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WEDNESDAY • January 20, 2021 • Serving Central Oregon since 1903 • $1.50 SPORTS PULLOUT, A5-8 MT. BACHELOR SKI AREA MADRAS A WARM WELCOME FOR SHELTER’S NEW LOCATION Tacoma boy, 8, dies of injuries Staff members get organized Monday in the male living space at the Jefferson County Winter Shelter. The shelter can hold up to 12 guests per night. BY GARRETT ANDREWS The Bulletin MOUNT BACHELOR — The child injured skiing Satur- day at Mt. Bachelor has died, according to two fundraising websites created to help his family and a Facebook post by the school he attended in Ta- coma, Washington. Brecken Boice, 8, was air- lifted from the summit some- time after 2:20 p.m. after being injured in an accident. Few de- tails of the accident have been released, but Mt. Bachelor of- ficials said he was wearing a helmet. “It is with a heavy heart that I send you the tragic news of the death of one of our fourth graders,” wrote Chris Gavin, principal of St. Patrick Cath- olic Church & School, on the school’s Facebook page. “Brecken Boice was in a ter- rible accident on Saturday and did not survive the brain surgery. Brecken was a beau- tiful boy. I simply don’t have the wisdom to understand his passing nor the words to com- fort his parents.” A GoFundMe page was set up to raise money for Brecken’s family. A See Death / A13 Correction In an article headlined “COCC, developer change strategy in selling new housing development,” which appeared Tuesday, Jan. 19, on Page A1, the location of Central Oregon Community College and Wil- liam Smith Properties’ planned 180-unit apartment complex was incorrectly stated. The complex is expected to be built just east of COCC’s Culinary Institute building, north of Shevlin Park Road. The Bulletin regrets the error. Photos by Dean Guernsey/For The Bulletin Aaron Taylor, who suffers from multiple injuries including a broken leg after being hit by a truck, rests on a bed in the shelter Monday. BY KYLE SPURR • The Bulletin faith-based organization in Madras re- cently opened a new emergency warming shelter in a vacant building at the city’s southern gateway that would have sat empty all winter. The Jefferson County Faith Based Network had spent the past three winters inviting homeless people to find warmth in a gymnasium at First Baptist Church of Madras and a garage at the Ma- dras Cornerstone Baptist Church. This winter, the organization identified the un- used building at 813 SW U.S. Highway 97 as a larger and more accommodating space. City and county officials plan to sell and develop the build- ing at the “South Y” gateway later this year, but have no current use for it. The city is leasing the building to the organiza- tion for a dollar a month through March. Anthony Mitchell, executive director of the net- work, said the nearly 2,000-square-foot building is perfectly arranged to serve men, women and families while giving them enough space to feel safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic. See Shelter / A13 INAUGURATION DAY Many changes come along with new president Oregon law Wednesday morning, Presi- dent Donald Trump flies away from the White House for the last time, while President-elect Joe Biden readies for his inau- guration across the street in Blair House, the guest quar- ters for future chief executives. By afternoon, President Joe Biden will begin moving into the White House and with a busy pen issue a flurry of executive orders changing, revoking and withdrawing four years worth of the same by now ex-President Donald Trump. Despite 11 rocky weeks TODAY’S WEATHER since Biden won the Nov. 3 election, one of the nation’s great strengths — the rela- tively peaceful exchange of power — is scheduled to go ahead as always. At noon, Eastern time, Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. It will be a strange in- auguration. President Trump is skipping town. Vice-Pres- ident Mike Pence will be the representative of the old order stepping aside. But former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clin- ton plan to be on hand to cre- ate a tableau of democracy in action. Partial sunshine High 47, Low 24 Page A12 INDEX The transformation of power in Washington will be complete as Democrats officially take control of the White House and Senate, adding them to the House, where they hold a narrow ma- jority. The Senate now has an odd kind of Democratic ma- jority, but one enshrined in the Constitution. When Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is sworn into office, she also becomes president of the Sen- ate. Usually a ceremonial po- sition, the job is the keystone to Democratic power for the next two years. See Change / A4 Business Classifieds Comics A11-12 A13 A9-10 Dear Abby Editorial Horoscope A7 A8 A7 enforcement gets prepared BY MAXINE BERNSTEIN The Oregonian Local, state and federal law enforcement officers in Ore- gon are preparing for Inaugu- ration Day protests and rallies in Portland and Salem. Portland police have canceled days off, and crowd control teams from multiple agencies will remain on standby in Or- egon throughout Inauguration Day to guard against outbreaks of violence, top officials said. Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times Flags line the National Mall, with the Washington Monument behind them, on Tuesday ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in Washington, D.C. Local/State A2-3 Lottery A6 Nation/World A4, 13 Obituaries Puzzles Sports A4 A10 A5-7 See Oregon / A4 The Bulletin ù An Independent Newspaper We use recycled newsprint Vol. 119, No. 17, 14 pages, 1 section DAILY BY GARY A. 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