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COVID-19 data for Thursday, Aug. 12
Deschutes County cases: 11,398 (108 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 88 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 1,529 (10 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 26 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,604 (20 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 42 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 236,698 (2,387 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,928 (9 new deaths)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Thursday: 36 (8 in ICU)
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. Starting with the July Fourth
weekend, the state stopped providing county-level data for
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CORRECTIONS
High temps and smoke in
Central Oregon could last
through the weekend
Hot weather and smoky
skies have settled on Central
Oregon, and it could get worse
before it gets better.
Temperatures reached triple
digits across Central Oregon on
Thursday, and air quality was
listed as “unhealthy” in Bend
and La Pine and “unhealthy for
sensitive groups” in Sisters and
Redmond by the Department
of Environmental Quality in
the morning and afternoon.
According to Joe Solomon,
meteorologist with the Na-
tional Weather Service office in
Pendleton, high temperatures
and poor air quality will likely
last through the weekend.
Temperatures are expected
to dip down into the 80s next
week, and westerly winds
should blow the smoke away.
“High heat is not directly
correlated to air quality,” Sol-
omon said. “High pressure
causes heat and high winds that
then blow smoke into Central
Oregon, where it usually set-
tles. And high heat usually cor-
relates with increased fire activ-
ity, leading to lower air quality.”
According to Deschutes Na-
tional Forest spokesperson Jean
Nelson-Dean, the ongoing heat
wave could increase fire activity
substantially.
“We expect thunderstorms
and lightning on Friday, lead-
ing to the worst possible com-
bination of high temperatures
drying things out, lightning
and then gusty winds,” Nel-
son-Dean said. “We anticipate
new fire starts and growth on
fires already in place.”
Smoke in Central Oregon on
Thursday morning blew over
from the other side of the Cas-
cade Mountain Range, where
many small fires are currently
burning, according to Depart-
ment of Environmental Quality
spokesperson Peter Brewer.
With minimal fire activity,
smoke should lighten up early
next week as temperatures cool,
Brewer said, but air quality will
likely remain poor until then.
Redmond man held for
allegedly detonating a
bomb in a city street
Redmond police are inves-
tigating a man they say deto-
nated a homemade bomb in a
city street early Thursday and
who may have more explosive
devices at his
home in the
3300 block of
SW Juniper
Avenue.
Police said
at midday
they told area
neighbors to
McLaughlin
stay inside
their homes
during the initial search by
the Oregon State Police bomb
squad and Redmond officers.
Patrol officers said they
heard an explosion early
Thursday morning on the west
side of Redmond, Lt. Curtis
Chambers said in a press re-
lease.
“Responding officers located
a male adult near the intersec-
tion of SW Highland Avenue
and SW 35th Street, Redmond,
with a fire starter, and black
soot on his body and clothing,”
Chambers said.
Officers arrested Andrew
McLaughlin, 30, of Redmond,
who is alleged to have “deto-
nated a homemade destructive
device at the intersection in
front of an oncoming vehicle,
and near the Bonneville Power
Station,” Chambers said.
McLaughlin is being held at
the Deschutes County jail for
investigation of unlawful pos-
session of a destructive device,
unlawful manufacture of de-
structive device, unlawful use
of a weapon, and recklessly
endangering another person,
Chambers said.
Chambers told The Bulletin
later that officers were finished
searching the home but would
say what was found inside.
Bend-La Pine Schools hosts
bus safety event
Students and their families
at Bend-La Pine Schools are in-
vited to ride a school bus and
learn about bus safety during
a Winnie the Pooh School Bus
Safety program at the transpor-
tation department’s bus center.
Families can participate in
one-hour sessions at 1 p.m. and
6 p.m. Aug. 19- Aug. 20.
Students will learn how to
cross the street safely, line up to
wait for the bus and proper be-
havior while riding the bus.
For more information on the
program, call 541-355-5702. A
Spanish-speaking staffer will be
available during all sessions.
—Bulletin staff reports
Prosecutors want weapons
banned for Capitol riot suspect
BY JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
The Oregonian
Federal prosecutors on Tues-
day asked a judge to ban a Bat-
tle Ground, Washington, man
suspected of storming the U.S.
Capitol in January from hav-
ing firearms or other weapons
after he was spotted at a pair of
Portland demonstrations over
the weekend.
Acting U.S. Attorney Chan-
ning Phillips requested that
District Judge Randolph Moss
no longer allow Jeffrey Grace
to possess firearms, weapons
or destructive devices after
Grace was seen in photos car-
rying weapons and confront-
ing left-wing counterprotesters
at Portland religious gatherings
over the weekend.
Phillips suggested in court
documents that the modifica-
tion to Grace’s pretrial release
conditions is necessary “in light
of Grace’s escalating behavior
and his willingness to bring his
firearm and other weapons to
engage in pre-planned conflicts.”
Grace was one of several peo-
ple contracted as security for Ar-
tur Pawlowski, a pastor who has
publicly expressed anti-LGBT
and anti-mask views, who was
speaking downtown Saturday.
Videos and photos from the
event show Grace appearing to
carry a gun and a baton. Some
photos also captured Grace
confronting or shoving people
during the event, court docu-
ments said.
Photos taken Sunday also
showed Grace carrying a baton
and a can of chemical spray.
Grace, a member of the right-
wing extremist group the Proud
Boys, was arrested Jan. 28 and
charged with entering the U.S.
Capitol earlier that month. In
April, he received four addi-
tional misdemeanor charges,
including one for disorderly
conduct in a Capitol building.
Grace initially denied to au-
thorities that his son, Jeremy
Grace, was with him at the Cap-
itol, but investigators later found
videos on the elder Grace’s phone
of the two men in the Capitol Ro-
tunda and outside the building.
Grace was released after his
initial arrest, and a judge or-
dered that he should not pos-
sess any illegal firearms.
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STATE BRIEFING
Oregon lawmakers start
the redistricting process
Oregon lawmakers are start-
ing the once-a-decade process
of redrawing electoral maps that
will determine how voters pick
state representatives, state sena-
tors and members of Congress
for the next five election cycles.
In a normal redistricting
year, the weekslong task would
already be underway, if not
completed. But the coronavi-
rus pandemic caused delays in
the release of U.S. Census Bu-
reau data required to draw new
maps. The redistricting data,
culled from the 2020 census,
was released Thursday — four
months later than expected.
The redistricting numbers
that states use for redrawing
congressional and legislative
districts show where white,
Asian, Black and Hispanic
communities grew over the
past decade. They also show
which areas have gotten older
or younger and the number of
people living in dorms, prisons
and nursing homes.
An earlier set of data re-
leased in April provided state
population counts.
Newberg school
board votes to ban
Black Lives Matter
and pride flags
Members of Oregon
Legislature condemn
school board action
Associated Press
NEWBERG — The school
board in Newberg has voted
to ban pride flags, flags read-
ing Black Lives Matter and
any broadly “political” signs,
clothing and other items.
The school board voted
Tuesday, four to three, to en-
act the ban, Oregon Public
Broadcasting reported. The
board’s three-member policy
committee is set to outline
what constitutes “political.”
The action goes against re-
cent state efforts to highlight
support for students, includ-
ing the Oregon Department
of Education’s Black Lives
Matter October 2020 resolu-
tion and recent efforts to help
LGBTQ+ students.
Supporters of the flags said
they made students feel seen
and help students who are be-
ing bullied, while supporters
of the ban said the signs were
“divisive,” and that signs don’t
make people feel safe.
Discussion and votes on
drafting “replacement lan-
guage” on the district’s new
anti-racism policy and re-
scinding the district’s “Every
Student Belongs” policy, was
moved to the district’s next
board meeting. If the board
votes to roll back “Every Stu-
dent Belongs,” the district
would be in violation of state
standards.
According to board Secre-
tary Jenn Nelson, there were
over 90 public comments,
of which 31 were heard, and
board Chair Dave Brown said
the board received over 500
emails ahead of the meeting.
In the weeks since the
board’s last meeting, some
state lawmakers have asked
members of the school board
to rethink their actions.
On Thursday, the Oregon
Legislature’s Black, Indige-
nous and People of Color (BI-
POC) caucus condemned the
board’s action, saying the cau-
cus is watching closely and
will consider all Legislative
avenues to protect students,
promote student success and
economic opportunity.
“We want to recognize
Newberg School Board Di-
rectors (Ines) Peña, (Brandy)
Penner, and (Rebecca) Piros
for their leadership and com-
mitment on behalf of all stu-
dents and the communities
they serve, with the call to
delay the vote until all pub-
lic comment could be heard.
Rushing through these de-
cisions to restrict the sym-
bols educators can display in
classrooms weeks before the
school year begins is divisive
and wrong.”
Joshua Reid, a Newberg
school counselor, said the dis-
trict’s 16 counselors signed a
letter asking the board to vote
“no” on Tuesday’s agenda
items.
Newberg Superintendent
Joe Morelock said he won’t be
able to enforce the ban as is
until it’s reviewed by the dis-
trict’s lawyers.
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