Source Weekly March 26, 2020

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The pace at which life is changing for each and every one of us is astounding. For me, this entire experience feels like a tsunami. My imaginative brain can even hear its roar.

The message I’d like to share this week echoes the ones found on our Letters page, where we’ve made space for leaders in our medical and business communities. The message: Things are very tough right now. But the best thing you can do is to stay home, ride this out and do what you can, in your limited capacities, to be ready for the work that will come next in setting our economy to rights.

I have no crystal ball. No one does. But I know that our work as a locally owned newspaper has never been more important. Turn to our editor and publisher’s note this week for more on what lies ahead in the immediate future.

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Dear Friends, These past couple of weeks have proved to be incredibly difficult for everyone as we all try to make sense of the new restrictions on our former way of life. The disruption to the service industry, tourism, entertainment, events, retail and other businesses happened so quickly that we’ve all struggled to formulate a response, leaving many in economic limbo.

Here at the Source Weekly we want everyone to know that while the world is changing by the hour, our commitment to serving and helping the community has never been stronger. Over the course of 22+ years we have prided ourselves on being the place for Central Oregonians to stay apprised of the news and join the arts and entertainment community, who enrich our lives through public service, cultural enrichment and just plain fun.

We are not supported by big box stores or large corporations. We have always been the definition of “support local,” and we have been buoyed in our affairs by a community that has reciprocated in kind. As we go to press, we continue to work on a broad array of stories, from covering this crisis, aiding restaurants in spreading the word about who is still open for takeout and ramping up for the coming election season—as well as reporting on the gems our movie critic is currently finding on Netflix.

Our success in navigating this crisis is tied to the success we experience in pulling together for the common good, in helping those who otherwise cannot help themselves at this time. The virus will soon pass, but the way in which we behave toward one another, and the good we do at this time, will remain.

It’s always been that way; it just took something like this to remind of us of how connected we all truly are.

As we write this, Central Oregon leaders have just wrapped up a virtual press conference, emphasizing the most crucial message we all need to hear right now: Staying home is the best thing you can do to help our medical community and those they serve get through the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Monday, as we began production of this issue, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown shut down all non-essential businesses. While the Source is outside this category, our print distribution is not. As such, we have made the decision to suspend print publication of the newspaper until May 20. This will allow us to pivot to a more robust digital presence during this time when most businesses are wisely prioritizing staff support over marketing and our readers are safer at home reading online than picking up their weekly copy.

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health care and supply system, legislators are also considering how to best get assistance to businesses and employees who have lost business and their livelihood. They have increased accessibility to unemployment insurance benefits, opened up access to the Small Business Administration economic disaster program that provides access to low interest federally-backed loans and are considering a host of other options.

Their work is continuing this week in the Joint Special Committee on Coronavirus Response and a special session is expected to be called by Gov. Brown within days to approve these recommendations.

The Bend Chamber of Commerce is advocating to protect the Unemployment Insurance Fund by replenishing it to cover more Oregonians out of work. Additionally, the state must help businesses with immediate cash flow challenges by temporarily easing new taxes such as the Corporate Activities Tax and allowing for flexibility on filing deadlines. Housing and food security are at a critical stage and require immediate action and distribution of funds to those who are vulnerable to foreclosure or eviction. Sole proprietors need financial assistance as well, having limited or no access to unemployment assistance. And as our healthcare providers battle the virus, they will need lodging to avoid exposure to family members and reliable, safe child care.

The list goes on, but what is most evident is that help needs to be immediate.

For the next 90 days as we adjust our work and social habits to battle the coronavirus it will be critical to reach out to those in need. The better we work together, the more quickly we will recover.

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GUEST OPINION IT’S TIME TO ACT!

Over the past several weeks, St. Charles caregivers at all levels have been working tirelessly to prepare the health system for a widespread COVID-19 outbreak in Central Oregon.

I am so proud of the way our teams have come together and made critical decisions quickly that will protect them and help us serve our community throughout this ongoing pandemic.

But I worry that without your help, everything we do won’t be enough.

While I am supporting our local caregivers, as Chairman of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, I have also been working closely with local, state and federal officials on our response to this growing public health issue.

Although the Governor has instituted an order to stay home unless you need food, medical supplies or emergency medical care – all weekend people ignored the information, went to the beach and flooded state parks and national forests. This is unacceptable.

We are in a fight right now!

This is a fight in which we have to do everything in our power to win. As the leader of your local health care system, I am begging you. Stay home now. You can’t catch or spread this disease if you don’t come in contact with it. Our caregivers and first responders are putting themselves on the frontline and don’t have a choice. They will come to work so they can care for you and your loved ones. We need you to stay home so we will have the capacity – the hospital beds, ventilators and trained staff – to care for those who need it most.

Our actions over the next few weeks are crucial to slowing the spread of COVID-19.

What we do in the coming days will directly impact our efforts to “flatten the curve” of the disease and slow the tide of patients that threatens to inundate our hospitals.

You only need to look at New York, California and our neighbor to the north, Washington, to see what is heading our way.

We can see it coming, now is the time to act before it is too late.

Although we have created surge plans and set up tents at each of our facilities, this threat remains very real.

No matter what you’ve done in recent days, you must listen to me: The only way we are going to slow the spread of COVID-19 right now is by self-isolating at home and only leaving for essential needs like food or medicine. If you have kids at home – including teenagers – we need you to enforce this directive for them, too.

Yes, that means no trips to the popular dog park. No gathering for a picnic, even if you sit six feet apart. No spring break trips to the coast. It means stay home.

These actions are necessary to save lives in our community and the lives of our health care workers.

I would also like to thank our health care workers, EMS agencies and all first responders who are putting their lives on the line to help us through this continuing crisis. They are making critical sacrifices. Please make changes in your own behavior to support them.

-Joe Sluka is the president and CEO of St. Charles Health System and chairman of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems

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Bend and Central Oregon businesses know how to pull up their bootstraps when times get tough. We’ve learned that lesson before on how to bounce back from dire straits. We know that working together helps ease and spread the burden, and that collaboration will spark innovation and set us up for a robust and hopefully speedy comeback.

Help is coming from many directions already. Economic organizations, public agencies and many others are connecting with businesses to provide information on how to access emergency funds. A new regional website called CentralOregonSOS.com, launching within the week, will host a collection of resources and links to direct businesses and employees to where they can go for financial assistance, information, resources and connections. And grassroots organizations like the Pandemic Partners Bend Facebook group are growing quickly to connect people, identify needs, provide information and assist those who need supplies, information and help.

The Oregon state legislature and the U.S. Congress are also taking action. Federal legislation on coronavirus assistance was adopted last week to help get emergency funding to businesses, provide health coverage and COVID-19 testing for families in need and increase unemployment availability. More assistance is on its way as Congress works to match funding assistance and aid with the on-the-ground needs of business, their employees and families.

The Oregon legislature and the governor are working to respond to the impacts of the virus. As part of preparing our communities,

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The challenges of 'shelter in place,' with shelters full and public buildings shut

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or some homeless people in Bend, adhering to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s directive to stay 6 feet away from other people may be impossible.

They sleep in tight quarters in shelters or may interact frequently with others at outdoor tent encampments. They cannot “stay home” if they are experiencing symptoms.

A vast majority of them fit the definition of our community’s most vulnerable population.

Colleen Sinsky, who works for the Central Oregon Homeless Leadership Coalition as the coordinated entry system coordinator, said she’s terrified that if the coronavirus reaches the unhoused community, many of them could end up in the hospital and wipe out all access to respirators in Central Oregon.

“We are only as healthy as our most vulnerable people,” Sinsky said.

“The people without homes are likely to get hospitalized [if they get the virus] because they don’t get great nutrition or rest, and they are cold most of the time,” said Molly Heiss, the housing stabilization director for NeighborImpact.

Impact on Local Shelters Most winter warming shelters in Central Oregon closed last week as scheduled, but the Bend Shelter on the Deschutes County Public Safety Campus will now stay open through midApril as a result of the coronavirus crisis.

Heiss said NeighborImpact received $150,000 in emergency funding from Oregon Housing and Community Services to help keep the shelter open and provide funds to other social service organizations in the area that are scrambling to keep up with new regulations and maintain staff. Many of these nonprofits are short volunteers because their volunteers are over 60 and have been ordered to limit their exposure to others.

At the Bend Shelter, it put policies in place for near-constant sanitization, while also moving some guests from the packed quarters in the bunk rooms into a common area after they serve meals, Heiss said.

Meanwhile, as other area shelters have closed in Redmond and Sisters, the shelter in Bend has seen an uptick in guests.

In order to take precautions for guests at the Bend Shelter who have chronic conditions or are over 60, Heiss moved 15 people without homes into motel rooms.

“It’s really expensive, but a good ‘shelter in place’ option for those who are high risk,” Heiss said. “We are still case managing them… getting them clothes and gift cards for groceries, checking in on them to make sure they are OK.” The Bethlehem Inn, already operating at capacity most nights, is no longer accepting new referrals.

Gwenn Wysling, the executive director at Bethlehem Inn, said they have reduced the number of guests per room from six to four and started serving meals in shifts.

No Place To Go For many people without homes, one of the most devastating aspects of the crisis is that they no longer have places to simply “be” during the day. It's standard practice for winter warming shelters to ask guests to leave early in the morning for cleaning. From there, many go to a fast food restaurant or a coffee shop for an inexpensive meal, or to the Deschutes Public Library to get out of the elements and use the internet. But all of these locations are now closed.

“They often feel so invisible,” Heiss said. “We saw a big uptick in stress, when everything started to close during the day. They had found a way to exist, very habitual routines which gives them comfort and solace. Now that's gone.”

Heiss and other social service providers were hopeful just a few months Laurel Brauns

Sheperd's House Ministries in Bend is one of the many shelters housing some of Central Oregon's most vulnerable population.

Jon Atkins was living at Juniper Ridge on Bend's north side when we visited for a story about pending evictions there in February. With widespread closures around the city due to COVID-19, the City of Bend announced it will postpone its 30-day notice period for eviction by about three weeks.

ago that an emergency shelter bill, HB 4001, would pass through the Oregon Legislature. It would have funded a $2.4 million navigation center in Bend where the unhoused would have a place to go during the day.

“It was a victim of the session,” Heiss said.

Central Oregon Veterans Outreach Central Oregon Veterans Outreach is seeing an influx in people coming in to access food, according to Kathy Skidmore, COVO’s executive officer.

The organization has federal funds to offer rental assistance to veterans, but expects to see a huge uptick in people needing help.

“Last week someone came in who got laid off in the same week their landlord raised the rent,” Skidmore said. “I’m hoping individual landlords have some grace during this period.”

Skidmore explained that for many people who have been recently laid off, unemployment insurance doesn’t necessarily cover expenses.

While the rules may change with emergency legislation at the federal or state level, right now the law is that unemployment is a percentage of past earnings and runs out after 26 weeks.

It requires that employees worked at least 500 hours during their last calendar quarter of employment and it does not exceed $538 a week in benefits paid, according to the Oregon Unemployment Insurance website.

Juniper Ridge The City of Bend has postponed the 30-day notice period for eviction for people who live at Juniper Ridge by about three weeks. Campers will currently be forced to vacate May 11 instead of April 20, according to Shelly Smith, senior management analyst with the city.

Last month, the City funded a mobile resource center that now goes out to the entrance of the encampment every Thursday. Stacey Witte—who runs a direct services organization for people

without homes—is coordinating the effort at Juniper Ridge and is usually joined by staff from Mosaic Medical, Legal Aid Services of Oregon and the Bend Treatment Center. Since the coronavirus crisis began, Witte said some agencies are no longer allowing their employees to go out to the encampment.

Witte said that the people who live there have been having difficulty accessing water. While the mobile resource center brings some on Thursdays, and COVO brings a large jug on Tuesdays, the campers rely on nearby businesses to let them fill their bottles, and many of these are now closed or won’t let them in.

Witte also said that although she has tried to get a hand washing station semi-permanently stationed at Juniper Ridge, most of the stations in the area are being used by St. Charles Medical Center to protect their employees and patients from the spread of the virus.

Juniper Ridge may see an influx in residents. NeighborImpact began giving out “camping kits” to regulars at the Bend Shelter who were willing to sleep outside to protect themselves and reduce risks for others in the shelter.

Kits include a tarp, tent, sleeping bag, propane heater and propane fuel.

Smith, from the City, said she is working closely with nonprofits to assist them through this precautionary period with coronavirus with possible financial assistance.

“The City is in process of establishing contracts to support Family Kitchen, REACH and NeighborImpact for hotel/ rental assistance for individuals experiencing homelessness who are at high medical risk or have been exposed to/or have contracted COVID-19,” Smith said in an email to the Source.

The Source is actively maintaining a resource list of vital services for the community during the coronavirus crisis. Pandemic Partners-Bend is a Facebook Group connecting those in need with people willing and able to provide volunteer services.

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Masking Together

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Central Oregonians mobilize to make more personal protective equipment—with safety in mind, of course

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By Nicole Vulcan group and move forward. "First, we have to figure out what the problem is—it's to provide cloth masks that can also be worn over the N95 mask. Right now, nurses are being told that they have to wash their N95, so anything we can do to extend the life of an N95 is good."

While it's not yet clear whether health care workers at St. Charles itself would eventually be able to use homemade masks created by this group and other willing volunteers, there are plenty of other health care workers in the community who potentially could.

"We don't just wear that [PPE] for this COVID-19 thing," reminded Cassondra Carper, an ER nurse and halftime Bendite who spends the other half of her time working for a large hospital system in the Sacramento area, and who joined the Central Oregon Emergency Mask Makers group to help out. "People are still sick and contagious and bringing in all these new things."

Carper said at this point, each facility is following its own protocols for whether or not to accept homemade masks.

"It seems to be facility to facility based.

Some hospitals are saying yes. Some are saying 'not yet'—but there are more places that are not being thought of. There's also nursing homes, pharmacies, even the prison system," Carper told the Source Sunday. On Thursday, local Bend veterinarian, Dr. Byron Maas, told the Source that at his office, workers place PPE in an autoclave, allowing equipment to be sterilized and used again later, thereby cutting down on the overall need.

Gorbold said his group, which includes a number of medical professionals, has been in contact with St. Charles, and is partnering with a 3D printing service to help develop printed face shields, in addition to supporting people in making masks and gowns.

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his past Tuesday, the Facebook group Central Oregon Emergency Mask Makers literally didn't exist. As of this writing, on Sunday, it had 1,041 members, after being created just Wednesday.

The group's sole goal: To get more masks, visors and other protective equipment into the hands of people who need it—but first and foremost, to do it safely, without risking the further spread of COVID-19. As of Sunday, nine people in Deschutes County are reported as having the virus, with another 75 in the county testing negative thus far.

A worldwide shortage of personal protective equipment, often called PPE, has had St. Charles Health System concerned for some time. On Thursday, it put out a call to the local community, asking people to donate PPE at school lunch drop sites, where food delivery days have now been extended to include spring break.

Earlier this week, Gov. Kate Brown asked other clinics, including dentists, vets and others to cease non-emergency procedure to preserve PPE, and to consider donating it to people working with COVID-19 patients.

Seeing the need, Timothy Gorbold, a product innovation developer at RuffWear in Bend, told the Source that he went onto the page of the Facebook group, Pandemic Partners Bend, where he connected with Laura Wang, a former ER nurse turned stay-at-home mom whose husband is a medical device distributor, and Elisa Rebecca Melton, who works in product management, and whose husband is the manager of the surgical unit in Bandon, Oregon. The group then formed its own Facebook home, Central Oregon Emergency Mask Makers.

The founders' backgrounds complement one another, Gorbold explained, each with the requisite skills and knowledge to move good ideas, backed with medical expertise, into responsible production. Right now, Gorbold said in addition to putting out face mask patterns, they're working on developing the protocols to make sure the masks people make—which the group recognizes as an ideal occupation for worried individuals stuck at home—don't themselves become vectors of the virus.

"You've got a lot of individuals trying to do something," Gorbold said. "It's very easy to make these masks. It's very difficult to put the protocols in place to keep everybody safe. Who's touching the masks? Where are they going? You can't imagine a better product to spread the virus than a mask. That's what keeps me up at night."

Gorbold explained how the group is applying design thinking to form the

The C.O. Emergency Mask Makers group wants to mobilize locals to make masks—but first, they have to develop the safety protocols that prevent the masks from further spreading COVID-19.

St. Charles did not respond to our request for information on its take on homemade PPEs by the time we published this story, but in an inquiry to the Oregon Health Authority this week, a spokesperson said that Oregon hospitals as a whole continue to follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines regarding what PPE hospital workers can use.

According to CDC guidelines updated last week, the guidelines for times of "Crisis Capacity" are: "In settings where facemasks are not available, HCP [health care providers] might use homemade masks (e.g., bandana, scarf ) for care of patients with COVID-19 as a last resort. However, homemade masks are not considered PPE, since their capability to protect HCP is unknown. Caution should be exercised when considering this option. Homemade masks should ideally be used in combination with a face shield that covers the entire front (that extends to the chin or below) and sides of the face."

An Oregon garment factory moves into action on PPE

On Instagram, Britt Howard, who founded Portland Garment Factory in 2008, shared her plans to produce as many as 2,500 masks per week at her facility in northeast Portland.

The Central Oregon group is just one of many businesses and individuals working to provide more PPE in the state, as supply chains globally remain disrupted.

Britt Howard, owner of Portland Garment Factory in Portland—which crafts its own line of designer clothing as well as doing production lines for other businesses—put her employees to work sewing PPE this week. (Disclosure: She's a friend, and my daughter did a job shadow at PGF one summer.)

"Our Front Line Barrier mask is now in production. Getting masks to the medical community is our first priority," Howard announced on PGF's Instagram page Friday, adding that the factory had set up safety procedures to craft the masks safely. "Our first 2,500 are now sold out.... We hope to produce and ship 2,500 per week if not more. Disposable gowns are also in the works, and will be available to medical professionals soon. In addition to the Front Line Barrier mask, we are working on a 'Side Line' mask and 'Helper' mask for communities beyond the medical world," Howard explained.

Back in Bend, Gormond says his group is still working on protocols.

Next up: A call for locals to sew masks, using 100% cotton material.

People should check back at the group's Facebook page at Central Oregon Emergency Mask Makers for updates and guidance on when to start making masks, and what steps to take when making them and dropping them off.

For a group that didn't even exist last week, that seems like a reasonable request.

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Local options to help Central Oregonians stay creative and plug into the arts

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The High Desert Museum: Museum Moments The High Desert Museum is offering videos and live streams every Tuesday and Thursday at 1pm. The museum is showcasing various exhibits as well as giving you a peek into their collections and allow you to see some things you don’t normally get to see. They also will be checking in at the Birds of Prey kitchen and offering some fun projects you can do at home. And if you miss the live streams, don’t worry—the content will remain up once it is posted to watch later.

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1pm highdesertmuseum.org/ Shelter in Place: Local Variety Show on YouTube The inability to gather in large groups means no in-person live shows for a while, which local performers are feeling in a hard way. Bend Burlesque launched “Shelter in Place” as a way to

combat this and help bring some entertainment to the Central Oregon community. They began filming last Friday night at The Capitol, filming dancers, musicians, comedians and more, placing the individual performances up on YouTube to watch at your leisure.

Shelter In Place hopes to make this a regular thing, and they’re inviting the creative community to join in. The show is looking for performers of all sorts— musicians, dancers, comedians, etc., as well as people to help with the media and content creation of the shows.

If you’re interested in participating, contact its producer, Mehama Kaupp, at bendburlesque@gmail.com. They are also putting up a GoFundMe to help pay performers for their content.

Find the videos at: f a c e b o o k . c o m / p g / S h e l te r- i n Place-Showcase-104102874564848/ about/?ref=page_internal Tune In with D’Auntie Carol: Instagram Live Show If you’re feeling stressed and need some love, D’Auntie Carol has you covered. You can visit with the local drag queen via her Instagram page, where she shares how she’s staying healthy and notstressed, plus answering all your questions live. And of course, D’Auntie will give you some lip syncing goodness in between spilling the tea…and spiking the tea—this one isn’t necessarily for the kiddos.

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Sarah Cyr: Online Writing Class Local writer Sarah Cyr is offering a six-week online writing course open to writers of all experience levels. The class is conducted over Zoom and allows writers to connect with other folks, share writing and build skills. The class is held on Tuesday evenings and runs from 6 to 8pm. It starts March 24 and runs through April 28. $125 fee sarahc yr.com/blog/2020/2/18/ the-writers-workout

simply write a letter using the prompts on the website and mail it in with a release form. Oregon Humanities will in turn mail you a letter someone else has mailed in, with the hopes that people will share their beliefs, opinions and hearts in order to draw us closer. The project is accepting mail through May 30 and will send out letters at the end of each month. oregonhumanities.org/programs/ collaborative-projects/dear-stranger/

Studio Create: Curbside Paint Your Own Pottery If you’re looking to break up the board games and the Netflix binging, Studio Create will put together pottery kits you can paint at home. Visit their website to see the selection of projects they have, make and order and pick-up—they’ll carry it out to your car. When you’re finished painting, return your project to be fired.

A fun and simple way to get some creativity in and do something at home you wouldn’t be able to do. studiocreatebend.com

Scalehouse: List of Arts Resources Scalehouse has begun compiling a list of resources on its homepage, both locally and internationally, that you can access to plug into art performances, creative classes and more. If you are an artist or arts organization offering online content or classes, contact Scalehouse at info@scalehouse.org to be added to the list. Scalehouse hopes to update regularly as we continue forward in isolation, continuing its commitment to connect the community through the arts. scalehouse.org/

Dear Stranger: Oregon Humanities If you want to write but not join a class, Oregon Humanities is continuing to offer its unique project that connects Oregonians together through mail. You

If you’re a performer or artist offering something people can plug into during this time, such as a live class or online performance, send me an email and let me know so I can help share the word: ms.teafly@gmail.com

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t is not strange that in trying times we turn to the arts. That’s what they were made for. Local artists and arts organizations are getting together to offer content for people to enjoy while sheltering at home inside—including some opportunities to be creative.

Remember, you don’t have to just be a viewer in these times; you can also become a creator. Art can be cathartic when facing stressful situations. This is a list of just some of the things you can plug into to make your time inside more bearable.

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Can we help our food community?

By Lisa Sipe

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arlier this month I was wondering why we don’t have any cheese makers in Central Oregon and bummed that our young local baker, Reggie Strom, didn’t win “Kids Baking Championship” on the Food Network. I thought for sure he was going to get the title; he won three episodes, plus his skills were on point. It all came down to his chocolate mousse splitting when it wasn’t tempered properly. He put up a good fight.

The fight now is different. Each restaurant and food business is fighting to survive.

“With this virus outbreak and how serious it is, the restaurant industry will forever change. How can it not?” wrote Chef-Owner of Foxtail Bakeshop, Nickol Hayden-Cady on her business Facebook page. “With margins as low as restaurants (and I know what you are thinking, wow, you have lines out the door and you are booked for weddings, whatever!). But what you don’t know is all the money we borrowed, the extremely high rent and bills we have, all of payroll, and in the last week having all of your March, April and half of May weddings cancel, large events canceled, patrons no longer coming in due to the virus and cake orders being canceled

and wholesale accounts also closing their doors. This devastation is not just for two weeks. If that is what the news is telling you, they are wrong. If our government does not bail us out, well, say goodbye to 75% of restaurants you loved. The livelihoods of restaurant workers, owners and hospitality workers are at the mercy of our government. Also, think of the repercussions of those who do support farmers and other small local vendors. They are crop planning now for all the restaurants, what if they have no one to sell to? Cause the chain restaurants do not buy from local farmers. We had to make decisions yesterday that I will forever feel bad about.”

I don’t know what our food community will look like when social distancing is over.

We can help restaurants right now by purchasing gift cards, merchandise and ordering takeout.

These restaurants are pivoting as fast as they can to stay afloat, some offering curbside pickup, delivery, online ordering to avoid money handling and even meal kits. The Source is compiling a takeout guide to make it easy for Central Oregonians to know which restaurants have offerings. Even though you aren’t dining

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in, consider leaving a tip like you are. This is an industry full of minimum-wage workers that relies heavily on tips. Typically, tips are shared with the entire staff, right down to the dishwasher who may be struggling to pay rent or feed their family.

In the short term, we can ask restaurants if they have food inventory for purchase. They aren’t feeding as many people as they planned for, so this can keep food from spoiling on the shelf and further monetary loss.

To help our local food manufacturers, buy their products now. Many of them have a shorter shelf life.

“We’ve been stocking up for months for wholesale Easter orders,” said Randi Holm, co-owner of Holm Made Toffee. Holm Made Toffee, like many other local manufacturers, needs to sell inventory before the company loses money. To purchase local food products, buy off the shelves of local stores or online from the company website (some are offering local delivery) or larger distributors. Even check Amazon for local producers; I was able to find Josie’s Best Gluten Free products there.

We can only hope these efforts will be enough to help these businesses stay alive.

Lisa Sipe

My Holm Made Toffee delivery included a toilet paper thank you note clearly showing they still have their sense of humor.

“When this all blows over,” said HaydenCady, “probably three to five months, I think that’s when the community can help who they loved to reopen.” In the meantime, she’s predicting a lot of people are going to learn how to cook, and she thinks they should. During our chat I could hear her son in the background. Like everyone else with children in town she now has them at home. As we were talking about people learning how to cook, her son exclaimed, “I’m lucky I have a mom that bakes.” Ain’t that the truth!

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Very suddenly, in the course of three horrible weeks. Michael’s world fell apart.

His son was killed in action in Afghanistan; cancer took his wife; and their uninsured home and garage burned to the ground due to faulty installation of a water heater by a company that went out of business. He lost everything he owned and loved.

Homeless, and with Portland housing costs out of sight, Michael found his way to Bend five years ago. His Social Security income does not cover the cost of living in Central Oregon, either. He has lived in a shelter and a homeless campsite, where other campers have stolen his tent and supplies three times. He was struck by a hit-and-run driver, suffered a stroke and lost sight in one eye. He has come through it all not only with love for others but also with enough faith in the future to adopt his adorable puppy, Rodney, who brings love and joy to his life.

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The Key to Virtual Happy Hour: Simplicity

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t’s a strange world we’re living in. We have a real-life pandemic calling for social distancing, and now all the bars are closed and our nation has called upon distilleries to make hand sanitizer. Locally, Oregon Spirit Distillers is producing a sanitizing hand rub it’s donating to the Oregon Department of Human Services, fire and police departments, home health organizations and those who visit the tasting room. The company is seeking donations to continue production for the community through GoFundMe. For every $20 donation, OSP produces six bottles of sanitizer. gofundme.com/f/oregon-spirit-sanitizer To cope with our isolation, instead of drinking alone, we’re turning to online video. I invited a few of my friends to meet for a drink via the Zoom video conferencing app, and despite being in separate locations it felt like we were together. Our quick video drink turned into a two hour catch-up about life and the struggles of small business ownership. Most of us were drinking easy beverages like beer or wine. I was curious what other people are mixing or stirring at home, so I turned to the Chowhounds of Central Oregon on Facebook.

Mexican mule (sub tequila for vodka), paloma, greyhound, mojito with rum, piña colada, berry vodka with lemonade and Bulleit on the rocks are some of what local home bars are currently serving.

Those are all easy two- to three-ingredient cocktails—but the real gem is that booze on the rocks.

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Cheers! You can still raise a glass at virtual happy hour.

Basic, like a t-shirt and jeans, but possibly not as comfy for some, liquor on the rocks (with the addition of ice), or on their own consumed neat, is the simplest cocktail to make at home. You don’t have to rely on having bitters or some aperitif that ends up unused in the back of the cabinet. Scotch, whiskey, bourbon, tequila and gin are good choices to experiment with on the rocks. Before you add ice, take a sip so you can taste how the addition changes your drink. Is it smoother? Did the flavors bloom? You may be an alcohol connoisseur by the time this is all over.

Can you still buy alcohol?

Rejoice! Liquor stores are still open, and the Oregon Liquor Control

Commission recently issued significant changes to provide greater flexibility to the industries they regulate.

Liquor stores and distillery tasting rooms can deliver factory-sealed containers of distilled spirits direct to consumers curbside or to their parking lots. Bars and restaurants can deliver malt beverages, wine and cider curbside if ordered with meals. And, the most exciting change is the progress on allowing third-party e-commerce operators, like Door Dash and Uber Eats, to deliver malt beverages, wine and cider to your front door with your food order. For a full list of OLCC changes visit oregon.gov/olcc/ Pages/COVID19.aspx

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an, those of you spending this time watching “Contagion” and “Outbreak” on Netflix are so much more intense than I am. I don’t know, movies about global pandemics are just hitting a little too close to home right now, and my need for “fun” entertainment has been turned up several notches.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m still keeping myself updated and informed, but when it comes to movies and shows, I’ve been keeping things a little light lately. With that said, here are some of the things I’ve been checking out this month—when I’m not completely overwhelmed by anxiety and just staring off into space.

In Pod We Trust: Long story short, I’m in the middle of an intermittent fasting regimen in which I don’t eat for 22 hours and then eat for two. Doing this while being stuck at home during self-quarantine is extra difficult, but I’m trying to lose around five or six stone and really have the, dare I say, hunger to get it done. So, fantasizing about food has become a fun little form of self-torture lately and the podcast “A Hotdog is a Sandwich” is my device of choice. The entire show is dedicated to food debates that border on silly, but always end up being kinda hilarious and fascinating while dedicating entire episodes to questions such as, “Does pineapple belong on pizza?”

Kiwi Aactor/comedian Rhys Darby (‘Flight of the Conchords”) tends to

steal every scene he’s in, so it’s about time he had his own podcast with him at the center. Because sometimes good things do happen, he’s chosen to host a show focused on UFOs and people’s first-hand accounts of their close encounters with them. “Aliens Like Us” takes the best of “Coast to Coast” and “The X-Files” and becomes a hybridization of a chilling oral history and a heartwarming ode to the unknown. No one is mocked; instead, Darby and his co-hosts put their heads together searching for answers while knowing that the truth is out there, somewhere.

Now Streaming With the complete shutdown of movie theaters for the time being, streaming is all we have right now (aside from cable, I guess, but is that still a thing?).

On Netflix, I’ve been diving into a lot of my comfort-food media that I can watch over and over again—which means quite a bit of “Space Jam,” “Trailer Park Boys” and “Kingpin.” If you’re looking for something new though, this week sees the premiere of the new season of the criminally underrated show “Happy” (about Detective Stabler from “SVU” dealing with bad guys and an animated unicorn only he can see), as well as a new season of Jason Bateman’s bingeworthy “Ozark,” and the first season of a creepy looking Polish psychological thriller called “The Mire.”

Hulu launched the first three episodes of its new original show, “Little

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Fires Everywhere” starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, which plays like “Desperate Housewives” meets “Big Little Lies.” While that show is solid, the real magic on Hulu right now is “Devs,” a mind-f**k thriller about a tech company that learns how to see the future. Starring Nick “Ron Swanson” Offerman, this show from Alex Garland, the brilliant mind behind “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation,”

could end up being a masterpiece if it sticks the landing.

With the new season of “Westworld” beginning on HBO and Amazon launching the “In-Theater” platform with first run movies like “Onward” and “The Invisible Man,” there’s never been a better time to be stuck at home. I know that came off snarky, but I’m really hungry and trying to make that lemonade. Stay safe out there.

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A Climate Advocate Considers COVID-19 Let’s do what needs to be done. Let’s stay at home

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Getting home from the depths of Amazonia takes a long time, and during this time we were bombarded with the unprecedented news reports that were ricocheting around the world. The World Health Organization labeled the coronavirus a pandemic. President Trump suspended travel from Europe to the U.S. The coronavirus was declared a national emergency. New disruptive developments were unfolding hourly.

I arrived home in Bend on March 16, just before a federal plan to tackle the coronavirus pandemic warned that it could last 18 months or longer and could include multiple waves of infection. Italy reported 475 deaths that day. It was clear that this was not going to blow over and be forgotten.

Here we are a week later.

All of my work is on hold. My wife and I are self-isolated. And the pandemic updates from around the globe continue to be grim. With rare unstructured time on my hands, I’ve been able to dive into the work we did in Brazil. From afar it is easy to see how need, social equity and lack of knowledge combine to result in a disregard for the rainforest. Like so many problems, tracing the thread into the knot is much easier than unraveling it. But as I have attempted to do so, I keep being pulled back to our current reality and how many parallels exist.

Just like those who live in the rainforest, we here have an important choice to make. Right now. We get to choose whether we band together and work to break down the barriers of social equity, or choose to focus on “us and ours.”

Hanging up the boots. It's what we can do right now.

I propose we band together. I propose we look after each other. I propose we do the right thing.

This doesn’t need to be revolutionary and it doesn’t have to be hard.

It is as simple as staying home. It is a simple as taking one for the team and not going out to Smith Rock to climb.

It is as simple as choosing to stay home instead of driving to Bishop, California, to climb and hike.

It is as simple as looking after our fellow citizens by just staying put, reading a book, doing some pushups. Creating physical distance is our primary tool for reducing the impact of COVID-19.

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walked through the quiet airport and my footsteps rang through the nearly empty terminal. The usual hustle of travelers was absent. The emptiness was eerie.

For the three weeks prior to my arrival at the Houston airport, I had been on assignment with my business partner deep in the Brazilian Amazon. We were working on a story about the increased deforestation of the rainforest and its impacts on our world’s climate.

The work was intense. My business partner and I recorded interviews and sought different perspectives of the complex situation, and by March 11 we had gathered rich material for a compelling story. We had compiled potent discussion points involving the multi-layered issues of greed, poverty, violence and social inequity and how they fuel the multi-layered conflict. We said goodbye to our guides and interpreters who had helped us safely navigate a complicated and controversial landscape. We said goodbye to the risks of malaria, dengue, yellow fever and leishmaniasis. And we looked forward to the relative ease and predictability of home’s familiarity. But in the short time we had been in the Amazon, the landscape at home had changed dramatically.

We had been reading reports on COVID-19, its spread across China, its arrival in Italy, and its emergence in Washington state. From deep within the Amazon, it had been challenging to tell what was really going on. Was it a crisis that would quickly blow over? I thought back to swine flu and H1N1. Would COVID-19, like those other viruses, soon become yesterday’s news? Or was this something different?

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More to it than just a smart investment Dr. Megan Sandel of the Boston University School of Medicine testified to Congress about safe, decent and affordable housing, stating that it literally prevents disease. A safe home can prevent mental health and developmental problems. A decent home may prevent asthma or lead poisoning, and an affordable home can prevent stunted growth and unnecessary hospitalizations.

When people aren’t focused on surviving, as many are now, they can focus on thriving and can put energy into self-advancement. According to a study in the Journal of Urban Economics, children or homeowners are more likely to stay in school until age 17 than children of renters, especially in low-income households. Children in home-owning families outperform in both math and reading achievement tests while these kids will have fewer behavioral problems, have higher educational attainment and greater future earnings, based on a study performed by Donald R. Haurin, an Ohio State University economist. A 2011 survey of U.S. Habitat for Humanity homeowners found that 57% of adults in these households were furthering their education.

Even with dips in the housing market, homeowners that are in it for the long haul find increased financial equity and personal satisfaction and pride.

Closing on a property for the first time is an incredible accomplishment and represents the hard work and responsible choices of the new owner. When you invest in your future through homeownership, the possibilities are endless. It’s a valuable experience through which families build lives and memories, as well as their financial futures.

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he financial reasoning for homeownership is bountiful: increased equity and wealth building, great tax benefits and predictable monthly payments—especially evident in today’s current rental situation with rents being raised frequently and excellent long-term investment potential.

However, some of the lesser discussed advantages are more sentimental.

A home is more than four walls and a roof; it’s where life is lived, memories are created and futures are shaped.

This is where people find sanctity and security, children take first steps, families and friends gather and accomplishments are celebrated. Oftentimes a home can be an indication of milestones reached or a specific stage of life. New homeowners are typically just starting out in life with fresh jobs and with ambitions of starting families, while more-established families may want to use hard-earned equity to grow into a larger home. Retirees find themselves simplifying and have ambitions of achieving their dream homes.

A different level of pride and freedom can come along with homeownership, which is difficult to attain while renting. Increasing functionality and cosmetic appeal with home improvements and remodeling is an opportunity to simultaneously increase equity.

Tackling do-it-yourself projects can be a great source of self-accomplishment and pride, while renters taking on these projects makes living in the home better, but really only helps increase the property owner’s equity.

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SCIENCE ADVICE GODDESS Meet Joe Beige

—Wrong Place Sext your boyfriend and ask him to forward it to his friend.

Kidding, obviously. But at least that would end things between you. That’s the right thing to do -as opposed to staying with the guy and using his interest in you as bait to attract the dude you really want.

By the way, it’s probably unrealistic to think the other dude will swoop in, elbow his buddy out of the way, and run off with you. Mate poaching -somebody “stealing” another person’s romantic partner mid-relationship -has likely been a common form of mate acquisition throughout human evolutionary history, explains evolutionary psychologist David Schmitt. However, it has its costs. Schmitt notes that mate poaching can lead to undesirable “social consequences”: violent retribution from the poached person’s partner, damage to one’s reputation (especially for a guy who poaches his buddy’s girl), and exile from one’s social world.

The relationships formed through mate poaching also tend to be less than dreamy. Research by social psychologist Joshua Foster and his colleagues found that “individuals who were poached by their current romantic partners were less committed, less satisfied, and less invested in their relationships” than non-poached relationship partners. The sort of people who let themselves be poached (from their previous relationship into their current one) tended to have a wandering eye -- paying “more attention to romantic alternatives” and cheating more often than the non-poached.

The moment you realize you’ve got the lukewarms for a guy is the moment you should break it off and move on.

You’ll be that much further along in meeting somebody who might be right for you. Plus, your sharing any more than a date or two (and a chaste kiss, no nudity) with a guy you’re not that into is likely to make his dude friends classify you as off-limits. Of course, it’s also seriously unfair to the meh man (who is also a person with feelings) for you to slow-walk

Dawn Of The Dad

I’m a 36-year-old woman. I’ve had my share of men who shy away from commitment, so it’s a bit of a surprise that the guy I’ve been seeing for a few months really wants to settle down. He’s already talking about kids.

While I really like him a lot, I worry that his rush to settle down is a red flag.

—Uneasy When a guy yells something out in bed, Amy Alkon it’s a little disturbing if it’s, “You make me want to put up wallpaper in a house in the suburbs!”

It’s possible the guy suddenly had enough of the Tinder rando-lympics and began longing for a lasting bond with a woman. Clinical psychologist Judith Sills believes feeling this way causes a shift in one’s approach to dating. The push to find the perfect “right person” gets cast aside for finding a right enough person at the right time.

What makes it the right time is “readiness,” which Sills calls “an internal process that acts as a psychological catalyst for commitment.” This is readiness for true partnership -- for intimacy (and the vulnerability it requires). It “does not mean being without anxiety or ambivalence,” Sills explains. But “readiness is a state of mind, an attitude of approach that helps you to push past the barriers created by these feelings.”

Whatever the reason for the guy’s rush to put up picket fencing, it’s important to take things slowly. (You might give it a year or more before you make any big moves together.) Research by psychologist Michael I. Norton and his colleagues suggests that the more budding romantic partners learn about each other, the more they see dissimilarities -- clashes between them -- and the less satisfied they can become with each other and the relationship.

Do something people newly in love (or at least newly in hots) typically don’t do: Seek out the clashes between you -- all the areas in which you glaringly don’t want the same things, have habits that grate on each other, etc. If that stuff isn’t enough to break you up, tell him you two might have a reasonable chance of going the distance together -though not if he keeps talking to your womb on dates: “I’d like you to give me a male heir. How’s Friday?”

Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. Suite 280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (advicegoddess.com).

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your oracle comes from Aries poet Octavio Paz: “The path the ancestors cleared is overgrown, unused. The other path, smooth and broad, is crowded with travelers. It goes nowhere. There’s a third path: mine.

Before me, no one. Behind me, no one. Alone, I find my way.” APRIL FOOL! Although the passage

by Octavio Paz is mostly accurate for your destiny during the rest of 2020, it’s off-kilter in one way: It’s too ponderously serious and melodramatic.

You should find a way to carry out its advice with meditative grace and effervescent calm.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A century ago, fiery writer Maxim Gorky and hard-ass Taurus politician Vladimir Lenin were listening to a Beethoven sonata together. “I can’t listen to music too often,” Lenin told his companion. “It affects your nerves, makes you want to say stupid, nice things.” This is crucial advice for you to heed in the coming weeks, Taurus. You need to be as smart and tough as possible, so don’t you dare listen to music. APRIL FOOL! Lenin was half-mistaken, and I half-lied. The fact is, music makes you smarter and nicer, and those will be key assets for you to cultivate in the coming weeks. So yes, do listen to a lot of music.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): By the time he was 55 years old, Gemini author Thomas Hardy had written 18 novels and many poems. His stuff was good enough to win him two separate nominations for a Nobel Prize in Literature. But during the last 32+ years of his life, he never wrote another novel. According to one theory, it was because he was discouraged by the negative reviews he got for his last novel. I suspect you may be at a similar juncture in your life, Gemini.

Maybe it’s time to give up on a beloved activity that hasn’t garnered the level of success you’d hoped for. APRIL FOOL! The truth is, it is most definitely NOT time to lose hope and faith. Don’t be like Hardy.

Rededicate yourself to your passionate quests.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Cancerian theologian John Wesley (1703–1791) was a Christian who embodied the liberal values that Christ actually taught. He advocated for the abolition of slavery, prison reform, the ordination of women priests, and a vegetarian diet. He gave away a lot of his money and administered many charities. To accomplish his life’s work, he traveled 250,000 miles on horseback and preached 40,000 sermons. Let’s make him your role model for the coming weeks.

Be inspired by his life as you vividly express your care and compassion. APRIL FOOL! I lied a little bit. Although most of what I just recommended is a good idea, the part about traveling long distances, either on horseback or by other means, is not.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The neurotic but talented French novelist Marcel Proust observed, “Everything vital in the world comes from neurotics. They alone have founded religions and composed our masterpieces.” With that in mind, and in accordance with current astrological omens, I urge you to cultivate your own neurotic qualities in their extreme forms of expression during the coming weeks.

You’re due for some major creative breakthroughs.

APRIL FOOL! I was kidding. The fact is, you can generate creative breakthroughs in the coming weeks by being poised and composed—not extra neurotic.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Virgo author Leon Edel wrote a five-volume biography of renowned author Henry James. In the course of his research, he read 15,000 letters that were written by James. He came to have a profound familiarity with the great man. In accordance with current astrological omens, I recommend that you choose a worthy character about whom you will become equally knowledgeable.

APRIL FOOL! I half-lied. It’s true that now is an excellent time to deepen your understanding of people you care about. But don’t get as obsessed as Edel!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): About 2,000 years ago, a Roman woman named Sulpicia wrote six

short love poems—a total of 40 lines—that are still being analyzed and discussed by literary scholars today. I bring her to your attention because I think that in the next four weeks you, too, could generate a small burst of beauty that will still be appreciated 2,000 years from now. APRIL FOOL! I lied about the “small” part. The burst of beauty you create in the immediate future could actually be quite large, as well as enduring.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): French poet Louis Aragon (1897–1982) was an influential novelist and a pioneer of surrealistic poetry. Much of his writing had a lyrical quality, and many of his poems were set to music. He also had a belligerent streak. Before the publication of one of his books, he announced that he would thrash any writer who dared to review it in print. Success! There were no critical reviews at all. I recommend his approach to you in the coming weeks. Make it impossible for anyone to criticize you. APRIL FOOL! I lied. I would never suggest that you use violence to accomplish your aims. And besides that, the coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to solicit feedback of all varieties, even the critical kind.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I hesitate to be so blunt, but it’s my duty to report the facts. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you should have as many orgasms as possible in the next 15 days.

You need to tap into the transformative psychological power that’s available through monumental eruptions of pleasure and releases of tension. (P.S. Spiritual orgasms will be just as effective as physical orgasms.) APRIL FOOL! What I just said is true, but I left out an important component of your assignment: Be loving and responsible as you pursue your joyous climaxes, never manipulative or exploitative or insensitive.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ancient Greek orator Demosthenes was renowned for his skill at delivering powerful, charismatic speeches. While he was still learning his craft, he resorted to extreme measures to improve. For example, there was a time when he shaved just half of his head.

It made him ashamed to go out in public, forcing him to spend all his time indoors practicing his speeches. Would you consider a similar strategy right now? APRIL FOOL! I was just messing with you. It’s true that the coming weeks will be a good time to minimize your socializing and devote yourself to hard work in behalf of a beloved dream. But shaving half your head isn’t the best way to accomplish that.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to tell as many lies as possible if doing so helps you get what you want. I hereby authorize you to engage in massive deceptions, misrepresentations, and manipulative messages as you seek to impose your will on every flow of events. APRIL FOOL! I lied. In fact, everything I just said was the exact opposite of your actual horoscope, which is as follows: You have a sacred duty to tell more of the truth than you have ever been able to tell before. As you dig deeper to discover more and more of what’s essential for you to understand and express, dedicate your efforts to the goal of gliding along with the most beautiful and interesting flow you can find.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Fifteen minutes before the Big Bang occurred, where was the matter that now constitutes your body and my body?

And if, as seems to be true, the Big Bang was the beginning of time, what time was it fifteen minutes earlier? Questions like these are crucial for you to ponder in the next two weeks. APRIL FOOL! I lied.

The questions I articulated should in fact be very low priority for you. In the immediate future, you’ll be wise to be as concrete and specific and pragmatic as you can possibly be. Focus on up-close personal questions that you can actually solve, not abstract, unsolvable riddles.

Homework: Tell jokes to humorists. Be extra kind to kind people.

Sing songs to the birds. Change the way you change. FreeWillAstrology.com

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I’ve been dating this guy for a month. Things with him are really average. However, we met through a mutual guy friend, and I’m actually really into that guy. Could my staying with the guy I’m seeing spark jealousy in the friend and lead him to make a play for me?

him off the plank. Sure, there’s this idea that a romantic partner will be your shelter, but that’s not supposed to mean they’re the bus stop where you wait till the guy you’re actually into picks you up.

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Back in the day, we didn’t think twice about sharing a blunt everyone threw down on, or all smoking off the same bong—but now that all adults have access to cannabis dispensaries,

Bongs, pipes, glass blunts etc. should be disinfected between smokers with 70% rubbing alcohol, allowing it to air dry versus wiping it dry. Benzalkonium chloride or even vodka is another good option. If you don’t have those products, consider getting old school with it and applying a flame for 5-10 seconds in order to reach 340°F/171.1°C, and be sure to let it cool down before use.

Ditch the shared blunts and joints for a tightly rolled personal joint, or use a glass blunt tip that can be sterilized.

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It's pretty unlikely you would share a fork or beer with a stranger, and yet we still see joints being shared and bongs being passed around. we have normalized personal joints and we no longer have to hide our bongs or pipes. When you put this into context of the alcohol or food industry, it’s pretty unlikely you would share a fork or beer with a stranger, and yet we still see joints being shared and bongs being passed around.

In light of the recent events, I challenge our community to take extra precautions, not just in light of COVID-19 but indefinitely. Here are some best practices to incorporate into your cannabis lifestyle to keep you and the fam healthy!

cleaver device fits on to bongs of all sizes, creating a barrier between you and the smoking device. There are even versions that can fit blunts and joints.

As a last resort, if all else fails, remember the hand bong tech? It works great for joints, blunts and pipes if you’re in a pinch and want to stay healthy.

Instead of spreading germs… let’s all spread the word on best cannabis consumption practices in our community…

Stay healthy friends!

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ACROSS 1. The top (appropriately) 5. Who said “Hell is full of musical amateurs” 9. Spam’s content 13. Steal 14. Two-time Grammy-winning gospel singer ___ Kelly 15. V’s meaning 16. Too big for a small cast 17. Scissors beater 18. Gets paid 19. Spot to put your sword away?

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“It is spring again. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.”

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