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DESCHUTES COUNTY
COUNTY L New
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COVID-19 data for Thursday, Feb. 18:
Deschutes County cases: 5,812 (19 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 58 (2 new deaths)
LOCAL
VACCINATIONS
Crook County cases: 760 (9 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 18 (zero new deaths)
23,149
Jefferson County cases: 1,912 (12 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 27 (zero new deaths)
Number of vaccinations
given by St. Charles
Health System
Oregon cases: 151,713 (466 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,149 (6 new deaths)
108 new cases
120
(Jan. 1)
90
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110
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available on
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due to state
computer
maintenence
(Nov. 27)
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90
80
70
50
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16 new cases
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(Sept. 19)
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BY GARY A. WARNER
Oregon Capital Bureau
Most Oregon counties
would maintain or improve
their COVID-19 risk rating
next week according to pre-
liminary data from the Oregon
Health Authority.
Counties won’t officially
find out where they place on
the four tiers of risk level until
Tuesday. Another week of data
will be included in the ratings
and movement up and down
is possible compared to cur-
rent trends. “All data are provi-
sional and subject to change,”
OHA says on its website.
The Oregon Health Author-
ity measures COVID-19 cases
and positive test percentages
each week. Every other week,
it uses the numbers to adjust
the position of counties on the
four-tier risk chart of extreme,
high, medium and lower risk.
Each category has different
restrictions on businesses and
activities.
Deschutes County barely
made the drop from extreme
to high risk last week when
cases dipped to 195.3 per
100,000. Getting below the 200
mark moved the county out
of the extreme risk category
for the first time in several
weeks. The county is currently
on track for 159.6 cases per
100,000. The positivity rate
has fallen to 3.4%. The current
data is only through Feb. 13
and could be affected by num-
bers from an outbreak at Sum-
mit High School in Bend.
Crook and Jefferson coun-
ties will likely remain in the
extreme category.
Multnomah, Clackamas
and Washington counties are
maintaining cases and rates
that would allow them to stay
in the high risk category.
But Umatilla, Wallowa,
Union, Morrow and Har-
ney counties appear to still
be maintaining extreme level
caseloads.
Lane County, which in-
cludes Eugene, is at 194.5 cases
with a 2.7% infection rate —
numbers that could move it
from extreme to high risk.
Lake County continues to
be a center of COVID-19 in-
fections, with 1,002.4 cases per
100,000 and a rising infection
rate of 19.4%
Statewide, Oregon has 181.3
cases per 100,000 and a test
positive rate of 3.8%
A full report of the most
recent data can be found at
www.oregon.gov.
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Sunriver Nature Center
hosts lecture on swans
The Sunriver Nature
Center is inviting Margaret
Smith, executive director of
the national Trumpeter Swan
Society, for a virtual lecture
at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24.
Smith will discuss the re-
turn of trumpeter swans to
North America after the spe-
cies faced near extinction at
the turn of the 20th century
due to over hunting.
The nature center is part
of Oregon’s trumpeter swan
breeding program. The cen-
ter recently welcomed a new
female swan to pair with a
resident male, Pete, who was
widowed last fall when his
mate Gracie was killed.
Gracie was a beloved resi-
dent of the nature center and
helped repopulate the threat-
ened species in Oregon.
About 35 trumpeter swans
call Oregon home, but wild-
life officials hope the number
triples to allow the species to
become self-sustaining.
During her virtual lecture,
Smith will teach the audi-
ence about the different pri-
orities for swan management
and restoration across North
America, and the role zoos
and refuges have played in
the swan’s recovery. Smith
will also discuss the habitat
and health issues swans face
daily.
The lecture is free, but
registration is required. Peo-
ple can register online at the
nature center’s website to
receive a link to the Zoom
webinar.
OSU-Cascades Science
Pub to focus on climate
From wildfires in the west
to a rare freeze in Texas and
increasing numbers of hurri-
canes in the Atlantic, climate
change has become an ines-
capable part of the daily con-
versation in this country.
Central Oregon is not
immune to the impacts of
climate change as the area
suffers from drought and
waning sources of water.
Larry O’Neill, an associate
professor of climatology at
Oregon State University, will
address these issues during
a virtual lecture March 16
from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
O’Neill, who works with
OSU’s College of Earth,
Ocean, and Atmospheric
Sciences, will discuss how
drought and shrinking
snowpack will affect water
availability for Central Or-
egon. Other topics include
how weather patterns may
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increase rain in the area and
how temperatures and light-
ing storms could affect the
severity of wildfires.
The lecture is free to view.
Interested individuals can
register at the OSU-Cascades
Science Pubs page.
OSU-Cascades releases
fact sheet on campus
Curious about the local
economic impact, or size,
of Oregon State Universi-
ty-Cascades? The university
released that information,
and more tidbits, in its an-
nual fact sheet Thursday.
The four-page document
neatly presents basic infor-
mation about OSU-Cascades
as of the 2020-21 school year.
Not only can one find the to-
tal number of students at the
university (1,374) but also
how many of those students
are first-generation col-
lege students (28%) or how
many local jobs the univer-
sity plans to create by 2025
(2,083).
To find this information,
visit OSU-Cascades’ website
at osucascades.edu.
Bend police chief to
discuss body cameras
Bend Police Chief Mike
Krantz will discuss the plan
to give officers body cameras
during The Bulletin’s Face-
book Live broadcast Friday
at 9 a.m.
Bend has been using a pi-
lot program to test camera
vendors and is getting ready
to purchase the equipment
for all its officers.
The public can ask ques-
tions during the broadcast at
facebook.com/bendbulletin/
live_videos.
— Bulletin staff reports
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Police identify man
who plunged into river
The man who lost control
of his vehicle on the Interstate
205 bridge on Sunday, plung-
ing into the Columbia River
below, was identified Thurs-
day, officials said.
He was identified as Anto-
nio Lopez-Amaro, 57, of Port-
land, according to the Port-
land Police Bureau.
His family said Lopez-Am-
aro was driving home from
his job at his family’s Hazel
Dell restaurant about 5 p.m.
Sunday.
Witnesses reported seeing
a maroon SUV that was going
south on the bridge, which
connects Oregon and Wash-
ington, hit a patch of ice, go
over a snow embankment and
plunge into the water about
5:45 p.m. Sunday. The crash
happened as a major winter
storm was hitting the region,
creating hazardous road con-
ditions throughout the Port-
land area.
Lopez-Amaro and the vehi-
cle were discovered by a pri-
vate search crew Wednesday
evening after days of search-
ing.
“We found the car for
the sheriff, and we’re wait-
ing for the sheriff to be able
to pinpoint the location on
their own, as well,” said Jared
Leisek of Adventures with
Purpose. He traveled from
Bend to search the waters
around the bridge using so-
nar.
“Reading sonar is an art,”
he said. “If you don’t read so-
nar everyday you can miss
things.”
Leisek said the crew did
two passes and found the car
practically underneath the
bridge. The car was upside
down in the river.
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The Glenn L Jackson Memorial Bridge on I-205 crosses the Columbia River.
Monmouth man arrested
on suspicion of killing 2
A Monmouth man was ar-
rested Tuesday on suspicion of
killing two other men in the
small Polk County city south-
west of Salem.
William Gembala is sus-
pected of murder, assault and
unlawful use of a weapon in
the deaths of 58-year-old Jo-
seph Delgado Jr. and 64-year-
old Michael Bennett, according
to Monmouth Police. Gem-
bala, 50, is being held in the
Polk County Jail.
Officers initially responded
to reports of people yelling
and found Delgado and Ben-
nett suffering from “critical
injuries consistent with an
edged weapon,” police said. Po-
lice didn’t specify the kind of
weapon used.
Delgado and Bennett, who
were both Monmouth resi-
dents, died at the scene , ac-
cording to police.
Police said Gembala and the
slain men knew one another.
An investigation continues.
Earthquake warning
system to roll out
LOS ANGELES — The
earthquake early warning sys-
tem known as ShakeAlert will
be capable of delivering alerts
directly to wireless devices in
Oregon on March 11 and to
Washington state in May, com-
pleting the West Coast rollout,
the U.S. Geological Survey said
Tuesday.
The ShakeAlert system,
which warns of significant
quakes, has been enabled in
California since October 2019.
The system uses a network
of sensors that detect the start
of an earthquake and calculate
magnitude, location and the
expected amount of shaking. It
sends the information in real
time to distributors that send
out alerts to cellphones and the
internet.
The information moves so
quickly that people may have
valuable seconds to protect
themselves before shaking ar-
rives, trains can be slowed or
industrial processes stopped.
The USGS said that as of Jan.
31, the West Coast network
was 70% complete, with 1,132
out of 1,675 seismic stations
installed.
The USGS and partners
planned an outreach Thursday
to Pacific Northwest residents
on Reddit and a test message
on Feb. 25 to Washington’s
King, Pierce and Thurston
counties, delivered to wire-
less devices through the Fed-
eral Emergency Management
Agency’s Integrated Public
Alerting & Warning System.
— Bulletin wire reports
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