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A2 The BulleTin • Tuesday, augusT 30, 2022 The Bulletin how to reach us 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 LOCAL, STATE & REGION Gov. Brown declares a statewide Man gets emergency over wildfire danger life sentence 28 active fires burning in Oregon, with largest at more than 10,700 acres 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. 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 BY GARY A. WARNER Oregon Capital Bureau The Rum Creek Fire, the state’s largest active wild- fire burning in southwest Oregon, grew to more than 10,700 acres as of Monday morning. Containment on the fire centered near Galice in Jose- phine County was at 1%. Southwest of Bend, the Ce- dar Creek Fire has burned 7,654 acres since it began Aug. 1 about 3 miles west of Waldo Lake. The fire was 10% contained as of Monday morning. The two wildfires are among the 28 active fires in Oregon, according to the State of Oregon Fires and Hotspots Dashboard. And with temperatures rising and widespread drought, other Gov. Kate Brown declared a statewide emergency Sunday due to wildfire danger. inciWeb Fire crews structure-wrap the historic Whisky Creek Cabin on Aug. 23 with an aluminum fire blanket material designed to protect struc- tures from sparks or embers and withstand intense heat from the Rum Creek Fire, the state’s largest active fire. The cabin is one of the few remaining relics of the Rogue River gold rush era. “With wildfire behavior increasing across the state, and with the threat of fire not likely to recede in the near future, it is imperative that we act now to prevent fur- ther loss — of life, property, business, and our natural resources,” Brown said in a statement announcing the emergency declaration. The declaration also comes as Oregon approaches the two-year anniversary of the massive 2020 Labor Day fires that burned over 1.1 million acres, killed 11 people, and destroyed more than 3,000 structures. According to Brown’s an- nouncement, “The Gover- nor’s declaration authorizes the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Office of the State Fire Marshal, in co- ordination with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, to utilize per- sonnel, equipment, and facil- ities from other state agencies in order to respond to or mit- igate the effects of the wildfire emergency. The declaration allows state agencies to tem- porarily suspend any rules that impair the response to wildfires, if needed, and also allows the state to request assistance from other states through the Emergency Man- agement Assistance Compact if necessary. “ Brown said the National Guard would be used if other resources are depleted. The Rum Creek Fire, a lightning-sparked fire that began Aug. 17, had burned about 1,200 acres on Friday, according to state fire offi- cials. It grew to 4,700 acres on Saturday and was reported at 8,400 acres by midday Sunday. Logan Taylor, of Talent, was killed Aug. 18 by a fall- ing tree while battling the fire. Brown has ordered flags to be flown at half-mast on Mon- day to honor Taylor. One house and two min- ing structures have been de- stroyed by the Rum Creek Fire, according to the Na- tional Interagency Fire Cen- ter. █ gwarner@eomediagroup.com 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 TALK TO AN EDITOR City Julie Johnson ...................541-383-0367 Business, Features, GO! 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Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 Phone ......................................... 541-617-7829 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. TO SUBSCRIBE Call us ......................541-385-5800 • Home delivery and E-Edition ..........................$7 per week • By mail .................................$9.50 per week • E-Edition only ...................$4.50 per week 5 fires in NE Oregon left to burn naturally BY JAYSON JACOBY Baker City herald Forest Service officials are monitoring five light- ning-sparked fires in the Ea- gle Cap Wilderness with the intention of letting the blazes burn naturally. The agency has employed that strategy for more than 30 fires over the past quarter cen- tury in the Eagle Cap, which at 365,000 acres is Oregon’s big- gest federal wilderness area. It’s also the place Forest Ser- vice officials have most often allowed lightning fires to burn themselves out. The Nebo Fire, estimated at 20 acres on Sunday is burning in the Eagle Cap Wil- derness north of Halfway. u.s. Forest service That’s not a coincidence. The Eagle Cap is not only is bigger than either Multnomah or Hood River counties, but the wilderness has areas where fires, rather than turning rap- idly into conflagrations that threaten people and property, tend to grow slowly, often be- cause there are natural barriers, such as outcrops of rock, that help keep the flames contained. Moreover, Forest Service officials say, the fires typi- cally help rather than harm the forest, in particular by reducing the fuel load and making it less likely that a future fire will spread fast. “The Eagle Cap is a very large, very intact wilder- ness that we can use to learn more about how fire behaves and how it ben- efits the resources,” said Anthony Botello, deputy supervisor for the Wal- lowa-Whitman National Forest, which manages the wilderness. for killing his mother BY CATALINA GAITÁN The Oregonian A Washington County circuit court judge on Mon- day sentenced Garth Patrick Beams, 47, of Tualatin to life in prison for beating his 74-year- old mother to death with a baseball bat in 2018. Beams was convicted of sec- ond-degree murder and unlaw- ful use of a weapon. He will be eligible for parole after 25 years, the Washington County Dis- trict Attorney’s office said in a statement Monday. Prosecutors said Beams at- tacked his mother, author and screenwriter Wendy Jane Hen- son, in a fit of rage. According to court records, Beams was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1995 and was the subject of a conservatorship. He lived with his mother, who managed his Social Security income. Tensions began esca- lating between the two in early 2018 due in part to the increas- ing level of care Henson needed as she aged, court records show. On July 19, 2018, Beams struck Henson in the head with a baseball bat. Tualatin police officers ar- rived just before 3 p.m. and found Henson inside the home with multiple head injuries. She was rushed to Oregon Health & Science University Hospital but died from her injuries. Officers arrested Beams that day. Beams underwent a psychi- atric evaluation at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem and was declared fit to proceed with a bench trial in December of 2020, according to records. Henson published a textbook on screenwriting and wrote various novellas and screen- plays, her LinkedIn profile says. She also wrote a movie-re- view column for the publica- tion Tualatin Life. Columbia Riverkeeper challenging new gas pipeline infrastructure east Oregonian An environmental group is challenging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s ap- proval of the Coyote Springs Cogeneration Project near Boardman. According to state and fed- eral energy department doc- uments, the $32.5 million fracked gas pipeline compres- sor station would operate on a 22-acre site at the Port of Mor- row Industrial Park. The plant would have two combustion turbines that would generate 440 average megawatts of en- ergy when complete. The proj- ect would be built in phases. Columbia Riverkeeper, which filed the petition chal- lenging the decision, seeks a rehearing of FERC’s approval. Audrey Leonard, staff attorney at Columbia Riverkeeper, said Friday the organization is “tak- ing a stand against another mis- guided fossil fuel project.” The regulatory commission issued a license to Gas Trans- mission Northwest, which the company TC Energy owns, to build new infrastructure to in- crease the pressure of fracked gas in its pipeline system. Co- lumbia Riverkeeper contended approving new fracked gas infrastructure is inconsistent with Oregon’s and Washington’s climate goals calling for a rapid reduction in fossil fuel use. “Our communities are al- ready feeling the impacts of cli- mate change,” said Maig Tinnin from community organization Rogue Climate. “The only way to meet our climate goals is to stop building new fossil fuel in- frastructure and to transition to clean energy and greater energy efficiency.” The Coyote Springs station would result “in more annual greenhouse gas pollution than all commercial buildings in the state of Washington,” according to Columbia Riverkeeper. FERC released its approval of the Coyote Springs compressor station on July 28. The agency has 30 days to respond to Co- lumbia Riverkeeper’s petition for rehearing. patio world where quality matters 1/2 price patio clearance To sign up for our e-editions, visit www.bendbulletin.com to register. 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