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EASTERN OREGON | UMATILLA RIVER
TODAY
Today is Thursday, April 22, the
112th day of 2021. There are 253
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On April 22, 2005, Zacarias
Moussaoui pleaded guilty in
a federal courtroom outside
Washington, D.C. to conspiring
with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill
Americans. (Moussaoui is serv-
ing a life prison sentence.)
In 1864, Congress authorized
the use of the phrase “In God We
Trust” on U.S. coins.
In 1889, the Oklahoma Land
Rush began at noon as thou-
sands of homesteaders staked
claims.
In 1898, with the United States
and Spain on the verge of war,
the U.S. Navy began blockading
Cuban ports. Congress autho-
rized creation of the 1st U.S.
Volunteer Cavalry, also known as
the “Rough Riders.”
In 1915, the first full-scale use
of deadly chemicals in warfare
took place as German forces
unleashed chlorine gas against
Allied troops at the start of the
Second Battle of Ypres in Bel-
gium during World War I; thou-
sands of soldiers are believed to
have died.
In 1937, thousands of college
students in New York City
staged a “peace strike” opposing
American entry into another
possible world conflict.
In 1952, an atomic test in Ne-
vada became the first nuclear
explosion shown on live net-
work television as a 31-kiloton
bomb was dropped from a B-50
Superfortress.
In 1970, millions of Americans
concerned about the environ-
ment observed the first “Earth
Day.”
In 1994, Richard M. Nixon, the
37th president of the United
States, died at a New York hos-
pital four days after suffering a
stroke; he was 81.
In 2000, in a dramatic pre-dawn
raid, armed immigration agents
seized Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban
boy at the center of a custody
dispute, from his relatives’ home
in Miami; Elian was reunited
with his father at Andrews Air
Force Base near Washington.
In 2004, Army Ranger Pat
Tillman, who’d traded in a mul-
timillion-dollar NFL contract to
serve in Afghanistan, was killed
by friendly fire; he was 27.
Ten years ago: Syrian security
forces fired at protesters, killing
at least 75 people around the
country.
Five years ago: Leaders from
175 countries signed the Paris
Agreement on climate change
at the United Nations as the
landmark deal took a key step
toward entering into force years
ahead of schedule.
One year ago: Federal officials
said two pet cats in New York
state had tested positive for the
coronavirus, marking the first
confirmed cases in companion
animals in the U.S.; the cats had
mild respiratory illnesses.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Estelle
Harris is 93. Actor Jack Nicholson
is 84. Singer Mel Carter is 82.
Author Janet Evanovich is 78.
Country singer Cleve Francis is
76. Movie director John Waters is
75. Singer Peter Frampton is 71.
Actor Ryan Stiles is 62. Baseball
manager Terry Francona is 62.
Actor-talk show host Sherri Shep-
herd is 54. Rock musician Shavo
Odadjian (System of a Down) is
47. Rock singer-musician Daniel
Johns (Silverchair) is 42. Actor
Amber Heard is 35. Rapper/singer
Machine Gun Kelly is 31.
— Associated Press
94 VOLUNTEERS, 1,660 POUNDS OF TRASH,
ONE CLEANER RIVER
BY KATHY ANEY
East Oregonian
olunteers plucked almost 1,700
pounds of trash from the banks
of the Umatilla River during the
city’s Spring River Cleanup on Saturday.
The haul eclipsed the amount of debris
gathered in 2019, the last year the event
was held, when volunteers gathered 1,500
pounds. Participants found the usual bot-
tles, cans and fast food remnants, but also
picked up an eclectic list of items: a set of
Press-On nails with jewels, a bag of four
cooking wine bottles, the top of an um-
brella, one sock, blue Easter egg shells, a
wagon axle with wheels, twisted pieces of
metal, a brake drum, a computer mon-
itor, one pair of pants, an 8-by-10 rug,
twisted rebar, a 2018 newspaper, a pep-
per-spray container, a 4-foot-long angled
iron bar, a shredded blanket in a tree
and a plethora of other debris, including
many face masks.
East Oregonian owner and organizer
Kathryn Brown gave guidelines to the
exuberant participants, which included
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Volunteers Briana Spencer and Vanessa Algarin-Benitez remove trash from the banks of
the Umatilla River during the SURE 2021 Spring River Cleanup on Saturday.
64 adults and 30 youths. They set out
wearing gloves, face masks and carrying
trash bags. Parks and recreation em-
ployees hauled and weighed the trash
that was collected.
Volunteers found three homeless en-
campments. Per instruction, volunteers
left the encampments alone.
Brown seemed ebullient about the
strong turnout of volunteers despite last
year’s cancellation due to the pandemic.
“I was grateful to see so many long-
time river cleanup volunteers attend,
but also many people who were there
for the first time,” she said.
The cadre of volunteers included
contingents from Lost & Found Youth
Outreach and Pendleton High School’s
ASTRA Club.
After the cleanup, some volunteers
jotted down wildlife they had seen on a
paper at the registration table. Wildlife
included a brown snake, butterflies, os-
prey, robins, crows, a lesser goldfinch, a
white-crowned sparrow, a violet-green
swallow, a great blue heron, mallards,
buffleheads, a northern flicker, squir-
rels, a garden snake, a frog and spiders.
In 2022, organizers hope to revive
the usual volunteer appreciation bar-
becue, scrubbed this time because of
COVID-19 restrictions.
Schools: Deschutes virus infections are up, though 90% of cases are people age 20 and older
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Even so, that crowded hall-
way photo came at an awkward
time for the school district.
COVID-19 case counts have
skyrocketed in recent weeks
in Oregon, and Deschutes
County is no exception. Be-
tween April 3 and April 17,
weekly case counts in De-
schutes County shot up from
150 to 394, according to county
data.
However, county data
shows that only 10% of lo-
cal cases come from people
aged 10-19. Meanwhile, 55%
Trooper
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After driving for about a
mile, Luna turned left toward
the Motel 6, cutting in front of
a 2015 Dodge Charger driven
by Halladay, who was on duty,
the lawsuit states.
Luna was suspected of driv-
ing under the influence and
refused a breath test. In addi-
tion to DUII, he was charged
with assault, reckless driving
Northwest
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Annual mean temperatures
in Washington generally in-
creased by up to 0.5 of a de-
gree Fahrenheit, though some
places warmed slightly more
and some did not change.
Oregon, Idaho and North-
ern California had a similar
pattern, though patches of
Southern Idaho warmed by
more than 1 degree.
The warming was not uni-
form throughout the seasons.
Normal high temperatures in
April and October in much
of county positive cases come
from residents in their 20s,
30s and 40s.
Furthermore, county con-
tact tracers have found that the
majority of new cases recently
have come from people gather-
ing without masks, said Mor-
gan Emerson, spokesperson
for Deschutes County Health
Services. That’s something not
allowed inside schools.
“It’s things like carpooling
without masks, even barbecues
where people aren’t distanc-
ing,” Emerson said.
There have been a few
COVID-19 cases detected in
Bend-La Pine’s high schools.
Exempting a mid-Feb-
ruary outbreak of 43 Sum-
mit students — who caught
COVID-19 due to an
off-campus, maskless party —
18 high schoolers in Bend-La
Pine Schools have tested
positive for COVID-19 as of
April 14, according to state
data. Five school staffers at
Bend-La Pine high schools
have also tested positive this
year.
Dean said he doesn’t want
to assume that the crowded
hallways are or aren’t a major
COVID-19 risk, although he
still finds them concerning.
“None of us are scientists,”
he said. “(But) we think we
can do it better, and that’s what
we’re trying to do.”
Although middle schools
also have passing periods,
Dean isn’t as concerned about
COVID-19 spreading there.
Not only are younger stu-
dents more likely to follow
COVID-19 rules than high
schoolers, but middle schools
have multiple lunches, so fewer
students are moving about at
and making a dangerous left
turn.
Halladay suffered tissue
damage to his left eye, damage
to his shoulder requiring sur-
gery, a herniated disc and mul-
tiple injuries to his arms and
legs, the lawsuit states. Medical
expenses for his care since the
crash total more than $38,000,
the lawsuit states. He’s seeking
an additional $750,000 in non-
economic damages.
In January 2020, Luna
pleaded guilty to driving un-
der the influence, second-de-
gree assault and refusing to
take a breath test for alcohol.
He was sentenced to 60 days
in jail, three years probation
and a five-year suspension of
his driver’s license. Judge Beth
Bagley further ordered Luna to
write an apology letter to Hal-
laday.
Halladay was hired by Or-
egon State Police in 2013, ac-
cording to state police records.
He was placed on leave of ab-
sence in December 2019.
Halladay is now working full
duty, OSP spokesman Capt.
Tim Fox said Wednesday.
Halladay’s attorney, Brigid
Turner, declined to comment
for the record.
A Timbers representative
declined to comment. Efforts
to reach Luna were unsuccess-
ful.
of Washington, Oregon and
Idaho will now be slightly
cooler than previously.
“Not every month in every
location in the U.S. is always
warming despite the fact that
we generally are warming in
our climate,” Palecki said.
Warming shows up more
clearly by comparing 1991-
2020 temperatures to early
20th century normals, he said.
The annual mean temperature
has increased in every state
since 1901-30.
“There’s a huge difference in
temperatures over time as we
go from cooler climates in the
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early part of the 20th century,”
Palecki said. “We’re really see-
ing the fingerprints of climate
change in the new normals.”
Roughly speaking, the east-
ern half of the U.S. is getting
wetter, while the western half is
getting drier, though there are
exceptions.
Western Washington and
the Idaho Panhandle became
wetter in the past decade, as
did Montana and the Dakotas.
Much of Eastern Oregon
joined California and the
Southwest to form a large re-
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gion that became drier.
The World Meteorological
Organization on Monday re-
leased its annual global climate
report.
Global mean temperatures in
2020 were approximately 2.16
degrees Fahrenheit above base-
line temperatures from 1850 to
1900, according to the report.
Northern Eurasia was espe-
cially hot, but some areas were
cooler than average, including
Western Canada, parts of Bra-
zil, northern India and south-
eastern Australia.
once, Dean said.
Middle schools also have
much smaller populations —
Bend’s largest middle school,
High Desert, has about 760
students. Mountain View High
has over 1,200 students, and
Summit and Bend high schools
each have more than 1,500 stu-
dents.
“You don’t have 1,500 stu-
dents moving all at once,” Dean
said. “In fact, in some schools,
you might have 150 or 200 stu-
dents moving.”
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Raymond Earl Kegley,
Jr.
of Christmas Valley, OR
June 16, 1959 - February
22, 2021
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Terry Roxanne Rucks
June 06, 1952 - April 07, 2021
Terry Roxanne Rucks (Chambers) passed
away April 7th, 2021 in Naples Florida from
complicati ons of Dementi a. She was born
June 6th, 1952 in Yakima, Washington to
parents Bett y and Glen Chambers. She is
survived by her husband Arron Rucks of
Placida, Florida; her mother Bett y Chambers
of Olympia, Washington; a brother, Rex
Chambers of Mazatlán; and a sister, Heidi
Chambers of Shelton, Washington. Terry
was raised in Othello, Washington and
graduated at the University of Washington
with a Business Degree. She went on to work
at Boeing for 24 years and travelled all over
the world selling commercial airplanes. Terry
met her husband in 1998. They were married
on September 18th, 2009 at their home near
Redmond. They moved to Placida, Florida in
April 2018 to enjoy the sunshine and fi shing.
A Celebrati on of Life will be held May 1st
at 3pm at Sam Johnson Park Pavilion in
Redmond, OR. In memory of Terry, contributi ons can be made to the Humane Society
of the Ochocos, 1280 SW Tom McCall Rd., Prineville, OR 97754.