100 years ago

For the week ending

June 1, 1924

Todd Lake is still covered with ice

Todd Lake, on the Century Drive out of Bend, is still covered with ice, according to a group of local people who visited the lake Sunday. The local people left their machines at Glacier view park, formerly known as Dutchman’s flat, and walked in to the lake. The snow in the park is about 20 inches in thickness and in the hemlock thicket, near the lake, it is approximately four feet deep. It was reported that the fishing was not very good.

Redmond bank cashier held

Wanted in North Dakota on an indictment of seven counts, charging misapplication of funds while cashier of a bank in Devils Lake, North Dakota, in 1923. A. W. Graham, cashier of the bank at Redmond, was arrested today, according to word received through the federal authorities in Portland.

Cemetery assured flowers and lawn next year

With water accessible for every corner of the Pilot Butte cemetery today for the first time, the extension of the water system from the city mains to the cemetery has been virtually completed. Approximately 5,200 feet of pipe was used in taking the water to the cemetery.

Water has been used in localized parts of the cemetery for the past 10 days, but not until lines were coupled up this morning was it possible to irrigate all parts of the grounds. The Pilot Butte and Greenwood cemeteries, adjoining each other, will be a mass of green this time next year, predicts F. L. Hubbard, in charge of the grounds. There are nine faucets in the Pilot Butte water system at present. The sprinkling system is supplemented by 200 feet of hose.

Sheep ranges to be opened

In an effort to assist sheepmen of the Central Oregon country in the serious problems which face them at present as a result of the drouth, certain allotments in the national forests of Central Oregon will be thrown open to grazing earlier this year than usual, it was announced today from the office of the Deschutes national forest in this city.

The opening of allotments to early grazing will not be a blanket opening, for certain ranges in the mountains would be damaged seriously if grazed before July 1. The allotments will be opened wherever possible from 10 to 15 days earlier than usual.

75 years ago

For the week ending

June 1, 1949

Women’s softball league proposed

Organization of a women’s softball league in Bend will be discussed at a meeting to be held in the city hall Thursday, David Howard, Bend director of recreation, has announced. All women interested in the league are being asked to attend the meeting, and interested organizations have been invited to send representatives. Plans for summer play will be discussed.

Geology clubbers meet for picnic

Deschutes Geology club members picked an old volcano for their meeting place last night when they joined for a picnic in a deeply dissected cinder pit west of Terrebonne. Following the picnic lunch, with time out for collection of white opals, the group joined in a short program around a campfire, with short talks by C. G. Springer, John Carter and Phil F. Brogan. Taking part in the outing were 30 members of the club.

In addition to the white opals collected by the amateur geologists “popcorn” crystals were removed from the brown cinders. These white crystals fluoresce under ultra-violet lights, as do the opals, formerly called “Terrebonne diamonds.”

Bend pays tribute to war dead

Hundreds of persons gathered at the Pilot Butte cemetery yesterday to decorate graves of loved ones and to pay tribute to America’s war dead.

In a solemn graveside ceremony honoring the war dead, Rev. George H. Redden told persons present that wars will continue to be fought until the greedy and unrighteous are subdued.

A firing squad made up of members of Co. I., Oregon national guard, fired a salute over the wreaths as Taps was played to conclude the ceremony.

The graveside service was preceded earlier in the day by a parade in downtown Bend with several hundred persons lining both sides of Wall street to view the parade.

One of these girls will reign as queen

Queen candidates for Bend’s Fourth of July water pageant posed for photos yesterday in the Pilot Butte inn gardens after attending the AAUW tea for senior girls, at the home of Mrs. L.B. Evers. This year’s royal court comprise of Charleen Dahlin, Ella Sterling, Joan Tilden, Lila Bacon, Pat Blakely and Marilyn Bishop.

50 years ago

For the week ending

June 1, 1974

Riley Road bids opened

The Deschutes County Road Department opened bids this week for the improvement of a portion of O.B. Riley Road north of Bend this summer.

Two separate bids were received from Central Oregon contractors, one for the grading and base of the road, the other for priming and paving the highway.

Dave Hoerning, director of public works for the county, said the road department would recommend county commissioners accept the low bids for each half of the project.

Total cost for the improvement project is $164,008. A 1.4 mile section of the road from U.S. Highway 97 to Glen Vista Road will be improved.

The improvement project includes raising and lowering the grade of the road to make it more level and widening the highway to 36 feet. There will be a six-foot bicycle path on each side of the road.

Work on the road is expected to begin in about two weeks. The project will take about three months to complete.

25 years ago

For the week ending

June 1, 1999

Home Depot makes debut in Bend

Before the doors to the world’s largest home-improvement retailer even opened at 6 a.m. today, 30 cars had trickled into the parking lot.

By 10 minutes after 6 a.m., men and women of all ages were flocking to Home Depot, as it officially opened its 808th store.

“It’s about time these guys opened,” said Randy Masden, a white-bearded man wearing a cowboy hat. Masden used to drive to Salem to shop at Home Depot. Masden was well into the wire section by 6:02 a.m. He said he came so early to get out of doing work at home.

The Atlanta-based building and hardware supply store covers 104,000 square feet and stocks everything from tools to windows to carpets.

An additional 16,000 square foot outdoor garden center is packed with everything from tropical to desert indoor and outdoor plants and any other feasible garden supply. Early morning shoppers shuffled along the aisles clearly identified by flag-sized orange banners with the trademark white-stencil letters. These flags indicate where hardware, tools, flooring, paint, and building materials can be found.

More than 100 saws, walls stocked full of measuring tapes, wrenches and concrete mix are among the array of home-improvement products in the store. Boxes of stock climb the 20-foot high orange metal racks.

Home Depot typically expects about 5,000 visitors on opening day, said manager Jason Thornton.

Wednesday evening’s unofficial soft opening hosted as many as 3,000 to 4,000 people, he estimated.

COCC launches new degree program

Central Oregon Community College wants to offer a new degree in cultural resource management, training people to work in museums and public agencies preserving and interpreting material on cultural heritage.

If approved by the State Board of Education next month, students could begin working toward their degree in the fall.

Patricia O’Neil, associate professor of history and chairwoman of the social sciences department, said the cultural resource management degree will prepare students either for technician-level entry into the work force or will provide lower-division courses so they can work toward a baccalaureate degree in the field.

“This degree will bring the disciplines of anthropology together in strategies for preserving and interpreting material elements of our cultural heritage,” O’Neil said. “The people who need these technicians don’t need Ph.D.s to perform the work.

“The students can take the first-year courses, gain exposure to all different choices, then narrow the field in their second year.”

Bart Queary, vice president for instruction, said the degree program is split between three departments and may be confusing to higher education board officials. “This will not be clear-cut to them, because the degree is split between three departments and the primary employment is at all different levels,” Queary said. “We see people working with the federal and state government, museums and private contractors.

Opportunities include interning at The High Desert Museum and The Museum at Warm Springs, O’Neil said. Or, students could intern for the U.S. Forest Service or Bureau of Land Management, surveying or working as technicians.

Four program specialties will be offered if approved by the state. The archaeology and applied anthropology options prepare students for work as archaeology technicians or further study at the university level.

The preservation option prepares students for work in the preservation and community development fields or for additional studies in historic preservation, architecture or community development.

The museum option prepares students for work as museum technicians or for further study in an allied field.

Although the internships probably will not pay salaries for interns, O’Neil said grant money or funds from Americorps could be used to help students who need to work. COCC staff are working with faculty at the University of Oregon and Oregon State University to transfer the cultural resource management degree to either university.

Students can then continue in archaeology at OSU or museum curator preservation at UO.