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A14 The BulleTin • Thursday, January 13, 2022 Bond Continued from A1 Board member Doug Smith said the bond package “is aimed at addressing the needs of our aging schools while being fis- cally responsible to our voters.” “This bond will benefit current and future students by enhancing safety and security while providing greater opportu- nities for hands-on learning and job train- ing, which will benefit the community as a whole,” Smith said. The bond would keep Crook County’s school construction tax rate at the “low- est in the region,” Carr said. District resi- dents would pay “approximately 10 cents more per thousand of assessed value,” he added. Board Chair Scott Cooper said the bond is timely, noting that the community can “spread the cost over new property coming on to the tax rolls.” He said the district can extend the bond’s impact by using state grants and has an administrative team that will oversee construction. “We have patched and retrofitted schools for almost 100 years. Sometimes the boilers, floors and roofs need to be re- placed,” Cooper said. “Now is the time to do this. Our kids and community deserve quality facilities and a quality education.” The school board plans to host a series of events and gatherings for the commu- nity to review the bond. e Reporter: 541-660-9844, bdole@bendbulletin.com New California law allows kin of sex-abuse victims to sue after death The Bulletin L lassifieds Create or find Classifieds at www.bendbulletin.com General Merchandise Announcements/Events 200 ATTENTION CRAFT- ERS! SPRING FAIR! March 25-27 at Douglas County Fair Grounds - We are back! 45th Year! Booths available for quality crafts. For info send S.A.S. E. to Spring 204 Fair 2022, P.O. Box Want to Buy or Rent 22, Dillard, OR. 97432 or innerspacefamily® Wanted $ Cash paid for vintage, fake. & fine jew gmail.com elry. Top $ paid for Gold & Silver. I buy in bulk. Honest Artist. Elizabeth 541-633-7006 210 Pets & Supplies BY BRIAN MELLEY associated Press LOS ANGELES — After decades of dealing with the boyhood trauma of being mo- lested by a priest, Jim Bartko sued the Roman Catholic church two years ago. But the lawsuit was dis- missed when he died four days after speaking publicly about it. A new law has now revived his case, allowing his estate to file for damages he could have sought for his suffering if he were still alive. Lawyers for Bartko’s chil- dren filed the lawsuit last week in Alameda County Superior Court against the Oakland Di- ocese for allegedly failing to prevent abuse by the former Rev. Stephen Kiesle that oc- curred between 1972 and 1975 at St. Joseph’s Parish in Pinole, 18 miles northeast of San Fran- cisco. “They used to call him ‘the pied piper’ because everywhere he went, the kids followed him around,” attorney Rick Simons said Tuesday of Kiesle. “He once said, ‘There wasn’t a sin- gle one I didn’t molest.’” A spokeswoman for the Diocese of Oak- land said it would be inappropriate to com- ment at this point, but noted Kiesle had been removed from the priesthood. Bartko Kiesle, 74, a con- victed child molester, gained worldwide attention long after he left the priest- hood in 1987. The Associated Press reported in 2010 that Pope Benedict XVI — when he was then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger — resisted pleas from the diocese to defrock Kiesle. Bartko, a longtime Univer- sity of Oregon athletic depart- ment administrator, said Kiesle had molested him and his best friend during sleepovers at the church rectory when he was a boy. He kept the secret for more than four decades, weighted down by sleeplessness and anx- iety. Because of excessive drink- ing, Bartko’s marriage col- lapsed and he lost his job as athletic director at California State University, Fresno, Si- mons said. In rehab, he finally told his story to a therapist and later wrote a book about his experi- ence called “Boy in the Mirror.” Snowpack Continued from A1 Some of the state’s deepest snow is located around Mount Hood, where a snow depth of 98 inches was recorded Mon- day. “This is a good beginning to potential drought relief, particularly in the regions im- pacted by the extreme and ex- ceptional drought,” said Scott Oviatt, snow survey supervi- sory hydrologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conserva- tion Service. “The remainder of the winter will determine if long-term improvements will assist in mitigating the multi- year drought in Oregon.” Snowpack that persists into the spring and summer also helps mitigate the risk of wild- fires later in the year by keep- ing forests cool and damp. A report published by Or- egon State University in No- vember also suggests forests that have been burned by wildfire regenerate faster when snow cover is present. That is good news for Warm Springs, where the Lionshead Fire rav- 504 Employment Opportunities AKC Golden Retriever Puppies, 3 female, 4 male, Blonde. Parents have OFA hips and elbows. DNA Pure. $1400 full rights, $1200. w/o contact lind- say7079 @ yahoo.com I will deliver to Bend. Call (408)8895559 Jeff Chiu/aP file Attorney Jeff Anderson holds up a photo of former priest Stephen Kiesle at a news conference in Oakland, California, in 2010. The family of the late Jim Bartko, who said he was molested as a child by Kiesle, has filed a lawsuit against the Roman Catholic church under a new California law that allows family members of sex- abuse victims to bring lawsuits after their deaths. The family of Bartko filed the suit this month in Alameda County Superior Court against the Diocese of Oakland. An emotional Bartko spoke at a news conference to an- nounce the lawsuit in March 2020, joined at one point by the childhood friend who had been abused alongside him. That lawsuit was filed during a three- year window allowing sex abuse cases to be brought long after the deadline to bring such claims had expired. Four days later, Bartko, 54, collapsed while after working out in Oregon, and died of a hemorrhage due to cirrhosis. Kiesle was convicted of lewd conduct in 1978 for tying up and molesting two boys and sentenced to three years pro- bation. He was sentenced to six years in prison in 2004 for mo- lesting a girl. In 1981, Kiesle applied to leave the priesthood with the support of diocese officials. But the case languished at the Vatican. A 1985 letter in Latin obtained by AP bear- ing Ratzinger’s signature told Bishop John Cummins that removing Kiesle was of “grave significance” and a decision re- quired “very careful consider- ation, which necessitates a lon- ger period of time.” Church officials in Califor- nia wrote at least three times to Ratzinger to check in, and Cummins discussed it during a Vatican visit, according to cor- respondence. A Vatican official at one point said the file may have been lost and suggested resubmitting materials. Kiesle was finally defrocked in 1987. Bartko’s adult son and daughter have a pending wrongful death claim against the church for their own losses. They said their father’s drinking, which began when Kiesle gave him communion wine before molesting him, led to self-medication and al- coholism that caused his liver disease. But the new law allows them to carry forward their father’s claims for the emotional and psychological toll the abuse took on his life. Previously, survivors of plaintiffs who died in Califor- nia could seek damages for economic losses such as wages or medical bills, but not for their loved ones’ so-called pain and suffering or disfigurement. California was one of few states not to allow those type of damages after death. Senate Bill 447 was signed into law last year by Demo- cratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to allow that change to take place through the end of 2025. Supporters, led by Con- sumer Attorneys of California, said the previous law created “a perverse incentive for de- fendants to delay cases and ha- rass ill or injured plaintiffs in the hopes that the plaintiff will die before trial, allowing the wrongdoer to avoid paying any damages for the human suffer- ing they have caused.” Opponents, led mainly by doctors and health care groups, warned of the “collateral dam- age such a change would bring to all stakeholders of our civil justice system.” Attorney Daniel Hurwitz, who is not involved in the case, said a subset of cases will have the potential to win more dam- ages and attorneys will have to factor that in when assessing the value of the case. “The damages picture can change dramatically if the plaintiff were to pass away,” Hurwitz said. “Certainly any plaintiff decedent with a lengthy pain and suffering pe- riod — that estate is going to have a potentially larger recov- ery.” During the news conference before his death, Bartko said he had refused to speak with po- lice about Kiesle when he was 12, saying he let down other kids who had reported abuse at the time. He vowed to continue to speak out and then read a passage from his book that seemed fitting given the change in law that continues to give him a voice in court. “We finally share what our betrayers hoped we’d always take to our graves because our silence allows them to continue to prey on those too afraid to speak up,” he said. aged around 100,000 acres of forest on the reservation in 2020. The recent heavy snowfall came after an unusually dry start to the winter season. “Snowpack was scarce early in the water year, with warmer temperatures resulting in rain at all elevations, with snow limited to the highest eleva- tions,” said Oviatt. “Many ba- sins, particularly east of the Cascades, had little or no mea- surable snowpack on Dec. 1.” The snowstorms have helped open ski resorts and sno-parks. Mt. Bachelor, Hoo- doo and Willamette Pass have most of their lifts in operation. For sledders, cross-country skiers and snowshoers want- ing to visit sno-parks, annual permits for the parks can be purchased for $25 through the DMV, or a few dollars more at select ski shops in Bend. While the ski resorts are obvious beneficiaries of the recent winter storms, the snowpack is also a good sign for farmers and ranchers, especially those in the wa- ter-starved North Unit Irriga- tion District, which has suf- fered severe water shortages for three years. “Clearly folks are glad to see the snow and rain but recog- nize there’s still a lot of winter left,” said Mike Britton, exec- utive director of the district. “Hopefully the weather pat- terns continue to drop snow and don’t dry up as they have in past years.” But there is a caveat to all this wet weather. Even if the heavy snows continue, re- filling this area’s reservoirs will take several strong win- ters due to drought, depleted aquifers and climate change. Heavy saturation of soils and aquifer recharge is needed be- fore streams and springs have enough overflow water to boost reservoir levels. Larry O’Neill, associate pro- fessor at Oregon State’s College of Earth, Ocean and Atmo- spheric Sciences, said the pre- cipitation is likely just a blip in a longer trend of dry and warm weather. “Even with the good year so far, the long-term trend due to climate change remains unchanged,” said O’Neill. “It is definitely a year to enjoy it while we can.” O’Neill’s concerns are backed up by the data from the U.S. Drought Monitor, which shows all of Crook County, half of Jefferson County and about a third of Deschutes County in the highest level of drought. Drought statistics are updated weekly; the most re- cent data is expected Jan. 13. Wickiup Reservoir, now at 34% of capacity, is refilling at a pace similar to last year’s rate. At the current pace, the reser- voir will reach 58% of capacity (115,000 acre-feet) when the irrigation season starts again at the beginning of April. Other reservoirs in the area that are struggling to fill in- clude Crescent Lake (11% full), Prineville (18% full) and Ochoco (10% full). “The drought is far from over,” said Kyle Gorman, re- gion manager for the Oregon Water Resources Department. “It took several years to get us into this situation so it will take several years of above-av- erage precipitation and snow- pack to get us out.” e Reporter: 541-617-7818, mkohn@bendbulletin.com 11 week old Cavapoo Puppies! Two females ready for homes. $1,800 w / health guarantee. Text or call 541-410-5788. Instagram @cen- t raloregoncava poos AKC MALTESE PUPS $3500 & up. 2 fem 1 male available, 541-233-3534, WWW. maiasminisupremes. com The Crater Lake Natural History Asso ciation is seeking an Operations Manager/ Assistant Director. Potential to move up rapidly to Executive Director. 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Douglas attorney at: 1455 County Fairgrounds SW Broadway, Suite 541.530.4570 1500, Portland, OR 97201 within four 261 months after the date of first publica Building Materials tion of this notice, as stated below, or Have Gravel Will Travel such claims may be Abbas Construction barred. All persons Top Soil/Excavation whose rights may Rock Products be affected by the 541-548-6812 proceedings in this estate may obtain 264 additional informa Fuel & Wood tion from the records of the Court, the Administrator, or Lodgepole pine fire the attorney for the wood. Seasoned split. Administrator. Delivered, pickup, & log DATED and first truck loads. Intermoun published: January tain Wood Energy, Red 6 , 2022 mond. 541-207-2693 Legal Notices & Public Notices Legal Notice Notice To Interested Persons Tressi L. Potter has been appointed Personal Represen tative of the ESTATE OF PAUL FRANK LIN STEVENS, De ceased, by the Cir cuit Court, State of Oregon, Deschutes County, under Case Number 21PB11053. All persons having a claim against the estate must present the claim within four months of the first publication date of this notice to Brinich & Bertalan, LLP, at 250 NW Franklin Ave, Ste 101. Bend, Oregon 97703, Attn: Wendy Miki Glaus, or they may be barred. Additional information may be obtained from the court records, the Personal Represen tative or the follow- ing-named attorney for the Personal Representative. DATE OF FIRST PUB LICATION: January 6 , 2022 . BRINICH & BERTA LAN, LLP 250 NW FRANKLIN AVE, STE 101 BEND, OR 97703 541-382-4980 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HERE BY GIVEN that the Oregon Water Wonderland Unit II Sanitary District will hold a joint public hearing of it's Board of Directors and its Local Contract Review Board regarding adoption of Public Contracting Rules on the 20th day of January, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. The meeting will be held at 55841 Swan Road, Bend, Oregon 97707. The proposed Resolution opts the District out of the Attorney General Model Rules of Public Con tracting and adopts alternative public contracting rules and exemptions. The public hearing will be held for the purpose of taking comments on the District’s draft find ings supporting the exemption of certain classes of special procurements and public improvement contracts from competitive bidding requirements. Legal Notice "NOTICE TO INTER ESTED PERSONS Kalin Drew Emrich has been appointed Personal Repre sentative (PR) of the estate of Daniel Steven Emrich, de ceased, by the Cir cuit Court, State of Oregon, Deschutes County, Case No. 21PB10957. All per sons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with vouchers attached, to the PR at PO Box 2304, Sisters, OR 97759, within four months after the date of January 6, 2022, the first publi cation of this notice, or the claim may be barred. 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