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GOING GREEN WITH BROWN

TILLAMOOK INVITATIONAL

DIGESTER STARTS PROCESSING, FARM TO FORK, PAGE B1

COUNTY SCHOOLS COMPETE, PAGE A9

Headlight Herald

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S E T A D I D N A C E H T T E E M s ce ra ish m m co d te es nt co tly ho in es at id nd ca ith w s iew rv te HH conducts video in BY ANTHONY RIMEL arimel@countrymedia.net

As a part of the Headlight Herald’s election coverage, we conducted Q&A video interviews with candidates for both County Commissioner seats. All candidates were given a chance to make opening and closing remarks and were asked six questions about issues affecting Tillamook County. The video interviews are available online, with minimal editing, at

tillamookheadlightherald.com. The questions included: What is your position on funding for the library? How do you think the county should be addressing issues with roads? What is your stance on issues that affect ocean use off Tillamook County’s shores? What is important to you surrounding land use issues, including logging of state forests, farmland use, estuary and watershed health, etc.? What is your stance on the county’s efforts to reduce flooding in the

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Easter hunting

INDEX Farm to Fork ...........................B1 Classified Ads .........................B8 Crossword Puzzle....................B4 Dining Guide ...........................B5 Fenceposts ..............................B5 Letters..................................A4-5 Obituaries................................A6 Opinions..................................A4 Sports......................................A9 Tides .....................................A11

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• Bay City to vote on fire dept. operations levy, A13 • County-wide veterans services levy on ballot, A15 • State seats to be contested in November, A13 • What you need to know about the May ballot, A12

look at setting priorities…the road department would be my No. 1 issue.” “There are just so many good things happening in this community right now, and for me it’s been a real joy and pleasure to be part of those things that are happening. I serve on a lot of committees, and I’m not going to take credit for what goes on, but when I serve on a committee good things happen, and I would like to serve as your county commissioner and try to make good things happen for Tillamook on a larger scale.”

Tillamook Basin? How do you think the county budget should be managed? Here are some key excerpts from the interviews:

“It feels to me like we’ve really got to get back to the basics in budgeting in the county and the community. That’s my strong suit.” “I’m a fiscally pretty conservative guy, and I like to look at the big picture, and when we do budgeting I like to

MORE ELECTIONS COVERAGE INSIDE

See VIDEOS, Page A14

A sunny spring day greeted children at egg hunts around the area Saturday

STATS HIGH LOW RAINFALL 45 35 .40 48 37 .02 49 36 .00 62 35 .00 65 49 .00 61 43 .00 59 47 -PRECIPITATION PAST WEEK: 0.42 MONTH TO DATE: 1.56 APRIL NORMALS HIGH: 58 LOW: 40 TOTAL PRECIPITATION: 7.07 APR 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

PHOTO BY MARILYN BURKHARDT

Dr. Jim Lasley and his dog Chloey, a seven-year-old Brittany. Chloey used to go to work with him every day. She couldn’t understand why their routine had changed after Jim’s retirement.

A country veterinarian

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BY MARILYN BURKHARDT For the Headlight Herald CLOVERDALE – During a packed retirement party April 1 at the Kiawanda Community Center, Dr. Jim Lasley’s loyal and devoted friends and customers – often both – stood in line to shake his hand. He has been a practicing veterinarian and a big part of our small town for 35 years. The community will miss his presence in the unpretentious little clinic on the edge of cow pasture on the north side of Cloverdale. Dr. Jim, as he likes to be called, has been a part of my life ever since I moved here 25 years ago and I took my big part-St. Bernard dog to see him. I think an office visit was $18 then, which was hard on my nonexistent budget. But I was willing to pay whatever was necessary for my dog’s sake, because Brutus meant everything to me. I’d never had a regular veterinarian, but Dr. Lasley became my vet by virtue of my continuing to go back to him. A lot of people, from nearby to far away, made the same decision. When I spoke to Dr. Lasley and his wife Mary, he told me that he had clients who traveled from Salem and Portland and even one devoted client who traveled from San Francisco to his clinic in Cloverdale. He didn’t plan to retire quite this soon. He thought maybe he would make it to 68 instead of his present age of 65. But a massive stroke changed his plans. He is not reluctant to talk about it; after all, he is a man of medicine.

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PHOTOS BY ANTHONY RIMEL AND JOSIAH DARR

(Top) Brandi helps Cali examine her egg haul at the egg hunt at Elks Park south of Tillamook April 7. (Above) Jaxsen Eggert walks with Danika Goss around Hidden Acres Greenhouse in hopes of finding a few Easter eggs hidden within the rows of plants and bushes. (Right) Ruby shows off the eggs she found at the Tillamook Elks annual Easter egg hunt.

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