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129 new cases
Total COVID-19 cases as of Thursday, Dec. 31:
Deschutes County cases: 3,976 (68 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 22 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 448 (6 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 7 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 1,425 (32 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 17 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 113,909 (1,682 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 1,477 (9 new deaths)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Thursday: 27 (6 in ICU).
130
120
(Dec. 11)
110
90 new cases
100
(Nov. 27)
7 ways to help limit its spread: 1. Wash hands often with soap and water for
at least 20 seconds. 2. Avoid touching your face. 3. Avoid close contact with sick
people. 4. Stay home. 5. In public, stay 6 feet from others and wear a cloth face
covering or mask. 6. Cover a cough or sneeze with a tissue or cough into your
elbow. 7. Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
90
68 new
cases
7-day
average
(Dec. 31)
80
70
60
47 new cases
50
(Nov. 14)
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
(July 16)
40
31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
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SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES
New COVID-19 cases per day
20
(May 20)
1st case
10
(March 11)
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BY KALEB LAY
La Grande Observer
ELGIN — The Union
County Sheriff’s Office an-
nounced on Wednesday the ar-
rest of Gary Otis Mason, 54, of
Elgin, in the deaths of Candy
K. Williams, 56, and a juvenile.
Williams was Mason’s sig-
nificant other, according to the
sheriff’s office, which did not
identify the juvenile.
The sheriff’s office detained
Mason on Tuesday following
an initial investigation at his
home outside Elgin, where
Williams also resided. The
sheriff’s office booked Mason
into the Union County jail
on suspicion of two charges
of first-degree murder. He re-
mains in the county jail on no
bail.
According to the sheriff’s of-
fice, Mason called the Union
County Dispatch Center from
LOCAL BRIEFING
his home shortly after mid-
night Tuesday.
A deputy with the sheriff’s
office and an Oregon State Po-
lice trooper responded and
found two bodies upon arrival.
Mason was at the scene and re-
ceived aid from the Elgin Am-
bulance and La Grande Fire
Department.
The sheriff’s office would
not provide any additional in-
formation on the case.
Elgin man faces murder charges
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An all-terrain vehicle helped rescue a father and his daughter Wednes-
day from their car, which was stuck in heavy snow near Paulina Lake.
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A father and daughter stranded overnight in their vehicle
near Paulina Lake were located by Deschutes County Search
and Rescue on Wednesday and helped back to safety.
Paul Thompson, 37, of Bend, and his 13-year-old daughter
had been stranded since Tuesday evening, according to a state-
ment from Shane Zook, assistant search and rescue coordina-
tor for the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.
The pair were initially reported missing by Thompson’s fa-
ther. Family members had a general idea of the location of the
pair by using a phone application to ping the location of the
missing 13-year-old’s phone. The app indicated they were on
the north side of Paulina Lake.
A later attempt made by a deputy to ping the phone failed,
either because the phone was turned off or the battery had died.
Search and rescue volunteers traveled the majority of the
way to the presumed location of the two missing people in a
4x4 pickup and then deployed an all-terrain vehicle to con-
tinue the search.
The volunteers located Thompson, his daughter, and their
two dogs in the stranded vehicle at 5:30 p.m. after traveling 5.5
miles in the ATV. They were reportedly unharmed and given
a ride to awaiting family members on China Hat Road.
Father, daughter rescued after night in the forest
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BY LILIANA FRANKEL
Malheur Enterprise
ONTARIO — Restaurants
in Ontario got a little extra
something this holiday season
to keep their employees and
guests warm.
The Ontario City Council
in early December approved
about $12,000 to buy tents,
weights, wind walls, heaters,
and propane tanks for restau-
rants looking to expand into
outdoor dining — which is
currently the only kind of on-
site dining allowed under Ore-
gon’s COVID restrictions.
The city began delivering
the materials last week.
“The only olive branch that
Kate Brown was giving restau-
rants was outdoor dining,”
said Jason Jungling, owner of
the Plaza Inn Restaurant.
He was responsible for pro-
posing to city councilors that
they do something to help the
local hospitality industry.
Jungling plans to combine
a tent he already has with the
tent he was given by the city
to provide cover in an area
measuring 20 by 45 feet. He
intends to use the space to
seat eight tables of socially dis-
tanced customers.
“I hope this helps our
restaurants with additional
options other than carryout,”
said Adam Brown, Ontario
city manager. “They are really
struggling and the City Coun-
cil really wanted to do some-
thing to support them.”
Pepe Bovadilla of Fiesta
Guadalajara knows that strug-
gle well.
“We’ve been losing a lot of
business,” he said. “There’s a
lot of people calling to see if
we’re open to dine in. There’s
people coming in that we have
to turn around. This month of
December is the best month
we have the whole year, but
this year it’s been nothing but
trying to make it through.”
With the supplies he re-
ceived from the city, Bovadilla
plans to set up an outdoor din-
ing area that will take up about
two parking spaces worth of
territory in front of the Ore-
gon Street establishment.
Berts Growler Garage has a
patio that’s been open for most
of the pandemic. But accord-
ing to owner Michelle Ber-
talotto, the provision of tents
and a new heater will be a big
help, especially as the weather
worsens.
“It means a lot that the city
is doing something,” she said.
Buying those weath-
er-proofing supplies was “just
one more added expense that
we didn’t need right now.”
Those three restaurants
and Mackey’s Steakhouse and
Pub, Romio’s Pizza and Pasta,
Brewsky’s Broiler, and Second
and Vine received a dozen
heaters.
Brown said that among
those restaurants that have al-
ready received supplies, sev-
eral had requested additional
heaters, so a dozen more will
come in over the next week.
Brown said there was still
money for more heaters and
supplies if other establish-
ments come forward with a
need.
“I just hope (new outdoor
dining efforts) are well-sup-
ported by the community,”
said Jungling. “I know I’m not
the only one doing it!”
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Police: Ku Klux Klan flyers
dropped at California homes
The Associated Press
TULELAKE, Calif. —
Some 15 to 20 packages filled
with rice and Ku Klux Klan
flyers were scattered around a
small town in Northern Cal-
ifornia near the Oregon bor-
der, according to police.
Residents of Tulelake, Cali-
fornia found the materials on
the doorsteps of their homes
and businesses, the Herald
and News in Klamath Falls
reported.
The flyers claim the “radi-
cal left” was trying to steal the
2020 election and institute a
Communist agenda.
Tulelake Police Chief Tony
Ross said this week that KKK
recruitment paraphernalia
also appeared in town about
four years ago. He said police
haven’t identified a culprit in
either case.
Ross said a person found
responsible could be charged
with offensive littering, but
advertisements for the hate
group are generally consid-
ered free speech and are not
illegal.
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