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CDC examines woman’s death after J&J vaccine
ous clots.
The woman developed a “rare but
serious blood clot in combination
with very low platelets,” OHA said in
a statement.
Dr. Shimi Sharief, OHA senior
health adviser, said the woman’s
symptoms were consistent with other
cases — severe headache, abdominal
She suffered ‘rare but serious’ blood clot consistent with other recent cases
BY GILLIAN FLACCUS AND SARA CLINE
The Associated Press
PORTLAND — Oregon health of-
ficials said Thursday that federal of-
ficials are investigating the death of a
woman in her 50s who developed a
rare blood clot and low platelets within
two weeks of receiving the Johnson &
Johnson COVID-19 vaccine.
The Oregon Health Authority
learned of the probe on Tuesday, two
days after the U.S. Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention began
the investigation, the agency said.
The woman, whose name was not re-
leased, received the dose before the
CDC ordered a pause on the vaccine
amid concerns it could cause danger-
Redmond
inches along
with massive
new project
VOLUNTEERS WAGE
WAR ON TRASH
Two trucks’ worth of
debris hauled away
from scenic river area
485-unit housing development
made possible by 2019 bill
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
It may take a while before new homes and
apartments are standing, but the city of Red-
mond is still pushing forward with its 485-
unit Skyline Village housing project.
The Redmond City Council approved
several major benchmarks at its meeting last
week to get construction started in the city’s
northeast corner. And the potential for hun-
dreds of new housing units — half of them
affordable — in a region that badly needs
them is exciting to local advocates.
“You can’t keep a house on the market for
more than a week,” said state Rep. Jack Zika,
R-Redmond. “We desperately need more
housing in Central Oregon.”
Skyline Village was made possible with
the passage of Oregon House Bill 2336,
signed by Gov. Kate Brown in 2019. The bill,
sponsored by Zika, is allowing Redmond to
build Skyline Village without having to go
through the state’s strictest land use rules.
The current plan for the development is a
40-acre neighborhood with 485 housing units
of varying types, according to city documents.
BY MICHAEL KOHN
The Bulletin
O
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SKYLINE VILLAGE
Earth Day | Middle Deschutes
n a stretch of canyon high above
the Deschutes River near Crooked
River Ranch, Marilynne Key-
ser stoops down, picks up someone’s
discarded belt, and drops it into a plas-
tic bag. Moving along, the retired CPA
scoops up more refuse — cans, shotgun
shells, plastic bags and other bits of junk.
Keyser was doing her Earth Day duty
of cleaning up the Steamboat Rock Rec-
reation Area, located around 5 miles west
of Terrebonne. She was leading a group
of around 30 volunteers to restore an area
that has been covered in waste left behind
by weekend off-roaders and campers.
Keyser’s group of volunteers — the
Friends and Neighbors of the Deschutes
Canyon Area — focus their cleanup ef-
forts around the Lower Crooked River,
Lower Wychus Creek, and the Middle
Deschutes River. Her group was one of
many that spent Earth Day cleaning up
parks, streets, and public spaces in Bend,
Redmond and other communities in
Central Oregon.
“Every Earth Day we do something
special,” said Keyser.
The group has grown in recent years
since its founding in 2012 and now con-
ducts a variety of environmental activi-
ties, including cleanups, graffiti removal,
native plant restoration and trail mainte-
nance. The group also leads guided hikes
and maintains monarch butterfly way
stations.
pain, leg pain or shortness of breath.
Health officials declined to release
any further details, including the date
the woman got the vaccine or where
in Oregon she lived, citing patient pri-
vacy. The woman was hospitalized be-
fore her death and got the vaccine in
early April, Sharief said.
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Volunteers, from left, Jerry Garland, Linda Buttolph, Susie Garland and Wayne Buttolph off-
load trash they collected during an Earth Day cleanup on BLM land near Terrebonne Thursday.
ACLU defends
Peacekeepers in
records request
BY BRENNA VISSER
The Bulletin
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Four school board candidates mostly agree on issues
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
The four Bend-La Pine School
Board candidates who participated
in this election’s virtual candidate
forum this week all have differing
backgrounds.
Carrie McPherson Douglass is
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the only incumbent board mem-
ber, and a co-founder of multiple
businesses. Janet Sarai Llerandi is
a daughter of immigrant parents
and founder of Latino-focused
nonprofit Mecca Bend. Marcus
LeGrand is a Navy veteran and a
community college adviser. Shirley
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none of their opponents partici-
pated in the forum. Douglass, Lle-
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they shared many ideas on support-
ing schools, requiring COVID-19
vaccines for staff and more.
“The four of us come with very
different views,” Olson said. “On
the other hand, we have the same
values.”
The American Civil Liberties Union of
Oregon is defending a local social justice or-
ganization, the Central Oregon Peacekeep-
ers, in a lawsuit brought on by the city of
Bend over thousands of public records.
The public records dispute has launched
the issue of access to public records into the
limelight, with the ACLU arguing the city
has acted in “bad faith” by charging the ra-
cial justice activist group differently than
other requests.
“It shouldn’t cost two months’ rent for an
activist to see what their government is doing,”
said Alan Kessler, an attorney from ACLU of
Oregon representing the Peacekeepers.
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