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Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 6 a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday 7 a.m.-noon Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION LOCAL, STATE & REGION DESCHUTES COUNTY New COVID-19 cases per day 129 new cases COVID-19 data for Thursday, June 3: Deschutes County cases: 9,707 (19 new cases) Deschutes County deaths: 79 (zero new deaths) Crook County cases: 1,212 (3 new cases) Crook County deaths: 22 (zero new deaths) Jefferson County cases: 2,326 (zero new cases) Jefferson County deaths: 38 (zero new deaths) Oregon cases: 202,247 (267 new cases) Oregon deaths: 2,683 (7 new deaths) COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles Bend on Thursday: 38 (7 in ICU) 110 103 new cases 7-day average (April 23) 100 90 74 new cases 80 (April 10) 48 new cases 50 new cases (May 25) 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) 9 new cases EMAIL 120 (May 8) (Feb. 17) 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. bulletin@bendbulletin.com (Jan. 1) (Nov. 27) 130 115 new cases 47 new cases 28 new cases ONLINE (April 29) 108 new cases 90 new cases BULLETIN GRAPHIC 125 new cases (Dec. 4) Vaccines are available. Find a list of vaccination sites and other information about the COVID-19 vaccines online: centraloregoncovidvaccine.com If you have questions, call 541-382-4321. 541-382-1811 www.bendbulletin.com SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES 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 June AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. 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They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. LOCAL & STATE BRIEFING Man arrested for alleged BB gun attack A Bend man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for al- legedly firing a BB gun at several people after being confronted for allegedly tres- passing. Alexander Daniel Harris, 37, was taken to the Deschutes County jail on suspicion of second-degree assault, unlaw- ful use of a weapon and second-de- gree criminal trespass. He was scheduled to be arraigned Harris Thursday afternoon in Deschutes County Circuit Court. Officers say the alleged inci- dent took place around noon near the corner of NE 2nd Street and NE Emerson Ave- nue, where Harris and the vic- tims live, after a 25-year-old man accused Harris of going into tents that did not belong to him. Harris allegedly fired his replica Glock BB gun about 10 times in response, striking two people several times, ac- cording to a statement from Bend Police Department. Bend officers responded to the 7-Eleven at 223 NE Frank- lin Ave., where a person had already taken Harris’ BB gun from him, and took Harris into custody, according to police. The people allegedly shot by Harris declined medical treat- ment. High Desert Museum’s raptor program returns The High Desert Museum will begin its avian flight pro- gram, Raptors of the Desert Sky, Saturday with daily shows at 11:30 a.m. The program takes place in the museum’s natural am- phitheater — in a pine forest, where hawks, owls, falcons and turkey vultures fly directly above the crowd. A museum expert narrates the flights and shares the hunt- ing strategies and behaviors of the birds. At each show, the number of attendees will be limited to accommodate for physical dis- tancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors will be asked to sit only with their group on spaced benches in the amphitheater. The museum website, www. highdesertmuseum.org, will be updated to reflect any time changes for the show depend- ing on weather that may stress the birds. Tickets are separate from museum entry and are $3 for museum members and $5 for nonmembers. Children 2 and younger are free. Tickets must be purchased at admissions by 11 a.m. Tickets are not avail- able online. Deschutes County to host hazardous waste events Deschutes County’s depart- ment of solid waste is hosting free events this summer in Sis- ters, La Pine and Redmond to collect hazardous waste. The events will be held at the following times and locations: • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 19 at the Sisters Recycling Center • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 31 at La Pine High School • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center in Redmond Residents can drop off household hazardous waste products, such as lawn and gardening materials, pool chemicals, paint, cleaning solu- tions, motor oil, used batteries, fluorescent bulbs and small propane tanks. Business waste, medical waste, explosives, fireworks, ammunition, barrels and com- pressed gas cylinders will not be accepted at the events. For more information, resi- dents can visit www.deschutes. org/sw or call the department of solid waste at 541-317-3163. Roseburg man sentenced to 275 years for sex crimes Douglas County District At- torney Rick Wesenberg made a request Tuesday to Judge Ann Marie Simmons at the sen- tencing hearing for Tristan Ray Stanton, convicted of 29 counts of sex crimes against four girls. “We are asking you respect- fully: honor these girls.” Simmons sentenced Stanton, 34, of Roseburg, to 275 years in the Oregon Department of Corrections. The crimes were committed between Aug. 5, 2014, and Jan. 16, 2020, accord- ing to a 13-page grand jury in- dictment issued Feb. 20, 2020. The sentence includes 10 sentences of 25 years — to be served consecutively — on seven counts of first-degree sodomy and three counts of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration. All told, Stanton was sen- tenced to 3,306 months — 275 years, 6 months — in prison, a sentence the prosecutor later called “unheard of.” The allegations first came to light in January 2020. —Bulletin staff and wire reports We hear you. We’re dedicated to helping you! Contact your local DISH Authorized Retailer today! Juniper Satellite 410 3474 410 3474 (541) 410-3474 410 3474 410 3474 635 SW Highland Ave., Redmond, OR junipersatellite.com Drought may mean changes to fish-stocking, hatcheries Associated Press SALEM — A drought is forcing Oregon to consider major changes this summer to everything from how it stocks trout in lakes and res- ervoirs across the state to when it will release some spe- cies of fish from hatcheries. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife also is con- sidering relocating some fish species to save them and do- ing away with bag limits for recreational anglers because of the extended drought, Or- egon Public Broadcasting re- ported Thursday. Officials say stream flows are at 25% of normal and migratory fish like salmon and steelhead will be most affected, particularly in areas along the coast and in smaller tributaries. The state typically stocks lakes and reservoirs around the state with trout for rec- reational anglers, but some of those have unusually low water levels or are already dry, said Shaun Clements, the agency’s deputy administra- tor for inland fisheries. “So, we obviously can’t put Bulletin file Visitors walk along the holding tanks during a tour the Fall River Fish Hatchery in 2013. fish into them. So, we’ll be changing where we stock and when we stock,” he said. Fishermen may be re- quired to fish earlier in the day and use barbless hooks so already-stressed fish can be released quickly, OPB re- ported. The state could also remove bag level limits in some areas and release spe- cies like salmon from hatch- eries earlier in the summer to ensure they have adequate water to migrate to the Pacific Ocean. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 72% of Or- egon is in severe or extreme drought status. “We are going to be seeing more of these drought events through time because of cli- mate change. There’s a lot of projections around for these mega droughts, which are 10- to 20-year droughts,” Clem- ents said. “So, this is going to become the new normal.” Regulation changes will be posted on ODFW’s website by fishing zone. Man gets 35 years for sex crimes Timmons has many prior convictions BY GARRETT ANDREWS The Bulletin A man with numerous prior felony sex-crime con- victions was given 35 years in prison Thursday in Deschutes County Circuit Court. The state could have sought a life sentence for Daniel Douglas Timmons, 38. He appeared remotely by video to answer for charges from two cases in 2019 that he sex- ually abused a woman and exposed himself in public. He was arrested by Bend Po- lice in 2019, but his only address is a post office box in Ter- rebonne. Timmons In one case, he pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree attempted rape and one each of first-de- gree sexual assault and pub- lic indecency. In the other he pleaded guilty to one count of public indecency. One of his victims ad- dressed the court in a letter. “In my opinion, Mr. Tim- mons’ actions are unforgiv- able. It’s my belief that if he is ever released he will continue to collect victims. I do not believe for a minute that he will change his behavior,”’ she wrote. Judge Randy Miller agreed to the terms of Timmons’ plea deal with the state, which stip- ulates Timmons cannot be re- leased early from prison. An- other stipulation allows the state to seek a life sentence on retrial if Timmons’ sentence is ever successfully appealed. Reporter: 541-383-0325, gandrews@bendbulletin.com
