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A2 THE BULLETIN • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2021 The Bulletin How to reach us LOCAL, STATE & REGION DESCHUTES COUNTY CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 6 a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday 7 a.m.-noon Saturday-Sunday and holidays 90 new cases 110 100 (Nov. 27) 90 80 7-day average 70 60 50 40 31 new cases (Oct. 31) 28 new cases 30 16 new cases (July 16) (Sept. 19) 20 (May 20) 1st case 120 (Nov. 14) 9 new cases ONLINE (Jan. 1) 47 new cases 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. www.bendbulletin.com 108 new cases 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. Jefferson County cases: 1,550 (10 new cases) Jefferson County deaths: 20 (2 new deaths*) COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles Bend on Tuesday: 34 (8 in ICU) 541-382-1811 130 (Dec. 4) What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that can cause a range of symptoms. Some usually cause mild illness. Some, like this one, can cause more severe symptoms and can be fatal. Symptoms include fever, coughing and shortness of breath. Oregon cases: 119,488 (1,059 new cases) Oregon deaths: 1,550 (44 new deaths) GENERAL INFORMATION BULLETIN GRAPHIC 129 new cases Total COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, Jan. 5: Deschutes County cases: 4,276 (69 new cases) Deschutes County deaths: 24 (2 new deaths*) Crook County cases: 493 (22 new cases) Crook County deaths: 7 (zero new deaths) PHONE HOURS SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES New COVID-19 cases per day 10 (March 11) EMAIL bulletin@bendbulletin.com AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 B March April May June July *Oregon’s 1,512nd COVID-19 death is an 83-year-old man in Deschutes County who tested positive Dec. 4 and died Dec. 23 at St. Charles Bend. He had underlying conditions. The 1,513rd death is an 87-year-old man in Deschutes County who tested positive Dec. 21 and died Dec. 28. Location of death and presence of underlying conditions are being confirmed. September August October November December January The 1,521st death is a 76-year-old man in Jefferson County who tested positive Dec. 16 and died Dec. 22 at St. Charles Bend. He had underlying conditions. The 1,522nd death is an 84-year-old man in Jefferson County who tested positive Dec. 26 and died Jan. 1 at St. Charles Bend. He had underlying conditions. Oregon presents plan to up vaccinations Governor sets goal of 12,000 shots per day within 2 weeks BY SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND — Oregon health of- ficials had a goal of administering 100,000 coronavirus vaccines by the end of 2020, but as of Tuesday had only administered 51,283. Now, Gov. Kate Brown has set a new goal of 12,000 vaccinations per day within the next two weeks. Health au- thority officials said Tuesday if they expand the number of administration sites and adjust prioritization require- ments, they are confident they will reach that goal. “In the first 19 days of COVID-19 vaccinations, we’ve learned some key lessons we’ll use to speed our vaccina- tion efforts,” Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen said. The first phase of vaccination fo- cused on health care workers and res- idents and staff in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Effective this week, Oregon Health Authority will expand vaccinations to hospice programs, mobile crisis care, outpatient settings serving specific high-risk groups, in-home care ser- vices, nonemergency medical transport, health care providers in other outpa- tient settings, and public health work- ers. “So far, Oregon has been good at getting vaccinations into the arms of people assigned to a specific location — like a hospital worker or a resident at a skilled nursing facility,” Allen said. “Now we need to up our game for peo- ple outside those locations.” In addition, people eligible for the vaccine will be able to receive it at retail pharmacies, and the federal pharmacy partnership to vaccinate more nursing home staff and residents is being ex- panded. “Oregon, like most of the country, is not moving fast enough,” Gov. Brown said in a news release Monday. “All states are grappling with the same logis- tical challenges, and while we are mak- ing steady progress, we must move even more quickly when every vaccination has the potential to save someone’s life.” According to data from the U.S. Cen- ters for Disease Control and Preven- tion, Oregon currently ranks 36th in the nation in vaccine distribution, with 1.2% of the state’s population having been vaccinated. ADMINISTRATION Publisher Heidi Wright ..............................541-383-0341 Editor Gerry O’Brien .............................541-633-2166 Police: Tualatin chase ends with car inside convenience store DEPARTMENT HEADS Advertising Steve Rosen ................................541-383-0370 Circulation/Operations Vitto Kleinschmidt ...................541-617-7830 Finance Anthony Georger ....................541-383-0324 Human Resources ................541-383-0340 TALK TO AN EDITOR City Julie Johnson ...................541-383-0367 Business, Features, GO! 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An officer deployed spike strips at one point, and Pow- ell allegedly swerved toward the of- TALK TO A REPORTER Bend/Deschutes Government Brenna Visser .............................541-633-2160 Business Suzanne Roig ............................541-633-2117 Calendar .....................................541-383-0304 Crook County ..........................541-617-7829 Deschutes County ................541-617-7818 Education Jackson Hogan ...........................541-617-7854 Fine Arts/Features David Jasper .................................541-383-0349 General Assignment Kyle Spurr ...................................541-617-7820 Health Suzanne Roig ............................541-633-2117 Jefferson County ..................541-617-7829 La Pine ........................................541-383-0367 Music Brian McElhiney .......................541-617-7814 Public Lands/Environment Michael Kohn ............................541-617-7818 Public Safety Garrett Andrews ......................541-383-0325 Redmond Jackson Hogan ...........................541-617-7854 Salem/State Government .. 541-617-7829 Sisters .........................................541-383-0367 Sunriver .....................................541-383-0367 ficer — nearly hitting him. The spike strips flattened one of Powell’s tires, but he continued on, entering the parking lot of a Shell gas station and Jacksons Food Stores location on SW Nyberg Street near I-5, police said. Powell drove through the lot and directly into the convenience store, nearly hitting a pair of workers who were standing in the doorway, ac- cording to police. His car came to a stop completely inside the store. No injuries were reported. Police said law enforcement offi- cers from the Tualatin and Tigard police agencies, as well as the Or- egon State Police and Washington County Sheriff’s Office, contacted Powell, who stood outside his car but inside the store. Officers negotiated with him for about 24 minutes before he peace- fully surrendered, according to po- lice. Tualatin Police Department via The Oregonian REDMOND BUREAU A driver was arrested Tuesday after allegedly leading police on a chase and driving into a Tualatin convenience store — his car coming to a stop among the shelves inside the business. Mailing address ..................P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 Phone ......................................... 541-617-7829 CORRECTIONS The Bulletin’s primary concern is that all stories are accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call us at 541-383-0367. TO SUBSCRIBE Call us ......................541-385-5800 • Home delivery and E-Edition ..........................$7 per week • By mail .................................$9.50 per week • E-Edition only ...................$4.50 per week To sign up for our e-Editions, visit www.bendbulletin.com to register. 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While working on her doctorate, she’s continued to analyze the use of Mucuna pruriens and its potential in treating Parkinson’s disease, a disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement. According to Oregon Health & Science University, for un- known reasons Parkinson’s causes brain cells that make a chemical called dopamine to die. This leaves the brain with- out enough dopamine — a “neurotransmitter,” or chem- ical messenger — to signal nerves to trigger movement. Parkinson’s worsens over time. There is no cure. Drug treatments of levodopa/cabidopa focus on the dopamine system in the brain. According to Denne, research has determined Mucuna seeds contain 3% to 7% levodopa. Denne’s interest in Mucuna stems from a personal story — her grandmother died of Alzheimer’s disease, and that inspired her to study neuro- science. After graduating from the University of Portland, she vol- unteered at OHSU in Portland to study Mucuna and Parkin- son’s. In early 2016, she traveled to India for three months to study Mucuna in its native environ- ment, and collect seeds to study. That same year she started attending Bastyr University in Seattle to pursue a doctorate in naturopathic medicine. Now, near the end of her ac- ademic journey, Denne credits fundraising events in Baker City for supporting her project. “It’s taken a whole commu- nity and over a decade, and a huge majority of the original funding and support started in Baker City,” she said. Her research paired well with Baker City’s Great Salt Lick Contest and Auction, a Submitted Photo Tanya Denne has been studying the potential benefits of Mucuna, a type of plant, in treating the effects of Parkinson’s disease. fundraiser founded by Whit Deschner to raise money for Parkinson’s disease research. “I’d like to express my grati- tude to all the wonderful peo- ple and organizations in Baker City that helped facilitate the ethnobotanical research trip to India,” Denne said. “Through Whit Deschner’s generous Salt Lick Auction, the Lions Club and many supportive individ- uals we were able to launch a successful research project that is still continuing and expand- ing to this day.” Mucuna progress During her studies at Ba- styr, Denne has worked on the Mucuna project by finding a farmer in Hawaii who could grow the seeds she brought from India. She’s also experi- mented with seed extracts and worked with colleagues from Bastyr and OHSU who have used the extracts in animal model studies. “It’s this really cool, multifac- eted project,” Denne said. The research is fueling other projects. “Our research team is now collaborating with a field re- search project in Africa, where it is estimated that only 9% of the population has access to conventional Parkinson’s medication,” she said. “We’re working with The Parkin- son’s Institute in Italy, draft- ing and implementing sites to grow Mucuna as a source of levodopa for Parkinson’s treat- ment as a public health effort.” After graduating with her doctorate this year, Denne plans to complete a residency and wants to specialize in neu- ro-focused care, such as Par- kinson’s disease. She’d like to eventually re- turn to practice in Baker City. “It really does take a village, and I am grateful to be from one that embodies core values of generosity, positive change, and compassion,” she said.
