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SATURDAY • May 21, 2022 Serving Central Oregon since 1903 • $1.50 RIDGEVIEW’S NUNES WINS STATE TITLE THE FRESHMAN SHATTERS HER PREVIOUS RECORD • CLASS 5A JAVELIN, SPORTS, B1 U.S. military | Mental health RACE FOR GOVERNOR IN OREGON Student vet designs app to combat Johnson’s suicides among service members brigades tee up in ‘full-court press’ BY GARY A. WARNER Oregon Capital Bureau Dean Guernsey/Bulletin photos Veteran Clay Webster conducts a preflight instrument check Thursday in the cockpit of a Robinson R-44 helicopter at Bend Municipal Airport. BY BRYCE DOLE • The Bulletin the Bend Municipal Airport on March 10, reading through the Facebook post that began: “FINAL CRY FOR HELP.” The 23-year-old student veteran at Central Oregon Community College scrolled with growing sadness as he took in the story of yet another vet- eran at the brink of suicide. The post, written by Steven Osborne, a 32-year- old Marine Corps veteran who served four years in Afghanistan, described the “internal pain, sorrow and de- pression” that looms over many vet- erans post-combat. The post read: “I hope now with this letter, it will send a message to the (U.S. Department of Veterans Af- fairs). And not just another forgotten letter that the VA hides in it’s closet full of dead souls from those who served proudly but came home bro- ken like me, asking for help but had the door slammed in their face … They pushed me to this level.” Need help? To get help, call the Veterans Cri- sis Line at 1-800-273-8255 or text 838255. Webster had never met Osborne before he died by suicide that day. But to him, this was a story that was all too familiar. In 2016, his high school friend Grant Hodge had died by sui- cide while also serving as a radio op- erator in the Marines. “At the time, it seemed like a freak accident, but as you go through enlistment, you see that it happened more and more to different people in different areas,” he said. See Veteran / A7 Bend babysitter is on trial in assault on baby State presents internet searches, such as ‘wanting to hit babies for no reason’ BY GARRETT ANDREWS The Bulletin Around midday Oct. 31, 2018, paramedics were called to a unit in the West- side Village Apartments in Bend, where, they were told, a 14-month-old child had fallen off a bed and hit her head. The girl was screaming though unresponsive, her eyes “stuck in one spot,” the child’s babysitter, Trishelle Linschied, told 911. TODAY’S WEATHER Linschied, then 25, ran a small day care out of the two-bedroom apartment she shared with a roommate. She was alone with the child at the time the injury oc- curred. The girl, Jackson Rose Sykes, was medically air- lifted from St. Charles Bend to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, where she was treated for a brain hemorrhage. See Babysitter / A7 Partly sunny High 66, Low 39 Page A8 INDEX Webster, a Marine Corps veteran, wears a bracelet in memory of a friend and fellow veteran who took his own life. Middle ground Johnson has sought to stake out the middle ground between what she called “the shrill voices of the left and right.” She’s lined up endorsements from the moderate wings of both the Democratic and Republican party. See Johnson / A4 Hydro Flask is sued by former employee for sex discrimination BY GARRETT ANDREWS The Bulletin Bulletin file photo In this 2017 file photo, Hydro Flask Marketing Director Yiorgos Makris gives a tour of the Hydro Flask headquarters in Bend. Business Classifieds Comics A5-6 B6 B3-4 Dear Abby Editorial Horoscope A6 B5 A6 Local/State Lottery Puzzles A2-3 B2 B4 Sports Weather B1-2 A8 A former social media co- ordinator for Hydro Flask is suing the Bend-based bot- tle-maker, alleging her boss harassed her over a 3-year period, while upper manage- ment supported him. Kelli Delperdang was hired as a social media coordinator in August 2016, and termi- nated by the company in No- vember 2020. She alleges in a lawsuit, filed Monday in Deschutes County Circuit Court, that The Bulletin An Independent Newspaper Vol. 117, No. 329, 14 pages, 2 sections We use recycled newsprint she was wrongfully termi- nated after her manager subjected her to sexual ha- rassment, a hostile work envi- ronment, gender discrimina- tion and retaliation. Delperdang, 32, is seeking $241,000 in damages. Hydro Flask Marketing Director Yiorgos Makris is named as a party in the law- suit. A company representa- tive said this week that Makris was still with the company. He did not return phone calls or an email. See Hydro Flask / A4 DAILY C lay Webster, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, sat in his truck outside The “Betsy Brigades” are revving up to move into the Oregon political scene, car- rying the message of the insurgent mod- erate seeking to become just the second independent governor in state history. “We’re in full-court press,” Johnson said in an interview on primary Election Day. “We’re going to have Betsy Brigades teeing up to gather signatures in ev- ery county.” Johnson’s mixing of MAY 17 basketball and golf meta- ELECTION phors is symbolic of what she says Oregon needs in All coverage its politics: a variety. online at “Take the best ideas bendbulletin. com/elections from Democrats and the best ideas of Republicans so Oregon can get its mojo back,” she said. She’s eager to unleash her campaign, sending volunteers dubbed “Betsy Bri- gades” out to connect with voters in all 36 counties. With Democrats and Republicans ex- hausted and depleted by primary races, she’s jumping into the spotlight with the largest war chest of all. Johnson has raised more than $8 million, and currently has $5.3 million in her campaign fund. Her campaign has attracted large contribu- tions from what critics have called the “bulldozer and buzz saw” industries — timber and construction. The largest amount — $1.75 million — has come from Nike co-founder Phil Knight. Johnson’s first campaign goal is to gather at least 24,000 valid signatures to submit to the Secretary of State’s Office by Aug. 16. “We’ll blow by that number,” she said. U|xaIICGHy02329lz[
