A6 The BulleTin • Friday, July 2, 2021
STATE BRIEFING
TODAY
DEAR ABBY
Today is Friday, July 2, the 183rd
day of 2021. There are 182 days
left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 2, 1776, the Continental
Congress passed a resolution
saying that “these United Colo-
nies are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent States.”
In 1867, New York’s first elevated
rail line, a single track between
Battery Place and Greenwich
Street, went into operation.
In 1881, President James A.
Garfield was shot by Charles J.
Guiteau at the Washington rail-
road station; Garfield died the
following September. (Guiteau
was hanged in June 1882.)
In 1917, rioting erupted in East
St. Louis, Illinois, as white mobs
attacked Black residents; nearly
50 people, mostly Blacks, are
believed to have died in the
violence.
In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart
and navigator Fred Noonan dis-
appeared over the Pacific Ocean
while attempting to make the
first round-the-world flight
along the equator.
In 1961, author Ernest Heming-
way shot himself to death at his
home in Ketchum, Idaho.
In 1963, President John F.
Kennedy met Pope Paul VI at
the Vatican, the first meeting
between a Catholic U.S. chief
executive and the head of the
Roman Catholic Church.
In 1964, President Lyndon
B. Johnson signed into law a
sweeping civil rights bill passed
by Congress.
In 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court,
in Gregg v. Georgia, ruled 7-2 the
death penalty was not inherent-
ly cruel or unusual.
In 1982, Larry Walters of San Pe-
dro, California, used a lawn chair
equipped with 45 helium-filled
weather balloons to rise to an al-
titude of 16,000 feet; he landed
eight miles away in Long Beach.
In 1986, ruling in a pair of cases,
the Supreme Court upheld af-
firmative action as a remedy for
past job discrimination.
In 1990, more than 1,400
Muslim pilgrims were killed in
a stampede inside a pedestrian
tunnel near Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
In 2018, rescue divers in Thailand
found 12 boys and their soccer
coach, who had been trapped by
flooding as they explored a cave
more than a week earlier.
Five years ago: Hillary Clinton
was voluntarily interviewed for 3
1/2 hours by the FBI at the agen-
cy’s Washington headquarters
about her use of a private email
server as secretary of state.
One year ago: The government
said employers added 4.8 mil-
lion jobs in June, and the unem-
ployment rate fell to 11.1%, still a
Depression-era level, as the job
market improved for a second
straight month. The coronavirus
infection curve rose in 40 of
the 50 states heading into the
July Fourth holiday weekend. A
statement posted on his Twitter
account revealed that former
GOP presidential candidate
Herman Cain was being treated
for the coronavirus at an Atlan-
ta-area hospital, less than two
weeks after attending President
Donald Trump’s campaign rally
in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Five of the
nine casinos in Atlantic City, New
Jersey, reopened amid the pan-
demic. British socialite Ghislaine
Maxwell was arrested in New
Hampshire on charges that she
had helped lure at least three
girls – one as young as 14 – to
be sexually abused by the late
financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Today’s Birthdays: Former
Philippine first lady Imelda Mar-
cos is 92. Jazz musician Ahmad
Jamal is 91. Actor Robert Ito is
90. Actor Polly Holliday is 84.
Racing Hall of Famer Richard
Petty is 84. Former White House
chief of staff and former New
Hampshire governor John H.
Sununu is 82. Former Mexican
President Vicente Fox is 79.
Writer-director-comedian Larry
David is 74. Luci Baines Johnson,
daughter of President Lyndon
B. Johnson, is 74. Actor Saul
Rubinek is 73. Rock musician
Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen
& the E Street Band) is 72. Actor
Wendy Schaal is 67. Actor-model
Jerry Hall is 65. Actor Jimmy
McNichol is 60. Country singer
Guy Penrod is 58. Rock musician
Dave Parsons (Bush) is 56. Actor
Yancy Butler is 51. Contempo-
rary Christian musician Melodee
DeVevo (Casting Crowns) is 45.
Actor Owain Yeoman is 43. Race
car driver Sam Hornish Jr. is 42.
NHL center Joe Thornton is 42.
Singer Michelle Branch is 38.
Actor Vanessa Lee Chester is
37. Figure skater Johnny Weir is
37. Actor Nelson Franklin is 36.
Actor-singer Ashley Tisdale is 36.
Actor Lindsay Lohan is 35. Actor
Margot Robbie is 31.
— Associated Press
Write to Dear Abby online at dearabby.com
or by mail at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Dear Abby: I’m writing in
response to your answer to
“Broke But Available” (March
23), the retired woman seek-
ing ecological volunteer op-
portunities. I loved your reply
and your suggestion to vol-
unteer by providing educa-
tion at a community center.
In addition to community
centers, many schools, scout
troops, youth groups, nursing
homes, etc., are always look-
ing for knowledgeable people
to provide information on a
variety of topics.
Far too many individuals
aren’t getting nearly enough
— or ANY — information
about ecology or learning
ways to protect the beauti-
ful natural world around us.
I truly hope “BBA” will take
you up on your suggestion by
sharing something she cares
about with others.
— Former Teacher
in North Carolina
Dear Former Teacher:
Thank you for your com-
ments. I heard from volun-
teer experts across the coun-
try responding to that letter
and offering excellent sugges-
tions. Read on:
Dear Abby: Volunteers are
needed to remove invasive
species to protect our na-
tive ecosystems, to monitor
streams for water quality, to
pick up trash along our great
rivers and to stabilize public
trails. The letter writer should
contact her state and national
conservation departments
about opportunities.
— Linda V. in Missouri
Dear Abby: The retired
lady could become an exten-
sion master gardener. EMG
programs in all 50 states train
volunteers through the state’s
land grant university and its
cooperative extension ser-
vice. Master gardeners edu-
cate the public by operating
speakers’ bureaus, maintain-
ing demonstration gardens,
staffing “hotlines” to answer
gardening questions and run-
ning horticulture therapy
programs.
— Proud Program Participant
Dear Abby: In regard to
the letter writer who is look-
ing to volunteer doing some-
thing ecological, I would
suggest she start at a local
farmers’ market. People who
are interested tend to gather
there and have contacts that
can lead to opportunities.
— Ed H. in Massachusetts
Dear Abby: For the
hands-on retiree looking
for volunteer work, many
churches have connections to
work to be done. She should
also visit VolunteerMatch
(volunteermatch.org), where
she can see all the various
types of volunteer jobs that
are available in her area.
— Elaine in Kansas City
Dear Abby: I am a fresh-
man in high school, and I just
got heartbroken. This boy I
liked played me, and I don’t
know whether I should just
accept the fact that he’s bad
and move on or be sad and
wait it out. I told him I’m
not a Barbie doll he can pick
up and play with when he’s
bored, but I still like him. Do
you have any advice for me?
— Broken Heart in Ohio
Dear Broken Heart: Yes,
I do. Be glad you see this
person for exactly who he is
— someone who cannot be
relied upon — and move on.
I think you said it very well
when you told him you aren’t
a toy to be played with. Now,
learn from this experience
and choose your next boy-
friend accordingly.
YOUR HOROSCOPE
By Georgia Nicols
Police seek to ID remains
found in duffel bag
The remains of the young
girl found in a rest area off state
Highway 18 in December in
Lincoln County were in a duf-
fel bag, Oregon State Police re-
vealed Thursday.
She also was wearing a
pull-up diaper, police said. State
police did not say why they de-
cided to release the details now
and still have not released how
the girl died.
A more detailed DNA anal-
ysis indicated the child was be-
tween the ages of 7 and 9, police
said. Authorities earlier had
estimated the girl was between
6½ and 10.
She had brown or hazel eyes,
brown or black hair, light brown
skin that was fair and with-
out freckles, police said. She
has been identified as mostly
Caucasian with some Central
American ancestry.
State police have so far ruled
out more than 60 potential
missing children from across
the country and on Thursday
said in a statement that “there
is a strong likelihood this child
has not been reported missing.”
The conditions of her re-
mains suggested they had been
at the rest area for at least 30
days before a motorist found
Water
Continued from A1
The decision to cut wa-
ter allotments this week fol-
lows earlier cuts made by the
North Unit board on June 21.
At that time the board cut De-
schutes River allotments from
1 acre-feet to 0.9 acre-feet and
Crooked River allotments from
0.5 acre-feet to 0.4 acre-feet.
That cut marked the first
time since 1994 that North
Unit changed its allotments in
midseason.
In a typical water year, North
Unit farmers get 2 acre-feet
from the Deschutes River and
1 acre-foot from the Crooked
River. But successive years of
drought forced the district to
them Dec. 10. The rest area is
along Highway 18 as it slices
through the densely wooded
H.B. Van Duzer Forest State
Scenic Corridor in Lincoln
County.
The child’s remains were
along the banks of the Salmon
River, about 75 to 100 yards
from the rest area parking lot
on the east side of the highway.
Police ask anyone with in-
formation that might help in-
vestigators identify the girl to
call call 800-442-0776 or *OSP
(*677).
Low-income seniors sue
manager over rising rent
A group of low-income Or-
egon seniors is suing their out-
of-state property management
company, alleging the company
deliberately misled them by
renting apartments that would
soon jump in price.
The class-action suit was filed
Tuesday in Multnomah County
Circuit Court against Den-
ver-based Mission Rock Resi-
dential, Oregon Public Broad-
casting reported. The company
manages Woodspring Apart-
ments, a federally subsidized
building in Tigard.
This January, residents of
Woodspring were told that the
owner would soon bring the
building’s 172 units to mar-
ket-rate rent.
The suit argues that when
San Francisco real estate firm
Hamilton Zanze bought the
property five years ago, the
property managers knew of the
plan to raise rent. The lawsuit
alleges the property manage-
ment company intentionally
withheld that information and
continued to market the units to
people as a retirement option.
Michael Fuller, the lead at-
torney for the plaintiffs, says
a judge should consider this a
form of false advertising and
deem it an “unlawful trade
practice.”
The suit names one plaintiff:
Cheyenne, who began leasing
an apartment in Woodspring in
July 2020. According to the suit,
Cheyenne, whose last name
is not given in the legal docu-
ments, rented the apartment
with the expectation that she
would be able to stay for de-
cades.
Fuller said he’s asking a judge
to issue an injunction ordering
the property manager to main-
tain apartment rents at a rate
that is affordable for older peo-
ple on a fixed income.
Mission Rock did not imme-
diately respond to a request for
comment .
—Bulletin wire reports
cut the allotment by half this
year.
“Everyone on the board de-
cided it would be best for the
district,” said North Unit board
Chair Marty Richards, reflect-
ing on the initial water cut.
“People are upset and rightly
so, but we have never been in
this serious of a drought in the
Deschutes Basin before.”
Gary Harris, owner of Har-
ris Farms, which grows carrot
seed and grass seed, is now out
of water due to the cuts. He was
hoping the water would last un-
til the end of August, but his al-
lotment is gone.
“I still have 60 acres of carrot
seed that I am trying to keep
wet. I have water running to-
day, but as of tomorrow I am
out of water,” said Harris. “I am
done, but you never know, we
could get a rain.”
As of Thursday, Wickiup
Reservoir, which stores water
for North Unit, was down to
35,979 acre-feet, or about 18%
full. A year ago on the same
day, the reservoir had 76,252
acre feet of water. In an aver-
age year, the reservoir would
be filled to 133,208 acre-feet of
water.
This week’s triple-digit heat-
wave has added to the stress on
the land on the rivers.
“We didn’t expect a week of
110-degree weather in June,”
said Britton. “We are doing the
best we can with the situation.”
reached 100 degrees or more.
June precipitation in Bend
totaled 0.46 of an inch, which
was 0.24 of an inch below nor-
mal. Measurable precipitation
of at least 0.01 inches was re-
ceived on four days in June.
The heaviest precipitation was
0.26 of an inch June 9.
Overall this year, precipita-
tion in Bend has reached 3.81
inches, which is 1.91 inches be-
low normal.
The outlook for July calls for
above normal temperatures and
below normal precipitation.
The normal high tempera-
ture for Bend in July is 81.5
degrees. The normal low tem-
perature is 47.6 degrees.
Normal precipitation for July
in Bend is 0.56 of an inch.
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Stars show the kind of day you’ll have
DYNAMIC | POSITIVE | AVERAGE | SO-SO | DIFFICULT
MOON ALERT: There are no restrictions to shopping or important deci-
sions today until 9 p.m. Pacific Time. The Moon is in Aries.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2021: You are compas-
sionate, friendly, warm and helpful. You are nurturing to those who are close
to you. You are also poised, graceful and a natural leader. You are creative,
and many of you are quite successful. This year you are determined to liber-
ate yourself from restraints and confines that have held you back. You want
the freedom to do your thing!
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
You feel strong and confident today. (Ah yes, you’re in your element.)
Because of this, you will be especially convincing when talking to anyone,
which is good news for those in sales, marketing, teaching, acting, writing
and calling out bingo numbers. Tonight: Avoid power struggles.
Heat
Continued from A1
Low temperatures averaged
48.6 degrees, which was 6.7 de-
grees above normal. The lowest
temperature recorded was 31
degrees June 2, which was the
only day to record a tempera-
ture below 32 degrees.
Seven days last month ex-
ceeded 90 degrees. Three days
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
This is a fast-paced, busy week; nevertheless, today is the end of the
week, and you want to cocoon somewhere. You feel the need to hide and
catch your breath in order to regroup. The increased chaos and busy activity
at home is exhausting. Tonight: Ignore rumors.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
You will enjoy talking to anyone today because you feel emotionally
energized and eager to give your views to someone. A conversation with
a female friend in particular will be lively and mutually fascinating. This is a
good day to discuss your future goals. Tonight: Be easygoing.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
People notice you today. In fact, some are discussing personal details
about your private life. Be aware of this in case you have to do some damage
control. Meanwhile, you have strong energy to research something or to look
for facts behind the scenes. Tonight: Don’t fight the boss.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
It’s the end of the week and you’re hungry for adventure. “Anyone?
Bueller? Anyone?” You want something exciting to happen because you feel
a thirst for knowledge and the need for stimulation. If you can travel, great.
Try to learn something new. Enjoy the company of someone who is different.
Tonight: Avoid controversial subjects.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Before the weekend begins, set aside time today to go over red-tape
details that are taking up space in the back of your mind. Check issues related
to debt, banking, insurance matters, inheritances and shared property. Tie
up loose ends. (You’ll love yourself for this later.) Tonight: Avoid power strug-
gles about property.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Have a long lunch with someone or make an effort to enjoy the com-
pany of someone close to you, because conversations will be lively today!
You’re a social sign, and you need to be acknowledged by others. “Doesn’t
everyone?” Not as much as you think. Tonight: Be tolerant and fair-minded.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
When it comes to your job, your health or a pet, you have strong
opinions today, and you will not hesitate to share them. Caution, because dis-
cussions about shared property might be emotional. “My precious!” Tonight:
Don’t oppose others.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
It’s Friday, and it’s a wonderful day to schmooze! Accept invitations
to socialize. Enjoy sports events, fun activities with kids and anything related
to the arts. Take a vacation if possible. Tonight: Be patient with romance; be
patient with kids.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Family discussions will be significant today, especially with a female
member. However, some of you might choose to cocoon at home and relax
among familiar surroundings. No matter what happens, you’re curious about
your domestic scene. Tonight: Avoid family difficulties.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
You are a networker extraordinaire! Today is a wonderful day to
schmooze with others and, in particular, to share your ideas in a convincing,
passionate way. No one will be able to resist you. (Where do I sign?) Tonight:
Don’t be bossy.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Cash flow, finances and shopping are on your mind today. You might
want to buy something for a family member, your home or perhaps some-
thing related to a home repair. Write down your moneymaking ideas, be-
cause they might be worth consideration later. Tonight: Relax about money.
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