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A2 The BulleTin • Wednesday, June 8, 2022 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION how to reach us OSU picks dean of UCLA engineering as next president CIRCULATION didn’t receive your paper? start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-11 a.m. saturday-sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION 541-382-1811 Kathy aney/east Oregonian ONLINE www.bendbulletin.com EMAIL news@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 Maria Johnson ..........................541-617-7830 Finance Wendy dougherty ...541-383-0324 Human Resources ................541-383-0340 two women in a class of more than 200 engineers at the Indian Insti- Oregon State University has named tute of Technology in Kanpur, where the dean of UCLA’s Samueli School of she studied mechanical engineering. Engineering as its new president. She moved to the United States and Jayathi Murthy was one of two fi- earned a master’s degree from Wash- nalists considered to replace F. King ington State University in 1981 and Alexander, who resigned in April later her PhD from the University of 2021, amid criticism of his mishan- Minnesota. Since 1984, Murthy has dling of sexual misconduct moved between industry and charges while president of academia. Louisiana State University. Kirk Schueler, chair of the Alexander served less than a Oregon State board of trust- year as the school’s president. ees, applauded Murthy’s lead- Becky Johnson, who previ- ership in academia and said ously served as the vice pres- she embodies the qualities ident of Oregon State Uni- the Oregon State community versity-Cascades, was named Murthy was looking for in its new interim university president president. in the wake of Alexander’s departure, “Advancing diversity, equity and in- becoming the first woman to lead the clusion is a deeply held conviction and school in its 157-year history. central to her work as an educator,” The OSU board voted unanimously Schueler said. to name another trailblazer as uni- Trustees selected Murthy over versity president Tuesday with the se- Charles Martinez, dean of the Uni- lection of Murthy. Murthy is the first versity of Texas Austin College of Ed- woman to serve as dean of UCLA’s ucation. Martinez is the former vice engineering school, where she also president for institutional equity and teaches in the department of mechan- diversity at the University of Oregon ics and aerospace. She will become the and a former member of the Oregon second woman to lead Oregon State State Board of Education. and the first to serve without an in- Oregon State conducted a public terim title. search for its next president, in a dra- “I have chosen to join Oregon State matic departure from its closed-door University because of the enormous hiring of Alexander, which resulted promise of this place and the opportu- in campus mistrust of the board of nity to make a difference,” Murthy said trustees and the presidential hiring at Tuesday’s announcement. “Thank process. Murthy and Martinez visited you so much for giving me this chance, campus in late May to meet the cam- this opportunity to serve you.” pus community and participate in Born in India, Murthy was one of public forums. BY SAMI EDGE The Oregonian 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Marie Ekin, former middle school teacher and Blue Mountain Community College tu- tor, talks to college board members about character during the public comment por- tion of a meeting Monday before the board approved a plan that laid off five faculty members. Blue Mountain Community College approves faculty layoffs BY JOHN TILLMAN east Oregonian PENDLETON — The Blue Moun- tain Community College board voted Monday to approve the administra- tion’s budget that calls for laying off five full-time faculty members. The college intends to lay off in- structors in business, criminal justice, English, music and chemistry, accord- ing to Blue Mountain Faculty Associa- tion President Sascha McKeon. College administrators met with the faculty union team for a final time Friday to negotiate layoffs in the new budget. “The meeting was short and not unexpected,” college President Mark Browning said. “The union did not bring any new ideas. They just wanted to know who is on the layoff list.” Layoff notices were expected to go out Tuesday, the president said. McKeon, the union president, re- garded the meeting as an implementa- tion session. “We came to the table for a polite conversation on options to save jobs,” she said. “The administration didn’t act on them back when there was time.” Browning said Blue Mountain Community College started with a $2 million hole, $1.3 million of which was personnel. He said a $627,000 Amazon gift in lieu of Morrow County property taxes helped to re- duce proposed layoffs from 10 to five. “This has been a journey and pro- cess no one has enjoyed,” the president said. “Reducing faculty is not some- thing anyone wanted to do. 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Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 Phone ......................................... 541-617-7829 CLACKAMAS COUNTY Vote-count delay leaves state House race results uncertain Thursday, when the county last updated its results. The county also manu- ally added incorrect results in the House race on the Secre- tary of State’s website, an error that briefly made it look like Nguyen had a significant lead. The Secretary of State’s office corrected the error after being alerted to the mistake by the media, the newspaper reported. The delayed results are the latest blunder by Clackamas County’s elections depart- ment. The outcome of sev- eral other races, including the Democratic primary for Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, were delayed because vote-counting machines re- jected tens of thousands of ballots printed with blurry bar codes. The county finished pro- cessing the majority of ballots on May 30, 13 days after Elec- tion Day. However, the county still had 2,404 ballots left to count, including 1,105 ballots that still needed to be dupli- cated, as of June 2. Chrissy Erguiza, campaign manager for Nguyen, said the campaign is frustrated by the delay and eager to see the final results. “All of us are really eager to see the final results, not just for the campaign, but for vot- ers who want to know and should know the outcome,” Erguiza said. Gupta’s campaign did not respond to a request for com- ment from The Oregonian. COVID-19 community levels for Central Oregon Neighborhood Leadership to Makayla Oliver, the city’s 5 p.m. Community and Economic Alliance seeks applicants community relations manager, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mon- itors community levels of COVID-19 to help commu- nities decide what preven- tion steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium or high and are determined by looking at hos- pital beds being used, hospital admissions and the total num- ber of new COVID-19 cases in an area. The CDC listed the follow- ing levels for Central Oregon: Deschutes County: Me- dium Crook County: Medium Jefferson County: Low Precautions the CDC rec- ommends for communities with low levels: • Stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccines. • Get tested if you have symptoms. Additional precautions for communities with medium levels: • If you are at high risk for se- vere illness, talk to your health care provider about whether you need to wear a mask and take other precautions. Bend residents are being asked by the city to apply for vacancies on the Neighbor- hood Leadership Alliance, a committee that advises the Bend City Council. The alliance is made up of residents in Bend’s 13 neigh- borhood associations. The al- liance addresses citywide con- cerns and provides input to the council. Applications are due by 5 p.m. on July 3. Neighborhood associations looking for candidates include Boyd Acres, Century West, Mountain View, River West and Summit West. Applicants can fill out the online advisory committee ap- plication form at bendoregon. gov/government/committees/ apply. The applications will be shared with respective neigh- borhood association boards, which will then provide rec- ommendations to the City Council. The City Council is ex- pected to appoint members July 20. Questions can be directed ster was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The others survived. Webster’s fall was reported at 8:35 a.m. and involved two climbers and Webster, their guide, who were teth- ered together while ascend- ing the mountain above Helen Lake, according to a release from the sheriff ’s of- fice. One climber lost foot- ing, causing all three to slide on snow and ice 1,500 to 2,500 vertical feet down the side of the mountain, the re- lease said. Webster was rendered un- conscious from the fall, the sheriff’s office said. A nurse, who was climbing nearby, administered CPR on Web- ster, who was then airlifted to Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta, where she was later pronounced dead, the release said. The other two climbers were taken to area hospitals, where they are recovering. Two other climbers injured in separate incidents Mon- day were also flown to Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta. Their conditions are un- known. associated Press OREGON CITY — The re- sults of a state House race are still unclear nearly a month af- ter Oregon’s primary election because of vote-counting de- lays in Clackamas County. County Clerk Sherry Hall said election results won’t be updated until June 13 — the state’s election certification deadline — leaving the out- come of the Democratic pri- mary for House District 38 up Gillian Flaccus/aP file Signs criticizing election problems in Clackamas County are seen in in the air. Hall told The Or- egonian that she would wait this May 25 photo. A slow vote count resulting from a ballot-printing until the statutory deadline to error has left the race for state House District 38 unclear. release final results because of confidentiality concerns due iel Nguyen and school board may go to an automatic re- to the small number of ballots member Neelam Gupta for count. Nguyen led Gupta by left to count. the district that includes Lake just 14 votes with about 2% The contest between Lake Oswego and southwest Port- of votes left to be counted Oswego City Councilor Dan- land is incredibly close and in Clackamas County as of 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. 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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. LOCAL BRIEFING at moliver@bendoregon.gov. City of Bend asking for communication via email An issue related to Verizon’s phone network is prompting the city of Bend to ask resi- dents who need to reach the city to do so via email or in person. Anyone calling a city phone number from a phone with Verizon service could not get through Tuesday, ac- cording to Anne Aurand, the city’s communication di- rector. The problem is call routing issue with Verizon’s network, according to the city. The emergency line, 911, and nonemergency dispatch line, 541-693-6911, are not affected because they are not city phones. Until phone lines are fixed, here is a list of contact infor- mation for different city de- partments: Utilities and Public Works: utilitiesonline@bendoregon. gov, or visit in-person at 639 NW Franklin Ave., Mon- day through Friday, 8 a.m. to Development Department: permitcenter@bendoregon. gov or walk in to the Permit Center at City Hall, 710 NW Wall St. Bend Police: police@ben- doregon.gov or visit the lobby 555 NE 15th St. from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. General questions: cssup- port@bendoregon.gov Those who don’t have ac- cess to a computer may call the cell number 541-410-9341 and city staff will direct the message to the correct place. There is no timeline for when the issue will be fixed by Verizon yet, according to the city. Redmond woman dies after fall on Mount Shasta A climbing guide from Red- mond died after a fall while climbing Mount Shasta in Cal- ifornia on Monday. Jillian Elizabeth Webster, 32, was among five injured climb- ers who were airlifted from Avalanche Gulch in three sep- arate rescue operations Mon- day, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office. Web- — Bulletin staff reports
