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Oregon plays who wants to
be a vaccinated millionaire
Hoping to boost Oregon’s vaccination rate, state officials announced that
Oregonians who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccination will be
entered to win $1 million cash.
One $10,000 winner will be selected from each county in the state.
“I’m encouraging every eligible Oregonian to take your shot. Go get vaccinated. It
can save your life. And just maybe make you a millionaire,” Brown said during a press
call Friday.
Teens won’t be eligible for cash prizes, but vaccinated Oregonians age 12 to 17
could win one of five $100,000 college scholarships in the form of an Oregon College
Savings Plan account. That money can be used for educational expenses, including
community college and trade school.
All coronavirus vaccinations registered through June 27 will be eligible. The
money will come from Oregon’s federal coronavirus relief payments.
Winners will be selected by the Oregon Lottery using a state database of all
Oregonians who have received a vaccine. To protect patient privacy, the lottery will
receive only an identification number for each vaccinated Oregonian and use those
numbers to conduct the drawing, Brown’s office said. The Oregon Health Authority,
which maintains the state vaccine database, will then use those numbers to identify
and notify the winners.
ODFW sounds all clear
Two school board
on backyard feeders races decided, two
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Oregon bird enthusiasts can put
their yard feeders out once again.
Earlier this year, officials from
the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife asked residents to take down
feeders to halt the spread of salmonella
among some local bird populations.
The disease appears to have run its
course in the area, said Stuart Love, dis-
trict wildlife biologist in the Charleston
Field Office of Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife. Love reported from
Coos County but expects the situation
to be the same throughout the area.
“The short lifespan is normal for out-
breaks like this. Birds pick up the bac-
teria that cause salmonella on their feet
when they feed at an infected feeder.
Then they carry it to another feeder
and inoculate that feeder with the bac-
teria, which results in other birds being
exposed,” Love said.
Salmonella can kill birds quickly
and can result in many deaths in a short
span of time.
ODFW suggests that people with
bird feeders and birdbaths clean them
regularly. Any bird feeder can become
the site for a proliferation of salmonella
but it seems that wood ones are the
most likely to be the type that will be
involved, probably due to the porous
nature of wood. Cleaning wood feeders
with bleach is highly encouraged.
When cleaning bird feeders, wash
them with soap and water. Soaking
them in a 10%-bleach solution should
be enough to wipe out most diseases.
Let the bird feeders dry completely
and then refill with fresh seed that was
purchased recently. Before putting bird
feeders back up, the ground below the
feeder should be swept and discarded.
Feeders should be cleaned regularly
and owners should wash their hands
after handling or cleaning dirty feeders.
Library eliminates late fees,
drop box closes temporarily
The Keizer Community Library Board of Directors has unanimously voted to
eliminate all overdue fines. If you have overdue books or other media checked out
from the library, you may return them during curbside pickup hours (Mondays
1-3 p.m. or Tuesdays 4-6 p.m.) at the Keizer Cultural Center, 980 Chemawa Road
NE.
If you’ve lost an item, you may replace it with another of the same item or
make a monetary donation of equal value.
Curbside pickup at the Keizer Community Library will be suspended starting
Monday, June 7 and continue through Tuesday due to the remodel construction
project inside the library.
Collections will be boxed up and moved out of the way as the library paints,
recarpets and rearranges the interior space.
Library patrons are encouraged to stock up on book check-outs between now
and June 7.
Additional Library information is available on the website, www.keizerlibrary.
org. The Keizer Community Library, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
staffed totally by volunteers.
other too close to call
The outcome of Salem-Keizer School
Board races may not be decided until
June when the election is certified. New
board members are sworn in July.
Contests
in
Zone 3 and 5 were
so close that vot-
ers correcting bal-
lots could still flip
the outcome.
Ashley Carson
Cottingham
was leading the
race in Zone 3
by 86 votes over
Linda Farrington
Avila
after the Marion
County
Clerk’s
office released nearly final tallies late
last week.
In Zone 5, Karina Guzman Ortiz led
opponent Mike Slagle by a more com-
fortable 279 votes. Incumbent Jesse
Lippold was a distant third.
About 500 ballots were rejected
by the clerk’s office for mismatched
signatures and forgotten signatures.
Roughly 100 ballots had such issues in
Polk County. Voters had two weeks to
make corrections and were contacted
by letter with instructions. County Clerk
Bill Burgess said updated totals will be
announced once the two-week window
closes.
Regardless
of those out-
comes,
the
election was
a historic one
for
Salem-
Keizer Public
Schools with
two Latino can-
didates clinch-
ing their races.
Hinojos Pressey
Osvaldo Avila
in Zone 1 and
Maria Hinojos Pressey were leading
their opponents by counts more than
the number of outstanding ballots. The
pair will be the first Latino members of
the school board and may yet be joined
by Guzman Ortiz.
Avila was leading his top opponent
Kari Zohner by more than 1,800 votes
in a four-way race. Hinojos Pressey was
ahead of Liam Collins by more than
1,000 votes.
Rummage sale will
support diabetes patients
Salem-based
Diabetes
Support
Services will be hosting a rummage sale
and health fair on June 5-6.
Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday,
June 5, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, June
6, at 3886 Beverly Avenue N.E.
The health clinic will include free
blood glucose testing, free blood pressure
testing, free literature and whole-body
sonic vibration demonstrations.
Furniture, appliances, tools, books,
clothing, household goods, holiday dec-
orations, jewelry, medical equipment and
more have already been donated for the
rummage sale, an annual fundraiser for
Diabetes Support Services.
Volunteers interested in helping orga-
nize the event can call 503-585-1335.