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Kim Huong Restaurant, Coin
Jam, Half Penny Bar & Grill
Em Chan
Tamalex y Mas
Salem Statesman Journal
USA TODAY NETWORK
Ninth graders during their first day of school at West Salem High School. BRIAN
HAYES / STATESMAN JOURNAL
Protocols loosened
for schools
Jordyn Brown
Salem Statesman Journal
USA TODAY NETWORK
The Oregon Department of Educa-
tion has issued new COVID-19 guidance
for schools, making significant changes
to what schools will be required to do.
Beyond the initial game-changer of
leaving decisions on masking to schools
and districts, the new guidance loosens
most pandemic-era requirements, do-
ing away starting March 12 with things
like contact tracing and quarantining
and continuing to make isolation op-
tional or “strongly advised.”
It encourages schools to lean on their
communicable disease plans with local
public health agencies, as they did be-
fore the pandemic.
“This can feel like it’s signaling the
end of the pandemic, and I want to be
clear that that’s not the intention here,”
ODE director Colt Gill said during a
news conference Wednesday. “Each
shift over the last two years has been in
response to a new stage of the pandemic
and its impacts as well as our experi-
ence and learning about the effective-
ness of various mitigation efforts. The
shift we’re discussing today signals just
that: a new stage of the pandemic, and
one where, for at least the next few
months, our state has some built-in im-
munity.”
ODE’s new guidance includes some
smaller changes in line with new Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention
recommendations. It also includes
some weaker language, such as masks
no longer being needed on school buses,
and changing physical distancing of
three feet from a requirement to some-
thing schools should “strive for.”
There are a few more significant
changes, including that K-12 students
and staff are no longer required to quar-
antine if they’ve been exposed, which
impacts schools’ Test to Stay protocol.
The CDC updated its guidance Mon-
day to say universal case investigation
and contact tracing are no longer rec-
ommended outside of high-risk set-
tings. So, effective March 12, Oregon will
pause contact tracing and quarantine
for the general population, including
K-12 settings.
“In lieu of contact tracing, schools are
strongly encouraged to provide cohort
notifications when an exposure occurs,”
Gill said. “A cohort could be a classroom,
could be a school bus population, could
be a lunch group. But these notifications
will allow individuals and families to
take additional precautions and make
use of state and local resources to meet
their individual needs.”
Because quarantine protocol is no
longer required, regardless of vaccina-
tion status, the state’s Test to Stay pro-
tocol will shift from a form of modified
quarantine to an enhanced exposure
testing, according to Gill.
“Schools would offer this enhanced
exposure testing to individuals who
are at increased risk of severe illness,
so this could include cohorts of med-
ically fragile students,” he said.
The Test to Stay program previous-
ly used rapid antigen tests for real-
time answers in schools if a student
had been exposed to COVID-19. Now,
these tests will be primarily reserved
for high-risk students. Schools will
continue to offer diagnostic testing for
students and staff as well as screening
testing through the state’s opt-in pro-
gram to do weekly PCR take-home
tests.
Gill and OHA’s state health officer
Dr. Dean Sidelinger said this decision
was due to declining hospitalization
rates, and a belief that there is wider
community immunity right now due to
how many people contracted the om-
icron variant and greater availability of
at-home tests and tests at schools.
Schools are still “strongly encour-
aged” to notify families if there’s been
an exposure. If a student has been ex-
posed to someone with COVID-19, it’s
now up to that individual person or
family to seek out a test and decide
whether it is OK to send their child to
school.
“We feel like it’s a safe time for this
transition back to the local decision-
making and individual decision-mak-
ing (of parents and families),” Gill said.
“This is very similar to the way schools
have operated around communicable
disease for years and years.
“We do hope that people take ad-
vantage of the ready supply of tests
that the Oregon Health Authority has
provided to schools and if they do have
COVID-19 symptoms that they seek
out a test and then they do follow the
protocols for isolating for five days to
help prevent spread in that school set-
ting.”
Isolation is not required if a student
tests positive, only “strongly advised”
for at least five days. This language is
not new to this latest state guidance,
but still has impact given the changes
by the CDC around quarantining and
other local decision-making.
“Giving individuals and communi-
ties the information and tools to lower
the risk of getting COVID-19 will con-
tinue to be a part of our lives,” Sidelin-
ger said. “We will remain vigilant and
ready to respond to changes but (CO-
VID-19) should no longer control our
lives.”
Contact reporter Jordyn Brown at
jbrown@registerguard.com or 541-
246-4264, and follow her on Twitter
@thejordynbrown and Instagram
@registerguard.
ABOUT RESTAURANT INSPEC-
TIONS
This is a snapshot of the inspec-
tions conducted by the Marion and
Polk county health departments.
Twice annually, licensed restau-
rants receive unannounced inspec-
tions that focus on food temperatures,
food preparation practices, worker hy-
giene, dish-washing and sanitizing,
and equipment and facility cleanli-
ness.
Violations: Restaurant scores are
based on a 100-point scale. Priority vi-
olations deduct 5 points, and priority
foundation violations deduct 3 points.
Violations recorded on consecutive in-
spections result in point deductions
being doubled.
Scoring: Scores of 70 or higher are
considered compliant. Restaurants
scoring below 70 must be re-inspected
within 30 days or face closure or other
administrative action. Restaurants
display a placard by the entrance to in-
dicate whether they have passed their
last inspection.
At the beginning of 2022, health in-
spections have moved from their for-
mer website and the latest are now
viewable here.
Taproot Trolly
Location: 2315 25th Street SE (mo-
bile unit)
Date: February 11, 2022
Score: 95
Priority violations:
Food employees are not washing
their hands as often as necessary, spe-
cifically: Food employee returned to mo-
bile unit and donned gloves without
washing hands. Point deduction: 5.
The Coin Jam
Location: 439 Court St
Date: February 11, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Subway #584
Location: 12334 Ehlen Rd Aurora
Date: February 10, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Domino's Pizza
Marion County Health
Inspections
Fey Asian
Location: 210 E Washington St
Stayton
Date: February 14, 2022
Score: 79
Priority violations:
Food employees do not use the
proper cleaning procedure for washing
their hands, specifically: Observed
employee wipe hands on cloth after
touching head before returning to
work with food. Observed employee
using hand sanitizer after taking order
without washing hands before return-
ing to work with food. Point deduc-
tion: 5.
Raw or ready-to eat food is not
properly protected from cross con-
tamination, specifically: Raw chicken
thawing under running water above
raw pork in the compartment sink.
Point deduction: 5.
Food-contact surfaces are not
clean, specifically: Stored food probe
thermometer soiled with food debris.
Point deduction: 3.
Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, poten-
tially hazardous food has not been
consumed within the required time
period or is not properly date-marked,
specifically: Prepared egg foo yong and
other fried foods prepared yesterday
are not properly dated in the walk-in.
Point deduction: 5.
A test kit is not provided or is not
accurate enough to measure the con-
centration of sanitizing solutions, spe-
cifically: Chlorine test strips not pro-
vided. Point deduction: 3.
Silver Inn Tavern
Location: 3788 Silverton Rd NE
Date: February 14, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Kim Huong Restaurant
Location: 2950 Silverton Road NE
Date: February 14, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Brewski's 1
Location: 1720 Shaff Road Stayton
Date: February 14, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Location: 1080 1st Street N Stayton
Date: February 10, 2022
Score: 97
Priority violations:
Hand towels or a hand drying device
is not provided at the handwashing
sink, specifically: Handwashing sink
next to walk-in is missing paper towels.
Point deduction: 3.
Cinnabon
Location: 1001 N Arney Rd #818
Woodburn
Date: February 10, 2022
Score: 97
Priority violations:
Hand towels or a hand drying device
is not provided at the handwashing
sink, specifically: No paper towels are
provided at the back hand washing sink.
Point deduction: 3.
The Half Penny Bar & Grill
Location: 3743 Commercial St SE
Date: February 10, 2022
Score: 78
Priority violations:
A handwashing sink is not accessible
for employee use at all times, is used for
purposes other than handwashing or is
not operated properly, specifically:
Upon arrival, handwashing sink
blocked with strainer of pasta. Observ-
ed employee later use sink to wash
probe monitor. Point deduction: 3.
Convenient handwashing lavatories
are not provided or are not adequate in
number, specifically: Outside hand-
washing station set-up not provided at
outside portable smoker in use during
time of inspection. Point deduction: 3.
The chlorine sanitizer concentration,
pH, or temperature is not adequate,
specifically: Bar dish machine is dis-
pensing 0 PPM chlorine. Point deduc-
tion: 5.
Potentially hazardous food is not
maintained at proper hot or cold holding
temperatures, specifically: Chicken taco
soup prepared 2/6 is measuring be-
tween 48-51 F in the walk-in. Point de-
duction: 5.
A consumer advisory is not provided,
is not presented in the correct format, or
does not contain the required informa-
tion, specifically: Asterisks linking eggs,
burgers, and steaks to printed consum-
er advisory on menu are not provided.
Point deduction: 3.
Bento Box
Location: 3284 Lancaster Dr NE Ste
NW Senior & Disability Services
A
Location: 12271 Melinda Lane NE
Aurora (mobile unit)
Date: February 14, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Date: February 10, 2022
Score: 92
Priority violations:
Food is in contact with surfaces of
equipment and utensils that are not
properly cleaned and sanitized, specifi-
cally: Observed repackaged bag of raw
beef in contact with cooked and cooled
soba noodles in prep cooler. Point de-
duction: 5.
Temperature measuring devices are
not provided or readily accessible for
checking food temperatures, specifical-
ly: A probe thermometer capable of
reading cold-holding and cooking tem-
peratures was not available during to-
day's inspection. A re-inspection is nec-
essary for this violation. Point deduc-
tion: 3.
Champions Bar and Grill
Flying J Travel Plaza #584
Location: 400 W Virginia St Stay-
ton
Date: February 14, 2022
Score: 95
Priority violations:
Chemical sanitizers are not ap-
proved, specifically: Measured >400
PPM QUAT in three compartment sink
and wiping cloth bucket. Point de-
duction: 5.
Sizzling Tandoori Hut
Location: 2930 Silverton Road NE
Date: February 14, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Los Toreros Mexican Food
Students wait on the bus as they arrive at school for one of the first days back
for grades two and three after closures due to the coronavirus, at Hoover
Elementary School on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. BRIAN HAYES / STATESMAN JOURNAL
Location: 4792 Silverton Rd NE (mo-
bile unit)
Date: February 11, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Location: 479 Court St NE
Date: February 11, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Location: 12334 Ehlen Rd Aurora
Date: February 10, 2022
Score: 100
No priority violations.
Em Chan covers food and dining at
the Statesman Journal. You can reach
her at echan@statesmanjournal.com,
follow her on Twitter @catchuptoemily
or see what she's eating on Instagram
@sikfanmei.ah.