A6 The BulleTin • Friday, april 30, 2021
Vaccine
DEAR ABBY
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Dear Abby: I am a 48-year-
old woman, divorced for 10
years. During that time, I
have been in two serious re-
lationships. I’m no prude,
but it seems like everyone
I date, and who my friends
and I talk to, and articles I see
are all about sex, having sex,
rushing to sex. It’s like there’s
no emphasis on actually get-
ting to know a person any-
more.
I’d like to believe that sex
is something people who are
already emotionally intimate
can share. But by the third
date, sex is not only expected
but considered “normal.”
When I say that it’s too soon
for me, I’m not called back
for another date. If I do go
forward with sex, I feel com-
promised and cheapened
when the “relationship” ends.
These men didn’t take the
time to actually know ME.
Please understand. I’m ma-
ture enough to handle this,
but I’m deterred from dat-
ing because of it. Are there
any men out there who want
a connection that isn’t just
physical?
— Not Connecting in Missouri
Dear Not Connecting: Yes,
there are. But in our hookup
culture, it may take time to
find them. I agree that we live
in a sex-obsessed society, as
we are constantly reminded
in print, television, film and
online media. Many men in
your age group avoid emo-
tional intimacy because they
have been divorced and don’t
want to quickly jump back
into a committed relationship.
It’s possible you might have
better luck if you join activity
groups in which the mem-
bers have common interests
besides running right off to
the bedroom. You should
never allow yourself to be
coerced into doing anything
you don’t feel ready for. Un-
like what some people may
believe, sex does not auto-
matically go with the dinner.
Dear Abby: My husband
and I have been together
for 10 years and were legally
married a year ago. Our wed-
ding was last-minute because
my mother asked us to move
the date up and make it hap-
pen fast. We obliged because
she was very sick at the time,
and we put the wedding to-
gether in nine days. The cer-
emony was beautiful. My
mother passed away days
later. It is obvious to me now
that she knew she was termi-
nal; however, I did not.
Since the date of her death
is so close to our anniversary,
it’s a very emotional and hard
time for me. I would prefer to
celebrate on a different day,
perhaps the anniversary of
our first date. My husband
tells me that while he under-
stands it’s hard for me, the
date of our legal ceremony is
important to him and wor-
thy of celebration. I just don’t
feel much like celebrating. Al-
though I know it’s not fair to
him, all I want to do is mourn
the loss of my mother. How
should I handle this?
— Bittersweet Memories in
Florida
Dear Bittersweet: A com-
promise is in order. Explain
again to your husband that
because you lost your mother
only a year ago, and this will
be the first anniversary after
her death, you would prefer
to either forgo a celebration
this year or celebrate on a dif-
ferent date. Assure him that
your sadness will lessen even-
tually, and when it does, you
will be fine celebrating your
wedding anniversary with
him in the future.
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Continued from A1
“If it’s convenient, they’re
more likely to take advantage of
the opportunity,” he said.
These clinics are starting as
about 5% of the Bend-La Pine
Schools student body is quar-
antining due to being in close
contact with fellow students
who caught COVID-19. In the
past 28 days, 95 students and
staff members in Bend-La Pine
have tested positive, according
to the district.
Newer COVID-19 vari-
ants are more likely to affect
younger people, which is why
this mass effort to vaccinate lo-
cal teens is important, Noyes
said.
“I think it’s excellent timing,”
he said.
Teens are by far the low-
est-vaccinated group in De-
schutes County. As of April 18,
only 4% of residents age 19 or
younger had received a single
dose of the COVID-19 vaccine,
according to county data. The
vaccines are only approved for
those 16 and older.
In comparison, about 25%
of Deschutes County residents
in their early 20s had received a
vaccine dose.
The Bend High School
vaccine clinic, located in the
school’s second gym, looked
like a miniature version of the
large vaccine clinic at the De-
schutes County fairgrounds.
Seven students at a time
could be vaccinated in the par-
titioned vaccination section of
the gym. If students were ner-
Cases
High school vaccine
clinic schedule
This is a list of all the planned
high school-based COVID-19
vaccination clinics in Central
Oregon. The first date listed
for each school is for first
doses, and the second date is
for second doses.
High schoolers ages 16
and older who attend lo-
cal private schools, charter
schools or alternative/mag-
net schools can attend the
clinic nearest to them. Every
location will be open from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Sis-
ters, which will be open from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Bend High School: May 20
• Mountain View High
School: May 4 and May 25
• Crook County High School:
May 4 and May 25
• La Pine High School: May 6
and May 27
• Summit High School: May
6 and May 27
• Redmond High School:
May 7 and May 26
• Ridgeview High School:
May 11 and June 1
• Sisters High School: May 13
and June 3
vous before receiving their shot,
behavioral health supervisor
Lindsey Overstreet was present
to help calm them down.
Students could be eased
by taking deep breaths, pick-
ing a point on the wall and in-
tently focusing on it, or being
reminded of the reasons why
they’re getting vaccinated.
“Most of us have a natural
instinct to be reluctant to get
poked,” Overstreet said.
Before students left, they
could take a selfie or pose for
a photo in front of a large ban-
ner reading “I Got The Shot”
alongside the a collage of the
Bend High School logo in
many pastel colors.
Thursday morning, across
Ninth Street from the high
school in front of First Presby-
terian Church of Bend, a group
of anti-vaccine protestors were
yelling at students.
Morgan Schmidt, an associ-
ate pastor at First Presbyterian,
said church staff was unaware
that the protesters would park
in their lot, and didn’t condone
it.
“We support everyone
in their decision to get the
COVID vaccine,” she said. “To
have anti-vaxxers hassling kids
on their way to school is not
who we are.”
Schmidt said she asked the
protesters to move their cars
from the church’s private park-
ing lot, but they refused. She
declined to repeat what the
protesters told her, but she said
they were hostile.
Schmidt then called the po-
lice, and protesters began to
scatter once officers arrived,
she said.
Before police arrived, church
staff and Bend High School ad-
ministrators helped students
who parked in the church lot
cross Ninth Street safely, while
protesters yelled at them.
“For kids to feel at all un-
Walk-up vaccinations available
Continued from A1
“This is a significant surge,
and the number of positive
cases and hospitalizations in
the region only continue to
rise,” said Dr. Jeff Absalon,
chief physician executive for St.
Charles Health System. “We’re
encouraging people to heed
the necessary steps to stop the
spread of the virus, including
getting vaccinated. Reviewing
our data, we can clearly see this
surge — while serious — is less
severe than it would have been
without the vaccine.”
Deschutes County’s skyrock-
eting COVID-19 case counts
are impacting its schools, too.
As of Wednesday, 5% — or
about 700 — of students in
Bend-La Pine Schools were in
quarantine after being exposed.
On Thursday, all students
Tree removal
Continued from A1
The tree removal program,
being carried out by several
contractors monitored by the
Florida-based disaster recov-
ery firm CDR Maguire, has al-
Walk-up COVID-19 vaccine appointments will be offered Saturday
between noon and 2 p.m. at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center.
First-dose appointments will only be offered at the mass vaccination
clinic through the end of next week. Operations will continue through
the end of May to complete second-dose appointments.
Residents can choose a convenient time and schedule a vaccine
appointment directly by visiting centraloregoncovidvaccine.com.
Preregistration for vaccine appointments is no longer required.
at Sisters high and middle
schools were sent back to on-
line distance learning, after
school officials discovered two
high schoolers tested positive
for COVID-19, according to
Superintendent Curt Scholl.
Those students had close con-
tact with middle school stu-
dents, he said.
“When we got that informa-
tion, we needed to make sure
we didn’t have greater expo-
sure, so we asked our kids for a
pause today until we could do
more extensive contact trac-
ing,” Scholl said Thursday. “We
didn’t want to make it worse
today.”
After school staff conducted
contact tracing, Sisters school
officials decided to place be-
tween 20 to 25 middle and high
school students in quarantine,
Scholl said. The rest of the
schools’ students will return to
in-person school on Monday,
as the district’s current schedule
ready removed some 29,000.
But a growing number of
arborists, landowners and en-
vironmental advocates are
concerned that CDR Maguire
is mismanaging the tree-re-
moval program. They also say
the state is failing to oversee
the firm, which was hired un-
der a $70 million contract to
monitor the logging and de-
bris removal and ensure the
state is reimbursed by the Fed-
eral Emergency Management
safe on church property is not
something we’re OK with,”
Schmidt said.
Before the school vaccine
clinics began, Bend-La Pine
School Board members re-
ceived hundreds of angry
emails from anti-vaccine ac-
tivists, said board member Ju-
lie Craig. Most had the exact
same, copy-and-paste wording,
but a few were especially nasty,
she said.
Board member Carrie
McPherson Douglass shared
emails with The Bulletin that
called the school board Nazis
for allowing vaccine clinics in
the schools.
“… if my child is harmed in
anyway I will exact cruel and
inhuman revenge,” one email
stated. “Mothers don’t f***
around. You do not have per-
mission to medicate or vacci-
nate our children without our
permission, you Nazis.”
In the state of Oregon, teens
age 15 and older can agree to
medical services — including
immunization — without pa-
rental consent, according to the
Oregon Health Authority.
During the Bend-La Pine
School Board work session
meeting Tuesday, Craig said she
was furious about these hostile
anti-vaccine emails.
“I’m frankly so done with it,”
she said. “I’m so disappointed
in community members who
feel that is the best way to try
and have a conversation, when
they don’t agree with some-
thing that we’re doing.”
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Reporter: 541-617-7854,
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doesn’t have in-person classes
on Fridays.
All of this comes on the eve
of Deschutes County entering
into the extreme risk category
for the second time since De-
cember. Nearly all the local
COVID-19 cases, Emerson
said, are coming from individu-
als who are not fully vaccinated.
“We are seeing school-aged
children do a great job of wear-
ing masks at school and being
more relaxed about precau-
tions at things like after-school
activities, carpooling and so-
cial activities,” Emerson said.
“We continue to see significant
spread from social activities
where people aren’t masking or
distancing. Masks, distance, so-
cializing outdoors and vaccines
are the best tools to prevent
spread.”
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Reporter: 541-633-2117,
sroig@bendbulletin.com
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