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Vol. 14, No. 348 • July 31, 2020 • FREE!
Charter operator Bruce Goin hoists a pair of flatties caught off Cape Kiwanda
COVID study seeks responses from Tillamook Co. residents A total of 1,850 Tillamook County households have been invited to directly contribute to the Key to Oregon, a statewide research study that is measuring COVID-19 prevalence throughout Oregon. Oregon Health & Science University is leading the study to help state and local decision makers keep Oregon and its communities both open and safe. At press time, more than 90 Tillamook County residents had signed up to report their temperature and other COVID-19 symptoms for up to one year. Of those, six were in Pacific City, and one in Cloverdale. Organizers say the study is an effort to provide state and local officials with information that will help them make decisions about how to keep Oregon open and safe. Since it was announced in May, the Oregon Health & Science University-led Key to Oregon study has been measuring COVID-19 prevalence throughout the state. So far, nearly 9,000 Oregonians have enrolled statewide. The study aims to enroll up to 100,000 randomly selected Oregonians, who will spend less than 10 minutes a day to report their temperature and other symptoms on a secure website. Up to 10,000 of those enrolled will also be selected for asymptomatic testing, or testing those who do not have symptoms, to better measure an often-invisible source of COVID-19’s spread. Those who take part are helping protect their families and communities. OHSU will share study findings with state and local decision makers, who can use the data to make decisions to meet the state’s economic and social needs — including reopening or closing local businesses and schools — while also protecting human health and lives. “We are deeply grateful to those willing to volunteer their time to this important work,” says the study’s lead researcher, Jackie Shannon, Ph.D. “Each person who spends less than 10 minutes a day on this study will help us better understand how the virus is affecting Oregonians. If you were randomly selected, please consider taking part to help your community stay open.” Tillamook County households that have been invited to participate in the study should have received mail notices in May. Those mailings included instructions about how to enroll online. Those that have lost their invite but are interested in enrolling, are encouraged to send an email to KeyStudy@ohsu.edu. Those interested in following the study’s progress can learn more at https://www.ohsu. edu/key-to-oregon.
Man jailed on hit and run charges after striking pedestrian north of Cape Kiwanda
Photo courtesy of Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office
AN 18-YEAR OLD who was walking on Cape Kiwanda Drive on Sunday, July 26 was a victim of an apparent hit-and-run accident involving an RV. The victim received a serious leg injury and was flown from the scene by Life Flight.
A pedestrian reportedly suffered serious injuries when a 22-foot RV allegedly struck the victim mid-afternoon on Sunday, July 26 on Cape Kiwanda Drive near the intersection of Ridge Road in Pacific City. According to the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, Matthew Gill Arnold Fischer, 40, of Sheridan, was driving an older RV at an estimated speed of 10 to 15 mph south on Cape Kiwanda Drive at the time of the incident. He reportedly struck the pedestrian, an 18-year-old from Beaverton, who suffered serious injuries. He also allegedly struck three parked vehicles on the west side of the roadway
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and continued traveling south without stopping at the scene of the collision. The Sheriff’s Office says that Fischer was contacted a little further south by responding units. Reportedly, he displayed signs of impairment and admitted to driving but denied knowing that he had hit a pedestrian or any vehicles. The Sheriff’s Office also says that Fischer admitted having consumed alcohol prior to driving. The pedestrian had a serious leg injury and was flown from the scene via Life Flight for treatment at a trauma center. Fischer submitted to standardized
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field sobriety tests, for which the Sheriff’s Office said he did “poorly,” and was arrested. He later consented to a breath test and his blood alcohol level was over the legal limit. Deputies lodged Fischer at the Tillamook County Jail for Felony Hit & Run, Vehicular Assault, Misdemeanor Hit & Run (three counts), Reckless Endangering a Person (two counts), Reckless Driving, and DUII. South County Towing removed the RV. The investigation is ongoing. Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District, Adventist Health Ambulance, Life Flight, and Tillamook 911.