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THE BULLETIN • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2021 A13 Plummeting cases in U.S. show a path to crushing COVID-19 BY JILL R. SHAH AND EMMA COURT Bloomberg News Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife A sick pine siskin. Signs of a sick bird can include sitting at a feeder or on the ground for a longer period of time and fluffed or ruffled feathers. Salmonella Continued from A1 The current outbreak has spread as far north as British Co- lumbia and as far south as San Francisco, affecting thousands of birds. “The range is pretty extensive, and it’s all throughout Oregon,” Compton said. Jen Lair, an owner of Wild Birds Unlimited in Bend, said the outbreak occurs every win- ter like the flu for humans. This winter happened to have some increased cases in areas around Sisters and Redmond, she said. Lair expects the outbreak to subside locally since the most susceptible bird, the pine siskins, is starting to leave the area. “I haven’t seen that many around lately,” Lair said. “People have not been buying as much of the finch food.” If people want to keep their bird feeders up, they should clean them at least once a week with a diluted bleach solution, Compton said. Other nectar feeders for hum- mingbirds are safe, and bird baths can stay out as long as they are cleaned daily. Because salmonella can spread to humans and pets, res- idents need to be careful if they see a sick or dead bird, Comp- ton said. Residents should wear gloves to remove a dead bird. “You don’t want your dog or cat to pick up the bird,” Comp- ton said. “Also you don’t want other birds to come in contact with that sick bird.” If a resident suspects a bird is sick, they are encouraged to call Think Wild’s hotline at (541) 241-8680. Bird watching has become a popular activity in quarantine during the COVID-19 pan- demic, and more people have bird feeders, Compton said. It may seem disappointing to take down a bird feeder for the next month, but it will keep birds safe, she said. “It’s something that keeps you busy while you’re at home and you want to have something nice to look out your window,” Comp- ton said. “But anything we can do to minimize the spread will help protect our native songbirds.” e e Reporter: 541-617-7820, kspurr@bendbulletin.com COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are drop- ping dramatically across the U.S., suggesting that mea- sures to interrupt transmis- sion are working, at least for now. More than 27.6 million Americans have tested pos- itive, likely giving them some degree of immunity. A rising number — 11.8% of the population — has now received at least one dose of a vaccine. And data gath- ered from mobile phones suggest people are being more cautious day-to-day. If cases keep falling, it could buy time for the vaccina- tion effort to take hold in the warm summer months ahead, potentially under- pinning a long-sought eco- nomic recovery. Health experts, though, anticipate challenges. In- oculations need to outpace highly contagious variants from the U.K. and South Africa that are now in the U.S. And the upcoming holidays — Spring Break, Easter and Mother’s Day included — hold the threat of group gatherings that can swiftly boost the virus’s spread. “The history of surges is they do come down,” said Robert Wachter, chair of the department of med- icine at the University of California-San Francisco. “They generally come down from some combination of changes in behavior, changes in government pol- icy and the impact of im- munity.” Infectious disease ex- perts agree it’s way too early to call an end to the pan- demic. The declines follow a surge tied to the Thanksgiv- ing and Christmas holiday season, and infection lev- els remain roughly on par with trends from last fall at around 91,000 new cases confirmed daily. Early on, the country ex- perienced regional surges in the northeast last spring, Sun Belt states in the sum- mer and Midwest and West- ern states through the fall. However, the latest surge worsened nearly every- where in January, producing the deadliest month so far. Since then, the numbers have leveled off or declined. Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics at the Uni- versity of Washington’s In- stitute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, said that af- ter the holiday surge, Amer- icans began to behave much more cautiously. “If you look at our data, the week after Thanksgiv- ing, the week after Christ- mas, it was dead silence,” Mokdad said. “People stayed at home, even cell- phone calls went down.” The country is still far C LASSIFIEDS short of herd immunity, the time when the country has so much protection from the dominant strain that it can no longer spread effec- tively. That will likely re- quire 70% to 85% of the 330 million Americans be either vaccinated or have natural protection, experts say. At the present vaccina- tion rate, enough doses will have been administered by Spring Break in mid- March to cover about 15% of the U.S. population with two doses, according to the Bloomberg vaccine tracker. By Easter Sunday, that will rise to about 20% and by Mother’s Day enough shots could be given to cover close to 30% of Americans. And these estimates, based on vaccination rates over the last week, should rise substanatially as more vac- cine supply becomes avail- able. Still, the highly-conta- gious U.K. variant, known by scientists as B.1.1.7, is already tied to about 1% to 4% of U.S. infections and is predicted to become the dominant strain by late March or April, according to Gregory Armstrong, di- rector of the Advanced Mo- lecular Detection Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That may set up a race between vaccine dispersals, which are likely to rise, and the ability of the virus to spread among Americans who aren’t yet immunized, some experts say. Armstrong emphasized in an interview that the mu- tation today remains at rel- atively low levels. Even if the U.K. variant — which is believed to be 50% more transmissible — accounted for 10% of all known infec- tions, it would drive cases up by just 5%, according to Armstrong. That’s “small enough that we’re not even going to be able to detect it,” Armstrong said. Still, as the variant be- comes more prevalent, ad- herence to measures like mask-wearing, social dis- tancing and vaccination will have to be even better to prevent infections from in- creasing, he added. Researchers at Cedars-Si- nai recently claimed to have found a U.S. variant in Cal- ifornia linked to the holi- day season in Los Angeles. That finding has prompted new concern about the role being played to date by the new mutations. “There’s no consensus yet on what to think of that,” Armstrong said. “Across the U.S., what’s happened in the last several months, this surge that peaked in the be- ginning of January, a lot of people have looked at this and have not seen anything in the virus itself that would explain it.” The Bulletin General Merchandise Employment 200 500 204 Want to Buy or Rent 504 Employment Opportunities Wanted $ Cash paid for vintage, fake, & fine jew- elry. Top $ paid for Gold & Silver. I buy in bulk. Honest Artist. Elizabeth 541-633-7006 210 Pets & Supplies Full time CDL Driver wanted - Home daily! MCP, Inc is hiring a fuel delivery driver. Compet- itive wage, full bene, generous retirement. View full job post at www.mcpcoop.com or email hr@mcpcoop.com Great Pyrenees puppies Males/females,all white, eight weeks. Photos available. $500 each call/text 530-905-2250 Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office is seeking a Bilingual Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Victim’s Advocate. To learn more about the position, and to apply visit our web- site at Jeffco.net. EOE 213 Furniture & Appliances Legal Notices Black metal bunk beds. Like new. Zippered mattress covers! Mat- tress pads, sheets, and near-new mattresses. $300. 541-350-4845, call or text. 1000 1001 Legal Notices & Public Notices AMENDED TRUST- BULLETIN EE’S NOTICE OF CLASSIFIEDS SALE Search the area’s most This amended notice comprehensive is being issued pur- suant to ORS listing of classified 86.782(12), after the advertising. Real expiration of the stay estate to automotive, imposed by Oregon merchandise to House Bill 4204 sporting goods. (“HB 4204”), which became effective Call 541-385-5809 June 30, 2020, and www.bendbulletin.com 219 Antiques & Collectibles Buying Lionel/American Flyer Trains and acces. 541-408-2191 222 Coins & Stamps Private collector buying postage stamp albums & collections, world- wide and U.S. 573-286- 4343 (local, cell phone) 258 Tools & Misc. 24 in John Deer snow blower. Electric start. Mint cond. $525 (425)442-0220 expired on Decem- ber 31, 2020. This amended notice modifies and amends that certain Trustee’s Notice of Sale dated April 8, 2020. DEED OF TRUST AND PROP- ERTY DESCRIP- TION: This instru- ment makes reference to that cer- tain that certain Deed of Trust, As- signment of Leases and Rents and Se- curity Agreement dated November 2, 2015, and recorded November 3, 2015, as Instrument No. 2015-045124, in the Official Records of Deschutes County, Oregon wherein SHILO INN, BEND, LLC, an Oregon lim- ited liability compa- i h G Create or find Classifieds at www.bendbulletin.com 1001 Legal Notices & Public Notices 1001 Legal Notices & Public Notices 1001 Legal Notices & Public Notices 1001 Legal Notices & Public Notices 1001 Legal Notices & Public Notices 1001 Legal Notices & Public Notices 1001 Legal Notices & Public Notices ny, is the Grantor, TICOR TITLE COM- PANY is the original Trustee, and NATIX- IS REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC, a Del- aware limited liability company, is the orig- inal Beneficiary, as assigned to WILM- INGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSO- CIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO COMMERCIAL M O R T G A G E TRUST 2015-NXS4, COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS- THROUGH CER- TIFICATES, SERIES 2015-NXS4, by that certain Assignment of Deed of Trust, As- signment of Leases and Rents and Se- curity Agreement dated effective as of December 9, 2015, and recorded Janu- ary 27, 2016, as In- strument No. 2016- 002903, in the Official Records of Deschutes County, State of Oregon, as assigned to the Ben- eficiary, RSS WF- CM2015NXS4-OR SIB, LLC, an Oregon limited liability com- pany, by that certain Assignment of Deed of Trust, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agree- ment dated effective as of March 26, 2019, and recorded March 29, 2019, as Instrument No. 2019- 09880, in the Official Records of De- schutes County, State of Oregon, (the “Deed of Trust”). The aforementioned Deed of Trust covers property (the “Prop- erty”) described as: A parcel of land lo- cated in the South- east Quarter (SE 1/4) of Section Twenty (20), Town- ship Seventeen (17) South, Range Twelve (12) East of the Willamette Me- ridian, Deschutes County, Oregon, be- ing more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point on the Westerly right of way line of the Dalles California Highway (Oregon State Highway) and being 435 feet North of the South line of said Section 28, from which a 3 inch brass cap marking the Southeast cor- ner of said Section 20 bears South 46° 18’ 18” East, a dis- tance of 640.40 feet; thence following a line parallel to and f f 435 feet North of said South line of Section 20, North 89° 05’ 00” West, a distance of 605.47 feet to a point on the Easterly bank of the Deschutes River (Ordinary High Wa- ter Line); thence fol- lowing the said East- erly river bank the following eight courses and distanc- es: North 41° 07’ 26” West, a distance of 74.71 feet; North 12° 56’ 43” West, a distance of 103.65 feet; North 08° 18’ 23” East, a distance of 138.45 feet; North 19° 45’ 34” East, a distance of 159.66 feet; North 16° 53’ 45” East, a distance of 113.07 feet; North 08° 09’ 43” East, a distance of 138.76 feet; North 03° 50’ 58” West, a distance of 109.53 feet; North 21° 03’ 03” West, a distance of 89.96 feet to a point on the North line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SE1/4 SE 1/4) of said Section 20; thence following said North line South 89° 17’ 42” East, a distance of 96.53 feet to a point on the Westerly right of way line of 0. B. Riley Road (County Road); thence fol- lowing said Westerly right of way line the following one curve and one course and distance: following the arc of a 1233.57 foot radius curve left, a distance of 330.93 feet (chord bears South 30° 09’ 43” East, 329.94 feet); South 37° 50’ 50” East, a distance of 49.49 feet to a point on the Westerly right of way line of the said Dalles Califor- nia Highway (Ore- gon State Highway); thence following the said Westerly right of way line of state highway the follow- ing one course and distance and one curve: South 52° 18’ 00” West, a distance of 20.33 feet; follow- ing the arc of a 2241.82 foot radius curve right, a dis- tance of 640.05 feet (chord bears South 29° 31’ 15” East, 637.87 feet) to the point of beginning the terminus of this description. Together with all buildings, structures, fixtures and other improve- ments now or here- after located thereon (the “Improve- ments”), all Addition- C al Collateral de- scribed in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and all other personal prop- erty described in the Deed of Trust. The undersigned hereby certifies that he has no knowledge of any assignments of the Deed of Trust by the Trustee or by the Beneficiary or any appointments of a Successor Trustee other than the ap- pointment of DAVID W. CRISWELL, ESQ., as Successor Trustee as recorded in the property re- cords of the county in which the Proper- ty described above is situated. Further, the undersigned cer- tifies that no action has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part thereof, now remaining se- cured by the Deed of Trust. Or, if such ac- tion has been insti- tuted, it has been dismissed except as permitted by ORS 86.752(7). The name and address of the Successor Trustee are as follows: David W. Criswell, Succes- sor Trustee, Lane Powell PC, 601 SW Second Avenue, Suite 2100, Portland, OR 97204. The Deed of Trust is not a “Residential Trust Deed”, as defined in ORS 86.705(6), thus the requirements of Chapter 304 [S.B. 558], Oregon Laws 2013, Chapter 112 [S.B. 1552], Section 4a, Oregon Laws 2012, and ORS 86.771(10) do not apply. DEFAULT BY GRANTOR: There are continuing and uncured defaults by Shilo Inn, Bend, LLC (the “Grantor”) that, based on the provi- sions of the Deed of Trust and the loan documents executed in favor of RSS WF- CM2015NXS4-OR SIB, LLC, an Oregon limited liability com- pany (“Beneficiary”), for Loan No. 30- 5010029, including the promissory note dated and effective as of November 2, 2015 (“Note”), autho- rize the foreclosure of the Deed of Trust and the sale of the Property described above, which un- cured and continuing defaults include but are not necessarily limited to the follow- ing: 1. Grantor’s fail- ure to pay to Benefi- ciary, when and in f the full amounts due, monthly installments as set forth on the Note secured by said Deed of Trust. Monthly installments in the amount of $61,046.17 include principal and inter- est. The Grantor failed to make the full amount of re- quired principal and interest payments under the Note due on September 5, 2018, and for each month thereafter through and includ- ing March 5, 2020. During the foregoing time period, Grantor made partial month- ly payments or non-default contract principal and interest payments from time to time which have been credited to the indebtedness evi- denced by the Note. Late charges, prop- erty protection ad- vances, special ser- vicing fees, workout fees, taxes, re- serves, insurance and other charges through March 5, 2020, total $1,423,374.53. De- fault Interest from September 5, 2018, due as of (i.e., through and includ- ing) February 28, 2020, is in the amount of $713,341.32. In ad- dition, Beneficiary is owed prior default interest of $77,611.67. Default interest per diem is $1,323.33. In addition to the foregoing, Grantor failed to make the monthly installment payment under the Note due January 5, 2021. ALL AMOUNTS are now due and payable along with all costs and fees associated with this foreclosure. 2. Additional defaults include Grantor’s: (i) allowing three City of Bend liens to attach to the property in the amounts of $168,985.41 (Lien #7414), $285,050.00 (Lien #7425), and (Lien $174,241.10 #7426); (ii) failure to pay the Deschutes County 2019/20 per- sonal property taxes when due in the total amount of $13,897.95; (iii) al- lowing a Personal Property Tax War- rant No. 2020-499 issued by Deschutes County, Oregon to attach to the proper- ty for unpaid person- al property taxes, in- terest and surcharges in the amount of $ ( ) $15,603.31; and (iv) failure to pay the De- schutes County 2020/2021 property taxes when due in the total amount of $13,595.21. TOTAL UNCURED MONE- TARY (PAYMENT) DEFAULT: By rea- son of said uncured and continuing de- faults, the Beneficia- ry has accelerated and declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust and the Property im- mediately due and payable. The sums due and payable (ex- clusive of the Emer- gency Period Amounts as defined below) being the fol- lowing: Unpaid prin- cipal and interest due and owing un- der the Note as of March 5, 2020: $183,138.51. Unpaid Default Rate interest owing under the Note as of March 5, 2020: $713,341.32. Late Fees: $139,739.33. Prior Default Interest: $77,611.67. Property Protection Advances including attorneys’ fees and costs paid through January 31, 2020, costs of fore- closure, consultants and inspection fees: $278,065.20. Taxes, Reserves, Insur- ance, Deposits: $809,408.50. Spe- cial Servicing Fees: $72,683.33. Workout Fees: $112,209.51. Payoff Fee: $3,950.00. Interest on Advances: $7,318.66. Subtotal: $2,397,466.03. Un- paid principal and interest payable on March 5, 2020, due and owing under the Note for March 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020: $61,046.17. Unpaid principal and interest payable Jan- uary 5, 2021, due and owing under the Note for January 1, 2021 to January 31, 2021: $61,046.17. Unpaid Default Rate interest owing under the Note for or Janu- ary 1, 2021 to Janu- ary 31, 2021: 46,865.59. Special Servicing Fee – Jan- uary 2021: $3,500.00. Workout Fee – January 2021: $610.46. TOTAL DUE: $2,570,534.42. Accordingly, the amount necessary to effect a statutory cure of the Deed of Trust under ORS 86.778, is $2,570,534.42 as of January 31, 2021, together with interest accruing on the prin- cipal portion of that amount, plus addi- tional costs and ex- penses incurred by Beneficiary and/or the Successor Trust- ee (including their respective attorney’s fees, costs, and ex- penses). In addition, Grantor failed to make and is respon- sible for all missed payments and amounts accruing under the Note and the governing loan documents from March 8, 2020, to December 31, 2021 (the “Emergency Pe- riod”) established by HB 4204 (the “Emer- gency Period Amounts”). These Emergency Period Amounts are not in- cluded in the above total which details the amount neces- sary to cure the de- faults and cause the discontinuance of the trustee’s sale in accordance with ORS 86.778. To the extent that HB 4204 is not invalidated or ruled unenforceable in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction the fol- lowing Emergency Period Amounts shall be due at the scheduled or antici- pated date on which full performance of the obligation is due: Unpaid principal and interest due and ow- ing under the Note from April 5, 2020 to December 31, 2020: $488,369.36. Un- paid Default Rate in- terest owing under the Note from March 5, 2020 to December 31, 2020: $369,056.68 (For ease of reporting, March default inter- est accruing from March 1, 2020 through March 7, 2020, has been in- cluded in the de- ferred Emergency Period Amounts.) Late Fees: $48,393.17. Proper- ty Protection Ad- vances including at- torneys’ fees and costs paid from March 8, 2020 through December 31, 2020, costs of foreclosure, consul- tants and inspection fees: $53,695.30. Taxes, Reserves, In- surance, Deposits: $442,163.71. Special Servicing Fees: $31,500.00 (For ease of reporting, March special ser- vicing fees accruing from March 1, 2020 through March 7, 2020, have been in- cluded in the de- ferred Emergency Period Amounts.) In- terest on Advances (March 8, 2020 through December 31, 2020): $11,343.23. TOTAL EMERGENCY PE- RIOD AMOUNTS DEFERRED PER HB 4204: $ 1 , 4 4 4 , 5 2 1. 4 5 . ELECTION TO SELL: Notice is hereby given that the Beneficiary, by rea- son of the uncured and continuing de- faults described above, has elected and does hereby elect to foreclose said Deed of Trust by advertisement and sale pursuant to ORS 86.752 et seq., and to cause to be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, the Grant- or’s interest in the subject Property, which the Grantor had, or had the pow- er to convey, at the time the Grantor ex- ecuted the Deed of Trust in favor of the Beneficiary, along with any interest the Grantor or the Grant- or’s successors in interest acquired af- ter the execution of the Deed of Trust, to satisfy the obliga- tions secured by the Deed of Trust as well as the expenses of the sale, including compensation of the Trustee as provided by law, and the rea- sonable fees of Trustee’s attorneys. PLEASE TAKE NO- TICE that the sale will be held at the hour of 11:00 a.m., in accordance with the standard of time es- tablished by ORS 187.110, on Friday, March 26, 2021, on the front steps of the main entrance to the Deschutes County Courthouse, at 1100 NW Bond, Bend, OR 97701. RIGHT OF REINSTATEMENT: Notice is further giv- en that any person named in ORS 86.778 has the right, at any time prior to five (5) days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceed- ing dismissed and the Deed of Trust re- instated by (A) pay- ment to the Benefi- ciary of the entire amount then due, other than such por- tion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred, together with the costs and expenses actually f