2A | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS
On The Record
OBITUARIES
CHAPIN — D on a l d
(Don) Brooks Chapin
passed away Jan. 13, 2021.
“Uncle” Don was preced-
ed in death by his par-ents
Paul and Florence Chapin;
his sister and brother-in-
law Vir-
ginia and
Bill Butt.
H
e
is
sur-
vived by
his niece
Kathryne
Herring
Donald
(Keith)
Chapin
and his
g r e a t
nieces
Lisa Fishback (great-great-
nephew Eric Matthew Su-
arez) of Los Angeles, Calif.,
and Lorrie Lynne Russell
(Andy) of Boise, Idaho.
Don received his Bache-
lor of Science degree from
Ball State University in
Muncie, Ind., which he at-
tended from 1948-1952.
He served in the U.S.
Army during the Korean
War from 1952-54.
Coming back from his
service, he then went on to
receive his master’s degree
from Indiana Universi-
ty. He taught English and
Journalism for two years
in north Muskegon, Mich.,
and one year in Joilet, Ill.
His next adventure was
with Harcourt Brace Jo-
vanovich and World as a
textbook salesman in Ken-
tucky, Southern Ohio, West
Virginia, Michigan, South-
ern California and Hawaii.
He was promoted to
Sales Manager of 10 West-
ern States and Senior Sales
Consultant.
Don the salesman never
met a stranger. He was a
natural listener and always
a gentleman. He had a suc-
cessful career traveling as
he provided textbooks to
children. He was constant-
ly curious. You could talk
about books with Don, as
he kept his library fresh.
He was always interest-
ed in other people and had
the ability of taking the
spotlight off of himself and
putting it back on the other
person.
After coming to Flor-
ence in the early 200s, he
immersed himself quickly
into the community. For 15
years, every Tuesday you
could see Don’s wonderful
smile greet those coming
to the FEC to purchase
tickets. His love of theater
led him to serve on the
SEACoast Board.
His faith led him to be-
come active in the Bap-
tist Church, where he was
also member of the Men’s
Group. He also served on
the board for Siuslaw Out-
reach Services (SOS) and
told others his reason for
doing so was because of
the chocolates and snacks
they served before each
meeting.
He also served on the
LCC Advisory Board. His
quick wit and sharp sense
of humor made those
around him love him in-
stinctively.
He gathered a few friends
and taught them the card
game Shanghai. They met
monthly with food and
drink and cele-bration of
birthdays. He would often
have to remind the others
of the rules with stern-
ness. This was followed —
when picking up his next
hand — by a wicked laugh,
which meant he had drawn
a joker (the most helpful
extraordinaire card of the
game.)
He was a lover of travel
and went to his alma ma-
ter, Ball State every year,
for its big football game.
He cruised sever-al times
and was eager to share his
experience of being evacu-
ated from a sinking ship in
Greece.
He had great stories of
the cruise to Alaska, where
his highlight was seeing
Denali.
Don — he lit up the room.
His charming personality
was apparent immediate-
ly. His curiosity was never
invasive; you always knew
he was interested — a rare
quality. He was always the
best-dressed man in the
room and would brag that
he could still wear his U.S.
Army uniform.
The sparkle in his eyes
and his quick wit were
winning to everyone. He
will be missed by all who
knew him.
A celebration of his life
will be held as soon as we
all can come together.
State now requires insurers to cover COVID-19 vaccinations Library District to hold
The State of Oregon
now requires health ben-
efit plans in Oregon to
cover costs of vaccina-
tion for COVID-19, fol-
lowing an order by state
Public Health Director
Rachael Banks.
The Jan. 27 determi-
nation cites Oregon Re-
vised Statute 743A.264
(2) and (3) in mandating
that private health plans
operating in Oregon not
charge patients for most
costs related to providing
the vaccine.
That includes the cost
of all doses of the vaccine
and associated supplies,
and expenses for admin-
istering the shot, such
as those related to staff
time.
The Oregon Health
Plan and Medicare pro-
grams do not charge pa-
tients for costs of vacci-
nations.
“We are in the midst of
a devastating pandemic
that has affected more
than 142,000 people in
Oregon and claimed al-
most 2,000 lives,” Banks
said. “There should be no
financial barrier to get-
ting the vaccine, whether
it’s a copay or adminis-
trative fee. Even small
costs can be a big burden
for people with limited
resources, particularly
considering the econom-
ic challenges people have
faced for the last year.”
She said she encour-
ages providers to bill pa-
tients’ insurance for any
vaccination costs and
avoid asking or expecting
patients to cover vaccine
administration costs.
In her order, Banks
points to “[t]wo safe and
effective COVID-19 vac-
cines (that) are current-
ly approved by the U.S.
Food and Drug Admin-
istration (FDA) under
Emergency Use Autho-
rization.” Both vaccines
— one made by Pfiz-
er-BioNTech, the other
by Moderna — “are cur-
rently available to eligible
individuals in Oregon.
More COVID-19 vac-
cines may become avail-
able following clinical
trials and approval by the
FDA.”
Therefore, the order
continues, “having de-
termined there exists
a disease outbreak and
that vaccination is nec-
essary to prevent the
spread of COVID-19, the
cost of vaccination for
COVID-19 shall be cov-
ered by insurance …”
Oregonians who have
questions about their
insurance coverage are
encouraged to contact
their Coordinated Care
Organization, insurance
company or agent.
If they still have ques-
tions or concerns, con-
sumer advocates are
available.
Oregon Health Plan:
Call Oregon Health Au-
thority at 800-273-0557
(toll-free).
Commercial insurance
plans: Call the Oregon
Division of Financial
Regulation at 888-877-
4894 (toll-free).
Medicare: Call 800-
633-4227 (toll-free).
regular meeting Feb. 17
A regular meeting of
the Siuslaw Public Li-
brary District Board of
Directors will be held at 1
p.m. on Wednesday, Feb.
17.
This meeting will in-
clude remote participa-
tion by board members
as out-lined in Governor
Kate Brown’s Executive
Order 20-16.
The public is invited
and encouraged to at-
tend remotely by phone
or online, and may sub-
mit questions and public
comments via email prior
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Call 541-997-3132 Mon-Fri,
10 AM - 1 PM, or go to
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LANE COUNTY COVID STATS
Lane County
Public Health
(LCPH) was noti-
fied of at least 40 addi-
tional positive cases of
COVID-19 since noon
on Feb. 13.
This makes a total of
9,764 cases as of Feb. 13
at noon.
• Hospitalized: 15
• ICU: 2 (of the 15)
• Deaths: 121 (+2)
• Infectious: 228
• Persons being mon-
itored: 462
• Current Vaccina-
tion 1st Dose Adminis-
tration: 49,868
Cases in 97439 area
code: 155
More is available at
www.LaneCountyOR.
gov/localdata.
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agenda.
Anyone in need of
instruction in this at-
tendance method may
also reach out to Library
Director Meg Spencer
directly at meg@siuslaw-
library.org or 541-997-
3132.
A complete agenda for
this meeting is available
at
www.siuslawlibrary.
org.
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