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THURSDAY • January 21, 2021 Serving Central Oregon since 1903 • $3 We must meet this moment as the United States of America — JOSEPH R. BIDEN, 46th president, sworn in Wednesday alongside Vice President Kamala Harris Photo at top: Patrick Semansky/Pool via AP. Photo above: Melina Mara/The Washington Post THE INAUGURATION THE TRANSITION On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus BY ZEKE MILLER AND AAMER MADHANI Associated Press P resident Joe Biden is moving swiftly to dismantle Don- ald Trump’s legacy on his first day in office, signing a series of executive actions that reverse course on immi- gration, climate change, racial equity and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The new president signed the orders just hours after tak- ing the oath of office at the Capitol, pivoting quickly from his pared-down inauguration ceremony to enacting his agenda. With the stroke of a pen, Biden ordered a halt to the construc- tion of Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall, ended the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, declared his in- tent to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and the World Health Organization and revoked the approval of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, aides said. The 15 executive actions and two directives amount to an attempt to rewind the last four years of federal policies with striking speed. Only two recent presidents signed executive ac- tions on their first day in office — and each signed just one. See Day One / A6 J THE CEREMONY HARRIS MAKES HISTORY By Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press With the next vice president, a new chapter opens in U.S. politics oseph R. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring BY KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press that “democracy has prevailed” and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the deeply divided nation’s historic confluence of crises. Denouncing a national “uncivil war,” Biden took the oath at a U.S. Capitol that had been battered by an insurrectionist siege just two weeks earlier. Then, taking his place in the White House Oval Office, he plunged into a stack of executive actions that be- gan to undo the heart of his polarizing predecessor’s agenda . At the Capitol, with America’s tradition of peaceful transfers of power never appearing more fragile, the ceremony unfolded within a circle of security forces evocative of a war zone and de- void of crowds because of the coronavirus pandemic. See Inauguration / A6 COVERAGE INSIDE Photos of the day, A3-6 • Oregon’s representatives react, A3 V ice President Kamala Har- ris broke the barrier that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath Wednesday to hold The Washington Post the nation’s second-highest office. Harris was sworn in as the first female U.S. vice president — and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to hold the position — in front of the U.S. Capitol by Supreme Court Justice Sonia So- tomayor. Later, she presided as Senate president for the first time to swear in three new Democratic senators, including her replacement. After taking the oath of office, a beaming Harris hugged her husband, Douglas Emhoff, and gave President Joe Biden a fist bump. Transcript of Biden’s inaugural address, A5 • Trump’s farewell, A5 See Harris / A15 CLASS OF 2020 DESCHUTES COUNTY Grad rates rose locally and statewide — but did COVID-19 play a factor? Awaiting kidnapping trial, man arrested in new cases Extra push to help struggling students after closures may have increased rates, state schools chief said BY JACKSON HOGAN The Bulletin The class of 2020 had per- haps the strangest road to graduation in a century when the COVID-19 pandemic shut- tered schools throughout Ore- gon in mid-March. Nonetheless, Oregon’s class of 2020 still earned diplomas at explore p.6 Cross-country skiing in the Ochocos Local grad rates mostly rise Every noncharter, nonalter- native public high school in Deschutes County saw a bump in its graduation rate in 2020, state data showed. Summit High School had the region’s highest graduation rate at 94.4% — a leap of more than 4 percentage points. In 2020, Sum- mit and Mountain View high schools both closed the gradua- tion rate gap between Latino and white students that plagued both Bend high schools in 2019. See Schools / A6 See Arrest / A6 ment news for events, arts & entertain eat p.12 Sushi spots pop up in Bend JAN. 21-27 2020 bendbulletin.com/go watch p.21 Makenzie Whittle reviews ‘Miami’ PLUS: Where to find TAKEOUT FOOD TRUCKS « INSIDE: GO! MAGAZINE EXPLORES ‘FIRSTS’ — INNOVATIONS, MUSIC DEBUT & MORE • SPORTS PULLOUT: A7-10 DISPENSARIES & more TODAY’S WEATHER Innovations, could’ve anticipated,” Colt Gill, head of the Oregon Department of Education, told The Bulletin. A man accused last year of kidnapping his friend, dous- ing him in gasoline and tak- ing his prosthetic leg has been indicted in two new cases al- leging he tried to kidnap an- other man and extort him. Troy Kenneth Dahl, 35, is back in custody this week af- ter posting bail last summer on the previous charges. Rel- atives paid $25,000 in May following Dahl’s arrest for a shocking alleged assault on his friend, La Pine resident Shawn Taylor. Dahl was charged in De- schutes County Circuit Court with the Measure 11 offense of first-degree kidnapping, as well as assault, coercion and other crimes. Then, ear- lier this month, a Deschutes County grand jury indicted him in two additional cases. Mostly cloudy High 45, Low 26 Page A16 INDEX Business Classifieds Comics A13-14 A16 A11-12 Editorial A10 Horoscope/Abby A9 Local/State A2-3 Lottery Obituaries Sports A8 A14-15 A7-9 The Bulletin ù An Independent Newspaper We use recycled newsprint Vol. 119, No. 18, 40 pages, 2 sections SUN/THU Central Oregon’s source a higher rate than ever before. And data from the Oregon De- partment of Education showed rising graduation rates for ev- ery major Central Oregon high school but one. “Clearly, this was a class that turned out to be resilient, as their senior year was impacted in ways I don’t think any of us BY GARRETT ANDREWS The Bulletin U|xaIICGHy02330rzu
