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SATURDAY • August 13, 2022 Serving Central Oregon since 1903 • $1.50 SEAHAWKS QBS HOPE FOR EDGE PRESEASON OPENER • NFL, B1 Central Oregon voters Employer voice opinions for change overpays ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM staffers, asks for $2M back BY BRYCE DOLE The Bulletin Employees with St. Charles Health System are being asked to repay roughly $2 million after a ransomware attack on a global work- force management provider kept health sys- tem staff from accessing timecard data for months. In December, an attack on Ultimate Kro- nos Group, a company that holds time- keeping and scheduling data for workplaces nationwide, prevented St. Charles Health System from accessing employee timecard data from Nov. 28 to Jan. 22. After spending weeks repaying regional health care staff who had been underpaid, St. Charles is now asking for money back from 2,358 staffers who were overpaid, St. Charles spokeswoman Lisa Goodman said in an email to The Bulletin on Friday. That’s an average of about $780 per per- son, Goodman said. See St. Charles / A4 Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin Carson Janssen, owner of Janssen Metalworks in La Pine, was one of several Central Oregonians who spoke to reporters for the Voter Voices project. He talked about the changes he’d like to see in his rural town and the region. River near Bend too risky to get kayaker’s remains BY HANNAH SEIBOLD AND ZACHARY JONES NEURAY • EO Media Group O regon voter voices often go unamplified because the state is not a major player on the national stage due to its strong democratic tilt driven by the metropolitan areas. To capture the least heard voter voices — youth and those living in rural areas — EO Media Group partnered with students from the University of Oregon’s Catalyst Journalism Project to provide a platform for their views in all regions of the state. to Bend to La Pine spoke to re- porters about what their friends, family and neighbors feel would make Oregon and the U.S. a bet- ter place for all. “If we just met over the fence and had a conversation then things could actually change,” said Prineville resident Diane Belnavis. “ “We have different beliefs, but we all love the same thing. This community is forced to interact with each other, and I just love it. I’ve always lived rurally. I like to farm.” — Diane Belnavis, Prineville resident See Voters / A7 The Nov. 8 general election is more than 12 weeks away, but Wednesday was the deadline to mail “submarine ballots” to some voters. That’s the name of ballots that go to military and overseas voters who won’t be able to get a ballot, cast their votes and get it back to their county clerks in time to be counted. Like those on the USS Oregon attack submarine sub- merged somewhere in the seven seas. The deadline, which is covered in Oregon Revised Statute 253.565, is just one of many TODAY’S WEATHER Plenty of sun High 85, Low 51 Page A8 coming and going as the election draws closer. One of the key dates next week will decide if a top candidate for governor goes on the Nov. 8 ballot. Deadline looms for ‘Run, Betsy, Run’ The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office has said it needs to have petitions seeking to put former state Sen. Betsy Johnson on the Nov. 8 ballot submitted no later than Tuesday. That will give officials two weeks to make sure the petitions add up. See Election / A4 INDEX Business Classifieds Comics A5-6 B7-8 B3-4 Dear Abby Editorial Horoscope A6 B6 A6 See Kayaker / A3 Illegal marijuana grow in Madras linked to international drug group Submarine ballots sent; Betsy Brigades race to beat deadlines BY GARY A. WARNER Oregon Capital Bureau The general location of the body of Alex Kollar, the kayaker who went missing on the Deschutes River last fall, is known, but con- ditions on the river make it far too danger- ous to safely retrieve his remains. Kollar was reported missing on the De- schutes River on Oct. 1 after he was last seen by friends upstream from Meadow Camp near Lava Island Falls. Local/State Lottery Puzzles BY GARRETT ANDREWS The Bulletin Drug police searched a Madras property Friday morning, seizing 60 pounds of unprocessed marijuana and 807 plants tied to an in- ternational drug organization operating around Central Oregon, according to police. The alleged illicit grow site at 637 NE 10th St. also con- tained evidence the outfit A2-3 B2 B4 Sports Weather B1-2, 5 A8 allegedly stole tens of thou- sands of gallons of water, ac- cording to Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp of the multiagency Central Oregon Drug En- forcement team. The search began around 7:30 a.m. The home was un- occupied and no arrests were made, though evidence col- lected will aid in ongoing investigations, according to Vander Kamp. The Bulletin An Independent Newspaper We use recycled newsprint Vol. 117, No. 329, 16 pages, 2 sections “We are probably going to announce some more arrests next week,” he told The Bul- letin. The 10th Street property consists of a home and large detached storage shed. The home, a rental, was largely vacant. The outbuilding con- tained three grow rooms with plants in different stages of maturity, Vander Kamp said. See Madras / A3 DAILY The Voter Voices project started in Central Oregon. The tri-county area is comprised of one metro area, Bend, and sev- eral rural cities. People were asked about their concerns and hopes rather than their political affiliation or particular candi- dates in an effort to have an open dialogue. Voters from Madras BY JOE SIESS The Bulletin U|xaIICGHy02329lz[ Get your copy in The Bulletin today! HOMES, LAND, AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE IN CENTRAL OREGON • Reach local consumers with discretionary income and put your listing in front of those buying or selling homes with an advertisement in Central Oregon Homes & Business. • Featuring homes, land, and commercial property for sale in Central Oregon on a monthly basis. • Publishing the second Saturday of the month in The Bulletin with the Real Estate section. • Over 2,300 additional copies distributed throughout Central Oregon. • Showcase your home on the front of Central Oregon Homes & Business. CALL DEBBIE COFFMAN AT 541-383-0384
