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| FEBRUARY 11, 2021
| COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
On The Record
County health officials urge seniors to register for COVID-19 vaccinations
The Oregon Health
Authority piloted and
has launched a new
“Get Vaccinated Ore-
gon” tool, as part of a
multi-pronged
effort
to provide older adults
information
about
COVID-19
vaccina-
tions.
Starting this past
Monday, Feb. 8, ap-
proximately
168,000
adults age 80 and older
are now eligible to get
a COVID-19 (though
nearly 33,000 people age
80 or above have already
been vaccinated).
While vaccine sup-
plies are expected to in-
crease in coming weeks,
supplies are currently
scarce. State health offi-
cials asked for patience
as more than 700,000
seniors age 65 and older
become eligible for vac-
cines over the next four
weeks.
With the new tool,
older adults in Oregon
have four primary ways
to get linked to local va-
cine information:
Get Vaccinated Ore-
gon is an eligibility and
notification tool devel-
oped by Google, in part-
nership with the state of
Oregon. It can be found
at Oregon’s oregon.gov
website, or at getvacci-
nated.oregon.gov.
The tool allows users
to answer basic ques-
tions to learn if they are
eligible and get linked
to information about
vaccinations in their
counties. Users can sign
up for alerts to get no-
tified about vaccination
events or find out when
they may become eligi-
ble.
Vaccine Information
chat bot on the oregon.
gov web site allows any-
one to find out if they’re
eligible for a vaccine in
Oregon or get answers
to other questions about
vaccines. The Vaccine
Information chat bot
also enables vaccine-el-
igible users who live in
Clackamas, Colum-bia,
Marion,
Multnomah
or Washington coun-
ties to schedule vaccine
appointments through
scheduling tools hosted
by local health care pro-
viders.
OHA developed and
offered this schedul-
ing feature in direct re-
sponse to requests from
health care providers in
the region. The friend-
ly Vaccine Information
chat bot tool is an or-
ange box that appears
whenever a user access-
es the covidvaccine.ore-
gon.gov web site.
211: Older Oregonians
can also text ORCOVID
to 898211 to get text/
SMS updates about vac-
cination clinics (this op-
tion is available in En-
glish and Spanish only).
Seniors can also email
ORCOVID@211info.
org. If you can’t get your
COVID-19
vaccine
question answered on
the web-site, by text, or
by email, you can call
211 or 1-866-698-6155,
which is open from 6
a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, in-
cluding holidays.
Please be aware that
wait times may be long
due to high call volumes.
As Governor Brown
announced on Feb. 5,
the Oregon National
Guard will help 211 an-
swer phone calls.
Licensed senior facili-
ties: Residents and staff
at most licensed facili-
ties for older adults and
people with disabilities
are receiving on-site
vaccinations
through
pharmacies enrolled in
federal vaccination pro-
grams.
Residents (or family
members) can ask their
facility operator when
their residence is sched-
uled for a vaccination
clinic.
In addition, Oregon
has opted into a federal
retail pharmacy pro-
gram that will offer se-
niors the option to get
vaccinated at 133 retail
locations across the
state, but that program
will not be available
starting on Monday.
State health officials
are awaiting addition-
al information from
the federal government
about when vaccine
shipments will arrive
at participating retail
pharmacies.
Oregon Health Au-
thority Director Patrick
Allen said, “We’re work-
ing hard to help our lo-
cal vaccination partners
keep seniors informed
NEBB—Jeffrey
Wil-
liam Nebb, 69, of Cottage
Grove, died Feb. 5, 2021.
Arrangements in the
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Ronald Alan “Ronnie P” Cole
1950-2021
Lake. Fishing and camping
on the Umpqua River. Playing
pool and shuffl eboard. Foot
stomping to some good ol’
Willie Nelson! Ron was the,
“Life of the party!” He was
fun-loving, had a quick-witted
sense of humor, ornery, scrap-
py, loyal, outspoken, generous
care of Smith-Lund-Mills
Funeral Chapel and Cre-
matorium, Cottage Grove.
and as stubborn as a damn
Ronald Alan “Ronnie P”
Cole, 70, wishfully passed away
at his home in Oakland, Ore-
Hans M. Johnson
gon on January 28th, 2021. Ron
1942-2021
Hans M. Johnson 78, of Cot-
tage Grove passed away Febru-
ary 4, 2021.
Hans was born on May 27,
1942, in Toledo, OR to Hans
M. and Alvina (Andersen)
Johnson Sr.
Aft er some college, Hans
served in the Marines and was
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nville; St. Alice, Springfield;
St. Francis, Portland; and As-
sumption, Portland. He was
named Pastor of St. Patrick’s in
Canby, Or in 1968. He served
there until 1983, when he went
to St. Mark’s, Eugene, serving
there until his transfer to Our
Lady of Perpetual Help in Cot-
tage Grove, Or in 1988, where
he served until his retirement
in 2003. Father Dowd enjoyed
golf & gardening. He is sur-
vived by 11 nieces and neph-
ews all of Ireland, and many
treasured former parishioners
in the Archdiocese. Due to
COVID, no services will be
held locally. A private burial
will be held in Cullies Ceme-
tery, County Cavan, Ireland.
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was born in Drain, Oregon on
proud to serve. In July of 1996
Hans married Linda.
Hans worked at Weyerhae-
user for a few years and then
Mike Jonson Tax Service for
40 years.
Hans enjoyed clay shoot-
ing at the Eugene Sportsmen’s
Club, tracing his family history,
doing taxes, being a Beaver fan,
school events and supporting
the V.F.W.
Hans was a member of the
Moose and Elks Lodges and
the V.F.W.
Hans is survived by his wife
Linda of Cottage Grove.
A celebration of life will be
held at a later time.
Arrangements in the care
of Smith Lund Mills Funeral
Chapel.
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July 7th, 1950 to parents Clark
and Charity “Cherry” (Allen)
Cole. Following graduation
from North Douglas High
mule!! He is survived by his
daughters Traci of North Bend
and Andrea (Ryan Williams)
of Yoncalla.”Papa Ron” adored
his grandchildren Evalina and
Kamden Jo! Ron also leaves be-
hind numerous Aunts, Uncles
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tle ol’ pig!” - Ron P. A party to
School in 1968, Ron was very
celebrate Ron’s life is planned
proud to follow in his father’s
for 2p.m. March 13th, 2021 at
footsteps in the logging indus-
2222 Cole Rd. Oakland, Ore-
try. In 1970, Ron was draft ed
gon
into the United States Army
and served in the Vietnam War
70-71’. He felt honored to be a
veteran. Upon returning from
Vietnam, Ron worked at Du-
co-Lam Inc. in Drain for 15+
years where he acquired many
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DEATH NOTICES
Fr. James Dowd
Fr. James Dowd, son of
James Dowd and Kate Farrelly,
was born in Ballyhaise Ireland.
Fr. Dowd has joined his broth-
er’s, Patrick and Paul, who pre-
ceded him in death. Fr. James
attended St. Patrick’s Seminary
College and All Hallows Col-
lege in Dublin, Ireland. He was
ordained on June 17, 1956 for
the Archdiocese of Portland,
Or. He worked as an assistant
Pastor at St. James, McMin-
about
vaccination
events in their coun-
ties. In coming days, we
know there will be more
demand for vaccina-
tions and for answers to
questions than we may
be able to provide.
“My promise to older
Oregonians is this: if you
want a vaccina-tion, you
will get one. But it may
not be tomorrow, this
week or even two weeks
from now. But you will
get one. And every Ore-
gonian will get a vaccine
sooner and more easily
if we are patient, wait
our turn and make sure
others who go before us
get their chance.”
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