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Headlight Herald GARIBALDI STUDENTS TRY TAIKO DRUMMING, PAGE A3

HOW TILLAMOOK COUNTY ATHLETES FARED, PAGE A9

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MOTHER, 3 CHILDREN INJURED IN HEAD-ON DUII CRASH BY SAMANTHA SWINDLER sswindler@countrymedia.net

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An alleged drunk driver hit Hannah Dani-Thomas’ van on the Wilson River Bridge north of Tillamook Friday, Feb. 24.

A long road to recovery is ahead for a pregnant mother and her young children who were injured when an allegedly drunk driver slammed into their minivan Friday night. According to Oregon State Police,

at approximately 9:15 p.m., a northbound 1989 Buick Regal driven by Jake A. Adams, 26, from Bay City, crossed into the southbound lane on Highway 101 north of Tillamook at the Wilson River bridge. The Buick collided nearly head-on with a 2000 Honda Odyssey van driven by Hannah DaniThomas, 26, from Tillamook. Witness-

es said Adams was driving erratically without headlights prior to the crash. Dani-Thomas and her three children were transported to Tillamook County General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries and later transferred to a Portland hospital.

See CRASH, Page A8

Library levy CHARITY DRIVEN on the ballot BY ERIN DIETRICH

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Voters will be asked in May to renew a five-year operational levy for the Tillamook County Library. Tillamook County Commissioners Mark Labhart and Tim Josi voted to approve placing the levy on the May 15 ballot during their regular board meeting Feb. 22. Commissioner Charles Hurliman was absent. If approved, the countywide local option levy

would maintain the tax at its current rate of 65 cents per $1,000 of property value for the next five years, beginning in July 2012. If the levy fails on the May ballot, all of the library system’s Tillamook County branches – in Pacific City, Bay City, Garibaldi, Rockaway Beach and Manzanita, and the Bookmobile – will close July 1, at the start of the library’s 2012-2013 fiscal year.

See LEVY, Page A7

Stabbing accomplice not guilty of most severe charges BY ANTHONY RIMEL

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the back row. As the verdict for first three charges was read, Krumenaker’s family made noises of relief – “not guilty.” These charges – two counts of assault I and one count of assault II for the stabbings – were the most severe. As the next charges were read, the relief in the back row turned and loud sobbing began. Krumenaker was found guilty of one count of hindering prosecution and one count of assault IV for his actions after the stabbing. It was Bennett and Vandecoevering who looked relieved now.

The jury reached its verdict Feb. 24 in the trial of Jacob Zavala Krumenaker, the accused accomplice in the triple stabbing at Alderbrook Golf Course last October. Although Krumenaker was not accused of stabbing any of the victims himself, the state alleged he was an accomplice to the crime for his role in the scuffle leading up to the stabbing, and in his actions afterwards. Victims of the stabbing, Sean Bennett and Chelissa “Sissy” Vandecoevering, sat through much of the twoday trial; Krumenaker’s supporters sat behind them in See STABBING, Page A2

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Charity Drive King Brock Lourenzo and Queen Marissa Zerngast speak with Myron Child with Doernbecher Children’s Hospital after the Charity Drive totals are revealed.

Another record total for Charity Drive

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BY SAMANTHA SWINDLER sswindler@countrymedia.net

t’s a three-peat for the junior class and another record-breaking Charity Drive total for the students of Tillamook High School. This year’s 10-day Charity Drive raised $187,824.12 – beating last year’s recordsetting total by more than $15,000. “The community and the students at Tillamook High School continue to amaze me,” said the Drive’s teacher organizer, Kim Durrer. “Each year I think they’ve gotten as high as they can get, and they set a new record.” This was also the year that Charity Drive broke the $2 million mark – $2,175,901.43 to be exact – in total giving since the event began in 1959. A check for $87,791.46 was presented to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital representative Myron Childs during the crowning ceremony at Tillamook High School Feb.

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WEATHER

22. The remainder of the proceeds raised this year will go to local charities and THS scholarships. “I just can’t tell you what you mean to me and how important you are,” Childs told the crowd. “This theme that I have, that kids can do things that adults can’t, I’ve learned that over the last 20 years. It didn’t come from adults. It came from kids like you… When I tell people about Tillamook, they don’t believe me, but I tell them over and over again. And they say, ‘you’re not kidding.’” This year’s win for the juniors means the class is poised to be only the second graduating class since 1972 to win the Charity Drive crown all four years at THS. “The pressure’s on. We’ve still got to work hard,” said Charity Drive King Brock Lourenzo. “Our class is pumped for next year to set the record for a class winning all four years.”

See CHARITY, Page A7

STATS HIGH LOW RAINFALL 49 43 .11 48 38 .00 50 41 .49 45 37 .19 45 33 .14 46 40 .00 43 37 -PRECIPITATION PAST WEEK: 0.93 MONTH TO DATE: 6.57 FEB 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Community comes to aid of Cheney family BY ERIN DIETRICH

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WEATHER COURTESY OF WEATHER UNDERGROUND

CLARIFICATION

In last week’s article, we stated the NOSD tunnel that failed was meant for ‘the plant’s inflow and outflow pipes.’ The tunnel, or more technically accurate ‘bore,’ is only meant for those 20- and 16-inch pipes. It was not a tunnel for human passage.

David Cheney, center, an eighth grader at Tillamook Jr. High School, recently found out his cancer has returned and spread throughout his body. In December 2011, the Cheney family, from left, Marcus, Deanna, David, Richard, with his girlfriend Tia Maloney, lost husband and father, Brian Cheney, unexpectedly.

Just more than a month after losing his father unexpectedly, 13-year-old David Cheney learned that his cancer has returned. The diagnosis comes as the Cheney family is struggling to pay bills and will soon face moving from the Tillamook home they are renting. David has osteosarcoma, a form of cancer that develops in the bones. He has spent the past two years undergoing chemotherapy to keep the cancer at bay, and nearly lost his right arm to the disease in April 2010. David went through months of chemotherapy, followed by periods of remission, but now his cancer has returned and spread throughout his body.

See CHENEY, Page A8

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The Charity Drive court includes (from top) seniors Vance Wetzel and Payton Lea, sophomores Manny Munoz and Hannah Braden and freshmen A.J. Harmon and Ashley Larson. Visit tillamookheadlightherald.com for video of the coronation.

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