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TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021
TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM
VOL. 133, NO. 25 • $1.50
Back in the saddle
Tillamook County sheriff deputies search Brandon Jose Zavala-Satalkich after law enforcement apprehended the suspect in Sand Lake. Zavala-Satalkich is a suspect in an alleged homicide.
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The 64th Annual June Dairy Parade Saturday was back to normal this year with the governor’s restrictions lightened up. (Bottom) Tillamook Mayor Aaron Burris waves to the crowd. Photos by Hilary Dorsey
64th June Dairy Parade saw crowd, heat and fun T
he 64th annual June Dairy Parade took place Saturday, June 26, in Tillamook. This year’s theme was “As the World Churns.” Spectators lined the route to view the procession. The parade was sponsored by the Tillamook County Creamery Association. The parade route followed its usual path down
Main Avenue, around Rodeo Steakhouse, down Pacific Avenue, and then along Pacific Avenue to end at Goodspeed Park. Children’s dance groups performed in the summer heat, clowns drove by on their bikes, snacks and candy were tossed to the crowds of people who came to celebrate the town’s dairy industry.
Although the parade mostly returned to normal this year, entries were not judged and there was no grand marshal this year. The Tillamook Area
Chamber of Commerce reorganized the parade in one month after mask mandates were removed by the state for outdoors.
Grocery outlet opens in Tillamook
illamook County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) reported Saturday, June 26, a homicide suspect has been located. He was found within a few miles of Sand Lake Recreation Area by officers from TCSO, Oregon State Police and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office’s K9 Unit. No injuries to officers or the suspect were reported. According to the sheriff’s office, a homicide occurred earlier in the morning at Sand Lak Recreation Area in south Tillamook County. The suspect, Brandon Jose Zavala-Satalich, of Clackamas, was at large and was considered armed and dangerous. Sand Lake Recreation Area was closed and will remain closed for the duration of the investigation. People within the park are being allowed to leave if they choose, but re-entry is prohibited. According to the sheriff’s office, there are no other suspects and the public is no longer in danger in relation to this incident. TCSO wants to extend thanks to the public for their cooperation, and to the agencies that responded to assist with this major crimes investigation. This is an ongoing investigation.
The K9 team was brought in to help in locating the suspect in the alleged homicide. Photos courtesy of the Tillamook County Sheriff’s office.
Management and staff, along with officials with the Tillamook Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon in celebration of the Grand Opening of Grocery Outlet last Thursday. Photo by Hilary Dorsey
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Hilary Dorsey Staff Writer
hoppers waited in line outside the new Grocery Outlet in Tillamook Thursday, June 24, enjoying live music and waiting for the long-awaited grand opening of the bargain market. The store is located at 2055 N. Main Ave. The Tillamook City Planning Commission approved the proposed site plan for a Grocery Outlet location at a meeting in October 2018.
The proposed 18,000 square-foot store, located between Roby’s on Hwy 101 and the Coastal Plaza, needed to pass permits, such as a water quality permit that was passed in March 2020 from the Oregon Department of Quality. Cheers of the community followed a ribbon cutting by the Tillamook Area Chamber of Commerce, as citizens got ready to be the first shoppers to walk the aisles of the new store. Stephen and Tamara Tuttle, the store’s independent owner-operators, have lived in Nehalem for 25 years. Four years ago, they left their careers in the grocery business after their kids graduated from high school and left for college. “We found out about the store four years ago and we went through
the recruiting process and training process and spent the last two years in Federal Way and owned that store up there with the intent to get back home,” Tamara said. During the ribbon cutting, a $1,000 check donation was presented from Stephen and Tamara to Habitat for Humanity. Tamara said through interviews for Grocery Outlet, a lot of people saw owning a home as out of reach. The Tuttle’s love what Habitat for Humanity is doing, bringing people together to build homes. Tamara said they are also looking to hold community days, partnering with Habitat for Humanity for employees to take four hours paid time off to volunteer in the community, such as park cleanups. “A lot of them have already vol-
unteered at Habitat,” Tamara said of the employees. The employees are local residents and some have worked together before, Stephen added. Tamara and Stephen hope to create a positive workplace and see the store as a family environment. “They feel a connection with us,” Tamara said of the employees. “We look at them as family.” Tamara and Stephen hope to give their employees the tools they need to do bigger and better things, whether they work their way up to own a Grocery Outlet store, or move on somewhere else. Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia.net
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Hilary Dorsey Staff Writer
illamook County remains in Lower Risk effective Friday, June 25, through Thursday, July 1. With Oregon close to the 70 percent vaccination rate goal – 68.7 percent of Oregonians have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, as of Monday, June 21—county risk level movements will no longer be announced. Tillamook County was at 64.3 percent with a vaccination rate goal of 65 percent; around 150 more
n See RISK, Page A9