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LOCAL, STATE & REGION
DESCHUTES COUNTY
COVID-19 data for Monday, May 24:
Deschutes County cases: 9,443 (11 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 78 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 1,182 (3 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 22 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,270 (4 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 37 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 198,972 (284 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,624 (2 new deaths)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Monday: 43 (7 in ICU)
129 new cases
(April 23)
100
(Nov. 27)
90
74 new cases
80
(April 10)
50
new
cases
70
60
50
(Nov. 14)
(Oct. 31)
16 new cases
(July 16)
40
*State data
unavailable
for Jan. 31
31 new cases
30
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
EMAIL
110
103 new cases
(Feb. 17)
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
bulletin@bendbulletin.com
120
7-day
average
47 new cases
28 new cases
ONLINE
90
new
cases
130
(April 29)
108 new cases
(Jan. 1)
BULLETIN
GRAPHIC
125 new cases
(Dec. 4)
Vaccines are available.
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SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES
New COVID-19 cases per day
20
(May 20)
1st case
10
(March 11)
March 2020
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
January 2021
February
March
April
May
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Free shuttle between La Pine
and Sunriver returns Saturday
A free shuttle between La Pine and Sunriver
will return Saturday and run through Labor Day.
The shuttle will operate every day of the week
with five stops in the two communities, includ-
ing the La Pine Senior Center, Sunriver Resort
and the Sunriver Homeowners Aquatic and Rec-
reation Center, or SHARC, according to a press
release from Cascades East Transit, which oper-
ates the service.
The shuttle is designed to connect La Pine
residents with jobs, shopping and recreation in
Sunriver, the release stated.
To see the specific schedule for the shuttle,
visit cascadeseasttransit.com.
No arrests yet in parking lot altercation
that left 2 stabbed in Bend
Detectives are still sorting out a parking lot
melee that left two people stabbed in Bend on
Saturday night.
No arrests have been made in the incident
that took place just before 10 p.m. at the Stone-
briar Apartments in the 21000 block of U.S.
Highway 20.
“We’re still not at a place where we have a clear
understanding of what happened,” said Bend Lt.
Brian Beekman. “This is very much a work in
progress.”
Witnesses described numerous people
fighting. A 17-year-old boy and a 23-year-
old man were taken to St. Charles Bend with
non-life-threatening injuries.
The admission of violent crime victims with
no suspect in custody triggered a lock-out of the
hospital lasting 90 minutes. Hospital spokes-
woman Lisa Goodman said the lock-out was a
standard precaution and the hospital had no in-
formation suggesting anyone was attempting to
access the two victims.
Over the weekend, four detectives worked the
case, collecting physical evidence and interview-
ing witnesses. Police intended to interview addi-
tional witnesses Monday, Beekman said.
Though a witness to the altercation described
a “gang” of people fighting, Beekman said police
have no evidence a street gang was involved in
the incident.
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TERREBONNE
Man accused of attempted
murder faces more charges
He’s pleaded not guilty to all
charged offenses. Retired judge
A Terrebonne man accused
Alta Brady scheduled a five-
of attempted murder faces fur- day trial for late August.
ther charges for allegedly at-
Just before 3:30 p.m. March
tempting to contact his ex-wife 20, Casey Cameron Spidle
while in jail.
called 911 from a
Marion Amador
camp in the Juniper
Douglas, 42, appeared
Ridge area to report
Monday in Deschutes
being stabbed in the
County Circuit Court
neck. Douglas himself
by video from the De-
called 911 shortly after
schutes County jail.
to report stabbing a
Douglas is now ac-
man who had attacked
Douglas
cused in three cases,
him.
one of which is a fel-
When sheriff’s dep-
ony case from March involv-
uties arrived at the scene, they
ing the alleged attack on Bend
found Spidle with multiple stab
man Casey Cameron Spidle.
wounds to his neck. He was
In a contempt of court matter,
taken to St. Charles Bend with
he is accused of violating a re-
life-threatening injuries.
straining order by attempting
According to the Deschutes
to contact his ex-wife. He’s also County Sheriff’s Office, Spidle,
accused of violating his pro-
38, had accompanied a woman
bation for an earlier offense
with a restraining order pro-
through the alleged contact
tecting her from Douglas. They
with his ex-wife.
had been in communication
Douglas is a military veteran about bringing Douglas’ be-
who suffers from post-trau-
longings to the camp that day.
matic stress disorder, his law-
Deputies did not believe
yer, Nick Patterson, told The
Douglas’ explanation that Spi-
Bulletin.
dle had attacked him, and ar-
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OREGON HOUSE VOTE
69-year-old fisherman missing
in woods for 2 weeks found alive
Associated Press
ROSEBURG — A fisher-
man missing for more than
two weeks in the wilderness of
southwestern Oregon has been
found alive.
The Douglas County Sher-
iff’s office said search and
rescue crews found Harry
Burleigh, 69, in the Umpqua
National Forest on Sunday
afternoon. Burleigh’s wife re-
ported him missing May 7 af-
ter he didn’t return from a fish-
ing trip to Twin Lakes the day
before.
Authorities had been comb-
ing the forest for Burleigh and
had found his vehicle May 8 at
a trailhead. On May 16, they
found they found a makeshift
shelter and a tackle box be-
longing to Burleigh.
A week later, at about 3 p.m.
on Sunday, authorities said a
search and rescue crew found
another shelter southwest of
the first shelter crews found the
weekend before. The search
crews called out for Burleigh
and he responded. Burleigh
was walking and complaining
of minor pain, but he was in
stable condition.
A helicopter transported him
to a hospital for an evaluation.
“This was the outcome we
all have been looking for in this
case ,” Douglas County Sheriff’s
Sgt. Brad O’Dell said.
Find it all online bendbulletin.com
rested Douglas for allegedly
attacking Spidle “unpro-
voked.”
Douglas is charged with sec-
ond-degree attempted murder,
first-degree assault, second-de-
gree assault, menacing and un-
lawful use of a weapon.
Attempted murder and
first-degree assault are Mea-
sure 11 offenses, subject to
mandatory minimum sentenc-
ing in Oregon.
Spidle is currently an inmate
of the Deschutes County jail.
He was arrested April 20 for a
probation violation for an ear-
lier felony coercion case.
Because both men are in-
mates of the jail, a no-contact
order separating them is no
longer in effect.
Reporter: 541-383-0325,
gandrews@bendbulletin.com
Bill OKs postmarks
on Election Day
other Republican who voted
for it Monday was Rep. Ron
Oregon, the first state to
Noble of McMinnville. The
conduct all elections by mail, other 21 Republicans voted
would join the ranks of states against it.
accepting ballots postmarked
The vote in the House
by Election Day under a bill
Rules Committee was along
that has cleared the Oregon
party lines.
House.
“It creates another level of
House Bill 3291 was ap-
complexity in a system that is
proved on a 39-21 vote Mon- problematic,” House Republi-
day and goes to the Senate.
can Leader Christine Drazan
The bill would align Ore-
of Canby said. “A deadline is
gon with 17 states — includ-
a deadline is a deadline.”
ing Washington,
Drazan said
California and
the U.S. Postal
“It
creates
another
Nevada — that
Service has
level of complexity shifted most of its
allow ballots to
count if they are
processing
in a system that mail
postmarked by
to Portland in the
Election Day.
is problematic. two decades since
Four other states
the 2001 vote.
A deadline is
count ballots if
She also ques-
they are post-
tioned a provision
a
deadline
is
a
marked the day
that allows a bal-
deadline.”
before the elec-
lot to be counted
tion. Oregon is
even if the post-
— House Republican
among the states
mark is unclear.
Leader Christine
that have required
Rayfield said
ballots to be in the Drazan, who opposed that when a voter
the bill
hands of county
signs the return
elections offices
envelope con-
by the close of Election Day.
taining a ballot — a signature
Under the bill, ballots
is required for elections offi-
would have to arrive in
cials to match it with a signa-
county elections offices no
ture on file — it will include a
later than seven days after the statement that the ballot was
election if they are to count.
mailed on or before Election
States that allow Election Day Day. If a voter does otherwise,
postmarks range widely from it is considered perjury, a
three to 20 days.
Class C felony punishable by
Rep. Dan Rayfield, a Dem-
a maximum fine of $125,000
ocrat from Corvallis and the
and five years in prison.
bill’s floor manager, said about
Secretary of State Shemia
150 voters in Marion County
Fagan, the state’s chief elections
cast ballots in last year’s gen-
officer, endorsed an Election
eral election, but they did not
Day deadline in testimony to
count because they were re-
the House Rules Committee
ceived after Election Day.
on Feb. 11. She said it was time
He said the concept of
to end public confusion about
Election Day postmarks has
when ballots should be mailed
been on the table for two de-
in time for county elections of-
cades, going back to when
ficials to receive them.
The bill also would change
Republicans were the major-
an optional election date
ity party in the House.
from the third Tuesday in
Rep. Greg Smith, a Repub-
lican from Heppner who then September to the fourth
was in his first term, voted for Tuesday in August.
it in 2001 and now. The only
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BY PETER WONG
Oregon Capital Bureau
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