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Headlight Herald

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021

TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM

Kilchis Pumpkins Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze opens for the season

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his past weekend saw the opening season for the Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze. Hosted at the Hydrangea Ranch as a family-run business, the Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch is authentic with thousands of u-pick pumpkins grown on the farm, including specialty bi-colored and unconventionally shaped pumpkins and gourds. They are priced according to size and include a hayride around the farm. The pumpkin patch has multiple sets decorated and setup for family photos. The five-acre corn maze is one of the largest on the Oregon Coast and has a unique design with miles of trails. Admission to the

An aerial view of the pumpkin patch headquarters. Photo courtesy of Oregon Coastal Flowers. corn maze is $7. The patch will be open the three more weekends in October: 9-10, 16-17, 23-24; Saturday/Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The “Maze of Murder” haunted nights in the corn maze are Oct.

22 and 23, Friday & Saturday, from dusk to 10 p.m. Admission is $10. All major credit cards accepted. The barns and venue as seen at the patch are also available for rent for company parties, customer

appreciation, or other events. For more information on the venue, call 503-815-3762. The Kilchis River Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze is located at the Hydrangea Ranch at 9455 Kilchis River Road in Tillamook.

Staff Report

iving Water Fellowship is hosting a fall carnival from 4:30-6:30 p.m. on Halloween, Sunday, Oct. 31. The event will be held at the church, located at 1000 N Main Ave., and will feature fun games for the kids to win all kinds of prizes. There will be food for purchase, such as hotdogs, chips, drinks, popcorn, cotton candy and a butternut squash soup. Games and candy are free. Come dressed up in your costume and ready to have fun. There will also be a cakewalk and bingo. The church will follow whatever COVID-19 protocols are required at the time of the event. “One reason for holding the carnival is to provide a safe, dry, warm space for kids to come,” said Justin McMahan, lead pastor of Living Water Fellowship. “Many people don’t give out candy on Halloween anymore and many families have concerns about going out, so our goal is to provide a safe space for that in our community. This

provides us the opportunity as a church to let them know how much Living Water Fellow-

ship cares about kids, teens and the families of Tillamook.”

Council approves film crew to drive through Manzanita for upcoming Amazon movie M

Hilary Dorsey Staff Writer

anzanita will be on the big screen once again. The council approved during a meeting Wednesday, Oct. 6, a special event permit for Big Indie Somebody, Inc. to film a mobile scene in the town for an Amazon Studios film titled “Somebody I Used To Know.” The filming of the scene will take place in the afternoon Tuesday, Oct. 12, for 15-20 minutes. City manager Leila Aman said the request is to film a movie scene from Hwy 101, down Laneda Avenue, up Ocean Road and back up Nehalem Road to Hwy 101. The film crew will not be stopping in Manzanita. In the application for the special event permit, Roger Faires, assistant location manager for Big Indie Somebody, Inc., said the gist of the

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quick drive through Manzanita is to follow a family wedding party as they make their way to a hotel. The picture bus caravan will consist of one picture bus with 15 extras on board, one camera vehicle, two or three support vans that will have director Dave Franco on board, possibly a van with some adjustment equipment, and possibly a law enforcement escort. “We’re still exacting this picture car caravan,” Faires said. “I think it’s going to be a little simpler than I originally thought.” Faires said they are looking at a 6-car caravan and would be filming while driving through the town. They are hoping for a law enforcement escort. Oregon State Police is short-staffed and Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office is interested in filling a one to two car position. The City of Manzanita will also see if Manzanita Police Department has any off-duty officers to escort. “We’re hoping to get this in one pass because after we’re done with that driving shot, then we got to hightail it up to Gearhart to do some more filming at a different location,” Faires said. Mayor Mike Scott said the town has had film crews in Manzanita in the past and are a little gun shy.

In a previous film shoot, Laneda Avenue was closed down. Hulu’s television series “Shrill” and Amazon’s “Staties” have filmed in Manzanita. “I think if you’re going to drive straight to town and not stop, you could probably get away without any problems,” Scott said. The filming caravan would stop at the 4-way stops in Manzanita, Faires said. Regardless of how

other cars intersect, they will not be asking the public to wait for the crew. “The idea is to go with the flow,” Faires said. The crew will begin prepping at Arch Cape in the morning on Oct. 12 before driving through Manzanita. They will obey all traffic laws. Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia.net

Hilary Dorsey Staff Writer

illamook County Health Department reports seven COVID-19 cases from Oct. 1-3 for the weekend case count. There were 24 cases in the 7-day case count from Sept. 26 through Oct. 2. “Our month to date – this is for the month Sept. 1 through Sept. 30 – was 394,” Administrator Marlene Putman reported during a Tillamook County Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday, Oct. 6. “Of those individuals, 247 were unvaccinated, 86 were vaccinated, and 61 were unknown.” Putman said unknown means the vaccine record is not in Oregon’s system. The death toll for Tillamook County is now at 24. Putman said there are 22 outbreaks currently under monitoring. Oregon Health Authority confirmed outbreaks, as of Oct. 6, at Fred Meyer with 31 cases, Tillamook County Creamery Association with 19 cases, Adventist Health with a total of 23 cases, Tillamook Country Smoker with 14 cases, and Hampton Lumber Mill with eight cases. The Delta variant is three times more transmissible than earlier strains of the virus, Putman said. Vaccines play a crucial role in limiting the spread of the virus. Low vaccine coverage is driving the surge in cases. The vaccine is effective in reducing the disease spread. “Treatment for COVID-19 is under consideration and investigation,” Putman said. “Some is available that has received emergency authorization. Ivermectin is not one of them. It is not approved for treatment for COVID-19. Please do not use this product [or] ingest this product. If you experience signs of toxicity, call the Center for Disease Control.” Putman said if you are vaccinated, the likelihood of severe disease or hospitalization is extremely low. “You don’t need to take an unfounded, unresearched treatment,” Putman said. “One treatment that is researched and has emergency approval, like the vaccine, is monoclonal antibody therapy.” Talk to your health care provider about this treatment if you have tested positive for COVID-19. The health center continues to provide COVID-19 testing. Around 25 people are tested each day this week at the center’s testing sites. Drive-up testing is available at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds for those with symptoms or is a close contact to someone who has tested positive, as there is still a high demand for testing. No appointments are required. Testing is available from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Ed Colson said 16,835 Tillamook County residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is 63.46 percent of the total population. A total of 15,64 residents are considered full vaccinated, which is 58.65 percent of the total population. The health center has COVID-19 vaccine clinics available at the convention center at the fairgrounds from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Flu and pneumonia vaccines are now available at the drop-in clinic until Oct. 17. Beginning Oct. 18 and through the rest of the month, there will be an additional clinic from 1-4 p.m. on Wednesday. Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia.net


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