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‘MY HEART SANK’
A 4-year-old red
Siberian husky
named Mateo was
shot four times on
Dec. 31, in the Cline
Buttes Recreation
Area near Redmond.
The Deschutes
County Sheriff’s Of-
fice has not found a
suspect.
Siberian husky dies after
being shot four times
BY HELENA WEGNER
For the Spokesman
REDMOND — Every morning
Stephen Richardson said he would
take his two huskies on four to
Submitted photo from
Richardson family
seven mile hikes in Oregon.
He would let his two dogs, Mateo
and Maverick, off leash. They liked
to run up to 50 yards ahead — es-
pecially if looking for squirrels or
jackrabbits — and then return to
Richardson when called.
But on New Year’s Eve someone
shot Mateo, a 4-year-old red Sibe-
rian husky, four times in the Cline
Buttes Recreation Area — a place
where people can hike, mountain
bike or camp, Richardson said.
The area is filled with trails,
about 16 miles north of Bend and
6 miles southwest of Eagle Crest
Resort.
See Husky / P4
Oregon
2022 rings in slate of new laws
Andrew Selsky/AP file
The Oregon Senate gathers. New laws in the state took effect Jan. 1.
BY MIKE ROGOWAY • The Oregonian
O
regon lawmakers adopted a range of reforms, policy changes and civil rights protections during 2021’s five-month legislative session, including new
laws designed to promote affordable housing, improve police oversight and make it explicitly illegal to intimidate others by displaying a noose. Those
new laws, and many others, took effect Jan. 1. While some were contentious, many passed with overwhelming, bipartisan support. Here’s a look at
some of the changes in store in Oregon:
Public meetings
House Bill 2560 makes permanent a pan-
demic-era change. It requires government
agencies, whenever possible, to stream their
meetings online and give the public the op-
portunity to testify remotely.
The bill passed the House 42-5 and the
Senate 25-2.
Cold medicine
Oregon was one of just two states (Mis-
sissippi was the other) that required a pre-
scription for cold medicines containing
pseudoephedrine, a restriction established
to limit people’s ability to buy large quanti-
ties and use it to make methamphetamine.
But lawmakers concluded that a multistate
system for tracking purchases, and meth
production shifting to labs outside the
country, made Oregon’s law obsolete.
So House Bill 2648 repealed Oregon’s
restriction. (Mississippi lawmakers also
ended their law as of the dawn of 2022.)
Now, people can buy cold medicines by
asking a pharmacist, who registers the
transaction with the database. The bill
passed the House 54-4, and the Senate
27-2.
Elections
House Bill 3291 requires Oregon to
count ballots mailed the day of the election.
See New laws / P4
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Wednesday 1/5
Events in and around Redmond
The Redmond Spokesman welcomes event information for
its community calendar. Submissions are limited to nonprofit,
free and live entertainment events. Deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday
for the following Wednesday’s paper. Items are published on a
space-available basis and may be edited. Contact us at
news@redmondspokesman.com or fax 541-548-3203.
Trivia Wednesdays: Go with a team or team
up there to play genuine UKB Trivia live and
possibly win gift certificates; 6:30-8:30 p.m.;
Initiative Brewing, 424 NW Fifth, Redmond;
facebook.com/InitiativeBrew or 541-527-4380.
Trivia Night: Weekly trivia is open to all and
hosted by Quizhead Games; 6:30 p.m.; free;
The Vault Taphouse, 245 SW Sixth St., Bend;
koboldbrewing.com or 541-504-9373.
Blues and Brews: Get a chance to show
off your guitar or vocal skills and join Casey
Hurt and The Goodnights, The General
Duffy’s House Band, who will prepare a
setlist of classic and modern blues songs;
7-10 p.m.; free; General Duffy’s Watering Hole,
404 SW Forest Ave., Bend; facebook.com/
Generalduffys or 541-527-4345.
THursday 1/6
Songwriting Dance Party: Join local singer-
songwriter Casey Hurt Thursday nights, where
he creates retro pop and soul dance tracks
right on the spot; 7-10 p.m.; free; General
Duffy’s Watering Hole, 404 SW Forrest Ave.,
Redmond; facebook.com/Generalduffys or
541-527-4345.
Irish Trad Music: The Ballybogs will perform;
6-8 p.m.; free; Porter Brewing Co., 611 NE
Jackpine, Ct. 2, Redmond; porterbrewingco.
com or 541-504-7959.
FrIday 1/7
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Flashback ........ 3 Classifieds ....... 5
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First Friday: Art will be on display at
participating businesses as well as local
musicians and makers playing music and
showing off their creations; 4-7 p.m.; free;
Downtown Redmond, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh
Street, Redmond; visitredmondoregon.com.
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