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LORANE COUNTRY NEWS
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Contributed by
Lil Thompson
for The Sentinel
• Lorane Grange meets next Thursday,
May 6, at 7 p.m. A date will be set for
Lorane Grange Cemetery clean-up day.
Men will be serving at the meeting in
honor of Mother’s Day. With the new
protocols set by our governor, they may
not schedule a bingo night for May.
• Everything seems to be going well in
the district schools. The Crow Middle/
High School principal says the students
are doing well observing the COVID
protocols. He asks parents and students
alike to please continue with masks
and distancing so everyone can stay in
school.
• Only a little over a month until our
high school seniors graduate.
• The construction on Stoney Point is
going well. Please remember to SLOW
DOWN and be careful driving in the
area. Watch for flaggers.
• Also, be careful everywhere else as
roads are wet and can be slick.
improve their COVID-19 metrics will
have the opportunity to move to a low-
er risk level. Counties will remain in
extreme risk for a maximum of three
weeks.
“The fastest way to lift health and
safety restrictions is for Oregonians to
get vaccinated as quickly as possible
and follow the safety measures we know
stop this virus from spreading,” Brown
said. “I recognize the burden these re-
strictions place on Oregon businesses
and working families. My goal is to lift
these restrictions as soon as it is safely
possible, and keep Oregon on the path
for lifting most health and safety re-
quirements by the end of June so we can
fully reopen our economy. But we will
only get there if enough Oregonians
get vaccinated. There are appointments
available right now all across the state.”
$20 million for immediate aid to
businesses in Extreme Risk counties
Brown is partnering with legislators
on the $20 million emergency relief
package to provide immediate aid to
impacted businesses in extreme risk
counties through the state’s commercial
rent relief program.
In addition, the governor announced
that outdoor capacity limits for bars,
restaurants, and other sectors will be
raised from 50 to 100 people in extreme
risk counties, with health and safety
measures, including physical distanc-
ing, in place.
She added, “We know that the risk of
COVID-19 transmission is lower out-
doors. I am urging all Oregonians, if
you choose to gather with others, keep
it outdoors. Indoor transmission is a
key driver in the COVID-19 surge that
is making renewed health and safety re-
strictions necessary.”
The Oregon Health Authority will
also be working to align Oregon’s out-
door mask guidance with the CDC
guidance announced today.
Three-week limit placed on
‘Extreme Risk’ level
Under the Risk Level framework,
counties move to (or remain in) ex-
treme risk when they meet the county
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metrics for case rates and percent posi-
tivity, and Oregon meets statewide hos-
pitalization metrics: COVID-19 pos-
itive patients occupying 300 hospital
beds or more, and a 15 percent increase
in the seven-day hospitalization average
over the past week.
Counties will stay in extreme risk for
a maximum of three weeks, and will
be able to move to a lower risk level
sooner if their COVID-19 case rates are
brought down in the intervening weeks,
or if Oregon moves below 300 statewide
hospitalizations or the seven-day hospi-
talization average percent increase goes
below 15 percent.
The governor has also worked in
partnership with Portland metro-ar-
ea hospitals to ensure systems are in
place to closely monitor and manage
hospital capacity. Health systems in the
Portland area are using the coordinated
system developed at the beginning of
the pandemic to manage hospital surge
capacity, bed space, essential services,
and non-urgent procedures as needed
over the next three weeks in order to
preserve hospital beds and critical care
capacity.
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Rebel twice. The first time,
he was a young feral “golden
bundle of joy”.
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at
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Thankfully, this dramat- a mommy?’ and he walked
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The feral kitten quickly
grew to trust his new parents,
spending life safely indoors,
staring out at the birds. He
brought them joy, sleep-
ing on their bed with their
‘not impressed’ senior dog
and made them laugh as he
chased tennis balls.
“One day, Rebel escaped
into ‘bird world’,” said Marcia.
“He barely knew his name,
Rusty, and rain had washed
away familiar scents to bring
him back. I placed food and
water on the patio hoping to
‘remind’ him. The Angels led
him home! I opened the door
to find him eating. I said,
‘Oh! You are back, you little
Rebel’ and the name stuck.
He raised his beautiful-or-
ange-flag tail and marched
into ‘his’ house. We now were
parents to a Bonafide house
cat and champion mouser.”
He was nine months old
when the Holiday Farm Fire
exploded and savagely disin-
tegrated their McKenzie Riv-
er town.
“When we went to bed
there was no wind or smoke.
We were unaware that we
were in harm’s way,” ex-
plained Marcia. “Our pets
were sound asleep beside us,
until 1 a.m. when our neigh-
bor’s son pounded on our
front door.
“He and his family were in
Behind the fleeing fami-
a caravan of cars lining our
driveway. He urgently yelled, lies, the Holiday Farm Fire
‘Fire! Out now! Right now!’ ravaged the McKenzie River
as his flashlight illuminated Valley; of the 520 families
This ‘Rebel’ is home after surviving a terrorizing tale!
the hot ash falling like snow-
flakes. The smoke was thick
and wind gusts were 35 mph,
taking our breath away.
“We couldn’t find Rebel.
Tears streamed down my face
as I called and begged for
him to come out of hiding.
“We and the dog jumped
in our vehicle and followed
the bumper-to-bumper line-
up of cars out onto the high-
way. I prayed, ‘Please God
don’t let there be an accident.
Keep everyone and the ani-
mals safe.’”
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evacuated, 267 lost homes.
The wildlife, domestic an-
imals and pets were also in
peril.
No one was allowed to re-
turn for seven weeks because
of the landslide, power lines
and trees across roadways,
and the smoldering homes
and ranches. Rebel never left
their minds.
“We lost everything. We
asked an animal rescue group
on their way to save horses if
they would video our prop-
erty. Their video showed our
home smoldering including
the shop and three car ga-
rage. We wept for poor Rebel.
“Three months later, we
moved a 32-ft trailer onto
our property still hoping and
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searching for our little ‘Rebel’.
We even shifted through ash-
es hoping to find his bones.
Finding none gave us hope.
I prayed we would find him,
then, we heard a neighbor’s
cats had been rescued giving
us more hope.”
People were leaving food
out for wildlife and pets as
all food sources were burned.
Rebel was spotted at two
feeding locations.
“We were also leaving food
and water out for the wild-
life and missing pets in our
area,” Marcia said. “Toni Ray
of Holiday Farm Fire Animal
Rescue phoned soon after,
that they had Rebel in a live
trap.”
Rebel is miraculously
home.
“When, I speak softly to
him and call his name he
kneads his blanket,” Marcia
said. “Our wild boy has let
me remove a few fur matts.
He has a small-healing burn
mark on his nose. I have
the patience to remind him
how safe and loved he is. Its
working! He is calming down
and his beautiful amber eyes
show he recognizes us.”
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