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Marion County Food Share employee Mitch Baysinger unloads a palette of beef chunks from a
truck carrying more then $40,000 worth of donation food from the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints.
the fi rst time, the church is
sending out donations to 47
states within the U.S. as a
matter of course.
“Oregon is getting 13
semis full of food in the
coming weeks,” Nelson said.
The food contained in the
delivery to MPFS is worth
about $40,000 alone. The
church is providing the food
and delivery at no cost to
the organizations receiving
it. Beef stew, chili, beans of
all kinds, tomato sauce, pasta
and canned fruits are just
some of what the shipment
contained.
Kohler said it was hard not
to see some sort of divine
intervention in the food
arriving at a time of crisis
as the nation deals with the
COVID-19 pandemic.
“The church has always
been involved in helping the
poor and needy. It would
not be a long shot to say
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in the from of pasta-making
and canneries – have been
added to the church’s efforts
and grown the supply on
hand.
Neil Nelson, president
of the Keizer Stake, said
previous efforts to disburse
surplus foods traditionally
went to crisis areas around
the globe. This year, for
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Department of Revenue today
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Oregon tax fi ling and payment
deadlines for personal income
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The new deadline for fi ling
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This move is a result of the
governor’s priority to keep Or-
egonians safe and healthy, while
also providing relief and con-
sistency for Oregon taxpayers
affected by the federal and state
COVID-19 emergency.
“The governor’s clearly stat-
ed goal is for Oregon families
to stay home, save lives,” said
Oregon Department of Rev-
enue Director Nia Ray. “Af-
ter consultation with the state
treasurer and state budget offi -
cials, the Department of Rev-
enue will extend personal and
corporate income tax deadlines
during this challenging peri-
od.”
the Prophet was inspired
to prepare for this,” Kohler
said. The Prophet Kohler
references is the global
president of the church,
Russell Nelson.
Kohler said it was
humbling to play even a
small part in preparing the
community for hard times.
“To see what the church is
doing to help so very many
during such a trying time, it
is testimony strengthening
to see the foresight and
willingness to share without
asking for anything in
return,” Kohler said. “Serving
on the city council, I see
people donate lots of things
and provide many acts of
love and kindness, which is
awesome. When I compare
all I see with what I see
what the church is doing on
such a grand scale, I’m very
humbled to be a small part of
such a giant gift to so many.”
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Maintaining bans on large
gatherings and school closures
only would result in an esti-
mated 6,100 infections (with-
in a range of 2,000-12,000) by
May 8.
Maintaining the current in-
terventions could limit infec-
tions to 1,000 (within a range
of 700-3,800), and hospitals
would need a smaller number
of beds for those suffering the
most severe symptoms.
“These projections tell us
the sacrifi ces Oregonians are
making right now can save
lives. At the same time, they
paint a dark picture of what
could happen. We can’t afford
to drop our guard,” said Dr.
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demic, and state authorities are
preparing the next phase of in-
tervention.
A joint statewide plan re-
leased Friday, March 27, details
how the state plans to ramp
up services in preparation for
a crisis like the one being seen
in other states, and how aver-
age Oregonians can continue
to subdue the virus spread and
avoid a rampaging epidemic.
The plan addresses four ur-
gent actions necessary to ex-
pand the health care system’s
capacity and maintain its ca-
pability as Oregon braces for a
projected spike in new corona-
virus cases:
1. Procure and distribute
critical medical supplies, in-
cluding personal protective
equipment (PPE) for health
care workers and ventilators.
2. Optimize hospital ca-
pacity to be able to treat
COVID-19 cases.
3. Mobilize the health
care workforce to respond to
COVID-19.
4. Maintain a unifi ed, coor-
dinated and transparent emer-
gency response to COVID-19.
A return to “business as
usual” or slight differences in
actual infection rates (com-
pared to projected ones) could
swamp hospitals with more
coronavirus cases than they
could treat, said offi cials from
the Governor’s Joint Task
Force for Health Care Systems
Response to COVID-19 in a
press release.
Statistical modeling for
three possible scenarios shows
how the virus could become
rampant and how current ad-
visories to maintain social dis-
tancing and avoid large gather-
ings can stop the spread of the
coronavirus.
If Oregon lifted the all the
current rules and measures tak-
en to slow the spread of the vi-
rus, there will be an estimated
15,000 cumulative infections
by May 8 (within a range of
5,900-26,000). Approximately
1,100 people would need in-