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Coronavirus in Oregon
State scrambles vaccine priority list
BY GARY A. WARNER
AND SUZANNE ROIG
The Bulletin
In anticipation of more COVID-19
vaccinations arriving in Central Or-
egon, St. Charles Health System will
move its clinics to the Deschutes
County Fair & Expo Center, where
there is more room for swift and effi-
cient delivery, a hospital official said
Friday.
“There’s quite a bit of concern and
anxiety with access to the vaccines,”
said Dr. Jeff Absalon, St. Charles
Health System chief physician execu-
tive in a press briefing.
There’s also quite a bit of confusion,
said Vicky Ryan, Crook County Health
Department spokeswoman in an email.
On Friday officials said that the
COVID-19 vaccination schedules
would not be expanded to include
educators and those 65 and older be-
cause of issues at the federal level.
OSU-CASCADES
The hospital and Deschutes County
health officials are teaming up and
will start vaccine clinics on Wednes-
day at the expo center for those in the
1A cohort classification.
See Vaccine / A4
DESCHUTES COUNTY
Bill seeks to separate campus
from Oregon State University
Republicans
sidestep
election
questions
DeBone, Adair, Knopp
recognize Biden as the
next U.S. president
BY BRENNA VISSER
The Bulletin
higher than its weight because it’s
part of OSU.”
This school year, OSU-Cas-
cades was one of only two Oregon
public universities that saw enroll-
ment growth, with a 4.8% student
population bump.
More than a week after a pro-
Trump mob led an insurrection at the
nation’s Capitol, Deschutes County
Republican elected officials have yet
to directly denounce the spread of
election misinformation that led up to
the attack.
The Bulletin spoke with Deschutes
County Commissioners Patti Adair
and Tony DeBone, as well as state
Sen. Tim Knopp, R-Bend, about their
thoughts regarding election misinfor-
mation.
Rep. Jack Zika, R-Redmond, did
not respond to a request for com-
ment, and has posted nothing related
to the presidential election on his so-
cial media accounts.
DeBone, Adair and Knopp all rec-
ognized President-elect Joe Biden
as the next president of the United
States.
But in general, no one directly de-
nounced misinformation circulating
about widespread voter fraud, which
several courts have
dismissed, and side-
stepped questions
about their thoughts
on posts from the
Deschutes Republi-
cans Facebook page
to spread misinfor-
Patti Adair
mation about the
presidential election.
In the weeks lead-
ing up to and after the presidential
election, Adair retweeted several
posts containing misinformation
about the election. Some examples in-
clude a post from a conservative talk
show host, who asserts foreigners reg-
istered to vote, and a post implying
voting machines “glitched” on pur-
pose to benefit Biden.
See OSU-Cascades / A7
See Misinformation / A7
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A couple walks across the Oregon State University-Cascades campus on Friday.
Rep. Evans claims OSU-Cascades’ connection to Corvallis gives it unfair advantages
BY JACKSON HOGAN • The Bulletin
campus is brand-new and rapidly expanding. Its west Bend location — less than 30 minutes from Mt. Bachelor ski area
and a few minutes from the Deschutes River — is appealing to outdoorsy students. And it’s connected to Oregon State
University, the state’s largest higher education institution.
But one state representative —
who represents the town that’s
home to Western Oregon Univer-
sity — wants to remove that last
advantage.
Rep. Paul Evans, D-Monmouth,
is proposing a bill that would sever
OSU-Cascades with its big sibling
in Corvallis, creating a new, sepa-
rate school dubbed “Central Ore-
gon University.”
Evans said the advantages that
OSU gives OSU-Cascades — in
particular, being able to offer
doctoral programs — creates an
unfair playing field for Oregon’s
other small public universities,
which are struggling to attract stu-
dents.
“As a person who represents one
of the small schools, I’m fine with
open competition,” Evans told The
Bulletin. “What I’m not fine with
is … a university that can punch
Bend coffee shop stands alone in
‘willful’ disregard of COVID rules
Kevista Coffee is appealing $8,900 fine,
Fred Meyer, Axis Salon among others fined
BY MICHAEL KOHN
The Bulletin
Seven businesses in De-
schutes County have been
fined for breaking state
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STANDOFF NEAR ALFALFA
Deputy cleared in lethal force probe
to Kevista Coffee, at 130 SW
Century Drive in Bend. The
coffee shop was fined $8,900
by OSHA in July. The shop
owners are appealing the fine.
Kevista Coffee is under a
second investigation, opened
in September.
See Rules / A7
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The Deschutes County sher-
iff’s deputy who shot a man in
the shoulder during a standoff
last month near Alfalfa acted
within the law, the Deschutes
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determined.
In announcing his decision
over a Zoom press conference
on Friday, District Attorney
John Hummel went a step fur-
ther and praised the actions of
Deputy Mike Mangin and other
officers who responded on Dec.
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demonstrated admirable con-
cern for their suicidal subject.
“The restraint and compas-
sion shown by the involved
officers was striking and com-
mendable,” Hummel said.
See Deputy / A7
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ompared to other small public universities in the state, Oregon State University-Cascades has some major advantages. Its
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