Wednesday, February 17, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
‘HIGH RISK’: Reduced risk level
allows some businesses to open
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based on COVID-19 spread 4 Extreme
Risk, High Risk, Moderate Risk, and
Lower Risk 4 and assigns health and
safety measures for each level.
<Thanks to Oregonians who have
stepped up and made smart choices, we
have made incredible progress in stop-
ping the spread of COVID-19 and sav-
ing lives in Oregon,= said Governor
Brown. <This is welcome news, as we9ll
start to see more businesses open up and
Oregonians being able to get out a bit
more.
=It9s also incredibly important that
we continue to remain vigilant and pro-
tect our neighbors and loved ones as we
face virulent new strains of COVID-19.
This means continuing to wear masks,
keep our physical distance, and avoid
indoor gatherings. If we want to keep
businesses open, reopen schools for in-
person instruction, and stay safe, we
must keep up our guard. Until vaccines
are more widely available, case counts
could go back up if we don9t keep fol-
lowing safety measures.=
In addition to the loosened restric-
tions on dining and gym activity, out-
door contact sports are cleared for action
(see related story, page 1).
The Oregon Health Authority will
examine and publish county data weekly.
County risk levels will be reassigned
every two weeks. The first week9s data
will provide a <warning week= to prepare
counties for potential risk-level changes.
The next assignment of risk levels will
be announced Tuesday, February 23 and
take effect Friday, February 26.
Updates to warning week data and
county risk levels will be posted to
www.coronavirus.oregon.gov.
WOOD: Poet will
partner with Kim
Stafford in event
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messages that no longer
serve us? When is a story
good and when is it harm-
ful? What if we get to decide
what narratives work for
us?=
Part reckoning, part
lament, part celebration,
<Believe The Bird= is a
book full of questions in the
form of poems, pointing to
the wisdom of the bird in
hand.
<Partnering with Paulina
Springs Books and Kim
Stafford on this book-release
event is a dream come true,=
said Wood. <Not only do
I admire Kim9s work, but I
have also watched him in his
role as Oregon poet laureate
advocating for poetry in our
lives, not as some high eso-
teric ideal, but as a practical
way we can connect through
story. If we9re lucky, we can
even lift each other up with a
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poem or a song.=
After many years of
hosting the Sisters Folk
Festival Sunday Community
Celebration and working on
staff at the Americana Song
Academy, Texas-born trou-
badour-poet Beth Wood has
finally become a local.
<For years I have
dreamed of living in Sisters,
and this spring it finally
became a reality,= she said.
<It is a strange time to move
during a pandemic, but I9m
so happy to have landed
here in a place that treasures
art and artists. I can9t wait
for all the magic that will
unfold.=
A celebration of <Believe
The Bird= is set for Friday,
February 19, at 6:30 p.m.
To register for the
free event, visit www.
crowdcast.io/e/beth-
wood-believe-the-bird/
register.
For more information call
541-549-0866 or visit www.
paulinaspringsbooks.com.
For more information
about Beth wood, visit www.
bethwoodmusic.com.
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