The BulleTin • Wednesday, april 28, 2021 A3
TODAY
Today is Wednesday, April 28,
the 118th day of 2021. There are
247 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1967, heavyweight boxing
champion Muhammad Ali was
stripped of his title after he
refused to be inducted into the
armed forces.
In 1945, Italian dictator Benito
Mussolini and his mistress, Clara
Petacci, were executed by Italian
partisans as they attempted to
flee the country.
In 1952, war with Japan officially
ended as a treaty signed in San
Francisco the year before took
effect.
In 1986, the Soviet Union in-
formed the world of the nuclear
disaster at Chernobyl.
In 1988, a flight attendant was
killed and more than 60 persons
injured when part of the roof
of an Aloha Airlines Boeing 737
tore off during a flight from Hilo
to Honolulu.
In 1994, former CIA official
Aldrich Ames, who had passed
U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union
and then Russia, pleaded guilty
to espionage and tax evasion,
and was sentenced to life in pris-
on without parole.
In 2001, a Russian rocket lifted
off from Central Asia bearing
the first space tourist, California
businessman Dennis Tito, and
two cosmonauts on a journey to
the international space station.
In 2015, urging Americans to
“do some soul-searching,” Pres-
ident Barack Obama expressed
deep frustration over recurring
black deaths at the hands of po-
lice, rioters who responded with
senseless violence and a society
that would only “feign concern”
without addressing the root
causes.
In 2019, “Avengers: Endgame”
shattered the record for biggest
opening weekend with an
estimated $350 million in ticket
sales domestically and $1.2 bil-
lion globally.
Ten years ago: Convicted sex
offender Phillip Garrido and his
wife, Nancy, pleaded guilty to
kidnapping and raping a Califor-
nia girl, Jaycee Dugard, who was
abducted in 1991 at the age of
11 and rescued 18 years later.
Five years ago: Vice President
Joe Biden pressed Iraq during an
unannounced visit not to let its
crippling political crisis upend
hard-fought gains against the
Islamic State group.
One year ago: President
Donald Trump signed an exec-
utive order under the Defense
Production Act to keep meat
packing plants open; it classified
meat processing as critical in-
frastructure. The Navy said the
number of sailors aboard the
USS Kidd who had tested posi-
tive for the coronavirus had risen
to 64, or about one-fifth of the
destroyer’s crew. .
Today’s Birthdays: Former Sec-
retary of State James A. Baker III
is 91. Actor-singer Ann-Margret
is 80. Actor Paul Guilfoyle is 72.
Former “Tonight Show” host Jay
Leno is 71. Rock musician Chuck
Leavell is 69. Actor Mary McDon-
nell is 69. Rock singer-musician
Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) is 68.
Supreme Court Justice Elena Ka-
gan is 61. Rapper Too Short is 55.
Actor Chris Young is 50. Rapper
Big Gipp is 49. Actor Jorge Garcia
is 48. Actor Elisabeth Rohm is
48. Actor Penelope Cruz is 47.
Actor Nate Richert is 43. TV per-
sonalities Drew and Jonathan
Scott are 43. Actor Jessica Alba is
40. Actor Jenna Ushkowitz is 35.
Actor Aleisha Allen is 30.
— The Associated Press
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
Portland waives $11M fine against feds for fence
BY ANDREW THEEN
The Oregonian
Maxine Bernstein/Oregonian file
The fence surrounds the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland.
Portland transportation offi-
cials last month quietly waived
a nearly $11 million fine the
city levied against the federal
government for erecting an il-
legal fence that jutted out into
SW Third Avenue outside a
downtown courthouse last year.
The city formally waived the
fine March 25, ending a saga
that began over the summer
when an unpermitted fence
outside the Mark O. Hatfield
U.S. Courthouse became a key
landmark in nightly protests
that often drew large crowds
and dramatic confrontations.
Portland had imposed its
maximum fine for violating
the use of the public right of
way, charging the federal gov-
ernment $500 every 15 min-
utes that the unpermitted fence
remained blocking the street.
“We intend to collect,”
then-Portland City Commis-
sioner Chloe Eudaly, who over-
saw the transportation bureau
at the time, tweeted in July.
Federal officials first re-
sponded to Portland’s fine in
August, saying Portland had
no authority to fine the federal
government.
Later that month, the feds
moved the fence out of the bike
lane on Main, but the Third
Avenue fence at the front of the
courthouse remained. At that
time, the fine was roughly $4
million.
By Jan. 8, less than two
weeks before the Biden admin-
istration came to power, Port-
land formally agreed to waive
all fines if the government
moved the remaining fence
off Third Avenue. By March
11, the fence was fully off the
street.
The fence was 15 miles out
of town headed to Washington,
D.C., when crews ordered it
to turn around after windows
were smashed at the building
and people graffitied “NAZI’S
WORK HERE.”
Three days later, the fence
was back, this time on the side-
walk, which is federal govern-
ment property. It still stands.
gon Intergovernmental Coun-
cil, will moderate the forum,
which will feature the city
managers from Bend, Red-
mond, La Pine, Madras, Sisters
and Prineville.
The city managers will dis-
cuss the issues in Central Or-
egon impacted by COVID-19
such as housing, public health
and homelessness.
and 5 p.m., according to a joint
press release from the U.S. For-
est Service and the park district.
The goal is to reduce brush
from 66 acres that is suscep-
tible to wildfire. The burn
will be located near Fremont
Meadow in the southwest por-
tion of the park.
Smoke and residual burn-
ing will be visible in the area
for up to a week after the burn.
Subdivisions and neighbor-
hoods on the west side of Bend
can expect some nighttime
and early-morning smoke im-
pacts. Smoke may also impact
Tumalo.
Park district staff will be sta-
tioned at trailheads, advising
hikers about trail closures. The
park will be reopened once it is
deemed safe, possibly Thursday.
Members of the public can
sign up for text alerts about
prescribed fires and wildfires
by texting COFIRE to 888-777.
LOCAL BRIEFING
County seeks input for
homeless shelter.
The money is from a state
transportation system plan
Deschutes County is look-
ing for feedback from residents
about current and future trans-
portation needs as a part of an
effort to update its transporta-
tion plan.
Input will guide how the
county updates its 20-year
Transportation System Plan,
often referred to as the TSP.
The TSP sets goals and pol-
icies for the county’s rural
transportation system and lists
projects.
A virtual open house
will be available at www.
DeschutesCountyTSP.com
through May 14.
Residents can register for an
online webinar scheduled for
Tuesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at-
DeschutesCountyTSP.com.
Bethlehem Inn awarded
grant for Redmond shelter
The Bethlehem Inn will re-
ceive nearly $2.7 million from
the Oregon Community Foun-
dation to buy and convert a 37-
room motel in Redmond into a
program called Project Turn-
key, which gives grant money
to cities or nonprofits that wish
to buy a motel and turn it into
shelter beds. The city of Bend
is also in the running for grant
money from this program.
The property will at first
provide 25 rooms for people
experiencing homelessness, ac-
cording to an announcement
from Bethlehem Inn, a home-
less shelter based in Bend.
They will be the first full-time
shelter beds in Redmond, ac-
cording to Gwenn Wysling,
executive director of Bethle-
hem Inn.
“The pandemic has further
complicated and prolonged
economic challenges in a re-
gion, where even people who
have jobs often struggle to find
and keep affordable housing.
We are very grateful to the City
of Redmond and the commu-
nity for trusting Bethlehem
Inn to serve this vulnerable
population,” Wysling said in a
statement.
The shelter will eventually
be able to accommodate 90
people and will provide meals,
clothing and other essentials,
according to the announce-
ment.
The shelter will replace what
is currently the Greenway Mo-
tel at 517 Birch Ave. Bethlehem
Inn hopes to open the shelter
by June 2021.
City managers plan forum
to discuss COVID-19 effects
A virtual forum for local city
managers to discuss the chal-
lenges of the past year due to
the COVID-19 pandemic will
be held from noon to 1:30 p.m.
May 20.
The forum will be available
online at the City Club of Cen-
tral Oregon’s website, www.
cityclubco.org/live.
The public is encouraged
to send questions prior to the
event to info@cityclub.org.
Tammy Baney, executive
director of the Central Ore-
Prescribed burn planned
for Shevlin Park Wednesday
A prescribed burn is
planned for Shevlin Park on
Wednesday, and fire officials
are warning the public of clo-
sures in the park and expected
smoke in the area.
The burn will be conducted
by fuel specialists with the De-
schutes National Forest in co-
ordination with the Bend Park
& Recreation District, which
manages Shevlin Park. Fires
will be started between 10 a.m.
— Bulletin staff reports