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KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. 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
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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
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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
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at a Portland hospital from
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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?”
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to
es for control of her life at Taylor’s House
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KEIZERTIMES/Leah Stevens