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A2 THE BULLETIN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021 The Bulletin LOCAL, STATE & REGION How to reach us CIRCULATION Didn’t receive your paper? Start or stop subscription? 541-385-5800 PHONE HOURS 6 a.m.-noon Tuesday-Friday 7 a.m.-noon Saturday-Sunday and holidays GENERAL INFORMATION NOTE TO READERS COVID-19 nationwide numbers No COVID-19 case and death in- formation was released Sunday due to maintenance on the state’s data management system, the Oregon Health Authority said Sunday. The daily release of in- formation is expected to resume Monday and state health offi- cials caution that those numbers may be slightly higher due to the pause in the release of data. According to data through Jan. 30 from Johns Hopkins University, the seven-day rolling average for daily new deaths in the U.S. did not increase over the past two weeks, going from 3,335.3 on Jan. 16 to 3,141 on Jan. 30. The average number of daily deaths has risen in the nation’s three most populous states, according to the COVID Tracking Project. The sev- en-day rolling average of daily deaths in California has increased over the past two weeks from about 532 deaths per day on Jan. 16 to nearly 551 daily deaths on Jan. 30. Over the same period, Texas’s rolling average of deaths each day has gone up from about 306 to 315, while Florida’s has increased by nearly one additional daily death to 176. Cases have risen the highest over the 541-382-1811 past seven days in Arizona and South Carolina, where roughly 1 in 200 people in each state have been diagnosed with COVID-19. In case you missed it Many states have had trouble distributing the coronavirus vaccine equitably. In North Carolina, Black people account for 22% of the popula- tion but 11% of first dose recipients, according to state data. White peo- ple, a category in which the state includes both Hispanic and non-His- panic whites, are 68% of the population and 82% of those vaccinated. An Associated Press analysis shows Black people in several other parts of the U.S. are lagging behind whites in receiving COVID-19 vaccinations. — Associated Press 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri. ONLINE www.bendbulletin.com EMAIL bulletin@bendbulletin.com AFTER HOURS Newsroom ................................541-383-0348 Circulation ................................541-385-5800 NEWSROOM EMAIL Business ........business@bendbulletin.com City Desk .............news@bendbulletin.com Features.................................................................. communitylife@bendbulletin.com Sports ................. sports@bendbulletin.com NEWSROOM FAX 541-385-5804 OUR ADDRESS Street .............. 320 SW Upper Terrace Drive Suite 200 Bend, OR 97702 Mailing ........... P.O. Box 6020 Bend, OR 97708 B JAIMIE DING AND JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN The Oregonian Armed protesters tried to force their way into a hospi- tal near Vancouver on Friday night, authorities said. Deputies from the Clark County Sher- iff’s Office pushed them away, though no arrests were made. The protesters gathered in response to a social media call that claimed a woman who had refused a COVID-19 test was not allowed to leave the medical facility. However, the sheriff’s office determined the patient willingly stayed in the hospital to receive medical treatment. According to a live stream shared online, protesters said a woman in her 70s had been hospitalized at Legacy Salmon Creek the previous night with a urinary tract infection and declined to take a coronavirus test. A woman narrating the livestream said hospital em- ployees did not allow her to leave, prompting demonstra- tors to gather outside. According to hospital per- sonnel, the patient had refused a COVID-19 test upon ad- mittance to the hospital and was put in quarantine while receiving medical treatment, the Clark County Sheriff’s Of- fice said. The woman’s daugh- ter was not allowed to see her mother in quarantine because she had refused to wear a mask upon entering the hospital. Dispatchers received a call at 4:48 p.m. from a woman that reported her mother was be- ing held against her will at the Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital. She said she had medical power of attorney over her mother but was not being allowed inside the facility, according to the sheriff’s office. The responding deputy spoke to the patient at the hos- pital and determined she was able to make her own decisions. She told the deputy that she wanted to stay in the hospital to receive treatment, the sheriff’s office said. The sheriff’s office said Leg- acy security requested addi- tional support as protesters ar- rived and a total of 22 deputies responded to the scene. Videos posted online show a woman who identified herself as the hospital patient’s daugh- ter standing at the door with- out a mask, yelling at officers and demanding to be allowed inside. Several demonstrators came with firearms and gas masks, the sheriff’s office said. At one point, some attempted to force their way into the hospital and had to be pushed back out. A man who tried to assault a deputy in the process was pep- per-sprayed in the face, accord- ing to the sheriff’s office. The patient asked to be dis- charged at 7:55 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office. She was released around 8:40 p.m. to the family, and the crowd dissi- pated shortly after, the sheriff’s office said. The live stream of the demonstration attracted thou- sands of views, in part because it was posted on the YouTube channel of Ammon Bundy, one of the men who led the armed occupation of the Malheur Na- tional Wildlife Refuge in 2016. Bundy himself was not visible on the livestream, and it’s not clear if he was in attendance. The live stream posted to Bundy’s page showed a crowd of about 30 protesters outside the hospital, most of whom weren’t wearing masks. Sev- eral protesters said they were waiting for the woman to be released. 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They may not be reproduced without explicit prior approval. e e Deputies block Vancouver medical center from protesters Lottery results can now be found on the second page of Sports. Cannon Beach is drawing tourists, but business doesn’t always follow LOCAL BRIEFING BY JAMIE HALE The Oregonian The winter sun sank behind Haystack Rock on a Friday in January, turning the horizon a brilliant gold. A crowd of peo- ple swarmed in the deep pur- ple shadow, their voices hushed by crashing waves as they took selfies at the rock and dug small fires into the sand. January is supposed to be the slow season on the north Oregon Coast, but this year — despite, or perhaps because of, the ongoing pandemic — Can- non Beach is still bustling with activity. Locals said the coastal town has been busier than usual this winter, populated primarily by regional tourists seeking a brief escape to the ocean. That’s been a boon for some local businesses in Cannon Beach, but for many the crowds hav- en’t translated into dollars. Jim Paino, executive director of the Cannon Beach Cham- ber of Commerce, confirmed that this winter has been bus- ier than normal, with hotels and vacation rentals filling up as people visit the Oregon Coast during what the cham- ber hopefully advertises as “the magic season.” “We are getting more peo- ple coming to our community to escape and get out of their day-to-day routine,” Paino said. However, “I wouldn’t quite call it normal tourism.” There’s a general attitude that while travel is safe, going inside businesses still feels too risky for many people, he said. And while some businesses have found ways to survive — a florist who now works from home, a clothing store that moved online — restaurants are still struggling to get by. Unlike attraction-centric coastal towns like Newport or Seaside, Cannon Beach is above all else a restaurant town, where high-priced sea- food and wine commingle with craft breweries and fried fish, all in the shadow of the iconic Haystack Rock. It’s that high-class tourism that Holly Lorincz-MacGregor and her husband, Chip Mac- Gregor, hoped to tap with their twin businesses, MacGregor’s Whiskey Bar in Manzanita and their offshoot bar and restau- rant in Cannon Beach, which opened in 2019, and in June expanded into a neighbor- ing space that was previously occupied by Morris’ Fireside Restaurant. Oregon’s recent approval of cocktails to-go has been Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office rescue personnel transport a 6-year-old Springfield girl who was injured in a sledding mishap Saturday near Paulina Lake Lodge. Jamie Hale/The Oregonian People flock to Haystack Rock during a winter sunset in Cannon Beach on the north Oregon Coast. a relief for the whiskey bar, Lorincz-MacGregor said, but the new rule is just the latest twist in what has otherwise been an extraordinarily frus- trating year, when even basic planning has been impossible. Forget knowing what sea- sons will bring business, she said, their challenge has been knowing what days of the week will be successful. “There has been consistently no consistency,” Lorincz-Mac- Gregor said. “We’re always trying to gauge what it is that a tourist community like this wants, if there’s even going to be any tourists here, and how best to go about it so we’re not losing money.” The biggest challenge for restaurants in Cannon Beach this winter has been the lack of indoor seating — or rather, the lack of consistency in what’s been allowed. Restaurant regulations in Oregon are determined by the COVID-19 risk level for each county, updated with new data every two weeks. This winter, Clatsop County has bounced between “high” and “extreme” risk, straddling the line be- tween indoor dining being allowed at smaller levels, or prohibited entirely. On Jan. 26, the state announced the county would remain at “extreme risk” through at least Feb. 12. That’s meant two-week stretches of limited indoor din- ing and two-week stretches of outdoor dining or takeout only — a maddening dance for restaurant managers. Those who only have indoor dining areas are forced to rely on a shaky takeout model to get by, while restaurants with outdoor seating have seen waits of up to two or three hours to get a table. The Driftwood Restaurant & Lounge, a staple in downtown Cannon Beach, has long been known for its patio seating, which has expanded around the corner during the pan- demic. When indoor dining has been closed this winter, people have waited for hours just to get a seat outside. General manager Jordan Maier said while it’s nice to be busy, it’s frustrating that the restaurant can’t meet the demand. The five tables the restaurant added outside don’t make up for what’s been lost inside, and the smaller staff sometimes can’t keep up with the glut of takeout orders. Now he also needs to train serv- ers on the new rules for to-go cocktails, which at least prom- ise a helpful source of revenue. Girl injured in sledding mishap near Paulina Lake Lodge Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office rescue personnel trans- ported a 6-year-old girl from Paulina Lake Lodge to a waiting ambulance after a sledding accident Saturday afternoon. A lodge employee called 911 about 12:20 p.m. and asked authorities to transport the injured child, who is from Spring- field, to Ten Mile Sno-park, according to a release from the sheriff’s office. Sheriff’s rescue personnel using snowmobiles and a tracked Polaris side-by-side ATV reached the girl about 2 p.m. She was taken to the sno-park where a La Pine Fire Department am- bulance was waiting to take her to St. Charles Bend, the release states. The sheriff’s office did not release injury information or the child’s condition. — Bulletin wire report NORTHWEST BRIEFING Teen arrested in death at Clackamas County rest stop Police arrested a 16-year-old Washington boy in connection with the death of a teen boy whose body was found Tuesday inside a car parked at an Interstate 5 rest stop in Clackamas County. The victim, a 16-year-old boy from Vancouver, Washington, was found about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the northbound French Prairie rest stop near Aurora, Oregon state troopers said. He died from a gunshot wound. According to Oregon State Police, the suspect was an ac- quaintance of the victim. He was lodged in the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of murder, assault and unlawful use of a weapon. The Oregon State Police said they worked with the Vancou- ver Police Department to arrest the suspect. The names of the suspect and the victim have not been released by state police. — The Oregonian The Bulletin will feature your Happy Valentine’s Day messages in our classifi ed section on Sunday, Feb. 14. SUBSCRIBERS GET 50% OFF WITH PROMO CODE: VALENTINE 1x3 message: $30 2x3 message: $45 3x4 message: $75 Subscribers: $15 Subscribers: $22.50 Subscribers: $37.50 Purchase online at: www.BendBulletin.com/special