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Central Oregon weather
THE HEAT IS ON
Legislature
OKs bill
that eases
expansion
Stevens Road land
would include 20 acres
of affordable housing
By BREnna VISSER
The Bulletin
A bill that would bring 260
acres into Bend’s urban growth
boundary for development has
passed the Oregon House and
Senate.
In a 41-14 vote, the House
Saturday morning agreed to
Senate amendments to the bill
and it now goes to Gov. Kate
Brown for consideration.
The bill gives the city the op-
portunity to greatly expedite
what is usually a lengthy process
to expand the urban growth
boundary to address Bend’s
growing housing crisis. The
boundary is the line that delin-
eates where the city can develop.
Even so, it could be multi-
ple years until housing breaks
ground, said Bend City Coun-
cilor Anthony Broadman.
“We have a lot of work ahead
of us,” Broadman said Friday.
“This is just the beginning.”
House Bill 3318, which is
co-sponsored by Rep. Jason
Knopf, D-Bend, and Rep. Jack
Zika, R-Redmond, allows the
city to bring a 260-acre par-
cel near Stevens Road into its
urban growth boundary. The
land is currently owned by the
Department of State Lands.
Roughly 20 acres of this land
would be allocated to the city
for affordable housing, which
is required to be affordable for
at least 50 years. Of that, 12
acres of that will be restricted
to be affordable to those mak-
ing 60% of the area median
income, and 6 acres would be
dedicated for educators, ac-
cording to the bill.
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Kayden Stauder, an employee with Cascade Ice, unloads a pallet of ice from the back of his truck while making deliveries Saturday throughout Bend.
Residents spent Saturday buying fans, air-conditioning units and ice ahead of the heat’s peak
By KyLE SPuRR • The Bulletin
M
eteorologists are measuring Central Oregon’s heat wave in degrees, but Jake Thran is measuring it in ice. The
Cascade Ice general manager has seen his business double this past week as temperatures neared 100. Gas stations,
grocery stores and restaurants typically run out of ice after three days, but now they are out in one, Thran said.
“We’ve never been this busy this
early,” Thran said Saturday. “Usually,
it’s about a week later. Fourth of July is
usually our busiest time of the year. So
it’s a little early for us to be this crazy.”
The need for ice won’t let up any
time soon. Central Oregon residents,
along with the entire Pacific Northwest,
are bracing for the heat wave forecast
to peak Monday and Tuesday and last
through Thursday.
Oregon health officials are concerned
about people experiencing heat stroke
or heat exhaustion and are urging peo-
ple to seek places to cool down. Gov.
Kate Brown lifted COVID-19 capacity
restrictions at swimming pools, movie
theaters and shopping malls in response
to the dangerous heat wave.
INSIDE
• This week’s
forecast, B6
• How to
recognize heat
stroke, a8
See Heat / A8
“Monday and Tuesday look
to be the peak of the heat.
It will start to weaken in the
midweek; however, it’s still
going to be fairly hot.”
— Brandon Lawhorn, meteorologist
at the weather service in Pendleton
See Expansion / A7
DESCHUTES COUNTY
Bella leads the pack of top dog names
Move over, Lucy — Bella’s
the new top dog.
Well, the county’s new top
dog name, at least.
There are 156 dog owners
who chose Bella as their furry
friend’s title, just edging out
Lucy, the most popular dog
name when The Bulletin re-
viewed the data in 2017.
New to the list of top
names is Cooper, replac-
TODAY’S
WEATHER
ing Molly in the No. 10 spot.
Others on the top 10 list, in-
cluding Charlie, Daisy and
Buddy, remain some of the
county’s favorites.
Bend resident Fred
Mallinger picked the sixth
most popular name for his
Vizsla Doberman, Sadie.
“She came with the name
Lady, which I didn’t like,”
Mallinger said of why he chose
to rename her. “I didn’t want to
rock her world.”
Dangerous heat
High 106, Low 65
Page B6
INDEX
PROTECTING PETS
• What to do if you see an animal
in a hot car during the heat, a8
Mallinger adopted Sadie
from a shelter in Boulder, Col-
orado. He’d been planning to
get a smaller dog, he said.
“She wasn’t at all what I pic-
tured,” Mallinger said, stand-
ing in the sun at the Riverbend
Dog Park on Friday as Sadie
looked hesitantly toward the
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water. “I walked in (to the shel-
ter), I walked past the crate she
was in, and she just spoke to
me.”
Deschutes County’s favorite
names are in line with the na-
tion’s.
All of the names on the
county’s top-10 list are also
among the most popular
across the country, according
to Rover, the pet-sitting web-
site.
Market Recap
Mon. Comics
Obituaries
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B4
C5-6
A9
Pulse
Puzzles
Sports
D1-6
C4
B1-4
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
With help from both sides, abby, a golden retriever owned by denise
Broadhead, of Bend, swims back to shore with her bumper Friday
while spending the morning exercising at Riverbend dog Park.
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