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October 18, 2012

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Meet the candidates for Tillamook County Commissioner

By Joe Wrabek

Inside

For the Citizen

Bill Baertlein

LOCAL AUTHOR DEBUTS NEW BOOK Mark Smith examines events on the Oregon coast during WWII in his fiction novel.

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WRITERS SERIES FEATURES WILLY VLAUTIN Acclaimed author visits Manzanita on Saturday, Oct. 20. See calendar for additional details.

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Index Classifieds ................. 8 Events calendar ....... 10 NBFR District Log....... 3 Public Safety Log ....... 3 Letters to the Editor ... 4 Obituaries .................. 7

Attendees snap photos of mannequins sporting outfits from Trashion Shows past. Photos by LeeAnn Neal

‘TRASHION’ ADDS TOUCH OF GLAMOUR

The North County Recreation District Auditorium sparkled with the glamour of high “trashion” during the Trashion Show, held Oct. 13.

Twenty-four models graced the stage in outfits assembled from recycled materials, all in honor of CARTM ’s mission of leading the Nehalem Bay area community to zero waste.

The event was a fundraiser for CARTM, a nonprofit recycling center located in Manzanita.

Lorraine Ortiz, of Nehalem, coordinated the event. She tapped Mary Moran to head up the Trashion Show. “I had over 50 volunteers in all to create the event and four generous spon-

sors,” she said.

Nearly 200 members of the community paid $20-25 per ticket to attend the show, which was followed by an Upcycle Party upstairs in the NCRD gymnasium. The after party featured mannequins decked out in trashion ensembles from past Trashion Shows, previously held during the former CARTM Trash Bash.

The Tsunami Drummers of the Nehalem Bay area, opened the show. Aina Tonjes, of Manzanita, narrated.

Bill Baertlein, 62, is an accountant. Born and raised in Tillamook County—the family’s been here for three generations, he said—he took accounting and finance at Oregon State University, and worked for another firm in Tillamook before opening his own office in 1980. His Bill Baertlein wife Marilyn is also his business partner (she’s the “Phegley” in Baertein & Phegley, CPAs).

They have two children, Alex, a freshman at OSU, and Mitch, a senior at Tillamook High Lisa Phipps School.

Prior governmental & management experience

Baertlein has been a Port of Tillamook Bay commissioner for 2-1/2 years—first appointed, then elected.

Aina Tonjes, who narrated the show, in an outfit she created out of recycled paper.

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Decision pending on plans for new NCRD pool

By Samantha Swindler For the Citizen

NEHALEM – No decision on the future of the pool was made during the Oct. 11th North County Recreation District Board meeting. Instead, board members heard a recap of an Oct. 4th presentation on the options for renovating, rebuilding, or expanding the aging natatorium, and received public comment on those options.

A special meeting was set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17 for the board to make a decision on which – if any – of the options to pursue further. The results of that meeting were not available before press time. Visit northcoastcitizen. com for news from the meeting.

The preliminary draft of the Nehalem Bay Pool Options Study was first presented during a public meeting

Oct. 4 by Carl Sherwood with Robertson Sherwood Architects of Eugene.

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By Sherwood’s preliminary analysis, upgrading the existing four-lane pool, located beneath the NCRD building, would cost roughly $2.4 million. That cost includes $167,550 to replace the heating and ventilation system, $150,000 in dressing room improvements, $127,120 in natatorium (pool facility) improvements, and $539,634 in “soft costs” – permits, testing, fixtures, furnishes, equipment and contingency funds. The project would improve pool systems with a new mechanical room, gutter system, circulation pump, filter system and more. The natatorium itself would receive new paint, new structural improvements, and dry rot repair.

This is the lowest-cost

option, Sherwood said. However, it would not address the narrow pool deck space; an expansion for a mechanical room and lobby would block the eastern view of rooms upstairs; and, perhaps most problematic, it would force the closure of the pool for nine months to a year.

Sherwood noted that he believed NCRD could get a variance from state building codes for the narrow pool deck, though he would confirm that before moving forward with this plan.

See POOL, page 6 Nehalem Elementary School swim lessons started Sept.

24, with 200 students thrilled to be back working on swim technique and skills, along with reviewing water safety.

The 23rd annual Pool-A-Thon fundraiser is scheduled for Feb. 23, 2013.

Andy Long and Bill Spidal vie for Sheriff Officials

By Mary Faith Bell For the Citizen

In the upcoming election voters will have a choice between incumbent Sheriff Andy Long and his challenger, Bill Spidal. Here we’ll take a look at the two candidates, their background and qualifications, and who they are, what defines them as people.

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In addition to being Tillamook County Sheriff, Andy Long is an accomplished competitive surfer.

He competed in the Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic September 22 and 23 in Pacific City, and took “7th or 8th overall in my age division, the 40-49 midlife cruisers,” Long reported.

Being Sheriff is not a 9 to 5 job, the Sheriff is the Sheriff 24-hours a day, and as such, the potential for stress related burnout is high. But Andy Long seems like a remarkably well-balanced person. He is happily married to Kayla Long, a local attorney. The two met on the job when Kayla was working for the DA’s office.

Sheriff Andy Long They used to work for the same team, so to speak, law enforcement and prosecutors consider themselves on the same “side” in the justice system, and both were employed by the County.

When Long became Sheriff, Kayla entered private practice. She now works as a defense attorney.

Long is close to his only son Aaron, 21, a mechanic at Tillamook Ford. Father and son surf together, and work on cars. “We have boys night out once a week, he’ll come down and spend the night, and we’ll go out and get burgers and talk about cars.”

Recently Long took up background acting, after a friend encouraged him to try it. He has acted as an extra, doing “background work” in one episode of Grimm and a couple of episodes of Leverage, both of which are shot in Portland.

“It’s fun,” Long said, “it’s something different. There’s a lot of waiting around involved, but it’s interesting to see how things are put together, the production, and the people; and the other extras are interesting. All of them have stories to tell.”

Andy Long will have been Sheriff for a year when ballots are counted on November 6. The Tillamook Board of County Commissioners hired Long as Sheriff on November 1, 2011, following the retirement of former sheriff Todd Anderson. Long was undersheriff to Todd Anderson when the commissioners hired him to the top job. He had worked his way up through the ranks in a twenty-year career with the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office.

A native Oregonian, Long grew up in the Eugene/Springfield area and enlisted in the Coast Guard

look into lodging tax as potential road repair funding

By LeeAnn Neal For the Citizen

Bill Spidal after high school. “I started in Alaska,” said Long, “and worked my way down the coast to Oregon.”

Long served in active duty in the Coast Guard for ten years, before he applied to the Sheriff’s Office.

Long began his career with Tillamook County in 1991 as a Corrections Deputy “in the old jail, when it was still in the courthouse.”

From the jail he moved to patrol at Sand Lake. He was promoted to patrol Sergeant, then Detective, and Detective Sergeant.

He served five years as Jail

See SHERIFF, page 5

The committee charged with finding funding to repair Tillamook County’s derelict roads is looking at a possible countywide lodging tax among other revenue sources.

“By law, 70 percent of TRT (transient room tax) revenue must be used for tourism promotion and advertising,” said Jon Carnahan retired former president of Tillamook Bay Community College, who, along with Tillamook County Commissioner Mark Labhart, co-chairs the Tillamook County Sustainable Roads Committee. “That leaves 30 percent available for fixing our roads.

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Local author rolls out WWII historical fiction novel

By Dave Fisher

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Five years in the making, Mark Smith’s book, Enemy in the Mirror: Love and Fury in the Pacific War, is finally seeing the light of day.

“I’m a bit of a plodder,” says the 70-year-old semiretired Manzanita resident of his historical fiction novel.

“I’ll write the same paragraph over and over again.”

Based on historical fact, Smith, in his self-published book, delves into actual events that took place on the Oregon coast during WWII, while developing a cast of fictional characters that straddle both sides of the Pacific, on the West Coast and in Hokkaido.

“In wartime, we often depersonalize our enemy and see him entirely as the ‘other,’” Smith states on his blog. “The Pacific Campaign of WWII, known in Japan as the Pacific or Greater

for a historical discussion and book launch at the Hoffman Center, Saturday, Nov. 3, 7 p.m.

Admission is free.

Mark Smith at the Seikan Ferry Memorial in Hakodate Hokkaido, Japan. Courtesy photo extraordinarily vicious fight to the death and many terrible atrocities.”

A retired academic pediatrician, Smith grew up in Connecticut, where people

East Asia War, was fueled by fear, resentment, racism, outraged vengeance and the belief by each side that its cause was not only just, but righteous. The result was an

during the war fought the Nazis. When he moved to the Seattle area in the late 70s, he became intrigued with WWII in the Pacific.

“When I looked down a Seattle hillside overlooking the Puget Sound, I saw thousands of Toyota trucks and vehicles being unloaded onto piers that had once served as American troop embarkation points during the war.”

His interest in the war heightened when he and his wife purchased a home in Manzanita where he ultimately retired in 2006. Details that emerged of long-range Japanese submarine attacks on the coast and the death

of a minister’s wife and five teenagers caused by a balloon bomb lodged in an Oregon forest whetted his appetite.

With more time on his hands, Smith, who relishes research and creative writing, went to work on his first book. “I just love the process,” he noted. “I get up early, and spend the morning writing and then, in the afternoon, do my research. I enjoy the nuts and bolts of it…fact checking and interviewing people.”

The James Michener approach to writing worked well for the self-described two-finger typist and his 300-page historical novel is now available at bookstores up and down the coast and at Amazon.com. On Saturday, Nov. 3, he will lead a historical discussion during a book launch event at the Hoffman Center beginning at 7 p.m.

“Over the past few years of research for my book, I have encountered many fasci-

nating facts and images,” Smith says, while he tries to address the events and social currents in both countries led up to the war and the conscious experiences of ordinary Japanese and American citizens, the similarities and differences.

Ultimately, Smith looks to answer the nagging question, “How might we better understand the lessons of this dreadful war so as not to repeat them?”

Already, he is working on his next book, another WWII tale set in the Gulf of Mexico.

A trailer for his novel, Enemy in the Mirror: Love and Fury in the Pacific War, can be viewed at youtube.com/ watch?v=ik99M7qb9dE. Smith’s blog about human consciousness in Imperial Japan and the USA in the years leading up to and through WWII can be found at enemyinthemirror.wordpress. com.

NKN School District refinances construction bond reducing tax load In a time of economic uncertainty, the Neah-Kah-Nie School District has good news for district patrons. Due to a reduction of bond interest rates, the Neah-Kah-Nie School District refinanced $8,810,000 of the remaining $13,365,000 in construction bonds, which financed the new Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School and upgrades to all of the other schools in the

district. The recent bond refinancing resulted in a $838,000 savings from the original debt service schedule. The savings are estimated to be $.04 per $1,000 of assessed value for each of the remaining 13 years of the bond issue, or approximately $75,000 each year, according to district officials.

In November 2004, voters in the Neah-Kah-Nie School

District approved $16,500,000 in bonds to build a new middle school and renovate Nehalem Elementary, Garibaldi Grade School, and Neah-Kah-Nie High School. The district sold some Manzanita property reducing the amount of bonds by $375,000 and enabling the district to issue $16,125,000 in bonds.

In addition to a reduction

of bond interest rates, the tax levy rate has been less than the projected 95 cents per $1000 of assessed property value the district estimated in 2004.

The actual tax levy rates since 2005 showing the reduced rates: • 2005 - 70 cents per $1000 of assessed value • 2006 - 43 cents per $1000 of assessed value

• 2007 - 38 cents per $1000 of assessed value • 2008 - 48 cents per $1000 of assessed value • 2009 - 61 cents per $1000 of assessed value • 2010 - 53 cents per $1000 of assessed value • 2011 - 61 cents per $1000 of assessed value “The savings from the refinancing is due to reduced

interest rates and a favorable bond rating,” said Mark Sybouts, business manager for the NKN School District. “The reduced tax levy rate over the years is attributed to transferring state timber revenue to the debt service fund.”

LIVE Decision on a new Nehalem City Hall draws closer MUSIC

By Pat Edley For the Citizen

Nehalem City Council members learned, during their Oct. 8 meeting, that they had finally received further information and an estimate from Pacific Mobile for a new city hall. City Manager Michael Nitzsche reported that the estimate was for a little over $383,600 for a building on a standard slab foundation. Pacific Mobile, a

modular construction company, also offered to provide design services for $31,950, including drainage plan and building placement.

“This cost estimate makes a new city hall possible,” said Nitzsche.

“We’ve progressed as far as we can, until the council sits down with Pacific Mobile and designs the building they want.”

Council president Dale Stockton said they would need time to digest all

the information. Nitzsche said there were no time constraints, adding that if the council had questions on the information provided, he would submit them to Pacific Mobile all at one time.

Two possible site plans were also discussed and the council agreed to hold a special meeting at a later date to make a decision.

In other business, Chet Wood, who lives in Bayside Gardens, submitted an application for a position on the Ne-

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halem Planning Commission. Nitzsche recommended him, noting that Bayside Gardens is within Nehalem’s urban growth area. Council members agreed and accepted his application unanimously. The planning commission still needs one more member who resides within the city limits.

The council scheduled a special meeting for Monday, Oct. 22. The next regular meeting will be on Nov. 5, at 7:30 p.m., at Nehalem City Hall.

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Legislative town hall meeting

State Representative Deborah Boone (D) Cannon Beach, will hold a coastal emergency preparedness legislative town hall meeting Oct. 25, at the Pine Grove Community Hall beginning at 7 p.m.

Boone serves on the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Commission, and is bringing together emergency management experts and officials to talk about coastal emergency response strategies.

Some of those expected to participate include: Camp Rilea Post Commander Lt. Colonel Dean Perez, Tillamook County Commissioner Mark Labhart, Clatsop County Commissioner Peter Huhtula, Hal Denison the Clatsop County Emergency Volunteer Auxiliary Coordinator, Gordon McCraw Tillamook County Emergency Management Director, and Linda Kozlowski Director of the Nehalem Bay Emergency Volunteer Corps.

The Oregon Resilience Plan is scheduled to be delivered to the 2013 Legislative Assembly in February. The town hall will be a chance

for local citizens to hear about the plan, and learn more about what they can do to implement potentially life-saving measures before, during and after a natural disaster.

Fire Mountain School adding classes

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Fire Mountain School has grown to three classes this year. Preschool and the 2nd/3rd grade class have been joined by a new kindergarten/ first grade program. There are currently spaces for additional students in the kindergarten/first grade program, created and taught

by Hannah Nebeker, who has been teaching and working with children for fifteen years.

Derived from her background in Waldorf, Reggio Emelia, and Montessori, Nebeker ‘s teaching method for this program is a harmony of elements from all three. Nebeker has a lifelong background in the creative arts. She uses music, dance, and visual forms to inspire curiosity and enthusiasm. The class focuses on a balance of academics and life skills in order to build confidence and nurture positive academic founda-

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CARTM Executive Director Jan Hamilton and Trashion Show model Julie “Fig” Yanko pulled the winner raffle tickets at the Upcycle Party at the NCRD Gymnasium on Saturday, Oct. 13. Carol Newman of Brownsmead won the Eco-Cart and the full-share Re-Evolution Garden CSA winner is Manzanita resident Tom Mock. The Trashion Runway Show featured 26 models wearing unique one-of-a-kind creations made with upcycled materials. The capacity crowd moved to the Upcycle Party immediately following the Trashion Show and were treated to a memorable CARTMstyle happening.

Expressions of Hope Silent Auction fundraising event for the Tillamook County Breast Health Coalition.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and on Oct. 21, the 6th annual Expressions of Hope Boot Decorating Contest & Silent Auction will be held at Second Street Market in Tillamook.

In past years, the fundraiser has featured decorated theme bras and hats. This year the coalition is “Kickin’ Breast Cancer” and asking the community to submit decorated and wearable boots.

All proceeds from the event will benefit the Tillamook County Breast Health Coalition for services to local area breast cancer patients to assist with co-pays, medications, housing, gas for travel to treatments, special meals, and other “extras” not covered by insurance.

The Expressions of Hope is sponsored by the Samuel S. Johnson Foundation. The boots can be viewed during regular business hours starting Oct. 1 at the Second Street Public Market in Tillamook. Silent Auction bidding will start on Oct. 15, and end at the final reception, sponsored by Bank of Astoria, from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21.

For more information about boot entries and other donations for the silent auction, please contact Suzie Whalen, Breast Health Coalition coordinator at (503) 368-5182, ext. 111.

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Mark Scott Smith Book Launch Writing will be accepted in three cat“Enemy in the Mirror: Love egories: poetry, fiction, and narrative and Fury in the Pacific War” non-fiction (includes memoir).

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n Roads From page 1 “Some people like the TRT idea because it is a tax that the locals don’t pay and most areas of the state have a TRT already in place so people are used to paying it when they stay in a motel,” continued Carnahan.

“We do not have a TRT in place outside of the cities in Tillamook County.”

According to Labhart, the Economic Development Council of Tillamook County Board of Directors recently directed Dan Biggs, executive director, to work with local “cities, motels, the travel industry and the public in developing a TRT proposal for the ballot next year.” County commissioners, who would have to approve any ballot measure before it is referred to voters, would expect such a proposal to be acceptable to those in the local lodging and travel industries, as well as local cities and the public, he added.

A TRT is just one possible solution to the significant problem of repairing county roads.

The committee, said Carnahan, is “developing a list of possible options to present to the public in three public listening sessions sponsored by the Headlight Herald. One of the options the committee is looking at includes a transient room tax.”

At the moment, Tillamook County has no funding with which to repair its 380 miles of roads, which, in a statewide assessment conducted nearly five years ago, were rated the worst

roads in Oregon by far. “Clearly Tillamook County roads have not got any better in the last five years,” said Carnahan.

Tillamook County’s roads are funded primarily by state and federal money, including revenue from gas taxes and motor vehicle registration fees.

However, county roads’ largest source of federal funds – federal forest timber receipts – are ending.

Many mistakenly believe property taxes pay for local road maintenance, said Director of the Tillamook County Roads Department Liane Welch. “By law, county commissioners are not allowed to simply shift property tax funds from other areas to pay for roads,” she said.

Tillamook County’s neighboring counties’ constituents all, at one time or another, approved supplemental road taxes to maintain their transportation systems.

Since 2001, as timber payments have dwindled, Tillamook County’s roads have deteriorated faster than county roads staff can repair them, said Welch. A shrinking department budget has forced her to take a reactionary approach – fixing potholes rather than paving.

So far, every potential method of funding county road repair has been thwarted, most recently in November of 2011 with 53 percent of local voters rejecting a proposal for the county to sell general obligation bonds not to exceed $15 million.

The bonds, which would have matured in 10 years and would have been paid from property taxes, would have cost roughly

$.46 per $1,000 in assessed value.

Sixty-five percent of county voters defeated a measure in May of 2008 that would have funded the Tillamook County Road Service District by imposing a $1 per $1,000 assessed value as a permanent rate limit for roads.

Nearly 10 years earlier, in November of 1999, 64 percent of county voters rejected a proposed levy imposing a property tax dedicated to paving roads.

The levy was for 85 cents per $1,000 of assessed value and included cities, with proceeds to have been shared with cities.

Three years prior to that, 66 percent of county voters defeated a measure that would have adopted an ordinance imposing 4 cents per gallon tax on gasoline sold in Tillamook County with proceeds to fund paving of county and city roads.

The tax would have expired in five years. Refunds would have been given for some involved in certain farm and forestry work.

Labhart said a study conducted last year indicated about $500,000 would be available for road repair from a 10 percent countywide transient room tax.

“Liane Welch estimates we have a $40 million road problem, so the TRT will not fix our deteriorating roads but it is a start and it is a tax that the tourists pay.”

While some people have said they like the concept of a countywide TRT, not everyone has had a chance to weigh in, said Carnahan. “We are not sure what voters might think about a TRT because we have not asked them yet. We will be

asking them for their ideas on this and any others ideas they might have later this year in the public meetings. We want to listen to what they think about the various options out there and ask for their input and ideas on these and any others they might offer.”

The committee, which formed in 2010 at Labhart’s request, will serve as a facilitator for the next attempt to secure funding for county road repair, said Carnahan. It will attempt to engage the public in the process, take its feedback to commissioners and develop recommendations for the commissioners’ consideration, he said. “The Board of County Commissioners is final authority to decide what should go on the ballot, if anything.”

Members of the committee, chosen by Labhart and Carnahan, represent all regions of the county. They are Labhart and Carnahan as well as south county businessmen Doug Olson and Bill Goodman; central county businessmen Don Averill and Doug Rosenberg; and north county residents, Manzanita Mayor Garry Bullard and Nehalem Mayor Shirley Kalkhoven. Welch serves as staff liaison to the group.

“So, we have a good mix from throughout the county of government and private folks, and we have people serving who are leaders in their communities,” said Carnahan.

The committee plans to host three public meetings throughout the county to solicit voter input on ideas – those offered by the committee and any they

Manzanita Public Safety log Sept. 30 - Issued a citation for operating a motor vehicle with communication device in Wheeler.

Sept. 30 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (57/30 mph) in Nehalem.

Sept. 30 - Assisted TCSO and OSP with a report of menacing along Hwy 101 north of Manzanita.

Oct. 1 - Issued a citation for illegal stop stand park in Manzanita.

Oct. 1 - Assisted TCSO, OSP and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a MVA near OWSP. Oct. 1 - Responded to an ordinance violation in Wheeler.

Oct. 1 - Responded to a report of harassment in Nehalem.

Oct. 1 - Assisted TCSO with a report of unwanted persons in Wheeler.

Oct. 1 - Responded to a suspicious circumstance in Manzanita.

Oct. 2 - Assisted Tillamook Ambulance and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a water rescue near NBSP. Oct 2 - Assisted TCSO with a report of narcotics in Wheeler.

Oct. 4 - Assisted TCSO with a missing person in Manzanita.

Oct. 4 - Assisted Tillamook Ambulance and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a medical call in Manzanita.

Oct. 4 - Responded to a vehicle stuck on

Manzanita Beach.

Oct. 5 - Issued three citations for no valid day-use permit displayed in NBSP. Oct. 5 - Issued a citation for violation of posted parking restrictions in OWSP. Oct. 5 - Responded to a suspicious circumstance in Manzanita.

Oct. 5 - Responded to a vehicle stuck on Manzanita Beach.

Oct. 5 - Assisted TCSO with a warrant in Nehalem.

Oct. 6 - Issued a citation for no valid operator’s license in Manzanita.

Oct. 6 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (45/30 mph) in Nehalem.

Oct. 6 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (44/25 mph) in Wheeler.

Oct. 6 - Issued a citation for driving while suspended in Wheeler.

Oct. 6 - Assisted TCSO with a report of burglary near Nehalem.

Oct. 6 - Assisted TCSO with a residential alarm near Nehalem.

Oct. 6 - Responded to a report of theft in Manzanita.

Oct. 7 - Issued a citation for careless driving in Manzanita.

Oct. 7 - Issued two citations for 11-3 illegal parallel parking in Manzanita.

Oct. 7 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (48/30 mph) in Nehalem.

Oct. 7 - Issued a citation for no valid

operator’s license in Nehalem.

Oct. 7 - Issued a citation for driving while suspended in Manzanita.

Oct. 7 - Responded to a report of criminal mischief in Manzanita.

Oct. 7 - Responded to a non-injury MVA in Manzanita.

Oct. 7 - Responded to a report of lost property in Wheeler.

Oct. 8 - Assisted Tillamook Ambulance and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a medical call in Neahkahnie.

Oct. 8 - Responded to a report of a missing vehicle in Manzanita.

Oct. 9 - Responded to a disturbance in Manzanita.

Oct. 11 - Assisted TCSO with a commercial alarm in Nehalem.

Oct. 11 - Responded to a residential alarm in Manzanita.

Responded to a court violation in Manzanita.

Oct. 13 - Assisted TCSO with a suspicious circumstance near Nehalem.

Our citizens need and should have a say in how they should be funded.”

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Celebrating the Leaders really are needed today things that go bump in the night It’s that time of year once At work one night, I again; there’s a frosty chill received a phone call from her in the air, people don scary informing me that “we had a costumes and go door-to-door spider emergency.” Her tone looking for handouts, and was so panicked I envisioned villagers everywhere gather some forty-foot B-movie torches and pitchforks. Altarantula marauding through though it may sound like I’m Bayside Gardens. When I talking about Election Day, its got home, all the lights in the Halloween that has my attenhouse were on and she was tion. Specifically, the things standing at the top of the stairs, that scare us so much we feel shaking and pale and clutching the need to celebrate them a frying pan. “There,” she said once a year. in a quivering tone, pointing at When it comes to fears, the living room. On the floor both legitimate was a heavy ceramic and irrational, I coffee mug with a certainly have the large rock on top, the market cornered. final prison of a rather I like to think large and irritated I’ve outgrown spider. I disposed of many of them; the creature with the fear of the dark, traditional toilet flush fear of mannewhile my wife barquins, fear of the ricaded herself in the band KISS. But, bedroom. Who says like everyone, chivalry is dead? there are a few Odder fears have holdovers that come to light over just won’t go the years, some I away. wouldn’t have conI’ve always sidered. A co-worker had a fear of revealed that he gets Dan Haag snakes. I like to freaked out by chilthink that in one dren’s songs sung in a way at least, I ghostly voice. Think resemble Indiana Jones. But “Itsy Bitsy Spider” or “Happy I’ve watched all of those films Birthday” in the background and never once did I see the as a group of teenagers wander good Dr. Jones scream like through an abandoned house in a newborn and scale a tree a slasher flick. when he happened across a A friend of mine from high dead snake. It looked gross; school was deathly afraid of so sue me. getting birds stuck in her hair.

It’s been a life-long panic- With the amount of hairspray fest. As a camp counselor, she used to hold her locks in what I thought was a tree root place, I was more afraid for under my tent in the middle the birds’ well-being if that of the night turned out to be ever happened. a very thick, active snake.

A college classmate On a trip to Eastern Oregon, dropped out of a psychology I saw one sunning beside a course because the professor river I wanted to cross and bore an uncanny resemblance decided that my time would to Hannibal Lecter. He was be better spent running in the actually very non-threatening opposite direction. This sumother than at the end of the mer, I refused to go into my semester when he said, and I parents’ house for a week after quote, “I’d love to have you I saw a garter snake stretched all for dinner,” to the students out across their driveway. If in his advisory group. asked by a police sketch artist, Finally, I won’t even get I would have said they were into how my new dog - a all approximately the size of a Labrador retriever – is afraid Toyota and could have taken of the water. down an elk. It’s safe to say So it’s alright to have fears, this fear will never leave. real or imagined. Frankly, I take comfort in the fact there are so many real scary that when it comes to creepythings out there that occupy crawlies, I’m not alone. My our daily lives, we should wife has a fear of spiders, and thank the spiders, snakes and seeing some of the varietrock bands that frighten us for ies the Oregon coast breeds, the distraction. As I approach I can’t say I blame her. We middle-age, I’m more afraid made a pact long ago that of things I see on the news she would protect me from than hockey masks or dark snakes and I would handle basements. Still, I’m not above the spiders. So seriously do feeling relieved when the long, we take this agreement, we thin object in the road at which considered adding it to our I’ve been throwing rocks turns wedding vows. out to be a tree branch.

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There are never ending articles and The next day after morning muster, stories about the quality called leaderit was announced that we were going ship. I am sure that every one of us to be trained to march. The company were born with a bit of that nature in was divided into squads and there were our beings. For some it never comes to about six men appointed to be squad play and for others it seems to be the leaders. directing force in everything attempted.

Our attempts to march around that Most of what I know about the subject parade ground would probably have has come from my lifetime made a very funny movie experiences and I can report as we stumbled around in that it is a mixed blessing. much disorder. When it was Cub Scouts and Boy over the chief called us all Scouts were the first places together and announced that I was put into leadership our performance needed a roles. Whether I was any lot of work and he was gogood would have been ing to see that we learned to determined by what we acdo things properly. That was complished. It was warwhen I spoke up and asked time and, along with those the chief if he had thought scouting skills, we helped of maybe training the squad in many ways with civil leaders and then they could defense preparations. I am The Old instruct their own men. He sure some of what I learned looked at me sharply and Geezer stayed with me for life. asked, “What is your name I joined the Navy Submasailor?” I told him my name Walt rine Reserve unit in Seattle and he announced, “You are Trandum when I was in high school. now a squad leader.”

It called for weekly meetThe next day when we ings and training in both went out to march, things Navy regulations and the operation of didn’t go much better, but ironically a submarine. During the Korean War, it was then that I found I was now in they called a great many of us in to accharge of solving part of the problem tive duty and it wasn’t something that and was being held responsible for many of us had thought would hapwhat my men could not do very well. pen. I was married with one child and Along with leadership comes responanother on the way when I went off to sibility. be a sailor.

Every morning the entire company The Navy decided that us reserve was subject to inspection, that included members should have some basic our uniform, our shoes and our pertraining before we joined the fleet and sonal cleanliness. It turned out that two I found myself in boot camp in San of the guys in my squad got called out Diego. The first day was spent getting two days in a row for having dirty ears. all of our clothing, a very short hair That was what prompted me to carry cut, and getting other things in order. a handkerchief and before inspection

I would clean both of those guys ears.

It solved a problem, but I think I was in my forties before I quit looking in people’s ears.

While leadership starts at the top, it really is the action of those below that determines the solving of problems or maintaining the quality of any endeavor. I think there is a bit of salesmanship that comes into play when leading people. If they feel that they are responsible for their own actions and are appreciated for their efforts, they have been subjected to good leadership.

With nearly 43 years of membership in the Lions Club, I have been privileged to work with some wonderful leaders. Some were wealthy and used their resources to make a lot of projects get off the ground, but it was their leadership that did the most in improving the lives of people with sight and or hearing problems. Many of us with more limited means did our part by communicating with those in need and leading them through the steps to find what they required to ease their pain.

Those people who volunteer at every level of government should have our vote of appreciation for the leadership they provide to guide us through our daily lives. Their only compensation is the good words they get from their fellow citizens and sometime they get grossly underpaid. Having served a couple times as a mayor, I know that a thick skin and a sense of humor are both required for any civic official and you have to live with the knowledge that there will always be people out there who don’t agree with you. Just don’t take it personal.

Remember that every day is a bonus!

From moos and mountains to dust and deserts I don’t like goodbyes. mutter, “I hate goodbyes.”

Don’t like change either.

Unable to speak themselves, Guess I better get over that they nodded. since life is full of both. AuNow about to embark on thor Henry David Thoreau another new chapter in my says in his book, Walden, life, leaving the Northwest “Things do not and spending change. We do.” time in Arizona I imagine that’s where I raised true most of the that infant daughtime. ter and a son, I’m I remember facing change and one wrenching goodbyes again. goodbye in May We’re meant to 1970 when I was be in commuleaving Michinity, and I feel an gan for Colorado integral part of where my husthis one, not only band waited to bethrough my colgin a new chapter umn and readers, in our lives after but also in the the Vietnam War. connections that Standing in the have rooted me to Gail airport next to my this place. parents, I, their Writer Sarah Balden youngest daughJuniper Rabkin, ter, was about an instructor at to move 1,200 miles west, Sitka Art and Ecology Cenpermanently away from the ter, with whom I studied this comforts of my childhood summer, speaks of such conhome. I was scared. I was a nection in her book, What I new mother, and in spite of Learned at Bug Camp. She my preparations for child was on a two-month art and rearing, I knew nothing. writing residency at Sitka Clutching my infant, I emalong with three other artists braced my mother and father in late 2007. She says most in one big hug, and the tears of the time the artists, intent welled up. I could only on being productive, kept to

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themselves. But in December, when big weather arrived on the Oregon coast, and they were hammered for days with ninety-mile-anhour winds, torrential rain and hail which caused trees and limbs to fall, roads to flood, and power and phone lines to crash, she wanted to be with other members of her tribe. Despite having enough food and warmth, the need for human company trumped all else.

“One stormy night we went looking for each other,” she says. I get that.

Looking for each other. Here in our tiny towns, we look for each other and look out for each other as well.

Though I’m excited to spend time in the desert with my son, daughter-in-law and young grandsons, and warm winter months under a blue sky, I still feel certain sadness at leaving our little towns, even for a while. I’ll pick up my monthly column again when I return and maybe send in a few special ones over my absence.

I came across the E.B. White’s children’s novel Charlotte’s Web recently and decided I’d try to be like

the character Wilber in this book, a book that asks us to be content with whatever and wherever we are. I particularly loved these words, a reminder of that: Life in the barn was very good – night and day, winter and summer, spring and fall, dull days and bright days.

It was the best place to be, thought Wilber, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the sun, the passage of swallows, the nearness of rats, the sameness of sheep, the love of spiders, the smell of manure, and the glory of everything.

As I take a hiatus from what I love here in the Pacific Northwest, the moos and mountains, and replace it with the dust and deserts of the Southwest, I’ll hold in my heart the glory of everything. I thank you dear readers for being true friends and lavish in your appreciation and love for my words. My Artlight calendar quotation for October is one

by Persian poet Rumi: Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Something for all of us to remember, wherever we are.

Letters to the editor Time for a change PERS is bankrupting our state, and the Democrats have done nothing to curb the growth of PERS. Democratic policies have, however, done a great deal to harm the interests of members of private unions whose livelihoods depend on the survival of Oregon’s core industries like timber, transportation, and inexpensive hydro-electric power.

Columbia County, Clatsop, and Tillamook County have been particularly hard-hit. The unemployment rate in these counties is higher than the Oregon average, which is higher than the national average.

We have had 20 years of government by people like Deb Boone and Brad Witt. We have had 20 years of Democratic monolithic control of the executive branch. We have tried their policies, and they have failed.

It is time for a change. It is time for candidates who speak not only for the public unions, but for the private unions, for small business, and for your average taxpayer. That’s why I support Knute Buehler for

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Chana Cox, Lewis and Clark, Faculty Emerita North Plains

More investigation needed In his opinion item regarding the closing of Harrison’s Café in Wheeler, Walt Trandum is sorely mistaken.

His statement that he “did a little investigating” is certainly true. He did little actual investigating it appears, otherwise he would also have interviewed the owners of Harrison’s Café as to their reasons for closing.

His statements would make it appear that the café has had trouble making ends meet and is giving up. The truth is that the café has flourished and over the last three and a half years has become a popular breakfast and lunch location for visitors and locals alike all year round.

On what facts or on whose statements did he base his opinion?

In simple terms, the root of the problem lies in a contractual dispute between the landlords and their tenants, and they have been unable to reach a mutual agreement for a longterm solution.

“Long wet winters and springs,” while challenging for every business here, have absolutely nothing to do with it.

It is misleading and downright irresponsible for a journalist to publish such an opinion without exploring all angles of the story. If he had done so, he might not have agreed to write an opinion, at all.

I highly recommend that Mr. Trandum follow this with due diligence, interview the café owners, and publish a retraction or correction post haste.

Jane Dunkin Wheeler

I support Measure 29-129 Voting yes on 29-129 will provide base funding for the Tillamook Soil and Water Conservation District. This will give the District the ability to leverage other funds

Director of News Samantha Swindler Editor/General Manager Dave Fisher Director of Sales Don Patterson Advertising Sales Chris Nicholson Circulation Lora Ressler Production Manager Susan Pengelly Graphic Designers Stephania Baumgart, Rita Reed Contributing Writers Gail Balden, Dan Haag, Janice Gaines, Walt Trandum, Dana Zia

to continue technical and financial services to all natural resource users in the county. The benefits will be shared by all landowners, from the single family home in the city to the rural residential properties throughout Tillamook County.

I have been an elected board of director for the District for over 30 years and I’m asking you my constituents to join me and vote yes on Measure 29-129.

Bill Hagerty Cloverdale

Vote Yes on 29-129 My fellow fishermen please join me in supporting measure 29-129.

I know that the valuable work Ray Monroe and the Tillamook Soil and Water accomplish provides for improved habitat and increases downstream salmonid migration survivability. This also helps for future harvest and conservation of our local fish populations.

Vote yes on 29-129 to maintain support for our natural resources.

Al Jensen Pacific City

Many thanks from Manzanita Farmers Market The “Thank You” ad that appeared in the last issue of the North Coast Citizen was specifically to acknowledge the 42 paid business sponsors of the Manzanita Farmers Market.

There are other “thank yous” as well: To Kamali/Sotheby International Realty for the use of your parking lot on Friday evenings for 15 weeks.

To the City of Manzanita and the City Council for the on-going support.

To all our volunteers, vendors and shoppers.

There are many people behind the scenes that make valuable contributions to the market that often don’t receive accolades they are due – this is for you.

Thanks to everyone for helping to make the Manzanita Farmers Market a success.

Laura Swanson Manager

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n Sheriff From page 1 Commander and Public Information Officer for the Sheriff’s Department before he was promoted to Undersheriff.

Law enforcement professionals become certified in their areas of expertise.

Sheriff Long is cross-trained and double certified, in both Police and Corrections (jail).

His broad range of experience in the Sheriff’s Office, the fact that he has come up through the ranks, and his accessible leadership style have won him the respect and support of the men and women who work for him.

“I am committed,” said Long. “The idea of being a leader in our Sheriff’s Office and being a part of this team is something that I’m really proud of. I lead by example; that’s something I’ve always tried to do, regardless of my rank. That’s what I encourage all of our staff to do; being a leader has nothing to do with rank,” Long explained, rather, it is a state of mind and a commitment to professionalism.

One of the biggest challenges in the job is dealing with the budget. The Sheriff’s Office was historically funded with federal forest revenues, and as they have dried up, the County general fund has shrunk, with more departments competing for fewer dollars. “We’re already pretty thin,” said Long. “We have two, sometimes three

deputies on the road at night, “ spread out over a 45 mile stretch of road, from north Tillamook County to south.

“We’re operating lean as it is.

If we ever had to do lay-offs we’d lose detectives first, and that would be terrible. But we have to have deputies on the road.

“And as far as I’m concerned,” Long continued, “we’re at minimum staffing at the jail. There are many times there are only three people on duty at the jail.

I’ve seen two people lose a fight with one person (on the street) more often than you can count. We’re dealing with people detoxing, people who are out of control. The third person on duty cannot leave the control room. To have fewer jail staff would be unsafe.”

Working within budgetary constraints, Long is trying to “take the Sheriff’s Office to the next level,” meaning the next level of professionalism and proactive crime fighting.

“We’re trying to do more crime prevention,” said Long. “For example, we have the prescription drug takeback program,” where people can safely dispose of prescription and over the counter drugs by dropping them off at the Sheriff’s Office, and other locations around the county. “This is one way to prevent prescription drug abuse. We have deputies stopping at construction sites and talking to foremen about how to prevent theft, because theft of tools is a big problem here. So now, rather than taking the report after something has been stolen,

we’re showing up before the crime has occurred, and telling people how to protect their property.”

Long has strategic planning goals for the Sheriff’s Office, and he plans to be here long term, to see them through. “I would like to be Sheriff for at least 10 years,” he said, “maybe longer. I feel young, and we’ve got work to do.”

Bill Spidal

Bill Spidal is by all accounts a unique individual, a contrarian who challenges authority. He has a degree in Philosophy, devotes himself to volunteer efforts, and has the remarkable distinction of having argued with Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

Repeatedly. By his account, Spidal argued with the Nobel Peace Prize winner several times in the 1980s while he was working in a tuberculosis clinic in Calcutta run by the Catholic nun.

“I went to India twice and worked in the TB clinic,” said Spidal. “I worked there off and on for two years. It was too hot, too humid. I left and went to Central America in between, and did some work at a clinic down there.

“When I met Mother Teresa, the very first day I was there, at two o’clock the nuns get up and go to church. From two to three in the afternoon they go to mass every day.

There are 200 beds in the clinic, you’ve got 50 people dying, 50 people who may or may not make it, and 50 people who will probably get better. There are people dying all the time, and no matter

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of the nearly 30 participants were first-timers, Jim Fanjoy of Kayak Tillamook offered excellent instruction before and during the kayaking, so everyone enjoyed this unique experience with complete confidence.

After the tour, NCRD Friends provided water, soda and gift bags to all participants. The date of August 31 is already set for the 2013 Kayak Tour.

Over $750 total was received from this year’s registration and rentals. These funds are used to enhance programs of the NCRD and aid with facility improvements.

Since forming in 2008, Friends, a 501(3)(c) organization whose aim is to support NCRD, has contributed over $38,000, with support from foundations and the community.

From page 2 November 1 is the last day ballots can be mailed, prior to Election Day on Nov. 6.

The Elections office in the Tillamook County Courthouse will be open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

NCRD Kayak Tour another success Kayakers enjoyed a sunny day on the Nehalem River for the recent North County Recreation District Kayak Tour.

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what’s going on, the nuns all get up and go to church at two o’clock. People are dying, and everybody’s at church. I thought that was crazy.

“It takes somebody like myself, an outsider to come in and say, this isn’t working, this is broken. That’s what I’m doing with this campaign.

Domestic violence is my main issue because the way we deal with domestic violence in this county is not working. I’m asking the justice system, why are you letting this happen?

Just because we’ve been doing it this way for 50 years, that’s not a good enough excuse.

“We have assault and violence on the left, and domestic violence on the right; the system here has always said that crimes on the left are serious and crimes on the right get a slap on the wrist, maybe 3-9 days in jail, it’s appalling.”

In Oregon, a county sheriff must have at least four years’ experience as a full-time law enforcement officer, (or two years’ experience and two years of college). Spidal meets that requirement: he was a “street cop” for the Portland Police Department from 1977 to 1985, when he quit because he was confined to a desk job. Spidal lost a leg in 1981 in an automobile accident.

He was hospitalized for eight months, and when he returned to work he was frustrated by the change in his mobility and his duties.

“I was a training officer in the North Precinct and it was just rock and roll all the time.

Then to go to a desk job at the age of 29, it was like, oh forget it.”

Spidal was on duty with the

The third annual Friends of NCRD (North County Recreation District) Kayak Tour on the Nehalem a great success. Although some

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Air National Guard (he served as an MP) when he lost his leg, so he retired from the Air Force (Air National Guard) after 10 years, with disability in 1984.

Another requirement to hold the office of sheriff is certification from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST), which certifies all police officers in the state of Oregon. Spidal had DPSST certification when he worked for the Portland Police Department; he has since let it lapse. When asked whether he thinks he could be recertified, with his physical disability, Spidal responded that he thinks the idea that he could not be Sheriff with one leg is a “low blow.”

“I could perform the duties of the office of sheriff,” he said. “And I would have a year after the election to become certified anyway.”

After he quit the Portland Police Department he went to school at Portland State University, where he earned a B.A. in Philosophy. From there, he headed to India to work with Mother Teresa.

“In 1990 when I came back I became interested in financial analysis, and I began doing some international trading in financial markets.”

Spidal has been a Tillamook County resident for 13 years. He owns 10 acres on Anderson Road that used to be a small cattle ranch, “but now I just have one bull,” he said, “and my office is there.” He lives in Nehalem.

Spidal has the desire to be of service, and he has looked for opportunities to do so.

In 2003-04 he attended the

North Coast Squid literary magazine seeks submissions

The Manzanita Writer’s Series coordinators are pleased to continue the collaboration with the North Coast Citizen to publish a second annual literary magazine.

The North Coast Squid showcases work of writers and artists who live on the north coast or have a strong connection to the area.

The second magazine will publish in February 2013 in time for the February Manzanita Writer’s Series event.

“We’re looking for color art or color photographs for the cover that represent our area in some way AND that will draw readers to pick up the publication,” said Kathie Hightower,

Western Baptist Seminary, and earned a graduate certificate in theology/chaplaincy.

In April 2011 Spidal made local news when he was cited for interfering with signs at the construction site of the (then future) Nehalem Bay Fire and Recreation District. Spidal was protesting the message of the sign, which stated that the new fire station was out of the tsunami zone; Spidal thought it was a “lie.” Then in July 2011, Spidal was cited for trespassing on the same property.

The misdemeanor charges were reduced to violations, in order to proceed with a judge trial, as opposed to a jury trial.

In February 2012 Spidal was found not guilty of criminal trespass II and criminal mischief, stemming from the sign incident on April 30, 2011.

In the second case, the court found Spidal guilty of criminal trespass II, also a violation. He was sentenced to pay fines totaling $354.

Spidal has said this case is one reason why he is running for sheriff. He thinks the charges against him were ridiculous and personal in nature: he made people mad, so they had him cited.

Spidal has run for several different offices including County Commissioner and Governor of the State of Oregon, and never won, but he is undaunted. He does not accept campaign contributions; all funds spent on his campaign are his own. Asked if he considers himself a long shot candidate, Spidal responded with an enthusiastic “No! I think I’ve got a chance to win this thing.” cofounder of the Manzanita Writers’ Series. Art should be sent as a jpg of a least 300 dpi resolution. The North Coast Squid editorial team will make the final selection.

“We’re also looking for art and photography submissions to accompany literary content within the publication,” says cofounder Vera Wildauer.

Art categories include black and white photos and line drawings.

Submissions for consideration are due November 30. Artists may submit three images each of black and white photos or line drawings (scanned and in jpg form.) For the full submission guidelines go to hoffmanblog.org and click on Squid in the Blog Categories list.

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Tillamook, Ore.- Jack and Sue Drafahl are a husband and wife writing team. They have written and published over  articles that have appeared in Petersen’s Photographic, Rangefinder, Skin Diver, Sport Diver, Outdoor Photographer, National Geographic World, National Wildlife Federation and Cousteau magazines. They have also written several technical books on various aspects of photography. The Drafahls will be giving a presentation at the Tillamook County Library on October th at :pm. They will be reading from their newest novel, CAT, and will also give tips on how to write and publish a novel.

Jack and Sue started their professional photographic careers at Brooks Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, California. They both received their scuba diving certification in the early ‘s and have logged over ten thousand dives. Sue is an inaugural member of the Women Divers Hall of Fame.

In , they decided to change the course of their writing to include fiction. Since then, Jack and Sue have written six novels that span the gamut of genres from future science to romance.

Jack and Sue make their home in Tillamook County. In addition to their book writing, they enjoy leading underwater photo expeditions around the globe.

Tillamook County Library programs are free and open to the public. The program will be held in the Hatfield Community Room at the Tillamook County Library,  Third Street, Tillamook, OR . Light refreshments will be served. For additional information, please call the Tillamook County Library at () -.

All Tillamook County Library programs are free and open to the public.

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Another option is to build a new pool facility, with the same pool capacity, on adjacent property owned

by NCRD. Sherwood’s $3.9 million, 9,000-square-foot proposal would increase the pool deck area, separate the learning pool from the lap pool, and include more space for locker rooms, administrative offices, and storage space. Costs include $907,500 for the steel frame natatorium structure, $594,000 for the bathhouse and pool mechanics, $519,200 for the pool itself, and $908,916 in “soft costs.”

Sherwood noted that this option would allow the current pool to remain open during construction.

But costs are higher, and they don’t take into account costs to either mothball or repurpose the existing pool.

EXPAND

A third option studied is to build a new, larger pool facility. For an estimated $5.2 million, NCRD could expand to a six-lane lap pool. The design is essentially the same as with the four-lane rebuild, but slightly larger. This pool would cost roughly $759,000; the 12,000-square-foot steel natatorium structure roughly $1.15 million; and “soft costs” roughly $1.2 million.

Sherwood said the six-lane pool could serve approximately 150 patrons; the current facility is quite crowded with 70 people, said NCRD Aquatics Director Barbara McCann.

McCann also said after the meeting that the sixlane pool would allow the district to serve more swimmers without an increase in employees.

OTHER EVALUATIONS

Sherwood also presented estimates on adding a pool cover, or blanket, to the existing pool for heat conservation. Two 15-foot wide blankets and mechanical reels to retract them would be needed. That cost is estimated at $41,300. Typical projected energy savings would be around $14,677 a year, with an investment return within 2.8 years.

Unfortunately, the NCRD pool’s heating system isn’t “typical.”

Sherwood explained that the existing natatorium doesn’t have any heating system itself – “the pool is the source of heat for the natatorium.” Blanketing the water would cool the rest of the space to be “less comfortable” for patrons and could potentially cause a serious condensation problem, he said. As for the $14,677 a year? Sherwood says, “I’m not sure you’ll get those savings because you don’t have the kind of air system that supports those kinds of savings.”

It should be noted that those kinds of cost savings could be utilized in the renovation or new construction options, but the $41,300 blanket cost is not included in the project estimates.

Sherwood also presented a preliminary cost estimate for a new dehumidification system in the current pool, including a new mechanical room, air handling unit, overhead ductwork, fan unit and air grilles. The total project estimate is $485,868, but Sherwood concluded that “due to the lack of code compliant heating and ventilation systems, this study is not feasible as an energy conservation measure... Operating cost comparisons will likely not reveal a reasonable payback period... The benefits will be improved air quality and temperature and humidity control... The

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drawback may be increased operating costs.”

Several members of the audience asked questions of Sherwood and the board, including how any of the proposals could be funded.

Audience member Owen Nicholson said, “This community cannot afford a $4 million to $6 million pool.”

One man pointed out that in the first draft of the pool “enterprise plan,” the board stated it preferred the largest option – the six-lane pool. Asked if that was still the board’s position, board member Kevin Greenwood said, “I would say that’s changed.”

Another asked Sherwood what he thought would be appropriate for a community of north county’s size – four or six lanes. Sherwood said, “I’m surprised you have a four-lane pool” adding that the entire pool program was “fairly unique for a community this size.

It’s unusual, but it’s part of what this community is.”

Oct. 11 MEETING

After hearing Sherwood’s presentation Oct. 4, the board put out a call for public input, to be heard during their regular board meeting on Oct. 11. Of the eighteen audience members present on Oct. 11, eleven spoke in favor of building a new four- or six-lane pool (the majority favoring the six-lane option) and two supported renovating the existing pool. No one spoke in favor of a fourth option – doing nothing about the aging facility.

McCann spoke in favor of building the six-lane pool, saying discussions about a new pool have been ongoing since 2002.

“It’s not anything we’ve taken on carelessly or thoughtlessly,” she said.

“NCRD was created to save the swimming pool and the swim program. The program today has outgrown

www.NorthCoastCitizen.com the four-lane pool.”

McCann said the NCRD doesn’t intend to see an additional construction levy – only renewal of the current operating levy. Pool supporters are looking at fundraising and grant-writing for the remainder of the pool project.

“I have to go on faith,” that the money will be found, she said. “That’s how we’ve gone the whole time.”

The board also received 21 letters of comment (some of those same letter writers spoke as members of the audience.) Of the letters, 14 supported a six-lane pool, three supported a new pool of the same size (four lanes), three expressed concern over finances for any pool project, and one supported refurbishing the existing pool.

During that meeting, the Board also received more numbers on the estimate operating costs for the three options. Upgrading the existing pool would reduce current operating costs by about 30 percent; building a new four-lane pool would lower operating cost by about 40 percent; and a new six-lane pool would lower them by about 13 percent.

Those new numbers are slightly different from a week ago, when architect Carl Sherwood estimated that the remodel project would have the lowest operating costs.

There were also questions raised about projected population growth for the north county area, with some discussion that the population of the area was expected to double – increase by 100 percent – in the next 30 years.

After the meeting, the North Coast Citizen consulted a report titled “Forecasts of Oregon’s

County Populations and Components of Changes,” prepared by the state’s Office of Economic Analysis.

That report, which begins with base population figures from July 1, 2000, estimates that Tillamook County as a whole will grow to a population of 32,146 in 2040, or about a 32-percent growth rate. The report did not break down figures further than the county level.

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Working to end domestic & sexual violence in Tillamook County since 1982, the Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center will be conducting its fall 2012 volunteer training beginning with an Oct. 30 orientation session at 1902 2nd St., in Tillamook.

Pre-screening is required.

Call Eleanor Watkins, Community Services Coordinator, at (503) 8429486 to set an appointment.

Volunteer positions include Hotline Volunteers, Direct Services, Office Support, Fundraising & Publicity, Thrift Store, Maintenance & Odd Jobs, Board of Directors, and Speakers Bureau.

The big question in all of this discussion is how a pool project would be funded. If an option is chosen for further study, surveys will be presented to the community on how to fund it – likely in January and February.

There’s already a large chunk of money saved for the pool project. In 2008 voters approved a five-year operational tax levy for NCRD, which expires in 2013. Greenwood said the levy has allowed the district to put about about $1 million toward a pool project, by funding operations with the levy and saving timber tax and base NCRD property taxes for the pool.

Greenwood said it would be “difficult” for any pool project to move forward if voters do not renew that five-year operational levy in 2013.

“Whatever choice we pick... it’s not a contract, it’s a goal,” said board member John Coopersmith.

A copy of the consultant’s report may be downloaded from NCRD’s website www.ncrdnehalem.org, and copies are available for review at the Manzanita Public Library and the NCRD office at 36155 9th Street, Nehalem, Oregon.

From page 5 Artists can find copies of the first Squid available for sale in many coastal retail outlets. Fifty percent of the cover price goes to the Hoffman Center to help with operational costs that provide programs like the Manzanita Writers’ Series.

Volunteer training at Women’s Resource Center

Area bridge groups start new season

Several local bridge groups recently finished their final games for the season and are starting a new round of activities. The Ladies Round Robin winners for this year were Dona Henry and Gloria Stickel.

The couples group winners were Bob and Dona Henry. Both groups collect dues for playing but contribute the dues to a worthy cause. This year, both groups collected $405 and elected to donate the money to United Paws of Tillamook County.

Members held an end of the season luncheon to celebrate and enjoy an afternoon of bridge at Koko’s Restaurant near Tillamook.

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n Candidates From page 1 “We have 18 major projects going at the Port of Tillamook Bay,” Baertlein told the Headlight Herald; most are funded with Federal emergency management (FEMA) money, but there’s a $3 million airport improvement project as well.

On the non-governmental side, he’s been on the Boards of Directors for the YMCA (serving at one point as their President), Chamber of Commerce, Marie Mills Center, Pacific Christian School, and the Pioneer Museum.

Why run for county commissioner?

“I thought about it for a long time,” Baertlein said.

“The kids are leaving home so I’ll have more time to devote to it.”

“I think I have the right perspective on things. I’d like to see a long-range businesstype plan for the county. I have a background as a CPA; I’ve worked with fishing and farming. I have a background in municipal auditing; I’ve seen what works in government and what doesn’t.

“I want to see the job done and done right,” he said.

Problems facing the county

The loss of family-wage jobs continues to be a problem, he said. 40% of the Tillamook Burn is now set aside for environmental purposes, he noted. “All we can do is lobby and work as hard as we can.”

The dairy industry is impacted

by EPA and DEQ rules limiting smells—though the Port of Tillamook Bay is helping mitigate that with their manure digester. When cattle die, their carcasses are shipped out of the county, to Coffin Butte, he said. “We could use a cow digester.”

Roads & taxes

“The Federal forest funds are gone,” Baertalein said.

“That’s a big part of our roads problem.” The bottom line, he said, is the money to fix the county roads “is going to come out of our pockets. I don’t know where else it can come from.” The last county road levy didn’t lose by much, he noted.

The county is “between a rock and a hard place” with respect to taxes, Baertlein said.

Property taxes and timber revenues are the county’s main sources of revenue, but statewide ballot measures in 1990 and 1998 limited both property taxes and local governments’ ability to ask for more. “We have to be really fiscally responsible,” he said.

The tsunami sirens

Infrastructure is the county’s biggest problem, Baertlein said. “Roads are number one,” but down the road the county will need to replace or upgrade the courthouse, he said. “Right now, the county is renting quite a few buildings.” Wind and wave energy is coming to the Coast, and “it could be a viewshed issue,” he said. “The state is still looking at a spot off Pacific City.”

“I think the county made the right decision from a financial standpoint,” Baertlein said. “Technology has changed so much since they went up they’re obsolete.” Upgrading the sirens—at an estimated cost of $3,500 apiece—when the sirens would have limited utility in an emergency didn’t make financial sense, he suggested.

Bottom line

Baertlein cites his finan-

n Briefs From page 6 wreaths, garland and other evergreen forms. The poinsettias come in red, white, marble or pink in either a 6-in. pot with one stem and a crown about one foot in diameter or an 8-in. pot with three stems and a crown of about two feet. The wreaths and other forms are made of cedar, noble fir, ponderosa pine cones and juniper with silver blueberries and the garlands are made of western red cedar.

New this year are a hanging basket with greens and ribbon that can be put outside like a wreath and a mixed evergreen bouquet of 2-1/2

cial background as one of the big pluses in electing him as county commissioner. “We may never have had a CPA as county commissioner,” he said. Born and raised in Tillamook County, “I have a lifelong experience with the issues” and ties to the business community county-wide.

“I’ll be more user-friendly,” he said. “You don’t stay in business for 30 years without keeping clients happy and solving their problems.”

Lisa Phipps

Lisa Phipps, 43, is the executive director of the Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, headquartered in Garibaldi; she was formerly the Coastal Resource Planner for Tillamook County.

Phipps was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, got a Bachelor’s degree in fisheries management from the University of Michigan and a Master’s in environmental law from the University of Vermont.

Moving to Tillamook County was a deliberate choice, she said. “I’d been coming here on vacation.” She’s married to Roby Lane, maintenance supervisor for Garibaldi’s Northwest Hardwoods mill.

They recently bought a home in Idaville.

Prior governmental experience

Phipps was Mayor of Rockaway Beach for five years, and has been their Municipal Judge for the past two years. She’s currently an elected director of the Kilchis Water District, which serves the Idaville area. On the nongovernmental side, Phipps is president of the Tillamook County United Way, the treasurer of CARE, vice-chair of Open Oregon (a nonprofit focused on educating

pounds of greens for making your own wreath.

Some of the greens are also available for shipping to friends and family via FedEX. Order deadline is Tuesday, Oct 30 and delivery will be Tuesday, Nov 20. Payment is collected at delivery. To order or for specific prices or more information, please call (503) 368-6874 or (503) 436-2610 or email barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net or fms@seasurf.net. All proceeds benefit the Fire Mountain School in Falcon Cove.

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people about public records laws) and also of Get Access (focused on keeping homes accessible so people can live independently longer), and is on the board of the Tillamook Family Counseling Center.

Why run for county commissioner?

“I’m very passionate about Tillamook County,” Phipps said. Being Mayor of Rockaway Beach “was extremely rewarding to me,” she said.

“Being an elected official is a tremendous way to give back to the community.”

“I think my experience and skills can help us through these challenging times,” Phipps said. As the county’s coastal resource planner, “I spent the day part of my life all over the county,” she said. “From Falcon Cove to Cascade Head, everywhere’s different,” she said. Her work with TEP takes her around the county, too.

Problems facing the county

Phipps identified the county budget, infrastructure—especially roads—and “meeting the fundamental needs of the community” as the top issues facing the county.

Phipps approaches the county commissioner’s job from a planning perspective—reflecting her background in county planning.

“We have to have a strategic plan,” she said. Right now, the budget pits everything against each other. “I’m talking about looking at how’s [the] business working. Are we efficient? Organizational capacity issues,” she said. It requires involving everyone in the community to determine priorities and needs.

“We need to re-connect people back to their government,” she said, “getting people invested

Berg; and by numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial mass will be held for Bill at 11 a.m. on Saturday Oct. 20, 2012 at St. Mary’s by the Sea Catholic Church in Rockaway Beach.

Cremation arrangements are in

Roads & taxes

“I watched the road bond last go-around,” Phipps said.

“It was close but failed.”

Fixing and maintaining the roads will take “a package of solutions,” she said. She suggested a county transient room tax—“It won’t fix the roads but it will help fill the gap.” As much as 30% of the money could be spent on roads (state law requires 70% of room tax money be spent on promoting tourism).

“There will be some kind of bond or levy we’ll have to be as part of,” she said. Improving partnerships with other organizations and governments will help, too.

“Take a look again at road districts,” she said. There used to be three road districts in Tillamook County, in the north, central and south parts of the county. They would have a permanent tax rate and know what to budget, she said. “We have to stop being reactive,” Phipps said.

“It’s not helping us move forward.”

The tsunami sirens

“I went to Rockaway Beach for the tsunami drill,”

noon to 4 p.m. (35685 Hwy 53). Admission is free and there will be fun and games for the whole family! Those who come in Halloween costumes will receive five free tickets for kid friendly carnival games. Other features include a cakewalk, apple bobbing, pumpkin carving, and much more. There will be a raffle for special prices and opportunities to buy seasonal produce donated from local farms and holiday gift items. A delicious home cooked tamale meal will also be available for purchase. Entertainment will include a puppet show, an enactment of a scary poem by the upper class students and a performance by the local band Sedona Fire.

For more information call the school at (503) 436-2610 or email to fms@seasurf.net

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in what’s going on.”

“We are past single solutions,” Phipps said. “It’s going to be about partnerships, leveraging and thinking outside the box—making people aware you have to plan for the future.”

“County commissioners aren’t job creators,” Phipps said. “We are involved in the EDC (Economic Development Council), and facilitate conversations with the ports and among the cities.” The county can provide a healthy and sustainable “pathway” for economic development, she said.

care of Waud’s Funeral Home in Tillamook.

her 70th birthday, was an avid golfer who loved spending time with her family here at the beach in their Neahkahnie home. She will be greatly missed by her many friends and her large and loving family.

Phipps said. “911 worked in many places but not in others. For some, the Civil Air Patrol message was hard to hear. From the interior of your home, perhaps you couldn’t hear it at all.” A lot of challenges were identified, she said.

The decision to get rid of the sirens has been made, she said. “The county has been talking about this for a while.”

She faulted the county for not involving the public more. “I’d go into communities impacted by the decision—bring professionals. There should have been a road show,” she said.

The sirens are just a tool, she emphasized. “But if we’re going to take the tool away, we need to understand why.”

Phipps urged outreach to the various communities, adequate signage at official evacuation routes, clear marking of staging areas, and continued encouragement of the “map your neighborhood” and other CERT-related efforts.

Bottom line

“I bring [to the table] local government experience as Mayor of Rockaway Beach, and as an employee and manager for Tillamook County.

I’ve represented Tillamook County at the state level on boards and as Mayor,” Phipps said. “I can hit the ground running with the partnerships necessary to move the county forward.”

Phipps also cites her planning experience and background in hazard management--“That’s important in Tillamook County”—and experience managing budgets of all sizes, from Rockaway Beach to the Estuaries Partnership to various non-profits. And “a solid background in law. I can maneuver my way through it.”

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School in Minneapolis. He literally, and entertaining. Probably not joined the United States Navy Tillamook is a great community but when politics interferes with life transforming. and served his country honorthe criminal justice system, we must correct it....

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3. Where favoritism allows gether, Geri and Bill followed Behind the rough exterior of these Bill’s work as a micro electricharacters we see that we're all the same, pedophiles/rapists to plead guilty to cal engineer from Minnesota, we all feel pain. This explores the felonies and get probation... to California, and finally to responsibility we have to young people Oregon. Bill worked for to help them not fall apart and feel Sylvania, ESL, Control Data, insignificant, and also to ourselves.

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He will be dearly missed by all who knew him. Bill was preceded in death by a daughter, Tina Berg, and by his sister Dorothy Mendoza. He leaves behind to honor his life, his loving family: wife Geraldine Berg, of Nehalem; children Heidi Underhill and husband Craig, of Banks, Ore., Heather Berg and husband Tim Couch, for Tillamookfor County Commissioner, Position 1 Position 1 Tillamook County Commissioner, of Sauvies Island, Ore., Holly Jankowski and husband Mar- Candidate Forums: Upcoming Upcoming Candidate Forums: Visit me at www.electlisaphipps.com or on Facebookor at on Facebook at Visit me at www.electlisaphipps.com cus, of Buxton, Ore., and Eric TILLAMOOK TILLAMOOK Berg and wife Kimberley, of Committee to Elect Lisa Phipps Committee to Elect Lisa Phipps Oct. 11th at 6pm at Tillamook Bay Oct.Community 11th at 6pmCollege at Tillamook Bay Community College San Mateo, Cal.; grandchilCLOVERDALE CLOVERDALE dren – Christopher Gambell, to by Elect Phipps to Elect Lisa Phipps Paid for theLisa Committee Oct. 17th at 6:30pm at NestuccaOct. Jr/Sr High School at Nestucca Jr/Sr High School Paid for by the Committee 17th at 6:30pm To send donations or to contact Lisa, P.O. Box or 504, Tillamook, ORP.O. 97141 lisaphipps2012@gmail.com Kaitlyn Kresek, Colton UnderTo send donations to contact Lisa, Box or 504, Tillamook, OR 97141 or lisaphipps2012@gmail.com H14833 hill, Riley Underhill, Cassandra Jankowski, and Emma

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Tillamook Soil and Water Seeks Permanent Tax Rate The Tillamook Soil and Water Conservation District lacks stable base funding for operations, relying entirely on grants which are susceptible to interruptions in funding. This measure would help ensure the District’s ability to serve the people of Tillamook County, and provides local control to offer the complement of available conservation practices. lt will enable the district to obtain matching funds by applying for project and grant monies. The District provides technical, financial and educational assistance to the local community to solve natural resource problems and to address conservation priorities including erosion control, flood hazards, water conservation and water quality, farmland productivity, integrated pest management, invasive species control, watershed protection and fish and wildlife habitat enhancement and management. Funds from this measure will maintain current services while meeting increased demands for assistance. The permanent rate limit would cost the owner of a $100,000 home $6.00 a year, and is an upper limit that by law can never be raised.

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Calendar of events Manzanita Writers Series presents Willy Vlautin

Willy Vlautin will read from his book Lean on Pete at the Manzanita Writers Series event at 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Hoffman Center in Manzanita.

Lean on Pete received the 2010 Ken Kesey Award for Fiction and Literary Arts, The Oregonian Peoples’ Choice Award, and Chicago Sun Times Best Books of 2010, among other awards.

Vlautin splits his time between music and literature.

He started playing guitar and writing music as a teenager.

He has published three novels, The Motel Life, Northline, and Lean on Pete, and founded the long-running alt-country band Richmond Fontaine in 1994.

The band has produced nine studio albums to date, plus a handful of live recordings and EPs. Driven by Vlautin’s dark, story-like songwriting, the band has achieved critical acclaim at home and across Europe. Some of the songs they perform are related to Lean on Pete. Vlautin will play a few songs as well as do his book reading at the Saturday event.

Following Vlautin’s reading and Q & A, Open Mic will feature up to nine local writers who will read five minutes of their original work.

Admission for the evening is $7. The series is a program of the Hoffman Center and will be held at the Hoffman Center (across from Manzanita Library at 594 Laneda Avenue.)

‘The Elders Journey’ workshop Oct. 20

The North Coast Seeds of Change Mens Group is sponsoring a workshop, “The Elders Journey” on Saturday, Oct. 20.

This is a sequel to the incredible workshop offered last April.

It is not necessary that you attended the previous workshop.

The workshop creator, Terry Jones, is a gifted teacher and author of two acclaimed books, The Elder Within & Elder and A Spiritual Alternative to Being Elderly.

Jones will be co-facilitating with local elder, healer and

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of mushrooms will be gathered throughout the morning in anticipation of the evening’s portion of the workshop where participants will gather to sample the mushrooms harvested during the day. Local “foodie” Erich Miller will be the lead on the tasting aspect of the workshop which will be held at Harrison’s Cafe in Wheeler from 5 to 6 p.m.

Enrollment for the “Mushroom Talk, Walk & Tasting” workshop is limited to 25.

Tuition for the two-day workshop is $30 for general public, $25 for LNCT members. Admission to Saturday’s evening education presentation, only, is $5 for general admission, and free for LNCT members.

To enroll in the workshop, or for more information about the workshop, membership or Trust activities call (503) 368-3203, email lnct@nehalemtel.net or visit www.nehalemtrust.org.

It’s mushrooming time on the coast. You’ll learn everything you need to know to go out into the woods to safely collect and consume wild mushrooms at the upcoming WILD FOOD: Mushroom Talk, Walk & Tasting workshop offered by the Lower Nehalem Community Trust (LNCT) on Oct. 27 and 28.

The two-part workshop, led Symphonic Band by ecologist and fungi enthusiast presents ‘Epic’ concert Ida Gianopulous will take place The North Coast Symphonic Saturday evening, October 27 Band’s first concert of its 33rd and Sunday, October 28. At the season is titled “Godzilla Eats Saturday evening educational Las Vegas presentation, which will be held and at 7:00 Other 8:30 Epic p.m.

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On Sunday morning, she Conductor David Becker of will lead a walk at the beautiful Manzanita will lead the fortyOswald West State Park/Short plus member group of instruSands Beach, from 10 a.m. to mental musicians in an afternoon, identifying edible and innoon of adventure. The selected edible mushrooms. Participants works for band have big stories will be encouraged to use all of drama and suspense. their senses to develop skills for The NCSB aims to make recognizing mushroom habitat its concerts accessible and and ecology. Several varieties

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affordable for all. Tickets for the October 28 concert are $10 for regular admission and $8 for students with I.D. Children twelve and under are free when accompanied by an adult. The box office at the Performing Arts Center will open at 1 p.m. on the day of the concert. The auditorium doors will open at 1:15 and the pre-show starts at 1:30.

The NCSB will take the stage at 2 p.m. Coffee and light refreshments will be on sale in the lobby during intermission.

For more information about

the North Coast Symphonic Band and its upcoming October concert, visit the NCSB webpage at www.northcoastsymphonicband. org.

Women’s Club of Manzanita/North County to meet Nov. 6 The November ‘Harvest Luncheon’ of the Women’s Club will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 12:30 p.m., at the Pine Grove Community Center on Laneda

Ave. in Manzanita. The cost of the lunch is $5 per person and will include home-made clam chowder or minestrone soup along with bread, coffee or tea, and pie for dessert.

The guest speakers for the luncheon will be past mayor Joyce Raker and current mayor Gary Bullard.

The Women’s Club hopes to see you there and encourages anyone that might like to join to attend also. If interested in joining, please contact either Phyllis Scott or Donna Joseph.

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The workshop will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pine Grove Community House on Laneda Ave., in Manzanita.

A home-cooked lunch will be provided. A donation in the $20 range is requested as a fundraiser for Tillamook Women’s Resource Center.

The workshop is limited to 24 people and filling fast, so RSVP via email or call (503) 368-7602 or (206) 818-4833.

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