A4 THE BULLETIN • THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021
2 victories in Georgia assure
Democratic control of Senate
BY STEVE PEOPLES, BILL BARROW
AND RUSS BYNUM
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Democrats won both
Georgia Senate seats — and with them,
the U.S. Senate majority — as final votes
were counted Wednesday, serving Pres-
ident Donald Trump a stunning de-
feat in his turbulent final days in office
while dramatically improving the fate of
President-elect Joe Biden’s progressive
agenda.
Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock,
Democratic challengers who repre-
sented the diversity of their party’s
evolving coalition, defeated Republi-
cans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler
two months after Biden became the
first Democratic presidential candidate
to carry the state since 1992.
Warnock, who served as pastor for
the same Atlanta church where civil
rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr. preached, becomes the first Af-
rican American from Georgia elected
to the Senate. And Ossoff becomes the
state’s first Jewish senator and, at 33
years old, the Senate’s youngest member.
This week’s elections were expected
to mark the formal finale to the tempes-
tuous 2020 election season, although
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“It makes me really passionate about
me standing up for people,” she said.
The unprecedented unrest at the Cap-
itol, where thousands of supporters of
President Donald Trump converged to
protest the election, prompted a visceral
reaction from Central Oregon lawmak-
ers, officials and residents.
Deschutes County District Attor-
ney John Hummel called for Trump’s
removal, citing the 25th Amendment
of the U.S. Constitution. “Our country
is under attack and our president is on
the side of the attackers,” he said. “This
makes him unfit to serve, and his cabi-
net should vote to remove him.”
Deschutes County Commissioner
Phil Chang, who was sworn into office
Monday, said it is wrong to contest the
November presidential election by force-
fully disrupting Congress.
“People who would seek to overturn
the results of a free and fair election by
violently breaking into and occupying
our nation’s capital are criminals,” he
Michael Holahan/The Augusta Chronicle via AP
Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock wave to the crowd during a campaign rally in Augusta,
Georgia, on Monday. Both Democrats flipped the state’s U.S. Senate seats in this week’s
runoff election.
the Democrats’ resounding success was
overshadowed by chaos and violence
in Washington, where angry Trump
supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to
stop Congress from certifying Biden’s
victory.
Still, the Democrats’ twin victories in
Georgia represented a striking shift in
the state’s politics as the swelling num-
ber of diverse, college-educated voters
flex their power in the heart of the Deep
South. They also cemented the trans-
formation of Georgia, once a solidly Re-
publican state, into one of the nation’s
“Trump incited it, and there
should be consequences.”
believe the chaos in Washington will
taint the start of the new council.
“I think it draws a very stark contrast
between those kinds of politics, which
don’t put the interest of Americans at the
top priority, and what we are doing at
the City Council level, which is to ensure
Bend is a great place to live,” he said.
In Redmond, police prepared for a
right-wing rally at Centennial Park out-
side City Hall, according to Sgt. Jesse
Petersen. Only a handful of people
showed up.
Redmond Mayor George Endicott
said the mob at the U.S. Capitol could
be a symptom of a chaotic past year.
COVID-19, an economic depression
and political upheaval has everyone
on edge, he said. “It’s like the perfect
storm,” Endicott said. “Everyone’s frus-
trated with one or more of the different
incidents going on.”
In Hollinshead Park in northeast
Bend, Jay Waldron — who described
himself as a centrist politically — also
blamed Trump for the violent protest.
“Trump incited it, and there should
be consequences,” Waldron, 75, told
— Jay Waldron, 75
wrote in an email.
But the events at the Capitol were
keenly felt by the Bend council’s newest
members, who were sworn in virtually
rather than in person.
Newcomer Megan Perkins said the
distress she felt Wednesday reminded
her of how she felt when working for a
senator in Washington, D.C., on 9/11.
“These aren’t protesters, they are ter-
rorists,” Perkins said of the mob. “They
have taken over a public building.”
Fellow new Councilor Melanie Kebler
blamed Trump for sowing seeds of chaos.
“Our president is fanning the flames
for these people to act violently,” she said.
“I’m astounded that this is happening in
our nation, that we have this many peo-
ple who are willing to upset and deny our
democratic institution. It needs to stop.”
Anthony Broadman, who was also
sworn in Wednesday, said he doesn’t
premier battlegrounds for the foresee-
able future.
In an emotional address early
Wednesday, Warnock vowed to work
for all Georgians whether they voted
for him or not, citing his personal ex-
perience with the American dream. His
mother, he said, used to pick “some-
body else’s cotton” as a teenager.
“The other day, because this is Amer-
ica, the 82-year-old hands that used to
pick somebody else’s cotton picked her
youngest son to be a United States sen-
ator,” he said. “Tonight, we proved with
hope, hard work and the people by our
side, anything is possible.”
Loeffler, who remains a senator un-
til the results of Tuesday’s election are
finalized, returned to Washington on
Wednesday morning to join a small
group of senators planning to challenge
Congress’ vote to certify Biden’s victory.
She didn’t get a chance to vocalize her
objection before the violent protesters
stormed the Capitol.
Georgia’s other runoff election pitted
Perdue, a 71-year-old former business
executive who held his Senate seat until
his term expired Sunday, against Ossoff,
a former congressional aide and jour-
nalist.
The Bulletin.
Bend resident Francesca Blyth, 29,
called the Trump supporters’ storming of
the U.S. Capitol “domestic terrorism.”
“It’s scary ... and disappointing, in
terms of violence,” she told The Bulle-
tin Wednesday at Hollinshead Park. “(I)
wish the country was more aligned and
willing to meet in the middle.”
Sue Bastian, retired Tumalo resident
and longtime progressive activist, was
doing errands Wednesday in downtown
Bend, where she plans a solo protest
Thursday in response to the violence at
the nation’s capital.
“I’ll be out here tomorrow with my
sign that says, ‘Racism, Violence, Hate
and Fear,’” Bastian said. “That’s what
these people are all about.”
Bastian has attended protests all over
the world, including in Washington,
D.C., which never escalated to the chaos
on Wednesday, she said.
“We caused no problems,” she said.
“None whatsoever.”
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Bulletin staffers Garrett Andrews, Jackson Hogan,
Brian Rathbone, Kyle Spurr and Brenna Visser
contributed to this report.
Biden taps
Garland for
attorney
general
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Pres-
ident-elect Joe Biden has
selected Merrick Garland, a
federal appeals court judge
who in 2016 was snubbed
by Republicans for a seat on
the Supreme Court, as his
attorney general, two people
familiar with the selection
process said Wednesday.
In picking Garland,
Biden is
turning
to an ex-
perienced
judge who
held se-
nior posi-
tions at the
Garland
Justice De-
partment
decades ago, including as a
supervisor of the prosecu-
tion of the 1995 Oklahoma
City bombing. The pick will
force Senate Republicans
to contend with the nom-
ination of someone they
spurned four years ago —
refusing even to hold hear-
ings when a Supreme Court
vacancy arose — but Biden
is banking on Garland’s cre-
dentials and reputation for
moderation to ensure con-
firmation.
Biden was expected to an-
nounce Garland’s appoint-
ment Thursday, along with
other senior leaders of the
department.
Garland was selected over
other finalists including
Alabama Sen. Doug Jones
and former Deputy Attor-
ney General Sally Yates.
The people familiar with
the process spoke on con-
dition of anonymity. One
said Biden regards Gar-
land as an attorney general
who can restore integrity
to the Justice Department
and as someone who, hav-
ing worked as both a fed-
eral prosecutor and a high-
level supervisor inside the
agency, will enjoy the re-
spect of nonpartisan career
staff.
At other capitols
Protesters backing President Donald
Trump massed outside statehouses
from Georgia to New Mexico on
Wednesday, leading some officials
to evacuate. Most people didn’t
wear masks amid the coronavirus
pandemic, and some carried guns in
places like Oklahoma, Georgia, Ari-
zona, Nevada and Washington state.
There were some scuffles in states
like Ohio and California, with some
instances of journalists or counter-
protesters being pepper-sprayed or
punched, but most demonstrations
were peaceful — some of them
quite small — and only a few arrests
were reported.
— Associated Press
George Plaven/EO Media Group
Pro-Trump demonstrators gather at the Capitol Mall in Salem on Wednesday.
One arrested for harassment at Salem rally
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The police department
later tweeted that no force was
needed to separate the groups.
One person was arrested for
harassment and disorderly
conduct.
Many protesters held Amer-
ica, Trump and Gadsden (aka
“Don’t Tread on Me”) flags,
and some openly carried fire-
arms. They chanted, “Free-
dom!” and hurled insults at
Brown, calling her a tyrant.
One man standing at the
Capitol Mall with a speaker
said it was “1776 all over again.”
“This is America,” the man
called out to cheers of support
from fellow protesters. “Com-
munism will never, never be
America.”
No official activity was sched-
uled inside the Oregon Capitol
on Wednesday. Oregon electors
had already cast the state’s seven
electoral votes for Joe Biden and
Kamala Harris on Dec. 8 during
an in-person ceremony that was
streamed live.
The Oregon Capitol has
been closed to the public since
March 18, after the start of the
coronavirus pandemic.
Police sealed off the build-
ing Wednesday after Capitol
authorities, anticipating prob-
lems, decided Tuesday night
to close the building to the few
workers who remain.
Metal shutters covered the
glass doors at the east and west
entrances. They already were
in place on the iconic revolving
doors at the north entrance.
About two dozen troopers
were stationed at the south en-
trance, which faces Willamette
University.
Wednesday’s protest was not
the first instance of potential
trouble at the Capitol, which
was built in 1938.
Anti-lockdown, pro-Trump
supporters briefly occupied a
vestibule on the northwest side
of the building on Dec. 21, when
state lawmakers met for a one-
day special session. They were
ejected, and police rebuffed their
second attempt to force their
way through the west entrance,
although they broke windows
on the doors. Five men were ar-
rested, and Oregon State Police
are seeking the identity of an-
other man caught on camera.
Concrete barriers were
placed in front of the Capi-
tol on New Year’s Eve. Salem
Police arrested three people
during New Year’s Day pro-
tests, which extended to down-
town and the governor’s offi-
cial residence at Mahonia Hall.
The Oregon Legislature
is scheduled to start its 2021
session on Jan. 11, with the
swearing-in of all 60 repre-
sentatives and 16 of the 30
senators, and the election of
the House speaker and Senate
president. The organizational
session is expected to last a day.
Lawmakers get down to
business on Jan. 19, when the
clock starts on the 160-day ses-
sion.
Walter “Walt” Richard
Schneider
of Pasco, WA
March 9, 1927 -
December 22, 2020
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Joyce Elaine Herriges was born in Portland
Oregon on November 18, 1934. She passed away
peacefully, December 29, 2020. Joyce moved
to Central Oregon in her early thirties and lived
there most of her life. She loved the Cascade
Mountains and particularly the Three Sisters.
Joyce was an avid gardener who loved roses
and was a test grower for Jackson & Perkins
for many years. Joyce also enjoyed her work in
restaurants and hospital kitchens, and owned a
small restaurant in Prineville in the 1970’s. She
had always wanted to be a nurse, but was never
able to fulfi ll that dream. Joyce seemed to get the
most satisfaction out of serving people.
Joyce loved animals and enjoyed being around
horses. Her favorite was a Peruvian mare she
owned later in life and was able to ride due to
the naturally smooth gait. She had polio as a
child and often struggled with back issues. Joyce
also had a fondness for Dachshunds and owned
many throughout her life.
As she neared her eighties, she lived for a time
in Sandy, Oregon with her son, but due to the
wet cold winters decided to move to Boise, Idaho
to be closer to her daughter and arid climate.
She missed the Oregon mountains, but enjoyed
spending time with her daughter and grandkids.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law,
Steve and Ying Parker, and daughter and son-in-
law, Lisa and Darin Hlavinka, and grandchildren
Carissa Gordan, Halie Hlavinka, Atlee Hlavinka,
and great-grandson Maximus Gordan. She is
preceded in death by her son Lonnie Parker.
No services will be held.