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WEDNESDAY • May 19, 2021 • Serving Central Oregon since 1903 • $1.50 SPORTS PULLOUT, A5-8 » Expectations remain high for Justin Herbert in 2021 Target met: Deschutes risk level to drop BY SUZANNE ROIG The Bulletin Deschutes County is one of five counties to have vaccinated 65% of its residents, allowing for the county to move into the lower risk level Fri- day. On Tuesday, Gov. Kate Brown said the five counties moving to lower risk were: Benton, Deschutes, Hood River, Lincoln and Washing- ton. At the lower risk level, as many as 10 people can socialize and gather indoors, restaurants can seat up to 50% capacity and serve as many as 300 people outdoors. Gyms and fit- ness centers also can operate at 50% capacity. “It’s exciting that we qualified right away,” said Tony DeBone, De- schutes County Commission chair- man. “It’s been a great community effort. In Deschutes County, we know how to manage incidents. We can go from zero to 100 mph quickly.” The county had been hovering at a 63% vaccination rate on Monday, but once the county was able to ob- tain vaccination rates from federally qualified health centers and Veter- ans Affairs, the county rate rose to 65%, DeBone said. 65% The benchmark vaccination rate for Oregon counties to lower their risk level, which Deschutes reached this week. Inside: Oregon Health Authority releases updated mask guidelines for businesses and churches, A2 See Risk level / A14 ELECTION COVERAGE VOTER TURNOUT Deschutes: 31.4% Initial results for special district elections in Central Oregon • Sisters school bond, A4 Crook: 15.8% BEND-LA PINE SCHOOLS If initial results hold, Democrats’ winning streak in Bend elections will continue. All four Democrat-endorsed Bend-La Pine School Board candidates — incumbent Carrie McPherson Douglass and newcomers Marcus LeGrand, Janet Sarai Llerandi and Shirley Olson — held commanding leads over their Republi- can-endorsed opponents in early, unofficial elec- tion results Tuesday night . School board races are nominally non parti- san, but this year’s Bend-La Pine School Board races were more politically charged than ever before. See Bend-La Pine / A4 BY MICHAEL KOHN The Bulletin LeGrand served on the school board for the past four years. She was motivated to seek reelection to continue to guide the district through the pan- demic and help welcome the new superinten- dent, Jay Mathisen. Stacona, 32, ran after raising concerns last year about her seventh grade daughter not getting the same educational opportunities at Warm Springs K-8 Academy as students at Jefferson County Middle School in Madras. Zavier Borja appeared to be leading by a wide margin in the race for an open seat on the Bend Park & Recreation Dis- trict board of directors. Borja, a coordinator with The Children’s Forest of Cen- tral Oregon, was leading Robin Vora, a re- tired resource manager, in Tuesday’s special dis- trict election. Borja, leading with 61% of the Borja vote in early, unofficial results, was endorsed by the Deschutes County Dem- ocratic Party. On Tuesday he said he Hovekamp was happy with the re- sults, and humbled. “I am ready to go,” said Borja. “To have a seat at the table quite Schoen literally, I am super excited for it.” Borja said he is looking for- ward to meeting with other board members to solve prob- lems related to COVID-19, such as lost revenue, cut pro- grams and rehiring staff. “I will familiarize myself with what is going on and just jump right in,” said Borja. “Our biggest step right now is going to be moving past and through COVID and figuring out what that looks like for the parks district at large.” In a second contested race, board member Nathan Hov- ekamp was leading by a wide margin, with around 75% of the vote, against his opponent Lauren Nowierski-Stadnick, according to early results Tues- day night. See Jefferson / A4 See Parks / A4 Llerandi Dean Guernsey/ The Bulletin Hurd, Struck winning Jefferson school races BY KYLE SPURR The Bulletin Hurd An incumbent and a newcomer appear to be leading their races for the Jefferson County School Board, according to early unofficial re- turns in Tuesday’s special district election. Position 2 incumbent Jamie Hurd was lead- ing Lorien Stacona, a case manager for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, with 61.5% of the vote in early results Tuesday. Hurd, 37, a former wildlife biologist, has Struck See Redmond / A4 TODAY’S WEATHER Olson Election supervisor Steve Dennison sorts ballots at the Deschutes Services Building in Bend on Tuesday evening. Tuesday’s special district elections were held to determine winners for local school board, park boards and more. BY JACKSON HOGAN The Bulletin Most of the four races for Redmond School Board were extremely close in early, unoffi- cial results Tuesday night, with only one leader, Jill Cummings, having a margin greater than 750 votes over the next candi- date. Cummings, with about 47% of the vote early Tuesday from the Deschutes and Jefferson county clerks’ offices, was lead- ing her three-candidate race for the Position 3 seat over Lavon Medlock and Ron Osmundson, who received about 29% and 24% of the vote, respectively. “I know the night’s not over, but I’m feeling confident where the numbers are at this point,” Cummings said. The lone incumbent candi- date, Shawn Hartfield, held a lead of slightly more than 300 votes over challenger Stephanie Hunter in early results. Hart- field received about 54% of the early vote compared to nearly 46% for Hunter. Hartfield said she felt opti- mistic about the early results and was ready to get back to work. “I’m ready to forge ahead and start a big recovery plan for these kids, teachers and parents to get normalcy back,” she said. McPherson Douglass COUNTING BALLOTS Redmond School Board races close in initial results Cooler, some sun High 51, Low 32 Page A12 INDEX Business Classifieds Comics A11-12 A14 A9-10 Dear Abby Editorial Horoscope A7 A8 A7 Jefferson: 25.9% Hovekamp, Schoen and Borja set for big Bend park board wins Democrat-backed candidates hold wide leads in school races BY JACKSON HOGAN The Bulletin As of 10 p.m. Tuesday Local/State A2-4,13 Lottery A6 Nation/World A14 Obituaries Puzzles Sports A4 A10 A5-7 The Bulletin An Independent Newspaper We use recycled newsprint Vol. 117, No. 329, 14 pages, 1 section DAILY 5 counties moving to lower restriction category U|xaIICGHy02329lz[
