Coronavirus Heroes 2020 • 1
Coronavirus
Heroes
A salute to Coronavirus Heroes
A salute to people on the front lines of Tillamook County’s battle with COVID-19
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2020
VOL. 133, NO. 17 • $1.00
TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM
Confirmed COVID-19 cases remain at six Hilary Dorsey headlightreporter@countrymedia.net
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sixth case of COVID-19 in Tillamook County was reported on social media Tuesday, April 14. The Tillamook County Community Health Centers confirmed the case, a person between the ages of 40-50. Public health department staff is working with the individual who remains under self-isolation at home. A contact investigation is ongoing. During a County Leadership Team Teleconference on Monday, April 20, Community Health Centers Administrator Marlene Putman said there have been no new posi-
tive tests and the county is sitting at six positive cases. “The State of Oregon issued a new testing report that is available,” Putman said. “It provides a summary of testing by week and indicates that positive testing results have remained consistent.” Putman said the continued goal is to increase testing that is available. The big priority will be working with community partners. Oregon state Sen. Betsy Johnson said rural hospitals continue to struggle. A couple of people she spoke with cannot receive help right now because of the lack of personal protective equipment. As of April 20, the Oregon
Birthday Milestone
Important dates for the May 19 Primary Election
1918-20 pandemic baby Orella H. Chadwick celebrates 101 years Tilda Chadwick Jones (former Headlight Herald reporter)
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t the end of WWI and the beginning of the 1918 “Spanish Flu” pandemic that infected 25% of 1 billion of the world’s population, (Carrie) Orella Holloway was born at the family farm house in rural northern New Mexico on April 25, 1919. Unlike today’s pandemic, Orella’s family had no home electricity, phone, car, radio, newspaper, or electronics. Unknown to the family and surrounding community, the world’s pandemic was never discussed. Orella’s earliest world memories are of the late 1920’s deep depression when the family farm was lost. By the early 1930’s the family of nine (Orella was the oldest of 7 children) had a car (gas was $.08/gallon) and converted trailer the family loaded with food and household items. With -$100 in cash, the family drove from New Mexico to Oregon, camping along the way, settling in Imbler, eastern Oregon where Orella graduated from high school and Eastern Oregon College with a teacher’s degree. Her first teaching job was in a one room Arco Molalla County school house with 8 students of differing grades. Orella Holloway married, becoming Orella Holloway
Holmes. The family became a family of three when son, Gary Lynn Holmes, was born. During another memorable time, the 1940’s and WWII, a divorced Orella bought a La Grande neighborhood grocery store and later a skating rink she converted into a restaurant dance hall called Orella’s Garden. A local returning war soldier named Virgil Chadwick began frequenting the business. He first attracted Orella with his smooth dancing and dishwashing skills and the two soon married. The grocery store was sold shortly after Orella’s Garden opened and Orella’s Garden was closed four years later. By then, Orella and Virgil Chadwick had three girls (MaTilda, Diana, and Virgie). In the early 1950’s the family of six moved to Tillamook to dairy farm, first on a farm that is now Gienger Farms and then a farm east of the City of Tillamook. Orella taught school from 1953-71, three years of grade school in Rockaway Beach and 15 years in the Tillamook School District. The children graduated from high school and higher education, married, and had children. Mother Orella’s son Gary, was an A-4 Navy fighter pilot during the Vietnam War (a plane from the pilot’s navy carrier is on the Air Museum display
May 19, 2020 Primary Election • May 19, 2020 Primary Election • April 28, Voter registration deadline (Registration cards postmarked April 28, 2020 are valid) • April 29, First Day ballots will be mailed. • May 8, Certification Test of the Ballot Counting Machine • May 14 Last day to mail ballots • May 19 Election Day • June 8 Last day to certify election results The Elections office in the Tillamook County Courthouse will be open on Election Day 7 am-8 pm.
Orella H. Chadwick. Courtesy photo pole at the corner of Hwy 101 S and Long Prairie Road). By the end of the 1980’s, after the Chadwick’s had successfully dairy farmed for 36 years (including sponsoring a refugee Laotian family who initially lived and worked on the farm) and volunteered
extensively in the Tillamook community (Methodist Church, P.T.A., Farm Bureau, Toastmistress, 4-H, Camp Fire Girls, Camp Makuala, Chamber of Commerce, June Dairy Parade, et al.), they sold the farm and
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(Left to right) Kristy Lombard Pottery owner stands in front of her local shop on Main Ave. Seasons Kaz Sparks in front of her shop on 2nd Street, Salty Raven. Sky Veek heads into work at her business, Lucky Bear Soap Co. on 2nd Street in Tillamook. These downtown businesses are open online for shopping and at their location by appointment, but they are practicing social distancing. See their websites for products and hours of operations.
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‘Shop Small First!’ for your neighbor, for yourself I
Season Kaz Sparks Owner Salty Raven Downtown Tillamook
f there is one thing this pandemic has taught us, it’s the cause and effect we can have on one another. The diagrams of how our interactions spread out across a multitude of people, demonstrate how much all of our actions towards others reach far beyond our knowledge. This “community spread” while danger-
Ballot deposit locations Below you will find the drop site locations and the available days and hours, the sites will be open for you to drop off voted ballots. You have the choice of mailing your ballot or returning it to any designated drop site in the state. The voted ballot must be received in any county election office or designated drop site by 8 p.m. on election night. Postmarks do not count. Ballots must be received inside gold colored envelopes with your signature on the outside. Each ballot is inspected carefully and signatures are compared to the voter registration card on record. SOUTH Cloverdale Drop Box - 34370 Hwy. 101 South 04/29/2020 to 8 a.m. (open 24 hours) Pacific City Drop Box - Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Drive 04/29/2020 to 8 a.m. (open 24 hours) CENTRAL Tillamook County Clerk’s Office 04/29/2020 to 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Mon. - Fri. Tillamook County Courthouse 05/18/2020 201 Laurel Avenue 05/19/2020 Tue. 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. Tillamook City Drive-Up Drop Box NW Corner of 3rd & Laurel 04/29/2020 to 8 a.m. (open 24 hours) Tillamook, OR 97141 05/19/2020 until 8 p.m. Tillamook City – Library Main Branch* 05/15/2020 Fri. 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 1716 3rd Street 05/16/2020 Sat. 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Tillamook, OR 97141 05/18/2020 Mon. 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. 05/19/2020 Tue. 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Supporting local businesses
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Health Authority (OHA) reports 1,910 positive cases and 74 deaths and 39,038 people tested in Oregon. There have been zero deaths in Tillamook County and 197 negative tests. According to OHA, the two most reported symptoms are cough and fever. The two most common risk factors are having underlying conditions and contact with a known COVID-19 case prior to symptom onset. Editor’s note: This information is the most up-to-date as of press time. Please visit our website at www. tillamookheadlightherald.com for ongoing coverage throughout the week.
ous when applied to a pandemic, is incredibly useful when applied to maintaining financial stability, especially within a small community. Our ability to maintain and mobilize whatever funds we are able by spending them with a fellow community member is our best chance of seeing that money come back to us in prosperity and opportunity. The dollar you spend on a non local Online site is nearly guaranteed to leave your local economy forever, the dollar
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NORTH Bay City - City Hall Drop Box 5525 B Street 04/29/2020 to 8 a.m. (open 24 hours) Bay City, OR 97107 05/19/2020 until 8 p.m. Garibaldi - City Hall Drop Box 107 6th Street 04/29/2020 to 8 a.m. (open 24 hours) Garibaldi, OR 97118 05/19/2020 until 8 p.m. Rockaway Beach - City Hall Drop Box 276 Hwy. 101 South 04/29/2020 to 8 a.m. (open 24 hours) Rockaway Beach, OR 97136 05/19/2020 until 8p.m. Manzanita - City Hall Drop Box 543 Laneda Avenue 04/29/2020 to 8 a.m. (open 24 hours) Manzanita, OR 97130 05/19/2020 until 8 p.m On May 8, 2020 at 10 a.m. the certification test for the May 19, 2020 Primary Election will be held at the office of the Tillamook County Clerk. Those in attendance will be required to sign a certification of their witness to the testing of the ballot counting equipment.