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COVID-19 data for Wednesday, Feb. 24:
Deschutes County cases: 5,922 (28 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 58 (zero new deaths)
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LOCAL
VACCINATIONS
23,388
Jefferson County cases: 1,941 (7 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 27 (zero new deaths)
Number of vaccinations
given by St. Charles
Health System
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.
120
(Jan. 1)
90
new
cases
110
*No data
available on
Jan. 31
due to state
computer
maintenence
(Nov. 27)
90
80
70
50
7-day
average
40
31 new cases
28 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(July 16)
(Sept. 19)
20
(May 20)
1st case
100
(Nov. 14)
9 new cases
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130
(Dec. 4)
47 new cases
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend: 15 (2 in ICU)
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129 new cases
Crook County cases: 779 (8 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 18 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 154,062 (437 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,194 (32 new deaths)
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Oregon economists predict
$571M ‘kicker’ tax rebate
The Oregonian
Oregon taxpayers are on track to get a
kicker tax rebate worth a combined $570.5
million next year, state economists told
lawmakers in the latest quarterly forecast
on Wednesday.
That is the upshot of aggregate incomes
in the state exceeding economists’ expecta-
tions well before the pandemic, as lawmak-
ers assembled the current state budget.
State economist Mark McMullen told
lawmakers “this massive helicopter drop
of a massive amount of federal aid” played
a key role in raising incomes, through
stimulus payments to individuals and en-
hanced unemployment benefits. Absent
that federal aid, Oregonians’ aggregate in-
come would essentially be flat, said state
economist Josh Lehner.
“We haven’t seen this in decades, this
ley was transferred to Oregon Health
& Science University in Portland with
life-threatening injuries. Her condition
was not available.
Devin McNamara, 33, was booked
Monday into Douglas County Jail on sus-
picion of murder and two counts of as-
sault. McNamara, of Roseburg, was being
held on $750,000 bail.
Police responded to the shooting just
before 3 p.m. in the Budget 16 Motel park-
ing lot. McNamara opened fire on the
three victims with a handgun, ran out
of bullets, fled to a nearby home and re-
turned with two rifles, police said.
McNamara told an investigating officer
that he had walked to the motel “in a rage”
and fired the pistol into a group of people
he did not know who were gathered outside
one of the rooms, according to police.
Today is Thursday, Feb. 25, the
56th day of 2021. There are 309
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Feb. 25, 1986, President
Ferdinand Marcos fled the Phil-
ippines after 20 years of rule in
the wake of a tainted election;
Corazon Aquino assumed the
presidency.
In 1793, President George
Washington held the first Cab-
inet meeting on record at his
Mount Vernon home; attending
were Secretary of State Thomas
Jefferson, Treasury Secretary
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary
of War Henry Knox and Attorney
General Edmund Randolph.
In 1901, United States Steel
Corp. was incorporated by J.P.
Morgan.
In 1913, the 16th Amendment
to the U.S. Constitution, giving
Congress the power to levy and
collect income taxes, was de-
clared in effect by Secretary of
State Philander Chase Knox.
In 1919, Oregon became the
first state to tax gasoline, at 1
cent per gallon.
In 1950, “Your Show of Shows,”
starring Sid Caesar, Imogene
Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard
Morris, debuted on NBC-TV.
In 1964, Muhammad Ali (then
known as Cassius Clay) became
world heavyweight boxing
champion as he defeated Sonny
Liston in Miami Beach.
In 1983, playwright Tennessee
Williams was found dead in his
New York hotel suite; he was 71.
In 1991, during the Persian Gulf
War, 28 Americans were killed
when an Iraqi Scud missile hit a
U.S. barracks in Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia.
Ten years ago: The Obama
White House broke decades
of tradition, naming Jeremy
Bernard the first man to ever
serve as social secretary in the
female-dominated East Wing.
Suze Rotolo, artist and girlfriend
of singer Bob Dylan, who was his
lyrical muse when he came to
prominence in the early 1960s,
died in New York at age 67.
Five years ago: Brawling from
the get-go, a fiery Marco Ru-
bio went after Donald Trump
during their Republican debate
in Houston, lacerating the
front-runner’s position on im-
migration, his privileged back-
ground, his speaking style and
more; Ted Cruz piled on, too,
questioning Trump’s conserva-
tive credentials.
One year ago: U.S. health
officials warned that the corona-
virus was certain to spread more
widely in the United States; the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention urged Americans to
be prepared. President Donald
Trump, speaking in India, said
the virus was “very well under
control” in the U.S. Civil pro-
tection officials in Italy said the
number of virus cases there had
increased by 45% in a 24-hour
period; Italy had confirmed a
total of 11 deaths.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Ann
McCrea is 90. Former CBS news-
man Bob Schieffer is 84. Actor
Diane Baker is 83. Actor Karen
Grassle is 79. Former talk show
host Sally Jessy Raphael is 79. For-
mer professional wrestler Ric Flair
is 72. Humorist Jack Handey is 72.
Rock singer-musician Mike Peters
(The Alarm; Big Country) is 62.
Comedian Carrot Top is 56. Mod-
el and actor Veronica Webb is 56.
Actor Tea Leoni is 55. Actor Lesley
Boone is 53. Actor Sean Astin is
50. Singer Daniel Powter is 50.
Latin singer Julio Iglesias Jr. is 48.
Comedian-actor Chelsea Handler
is 46. Actor Rashida Jones is 45.
Country singer Shawna Thomp-
son (Thompson Square) is 43.
Actors James and Oliver Phelps
(“Harry Potter” movies) are 35.
— Bulletin wire reports
— Associated Press
level of income support coming from the
federal government,” Lehner said.
Taxpayers would receive the personal
income tax rebate as a credit on their 2021
taxes when they file next year.
The forecast is good news for the state
budget, with general fund and lottery rev-
enues expected to come in $642.7 million
higher than expected as of November for
the 2019- 21 budget.
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LOCAL BRIEFING
Jefferson County School District
announces superintendent finalists
The Jefferson County School District
has narrowed its search to replace retiring
Superintendent Ken Parshall to three can-
didates.
Each candidate will interview with
the school district and take part in a
community Q&A session next week,
according to a school district press re-
lease. The public can take part in these
three sessions — each from 7 to 8 p.m.
— either through the school district’s
YouTube live-stream, or in-person at
Madras High School’s Performing Arts
Center.
On March 2, candidate Jay Mathisen
— the director of educational leadership
at George Fox University — will be inter-
viewed. Mathisen also recently served as
the assistant and deputy superintendent of
Bend-La Pine Schools.
On March 3, candidate Dan Koopman
will visit Madras. He is currently the in-
structional dean of career and technical
education at Southwestern Oregon Com-
munity College in Coos Bay.
On March 4, candidate Jeffry Davis will
be interviewed. He is the superintendent
of the Onalaska School District in rural
Washington.
Questions for the Q&A sessions must
be sent by 5 p.m. Monday to tbailey@509j.
net, the release stated.
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Endangered turtle recovering after cold snap
BY KALE WILLIAMS
The Oregonian
A young endangered loggerhead turtle
is recovering after it was found, stunned
by cold ocean waters, on the Oregon Coast
earlier this month.
A beach-goer found the turtle, a sub-
adult female, on Nelscott Beach near Lin-
coln City on Feb. 7, according to the Or-
egon Coast Aquarium. Officials with the
Marine Mammal Stranding Network sent
a volunteer to keep watch over the creature
so it could be picked up and brought to the
aquarium in Newport.
Loggerheads are rare but not unheard
of in Oregon’s ocean waters. The popula-
tion inhabiting the waters of the northern
Pacific is protected under the Endangered
Species Act and has declined by 50% to
90% over the last 60 years, according to
federal data, though the population has
stabilized somewhat more recently.
The large turtles are generally unsuited
for the frigid winter waves off the Oregon
Coast, however, and can lose the ability
to eat and swim when stunned by cold
water.
Experts at the aquarium learned the tur-
tle’s temperature was dangerously low — a
typical temp is around 75 degrees; this one
was down near 50.
Rehabilitating a cold-stunned turtle is
not a quick endeavor. The aquarium’s vet-
erinarian staff began a series of increas-
Oregon Coast Aquarium
This photo from the Oregon Coast Aquarium shows a rescued loggerhead turtle that received
help at the aquarium before being flown to SeaWorld San Diego for long-term rehabilitation.
ingly warm baths for the turtle, with the
goal of raising its temperature by about 5
degrees per day.
The turtle soon began showing signs
of stability, according to the aquarium,
swimming, diving and foraging for food.
About a week after it was discovered on
the beach, the turtle had its first meal: a
salmon filet.
The aquarium wasn’t equipped to care
for the animal long-term and, with the an-
imal showing good signs of progress, the
vet staff made arrangements with a non-
profit called Turtles Fly Too to have the
creature flown to the San Diego Zoo on
Saturday.
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Lottery results can now be found on
the second page of Sports.
A Roseburg man who shot at cars along
Interstate 5 in Southwest Oregon from his
UPS vehicle has pleaded guilty to multiple
charges, according to county officials.
Kenneth Ayers, 49, pleaded guilty to
three counts of attempted murder, five
counts of unlawful use of a weapon, three
counts of reckless endangerment and mul-
tiple counts of criminal mischief, the Jack-
son County District Attorneys Office said
in a news release Tuesday. The incidents,
investigated by the Oregon State Police
and local law enforcement agencies, hap-
pened from May into August 2020.
“During the investigation, a number of the
victims reported traveling near a semi-truck
when the shootings happened, some identi-
fying the truck being a UPS double or triple
trailer,” the district attorney’s office said.
On Aug. 19, a woman was shot in the
shoulder while driving on I-5 between
Gold Hill and Central Point, and police ar-
rested Ayers about 60 miles away. He was
employed by UPS as a driver at the time.
No motive has been released. His sen-
tencing has been set for March.
Murder charges filed after 1 killed,
2 hurt in Roseburg motel shooting
One person was killed and two others
were injured in a shooting Monday at a
motel in Roseburg, authorities said.
Court documents released Tuesday
show Michael Benson, 36, was fatally shot
while Spring Mack, 40, and Jessica Ashley,
44, were both injured.
A hospital spokesperson said Tuesday
that Mack was in fair condition. Ash-
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