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COVID-19 data for Friday, Feb. 5:
Deschutes County cases: 5,509 (25 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 47 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 710 (8 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 15 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 1,817 (16 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 25 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 146,138 (846 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,002 (5 new deaths)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Thursday: 9 (2 in ICU)
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LOCAL
VACCINATIONS
22,559
Number of vaccinations
given by St. Charles
Health System
108 new cases
120
(Jan. 1)
90
new
cases
110
*No data
available on
Jan. 31
due to state
computer
maintenence
(Nov. 27)
90
70
60
50
(Nov. 14)
40
31 new cases
28 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(July 16)
(Sept. 19)
20
(May 20)
1st case
100
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47 new cases
9 new cases
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129 new cases
What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new
coronavirus. Symptoms include fever, coughing and
shortness of breath. This virus can be fatal.
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 mask. 6. Cough into your elbow. 7. Clean and
disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
7-day
average
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES
New COVID-19 cases per day
10
(March 11)
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Pilot was not certified to fly aircraft
BY LIZZY ACKER
The Oregonian
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FATAL PLANE CRASH NEAR WARM SPRINGS
The Portland man who was
flying a Cessna Citation 560
that crashed into the Mutton
Mountain Range on Warm
Springs land in early January
was likely flying the business
jet alone for the first time and
was not certified to fly that type
of aircraft, according to a pre-
liminary report by the National
Transportation Safety Board.
The preliminary report was
released Thursday and is sub-
ject to change.
The pilot of the flight that
left Troutdale en route to Boise,
Idaho, Jan. 9 was identified last
month as Richard Boehlke,
72, of Portland, by the Warm
Springs Police Department.
Early reports indicated there
was also a passenger on board,
but authorities determined
Boehlke was alone when the
plane went down.
According to the new report,
which does not identify Boe-
hlke by name, the pilot of the
downed plane held a private
pilot certificate that was rated
for the Grumman G-111 Al-
batross and Learjet, but “FAA
records did not indicate that he
held a type rating for the Cita-
tion 560.”
The aircraft is registered
to SX Transport LLC, a com-
pany with no listing in the
Oregon business registry, but
with an address on a Marine
Drive houseboat slip in Port-
land where Boehlke appeared
to live.
“He had taken Citation 560
training toward the end of
2020 at a training facility in Ar-
izona,” the report said. “How-
ever the owner of the facility
stated that the pilot had not
performed to a level sufficient
to be issued a type rating or
single pilot exemption.”
Historical flight data and
interviews with people who
knew Boehlke led the NTSB
to conclude the Jan. 9 flight
“was likely the first time he had
flown the airplane on his own.”
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Oregon considers ban on
using tear gas against crowds
BY ANDREW SELSKY
The Associated Press
SALEM — Tear gas, pepper
spray and impact munitions
have been deployed by police
for months against protesters
in Portland, enveloping neigh-
borhoods and even a school
yard in clouds of stinging,
choking chemical agents.
Now, Oregon state Rep.
Janelle Bynum, a Port-
land-area Democrat, is seek-
ing to ban their use against
crowds in one of the most
sweeping measures in the
country restricting tear gas
and other riot-control muni-
tions.
Bynum’s legislative subcom-
mittee on equitable policing
heard a parade of witnesses
this week via video link de-
scribe the harm caused by the
substances. One woman said
she almost died when tear gas
was used on a crowd.
Such munitions have been
regularly deployed as Portland
police and federal agents have
struggled to deal with some
of the most persistent protest-
ers in the country as they seek
racial justice, an end to police
brutality and immigration
reform. Most demonstrators
have been peaceful, but some
have thrown objects at police
and committed vandalism.
Under Bynum’s bill, local
and state law enforcement
could only use the munitions
against an individual if physi-
cal force is justified.
Oregon State Police Super-
intendent Terri Davie testified
that sometimes her troopers
are compelled to indiscrim-
inately use tear gas if some
members of a crowd are com-
mitting crimes.
“We determine, in order to
maintain or even regain the
order, the entire crowd needs
to be dispersed,” Davie said.
Physically battling rioters to
subdue and arrest them could
result in injuries or death, she
said.
Keeley Higgins, who has
asthma, described being ter-
rified after being gassed by
Portland police while attend-
ing a protest for the first time.
She and her partner tried to
run to their car as the crowd
was chased by riot police.
Some protesters collapsed on
lawns, vomiting or appearing
to have seizures, she recalled,
her voice choking with emo-
tion.
“I began to have trouble
Paula Bronstein/AP file
Tear gas fills the air Sept. 18 during protests in Portland. An Oregon
lawmaker is seeking to ban the use of tear gas and other agents
against crowds of people in one of the most sweeping police mea-
sures in the country regarding crowd control devices.
breathing as I continued to
stumble down a residen-
tial street,” Higgins said. “At
one point I could no longer
breathe. I looked into my
partner’s eyes and I thought I
was going to die.”
She said her partner saved
her by using an emergency in-
haler she had in her car.
“I don’t care if 5% or 90%
of a crowd is deemed vio-
lent by the most violent po-
lice force in the U.S.,” Higgins
said. “Zero percent of people
should ever be poisoned, let
alone by their own city.”
The Cottonwood School of
Civics and Science has been
frequently blanketed by tear gas
and smoke grenades deployed
by federal agents battling pro-
testers at the Immigration and
Customs Enforcement building
in Portland, across a street from
the school.
“We regularly find pellets,
pepper balls and munitions in
our play yard,” school Execu-
tive Director Amanda McA-
doo told the legislative panel,
adding that soil samples have
been sent to a lab for testing.
McAdoo urged lawmakers to
vote yes on the bill.
She said in a telephone in-
terview that she is worried
about chemical munitions res-
idue affecting children who
may return after spring break
as the school looks at reopen-
ing. It has conducted distance
learning while being closed
for 10 months amid the coro-
navirus pandemic.
“We are concerned about
being able to do so until we
know that our yard is safe for
them to be playing,” McAdoo
said.
The school was advised to
circulate more outside air into
the building because of the vi-
rus, but that raised concerns
that surfaces and the air might
be contaminated by the chem-
ical agents.
McAdoo wrote to federal
officials on Monday, asking
that their personnel stop using
these munitions in the neigh-
borhood and disclose what
chemicals have been released
and the possible health im-
pacts. She also requested help
to assess contamination levels
at the school and clean it up.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, an
Oregon Democrat, com-
plained to Secretary of Home-
land Security Alejandro May-
orkas on Tuesday about “the
extensive use of tear gas and
other chemical agents” in
Portland, including near Cot-
tonwood School.
He reiterated a request for
details about the munitions
being used by federal agents,
saying the Trump adminis-
tration had not adequately re-
sponded.
If Bynum’s bill becomes law,
authorities in Oregon would
have to inform federal agents
about it and attempt to en-
force it.
However, federal agents
couldn’t be compelled to com-
ply, said Jim Ferraris, the po-
lice chief in Woodburn who
testified on behalf of associa-
tions of Oregon police chiefs
and sheriffs.
Washington state and Cali-
fornia are among other states
looking at curbing the use of
chemical agents.
LOCAL BRIEFING
Driver killed in Century
Drive crash identified
The driver killed following a
two-vehicle crash Thursday on
Century Drive south of Bend
has been identified as 74-year-
old Bend resident Kathleen Sue
Case.
Case, who was driving a
2010 Nissan Armada, at-
tempted to turn east onto Cen-
tury Drive from East Camp-
bell Road at about 11:45 a.m.
when she was struck by a 2018
Dodge 2500 pickup truck that
was hauling a trailer west on
Century Drive, according to
Bend Police.
The driver of the Dodge
pickup, Adam Perry Mack 34,
of Bend, and two passengers
are medically trained and pro-
vided emergency medical care
to Case.
Despite the efforts, Case was
pronounced dead at the scene.
Mack has cooperated with
the investigation. Police do not
believe speed or intoxication
were factors in the crash.
Century Drive was closed
for about three hours due to
the crash and investigation.
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