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THE ASTORIAN • SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 2021
AMERIKAN SUOMETAR
IN BRIEF
Two dead after crash
on Highway 101 in Seaside
SEASIDE — Two people were killed after a motor-
cycle crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Seaside early
Friday.
At about 1 a.m. Friday morning, a male and female
were traveling northbound when they left the roadway
near the fueling station across the highway from TLC
Federal Credit Union, Seaside police said.
The crash was under investigation.
Seaside student tests positive for virus
SEASIDE — A Seaside Middle School student tested
positive for the coronavirus, the Oregon Health Author-
ity disclosed in a COVID-19 weekly report.
The onset was reported April 11.
Four Seaside High School students and three staff
members or volunteers at the high school have also
tested positive for the virus within the past month.
Astoria offi cer to graduate
from police academy
An Astoria police offi cer will graduate on April 29
from the basic police class.
A graduation ceremony will be held for Brian Weber
at the Oregon Public Safety Academy in Salem.
The ceremony will be closed to the public because of
the coronavirus pandemic.
— The Astorian
CDC investigating
woman’s death after J&J vaccine
PORTLAND — Oregon health offi cials said Thurs-
day that federal offi cials are investigating the death of a
woman in her 50s who developed a rare blood clot and
low platelets within two weeks of receiving the Johnson
& Johnson vaccine against COVID-19.
The Oregon Health Authority learned of the probe
on Tuesday, two days after the federal Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention began the investigation, the
agency said. The woman, whose name was not released,
received the dose before the CDC ordered a pause on the
vaccine amid concerns it could cause dangerous clots.
The woman developed a “rare but serious blood
clot in combination with very low platelets,” the health
authority said in a statement.
Dr. Shimi Sharief, senior health adviser for the state’s
health authority, said the woman’s symptoms were con-
sistent with other cases — severe headache, abdominal
pain, leg pain or shortness of breath .
Health offi cials declined to release any further details,
including the date the woman got the vaccine or where
in Oregon she lived, citing patient privacy. The woman
was hospitalized before her death and got the vaccine in
early April, Sharief said.
Until the investigation is complete, which health offi -
cials predict will take a week or more, it’s not certain
that her death is related to the vaccine, the agency said.
Federal and state agencies paused the J&J vaccine
rollout on April 13 due to concerns about blood clots.
“For most people that received the (J&J) vaccine, we
are nearing the end of that time of where they need to
be monitoring for symptoms,” Sharief said. The CDC
warned that if people have symptoms within three
weeks after receiving the vaccine they should contact
their health care provider.
Federal offi cials already were examining six reports
of the unusual clots, including a death, out of more 8
million Americans given the one-dose vaccination so
far.
— Associated Press
ON THE RECORD
Strangulation
Chamber of Commerce
On
• Gary the
Dwaine Record
Beeler and entered the building.
Jr., 56, of Eagle Creek,
was arraigned Wednes-
day on charges of stran-
gulation, two counts
of assault in the fourth
degree and two counts of
menacing.
Burglary
• Doctrinaire Afl awed
Goodsoul,
39,
was
arrested Sunday off of W.
Marine Drive in Astoria
for burglary in the sec-
ond degree. Goodsoul
reportedly used a brick
to break a window at the
Astoria-Warrenton Area
He used the organiza-
tion’s phone to call 911.
DUII
• Charles Robert
Myers, 62, of Astoria,
was arrested Thursday on
Akerstedt Road for driv-
ing under the infl uence of
intoxicants and reckless
driving.
• Russell Schultz, 51,
of Kelso, Washington,
was arrested April 17 on
Lief Erikson Drive and
Blue Ridge Drive in Asto-
ria for driving under the
infl uence of intoxicants.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway.
TUESDAY
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District Board of
Directors, 5:15 p.m., 1225 Avenue A, Seaside.
Astoria Budget Committee, 6 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane
St.
Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main
Ave.
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Liisa Penner, the archivist with the Clatsop County Historical Society, video chats with James Kurtti, the director of the Finnish
American Heritage Center in Michigan, after receiving the Amerikan Suometar award from the center on Friday morning. The
award recognizes those who work to preserve Finnish American history and identity. ‘Amerikan Suometar’ roughly translates
to ‘America’s Lady Finland.’
SPORTS
BASEBALL
Banks wins thriller at Seaside, 11-10
The Astorian
With fi rst place in the
league standings at stake,
Banks and Seaside played a
nine-inning thriller Wednes-
day night at Broadway Field,
where the Braves escaped
with an 11-10 Cowapa
League baseball win.
The Gulls rallied from a
9-7 defi cit, scoring two runs in
the seventh to send the game
to extra innings, where Banks
scored twice in the ninth and
held off a Seaside rally to win.
The Braves remained
undefeated (5-0 overall,
4-0 league), while Seaside
dropped to 2-2.
Junior Jarred White was
the starting pitcher for Sea-
side, and threw 102 pitches
over fi ve innings, allowing
just three hits with one strike-
out and nine walks, and left
with a 7-4 lead.
The Braves led 4-0 through
an inning-and-a-half, but Sea-
side bounced back with four
runs in the bottom of the sec-
ond, with a leadoff single
from Justin Morris, followed
by a walk, a double from
Ryan Varoza, a two-out walk
and consecutive run-scoring
singles by Riley Kuhl and
Kaleb Bartel to tie the game.
Seaside took the lead with
three runs in the third, as Mor-
ris reached on an error, which
was followed by a walk,
another error and eventually
a bases-loaded walk to force
in the go-ahead run. Kuhl
added a two-run single for a
7-4 lead.
After Banks grabbed a 9-7
lead in the top of the seventh,
White drew a leadoff walk
in the bottom of the seventh,
took second on a passed ball,
went to third on a wild pitch,
and scored on a double by
Morris.
Tanner Kraushaar contin-
ued the rally by reaching on
an error that scored Morris
with the tying run.
After a scoreless eighth,
Banks scored twice in the top
of the ninth for an 11-9 lead.
Seaside rallied in the bot-
tom of the ninth, as Morris
singled to lead off , Kraushaar
reached on an error, and both
advanced on a wild pitch.
Varoza drove in Morris
on a grounder and Kraushaar
took third, but that’s where he
was stranded, as Banks relief
pitcher Riley Harbaugh got
Andrew Teubner to ground
out to end the game.
Four Banks pitchers
allowed nine hits with 15
strikeouts and fi ve walks,
while three Seaside pitchers
also gave up nine hits, with
one strikeout and 10 walks.
Kuhl had two hits and
drove in four runs, while
Colton Hesselman was
2-for-4 with three RBIs and
two runs scored for Banks.
The two teams fi nish the
regular season with games
May 13 and May 15.
of this caliber. We will get
there, it is just going to take
some work. I’m starting to
see some guys wanting to
get better and willing to put
in the time. When that hap-
pens, players always start to
see some success.”
The Gulls host the Sea-
side Invitational on Monday
at the Astoria Golf & Coun-
try Club.
scored two runs in the top of
the sixth for a 3-2 nonleague
softball win Wednesday at
Astoria.
Mollie Matthews had two
of Astoria’s four hits, while
pitcher Mercedes Walter
scattered six hits with four
walks.
Two Yamhill pitchers
struck out 10 batters with
one walk, while the Tigers’
Hailee Stephenson had two
hits, including a triple.
In Cowapa League
action Wednesday, Banks
defeated Seaside 10-0 in
fi ve innings.
— The Astorian
PREP ROUNDUP
Kunde wins again
for Gulls
Seaside senior Cur-
tis Kunde fi nished atop the
fi eld for the second time in
two matches this season,
with another medalist honor
Thursday.
Competing in a dual
match against Valley Cath-
olic at the Astoria Golf &
Country Club, Kunde shot
75 to fi nish two strokes
ahead of Valley Catholic’s
Henry Lo.
The Valiants won the
team scoring, carding a 323
to Seaside’s 403.
Kunde had three bird-
ies in a six-hole stretch that
gave him the edge in his bat-
tle with Lo.
“Curtis played a solid
round with nothing worse
than a bogey,” said Sea-
side coach Jim Poetsch.
“Valley Catholic has a very
good team this year. You can
really see the work they’ve
put in as their guys are much
better than the last time I
saw them.”
Meanwhile, “Our other
players are getting a lit-
tle better each day, but we
still have a ways to go to
be competitive with a team
Yamhill-Carlton
tops Astoria, 3-2
Trailing 2-1 through fi ve
innings,
Yamhill-Carlton
Jewell: Freshman tested positive for the virus
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He said close contacts
would be isolated and quar-
antined, and that the school
would complete a thor-
ough cleaning and sanita-
tion of areas where the person
worked.
Phillips announced on
Wednesday that the school
would close the next day after
a sporadic spread of virus
cases outside of the preschool
cohort.
The school was notifi ed
later that night that a freshman
Jewell High School
Jewell has canceled a track meet after coronavirus cases were
reported at the school.
student tested positive for the
virus.
“We are working closely
with the family to ensure that
they isolate and stay safe,”
Phillips said in a letter posted
on Thursday morning. “If
you have a freshman in your
household please pay close
attention to them and any pri-
mary symptoms that they may
be experiencing. If symptoms
arise please contact the health
department and get them
tested.”
Phillips said that in light of
Jewell School getting a fourth
case in a matter of four days,
and in consultation with the
Clatsop County Public Health
Department, the Oregon
Health Authority and Jew-
ell School board, the school
would close to in-person
instruction until early May.
A high school track-and-
fi eld meet scheduled at the
school for Saturday was also
cancel ed.
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