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Thursday • May 20, 2021 Serving Central Oregon since 1903 • $3 RAISE YOUR SPIRITS … GET READY FOR NATIONAL CRAFT COCKTAIL DAY ON MAY 22 • GO! MAGAZINE INSIDE SPORTS PULLOUT, A5-8 LES SCHWAB AMPHITHEATER BIGGER MUSIC ACTS WILL COME TO BEND Mask rules confuse Central Oregon employers By suZaNNE rOIG The Bulletin Central Oregon businesses, em- ployers and churches are trying to figure out how they’ll respond to the new mask mandates for the fully vac- cinated. What they do know for sure: They don’t want to put their employees in the position of policing the mandates by asking for proof of vaccination. Several said they would just keep the established policies of requiring a mask indoors and maintaining a physical distance. “We have heard from many busi- nesses who are struggling to inter- pret how to use the new guidelines,” said Katy Brooks, Bend Chamber of Commerce CEO. “They are in the position of gatekeepers in allowing unmasked access to vaccinated em- ployees and customers. This is a diffi- cult position when there can be many views on the issue, making interac- tions difficult at times.” See Masks / A4 BEND PROTESTS reid Brakeley and a crew from staging dimensions from New Castle, delaware, build a portable loading dock on the back of the new stage at the Les schwab amphitheater on Wednesday. Dean Guernsey/The Bulletin By KyLE sPurr • The Bulletin routing a tour,” Smith said. “With the bandwidth that Live with the largest concert promoter in the country and Nation brings, agents are considering us at the beginning. will soon be hosting the biggest names in music. We are no longer a fill-in date.” The deal with Live Nation Entertainment means the Old A multiphase renovation of the Les Schwab Amphitheater Mill District venue will offer more shows each summer is also a part of the Live Nation partnership. The first phase, and become a preferred location for major concert tours, which will nearly double the size of the concert stage and said Marney Smith, general manager of the Les Schwab offer accessibility improvements, will be completed in June Amphitheater. before the first scheduled concert Aug. 12. “We weren’t the first consideration when somebody was Resident survey reveals growing concern TODAY’S WEATHER Here are some of the hard numbers: 9 • California out of 10 (93%) Or- faces short- egonians see wild- age of fed- eral firefight- fires as a somewhat or very serious threat ing Hotshot to life and property. crews, a3 Most people ex- pressed concern about wildfires af- fecting the people of Oregon rather than their own communities (68%) or their families (58%). Most Oregonians are also con- vinced that the number of serious wildfires will continue to rise. More than half said wildfires in the state will increase in both frequency (55%) and severity (53%). Beliefs that wildfires will grow in frequency and intensity are not tied to political beliefs, the survey found. RELATED As wildfires seem to grow in num- ber and severity each year, Orego- nians are expressing greater concern for how wildfire affects their own lives. A recent survey conducted by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center found a strong majority of Orego- nians see wildfires as “a somewhat or very serious threat” to residents of the state. Respondents described challenges with managing the forests, as well as c limate change that is drying out forest areas and making them more suscep- tible to wildfires. The survey was conducted May 4-10, with 918 Oregonians respond- ing. The survey has a margin of error of 2-3%. A few showers High 53, Low 36 Page a12 See Wildfire / A4 INDEX Business Classifieds Comics The La Pine man who yelled a homophobic slur at downtown Bend protesters and was charged with assaulting one of them was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser offense, in part because the protester he attacked wanted to spare the community a divisive legal battle. Darrell Shane Goddard, 38, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday in Deschutes County Circuit Court. See Goddard / A4 See Music / A4 WILDFIRE IN OREGON By MIChaEL KOhN The Bulletin By GarrETT aNdrEWs The Bulletin A11-12 A14 A9-10 Bend settles in dispute over parking off Galveston By BrENNa VIssEr The Bulletin John Locher/AP file Firefighters with the Monitor Fire department wait in an area destroyed by a wildfire near Mill City on the North santiam river in 2020. Dear Abby Editorial Events A7 A8 GO! Horoscope A7 Local/State A2-3,14 Lottery A6 Obituaries Puzzles Sports A4 A10 A5-7 After roughly three years of lit- igation, the city of Bend and the owner of the Bakery Building, which is home to Sunriver Brewing off Galveston Avenue, have reached a $35,000 settlement regarding a park- ing dispute with a neighboring busi- ness. The dispute led to the city with- drawing the land use permit for Boss Rambler Beer Club, which is the neighboring business to the Bakery Building, and the owner of the Bak- ery Building, Mikel Lomsky, receiv- ing the settlement. See Parking / A4 The Bulletin An Independent Newspaper We use recycled newsprint Vol. 117, No. 329, 14 pages, 1 section SUN/THU B end’s Les Schwab Amphitheater reached an agreement Man who yelled slur pleads to mischief charge U|xaIICGHy02330rzu
