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Avoid getting sick from chicks, ducklings during Easter celebrations

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Avoid getting sick from chicks, ducklings during Easter celebrations

Easter planning is in full force as many families prepare to celebrate the holiday this weekend. Going to events that offer chicks and ducklings for petting might be on the itinerary, but health experts say people may want to think twice before taking home one of these Easter-themed animals.

Oregon Health Authority infectious disease experts say the fluffy animals, no matter how cute and cuddly, can carry bacteria that can make people sick. Children often pick them up, hold them close to their faces, and even kiss them. And children often don’t wash their hands after handling the pets.

“Chicks and ducklings don’t make good Easter gifts,” cautions Emilio DeBess, public health veterinarian at OHA. “Children younger than 5 can get very sick from Salmonella contamination because their immune systems at that age are not fully developed.”

Salmonella infections can cause diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever symptoms lasting three to seven days, DeBess said. People with compromised immune systems could become very ill and die of the infection. The last major salmonellosis outbreak, in 2018, occurred after people handled, kissed and kept poultry inside the home.

For those attending events where animals will be present, these tips can help prevent infection:

  • Don’t allow children younger than 5 years of age, older adults, or people with weak immune systems handle or touch chicks, ducklings or other live poultry, or rabbits.
  • Ensure that kids wash their hands with soap and water immediately after touching any type of animal.
  • If chicks are handled, never nuzzle or kiss them.
  • Don’t eat or drink in the area where the animals roam.

Salmonella, a Twitter account personifying the salmonella bacteria using humor, has reappeared just in time for Easter. The Salmonella social media campaign kicked off last year during the holidays to bring attention to this important public health issue.

For more information about baby birds and Salmonella, visit the OHA Salmonella webpage.

Ten Tigers take titles in Lincoln County JV track and field meet in Newport

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Ten Tigers take titles in Lincoln County JV track and field meet in Newport
(Photo by Cohen & Park Portrait Studio)

Sophomores William Calderon led four boys and Avery Nightingale six girls with individual titles Tuesday as Taft High placed second in both the men’s and women’s competitions at the Lincoln County JV track and field meet in Newport.

Calderon won the 100- and 200-meter dashes for the Taft boys, while Nightingale won the 800-meter run and shared the pole vault title in a meet that included host Newport, Eddyville and Siletz Valley.

Sophomore Mauricio Rivas won the 1,500 meters, freshman Austin Winters the 3,000 meters and sophomore JJ French the pole vault for the Taft boys at Morrow Field.

Freshman Divine Mathews won the 100 meters, junior Sammy Halferty the 200 meters, freshman Aubrey Sciarrotta the 400 meters, junior Ella Knott the javelin and junior Brooke Orendorff the high jump for the girls.

Class 4A Newport won the boys team title 122.5-60.5 and the girls 120.5-72 over the Class 3A Tigers.

Taft junior Logan Gilleo was second behind teammate Calderon in the two sprints, Rivas was second in the 800 meters and freshman Cayden Edmonds second in the 3,000 meters for the boys.

sophomore Elizabeth Kirkendall was runner-up in the shot put, Nightingale second in the 1,500 meters and Orendorff second in the 3,000 meters for the girls.

The Taft varsity will host a Special District 2 meet featuring Blanchet Catholic, Salem Academy and Scio beginning at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Voris Field.

 Boys

1. Newport 122.5
2. Taft 60.5
3. Eddyville 14
4. Siletz Valley 13

 Girls

1. Newport 120.5
2. Taft 72
3. Siletz Valley 5.5
4. Eddyville 5

Taft High softball team rolls to 11-0 shutout of Bulldogs

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Taft High softball team rolls to 11-0 shutout of Bulldogs
Kyla Knott (File photos by Lon French)

Taft High reaffirmed there’s no place like home Tuesday in a game moved due to wet playing conditions and defeated Willamina 11-0 in a Special District 1 game shortened to five innings by the 10-run mercy rule.

Taft coach Sandy Stuart

“We came out aggressive swinging the bats hard and playing tough defense,” Taft coach Sandy Stuart said.

The Tigers scored in every inning in support of the two-hit shutout pitching of junior Emma Coulter, who struck out nine and walked two.

“We scored runs in each inning, which is one of the offensive goals we set for ourselves,” Stuart said. “It was another important league win for us on the road to the playoffs.”

Junior catcher Hailee Danneker had two doubles and joined Coulter by scoring three times for Taft.

Sophomore Kayla Lininger also doubled and drove home three runs for the Tigers. Coulter had two RBIs.

Taft improved to 10-4, 3-1 with the win, while Willamina fell to 4-6, 0-2.

The Tigers meet Amity at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday on the road before playing four games in four days next week.

Taft 11, Willamina 0

WILLAMINA         AB  R  H BI  TAFT                AB  R  H BI
T Hunt             3  0  0  0  Hailee Danneker      3  3  2  1  
M Tuck             2  0  1  0  Addie Gates          3  1  1  0  
K Graham           2  0  0  0  Emma Coulter         3  3  1  2  
E Neville          2  0  0  0  Kayla Lininger       1  1  1  3  
R Mooney           1  0  1  0  Olvia Coulter        1  1  1  1  
M Mooney           1  0  0  0  Claira Tolan         3  0  0  0  
E Shrabel          2  0  0  0  Lily Hatton          2  0  1  0  
L Nolen            1  0  0  0   Makena Cole         0  0  0  0  
 B Burk            1  0  0  0  Kyla  Knott          1  0  0  0  
O Mestas           1  0  0  0   Caitlyn Rundstrom   1  0  0  0  
 D Leno            1  0  0  0  Chloe Peterson       1  2  1  1  
TOTALS            17  0  2  0  TOTALS              19 11  8  8

WILLAMINA                    000 00 --  0  
TAFT                         424 1x -- 11 

LOB--WILLAMINA 4, TAFT 7. E--M Mooney.
2B--Kayla Lininger, Hailee  Danneker (2). HBP--Olivia
Coulter, Hailee  Danneker. SACF--Kayla Lininger. SB--R
Mooney, Hailee  Danneker, Chloe Peterson.

 WILLAMINA                    IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
L Nolen                     3.00    8   10    9    5    1    0
K Graham                    1.00    0    1    1    3    0    0
 TAFT          
Emma Coulter                5.00    2    0    0    2    9    0

WP--L Nolen (3), K Graham. SO--B Burk, D Leno, E Shrabel, L
Nolen, E Neville, O Mestas, T Hunt, K Graham (2), Claira
Tolan. BB--M Mooney, R Mooney, Kyla  Knott, Addie Gates,
Kayla Lininger, Olvia Coulter, Makena Cole, Chloe Peterson
(2), Emma Coulter.
Assistant coach Ryan Gates shares his expertise

Tigers steamroll way past Willamina for league baseball win

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Tigers steamroll way past Willamina for league baseball win
(File photos by Lon French)

Senior Cody Knott and junior Trenton Fisher had two hits and two RBIs each Tuesday and junior starter Eli DeMello went the distance as Taft High disposed of WIllamina 11-1 in a Special District 2 baseball game shortened to five innings by the 10-run mercy rule.

Taft coach Matt Hilgers

“We came out a little slow today,” Taft coach Matt Hilgers said. “We did what we needed to win, though. We threw strikes, made plays on defense, and made adjustments at the plate.”

DeMello struck out five and walked one in a game moved to Taft due to playing conditions at Willamina.

Freshman Kaden Hindman also had two hits and joined senior Tyee Fisher by scoring twice for Taft. Hindman and Knott both doubled.

“I was encouraged by the way in which we made some adjustments at the plate compared to our previous game,” Hilgers said. “We need to have this same mindset moving forward.”

The Bulldogs scored first, but Taft went ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the second and erupted for nine runs in the fifth to build a 10-run lead and end the game.

The win improved the Tigers to 6-8 overall and 2-2 in league play, while Willamina fell to 4-9, 0-4.

Taft returns to action at 4:30 p.m. Friday with a home doubleheader  against Catin Gabel.

“We have another long day of baseball Friday,” Hilgers said. “We have to approach that similar to today’s game. We are playing against ourselves and trying to play our game.”

Taft 11, Willamina 1

WILLIMINA         AB  R  H BI     TAFT              AB  R  H BI
Wyatt Baker        2  1  1  0  Darius Smith          3  0  1  0  
Kaleb Reid         2  0  0  0  Trenton Fisher        3  1  2  2  
Nick Colton        2  0  1  0  Eli DeMello           2  1  0  0  
Austin Watkins     0  0  0  0  Cody Knott            3  2  2  2  
Tucker Neville     2  0  0  0  Tyee Fisher           2  2  1  0  
Nick Hawk          2  0  0  0  Bleiz Kimbrough       2  1  0  0  
Dominik Briant     2  0  0  0  Fco Ramos             2  1  0  1  
CJ Toney           2  0  0  0  Kaden Hindman         3  2  2  1  
Austin Ash         2  0  0  0  Jordan Hall           3  1  1  1  
TOTALS            16  1  2  0  TOTALS               23 11  9  7

WILLIMINA                 100 00 --  1  
TAFT                      020 09 -- 11 

LOB--WILLIMINA 2, TAFT 2. E--Austin Watkins,
Drue Tuck. 2B--Kaden Hindman, Cody Knott. SACB--Austin
Watkins. SB--Tyee Fisher, Darius Smith.

 WILLIMINA                  IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Kaleb Reid (L)            1.67    2    2    1    0    1    0
Nick Colton               2.67    6    5    5    1    1    0
Drue Tuck                 0.00    0    3    2    3    0    0
J                         0.33    1    1    1    0    0    0
 TAFT                   
Eli DeMello (W)           5.00    2    1    0    1    5    0

PB--Austin Ash, Kaden Hindman. WP--Nick Colton (2), J  (2).
SO--Kaleb Reid, Nick Colton, Dominik Briant, Tucker Neville
(2), Fco Ramos, Kaden Hindman. BB--Austin Watkins, Tyee
Fisher, Bleiz Kimbrough, Fco Ramos, Eli DeMello.

Grieving mother recounts beloved daughter’s life following Newport High student’s death

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Grieving mother recounts beloved daughter’s life following Newport High student’s death
Seventeen-year-old Newport High junior Chasity Sargent lost her life last week due to cardiac arrest

Simply talking about it seems to be the best way for Linda Hitchcock to cope.

“I still have no concept of time or what day it is or how I’m going to cope from one moment to the next, but talking about her helps,” said the mother of Newport High junior Chasity Sargent, who died last week from cardiac arrest after her heart stopped suddenly at home.

Just 17 and still 6 1/2 months shy of her 18th birthday, Chasity fell in her house on Tuesday and had no pulse and was not breathing. Her mother administered CPR while her oldest son, a 15-year-old Newport High freshman, called 911.

“He handled himself amazingly in that situation,” Hitchcock said, as paramedics arrived and transported the unresponsive teen to nearby Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital.

With no Life Flight available, even from Seattle, Chasity was transported with a full support crew via ambulance to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland.

“They spent several hours trying to get her heart back to beating normally and get her stable enough to transport,” Hitchcock said. “That night she was hooked up to an EEG [electroencephalogram brain activity test] and it showed her brain had been deprived of oxygen for too long.”

Doctors said Chasity’s kidneys and liver were damaged from the oxygen deprivation. On Wednesday night, after most friends and family had a chance to say goodbye, she was taken off life support and died Thursday morning from “a heart condition from birth that was silent for all these years.” Hitchcock said.

News of Chasity’s death was shared with fellow Newport High students Thursday by school staff after receiving permission from the family.

“Chasity was outgoing, always spoke her mind and had no filter,” Hitchcock said. “She wasn’t afraid to tell anyone how she felt. If she saw anyone being treated poorly she would come to their defense.

“Family was one of her top priorities. She was the best big sister her siblings [one brother, two half-brothers and one half-sister] could have.

“They would fight like any siblings would, but she loved them fiercely and would not tolerate anyone treating them poorly. She always told her friends that they were perfect and to never let anyone treat or make them feel that they weren’t.”

Chasity, who loved music and could easily memorize song lyrics such as “Gary Come Home” from SpongeBob SquarePants, wanted to graduate from high school with at least a 3.0 grade point average, then travel, her mother said.

“She was an amazing artist who loved to write,” she said. “She was always laughing, and had a snort when she laughed hard. She loved bad puns. She loved golf, bowling shooting her BB gun … trying new things.”

Chasity was considering joining the military or becoming a police officer, but started to develop asthma and was thinking of being a grade school teacher. She had recently started working at Starbucks.

“Every day, she would come home and I would ask her how work went,” said Hitchcock, who added that her daughter greatly loved her boyfriend, Sean, who attends Taft High 7-12. “She said she loved her job and all the people she worked with.”

Hitchcock said her daughter participated in several activities and desired to have a positive impact on her community.

“She had an adventurous, inquisitive spirit,” she said. “She was always asking questions, and I was constantly telling her to Google them. She loved children and babies and wanted to be a mother some day.”

Mostly, though, Chasity had a warm and gracious heart and put others before herself, her mother said.

“She had a hard time seeing anyone around her sad and would do her best to cheer them up,” she said. “Her biggest fears were losing those she loved. She had a strength of character and self-awareness most adults have not achieved. I was so proud she was surpassing the expectations and hopes I had of the woman she would become.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Map: Great Oregon Coast Garage Sale

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Map: Great Oregon Coast Garage Sale

oregon-coast-garage-sale Lincoln CityThe annual Great Oregon Coast Garage Sale is set this weekend, April 19-21, and will feature more vendors than previous years, making it the biggest to date.

Every year, Lincoln City brings out its wares for all to peruse in a community-wide event with visitors and locals checking out more than 100 garage sales from Otis in the north, to Lincoln City, and as far as Depoe Bay to the south.

“There’s definitely an increase of the number of people who want to be involved,” Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce Marketing Manager Jessica Martinez said. “The way we did our mapping, we cut it off after a certain date and after that date we had probably 40-50 more people call wanting to be on the map.”

A paper copy of the map will be published Thursday, April 18, in Oregon Coast Today and is available at the Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce.

“It gets pretty crazy. People go crazy for this,” Martinez said.

PHOTO GALLERY: Taft track to host league meet Thursday at Voris Field

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PHOTO GALLERY: Taft track to host league meet Thursday at Voris Field

The Taft High track and field team, fresh off participation Saturday in the prestigious Prefontaine Rotary Invitational in Coos Bay, will host a Special District 2 meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Voris Field.

The Tigers’ junior varsity squad is scheduled to compete at 4 p.m. today at an event in Newport.

Freelance photographer Lon French shares his work from the Prefontaine meet in the following photo gallery:

 

LCSD’s ‘A Taste of Kindergarten’ open house scheduled in May

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LCSD’s ‘A Taste of Kindergarten’ open house scheduled in May

Lincoln County School District elementary schools are hosting a special event just for incoming kindergartners throughout the month of May.

Each family with a child who will be 5 by Sept. 1, are encouraged to attend. Participants will be able to meet kindergarten teachers, enjoy a taste from the school menu, find a bus, explore the playground and connect with many local resources.

“We had a committee develop this event as a way to ease the big transition to being a kindergartener,” Yaquina View Elementary School Principal and Taste of Kindergarten committee member.Kristin Becker said.

“Our hope is that by attending ‘A Taste of Kindergarten,’ the kids will be less overwhelmed by the building, buses and eating in the cafeteria. They will also get to meet our kindergarten teachers before coming back for registration at the end of summer.”

Each of the area elementary schools have events planned:

Toledo Elementary, 600 SE Sturdevant Road, Toledo, OR 97391 Phone 541-336-5121

Monday, May 13, or Monday, May 20, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Yaquina View Elementary, 351 SE Harney Street, Newport, OR 97365 Phone 541-265-4637

Monday, May 13, or Monday, May 20, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Oceanlake Elementary, 2420 NE 22nd Street, Lincoln City, OR 97367 Phone 541-994-5296

Monday, May 20, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Crestview Heights Elementary, 2750 Crestline Drive, Waldport, OR 97394 Phone 541-563-3237

Monday, May 13, or Monday, May 20, from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Support for Spanish speaking families will be available at all schools. All new kindergarten students who come will receive a “Welcome to LCSD” gift-bag. If a family cannot attend one of these sessions they are welcome to call or visit the school to answer any questions.

Parents or Guardians should try to bring proof of birth date and immunization information for their child.

Taft’s James leads way, three others post top 10’s in prestigious Prefontaine

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Taft’s James leads way, three others post top 10’s in prestigious Prefontaine
Taft freshman Kadence James, second from right, graces the podium with a third-place showing

Kadence James has gone from pinning opponents on a mat to landing on one from increasingly higher heights. On Saturday, the high-jump specialist leaped for the stars as just a freshman performing in Oregon’s premier regular-season high school track and field meet.

“It is definitely one of my top sports achievements,” the burgeoning 15-year-old Taft High track star said after leading the Tigers with a tie for third in the cold and rain against 36 participants from all classifications in the prestigious Prefontaine Rotary Invitational in Coos Bay.

“It was pouring rain and the track was puddling,” said James, who also competes on Taft High’s wrestling team. “They had to keep stopping the event to brush the water off the runway.”

COMPLETE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Three other Tigers joined James in the top 10 Saturday, with junior Kaden Wright finishing fourth and seventh in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, respectively; sophomore JJ French seventh in the pole vault; and senior Savannah Russo eighth in the javelin.

“I feel good about my jumping today,” said James. who soared 4 feet, 8 inches, then said her goal is to improve her personal-best leap of 4-10 to 5-2 in Taft’s quest to compete at State in mid-May at Mt. Hood Community College.

Saturday’s meet, which honors legendary American Olympic distance runner Steve Prefontaine in his birthplace, draws one of the most competitive fields in the high school ranks with 26 teams 6A to 2A competing in the boys competition and 22 in the girls.

Also placing in the top 20 for the Taft boys were senior Micah McLeish (11th in the 3,000 meters, 14th mile); junior Elin Fitch (12th triple jump, 14th high jump); senior Mad Scott (15th javelin); junior Edson Fuentes (16th mile); senior Jacob Mayoral (20th 400 meters); and freshman Sam Cortes (20th mile).

Joining James and Russo with top-20 finishes for the girls were sophomore Jordyn Ramsey (14th mile, 18th 800 meters); junior Sammy Halferty (15th 400 meters); junior Brooke Orendorff (19th mile); and freshman Aubrey Scarriotta (19th 200 meters)

Class 3A Taft tied for 15th behind winning Class 5A representative North Bend in the men’s competition and 21st behind champion Class 4A member Hidden Valley in the women’s.

The Tigers return to action Thursday, April 18, when they host a league meet at Voris Field on the Taft campus.

This post will be updated with more live event photos

Team Results

 Boys

1. North Bend 96.5
2. McKinleyville 79.5
3. Crook County 79
4. Newport 76
5. Marshfield 46.5
6. Sweet Home 46
7. Hidden Valley 39
8. Cottage Grove 34.5
9. Pleasant Hill 28.5
10. Eureka 26
11. Creswell 24
12. Siuslaw 21
13. Arcata 16
14. Sutherlin 10
15. Central Linn 9
15. Taft 9
17. Bandon 8
18. City Christian 5
19. Waldport 4
19. Del Norte 4
21. Powers 1
22. Glendale 0.5

 Girls

1. Hidden Valley 107
2. Marshfield 79.5
3. Arcata 59
4. Siuslaw 56
5. North Bend 55.5
6. Newport 45
7. Crook County 43
8. Sweet Home 29
9. Sutherlin 28
10. Del Norte 24
11. Cottage Grove 20.5
12. Elkton 13
13. Days Creek 11
14. Eureka 10
14. Pleasant Hill 10
14. Pacific 10
14. Canyonville Christian 10
18. Bandon 9
18. Central Linn 9
20. McKinleyville 8
21. Taft 6.5
22. Coquille 5
22. Yoncalla 5
22. Oak Hill 5
25. Alsea 4
26. Waldport 1

 

NLFR firefighter Miller extricated from car crash; now at home

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NLFR firefighter Miller extricated from car crash; now at home

Matt Miller

UPDATE:  North Lincoln Fire & Rescue firefighter Matt Miller has been discharged from the hospital.

“I have been so blessed by all the love and support of family and friends,” Miller said.

“Just finished day four of recovery and the big concerns have been resolved. Chest tube was taken out, brain bleed stabilized and all fractures remain with no need of any type of splint or brace.

“I was released to go home today which has been so nice! I have some follow up appointments that include rehabilitation from post concussion symptoms. There is a long way to go but today was a big step in the right direction.”

UPDATE: Miller, seriously injured Thursday in a car crash, has made significant progress in the last 30 hours, according to NLFR officials.

His head injury has been stabilized and the chest tube has been removed. Miller got out of bed and took a few steps. The plan is to move him out of intensive care and into a regular hospital bed.

The family said it is overwhelmed by the community’s support and prayers.

Previous coverage:

North Lincoln Fire & Rescue firefighter Matt Miller is in intensive care in a Salem hospital with serious head and chest injuries following a car crash early Thursday morning but is expected to make a full recovery.

“We’re all very concerned and our thoughts and prayers are with the family,” NLFR Capt. Jim Kusz said. “Matt is a great firefighter and a good guy. He’s an asset to our community, the staff and crews.”

Miller was involved in an accident at approximately 8 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 22 and Perrydale Road between Lincoln City and Salem, NLFR said in a Facebook post published at 12:45 a.m. Friday.

Dallas Fire & Rescue responded to the incident and extricated Miller from his car and transported him to Salem Hospital.

Highway 22 and Perrydale Road

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