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SPORTS PULLOUT, A5-8
COVID-19 | Pacific Northwest shifting back into shutdown mode, A2
Bend-La Pine infections
700 students ordered to quarantine
Superintendent Nordquist warns
of ‘Plan B’ if cases don’t drop quickly
with local schools in the past 10 days, which has
prompted the quarantine of about 700 students, Nor-
dquist said.
And even though she doesn’t believe the vast ma-
jority of these COVID-19 cases are being spread
within schools, Nordquist said the district may have
to take action soon to prevent additional quarantines,
and support those students stuck at home.
“If our case counts don’t start going down fairly
soon, we might need to look at a Plan B,” Nordquist
warned at Tuesday night’s meeting. “Not sure what
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
About 5% of Bend-La Pine Schools students are
under quarantine orders due to the current surge in
COVID-19 cases in Deschutes County, Superintendent
Lora Nordquist told the school board Tuesday night.
There have been 58 COVID-19 cases connected
Deschutes
lockdowns
that is, but we have a lot of kids at home right now,
and that’s a concern.”
District leadership also warned that in-person
graduation might not be possible in June if commu-
nity spread of COVID-19 doesn’t slow.
“We are going to have a graduation ceremony, but
it may not involve many people,” said Deputy Super-
intendent Katie Legace at the meeting.
However, a districtwide reversal to online school is
unlikely.
123RF
Region to
go without
a 24-hour
vet clinic
See Quarantine / A13
RIVER’S EDGE
DeBone,
Adair ask
for fewer
restaurant
restrictions
Golf course sold
to Pahlisch Homes
BY KYLE SPURR
The Bulletin
Starting Saturday, Central
Oregon will no longer have a
24-hour veterinary clinic for
pet emergencies.
Bend Veterinary Specialty
& Emergency Center plans
to start closing at midnight
due to a staff shortage, which
is part of a national veteri-
nary staffing issue, said Shalet
Abraham, medical director at
the emergency center.
The center, the only
around-the-clock care offered
in the region, will be open
2 p.m. to midnight on week-
days and 8 a.m. to midnight
on weekends.
“We unfortunately don’t
have the ability to be open
right now,” Abraham said.
“We have enough business.
It’s a matter of hiring and
staffing.”
Development will include nearly 400 homes, open spaces
BY BRENNA VISSER
The Bulletin
BY MICHAEL KOHN
The Bulletin
T
Two out of three
Deschutes County
commissioners
signed a letter asking
Gov. Kate Brown to
reconsider the restric-
tions that will again
be placed on restau-
rants as more coun-
ties move into the ex-
treme risk category.
The letter, which
was written by the
Association of Ore-
gon Counties and the
Oregon Restaurant
& Lodging Associa-
tion, was signed by
about 80 county com-
missioners across the
state, including Com-
mission Chair Tony
DeBone and Com-
missioner Patti Adair.
The extreme risk
level, which will go
into effect in De-
schutes County on
Friday, shuts down
indoor dining, limits
crowd sizes, caps en-
tertainment and exer-
cise activities and re-
quires most businesses
to close by 11 p.m.
The four area hospi-
tals run by St. Charles
were at 92% capacity
as of Monday.
In general, the let-
ter asserts the restau-
rant industry is being
singled out unfairly,
and that these regula-
tions are causing rifts
in communities.
“The time has
come to allow our
communities the op-
portunity to move
forward while em-
bracing continued
health and safety pre-
cautions,” the letter
writes.
he 18-hole River’s Edge
Golf Course, a popular
weekend destination for
Bend-area golfers, has been
sold to a real estate developer
for conversion into nearly 400
homes amid a real estate boom
in Central Oregon.
The owner of the course,
Wayne Purcell, announced his
intention to sell the golf course
and surrounding lands to Pah-
lisch Homes, according to a
press release.
The real estate market in
Bend has soared over the
past year as the pandemic has
driven urban dwellers to find
properties with more space
and closer to outdoor activ-
ities. The median price for
a single-family residence in
March hit a new record high at
$590,000 and the average days
on the market for a home is
less than a week.
Jessica Seidel, spokesperson
for Pahlisch Homes, said she
is unable to disclose the price
paid for the property.
Pahlisch said in a statement
that Purcell is planning to re-
See Clinic / A13
Dean Guernsey/Bulletin photos
Survey equipment sits on the 18th fairway at River’s Edge Golf Course
in Bend on Wednesday.
tire. His previous investments
include The Riverhouse Hotel
and Convention Center, which
he sold in 2015.
Pahlisch Homes, a Bend-
based homebuilder, is ex-
pected to hold conversations
with members of the commu-
nity already occupying homes
around the golf course to for-
mulate a plan for the area.
In a release, Pahlisch said
it plans to convert half of the
land into housing and leave
BEND-LA PINE
SCHOOL BOARD
the other half of River’s Edge
as open space. The project will
also include the construction
of a section of the Deschutes
River Trail.
Documentation submitted
to the city of Bend describes
the development as “The Up-
lands” and states that 71 acres
will be preserved as permanent
open space. The remaining
area will be the site of around
372 homes.
Candidates
open up
about equity,
COVID-19
See River’s Edge / A14
BY JACKSON HOGAN
The Bulletin
Editor’s Note: This is the
first of two stories about this
year’s Bend-La Pine School
Board candidates.
After a chaotic school year
of tackling COVID-19, racial
equity issues and hiring a su-
perintendent, the Bend-La
Pine School Board will see a
major shake up on July 1.
For the second straight
election, voters are guaran-
teed to elect at least three new
board members to the sev-
en-seat panel, as three incum-
bents decided to not run for
reelection. Board chair Carrie
McPherson Douglass is the
lone incumbent running.
The school board could be-
come more ethnically diverse
come July as well. Three people
of color are running: Marcus
LeGrand, who is Black; Janet
Sarai Llerandi, of Indigenous
Mexican descent; and Maria
Lopez-Dauenhauer, who iden-
tifies as Mexican-American.
Golfers practice near the
pro shop at River’s Edge Golf
Course in Bend on Tuesday.
See Deschutes / A14
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New COVID-19 cases
in Deschutes County
Full chart on A2
Historic temps
High 84, Low 44
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