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A2 THE BULLETIN • FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2022 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION How to reach us LOCAL BRIEFING CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 room represented by service provid- ers, government agencies and others with lived experience, according to Jim Cook, a Redmond homeless ad- vocate. “This simulation dramatically demonstrates how much time and en- ergy many families have to give to sur- vive from day to day,” according to the event description. “It quickly dispels the myth that people would do fine if they would only go out and get a job!” The event will be held at Mountain- view Fellowship Church in Redmond between 8:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The event is free and lunch will be pro- vided. To volunteer or participate, peo- ple can visit the Poverty Simulation Eventbrite page or contact Oasis Vil- lage, a group of people trying to start a managed tiny-home village in Red- mond, at info@oasisvillageor.org. 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The Bulletin retains ownership and copyright protection of all staff-prepared news copy, advertising copy and news or ad illustrations. They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. Two firefighters in La Pine were injured rescuing two cats from a burning home Wednesday. The tenant escaped through the bedroom window, but several other cats are feared dead. Redmond motorcyclist dies in crash with SUV near Tumalo A Redmond motorcyclist died Wednesday night after crashing into an SUV near Tumalo. Quinn Chastain, 30, died at the scene. According to police, Chastain was riding north on the Old Bend-Red- mond Highway near 94th Street about 8 p.m. Investigators determined he was traveling “at a high rate of speed and passing in designated no passing zones” when he struck a Lexus SUV that was pulling onto the highway from a driveway. According to crash investigators from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Oregon State Police, the SUV driver did not see the motorcycle. The SUV driver remained on scene and was cooperative, according to police. The Old Bend-Redmond Highway was closed for almost five hours while the crash was being investigated. 2 firefighters injured saving cats Firefighters in La Pine rescued two cats after responding to a structure fire, but several other cats are feared dead. Two firefighters were injured while saving the cats from the burning house, the La Pine Rural Fire Protection Dis- trict said Thursday in a news release. On Wednesday about 7 p.m., fire- fighters responded to a fire at 15163 Ponderosa Loop, the fire district said in the news release. When firefighters arrived, they found the only occupant of the man- ufactured home had escaped through the bedroom window, the release said. The home was badly damaged by the flames, and up to 14 cats were inside. “Firefighters were able to reach through windows and rescue two cats, however the fate of the others are cur- rently unknown and due to the signif- icant damage are believed to have per- ished in the fire,” the release said. Poverty Simulation event coming to Redmond May 20 Redmond residents are invited to participate in Poverty Simulation on May 20, an event designed to show the general community the realities of poverty. The event, which is being hosted by the nonprofit Rogue Retreat, will sim- ulate how difficult everyday tasks and responsibilities are when living un- der the poverty line, according to the event’s description. Participants will attempt to accom- plish tasks by visiting tables around a The Bulletin is no longer publish- ing COVID-19 daily case counts by county. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention monitors community lev- els of COVID-19 to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium or high and are deter- mined by looking at hospital beds be- ing used, hospital admissions and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area. The CDC listed the following levels for Central Oregon: Deschutes County: Medium Precautions the CDC recommends for communities with medium levels: • If you are at high risk for severe ill- ness, talk to your health care provider about whether you need to wear a mask and take other precautions. • Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines. • Get tested if you have symptoms. Crook County: Low Jefferson County: Low Precautions the CDC recommends for communities with low levels: Stay up to date on vaccines and get tested if you have symptoms. — Bulletin staff reports Cartel-funded pot farms expand to grow indoors BY ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Foreign drug cartels that es- tablished illegal outdoor mar- ijuana farms in Oregon last year are expanding to large indoor grows, a state police of- ficial said Thursday. The new challenge emerged as a task force created by the Legislature met for the first time to figure out how to com- bat cannabis-related problems, some of which threaten Or- egon’s legal, regulated recre- ational marijuana industry. The Task Force on Canna- bis-Derived Intoxicants and Illegal Cannabis Production is also responsible for recom- mending funding and com- mand structure to enable law enforcement to combat illegal cannabis production, changes to state laws to address labor trafficking and water theft by the cartel-financed pot farms and regulations on genetic en- gineering of cannabis, among other issues. “It started with a simple ask of help and it’s turned into, ‘Oh, my goodness, there’s so much to deal with.’ And so I think we just have to kind of take one at a time,” said state Rep. Lily Morgan, a Republi- can from Grants Pass, as the task force met via video link. One of the biggest problems is the recent proliferation of illegal, industrial-sized mari- juana farms. In early 2021, hundreds of greenhouses began cropping up in Southern Oregon’s Jose- phine and Jackson counties — some within city limits, others brazenly established along highways or tucked into re- mote valleys. They were not licensed by the Oregon Liquor and Can- nabis Commission and are financed by foreign criminal cartels, from Latin America, Europe and Asia, authorities have said. There were more pot farms than overwhelmed law enforcement officials could take down. Indoor ille- gal growing operations have long existed, but now crimi- nal gangs are pushing more in that direction, enabling them to grow year-round, a task force member said. “We’re starting to hear about Josephine County, a lot of operations moving in- doors,” said Oregon State Po- lice Sgt. Tyler Bechtel. The state police have identified dozens of ethnic-based drug trafficking organizations, each operating between five and 30 marijuana grow sites, Bechtel said. Giving an idea of the scope of the problem, the Oregon Criminal Justice Commis- sion says 551,000 marijuana plants were seized in Jackson County, Josephine County and Deschutes County from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021. And that was a tiny fraction of the illegal crop. Authorities also seized almost $3.4 million in cash in the raids. “Despite legal avenues for purchases and sales of mar- ijuana within Oregon, an il- legal marijuana market con- tinues to cause public safety concerns, including diversion of marijuana to other states, sales of marijuana to under- age buyers, illegal cultivation of marijuana on private, state, and federal property, and en- richment of organized crimi- nal operations,” the commis- sion said in a report. The report examined results after an outlay of millions of dollars in grants to the three counties to address increasing unlawful marijuana cultiva- tion and distribution opera- tions in Oregon. The commis- sion said it could not judge the effectiveness of the grant pro- gram “because the illegal mar- ijuana market is an especially nebulous sector to evaluate.” The Task Force must pro- vide its findings to an interim committee of the Legislature by Dec. 31, 2022. 1543 N.E. 3rd Street, Bend (541) 241-7067 bend@osteostrong.me WWW.OSTEOSTRONG.ME /osteostrongcentraloregon Cal l us to sch edul e a F REE S ES S ION today! Attention Parents of 2022 Grads! Help make some memories! The Bulletin is publishing a special Class of 2022 Graduation section on June 5 to celebrate graduating Central Oregon high school students. Enter a congratulatory message or a short biography along with a photo for just $25. Your messages will be grouped together by school and published in full color. To be included go to: bendbulletin.com/graduations Call The Bulletin Advertising Dept. for more information. 541-385-5809 ADVERTISING DEADLINE: THURSDAY, MAY 26
