Charbonneau Villager Newspaper August 2020 | Page 3

August 2020 THE CHARBONNEAU VILLAGER 3
Charbonneau businesses open
doors with limited services
Private gatherings at
Charbonneau Country Club
reduced to 10 people in size
By CLARA HOWELL
Charbonneau businesses are
back up and running — with
safety precautions and protocols
in place.
Curry’s Landing, Lux Sucre Desserts
and The Turn are all open and offering
outdoor seating — though The Turn also
has space to seat 10 people indoors
on a first-come, first-serve basis. The
Charbonneau Salon & Spa is also offering
services by appointment only.
Curry’s Landing is serving a full
lunch and dinner menu and has about
eight or nine tables outside.
“We are only seating up to six people
in a group — six to eight is the max
that we’re doing,” said owner Bill Grier.
Bill said people have to wear a mask
to come inside the building and when
using the restroom. There are game
machines that are open but only two
people are allowed in the room and
must alert the server so they can sanitize
the machines after each use.
Bill said the restaurant is taking reservations
and all to-go food can be
called in at 503-694-2223. The restaurant
also provides beer and wine to-go.
Bill said that although safety measures
are in place, he’s noticed people
not abiding by the rules.
“They’re not practicing social distancing.
We see it all the time here,” he
said. “I’m in awe. I can’t believe it.”
He encourages people to wear their
masks and practice social distancing.
Lux Sucre Desserts also has outdoor
seating but they don’t serve people out
there. Folks can enter the lobby in a
mask, one group at a time and sit outside
with their purchased items.
“We just ask that people stay within
their seating area to keep everyone
safe and healthy,” said Brandon Walters
with Lux, adding that they have
new local summer teas and coffee
available. “We miss everyone and we
hope they will make the trip out.”
At Charbonneau Salon & Spa, stylists
are working limited days and if
people arrive early to their appointment,
the business is asking people to
wait outside to reduce the amount of
people in the salon at a given time.
“Normally we disinfect between
each client so that hasn’t changed
much. We’re just doing even more of
that,” said owner Evelyn Fowler.
“We’re all wearing masks. We ask that
all our clients bring a mask when they
come in.”
As of the Villager’s press time, Gov.
Kate Brown’s latest orders required
people to wear masks outdoors where
a distance of 6 feet cannot be met and
limited indoor gatherings to 10 people.
For Charbonneau Country Club,
CCC Manager Jim Meierotto said that
means the only change people will see
at the CCC is private gatherings limited
to 10 people. He said it doesn’t affect
the CCC’s fitness classes, board
meetings or other activities, unless individual
groups choose to do so. He
said the CCC is somewhat exempt because
it is a business, and these rules
are being interpreted as more “household
rules.”
“This is today; everything’s changing,”
Jim said, adding that buffets or
similar concepts are still not being permitted
at this time. “Obviously our
first goal is keeping people safe, that’s
our priority and our goal.”
As of the Villager’s press deadline,
Clackamas County had not reapplied
for Phase 2 after the 21-day stay on reopening
imposed on Clackamas, Multnomah
and Washington expired July
10. All three counties were still failing
to meet multiple indicators for Phase
2 reopening individually and as a region.
Jim said at this point, all staff members
are back in the office after being
required to work from home. He said
staff maintained full business continuity
and operations continued throughout
the stay-at-home portion of the
pandemic.
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