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Volume 27, No. 9

Tillamook County moves down to Moderate Risk Hilary Dorsey

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illamook County Health Department reported Friday, April 30, 26 new COVID-19 cases over the last seven days, April 23 through April 29, with 25 positive and one presumptive cases. The county has had a total of 621 cumulative cases since the pandemic began.

“There are a number of counties who are experiencing an increased number of

positive cases of COVID, considered a surge condition,” Administrator Marlene Putman said. “Fifteen counties are moving to Extreme Risk.”

Tillamook County has moved down from High Risk to Moderate Risk, however.

Putman said the state is reviewing the risk level of all counties weekly for the next three weeks. The state is currently over 300 hospitalizations.

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lamook President Eric Swanson said there are 339 COVID-19 related hospitalizations across Oregon.

There are 811 ventilators available across Oregon. In Region 1 – Tillamook, Clatsop, Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah and Washington counties – 71 adult ICU beds are available.

“We have more than adequate PPE to care for our patients,” Swanson said.

Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Ed Colson

said 539 first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered this week.

“As of April 29, 11,837 people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, which is 45 percent of Tillamook County residents,” Colson said. “ Of those who have received one dose, 7,984 people are considered fully vaccinated, having completed the two dose series.”

Thirty percent of county residents are considered

fully vaccinated. Tillamook County’s goal is to have 70 percent of residents fully vaccinated in order to reach herd immunity. In the state, 0.03 percent of people have reported adverse reactions to the vaccine.

“Pfizer currently remains the only COVID-19 vaccine for those 16 and 17 years old,” Colson said. “We’re working with the school districts and do have these clinics now available for scheduling online on the

May showing Hoffman presents works of Siegel, Sprietsma and Bottman

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(Top) Tom Bottman’s work with clay. (bottom) Gretta Siegel’s image.

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sitions.”

Artists’ Statement: Tom Bottman “There is just something about working with clay that I love—the feel of it, the smell of it, the looks of it all soft and pliable and asking to be made into something. I find it to be the ideal medium for working with texture and pattern. In my work, I use found material for overall textures, handmade pattern rollers and some commercial rollers.

The pieces are finished with stains and underglazes that

are washed back, leaving the color in the depressions.”

For more information and to view each artist’s work,

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offman Gallery presents the May Show open 1-5 p.m. Friday through Sunday April 30-May 30. The show is free and open to the public. Hoffman Center for the Arts is located at 594 Laneda Ave. in Manzanita.

The gallery will feature works by Gretta Siegel, Miles Sprietsma and Tom Bottman.

Artists’ Statement: Gretta Siegel “In both the natural environment and the built environment – lines, curves, and patterns present themselves.

Sometimes the latter imitates the former, intentionally or not. My eye seems to notice these, urging me to click and capture. I am inspired by what may be unusual about them or if they can be made creatively interesting – by finding a new angle, an unusual view. What happens when context is included? Or removed? These are things I’ve played with for the images in this show.”

Artists’ Statement: Miles Sprietsma “The works presented were born of process, of repetition and the layering of lines. The resulting shapes of this process have no specific pattern or subject, instead conjuring images reminiscent of nature and its forms. These images develop organically, just as the natural world builds complexity, through the mutation of simple forms. Each line coheres to the previous whilst simultaneously distorting and expanding upon minor imperfections. In the end it is our own mind which creates an organic context in these unplanned, anarchic compo-

dates of May 4 and May 5 and we have a tentative clinic planned on May 12 as well.”

Colson said the Johnson & Johnson clinics would also be held on those dates.

There is no copay or charge for the COVID-19 vaccine, Colson added.

No proof of immigration status or social security number is required,” Colson said.

The health department encourages everyone to book a vaccine online or call if you need help at 503-842-3914.

rout Unlimited (TU), Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and other partners in the Salmon SuperHwy program will combine forces to address aquatic connectivity and water quality in Tillamook area watersheds thanks to a new grant from the NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).

The RCCP just announced an award of $1,237,428 to TU to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in Tillamook County 7 29467 70001 8 implement systems that conserve water and soil resources, improve

the health of wildlife habitats and increase climate resilience. The new Tillamook RCPP is focused on conservation practices that improve water quality and reconnect fish and wildlife habitat.

The Salmon SuperHwy partnership aims to reconnect and dramatically improve fish passage in 180 miles of streams in six watersheds on Oregon’s north coast, in 10 years. Since 2014, the partnership has completed 35 projects that have restored connectivity to 95 miles of streams by removing barriers such as old, undersized culverts and replacing them with upgraded structures that allow fish, high stream flows, sediment, and wood to move freely through the system. With this $1.2 million funding, the

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illamook County Health Department reported during a Tillamook County Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday, April 28, 18 new cases of COVID-19 between Friday, April 23, and Tuesday, April 27. The county is moving from High Risk to Moderate Risk Friday, April 30, through Thursday, May 6.

Administrator of Human and Health Services Department Marlene Putman said 15 other counties are moving to Extreme Risk.

As of April 28, there were 328 COVID-19 related hospitalizations statewide. Counties will be monitored closely over the next three weeks.

“Oregon is experiencing a surge in cases in most counties,” Putman said.

Quarantine guidelines have been updated.

Those unvaccinated or partially vaccinated are still recommended to quarantine for 14 days after exposure to COVID-19. Those fully vaccinated may not have to quarantine if they are asymptomatic after being exposed to someone with COVID-19, Putman said.

Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Ed Colson said as of Tuesday, April 27, 44 percent of Tillamook County residents have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 29 percent of residents are considered fully vaccinated. Less than 1 percent of Oregon’s population has reported adverse reactions to the vaccine. Colson said these reactions are noted within the 15 or 30-minute observation time after an individual receives the vaccine.

Adverse reactions can range from minor reactions to someone needing to be monitored in the emergency room, Putman added.

Reactions after the first dose may include a headache or chills for some people but these reactions are mainly seen after receiving the second dose.

“In Tillamook County, for the vaccine types, we do have Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, which are now available at our vaccine provider sites,” Colson said. “When scheduling online, the clinic will include the vaccine type and the minimum age that will be required for that clinic.”

Pfizer is the only vaccine authorized for those 16 and 17 years old. There is plenty of the Pfizer vaccine available for these age groups, Colson added.

“Our COVID-19 cases have decreased amongst those 65 years old and older,” Colson said. “This group does have the highest vaccination rate at 75 percent.”

Vaccines are free and no insurance is needed. Insurance providers may be billed an administration fee, which covers the cost of administering the vaccine, but this will not result in copays or impact deductibles.

Sign up for a COVID-19 vaccine at https://tillamookchc.org/coronavirus/vaccines/ If you have limited or no computer access, call 503-842-3914 to sign up.

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Some regions could avoid virus surge with precautions, experts say Zack Demars Country Media

Vaccinations and gathering safely could be the keys for some communities to avoid the surge in case rates and virus hospitalizations seen across the state, according to a panel of Oregon State University experts.

“The larger share of the population that is fully

vaccinated the better, the better the shield,” said Daniel López-Cevallos, an OSU professor of ethnic studies with a focus on health equity, during a panel April 27.

While much of Oregon is seeing large increases in case counts in what experts have called the “fourth wave” of the virus, some counties, including Coos, Curry, Tillamook, Lincoln, and Clatsop

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still have virus numbers low enough to keep them out of the state’s extreme-risk category.

For those counties, López-Cevallos said vaccination could have the potential to help prevent infections and a move to that level of pandemic restrictions.

“The more, I think in rural communities particularly, (effective you are) in reaching your community, and getting the vaccines to them, (the more) you’ll be in a better position to weather that next wave that we’re seeing in other parts of the state,” López-Cevallos said.

Still, vaccinations take time, with doses still hard to access in some areas and with time required between shots.

In the meantime, Chunhuei Chi, the director of the university’s Center for Global Health, said community members can take steps to avoid spreading the virus until they’re vaccinated.

“Based on the Oregon Health Authority’s statistics,

one of the biggest contributions to the peak, to the spike in Oregon recently, has been group gatherings. All kind of group gatherings,” Chi said.

“So one way to prevent that before you have enough of the population vaccinated is to restrict the group gatherings, particularly indoor.”

And Marion Ceraso, an OSU professor affiliated with the university’s extension service, said local communities will need to continue finding new ways to administer vaccines as more become available.

“I think local communities really are beginning to see that now that they have full availability to vaccinate everyone, and that they have the supply, that they’re

needing to reach out ... through other mechanisms,” Ceraso said. “Not just physicians’ offices, but also some communities, some counties are reaching out, sending messages to community -based groups to say, ‘can we bring a vaccine clinic to you?

Can we bring it to your local organization?’”

Beyond the preventative impact, federal officials this week provided another reason for community members to get vaccinated, which some experts say could keep demand for the vaccine high.

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its public health guidance for wearing masks, saying fully vaccinated individuals no

longer need to wear facemasks while doing outdoor activities alone, or in small gatherings.

Since the guidance only applies to those who’ve been fully vaccinated, OSU medical ethics professor Courtney Campbell said it provides a good reason to get the shot.

“It’s also trying to provide, if you will, a kind of incentive, a kind of carrot, for the numbers of unvaccinated people in Oregon and throughout the country to encourage vaccination,” Campbell said. “Then some of these other precautions that people have felt have been so hampering and inhibiting of their return to normality can at least start to be paled back a little bit.”

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Garibaldi Fire Department takes delivery of donated heavy lifting drone Garibaldi Fire Department held a public ceremony Saturday, May 1, taking delivery of their new heavy lifting drone, donated by Pacific UAV of Banks. Family and public supporters joined firefighters and the ceremony was also livestreamed, and can be viewed on the fire department’s Facebook page.

The fire department reported in early March,

n Hibatat Continued from Page 1 Salmon SuperHwy expects to complete 10 more culvert projects, reconnect more than 10 miles of stream habitat and improve streamside vegetation in key areas.

“We’re excited about working with private landowners on these projects that help both people and the iconic freshwater fishes of the Pacific Northwest, salmon and steelhead,” said Sarah Zwissler, Salmon SuperHwy coordinator for Trout Unlimited. “This RCPP award is timely, as many of Oregon’s salmon and steelhead runs are struggling, and leverages funding and collaborative efforts by Salmon SuperHwy partners to expand the ecological and agricultural benefits associated with connected, healthy waterways on working lands in Tillamook County.”

TCCA, an historic, 112-year-old dairy cooperative with 80 farmer-owners in the region, will provide $500,000 of in-kind support to the Tillamook County project to help with producer outreach, education, and enrollment in RCPP funded projects, as well as cash support to help cover landowner cost share and other project costs. In 2020, Salmon SuperHwy worked with three TCCA producers to restore streams on their farms.

“As our watersheds are

Pacific UAV Technologies demonstrated the drone capabilities for local fire agencies, law enforcement and the US Coast Guard in Garibaldi. Several scenarios were conducted with the Netarts-Oceanside Rural Fire District Water Rescue Team in the Tillamook Bay, such as delivering personal flotation devices and life rings to a swimmer in the water. For the

ending scenario, drone pilot Tim Ruyle pulled a US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer to shore (200 feet) with a life ring tethered from the drone.

“This capability is extraordinary and is a game changer for not only us but the water rescue world,” said Garibaldi Fire Chief Jay Marugg.

With several water rescue events this past winter in Tillamook County, including

complex and expansive, private-public partnerships are crucial to our success of making a significant impact along Oregon’s north coast,” said TCCA Director of Environment & Community Impact Jocelyn Bridson. “TCCA and our farmer-owners have a commitment to being good stewards of our environment, and we look forward to expanding our partnership through the RCPP to implement projects that make tangible and verifiable improvements to water quality, aquatic connectivity and habitat.”

In 2021, NRCS is investing $330 million in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships to address climate change, improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agri-

cultural viability. Projects are awarded through the RCPP. RCPP partners offer value-added contributions to amplify the impact of RCPP funding. Throughout its history, RCPP has leveraged partner contributions of more than $1 for every $1 invested by USDA, resulting in nearly $3 billion collectively invested in natural resource conservation on private lands.

“The Regional Conservation Partnership Program is public-private partnership working at its best,” said Terry Cosby, acting chief for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. “These new projects will harness the power of partnership to help bring about solutions to natural resource concerns across the country while supporting our efforts to combat the climate crisis.”

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a fatal commercial crab boat accident on the Tillamook Bay Bar, Pacific UAV saw an immediate need for this drone at Garibaldi Fire Department, the fire department said. With the announcement they were going to donate this drone, many of Pacific UAV supply vendors such as Venom Batteries and Air-Supply Aerial chipped in and donated two sets of batteries. This com-

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plete drone set up totals over $20,000.

Mark Standley Jr. of Pacific UAV said, “If this drone can save one life, then it is worth it,” Mark Standley Jr., of Pacific UAV, said.

Operations manager Madelyn Standley, and pilot and drone builder Kyler Standley will be working with Garibaldi Fire Department on drone improvements and new

technology as it becomes available in the future.

Division Chief of Training Blake Paulsen has been working with other agencies in the county and region with drone programs to ensure compliance and training is met. Although drones are still new to the fire industry, there

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he Oregon State Police Bomb Squad responded to the Tillamook County Justice Facility Thursday, April 29, to investigate a suspicious item. The item was located in OSP’s evidence room inside the main building. The Justice Facility houses the Sheriff’s Office, an OSP outpost, Tillamook

County Jail, Emergency Management and Community Corrections.

“A Tillamook County resident was recently arrested in Washington County and a pipe bomb was found in their possession. It was determined that a safe associated with this individual from an unrelated incident was currently in an evidence room at our facility. Out of an abun-

dance of caution, we moved inmates and personnel to a safe location while the bomb squad did their work,” said Sheriff Joshua Brown.

TCSO staff identified an area on the property to safely detonate a charge to open the safe. The area was cordoned off and deputies closed roads into the facility and ambulances were on standby.

“The OSP Bomb Squad opened the safe and it was determined that it contained no explosives,” said Lt. Fernando Silveira. “We are back to business as usual.”

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and to receive comment from the public on the budget. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may call in to the meeting and discuss the proposed programs with the Budget Committee. A copy of the budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after May 18, 2021 online at nehalem. gov/budget Contact us to request a paper copy of the budget or to submit questions or comments in advance.

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n Drone Continued from Page 3 are many laws and requirements that need to be met before the fire department can use this drone on emergency calls. The department’s goal is June 1 to have the drone in

service and be able to support other agencies in the county as well. Adding this drone to the toolbox is one more way the Garibaldi Fire Department can improve its serviceability to the community.

Tillamook County has a large tourism base with an increased population of well over 10,000 people on weekends throughout the summer. This brings an in-

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crease call volume, which the fire department does not have additional personnel for. This drone will be able to help relieve that stress on personnel challenges. The department looks forward to working with Madelyn and Kyler in the future and hopes to help other fire departments to improving their rescue capabilities.

Help us increase the awareness of potential electrical hazards and encourage safety around electricity during National Electrical Safety Month.

Visit the Tillamook PUD social media pages during May for electrical safety tips and to check out our weekly Electrical Safety Month giveaway opportunity on the TPUD Facebook page.

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inside the burrow, newly hatched puffins appear at the ‘Rock’ beginning in late June through mid to late August.

Despite the fact that you may not be able to see the pufflings, activity around the rock is hectic and plentiful: it is fun to observe the parent puffins making multiple trips to their burrow with bills full of fish for their young. 38 to 59 days after hatching the pufflings will leave their burrows. Under the protection of dark (to escape the ever-watchful, hungry eyes of bald eagles), all the pufflings will leave the safety of the rock and return to the open ocean, where they will spend the winter.

The Great Puffin Watch,

This Special Section of the newspaper highlights our local high school graduates plus Valedictorians and Salutatorians.

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July std through July 4th, is your best chance to view these miraculous seabirds at Haystack Rock. This seabird watching event, sponsored by the Friends of Haystack Rock, is part of a fireworks-free weekend in Cannon Beach.

Spotting scopes and binoculars will be available for the public to view these magnificent birds up close.

Friends of Haystack Rock promotes the preservation and protection of the intertidal life and birds that inhabit the Marine Garden and Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge at Haystack Rock. We do this in cooperation with the Haystack Rock Awareness Program and other partners.

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The Tufted Puffins will spend about 16 weeks at the rock.

For the first couple weeks the puffins stake out their territory and clean up their burrow. Once their burrow is ready, the female puffin will lay a single, chicken-sized egg, which both the male and female incubate. Incubation usually lasts 41-54 days.

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