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Poisonings soar
to epidemic level
THE DALLES — The toll of
people reporting food poison
ing symptoms rose to 192
Thursday in what public health
officials said could be one of the
largest salmonella outbreaks in
recent Oregon history.
Nearly 2 percent of The
Dalles’ population was stricken
by the illness. Randy Skov,
head of admissions at Mid
Columbia Medical Center, said
28 people remained hospitaliz
ed Thursday, five of whom were
admitted Wednesday night.
Another 12 people have been
released from the hospital.
Tests were being conducted
on the patients to determine
whether salmonella bacteria
caused the vomiting, diarrhea
and cramps.
Carla Chamberlain, ad
ministrator of the Wasco County
Health Department, said 40 of
the cases have been confirmed
as salmonella.
Arlo’s Restaurant and
Shakey’s Pizza Parlor — two of
three restaurants linked to the
outbreak — closed Thursday.
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The Portage Inn also has been
linked to the illness, but re
mained open, Chamberlain
said. Two other restaurants
under investigation remained
open, but health officials
declined to name them.
Results of tests on food from
the restaurants were not ex
pected before Friday, said Den
nis Ulingsworth, county sanita
tion engineer.
“It appears a common
denominator may be the salad
bars in these restaurants,” he
said. “As a precautionary
measure, all restaurants in the
area are advised to stop using
salad bars for the present.”
Dr. Bruce Carlson, Wasco
County health officer, said the
victims had eaten at salad bars,
“but not necessarily the same
things.” Illingsworth said not
all of the victims had eaten at
salad bars, however.
Chamberlain said that unlike
many restaurants, each of the
three to which the illness was
linked made its own salads dai
ly and did not buy them from a
restaurant service.
One investigator from the
Federal Center for Disease Con
trol in Atlanta arrived Thursday
and another was expected to ar
rive by Friday to help in
vestigate the outbreak that
began Sept. 13.
Investigators interviewed
food handlers, as well as those
who became ill.
Kristine Gebbie, ad
ministrator of the Oregon
Health Division, called the inci
dent “one of the larger
salmonella outbreaks the state
has had recently.”
Other cases of food poisoning
have been reported in Hood
River, Hermiston, Madras and
Bend, she said. Five of the nine
people who became ill in Hood
River were hospitalized, and
four people were hospitalized
in Bend.
“All the cases that we know
about are people who ate in The
Dalles,” she said. “It’s not sur
prising, given that The Dalles is
on a main highway. People stop
there and eat and then travel
on.”
Idle steam valve
hinders Trojan
RAINIER — The problem
plagued Trojan Nuclear Plant
was shut down for the second
time in a week after a steam
relief valve failed to reclose, of
ficials said Thursday.
The plant was shut down
after the Wednesday night inci
dent, which was classified as an
"unusual event." It would not
begin operating until at least
Thursday night, said Bill Bab
cock, spokesman for Portland
General Electric Co.
The plant had been scheduled
to reach full power this
weekend, but "this will un
doubtedly set us back a tittle
bit," he said.
Two inspectors from the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commis
sion were at the plant Thursday
as officials from PGE, which
operates the plant, and the
Oregon Department of Energy
tried to determine what caused
the problem.
Babcock said the incident
began when a feed pump
swayed, causing the valve to
open about 11 p.m. Operators
lowered the pressure in the
steam system until the valve
closed at 11:35 p.m.
“The valve did not close
when it should have," said Sue
Gagener, spokeswoman for the
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Com
mission in Walnut Creek, Calif.
"It did lead to a low level on the
steam generator and a reactor
trip,” in which the reactor went
off-line.
Because the feed pump caus
ed the valve to open, the inci
dent "may be remotely related”
to problems last week, he
added. Operations were stop
ped at the plant Sept. 20 after
three pumps failed to work dur
ing an automatic shutdown.
During a test, the power level
inadverdently was increased
too rapidly, triggering a shut
down. But two water pumps
and an electric generator
designed to activate during
such a shutdown failed.
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