On shutdown anniversary, C.O. businesses say some changes will be permanent (Update: adding video, new information, comments from Tower Theatre & Stabilization Center) One example: Tower Theatre will supplement stage performances with livestreamed shows BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Tuesday marks the one year anniversary since the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the world as we knew it, here on the High Desert and ground the globe. Like others both near and far, some Central Oregon people and organizations have learned that some of the changed the needed to implement will become a part of their operation for years to come. "It has been a challenge for all of us,” said Melissa Thompson, the crisis team supervisor at the Deschutes County Stabilization Center.