A4 THE BULLETIN • THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021
Redmond
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Submitted photo
An artist’s conceptual drawing of the proposed mixed-story develop-
ment that would be built on a 1.23-acre parcel on the corner of SW Ca-
nal Boulevard and SW Badger Avenue in Redmond.
Vaccination
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Inslee and Newsom admin-
istration officials have said they
will not require residents of
their states to produce proof of
inoculation in circumstances
where entry to a venue or
building requires the person be
vaccinated against COVID-19.
The House Republican let-
ter said Oregon should be in
step with its neighbors as it has
been on many — though not
all — COVID-19 policies.
“Oregon’s response to
COVID-19 should not be an
outlier on the West Coast,” the
Republicans wrote. “We are
reaching the end of the pan-
demic and should be lifting
mandates, not adding new
ones. It is time to place our
trust in Oregonians again.
They have earned it.”
Brown has said showing cer-
tification is a small inconve-
nience to ensure that someone
who might spread a disease
that has killed over 591,000
Americans doesn’t get close to
people they might infect.
The salvo from the House
Republicans was part of a bar-
rage fired at Brown’s plans over
the past week.
A letter from the National
Grocers Association and 10
other major retail groups
has asked federal health and
worker safety officials to stop
Brown from requiring employ-
ees to ask for and verify vacci-
nation cards. Making front line
workers the gatekeepers and
enforcers of state policy was
inappropriate and potentially
dangerous, the letter said.
The criticism came as what
was supposed to be a showcase
for the state’s new policy on
vaccinated sections in venues
has been scaled back and wa-
tered down by key participants.
Brown said Monday that
under a new policy, Portland
Trail Blazers fans who showed
their vaccination certification
when entering the Moda Cen-
ter arena could sit in new vac-
cinated sections where they
would not have to wear masks
and socially distance as re-
quired by fans in other parts of
the arena.
But any visions of throngs
vaccinated, bare-faced NBA
fans cheering and slapping
high-fives with strangers in a
special seating area were rap-
idly evaporating by Tuesday
evening.
The Portland Trail Blazers
posted a message on the Rose
Quarter website, which in-
cludes the team and the Moda
Center, with the realities of at-
tendance.
“Out of an abundance of
caution and regardless of vac-
cination status, all fans must
wear a mask throughout Moda
Center, except when actively
eating or drinking in a desig-
nated eating area or their tick-
eted seat,” the statement said.
The new section would have
less physical distancing, but
fans would still be separated on
each side by an empty seat.
The move came as some
Portland-area health officials
went public with concerns that
the maskless sections could
send the wrong message in a
In a 2019 housing needs
analysis, the city determined
that 1,741 new multi family
housing units and 341 new
mixed-use units had to be built
in Redmond by 2039 to ac-
commodate growth, he said.
“This project will nicely help
meet these specific needs,”
Roberts told the council.
Roberts and project de-
velopers also noted that this
building would provide retail
and employment from a walk-
able distance for people living
in the quickly-growing neigh-
borhood. The plot of land is
already surrounded by new
city still fighting COVID-19.
Some of the opposition to
the plan to require showing
proof of vaccination came
from politicians and others
who had opposed masks at dif-
ferent points in the pandemic
and had lobbied for lifting re-
strictions on businesses and
crowds despite high levels of
infection in many areas of the
state.
While Rep. Daniel Bonham,
R-The Dalles, had criticized
Brown’s new policy earlier in
the week by noting the strong
feelings about masks “on both
sides,” the volatility against
showing certificates surfaced
quickly among opponents of
COVID-19 restrictions.
The Enchanted Forest, a
longtime children’s adventure
park near Salem, announced
it was reopening and would
require adults to show they
were vaccinated. The blow-
back from vaccine and mask-
ing opponents was immediate
and intense, fueled by posts on
Facebook groups and other so-
cial media.
After a deluge of angry
messages — some including
threats to the park or workers
— the owners reversed course
and said the opening would be
delayed to a later, unspecified
date.
While federal agencies such
as the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention have con-
sulted with local officials across
the country, public health deci-
sions fall under the role of states.
That’s led to a patchwork of
often contradictory measures,
even with neighboring states
ERIC CARLE
1929-2021
Eric Carle reads
his classic chil-
dren’s book
“The Very Hun-
gry Caterpillar”
in 2009.
‘Hungry
Caterpillar’
author dies
BY MARK KENNEDY
Associated Press
Eric Carle, the beloved chil-
dren’s author and illustrator
whose classic “The Very Hun-
gry Caterpillar” and other
works gave millions of kids
some of their earliest and most
cherished literary memories,
has died at age 91.
Carle’s family says he died
Sunday at his summer studio
in Northampton, Massachu-
setts, with family members
at his side. The family’s an-
nouncement was issued by
Penguin Young Readers.
“The Very Hungry Cater-
pillar,” published in 1969, was
welcomed by parents and de-
lighted kids with its story of
the metamorphosis of a green
and red caterpillar to a proudly
multicolored butterfly.
Carle wrote or illustrated
more than 75 books. One of
his last books was 2015’s “The
Nonsense Show,” which cen-
tered on a parade of flying fish,
cat-taming mice and circus
animals.
Born to German immigrant
parents in Syracuse, New York,
Carle and his family returned to
Germany — Nazi Germany, at
the time —-when he was 6. Un-
der the Nazis, modern, expres-
sionistic and abstract art was
banned and only realistic and
naturalistic art was permitted.
When Carle was 12 or 13, a
high school art teacher would
change his life by inviting him
to his home, where he secretly
showed his expressionist art,
including Franz Marc’s “Blue
Horse.”
Richard Drew/AP
Norman “Bob” R.
Crane
of Redmond, OR
October 8, 1933 -
May 19, 2021
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Services:
A Graveside Service is
Scheduled to be held at
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etery on Tuesday, June 1,
2021 at 2:00 PM
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Iva Naomi Adams
of Nampa, ID
February 12, 1921 - May
18, 2021
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Jerry D. Winkle
of Prineville, OR
February 10, 1956 -
May 16, 2021
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Services:
A Celebration of Life ser-
vice will be held in Central
Oregon on Sat., June 26
Lee Moeller
of Bend, OR
February 5, 1932 - May 18,
2021
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Funeral Home is honored
to serve the family.
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Services:
Private family gathering will
be held
Contributions may be
made to:
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Arthur Norman Gwin
of Redmond, OR
February 21, 1944 -
February 15, 2021
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Funeral Homes
Services:
11:00 June 12, 2021 White
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Redmond, OR Private
Burial June 16th- Family
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Cemetery
Contributions may be
made to:
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Disabled Youth to go on a
Guided Hunting or Fishing
trip
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houses and apartments, all
right next to Ridgeview High
School.
“The tone has already
been set for a mixed-use,
higher-density type of devel-
opment,” land use planner
Tammy Wisco told the coun-
cil. “The intent of this project
is to bring in that neighbor-
hood-centric, small commer-
cial facility that compliments
the setting it’s already in.”
City councilors had mostly
positive things to say about the
proposed building during the
meeting.
“Personally, I find this build-
ing quite intriguing,” said
Mayor George Endicott. “A
mixed-use like this, with retail
on the first floor … is exactly
more of what we need in Red-
mond.”
“I’m also very excited to see
a project with the mixed-use
going forward,” added city
councilor Krisanna Clark-En-
dicott.
The only major concern
raised during the meeting was
how the development would
effect nearby traffic.
City Councilor Ed Fitch said
he liked the project overall, but
was worried it — and other
nearby recent developments —
would turn the Badger/Canal
intersection into a traffic night-
mare. Specifically, he wanted a
designated right turn lane for
northbound Canal Boulevard
such as Oregon and Idaho.
Health officials in Oregon,
California and Washington
pledged early in the pandemic
crisis to work together and
keep policies in sync as much
as possible. The same could
not be said of Idaho, which
opted for far fewer restrictions
on activity and less stringent
mask rules.
But the trio of West Coast
states have hardly been mono-
lithic in their responses. Cal-
ifornia and Washington went
much wider, earlier with vacci-
nation priority for all residents
65 and over, while Oregon
stuck with a more step-by-step
approach of priority groups.
Newsom has announced all
students at California’s massive
University of California and
California State University sys-
tems must be vaccinated prior
to being allowed to take part in
in-person classes in the fall.
While Brown said at a
press call last month that she
thought the mandatory vac-
cinations ordered by Newson
were a good idea, in practice,
Oregon has allowed each uni-
versity to make separate an-
nouncements of their plans. So
far, the University of Oregon,
Oregon State University and
Portland State University have
all announced that vaccina-
tions will be required.
Brown’s boldest initiative has
been to require the display of
vaccine cards in selected situa-
tions. Oregon Health officials
wanted residents to be more
assured when going to a “vac-
cinated-only” area than just
the promise of others that they
were obeying the law.
The idea of segregated ac-
cess for those who have been
inoculated and those who hav-
en’t hasn’t gained traction in a
majority of states, but 14 have
created or are working on ways
to keep potential virus spread-
ers away from others. But the
sticking point always comes
back to how to really know if
vaccinated-only areas included
only the truly vaccinated.
The most common answer is
trust. In a politically fractured
nation where masks, vaccines,
in-person school instruction
and large gatherings have be-
come grist for often hyperven-
tilating debate, that’s a leap of
faith. But it’s the approach sug-
gested by the CDC.
For now, Brown is not mov-
ing toward another change of
policy.
gwarner@eomediagroup.com
onto Badger Avenue.
“As this town grows … Ca-
nal Boulevard, whether we like
it or not, will become a major
thoroughfare north and south,”
Fitch said Tuesday night. “My
major concern is ensuring that
the intersection is going to
work in the future.”
Redmond city engineer
Mike Caccavano said the lack
of a dedicated right turn lane
on Canal was intentional. Add-
ing that lane would speed up
traffic on the boulevard, and
at the moment, the city is try-
ing to slow speeds on the street
near Ridgeview High School,
he said.
Reporter: 541-617-7854,
jhogan@bendbulletin.com
Lawsuit
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The driver of the Volvo
semitrailer that caused the
collision, Inderjit Sign, of
Yuba City, Calif ornia, was
not charged with a crime.
Rankov Adams lived
in John Day before mov-
ing to Redmond. She had
three children and worked
as a merchandizer for the
Opportunity Foundation’s
Possibilities Thrift Store lo-
cations in Bend, Redmond
and Madras. Relatives
have said she regularly ex-
pressed misgivings about
her commute to Madras.
This included signing an
online petition to create
a safety corridor on the
highway between Red-
mond and Madras.
A writer and musician,
Rankov Adams’ family is
raising money through a
GoFundMe page to publish
her two final books.
Reporter: 541-383-0325,
gandrews@bendbulletin.com
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