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Man cited in
Mayfield
Pond death
accidentally
hit victim
Jefferson County Fair
Jesse Aaron Ray, 39, accused of
negligent wounding, unlawful use
of a weapon
BY GARRETT ANDREWS
The Bulletin
Deschutes County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a
man Wednesday in connection with the death of
Bend-area resident Neil J. Martell, who investi-
gators believe was struck by a single 9 mm bullet
three weeks ago near Mayfield Pond.
Jesse Aaron Ray, 39, was allegedly shooting
into a berm on June 30 when he accidentally
struck Martell from around 190 feet away, au-
thorities said.
See Death / A4
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Fairgoers get inverted Wednesday on the Freak Out ride at the Jefferson County Fair in Madras.
CITY STYLE TO
COUNTRY STYLE
Jefferson County rodeo queen embraces life in the dirt
BY ANNA KAMINSKI • The Bulletin
ADRAS — Until last year, Kethry Nolan had never been to
the Jefferson County Fair.
For the majority of her life, she dressed in pantsuits and
always made sure her fingernails were clean and manicured.
The pandemic changed all that.
These days, Nolan, 20, often wears flared
blue jeans and Western wear shirts with
brown boots and a hat to match. It’s
what the Prineville resident wore as
she gave an opening day speech
Wednesday at the fair as the
Jefferson County 2022 Rodeo
Queen — except her shirt was
turquoise and embroidered
with red flowers.
“I feel so much pride,” No-
lan said after the speech, as
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the sun began to bake the county fairgrounds. All around her, dust
hung in the air, cows mooed and goats bleated in the distance.
This is what Nolan calls her new life. It’s why she was comfort-
able Wednesday making her way through the fairgrounds and
talking to anyone who caught her gaze.
“I used to resemble what city life looked like,” she said.
In December, Nolan’s duties as queen commenced right when
her title was announced, but June and July
have been her busiest months. She
travels from town to town giving
speeches, handing out ribbons to
Jefferson County Fair
prize animal owners and, most
notably, making runs on her
and Rodeo
horse through the rodeo arena.
The
Jefferson
County Fair and Rodeo
“I belong in the ring,” Nolan
continues
through
Saturday at the
said.
fairgrounds, 430 SW Fairgrounds
Road, Madras.
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Jefferson County Rodeo Queen Kethry Nolan, 20, of Prineville gave an
opening day speech Wednesday at the Jefferson County Fair in Madras.
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BEND-LA PINE SCHOOLS
$250M bond
headed for
fall ballot
BY BRYCE DOLE
The Bulletin
Bend-La Pine Schools will ask voters in the
fall to approve a $250 million bond to improve
the district’s schools, safety and security, with the
vast majority of funds going toward Bend High
School.
The board voted unanimously Tuesday to
place the school bond on the ballot for the No-
vember election. If approved, the bond would
fund improvements to old buildings at Bend
High School, including buildings along its base-
ball field, along with other projects around the
district.
“We believe through the authorization of these
funds that we could do this with essentially no
impact to taxes for our patrons,” Superintendent
Steve Cook said in the meeting.
The bond would fund 87 projects that a district
committee this year deemed a priority that need
to be addressed in the next five years.
More than $178.2 million would go toward
Bend High School, according to the committee’s
plan. The bond would also finance new door-
lock systems, roofs, fire alarms and the addition
of multipurpose instruction spaces.
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State urges Oregonians to DESCHUTES COUNTY
mask up against COVID-19 Commission approves ballot measure
that would restrict psilocybin in county
Oregon health officials on Wednesday urged Oregonians in
the 21 counties with high COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations
to mask up, warning that the state’s hospital system is again un-
der extreme strain.
COVID-19 hospitalizations are significantly lower than at the
peaks of past surges. But a combination of staff shortages due to
burnout and summer vacations, a high volume of patients who
delayed care for other conditions earlier in the pandemic and el-
evated coronavirus infections likely due to the highly transmis-
sible BA.5 subvariant has substantially reduced hospital systems’
capacity to care for current patients.
“No area of the state is spared,” Oregon Health Authority ep-
idemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger said during a news briefing
Wednesday.
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High 97, Low 54
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BY BRYCE DOLE
The Bulletin
The Deschutes County
Commission moved to place
an ordinance on the Novem-
ber ballot that would ban the
manufacture and therapeu-
tic use of psilocybin in rural
parts of the county.
The move, decided 2-1 in
a public meeting Wednesday,
comes a week after commis-
sioners heard a groundswell
of support from community
members over the potential
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benefits of
psilocybin,
a hallucino-
genic drug
obtained
from some
mushrooms.
If approved
by voters, the measure would
prohibit the production, pro-
cessing and therapeutic use of
the drug in unincorporated
Deschutes County.
In the 2020 election, Ore-
gon voters approved Measure
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109, becoming the first state
in the country to legalize the
use of psilocybin in therapy.
Deschutes County voters ap-
proved the measure 52.8%.
Measure 109 also allowed
counties to decide whether or
not to allow psilocybin therapy,
which has been shown in some
studies to have the potential to
help people with maladies like
post traumatic stress disorder,
addiction and depression.
Deschutes County is the
latest of several Oregon coun-
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ties that have chosen to ask
voters to restrict or allow
the drug’s manufacture and
use. Commissioners voiced
a variety of concerns in the
Wednesday meeting.
Commissioner Tony
DeBone, who voted in favor
of the ordinance, maintained
that by placing it on the
ballot, the county and vot-
ers have more time to learn
about potential land use rules
around psilocybin facilities.
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BY FEDOR ZARKHIN
The Oregonian
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