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CALIFORNIA
Police: 13 killed when big rig
hits SUV carrying 25 people
BY ELLIOT SPAGAT
The Associated Press
HOLTVILLE, Calif. —
Thirteen people were killed
Tuesday when an SUV car-
rying 25 people and a semi-
truck collided on a Southern
California highway near the
U.S.-Mexico border, authori-
ties said.
Twelve people were found
dead when first responders
reached the highway, which
winds through fields in the ag-
ricultural southeastern corner
of California. Another person
died at a hospital, California
Highway Patrol Chief Omar
Watson said.
Authorities do not yet know
if the driver of the Ford Expe-
dition, who died in the crash,
had stopped at a stop sign be-
fore crossing into the path of
the big rig around 6:15 a.m.,
Watson said. The gravel-haul-
ing semi-truck hit the left side
of the SUV, which appeared to
Gregory Bull/AP
Law enforcement officers work at the scene of a deadly crash in Holtville,
California, on Tuesday. Authorities say a semi-truck crashed into an SUV
carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway east of El Centro,
killing at least 13 people.
have been pushed off the road
that’s about 100 miles east of
San Diego.
Watson described a grisly
scene outside Holtville, a ru-
ral town about 11 miles north
of the border with farms that
grow vegetables and alfalfa for
cattle feed. Officers arrived
to find that some people had
been ejected from the SUV
onto the ground. Some of the
passengers had pulled them-
selves from the wreckage, and
others who were injured were
wandering around.
A Ford Expedition typically
seats eight people legally. The
CHP did not immediately
know why so many occupants
had been crammed into the
SUV.
“Obviously, that vehicle is
not meant for that many peo-
ple,” Watson said. “It’s unfor-
tunate that that many people
were put into that vehicle be-
cause there’s not enough safety
constraints to safely keep those
people in that vehicle.”
The driver of the big rig,
which was hauling two trail-
ers of gravel, was hospitalized
with moderate injuries.
Repairs
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Excavation will begin at
10th Street and Newport Av-
enue. Starting in April, the
Ninth Street and Nashville Av-
enue roundabout will be closed
through August. Nashville Av-
enue will also be closed in this
time.
People traveling west on
Newport will be rerouted onto
Sixth Street, and those going
east will be rerouted onto 11th
Street, according to the city’s
website.
The second phase of the
project, which is slated to begin
in July, will impact the section
of Newport between Ninth
and 12th streets. Detours will
be provided in this area off Col-
lege Way and Portland Avenue,
but only at night, as most of the
construction there will hap-
pen between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.,
Franklet said.
“That was really to recog-
nize the pandemic situation has
been hard on everybody, but
especially hard on businesses,”
Franklet said. “So we wanted
to be as accommodating as we
could.”
George Franklet/Submitted
A photo of the old stormwater pipe under Newport Avenue that will be replaced.
The money for the project
will come from several city
funds, including stormwater,
water reclamation, water, trans-
portation construction, and the
Americans with Disabilities Act
funds, Franklet said.
The city is hosting a virtual
open house about the Newport
Avenue improvements that will
last until March 12. Those in-
terested can attend on the city’s
website.
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Several vans and campers line Shevlin Hixon Drive in May 2019.
Parking
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After what several busi-
nesses and the city deem a
successful trial period, these
restrictions may now become
permanent.
On Wednesday, the Bend
City Council will vote on
whether to establish the area
around McKay Park as a for-
mal parking district. The
district would make perma-
nent four-hour parking re-
strictions and a permit pro-
gram that allows employees
and residents of businesses
and homes in the area to use
street parking.
The parking district would
encompass SW Commerce
Avenue from SW Columbia
Street to NW Allen Road;
SW Shevlin Hixon Drive
from SW Columbia Street
to SW Simpson Avenue; SW
Bradbury Way from SW
Shevlin Hixon Drive to SW
Simpson Avenue; and on SW
Allen Road and SW Crowell
Way, according to city docu-
ments.
Before the pilot proj-
ect, the area around McKay
Park was a popular hang out
for lifestyle vehicle camp-
ers, making it an unofficial
campground for people who
would come to use ameni-
ties like the Bend Whitewater
Park. There were even stories
of surfers “deck changing” in
and out of swimwear in the
open in front of businesses.
Overall, Parking Services
Division Manager Tobias
Marx said Tuesday he con-
siders the pilot program a
success story.
“This actually made the
difference for the people who
live there and work there,”
he said.
Residents and employees
in the area, like Ayres, gener-
St. Charles
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Oregon secretary of state to push for national popular vote
BY ANDREW SELSKY
The Associated Press
SALEM — Oregon’s sec-
retary of state, who as a law-
maker championed the Na-
tional Popular Vote Interstate
Compact, has joined the advi-
sory board of a movement that
is pushing states to adopt the
one person-one vote system.
Shemia Fagan, a Democrat,
will now be advising National
Popular Vote, a nonprofit
dedicated to advancing the
compact in states across the
country, her office announced
Monday.
The movement needs 270
Electoral College votes for na-
tional popular vote to be ad-
opted in America. It already
has secured 196 and aims to
gain more this year. Under the
current system, each state’s
electoral votes go to the can-
didate who won the popular
vote in that state, with the run-
ner-up getting nothing. Ne-
braska and Maine are the only
exceptions.
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541.382.1811
“One-person-one-vote is
critical to the foundation of
our democracy and National
Popular Vote ensures that this
principle is upheld in one of
our most sacred democratic
processes — selecting our pres-
ident,” Fagan said in a state-
ment.
The board she’s joining ad-
vises the nonprofit National
Popular Vote organization in
its mission of reforming the
Electoral College through the
enactment of the National Pop-
ular Vote Interstate Compact.
So far, 15 states and the District
of Columbia have signed on.
Electoral College supporters
say the current system adheres
to federalism by preserving
the role of states in presidential
elections. But opponents say
the system violates the one per-
son-one vote principle, encour-
ages candidates to ignore states
that are either firmly Demo-
cratic or Republican, and gives
disproportionate power to vot-
ers in just a few states.
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“We had hoped the courts
would give us additional time
to get back to the bargaining
table with the Oregon Fed-
eration of Nurses and Health
Professionals so that we could
reach a contract agreement
without an impact to our pa-
tients,” Aaron Adams, presi-
dent of St. Charles Bend, said
in a prepared statement. “We
are disappointed in the out-
come but will continue our
preparations to hire and on-
ally agree with him — a com-
munity survey conducted in
the fall showed that 88% of
survey respondents said their
parking situation had im-
proved since the restrictions
were put in place, Marx said.
“Besides a small group
of out-of-town campers …
we don’t really get any com-
plaints anymore,” Marx said.
If the council agrees to
amend the code to make this
parking district permanent,
there will be 80 parking per-
mits available for employ-
ees and residents who work
and live in this area to park
longer than four hours. Res-
idential permits will cost $25
a month to match a similar
parking permit program in
the Old Bend Neighborhood,
Marx said, and employee
permits for businesses will
cost $30 a month.
The money that comes
from the permit fees and
citations would be split be-
tween a general parking
services fund and a sepa-
rate fund that would pay for
neighborhood safety im-
provements, according to
a previous interview with
Marx.
Businesses in the area say
that making these restric-
tions permanent are import-
ant now more than ever, with
a new apartment complex
being built near McKay Park
off SW Shevlin Hixon Drive.
There is a fear the streets
around the apartment com-
plex will be used as overflow
street parking for residents
or their guests, said Whitney
Sproul, the office adminis-
trator at River Park Family
Dentistry.
“We’re in agreement
here: continue the program,
please,” Sproul said Tuesday.
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board replacement workers
and minimize disruptions to
our patients and community.”
The last bargaining session
was in December and a fed-
eral mediator has been called
in for a March 10 session.
“We hope that St. Charles
will take Judge (Michael)
McShane’s advice and return
to the table,” said Sam Pot-
ter, external organizer for the
union. “Our members don’t
want to go on strike, but they
will if they have to.”
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Timo Matti Juhani Pa-
tokoski of Bend, OR
Mark Harold Frank
of Redmond, OR
Nov 7, 1938 - Feb 25, 2021
Arrangements:
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Bend is honored to serve
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Please visit our website,
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Services:
A celebration of life will be
held at a later date.
Nov 20, 1968 - Feb 9,
2021
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Services:
There will be a Memorial
Service held on Saturday,
March 6, 2021 at 1:00
PM at the Shiloh Ranch
Church (15696 SW Bussett
Road) in Powell Butte.
Long-time family friend,
Charlie Brewer will be
officiating the service. To
light a candle for Mark or
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Manion of Warm
Springs, OR
Jan 5, 1958 - Feb 25, 2021
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Services:
Funeral Service Wed.
3/3/2021 from 10 to 2pm
at Bel-Air Funeral Home in
Madras
James “Jim” Samuel
Walker, Sr. of Bend, OR
July 14, 1935 - Feb 26,
2021
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