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Get ready for the Tillamook County Fair

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The Tillamook County Fair will be taking place from August 9 to 12, at the fairgrounds, offering a plethora of entertainment, rides, races, food and shopping for the whole family. This year’s theme is “Let

Freedom Ring,” and the fan favorite offerings will all be returning, from the Pig n’ Ford races to Saturday’s Demolition Derby.

Fair gates will open at 10 a.m. each day and remain open until the end of the evening’s entertainment at 10 p.m. Vendors and exhibi-

tors will be setup across the fairgrounds, while agricultural competitions take place in the FFA and 4H pavilion during the day.

Rainier Rides will bring a compliment of rides to the fair, operating from noon to 10 p.m. daily. Those interested can check Rainier Rides’

website for a list of which rides will be coming to Tillamook and purchase passes, with a discount available for prepurchase.

General admission tickets for the fair cost $10 per day, with a 4-day pass available for $30. Parking will cost $5 and benefit the Lions Club of

Tillamook.

For the price of admission, fairgoers will not only have access to more than 70 vendors and exhibitors, and more than 2,600 exhibits from local residents ranging from photography to floral arrangements, but also to a wide variety of entertain-

ment.

During the day, local musicians, dance groups and other entertainers, including Godfrey the Magician, will perform on the Courtyard Stage at the fair’s center.

Then, at 5:30 p.m., the

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New Wheeler city manager eager to learn, communicate

WILL CHAPPELL

Citizen Editor

Pax Broeder will assume Wheeler’s City Manager position on August 1, and is ready to learn and engage the community.

Broeder also said that he will work to increase the hours city hall is accessible to citizens and to ensure that

the city’s meetings are easier to access virtually.

Broeder is taking over the city manager’s position in Wheeler following the departure of Mary Johnson for Rockaway Beach, where she is now the city planner. Broeder has worked in project management positions for the past 18 years, mostly in retail and distillery opera-

tions, before most recently serving as Wheeler’s Postmaster for the last 7 months. Broeder and his wife have lived in Nehalem since 2018, after moving from Cannon Beach.

A city councilor who came to know Broeder in his role as postmaster informed him of the open city manager position and encouraged him

to apply.

Broeder’s top priority upon becoming city manager will be to learn about the various aspects of his job. Beyond that, Broeder said that he does not have specific policies or projects that he plans to promote. “I’m going into this position with an open mind, not an agenda,” Broeder said.

However, he did note that Wheeler’s City Hall has had irregular hours due to staffing issues and that council meetings have been difficult to attend virtually, both issues which he plans to address.

When asked what he felt Wheeler’s greatest asset was, Broeder said it was the people, praising the citizen-

ry’s spirit of volunteerism.

“Not only is there a great team of city employees, but many of the citizens at large care for, support and volunteer their time and knowledge to keep the city moving forward,” Broeder said.

Wheeler hires new city manager; mayor resigns

WILL CHAPPELL

Citizen Editor Wheeler Mayor Doug Honeycutt stepped down from that position in late June and announced his complete resignation from public service on Saturday July 15. Council President Clif Kemp has assumed the mayoralty and there is an open seat on the city council for which applications are

now being accepted.

The council also announced the hiring of Pax Broeder as city manager at their meeting on July 18, filling a vacancy left by the recent departure of Mary Johnson.

“I thought he would be the appropriate person for this transition period,” Kemp said of Broeder. “He works really well with people and has a good staff in place here right now.”

Broeder assumes the city manager position after most recently serving as Wheeler’s postmaster.

Honeycutt’s resignation as mayor in late June was initially followed by a transition to council before he announced his resignation from that position on July 15.

In a message to the Herald, Honeycutt said that he had decided to step down to attend to personal affairs and gave a strong endorsement to his successor.

“I have continued faith that Clif will move Wheeler forward in the correct direction,” Honeycutt wrote. “I feel we are lucky to have him in our community, have him as mayor and I have enjoyed his professionalism while working with him. He will be successful.”

“It has been a pleasure serving the Wheeler community and its citizens,” Honeycutt added. Applications to fill the council seat left vacant by Honeycutt’s departure are being accepted by the city until August 13. The council

will interview applicants at their meeting on August 15, and plan to appoint a new member at that meeting.

In his first meeting as mayor, Kemp updated the public on the ongoing legal contest between the city and developers wishing to build in downtown Wheeler. The developers’ application has gone through several cycles of appeal and remand before the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals and is once again before the city for consideration.

Two plans have been submitted for the waterfront parcel in downtown Wheeler, with the initial being for a hotel and restaurant and the latter for a smaller hotel attached to a fish processing facility. Both proposals meet

the zoning requirements for the property but have been repeatedly rejected by the city’s planning commission and council for incomplete designs and materials being proposed for use in the project that do not meet with the city’s code.

Kemp announced at the council meeting that the city has agreed to a mediation session with the developers that will take place on August 25, at the Stole Reeves offices in Portland. The arbitration will be overseen by a judge and involve lawyers for the developers and those for the city and its insurance carrier.

The mediation will be nonbinding, but Kemp said that he wants to work with the developers to approve a project for the property and is

optimistic about the mediation.

The council was also updated on work that will be done to the gangway for the public dock, which was damaged in storms last winter. The gangway will be removed in November and transported to Seaside, where the repairs will take about a month.

The council also announced the implementation of new fees to use the city’s boat ramp that will go into effect on August 1. The fee for ramp usage will be $10, with an annual pass available for $265, which will also include a business license from the city for tour operators and free parking near the ramp. Wheeler residents will be exempt from the fee.

Competitors in the demolition derby square off on a Saturday night. FILE PHOTO

Commissioners approve update to STR ordinance

WILL CHAPPELL Citizen Editor

Tillamook County’s Board of Commissioners approved updates to ordinance 84 governing short-term rental properties in unincorporated parts of the county at their July 19 meeting.

The approval followed a more-than-yearlong process by an advisory committee, updating the ordinance to address livability concerns raised by residents across the county.

Commissioners also discussed the implementation of a cap on the issuance of new licenses once a pause on issuance ends at the end of August, indicating their

intention to allow a 1% increase in each unincorporated community across the county. The version of Ordinance 84 approved by the commissioners included only minor updates following the three public hearings held from late May through early July. The final updates included the addition of a use-it-orlose-it provision that will require licenses to be used at least 30 nights per year and a one-license-per-licensee limit.

They also approved a new fee schedule for license applications. New applications will cost $400, annual renewals will cost $300 and required third year inspections will be $100.

Each of the commissioners thanked the short-term rental (STR) advisory committee for its diligent work in monthly meetings since the pause was passed and members of the public for sharing their input. They noted that the new ordinance represented a compromise between residents and owners and operators of STRs and said that while no one was completely happy with the results, that was the sign of a balanced policy. They also reiterated that no existing license holders would be losing their licenses, and that the conversation around STRs in the county would be ongoing, with the ordinance being updated as needed.

The first of those updates will come once Director of Community Development Sarah Absher’s meets with members of each unincorporated community in the county to gauge their interest in capping STRs.

Commissioners signaled that they plan to set an interim cap at 1% higher than the existing number of licenses in each community following Absher’s presentation of data at their meeting. The data showed that a 1% increase would allow for over 100 new licenses to be issued across the county, with the largest number available in Pacific City, Neskowin and Netarts with 11, and Oceanside with 10.

Absher also told the

commissioners that her department had received 31 applications for the waitlist created by commissioners for homes that were under construction at the time of the pause, of which 17 met the criteria for inclusion.

Commissioners said that they will not count those properties on the waitlist against the new cap.

According to Commissioner David Yamamoto, the decision to set the cap at a 1% increase was made easier by data that Absher presented on the number of licenses that were not being used. 91 license holders in Pacific City and 61 in Neskowin had failed to rent their property for 30 nights in the last year.

Yamamoto said that with

the inclusion of the use-itor-lose-it provision in the ordinance update presumably some number of those licenses would become available.

Commissioners asked Absher to work on a board order instituting the cap for consideration at their meeting on August 2.

The final remaining decision for commissioners surrounding STRs will be the manner of deciding the allocation of capped licenses going forward. The commissioners mentioned that Lincoln County uses a lottery system to allocate their licenses and said that was one possibility, as was a firstcome-first-served policy.

Rockaway Beach Council bans fireworks sales

WILL CHAPPELL Citizen Editor

The Rockaway Beach City Council voted to outlaw the sale of fireworks in city limits and restrict their detonation to that permitted by the Oregon State Fire Marshal at their July 12 meeting.

The ban was approved by a 4-1 vote, with Councilor Kristine Hayes being the only nay vote, and increased the possible maximum penalty for illegal fireworks detonations in the city to $2,000.

Hayes said that the issue was complicated and that many of the fireworks that

caused consternation for locals were actually permitted by the state.

Hayes also heads the Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce, which has historically managed a fireworks sale in the city in past years as a fundraising effort. She noted that losing the sale would have a nega-

tive impact on the chamber’s finances. Hayes also said that she would have been in favor of conducting a community survey before voting on the issue.

The other councilors said that the fireworks situation had become a nuisance for residents of Rockaway and that was why they were

voting in favor of the sales prohibition. Councilor Mary McGinnis said that given the loss of revenue for the chamber she planned to explore ways for the council to help replace that lost revenue.

Councilor Penny Cheek also mentioned the possibility of replacing the city’s annual Fourth of July fireworks

show with a drone show alternative.

Council also approved a study of flooding around Coral Street and Second Avenue at a cost of $26,750.

HBH Consulting engineers will begin work on the project shortly and expect to have results to the city by late September.

Adventist Tillamook President discusses ambulance service

WILL CHAPPELL

Citizen Editor

Adventist Health Tillamook President Eric Swanson recently addressed concerns raised in the community surrounding the hospital’s ambulance service staffing levels.

Swanson said that while staffing challenges exist for Adventist’s ambulance service, they were part of a wider, nationwide trend and did not compromise the service’s ability to respond to emergency calls.

“I trust them with my life,”

Swanson said of the ambulance crews at Adventist. “I’ve had an opportunity to work with a number of them over the last couple of weeks and they do outstanding work.”

Swanson, who himself is a paramedic, recently sat down with the Headlight Herald to push back against claims raised in anonymous letters posted to the Tillamook County Pioneer website in recent weeks.

Adventist has been operating an ambulance service in Tillamook County since 1974, when they purchased

the franchise being operated by Waud’s Funeral Home. They expanded their service in the following years, taking over the Nehalem Volunteer Ambulance Service, Garibaldi Fire ambulance and the Pacific City franchise, previously operated by Pacific West Ambulance. The hospital has no contract with the county, instead operating under the guidelines of the county’s emergency medical services ordinance.

The history of Adventist’s expansion in the county has led to the endurance of four service areas within the county, with ambulances stationed in Manzanita, Garibaldi, Tillamook and Pacific City. Swanson said that outside of Tillamook, each of those locations operates at an annual loss of between $600,000 and $1 million, but that Adventist is committed to operating the service to bring their care to people’s homes and control that care from first patient contact.

“If I were running an ambulance business for profit, which I’m not doing, we would not have four stations in Tillamook County,” Swanson said.

To fully staff those four ambulances and a backup would require 24 full time

staff and additional parttimers, according to Swanson. Currently, the ambulance service has 22 employees.

However, Swanson said that those staffing challenges were not uncommon for an ambulance service, noting that the average paramedic’s career lasted around six and a half years. He said that similar staffing challenges faced ambulance services across the nation, and especially Oregon where paramedics and EMTs are required to have an associates’ degree, restricting out of state recruiting.

Swanson even more vigorously refuted the notion that current staffing levels were threatening the service’s efficacy and response times, pointing to the fact that the service had an average response time of just ten minutes and 28 seconds in the first half of the year.

“Ten minutes and 28 seconds is an excellent response time,” Swanson said, “especially in a rural environment where we’re going to the summit of Highway 6 from the hospital.”

Swanson also highlighted the hospital’s recruiting efforts, including direct mailings, Facebook advertising, Indeed and LinkedIn postings, and a recent job fair.

He said that the ambulance service was in the process of hiring 10 new employees and pointed out that Adventist offered the highest compensation to EMTs and paramedics in the state.

“We’re not just sitting around not doing anything,” Swanson said. “We’re doing what we can to ensure that we have adequate staff.”

Other Adventist employees, including Swanson, are also stepping up as needed to maintain service, with paramedics volunteering for shifts and other employees offering to drive.

Swanson encouraged any citizens who are concerned about the service to consider joining, noting that anyone with a valid driver’s license could be trained as an ambulance driver, and that Tillamook Bay Community College offers EMT training.

Above all, Swanson went out of his way to praise the performance of his staff and other emergency services across Tillamook County for their service to the community.

“Our firefighters, paid volunteer, our law enforcement agencies, anybody who is a first responder, they do amazing work,” Swanson said.

Tillamook Beekeepers Association celebrates apiary grand opening

By CHELSEA YARNELL Guest Contributor

The Tillamook Beekeepers Association (TBA) welcomed crowds to the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for their new Apiary and Garden Learning Center at the Port of Tillamook Bay on July 15.

Roughly 250 people attended the event to learn more about the buzz.

“It was a tremendous success,” TBA President Brad York said. “We got the word out to the public which was our goal.”

Attendees were able to ask questions of local beekeepers, view a live demonstration of honey extraction, see the new apiary and enjoy refreshments donated by Werner’s and Tillamook Creamery.

“A lot of people are fascinated with the bees and how they’re working,” York said. “They’re learning that bees are much gentler and of value to the community because they pollenate everything that we need. If you want flowers and food, you need bees. That’s the primary value of [the apiary] is to make it a learning facility.”

Members of the Oregon

State Beekeepers Association attended the event.

“They were blown away,” York said. “There are 17 bee clubs in Oregon and no one has done anything close to this.”

TBA originally broke ground on the project in March. The apiary garden and learning center features a dedicated location for several beehives, a storage shed, bee friendly flowering trees and room to expand for additional education space and gardens. The primary goal of the new apiary is to raise queen honeybees for local beekeepers, and to serve as a showcase for beekeeping demonstrations and education site for the general public and beekeepers alike.

The project was made possible by generous funding from Tillamook PUD, Loren E. Parks Trust and Tillamook High School Charity Drive Community grants. Fencing materials were donated by Rosenberg Builder Supply.

Each Saturday at 10 a.m., TBA will be conducting “Hive Dives.” These interactive learning experiences are great for anyone interested in learning more about beekeeping. Beekeepers will check on

the apiary’s general health of the hive, the queen, and take necessary steps to strengthen weak hives.

Want to learn more about beekeeping?

Catch TBA at the Tillamook County Fair. Their booth will feature information on beekeeping and a live hive: find the queen and earn a prize. Raffle tickets will also be sold for a chance to win a hand-painted beehive; crafted by Rick Stelzig.

The beehive, painted by Paige Andrus, depicts the Tillamook Air Museum, blimps, and other WWII navy aircraft that corresponding to this year’s fair theme: Let Freedom Ring.

Following the Fair, new beekeepers are invited to attend the “Introduction to Beekeeping” course held on Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. in the Tillamook County Library’s Community Room.

“For the first time, after this class, we can take them on a field trip and go out to the apiary and have them put on bee suits and not just talk about it,” York said.

For more information on TBA, visit their website at tillamookbeekeepers.org

Sheriff and commissioners discuss camping ordinance

WILL CHAPPELL

Citizen Editor

Tillamook County Sheriff Josh Brown and the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners began discussions about a camping ordinance for the county at the commissioners’ weekly briefing on July 19.

The discussion was prompted by Brown’s desire to have an ordinance that will allow his department to respond to homeless individuals in a way that comports with state and federal law.

Questions about the legality of camping on public property have been addressed in multiple recent cases in the Federal Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in which Oregon is located.

In the first case, Martin v. Boise, heard in 2019, the court found that in the absence of adequate shelters, criminalizing camping on public property violated citizens’ eighth amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. Later that year, the Supreme Court declined to hear Boise’s appeal of the decision, leaving it in place.

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld its decision the following year in Blake v. City of Grants Pass, again affirming a right to camp on public property in the absence of adequate shelter

facilities.

Oregon’s legislature addressed the issue in 2021, with House Bill 3115, which required that local laws regulating sheltering outdoors on public property that is open to the public had to be reasonable in their restrictions.

In light of these changes to the legal landscape, many cities and counties across Oregon have begun updating their public camping ordinances to comply. Manzanita was the first city in Tillamook County to pass an updated ordinance on public camping in April, designating an area next to the police station for camping and banning camping on city property between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m.

Brown said that lawyers for the city of Tillamook believed that ordinance might be overly restrictive and that he favored using Columbia County’s ordinance as a guide. He also said that he believed the ordinance needed to have stiffer penalties than mere fines for repeated violations, suggesting that criminal trespassing be charged.

Brown emphasized that arresting people suffering homelessness was and would remain a last resort for his deputies but said that without consequences the ordinance would be ineffective.

Commissioners asked

Brown to begin working with County Counsel Bill Sargent on a draft ordinance. They said that they would then solicit public feedback on the proposal and work to craft a final draft.

Brown also floated a potential means to address the county’s revenue concerns, which were put into the spotlight during the recent budgeting process. He said that Deputy Paul Fournier had suggested that the county should consider joining forces with other small counties with high rates of tourism to lobby the state government to allow more transient lodging tax (TLT) revenues to fund non-tourism items.

Currently, state law requires that 70% of TLT revenues be dedicated to tourism related expenses or projects, with the remainder available for any purpose.

Brown said that he had recently contacted the Clatsop County Sheriff and learned that he had independently thought of the same thing a few months ago. According to Brown, Clatsop County has hired a lobbyist and started working on a proposal for the next legislative session.

In addition to Tillamook and Clatsop Counties, Brown mentioned that Lincoln and Hood River Counties would be strong candidates for the proposal. Commissioner Erin

Skaar mentioned that Wallowa and Deschutes Counties could also be potential partners. Brown said that he had already spoken with State

Senator Suzanne Weber about the idea and she had been supportive. He said that convincing the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association of the need for the change in

small counties to maintain services for tourists and gaining their support would be a major boon to the effort.

TBA 2: Eight-year old twins Russell and Hazel Stelzig had the honor of the cutting the ribbon at the grand opening of the Tillamook Beekeepers Association Apiary and Garden Learning Center on July 15. PHOTO BY CHELSEA YARNELL

Wheeler Supports Preparedness

According to attendees, Wheeler’s Second Community Preparedness event on Sunday, July 16th, was a big success. Residents, kids, dogs and volunteers gathered in Wheeler’s Upper Park to greet neighbors old and new. Sponsored by the Wheeler Emergency Team, the Wheeler Ice Cream Social helped raise awareness –getting precious information to households, supporting families in doing easy (even fun) things to become more

prepared for any emergency. Attendees gathered under warm skies to enjoy the world-class views and globally renowned Tillamook Ice Cream sandwiches. Local EVCNB organizer, Paul Knight, said, “We are so grateful for the support shown by local and area businesses. The Tillamook County Creamery Association was particularly generous and helpful. ‘It takes a village’ isn’t just important for survival in a major disas-

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ter. It works for community picnics, too,” laughs Knight. “Nearly every business in Wheeler offered terrific prizes for our drawings.” Besides Tillamook Creamery, prizes were donated by Wheeler Station, Wheeler Treasures, Pelican and Piper, Bayview Liquor, The Roost Café, Handy Creek Baker, Neah-kah-nie Smoker and Wheeler on the Bay Lodge.

The Grand Prize of a fully loaded Emergency Go-bag was provided by Emergency

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The Town Hall and State of the City address on July 19 shared space and time with the final listening session for the Salmonberry Trail project.

Mayor Charles McNeilly, in the first State of the City address of his term, shared good news about the city’s financial situation and the obvious return of tourism, at levels not seen since before 2020.

“Revenue is up more than $200,000 over our estimate, mostly thanks to new short-term rental and zoning decisions,” the mayor began.

“Expenses were lower by $4 million,” he continued, attributing the difference to a combination of expenses coming in under budget and

Volunteer Corp of Nehalem Bay. Wheeler Emergency Team Vice-chair, Heidi Stacks, remarked, “We are so blessed with a caring community. More than 150 volunteer hours went into planning and producing this event, which actually cost only $200. We know these folks can also be depended upon in the event of an actual emergency.”

Organizers wanted attendees to understand and actually see the emergency sup-

deferred to future years. Furthermore, our property tax and bond costs are the lowest in all of Tillamook County.

“The city is growing,” he continued, highlighting the change in median age from 55 to 46 over the past decade. Roughly 50% of residents are under 18 and single, with 60% having some college experience.

“We have an incredible variety of businesses,” Mayor McNeilly went on, and the city is focusing on providing “the level of services that our residents, businesses, and visitors deserve.” He noted a project to look into residential housing, including duplex and triplex development, “for our workforce and affordable housing.”

Rockaway Beach provides roughly 25% of visitor lodging in all of Tillamook County, with 412 short-term rentals and 900 second homes. This demands resources from law enforcement, fire and rescue, and health care beyond those needed by our permanent population of approximately 1400.

The mayor closed by

plies and equipment which the City of Wheeler has built up over the past several years. They also want people to understand what they can and must do for themselves and their neighbors – things that the City cannot provide.

“It’s important that people understand that the City can only help out for a short period. In a major event, we might be on our own for quite a while. Next time we do a social event, we’ll prepare for twice as many

affirming his intention to “make every effort to continue transparency” in government: “I am still listening.”

As a reminder of this commitment to listening, every City Council meeting reserves time for comment by residents on non-agenda items. If you have a question, a comment, or a request, sign up before the meeting (6 p.m., second Wednesday of every month), and you will have five minutes to address the mayor and City Council members.

The meeting was then turned over to Jon-Paul Bowles of Destination Management Associates (DMA), who has been gathering feedback from Rockaway residents about the Salmonberry Trail project. July marks the end of this phase of the project. ODOT, the Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency and the Port of Tillamook Bay will begin the design and engineering phase of the project, with our concerns taken into consideration.

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people. It was really fun seeing neighbors connect,” says Knight. “We want future events like this one to be something that everyone looks forward to.”

If you’d like more information about how to prepare your family, yourself and your neighborhood, visit the EVCNB website at : http:// evcnb.org or contact: Paul. knight@evcnb.org or 503730-2421.

under consideration for the layout of the trail. The simplest option is a straight path between the rails and Highway 101, which would be the easiest to construct but would eliminate the diagonal parking spaces between Miller and the highway. More complex options include routing the trail to Miller Street or to Pacific on the west side, or splitting the trail so that cyclists would have access on the west side of 101 and pedestrians would have access on the east side, at least between South 3rd and North 3rd.

That option was the most popular at the meeting, with 28 pf the roughly 30 attendees choosing it as their first choice. Reasons included the retention of diagonal parking, recalling that the entire stretch from the Wayside to South 2nd was filled more or less the entire Independence Day weekend. In addition, guiding foot traffic to the shops and restaurants on the east side of 101 serves local businesses, visitors and residents alike.

The DMA survey received some 200 responses which tended to support the splitpath alignment, as well as concerns stated during the previous six City Council meetings and listening sessions.

One encouraging note: responses rated the importance of the trail to long-term growth as the number-one concern. Reducing vehicle congestion and creating new economic opportunities tied for second. The least important concern: constructing the trail as quickly and inexpensively as possible. Groundbreaking is not expected until early 2026, though Bowles said that ODOT had just released its initial request for proposal for engineering and design, the next phase.

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James Walter McGill

January 12, 1936 ~ June 16, 2023

James Walter McGill, 87, passed away at his residence in Manzanita, OR, on June 16th, 2023. James passed peacefully and surrounded by his loved ones.

James was born on January 12th, 1936, in Portland, OR, to parents, Walter and Esther McGill. After graduating high school, he Married his wife, Gail and went on to have 3 children: Kevin (Springhill, Fl), Brian (Hillsboro), and Heidi (Redmond).

He started his career at Tektronix and after 22 years he decided to partner up and open his own Ad agency in Seattle, and eventually one

in Portland. In 1994 James moved to Manzanita full time and started “Design Of The times” where he designed residential homes until he retired.

James really enjoyed traveling and vacationing any chance he could. He loved collecting antiques such as records, phones and classic cars. Most of all he loved his family and the time he was able to spend with his friends.

James is preceded in death by his parents (Walter and Esther) and his sisters, Colleen and Crystal. He is survived by his wife; Gail,

Sons; Kevin (Jessica) and Brian (Rosann), Daughter; Heidi (Scott), Grandchildren; Melissa (Jason), Sean, Thomas and Christopher and great-grandson; Riley, and 5 step great grandchildren.

James was buried in Portland, Oregon.

show will move to the grandstand for the rest of the night.

The much-anticipated Pig n’ Ford races will start the night off, lasting from 5:30 to 8 p.m. each evening, with qualifying heats taking place Wednesday through Friday and the championship on Saturday. In the onlyin-Tillamook tradition, five competitors from the Model T and Pig Association will dash to grab a pig and secure it in their vintage automobile following the blast of a starter’s pistol. After securing their swine and starting their engines with a hand crank, competitors will navigate one lap of the Tillamook track before swapping their hog for a new one and completing a second lap.

After the races are over,

musical acts will headline the evening’s entertainment Wednesday through Friday, starting at 8 p.m. On Wednesday Home Free will perform, on Thursday Tom Petty cover band, Petty Fever is on tap and Elvie Shane rounds out the week on Friday.

On Saturday, the musical acts cede the stage to another Tillamook County Fair crowd-favorite, the demolition derby. Courtesy of Tillamook’s own Havoc Productions, and cosponsored by the Headlight Herald, the derby will treat spectators to an octane fueled night of fun under the lights. Horse races, another Tillamook County Fair staple, will take place starting at 1 p.m. daily, ending around 5

p.m. with parimutuel betting available.

Other highlights will include a demonstration of the Tillamook Fire Department’s equipment on Wednesday at 7 p.m., the working milking parlor in the dairy barn processing and sending milk to the creamery all week and Fair Acres, an agricultural area geared towards kids, featuring Brad’s World of Reptiles, the Old Iron Club of Tillamook and displays from local schools. Check the fair’s website or next week’s edition of the Herald for a full schedule of events and get ready to have a fun time at the Tillamook County Fair.

Focus on Paper recycling

Producing one ton of recycled paper uses 64% less energy and 58% less water than producing the same paper products from virgin wood pulp.

It also creates 74% less air pollution and 35% water pollution.

You can recycle paper (and other materials) at these locations: