THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 2021 A3
TODAY
Today is Tuesday, June 22, the
173rd day of 2021. There are 192
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1970, President Richard Nix-
on signed an extension of the
Voting Rights Act of 1965 that
lowered the minimum voting
age to 18.
In 1611, English explorer Henry
Hudson, his son and several
other people were set adrift in
present-day Hudson Bay by mu-
tineers aboard the Discovery.
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte
abdicated for a second time as
Emperor of the French.
In 1870, the United States De-
partment of Justice was created.
In 1937, Joe Louis began his
reign as world heavyweight
boxing champion by knocking
out Jim Braddock in the eighth
round of their fight in Chicago.
In 1940, during World War II,
Adolf Hitler gained a stunning
victory as France was forced to
sign an armistice eight days after
German forces overran Paris.
In 1941, Nazi Germany launched
Operation Barbarossa, a massive
invasion of the Soviet Union.
In 1944, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed the Service-
men’s Readjustment Act of
1944, more popularly known as
the “GI Bill of Rights.”
In 1945, the World War II battle
for Okinawa ended with an Al-
lied victory.
In 1969, singer-actor Judy Gar-
land died in London at age 47.
In 1977, John N. Mitchell be-
came the first former U.S. Attor-
ney General to go to prison as he
began serving a sentence for his
role in the Watergate cover-up.
(He was released 19 months
later.)
In 1981, Mark David Chapman
pleaded guilty to killing rock
star John Lennon. Abolhassan
Bani-Sadr was deposed as presi-
dent of Iran.
In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court,
in R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, unan-
imously ruled that “hate crime”
laws that banned cross burning
and similar expressions of racial
bias violated free-speech rights.
Ten years ago: President Barack
Obama announced in a White
House address that he would
pull home 33,000 troops from
Afghanistan by the following
summer. James “Whitey” Bulger,
the longtime fugitive Boston
crime boss and fixture on the
FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list, was
arrested in Santa Monica, Cali-
fornia.
Five years ago: Rebellious
Democrats launched a 25-hour
round-the-clock sit-in on the
House floor to demand votes on
gun-control bills, forcing exas-
perated Republicans to recess
while cutting off cameras show-
ing the protest. Dennis Hastert
arrived at a Minnesota prison to
serve his 15-month sentence in a
hush-money case involving rev-
elations that the former House
speaker had sexually abused at
least four boys when he coached
wrestling at an Illinois high
school. Chicago’s Patrick Kane
won the Hart Trophy, becoming
the first player born and trained
in the U.S. to be named the
NHL’s most valuable player.
One year ago: Mourners filed
through Atlanta’s Ebenezer
Baptist Church for a public view-
ing of Rayshard Brooks, a Black
man who’d been fatally shot
in the back by a white police
officer after a struggle. President
Donald Trump said the United
States had done “too good
a job” on testing for cases of
COVID-19 and that it had more
cases than other countries be-
cause it did more testing. Trump
opened a new front in his fight
against mail-in voting, making
unsubstantiated assertions that
foreign countries would print
millions of bogus ballots to rig
the results.
Today’s Birthdays: Singer-ac-
tor Kris Kristofferson is 85. Fox
News analyst Brit Hume is 78.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.,
is 72. Actor Meryl Streep is 72.
Singer Alan Osmond is 72. Ac-
tor Graham Greene is 69. Pop
singer Cyndi Lauper is 68. Actor
Chris Lemmon is 67. Actor-pro-
ducer-writer Bruce Campbell
is 63. Environmental activist
Erin Brockovich is 61. Rock sing-
er-musician Jimmy Somerville
is 60. Basketball Hall of Famer
Clyde Drexler is 59. Author
Dan Brown is 57. Actor Michael
Trucco is 51. Actor Mary Lynn
Rajskub is 50. TV personality
Carson Daly is 48. Rock musician
Chris Traynor is 48. Actor Donald
Faison is 47. Actor-comedian
Mike O’Brien (TV: “Saturday
Night Live”) is 45. TV personality/
actor Jai Rodriguez is 42. Amer-
icana singer-songwriter John
Moreland is 36. Pop singer Dinah
Jane (Fifth Harmony) (TV: “The X
Factor”) is 24.
— Associated Press
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
LOCAL & STATE BRIEFING
Smoke covered Clatsop County last
year during the Labor Day fires.
Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian file
North Coast begins to think
seriously on wildfire protection
BY KATIE FRANKOWICZ
The Astorian
W
ith much of Oregon abnor-
mally dry or experiencing
drought, communities on
the North Coast aren’t sure what to ex-
pect as fire season approaches, but some
wildfire protection measures have taken
on a new significance.
Putting aside the catastrophic fires
like the Tillamook Burn that blazed de-
cades ago, wildfire has not been a major
concern on the coast for some until re-
cently.
But the Labor Day fires that burned
across Oregon last year and filled North
Coast skies with smoke and ash set off
alarm bells.
The fires were not so much a wake-up
call as a reminder that the coast is not
immune to the threat. A shift in the
wind can carry flames here, while a
dropped cigarette, a carelessly main-
tained campfire or logging operations
can spark a disaster if conditions are
right.
“I would say we were very fortunate
last year in that we didn’t have a fire
that wound up destroying a bunch of
homes,” said Neal Bond, a protection
unit forester with the state based in
Astoria.
“But that could very easily happen
here,” he added, echoing others involved
in coastal forestry.
Fire access roads
In Cannon Beach, the Labor Day fires
were fuel for further arguments by city
leaders, firefighters and nearby timber-
land managers pushing for better fire
access roads into the city’s Ecola Creek
Forest Reserve.
The city-owned forestland protects
the source of the city’s drinking water,
and conservation is a driving factor in
how the land has been managed. Some
city leaders and those involved with up-
dating the reserve’s management plan
worried that improving access could
increase the risk of a human-caused
fire, as well as negatively impact wildlife
habitat.
Those involved have landed on a
compromise, a balance between how
some road improvements could pro-
ceed and continued conservation ef-
forts. City leaders expect some degree of
road improvement for wildfire access is
in the reserve’s future.
Union County proposes
first rules related to cats,
limiting owners to 10
Union County
sheriff’s dep-
uty Lani Jones
speaks to a pet
owner about a
noise complaint
in May. Cats,
previously un-
mentioned in
the animal con-
trol ordinance,
may soon have
restrictions too.
Alex Wittwer/The
Observer file
BY DICK MASON
The Observer (La Grande)
Union County may soon
have a feline ownership limit.
The Union County Com-
mission is considering adopt-
ing an updated animal control
ordinance that would limit the
number of adult cats county
residents can own to 10.
Presently, there is no limit
on the number of adult cats
residents can own, according
to Lani Jones, animal control
officer for the Union County
Sheriff’s Office. The lack of an
enforceable limit has helped
lead to situations in the past
with homes filled with dozens
of cats, creating unhealthy situ-
ations, Jones said.
Diseases like feline leuke-
mia and respiratory infections
are easily spread from cat to
cat in a crowded home situa-
tion. Jones added sometimes
feline diseases can spread to
humans, such as toxoplasmosis
and salmonellosis. Both can be
spread by exposure to cat feces.
Toxoplasmosis causes about
750 deaths in the United States
a year, and salmonellosis, also
known as salmonella, claims
420 lives a year, according to
the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention.
Union County Commis-
sioner Matt Scarfo, who
worked with the sheriff’s office
in creating the proposed ani-
mal control ordinance update,
noted that he receives a num-
ber of complaints about cats.
Many involve felines owned by
neighbors who dig in gardens
and flower boxes.
“Many of these complaints
are from people who do not
own cats,” he said.
The current animal control
ordinance makes no reference
to cats, but the proposed up-
date mentions them at least a
half a dozen times, including
in section four where it states
that the Union County Sheriff
may “ enforce all of the county
and state laws relating to the
control of dogs/cats within the
county, including that of mak-
ing arrests.”
The proposed updated or-
dinance also stipulates how re-
sponsibility for cats would be
determined in the event that a
cat is found to be a nuisance. It
states that anyone who has pro-
vided shelter for a cat and fed
it for at least seven consecutive
days would be deemed respon-
sible for the animal.
Union County’s animal con-
trol ordinance was last updated
about six years ago.
Commissioners approved a
first reading of the proposed
ordinance on Wednesday . The
board is scheduled to vote on
a second reading June 30. If
passed, the ordinance would
go into effect immediately.
For now, temporary “no smoking”
signs have gone up outside the reserve at
the request of city Councilor Robin Ris-
ley. City Manager Bruce St. Denis read-
ily agreed to the new signs, especially, he
said, “with the current drought.”
Fire season
The Oregon Department of For-
estry announced fire season in Clatsop
County will begin Tuesday. A county-
wide burn ban will also go into effect
Tuesday.
The state declaration affects all lands
— public and private. Most other re-
gions in Oregon are already considered
in fire season. Meanwhile, state law-
makers are calling for the need for more
federal resources to help families and
businesses weather drought and wild-
fire conditions exacerbated by climate
change.
The state makes fire season declara-
tions each year when fire hazard condi-
tions exist. Depending on the weather,
this declaration usually begins in Clat-
sop County in late June or early July.
But this year, Bond said, “I’d say we’re
at a little bit higher concern than aver-
age.”
Last call for historical local photos
The Bulletin and Deschutes Histori-
cal Museum want your historical family
photos for our upcoming pictorial his-
tory book, “Hello Bend! Central Ore-
gon Reinvented — 1950-2000: A Picto-
rial History.”
The photos will also be archived by
the historical museum to preserve the
records for future generations.
We’re looking for photos from the
1950s to 2000 of families in group set-
tings or celebrating at large events such
as the Bend Water Pageant, July Fourth
parade or Labor Day picnics. We also
may use school reunion photos and
would love to see pictures of various
work sites in Central Oregon.
We will scan your photos and hand
them back to you at the event. We can
scan slides, negatives or regular printed
pictures.
Bring your photos to The Bulletin
offices at 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and
Friday. You can also set up an appoint-
ment to come in until July 16 by calling
541-633-2166 or emailing gobrien@
bendbulletin.com.
Corvallis wildlife rehab center
is the lone outlet in mid-valley
Wildlife rehabilitation in the
mid-Willamette Valley is in a state of
crisis. Except for a raptor center in Eu-
gene all wildlife rehab issues are being
funneled to the Chintimini Wildlife
Center north of Corvallis.
The funnel, however, is completely
clogged, forcing Chintimini to stop ad-
mitting new patients for the first time in
its 30-year history.
“What we hope the public under-
stands is that this has been a difficult
situation for everyone,” said Sarah
Spangler, Chintimini’s executive direc-
tor. “We know how frustrating and ag-
onizing it feels to not be able to help an
animal in need. It feels that way to us,
too. What’s important to remember is
that we’re legally and ethically required
to maintain a humane standard of
care, and we aren’t able to do that if we
choose to work beyond our capacity.
— Bulletin staff and wire reports
LAST CALL FOR PHOTOS!
We want your historic
photos for our upcoming
Hello Bend! pictorial history book.
We’re looking for group photos from the 1950s
to 2000s such as class reunions or work crews
in Central Oregon. We will scan your photos and
hand them back to you at the event.
For details, email: gobrien@bendbulletin.com
Bring in your photos for a chance to win a FREE
copy of the Hello Bend! pictorial history book!
SCANNING SESSIONS
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June 24-25 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m