100 Years Ago

Feb. 7, 1924 — Legion in new home

If you see any of the members of Ray Johnson Post walking around with a rather swelled-up expression, just put it down to the fact that the new Post is now getting settled in its new quarters in the Atkinson building.

The First National Bank made the Post a present of a complete double bowling alley, which is being installed in the room, and there will be a pool table, card tables, reading and writing tables, and everything that goes to make up a comfortable and pleasant club room.

75 Years Ago

Feb. 3, 1949 — Dairymen hope for more volume

Last year said very rough for milk industry but stability seen

Volume is the crying need now of the dairy industry in central Oregon, it was brought out yesterday at the annual meeting of the Central Oregon Co-operative creamery.

Increased volume, however, is expected, because now is the time for farmers to insure their cash income by building up their dairy herds, several speakers pointed out.

“A young dairy herd is the soundest kind of insurance policy that a potato grower can have these days,” said Russell Waltz, manager of Consolidated Dairy Products of Seattle in his talk as guest speaker.

Waltz described the last year as the roughest he has ever seen from the distribution end of the industry. Millions of dollars have been lost by distributors since last summer simply because the price of butterfat then was higher than it is now, and all storage products have had to be sold at a heavy loss.

Co-op weathers storm

In spite of unfavorable conditions the creamery here managed to weather the storm, it shown in the financial report. It lost only $1500 in operations, but would have shown a substantial net profit except for a bad break not caused by market conditions. This occurred when between 10,000 and 15,000 pounds of cheese, most of last summer’s output, was spoiled almost beyond salvage when the refrigeration plant failed to function properly.

A lot of things have happened to the dairy market in the last year that probably won’t happen again very soon, Waltz told the assembled dairymen. There twice as much cheese in storage as normally. There are nine million more cases of evaporated milk on hand now than at this time last year. The storage butter inventory is up 10 million pounds.

50 Years Ago

Feb. 6, 1974 — Former Redmondite purchases Hogan’s

A corporation owned by James and Nancy Raske of Portland has purchased Hogan’s Clothing from Merle L. Hogan, who had operated the store for 25 years.

Raske grew up in Redmond, graduating from Redmond Union High School in 1962. The Raskes will continue to reside in Portland and will not be in the store on a continuing basis.

Kit W. Bowlby was named vice president of NLR Inc. and general manager of Hogan’s. He has been employed at Hogan’s for 11 years and has been the manager for the past few years.

All of the firm’s business relationships will be maintained, with continued high level of service to customers. “We will continue the philosophy of customer satisfaction that has made Hogan’s a leading Central Oregon business,” said Bowlby.

“We believe that our customers want good value and we will continue to provide it with high quality merchandise at reasonable prices,” Bowlby continued. “Our ladies department, managed by Gladys Herriott, continues to be a success as we are adding new lines regularly, especially in our junior division.”

Upcoming events include a sale to be held later this month and a teenage fashion show.

Jaycees on road to top state club

The Redmond Jaycees currently are leading all other chapters in the state in points earned toward becoming the outstanding Oregon Jaycee chapter.

The good news was learned at the winter board meeting held last weekend in Eugene. Highlight of the session was the presentation of a JCI senatorship to Bill Ewing of Prineville. Highest award conferred on an individual member, the presentation was made by the Western District, composed of Bend, Prineville, Madras and Redmond.

Attending the session were Gale Banry, Frank Cunningham, and the Dick Grants, Don Grants, Mel Fishers and Ralph Shores.

Youths added to fair board

The Deschutes County Fair Assn. will involve four young people on its board of directors in an advisory capacity as a result of action taken at the annual meeting held recently at Crooked River Ranch.

Two Future Farmers of America and two 4-H’ers will be appointed by their respective leaders.

Re-elected to the board were Les Carlsen, Laddie Jordan, Jack Mitchell and Neil Davis. Newly elected was Rod Bean replacing Marion Smith.

Officers will be elected at the Feb. 11 board meeting. Currently Bill Mayfield is president; Priday Holmes, vice president; Jack Brazeal, treasurer, and Don Yeager, secretary.

In a further move toward Central Oregon-wide involvement, the association changed its bylaws to allow the annual meeting to be held any place in the tri-county area on the third Monday of each January. Fair competition in most classes has been opened to persons in all three counties.

25 Years Ago

Feb. 3, 1999 — Violence in schools takes on random nature

In the 1980s and 1990s, we learned that kids who belonged to a gang were twice as likely to use drugs, to carry firearms, and to commit a violent crime such as homicide.

However, a new trend has developed, according to psychologist Nick Ure. Students are killing other students and teachers in a seemingly random fashion.

Ure has 15 years of professional experience with street kids and problem children as a licensed psychologist associate in Sandy and as a consultant at MacLaren Correction Facility in Woodburn. He also works under tract with the Sandy School District.

Ure shared his expertise in identifying and intervening with potentially violent youth with Redmond’s school counselors and administrators at a three-hour workshop Monday, part of Redmond’s Safer Schools goal of providing counselor training for effectiveness with violent youth.

His audience heard some things they might have feared yet didn’t want to hear, when

Ure said schools are the “most aggressive environment in this country” and that educators are “surrounded by potential violence and unknowns.”

Ure developed a “volatility screening checklist” to help schools identify students with underlying issues that could result in pathological violence, and said it was “critical” that educators have an index of warning signs.

Experts began to see a new trend in 1993 with students using guns to kill others in schools. This is “radically different behavior,” and is no longer gang-related, said Ure.

“Kids have an obsession with violence; they’re focused on learning about it. They don’t ‘stick out,’ they’re not well-known to school authorities and the police. But their purpose is to kill.”

He said violent youth are “depressed, socially isolated, under-achievers, but smart (with) a ritualistic obsession with violence.”

Ure said the increase in school-associated violent deaths accounts for 17 shootings in six schools since 1997, the latest at Thurston High in Springfield on May 21, 1998, when Kip Kinkel allegedly killed two students. He is also charged with injuring 20 others.

Violent youths have focused on Springfield, Ure said, and will be watching Kinkel’s trial. “And they’ll continue to be violent because they are attracted to the drama of it, the glory and glorification of Kip Kinkel. This is a classic situation,” said Ure.

He stressed that accurate assessments of students and situations are mandatory. “We don’t know how to predict violence,” Ure said. “Nothing causes violence; there are no known causal factors leading to violence.”

In the case of the kids being attracted to Kinkel, Ure said either their families are out of control, or the kids are out of control with the parents being too dominating. “The parents can’t hold the kids accountable; the kids have control in the home,” said Ure.

What are the risk factors? Not predictable, said Ure. “Violence comes when a number of factors are all lined up, leading to a ‘moment in time.’ Therefore, it’s really hard to predict.

“We can understand individual kids and then can intervene more effectively.”

Superintendent Jerry Colonna called the meeting “valuable” and said individual schools can use the materials as they choose.

Ure’s visit was arranged by Barb Lynch, Terrebonne counselor, who heard him speak in October at the Oregon School Counselors Association.