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COVID-19 data for Monday, May 3:
Deschutes County cases: 8,231 (49 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 73 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 1,005 (3 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 20 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,140 (1 new case)
Jefferson County deaths: 32 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 186,877 (540 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,502 (1 new death)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles
Bend on Monday: 35 (8 in ICU)
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60
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50
(Nov. 14)
(July 16)
40
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unavailable
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Ex-lawmaker cited in sex trafficking sting
Dave Hunt, 2009-11 Oregon House speaker,
supported legislation to curb the same crime
BY JIM REDDEN
Oregon Capital Bureau
Former Oregon House
Speaker and current Clack-
amas Community College
board member Dave Hunt was
cited by Portland police in an
undercover sex traffic sting op-
eration in April.
Contacted by the Portland
Tribune on Monday, Hunt
said, “I don’t think I should
talk about that.”
Clackamas Community Col-
lege announced several hours
later that Hunt was taking a
leave from the board.
As a legislator, Hunt was one
of numerous sponsors of a bill
criminalizing sex trafficking in
2007. In 2011, he also voted for
House Bill 2714, which created
the crime of commercial sex-
ual solicitation, the crime for
which he was arrested
and cited.
The Portland Police
Bureau issued a press
release May 1, saying
its Human Trafficking
Unit had cited eight
Hunt
men in an operation
conducted in April.
Officers posted online decoy
ads on known human traffick-
ing websites, and the subjects
who “contacted undercover
police officers to arrange pay-
ment for sexual acts” were
criminally cited on the charge
of commercial sexual
solicitation.
The release did not
name those cited, but
said the list was avail-
able on request. The
Portland Tribune re-
quested the list and
received it Monday
morning. It included “53-year-
old David Hunt of Milwaukie.”
Reporters at the Portland
Tribune then requested and
received a portion of the po-
lice report. The suspect has
the same full name, date of
birth and home address as
the former speaker and cur-
rent community college board
member. It said he was arrested
and cited on April 28 by two
Portland police officers at a
Ramada Inn in southeast Port-
land.
A Democrat, Hunt served as
state representative for District
40, representing Clackamas
County from 2003 to 2013. He
was elected Oregon House ma-
jority leader for the 2007- 09
session and served as speaker
during the 2009-11 session.
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Author Beverly Cleary
honored in U.S. Senate
BY AMY WANG
The Oregonian
Beverly Cleary’s “lifelong commitment … to
brightening the lives of children” and “outstand-
ing contributions” to children’s literature are
now a matter of federal record.
The Oregon-born author, who died in March
at age 104, has been honored with a U.S. Sen-
ate resolution submitted by the senators rep-
resenting her home state, Ron Wyden and Jeff
Merkley.
Bend Village
Continued from A1
A statement from the com-
pany’s general email account
said: “At this time we will be
deferring all interview re-
quests until we are break-
ing ground and have gone
through the city’s due dili-
gence process.”
The city approved the appli-
cation in the fall, and building
permits and other permits are
under review.
Some neighbors are con-
cerned about the project. A
handful of residents, as well
as the Southern Crossing and
Century West neighborhood
associations, wrote to the city
last spring to express concerns
about increased traffic, access
to Colorado Avenue, safety
of crossing the Haul Road
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Lottery results can now be found on
the second page of Sports.
proposed private street as a
“street” rather than a parking
lot, noise and height, accord-
ing to city documents.
Scott Neil, the executive
director of the senior living
center Touchmark, said in an
interview Monday he was per-
sonally concerned about the
additional traffic the complex
would create.
The Bend Village would
be across the street from
Touchmark along Reed Mar-
ket Road, which already sees
heavy traffic, Neil said.
“We are supportive of devel-
opment, but we want it to be
good and thoughtful develop-
ment,” Neil said.
Doug Meyer, a board mem-
ber of the Century West
Neighborhood Association,
first came to know about the
project after seeing a small
sign posted on the property
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Senate Resolution 178 summarizes Cleary’s
life: her birth in McMinnville, her education at
Portland’s Grant High School, her hugely pop-
ular books set on northeast Portland’s Klickitat
Street, her numerous literary awards and her sta-
tus as “one of the most significant and successful
authors of the 20th century.”
The resolution was to be sent to Cleary’s fam-
ily, according to a press release from Merkley’s
office. “We are so lucky,” Merkley said, “that her
legacy endures in the stories she left behind.”
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while driving by on Colo-
rado Avenue.
At first he didn’t think
much of it, Meyer said.
Then he saw the planning
documents in a neighbor-
hood meeting held by the
developer.
“I thought: ‘Wait a min-
ute, this thing’s huge,’”
Meyer said.
Meyer is concerned
about traffic congestion
worsening on roads that
are already often bottle-
necked because of traffic to
Mt. Bachelor ski area, and
worries the project will dra-
matically change the skyline
This statue of Ramona is part of the Beverly Cleary Tribute
Fountain in Portland. Ross William Hamilton/The Oregonian
on the ridge above the De-
schutes River.
“All you’re going to see
paddling up the river are
these massive buildings,”
he said.
But most of all, he takes
issue with the fact that the
city didn’t do more to let
more people know about
the project. A notice only
went out to property own-
ers within 250 feet of the
project, according to city
documents.
“It will affect the whole
city,” he said.
Reporter: 541-633-2160,
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Roseburg High School
‘Indians’ mascot will remain
A Native American-themed
mascot will be kept at a high
school in southwest Oregon.
Roseburg High School school
board members had to unani-
mously approve a motion to elim-
inate the “Roseburg Indians” and
the vote fell one short last week,
KLCC reported. Director Charles
Lee was the dissenting vote.
Roseburg High and the Cow
Creek Band of Umpqua Indians
have had an agreement to use the
mascot since 2017, as allowed un-
der Oregon state law.
— The Associated Press