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DESCHUTES COUNTY
COVID-19 data for Tuesday, May 4:
Deschutes County cases: 8,288 (58 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 73 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 1,016 (11 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 20 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,143 (3 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 33 (1 new death)
Oregon cases: 187,611 (748 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,508 (6 new deaths)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Tuesday: 34 (8 in ICU)
129 new cases
EMAIL
90
new
cases
120
7-day
average
(April 23)
100
(Nov. 27)
90
74 new cases
80
(April 10)
50
new
cases
70
60
50
(Nov. 14)
(July 16)
40
*State data
unavailable
for Jan. 31
31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
16 new cases
30
(Sept. 19)
20
(May 20)
10
(March 11)
March 2020
110
103 new cases
(Feb. 17)
9 new cases
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47 new cases
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
1st case
130
(April 29)
108 new cases
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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.
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ADMINISTRATION
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Single finalist for county administrator position
For the past few
months, the county
has been searching for
a new county admin-
istrator in light of cur-
rent County Adminis-
trator Tom Anderson’s
announcement to re-
Lelack
tire this year. Ander-
son also served as the county’s
community development di-
rector before becoming admin-
istrator.
Lelack was chosen out of
more than 70 applicants, ac-
cording to Deschutes County
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BY BRENNA VISSER
The Bulletin
Nick Lelack, Deschutes
County’s community devel-
opment director, is the only
candidate being considered to
become the next county ad-
ministrator.
The county will host a virtual
community forum at 6 p.m. on
May 17, in which Lelack will
give a presentation and answer
questions from the commu-
nity. The community will then
be able to submit feedback to
the Deschutes County Com-
mission.
DeBone. After con-
ducting a nationwide
search and interview-
ing more than a dozen
candidates over video
calls, Lelack stood
out and “stacked up”
against other talented
candidates across the
country, DeBone said.
“Nick really does have a good
balance and view of controver-
sial issues, topics of the day,”
DeBone said Tuesday.
Lelack has served as commu-
nity development director since
2012, according to a county
press release. He also serves on
the state Land Conservation
and Development Commis-
sion.
Lelack has master’s degrees in
public administration and com-
munity and regional planning
from the University of Oregon
and has a bachelor’s of science
from Willamette University.
Before his time as commu-
nity development director, Le-
lack served as a planning direc-
tor for the county and the city
of Redmond.
Lelack grew up in the Willa-
mette Valley before settling in
Bend in 2005 with his family,
according to the county.
After the open house, the
commissioners will deliberate
and vote on whether to hire Le-
lack, DeBone said.
The plan is to keep the cur-
rent administrator, Anderson,
on through budget season,
which ends July 1, and then
have a transition period for the
new administrator.
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the open house, visit www.
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A room at the Bethlehem Inn homeless shelter in Bend.
Bill speeds siting of
emergency shelters,
temporary housing
BY PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
Cities and counties are em-
powered to waive some re-
quirements to allow the siting
of emergency shelters and
temporary housing under a
bill that is headed to Gov. Kate
Brown.
The Senate passed House
Bill 2006 without amend-
ments on a 26-1 vote Monday.
The bill allows local gov-
ernments to waive design,
planning and zoning require-
ments for shelters or housing
operated directly by them, by
organizations with at least two
years experience, or by non-
profits that partner with either
one.
Shelters still have to com-
ply with some building codes
and health and safety require-
ments. They must have access
to transportation and cannot
be placed in hazardous zones,
such as federally designated
floodplains.
This bill revives legislation
that passed in the first 2020
special session of the Oregon
Legislature. But its waivers
ended 90 days later on Sept.
28. This bill’s waivers end on
July 1, 2022.
Sen. Deb Patterson, D-Sa-
lem, said the shortage of hous-
ing has worsened during the
coronavirus pandemic and
the 2020 Labor Day wildfires.
She said cities often resist state
requirements.
“But this bill is different,”
said Patterson, the bill’s Senate
sponsor and floor manager .
“Multiple cities have come
out in support of the bill be-
cause they recognize the need
in their communities — in
every community — for us to
take steps toward alleviating
the suffering of our neighbors
who have lost their housing. It
should not take an emergency
for us to recognize this need.
But we are in an emergency
now. We must act.”
The bill was sponsored by
House Speaker Tina Kotek,
D-Portland, and others.
The bill also enables the
Department of Housing and
Community Services to pro-
vide grants and technical as-
sistance to communities. It
empowers the Department
of Administrative Services
to offer grants for navigation
centers, if they start up by July
2022, that link people with
housing and support services.
The state already is supporting
the Bybee Lakes Hope Cen-
ter in Portland, plus centers
in Bend, Eugene, McMinn-
ville, Medford, Roseburg and
Salem.
A related bill cleared the
Senate on a 27-0 vote and is
headed to Gov. Kate Brown.
House Bill 2583 is sponsored
by Rep. Julie Fahey, D-Eugene,
and bars local governments
from enforcing residential oc-
cupancy requirements if they
are based on family or nonfa-
mily relationships.
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An 18-year-old Bend woman
was given three days jail and a
scolding by the judge at her sen-
tencing for her role in a plot to
beat a Bend teenager and leave
him in a remote area .
Kyah Lorraine Budke, 18, ap-
peared Monday in Deschutes
County Circuit Court and was
ordered to serve three days jail
for her role in the Dec. 10 attack
on a 18-year-old man and his
girlfriend .
Budke had earlier pleaded
guilty to one count of conspir-
acy to commit third-degree as-
sault in a plea deal that recom-
mended three years probation
and other conditions. But Judge
Wells Ashby said that deal did
not go far enough, calling the
group’s conduct “outrageous.”
“It’s only by luck and good
fortune that this person was not
killed,” Ashby said. “The defen-
dant can spend 72 hours in cus-
tody to reflect as to whether she
wants to spend the rest of her
life institutionalized.”
Ashby gave her until Monday
to report to jail.
The attack was coordinated
primarily by a group of five
high school students using
the social media app Snap-
chat. Budke and one other al-
leged plotter, Jackson Garrett
Fromdahl, were adults at the
time of the attack . The other
defendants were charged in the
juvenile justice system.
The group believed the male
victim had engaged in an in-
appropriate relationship with a
13-year-old girl . They formu-
lated a plan to take him to a re-
mote area, beat him, remove his
clothes and leave him tied up,
according to Deschutes County
prosecutor Aaron Brenneman.
Budke’s role was to act as
driver.
One of the plotters wrote
online, “(The victim) is going
to die,” according to a search
warrant request filed in circuit
court.
On the evening of Dec. 10,
the five students took the two
victims to Mayfield Pond off
Alfalfa Road, where one of the
plotters, who had a hard cast
on his arm, was to use the cast
to assault the male victim. But
when the appointed moment
came, the boy produced a steak
knife he’d taken from home and
stabbed the victim .
The five plotters panicked,
shoved the victim’s girlfriend
out of the vehicle and fled.
The male victim suffered a
punctured lung. He and his girl-
friend flagged down a motorist
who rendered aid and called
911. The victims provided de-
scriptions of the attackers and
their vehicle, and Bend Police
officers soon pulled them over
and made arrests.
The male victim’s injury was
considered life-threatening, and
he was hospitalized for several
days, Brenneman said.
The victim and his mother
spoke at Budke’s sentencing
hearing. He said during the
drive, he and his girlfriend
caught wind of what was hap-
pening and pleaded with Budke
to take him home.
“Throughout that entire time
she could have pulled to the
side and told the others to call it
off, but she didn’t,” he said. “It’s
been an extremely difficult and
stressful situation for me.”
The victim’s mother said her
son’s medical bills top $20,000,
including $180 per counseling
session.
“What I find most extraordi-
nary about Ms. Budke’s behav-
ior is that she did not know (my
son) or his girlfriend but partic-
ipated in the plan,” the woman
said. “I believe that social media
played a big part and had a poi-
sonous effect.”
Budke’s lawyer, Valerie
Wright, agreed with the mother
on that point.
“The kids had read some
things online. … It should not
have been a motivator for the
kids to take things into their
own hands,” Wright said.
Budke apologized when
given a chance to speak.
“I am sincerely sorry for
the events that transpired and
getting involved in that group
mentality. I can’t even begin
to understand how it would
feel for him and what he went
through, but I wish him and his
family well.”
Fromdahl has a plea hearing
Thursday.
The other three plotters were
tried earlier this year in the ju-
venile justice system.
The boy who stabbed the vic-
tim was sentenced April 29 for
first-degree assault and ordered
to be incarcerated in a youth
correctional facility for a term
not to exceed his 25th birthday.
The boy is 16.
The other two plotters admit-
ted to one count each of con-
spiracy to commit third-degree
assault and were given proba-
tion.
Reporter: 541-383-0325,
gandrews@bendbulletin.com
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