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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
IN BRIEF
Warrenton man arrested
on several charges after break-in
A Warrenton man was arrested on Sunday for bur-
glary in the fi rst degree, kidnapping in the fi rst degree,
attempted rape in the fi rst degree and violation of a
restraining order.
On the morning of Sept. 9, Steven Michael Wolf, 44,
allegedly broke into a home in Warrenton, waking one
of the occupants.
Wolf claimed people were chasing him and he
“needed a place to hide,” police said.
When the woman moved to open a door,
Wolf stopped her, closed the door, then allegedly
pushed her against it in what she believes was an attempt
to sexually assault her, police said. She fought back and
yelled for her husband, who came out and began load-
ing a shotgun. Wolf then left the property, according to
police.
When later presented with a photo lineup, the woman
identifi ed Wolf, who was arrested.
New Youngs Bay Bridge
to close for maintenance
The New Youngs Bay Bridge will be closed Thurs-
day night for maintenance.
From 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., drivers will be unable to pass
the bridge that connects Astoria and Warrenton.
Drivers can take U.S. Highway 101 Business, which
passes over the Old Youngs Bay and Lewis and Clark
River bridges.
The bridge was also closed Wednesday night for
maintenance.
— The Astorian
ROD RUN
Luke Whittaker/Chinook Observer
Thousands of people converged on the Long Beach
Peninsula over the weekend for the return of Rod
Run to the End of the World.
Nine days of clamming
start Friday in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Department
of Fish and Wildlife has approved the fi rst nine razor
clam digs of the 2021-22 season, with early-morning
digs kicking off beginning Friday.
State shellfi sh managers approved the digs after
results of marine toxin tests showed clams at all open
beaches were safe for human consumption.
The Washington Department of Health fi nalized the
results early Monday.
“Getting the all-clear from DOH was great news,
and we’re excited for everyone to get back out to the
beaches,” said Dan Ayres, coastal shellfi sh manager with
the Department of Fish and Wildlife. “We’ll keep mon-
itoring domoic acid levels in cooperation with DOH,
but so far we’re optimistic that it will be a great digging
season.”
Long Beach eyes modest changes
following fi reworks survey
LONG BEACH, Wash. — With the results from a
city-sanctioned survey in hand, Long Beach offi cials are
inching closer to implementing new — but not stiff —
fi reworks restrictions.
At a Sept. 7 workshop, a majority of city councilors
signaled their support for city staff to move ahead with
drafting preliminary language to update the city’s fi re-
works ordinance.
The changes recommended by Mayor Jerry Phillips
and key city offi cials, and favored by the City Council,
would cut the number of days fi reworks can be sold in
city limits from eight to fi ve, and cut the number of days
fi reworks can be discharged within the city from eight to
either four or fi ve.
— Chinook Observer
Oregon’s coronavirus patient
hospitalizations peaked Sept. 1
The number of Oregonians hospitalized with COVID-
19 peaked on Sept. 1. But experts say the situation is still
dire, and hospitalization rates are likely to remain high
for months.
“The good news is that we did peak,” said Peter
Graven, with Oregon Health & Science University. “The
bad news is, the model is showing that it could take until
the end of October or even November until we really get
down to the levels that we had prior to the surge.”
— Oregon Public Broadcasting
CORRECTION
Incorrect fi gure — Oregon’s population grew to
4.2 million over the past decade. An A1 story on Tues-
day incorrectly reported the population was 42 million
because of a missing decimal point.
Correction
ON THE RECORD
Assault
On
the Patrick
Record
• George
Griffi th, 47, of Astoria, was
arrested Monday at the Garden of Surging Waves in
Astoria for assault in the fourth degree, criminal mis-
chief in the third degree and off ensive littering.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
MONDAY
Astoria City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 1095 Duane St.
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Twenty-one percent of Oregonians don’t plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19, survey shows.
Survey shows 1 in 5 Oregonians don’t
plan to get vaccinated against virus
By ALEXANDRA
SKORES
The Oregonian
A new survey found that
1 in 5 Oregon adults say they
are not planning to get vacci-
nated against COVID-19 .
This population tends
to be under the age of 55,
socially and ideologically
conservative, with no college
degree and living in rural or
rural-to-suburban parts of the
state.
The survey by the Ore-
gon Values and Beliefs Cen-
ter underscores how politics
has become one of the lead-
ing indicators of vaccination
rates in a highly polarized
environment. Just 1 in 25 reg-
istered Democrats reported
that the vaccine was “not for
me,” according to the survey
of 1,154 Oregon adults, ver-
sus more than 1 in 3 Repub-
licans and more than 1 in 4
independent or other voters.
The Oregon Values and
Beliefs Center, an indepen-
dent, non profi t research fi rm,
conducted the polling Aug.
9 to Aug. 17, before full
approval of the Pfi zer-Bi-
oNTech vaccine and Gov.
Kate Brown’s vaccine man-
date for health care workers
and teachers and other school
staff .
The survey found that the
most trusted source of infor-
mation no matter political
affi liation was scientists and
doctors. The margin of error
for the survey was 1.7 to 2.9
percentage points.
“We hope that it will help
inform Oregonians about
how other people that live in
THE SURVEY FOUND 5 OUT
OF 6 OREGONIANS HAVE
EXPERIENCED NEGATIVE PHYSICAL
OR EMOTIONAL IMPACTS OF
COVID-19. FULLY 40% SAID THOSE
IMPACTS WERE SLIGHT, 27% SAID
THEY WERE SIGNIFICANT AND 17%
SAID THEY WERE DRAMATIC.
their state feel, but that most
of them are not so diff er-
ent from you and have a lot
of the same thoughts, feel-
ings and concerns that you
do,” Amaury Vogel, associate
executive director of the Ore-
gon Values and Beliefs Cen-
ter, said of the survey.
Few
Oregonians
expressed initial hesitancy
with wanting to get the vac-
cine, with 62% of respon-
dents saying they got vac-
cinated as soon they could.
An additional 17% said they
were initially skeptical but
have or will soon get vacci-
nated, while 21% said vacci-
nation was not for them.
Oregon
respondents
younger than 45 are the most
likely to report warming to
vaccinations, alongside peo-
ple of color, social moderates
and people with a high school
degree or less.
A majority of Oregon
adults support employers
being able to require vacci-
nations among employees.
Fully 70% of respondents
said they think medical facili-
ties, including nursing homes
and assisted living facilities,
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should be allowed to require
employee vaccinations. For
all employers, the rate of sup-
port for allowing required
employee vaccinations was
slightly lower, at 66%.
COVID-19 vaccinations
are not yet available for chil-
dren 11 and younger, but 56%
of surveyed parents with kids
in that age group said they
would have their child inoc-
ulated if a federally approved
vaccine was available today.
One third of respondents
said they would not. Parents
with college degrees were far
more likely to say they would
vaccinate their children.
The survey also looked at
where Oregonians get vital
information about things
such as COVID-19. The No.
1 trusted source? The front-
line workers relaying the
information.
Some 80% of respon-
dents said they trusted scien-
tists and doctors, far higher
than the 60% rate for science
agencies.
Below scientists and
agencies, media organi-
zations came into play for
varying demographics of
respondents. Roughly half of
college-educated respondents
trusted National Public Radio
or similar programing, while
roughly half of people with
high school educations or less
trusted family and friends.
Meanwhile, respondents
were asked to categorize
COVID-19 as a fact, belief,
concept or fi ction. Fully 6%
of respondents said it was fi c-
tion, with nearly all of those
people lacking a college
degree.
The survey found 5 out
of 6 Oregonians have expe-
rienced negative physi-
cal or emotional impacts of
COVID-19. Fully 40% said
those impacts were slight,
27% said they were signifi -
cant and 17% said they were
dramatic.
Compared to problems of
the day — such as climate
change, racial discrimination
and forest fi res — respon-
dents expressed optimism
that humans will solve com-
municable diseases such as
COVID-19. Just over half
said there’s a good chance
or certainty it can be solved,
roughly equal to the other
most optimistic view, on
voting rights and secure
elections.
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