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TUESDAY, JULY 20, 2021
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VOL. 133, NO. 28 • $1.50
COVID-19 cases increase, outbreak at Denny’s T
illamook County Health Department reported during a Tillamook County Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday, July 14, 11 COVID-19 cases from July 9 through July 11 and 22 cases from July 6 through July 12. “We’re seeing an increase in the number of cases,” Administrator Marlene Putman said. These cases include one vaccinated person. The other cases were unvaccinated individuals. The health center’s public health team has been performing case investigation. Putman said a COVID-19 outbreak has occurred at Denny’s in Tillamook. Oregon Health Authority defines an outbreak as five or more people testing positive for COVID-19. Putman said things are under control with staff and reaching out to individuals. “We’ve had 705 positive cases,
Oregon Heritage Tradition The 61st Dory Days parade took place Saturday, July 17, in Pacific City. The parade formed at the county boat ramp at Sunset, across the Beachy Bridge on Pacific Avenue to the center of town and north to the grocery store. The theme this year was “Celebrating farming, fishing, and forestry.” There was a collection of dory boats, classic cars, Smokey the Bear, grand marshals Al and Bernice Jensen, dory princess Sophie Nelson, and junior dory princess Zoey Roberts. This was the 61st year of the annual event. Parade photos by Hilary Dorsey
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More helicopters added to help knockout Game Hog Creek Fire S
teep terrain where the Game Hog Creek Fire is burning in the Tillamook State Forest has made it difficult for firefighters to deepen their control lines encircling the fire. Thursday, July 15, the fire pushed through those lines to burn three more acres. A helicopter has been helping with airdrops of water onto the fire. It was joined by another helicopter on Friday, July 16, with an additional helicopters used on the fire for air drops on Saturday, July 17. The water they drop will help cool hot spots so that embers in the interior of the fire have less chance of being blown across control lines. As of Friday, about 80 ground crew remained engaged on the wildfire, which is entirely within the state forest in timber and slash. Their goal last last week was to extend control lines down to Elk Creek. Cooler air from the ocean has moved over the fire, which should aid firefighters. The Tillamook State Forest remains open to visitors with the exception of Drift Creek and Idiot Creek forest roads and the Fear and Loaming mountain bike trail. These are closed due to fire activity in the area. Rogers Camp trailhead is being used as a staging area for firefighters and is also closed to the public. Hwy 6 and 26 to the coast remain open and unaffected by the fire. No evacuations are associated with this fire. Cause of the fire is still under investigation. Dillon Neumann ODF staff scouts the containment line.
On patrol
North County car chase, Hwy 6 crash keep law enforcement busy going into weekend J
For the Herald
ust before 10 p.m. Friday evening (July 16) night Oregon State Police officers got involved in a chase. Officers were in pursuit of a silver
Hilary Dorsey Staff Writer
B.M.W. with a female driver on Hwy. 26 with speeds at 90 plus. The driver of the B.M.W. then went south on 101 passing Manzanita into Nehalem then continued south towards Wheeler. Manzanita Police Office John Garcia set up spike strips at 101 and 53. The B.M.W. ran over them and flattened all four tires then continued into Wheeler were it spun out at 101 and Hemlock. According to reports, officers tried to get her out at gun point but had to break a window. She was transported by Tillamook ambulance to Seaside hospital
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Manzanita citizens comment on city hall petition M
Hilary Dorsey Staff Writer
anzanita citizens provided input about the city hall petition during a council meeting Wednesday, July 7. The petition circulated in May. A petition signed by 260 Manzanita residents in May asked the council to give the remodeling option of the Underhill Plaza a fair evaluation as an option for the new city hall. Citizens who submitted their names on the petition had the opportunity to speak during public comment and discuss the city hall project and how their input could be utilized. Carol Kennedy, on behalf of Will Stone, conducted a presentation on the petition. “A petition of the citizens of Manzanita was presented at the May 5 city council meeting,” Kennedy said. “The petition respectfully requested that the city council provide citizens with more options for the city and police department headquarters.” Kennedy said the citizens asked for a remodel option of the Underhill property. The petition came about after the Manzanita Listens workshops, as citizens were told any remodel option was off the table. “The petition was signed by 260 Manzanita residents,” Kennedy said. “It was accompanied by a letter from Will Stone, whom I’m representing, relaying the history and rationale for the request.” Interim City Manager John Kunkel had placed the petition on the July agenda, Kennedy added. The petition was removed from the agenda. The citizens comment portion of the meeting was utilized for citizens to address their concerns. Each citizen had three minutes, although Kennedy, being the presenter of the petition, was given 10 minutes to speak. Randy Kugler said Manzanita Listens found that citizens said cost was the top priority in building a new city hall. Repair and remediation of the school on the Underhill Plaza
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