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17 residents contract virus despite vaccination
BY SUZANNE ROIG
The Bulletin
More than 150 people have
become sick and three have
died of COVID-19 in Oregon
despite having been fully vacci-
nated, health officials reported
Thursday.
Seventeen of those people
testing positive for COVID-19
live in an area that spans eight
counties from Jefferson in the
northwest, to Grant in the
northeast to Klamath in the
southwest and Harney in the
southeast.
And coronavirus continues
to spread. Deschutes County
reported 47 positive cases of
COVID-19 on Thursday, the
vaccines are almost 100% ef-
fective at preventing serious
disease and hospitalizations,
they have shown to be 90%
effective at preventing all in-
fections, asymptomatic and
symptomatic.
Most cases have been as-
ymptomatic with a small num-
ber of people having mild
highest single-day amount
since Feb. 17. By comparison,
there were four new cases in
Crook County and five in Jef-
ferson County.
“This is not unexpected,”
said Dr. Cynthia Maree, med-
ical director of infection pre-
vention services at St. Charles
Health System. “Although the
symptoms.”
“We have given out tens of
thousands of vaccines in our
region and although cases are
rising, our hospitalizations are
not. This is the most encourag-
ing sign that vaccines are mak-
ing a difference in a serious
disease.”
See Breakthrough / A 4
BEND PARK & RECREATION DISTRICT
After 18 years on park district
board, Schoenborn steps aside
168
Breakthrough cases in 25
counties, as of April 2, according
to Oregon Health Authority.
Breakthrough cases:
Instances in which a positive
COVID-19 test result occurs
at least 14 days after the
final dose of vaccine.
COCC will
bring back
staff on
June 14
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
After 15 months of working from
home due to COVID-19, the majority
of Central Oregon Community Col-
lege staffers will return to their offices
on June 14.
COCC President Laurie Chesley
announced Thurs-
day that the com-
munity college
campuses would
partially reopen
that day, and many
in-person services
would resume. The
Chesley
state’s speedy vaccine
rollout convinced
her to make this decision, she said.
“I think there’s some light at the end
of the tunnel around the pandemic,
and I really feel hopeful for the fu-
ture,” Chesley told The Bulletin. “We
believe that by mid-June, everyone
who wants a vaccine would have time
to have it.”
See COCC / A6
BEND CITY COUNCIL
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Ted Schoenborn stands in Drake Park on April 3. Schoenborn has been a board member with the Bend Park & Recreation District for nearly two decades.
Schoenborn helped Bend Park & Recreation District through period of growth
BY MICHAEL KOHN
The Bulletin
T
ed Schoenborn knows Bend better
than just about anyone in this town.
He has walked nearly every street and
trail in the city, and he continues to pound
the pavement on an almost daily basis.
All that exploration has served Schoen-
born well as a member of the Bend Park
& Recreation District board of directors. It
has given him a ground-level view of what’s
needed to make this city more accessible to
hikers, bikers and anyone else who enjoys
the outdoors.
Schoenborn, first elected to the park
board in 2003, will now have more time
to explore those trails and paths. He’s de-
cided not to seek reelection to his seat on
the board in the May 18 special election. It’s
been 18 years for Schoenborn, and he said
“The agency continues to be
an outstanding organization.
It was easy to stay because the
staff is so good. My only real
job is to wave my arms around
and take credit for all the great
work that the staff does.”
— Ted Schoenborn, Bend Park & Recreation
District board member
the park board could use some fresh faces.
“I just turned 80, so I think it’s time to
bring in some different blood,” said Schoen-
born. “I am still capable of doing the job and
I will still find a way to be active, with parks
and rec. It was just time.”
Whoever replaces Schoenborn on the
board will have enormous shoes to fill, said
Don Horton, the park district’s executive
director.
“He has been a huge part in creating the
direction that this organization has gone
over the last two decades,” said Horton. “It’s
going to be hard to find someone to replace
a person with that amount of experience.”
Besides the nearly two decades of work
Schoenborn put into the park district, he
also served on the parks and recreation
board in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky for 19
years. Between the two places, Schoenborn
has been a parks and recreation board mem-
ber for longer than many people have a ca-
reer.
See Schoenborn / A6
New site for
shelter needed
as deal fails
BY BRENNA VISSER
The Bulletin
After discovering significant foun-
dational and structural issues, the
Bend City Council backed out of an
agreement to buy a motel property
and turn it into a homeless shelter, but
intends to find a new site.
On Wednesday, the council voted
to withdraw from a purchase and
sale agreement to buy the Old Mill &
Suites Motel at 904 SE Third St. for no
more than $5 million. But the council
made it clear it intends to find another
motel to turn into a homeless shelter
quickly.
“I know how important it is to this
community to get that work done,”
Mayor Sally Russell said Wednesday
night.
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