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COVID-19 | Vaccine
Health care providers inundated by queries
BY SUZANNE ROIG
The Bulletin
Phones are ringing off the hook at
Central Oregon health care providers’
offices since the COVID-19 vaccines
began arriving three weeks ago.
The phones have been so busy at
some clinics that patients with imme-
diate medical issues have experienced
long hold times.
“Calling with vaccine questions
right now is impeding our ability to
provide care to patients in immediate
need,” said Elaine Knobbs-Seasholtz,
director of strategy and development
for Mosaic Medical in Central Ore-
gon. “We’re calling it vaccine excite-
ment. People are curious.”
Make no mistake, health care cen-
ters have a plan on how to reach their
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patients once their groups are up for
vaccine distribution. The vaccine is be-
ing distributed in Central Oregon ac-
cording to a prescribed plan by Oregon
Health Authority. First up are health
care workers, long term care providers
and residents and first responders.
At St. Charles Health System, the
first doses went to health care profes-
sionals. By the end of the week, more
than 3,000 health care providers will
have received their first dose, Lisa
Goodman, St. Charles Health System
spokeswoman, said in an email.
Goodman also said the health sys-
tem has received more calls than nor-
mal from patients asking when they
can receive the vaccine.
State and county health depart-
ments are responsible for getting the
vaccine to the general public.
“St. Charles stands ready to partner
with them to help expedite the pro-
cess,” Goodman said.
See Vaccine / A9
‘BEYOND ITS ORIGINAL GLORY’ Bend Tech
Historic Bend home to be restored back to 1900s design
continues
hands-on
learning
Students say they’re grateful,
hope for more class time
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Mark Skinner walks around the Putnam house that he is renovating in Bend.
New owner wants to use only original materials, such as vintage windows and light fixtures
BY KYLE SPURR • The Bulletin
A
historic Craftsman-style house in downtown Bend is being renovated to its original early 1900s design when it
was the home to one of city’s most influential couples. George Palmer Putnam, an early owner and publisher
While the vast majority of Bend high school
students attended school at home Wednesday
morning, a small group of students from Bend
Tech Academy at Marshall High School were
doing career-focused hands-on learning inside
their school.
A health class learned about phlebotomy by
pumping fake blood out of a mannequin. In a
technology class, students were using the com-
puter program Tinkercad to 3D-print items
like chess pieces. And students in a business
class were learning how to design, print and sell
T-shirts.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, students at
Bend Tech Academy — a magnet school focused
on career and technical education — are still able
to participate this fall in the hands-on education
the school specializes in giving. But they can only
do so for two hours a day, one day a week, due to
state rules on limited in-person instruction.
That is likely to change soon: Bend-La Pine
Schools announced Thursday that high school-
ers will return to school in a hybrid fashion
starting Feb. 8. That means Bend Tech students
will go from two hours to two days per week of
in-person learning.
Many students and staff at Bend Tech Acad-
emy said they were grateful for at least a little
hands-on learning this fall and January. But
they look forward to when they can spend
more time in the classroom.
See Bend Tech / A10
of The Bulletin and Bend mayor, built the home in 1911 for his bride, Dorothy Binney Putnam, heiress to the
Crayola crayon fortune who spent her time in Bend leading efforts in the suffrage movement.
TODAY’S
WEATHER
“George was the one
who put his heart
and soul into it, and
our goal is to get it
back to the way that
he would have seen it
when he and his wife
were there.”
— Dan Winey, California architect
who bought the home in 2019 and
is overseeing the renovation
Submitted photo/Deschutes County Historical Society
In a photo from 1913, George Palmer Putnam poses with the family dog
in a wheelbarrow while his wife, Dorothy Binney Putnam, pushes their in-
fant son, David, in a baby carriage in front of their home at 606 Congress
St. in Bend.
for restoring old buildings and
sees the historical value in the
Putnam house, which has sat
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rental service Airbnb, Winey
said.
“The idea is to bring it back to
beyond its original glory,” Winey
said. “At the time, it was an ex-
pensive home, but by today’s
standards it needs a lot of struc-
tural upgrades and a lot of other
improvements.”
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Submitted photo
Bend Tech Academy ninth grader Ella Hewlett, 14,
draws blood from the arm of a mannequin during a
limited in-person instruction health class.
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The couple lived in the home
at 606 Congress St. until 1919,
when they left Bend for New
York. Putnam later divorced
Binney Putnam and married
famed aviator Amelia Earhart,
who never came to Bend.
“George was the one who put
his heart and soul into it, and
our goal is to get it back to the
way that he would have seen
it when he and his wife were
there,” said Dan Winey, a Cali-
fornia architect, who bought the
home in 2019 and is overseeing
the renovation.
Winey, 68, a partner at the
San Francisco-based architec-
ture firm Gensler, plans to invest
$2 million in the renovation,
after buying the 3,000-square-
foot home for $1.15 million. He
wants to use only original ma-
terials, such as vintage windows
and light fixtures.
Winey said he has a passion
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