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THE BULLETIN • SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021
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BRIEFING
Existing home
sales rose in 2020
Sales of existing
homes rose 0.7% in De-
cember, pushing the en-
tirety of 2020 to a pace
not seen in 14 years and
providing one of the
few bright spots for a
U.S. economy mired in a
global pandemic.
Rising sales in the final
month of the year lifted
activity to a seasonally
adjusted annual rate of
6.76 million units in De-
cember, the National
Association of Realtors re-
ported Friday.
For all of 2020, sales
rose to 6.48 million, the
highest level since 2006 at
the height of the housing
boom. That represented
a 5.6% gain from the 5.34
million previously owned
homes sold in 2019.
Oregon bank names
new vice president
The Bank of Eastern
Oregon has named a new
executive vice president
and chief operations of-
ficer, according to a press
release.
Becky Kindle will as-
sume the role, following
Gary Propheter, who plans
to retire later in 2021.
Kindle started her ca-
reer with Bank of Eastern
Oregon in 1998. She has
worked in virtually all ar-
eas of operations, most
recently serving as senior
vice president and chief
banking officer. She is a
graduate of Pacific Coast
Banking School and past
recipient of Oregon Bank-
er’s Association’s Presi-
dential Award, given an-
nually to the outstanding
committee chair of the
trade organization.
— Bulletin wire reports
PEOPLE ON
THE MOVE
Katie Roper has re-
cently
joined
G5’s lead-
ership
team as
vice pres-
ident of
Roper
senior liv-
ing, responsible for daily
strategy and business
processes of the sales
team to drive revenue
growth and new client
acquisition.
• Sarah Bodo, Emily
Tompkins and Mi-
chelle Solley have
been named to Bend
2030
board
of di-
rectors.
Bodo is
a park
planner
Bodo
for Bend
Park &
Recre-
ation
District,
Solley
is an
Solley
events
and development spe-
cialist for St. Charles
Foundation and Tomp-
kins is an independent
consultant specializing
in climate change.
• Courtney Massey has
been
pro-
moted
by Lead-
ing Edge
Flight
Acad-
Massey
emy to
director of Business De-
velopment. Courtney
joined Leading Edge in
2014, and has advanced
through various roles in
the marketing and cus-
tomer success depart-
ments.
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BUSINESSES IN CENTRAL OREGON
Seven Nightclub, The Herb
Center sanctioned by OLCC
BY SUZANNE ROIG
The Bulletin
Seven nightclub’s liquor li-
cense has been suspended for
50 days, and The Herb Center
will surrender its license under
sanctions imposed by the Ore-
gon Liquor Control Commis-
sion on Thursday.
The downtown Bend night-
club surrendered its license
50 days after a complaint
was filed with the Deschutes
County Health Services by a
person who had been at the
bar and later tested positive for
COVID-19.
The complaint alleged the
nightclub was not enforcing
rules requiring that workers
and patrons wear a facial cov-
ering and maintain a 6-foot
physical distance to prevent the
spread of the virus. The allega-
tions occurred Oct. 30 and 31,
according to the OLCC docu-
ments.
After the initial complaint,
inspectors provided training
before the bar opened on how
to get and stay in compliance,
according to the OLCC stipu-
lated agreement. When inspec-
tors returned later that same
night, none of the measures
had been put in place, accord-
ing to the agreement.
The bar’s owner could not be
reached for comment.
The bar had also received a
warning in July.
See OLCC / A6
Abby’s Legendary Pizza
sold; all will stay open
BY IAN CAMPBELL
The News-Review (Roseburg)
Abby’s Legendary Pizza
has been purchased by Lone
Rock Resources, according
to a statement from the com-
panies.
Lone Rock will purchase
100% equity ownership of the
36 pizzerias throughout Ore-
gon and Washington. Abby’s
has locations in Bend, Ma-
dras and Redmond, accord-
ing to its website.
“We are very excited with
this opportunity to further our
commitment to this area and
continue Abby’s commitment
to its customers,” said Lone
Rock Resources CEO Toby Lu-
ther. “We fully appreciate the
long-term operation, experi-
ence, and growth of the Abby’s
business. Over the past three
years, we’ve visited every Abby’s
location and have fallen in love
with the high-quality employ-
ees, loyal customers and family-
oriented business model.”
See Abby’s / A6
Early warning
system?
Scientists are
developing a
mask sensor
that detects
the novel
coronavirus
UCSD
University of California, San Diego is developing a
mask-borne sensor that detects the coronavirus.
BY GARY ROBBINS
The San Diego Union-Tribune
SAN DIEGO —
he National Institutes of
Health has awarded the
University of California,
San Diego $1.3 million to de-
velop a small, wearable sensor
that can tell whether a person
has the novel coronavirus or has
been exposed to it by someone
else.
The lightweight sensor would
be attached to face masks to
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monitor for the presence of coro-
navirus-related molecules that
appear in a person’s breath and
saliva.
The “surveillance” test strip
also would detect virus mole-
cules expelled by someone else
and possibly inhaled by the user
of the mask.
The user would squeeze the
sensor to see if it turns color, de-
noting a positive reading. The
process is similar to the one used
to check results in a home preg-
nancy test.
If there’s a positive reading, the
face-mask user would then get a
test to confirm the infection. The
result would be available almost
immediately. The sensor also
is meant to be useful in contact
tracing.
“This would be a way of iden-
tifying outbreaks early,” said Jesse
Jokerst, the university’s nanoen-
gineering professor who is lead-
ing the project. “We’re repurpos-
ing something that people are
already wearing to sort of moni-
tor the environment.”
The test strip, which could be
ready for use later this year, is a
variation of things that the univer-
sity is already doing to detect and
stop the spread of the coronavirus.
In the fall, the university be-
gan placing sensors in its waste-
water system to monitor for the
presence of the virus in sewage
coming out of specific buildings.
When there’s a positive reading,
the university alerts people who
might have been using the build-
ings at specific times and asks
them to get a COVID-19 test.
Portland brewers try unusual methods to survive
One plans to open new pub, while a second tries crowdfunding
BY ANDRE MEUNIER
The Oregonian
For a second time during the
COVID-19 pandemic, Port-
land-based Migration Brewing
brewery is bucking the con-
traction trend and will open a
new pub, this one in the for-
mer space of Hopworks Urban
Brewery’s Bike Bar in north
Portland.
Migration is expected to
open its new pub in early
March after a six-week reno-
vation.
“This is a great chance for us
to expand our brand to a new
neighborhood that is bustling
with great energy,” said CEO
and co-founder McKean Ban-
zer-Lausberg. “We’ve worked
really hard to stay positive over
the past year and have been
looking for creative ways to
keep growing in a pandemic.
We feel very fortunate to be in
a position to take on this proj-
ect.”
The Williams Street pub will
be Migration’s second expan-
sion since COVID-19 shut-
downs began in March.
In August, Migration
opened The Rooftop at Can-
vas taproom in the Stadium
District of the Goose Hollow
neighborhood. Migration’s
third location sits high atop the
ninth floor of the Press Blocks,
a new commercial and residen-
tial development at the site of
The Oregonian’s former press
plant, with a view down onto
Providence Park.
Banzer-Lausberg said the
pandemic-caused down-
turn hit hard at Migration,
which closed its pubs for three
months and laid off the major-
ity of workers during that time.
But expansion of packaged
beers in recent years paid off
with solid grocery- and spe-
cialty-store sales, Banzer-Laus-
berg said.
See Brewers / A6