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Deschutes County cases: 36,193 (675 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 225 (zero new deaths)
Crook County cases: 4,516 (93 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 62 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 5,540 (49 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 70 (zero new deaths)
Oregon cases: 549,942 (8,538 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 5,908 (15 new deaths)
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In early counts, 2 survive recall effort
BY GARY ALLEN
Oregon Capital Bureau
An early count of bal-
lots cast in the recall efforts
against Newberg School Board
Chairman Dave Brown and
Vice-chairman Brian Shannon
show the pair likely will con-
tinue to hold their volunteer
positions until at least next
year, when their terms end.
Brown and Shannon drew
the ire of some students, fac-
ulty and community members
last year by, first, banning ban-
ners for Black Lives Matter and
LGBTQ issues from all schools,
then banning all political ban-
ners. Community members
began gathering signatures for
a recall this winter.
Of 11,677 ballots counted
by 8 p.m. Tuesday, about 51%
voted against recalling Brown,
with almost 49% in favor of
ousting him.
Shannon saw similar num-
bers. Of 11,740 ballots cast in
that race, the vice-chairman
looked likely to hold his job by
51% to 49%.
The drive to recall Brown
and Shannon, both elected in
2019, came about after more
than seven months of discord
on the normally staid school
board against a handful of con-
stituents and by outside orga-
nizations such as the American
Civil Liberties Union.
The lead-up to the elec-
tion saw both sides canvasing
neighborhoods with volun-
teers going door-to-door, ad
campaigns in print and on-
line, skirmishes over campaign
signs and letter-writing cam-
paigns directed to newspapers.
Mailers for and against the re-
call stuffed local mailboxes for
the past two weeks, and orga-
nizations such as the anti-abor-
tion Oregon Right to Life and
teachers’ unions were increas-
ingly visible as well.
Yamhill County Clerk Brian
Van Bergen, whose office is
responsible for administering
the election, said most of the
ballots would be counted on
election night, although a new
state law gives voters an addi-
tional two weeks to “cure” any
ballots that surfaced with voter
signature issues.
In addition, because the
school district is geographi-
cally positioned within three
counties, a final vote tally will
not be possible for several days
and could possibly alter the fi-
nal results.
How soon till legal
psilocybin therapy
rolls out in Oregon?
While Allbee acknowledges
the state is creating a program
The state still has a lot of
from scratch, she said they ar-
work to do, but it won’t be too
en’t without guides.
long before Oregonians 21 and
“Indigenous communities
over will be able to do some-
have practiced psilocybin use
thing almost no one else in the for centuries,” she said, and the
country can do — take psyche- substance is legal in different
delic mushrooms in a thera-
places around the world.
peutic setting.
As it works to create rules,
Oregon is the first state in
Allbee said, the advisory board
the nation to vote to legalize
has reviewed scientific litera-
psilocybin, which researchers
ture and invited a number of
believe could help treat de-
guest speakers with a wide ar-
pression, post-traumatic stress
ray of information and exper-
disorder and addiction. And
tise. They have held listening
with a year to go before
sessions and currently
the implementation
have a survey open
deadline, the Or-
on the section’s
egon Health
website.
Authority is
According
working to
to Allbee,
develop a
the agency
system to
will begin
admin-
the work
ister the
to com-
psyche-
plete the
delic in
rules in
thera-
Septem-
peutic
ber.
settings in
Final
the state.
rules are
Accord-
expected to
ing to Mea-
be adopted
sure 109,
by Dec. 31, so
approved by Or-
the psilocybin
egon voters in No-
section can start to
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vember of 2020, the
accept applications for
state has until Dec.
four types of licenses
31, 2022, to set up
on Jan. 2, 2023 — li-
the framework that will regu-
censes for facilitators, manu-
late legal magic mushrooms.
facturers, testing labs and ser-
Officials say they are on
vice centers.
track to meet that deadline.
When psilocybin services
In June, OHA brought on
will be available for Orego-
Angela Allbee to manage the
nians is less set in stone.
newly-created Oregon Psilocy-
Licensees can begin their
bin Services Section.
work once applications are ap-
Allbee’s team is creating a
proved, Modie said.
training program, licensing,
That process, he said, could
and compliance tracking and
take some time. Since the re-
case management system, es-
quirements aren’t final known
tablishing a product tracking
yet, it is hard to estimate when
system, said OHA spokesper-
that might be.
son Jonathan Modie, in accor-
For now, people interested
dance with Measure 109, as
in following the progress of
well as developing policy and
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation
procedure for the license and
effort can sign up for email
compliance programs.
updates.
BY LIZZY ACKER
The Oregonian
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board over issues ranging from
prohibiting political symbols in
schools to hiring supplemen-
tal legal counsel, terminating
a popular school superinten-
dent’s contract and possible
violations of the state’s public
meetings laws.
The recalls center on Brown
and Shannon, but the ire of
the organizations questioning
the board’s actions extend to
board members Renee Pow-
ell and Trevor DeHart. The
rancor includes a number of
lawsuits filed against the board
by constituents and a local spe-
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City of Portland via The Oregonian
These screenshots show two costumed members of the public who spoke Wednesday at a Portland City
Council meeting.
Clown, ‘COVID rap’ make circus
of Portland council meeting
BY SHANE DIXON KAVANAUGH
The Oregonian
A Portland City Council
meeting faced some light-
hearted disruption Wednes-
day after a pair of costumed
speakers delivered dopey di-
atribes during separate com-
ment periods.
The spectacle began when
a man donning a red nose,
red wig and white face paint
used his allotted speaking
time near the beginning of the
virtual meeting to diss Mayor
Ted Wheeler.
“I, as a member of the
Clowning Society of Amer-
ica, would like to nominate
(Portland Mayor) Edward
Tevis Wheeler for ‘Clown Of
The Year,’” said the man, who
identified himself as Ronald
Grimaldi.
The mayor thanked the
bozo for his public testimony
before pivoting to items on
the council agenda. The
Clowning Society of America
does not exist.
About 75 minutes later,
a Texas-based YouTube co-
median appeared prior to
a council vote to approve a
$22,500 settlement on a law-
suit filed by a protester who
claimed an injury by Port-
land police in 2020.
The comedian, Alex Stein,
wore hospital scrubs and a
surgical mask around his neck
as he launched into a rhyming
routine promoting vaccina-
tions against the coronavirus,
a schtick that garnered him
national headlines last week
when he delivered it before
the Dallas City Council.
This time the mayor, visibly
miffed, cut Stein off.
“This is on a settlement,”
Wheeler said. “If you cannot
speak to this issue, we’re going
to move on.”