A4 The BulleTin • Wednesday, June 9, 2021
TODAY
Today is Wednesday, June 9, the
160th day of 2021. There are 205
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On June 9, 1969, the Senate con-
firmed Warren Burger to be the
new chief justice of the United
States, succeeding Earl Warren.
In 1870, author Charles Dickens
died in Gad’s Hill Place, England.
In 1940, during World War II,
Norway decided to surrender to
the Nazis, effective at midnight.
In 1943, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed the Current
Tax Payment Act of 1943, which
reintroduced federal income tax
withholding from paychecks.
In 1954, during the Senate
Army-McCarthy hearings, Army
special counsel Joseph N. Welch
berated Sen. Joseph R. McCa-
rthy, R-Wis., asking: “Have you
no sense of decency, sir? At long
last, have you left no sense of
decency?”
In 1973, Secretariat won the Bel-
mont Stakes, becoming horse
racing’s first Triple Crown winner
in 25 years.
In 1978, leaders of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
struck down a 148-year-old pol-
icy of excluding black men from
the Mormon priesthood.
In 1980, comedian Richard Pryor
suffered almost fatal burns at his
San Fernando Valley, California,
home while freebasing cocaine.
In 1983, Britain’s Conservatives,
led by Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher, won a decisive elec-
tion victory.
In 2004, the body of Ronald
Reagan arrived in Washington
to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol
Rotunda before the 40th presi-
dent’s funeral.
In 2008, retail gas prices rose
above $4 per gallon.
Ten years ago: The entire top
echelon of Newt Gingrich’s pres-
idential campaign resigned in a
mass exodus that left his bid for
the Republican nomination in
tatters; the former House speak-
er vowed defiantly to remain a
candidate.
Five years ago: President
Barack Obama endorsed Hillary
Clinton to succeed him.
One year ago: Hundreds of
mourners packed a Houston
church for the funeral of George
Floyd, a Black man whose death
during a Minneapolis arrest
inspired a worldwide reckoning
over racial injustice. The Senate
unanimously confirmed Gen.
Charles Brown Jr. as chief of staff
of the U.S. Air Force, making him
the first Black officer to lead one
of the nation’s military services.
The Paramount Network said it
was dropping the long-running
reality series “Cops” after 33 sea-
sons on the air.
Today’s Birthdays: Comedian
Jackie Mason is 93. Former
baseball manager and player Bill
Virdon is 90. Sports commenta-
tor Dick Vitale is 82. Author Letty
Cottin Pogrebin is 82. Retired
MLB All-Star Dave Parker is 70.
Film composer James Newton
Howard is 70. Mystery author
Patricia Cornwell is 65. Actor
Michael J. Fox is 60. Writer-pro-
ducer Aaron Sorkin is 60. Actor
Johnny Depp is 58. Actor Gloria
Reuben is 57. Rock musician
Dean Felber (Hootie & the Blow-
fish) is 54. Actor Keesha Sharp is
48. Actor Natalie Portman is 40.
Actor Mae Whitman is 33. Actor
Lucien Laviscount is 29.
— Associated Press
Want to help?
The Deschutes County chapter of
Sleep in Heavenly Peace will build
about 50 beds for families from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Saturday at 1260 NE First St.,
Bend.
To volunteer, go to shpbeds.org/
chapter/deschutes-co to sign up.
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Tony Wahlberg, from left, Robyn Mickelsen and Bob Mickelsen load pieces of bunk beds into a trailer before heading out Friday to
deliver beds to local families.
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For three years her kids slept in her
bed, on a mattress on the floor or on
the couch. For a long time, they didn’t
have their own beds, she said.
“This is the first time the kids have
bunk beds in their own rooms,” said
Anderson, 30. “Ever since the beds got
Public defense
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“It’s a tough thing to try to
explain,” Kimble said. “To say
to someone, I know you have
staff and bills to pay and you
have a family to support. And
even though you’re Constitu-
tionally mandated and even
though you have a contract
with the state, you might not
get paid until July.”
Kimble said as a small con-
sortium, any financial hit is a
big hit.
“At least we know we’re go-
ing to get paid eventually,”
she said. “It’s not the end of
the world. It’s just frustrating.
Someone should have been
able to see that this was coming
and we should have been able
to avert it.”
The Office of Public Defense
Services is housed in the Ore-
gon Judicial Department and
overseen by a seven-member
commission. For the 2019-21
biennium, which closes June
30, it was allocated $344 mil-
lion by the Legislature.
Borg made the shortfall an-
nouncement alongside his suc-
cessor, retired Judge Ed Jones,
and the two fielded questions
for about 45 minutes. Some
speakers expressed anger
the budget hadn’t been more
carefully considered ahead of
time. Several thanked Borg for
bringing up the matter as soon
as he learned about it.
A call to Borg was not re-
turned Tuesday.
In Deschutes County, three
entities have state contracts to
OBITUARY
Robert L. West
May 15, 1968 - May 13, 2021
Robert L. ‘Bob’ West of Tualati n,
OR (previously of Redmond,
OR) born May 15, 1968, died
May 13, 2021. Graduate
of Lutheran HS, att ended
Clackamas Community College
- Fire Science Program. Worked
as a volunteer fi refi ghter,
EMT, general contractor and
professional painter. He loved
the outdoors, hiking, fi shing,
boati ng and hunti ng .
He is survived by his parents Jerry and Sally West,
Tualati n, OR; daughters Katherine ‘Kate’ and Yvonna
‘Evie’ West of Redmond, OR; sister Amy Suelzle (Darren),
nieces Megan and Madison Suelzle and great niece
Hayven Suelzle-Watt s of Olympia, WA.
Memorial/Celebrati on of Life service will be Saturday,
June 12, 1:00 pm at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church,
13401 SW Benish St., Tigard, OR 97223.
set up, they’ve all been in their room.
It’s been life changing for us.”
Helping families by giving children
a bed is a critical element for them to
develop independence, especially if a
family is coming from experiencing
homelessness, said Frankie DiDome-
nico, NeighborImpact housing stabili-
zation coordinator.
“This new group is going to be
provide public defense: the law
firms Deschutes Defenders and
Kollie Law Group and the con-
sortium Bend Attorney Group.
Joel Wirtz, co-director of
Deschutes Defenders, said
even if the shortfall only leads
to delays, that’s still a form of
injustice for clients.
“This risks our ability to
quickly ensure our client’s
constitutional rights are up-
held,” Wirtz said. “We sincerely
hope this budget crisis will be
quickly resolved through leg-
islative action so that we can
continue to ensure all citizens
are treated equally in court.”
The Sixth Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution grants a
person charged with a crime
the right to an attorney.
Public defenders on Tues-
day’s call asked Borg and Jones
why most other state agencies
seem to be prioritized ahead
of the Office of Public Defense
Services, which is unique in
providing a service guaranteed
in the Constitution. Borg noted
he did make a larger budget
request last legislative session,
but his request was shot down.
Some public defense attor-
neys are hopeful a new funding
model championed by Borg
will have a positive impact.
Prior to 2021, attorneys who
June M. Brown
of Bend, OR
July 4, 1930 - May 29,
2021
Arrangements:
Niswonger-Reynolds
Funeral Home is honored
to serve the family.
541-382-2471 Please
visit the online registry for
the family at www.nis-
wonger-reynolds.com
Services:
Celebration of Life at a
later date with placement
at sea.
Contributions may be
made to:
Paralized Veterans of
America (online) or Alzhei-
mers Disease Association
777 NW Wall St Bend OR
97703
Paula Carlson
of Madras, OR
Services:
Memorial to celebrate the
life of Paula Carlson will
be held at the Lutheran
Church of the Good Shep-
herd in Madras at 395 SE
C St. at 11:00am on Sat.
June 19. Service will be
held in the sanctuary and
will be followed by a re-
ception and burial service
at Mt. Jefferson Memorial
Cemetery on Loucks Rd. at
1:30 pm.
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providing a service that could poten-
tially help support a lot of families
that would otherwise go without due
to this being such a hard topic to talk
about,” DiDomenico said. “Not many
people are willing to openly admit
that they are struggling to provide ba-
sics like a bed for their kid.”
For the new bed frame, mattress
and linens, the cost is about $250.
worked public defense in Or-
egon were paid a flat rate per
case depending on the type of
case — more for a murder case
than a DUI, for example. But
under this system, attorneys
were said to have no incentive
to find the best outcome for
their clients, because they were
paid the same for a conviction
as an acquittal. Under the new
system, firms are paid a flat
rate per lawyer in each office, a
model that also has its critics.
Underfunding of the state
public defense office has led to
a wide pay gap between pros-
Mickelson said the group gets do-
nations of lumber from Lowe’s, and
Ashley Furniture HomeStore in Bend
donates mattresses. The Deschutes
chapter members operate out of
Aaken Corp’s warehouse , where they
build, deliver and assemble the ful-
ly-functional bunk beds, Bob Mick-
elsen said.
“We don’t have enough inside space
to build, so we rely on good weather,”
Robyn Mickelsen said. “We try to
build bout 20 beds a month.”
The need, however, far outpaces the
chapter’s ability to build enough beds,
Bob Mickelsen said. Nevertheless, the
group hopes to deliver 150 beds this
year.
“Little did I realize that we’d be front
and center of this need,” he said. “It’s
almost overwhelming. The needs are
bigger than what we have requests for.”
As a mother, Sandy Hale believes in
the purpose of the nonprofit organi-
zation. When she heard about it at her
church, she signed up to volunteer.
“It’s a big deal for a child to have
their own place to sleep,” Hale said.
“I don’t have any construction back-
ground, but it’s been interesting to
participate and do something that was
fun and help others as well.”
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ecutors and public defenders
in Oregon, said Shawn Kollie,
head of Kollie Law Group.
Kollie said though the cur-
rent shortfall is survivable, a
funding crisis still looms, no-
tably in the area of employee
turnover at public defense
firms.
In Oregon, district attorneys
offices are funded at the county
level, while public defense
firms receive funding from the
state. This means public de-
fenders receive the same pay-
ment whether they practice in
metro Portland or rural Vale,
while prosecutors receive pay-
ment more in line with their
region’s cost of living.
“Next biennium, what are we
going to do? Everyone wants
more money,” he said. “That’s
the reality of the game and
OPDS has historically been
low on the priority list when
it comes to funding in Salem.
And look, public defense has
always been difficult to market,
and that’s too bad because it’s
one of the few professions that’s
constitutionally enshrined.”
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