In Manzanita
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.