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DESCHUTES COUNTY
COVID-19 data for Wednesday, April 21:
Deschutes County cases: 7,312 (99 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 72 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 895 (4 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 19 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 177,134 (989 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,466 (6 new deaths)
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INFORMATION
(Jan. 1)
90
new
cases
120
7-day
average
110
94 new cases
(Nov. 27)
(April 17)
100
90
80
50
new
cases
70
60
47 new cases
50
(Nov. 14)
28 new cases
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
(July 16)
40
*State data
unavailable
for Jan. 31
31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
16 new cases
30
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
ONLINE
130
(Dec. 4)
108 new cases
(Feb. 17)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Wednesday: 19 (5 in ICU)
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GRAPHIC
129 new cases
What is COVID-19? A disease caused by a coronavirus.
Symptoms (including fever and shortness of breath) can
be severe, even fatal, though some cases are mild.
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
6 feet from others and wear a face covering or mask.
5. Cover a sneeze with a tissue or cough into your elbow.
6. Clean frequently touched objects and surfaces.
Jefferson County cases: 2,077 (3 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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Wienermobile to visit
Bend’s Blockbuster
The famous Oscar Mayer
Wienermobile is planning
to visit the last Blockbuster
on Earth in Bend from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The 27-foot-long hot dog
travels the country promot-
ing and offering Oscar Mayer
hot dogs. The Wienermobile
will be parked Saturday out-
side Blockbuster at 211 NE
Revere Ave. in Bend.
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tral Oregon and stop at the
Village at Sunriver from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
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mobiles travel around the
country at all times.
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McMinnville Fire Department via Capital Press
Firefighters battle the flames Tuesday at the Organic Valley Creamery
in McMinnville.
Creamery burns
in McMinnville
BY SIERRA DAWN MCCLAIN
Capital Press
McMINNVILLE — Fire-
fighters brought a three-alarm
fire under control Tuesday at
the Organic Valley Creamery
in McMinnville.
The blaze severely damaged
the structure, officials said, but
there were no injuries to em-
ployees or first responders.
The cause of the fire was un-
known.
The fire started around
2 p.m. Tuesday in the cream-
ery’s warehouse.
Officials told the Capital
Press firefighters from Salem,
Willamina, Lafayette, Carlton,
Yamhill, Amity and Tualatin
were called to help.
At 2:30 p.m., the McMin-
nville Fire Department asked
residents within a quarter-mile
radius of the creamery to
evacuate and take shelter. At
7:35 p.m., the department
lifted the order.
Firefighters were still work-
ing on the property Wednes-
day morning. Ann Hanifan,
operations chief for the Mc-
Minnville Fire Department,
told the Capital Press Wednes-
day she had just returned from
the site, where damage was “se-
rious” and the fire is contained
but “still smoldering.”
“(The site) is fairly dam-
aged,” Hanifan said. “We were
able to stop (the fire) from tak-
ing out a portion of the build-
ing, but they’ll have to do some
sort of major restructuring of
the place.”
Mark Pfeiffer, Organic Val-
ley’s vice president of internal
operations, said the scale of
damage is “quite devastating.”
When the fire first started,
officials said they were con-
cerned about the release of
anhydrous ammonia, which
is used as a refrigerant at the
creamery. Anhydrous ammo-
nia can cause irritation to eyes
and lead to trouble breathing.
Hanifan said the fire depart-
ment knew in advance about
the potentially hazardous situ-
ation. She said the anhydrous
ammonia no longer poses
much of a community concern
because there is no leak, but
it remains a concern for those
on site.
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A 49-year-old man was
arrested early Wednesday
morning for allegedly as-
saulting and pointing a gun
at a man at a property the
two men share between
Bend and Sisters, according
to the Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s office deputies,
Bend Police officers and
Oregon State Police troop-
ers responded to the 67000
block of Harrington Loop
Road at about 1:21 a.m. and
attempted to contact the sus-
pect, Thomas Lingo. Bend
Police assisted with a drone
and an armored vehicle.
Lingo did not respond to
law enforcement officers.
A sheriff’s office SWAT
team arrived and helped
the victim and other fam-
ily members safely leave
the property. Eventually,
law enforcement on scene
arrested Lingo and seized
the gun he had during
the alleged assault. Lingo
was booked in Deschutes
County jail on suspicion of
assault, menacing and un-
lawful use of a weapon.
Telephone pedestals
burn near Enterprise
Three telephone service
pedestals in the rural Enter-
prise area were burned in
just seven days by landown-
The Bulletin file
The Wienermobile is popular when it rolls into town. Madison
Leapaldt, then 9 years old, passes out Oscar Mayer toy whistles in 2015
at Trinity Lutheran School in Bend.
ers burning ditches along road-
sides, temporarily disrupting
service, said a spokesman with
Ziply Fiber, the company that
owns the pedestals.
“This is an uncommon vol-
ume for such a short window
of time,” said Ryan Luckin, vice
president of marketing and
communications in an email
April 15.
Luckin said telephone cus-
tomers were quickly returned
to service on a temporary ba-
sis. He did not know if cellu-
lar towers were affected by the
damage and thus, was unsure if
cell service was disrupted.
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He said it depends on the
extent of the damage, but he
estimated the cost to replace
the pedestal would be between
$1,800 and $2,000. He said of-
ten the responsible landowner
is billed for the damage, but
that’s evaluated on a case-by-
case basis.
The pedestal is one that pro-
vides telephone service to cus-
tomers in rather remote areas,
he said. In the future, Luckin
said, landowners conducting
burning should be “cautious
and aware of surroundings and
nearby utilities.”
— Bulletin staff and wire reports