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COVID-19 data for Saturday, April 17:
Deschutes County cases: 7,082 (94 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 72 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 878 (10 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 19 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 174,501 (888 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,460 (3 new deaths)
130
(Dec. 4)
108 new cases
(Jan. 1)
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cases
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129 new cases
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.
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: 2,064 (6 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 32 (zero new deaths)
SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES
New COVID-19 cases per day
20
(May 20)
1st case
10
(March 11)
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LOCAL BRIEFING
Upper Deschutes Basin
Study released
A study that will help irriga-
tors, politicians, biologists and
others who study and utilize
water in the Upper Deschutes
Basin has been released and
is expected to help guide how
water is used and conserved in
Central Oregon.
The Upper Deschutes River
Basin Study, jointly funded by
the Bureau of Reclamation and
the Oregon Water Resources
Department, is built on two
decades of investigations, plan-
ning, and the implementation
of projects to address water
shortages.
The $1.5 million study pro-
vides analytical tools that will
help basin stakeholders de-
velop plans to meet seasonal
water needs of rivers, farms,
and cities.
The study lays out various
pathways to improve water
management, including mar-
ket incentives to change how
people use water, canal piping
to eliminate seepage losses, and
improving watering methods
on farms.
Tod Heisler, director of the
Rivers Conservation Program
at Central Oregon LandWatch,
said the Deschutes Basin Study
will help authorities identify
water supply problems and
create a range of innovative
solutions.
“It examines restoring sig-
nificant flows to our rivers and
creeks and the effects of doing
so on agricultural water sup-
ply,” said Heisler. “It also identi-
fies the future water demand of
Central Oregon’s growing cit-
ies and how that water supply
might be secured.”
The 79-page study can be
found in PDF form (www.usbr.
gov/pn/studies/deschutes/fi-
nalstudy.pdf)
4 injured after crash
on Highway 97 in Bend
A two-vehicle crash on U.S.
Highway 97 in Bend on Friday
night left four people injured,
according to Oregon State Po-
lice.
Troopers arrived at the crash
near milepost 141 at about
11 p.m. and found a Subaru
Legacy, driven by Tomas Fra-
ley, 25, of Bend, had traveled
south when it crashed into a
Jeep Grand Cherokee that was
also traveling southbound,
OSP said.
The Jeep was driven by Ja-
mie Carson-Clarkson, 45, of
Bend, who had two passengers,
Deanna Black, 58, of Califor-
nia, and Brett Cold, 43, of Me-
ridian, Idaho, OSP said.
All four people involved
in the crash were injured and
transported to St. Charles
Bend, OSP said.
OSP is looking to talk with
the occupants of a black pickup
that was in the area at the
time of the crash. The pickup
stopped at the crash scene but
continued south on the high-
way before emergency person-
nel arrived.
Any witnesses are asked to
call Oregon State Police at
800-442-0776 and ask for Sgt.
Caleb Ratliff and reference case
#SP21-099724.
Artists relief fund
hits halfway mark
The Central Oregon Cre-
ative Artist Relief Effort (CO
CAREs) fund has reached
$20,000 of its $40,000 fund-
raising goal in just under two
months.
The fund — created by The
Bulletin and Scalehouse Col-
laborative for the Arts — puts
money directly into the hands
of artists, performers and mu-
sicians in Central Oregon to
help them through the corona-
virus pandemic.
The effort offers grants and
a platform to bring attention
to the talent that needs help to
continue thriving in the Bend
community.
With the assistance of local
sponsors and help from The
Tower Theatre and KPOV
community radio, CO CAREs
is recognizing a different artist
each week with a video on The
Bulletin’s website and a promi-
nent feature story in GO! Mag-
azine.
The House Concert videos
feature the music of several lo-
cal artists. The videos are sim-
ilar to National Public Radio’s
Tiny Desk Concerts or GO!
Magazine’s Anatomy of a Song
series.
People can give tax-deduct-
ible donations to the charity
GoFundMe CO CAREs ac-
count or to the featured artists’
independent accounts. Links
with opportunities to donate or
apply for a grant are available
at the top of the webpage be-
side the launch video describ-
ing the effort.
Other sponsors in the ef-
fort include Brooks Resources,
Robberson Ford, KPOV, the
Tower Theatre, Amy Tykeson
and Dr. John Teller.
— Bulletin staff reports
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As U.S. mask mandates end, Oregon
bucks trend with an indefinite rule
BY SARA CLINE
Associated Press/Report for America
PORTLAND — As states around the coun-
try lift COVID-19 restrictions, Oregon is
poised to go the opposite direction — and
many residents are fuming about it.
A top health official is considering indefi-
nitely extending rules requiring masks and so-
cial distancing in all businesses in the state.
The proposal would keep the rules in place
until they are “no longer necessary to address
the effects of the pandemic in the workplace.”
Michael Wood, administrator of the state’s
division of Occupational Safety and Health,
said the move is necessary to address a techni-
cality in state law that requires a “permanent”
rule to keep current restrictions from expir-
ing.
“We are not out of the woods yet,” he said.
But the idea has prompted a flood of an-
gry responses, with everyone from parents to
teachers to business owners and employees
crying government overreach.
Wood’s agency received a record number of
public comments, mostly critical, and nearly
60,000 residents signed a petition against the
proposal.
‘When will masks be unnecessary?’
Opponents also are upset government offi-
cials won’t say how low Oregon’s COVID-19
case numbers must go, or how many people
would have to be vaccinated, to get the require-
ments lifted in a state that’s already had some
of the nation’s strictest safety measures.
“When will masks be unnecessary? What
scientific studies do these mandates rely on,
particularly now that the vaccine is days away
from being available to everyone?” said state
Sen. Kim Thatcher, a Republican from Keizer,
near the state’s capital. “Businesses have had
to play ‘mask cop’ for the better part of a year
now. They deserve some certainty on when
they will no longer be threatened with fines.”
Jaime Valdez/PMG file
Gov. Kate Brown wears her mask in public at a
press event last year as the coronavirus raged.
Wood said he is reviewing all the feedback
to see if changes are needed before he makes a
final decision by May 4, when the current rules
lapse.
Where mandates are being lifted
Oregon has been among those with the
country’s most stringent COVID-19 restric-
tions and now stands in contrast with much of
the rest of the nation as vaccines become more
widely available.
At least six states — Alabama, Iowa, Mis-
sissippi, Montana, North Dakota and Texas
— have lifted mask mandates, and some never
implemented them. In Texas, businesses re-
opened at 100% capacity last month.
In January, Virginia became the first in the
nation to enact permanent COVID-19 work-
place safety and health rules.
“While the end of this pandemic is finally
in sight, the virus is still spreading — and now
is not the time to let up on preventative mea-
sures,” Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam said
following the announcement.
Besides mask and distancing requirements,
Oregon’s proposal includes workplace rules
regarding air flow, ventilation, employee noti-
fication in case of an outbreak, and sanitation
protocols.
“Art is not what you see but
what you make others see.”
- Edgar Degas
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