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Village
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St. Vincent de Paul in Bend is planning to build a 10-unit village to house homeless people in a lot behind its
current location on Third Street. The plans include remodeling the current dwelling on the lot to be used as a
community hall for residents living on-site.
Counties
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“If we don’t act now, doctors,
nurses, hospitals, and other
health care providers in Ore-
gon will be stretched to their
limits treating severe cases of
COVID-19,” Brown said.
Brown changed one part of
the extreme risk restrictions,
increasing the outdoor capacity
limits for bars, restaurants and
operations covered by the rules
from 50 to 100 people in ex-
treme risk counties.
“We know that the risk of
COVID-19 transmission is
lower outdoors,” Brown said.
“I am urging all Oregonians, if
you choose to gather with oth-
ers, keep it outdoors.”
Brown said health officials
would review infection statistics
each week and that no county
would remain at extreme risk
level for more than three weeks.
The risk levels would be re-
viewed weekly, with the next
report on May 4, with possible
revisions on May 7 if the num-
bers rise or fall.
But the statement from
Brown’s office also said that if
statewide hospitalizations stay
above 300 and one or more
counties fail to fall out of the
extreme risk category, the Or-
egon Health Authority will re-
view why the numbers haven’t
dropped and recommend op-
tions for additional action to
Brown.
To cushion the financial
blow to businesses, which will
again have to shut their doors
or curtail capacity and hours,
Brown said she is working with
the Legislature on an emer-
gency $20 million financial aid
package in extreme risk coun-
ties.
“I recognize the burden
these restrictions place on
The support of a coach and
a shelter will be a huge benefit
for the residents, Hewitt said.
“Most of the problem is you
don’t have a place to rebuild
from,” Hewitt said. “You don’t
have a safe and secure place to
exist.”
The 10-unit village is next
door to the Old Mill & Suites
Motel, which the Bend City
Council had considered turn-
ing into a year-round homeless
shelter until the city discovered
significant foundational and
structural issues on the prop-
erty.
While the city continues to
look for a permanent shelter,
local homeless advocates are
excited to see smaller projects
start to crop up in the region,
such as the 10-unit village and
the Central Oregon Veterans
Village on property north of
Bend.
“I recognize the burden these restrictions place on Oregon
businesses and working families. My goal is to lift these
restrictions as soon as it is safely possible”
— Gov. Kate Brown
Oregon businesses and work-
ing families,” she said. “My goal
is to lift these restrictions as
soon as it is safely possible, and
keep Oregon on the path for
lifting most health and safety
requirements by the end of
June so we can fully reopen our
economy.”
Nine counties will be in the
high risk level, four at moder-
ate risk and eight at lower risk.
Brown said April 6 that no
county would be moved into
the extreme risk level as long
as fewer than 300 people state-
wide were hospitalized for
COVID-19.
OHA on Monday reported
319 hospitalizations, bringing
the three-week hiatus of the
most severe restrictions to an
end. Tuesday’s total was 328.
Oregon on Friday reported
over 1,020 new infections,
more than double what it was
two weeks ago — the sharpest
spike of any state.
After more than a year of be-
ing at the lowest end of infec-
tions nationwide, Oregon has
seen new cases of COVID-19
jump 54% over the past 14
days while infections have
dropped 20% overall in the na-
tion.
The key infection measure-
ment for larger counties is
cases per 100,000, with Klam-
ath topping the list at 787 and
James Cook, a board mem-
ber with the Homeless Lead-
ership Coalition, which serves
Central Oregon, said several
factors this past year, including
the COVID-19 pandemic and
the ongoing need for permanent
winter shelters, raised awareness
of homelessness in the region.
More local governments are pri-
oritizing the issue, and organiza-
tions such as St. Vincent de Paul
are taking action, Cook said.
“This is a time when I think
a lot of progress could be made
if we use all of those resources
wisely,” Cook said.
Still, the 10-unit village is
just one piece of a larger puzzle,
Cook said. The region needs
to establish permanent shelters
and housing after people leave
the villages, he said.
“We are not going to do all of
these things and solve the prob-
lem tomorrow,” Cook said. “It’s
going to take time.”
Megan Perkins, a Bend city
councilor, said she is optimistic
about projects like the 10-unit
village, and it shows how differ-
ent organizations are working
together to address the issue of
homelessness.
“I love that they are doing
some micro-units there,” Per-
kins said. “And obviously our
service providers are doing so
much in the community.”
Perkins also points to a pro-
posed navigation center, which
would be a centralized location
in Bend for homeless people to
receive services. The city is ex-
pecting to receive $2.5 million
from the state Legislature to
fund the center.
Perkins describes the various
projects as an all-hands-on-deck
approach between city officials
and service providers.
“Everybody is doing some-
thing right now,” Perkins said,
“because we know we have a big
problem that we need to solve
as a city.”
Deschutes at 467.
The spread of more con-
tagious variants is outpacing
vaccinations, which now top
1.1 million out of the state’s 4.3
million residents. OHA said
the highly contagious B.1.1.7,
known as the “UK Variant”
because it first appeared in
Britain, now accounted for the
largest number of new cases in
Oregon.
Though only 27% of the 4.3
million people living in Or-
egon have been completely
vaccinated, demand for shots
has already started to slow in
some parts of the state, OHA
reported.
The percentage of residents
in any county that have been
fully vaccinated varies widely,
from 34.4% in Benton County,
home of Oregon State Univer-
sity’s main campus, to 19% in
Umatilla County in Northeast
Oregon.
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OBITUARY
Nancy Martin Hazlewood Ariail
Restrictions
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“The good news is restric-
tions on indoor dining are less
of a concern for restaurants
in the spring with nicer and
warmer weather than in the
middle of winter.”
It’s a delicate balancing act
for businesses that hire work-
ers in restaurants and bars,
said Tammy Treat, co-owner
of Spider City Brewing in
Bend. When the brewery is
unable to pour from taps, it
means more product needs to
be sold in packages, Treat said.
“The real challenge is that
we will need to plan for more
packaged beer for the to-go
sales, versus keg sales,” Treat
said. “That requires specific
timing.”
At the Athletic Club of
Bend, it may not make sense
to open at all, said Kip Heil-
man, the club’s general man-
ager. As many classes that can
be moved outdoors will be,
Heilman said. The outdoor
pool will be operational, too,
but Heilman said he fears he’ll
lose members.
“There’s new language in
the guidance that prohibits us
from doing a lot of things we
were going to do,” said Heil-
man. “We’ll do everything we
can within reason outside so
we can control the numbers
inside the buildings.
“We can’t operate under
this. This is a dues-paying
business.”
At St. Charles Health Sys-
tem, it’s all about timing as
well, said Dr. Jeff Absalon, the
health system’s chief physician
executive. The four hospitals
of St. Charles were at 92% ca-
pacity on Monday.
St. Charles Health System
will be limiting elective surger-
ies for those that require a hos-
pital bed for the time being,
Absalon said. The hospital also
will be on standby for surge
capacity in case there are more
COVID-19 cases.
About 10 surgeries will be
canceled this week, Absa-
lon said. The hospital had 28
COVID-19 patients on Tues-
day, slightly less than half as
many as it had in the peak of
the virus spread in Decem-
ber. Six were in the intensive
care unit. Just a month ago
no one was hospitalized for
COVID-19, Absalon said.
“We still, of course, are in
the pandemic, and we will be
for some time,” Absalon said.
“We want to make sure we
have the capacity to take care
of our community.”
The move to extreme risk
also caused Economic Devel-
opment for Central Oregon to
postpone its annual luncheon
that was to be held in person
and virtual on May 6.
The last time Deschutes
County was in the extreme
risk category was in Decem-
ber. It remained there through
Feb. 12, when it moved to
the high-risk category. Case
counts continued to drop, and
Deschutes County was able to
go to even the moderate risk
category in March.
The up-and-down nature is
a source of extreme frustration
for Planet Fitness franchise
owner Dan Afrasiabi. With
10 locations in Oregon and
Alaska, Afrasiabi said he feels
the state’s metrics are unreal-
istic and put an unfair burden
on business owners.
“There is no balance being
approached, and what the state
is trying to do makes no sense
in light of what every other
state in the nation is doing,”
Vaccines available
Anyone 16 and older can
book a vaccine appoint-
ment. The vaccine is free and
no insurance is required. To
book a first-dose vaccine ap-
pointment at the Deschutes
County Fair & Expo Center
Central before May 7, go to
CentralOregonVaccine.com
to sign up.
Afrasiabi said. “The state is at-
tacking a business where peo-
ple are just coming back to and
now they’re saying it’s not safe
to come into a fitness center.”
Afrasiabi said he may have
to lay off workers and his busi-
ness could suffer if members
cancel their memberships be-
cause they can’t get into the
gym. Since reopening, the
gym has used an online reser-
vation system where members
can check out the occupancy
before coming in and then
sign up for a time to use the
equipment.
“It’s horrendously frustrat-
ing for me, our team and our
members. We can’t take our
equipment outside,” Afrasiabi
said. “We’re stuck in a situation
where we can’t make any com-
mitments.”
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May 16, 1945 - March 21, 2021
Nancy Marti n Hazlewood Ariail died peacefully at
home surrounded by family and her pets on Sunday,
March 21, 2021.
Nancy’s purpose in life was spreading joy and beauty
to everyone she met. She also had an abiding need
to provide service and support to her community. In
Bend, she supported Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Bend High
School, Cascade Middle School, Special Olympics, Bend
Outdoor School, SMART, and Parkinson’s Dance Group.
Nancy was born in Camden, New Jersey and moved
with her family over the years to Cincinnati , Ohio,
Dallas, Texas, and fi nally to Hollywood, California where
she fi nished high school. She enrolled and att ended
Oregon State University before moving to Bend in 1965
where she met and married Jack Hazlewood. They
had two children, Tiff any and Jack Jr. Nancy provided
daycare for the children of several families along with
her own before taking a job with Bend High School
classifi ed staff . She worked for 15 years with the Bend-
La Pine School District. Her fi nal years there were spent
teaching life skill students at Cascade Middle School
and Bend High School.
Nancy was passionate about quilti ng. She began sewing
at the age of six and made the fi rst of many quilts when
she was 15 years old. She made baby quilts for the
children of friends and family, each unique and special
for the individual child. Nancy was a member of several
quilti ng groups, regularly involved in craft ing quilts for
orphans, foster care children, Veterans, and nursing
homes. Her arti stry was shared as she taught quilti ng
classes. One of her most cherished quilts was created
from 365 diff erent blocks, one made each day over the
course of a year. Her last quilt was fi nished in the fall
of 2020. Over the last several years Nancy craft ed art
quilts to interpret the Deschutes Public Library’s Novel
Idea project.
Nancy married Jim Ariail in 1989 and the two began
a life together fi lled with adventure and travel. They
both reti red from the Bend-La Pine School District in
1992 and moved to Wellington, Alabama. There they
restored the 1855 Ariail family farmhouse where Jim
was born. They lived in the home for 19 years welcoming
visitors from all over the nati on. They returned to Bend
in 2011.
Nancy was up for trying anything new that came along.
She competed in the fi rst Pole Peddle Paddle Race held
at Drake Park in 1977 and conti nued to parti cipate for
many subsequent years. She loved Nordic skiing at area
snow parks, hiking local trails, and was one of the early
windsurfers at Elk Lake. Nancy introduced anyone she
could to cross country skiing. She returned to Central
Oregon to ski each February while living in Alabama.
Nancy is survived by her husband Jim, her brother
Pete, children Stephanie Merrill, Tiff any Tisdel, Jack
Hazlewood Jr., Scott Ariail, Kiley Ariail and grandchildren
Annie, Luke, Vivian, Keegan, and Spencer. A celebrati on
of life will be held later this summer.
Contributi ons can be made to the Meissner Nordic Ski
area at htt ps://meissnernordic.org/donate/