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Volume 18, No. 13

June 27, 2013

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Manzanita 2013 Citizens of the Year

Neah-Kah-Nie High Pancake Breakfast

8 to 11:30 a.m.

The annual fundraiser for the NKN High School athletic department at the Manzanita Fire Hall on Fifth Street is a great way to begin your holiday.

Treat the family to a breakfast of pancakes, ham, juice, milk and coffee before the parade.

Manzanita’s 4th of July Parade Parade starts at 1 p.m.

The Manzanita Fourth of July parade is just around the corner and applications may be obtained at City Hall or at the city’s website. This year’s theme is “Peace on Earth.” Parade registration is at Underhill Plaza from 9 a.m. to 12:30 on day of parade. If you are competing for ribbons, you must be checked in and in place no later than 12 noon when judging begins.

Veterans wishing to ride in the parade with other veterans should contact Owen Nicholson at (503) 368-5493.

Evening Fireworks On the Beach Beginning at 10 p.m.

The city-sanctioned fireworks display starts at approximately 10 p.m. on the beach at Manzanita.

The show lasts about 20 minutes.

Illegal fireworks law strictly enforced The City of Manzanita will once again strictly enforce state fireworks laws. Illegal fireworks are generally classified as anything that explodes, flies in the air or acts in an uncontrolled manner.

Those with illegal fireworks are subject to being fined and having their fireworks confiscated.

Have a safe, and happy Fourth of July!

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Pictured at left: If you enjoy talking golf, Manzanita Lumber just might be the place to engage in a conversation on the topic. Standing next to what could justifiably be the largest private collection of golf balls west of the Mississippi are Manzanita Citizens of the Year for 2013, Frank Stephens and his son Dave Stephens. Pictured above: Fifty years on the corner. Frank and Dave Stephens stand in front of Manzanita Lumber, a fixture at the corner of Hwy 101 and Laneda Ave. for several decades.

Photos by Dave Fisher

Like father, like son...

Manzanita Lumber owners named Citizens of the Year

By Dave Fisher The Citizen

Riding in this year’s Fourth of July parade, smiling and waving to the crowd, as Manzanita’s Citizens of the Year for 2013, will be longtime father and son owners of Manzanita Lumber,

Frank Stephens and Dave Stephens.

As is custom, the father and son team were “summoned” to the June meeting of the Manzanita City Council under false pretenses only to be surprised with the news that the selection committee, made up of previous Citizens of the Year, had tabbed them for the honor. Turns out, it didn’t have anything to do with lending support to Dave Stephen’s good friend Dave Matthews, who was supposedly

Wheeler honors one of its own with Pioneer Award As part of Wheeler’s centennial celebration, the Wheeler City Council is recognizing one of its citizens each month during the community’s yearlong observance of its 100th birthday.

In getting the program underway at the city council meeting held June 18, Mayor Stevie Burden said it didn’t take he long to decide who the first citizen to be honored should be. In introducing councilor Virgil Staben as the first recipient of the city’s Pioneer Award, Burden noted that the longtime Wheeler resident was first elected to the city council in 1954 and subsequently served as mayor for 12 years, in addition to a 20-year stint as city recorder and serving on the planning commission.

See PIONEER AWARD, page 10

Longtime Wheeler resident and public servant Virgil Staben receives the first Pioneer Award in celebration of the community’s centennial from Mayor Stevie Burden at the June meeting of the Wheeler City Council. Photo

by Dave Fisher

on the agenda for some trumped up reason. “He wasn’t even in town that evening,” Dave noted later.

The Stephen’s family claim to Manzanita Lumber goes back 1963, the year Dave’s father, Frank, purchased the business.

Prior to that, the lumberyard was owned by A. F. Coates, who had a mill and store in Tillamook and another outlet in the southern part of the county.

“I grew up in California, but we later moved and I graduated

from Nehalem High School,” Frank recalled. That was in the late 1940s and soon after he would marry, and he and his wife, Phyllis, would eventually have two sons, Dave and Mark.

Things were different on the north Oregon coast when Frank bought the business. “Things weren’t as popular here at the beach as they are now,” said Frank. “There were some summers I ran the place by myself.

There just wasn’t much going on…we didn’t have delivery

truck. We had to take our twoton truck to go in to Portland and Estacada for our lumber and supplies.”

As for Dave, he worked summers for his dad and remembers helping unload lumber trucks after football practice.

With a degree in forestry, he spent eleven years in Alaska working for the fire service, eight of those years as a smoke jumper. In the fall of 1983 he

See CITIZENS, page 5

Crunch time!

There’s nothing like the demolition of an old building to bring out a crowd, though bystanders were few at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, when John Longfellow of Longfellow Construction tore into the former home of Kent Price Coldwell Banker Realty. The building at the corner of First St. and Laneda Ave. in Manzanita was razed to make way for public restrooms and a new visitors center. The Manzanita City Council approved the low bid of $251,114 submitted by Baumgart Construction of Rockaway Beach out of five submitted at its meeting June 12. Though the bid was slightly higher than anticipated, “it’s doable,” said City Manager Jerry Taylor, who noted that the new building will be completed by October.

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Nehalem Grade School students Brinda Jimenez and Braden Soans shared top honors for this year’s Fourth of July poster incorporating the theme Peace on Earth. Photo by Dave Fisher

And, the winners are…

Students share top honors in poster contest

By Dave Fisher The Citizen

In just its second year, the poster contest depicting the

Fourth of July in Manzanita resulted in two artists sharing first-place honors.

“We talked about having just one winner,” said Bonnie Speer, owner of Art Happens, a sponsor of the annual contest. “But this year it was just too difficult, that’s why it’s a

tie. The one poster captures the essence of Fourth of July in Manzanita, while the other displayed the most appropriate use of this year’s theme, Peace on Earth.”

The two artists ultimately

See POSTERS, page 10

This year, The Rinehart Clinic is celebrating 100 years of providing healthcare service in north Tillamook County.

The North Coast Citizen is publishing a monthly historical profile or vignette about The Clinic’s founders, history, and stories from past patients and employees. Enjoy exploring the history of The Rinehart Clinic and its many valuable contributions to the community. This article features 20-year Rinehart employee Virginia Carrell Prowell’s story, in her own words.

dling fast. My neighbor, Mrs. Robinson, was the head nurse at the Rinehart Hospital in Wheeler, so I went to her to ask if they were hiring anyone at the hospital. She assured me they were and told me to get a pair of

See RINEHART, page 10

In 1959, the timber industry went on strike and my husband worked at the sawmill in Garibaldi. The strike went on for several Virginia Carrell Prowell, in October 1975, months and our bank as part of the Rinehart Clinic’s physical account was dwintherapy team.

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Manzanita Farmers Market off and running Now in its 7th year, the weekly event brings a friendly, fun vibe to Friday evenings There’s a buzz of excitement as the familiar vendors (and new faces) converge at the corner of Fifth and Laneda in downtown Manzanita, including the Kamali/Sotheby’s International Realty parking lot. It must be Friday afternoon and it’s time once again for the Manzanita Farmers Market. Opening since June 14th, the market features locally grown foods, seasonal produce, berries, herbs, eggs, grass-fed meats, baked goods, ready-to-eat foods, desserts and much

more – something for everyone.

The market welcomes the weekend for locals and visitors alike. Open from 5 to 8 pm on Friday evenings, a festive, fun atmosphere, featuring live music, facepainting and kid’s activities, prevails.

“In past years, we’ve a few kids that wanted to sell some crafts and such at the market, so this year, we are offering a table space for young entrepreneurs that want to sell their wares at the kids booth,” said market manager Laura Swanson.

“If you are 16 or under and have some special things you’d like to sell at the market, you can contact me about the availability of the Crafty Clever Kids sales

table.”

New vendors this year are FRESH, serving delectable whole food smoothies, soups and wraps; NoCo Soap Co. featuring handmade herbalscented soaps; Edgewise Sharpening, sharpening your knives while you shop; and Five Rivers Coffee Roasters with coffee drinks, baked goods and Pelican bottled beers. Several rotating booths, include wine tasting, seasonal products and local non-profit groups. “There’s always something new at the market,” Swanson noted.

For several years, the Manzanita Farmers Market has accepted SNAP/Oregon Trail Card, and new this year, with a grant from Food Roots, SNAP users are given a $10 bonus. For the first ten

Always a crowd favorite at the Manzanita Farmers Market, the ready-toeat food booths offer market patrons an opportunity to fuel up as they check out the many vendor booths. Photo by Dave Fisher to be able to take SNAP,” said Swanson, “and this $10 bonus program is just awesome – to be able to give

Oregon Trail Card transactions of $10 or more, the market gives them an extra $1. “We were really pleased

low-income people even more access to local fresh foods is a win-win situation for everyone.”

The Market is supported by local businesses, which allows the market to keep vendor fees low (one of the lowest of all markets) to help nurture, grow and incubate micro-businesses and small producers to boost the area’s economic development.

Still early in the season, Swanson said the market could use more volunteers to help set-up and breakdown each market. To volunteer, call (503) 368-3339 or email info@manzanitafarmersmarket.com.

For more information about the Manzanita Farmers Market, visit www.manzanitafarmersmarket.com online.

North county cities taken by surprise wit commissioners TRT action

‘Boatmobile’ in Nehalem Bay area

By Dave Fisher

By Dave Fisher

The Citizen

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Tim Lorentz, who lives in Spokane, Washington, admits to getting a few strange looks when he drives down the highway in his Chrysler LeBaron Kelly Laviolette, sporting convert- the crab headgear, and ible, not Trevor “Little Wanda” because a Crosta ham up for the Chrysler camera as they sit inside convert- what Kelly called the ible is “boatmobile.” Photo by anything Dave Fisher special, but when it looks like a boat, well, that’s another matter.

Lorentz said he bought the convertible for $700 a few years ago with the intention of customizing it. Not long afterwards he found the perfect used fiberglass boat he purchased for $100. In the space of three days, he cut out the bottom of the boat and made other modifications, and, then, hoisted it so he could drive his automobile underneath what was left of the shell and then lowered the boat and attached it to the car.

While he received many “ooohs and ahhhs” over his handiwork, the State of Washington wasn’t impressed when he tried to license it. In fact, it took him the better part of a year to convince Department of Transportation officials that it was still just actually a car and therefore should be eligible to be on the road, like any other vehicle. His perseverance paid off and when he tells his story, people give him a high-five for standing up for his rights and not taking “no” for an answer.

Asked it was adaptable to water, Lorentz said it doesn’t float, though he would like to drive it on the beach sometime just to turn a few more heads.

“I sense real skepticism…” said Dan Biggs, executive director of Tillamook County’s Economic Development Council, towards the end of a Manzanita City Council workshop held June 17 to discuss the proposed countywide transient room tax (TRT).

It was an understatement, if ever there was one. Biggs, in the absence of any of the three Tillamook County commissioners found himself in the hot seat as he explained the rationale behind the TRT and answer questions from city officials from Manzanita, Nehalem, Rockaway Beach and Tillamook. At issue was a decision made by commissioners to ignore the EDC recommendation and approve a formula introduced at the “eleventh hour” at a TRT workshop.

At its May 22 meeting, Tillamook County commissioners decided to put a measure on the November ballot asking voters to approve a countywide TRT, following a recommendation from the EDC. Commissioners had asked the EDC earlier in the year to recommend a way to generate half a million dollars per year for roads without taxing residents. That resulted in the recommendation for a

transient room tax, which is paid by visitors renting hotel or motel rooms, or RV spaces.

Biggs reported the EDC had looked at three different TRT proposals, one for a 10 percent tax with a nine percent “credit” for room taxes already paid to a city (most of Tillamook County’s seven cities already have room taxes of their own, ranging from seven to 10 percent); one for a nine percent TRT, with a nine percent “credit;” and one for an eight percent TRT with seven percent “credit.”

The “nine and nine” option – a nine percent tax with nine percent credit for local TRT already paid – is what the EDC board of directors approved, with the support of north county municipalities, prior to the May 22 meeting of the commissioners.

What happened next is what caught north county officials, and even Biggs himself, by surprise.

At a subsequent county commissioner workshop, the board of commissioners opted to ignore the EDC recommendation and approved a new proposal calling for a nine percent tax with an eight percent credit.

In accordance with state law, 70 percent of a TRT is to be spent on the promotion of tourism, while the remaining 30 percent can be spent on oth-

er things. Tillamook County commissioners specified that 30 percent be spent on county roads, a move universally supported throughout the county.

The feeling among commissioners, said Biggs, with the 30 percent designated for roads, incorporated cities with established TRTs in place, should chip in. In Manzanita’s case, which approved an increase in its TRT to nine percent in the past year to help pay for a new visitors center with public restroom, the net result, even with an eight percent credit, is a one percent tax. Though it is tourists who pay the tax, not the cities, the one percent is, in effect, money from Manzanita’s pocket.

In addressing concerns raised by citizens of south Tillamook County, Shirley Kalkhoven, mayor of Nehalem said, “There was more concern in south county that cities weren’t paying, but it’s not the cities, it’s the tourists… the whole idea is to promote Tillamook County, governance is going to be the sticky issue.”

Said Manzanita mayor Garry Bullard in trying to understand, what he termed, “ the unpleasant surprise” as the result of the commissioners’ action, said apparently the wishes of the cities “don’t count as much as the unincorporated areas” of the county.

“There’s two conflicting cultures between north and south county,” he said, noting that Manzanita and other incorporated cities do have “skin in the game,” when it comes to promoting Tillamook County.

Representing Tillamook at the workshop, City Manager Paul Wyntergreen noted that the TRT proposal was “unrolled so quickly after the road bond passed that it caught everyone flat-footed.”

Kay Covert, president of the Manzanita Business Alliance, accused the county of moving too fast without having a sound plan in place.

“When Manzanita raised its TRT by two percent, it was carefully spelled out how the money was accounted for and how it was going to be spent.

As a matter of public policy,

we need to know how this money is going to be spent.

Can’t we have a plan in place before it goes to the voters?”

“My vision for this is that the EDC gets a group of citizens from throughout the county, including second homeowners, to sit on a governance committee so we can do the best for the entire county. Cities have always had ‘skin’ in the game…as a result of this they will have more,” said Biggs. “There are some are still lobbying the commissioners to adopt the higher 10 percent tax with a nine percent credit.

“My view,” Biggs added, “is we can do this in the next six months. I’m against moving it (the ballot measure) back. It would be a terrible mistake to pass this on beyond November.”

With the understanding that there is still time to make changes to the final ballot measure, Biggs noted that there is two more hearings that will be held on the matter, one June 26, and another tentatively scheduled July 10.

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Commentary

Letters to the Editor Summer holds endless possibilities

The Flying Eagle coming to Wheeler July 20

Hand-carved in 2006 in St. Helens, Oregon, the Flying Eagle canoe was later guided down the Yellowstone, Missouri and Mississippi rivers by me, “Willow” Bill, of Wheeler.

When you get to be so blessed and honored, you must give back! The Eagle took care of us while a group of us were retracing the steps of Lewis and Clark. Thousands of miles through the rapids and down rivers, The Eagle took care of us. Now, I must share…it is my duty to those who believed in me (us).

After years of trying to find a sponsor to bring The Eagle to Nehalem Bay, seeing how it is Wheeler’s 100th birthday…let’s just say The Eagle told me, “It’s time Willow!”

So, here it comes, a 24foot western red cedar dugout with an eagle on its bow, tortoise on the eagle’s head and a beautiful feisty beaver on the stern. Come see and hear The Eagle’s story the afternoon of Saturday, July 20, at Waterfront Park in Wheeler as the greater Nehalem Bay area community celebrates Wheeler’s centennial.

For more information, to help paddle or to join the flotilla, call me at 775-842-3594.

“Willow” Bill Goulardt Wheeler

Remove STOP SIGN on Nehalem Avenue Recently, the Tillamook County Public Works Department found it necessary to do a road realignment project at the ‘curve,’ in Manzanita, where Nehalem Avenue meets and ‘blends into’ Sitka Lane. I understand clearly why the county had to do this realignment; the existing public roadway encroached

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on the private property on the northwest edge of the curve. However, what I do NOT understand is why the county decided that a new STOP SIGN on Nehalem Ave. needed to be part of this project.

This location is not an intersection. There are no streets, avenues, roadways, etc. feeding into the traffic flow here. It is just one curve where Nehalem and Sitka meld together, providing a smooth flow of traffic through the area. The new STOP SIGN, already in place, is just an impediment and lends nothing to reasonable and proper movement of vehicles though this neighborhood.

The new STOP SIGN should be removed.

A document of the Federal Highway Administration (the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices), commonly accepted by most states as the governing authority on these issues, contains guidelines in Sections 1A.09 and 2A.03 that offer support for my request that the county remove the newly installed STOP SIGN on Nehalem Avenue.

I have sent these ‘viewpoints’ of mine to the Tillamook County Public Works Department. I encourage your readers to make their voices on this issue known also.

Dick Walker Manzanita

Don’t be late to the parade this year

Last year, my family set up chairs early for the parade on Laneda Ave. I was late getting to the parade and Laneda Ave. was so busy and packed with visitors that I couldn’t get across the street to the family.

Question: How did I get across?

Answer: I went to the nearest church and got a cross.

P.S. – The parade was great.

Don Acker Nehalem

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Summer is upon us, that three-month and read. By the time I was 14, I’d read break between the end of one school year almost every book in our small town and the beginning of the next when all library. I entered the library’s summer kinds of things can happen. At least that’s reading contests to try and win a new the way we looked at it as kids. Days of Webster’s dictionary. One contest was endless summer held endless possibilities. called the Inchworm, which required Growing up in a small Michifilling in each section of an inchgan town, summer was when worm drawn on a page whenordinary life was suspended. It ever another book was read. meant time to ride my one-speed My scrapbook of that summer bike to Huron River Park with shows I filled in every inchworm a baloney sandwich wrapped available. in wax paper squished into the Sixty years later, after a wicker basket. Paired with a long wet winter, the beauty of ten-cent bottle of Coca-Cola from summer on the Oregon coast Sinclair’s Gas station, I was set reminds me to try and hold on for the day. Riding past the A & to that summer feeling. I cherish Our W drive-in at the edge of town, happy moments. High on the I’d smile at the girls delivering list are visits to the coast from Town Coney dogs and mugs of root grandsons, which invariably Gail beer on roller skates. Constantly include scavenger hunts, picnics, Balden outside in summer, my friends kite flying and sandcastles. and I drank water from the garWhat better way is there to find den hose, played softball until dark and laughter than through the antics and eyes rode our bikes everywhere, mostly to the of a child? A recent visit by 18-month-old Dairy Queen for hot fudge sundaes.

Amelia, whose entire face crinkled up It was a time for my best friend and when she laughed, was sheer joy. Wet me to sleep on our screened-in porch sand between her toes at the beach, a underneath scratchy wool blankets while wave that washed over her chubby legs June bugs flitted around the front porch knocking her down, and a stripping down light, and the sound of crickets assured us to nakedness for a dunk in the ocean to summer was here. The glow of lightening rinse off all made her laugh. I also relish bugs captured briefly in a Mason jar made the moments I spend with my borrowed summer nights even more magical. dogs, Tillie, Leche and Tillman, who Summer was also a time to laze about drop by regularly for dog biscuits and a

few pets.

Summer is a time for potato salad and sliced tomatoes from the garden, strawberry shortcake and peach juice that runs down the arm. One friend tells me what brings her joy is seeing the garden grow after her tireless efforts; another says it’s all about making strawberry jam and seeing the gleaming jars sit on her shelf; still another says she felt joy again when after a long hiatus, she climbed on a bike and sailed off, the breeze blowing through her hair.

When I think of cherished moments, I think of Judy Allen, a dear spirit whose example to us was to live life to the fullest. Her death, a loss to our community, reminds us that life is short. As we age, and as my sister says, “more wheels fall off the wagon,” I do my best to attend to what really matters and let the rest go.

Life is too short to be negative, spend time trying to keep up with the Jones or worry about what others think. However we spend our summer, whether it’s snoozing in the hammock, reading all of our inchworm books, or sailing on a bike or boat, let’s remember to enjoy each moment and hold on to that summer feeling. An excerpt from a song by Craig Richards, All that Matters, says it best: “The only treasure in the life we live is in the measure of the love we give.

All that matters in the end will be the love in you and the love in me.”

Alder Creek Farm remains LNCT’s crown jewel

The Lower Nehalem Community Trust has been working to build habitat connectivity and improve the human environment on the north coast for over a decade. Local community members and LNCT founders together purchased Alder Creek Farm off of Underhill Lane in Nehalem in 2003.

Since then, the land trust has grown acquiring seven properties spanning from Neahkahnie Mountain to just south of Wheeler.

I sat down with Erich Miller, executive director of the Trust, at its new office in ManzaCountry nita’s Hartson Building.

Roads His desk was already covered with the sort of Cara Mico paperwork associated with managing a nonprofit. I asked him about the other properties LNCT manages.

“Most people don’t realize we have a parcel on Neahkanie Mountain. It’s a long parcel that goes up the mountain, and it did have a buildable lot,” said Miller. The three-acre parcel is known as Peregrine Point.

In addition to the parcel on Neahkahnie Mountain, the Trust manages two parcels in Wheeler, Zimmerman Marsh and Vosburg Creek; a 15-acre parcel near Bayside Gardens called Cedar Creek; and two Sitka Spruce Wetland properties adjacent to Alder Creek Farm.

“The plantings at Vosburg have really taken off and the wood placement at the lower part of the creek are making some really interesting habitat,” said Miller when asked how the properties are being managed.

As for the future, the Trust is in the process of working with the City of Manzanita to acquire a parcel of land adjacent

to the state park that would be kept as an open space for park users. Miller explained that this new property is more than just keeping a natural area open but about keeping people as part of the landscape.

“It’s not just about habitat connectivity, but people connectivity,” he noted.

But Alder Creek Farm is the crown jewel of the Trust and is by far the largest of LNCT properties, especially when you include the neighboring Sitka Spruce wetlands. In addition to habitat conservation, the goal of Alder Creek Farm is to provide food for the Oregon Food Bank, which has seen a 41 percent increase in emergency food box distribution since 2008. In Tillamook County almost 3,700 people receive food stamps each month.

If the program were fully funded, an additional 2,600 people would be enrolled in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).

While touring Alder Creek Farm with Joanne, a LNCT volunteer, she said of her effort, “I focus on the orchard, but during this time of year when everything is growing, we all work on everything so nothing is neglected.” Benningfield has been doing volunteer work at the orchard for almost three years. “This just went in,” she said of a newly erected hoop-house, “and we just planted tomatoes. They don’t look great now but they’ll take off when they get established.”

As we made our way back to the main greenhouse, Benningfield noted its improvements. “We added insulation. In the winter it can get pretty cold and we start planting in February and have a lot of lettuce ready pretty early for the food bank.”

The greenhouse was filled with tomatoes, basil, peppers, and an experimental squash, but I was informed me that it was actually somewhat empty. The farm hosts an annual plant sale, which helps to fund its operations, as well as having a booth at local farmers markets where their plants

LNCT volunteer Joanne Benningfield. Photo

by Cara Mico are available for purchase. “During the plant sale this entire area is brimming with pots,” said Benningfield.

The Trust relies on over 35 volunteers to manage the one-and-a-half acre farm, which provided over 2,500 pounds of food in 2012 to the Oregon Food Bank. Alder Creek Farm focuses on permaculture with fruit trees and shrubs inter-planted with vegetables. Each volunteer pays $25 a year, which helps to pay for maintenance of the gardens infrastructure and, in exchange, the gardeners get as much fruit and vegetables as they can reasonably eat.

Benningfield emphasizes that the community garden is only a small piece. “It really is about the wetlands,” she said.

The 54-acre former dairy pasture is predominantly tidal wetland. If you have time, the views are spectacular and the trip is well worth it. The public trail to the bay is one of the best hikes in the area, and if you’re lucky, you’ll see the elk herd that calls the farm home.

To learn more about Lower Nehalem Community Trust and its programs, visit www.nehalemtrust.org online.

That wonderful volunteer bug As I approach my midthey were facing.

80s, I am still participating Working with volunin some volunteer projects. teers is both satisfying and Over the years I have met confusing at times. I rememsome great people and have ber working on a board of witnessed a few miracles. directors with a cadre of both Back in my employed years men and women who were the volunteer stuff came on all professionals of some sort. top of a full plate at the comWe made the decision to put pany. The people I together a newsletter worked with were and one of the people usually very helpful said they would head and some of their that effort, but they ideas were the would have to be reason that various paid for their time volunteer efforts and material. My were successful. reaction was certainly One fellow was the material compena very talented sation was underartist and probably standable, but how The Old could this individual rued the day that he met me. He good expect others to work Geezer naturedly provided for nothing while Walt artwork and designs he was being paid. I Trandum that were outstanddon’t remember how ing. I remember it all worked out, but meeting him after there is a fine line work one day for a drink; this about what you can expect after one of his works had from a volunteer and what is been accepted. He looked me reasonable. in the eye and asked the quesI guess one of my first tion. He said he didn’t mind efforts would be about as bidoing the work, but couldn’t zarre as anyone could imagfigure out what was the hook, ine. During my high school just what it was that I was days I belonged to a boys getting for all my efforts? I club and played on their foottold him the only thing would ball team. There was some be the satisfaction of seeing kind of civic affair happensomeone enjoying a better ing and the coach thought it life in spite of the problems would be a good time to raise

some money so we wouldn’t have to share helmets. We put a big tarp in front of a bench in which we cut some holes big enough for people to put their head through. From some place, they found some cases of rotting tomatoes and people would pay a dollar for three tomatoes to throw at the helmeted heads of us players.

All I can say was that it was messy, painful and a poor introduction to the ranks of volunteers.

I have to admit that most of the time I have been amazed at the talent that just about all the people involved bring to the table. We witness it in our small towns where citizens agree to serve on committees and boards necessary to run a city. The tough part of being the director of some of these efforts is realizing that you really can’t tell anyone what they should do or must do. You can only ask, and then be prepared to thank them for what they have done.

That fellow who couldn’t understand what volunteering was all about or what the pay off was going to be is no longer with us. He was a giver himself and some of what he gave is still helping others.

One of the good things that

friends and strangers came together to build is the camp and the swimming pool at Camp Taloali, the camp for deaf children that we have been building for 40 years.

One hot summer day, while the camp was in session, I found myself watching a bunch of kids splashing in the pool all laughing and smiling while using sign language to communicate. A little girl looked at me and flashed the “I love you” sign and I answered with a big thumbs up!

Speaking of that camp for the deaf, a lot of people have donated the $400 necessary to help a kid have that great experience. If you are interested you can find the Camp Taloali website and give a kid a boost.

I guess I was wrong; there always has been a payoff.

A lot of kids have great memories from their camp experience and many more, both young and old, have been given the eyeglasses or hearing aids they had to have. The city I live in has two beautiful parks that have been built and maintained by volunteers. Those all came to happen because a bunch of volunteers were willing to give of their time and money.

Thanks to all of you!

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Writers Series features author Jennie Shortridge June 28 Author Jennie Shortridge will read from her latest book, Love Water Memory, at the Hoffman Center on Friday, June 28.

The novel’s main character, Lucie, wakes up knee-deep in the San Francisco Bay with no understanding of how she got there. After being diagnosed with a rare form of amnesia, the 39-year-old returns to her previous life with a fiance’ in Seattle only to find evidence of the “old” Lucie, an insecure and shallow personality she no longer recognizes, or wants to.

Shortridge kicked off the Manzanita Writer’s Series in June 2008, so it’s only fitting, say organizers, that she’s back to celebrate MWS’s fifth year. The event is on a Friday night, not the Writers’ Series usual Saturday night.

Following Shortridge’s reading and Q & A period, 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 evening reading is a program of the Hoffman Center and will be held at the Hoffman Center, across from Manzanita Library, at 594 Laneda Ave. Further information is available at hoffmanblog. org online or contact Vera Wildauer, vwildauer@gmail.com.

Trash Art Show and preview July 5 For trash art collectors who would like first pick of the work at the 15th Annual Trash Art Show, tickets are on sale now for the special preview opening from 4 to 6 p.m. on July 5 at Hoffman Center in Manzanita. The show opens to the public the same night at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets to the preview are $25 each and include wine, beer, non-alcoholic beverages and hors d’oeurves. Tickets are on sale now at the CARTM cashier in the new Refindery. Only 125 tickets are being sold and are currently selling briskly.

CARTM is open Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, call (503) 368-7764.

Living Local Farm, Food and Fun event at Mohler Co-op July 6

Mohler Co-op invites everyone to enjoy a family fun event on Saturday, July 6, to celebrate the farmer/public-owned cooperative’s local connections. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., enjoy free hot dogs and ice cream, tractor displays and rides, and 4-H farm animals. Come and get to know about your local, non-profit grocery store with more!

Since 1947, Mohler Co-op has been serving the grocery and farm feed needs of local farmers, residents and travelers.

The co-op has a wide variety of local Introduction to products, including vegetables, meats and Permaculture workshop eggs from producers within 25 miles of the store. offered at Alder Creek “We want to celebrate our local connections and give folks the opportunity The Lower Nehalem Community Trust to meet their farmers, and, hey, all ages presents an Introduction to Permaculture of kids love tractors and animals,” said with Erin Yeakel, trained permaculture Mohler manager Jackie Brown. educator, on Saturday, June 29, 10 a.m.

In the early days, - noon at Alder Mohler was a hub of Creek Farm, at the activity with a cheese end of Underhill factory (the current Lane in Nehalem.

Nehalem Bay Winery) Workshops and the Grange right attendees will bedown Hwy 53 from come acquainted the co-op. On July with gardening in a 6 there’s all kinds way that promotes of happenings in a beautiful, bountiMohler – with the ful and beneficial free picnic and farm landscape. Using experiences at principles of the co-op, music companion planting, at Nehalem Bay aesthetics and a Winery and an deep understandold-fashioned barn ing of beneficial dance at the White pollinators, Yeakel will educa- Clover Grange. re tu ul ac rm pe el, provide key principles Erin Yeak Join the troduction to and answer questions tor will offer an In k fun! Mohler ee Cr r de Al ’s CT LN in this two-hour intro- Permaculture at Co-op is just a Saturday, ductory workshop. mile from Hwy Farm in Nehalem on . Photo In her own life, 101, at 34890 ne 29, 10 a.m. - noon Ju Yeakel, a student of Hwy 53, across d by LNCT lie pp su permaculture expert from Nehalem Toby Hemenway, goes Bay Winery. For more beyond permaculture in the information about the Living Local event garden and embraces the principles of this at Mohler, please call (503) 368-5791. study of interdependence into the design of all aspects of her family’s living and working spaces. She enjoys the discipline ‘Dig Into Reading’ with of observation and the honing of her skills Reptile Man on July 12 of pattern literacy.

This garden education workshop The Manzanita Library is again is free for LNCT members and $10 for sponsoring a summer reading program for non-members and advanced registration kids of all ages. is encouraged.

On July 12, “Reptile Man” Richard Lower Nehalem Community Trust, a Ritchie will bring his fascinating reptile community-based land trust, has been show to the Hoffman Center across the preserving and protecting land and street from the library. Learn about the engaging with their community since world of reptiles, including snakes, lizards 2002. Memberships start at just $15 for individuals and offer benefits such as free or reduced admission to events, speakers and workshops, newsletters, monthly e-bulletin, logo decal and more.

For more information about this workshop or to become a member of LNCT, call (503) 368-3203, lnct@nehalemtel.net, or visit nehalemtrust.org online.

EVC cookout slated July 4 The Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay (EVCNB) will hold a special cookout 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, July

and turtles.

The Oregon Birdman with his “Bird Show” is on tap July 26, at the Hoffman Center with his educational and colorful performance featuring many colorful birds.

The end of summer program on Aug. 16, features magician Jay Frazier at the Manzanita Library doing magic, puppets, balloon sculpting, storytelling and juggling.

All of the summer programs are on Friday afternoons, beginning at 3 p.m., either at the Manzanita Library at 571 Laneda Ave. or across the street at the Hoffman Center as noted. All of the programs are free.

CB Chorus announces Caberet Concerts The Cannon Beach Chorus is pleased to announce their Third Annual Cabaret Concerts scheduled at 7 p.m. on July 12 and 13, at the Chisholm Center in Seaside.

Because this is the annual fundraiser, admission is $20 per person. Tables of six are available for $100 and tables of 8 for $120.

These concerts differ from other performances by the chorus. The atmosphere is very informal and finger food as well as soft drinks are offered.

The chorus will be providing selections from George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. Individual members will offer solos and duets featuring a variety of styles and composers.

For further information, please visit cannonbeachchorus.org online. For ticket information or reservations, please call (503) 436-0378.

Lynn Howell-Kyriss Golf Tournament fundraiser July 28 A fundraiser for cancer patient Lynn Howell-Kyriss will be held Sunday, July 28, at the Manzanita Golf Course. The event is a 9-hole scramble. Tee times start at 9 a.m.

Fun for all! A burger or hot dog, plus one drink per contestant is included, along with door prizes and games. $200 per team of four.

For more information and tee times, call Hilary at (503) 368-5572. Must respond by July 19.

Let’s “putt” cancer in the “hole.”

Bingo is back at Pine Grove Join the Friends of NCRD on July 5, at Pine Grove Center in Manzanita, from 6 to 8 p.m. for a fun filled evening. Prizes feature local arts and crafts. Or, you can just come for dessert and savor some specially made strawberry shortcake.

Proceeds benefit the programs and services of the North County Recreation District which, include aquatics, a fitness center and classes, youth activities, and yoga sessions. NCRD is located at 36155 9th St. in Nehalem. Learn more at www. ncrd.org.

Barn dance scheduled at White Clover Grange on July 6 If you can walk, you can dance. It doesn’t matter if you have two left feet, no partner, or a family. Everyone is welcome to the Old Fashion Barn Dance at the White Clover Grange on Hwy 53, near Nehalem, on Saturday, July 6, from 6 to 9:30 p.m. No experience or special costume is required.

Families and beginners are welcome.

This dance is a communal event; the focus is on the whole group dancing together, an entire group dancing in unison. It will be an evening of traditional American dances, including old-time squares, New England contras, circle dancing, line dancing, and Ceili. The live musical fare will be compelling, the moves simple, and the sense of moving as a group will bring an experience of joy and happiness to all who attend.

Music will be provided by the band Coaster, with Sam Keator and Joe Wrabek doing the calling.

Bring a refreshing dish to share to fend off fatigue and your own non-alcohol drink (water is the best). Lessons begin at 6 p.m., with basic dance steps taught. Beginners are welcome and all dances will be taught. No partner needed.

Admission is $6; children under 10 years old are admitted free.

‘History in the Making Weekend’ July 13 and 14 The Nehalem Valley Historical Society (NVHS) hosts two events on Saturday and Sunday, July 13 and 14, at Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita.

On Saturday, beginning at 5:30 p.m., lead investigator Scott Williams of the Beeswax Shipwreck Project, and Mitch Marken, an underwater archeologist, will outline the next phase of the investigation into the beeswax ship mystery. A $10 donation per person includes a light dinner prior to the presentation.

On Sunday, the historical society presents a lecture by Kerry Tymchuck, executive director of the Oregon Historical Society, at 3 p.m. Tymchuk’s career includes service as a Marion County Deputy District Attorney, legal counsel to U.S. Congressman Denny Smith, Director of Speechwriting and legal counsel

n Citizen From page1 returned to the Nehalem area and, following a “heart-to-heart” conversation with his parents, partnered with Frank in the family business soon after.

“I could have gone back to Alaska, but the fire service was changing and my heart just wasn’t in it,” said Dave, who was married and in the midst of raising a family.

By the time Dave arrived, the business had grown. Gone were the days of Frank running things by himself sometimes.

With Dave on board, it was he and his dad and another employee running the show.

“When we come to work, it’s as business partners. There may be some chit-chat about the family sometimes, but that’s about it,” said Dave of the working arrangement. “I make the money and he (Frank) spends it. He’s our CFO (chief financial officer), while I would be the COO (chief operating officer) dealing more with the daily grind.”

“He does his thing, and I do mine,” Frank added. “But our main job here is to make sure the customers get what they want.”

Though business and family have always taken center stage, the father and son team has found time to take an active role in the community over the years, most noticeably as a major sponsor of the Manzanita Open golf tournament, which is the major fundraiser for the Eugene Schmuck Foundation.

Each year, Manzanita Lumber, which has been involved with the tournament since the beginning, pays the green fees for upwards of 30 or more of its suppliers and vendors in return for their participation and prize contributions. As a longtime member of the board of directors for the foundation, Dave is knee-deep in the planning and orchestrating of the annual event.

to U.S. Senator Bob Dole, and Oregon Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Gordon Smith. He is also a four-time champion on the popular television game show “Jeopardy.”

To reserve seats, as the historical society believes both events will be well attended, call (503) 368-7460. Leave a message with your name, number of people attending and which event(s) you’ll be attending. Seats will be reserved on a first come, first serve basis.

Tom Mock, president of the NVHS, says in regard to the beeswax ship investigation, “After all this time, we finally have all the pieces of the puzzle in place to identify the ship and solve the mystery. It will be the single most important maritime discovery on the West Coast.”

Asked if he’s a golfer, Franks says he used to be, but it’s mainly Dave, who has caddied a few times at the Fred Meyer Challenge, that still hits the course. Anyone who has visited Manzanita Lumber has likely noticed the display of golf balls that grace one wall of the office.

Dave estimated that roughly 1,400 are on display with another 4,000 or so in storage. It started with his dad, he says, and to this day people still drop by and contribute balls to the collection, some of which are over 60 years old.

Looking ahead to the Fourth of July, Frank remembers when he was a volunteer firefighter and members of the fire department shot off the fireworks.

Back in those days, the Turkey Shoot, where people could win as frozen turkey, was another popular event. In addition to volunteering as a firefighter, Frank over the years served as a school board member, drove a school bus at one point, and belonged to various civic organizations.

In hindsight, Frank says more people have discovered

the beach since he’s been in business. “Now, people come down year round. When I first started, it was just people visiting during the summer on summer vacations.” Long gone, too, are the days of having to pick up supplies. Regular deliveries are now the norm.

“One thing I’ve noticed is the wide array of building materials and products that are available today…it’s amazing,” said Dave. “Computers have changed the way we do business, too. I’ve been working with a company in Manitoba that specializes in water filtration and sanitation systems for the EVC (Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay). It’s a matter of keeping up with the times.”

As for being an integral part of the community, Manzanita Lumber still strives to support local causes and serve its customers, a recipe for success that has worked well the past 50 years.

“We like to keep everything local,” says Frank.

And that, just about, says it all.

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Keeping with the theme, the cookout will feature “Disaster Dogs” and “Tsunami Burgers,” as well as Zenner chicken dogs.

The cookout will be held in the KamaliSotheby parking lot at 5th St. and Laneda Ave. Disaster shelters in north Tillamook County include the Calvary Bible Church in Manzanita, North County Recreation District in Nehalem, and the Nehalem Bay Health District building in Wheeler.

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Local high school students take on bullying, unhealthy relationships For the Citizen

When it comes to overcoming harassment and cultivating healthy relationships, local high school students are taking matters into their own hands.

“If you are not one of the kids who are being bullied, you wouldn’t know there was bullying going on,” said Carolyn Maizel, a NeahKah-Nie High School junior.

Maizel recently invited a panel of local high school students who participate in the Youth Training Youth Program to offer a presentation on healthy relationships and bullying at NKN. “It’s interesting taking a step back at your school,” she said.

The presentation was part of her senior project, which she decided to begin a year early.

“I definitely notice people are more aware after our presentations,” said Luis Sanchez, a high school junior at Tillamook Options Program School and a participant in the local YTY Program. “It makes me feel really good.”

YTY Program students are versed in recognizing and neutralizing oppression in its myriad forms, including sexism, racism, or, as Sanchez puts it, “all the ‘isms.’” They teach other local students about bullying and bystander intervention, identifying allies, how to develop healthy relationships, sexual violence awareness, self-help strategies and where to find resources.

On a midday in late May, more than 20 NKN students

showed up in the school library to hear what the panel had to say.

As with Sanchez, panel members Angie Martinez and Johnny Zipfel are students at the Tillamook Options Program High School, an alternative high school serving all of Tillamook County, located in Tillamook and part of Tillamook School District No. 9. Martinez is a senior, while Zipfel is a junior.

According to Terri Neimann, Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center education/prevention specialist and Maizel’s senior project mentor, the local YTY Program panel presented information to more than 1,000 Tillamook County high school students this year.

Among the topics they have covered, “they talk about the importance of accepting each other’s sexuality, whether they are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer,” said Neimann, adding that while discussing sexuality, YTY Program students emphasize recognizing and honoring your own boundaries. “Just because someone takes you out to dinner does not mean you have to go to bed with them. Let’s think about what your boundaries are before you get into a sticky situation.”

“One of the things we cover is how you can tell if you are in a healthy relationship,” said Zipfel.

YTY Program presentations also focus heavily on the problem of bullying. “We try to get students to talk about bullying that they have seen or experienced or if they

From left to right: Luis Sanchez, Angie Martinez and Johnny Zipfel talk to Neah-Kah-Nie High School students about bullying and healthy relationships. have ever bullied someone,” said Sanchez.

“Some of the guys were getting bullied, so they were bullying to show they were tough too,” said Martinez.

“Sometimes people don’t even know when their friends are being bullied. And some people have bullied and not known it,” she added. “This program helps you recognize it.”

The program has worked at TOPS, said Zipfel. “I don’t know what it is about guys talking smack to each other, but I haven’t seen nearly as much conflict among my friends lately.”

Zipfel, Martinez and Sanchez each joined the

YTY Program at the urging of someone else. In her case, Martinez did so at a teacher’s urging. “I was getting bullied at school, and I wanted to let people know there are people willing to help them,” she said. “I thought it was a great opportunity.”

Zipfel also joined the program after a teacher suggested he do so. He had noticed the program appeared to be making a difference in the culture of the student body.

“I saw some changes,” he said. “Getting involved is a great thing to do.”

“Everyone has a unique perspective to share. It’s a great program,” said Sanchez, who joined at the

invitation of Martinez.

This is the local YTY Program’s second year, said Neimann. Program participants met before school one day a week for an academic year for training, she noted.

The students who participate in the program continue to add to their training through various means. In April, several YTY students attended the Adolescent Sexuality Conference in Seaside.

Local YTY Program students have shared their expertise through presentations to local middle school and junior high school students as well as high school students.

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Upcoming meetings on flood insurance draw Nehalem’s attention During her report to the Nehalem City Council at its June 10 meeting, Mayor Shirley Kalkhoven shared a letter she received from Mark Labhart, chair of the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners. In it, Labhart asked for help in getting the word out regarding meetings on July 29, to “... have the right people present to answer our questions and concerns about the upcoming significant increases many will face regarding the National Flood Insurance Program.”

The county has invited representatives from FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to talk to insurance agents. The meetings will be held at the Officers Mess Hall at the Port of Tillamook Bay. The first, from 10 a.m. to noon, will include both state and federal representatives, according to Labhart, as well as the Dept. of Community Development.

The federal Biggers/Waters Act will be discussed in detail and specific detailed questions from the agents will be answered.

The second meeting, also on the 29th, from 4 to 6 p.m., allows for people who work to have an opportunity to attend. This meeting, tailored to realtors, homeowners, and whoever wants to attend to discuss the NFIP, may not be in as much detail as the one involving insurance agents, and will likely address other concerns.

In other matters, the council discussed a letter from Lee Dillard, former mayor of Nehalem, regarding low water pressure in Riverview Meadows Subdivision. Dillard’s letter cited problems caused by the low pressure and asked if the city could do anything to alleviate the situation. Don Davidson, head of the Public Works Dept., said if an auxiliary pump was installed, it would need to be above the last service. He had also talked with people at PUD who said they would need to put in a transformer and100 ft. of line.

Davidson added that the pressure is legally adequate for the subdivision.

City Manager Dale Shafer suggested that a moratorium on building in the area could be put in place until the developer puts in an adequate water pressure system.

Davidson said he has engineers looking at the possibility of installing larger diameter water pipes to the area, or the installation of a booster pump.

After some discussion, council members agreed that there is no money in the budget at present to upgrade the water system, suggested Dillard put in his own booster pump in the meantime.

Council member Angela Hanke spoke for some citizens who were not able to attend the meeting, regarding the American Legion Cemetery.

Some felt that many were parking improperly and too close to graves along the road. The

question was asked if some sort of fence or barrier could be installed to delineate the space between road and gravesites.

Davidson said he pursue the matter.

Shafer gave a progress report on the new city hall project, saying the invitations to bid have gone out, and bids will be opened on June 24, at 3:00 p.m.

There will also be a special council meeting on June 24 at 7:00 p.m. to consider a resolution adopting the budget.

In other business, the council approved a Police Services Agreement with the City of Manzanita, and conducted public hearing on various resolutions. No members of the public attended, and the council, following discussion, approved resolutions declaring the city’s wish to receive State revenues, adopting a supplemental budget for fiscal year 2012-13, declaring the city’s request to receive grant funding through

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the Coastal Zone Management Grant Program, and adopting the Recology/Western Oregon Waste schedule of services and rates/charges.

The next regular meeting of Nehalem’s City Council is scheduled for July 8, at 7:30 p.m., at Nehalem City Hall.

Friday, (Special Night) June 28, at 7 p.m.

Manzanita Writers’ Series Author: Jenny Shortridge “Love Water Memory” Open mic follows.

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graders are going through the same stuff,” said Sanchez.

After a recent presentation to local eighth-graders, one of the 13-year-olds told Martinez, “You guys are just the best. We really like what you’re doing.” Said Martinez, “That’s one of the reasons I keep coming back. We see it totally making changes.

The students are getting it.”

One of the more effective exercises the YTY Program students lead other students through is to write insulting names they have been called on a Post-It note. “At the end, we crumple up the PostIt and throw it away,” said Sanchez.

“That’s part of the healthy process,” said Neimann.

“You don’t have to hold onto that.”

Following the recent NKN presentation, the YTY Program students asked the NKN students in the room if they see bullying in their school. One said no, but several acknowledged they were aware of instances of bullying. They said these cases tended to involve other students’ sexual orientations versus racism and other typical bullying targets.

“We’re all human, there are no differences and that’s what people have to learn,” said Martinez. “Some students don’t even know they are hurting people.”

As for the NKN presentation, “Personally, I think it was a success,” said Maizel. “They (YTY Program students) are really good at it. There are Neah-Kah-Nie students interested in doing it. That would be amazing.”

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It’s never too late, and you’re never too old, for bench presses

By LeeAnn Neal For the Citizen

It was while a woman in her late 40s was doing backflips on stage as part of her fitness routine and a teenager, not far behind me in the audience called out, “You’ve got this, Mom!” that I realized how broad the age range of the bodybuilding and figure competition set is becoming.

This was at the 2013 Emerald Cup, the largest bodybuilding contest in the Pacific Northwest, held in early May in Bellevue, Wash.

I was there with Kelly Benson, of Manzanita, who was competing in the figure category along with fellow members of Team iPhysique, which is based in Hillsboro.

Kelly was just about to turn 46, and, after training and competing in other contests throughout the region over the previous 18 months, had just said how she felt better now than she had in her entire life, which continued to amaze her.

It appears she isn’t alone.

There were 14 women in Kelly’s division, Masters 40 and Over, and 15 women in the Masters 50 and Over division. Another nine women competed in the physique category’s Masters 50 and Over division.

After judging, Kelly said, “it’s very inspiring to see so many women of all ages so beautiful and strong.”

At left, LeeAnn Neal during a break from shooting pictures of Kelly Benson at Fit Manzanita. Until recently, this was the extent of her gym repertoire. At right, Kelly Benson at rehearsal for the 2013 Emerald Cup in Bellevue, Wash. Photos by LeeAnn Neal Meanwhile, there were nine men in Masters 50 and Over, eight men in the Masters 60 and Over and even two in Masters 70 and Over.

You might have caught a broadcast news segment, or articles in the UK’s Daily Mail and New York Daily News (“Bodybuilding grandpas prove you’re never too old to show off your muscles,” published May 22, 2013) spotlighting Oregon bodybuilders and 60-somethings Mike Huard and Felton Campbell, who competed at the NPC Ironman Contest May 18 in Lincoln City.

Campbell told a KVAL reporter, “Here’s where it works to our advantage - it’s because we’re mature, we’ve been through all the testosterone spurts, we’re having fun and

it’s keeping us really healthy.”

The turnout of middleaged and older competitors is “changing the conversation about what it means to grow older,” Kelly said. She, too, competed at Ironman, as did Janice Gaines, who owns Spa Manzanita, manages Fit Manzanita and who writes a fitness column for the North Coast Citizen.

Sue Smith, who with husband Ron Smith comprises R.K. Smith Productions, producers of the Ironman event, said that, generally speaking, it is less that older people are becoming bodybuilders than those who have been doing it for years are “sticking with it and they are getting older.”

She said there were 243 competitors at this year’s Ironman versus 226 at last year’s, with

more at each end of the age spectrum than in previous years. “There is a big increase in younger people joining in, which is all for the good,” she added.

So, what, you might ask, is the appeal of working out intensely and skipping dessert, not to mention most conventional meals altogether, for months on end before enduring a spray tan and posing in a bikini or similar attire under hot lights in front of a host of judges and spectators?

“It’s a way to celebrate taking good care of yourself,” said Kelly. “Most people who

do this have a little of the performer in them. It also keeps you on track with your fitness and wellbeing. When you know you have a competition coming up in six weeks, you think twice about having a piece of birthday cake or a hamburger.”

Kelly entered her first figure competition in 1999, when she was living in Maryland. She took a hiatus from the sport from 2003 through 2012 while raising her kids and holding down a job that demanded she work 50-plus hours per week.

But she never stopped

wanting to pick up where she left off. Since I met her in early 2004, she has been fascinated with the effect of exercise and nutrition on the human body. She gets excited talking about carbohydrates and amino acids, vascularity and muscle confusion and lats and delts.

Her physical transformation inspired me - yes, me - to join Fit Manzanita and begin a workout and nutrition program of my own. And by “of my own” I mean under Kelly’s careful direction. I’ve

See BODY BUILDING, page 12

Put Kids on ‘Energy Patrol’

June 9 - Issued a citation for failure to renew registration in Manzanita.

June 9 - Assisted Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a complaint concerning burning of plastic in Wheeler.

June 9 - Responded to a residential alarm in Manzanita.

June 9 - Investigated a suspicious circumstance in Manzanita.

June 10 - Assisted Tillamook Ambulance and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a medical call in Manzanita.

June 10 - Assisted TCSO with a suspicious circumstance near Nehalem.

June 10 - Assisted TCSO, Tillamook Ambulance and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a rescue call on Neahkahnie Mt. June 11 - Issued a citation for illegal parallel parking in Manzanita.

June 11 - Issued a citation for violation of basic rule (30/20 mph) in Manzanita.

June 11 - Issued a citation for failure to obey a traffic control device in Manzanita.

June 11 - Assisted TCSO with a disturbance in Wheeler.

June 12 - Responded to a residential alarm in Manzanita.

June 12 - Responded to a request for a welfare check in Manzanita.

June 13 - Issued a citation for driving/ cell phone in Manzanita.

June 13 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (45/25 mph) in Wheeler.

June 13 - Issued a citation for failure to carry proof of insurance in Nehalem.

June 14 - Issued a citation for violation of posted

parking restriction in Manzanita.

June 14 - Assisted TCSO with a disturbance near Nehalem.

June 15 - Issued a citation for violation of posted parking in Nehalem.

June 15 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (47/30 mph) in Nehalem.

June 15 - Issued a citation for illegal alteration of registration plate in Nehalem.

June 15 - Responded to a report of unlawful entry of a motor vehicle in Manzanita.

June 15 - Responded to a request for assistance with an unwanted person in Manzanita.

June 15 - Took two reports of found property in Manzanita.

June 15 - Assisted TCSO with a report of unlawful entry of a motor vehicle in Wheeler.

June 15 - Responded to an ordinance violation in Manzanita.

June 16 - Issued a citation for operating a motor vehicle/cell phone in Manzanita.

June 16 - Issued a citation for unlawful studded tires in Wheeler.

June 16 - Issued a citation for failure to carry proof of insurance in Wheeler.

June 16 - Assisted TCSO with a disturbance in Wheeler.

June 16 - Assisted TCSO with a lost dog near Nehalem.

June 16 - Responded to a request for a welfare check in Manzanita.

June 16 - Assisted Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a burn complaint in Wheeler.

June 16 - Assisted Tillamook Ambulance and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a medical call in Wheeler.

NBFR District Log June 10 - 21 - Responded to a total of 25 medical calls during this period.

June 10 - Rope rescue at milepost 41.5 on Hwy 101 at Neahkahnie Mountain.

June 16 - Investigated burn complaint on Marine Dr., Wheeler.

June 16 - Investigated burn complaint on Marine Dr., Wheeler.

June 19 - Authorized burn on Gregory St., Wheeler.

June 19 - Authorized burn on Foxglove Rd. and North Fork Rd, Nehalem.

June 20 - Authorized burn on Neptune Way and Creekside Dr., Nehalem.

June 20 - Authorized burn on Neptune Way and Creekside Dr., Nehalem.

June 21 - Investigated burn complaint on Oceancrest, Manzanita.

June 22 - Public assistance rendered at Bayside Gardens, Nehalem.

June 18 - Made an arrest for a probation violation at OWSP. June 19 - Responded to a commercial alarm in Manzanita.

June 19 - Assisted TCSO with a disturbance in Bayside Gardens.

June 20 - Assisted Tillamook Ambulance and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a medical call in Manzanita.

June 20 - Investigated a report of neglected animals in Manzanita.

June 21 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (40/25 mph) in Wheeler.

June 21 - Assisted Tillamook Ambulance and Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a medical call in Manzanita.

June 21 - Assisted Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a burn complaint in Manzanita.

June 21 - Investigated a report of illegal fireworks in Manzanita.

June 22 - Issued two citations for illegal stop/ stand/park in Manzanita.

June 22 - Issued a citation for driving/ cell phone in Manzanita.

June 22 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (43/25 mph) in Wheeler.

June 22 - Issued a citation for no operator’s license in Wheeler.

June 22 - Issued a citation for MIP alcohol in Manzanita.

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Jerry Taylor said, “they’re all over the board.” The most “radical” he noted: Sell the existing city hall, fire station and parking lot properties and buy Underhill Plaza on Manzanita Ave. and build all new facilities there, since it is considered to be out of the tsunami inundation zone, whereas the other cityowned sites are not.

Prompting the discussion is the fact

Voters in Tillamook County finally gave the county the go-ahead to improve its roads, passing a countywide $15 million general obligation road bond. Prior road measures had been defeated, the most recent in November 2011 by a fairly narrow margin giving officials hope that the measure on the May 21 Special Election ballot might find success at last.

In unofficial results, the measure passed by a slim margin with 3,712 (51.28 percent) voting in favor and 3,525 (48.72 percent) casting a no vote. The election drew a big turnout – unusual for an “off” election – with over half (7,363) of Tillamook County’s 14,573 eligible voters casting ballots.

The voters’ approval of the measure means Tillamook County will be issuing $15 million in bonds, in two separate bond sales five years apart, for road improvements.

As for the other major bond issue on the ballot, voters rejected a $1 million general obligation bond for the Tillamook School District #9; Yes – 1,390 and No – 2014.

“I would like to thank the Sustainable Roads Committee

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See ELECTION, page 5

No matter what the Manzanita City Council decides to do about Manzanita’s city hall – renovate the present

A fun-filled, family-friendly building and storage area, move into the old fire station or build something new on the city’s parking crustacean celebration awaits lot on Fifth St. – one thing is clear; it will be done visitors on June 1 without taxpayer money. Photos by Dave Fisher Page 3

Inside

That’s the question as the Manzanita City Council mulls what to do with its city hall

By Dave Fisher The Citizen

SUSTAINABLE FOOD CULTURE ALIVE AND WELL ON NORTH COAST

Voters give county road measure thumbs up

As one of its goals for 2013-14, the Manzanita City Council looks to identify and evaluate options for utilizing city-owned buildings while determining long-term locations for its administrative and police offices and developing an implementation plan. A daunting task, council members, nonetheless, sat down at a special meeting and work-

shop on May 16, to discuss alternatives focusing on whether or not the present city hall should stay put with modifications, move into a renovated site, once home to the city’s fire department before the creation of the Nehalem Bay Fire District, or build a new structure on the city-owned parking lot across the street from the old fire station.

In creating a list of alternatives developed by city staff or suggested by community members, City Manager

Memorial Day, a time to remember

Farmers on the north coast are working to producemore organic foods Page 4

Braving the wind and rain, 50 to 60 people gathered at Nehalem American Legion Cemetery near Manzanita for a shortened version of the annual Memorial Day observance.

While inclement weather this time of year isn’t unusual, many in attendance noted that Monday’s weather was probably the worst they had seen in recent memory for the event. Still, it didn’t stop them from taking time out this special day to pay their respects to America’s fallen heroes.

Photo by Dave Fisher

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Couple recounts many connections to the Rineharts

This year, The Rinehart Clinic is celebrating 100 years of providing healthcare service in north Tillamook County. The North Coast Citizen is publishing a monthly historical profile or vignette about The Clinic’s founders, history, and stories from past patients and employees. Enjoy exploring the history of The Rinehart Clinic and its many valuable contributions to the community. This article profiles Neal & Shirley Magnuson and their many connections to the clinic.

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Despite what the critics say, Port of Nehalem officials are generally satisfied with the results of the recent dredging operation along the Nehalem waterfront. The Port took some heat when an “island” made up of dredge spoils suddenly appeared at low tides in mid-January just above the Nehalem Bridge, while others felt that the City of Wheeler and businesses along its waterfront got a raw deal.

The $370,000 project involved dredging the Deer Island channel along Nehalem’s waterfront to keep it open for navigation and access for the Port’s working tugboat, The Gregory. The scope of the project, in keeping with the Port’s mission

Amassing 100 years of history, there are many stories and connections that are being uncovered, discovered and remembered. Early in the quest for patient stories, Neal and Shirley Magnuson contacted The

See RINEHART, page 7

to maintain and keep clear the navigational channels of the Nehalem River, was to dredge the channel to a point above the Port dock in Nehalem some 1,150 feet, a volume just under 5,000 cubic yards, and remove of snags and deadheads in the area. The City of Nehalem kicked in, nearly $14,000, to have the area around the city-owned docks dredged, as did those private property owners along the waterfront that wanted to have the area around their docks dredged as well.

“The City of Nehalem didn’t get a free ride,” said Port of Nehalem paid consultant Bill Campbell in response to a charge that the city got preferential treatment On a rainy morning in May, the Port of Nehalem’s working tugboat, The Gregory, sits tied to the Port dock on over nearby Wheeler. “Mithe Deer Island channel of the Nehalem River, an area dredged recently to keep the navigational channel See DREDGING, page 5 open. Photo by Dave Fisher

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Meet Manzanita Grocery & Deli checker Deb Helbig, a relative newcomer having worked at the store the past five years. Says Deb, “I like the people,” she says of her co-workers. “It’s a great group of people to work with and I have a couple of awesome bosses.” Friendly people... it’s just one more reason to shop Manzanita Grocery & Deli.

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Community News Briefs today’s increasingly challenging driving environment. You will learn adjustments to accommodate for common age related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time. Information on aggressive drivers, air bags, seat restraints and anti-lock brakes is also provided.

If you have already taken this or a similar course most insurance companies require that a refresher course be taken every three years to continue to receive the discount; or every two years if you are 70 or over.

For questions or more information, call Don Hawley (503) 861-1813.

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The Manzanita Fireworks Committee still needs donations for its sixteenth annual July 4th pyrotechnics show on the beach.

“We ask everybody to contribute what they can to ensure the success of this project,” said committee co-chair David Dillon. “People can mail us checks or place donations in the collection jars set up at various businesses around north County.”

Donations can be mailed to the Manzanita Fireworks Committee at P.O. Box 802, Manzanita, OR 97130. The committee is a private, non-profit effort. No city funds are spent on the display. Questions can be referred to Dillon at (503) 368-6153 or dillond@nehalemtel.net.

Licensed pyrotechnicians from Western Display Fireworks in Canby will launch the show.

Calling all veterans Veterans of all five United States armed services are invited to participate in this year’s Manzanita Fourth of July Parade by serving on the veterans’ color guard.

“Each year veterans follow the active duty color guard at the head of the parade.

It’s an easy detail, and the rewards are great,” said organizer David Dillon. “You

hear a lot of people call out, ‘Thank you for your service.’ That feels very good.”

Veterans interested in serving on the color guard are asked to contact Dillon at (503) 368-6153 or dillond@nehalemtel. net.

AARP Driver Safety class offered at NCRD AARP will offer its Driver Safety class on Thursday, July 11, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the North County Recreation District, 36155 9th Street in Nehalem. John Benson will be teaching and for registration information call the Tillamook Bay CC at (503) 842-8222 or toll free 800-306-8222 The cost for the class is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members.

Tuition is payable when you register.

Checks are preferred and should be made payable to AARP. These courses are designed for seniors 55 and older but anyone can attend. Pre registration is required and seating is limited so register early.

For most, Oregon law provides for a discount on your auto insurance premium for completing this course. Attendance at the entire class is required to receive your certificate of completion. The course includes the current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques and how to operate your vehicle more safely in

The Nehalem Bay Firefighter Association would like to thank Lynda Neahring and Rhonda Miller of Garden Gate Quilting for their generous donation of a handmade, queen-size quilt. The association will be selling raffle tickets for the quilt at the Manzanita Farmer’s Market and at Station 13 on Hwy 101. Please call (503) 368-7590 for more information.

more) candles on the cake to honor or Rinehart Clinic ‘cake’ The OSU Extension is offering a memorialize someone. For a donation week long Crafty Creations Cloverbuds of $100, purchase a personalized needs 100 candles Camp at OSU Extension office. The candle for the Rinehart Clinic cake. camp is scheduled July 1-5, (no day “This has truly been a collaboraOne hundred years calls for a big camp on July 4), 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Day tive community project,” said event cake and, with the help of the Neahcampers will work on a variety hands chair Sue Remy. “Dan Gernert and Kah-Nie High School Construction on activities tailored to kids who have Trades program, The Rinehart Clinic has construction trades, all our lumber completed grades 1-3. Crafts will an 8-foot x 16-foot “cake” display at the stores – Manzanita Lumber, Nehalem include clay, paper, fabrics, soap, paint Lumber and Rosenberg’s Builders Supply, corner of Hospital Road and Hwy 101, and more. Completed projects can be in Wheeler, to commemorate its 100th entered in 4-H Cloverbud classes at the birthday. Part celebration display, part Tillamook County Fair in August. Cost is See BRIEFS, page 11 fundraiser, the clinic will place 100 (or $45 and financial need scholarships are available.

All OSU Extension Service sponsored day camps include equipment, supplies Astro and activities. Participants in many of & Odie the day camps will complete at least one project that can be exhibited in 4-H at the Tillamook County Fair.

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The 2013 Nehalem Grade School “Our Watershed & Environment Reading Challenge” was a great success, according to Peter Walczak, who oversees the program for Nehalem and Garibaldi grade schools and Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School.

Since its inception in 1995, nearly 5,500 have been purchased for the schools based on the number of completed reports by students on books and articles they have read. Each report receives a point value and books are awarded based on total number of points.

This year, all 174 Nehalem Grade students participated, producing 1,922 reports, good for over 240 books.

“It’s really a great way to encourage student interest in science and the environment,” said Walczak. “And we couldn’t do it without community support.”

Locally, the 2013 Reading Challenge was supported, in part, with contributions from the Eugene Schmuck Foundation, Friends of the Manzanita Library, Manza-Whee-Lem Kiwanis club, and the Manzanita Womens Club.

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Head Start is accepting applications for school year 2013-14. If you have a child who is or will be age 3 or 4 by September 1, 2013, and you would like to be part of this free preschool program, call Head Start for an application now.

Head Start is a free, family-focused, early childhood development program.

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“For my whole life, you’ve been in and around city hall,” said Burden. “And here you are again back on city council.”

The award, said Burden, is a way to recognize “our neighbors” as part of the centennial celebration for their contributions to the community over the years. Nominations of individuals may be submitted at Wheeler City Hall or by contacting the mayor.

In the meantime, volunteers put the finishing touches on a window display along the front of the former Wheeler Pharmacy building depicting the history of the town. On July 20, a community picnic and celebration will be held at Waterfront Park.

chosen from over 180 entries are no strangers to the contest. Both, Brinda Jimenez and Braden Soans, entered last year’s poster contest and placed high in their categories. Braden’s older sister took home the top prize in the event’s inaugural year.

This year, the volunteer “Art Moms” at Nehalem Grade School, who help assure the school has an ongoing art program, made the poster contest a classroom project for kindergarten through fifth grade students, which explains the high number of entries. Students worked on their posters at school as well as at home over the course of a month, said “Art Mom” Angell Soans, who is also Braden’s mom.

“The kids began by creating rough drafts for the poster and then picked their favorite to do their final 11 x 17 poster,” said Soans. “The ideas for the poster were pretty amazing.”

Only two entries came from outside the school, both from England submitted by sisters who have experienced the Fourth of July in Manzanita and whose parents own a second home in the area.

“I’m hoping this spawns interest from other second homeowners,” said

n Rinehart From page 1 white shoes and a white dress and show up at the hospital the next Monday.

Enthusiastically, I showed up at 6:45 a.m. at the Rinehart Hospital, which is now the Nehalem Bay Care Center. I had never worked in a hospital in my life. The only thing close to any training I had was a course in home health care.

My first day was wonderful. I was shown the duties of a nurses’ aid and the routine of the day. It was an exciting learning experience; the nurses were amazed at how much I seemed to know without being told. I’m sure that course I took a few years before was the reason.

After learning everything about the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. day shift, I was put on the evening shift from 3 to 11 p.m. This was a fortunate move because my husband went back to work and we had all hours of the day covered for the care of our four children.

The evening shift was perfect for me. I learned a new routine for the evening hours, which included giving each patient to which I was assigned, a back rub. It was one of my favorite jobs. After working as a nurses’ aid for about six months, the administrator and head nurse, Genevieve Smith, asked me if I’d like to learn how to do physical therapy.

She told me that all the patients had told her what good back rubs I gave so she thought I would be a good candidate for the therapy department. I accepted the challenge and never regretted my decision.

Mrs. Smith was a stern employer, but as long as you did your work efficiently, she was very supportive. Later, she asked me if I knew how to type. I told her I did, but I hadn’t typed for some years.

No problem; she put me in the office to help with the daily routines and I also worked with the medical records department. I used to joke and say I did everything but work in the kitchen.

The therapists at the hospital were non-registered but the therapist at the Rinehart Clinic, Claude Behrens, was a licensed therapist. He came to the hospital once or twice a week and conferred with the three of us, Murn Fountain, Laura Britton and me. He taught us some of the newest methods of therapy.

About a year later, he asked me

Claude Behrens, head of the clinic’s Physical Therapy Department at the time. if I’d like to come down to the clinic and work with him as one of his staff was leaving. I hated to leave the patients at the hospital, but I felt it was a good opportunity for me, so I started working with Claude Behrens and Lee Hunt. It was a friendly group who worked in the basement of the clinic. Lois Thayer was the smiling and happy

Poster winners submitted by Brinda Jimenez and Braden Soans.

Speer of the entries. “The contest is open to anybody, ages 5 through 18, who have enjoyed the Fourth of July holiday in Manzanita.”

Of her entry, Brinda, a fifth grader, created a scene on the beach at Manzanita. “I decided to do it about the beach because when people are on the beach they’re happy and having fun… there’s peace on Earth.”

Braden’s idea for his poster design came to him at the last minute, he said

receptionist who watched the desk for three departments: the therapy department, the X-ray department with jovial Pete Watts at the head, and laboratory with Jim Erickson, Peggy Storm, and Shirley Smith.

Arthritis patients came from all across the U.S. We would see them when they first arrived, many walking with walkers and canes. In three weeks of treatments with the IVs, physical therapy, joint injections and lots of rest, we would notice some remarkable differences in both their physical being and their mental outlook.

The doctors who practiced at that time were Dr. Dorothy White, Dr. Harry Beckwith, Dr. Irvin Schneider, Dr. James Hauschildt, Dr. Herb Lewis, and Dr. Robert Chestnut. They were all excellent doctors and I saw any one of them at one time or another, but Dr. White

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of his effort. “It just kind of popped into my head.”

His poster depicts his vision of God, pouring a flask of liquid “Peace-2-0” upon Earth, where, in celebration, fireworks are set off as, finally, there is peace.

“The entries were fantastic,” said Speer of this year’s submissions. For their winning efforts, Braden and Brinda each received $250 and framing of their original artwork from Art

and Dr. Beckwith were my main doctors.

As time went on, the care of arthritics was changing across the nation. Everyone wanted a quick fix. Where as our patients stayed in the area for a threeweek session of IVs, therapy and joint injections, other doctors were beginning to treat patients with more steroids and anti-inflammatory medications. The patient load began to dwindle, some doctors left, and some employees looked for other employment; one of those was Claude Behrens.

This meant that I was in charge of the therapy department and, although I wasn’t a registered therapist, after nearly 20 years I had gained knowledge of the care of arthritics in the field of physical therapy.

Next issue: Many people moved to the area permanently to receive treatment. Again, in her own words, Virginia Carrell Prowell profiles Rich Luce’s mother, Leta Jenkins, who was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in the 1960 and subsequently moved to the area for treatment.

Happens. The other eight artists whose entries finished in the top ten will receive a framed postcard sized copy of their poster. The Mudd Nick Foundation, another contest sponsor, kicked in $250 for one of the finalists while Art Happens and “a lot of other good folk” chipped in for the other $250 amount, according to Speer.

Reprints of the two posters are available at Art Happens, in Nehalem, and the Great Northern Garlic Co. and Manzanita Rentals in Manzanita. A limited edition of 25 posters, numbered and signed by each artist are available at a cost of $30 each, while unsigned posters go for $20. Postcardsize reproductions of all ten finalists are also available for purchase at $20 for the set.

Awards will be officially presented at 10 a.m. at the annual Fourth of July pancake breakfast in Manzanita.

Looking ahead to 2014, Speer said the deadline for poster entries is next May 31st.

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The community gears up for its 100-year celebration picnic on Saturday, July 20

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Wheeler turned 100 years old on June 4 and to celebrate the community will be holding a picnic at Waterfront Park on Saturday, July 20, in which everyone from the greater Nehalem Bay area is invited to attend. Organizers were busy last week erecting a historical timeline display in the windows of the old Wheeler Pharmacy building, while crews from Tillamook PUD placed a banner across Hwy 101 saluting the occasion of the town’s centennial.

It was on June 4, 1913 that Tillamook County gave its stamp of approval on the results of the vote of incorporation. The vote wasn’t even close with 32 citizens casting their votes in favor of incorporation and just two voting against the idea. The results arrived at the Secretary of State’s office a week later and officials there slapped a date of June 11, 1913 as the birthday of Wheeler, but locals adhere to the earlier date, according to Wheelerite Eunice Massie, whose help was enlisted to help with the historical aspect of the display.

“Wheeler was a center of industry in its day,” said Wheeler city councilor Karen Matthews of the pictorial display at the pharmacy. “We want to celebrate that early history and the roots of the

Wheeler officially celebrates its “100 Years of History,” as noted on an overhead banner spanning U.S. 101, on Saturday, July 20, at Waterfront Park.

Nehalem Bay area.”

The mural in which historical photographs and documents are attached came together on Memorial Day with the help of local students and 4-H members who teamed up with other community members. A permanent display is planned for Wheeler’s train station and it will be dedicated the day of

See WHEELER, page 6 From left, Wheeler City Manager Jeff Aprati, Karen Matthews, Eunice Massie and Edith Rohde stand in front of a special display celebrating Wheeler’s early beginnings. Photos by Dave Fisher

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If there are two things that are music to a city administrator’s ears following the completion of a municipal project it is that it was completed on time and came in under the original engineer’s estimate. Such was the case with Manzanita’s S. 3rd Street project that was completed this past week.

Despite the addition of approximately $12,000 in change orders approved by the city, the final tally of just under $400,000 was over $20,000 under the estimated cost for the installation of a new storm drainage line, along with replacing water lines and resurfacing the street. The street is again open to vehicular traffic as crews from Pacific Excavation did the final cleanup and addressed minor details on the city’s “punch list” earlier this week.

Meanwhile, the Manzanita City Council was expected to award the bid for the construction of a new visitors center and restroom facility at the corner of First St. and Laneda Ave. at its June 12 meeting (after the NCC deadline for this issue) to Baumgart Construction based in Rockaway Beach. Once the city gives the construction company the green light to proceed, the project will take 90 days to complete.

“It should be wrapped up by the end of September, more or less,” said City Manager Jerry Taylor.

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A patron of the Nehalem Post Office accidentally stepped on the gas instead of the brake of their vehicle and crashed into the parking lot side of the building near the front door. The accident

From page 9 and several community members, Susan Walsh, Manzanita Sign Co., Maranne Laszlo and Bonnie Speer – have made this a wonderful commemorative cake.”

The birthday candle form is available at www.rinehartclinic.org or contact The Rinehart Clinic for more information at (503) 368-5182.

The funds raised will help support several clinic programs, including mental health programs, teen suicide prevention programs, and assist uninsured and under-insured community members receive high quality, comprehensive healthcare.

The regular monthly meeting of the Manzanita City Council scheduled for July 3, 2013 has been cancelled. The Council’s next regular meeting is August 7, 2013.

Artists give Mohler Grange cow a makeover Finally, it looks like a real cow! North Tillamook County’s wayward sculpted cow that started out at Neah-Kah-Nie High School and enjoyed a brief stay in Rockaway Beach before landing in front of the Grange near Mohler is looking more like a cow. At least it doesn’t say “Rockaway Beach” on her side anymore.

Grange member Vivi Tallman, along with Christa Grimm and Lori Dillon, undertook the project of giving the sculpture a new look recently, much to the delight of those driving by on Hwy 53.

“As we were doing some finishing touches, we got four different compliments,” said Dillon. “We got lots of thumbs-up from local drive-by pickup drivers and farmers.

We decided to name her Daisy and, other grange members are thinking of planting a flower bed around her base.”

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postal box lobby wall was the only one that sustained damage. The post office remained open and it was business as usual the following day, as well, as repairmen assessed the damage to the building.

Grange member Vivi Tallman, along with Christa Grimm and Lori Dillon give new look to Mohler Grange cow. serving on the Tillamook County Board of Property Tax Appeals (BOPTA) for the 2013-2014 term.

BOPTA consists of three non-office holding residents of the county and is responsible for hearing taxpayer appeals for reduction of the real market or assessed value of property.

Board members meet for a mandatory one-day training session prior to the board convening in February 2014. The board hears property tax appeals between February and April 15, 2014. The term of office ends June 30, 2014.

The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners appoints all members of the Board of Property Tax Appeals. The appointments are to a pool of non-office holding county resident members, which represent the Board of County Commissioners and act as chair for any board appeals, and one pool of non-office holding residents of the county who are not employees of the county or of any taxing district within the county. Members receive a per diem allowance of $60 plus mileage for training days and meeting days.

The Board of Commissioners is actively encouraging citizens interested in contributing to the important process of reviewing property assessment to submit an application for membership to the Board of Property Tax Appeals. Membership application forms are available on the county website under the Board of Commissioners’ page. Applications should be e-mailed to Sue Becraft in the Commissioners’ office at sbecraft@co.tillamok.or.us by 5 p.m. on

Friday, August 30, 2013. For more information on how to submit an electronic application, call Sue Becraft at (503) 842-3403; for more information about the Board of Property Tax Appeals, please call Christy Biggs at (503) 842-3402.

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Start the fireworks with making your own ice cream

Red, White and Blueberry ice cream sundaes

Make both the ice cream and the raspberry syrup the day before and the assembly the next day is a snap. Make sure and at least start the ice cream the day before so it has time to “temper” or chill in the fridge for at least 4 hours. I have a dairy free rendition of this on my blog at Cavewomancafe.wordpress .com.

Blueberry Ice cream

Makes 1.5 quarts 1.5 cups of fresh or frozen blueberries 1 cup of milk 1 cup of heavy cream 1/2 to 2/3 cup of sugar 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract (the real stuff) The zest and juice of one lemon Put the blueberries and the milk in a blender and whiz it up until smooth. Add the rest of the ingredients and blend some more until well pureed. Place in a freezer safe container and refrigerate overnight or for at least 4 hours. When you are ready to make the fun, place in the ice cream maker you have and follow the instructions for your model. I process mine for about a half hour until the ice cream is getting pretty thick and the machine is beginning to sound like it is working. Then, I scoop it out into a freezer safe container and stick it in the freezer to harden a bit before serving, about 2-4 hours or longer.

Honey Raspberry syrup 3 cups of fresh raspberries 1/2 cup of water 1/2 cup of honey

1 teaspoon of arrowroot powder dissolved in a wee bit of water 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract Place the raspberries and 1/2 cup water in saucepan. Bring to a boil over mediumhigh heat while stirring occasionally, lower the heat to where the mixture is just simmering and cook 5-10 minutes or until berries are soft. Strain berry mixture through a sieve into separate saucepan.

I used my new handy dandy food mill.

(This step isn’t necessary if you don’t mind seeds in your teeth.) Add the honey and arrowroot powder to the mix and bring the syrup to a back to a boil over medium heat while stirring, then remove from the heat, add the vanilla and let cool.

You should end up with 1.5 cups.

Lemon Whipped cream

1 pint of heavy whipping cream 3-5 tablespoons of powdered sugar (depending on how sweet you like it) Zest of one lemon 1 teaspoon of vanilla Whip the cream with the sugar until medium peaks form, then add the zest and vanilla then stir till just mixed.

Assembly

Scoop up the blueberry ice cream in a small bowl then drizzle with the raspberry syrup, plop some whipped cream on there, garnish with fresh berries and enjoy the fireworks.

From page 7 lost nearly 40 pounds in the last nine or so months. My sisterin-law, who lives in Lafayette, also took a cue from Kelly, losing 40 pounds in a similar time frame through similar means.

However, when it comes to competitions, while I cannot speak for my sister-in-law, I will be happy to continue just shooting pictures of Kelly on stage from my comfortable seat in the press box.

A few months ago, Kelly started studying for her ACE (American Council of Exercise) personal trainer certification exam, with the intention of adding a new dimension to what she does with our marketing and PR company, Rocky Intertidal CoCreative. In fact, while studying is indeed work, she lights up with every bit of knowledge she adds to her general understanding of fitness.

For example, she was thrilled to recently discover that, according to one of her textbooks, regular workouts - including stretching, cardio and resistance training, such as weight-lifting - can contribute significantly to joint stability and flexibility, no matter what your age. Even better, research shows that stretching and progressive resistance-training programs offer just as much of an improvement in range of motion in people ages 63 to 88 as in people ages 15-19.

It’s just that kind of information that gets Kelly’s gears turning. “All you have to do is get a workout routine that suits you, do it and eat right,” she said. “And it’s not about dieting, it’s about eating clean - no preservatives, nothing processed - nourishing food.

Oh, and plenty of water. And sleep.”

In Kelly’s case, dedication was never a problem. This is a woman who does what she sets out to do. She could give Carmelite monks and nuns a run for their money, if the Carmelites permitted makeup, fake eyelashes and stilettos at the monastery.

LeeAnn Neal lives in Nehalem. She and Kelly Benson co-own Rocky Intertidal CoCreative, a marketing and public relations company.

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