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Newspaper Page TextA2 The BulleTin • Tuesday, sepTemBer 21, 2021 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION How to reach us CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS COVID-19 data for Monday, Sept. 20 Deschutes County cases: 16,623 (225 new cases) Deschutes County deaths: 102 (2 new deaths) Crook County cases: 2,123 (3 new cases) Crook County deaths: 38 (1 new death) Jefferson County cases: 3,137 (32 new cases) Jefferson County deaths: 46 (zero new deaths) Oregon cases: 313,161 (3,359 new cases) Oregon deaths: 3,594 (25 new deaths) COVID-19 patients hospitalized at St. Charles Bend on Monday: 97 (15 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 weekends or holidays. When data is available, The Bulletin will continue to publish information about the pandemic. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-11 a.m. Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION 541-382-1811 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ONLINE www.bendbulletin.com EMAIL Kotek cancels redistricting deal with GOP Republicans cry foul, call rescinding deal an egregious move bulletin@bendbulletin.com AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 B ADMINISTRATION Publisher Heidi Wright ..............................541-383-0341 Editor Gerry O’Brien .............................541-633-2166 DEPARTMENT HEADS Advertising Brian Naplachowski .................541-383-0370 Circulation/Operations Jeremy Feldman ......................541-617-7830 Finance Anthony Georger ....................541-383-0324 Human Resources ................541-383-0340 TALK TO AN EDITOR City Julie Johnson ...................541-383-0367 Business, Features, GO! Magazine Jody Lawrence-Turner ............541-383-0308 Editorials Richard Coe ...........541-383-0353 News Tim Doran .......................541-383-0360 Photos .........................................541-383-0366 Sports Mark Morical ...............541-383-0318 BY SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America The Democratic speaker of the Oregon House on Monday rescinded a deal she made with Republicans to share power as lawmakers redraw political boundaries and add an addi- tional U.S. House seat for the state. The now-defunct agree- ment made earlier this year had drawn national attention because Democrats, who have overwhelming majorities in the Legislature, had agreed to give up that redistricting advantage as they determine how voters will pick state representatives, state senators and members of Congress for the next five elec- tion cycles. Oregon lawmakers re- turned to the state Capitol on Monday for a special session to tackle the once-a-decade task of redistricting, which will determine how voters pick state representatives, state senators and members of Congress for the next five election cycles. House Speaker Tina Kotek’s about-face means her Dem- ocratic Party will likely end up with five U.S. House seats to the GOP’s one. Currently, Democrats control four of the five House seats in Oregon. Republican lawmakers ac- cused Democrats of gerryman- dering — the manipulation of Andrew Selsky/AP A handful of senators talk on the floor of the Oregon Senate on Monday as the Legislature conducted a spe- cial session to consider redistricting. The aim of the session is to pass new legislative and congressional dis- trict maps which the state will use for elections. “What has just occurred is shameful and lacks integrity. It shows the lack of ability to keep your word.” — Rep. David Brock Smith, R-Port Orford electoral district boundaries to win an unfair political advan- tage. “What has just occurred is shameful and lacks integrity,” Rep. David Brock Smith, a Re- publican, said on the House floor. “It shows the lack of abil- ity to keep your word.” Rep. Shelly Boshart Davis, who is now the sole Republi- can on the three-person House congressional redistricting committee that is trying to cre- ate and vote on the new map — described Kotek’s decision as “egregious.” “The maps that we are look- ing at are unfair, and the only way they are going through is by cheating,” Boshart said. In a statement Kotek said she was “disappointed that after many months of work, House Republicans did not engage constructively despite many attempts to address their concerns” and lead to her deci- sion to void the standing deal. In April during the 2021 leg- islative session Kotek made the deal with Republicans that in exchange for the GOP to stop blocking bills with delaying tactics Kotek would evenly split the House Redistricting Com- mittee — essentially granting veto power to the GOP. The deal gave Republicans a weightier say over what the six congressional districts and the state’s 90 legislative districts will look like. The Senate on Monday passed the Democrats’ con- gressional redistricting bill by a vote of 18-11. The House is scheduled to reconvene Tues- day morning. It’s unclear whether Kotek’s maneuver will work. Republi- cans could react to the breach of the earlier deal by walking away from the Capitol to deny Democrats a quorum. The Democrats’ map pro- poses that new congressional District 6 should be south of Portland and west of Interstate 5. Republicans also put it south of Portland, but on the east side of the interstate. If maps are not passed during the session, Democrats have retained a backstop — specifically when it comes to legislative districts. If lawmak- ers fail to successfully pass new legislative boundaries by Sept. 27, the task will fall to Secre- tary of State Shemia Fagan, a progressive Democrat who few Republicans would want to see in charge of that process. Furthermore, if lawmakers fail to come to an agreement on new U.S. House districts by late September, then it would be settled by a five-judge panel. Lawmakers have succeeded in passing redistricting plans just twice since 1911. Democrats in various states — including Colorado, Vir- ginia and Oregon — have ar- gued that the redistricting pro- cess should not be a partisan brawl. Some lawmakers have pushed for independent com- missions to do the work of re- balancing population changes into congressional districts and others have formed evenly split committees made of law- makers. TALK TO A REPORTER Bend/Deschutes Government Brenna Visser .............................541-633-2160 Business Suzanne Roig ............................541-633-2117 Calendar .....................................541-383-0304 Crook County ..........................541-617-7829 Deschutes County ................541-617-7818 Education Nicole Bales ...................................541-617-7854 Fine Arts/Features David Jasper .................................541-383-0349 General Assignment Kyle Spurr ...................................541-617-7820 Health Suzanne Roig ............................541-633-2117 Jefferson County ..................541-617-7829 La Pine ........................................541-383-0367 Public Lands/Environment Michael Kohn ............................541-617-7818 Public Safety Garrett Andrews ......................541-383-0325 Redmond Nicole Bales ...................................541-617-7854 Salem/State Government .. 541-617-7829 Sisters .........................................541-383-0367 Sunriver .....................................541-383-0367 REDMOND BUREAU Mailing address ..................P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 Phone ......................................... 541-617-7829 CORRECTIONS The Bulletin’s primary concern is that all stories are accurate. If you know of an error in a story, call us at 541-383-0367. TO SUBSCRIBE Call us ......................541-385-5800 • Home delivery and E-Edition ..........................$7 per week • By mail .................................$9.50 per week • E-Edition only ...................$4.50 per week To sign up for our e-Editions, visit www.bendbulletin.com to register. Newberg school employee goes to work in blackface, put on leave The Associated Press An employee at a school outside Portland went to work in blackface last week and has been placed on administrative leave, according to a message from the district. KTVL-TV reports the Newberg School District wrote, “It is important to re- member how Blackface has been used to misrepresent Black communities and do harm. We acknowledge the violence this represents and the trauma it evokes regard- less of intention.” The school board has scheduled a special meet- ing Wednesday night to take public comment on its “re- cent actions, tabled motions, and upcoming decisions that may include the ban on polit- ical or controversial displays, changes to the Anti-Racism Resolution 2020-04 language.” In August the school board People protest on Aug. 24 a school policy that bans Black Lives Mat- ter and Pride flags across Newberg School Dis- trict. Jozie Donaghey/AP voted to ban pride flags, flags reading Black Lives Matter and any broadly “political” signs, clothing, and other items. Supporters of the ban said the signs were “divisive,” and that signs don’t make people feel safe. The action went 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. The Department of Edu- cation, the city of Newberg, the American Civil Liber- ties Union, some lawmakers and others have called for the board to reverse course. STATE BRIEFING $1M will fund more mental tervention services with this major investment from Med- health response teams The Biden administration announced Monday that Or- egon will receive nearly $1 million of the $15 million earmarked under the Amer- ican Rescue Plan to help launch nonpolice response teams to respond to people experiencing mental health crises outdoors. The national effort is spe- cifically aimed at helping expanded programs like the one in Eugene, known as Co- hoots, run by the nonprofit White Bird Clinic. “This grant will kick-start the effort to help those ex- periencing a mental health crisis in Oregon get the ser- vices they need and reduce the prospect of an encounter with law enforcement,” Or- egon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden said in a statement. “I’m op- timistic that next year com- munities around our state and country will be able to implement mobile crisis in- icaid.” Instead of sending police to mental health or sub- stance use emergencies, the programs are intended to send trained behavioral health workers. The plan- ning grants will pay for the development of crisis inter- vention teams. The fund- ing is not long-term but is intended to help build out the infrastructure and train- ing needed to launch these teams. The money can be used to assess Oregon’s current service structure, provide behavioral health training, seek technical assistance and to build out the capacity of information systems. 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