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COVID-19 | Updates
Tweaks to state guidelines not
enough for 2 superintendents
District leaders of Redmond, Bend-La Pine
wanted decrease to 3 feet of social distancing
social distancing rules, the
state responded with tweaks
to its COVID-19 guidelines.
But these changes, released
Monday afternoon, included
only one of the three requested
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
Less than a week after every
Central Oregon superinten-
dent sent Gov. Kate Brown a
list of requests to ease school
by the superintendents: elimi-
nating the 100-person limit, or
cohort, for student contact.
The superintendents of
Bend-La Pine and Redmond
school districts weren’t happy
the Oregon Department of
Education didn’t reduce so-
cial distancing from 6 feet to 3
feet. That means most students
in those districts will be stuck
Oregon to nearly double
vaccine eligibility —
despite availability woes
in part-time, hybrid learn-
ing rather than a full five-day
in-person schedule, they said.
Bend-La Pine Superinten-
dent Lora Nordquist said the
social-distancing change is
important, because less space
between students would allow
schools to welcome back all
students at the same time.
people eligible for vaccina-
tion. Like most states, Oregon
is already struggling with the
gap between vaccine eligibility
and availability.
To date, there has only been
enough vaccine available to
inoculate less than half of the
approximately 1.36 million Or-
egonians already eligible.
BY GARY A. WARNER
Oregon Capital Bureau
Over 1 million more peo-
ple will be eligible for the
COVID-19 vaccines in the
next two upcoming eligibil-
ity phases, state officials said
Tuesday.
The groups to be added
on March 29 and May 1 will
nearly double the number of
See Schools / A13
See Eligibility / A13
TRICKY TURN
Bend homeowner’s oft-repaired fence is the victim of
excessive speed, poorly marked curve on Murphey Road
BY KYLE SPURR
The Bulletin
I
t’s happened about once a year
for the past four years.
Cars miss a turn on Murphy
Road between the Bend Parkway and
Brookswood Boulevard and crash
through a wooden fence along Mike
Condino’s property.
Two vehicles were totaled. Once, a
rock pile in the backyard stopped a
vehicle from destroying Condino’s
shed. “This last person made it 40-
plus feet onto the property in their
vehicle,” said Condino, who rents
the property. “They were coming
through with such speed it threw
fence boards 50-plus feet.”
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
A vehicle drives past a section of broken fence Friday at Mike Condino’s property along Murphy Road in Bend.
See Turn / A4
BY GARRETT ANDREWS
The Bulletin
Clinton Kevin Holland, 62, will likely spend
the rest of his life in prison for the 2020 mur-
der of a Redmond woman he briefly dated.
A full accounting of the death of Nicole
Gayle Jakubek, whose body was discovered
July 6 with multiple stab wounds after her son
was unable to reach her, may never be known.
See Killing / A4
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Some got vaccines ahead of planned rollout
BY GERRY O’BRIEN
The Bulletin
While the COVID-19 vacci-
nation clinics are running like
well-oiled machines, according to
social media reports, the startup
for the first vaccine deliveries
in mid-January was slightly less
coordinated and the result was
some recipients moved ahead in
the line, though they had not in-
tended to do so.
In mid-January a number of
people received calls from friends
alerting them that they could sign
up on St. Charles Health System’s
“MyChart” web portal for a vaccine
appointment, even though they
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We didn’t think we were eligible in the Tier 1 group, but the staff did
not ask us about our eligibility. We signed a waiver that the drug was
an experimental drug, but did not have to attest that we were in the
Tier 1 group or had underlying health conditions.”
— Neil Bryant, who was vaccinated in January
were not in the 1A eligibility group
(health care workers, long-term
care facility employees and resi-
dents, first responders) to receive
the vaccine at that time. Hospital
caregivers and first responders were
the first to get the first vaccines at
St. Charles Bend.
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Numerous people reported to
The Bulletin they received the
first Pfizer vaccine dose (two are
required) within 24 hours at St.
Charles Bend and were scheduled
for appointments to get the second
within three to four weeks.
Former state Sen. Neil Bryant, 72,
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told The Bulletin he and his wife,
Mary, 73, were able to get an ap-
pointment online on Thursday, Jan.
14 and his shot on Friday evening,
Jan. 15. He received his second shot
Feb. 5. People age 70-74 were not
officially eligible for vaccines until
Feb. 22.
“I got a call from a friend to make
the appointment. We didn’t think
we were eligible in the Tier 1 group,
but the staff did not ask us about
our eligibility. We signed a waiver
that the drug was an experimental
drug, but did not have to attest that
we were in the Tier 1 group or had
underlying health conditions.”
See Vaccines / A4
DAILY
Redmond man
gets life in prison
for murder of
his ex-girlfriend
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