JANUARY 7, 2021, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
displays and provided presentations
for schools, colleges, historical soci-
eties and civic organizations. She has
curated four exhibits on Oregon’s black
history at the Oregon Historical Society
Museum in Portland and one displayed
at the University of Oregon’s Museum
of Natural History and Culture. She was
primary researcher, writing contributor
and project manager for the organiza-
tion’s book, Perseverance: A History of
African Americans in Oregon’s Marion
and Polk Counties, published in 2011.
Carr
GWEN CARR
Carr served on the board for the
Oregon Black Pioneers for close to 20
years and is now on its Emeritus Board.
In her role, she developed exhibits,
LEW
FREDERICK,
(STATE
SENATOR, OREGON DISTRICT #22)
Frederick fi rst took offi ce on Oct. 30,
2009 during a swearing-in ceremony as
an appointed representative from House
District 43. In 2016, he was elected
to Senate District 22, representing
most of north and northeast Portland.
Professionally, he is a strategic commu-
nications consultant, focusing on stra-
tegic planning, community relations,
science/technical issues and media cri-
sis communications. Senator Frederick
is a former board member of the Oregon
State Board of Education, Oregon
Shakespeare Festival and Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry.
Born in Pullman, Wash., he has only
Alaska to visit to reach all 50 states.
He grew up in the South, Midwest and
New England and went to college in
Indiana (Earlham College). He’s a PhD
candidate at Portland State University
and has studied at MIT, Morehouse
and the Woods Hole Marine Biological
Laboratories.
Frederick’s experiences as a youth in
the 1960s with his parents during the
civil rights movement anchor his com-
mitment to service and making peo-
ple’s lives better. His legislative focus
is on justice in public safety, education,
and economic security, “quality of life”
issues for Senate District 22 and beyond.
With an academic background in biol-
ogy, theater, and political science, his
professional life has included 17 years
as a television reporter at KGW-Channel
8 in Portland, 13 years as the director
of public information for the Portland
Public Schools, teacher, actor and
ranch-hand.
Frederick
COVID cases, hospitalizations surge
in Oregon and Marion County
NEWS
TIPS?
Tuesday that 44 new deaths from COVID.
Additionally, there are a total of three
adult ICU hospital beds available in all
of Oregon’s Region Two, which includes
Benton, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk and
Yamhill counties.
Salem Hospital has already begun
seeing a steady increase in COVID hos-
pitalizations. A month ago, on Dec. 2,
there were 38 COVID inpatients at the
hospital and 482 of the hospital's 494
beds were in use.
On Jan. 4, there 58 COVID inpatients
at the hospital and a total of 539 licensed
beds being used — 45 more than capacity.
The Oregon Health Authority and
health experts across the state continue
to push the booster shot as being the best
way to protect Oregonians from COVID.
Gov. Kate Brown made a goal on Dec.
17 of boosting a million more people by
the end of January. Since Dec. 17, 216,977
more people have gotten the booster
shot.
Marion County Health & Human
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Services reported on Dec. 12 that 66% of
Keizer’s residents had been vaccinated.
Marion County Public Health has
opened a vaccination site at 3455
Aumsville Hwy SE in Salem that oper-
ates Monday through Saturday from 12
p.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. The vaccination site is an out-
door drive-through and no appointment
is needed.
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Oregon announced Monday, Jan.
3 that the state had recorded its high-
est single day COVID count with 3,534
cases reported for Dec. 30. A day later, on
Tuesday, Jan. 4, Oregon reported 4,540
COVID cases — over a thousand more
than the previous record.
While a surge in COVID cases fol-
lowing the holiday season was expected
with the more contagious omicron vari-
ant, Oregon’s hospitals are also seeing
a steep increase in hospitalizations over
the last week.
Dr. Peter Graven, director of OHSU’s
Offi ce of Advanced Analytics, projected
last week that January’s hospitalizations
from the omicron variant could hit 1,650.
That would dwarf the previous peak that
occurred in September, when 1,187 peo-
ple were hospitalized.
Currently, there are 510 hospitalized
COVID patients across the state and
the Oregon Health Authority reported
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