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Tillamook County Wellness

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Headlight Herald

TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2022

TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM

Garibaldi Days Parade

Tillamook Police hosts active shooter training

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COVID steadies, remains high across Oregon C

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our Tillamook Police Department and the Department of Public Safety Standards Training (DPSST) have teamed up to bring Active Shooter Training to the Tillamook High School from 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Thurs. - Fri. July 28 - 29. This course is designed enhance the collaboration and teamwork between your First Responders (Law Enforcement, Fire & EMS) as they implement proactive survival strategies and response to violent intruder or active shooter incidents. It is also designed to show potential gaps in how they respond and handle these types of situations to make sure that they will minimize the loss of life or injury in the event something like this does ever happen. The overall goal of the type of training is to provide First Responders with real survival-enhancing options for saving lives in those critical moments when a violent situation begins until the threat(s) is stopped. Moments that have no room for mistakes or hesitation in responders efforts to protect human life at all costs. During this training simunition rounds will be used along with alarms, other distracting noises, and role players. If you are in the area, you will see First Responder vehicles in the parking lot, don’t be alarmed, all is okay, we are just training. Your Tillamook Police Department is working closely with all First Responders in Tillamook County, including the hospital, to ensure we have a swift response to any violent intruder attack and its inevitable aftermath. Below are a few points your Tillamook Police Department wants you to know about our response to this type of tragic situation. 1. We train for these types of events. Do we like the thought of ever having to use this type of training? Absolutely not, but this is the type of training necessary in case we ever must use it. It is incomprehensible to all of us that someone would want to harm our children, our loved ones. That’s why we must be ready, anticipate the next move and why we must have an effective plan for our response to save them. 2. We promise you that the officers serving in your Tillamook Police Department will not ever wait to assemble a team to go in during any violent intruder event. Every one of us carries the tools necessary to do whatever we need to do to find and stop the threat(s) and are constantly conducting realistic and high-speed training that has allowed us to develop the mindset to

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People lined Hwy 101 in Garibaldi for the annual Garibaldi Days Parade. See more event photos on page 3. Photos by Katherine Mace

‘Art of the Mask’ is a new workshop designed for students 6-18 years of age T

he 1st workshops will be held August 15th, Monday from 1-4 p.m.at the Fairview Grange in Tillamook, Oregon on 3rd street down from the County Fairgrounds on the corner of 3rd & Olson Road. 2nd workshop will be on August 29th same time also on a Monday. The Workshop teaches assembly arts, theatre design, and fine arts. Workshops are by the Oregon Coast Children’s Theatre & Youth Art Center. Series of workshops leading up to a Mask Exhibit & Contest for Oregon Coast Youth. Students 7th-12th grade can compete for Cash Prizes & Art Supplies, Younger students can compete for random prizes and art supplies. Free Workshop offered by the Oregon Arts Charity open to students in Clatsop, Tillamook, and Lincoln Counties. Additional workshops will be held in all 3 counties send student or family contact info to register to Lawrence Adrian, Art Director at e-mail (occt.youthartprograms@ gmail.com) or call or text to 503-801-0603. Attached photo Green Man and Pan from the OCCT original production of “Carnival”, original masks created for the production, by guest artist Jane Klugson. Costume Design by L. Adrian. Additional info: Besides the Mask Workshop, Families can also attend during the open art sessions to start and build Family Ofrendas or Altars for a “Day of the Dead ‘’ celebra-

tion scheduled for November 1st and 2nd, 2022. “Art of the Mask ‘’ exhibit will be held from October 30th- November 2nd. Besides the exhibit in Tillamook additional exhibits are planned in Clatsop and Lincoln County. OCCT/OCCCA has its new home at the Fairview Grange in Tillamook and staff, students, and community volunteers will be working throughout the Summer and through the end of the

Year on improvements to the over 100 year old facility thanks to 2- $25,000.00 grants from the Roundhouse Foundation in Sisters, Oregon awarded to OCCT in 2022 & 2023 Local Families and Artists wanting to take part, or exhibit a family Ofrenda should contact Mr. Adrian. The events are also seeking Actors, A Spanish Speaking Event Coordinator, And additional Part time paid positions.

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OVID-19 may be a distant memory to many, but in Oregon it remains a danger. According to the Oregon Health Authority, 21 counties in the state are in the hightransmission level as the Omicron subvariant BA5 becomes the dominant variant in the state. Dr. Dean Sidelinger, the state epidemiologist, hosted a press briefing Wednesday. He said case counts have leveled to around 1,400 confirmed cases a day, while test positivity rates have climbed to 13.9%. “We know our reported cases are not capturing the full picture because many people are taking at-home tests and not reporting the results and many others are not testing,” Sidelinger said. “Data in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest region indicates there are high levels of transmissions. On July 19, the CDC indicated 21 counties in Oregon are at the CDC high transmission level, indicating high levels of COVID-19 and increased stress on hospitals.” Sidelinger said the Omicron subvariants BA4 and BA5 account for almost all the transmission in the state, with BA5 becoming the dominant strain While testing is not accurately tracking COVID due to a lack of reporting, Sidelinger said OHA is continuing to work with OHSU to do wastewater sampling across the state to get a better picture of COVID in Oregon. “OHA monitors the spread of the virus from samplings collected through the sewage systems,” Sidelinger said. “Wastewater monitoring shows high levels of COVID-19 in our communities statewide.” Another area of concern is increased hospitalizations, Sidelinger said, although cases are nowhere near during the peak of Delta of Omicron. “The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 has risen,” Sidelinger said. “Hospitals are stressed across the state due to patients with COVID-19 and other diseases. Since our June 17 update, hospitalizations for COVID 19 have gradually risen for 309 patients reported June 17 to 419 reported today.” During the peak of Delta and Omicron, more than 1,200 patients a day were in the hospital due to COVID. “While we’re projecting there is enough hospital beds available across the state, collective efforts taken by all of us will continue to blunt the spread of COVID-19, and they are important,” Sidelinger said. Those steps included getting vaccinated, wearing masks in crowded facilities indoors and staying home when sick. On the vaccine front, a new vaccine will soon be available in Oregon, Sidelinger said. The CDC recently approved the Novavax vaccine for use in the United States. The twodose vaccine is different than any other currently available for COVID. It is not the MRNA vaccine like Pfizer and Moderna and not the vectra vaccine like Johnson and Johnson. Instead, Novavax uses the traditional system where a portion of the actual virus is used to help the body build up immunity. The technology is used in most vaccines worldwide. Early testing before Omicron showed in was 90% effective in stopping transmission and 100% effective in preventing severe illness. Sidelinger said it will be arriving in the state soon. He also said while vaccines have not stopped all prevention of COVID, they remain the best tool in preventing hospitalizations and deaths. “I want to thank the nearly 7 in 10 Oregonians who have completed the vaccination series,” Sidelinger

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