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A10 THE BULLETIN • MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021 TODAY TUESDAY TONIGHT HIGH 44° LOW 39° SATURDAY 50° 29° Mostly cloudy Cloudy and mild TEMPERATURE Yesterday Normal Record 46° 41° 59° in 1928 29° 24° -9° in 1974 PRECIPITATION 24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday 0.00" Record 1.11" in 1904 Month to date (normal) 0.01" (0.57") Year to date (normal) 0.01" (0.57") Barometric pressure at 4 p.m. 30.24" SUN, MOON AND PLANETS Rise/Set Today Tue. Sun 7:39am/4:48pm 7:38am/4:49pm Moon 6:28am/3:17pm 7:31am/4:19pm Mercury 8:35am/5:50pm 8:35am/5:55pm Venus 6:30am/3:22pm 6:32am/3:24pm Mars 11:44am/1:35am 11:41am/1:34am Jupiter 8:26am/5:54pm 8:23am/5:51pm Saturn 8:19am/5:42pm 8:15am/5:39pm Uranus 12:04pm/1:57am 12:00pm/1:53am New First Full Last Jan 12 Jan 20 Jan 28 Feb 4 Tonight's sky: Low southwest after sunset is the conjunction of Mercury and Jupiter. Source: Jim Todd, OMSI UV INDEX TODAY 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 1 1 1 0 The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low, 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme. ROAD CONDITONS For web cameras of our passes, go to www.bendbulletin.com/webcams I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Breezy in the morning; otherwise, becoming cloudy today. US 20 at Santiam Pass: Mostly cloudy today. Periods of rain tonight. US 26 at Gov't Camp: Mostly cloudy today. Rain tonight. Periods of rain tomorrow. US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Partly sunny this morning, then becoming overcast. ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Mostly cloudy today. Periods of rain late tonight. Periods of rain tomorrow. ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Rather cloudy today. Rain tonight. Pouring rain tomorrow. SKI REPORT In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday Ski resort New snow Base Anthony Lakes Mtn 0 45-45 Hoodoo Ski Area 0 56-58 Mt. Ashland 0 39-48 Mt. Bachelor 0 73-77 Mt. Hood Meadows 0 86-126 Mt. Hood Ski Bowl 0 24-45 Timberline Lodge 0 102-102 Willamette Pass 0 0-36 Aspen / Snowmass, CO 0 24-36 Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA 0 30-44 Squaw Valley, CA 0 39-63 Park City Mountain, UT 0 24-27 Sun Valley, ID 0 35-42 NATIONAL WEATHER 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s NATIONAL EXTREMES YESTERDAY (for the Yesterday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Abilene 43/32/0.74 Akron 42/22/0.00 Albany 25/16/0.00 Albuquerque 37/27/0.00 Anchorage 32/27/0.12 Atlanta 48/28/0.00 Atlantic City 45/31/0.00 Austin 41/39/1.08 Baltimore 50/28/0.00 Billings 42/20/0.00 Birmingham 45/31/0.00 Bismarck 41/24/0.00 Boise 39/30/0.00 Boston 41/27/0.00 Bridgeport, CT 42/28/0.00 Buffalo 33/25/0.00 Burlington, VT 28/21/0.00 Caribou, ME 28/18/0.00 Charleston, SC 56/30/0.00 Charlotte 51/24/0.00 Chattanooga 48/31/0.00 Cheyenne 31/14/Tr Chicago 29/28/0.00 Cincinnati 37/19/0.00 Cleveland 40/23/0.00 Colorado Springs 24/18/0.09 Columbia, MO 33/26/0.00 Columbia, SC 53/27/0.00 Columbus, GA 47/29/0.00 Columbus, OH 41/21/0.00 Concord, NH 38/21/0.00 Corpus Christi 57/51/1.30 Dallas 39/36/0.13 Dayton 37/20/0.00 Denver 32/22/0.06 Des Moines 31/20/Tr Detroit 37/22/0.00 Duluth 24/18/0.00 El Paso 43/32/0.00 Fairbanks 15/4/0.00 Fargo 32/11/0.00 Flagstaff 39/21/0.00 Grand Rapids 32/16/0.00 Green Bay 25/15/0.00 Greensboro 50/22/0.00 Harrisburg 47/31/0.00 Hartford, CT 42/24/0.00 Helena 30/10/0.00 Honolulu 76/69/0.02 Houston 41/40/1.00 Huntsville 42/30/0.00 Indianapolis 31/20/0.00 Jackson, MS 41/35/0.00 Jacksonville 56/33/0.00 Today Hi/Lo/W 41/24/s 37/24/c 30/22/pc 43/22/s 29/19/sf 46/37/r 47/35/s 45/28/s 46/28/s 45/34/s 44/32/r 42/27/pc 41/30/pc 40/28/s 39/29/s 37/30/c 30/25/c 25/18/pc 57/44/pc 47/35/pc 44/35/r 45/25/s 30/27/pc 37/24/c 36/26/pc 43/20/s 39/29/s 49/38/pc 47/40/r 37/23/pc 34/19/s 51/34/s 47/29/s 35/23/pc 47/23/s 38/26/pc 34/26/pc 31/20/pc 46/25/s 14/-1/pc 32/18/c 39/10/s 32/29/c 30/27/pc 45/32/pc 42/28/s 37/22/s 39/25/pc 83/68/s 46/31/pc 41/27/c 33/23/c 41/27/r 66/52/pc Amsterdam Athens Auckland Baghdad Bangkok Beijing Beirut Berlin Bogota Budapest Buenos Aires Cabo San Lucas Cairo Calgary Cancun Dublin Edinburgh Geneva Harare Hong Kong Istanbul Jerusalem Johannesburg Lima Lisbon London Madrid Manila 45/42/c 71/61/c 73/59/pc 69/42/s 85/61/pc 36/13/s 72/60/s 36/34/c 66/46/r 36/22/pc 80/62/t 78/53/s 76/58/s 41/26/pc 80/68/t 49/43/sh 50/27/sh 33/22/s 81/60/t 54/47/pc 63/55/c 66/51/s 78/58/pc 78/69/pc 49/33/s 46/44/c 39/18/s 81/73/c Tuesday Hi/Lo/W 49/30/s 38/30/pc 35/24/pc 46/23/s 23/16/pc 53/33/pc 50/35/pc 51/30/s 48/28/pc 51/41/pc 51/28/pc 48/31/pc 40/39/c 41/28/pc 42/28/pc 34/31/pc 34/25/sf 30/17/sf 57/39/c 53/29/pc 51/26/pc 51/36/pc 36/30/pc 43/29/pc 37/31/pc 50/28/s 50/31/s 54/32/c 57/35/pc 40/28/pc 36/19/pc 52/33/pc 52/33/s 41/30/pc 53/33/s 42/29/s 34/30/pc 33/26/pc 52/23/s 4/-8/s 38/25/c 46/16/pc 35/32/pc 33/29/c 51/27/pc 44/28/pc 40/23/pc 46/38/pc 82/71/s 50/34/s 49/24/pc 40/29/pc 50/29/pc 63/46/c City Juneau Kansas City Lansing Las Vegas Lexington Lincoln Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Madison, WI Memphis Miami Milwaukee Minneapolis Nashville New Orleans New York City Newark, NJ Norfolk, VA Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Palm Springs Peoria Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland, ME Providence Raleigh Rapid City Reno Richmond Rochester, NY Sacramento St. Louis Salt Lake City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco San Jose Santa Fe Savannah Seattle Sioux Falls Spokane Springfi eld, MO Tampa Tucson Tulsa Washington, DC Wichita Yakima Yuma Yesterday Hi/Lo/Prec. 43/39/0.83 34/24/0.00 33/13/0.00 55/37/0.00 38/19/0.00 37/23/0.00 38/27/0.00 72/48/0.00 34/23/0.00 23/15/Tr 37/34/0.00 72/49/0.00 32/27/0.00 29/16/0.00 40/30/0.00 47/38/Tr 41/29/0.00 44/28/0.00 46/37/0.00 37/29/0.00 36/26/0.00 63/37/0.00 71/49/0.00 26/24/0.00 46/30/0.00 67/40/0.00 37/21/0.00 40/24/0.00 44/28/0.00 53/26/0.00 44/26/0.00 48/24/0.00 52/30/0.00 36/21/0.00 54/34/0.00 30/28/Tr 37/22/Tr 42/40/0.83 73/44/0.00 58/43/0.00 63/37/0.00 35/20/Tr 57/33/0.00 49/40/0.12 36/30/0.00 39/30/0.00 34/20/0.00 56/42/0.00 64/30/0.00 34/26/0.00 50/34/0.00 41/28/0.00 42/36/0.00 68/51/0.00 Today Hi/Lo/W 41/35/r 44/29/pc 31/25/c 58/35/s 39/21/c 46/23/pc 43/25/sf 71/51/s 39/25/c 31/24/c 39/26/sf 76/67/pc 32/29/pc 34/20/pc 39/24/sf 48/39/r 40/31/s 40/29/s 50/37/pc 46/27/pc 43/25/s 74/57/pc 73/46/s 30/26/pc 42/29/s 67/40/s 39/25/c 36/23/s 42/27/s 48/34/pc 50/27/s 51/32/pc 48/31/pc 37/29/c 57/40/pc 37/28/pc 35/20/s 47/29/s 71/46/s 57/47/pc 61/44/pc 41/15/s 60/47/pc 51/48/r 39/22/s 41/36/c 40/26/pc 71/60/c 62/36/s 47/29/s 46/31/s 47/23/s 41/37/c 68/37/s Tuesday Hi/Lo/W 39/34/r 53/32/s 34/30/pc 57/38/s 44/26/pc 49/27/s 52/30/s 71/51/pc 46/29/pc 34/28/pc 50/31/s 79/67/c 37/30/pc 36/27/pc 49/25/pc 53/40/pc 42/30/pc 43/28/pc 49/32/c 53/26/s 45/28/s 75/55/c 71/48/s 38/29/s 45/30/pc 66/38/s 38/30/pc 38/22/pc 42/26/pc 52/28/pc 52/34/pc 55/38/pc 51/28/c 34/29/c 57/44/c 50/33/s 40/29/pc 53/33/s 70/46/s 58/50/c 62/46/c 45/19/s 59/42/c 54/46/r 43/25/s 45/42/r 51/29/s 71/55/c 65/32/s 55/30/s 49/31/pc 54/25/s 47/41/r 68/37/s 83/64/0.09 70/47/0.02 21/9/0.00 16/13/0.17 72/59/0.63 72/62/0.00 58/48/0.00 43/26/0.00 19/18/0.06 21/12/0.03 39/30/0.00 86/78/0.04 50/44/0.39 82/50/0.00 84/70/0.19 24/-2/0.08 27/3/Tr 42/24/0.00 79/75/2.75 32/19/0.16 81/63/0.00 61/46/0.40 72/49/0.00 45/30/0.00 34/23/0.01 46/41/0.27 32/27/0.00 32/31/0.10 85/64/pc 68/47/s 30/28/sn 11/5/c 75/59/t 78/69/pc 64/44/s 44/32/pc 21/11/sn 32/25/sn 41/39/c 87/76/pc 48/31/c 83/54/s 84/70/r 24/12/sf 27/13/pc 43/27/pc 81/76/sh 36/25/sn 81/67/pc 57/47/sh 78/56/s 45/37/pc 36/27/c 49/45/r 32/20/s 33/24/c 85/68/pc 70/46/pc 33/25/pc 11/6/c 76/59/pc 79/69/c 65/44/pc 44/30/r 20/17/pc 32/24/c 50/43/r 87/76/s 49/32/s 87/55/s 84/70/t 36/21/c 36/27/pc 49/34/pc 81/76/t 29/17/c 84/69/pc 59/49/pc 80/58/s 42/38/r 34/27/c 50/41/r 34/31/pc 33/30/sf INTERNATIONAL 48 contiguous states) National high: 76° at San Pasqual Val- ley, CA National low: -20° at Daniel, WY Precipitation: 3.20" at Corpus Christi, TX T-storms Times of clouds and sun NATIONAL Astoria 51/50 Yesterday Today Tuesday Yesterday Today Tuesday Yesterday Today Tuesday City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Astoria 52/42/0.56 51/50/r 54/46/r La Grande 40/30/0.00 38/33/pc 41/40/r Portland 47/42/0.12 49/47/r 57/49/r Baker City 41/29/0.00 36/30/pc 38/36/r La Pine 45/25/0.00 43/36/c 48/44/r Prineville 46/32/0.00 45/39/c 48/49/r Brookings 51/46/0.48 54/50/c 55/51/r Medford 51/37/0.24 49/43/c 53/47/r Redmond 50/30/0.00 47/42/c 56/48/r Burns 37/14/0.00 36/24/pc 43/38/c Newport 54/45/0.40 52/50/r 53/49/r Roseburg 56/40/0.12 54/51/c 56/51/r Eugene 55/38/0.25 52/49/r 56/52/r North Bend 56/48/0.35 56/52/c 57/52/r Salem 48/36/0.14 50/48/r 55/51/r Sisters 46/26/0.04 45/39/c 54/49/r Klamath Falls 42/26/0.01 42/34/c 44/40/r Ontario 41/29/0.00 40/29/pc 37/37/c The Dalles 44/38/0.01 43/40/c 52/46/r Lakeview 41/19/0.00 41/29/c 43/38/sh Pendleton 45/32/0.00 41/40/c 54/49/sh Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday -0s 42° 25° TRAVEL WEATHER Umatilla Seaside Hood 41/38 50/49 River Rufus Hermiston Cannon Beach 41/38 42/39 Arlington Hillsboro Portland 44/42 Meacham Lostine 52/50 49/47 49/47 36/33 Wasco 44/39 39/34 Enterprise Pendleton The Dalles Tillamook 38/33 41/38 41/40 Sandy 43/40 McMinnville 52/50 Joseph Heppner La Grande 47/46 Maupin Government 49/47 38/33 36/30 Camp 42/38 Condon 40/39 Union Lincoln City 42/37 44/43 38/34 Salem 51/49 Spray Granite Warm Springs 50/48 Madras 46/39 Albany 32/26 Newport Baker City 43/39 46/40 Mitchell 52/50 50/48 36/30 Camp Sherman 44/37 Redmond Corvallis John Yachats Unity 45/39 47/42 50/48 Day Prineville 52/49 34/25 Ontario Sisters 45/39 Paulina 42/32 40/29 Florence Eugene 45/39 40/31 Brothers Bend Vale 54/51 52/49 39/32 Sunriver 44/39 38/27 Nyssa 43/38 Hampton Cottage La Pine 39/28 Juntura Oakridge Grove 43/36 39/30 OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay Burns 37/25 53/48 53/48 Fort Rock 56/51 Riley 36/24 YESTERDAY Crescent 42/31 37/24 High: 56° 43/36 Bandon Roseburg Christmas Valley Jordan Valley at North Bend Beaver Frenchglen Silver 56/51 54/51 42/32 40/28 Low: 14° Marsh Lake 44/31 Port Orford 38/32 44/33 at Crater Lake Grants Burns Junction Paisley 55/51 Pass 42/29 Chiloquin 40/29 53/48 Rome Medford 40/33 Gold Beach 49/43 43/30 55/51 Klamath Fields Ashland McDermitt Lakeview Falls Brookings 42/29 49/42 42/34 39/25 54/50 41/29 -10s 48° 30° Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. EAST: Partly to mostly cloudy skies on Mon- day. Some may see a few rain and snow showers on Monday night. CENTRAL: Partly sunny skies for Mon- day. Increasing clouds on Monday night; winds becoming gusty for some. WEST: Mostly cloudy with periods of rain on Monday. Rain will continue on Monday night and will be heavy at times. SUNDAY Times of clouds and sun OREGON WEATHER Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest. High Low FRIDAY 50° 34° Breezy in the a.m.; cloudy, brief showers Rain at times ALMANAC THURSDAY 54° 33° 54° 48° Cloudy with periods of rain late Rather cloudy WEDNESDAY Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. Rain Showers Snow Flurries Ice Warm Front Stationary Front Cold Front Source: OnTheSnow.com 41/28/0.24 69/54/0.00 72/64/0.02 66/41/0.00 84/70/0.00 37/11/0.00 70/57/0.00 34/32/0.00 66/50/0.09 31/19/0.00 84/72/0.00 79/50/0.00 73/58/0.00 45/9/0.00 77/61/0.00 41/34/0.01 45/38/0.04 34/29/0.00 78/61/0.26 56/45/0.00 51/48/0.90 63/46/0.00 77/61/0.21 79/69/0.00 52/37/0.00 37/28/0.00 39/28/0.00 84/74/0.00 45/38/sh 66/51/sh 79/63/pc 71/42/pc 79/58/s 41/21/pc 74/64/pc 39/32/sn 67/45/pc 35/30/c 73/65/s 77/52/s 79/66/pc 44/26/pc 81/69/t 45/43/r 38/29/pc 37/36/sn 80/60/t 61/52/pc 59/45/sh 67/52/s 80/59/pc 79/69/pc 49/34/s 47/37/c 39/19/s 83/74/c Mecca Mexico City Montreal Moscow Nairobi Nassau New Delhi Osaka Oslo Ottawa Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Santiago Sao Paulo Sapporo Seoul Shanghai Singapore Stockholm Sydney Taipei City Tel Aviv Tokyo Toronto Vancouver Vienna Warsaw Study: Baked-in warming will blow past climate goals “Think about the climate system like the Titanic. It’s hard to turn the ship when you see the icebergs.” — Andrew Dessler, climate scientist at Texas A&M University Geese fly past a smokestack in Kansas in 2009. AP file photo Restrictions Continued from A1 “Those kinds of people need to be known, publicly,” Heard said. “They are cowards. They are bullies. They have no right to anonymity.” The Roseburg News-Review reported Saturday that the group had revealed the identity of two Douglas County women, both senior citizens, who it said had filed complaints with state regula- tors about businesses that failed to com- ply with public health guidance. According to the newspaper’s ac- count, when a reporter started asking questions, the women’s names were removed from the Citizens Against Tyranny’s website. Prior to removal, the website labeled the women as “filthy traitors,” the newspaper wrote, and the words were spattered with red, as if to indicate blood. The newspaper protected the wom- en’s names out of concern for potential harassment. One of the named women told the paper she was shocked. “I’m not a filthy traitor, I’m a good Ameri- can,” she said. She reportedly had called the state regarding workers not wearing masks at a Safeway in Reedsport. Heard did not respond to an email or phone call Saturday. Brown’s office BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The amount of baked-in global warming, from carbon pollution already in the air, is enough to blow past international agreed upon goals to limit climate change, a new study finds. But it’s not game over because, while that amount of warming may be inevitable, it can be delayed for centuries if the world quickly stops emitting extra greenhouse gases from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, the study’s authors say. For decades, scientists have talked about so- called “committed warming” or the increase in future temperature based on past carbon dioxide emissions that stay in the atmosphere for well over a century. It’s like the distance a speeding car travels after the brakes are applied. But the study in the journal Nature Climate Change, released last week, calculates that a bit differently and now figures the carbon pollution already put in the air will push global tempera- tures to about 2.3 degrees Celsius (4.1 Fahren- heit) of warming since pre-industrial times. Previous estimates, including those accepted by international science panels, were about a de- gree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit) less than that amount of committed warming. did not respond to a request for com- ment. The group’s goals In his speech at the church, Heard said people publicly identified by Citizens Against Tyranny had to be “heavily vetted” and said group mem- bers were not the “pitchfork and torches crowd.” But he said the group’s declara- tion, which he said was modeled on the Declaration of Independence “in scope and purpose,” is clear that any- one — be they a public employee or a private citizen — who attempts to deprive businesses of their rights to operate freely in violation of corona- virus restrictions “will be held fully accountable and will be made publicly known for their hostile actions.” Heard said he didn’t endorse vio- lence or aggressive action toward those who filed complaints, but he also re- ferred to them as rats and “extremists” who should “no longer be immune to the consequences of their actions.” He noted that people who are scared of COVID-19 can stay home and have groceries delivered or brought out to them if needed. “You never have to be exposed to us lepers,” he added. International climate agreements set goals of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahr- enheit) since pre-industrial times, with the more ambitious goal of limiting it to 1.5 degrees Cel- sius (2.7 Fahrenheit) added in Paris in 2015. The world has already warmed about 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 Fahrenheit). “You’ve got some ... global warming inertia that’s going to cause the climate system to keep warming, and that’s essentially what we’re calcu- lating,” said study co-author Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University. “Think about the climate system like the Titanic. It’s hard to turn the ship when you see the icebergs.” Dessler and colleagues at the Lawrence Liv- ermore National Lab and Nanjing University in China calculated committed warming to take into account that the world has warmed at differ- ent rates in different places and that places that haven’t warmed as fast are destined to catch up. Places such as the Southern Ocean, surround- ing Antarctica are a bit cooler, and that difference creates low-lying clouds that reflect more sun away from earth, keeping these places cooler. But this situation can’t keep going indefinitely because physics dictates that cooler locations will warm up more and when they do, the clouds will dwin- “We have a duty to represent all the citizens in our elected area, and we have a duty to uphold the Constitution.” — State Rep. Gary Leif, R-Roseburg, who says he does not support the group Citizens Against Tyranny According to the declaration, peo- ple who file complaints against busi- nesses should be banned from local businesses. “Banned persons will be refused service at all participating businesses until a public apology is issued and full monetary restitution offered, equal to any and all damages to or costs in- curred by the person(s) or business(es) harmed by the above listed hostile ac- tions!” the declaration reads. Little official local support Heard noted in his Friday speech that he doesn’t have the support of the Douglas County Commission. He also doesn’t have the support of John Hanlin, the county sheriff. Han- lin told the News-Review he doesn’t support outing public citizens. “I don’t feel that sharing the names of indi- dle and more heating will occur, Dessler said. Previous studies were based on the cooler spots staying that way, but Dessler and col- leagues say that’s not likely. Outside experts said the work is based on compelling reasoning, but want more research to show that it’s true. Breakthrough Institute climate scientist Zeke Hausfather said the new work fits better with climate models than obser- vational data. Just because the world is bound to get more warming than international goals, that doesn’t mean all is lost in the fight against global warm- ing, said Dessler, who cautioned against what he called “climate doomers.” If the world gets to net zero carbon emissions soon, 2 degrees of global warming could be de- layed enough so that it won’t happen for centu- ries, giving society time to adapt or even come up with technological fixes, he said. “If we don’t, we’re going to blow through (cli- mate goals) in a few decades,” Dessler said. “It’s really the rate of warming that makes climate change so terrible. If we got a few degrees over 100,000 years, that would not be that big a deal. We can deal with that. But a few degrees over 100 years is really bad.” viduals who think or may believe that they are reporting … violations of law or violations of the governor’s or- ders, I don’t believe it’s appropriate to shame them or publish their names for doing what they believe may be the right thing,” Hanlin told the paper. He added that it’s not appropriate to publish names of people who “report drunk drivers or who report a domes- tic disturbance.” Hanlin also told the paper he didn’t like the fact the Citizens Against Tyr- anny was demanding elected officials sign on, calling it “coercion.” Rep. Gary Leif, R-Roseburg, posted his disapproval to Facebook, saying he was “very distressed” by Heard’s “pos- sible connection” to the group. Heard said Friday during the video that he helped the group’s volunteer board write the declaration. The Citizens Against Tyran- ny’s webpage includes a tab labeled “Press,” which includes only stories or videos about Heard and his decision to remove his mask during a special session of the Legislature at the Capi- tol in Salem. One of the links is to his wife’s In- stagram page, which shows her van- tage point for the December speech. Leif, the fellow Roseburg lawmaker, said he supported Hanlin’s stance. “We have a duty to represent all the citizens in our elected area, and we have a duty to uphold the Constitution.” Leif said he has experienced “threats from members of these ex- treme groups.” ‘Start reading that Constitution’ The Friday event appeared to show Heard and the Citizens Against Tyr- anny have considerable support in Douglas County. Heard started his comments by say- ing he typically shoots from the hip and says thing he later regrets but pledged to be “structured” and “controlled.” The speech was tinged with calls for religious action but also a broader call, from Heard and Baertschiger, for col- lective grassroots political action. “Start reading that Constitution,” Heard said. “Start reading that Bi- ble. And turn off Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, just turn them off,” he said at one point. At another point, he noted that the group may be too big for its space at the Garden Valley Church in Roseburg. “We may go ask the county com- missioners if we can use the fair- grounds,” he said, a comment that drew laughter and cheers.