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February 21, 2013

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Proceed as planned or start over? In response to

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then elects to stick with the same plan By Dave Fisher The Citizen

IT’S POOL-A-THON TIME AGAIN! The annual fundraiser this Saturday helps keep the local learn-to-swim program afloat. Page 2

Calendar

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‘Saving the Cedar Grove’ kicks off this weekend at NCRD. Page 3

Index Classifieds...........................6 Events calendar...................3 NBFR District Log................7 Public Safety Log.................7 Golightly Gourmet..............8 Letters to the Editor............4

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What should the new visitor center/public restrooms building look like? That’s the question the Manzanita City Council posed to those in attendance of a special council meeting held Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 19. In the end, council members voted unanimously in favor to stick with what they decided upon originally, bringing to a close two weeks of public debate on the matter. The fact the city council was asking the question at all is an interesting story in itself. As little as a couple of months ago, city councilors had a pretty good idea what the new facility was going to look like and set a target of July 4 for completing, what has been termed, “the project.” That was up until the council’s regularly scheduled meeting held Feb. 6, when members of

Vera Wildauer (center), co-founder of the Manzanita Writers’ Series, monitors sales of the North Coast Squid at Saturday evening’s unveiling of the literary magazine.

Once home to Ben Lane’s real estate office, the new visitor center/public restroom facility will retain its historic look. the Manzanita Planning Commission accused the city council of bending the rules in bypassing the commission that normally reviews the design of new buildings. The city had been moving forward with replacing the building at 31 Laneda Ave., site of the old Kent Price Realty office with a near replica of the existing building to provide public restrooms and a small visitor center to distribute information

to visitors to the community. The old building, which has been added onto over the years, was at one time the office of Ben Lane, one of the founders of Manzanita. The fact that the new building was a replica of the old one, led city staff to believe the normal design review process was not warranted. In addition, with a tight timeline looming, City Manager Jerry Taylor enlisted the help

of an out-of-area architect he had worked with previously to draw up the plans for the new building. That caught the attention of local licensed architects, three of four who also attended the Feb. 6 meeting, asking why they weren’t afforded the opportunity to submit a design for the new visitors center. Discussion of the visitors center lasted nearly

See VISITOR CENTER, page 2

Second annual North Coast Squid unveiled

Sales were brisk as the second annual North Coast Squid literary journal was unveiled at the Manzanita Writers’ Series held Saturday evening. Feb. 16, at the Hoffman Center. A collaborative effort between the Hoffman Center and the North Coast Citizen, this year’s edition, the North Coast Squid showcases work of writers and artists who live on the north coast or have a strong connection to the area. Over 60 writers submitted 138

See SQUID, page 7

Laneda Ave. is a beehive of construction activity Construction of two new mixed-use buildings set to be completed this summer

Circa 1917 or 1918, (from left): Daniel Cooper (father of Belle Cooper Rinehart), Robert Rinehart (1 or 2 years of age - Dr. Harry Rinehart’s father), and Belle Cooper Rinehart on the beach in Seaside.

By Dave Fisher The Citizen

On a recent sunny winter’s day, work crews put the finishing touches on the foundation and concrete floor of two new buildings on Laneda Ave. in Manzanita that will sit side-by-side on the lot where a 70-year-old structure was demolished last May. The mixed-use two-story buildings should be finished this summer, according to Manzanita developer Hans Tonjes, who is partnering with architect Jimmy Onstott on the project. “We’re cautiously optimistic we’ll be finished by summer. So far the weather has cooperated, we haven’t had any big delays yet,” said Tonjes. Both buildings, located at the northeast corner of Laneda and Fifth Street, will feature 600-square-feet, one-bedroom apartments on the second level, which will likely become shortterm rentals, according to Tonjes. The fact that the buildings are going up at all is a bit of a surprise considering the project is all privately funded. Although Tonjes and Onstott sought bank financing, they were unsuccessful in securing a construction. Not that their credit was bad, but because

The Rinehart Family: A tree filled with physicians early on

banks don’t appear to be interested in lending for commercial construction, says Tonjes. “I know of at least three or four other projects that have been put on hold because of the inability for developers to get loans. If it weren’t for private financing, this wouldn’t

Foundation work was completed recently on two new mixed-use two-story buildings currently under construction on the lot that was once home to Manzanita’s “log cabin” at the corner or Fifth St. and Laneda Ave. Meanwhile, next door, the Manzanita Seafood and Chowder House building has a new owner and is being renovated for a new eatery, operated by local resident Lynne Hopper that will open in March. Photos by Dave Fisher be happening. It was the only way to do it.” Next door to the new

See LANEDA AVE, page 5

life story began with advenThis year, The Rinehart ture that continued throughClinic celebrates 100 years out her 82 years. Known as of providing healthcare ser“Belle,” she was the eldest vices in north Tillamook of 15 children in the County. The North Cooper family that Coast Citizen settled in northwill publish a eastern Ormonthly hisegon. In her torical profile late teens, or vignette about 1881, about the Belle was clinic’s married to founders, Dr. Willard history, E. Rinehart and stories of Sumfrom past merville, patients Oregon. and employAs a young ees. Enjoy physician, exploring the Dr. Rinehart history of The received degrees Rinehart Clinic from Bellevue and its many contributions to the Belle Cooper Rinehart Medical College of New York and community. This Philadelphia Medimonth’s profile cal College. He then came is about Dr. Belle Cooper Rinehart (Ferguson) – mother west and located in an area of Oregon that at the time was of Dr. Harvey Rinehart. only reached by stagecoach and freight teams. As an 18-month-old toddling along with a wagon train from Missouri to OrSee RINEHART, page 5 egon, Emily Belle Cooper’s

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