The BulleTin • Tuesday, May 25, 2021 A13
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TODAY
WEDNESDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
59°
LOW
37°
Times of clouds and sun
A moonlit sky
72°
49°
62°
38°
Partly sunny, pleasant and
warmer
Cloudy, breezy and cooler
with a shower
ALMANAC
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
66°
67° 91° in 1928
50°
38° 21° in 1920
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
Trace
Record
0.70" in 1987
Month to date (normal)
0.59" (0.66")
Year to date (normal)
1.96" (4.79")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.07"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Full
Today
Wed.
5:30am/8:35pm 5:29am/8:36pm
8:04pm/5:01am 9:26pm/5:39am
6:36am/10:13pm 6:35am/10:09pm
6:25am/9:54pm 6:26am/9:56pm
8:34am/11:59pm 8:33am/11:58pm
1:49am/12:22pm 1:45am/12:18pm
1:04am/10:50am 1:00am/10:46am
4:26am/6:34pm 4:22am/6:31pm
Last
New
First
May 26
Jun 2
Jun 10
Jun 17
Tonight's sky: Super Moon at perigee
(6:49 p.m.). Low west; total lunar eclipse on
Wednesday morning at 4:18 a.m.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
2
5
5
3
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Grasses
High
Trees
Moderate
Weeds
Absent
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
66°
42°
Intervals of clouds and
sunshine
EAST: Mostly cloudy,
breezy and cool
Tuesday; showers.
Fair and chilly Tuesday
night. Mostly sunny
Wednesday.
CENTRAL: A mix
of clouds and sun
Tuesday; a cool breeze
and a light shower
or two. Fair and cool
Tuesday night.
WEST: Cloudy and
cool Tuesday; a light
shower or two. Mostly
cloudy Tuesday night.
Sunny and warmer
Wednesday.
71°
45°
78°
47°
Partly sunny and pleasant
Nice with times of sun and
clouds
Astoria
58/48
Hood
River
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
Yesterday
Today Wednesday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
61/52/0.21 58/48/c 59/51/pc
La Grande
63/44/0.00 60/42/pc 71/48/s
Portland
61/51/0.19 64/49/pc 70/51/pc
Baker City
64/36/0.03 58/36/c 70/41/s
La Pine
63/44/0.00 57/31/pc 71/44/pc
Prineville
66/39/0.00 62/36/c 71/47/s
Brookings
58/48/Tr
58/45/pc 57/46/s
Medford
76/48/0.02 69/44/pc 80/51/pc
Redmond
69/45/Tr
61/33/pc 74/46/pc
Burns
67/39/0.05 59/32/sh 68/40/s
Newport
54/50/0.41 54/45/pc 56/49/pc
Roseburg
73/53/0.04 64/45/pc 75/50/pc
Eugene
68/51/0.05 63/43/pc 72/48/pc
North Bend
63/51/0.04 59/46/pc 60/50/s
Salem
65/52/0.08 64/46/c 72/49/pc
Klamath Falls
70/31/0.00 61/32/pc 73/38/pc
Ontario
72/48/0.11 67/47/sh 73/44/s
Sisters
63/47/0.00 60/36/c 73/47/pc
Lakeview
69/41/0.00 57/30/pc 69/37/pc
Pendleton
72/46/Tr
68/46/pc 75/50/s
The Dalles
73/56/0.02 70/50/s 77/54/pc
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
NATIONAL WEATHER
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
47917
87%
Wickiup
74498
37%
Crescent Lake
24024
28%
Ochoco Reservoir
10168
23%
Prineville
82820
56%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
114
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
1190
Deschutes R. below Bend
124
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1610
Little Deschutes near La Pine
152
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
16
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
22
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
179
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
64
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
14
-10s
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: USDA Forest Service
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
85/67/0.01
Akron
81/65/Tr
Albany
70/44/0.00
Albuquerque
82/44/0.00
Anchorage
63/41/0.00
Atlanta
91/67/0.00
Atlantic City
64/61/0.00
Austin
86/68/0.11
Baltimore
68/64/0.26
Billings
71/46/0.00
Birmingham
92/64/0.00
Bismarck
81/53/0.21
Boise
68/50/Tr
Boston
67/55/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 67/59/0.00
Buffalo
79/53/0.00
Burlington, VT
73/42/0.00
Caribou, ME
65/33/0.00
Charleston, SC 94/66/0.00
Charlotte
93/63/0.00
Chattanooga
93/63/0.00
Cheyenne
69/38/0.00
Chicago
90/56/0.01
Cincinnati
88/64/0.00
Cleveland
79/59/0.04
Colorado Springs 78/43/0.00
Columbia, MO
85/64/0.00
Columbia, SC
96/64/0.00
Columbus, GA
92/63/0.00
Columbus, OH
86/69/Tr
Concord, NH
72/42/0.00
Corpus Christi
85/72/0.00
Dallas
78/68/0.66
Dayton
88/68/0.00
Denver
72/42/0.00
Des Moines
81/67/Tr
Detroit
78/56/Tr
Duluth
59/38/0.01
El Paso
91/63/0.00
Fairbanks
72/37/0.00
Fargo
86/56/0.00
Flagstaff
70/26/0.00
Grand Rapids
85/52/0.00
Green Bay
85/54/0.02
Greensboro
90/65/0.00
Harrisburg
67/64/0.12
Hartford, CT
71/50/0.00
Helena
62/41/0.00
Honolulu
86/72/0.03
Houston
81/73/2.66
Huntsville
90/62/0.00
Indianapolis
87/65/0.00
Jackson, MS
88/63/0.00
Jacksonville
90/59/0.00
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
87/70/t
89/72/pc
87/69/pc
79/54/t
76/62/c
84/58/t
84/57/s
85/57/pc
63/48/s
61/48/s
90/70/pc
90/68/s
69/63/pc
79/69/t
82/70/t
85/70/t
78/68/pc
92/68/t
66/45/pc
57/41/r
91/67/pc 90/66/pc
68/41/pc
56/37/c
63/45/c
69/49/s
75/63/pc 86/68/pc
70/62/pc
80/65/t
83/69/t
77/51/t
81/68/pc
84/56/t
76/63/sh
84/48/t
92/69/pc 92/71/pc
88/67/pc 91/66/pc
90/67/pc 90/66/pc
70/46/pc
71/43/t
85/67/pc
82/53/t
87/68/pc
79/61/t
88/69/pc
78/54/t
75/51/s
78/52/pc
77/67/t
84/67/t
92/66/c
95/66/pc
93/66/pc
92/66/s
89/68/pc
81/58/t
81/60/pc
89/62/t
84/75/t
85/74/t
83/71/t
86/72/t
87/69/pc
79/60/t
77/52/s
79/49/t
78/59/t
81/61/pc
88/69/t
80/51/t
79/45/pc 60/39/pc
94/64/s
95/66/pc
67/44/s
66/49/c
76/38/pc 59/40/pc
73/40/s
70/35/pc
84/63/t
76/43/t
80/62/t
72/43/pc
81/66/t
88/67/t
76/65/pc
90/65/t
75/61/pc
88/63/t
64/46/pc
54/38/r
87/73/s
87/73/pc
81/72/t
85/72/t
90/65/pc
89/66/t
85/67/c
80/60/t
87/67/s
85/68/pc
92/63/pc 93/67/pc
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
55/47/t
89/69/s
62/48/pc
97/73/pc
91/80/t
83/57/s
81/71/s
60/48/t
65/53/r
66/43/pc
63/48/s
86/72/s
93/69/s
53/41/sh
84/78/sh
58/40/pc
56/42/sh
62/45/sh
72/43/s
92/83/t
77/60/s
78/66/s
66/45/c
68/62/pc
76/56/s
59/43/pc
79/54/pc
98/83/pc
57/50/1.90
86/63/0.00
61/54/0.00
100/75/0.00
95/82/0.00
73/49/0.00
79/70/0.00
71/46/0.12
66/52/0.10
64/41/0.18
64/48/0.00
86/69/0.00
91/66/0.00
50/36/0.45
86/79/0.06
57/36/0.04
52/43/0.59
67/48/0.28
68/48/0.00
89/84/0.26
81/59/0.00
77/56/0.00
65/42/0.00
74/62/0.00
68/57/0.05
56/45/0.35
73/45/0.00
97/82/0.00
WORLD BRIEFING
White House, Kremlin plan first summit
for Biden, Putin in Geneva in June
The White House and the Kremlin are work-
ing to arrange a summit next month between
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vlad-
imir Putin in Switzerland, according to officials.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan is
meeting with his Russian counterpart in Geneva,
the proposed host city, this week to finalize de-
tails, according to one U.S. official familiar with
the preliminary planning but not authorized to
discuss the deliberations publicly. Geneva is now
Belarus plane ‘hijacking’ roils Europe
As Western anger continues to grow, Euro-
pean Union leaders on Monday agreed on a set
of sanctions against Belarus, including a ban on
the use of the 27-nation bloc’s airspace and air-
ports amid fury over the forced diversion of a
passenger jet flying between two EU countries in
order to arrest an opposition journalist.
Another significant closure
is at the intersection of Purcell
Boulevard and Butler Mar-
ket Road. This month, the city
closed the intersection to re-
place what was supposed to be
a temporary signal light that
lasted 20 years with a round-
about, Oster said. Construc-
tion is anticipated to be com-
plete in September, he said.
Construction also continues
on Newport Avenue to fix a
failing storm drain system.
Oster said he appreciates
people’s patience as the city
faces multiple construction re-
lated closures.
“We’ll get through this to-
gether,” he said.
In what EU leaders have called a brazen “hi-
jacking” of Irish carrier Ryanair’s plane flying
from Greece to Lithuania on Sunday, they de-
manded the immediate release of Raman Prata-
sevich, a key foe of authoritarian Belarusian
President Alexander Lukashenko.
Ryanair said Belarusian flight controllers said
there was a bomb threat against the plane as it was
crossing through Belarus airspace on Sunday and
ordered it to land. A Belarusian fighter jet escorted
the plane in a brazen show of force by Lukashenko,
who has been in power for over 25 years.
Plans for a graduation ceremony that day,
which is expected to be held in-person and out-
doors at the school’s football stadium, are not ex-
pected to change, Schmidt said.
All three major Bend high schools — Bend,
Mountain View and Summit — have had slightly
more COVID-19 cases in the past 28 days than La
Pine High, according to Bend-La Pine Schools data.
However, 15 cases means a lot more at La Pine,
which is significantly smaller than the major
Bend high schools. At about 400 students, it has
less than a quarter of Bend High’s 1,600-plus stu-
dent population.
“It’s a high number for a small community,”
Schmidt said.
No other building in Bend-La Pine Schools
is under immediate threat of going back to dis-
tance learning right now due to COVID-19, said
Today Wednesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
56/43/c
53/42/pc
78/65/t
85/69/pc
85/65/t
78/43/t
94/72/s
93/69/s
87/66/pc
80/62/t
80/57/t
85/66/pc
84/69/t
86/69/t
84/63/s
79/60/pc
91/71/pc
83/65/t
80/63/t
75/45/pc
88/71/s
85/70/t
86/75/s
86/74/s
82/66/c
76/49/pc
84/56/c
66/48/pc
90/67/pc
85/66/t
87/71/pc 86/71/pc
73/65/pc
86/68/t
75/66/pc
92/69/t
81/70/pc
91/72/t
79/66/t
84/69/pc
79/58/t
83/64/pc
92/66/s
92/67/s
101/73/s
99/69/s
80/66/t
82/59/t
74/66/pc
90/69/t
98/73/s
99/71/pc
87/67/t
82/56/t
72/61/pc
83/63/t
70/60/pc 80/66/pc
83/67/t
92/68/t
70/43/pc
66/42/t
73/44/pc 77/48/pc
83/69/pc
92/67/t
85/70/t
82/51/t
82/51/s
87/49/s
84/69/t
85/68/t
78/53/pc
71/50/s
83/73/t
86/72/t
75/62/pc 70/59/pc
66/51/pc
66/52/s
72/50/pc
74/49/s
81/47/s
81/48/pc
94/67/pc 94/69/pc
63/49/pc 65/51/pc
81/52/s
74/54/pc
63/46/pc
69/51/s
73/65/t
80/66/t
92/73/s
91/73/s
96/65/s
96/64/pc
79/69/t
85/73/t
79/71/pc
90/71/t
81/63/t
84/70/pc
70/42/pc
77/53/s
100/68/s
99/63/s
55/49/c
87/67/s
60/46/pc
104/74/pc
91/79/r
77/53/pc
82/70/s
60/49/t
66/51/r
68/46/pc
64/52/pc
87/71/s
97/70/s
60/40/s
87/79/pc
60/43/pc
59/45/pc
69/50/sh
73/45/s
92/84/pc
73/60/pc
81/67/s
67/45/s
68/62/s
78/56/pc
61/47/pc
82/56/pc
98/84/s
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
104/78/0.00
79/58/0.06
70/46/0.00
68/48/0.00
75/58/0.01
82/70/0.00
97/72/0.00
70/66/0.15
57/45/0.14
72/41/0.00
59/50/0.24
77/73/0.00
78/61/0.01
70/41/0.00
68/53/0.00
68/55/0.13
76/59/0.20
82/62/0.00
90/81/0.00
55/41/0.31
67/53/0.06
90/81/0.02
79/66/0.00
79/66/0.11
70/55/0.00
55/52/0.20
60/41/0.63
67/45/0.04
105/80/s
78/58/t
81/70/sh
70/53/pc
74/55/pc
83/74/s
103/79/s
77/60/pc
56/44/sh
81/66/c
62/49/pc
74/65/pc
71/53/s
70/39/s
72/50/pc
69/48/pc
66/51/sh
86/69/c
90/80/pc
58/46/c
69/59/pc
86/80/pc
80/72/s
78/66/pc
86/70/t
62/51/pc
58/41/t
65/46/t
113/82/s
79/59/t
82/50/c
73/58/c
75/56/pc
84/74/pc
104/78/s
72/60/pc
49/42/r
77/45/t
61/50/r
77/70/pc
71/53/s
72/40/s
73/57/pc
70/49/s
73/58/pc
71/68/sh
90/79/t
48/40/r
71/50/s
96/80/pc
82/73/s
77/63/pc
79/49/t
61/51/c
67/49/pc
65/49/pc
“Having a low-barrier shelter in Bend
is an important step towards our Council
goal to find 500 beds for our neighbors ex-
periencing homelessness,” said Bend City
Councilor Megan Perkins in a written state-
ment.
The city and the non profit NeighborIm-
pact are funding the shelter with state and
federal funds each organization has received
for this service, according to the city.
Both will contribute at least $300,000 from
federal COVID-19 relief funds received last
year.
The Emergency Homelessness Task Force,
which has been formed between the city and
Deschutes County, will explore how to fund
the shelter long term.
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“If we would have been able to foresee
that the risk levels would drop as quickly as
they did, we may have been able to anticipate
having the event. However, the governor’s
change in the risk framework and the drop
in risk level came as a surprise to everyone,”
he added.
Deschutes County dropped to the “lower”
risk level for the spread of COVID-19 on
Friday after reaching a 65% vaccination
rate.
The Pet Parade is an Oregon Heritage
Event dating back to 1932. Before the current
pandemic’s back-to-back cancellations, the
only other year the parade did not take place
was 1943, during World War II.
Dean Guernsey/
The Bulletin
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Julianne Repman, the district’s director of safety
and communication.
During the return to distance learning, the
La Pine Hawks athletic teams cannot compete.
Aaron Flack, athletic director for the school, did
not respond when asked for comment.
This outbreak comes a few weeks after Bend-La
Pine started hosting voluntary COVID-19 vacci-
nation clinics for students inside its high schools.
But La Pine students were much less interested in
getting the shot.
When La Pine High hosted its first vaccine
clinic May 6, only 27 students received a vaccine
dose. Meanwhile, hundreds of students were
vaccinated at each clinic held at the three major
Bend high schools at that time.
However, all these school-based clinics — in-
cluding the one at La Pine High — were also
available to students from nearby, smaller public
and magnet schools and homeschooled teens.
The overall vaccination rate in the La Pine-
area ZIP code is fairly low, at 42.5%, according
to the Oregon Health Authority. In comparison,
the vaccination rate is 62.1% for north and west
Bend, 56.6% for east Bend, 46.9% for Redmond,
71.1% for Sunriver and 65.6% for Sisters. The
statewide vaccination rate is over 50%.
Oliver Tatom — who oversees the nurses and
medical assistants at St. Charles Family Care and
Immediate Care in La Pine — said the number
of COVID-19 cases detected at his clinic have
skyrocketed recently. In April, the clinic saw a
new monthly high of 47 cases, and in May so far,
there’s already been 99, he said.
“Given the prevalence of COVID in the south
county community, it’s not surprising to me
there have been so many exposures and quaran-
tines that the high school has had to transition
to distance learning,” Tatom said.
Tatom believes the high cases in the La Pine
area are due to a number of factors.
One reason is the low vaccination rate, but he
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Parade
Reporter: 541-633-2160,
bvisser@bendbulletin.com
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Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
56/40/0.08
83/67/0.00
83/52/0.02
85/64/0.00
86/62/0.00
83/63/0.05
86/63/0.00
84/55/0.00
90/69/0.00
83/56/0.05
89/67/0.00
84/73/0.00
80/52/Tr
87/66/0.30
91/62/0.00
85/72/0.00
67/61/0.00
67/62/0.00
72/70/0.00
70/62/0.03
85/66/0.04
89/63/0.00
97/65/0.00
87/64/0.00
68/62/0.00
94/64/0.00
77/67/0.02
62/43/0.00
67/54/0.00
93/64/0.31
75/42/0.33
77/39/0.00
80/71/0.01
70/49/0.00
87/54/0.00
88/67/0.00
69/45/Tr
84/71/0.96
76/57/0.00
65/51/0.00
75/51/0.00
79/43/0.00
94/65/0.00
60/49/0.13
81/60/0.10
70/45/0.08
80/64/0.05
89/71/0.00
92/53/0.00
79/67/Tr
69/65/0.36
71/62/Tr
74/50/Tr
96/64/0.00
Shelter
A construc-
tion crew
works on a
new sewer
line for the
Newport
Corridor Im-
provement
Project on
NW New-
port Avenue
in Bend on
Monday.
Continued from A1
La Pine
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
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Mostly sunny and very
warm
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 99°
at Death Valley, CA
National low: 18°
at Bryce Canyon, UT
Precipitation: 2.63"
at Houston, TX
FIRE INDEX
Moderate
Moderate
Low
Moderate
Low
83°
52°
NATIONAL
Umatilla
76/51
Rufus
Hermiston
66/50
75/51
70/52
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
72/48
64/43 64/49
59/41
Wasco
56/41 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
55/39
67/49
68/46
Sandy
70/50
McMinnville
58/46
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
60/48
Maupin
Government
63/42
60/42
54/41
Camp
66/46 Condon 64/44
Union
Lincoln City
61/41
50/42
59/42
Salem
55/46
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
64/46
Madras
64/41
Albany
50/35
Newport
Baker City
63/39
63/39
Mitchell
54/45
61/43
58/36
Camp Sherman
58/37
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
58/37
61/33
61/42
Day
Prineville
54/44
57/37
Ontario
Sisters
62/36
Paulina
57/38
67/47
Florence
Eugene 60/36
Bend Brothers 57/33
Vale
56/45
63/43
59/37
55/32
Sunriver
66/45
Nyssa
57/34
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
67/46
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
57/31
56/32
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
66/38
59/42
62/44
Fort
Rock
58/44
59/32
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
59/31
58/32
High: 76°
55/30
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Hermiston
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
57/45
64/45
60/32
59/36
Low: 31°
Marsh
Lake
58/35
Port Orford
56/30
60/31
at Klamath Falls
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
58/47
Pass
58/39
Chiloquin
56/32
72/46
Rome
Medford
58/34
Gold Beach
69/44
60/40
56/45
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
62/37
65/43
61/32
65/34
58/45
57/30
Seaside
58/47
Cannon Beach
56/48
MONDAY
TRAVEL WEATHER
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
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WATER REPORT
Bend
Redmond/Madras
Sisters
Prineville
La Pine/Gilchrist
SUNDAY
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
THURSDAY
Reporter: 541-617-7818, mkohn@bendbulletin.com
also noted that because of the region’s rural na-
ture, COVID-19 hadn’t had a major outbreak
in the region yet. So when Oregon and federal
authorities recently began loosening COVID-19
restrictions, it made it easier for the virus to
spread in south Deschutes County, he said.
“People are doing more indoor gatherings
without masks, and we have not gotten any-
where close to herd immunity with our vaccina-
tion rate,” Tatom said.
Schmidt said she was unsure whether the
COVID-19 cases at La Pine High School were
due to the high case counts in the community, or
spread within the school.
“I do know the numbers are up in La Pine in
general, and that has trickled into the school,”
she said. “But we have other schools too, so it’s
interesting that it’s just the high school.”
The four other south county schools all have
logged fewer than five cases in the past 28 days.
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Reporter: 541-617-7854, jhogan@bendbulletin.com