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DESCHUTES COUNTY
Deschutes County cases: 6,001 (26 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 63 (2 new deaths)
Crook County cases: 780 (4 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 18 (zero new deaths)
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.
Jefferson County cases: 1,976 (10 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 30 (2 new deaths)
Oregon cases: 156,653 (392 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,284 (32 new deaths)
90
80
70
60
50
(Nov. 14)
7-day
average
28 new cases
(July 16)
40
31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
20
(May 20)
1st case
100
47 new cases
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Thursday: 13 (1 in ICU).
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GRAPHIC
129 new cases
COVID-19 data for Thursday, March 4:
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
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SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES
New COVID-19 cases per day
10
(March 11)
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Prineville man, 72, gets
25 years for sex abuse
Two of the victims are now
adults. It’s alleged Carpen-
A Prineville man was sen-
ter manipulated his victims
tenced to 25 years in prison for into keeping quiet for years.
sexually abusing three girls be- The abuse ultimately came to
tween 2005 and 2012.
light when the vic-
Zane William Car-
tims reconnected for a
penter, 72, appeared
sleepover in 2020 and
at a packed hearing
discussed, for the first
Thursday morning in
time, being abused at
Crook County Circuit
Carpenter’s hands.
Court to answer for
Carpenter was
his crimes.
served an indictment
Carpenter pleaded
in September. Eight
Carpenter
guilty to two counts of
counts were added to
first-degree sexual abuse and
his indictment as the investi-
one of first-degree sodomy —
gation proceeded. He was ac-
a charge for each victim. Thir-
cused of subjecting the girls to
teen additional felony counts
various forms of sexual contact,
were dismissed as a condition
including rape and sodomy.
of a plea deal.
The three victims each ad-
BY GARRETT ANDREWS
The Bulletin
dressed Judge Daina Vitolins
and provided powerful and
moving statements, accord-
ing to District Attorney Wade
Whiting, who prosecuted the
case on behalf of the state.
Carpenter is a former con-
ductor of the City of Prineville
Railway, an 18-mile short-line
railroad connecting Prineville
and Redmond.
“I do accept responsibility
for all I have done,” Carpen-
ter told the court. “None of
the girls are responsible. I am
guilty for what I have done. All
I can do is ask for forgiveness.
I hope and pray there will be
healing someday.”
Reporter: 541-383-0325,
gandrews@bendbulletin.com
LOCAL BRIEFING
Small plane crashes
near Sisters
A small plane crashed while
attempting to land at Sisters Eagle
Airport on Wednesday evening.
Both occupants of the 1972
Cessna 172G survived with inju-
ries, according to the Deschutes
County Sheriff’s Office.
The plane is owned by Outlaw
Aviation of Sisters.
The crash was reported to 911
at 5:43 p.m. Sheriff’s deputies
determined there were two oc-
cupants in the plane at the time
of the crash. The pilot, Madison
Stieber, 23, received injuries not
considered life threatening and
was taken by private vehicle to
St. Charles Bend. The passenger,
Connor Schaab, 24, received mi-
nor injuries and was evaluated by
medics from the Sisters-Camp
Sherman Rural Fire Protection
District at the scene.
Schaab was not taken to the
hospital.
According to Sgt. Jayson
Janes, spokesman for Deschutes
County Sheriff’s Office, the ini-
tial investigation determined
Stieber was attempting to land
at the Sisters Eagle Airport,
15820 Barclay Drive, in Sisters
when she made contact with
the landing strip and then went
airborne again. The plane then
flew southwest, over Camp Polk
Road and struck the top of a tree
before hitting the ground and
coming to rest in a dry pond on
private property in the 69000
block of Camp Polk Road.
The Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration and the National
Transportation Safety Board
were contacted and will be con-
ducting a follow-up investigation
regarding the crash, Janes said in
a statement.
Person dies in Culver
house fire
One person died in a house
fire near Culver on Wednesday
night.
Authorities are still working
to identify the body found inside
the home on SW Meadow Lane,
Jefferson County Sheriff Jim Ad-
kins said.
“It was a very intense fire, and
we believe it was the homeowner
was the one inside,” he said.
A call to emergency services
was recorded Wednesday night
in the Three Rivers Recreation
Area near Lake Billy Chinook.
Firefighters with Lake Chi-
nook Fire & Rescue responded,
but there was little they could do
to save the home or its occupant,
Adkins said. An arson investiga-
tor with the Oregon State Police
was called to the scene, as was
a representative of the Jefferson
County District Attorney’s Office.
But at the moment, nothing
indicates foul play was involved,
Adkins said.
“My deputies tell me it doesn’t
look suspicious,” he said.
Lake Chinook Chief Don Col-
fels said the cause of the fire was
found to be inconclusive.
The bodies of two dogs were
also found in the home. A third
was found alive in an outbuild-
ing on the property.
Kropf, Chang to
host town hall
Two newly elected Deschutes
County Democrats will host a
virtual town hall event Saturday
to update constituents and dis-
cuss plans in Oregon and De-
schutes County.
State Rep. Jason Kropf,
D-Bend, and Deschutes County
Commissioner Phil Chang will
present at 11 a.m. Saturday. Reg-
istration is required.
Spanish language interpreta-
tion will be provided.
Register by visiting bit.ly/de-
schutestownhall.
Oregon fines Eugene
wood treatment facility
$223K over violations
The Associated Press
EUGENE — The state
has fined a Eugene wood
treatment plant more than
$200,000 for hazardous
waste and water quality vi-
olations that regulators say
occurred over the last five
years.
The Oregon Department
of Environmental Quality
issued J.H. Baxter & Co.
$223,440 in fines Wednes-
day for violations that in-
cluded the illegal treatment
of 1.7 million gallons of
hazardous waste between
2015-19 and two unpermit-
ted discharges of untreated
stormwater in 2019, The
Register-Guard reported.
DEQ also is ordering the
company to create plans for
investigating and sampling
to better understand and
mitigate the environmental
impacts of the violations.
“J.H. Baxter & Co. has
always done our best to
comply with regulatory
requirements,” company
President Georgia Baxter,
said in a statement. “To
that end we continue to
work with the DEQ site
clean-up program and the
Lane Regional Air Protec-
tion Agency’s Cleaner Air
Oregon program. We care
about the health and well
being of our neighbors and
employees and will con-
tinue to work diligently to
protect human health and
the environment.”
J.H. Baxter & Co. can re-
quest a hearing to dispute
DEQ’s claims, but it wasn’t
clear if the company plans
to do so.
The plant has operated
since the 1940s and has a
history of environmental
problems. Most recently,
DEQ and the Oregon
Health Authority began in-
vestigating elevated levels
of dioxins, a group of toxic
chemical compounds, in
soil samples taken as part
of a 2019 cleanup mandate
at the plant.
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