HELLO
HELLO FRIENDS AND WELCOME TO
NEWS
NEWS AT
NEWS AT FIVE O'CLOCK IT IS EASIER THAN EVER NOW TO GET A
COVID SHOT SO EASY THAT IT'S
THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR
THE MASS VACCINATION CENTER.
>> THE OREGON CONVENTION CENTER
SITE WILL CLOSE ITS DOORS IN
ROUGHLY SIX WEEKS IN THE
AIRPORT LOCATION WILL SHUT DOWN
A WEEK LATER.
>> PAT DOORIS REPORTS THE
VACCINATION SYSTEM SET UP THE
OREGON CONVENTION CENTER IS
SUCH A SMOOTH RUNNING MACHINE
THEY CAN GIVE SHOTS TO AS MANY
AS 8000 PEOPLE A DAY.
THEY'RE NEARING A HALF MILLION
PEOPLE VACCINATED.
PEOPLE VACCINATED. IT'S BY FAR THE BUSIEST
VACCINATION CENTER IN THE STATE
BUT THE NUMBERS ARE FALLING
FAST.
FAST.
FAST. YOU
FAST. YOU DOWN SOME DAYS BY 50
PERCENT.
PERCENT.
PERCENT. >> DR. RENE EDWARDS IS THE
INCIDENT COMMANDER THERE THIS
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. >>
WEEK. >> WELL, NOW WE'RE DOING MORE
IN THE RANGE OF FOUR TO SIX
THOUSAND A DAY.
SO BECAUSE SO IT HAS BECOME
CLEAR THAT THE TOTAL NUMBERS
COMING IN AS I SAID, IS
STARTING TO DROP, WHICH IS A
GOOD SIGN TO US THAT WE HAVE
DONE A GOOD JOB OF COVERING THE
MANY WHO ARE GOING TO CHOSE TO
BE VACCINATED IN THIS WAY.
>> ROUGHLY TWO MILLION PEOPLE
IN OREGON ARE NOW PARTIALLY OR
FULLY VACCINATED.
FULLY VACCINATED. GONE ARE THE DAYS AND PEOPLE
EAGER TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT
CRASHED THE SCHEDULING SITES
FOR THE PORTLAND AREA.
NOW MANY PLACES INCLUDING HHS
USE MASS VACCINATION SITE AT
THE PORTLAND AIRPORT ARE
ALLOWING YOU TO ARRIVE WITH NO
APPOINTMENT.
APPOINTMENT. DEMAND IS FALLING HERE TOO,
ALTHOUGH NOT QUITE AS FAST AS
AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THE AIRPORT LOCATION WILL CLOSE
DOWN JUNE TWENTY FIFTH WHILE
WE'RE CLOSING DOWN THE
CONVENTION CENTER AND WE WILL
ALSO BE VERY BUSY IN OUR
VARIOUS CLINICS AND DOCTORS'
OFFICES OFFERING VACCINE.
>> WE THINK FOR A LITTLE WHILE
THE SITE GET VACCINATED OREGON
GOV. NOW HAS AN INTERACTIVE MAP
SHOWING ALL THE PLACES YOU CAN
GET A COVID SHOT IN OREGON JUST
TYPE IN YOUR ZIP CODE AND THE
MAP WILL SHOW YOU ALL KINDS
OF LOCATIONS NO MATTER WHETHER
YOU'RE IN CENTRAL OREGON OR IN
THE PORTLAND AREA.
JUST CLICK ON THE RED MARKER
AND IT WILL GIVE YOU THE NAME
AND ADDRESS OF A VACCINATOR.
OF COURSE IT MIGHT BE JUST AS
EASY TO STOP INTO YOUR LOCAL
PHARMACY AND ASK WHAT THEY'RE
DOING IN MARION COUNTY.
SALEM HEALTH WAS THE FIRST IN
THE STATE TO GET A MASS
VACCINATION CENTER UP
AND RUNNING BUT ITS NUMBERS ARE
ALSO DOWN ROUGHLY 50 PERCENT.
BUT NOW WITH 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS
ELIGIBLE, THE FAIRGROUNDS WILL
CONTINUE RUNNING THAT WE
BELIEVE WILL HAVE SOME SORT
OF AN IMPACT ON OUR DEMAND.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO
PREMATURELY SHUT DOWN.
>> JOHN BAUER IS THE CHIEF
LEGAL OFFICER FOR SALEM HEALTH
AND THE EXEC IN CHARGE OF THE
VACCINE PROGRAM.
VACCINE PROGRAM. HE SAID SALEM HEALTH HAS A
MOBILE VACCINATION TEAM GOING
TO BUSINESSES AND CHURCHES.
IT HAS MADE THE SHOTS AVAILABLE
AT SALEM HEALTH DOCTORS OFFICES
AS OF LAST WEEK WE WERE ABLE TO
VACCINATE IN ALL OF OUR CLINIC
IN OUR ALL OF OUR PRIMARY CARE
CLINIC LOCATIONS SO THEY DO NOT
GET REDIRECTED TO THE
FAIRGROUNDS.
FAIRGROUNDS. >> WE'RE ABLE TO VACCINATE
RIGHT THERE BESIDES THE
CONVENTION CENTER AND THE
AIRPORT, THE HILLSBORO STADIUM
SITE IS ALSO CLOSING HILLSBORO
AND THE AIRPORT WILL HAVE THEIR
LAST DAY ON JUNE TWENTY FIFTH
THE CONVENTION CENTER WILL
CLOSE JUNE 19TH IN NORTHEAST
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. PAT DOORIS KGW NEWS.
>> MEANWHILE, THE FDA HAS
AUTHORIZED THE USE OF THE
PFIZER CORONAVIRUS VACCINE IN
KIDS AGES 12 TO 15.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST COVID-19
VACCINE AUTHORIZED FOR USE IN
YOUNGER TEENS.
YOUNGER TEENS. THE FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRATION SAYS THE SHOT IS
SAFE AND OFFERS STRONG
PROTECTION FOR YOUNGER TEENS
BASED ON TESTING OF MORE THAN
TWO THOUSAND VOLUNTEERS IN
MARCH, PFIZER ANNOUNCED DATA
SHOWED THE VACCINE WAS ONE
HUNDRED PERCENT EFFECTIVE IN
PREVENTING COVID-19 IN
ADOLESCENTS.
ADOLESCENTS. AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE
CDC SCHEDULED TO MEET ON
WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS AND THEN
VOTE ON WHETHER THE VACCINE
SHOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO BE
USED IN THIS AGE GROUP.
A TOUGH DECISION FOR SOUTHWEST
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. THE CLARK COUNTY FAIR IS
CANCELED FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN
A ROW.
A ROW.
A ROW. OF
A ROW. OF COURSE COVID IS THE REASON
AS TIM GORDON REPORTS, IT WAS A
CLOSE CALL BUT LEADERS FEEL
IT'S THE RIGHT ONE.
>> THE BIG SIGN OUTSIDE THE
CLARK COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS HAS
ALREADY BEEN CHANGED WELCOMING
PEOPLE TO THE FAIR IN AUGUST
OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO NO MAJOR
CARNIVóLE AND OTHER ATTRACTIONS
THIS SUMMER IN MANY WAYS IT WAS
A MORE DIFFICULT DECISION THAN
LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN
SO HOPEFUL.
SO HOPEFUL. >> JOHN MORRISON HAS BEEN
CONNECTED TO THE FAIR FOR OVER
THREE DECADES.
THREE DECADES. THE MANAGER AND CEO SAYS A
DECISION HAD TO BE MADE IN
EARLY MAY TO GET MAJOR
COMPONENTS COMMITTED AND IN
PLACE AND UNFORTUNATLY CLARK
COUNTY IS STILL SEEIONG
CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS GO THE
WRONG WAY IF THE NEW RATE
AND THE HOSPITALIZATIONS WERE
SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THE PHASE
TWO TRIPWIRE WE WOULDN'T BE
INTERVIEWING TODAY.
INTERVIEWING TODAY. THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A
DECISION.
DECISION.
DECISION. WE WOULD HAVE SAID IT LOOKS
LIKE THE TRENDS IN THE
RIGHT DIRECTION.
RIGHT DIRECTION. >> IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO
BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
CLARK COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
RECOMMENDED POSTPONING THE FAIR
UNTIL NEXT YEAR AND FAIR
LEADERS AGREED IT'S A HARDSHIP
FOR SOME GROUPS THAT RELY ON
THE FAIR AS A FUNDRAISER.
ONE NOTABLE ONE IS THE ICE
CREAM STAND RUN BY CLARK COUNTY
DAIRY WOMEN FOR MORE THAN FIFTY
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. THIS VIDEO IS FROM KGW STORY ON
THE NONPROFIT GROUP FROM 1999.
>> WE ARE A FAMILY TRADITION
HERE AT THE CLARK COUNTY FAIR.
EVERYONE COMES TO GET A FRESH
PEACH MILKSHAKE THE ICE CREAM
SALES SUPPORT SERVICE PROJECTS
FOR THE COMMUNITY THE LAST YEAR
THEY'VE HAD TO CUT BACK BUT
THEY'LL CONTINUE DESPITE THE
COVID SETBACK.
COVID SETBACK. >> IT'S SAD AND VERY
DISAPPOINTING.
DISAPPOINTING. IT'S A TRADITION FOR ALL OF US
AND OUR FAMILIES BUT WE WANT TO
DO WHAT'S RIGHT TOO AND FOR THE
THOUSANDS WHO COME EACH DAY FOR
THE FIRST TEN DAY RUN THEY'LL
HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR FOR
THE MAJOR EXCITMENT I EXPECT
PEOPLE TO BE DISAPPOINTED.
>> I'M DISAPPOINTED AND I
EXPECT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO
PUT THIS THING ON AND A MUCH
BETTER WAY NEXT YEAR.
>> IN THE MEANTIME, THE
FAIRGROUNDS IS PLANNING SMALLER
EVENTS FOR FAMILIES AND FOR THE
FOUR KIDS TO CONTINUE ON THEIR
MARITIME TRADITIONS IN SOME
DIFFERENT WAYS.
DIFFERENT WAYS. TIM GORDON KGW NEWS.
>> A 71 YEAR OLD HIKER WHO WENT
MISSING ON SATURDAY HAS BEEN
FOUND SAFE.
FOUND SAFE. >> SEARCH CREWS FOUND JODINE ON
THE ROCK OF AGES TRAIL JUST
BEFORE 9:00 THIS MORNING.
THAT'S JUST ABOVE HORSETAIL
FALLS FAMILY SAYS HE IS AN
EXPERIENCED HIKER BUT HE WASN'T
PREPARED TO STAY THE NIGHT
OUTSIDE HIS EXPERIENCE.
AND ACTUALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING TO SAY HERE I REALLY DO
FEEL LIKE THIS GOING TO HAPPEN
TO REALLY.
TO REALLY. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE
CAREFUL OUT HERE.
I'VE ALWAYS SAID IS THAT HE'S
THE PERSON I WANT TO BE STUCK
OUT OVERNIGHT WITH BY ACCIDENT.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD HE WAS ABLE
TO GET OUT OF HERE.
DEPUTIES SAY THE ROCK OF AGES
TRAIL IS NOT MAINTAINED SINCE
THE EAGLE CREEK FIRE AND IT'S
PRETTY ROUGH BACK THERE.
TOUGH TERRAIN.
TOUGH TERRAIN. THEY SAY THIS WAS THE MOST
TREACHEROUS AND DANGEROUS
SEARCH THEY HAVE EVER DONE
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING
TO, YOU KNOW, SHARE WITH THE
BABY WHEN SHE GETS OLDER.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING
TO TELL HER HOW IT'S MY FAMILY
AND FRIENDS ARE HEARTBROKEN
AFTER A 30 YEAR OLD MOTHER
OF TWO IS SHOT AND KILLED IN
NORTH PORTLAND.
NORTH PORTLAND. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
THE SHOOTING HAPPENED LAST WEEK
.
.
. THIS
. THIS IS
. THIS IS THE TWENTY EIGHTH
HOMICIDE THIS YEAR.
THE VICTIM IS BREAUNA WHITE.
MORGAN ROMERO HAS MORE ON THE
SAD ENDING TO HER PROMISIING
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. SHE
LIFE. SHE JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO
HAVE AND BRAVERY AS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS CALL HER IS 30 YEAR
OLD BRIANNA WHITE.
I HAVE WAVES OF EMOTION
SOMETIMES I FIND A LOT
OF LAUGHTER IN THE POLLS THAT
PEOPLE ARE PUTTING ON MY LITTLE
COUSINS PAGE ABOUT HOW COMICAL
SHE WAS.
SHE WAS.
SHE WAS. SHE WAS A JOKESTER.
>> SHE LOVES COMEDY.
SHE'S REMEMBERED FOR HER
EJOYING STRENGTH.
EJOYING STRENGTH. MY COUSIN IS A SURVIVOR.
SHE'S OVERCOME A LOT OF TRIALS
IN HER LIFE.
SHE'S BEAUTIFUL TO ME ON THE
INSIDE AND OUT.
>> YEAH, SHE'S SUCH A SOCIAL
BUTTERFLY.
BUTTERFLY. SHE'S SO SWEET AND SHE SMILED
THROUGH OUR TRAVELS AND THE
SHOW IS SO SCHENEMAN YOU KNOW,
BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
AND STUFF.
AND STUFF. >> POLICE FOUND THREE DEAD
INSIDE AN APARTMENT AFTER
SOMEONE REPORTED HEARING
GUNFIRE.
GUNFIRE.
GUNFIRE. IT HAPPENED LAST WEDNESDAY IN
THE CATHEDRAL PARK NEIGHBORHOOD
NEAR NORTH WILLAMETTE BOULEVARD
IN NORTH CHARLESTON AVENUE.
>> I JUST WISH I COULD PROTECT
HER.
HER.
HER. >>
HER. >> I
HER. >> I TOGTHER IT'S JUST A
SENSELESS NATSTEAR AT ALL.
>> WHITE WORKED TWO JOBS TO
SUPPORT HER TO CHILDREN ONE AS
A TRIMET BUS DRIVER.
A STATEMENT FROM TRIMET SAYS
BREE WAS QUOTE A PUBLIC SERVANT
WHO WAS COMMITTED TO HER
READERS AND WHO APPROACHED HER
JOB WITH KINDNESS AND CARE.
POLICE HAVE ARRESTED ANYONE THE
SHOOTING HER FAMILY BELIEVES
SHE'S A VICTIM OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. SHE WANTED TO RAISE A FAMILY.
SHE HAS A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL BOY
AND A BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL
AND SHE REALLY JUST WANTED SOME
STABILITY.
STABILITY. >> BREE WAS PROUD OF ALL SHE
ACCOMPLISHED BUT STILL HAD
DREAMS.
DREAMS.
DREAMS. >> I'M NOT SURE ACCOMPLISHED
SHE HAD A CHANCE TO DO THOSE.
SO WE MISS SO MUCH ABOUT A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
OF PEOPLE. >> I PRAY THAT IF SOMEONE IS
ONILNE THROUGH DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE THAT YOU TAKE HEED TO
THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU MAKE A
PLAN AND CONFIDE IN SOMEONE TO
HELP YOU GET AWAY.
DON'T TURN BACK.
>> MORGAN ROMERO, KGW NEWS
AGAIN, NO ARRESTS.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE NAMES
OF ANY SUSPECTS RIGHT NOW.
PORTLAND POLICE