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A2 The BulleTin • Thursday, July 29, 2021 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION How to reach us COVID-19 data for Wednesday, July 28 CIRCULATION Deschutes County cases: 10,493 (43 new cases) Deschutes County deaths: 87 (zero new deaths) Crook County cases: 1,385 (6 new cases) Crook County deaths: 24 (zero new deaths) Jefferson County cases: 2,489 (7 new cases) Jefferson County deaths: 42 (zero new deaths) Oregon cases: 217,690 (804 new cases) Oregon deaths: 2,849 (6 new deaths) COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles Bend on Wednesday: 16 (5 in ICU) Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION 541-382-1811 The Bulletin had been tracking the seven-day average case count based on state data since local coronavirus cases were first reported in March of last year. 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The writer, who died at age 88 in 2019, was honored Tuesday when a new Forever stamp featuring her face was unveiled at the Port- land Art Museum. “Ursula once said she wanted to see science fiction step over the old walls of con- vention and hit right into the next wall — and start to break it down, too,” Joseph Corbett, U.S. Postal Service chief fi- nancial officer and executive vice president, said in a state- ment. “She felt the ideas repre- sented in her fiction could help people become more aware of other ways to do things, other ways to be and to help people wake up,” Corbett said. The stamp is the 33rd in the Postal Service’s Literary Arts series. It features a portrait of Le Guin that is taken from a 2006 photograph and a back- ground that pays homage to the wintry world and charac- ters she created in “The Left Hand of Darkness.” Donato Gionacola designed the new stamp. 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They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. Man gets 23 years for shooting at 3 Salem cops, injuring detective The Associated Press SALEM — A Salem man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for shooting at three Salem police officers in a car chase during a drug investiga- tion. Alejandro Maciel-Salcedo pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree attempted murder, assault, unlawful use of a weapon and felon in possession of a firearm, The Statesman Journal reported. Four counts of first-degree at- tempted murder charges were dropped as part of a plea agree- ment. The Marion County Dis- trict Attorney’s office said Ma- ciel-Salcedo shot at Salem po- lice detectives Angus Emmons, Oscar Zambrano and Anthony Burke in July 2020. On that day, Emmons, Zambrano and Burke were conducting surveillance on Maciel-Salcedo and his as- sociates, who they alleged facilitated the delivery of a quarter-pound of metham- phetamine. The detectives were plac- ing a tracking device on Ma- ciel-Salcedo’s car when his nephew saw the detectives and told Maciel-Salcedo. Zambrano and Burke ran to their undercover vehicle, and Emmons drove them from the scene, prosecutors said. Ma- ciel-Salcedo followed, accord- ing to the district attorney’s office. As Emmons drove they heard a gunshot and saw Ma- ciel-Salcedo’s car approach- ing. As Maciel-Salcedo pulled alongside the detective’s ve- hicle, at least three additional shots were fired. Emmons was struck in his left arm, officials said. Maciel-Salcedo returned to a residence and SWAT officers found him in an attic crawl space. State to spend $538M on water projects BY MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI Capital Press A devastating drought helped compel Oregon law- makers to spend big on water legislation in 2021, investing in long-range planning as well as specific projects. Natural resource organi- zations have applauded the Legislature’s focus on resolv- ing water quantity and quality problems but warn that it can’t rest on its laurels, since these challenges won’t be solved in a year. “There’s still a lot of work that needs to happen,” said April Snell, executive direc- tor of the Oregon Water Re- sources Congress, which rep- resents irrigation districts. The Legislature allocated more than $538 million for water investments during this year’s session. That included $275 million in federal coro- navirus relief funding for in- frastructure projects, which was largely directed toward municipal improvements. Agriculture-related projects also received money — in- cluding $14 million to up- grade Wallowa Dam and $10 million for piping canals in the Deschutes Basin. A fund for water supply de- velopment grants was replen- ished with $30 million. Jeff Stone, executive direc- tor of the Oregon Association of Nurseries, said the Legis- lature should clarify that the grants are meant to fund stor- age projects, such as reservoirs that save winter runoff for irri- gation use. Stone said the grants have mostly gone to conservation projects, which are helpful, but getting serious about climate change will mean extending water resources. “It’s not doing what we cre- ated it to do,” he said. Lawmakers devoted $1 mil- lion to study the reallocation of water behind 13 federal dams in the Willamette Basin. Though the dams are ad- ministered by the federal gov- ernment, water transfers and wildlife impacts come under the jurisdiction of state regu- lators. The money will allow state regulators to study how the transfers should be carried out, which will involve in- put from irrigators, cities and environmental groups, said Mary Anne Cooper, vice pres- ident of public policy for the Oregon Farm Bureau. The money will hopefully resolve conflicts over water transfers “on the front end,” so farmers don’t have to litigate to protect their interests, she said. About $2.4 million was specifically allocated to study all 18 major hydrologic ba- sins with new technology that measures evapotranspiration and assistance from the U.S. Geological Survey. Those studies will allow regulators to better under- stand groundwater resources across the state, which is meant to prevent over-allo- cation. “We need to identify those areas of concern before they get critical,” said Rep. Mark Owens, R-Crane. “The cur- rent way we’re managing the groundwater resource is not beneficial to anyone.” LOCAL BRIEFING Bend-La Pine debuts superintendent podcast Curious about how Bend-La Pine Schools are preparing to open this fall? The school district debuted a new podcast Wednesday called “Supe’s On!” in an effort to give commu- nity members, staff and fam- ilies insight into the deci- sion-making Cook process and community at Bend-La Pine Schools. “Supe’s On!” is hosted by Su- perintendent Steven Cook. The first episode featured an inter- view with Julianne Repman, director of communications and safety for the district. Rep- man discussed how the district is preparing for school to re- sume in the fall, including use of masks, vaccinations, quaran- tines and summer school. Future episodes will feature staff, board members, students and community members. “We hope this podcast will be a great way for community members to get an in-depth perspective about the topics they care about surrounding education in Central Oregon,” said Cook in a press release. “We hope our staff and fami- lies will tune in to hear directly from the folks who are behind the decisions that impact our schools.” You can listen to “Supe’s On!” at Bend-La Pine Schools’ website. It will be available soon on all streaming plat- forms. To suggest a topic for the podcast or provide feedback, send an email to podcast@ bend.k12.or.us. Fairgoers recommended to wear masks indoors Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo organizers recommend that fairgoers wear masks while inside at the event due to new mask recommendations is- sued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Oregon Health Authority. “We recommend people wear face coverings while in- side, especially people that are unvaccinated, and expect that all of our guests will follow guidelines to make this a safe and welcoming event for ev- eryone,” said Geoff Hinds, di- rector of the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center. On Tuesday, Oregon health officials said everyone, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, should begin wearing masks in public indoor spaces due to rapidly rising COVID-19 cases across the state. The recommendation landed one day before the start of the Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo, the largest event held in Deschutes County in over a year. Many elements of the fair will be slightly different this year. For example, all concerts will occur outside, hand-wash- ing stations will be available throughout the fair and things will be more spread out to allow for social distancing, Hinds said. “We will have masks avail- able throughout the fair for anyone who doesn’t bring one and wants one or if anyone’s having issues with their mask,” Hinds said. Normally, the fair attracts some 300,000 people, with a cap of 50,000 attendees allowed per day. This year, only 25,000 attendees will be allowed in per day, Hinds said. The fair began Wednesday and continues through Sunday. DA declines to charge Sisters massage operator The Deschutes County Dis- trict Attorney’s Office declined to charge the operator of a Sis- ters spa arrested last month for sexual assault. Michael Patrick Boyle, owner of Hop in the Spa, was the subject of a notice to media July 1 announcing his arrest. This week, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said he wasn’t certain he could prove the allegations against Boyle beyond a reason- able doubt but said the wom- an’s complaint that initiated the arrest was “not frivolous.” “I’m not saying he didn’t do it, and I give the complain- ing witness credit: He is not a licensed massage therapist,” Hummel said. Hummel forwarded a com- plaint to the Oregon State Board of Massage Therapists, which licenses massage ther- apists. For his part, Boyle told The Bulletin he’s confident the mas- sage board will find the proce- dures he uses at his spa don’t meet the technical definition of “massage,” an assertion Hum- mel rejects, calling him an “un- licensed hack.” “Nothing this man says about massage should be lis- tened to,” Hummel said. Boyle said he and Hummel spoke Wednesday morning and the district attorney told him he was “damn lucky I let you go.” Boyle is now looking at su- ing the state. “No. 1, we don’t do massage, and No. 2, everything we do has been approved by the Or- egon Board of Massage Ther- apists,” Boyle said. “What this has cost me and my family in terms of our reputations will take years to get back.” Jefferson County reveals vaccine lottery winners Jefferson County announced the results of its lottery to re- ward those who received the COVID-19 vaccine. The county gave $10,000 vaccine lottery prizes to 11 residents, totaling $110,000. Three of the residents were stu- dents under 18 and will have the funds go into an Oregon College Savings Plan account for college or trade school. The adult winners have been identified as the following: • Jonathan Gandy, Madras. • Bergen Spring, Madras. • James Manion, Madras. • Steven Smith, Culver. • Joseph Martinez, Warm Springs. • April Lepin, Madras. • Stephen Jasa, Madras. • Raymond Havelock, Crooked River Ranch. The students were not iden- tified, but the county shared the names of their parent or guardian as follows: • Liana Holyan, Warm Springs. • Sylvia Rufener, Madras. • Norma Ruiz, Metolius. The funds came from a $220,400 grant Jefferson County received from the state to provide vaccine incentives and planning. The remaining funds will go to the county health department. In addition to the county’s lottery, the state’s Take Your Shot Oregon Campaign re- cently awarded $1 million to Chloe Zinda of McMinnville, a student at Oregon State Uni- versity. The state’s lottery will also include one $10,000 winner in each of Oregon’s 36 counties. The winners have not yet been named. — Bulletin staff reports