campaign has come out like gangbusters. See the first three winners here and here and here.

Many congrats to Rocky, Big Red and Alan — as well as the photographers who captured them. Remember, you can win a free subscription to the paper if you win the weekly contest. Email your photo and contact information to news@redmondspokesman.com for consideration.

The contest has also inspires some poetry, a reminder of how much Redmondites love their chucks. Read and rejoice in the words of local poet Barb Velure:

The uninvited guest

Our garden is in and the plants fill the space.

We relax in the shade enjoying our place.

Then under the fence pushing all rocks aside

comes a cute little critter not relaxing his stride.

He knows what he wants without bidding hello,

heads straight for the plants — that cheeky fellow.

We rise from our seats and cry in dismay,

The plants we just sowed he’s eating away!

 

But in our alarm, he senses disaster

and flees for his life scurrying faster.

We admit ‘twas a feast for that rock chuck we’d spread,

but our intentions were not for him to be fed.

 

Guests come to our front gate, but he comes behind

from the field that is empty, he comes to dine.

Perhaps it’s the same chuck that partakes of our crop?

If that is the case perhaps we should stop

to give him a name and treat him as one

of the family. Now wouldn’t that be fun?

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-Tim Trainor is editor of the Redmond Spokesman.