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Deschutes County cases: 6,396 (24 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 70 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 818 (5 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 18 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,017 (3 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 31 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 166,013 (499 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,385 (zero new deaths)
130
(Dec. 4)
What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new coronavirus.
Symptoms (including fever, coughing and shortness of breath)
can be severe. While some cases are mild, the disease can be fatal.
108 new cases
120
(Jan. 1)
7-day
average
90
new
cases
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.
110
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available on
Jan. 31
due to state
computer
maintenence
(Nov. 27)
90
50
new
cases
70
60
(Feb. 17)
50
(Nov. 14)
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
80
47 new cases
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Thursday: 6 (2 in ICU)
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BY ELLEN MORRIS BISHOP
For the Wallowa County Chieftain
WALLOWA — Wallowa
may look like a placid little
town, but there’s a monster
lurking underground just a
few miles to the southeast.
The Wallowa School Dis-
trict is outfitting its Cougar
Dome to ensure safety for stu-
dents and a safe haven for the
community should the mon-
ster ever strike.
The monster is the nearly
40-mile-long Wallowa fault
and related faults that define
the Lostine and other river
valleys, as well as other parts
of the Blue Mountains. His-
toric seismic activity in Wal-
lowa County has produced
only magnitude 5 and smaller
quakes, many centered
around Joseph.
In January, two magnitude
2 quakes occurred 6 to 7 miles
from Lostine, and were felt
by local residents. Although
no fault scarps younger than
17,000 years have been found,
some geologists, notably U.S.
Geological Survey’s Gary
Mann, consider the Wallowa
fault, which has been active
for about 12 million years, to
be capable of a magnitude 7
quake.
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallowa County Chieftain
Geotechnical drillers Michael and Marvis Remboldt on March 16 ex-
amine a core sample they drilled on the west side of the Wallowa
High School Cougar Dome.
The Wallowa School Dis-
trict is addressing this poten-
tial threat with a $2.28 seis-
mic rehabilitation grant. The
grant, awarded in May 2020, is
funded by state bonds, admin-
istered by Business Oregon.
The district chose the Cou-
gar Dome, constructed in
1949, for the project’s seismic
retrofit rather than the cen-
tury-old, brick high school.
A seismic retrofit of the more
vulnerable high school was
estimated at $8.1 million, far
above the grant program’s
$2.5 million limit. The Cou-
gar Dome also was deemed a
place where the community
could shelter in any emer-
gency, seismic or otherwise.
“We’re underway with the
evaluation work,” school Su-
perintendent Tammy Jones
said. “Right now, we are into
schematic design.”
Oregon Senate passes bill making
display of a noose a hate crime
BY LIZZY ACKER
The Oregonian
The Oregon Senate voted
27-1 Thursday to make the
display of a noose a crime of
intimidation. The bill will now
move to the House.
The sole no vote on Senate
Bill 398 was Sen. Dennis Lin-
thicum, R-Klamath Falls.
Linthicum did not immedi-
ately respond to a request for a
comment about his vote.
Sens. Brian Boquist, I-, Dal-
las, and Dallas Heard, R-Rose-
burg, were absent when the
vote was taken.
“Displaying a noose is a hate-
ful act. It is meant to intimidate
and harass,” Sen. Ginny Burdick,
a chief sponsor of the bill, said in
a statement.
Burdick, who represents a
district in Portland, added,
“Hate crimes are disturbingly
on the rise in Oregon, includ-
ing in my district. A noose is a
racist symbol. It is intimidat-
ing to our neighbors of color
and it needs to be banned.”
She noted that a noose was
found in the past year at the
elementary school that she
and subsequently her daugh-
ter attended.
The Anti-Defamation
League considers a noose a
hate symbol and notes it is
commonly used to intimidate
Black people.
Nooses have been found
in Portland schools multiple
times, as well as at Oregon
Health & Science University
and at a construction site in
Portland.
“The display of a noose
should have been a crime long
ago. It’s not OK,” said the bill’s
other chief sponsor, Sen. James
Manning Jr., D-Eugene. “Loui-
siana, Virginia, California, New
York, Maryland and Con-
necticut have criminalized
the display of nooses be-
cause they all know exactly
what that noose implies.”
If the House passes the
bill, displaying a noose
would be punishable by up
to 364 days in jail, a fine of
up to $6,250 or both.
Manning called the
noose “a racist relic.”
LOCAL BRIEFING
Brown denies clemency
for Robert Lee Emery Jr.
The governor has denied
clemency for Robert Lee
Emery Jr., who was convicted
of attacking and trying to rape
a woman in her Bend home in
April 2000.
“I have
considered
carefully
whether your
application
for commu-
tation should
Emery Jr.
be granted,”
Gov. Kate
Brown wrote in her decision is-
sued March 19. “Under the cir-
cumstances, I have concluded
that a commutation is not war-
ranted.”
Emery was arrested after
breaking into a home on NW
Portland Avenue and attack-
ing and tying up Michelle
Hart, who fought back and es-
caped the home to call for help.
While awaiting trial, he con-
fessed to two armed robberies
in Deschutes County.
In 2000, a judge gave Emery,
who had a lengthy criminal
record, a 60-year prison sen-
tence.
In October, Emery, 57, filed
a commutation request with
the governor’s office, citing a
changed mindset and good
works in prison. Advocates for
his release noted his sentence
was long for a man who never
killed anyone.
But Hart wrote in opposi-
tion, saying Emery’s 22-page
statement showed he hadn’t
changed. She was joined by
Deschutes County District At-
torney John Hummel and state
Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, in
asking Brown to deny commu-
tation for Emery.
In a statement to The Bulle-
tin, Hart lamented that Emery
may apply for clemency “again
and again and again,” when
victims require closure.
“This story is a lot bigger
than me,” she wrote. “There are
many Emerys out there, and
far too many victims like me. I
am grateful for the Governor’s
decision but it never should
have been a question in the
first place.”
Projects in Metolius River
area could cause delays
The Deschutes National For-
est has announced several road
projects scheduled to occur
in April in the Metolius River
area that could cause driving
delays.
April 5-9: Delays are ex-
pected on Forest Road 1230
between Forest Road 12 to
the end of the paved section
of Forest Road 1230. The ex-
isting roadway is being turned
into a gravel surface to prevent
potholes from forming in the
asphalt.
April 12-16: Both lanes on a
section of Forest Road 12 be-
tween the junction of Forest
Road 1210 and Forest Road
1217 will be closed to repair a
50-foot section of Forest Road
12. The section of road will
have a gravel driving surface
and will be repaved later this
year. Forest roads 1217 and
1210 will be open while crews
work on Forest Road 12.
April 19-23: Forest Road
1200-980 between Forest Road
12 and Candle Creek Camp-
ground will be closed. The
campground will also be closed
during this time. Work will be
done on a 400-foot section of
the road that has an unstable
driving surface and base.
Questions about the repair
work can be directed to Don-
ald Walker, the Sisters Ranger
District road manager 541-
410-2041.
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