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A14 THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021 Ryan Brennecke/Bulletin photos ABOVE: John Lodise, director of emergency services at Shepard’s House, left, signs in a guest while working at the Bend warming shelter. LEFT: Dart Eastwood folds blankets in preparation of opening the doors for guests while volunteering Saturday. BOTTOM: A sign lists items available for guests at the warming shelter. Shelter Continued from A1 “We get a little bit creative,” said John Lodise, director of emergency services at Shep- ard’s House. Lodise said the shelter is large enough for individu- als and families to stay and Outbreak Continued from A1 “That’s in line with what we were hearing, that the majority of students (at the party) ap- peared to have been attending Summit High,” Repman said. Bend-La Pine created con- tingency plans in case of a sit- uation like the Summit out- break, Repman said. But they had to use them quicker than anticipated. In-person high school began on Feb. 8. “Since last March, we’ve had plans in place for mitigation of classroom closures, school closures,” she said. “Clearly, we didn’t expect it to be this fast and this impactful from one party.” maintain distance due to COVID-19. All guests are re- quired to wear masks, and hand sanitizer is readily avail- able. Nobody has tested pos- itive for the virus since the shelter opened, Lodise said. And even with the increase in guests, the legal capacity is more than 100, so there has not been an issue with the fire marshal, he said. “We have not had to turn anybody away because of ca- pacity,” Lodise said. “We are happy about that.” This winter, the shelter has served a total of 300 individ- uals. A majority are regulars who have a bed and storage To prevent the potential spread of the virus, the school will return to distance learn- ing through Friday, with an expected return to in-person classes and activities Feb. 22, according to a Saturday night email from McDonald. That will allow the equivalent of a 10-day quarantine from the last time students were in the school building with academ- ics or activities, he wrote. Students who did not at- tend the party or have contact with those who did, and who have no symptoms, are consid- ered low risk for COVID-19 exposure, McDonald wrote. But county health officials en- couraged anyone who may have been in contact with oth- ers who were exposed or who live with elderly or medically fragile family members to consider isolating from those family members and assume the youth or adult may be con- tagious. In preparation for the even- tual return of in-person classes, school district staff has com- pleted a deep-cleaning of class- rooms and common areas in the school and left air scrub- bers on overnight. McDonald said he has heard expressions of frustration, an- ger and sadness from students, staff and families in regards to the outbreak. “I think many folks are feel- Irrigators ing the way we are: frustrated and exasperated but also want- ing to make sure whatever we do in the future is going to be safe and keep us going,” he told The Bulletin Monday. McDonald said he hopes the Summit community will learn from this outbreak, and staff will continue to remind students of proper COVID-19 protocol once students return to in-person class. “I think we’re going to just redouble our efforts, and make sure that kids are doing the safe thing and the smart thing when they’re not at school,” he said. e e Reporter: 541-617-7854, jhogan@bendbulletin.com “If it’s so necessary to protecting and preserving water rights, ask the question why it isn’t used anywhere else in the arid West.” Continued from A1 “That does not mean the junior water right holder is without recourse in this case,” Wilde said. “It just restructures how that recourse would oc- cur.” Ed Goodman, attorney for the Klamath Tribes, said Ore- gon’s automatic stay provision is an anomaly that turns due process on its head, since se- nior water rights holders ar- en’t even notified that their enforcement action has been blocked. “I get a puzzled look from attorneys who practice water law in other states any time I mention this bizarre automatic stay process,” he said. “If it’s so necessary to protecting and preserving water rights, ask the question why it isn’t used any- where else in the arid West.” Defenders of the automatic stay provision counter that it ensures irrigators have a chance to challenge potentially incorrect enforcement orders before they can take a steep economic toll. “This is not a loophole as it’s been characterized by the bill’s proponents. It’s a necessary procedure for due process,” crate ready for them each night. But lately, more people are visiting the shelter for the first time. Those newcomers are either recently homeless or have a living situation else- where that doesn’t suffice in the freezing cold, Lodise said. Because many homeless people do not have other places to go during the day, the shelter extended its hours during last week’s snow storms. The shelter opened at 3 p.m. over the weekend instead of 6 p.m. and let peo- ple stay past 7:30 a.m., when weather conditions were un- safe. “Getting them in early takes away the strain of the daytime cold and gets them in ahead of the really cold tempera- tures at night,” Lodise said. More guests has meant more need for donated sup- plies, such as blankets, pil- low cases and bottles of wa- ter. People are welcome to drop off donations 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The most needed item is hand warmers, according to staff. — Ed Goodman, attorney for the Klamath Tribes Mateusz Perkowski/Capital Press file Irrigators are defending a legal mechanism that automatically blocks enforcement orders against water pumping and diversions in Oregon. said Sarah Liljefelt, attorney for the Oregon Cattlemen’s Asso- ciation. While every state has dif- ferent water enforcement pro- cedures, they all have mech- anisms in place to provide irrigators with due process be- fore depriving them of private property, she said. The core of the issue isn’t about senior water rights hold- ers versus junior ones, but rather about the government’s burden to prove that enforce- ment orders are justified, Lil- jefelt said. “Since there is no due pro- cess prior to that shut-off, due process is not satisfied with- out the ability to stay the or- der and seek judicial review,” she said. Proponents have praised the bill for making narrow reforms to the automatic stay process, but the proposal actu- ally just “adds insult to injury,” said Dominic Carollo, attorney for the Water for Life irrigator group. Giving preferential treat- ment to certain in-stream wa- ter rights at the expense of all others in Oregon raises consti- tutional questions about equal protection under the law, he said. Currently, the Oregon Wa- ter Resources Department can override an automatic stay if it serves a substantial public in- terest, Carollo said. “They have that power. They can do that.” Seeking a preliminary in- junction — rather than obtain- ing an automatic stay — doesn’t provide irrigators with an ad- equate remedy because en- forcement orders can be issued without public hearings or an evidentiary record, he said. “It’s simply a summary order without any evidence or any- thing provided to the regulated party that says shut down your well,” Carollo said. “We give those away as fast as we get them,” Lodise said. The shelter will stay open through April, when a one- time grant to fund the op- eration runs out. Shepherd’s House partnered with the city of Bend, Deschutes County and The Homeless Leadership Coalition to secure a $600,000 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development fed- eral block grant to secure this winter’s shelter. Homeless advocates and city officials are still research- ing a permanent location for a warming shelter. In the mean- time, the Shepherd’s House is focused on this winter and serving the increasing need, Notari said. As homeless people came inside the shelter from the cold on Saturday, Notari could tell the frigid tempera- tures and accumulating snow added more stress to their lives. Every time there is a storm Notari sees the worry on the faces of the homeless people seeking shelter. Last weekend, he saw more than usual. “There is definitely an up- tick in anxiety but also lots of gratefulness because peo- ple have a warm place to go where they don’t have to brace the elements,” Notari said. “The weather just creates a lot of emotions.” e e Reporter: 541-617-7820, kspurr@bendbulletin.com C LASSIFIEDS The Bulletin Create or find Classifieds at www.bendbulletin.com General Merchandise Employment 200 500 1001 Legal Notices & Public Notices sonal representative, or the attorneys for the personal repre- sentative, Mark P. O’Donnell. Dated and first pub- 213 504 lished February 16, 2021. 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