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Howald Keizer was not immune to panic-buying that drained local inventories of paper products and sanitizers. A few packages of paper towels were all that was left of Safeway’s stock Monday afternoon, March 16. She died while homeless in Keizer, we found out who she was before that happened SHARON RENE PRITCHARD 1967 – 2020 which is why Lt. Bob Trump By ERIC A. HOWALD of the Keizer Police Depart- Of the Keizertimes On a chilly night in Feb- ment struggled with how to ruary, Sharon Rene Pritchard, phrase her circumstances in 52, stepped off the sidewalk on a press release. He ended up River Road North and was going with “recently resided struck by a sport utility vehicle at various locations in the Sa- traveling south as she tried to lem/Keizer area.” The sum total of all those cross the street. Sharon was dead by the circumstances – the mental time police arrived on the health problems and the strug- gle with substance abuse that scene minutes later. was likely For one taking a toll of Sharon’s on her health former part- physical at ners, Rachel this point – Chavarria, the meant that circumstanc- Sharon fell es of Sharon’s into a cate- death didn’t gory of peo- match what ple known as she knew of tr i-morbid. the person. People with “Sharon housing can would have be tri-morbid been against and maintain suicide. She relatively was highly — Rachel Chavarria a normal life. religious and Former partner However, she believed once shelter that if you is removed took your own life, you wouldn’t go to from that equation, research- ers can predict the age when Heaven,” Rachel said. Police and medical offi cials they are most likely to die on don’t assign motives in inci- the streets. It’s 52. (See related dents such as these, but this story, Lack of shelter, Page A7.) Sharon might have had is some of what was known about the circumstances: Sha- clinical diagnoses and designa- ron had clinically-diagnosed tions that make her death easy post-traumatic stress disorder to categorize, but she was also and, at times, severe paranoia; a sister, a daughter, an aunt, a it was relatively cool at 43 de- friend, a lover and a veteran. grees the time of the collision; She was a person with a life, and she had struggled with full stop. This is part of her sto- alcoholism for decades. Blood ry. Sharon was born on August test results that might indicate intoxication had not been re- 13, 1967, in central California’s Sonora. She had one older corded by press time. Sharon was also homeless, Please see SHARON, Page A6 “What really affected her was driving through the war zone and seeing bodies in the streets.” Submitted photos PAGE A11 Keizer Fire survives virus scare unscathed By MATT RAWLINGS Of the Keizertimes On Wednesday, March 11, six Keizer Fire District per- sonnel (fi ve paramedics and one volunteer) were self-quar- antining at their homes after caring for and transporting a patient that later tested posi- tive for COVID-19. The plan was originally to have the group remain at home for 14 days on the ad- vice of the Marion County Health Department. But as of Friday, March 13, four of the six were able to end their quarantine due to the fact that they did not have any direct contact with the individual ac- cording to KFD Deputy Fire Marshal Ann-Marie Storms. The two employees that are still quarantined are the two members of the ambu- lance crew that responded to the call, which happened on Thursday, March 5. Howev- er, neither them are showing symptoms. KFD has 28 fi rst responders on staff, nine of which are all on duty during a shift, so hav- ing fi ve paramedics on leave was a hit to the day-to-day operations. However, Storms said that the loss of employ- ees is similar to what happens when the district gets hit with a sickness, or is responding to a large fi re in the summer. “The staff numbers didn’t change, we just had some people working overtime,” City may ease rules on backyard birds City Council. Planning commissioners met Wednesday, March 11, and debated the changes which came at the request of Keizer city councilors. Keizer currently limits the number of hens allowed in yards to three and that would PAGE B1 Coburn leaving behind a lasting legacy change to six under the revised code. The proposed revisions also open the door to ducks of both genders. The city would also eliminate a no-cost permit to keep chickens in urban areas, but require that chickens remain in coops and covered runways unless under direct supervision of the owner. Commissioners and city staff deferred having a larger Please see BIRDS, Page A9 Four Celts land full ride Act Six scholarships Please see FIRE, Page A4 With a cluck-cluck here and a quack-quack there By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes Keizer residents will be able to open their yards and hearts to more chickens – and add ducks to the mix – if a recommendation by the Keizer Planning Commission passes muster with the Keizer w Ne e us Ho r’s ylo Ta at life er f h l o ro nt co for es rch ea n s ee r t ize Ke Please see COVID, Page A4 n en r r wh es’ He atte P s no K 2-2 lca m- at ed xt b oved e. s an eir o o Vo Sale ed e ne s m om oe th is R ck r ti th the che en h olcan s of Yorl , Bro on re sco o m we by pf pit d th e V run fter left itez n’t le d ld m n n A g u an a Th o th. d to Be ou op tw h Str lli h six gle ed e w Bis ver Ke er wit the z sin plac ut h as z o e. e B er ite nc Am in igue tt n fe be Be eld h uc off ter fi ed cen t h ig t. en nm an iro ari so nv rip al e e a nd -side s loc av a m ce a s. r a cti nd re the h de on not nce f st pra s a ay eca toll es ina l o ing ide rw tt o d n a do ord ova dscap pestic wate gge e k e r la th C rem lan of n s ta iz e ha “K e tion nt, bs, use and ct iller, isio e a iv p te c pm shru e g, a agm D pro o v elo nd e th zin im S ical to , de e a s a volv gra all abeth echn izer. xt aged tre h t o in e rs, on o Eliz d T f Ke ne man z is tha ti m il li iz e cati id uld an y o nd m fert od le ifi ss ,” sa ental he e cit e la y w m e re I ek she nm ac r th is lp th fr ie so il C l, n w v a ir o lt g er er k fo ” E sh s na in ari ia a n n g A nds e sa a h R eld ip p ettin m wit er M a n ress g ish h y id, lit- si d ure in a p the li on it o to inv ne alu to fe in . Th left n th a olv igh es c p tu at he e li ca ing bo in atio arti c r m put r w vin r cr M r h n, ip o h ith g ash in in “W er fa and ate il. S er in a situa p tch th e’r ilin it in he a con tio ut e e p w c n m m no g P.E alm hysi as u adem cus , ag e e om idd t . o c n ic st su a d a d to ou , le o pp r l ed ble f c ose u pa t a lass fair d much better as Bishop nd gle to left by Alex ss.. Canario M I c to, b scored Bishop. Jairo Pomares o in homered a ut off Benitez over ed center field fence was hit by a pitch and Arma- tch the ll right ni Smith hit a bases-loaded man Salem-Keizer added a run r triple to center, giving the in the seventh when Smith By ERIC A. HOWALD Of the Keizertimes The fi rst confi rmed death of an Oregon patient in connec- tion with COVID-19 was re- corded Saturday, March 14. e A 70-year-old veteran died us Ho r’s at a Portland hospital from ylo a T at life COVID-19. er f h l o o Coronavirus has contin- for contr es rch ued to spread in Oregon n s and ea tee r e throughout the country Keiz as new cases of the virus are confi rmed on a nearly hourly basis. As of Wednesday, March 18, Oregon’s new COVID-19 cas- es bring the state’s total of posi- tive tests for the virus to 75. So far, more than 1,500 residents of the state have been tested for the fl u-like virus. More than Keizer teen searches for control of her life at Taylor’s House Concerns over spread of virus empties shelves, limits services ber of oohs and aahs from not-so-meddling kids, it’s the adults who tend to have the most over-the-top reactions. “Adults go screaming cra cra- zy. I was at the coast a few weeks ago and there was a guy who just screamed out, ‘Yeah, Scooby-Doo,’” Fletch- er said. “It was so awesome, it made me smile. It’s so un- serious and who doesn’t love Scooby Doo?” e od to es for control of her life at Taylor’s House t ou PAGE C1 KEIZERTIMES/Leah Stevens