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Volume 17, No. 26

December 27, 2012

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Why do we have to pay for our P.O. Box? Business

That is what some box holders at the Manzanita Post Office are asking

Andre Hagestedt, like everyone else, is at a loss to explain why Jacob Roberts would act in a violent way. Courtesy photo

By Dave Fisher

A killer in our midst

The Citizen

CASH MOB VISITS MANZANITA Wisteria Chic gets a cash infusion during the holiday shopping season. Page 2

Outdoors

FISH RETURN TO ROY CREEK The new bridge improving fish passage on the Nehalem tributary is working just fine. Page7

Index Classifieds.................. 6 Events calendar.......... 7 NBFR District Log....... 7 Public Safety Log........ 7 Letters to the Editor.... 4 Commentary............... 4

Why is it postal customers, not eligible for carrier delivery, have to pay for a post office box in Manzanita? That’s what second homeowner Debbie Gardiner wanted to know and it turns out she’s not alone, as from time to time employees at the Manzanita Post Office and Manzanita City Hall are asked the same question. In a visit to the Manzanita Post Office, Gardiner was told that if she wanted to receive mail in Manzanita, she would have to pay $56 a year for a small size post office box. Four miles away in Wheeler, she learned that post office boxes are free, as mail is not delivered in Wheeler. Gardiner recently wrote a letter to the United States Postal Service – Office of the

Unlike Cannon Beach, Nehalem and Wheeler, there are no free boxes for qualifying full-time residents at the Manzanita Post Office. Photo by Dave Fisher Consumer Advocate, noting that information she found on the USPS website stated: “Post Office box service is a premium service offered for a fee to any customer requiring more than free carrier or

general delivery and for no fee to customers who are not eligible for carrier delivery…” Added Gardiner, “I would appreciate you investigating why I am being charged for

my box in Manzanita, when your website states I should get a box for free.” In discussions with USPS employees locally, the

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Recent ‘king tides’ cause Nehalem River to spill over into the streets Higher than normal tides in mid-December caused the Nehalem River to overflow its banks, most noticeably at the main intersection of Hwy 101 and North Fork Rd. in downtown Nehalem at midday. Traffic was not impeded. Fortunately, the high tides were not accompanied by torrential rainfalls in which flooding would have been more widespread. “King tides,” which occur when the orbits and alignment of the Earth, moon, and sun combine to produce the greatest tidal effects of the year, are biannual high tides that reach further up the shoreline than in any other cycle. The record high tides along the northern Oregon coast occurred Dec. 1215 this year, and another round of king tides are

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An Internet journalist, with a ‘beach connection,’ recounts his passing relationship with the Clackamas Town Center shooter By Dave Fisher The Citizen

Just a little over two weeks ago, the Portland area got a taste of what it’s like to be the focus of national attention, as the Clackamas Town Center shopping mall was the scene of yet another senseless tragedy that, for whatever reason, have permeated American society in recent years. Perhaps, it was only a matter of time before a crazed individual wreaked havoc close to home.

To recap

Higher than normal tides, known as king tides, were the reason for the Nehalem River spilling over its banks onto Nehalem’s main street in mid-December. Photo by Dave Fisher

On Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 11, at about 3:20 p.m., 22-year-old Jacob “Jake” Tyler Roberts, who worked at a sandwich shop in the trendy Hawthorne District of SE Portland, parked his 1996 Volkswagen Jetta at the Clackamas Town Center parking lot and walked toward the Macy’s department store entrance. He carried with him a stolen semiautomatic rifle, wearing a white hockey-style facemask and a vest apparently stuffed with ammunition. When he reached the second-level area in front of Macy’s, facing the food court, he opened fire, fatally wounding two people.

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Local citizens take a stand against gun violence in honoring Sandy Hook victims By Dave Fisher The Citizen

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About 30 people from Manzanita, Nehalem and Wheeler attended a silent candlelight vigil on Saturday, Dec. 15, in Manzanita at the corner of Laneda and Division outside the Hoffman Center to honor victims of gun violence by calling for active measures for gun control. The local vigil, one of hundreds staged across the country, was orchestrated by Neahkahnie resident Lane deMoll, who agreed to host a local version of a nationwide MoveOn Candlelight Vigil on Dec. 15 to end gun violence in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut. Notifying the community members the evening before the event by email and social media, deMoll asked local citizens to join her and bring candles for the 30-minute observance that began at 5 p.m. “Our silent candlelight

vigil last Saturday night attracted about the same number as much bigger places like Ithaca, NY and Cadillac, Michigan,” said deMoll in an email to the Citizen. All I did was put it out there to our amazing community. It was both cathartic and sweet.” Organized by MoveOn, a national civic organization, over 300 candlelight vigils across the nation took place making a call to end gun violence following the massacre at Sandy Hook the morning of Friday, Dec. 14. It was the second mass shooting in a week. Gun safety experts report that there have been 31 school shootings in the United States since Columbine in 1999. The MoveOn family of organizations focuses on education and advocacy on important national issues. To learn more about MoveOn, visit MoveOn.org online. Other tributes to those who died in the Sandy Hook About 30 Manzanita, Nehalem and Wheeler residents gathered outside the Hoffman Center on Dec. 15, at massacre may be viewed at http://vigiltoendgunviolence. 5 p.m., to remember the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings in Connecticut the day before and to call for an end to gun violence. tumblr.com.

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Cash mob descends on Manzanita business By Dave Fisher The Citizen

Is there a cash mob coming to north Tillamook County? The answer is “yes” and, for the month of December, the event has already happened. On Wednesday, Dec. 12, at noon, Wisteria Chic in Manzanita became the first area business to be “mobbed.” About ten people showed up in the space of 30 minutes to shop the store owned by Debra Smith-Stephens, each spending roughly $20 apiece. “I was thrilled,” said Smith-Stephens. “It was the best Wednesday in December in Manzanita. I had a great day.” That was music to cash mob organizer Raine Miller’s ears. Miller orchestrated the event and notified would-be shoppers at midnight, 12 hours before the event, of the business and location. Until then it was top secret. An agreeable Smith-Stephens was tipped off even earlier so that she wouldn’t be totally caught by surprise. “A cash mob is where a group of people hit a

Above: Cash “mobsters” gather inside Wisteria Chic in Manzanita to look around and spend some money locally. Courtesy photos by Raine Miller Left: Wisteria Chic owner Debra Smith-Stephens was excited about being the first business in north Tillamook County to be “mobbed.” As a result, she said Wednesday, Dec. 12, was her best mid-week day of the month. business all at once and spend money, typically $20 per person, to give that business an infusion of cash. It keeps money locally,” Miller explained to the Citizen in an earlier

n King Tides From page 1 expected in mid-January. King tides bring unusually high water levels, and they can cause local tidal flooding as evidenced in Nehalem. Over time, sea level rise is raising the

interview. Similar events in Tillamook, which Miller modeled the local effort after, have attracted as many as 44 shoppers. For a firsttime effort, Miller was

pleased with the number of participants and looks forward to staging another cash mob event in midJanuary. “The store owner was

very, very happy,” said Miller, “and delighted to be the first area business to be chosen.” “I think it’s a great idea for the locals to support

the local businesses. It’s always nice to be a part of something,” added SmithStephens.

height of tidal systems. Average daily water levels are rising along with the oceans. As a result, high tides are reaching higher and extending farther inland than in the past. King tides preview how sea level rise will affect coastal places. As time goes by, the water level reached now during a king tide will be the water level reached at high tide on an average day.

Pet Obituary Mara Mia Mara Mia, beloved Malamute-Husky, teacher, friend and constant companion of Louise Christianson - Mara’s spirit was set free December 10th. Her last day was surrounded by love from her local human fans. Mara was 12 & 1/2 years and lived with Louise most of her life. Her first person was Ken Cohen and at that time Mara was known as Martha Marbles. Sadly, Ken died and Mara needed another person and home. Ken’s last request was to Tamara Mickley, his closest friend: find the right person for his beloved puppy. Louise was ready and successfully answered all the questions and made unlimited promises Toward the end, Mara refused to leave her home. Her last excursion was to her second home, Wanderland Rainforest. She ran the trails, swam the creeks, streams and pond and explored every inch of that magnificent forest. If Mara was not sleeping with Louise, she was sleeping with Gwendolyn and her canine pals. If you wish to make a donation in Mara’s memory, here are some suggestions: Lower Nehalem Community Trust - when I worked in the garden, Mara accompanied me as I watered and weeded. One afternoon, me with a bottle of wine, her with a bowl of water, we just sat on the

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Here is a new kind of New Year’s resolution This New Year, I would like to therapist and fitness/health trainer for almost three decades there has suggest a different kind of resolubeen many times I have not felt tion. Instead of thinking of ways in which you can improve yourlike working because I was sad or self, I suggest make a mad about something in resolution that each day my own life, but, being at work and having that you do a random act responsibility, I had of kindness and work towards improving to continue and to my someone else’s life. amazement and grateOur New Year’s resfulness I would start feeling better almost as olutions are often born from thoughts and feelsoon as I started either ings about ourselves; doing a massage and things we don’t like and helping someone else want to change. I have out with their problems. You see, we are all noticed in my own life struggling and we all that when I am feeling bad it is easier for me to share the same chalact in ways that are not lenges, the more we so good for me, like eatreach out to help others Janice ing the wrong things or the better our own lives drinking or other ways will be. Gaines that actually can make There was a study me feel worse. I also (you knew I would quote a study), pubhave noticed that when I do something good for someone lished in which participants were else, especially during those hard asked to behave helpfully toward times, I feel better. As a massage another person for just a few min-

From page 1 The carnage could have been much worse. Officials say there was a short interval when the shooter’s gun temporarily jammed, allowing time for people inside the mall in the immediate vicinity to seek cover. Roberts took his own life after descending a service stairwell. Police found his body shortly after 3:40 p.m. The entire incident lasted just over 20 minutes and would change people’s lives forever.

Hagestedt recounts chance encounters with a killer Andre Hagestedt, owner of BeachConnection.net, is a frequent visitor to the Oregon coast. His website features news of entertainment, events, and travel on the coast covering 180 miles of coastline form Astoria to Florence. Hagestedt makes his home on Portland’s west side and frequents the Hawthorne District. It was strictly by chance he crossed paths with Jake Roberts while visiting the SE Portland neighborhood. In recounting events, Hagestedt paints a picture of the Hawthorne area and the places where he sometimes encountered Roberts, never fathoming what the employee of a local gyro shop might be capable of doing. In his owns words, here is what he remembers of Roberts. However, don’t look Astro & Odie

for an answer to the most basic question, “Why?” Hagestedt, like everyone else, remains perplexed by what happened at Clackamas Town Center the afternoon of Dec. 11. “I just knew the guy in passing. I’d seen him around the last couple years, or so, in the bar scene that I hang out at on Hawthorne. He worked at the gyro shop there, and there’s a lot of us regulars that bounce around what is called the ‘Barmuda Triangle’ at the top of Hawthorne Blvd., including Space Room, Bar of the Gods (known as BOG), Watertrough and a few others. “We would say hello to each other periodically. He was always smiling and very upbeat when I saw him. Even just that detached interaction would have led me to be shocked that he would do something like this. “I know he was really well liked in that area, among that crowd of regulars, and I know from all my friends that were closer to him – one of them a former roommate – none of them could fathom that he was capable of this. “I did finally have a real conversation with him a couple weeks ago, outside the Space Room. He was going on about his plans to move to Hawaii. My two friends with me were trying to caution him about how he might be treated by the locals there, but he was even eternally optimistic about that. I, rather poignantly, remember him saying if some of the locals would try to fight him in a bar for being a mainlander, he would just win them over

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somehow. He had this very mellow attitude about all this, definitely non-violent and non-confrontational. “I also remember him saying he had inherited a bunch of money, and he was talking about selling all his stuff for quite cheap. I even considered buying his couch, actually. “But of course, now there’s a lot of talk the plans for Hawaii and the selling off of his stuff was just a cover for what he was really planning. Yet, even that – in light of that conversation I had with him about avoiding conflict – seems way off. Incongruous. “I don’t think it can be overstressed how different the shooter guy is from the Jake I talked to – even if it was very minimal contact. As little as I knew him, I can echo that sentiment you’re hearing on the news that he was not like that, and he certainly did not show any of the classic signs of trouble and anti-social behavior the other recent shooters showed. “It seems now it’s fairly well known he toyed with drugs, though I’m not sure what kind. Some of the talk on the ‘block’ - as we call it, up on Hawthorne – is that maybe he had some sort of psychotic episode brought on by some kind of drug abuse. I’ve actually seen this happen myself to someone in Salem about 20 years ago. “Everything is all conjecture at this point. We just

have to wait and find out what the investigation digs up. “I just know that I was one of many on Facebook that were talking about the shooting as it was happening, including many of my pals that hang out on the ‘block.’ I was one of many expressing not just relief, but some amount of satisfaction that the shooter had taken his own life. “And then, the next day, we all find out it was someone we knew. That does a weird little trick in your head I don’t know how to describe, frankly. It also really tweaks with your head how different the shooter was to the Jake everyone knew. It’s like some horror movie when something takes over somebody and makes them do awful, psychopathic stuff. This is so night and day, so incongruous, it makes you think anyone you know could be capable of this. If this happy-go-lucky, cheery and funny guy could suddenly hit a switch somewhere internally and become this random killer, who else could do this? I know that his circle of many, many friends is now not just mourning the loss of someone they knew to death, but mourning the loss of the person they knew, that had somehow turned into this monster. One more little tidbit… that scene up on Hawthorne, which can be a bit tight-knit sometimes, has seen a few

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too many suicides in recent years. There were about five in the last five years, some of them regulars. A couple were bar workers that a lot of people knew. (I actually didn’t know any of these guys). “And then there was a murder, a domestic violence situation, of one guy a few years back who was a much loved regular at Space Room and BOG. “So, that group is really kind of emotionally sore. The area has seen a lot of tragedy, in an otherwise very peaceful scene. That’s why a lot of us hang there, because it’s not like the violenceridden, testosterone-fueled scene of downtown.” Andre’ Hagestedt is editor/owner of Oregon Coast Beach Connection (BeachConnection.net), an online magazine about the coast. He lives part-time in Manzanita, very part-time in Depoe Bay, and mostly in SUBSCRIBE TODAY! The Oregonian Daily and Sunday Delivery

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can describe and it is almost beyond our abilities to know what to do or even begin to breathe again. A suggestion made by the wife of the Rabbi in Sandy Hook, CT appeals to me: “What we need is a good flood - a flood of kindness, of caring, of compassion, of goodness, of warmth, of benevolence, of support, of reaching out. There are, thank God, enough of us on this planet to make sure that not one human being ever feels lost. We need a flood of connections. Not just the trickles that come from time to time, but everywhere, all the time. We need to be at least as aware of the ecology of human behavior as we are of the ecology of the physical resources of the planet. It has to penetrate all aspects of our world - the worlds of business, the media, education, culture, science, the arts, medicine we need a flood, a good flood. Every single one of us has to know that we can make a difference, and we need to put serious thought to how we can best do that.”

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the relationship between behavior and feelings is a two-way street. By changing behaviors, you can change feelings. As Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” I found an article written by Dr. Oz and D.R. Rozien; they explain that when people give to others, whether it be money, time, or some other act of kindness, they experience a rush of endorphins similar to a runner’s high. Even just thinking about helping people can boost positive emotion, strengthen your immune system, reduce stress, and decrease pain. In one study, 20 percent of the people lost weight after they started volunteering. Creating small acts of kindness is behaviors that can improve your feelings of self. It has been scientifically proven to have therapeutic that it can help those with depression disorders. On Friday, Dec. 14, we as a nation had our breath knocked out of us. The grief is more than words

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utes a day. After six months, participants reported a much greater self-esteem and happiness than those in the control group. Not only is doing good deeds sure to spike your happy meter, but more and more research proves there are physical benefits, too. Studies have found that people who make a habit of helping others report better health than those who don’t, and seniors who do volunteer work may actually live longer. In 1890, William James (brother to author Henry James) wrote a two-volume magnum opus, The Principles of Psychology, and it is still required reading for students of behavioral science. James paid attention to the relationship between emotion and behavior. Conventional wisdom tells us that your emotions cause you to behave in certain ways. James became convinced that this common sense view was unfinished and he proposed a new theory which took six decades to become accepted. He hypothesized that

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Christmas came on Sept. of place gracing the cover of a 17 this year. That day, I finally Cabella’s catalog. Had I known rejoined the ranks of Oregon chasing a tennis ball would aid coast dog-owners by adoptin weight-loss, I would have ing a five-year old black Lab taken it up myself years ago. named Lilo. Driving her home, There are a million daily I experienced a higher degree observations that go with havof nervous buyer’s remorse ing a new dog around the than I thought possible. What house. Like people, each dog had I done? Was has its own quirks I ready for this and personality responsibility? Was traits that endear that a stop sign I them to us and are a just drove through? blast to discover. It wasn’t until we Lilo’s predecespassed through the sor, Kirby, was a tunnel at Arch Cape huge music fan who and ascended above loved nothing more the ocean and into than having the the greenery of stereo cranked up Oswald West State while I was doing Park that I had an chores or cooking epiphany; this dog dinner. Kirby was is about to lead one a rock star whose hell of a life and I musical preferences get to be her tour reflected his exuguide. berant personality. I’ve always been Being a dog of the Dan Haag a fan of Labradors, 90s, his favorites Lilo being the third were Rage Against I’ve adopted. They the Machine, Pearl have a great mix of humor, Jam, Nirvana, and Metallica. intelligence and personality not Nothing made Kirby happier found in other breeds. Gerthan “Bulls on Parade.” Lilo man Shepherds, for example, also has her personal play-list are beautiful, regal dogs. They settings and she’s turning into are also smarter than humans. a blues aficionado; Stevie Whenever one looks at me, I Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, and Susan Tedeschi seem to be feel like I’m being studied for among her favorites, though potential weaknesses. When she’s partial to Eric Clapton on a Labrador looks at me, I rainy days. Oddly, she’s taken can usually tell what they’re thinking; if you’re not going to a liking to Lady Gaga, but the vet assures me it’s just a phase. throw that for me to chase, can Lilo also likes beer. Before I eat it? you crank out angry letters to Lilo didn’t come from an the ASPCA, let me assure you abusive home. At the Warrenton shelter, we noticed she was this discovery was completely accidental. I don’t pour her a sweet-natured, eager to please bowl of Hefeweizen every day and ready start anew. By all or plan on renting a keg for her accounts, she was well-loved, birthday. Frankly, I’m not big which was actually part of the on sharing suds with anyone. problem; she was teetering on Like any self-respecting Orthe edge of being dangerously egonian, I’d wrestle a busload overweight. What she needed of retirees for a beer. No, this was diligent dietary attention and daily exercise. We had just revelation was an innocent occurrence. I spilled a beer durthe prescription for her; life at ing a barbeque and watched in the beach, with miles of sand and forested trails for her to run stunned silence as she lapped it up, then padded over to me and burn off excess kibble. with a perfect Oliver Twist, She has taken to the Man“May I please have some zanita beach like a birthright, more, sir?” look on her face. chasing down green tennis Thankfully dogs come without balls with wild abandon. It’s opposable thumbs. I’m sure the become a daily ritual, one I German Shepherds are workdidn’t realize how much I had ing on remedying that. desperately missed. I have Three months in and all my also introduced her to my fears and reservations have love affair with the trails at Oswald West and watching her been replaced by the countless things that make dog-owners discover them for the first time unique: 2:30 a.m. demands to is a joy to behold. Because she go sniff a threatening tree, a was largely housebound in perfectly-timed lick to the eyeher former life, she’s wary of ball while driving, and sorry getting in the water. For now, she’s content to observe it from attempts to look casual while a distance and take notes as she picking up after her during a walk. But the best thing of all waits for instinct to kick in. Newly svelte and trim, she’s is this: after a long, crappy day I get to come home to tailsurely the envy of every dog thumping, unconditional love in the Nehalem Valley, a sleek, from someone who can’t wait ear-flapping black torpedo of to see me again. canine joy. Speaking with a Could I love her more? I’m proud papa’s bias, her sit-andstill not sharing my beer. stay pose would not look out

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Twenty little voices crying out for change Generally, the week ingly senseless world. between Christmas and New The tragedies that played Year’s is the slowest news out in mid-December – first, week of the year. That’s parthe shooting spree at Clackaticularly true of small commas Town Center followed munity papers like by the massacre the North Coast at Sandy Hook Citizen. In recent Elementary School years, we’ve run in Connecticut – a recap of the found their way to top stories of the the pages of this preceding year as issue of the Citizen. we say goodbye Events outside our to the previous 12 little corner of the months and enter a world don’t usunew year, but not ally make page 1, this time around. but there they are There’s plenty of – a vigil in ManzaCoastal nita remembering news and, while it may not have of gun Currents victims originated here, violence, spawned Dave it has affected us by the Sandy Hook profoundly. shootings, and anFisher Unfortunately, other article about the news that the troubled young made the headlines the past man in Portland responsible couple of weeks has ended for the deaths of two people the year on a sour note during in a crowded mall. a time that is typically both If we have learned anyjoyous and hopeful. Despite thing, it is this: tragedy can our shortcomings, most of us strike anywhere at anytime. look forward to the coming We may live far away from year with a sense of renewed where these recent events optimism. Not this year, as occurred, but the shootings we struggle to make sense of at Sandy Hook could have what seems to be an increasjust as easily happened at

Nehalem Elementary School. The idea that it can’t happen here is ludicrous. Prior to the morning of Dec. 14, that’s probably what most residents of Sandy Hook and Newtown, Connecticut thought. Gun control, in and of itself, will not end violence, but the sale of military-style semi-automatic weapons to members of the general public needs to end. Despite backgrounds checks, all too often these weapons, which are designed for one reason only, to kill people, fall into the wrong hands. That’s what happened in Connecticut. Isn’t it ironic that the mother of the shooter, a gun enthusiast herself by all accounts, was the first to die at the hands of her mentally disturbed son brandishing a weapon she had legally purchased. Something is haywire with the system. We visited our children and grandchildren this Christmas and while it’s not unusual that I greet them with a big hug, in light of what happened recently, I held them even closer not wanting to let go. The untimely

deaths of 20 young children, ages five to seven, really hit close to home, even though the tragic event that unfolded took place thousands of miles away. As I listened to my grandchildren all abuzz, I couldn’t get over the fact that there were 20 less little voices that weren’t being heard this holiday season. Ultimately, this culture of violence that has permeated our society has to change if we’re going to live in a world where we truly feel safe. Buying more guns and ammunition isn’t the answer. This isn’t a time to shirk from our responsibility to bring about positive change. We need to join the ranks of the 30 individuals who made their statement at a candlelight vigil in Manzanita against gun violence in this country. This is no time to bury our collective heads in the sand. We owe it not only to those whose lives have been cut short, but also to our children and their children. Those 20 little voices are calling our names. Listen carefully… can you hear them?

Community forum on county roads coming to Pine Grove Tillamook County has 300 miles of sures in 1996, 1999, 2008 and, most recently, in Nov. 2011. The first three paved roads, 97 miles of gravel roads, 99 bridges, 3,210 culverts, two dikes measures were defeated by more than 60 percent of the voters. However, the and 5,310 road signs. This represents a public investment by taxpayers of $400 Nov. 2011 property tax measure, which would have cost an estimated 46 cents million. A recent review of the condition per $1,000 in assessed value (less than of county road systems in Oregon gave half the cost of the 2008 measure), narTillamook County the worst rating of all rowly lost, 47% Yes, 53% counties. Poor roads impact the commercial, agriculNo. That result encouraged us to keep thinking about tural and industrial businesses in the county. But it how to improve our county roads. also impacts public safety: Jon Carnahan properly engineered and The Tillamook County maintained roads are essen- Chair, Tillamook County Citizens Road Committee believes that the conditial to transportation safety, Sustainable Roads and deteriorating roads put tion of county roads has Committee deteriorated to an unacall of us at increased risk and make it more difficult ceptable point. At the same for police, firefighters and medical pertime, its members respect the wisdom of the voters of Tillamook County and sonnel to respond to emergencies. have informally been asking citizens for Our committee believes the county advice on how to move forward over road department has done the best job it can with fewer and fewer resources. the last year. Two themes have emerged from our conversations: 1) Make sure the Funding from federal forests harvests tax is as low as it can be and is focused have been declining and will soon end, on essential work; and 2) Look for ways and voters turned down funding mea-

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to generate revenue from visitors to the county, who use and benefit from our road system. Therefore, we are considering two county ballot measures. The first is an even leaner version of the 2011 property measure, and the second is a new county room tax for motel and hotel rooms, campgrounds and vacation rentals for stays of less than 30 days. We have scheduled three Community Forums to meet with citizens to gather your opinions and input before making any final decisions on these measures. A forum will be held in north, central and south county. You are invited to attend one or all of them. The south county forum will be held on Jan. 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the Kiawanda Community Center. The north county forum will be held on Jan. 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the Pine Grove Community House. The central county forum will be held on Jan. 9, at 6:30 p.m. at Tillamook Bay Community College in Room 215. We look forward to seeing and hearing from you.

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has happened to disrupt these wonderful memories. As I saw written on a handmade sign this morning during a long walk, “You can steal things from my home, but you cannot rob us of our spirit.” So true. God bless all my friends, families and their members. Sandy Hook, a part of Newtown, CT, has been and will continue to be a wonderful place to raise a family. We will not allow this terrible act of hatred to destroy what is, and has been, a wonderful bedroom community. God bless all. Bob Gaines Sandy Hook, CT

No child, no adult, should feel the pain and emptiness that so many feel today, not just in Sandy Hook, CT, but across the country and the world. I have lived and raised my family for over 27 years in Sandy Hook and there are so many great memories. Yes, they have now been tarnished by this unspeakable act of sickness. As adults we try so hard to protect our children from the terrible acts of sick people with so much hatred in their hearts. None of us today can answer why. Why, and how, does a 20-year-old young man build up so much hatred in his heart and brain to commit such an indescribable act of hurt. I always hoped that the events of 9-11 would be the worst acts of hatred our children would see in their life times. I was wrong. Our older son, Justin, had memories of his worst nosebleed playing first base at Sandy Hook Elementary School. I think we would all agree what a wonderful memory for a child to have, not what we now all carry in our hearts. Nathan remembers playing so many baseball games on that field and what wonderful times they were. For me, I have so many memories of coaching both the boys’ baseball teams with good friends like Al Borchetta and Tommy Lynch. These are the memories we should have. We won’t forget these as one can appreciate by this writing, but now we must all pause and share the pain of what

Thanks for joining us in 2012

Editor’s note: The following letter was submitted by Manzanita resident Janice Gaines. Her brother, Bob Gaines, lives in Sandy Hook, CT, where his wife has worked at Sandy Hook Elementary School for over 20 years. Says Janice, “My family is heartbroken, as is this country. My heart is hurting so much from this awful event and that my brother and his family, my family, has to live through this, but his words help. I hope all my friends help and send healing feelings to Sandy Hook.”

The Hoffman Center’s Manzanita Writers’ Series closed out 2012 in November with author Jen Violi drawing a good crowd and with eight great Open Mic readers including two first-timers. Over the past 4-1/2 years the series has put on 42 evening events and 19 writing workshops. Many dedicated volunteers helped make it happen. We want to thank our regulars, Tela Skinner, Phyllis Mannan, Amy Pulitzer, Dave Dillon, and Brenda Smith. We also thank the many others who stepped in to help when we were short-handed at an event: Peggy Biskar, Elia Seely, Gary and Melinda Seelig, Holly Lorincz and others. One of the key things that makes this event possible is the lodging donated to the featured authors. Thanks to the generosity of Anne Coleman and Margaret Moore for donating their houses and to Matt Gray for his coordinating efforts. We thank Cloud & Leaf for providing book sales at the events. And thanks of course to those of you who attended the readings. Without an engaged audience, we wouldn’t have a series. Authors often comment on how thrilled they were to have such interested attendees. We partnered with the North Coast Citizen this year to publish our first community literary magazine, The North Coast Squid. We received many submissions for the 2013

Squid, which will be released at our first 2013 Writer’s Series event on Feb. 16. We continue to focus our efforts on getting the best possible featured authors to read and to host occasional workshops. We’re excited to have authors like Whitney Otto (of How to Make an American Quilt fame) and Patrick Dewitt (The Sister’s Brothers) along with a great slate of others joining us in 2013. We encourage local writers to hone those original pieces of writing and practice them to read for five minutes at the Open Mic. We’ll run seven evening events in 2013. Think of that as seven deadlines to write something new! Thanks for joining us in 2012. We hope to see you in 2013. Go to hoffmanblog.org for our upcoming schedule. Also look for announcements in the North Coast Citizen. Kathie Hightower and Vera Wildauer Co-founders of the Manzanita Writers’ Series

Violent culture

I grew up in Connecticut, not far from Newtown. My father taught high school a few towns over, and, for a few years, he lived in Newtown. I have been there. I have not been to the 130 countries that host over 600 U.S. military bases. Nor have I been to Pakistan or Yemen, that have received 319 bombings from unmanned drones during Obama’s first four years, killing hundreds of innocent people including 160 children. I have not been to Fallujah, where post-war birth deformities are coming in around 50 percent of total births. I have never played the video games where the shooter, often using a Pentagon-approved consol interface, “methodically” walks through town shooting everyone in sight. I have, however, seen Hollywood movies where the hero “methodically” shoots everyone in sight. We have a culture of violence, and I believe that culture, not our progressive gun laws, is to blame for the domestic mas-

sacres that are all too common in the United States. The massacre in Connecticut is tragic. But it is no more tragic than the millions of mostly brown babies from mostly poor countries that our military and economic policies have killed and maimed since the inception of our country. Why, then, does Obama cry when American children are killed while simultaneously signing kill orders for the drone operators? I believe his tears are the opening salvo for a renewed gun control effort, and I have written a poem to illustrate my point: When Obama cries Twenty-six dead in Connecticut And Obama cries While drones drop bombs From Middle Eastern skies When Obama cries I want to believe But I know better Presidents are groomed to deceive More than one man had died In his Haliburton-made cell Guantanamo Bay Is a version of Hell Osama Bin Laden A trial he did not see Shot dead by Navy Seals His body dumped at sea Obama campaigned To widen the Afghan War Thousands died under his command And there will be more Obama placed sanctions On Iraq’s neighbor Iran Children die daily Which is part of the plan What then do I make of this Presidential emotion? What is behind this emphatic deed? Why it’s legislation already in motion! So these final words I urge you to heed: Don’t believe Obama’s tears! He wants your guns so plays your sympathies and fears! Andy Norris Manzanita

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Welsh receives additional Measure 11 charges and reduced bail

From page 1 Citizen learned that the reason some people don’t qualify to receive a free post office box in Manzanita is because they are second homeowners and are presumably receiving mail, free of charge, at their main residence. Postal patrons are entitled to free delivery at one address only, not multiple addresses, which is the case with Gardiner, who has a home in the Portland area. This might lead one to believe that permanent fulltime residents of Manzanita, with no other address, have a free box at the Manzanita Post Office, however, that is not the case, because, according to Ron Anderson, Customer Relation Coordinator for the Portland Postal District, street delivery is available in Manzanita. This explains why there are no free boxes at the Manzanita Post Office, for anyone. However, it hasn’t always been that way and, apparently, the change came about within just the past few years. Part of the reason home delivery hasn’t taken root in Manzanita has to do with the wishes of its city council, not that the Manzanita City Council has the final say as to what the U.S. Postal Service does, but, it turns out, it does wield some influence. When the City of Manzanita learned in 2006 that the initiation of street delivery of mail within Manzanita was being considered by the Post Office with the placement of grouped mailboxes at various locations throughout the city, the council took note and responded. It approved a motion directing City Manager Jerry Taylor to write a letter to the local postmaster at the time, Beth Messinger, expressing

the city’s strong opposition to such a plan. In the letter dated Sept. 12, 2006, Taylor stated: “The same issues which prompted the City Council to oppose street delivery in the late 1970s are still issues today. About 70 percent of the homes in Manzanita are owned by people who do not reside here. The Council is concerned that street boxes will identify areas where homes are empty for much of the year and encourage theft at these homes. The group mailboxes are also contrary to the village ambiance that the City is trying to achieve in its neighborhoods. It is felt that the grouped mailboxes would also be more prone to break-in and theft as they would not be supervised as in the post office. “The Council feels that the current system works well and is preferred by the majority of the community. The Council did not take a position as to whether those who request a free mailbox should be given one, as street delivery is not available. The Council did suggest that whatever system is used should be uniform as some citizens pay for their basic mailbox and others do not. “Please advise me if the City Council’s position should be transmitted to higher levels within the Postal Service. The Council does not wish to see a change from the current system, and is willing to pursue whatever means are available to resist a change to street delivery.” As recent as 2006, if Taylor’s letter is correct, some citizens of Manzanita paid for their basic mailbox while others did not. Anderson was perplexed with the notion that the Postal Service was rumored to be considering the installation of grouped mailboxes at various

Welsh’s release was conditional: she will be under house arrest, with 24-hour “third party” supervision (Welsh’s husband and father-in-law were named as the supervisors), she is forbidden access to cell phones or computers, and not allowed to go to parks or schools. Contact with her own children is allowed at the discretion of the State Dept. of Human

locations throughout Manzanita. “That is something we do not do,” he said. Those wishing grouped mailboxes, generally approach the post office and the installation is at the homeowners’ or developer’s expense. In Wheeler, Nehalem and even Cannon Beach, qualifying full-time residents of those communities, without home delivery and no other address, are entitled to a free small box at the local post office. If they require a larger box, then they must pay a fee. Wheeler, with its small population, isn’t big enough to warrant home delivery, according its postmaster and it has been that way for years. The Nehalem Post Office does have an extensive rural route delivery, but offers free small postal boxes to those full-time citizens within a quarter mile radius of the post office that are not part of the delivery route. According to Anderson, the Postal Service does not offer street delivery in Cannon Beach, unlike its policy in Manzanita. Turns out that’s just fine, as the City of Cannon Beach and its citizens share the same concerns about street mailboxes as their neighbors to the south. Messinger, no longer the postmaster at Manzanita having moved to Hawaii in the past year, wasn’t available to comment as to what transpired during her tenure, nor would a decision to charge a fee for all postal boxes be made at the local level. The letter directed to her was forwarded to her superiors in Portland. The reason, says Anderson, that full-time residents in Cannon Beach who qualify are entitled to a free post office box and their counterparts in Manzanita are not is because the Postal Service, though it doesn’t offer street delivery in

Services. Welsh posted $5,000 bail Dec. 14, and was released to her thirdparty supervisors. Her next appearance in court is set for Monday, Jan. 14.

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Cannon Beach, would provide the service in Manzanita. “If the post office does not offer delivery in a given community, citizens who qualify are entitled to a post office box at no charge,” said Anderson. “In Manzanita, we will provide street delivery, but apparently the city itself does not want that.” However, the only recent document of record expressing the Manzanita City Council’s concerns and opposition to street delivery is the 2006 letter from Taylor to the Manzanita postmaster. In the meantime, the finger pointing in Manzanita continues with post office employees saying that the city is responsible for the change in the post office box fee policy, while the city is singing a different tune. “We merely expressed our

concerns,” said Taylor of the 2006 letter, “but we’re not in charge of the Post Office. Ultimately, it’s their decision.” That said, according to Anderson, if a Manzanita resident who qualifies wants to get their mail delivered free, it’s merely a matter of coordinating with the local post office. “For safety reason, the post office would want to be consulted as to where the mailbox would be placed,” he said. While the idea of free home delivery of mail may be appealing to some, don’t look for a sea of mailboxes on the streets of Manzanita any time soon. “We need to be careful of what we wish for,” cautioned Mayor Garry Bullard, when advised of the latest small town controversy centering on mail delivery.

To be sure, most residents are likely in agreement with the position taken by its city council. It’s also hard to imagine, that the Manzanita Post Office, with its limited staff, is excited about the prospect of delivering mail, even though the Portland office says street delivery is available. The “controversy,” if it can be called that, does make for an interesting can of worms, though.

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Calendar of Events ery, while showcasing the narrative and personal qualities for which her songs have become known.

New bridge at Roy Creek is good news for the fish A random survey of the area shows fish coming back to the Nehalem River tributary

Celebrate Jan. 1 with a ‘Polar Plunge’ and enjoy a warm fire afterwards

Take the ‘plunge’ - Polar Plunge set Jan. 1

The annual Manzanita Polar Plunge is once again set for Jan. 1, at 11 a.m. Kick off 2013 with friends, family and neighbors in style with a refreshing dip in the ocean surf. Participants are encouraged to arrive a few minutes before on the beach near the intersection of Nehalem Rd. and Ocean Rd. in Manzanita. “These things are fun and fun is good,” says principle organizer Janice Gaines, who promises a warm fire on the beach as part of the annual ritual.

that feed along the coast from July to mid-November. With trained volunteers at “Whale Watching Spoken Here” sites visitors receive help spotting gray whales during the winter and spring annual migrations, in addition to receiving information about their migration. The main body of whales is about fives mile offshore, but some can be seen as close as one to two miles off shore. During the southern migration whales seldom stop to eat, but travel steadily to the Baja lagoons of Mexico. Winter migration has the highest numbers (30 per hour) but the whales are usually farther offshore because of stormy weather. Bring your binoculars and dress for the weather. Focus your binoculars and have them ready, but watch with your eyes. When you locate a blow, peer through your binoculars for a closer look.

Annual Whale Watch week happening now

Annual Whale Watch Week Dec. 26 - 30

It’s time again for Winter Whale Watch Week at 24 sites along the entire length of the Oregon coast, where trained volunteers will be present to show visitors the gray whales. This year’s event is slated Dec. 26-30, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the designated sites This is not the only time you can see the whales, but during this period you actually receive help in doing so. About 18,000 gray whales will pass by in roughly four weeks, from mid-December to midJanuary. Viewing sites locally include the Neahkahnie Mountain overlook, Ecola State Park, Cape Meares Lighthouse, Cape Lookout State Park and Cape Kiwanda. Whale watching takes place almost year-round on the Oregon coast. Spring watching begins in March, when another Whale Watch Week is scheduled March 23-30. The number of whales peaks the last week and finishes in June with mothers and babies being the last whales traveling north. Summer brings whales

Kathryn Claire performing Jan. 4

Kathryn Claire returns to the Hoffman Center Following an acclaimed tour of Japan, singer-songwriter Kathryn Claire will return to the Hoffman Center in Manzanita for a solo show at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 4. Claire will perform songs from her latest release and her other favorites. Admission is $10. Violinist and vocalist Claire is a Portland-based performing, recording and visual artist celebrated for her frequent visits to the north Oregon coast. “Morning Comes Too Soon” explores the themes of transition, loss and discov-

Tingstad & Rumbel performs Jan. 13 in Tillamook

Monday Musical features Tingstad & Rumbel Jan. 13

Beat the post-holiday blahs Sunday, Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m. with appearances by Grammy Award winners Tingstad & Rumbel with an opening performance by pianist David Lanz. Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel have performed, recorded and traveled together since 1985. Their collaboration has resulted in 19 record albums. Tingstad composes and plays finger style guitar. Rumbel plays oboe, English horn and double ocarina. Their album, “American Acoustic,” was honored as album of the year in 1998. In 2000, they appeared at Carnegie Hall. “Acoustic Garden” received the award for best New Age album at the Grammy Awards in 2003. Pianist David Lanz’s compositions helped launch the New Age music movement over 20 years ago. His solo recordings include the landmark “Cristorori’s Dream,” “Nightfall,”“Skyline Firedance,”“Return to the Heart,”“Beloved,” and “Sacred Road.” The performance will be held in the Don Whitney Auditorium at Tillamook High School, 2605 12th St. in Tillamook. Advance tickets for individual events are $25 each for adults and $20 for students. Tickets at the door are priced at $30 for adults and $25 for students. To order advance tickets, send a check payable to the Monday Musical Club of Tillamook to 6415 Westwood Court, Tillamook, OR 97141. Tickets may also be purchased at the offices of TLC Federal Credit Union and the Tillamook Chamber of Commerce. To order advance tickets with reserved seating, call (503) 842-2078. No advance tickets will be sold the day of an event.

Veterans for Peace meeting

People of peace, come to the first Veterans for Peace meeting of 2013 at Garibaldi City Hall, 107 6th Street, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 3. The North Coast Veterans for Peace is a group where everyone is welcome, young or old, male or female, veteran or non-veteran. On the agenda is what was accomplished this past year and goal setting for 2013. Contact Brian McMahon at (503) 3683201 for more information.

News Briefs Community Talent Showcase returns

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita will host its fourth Community Talent Showcase Saturday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m. The event will feature a variety of acts put on by local citizens. “These events are so much fun and the audiences really enjoy themselves,”said Hoffman Center President David Dillon. “It’s amazing the variety of talent we have among us.” Auditions will be held Wednesday, Jan. 16, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the Center to select 12-15 acts for the show. The acts should be suitable for all ages and last no more than five minutes. Admission to the Jan. 19 show will be $10. All proceeds will go to support the Center’s general operating fund. Performer registration forms are available on the Hoffman Center’s website – hoffmanblog.org.

Auditions for Riverbend Players next production slated

There is a casting call for the Riverbend Players next play, Saving the Cedar Grove. Auditions and a crew meeting will be held in the North County Recreation District Auditorium, 36155 Ninth Street, in Nehalem on Thursday, Jan. 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. and on Friday, Jan. 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. Auditions are open to the public. This is a comedy/musical production. There are five roles for women, five roles for men and non-speaking parts for group scenes. Also needed is a piano accompanist for easy to intermediate music. The backstage crew is a vital part of any production and needed is one prop person, a couple of light and sound people and a set builder and painter. Rehearsals will be Tuesdays and Thursdays with performances on Feb. 22, 23, and 24 and March 1, 2, and 3.

Start the New Year right with an AARP Driving refresher course

AARP will conduct three six-hour driver safety classes in January. A class will be held on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 3 and 4 at the Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A in Seaside from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Don Hawley will be teaching. To register, call the Com-

munity Center (503) 738-7393 or Clatsop Community College at (503) 338-2408 or you may register on line at www.AARP.org/drive A class will also be held on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at Tillamook Bay Community College, 4301 3rd Street, in Tillamook, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a 45-minute break for lunch. Craig Leslie will be conducting this class. For registration information call (503) 842-8222. The cost for these classes is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. Tuition is payable at the start of class. Checks are preferred and should be made payable to AARP. These courses are designed for seniors 55 and older but anyone can attend. Pre registration is required through Tillamook Bay Community College at (503) 842-8222. Seating is limited, so register early. For most, Oregon State Law provides for a discount on your auto insurance premium for completing this course. Attendance at the entire class is required to receive your certificate of completion. The course includes the current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques and how to operate your vehicle more safely in today’s increasingly challenging driving environment. You will learn adjustments to accommodate common age related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time. Information on aggressive drivers, air bags, seat restraints and anti-lock brakes is also provided. If you have already taken this or a similar course most insurance companies require that a refresher course be taken every three years to continue to receive the discount; or every two years if you are 70 or over. For more information, call Don Hawley (503) 861-1813.

Registration for the Manzanita Beach Walk & Run is now open. Register early and save. Whether it’s the 5k run, 5k walk, or 10k run, you’re sure to have a blast at this year’s event. Register now for one of the most talked about events on the Oregon coast. This year’s event will be held on July 20 on the picturesque beach of Manzanita, Oregon. For more information or to register, call the North County Recreation District Fitness Center at (503) 368-4595 or visit ncrdnehalem.org online.

Manzanita Public Safety Log Dec. 9 - Issued a citation for no valid day use permit displayed in NBSP. Dec. 9 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (40/25 mph) in Wheeler. Dec. 9 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (47/25 mph) in Wheeler. Dec. 9 - Assisted TCSO with a missing person near Nehalem. Dec. 9 - Assisted TCSO with a warrant arrest in Nehalem. Dec. 9 - Responded to a civil dispute in Manzanita. Dec. 10 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (44/25 mph) in Wheeler. Dec. 10 - Responded to a report of theft in Manzanita. Dec. 10 - Responded to a report of fraud in Manzanita.

Dec. 10 - Assisted TCSO, Tillamook Ambulance and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a rescue near Nehalem. Dec. 10 - Responded to a disturbance in Manzanita. Dec. 11 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (45/25mph) in Wheeler. Dec. 11 - Responded to a report of a road hazard on Hwy 101 near OWSP. Dec. 11 - Responded to a road hazard on Neahkahnie Mountain. Dec. 13 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (49/30 mph) in Nehalem. Dec. 13 - Responded to a report of theft in Manzanita. Dec. 14 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (52/30 mph) in Nehalem. Dec. 14 - Issued a citation for violation of posted

speed (45/25 mph) in Wheeler. Dec. 14 - Responded to a suspicious circumstance in Nehalem. Dec. 14 - Assisted TCSO with a warrant in Wheeler. Dec. 15 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (40/25 mph) in Wheeler. Dec. 15 - Issued a citation for fail to obey traffic control device in Manzanita. Dec. 15 - Issued a citation for driving while suspended in Wheeler. Dec. 15 - Responded to a residential alarm in Manzanita. MVA - Motor Vehicle Accident; TCSO - Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office; RBPD - Rockaway Beach Police Department; OWSP - Oswald West State Park; NBSP - Nehalem Bay State Park

NBFR District Log Dec. 10 - 20 - Responded to 17 medical calls. Dec. 10 - Rescue mission on North Fork Rd., Nehalem. Dec. 12 - Responded to fire alarm on Evergreen Way, Nehalem.

Dec. 18 - Motor vehicle accident mutual aid response at milepost 37 on Hwy 101, Arch Cape. Dec. 20 - Responded to motor vehicle accident on Hwy 101, Neahkahnie Mountain.

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It appears salmon during their annual fall return upstream the Nehalem River and its tributaries like what they see where Roy Creek feeds into the river, site of a new bridge intended to improve fish migration. In an email communication to George Hemingway, president of the Lower Nehalem Watershed Council, and other stakeholders, assistant fish biologist Dave Plawman of ODFW’s Tillamook office reported that from a quick survey he conducted of the lower 0.7 of Roy Creek in late November, he saw three live and two dead Coho salmon, along with five Chinook in the stream. Plawman was encouraged with what he saw. “The culverts that were in place previously were a total barrier to returning fish. Other than during a flood event, fish were unable to make it upstream,” he told the Citizen. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife had rated the replacement of the Roy Creek/Foss Road crossing as one of the highest priority restoration projects in Tillamook County. The culverts blocked access of high potential spawning and rearing habitat for endangered and threatened salmon species in the Lower Nehalem.

Roy Creek flows unimpeded into the Nehalem River with the completion of a new bridge on Foss Road in October at the mouth of the tributary. Photo by Dave Fisher The crossing consisted of two six-foot diameter culverts, stacked on top of multiple smashed and derelict culverts. The undersized culverts perched at lower river flows impeded sediment transport and presented a velocity barrier. The completion of the new bridge in October, which replaced the culverts, effectively reopened 2.5 miles of fish habitat. “For my part, I am totally stoked,” said Hemingway. “Paul Jones, a long time local

resident and onetime guide, and I went up and spotted an 18-inch trout/jack. The carcasses had all washed away or been removed by critters for ‘recycling’ into the local ecosystem.” While Plawman’s random survey is good news as returning fish rediscover Roy Creek and re-colonize it, he said he hopes to have the tributary added to the list for a more detailed spawning grounds survey beginning next year.

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Winter storms bring potential tsunami debris By Anthony Rimel For the Citizen

After the landing of a Japanese dock at Agate Beach, the State of Oregon prepared for increasing amounts of debris with the coming of the fall and winter storms, and even created a new task force to address the influx of tsunami-related marine debris. However, Tracy Sund, who patrols for debris on the beach twice a week for Cannon Beach Public Works, said until the most recent storm on Dec. 16 there hadn’t been anything on the city’s beaches that appeared to be from the tsunami for nearly six months. Even the November 18 storm that knocked out power in parts of the north coast for hours brought only normal local debris. According to Sund, the debris he collected prior to the Dec. 16 storm did not have barnacles or anything else that would indicate it had been at sea long enough to be from the 2011 tsunami in Japan. However, the Dec. 16

These items that washed up on the beach after the Dec. 16 storm have Asian characters on them. The red container matches descriptions of common fuel containers that would have been washed into the sea during the tsunami. The other could be a life preserver. storm brought several items to the city’s beaches with Asian characters on them – including what looks to be a life preserver and a fuel can. Sund said the fuel can matched a description he’s heard of cans of fuel that are used in Japanese homes. The can that washed up in Cannon Beach smelled of kerosene inside. Other items had barnacles and other marine life

growing on them – possibly indicating they had been at sea for a while. Sund said some of the foam floats he found while patrolling the beach on Dec. 17 don’t look like they are the kind used in American fisheries. The arrival of this new debris may be the beginning of an influx of such debris, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) say on their website

that storms in late 2012 and early 2013 could scatter the debris across the west coast of the United States. “NOAA anticipates that in the late fall and throughout the winter of 2012-2013, seasonal changes in North Pacific winds and currents will cause marine debris of mixed types to wash ashore on western coastlines of North America,” said an answer on NOAA’s tsunami debris frequently asked questions page. The arrival of new tsunami debris to Oregon’s shores coincided with a new comprehensive statewide plan for tsunami marine debris management, which Governor John Kitzhaber signed on Dec. 18. Although the Governor formed the task force to handle the influx of debris in June, the new plan will address how state agencies will work together to respond to the debris. Anthony Rimel is editor of the Cannon Beach Gazette, a sister publication of the North Coast Citizen.

Much of the debris that washed ashore during the recent storms had nothing to connect it to the Japanese tsunami. This piece of debris found in Cannon Beach on Dec. 17 had no characters on it to identify it. Photos by Anthony Rimel

Scratch and sniff: Should we charge for our coastal benefits? I have been reading about each and every day while living the City of Portland’s decision to here. turn the parking lots at the zoo I think we should put up and other city parks into a reva network of toll booths that enue source. They have all kinds people will have to stop at just of excuses and some pretty before entering any area from crazy logic to explain their great which you can see the ocean expectations and or any other body of their self satisfaction water and where you for finding anmight catch a breath other place to tax the of fresh air. We will public in a way that have to be careful and lacks the organizaplace those booths in tion or resources to an area where people fight them. Since we can’t just drive up and gave up on driving peek at the water. You to Portland for any can imagine the mess other reason than a if we had cars full of wedding or a funeral, people straining their we won’t be among eyes to see some of those who will be our scenery without paying the tab. paying. I have kind of a We could also bias against govhave some area that ernmental agencies are quite a distance charging the people back from the water Walt who own them for where people could using the facilities get brochures and Trandum that they paid for and picture postcards that own. I know there they could share with are maintenance their friends without and operating costs, but I am them finding out that the person so dumb that I thought that was was too cheap to pay for looking what we paid taxes to build and and smelling our assets. run them. I think California already I guess, if you can’t beat has some of those things I just them, you should join them, and mentioned. A few years ago we I think I might have an idea that drove the coast of California all of my fellow coast dwellers on our way south in our motor will approve. People drive from home. We were not in any hurry all over the country and even the and thought we just might stop world to the Oregon coast for some place and have a sandwich two main purposes. One being and stretch our legs. I can’t the beautiful views and the other remember how many miles we is the clean air that we breathe traveled until we came to a huge

parking lot and a ticket booth as we drove in. I told the lady that we just wanted to park for a few minutes and eat our lunch, she smiled and pointed to an area where I could easily get out of anyone’s way and wouldn’t block anyone’s view. Actually there wasn’t anything around there to look at so we got off free. I am kind of glad that my wife and I are in our 80s. There isn’t too much of what is going to be happening that we have to worry about. We are thinking that maybe we were lucky and

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did our traveling and viewing before the greed started setting in. I remember an article in the Portland paper many years ago when they were contemplating raising the parking meters from a nickel to a dime. There was a statement with that announcement that assured people the parking fees were never intended to be a revenue source, the meters were there to assure that people would move their cars and allow more customers to park. We can remember a very warm summer day when we

took our guests from Australia to the zoo and the park. They were impressed and also happy that our vehicle had air conditioning. We drove them up to the mountains the next day and they got to romp in some leftover summer snow. They told us how pleased they were with the friendliness of the people and how clean and neat our cities were. I can’t imagine how it would feel today with the fees necessary at every stop. We could tell them that there was a rumor that there was new baby elephant at the zoo and

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