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Volume 17, No. 22
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November 1, 2012
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DREAM HUNT In Tillamook, ‘Dream’ comes true in Tillamook County for North Carolina youth Page 3
Business
NEW BUSINESS OPENS IN MANZANITA Cones and Coffee opens across from post office Page 5
Index Classifieds.................. 8 Events calendar.......... 9 NBFR District Log....... 5 Public Safety Log........ 3 Golightly Gourmet..... 10 Letters to the Editor.... 4
In weather fit for ducks, elementary school children from Nehalem and Garibaldi visited Alder Creek Farm this past week and took home a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch.
Heck with the rain, the annual event is alive and well at Alder Creek Farm
Despite drizzly weather and some big fat raindrops, 400 students from 16 classes from Garibaldi and Nehalem grade schools made their way to Alder Creek Farm to participate in this year’s pumpkin harvest before Halloween. As part of a learning exercise, students took home a pumpkin to commemorate their day. Bus transportation to and from Alder Creek was made possible through donations from the Eugene Schmuck Foundation and additional pumpkins, not grown at Alder Creek Farm, were donated by Manzanita Grocery and Deli. In addition to finding pumpkins, students enjoyed a learning experience during their field trip, made possible through the efforts of Peter Walczak, Neah-Kah-Nie School District biologist in residence, with help from middle and high school students and parent volunteers. The annual program, started nearly a decade ago, enjoys support from the Lower Nehalem Community Trust, Eugene Schmuck Foundation, local businesses and community garden volunteers responsible for planting and tending to Alder Students from Ms. Felley’s kindergarten class at Nehalem Elementary and parCreek’s pumpkin patch. ent volunteers admire the pumpkins gathered. Photos by Dave Fisher
Bill Spidal files complaint over campaign ad Candidate for Tillamook County sheriff, Bill Spidal, has filed a complaint with the Secretary of State Elections Division over a campaign ad paid for Bill Spidal by Sheriff’s Office staff. The ad, in support of current Sheriff Andy Long, ran twice in the Headlight Herald on Oct. 17 and Oct. 24. It was signed by 68 people identified as “administrative staff rank and file, deputies, employees and volunteer staff of the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office.” The ad states the group supports “our sheriff Andy Long in his election campaign. Andy Long has proven to be a leader and a manager that we and the community can trust.” The ad states it was “paid for by the above listed people,” but Spidal complains that the disclaimer is not enough. The group did not create a political committee, nor did it register its expenses with the Oregon Secretary of State Office. Oregon Revised Statute 260.035 states that “Not later than the third business day after a political committee first receives a contribution or makes an expenditure, the political committee shall: (a) Appoint a treasurer who shall be an elector of this state; (b) Certify the name and address of the treasurer to the filing officer; and (c) File a statement of organization under ORS 260.039 or 260.042.” None of those things happened in this case. The ad was paid in full by Deputy Dean Burdick, on behalf of
See SPIDAL, page 7
Nehalem’s Methodist Church turns 100 Join the celebration and partake in history on Nov. 10 & 11 By Dave Fisher The Citizen
Rev. Joy Felton (center) strolls down memory lane with Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church members (from left) Ken Dickey, Dianne Stiger and Joanne Love. In background is Michael Love. The church celebrates its centennial on Nov. 10 and 11. Photo by Dave Fisher
With the 100th anniversary of the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church just around the corner, church members have been working overtime assembling photo albums and storyboards for the once-in-a-lifetime celebration. “This has been in the works for over a year, but picked up steam in August,” said Jody Felton, who has served as pastor of the church for just over a year. “This is an opportunity for everyone to join the celebration and learn the history of the church in the Nehalem Bay area.”
Though the centennial celebration centers around the original church structure on 10th Street that was dedicated in November 1912, church members trace their origins to 1884 with the establishment of Sunday school services held in homes and school buildings. The first church was located in Upper Town, not far from present-day Nehalem. The first appointed pastor, John Henry Dill, didn’t arrive on the scene until 1898 and he split his time between Nehalem and Wheeler, which had its own church. This was back in the days when people got back and forth by boat and, because both communities had their own schools, an intense rivalry between the two existed at the time. “There was no bridge or highway. The river was the
See CHURCH, page 7
Tsunami debris? Japanese piling may have washed ashore
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Alerted there was a log on the beach that may have been part of a Japanese dock, Manzanita resident Dave Dillon grabbed his camera and went to take a look to see if it might be debris from the tsunami. “It was up on the rocks at the north end of Neahkahnie Beach,” said Dillon. “It had some metal attachments and showed rubbed areas along the side at set intervals. I would bet it was part of a dock. The rubbed areas would have been caused by wave action moving the log up and down against vertical pilings, but there was no indication where it came from.” “Tillamook County continues to monitor the debris issue,” Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Management director, told the Citizen upon learning about the log that washed ashore at the beach at Neahkahnie.
As part of the Joint Tsunami Marine Debris Task Force, McCraw attended a meeting on Oct. 30 at Oregon Emergency Management to get the latest updates. “State Parks continues to take the lead in this and there have not been any more large tsunami debris sightings after that initial surge around the time of the Newport dock incident,” said McCraw. “Since that time, many of our citizens have participated in the SOLVE beach cleanups, which is a tremendous aid in keeping the beaches clear of all debris. “I think the general consensus among the coastal emergency managers is that this winter, with the normal winter storms which have stronger winds blowing towards the coast, we will see Manzanita resident Dave Dillon took this photograph of a log that washed ashore an increase in the debris landing on the within the past couple of weeks that may have once been part of a dock. Where it came coastline.” from, however, is anybody’s guess.