2 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER July 2020
Charbonneau Country Club slowly starts reopening
Clackamas County on hold
for Phase 2, CCC opens
clubhouse and fitness center
The Charbonneau Country Club
has started to slowly reopen, offering
a very minimal amount of services to
the public.
CCC General Manager Jim Meierotto
said the CCC clubhouse, tennis facility
and fitness center reopened June 8 with
restrictions, following the state’s guidelines.
More than three months after Gov.
Kate Brown issued a statewide stay-athome
order March 23, halting gatherings,
restaurants and the operation of
various businesses due the COVID-19
pandemic, life has started to resume,
though it looks nothing like business as
usual.
In a 3-2 vote, the Clackamas County
Board of Commissioners voted Thursday,
June 18, to approve edits and send
the county’s Phase 2 reopening application
to Brown along with a letter expressing
the board’s “consternation”
over the guidelines and criteria set by
the state. Board Chair Jim Bernard and
Commissioner Sonya Fischer voted no.
The vote followed the announcement
on Wednesday, June 17, that Clackamas
— along with a handful of other
Oregon counties including its metro
neighbors — would have to wait 21
days before moving into their next
phases of reopening, as COVID-19 infection
numbers continue to spike across
the state.
Commissioners expressed confusion
over how some counties, such as Marion,
have been approved to move forward
with new reopening phases despite
seeing similar numbers of infection
and not meeting statewide criteria.
They were particularly concerned
about inconsistency due to recent modeling
from the state that showed Oregon
could see 1,000 new cases per day
by the end of the month if the current
infection numbers continue to rise.
They also discussed at length how
they’ve felt guidance from the state
hasn’t been consistent in terms of explaining
the decisions being made at
the top.
In Clackamas County, there were 592
known cases and 23 known deaths as of
June 21.
Jim said the CCC was preparing to
enter Phase 2 around June 15, but since
they are still in a waiting period, the
Community
members social
distance in the
clubhouse while
they wait to
donate blood to
the Red Cross.
COURTESY PHOTO
largest impact he thinks it might have
on residents is the reopening of the
Charbonneau pools for limited use.
“That comes under Phase 2 that
pools would be able to be open,” said
Jim, adding that Charbonneau pools
are limited-use pools and people need a
permit to use them. Those permits still
weren’t being issued as of the Villager’s
press time.
Jim said if people wish to use the
clubhouse, they have to call the CCC’s
office and make a reservation. The fitness
center and the tennis facility are
open to members only and are also operating
with limited capacity.
“As far as activities, we’re seeing
people are able to use the library one at
a time, people are coming in for that —
appointment only,” Jim said. “We’re
seeing some small meetings occur but
not too much because of the restrictions.
We’re seeing some of the fitness
activities come up — zumba, the chair
exercise classes are all socially distanced
and able to operate at a limited
capacity.”
Masks are required indoors.
Sandy Batte with the Emergency
Preparedness Committee said Charbonneau
residents have been generous
with their skills, time and materials by
making cloth masks for underserved
communities that are virus hotspots.
“The need for reusable cloth
masks continues especially for families,
long-term care facilities, day
care providers, farm workers and social
services agencies. Most of the
masks are going to Woodburn and
Gervais where the need is greatest,
but we are also making sure families
in the Aurora and Donald communities
are covered too,” said Crystal
Williams, the program coordinator
for Marion County Emergency Management.
“The largest unmet need is
for ‘child-sized’ masks so if you know
someone who wants to help, please
help them network with us — we
have patterns, some people are donating
materials and others have the
gift of their time to give. Going into
summer school, and then fall term,
the need for kid-sized masks will continue,
so it’s not too late to dust off
the sewing machine!”
Sandy said if people are making
masks and want to donate them to this
cause, contact Karen Pratt at Karen@
charbonneaucountryclub.com.
Pamplin Media Group reporter Sam Stites
contributed to this article.
J. Brian Monihan
Publisher
bmonihan@
pamplinmedia.com
Clara Howell
Villager Editor
chowell@
pamplinmedia.com
Kim Stephens
Circulation
Kstephens@
pamplinmedia.com
NEWS
503-479-2377 � [email protected]
Jesse Marichalar
Display Advertising
Jessem@
pamplinmedia.com
Rick Fryback
Real Estate/Auto Ads
rfryback@
pamplinmedia.com
ADVERTISING
971-204-7774
A Publishing Partnership...
The Charbonneau Villager is a joint publishing partnership between the Charbonneau County Club
and the Pamplin Media Group.
Advertising contact
Jesse Marichalar [email protected] | 971-204-7774
Have an idea for a story?
We want to hear about it. Leslie Pugmire Hole [email protected] | 503-479-2377
CIRCULATION
503-620-9797
ONLINE
wilsonvillespokesman.com
Published monthly at 400 Second St., Lake Oswego, OR, 97034. Periodicals postage paid at Wilsonville Post Office and additional mailing post offices. POSTMASTER, send address changes to: Charbonneau Villager,
P.O. Box 22109, Portland, OR, 97269; 503-635-8811 (USPS 021-752) Subscription rates: $36 per year in West Linn-Portland area; all other areas inside Oregon and outside of Oregon $64.