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A2 THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 The Bulletin How to reach us LOCAL, STATE & REGION DESCHUTES COUNTY CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 6 a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday Deschutes County cases: 5,573 (5 new cases) Deschutes County deaths: 47 (zero new deaths) Jefferson County cases: 1,831 (1 new case) Jefferson County deaths: 25 (zero new deaths) Oregon cases: 147,419 (305 new cases) Oregon deaths: 2,024 (1 new death) GENERAL INFORMATION BULLETIN GRAPHIC 129 new cases COVID-19 data for Monday, Feb. 8: Crook County cases: 721 (1 new case) Crook County deaths: 16 (zero new deaths) 7 a.m.-noon Saturday-Sunday and holidays SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES New COVID-19 cases per day 130 (Dec. 4) What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new coronavirus. Coronavi- ruses are a group of viruses that can cause a range of symptoms. Some usually cause mild illness. Some, like this one, can cause more severe symptoms and can be fatal. Symptoms include fever, coughing and shortness of breath. 108 new cases 120 (Jan. 1) 90 new cases 110 *No data available on Jan. 31 due to state computer maintenence (Nov. 27) 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 cloth face covering or mask. 6. Cover a cough or sneeze with a tissue or cough into your elbow. 7. Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces. 100 90 80 70 60 47 new cases 50 (Nov. 14) 541-382-1811 7-day average 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. (Oct. 31) ONLINE 30 16 new cases (July 16) (Sept. 19) 9 new cases www.bendbulletin.com 40 31 new cases 28 new cases 20 (May 20) 1st case 10 (March 11) EMAIL bulletin@bendbulletin.com March April May June July September August October November December January Feb. 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Within hours, an appeal had been filed, and U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Wash- ington, D.C., further blocked Nordean’s release pending a review. She also directed U.S. marshals to transport Nordean to the District of Columbia to face the charges against him. The Proud Boys are an ex- tremist and male-chauvinist organization known for brawl- ing with “antifa” demonstra- tors. At least eight defendants Carolyn Kaster/AP file Ethan Nordean, with backward baseball hat and bullhorn, leads members of the far-right group Proud Boys in marching before the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Nordean, 30, of Auburn, Washington, has described himself as the sergeant-at-arms of the Seattle chapter of the Proud Boys. linked to the group have been charged in the Capitol riot. Nordean of Auburn, Wash- ington, also goes by the name Rufio Panman and has de- scribed himself as the sergeant- at-arms and as the president of the Proud Boys’ Seattle chapter. He was arrested last week after being charged in federal court in Washington, D.C., with obstructing an official proceeding, aiding and abet- ting others who damaged fed- eral property and knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building. Obstruct- ing an official proceeding, the most serious of the charges, carries a possible sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Nor- dean has not entered pleas to any of the charges. The Justice Department said Nordean helped plan the Proud Boys’ actions at the Cap- itol, marched at the front of a group of Proud Boys shortly before the Jan. 6 riot and broke into the Capitol building with other members of the group. He was near the front of the mob that confronted vastly outnumbered Capitol Police officers, prosecutors said. In asking for him to remain in custody, Assistant U.S. At- torney Jehiel Baer noted that in the days before the riot, Nor- dean posted on social media saying, “Let them remember the day they decided to make war with us,” as well as a photo of himself with the words, “And fight we will.” Baer noted that Nordean gained notoriety for knocking out a counterprotester in 2018 in Portland, an event that was captured on video and which garnered him a guest appear- ance on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ “InfoWars” pro- gram. 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Now, half of the high school- ers will attend in-person class from 7:30 a.m. to 10:20 a.m., with the other half in the build- ing from noon to 3 p.m. four days of the week, the district announced Monday. Students will spend the second half of the day learning remotely. All students will learn from home on Wednesdays, as origi- nally planned. The afternoon group will not have district-provided transportation, the release stated. All students who indi- cated needing transportation in a district-issued survey, will be placed in the morn- ing group, said school district spokesperson Sheila Miller. The morning group will be offered a to-go lunch as they’re leaving the building, Miller said. Afternoon students will get lunch right as they enter and eat in the commons area of the building, with school staff enforcing social-distancing rules, she said. 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They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. ý Lottery results can now be found on the second page of Sports. Umatilla County agrees to take on chemical depot site of 1944 explosion East Oregonian Umatilla County has ex- pressed a willingness to be re- sponsible for a historical site at the former Umatilla Chemical Depot. The county has agreed to take over preservation and maintenance for the site where six workers died when a con- crete bunker, called an igloo, where bombs were stored ex- ploded on March 21, 1944. In Hermiston, the blast sent shock waves rippling through the city, shattering plate-glass windows downtown and knocking merchandise off store shelves, according to the Hermiston Herald. The Army is in the process of turning the former depot over to local control, and when the transfer is complete, the A worker in- side an igloo at the Uma- tilla Ord- nance De- pot stacks 500-pound bombs sim- ilar to the ones that exploded in March 1944. EOU expands to offer cybersecurity degree East Oregonian LA GRANDE — One wrong click can land small businesses or local govern- ments in the hands of a nasty computer virus, but a new program at Eastern Oregon University equips students to come to the rescue. The university has ex- panded its computer sci- ence department to include a bachelor’s degree in cy- bersecurity. Students in the program can earn a Bach- elor of Arts or Bachelor of Science on campus or on- line. Students with an Associ- ate of Applied Science de- gree in cybersecurity from a community college can transfer their entire tran- script and earn a Bachelor of Applied Science in just two years. Kiel Wadner, an EOU instructor and cybersecurity professional, said classes will focus on experiential learning that prepares grad- uates to meet an organiza- tion’s digital security needs. “Cybersecurity is about protecting information and the systems that deal with that information,” he said. “I spend a lot of time writing little pieces of code or star- ing at logs from computer systems looking for anom- alies, and what I do is actu- ally a very small piece of cy- bersecurity.” He explained that, simi- lar to medicine, cybersecu- rity is a broad industry with a range of specialists who develop specific skill sets. EOU’s program is trans- fer-friendly, leaving room for students to follow their interests and shape their own specializations. HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! Dance the night away at Regency Village in Bend, OR! Courtesy the U.S. Army via Hermiston Herald county has agreed to take over preservation and maintenance responsibilities for the site of the explosion. Greg Smith, director of the Columbia Development Authority — a partnership between five local govern- ment entities — told Umatilla County commissioners the plan is to provide public access to the historical site. CALL NOW! 541-317-3544 127 SE Wilson, Bend