missioner Erin Skaar sat down with the Headlight Herald in December to discuss accomplishments in 2024 and plans for 2025. Skaar said that she thought the decision by commissioners to form a central services department and appoint Rachel Hagerty Chief Administrative Officer would be the most impactful changes of the year and laid out plans to ask voters to approve a 5% increase in the county’s transient lodging tax (TLT) in May.
“This is a really significant shift that I think will allow the county to run more smoothly because there will be process and procedure created that doesn’t require a meeting of the three commissioners every time you want to talk about it,” Skaar said. “You can actually have that done by administrative professionals, you know, leaders who are actually running departments and Rachel, who’s got her finger on the pulse of all of that.”
The move to a central services department was precipitated by an internal strategic plan that the county undertook in the first half of 2024. After soliciting feedback from all the county’s employees, the team working on the plan found that employees thought the county was headed in the right direction and suggested the move to the central services model.
The new department will oversee human resources, information services, facilities and legal services for county departments going forward, as well as the board of commissioners’ office and be overseen by Hagerty, previously the county’s chief of staff. In addition to increasing internal efficiency, Skaar said that this will allow Hagerty to come up with processes and procedures and bring them to the commissioners for approval, rather than leaving the commissioners to work out those policies and procedures on their own in public meetings.
The upshot, according to Skaar,
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Bell talks parks, environmental policy, central county services
Following a busy year in which she served an extended stint as interim parks director, Commissioner Mary Faith Bell sat down with the Headlight Herald to discuss successes in that role and look forward to 2025. Bell said that she was proud of the changes made to the entrance at Barview Jetty during her tenure and looks forward to more to come, extolled the creation of a central services department for the county and opined on the shortcomings of federal environmental policy.
“It was an unexpected, cool opportunity to come in with totally fresh eyes and no attachment to how things have always been done and that almost never happens,” Bell said of her time as parks director.
Bell assumed the role of parks director in October 2023 and continued in the position until Dan Keyes was hired to fill the role this May. Bell’s first order of business on taking over the position was to evaluate the department’s staffing, which led her to decide to hire some of the seasonal employees who had worked for the county over the course of many years as full-time employees. “It became clear to me that if we’re hiring those people repeatedly for years, they should just be our employees,” Bell said.
After completing the employ-
ee evaluation, Bell undertook a review of the department’s facilities to identify areas of need, with one, the entrance to the Barview Jetty Campground, springing to the fore.
Under its then-configuration, the entrance was often overwhelmed by arriving visitors on busy summer days, leading to backups onto Highway 101 and consternation among visitors, who often became abusive towards staff, leading at least one to walk off the job.
To address these throughput issues, Bell had parks staff change the traffic at the entrance to one-way in and out, instead of intermingled, added a second lane at the fee booth for check in and contracted with a company to operate a kiosk selling firewood and other camper essentials inside the park, removing the need for visitors to return to the entrance.
Bell said that these changes had paid dividends last summer and that work will soon occur to repave the entrance and move the fee booth deeper into the park.
Another area of focus for Bell in 2024 was environmental policies and their impacts on Tillamook County, with both the habitat conservation plan for western Oregon state forests and the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s floodplain development ordinance update demands taking center stage.
Bell said that in both instances she had become convinced that the science being used to force cuts in timber harvests on state lands and curtail flood plain development was flawed and needed to be reevaluated.
In the case of timber, Bell pointed to federal lands, where logging has been severely
limited since the 1980s to protect northern spotted owls and marbled murrelets without seeing any rise in either’s population. Bell said that in conjunction with the huge increase in wildfires in recent years, this was especially galling, and that it was time for counties to try to force a reevaluation by the United States Forest Service.
Similarly, Bell said that she had serious doubts about the scientific underpinnings of the National Marine Fisheries Services Biological Opinion that said development in areas of special flood hazard was causing a take of anadromous fish species, including Coho salmon.
Bell’s brother is a fisherman in Alaska, and she said that even in the essentially pristine conditions there where there are still far larger salmon runs than in Oregon, numbers of salmon are still decreasing. Bell said that this had led her to the conclusion that the issues facing salmon must not all be related to human development and activity on the land but also to issues occurring in the ocean.
“They have declining king salmon runs, but where he is, there’s nothing and so it really isn’t what’s happening on the land at all, it has to be what’s happening in the ocean,” Bell said.
Bell also mentioned that she had been impressed by Tillamook County residents’ response to the proposed changes and encouraged by the support she and other commissioners received in choosing an offthe-board option and moving forward with a lawsuit against the agency.
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Since his victory in the May primary election, Tillamook County Commissioner-elect Paul Fournier has been preparing for the position and honing his vision for the county’s future. After running on a platform of boosting the county government’s revenues to counteract perennial budget crunches, Fournier has a host of ideas he hopes to implement to achieve that goal by leveraging the large number of tourists already visiting Tillamook.
“It’s not about bringing more down here; it’s about capturing the money that we’re not capturing, and we do that through better facilities we can charge for,” Fournier said. Fournier, a long-time sheriff’s deputy, won election to the board in the May primary, defeating Darcy Jones with 71% of the vote.
Since then, in addition to continuing as public information officer at the sheriff’s office, Fournier has been attending the board of commissioners’ meetings to get up to speed on the issues facing the county and attended the Association of Oregon Counties annual conference in the fall.
“The current board and all the staff have been great about onboarding and getting me in the meetings and executive sessions so I can get a kind of handle on all they’re working on,” Fournier said.
Now, as he is set to assume office on January 6, Fournier is champing at the bit to start championing some of the revenue-generating ideas on which he campaigned. Fournier said that his biggest goal is to begin using funding from the county’s transient lodging tax (TLT) to build facilities that will generate revenue for the county and provide benefit to residents.
The biggest project Fournier imagines is the construction of a hotel and conference center at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds. Fournier said that in talking with businesses in the county they had expressed their support for the idea and desire to host conferences locally and noted that the fairground’s master plan envisaged such a facility.
Fournier said that the county could build the facility using TLT funds and then turn the operations over to a concessionaire and that in addition to generating lease payments, the hotel would also increase TLT revenues. “The idea is we need this; it could be self-sufficient, it’ll build itself, it’s not coming out of the general fund and then it produces income one way or the other,” Fournier said. Other potential revenue-generating ideas Fournier proposes include building a paid parking structure
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Doug Olson capped his multidecade career of public service in Tillamook County with a one-year stint as interim Tillamook County Commissioner in 2024, during which he helped to promote the successful emergency system radio bond and lead budgetary discussions.
Olson sat down with the Headlight Herald in December to discuss his year with the county and said that he had enjoyed the experience and hoped his efforts had helped move the organization forward.
“My experience at the county, I think, was very, very positive,” Olson said, “you know, I met a lot of good people, and we got a few things done and made some decisions or helped make decisions that moved the county forward a little bit.”
Olson came to the commissionership by an unusual path, throwing his hat in the ring to serve for one year when Commissioner David Yamamoto announced his early retirement in August 2023, before ultimately being selected in October and taking office in January. Previously, Olson had spent two decades on Tillamook County’s budget committee and volunteered with various organizations in south Tillamook County, including the Pacific City Chamber of Commerce, while running a motel in Oceanside for more than 20 years.
As commissioner, Olson’s signature achievement was helping to promote a $24-million bond to support the design and implementation of a new emergency radio system for the county, which voters approved in November.
Starting in the summer, Olson worked with a group of other leaders from across the county as part of a political action committee to support the project with a booth at the county fair and targeted advertisements in local and social media. The committee comprised Olson, Adventist Health Tillamook President
Eric Swanson, Adventist
Health Tillamook Executive Assistant Katie Moncrief, retired Netarts-Oceanside Fire Chief Tim Carpenter, Tillamook County Sheriff Josh Brown, Tillamook County Commissioner-elect Paul Fournier, Manzanita Councilor Linda Kozlowski, Tillamook Peoples’ Utility District General Manager Todd Simmons, Joanna Stelzig, Brent Collier and Tillamook County Communications Administrator Rueben Descloux.
In addition to his participation on the committee, Olson also spent much of October traversing the county to attend city council and other public meetings to boost public awareness of the need for the new system.
Voters heeded Olson’s stories of dropped calls and dead spots that exist with the current system and the bond question passed with 52% support, which Olson said was consistent with his experience of asking voters for needed funds.
“I’ve learned over the years, sometimes the hard way, that if you’re truthful and timely and simply say, here’s what’s needed and here’s why, you know, people tend to support it,” Olson said.
The bond sale to support the project will happen sometime in January, and the entire construction process should take around a year and a half, though some parts of the system may come online sooner, according to Olson.
Another major focus of
Olson’s tenure was Tillamook County’s tenuous financial position, which came to the fore after $4.6 million in reserve funds were needed to balance the county’s budget for fiscal year 2024. Projections show that revenue shortfalls are expected to continue over the next five years, ranging between $2 and $3.6 million annually.
Seeing the pressing nature of the issue, Olson convened monthly meetings from July through October with the county’s budget committee and leadership team to work on solutions.
By the end of the process, the group had generated a list of more than 60 ideas to boost the county’s revenues or cut expenses, which is now being reviewed by consultants from Tiberius Solutions. The consultants are expected to return early in 2025 with more information about the possibility of adding a utility franchise fee for Tillamook Peoples’ Utility District customers in unincorporated Tillamook County and periodically thereafter with analysis of the other ideas, which ranged from shortening employee work weeks to a prepared food tax.
The group also reduced this year’s budget shortfall by $1.2 million in December by accounting for budgetedbut-unfilled positions in the first six months of the fiscal year and allocating American Rescue Plan Act funds to existing projects to backfill funding.
Olson said that he was pleased with the commit-
tee’s work and noted that the issues would be resolved one way or another because of the county’s statutory mandate to maintain a balanced budget. “It’ll get worked out because the county has a balanced budget every year,” Olson said. “So, then the question is, at what cost? What have you given up or what tradeoff will be made or what do you defer?”
Not every project went so smoothly for Olson, with the biggest disappointment coming in the county’s aborted purchase of the building formerly occupied by the Bureau of Land Management on Third Street.
Commissioners approved a contract to purchase the building for $3 million in early July, planning to renovate the facility to serve as a new courthouse for Tillamook County. Planning for a new courthouse has been in the offing since 2008, when a statewide study found that the current courthouse, built in 1932, was the fourth worst facility in the state and needed to be replaced.
However, after signing the purchase agreement, inspections of the property revealed that it would not be suited for the purpose.
“What happened is the architectural firm the county hired said, okay, if we put the district attorney here and we put the courts here and court administration here and then you’ve got certain safety things you need to do, and you’ve got to have a separate entrance for the bad guys and all of that. The architect says
we can’t get it in here, building doesn’t work,” Olson said.
As he prepared to leave office, Olson said that the believed the commissionership would be the last public service he undertook as he looked forward to fully retiring. Olson said that he and his wife, Patty, were planning to go to the Rose Parade in Pasadena on New Years’ Day and hoped to also attend the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York in the future and travel, potentially to Europe and Alaska.
“We’re going to do what we can do while we can do it because there may come a time when you say, ‘man, I ain’t going anywhere, that’s too much work,’” Olson said.
As much as any of the accomplishments during his time in office, Olson repeatedly praised the county staff who he had gotten to work with as hardworking, dedicated and imminently capable, and said that they had reinforced his longtime belief in the virtues of public-sector work.
“Everybody needs some money because you’ve got to live and you’ve got to eat and all that, but at some point, it’s nice to feel good about what you do,” Olson said, “that you’ve done the right thing or you’ve helped advance something and, you know, you’ve provided a framework for this or that or the other thing. and so, counties and cities do that at the local level, and so I enjoy that part.”
Cloverdale man convicted of negligent homicide in overdose death
Tillamook Sheriff’s Office
On Friday, December 13th, 2024, Shelby Vantassel, 51, of Cloverdale, was convicted after pleading no contest to the charges of criminal negligent homicide and manufacturing/delivery of a controlled substance. These charges are the culmination of a monthslong investigation stemming from an overdose in which a 47-year-old man from Pacific City died in January of 2024. An autopsy revealed the cause of death to be “acute combined drug toxicity (fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine).”
Vantassel was arrested on May 22, 2024, during a search warrant service on his residence and property in Cloverdale, as first reported by TCSO in a May 30, 2024 Facebook post. Approximately 100 grams methamphetamine, 14 grams of fentanyl, crack cocaine, scales and packaging materials were seized at that time.
“This was a multi-agency effort. I want to thank our partnering agencies, Yamhill
County Sheriff’s Office and Lincoln City PD, for all their assistance in preventing the further spread of fentanyl,” said lead investigator, TCSO Detective Kris Wood. “Fentanyl is so dangerous and so addictive, if it’s not removed from our small communities, it will destroy them. We will continue to focus our efforts on the dealers that are putting these deadly drugs on our streets, and we will continue to hold them accountable.”
“I want to applaud the work of Detective Kris Wood in leading this investigation, and also Detective Martin Zepeda and all of the other law enforcement officers that assisted, along with District Attorney Aubrey Olson for taking on this important case,” said TCSO Detective Sgt. Michelle Raymond in TCSO’s original post in May.
Tillamook 911, Tillamook Police, Oregon State Police, Yamhill County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln City Police and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office all assisted with this extensive investigation.
Some additional background information: In the late 1980’s, a federal law was passed providing severe penalties to drug dealers when someone that they provided drugs to, died from those drugs. It is commonly referred to as the Len Bias law, named after University of Maryland basketball player, Len Bias. Bias died two days after being selected by the Boston Celtics with the second overall pick in the 1986 NBA draft, Bias died from cardiac arrhythmia induced by a cocaine overdose. In the past, Oregon leads the nation in prosecuting Len Bias-type cases, but that all but stopped in recent years, specifically after Measure 110 was enacted. Measure 110 decriminalized user amounts of deadly controlled substances.
Recently passed HB4002 A repeals/reforms Measure 110, and law enforcement agencies are now able to investigate and refer more controlled substance cases to their District Attorney for prosecutorial consideration.
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Skaar said that she expects the forward momentum on revamping the county’s management to continue into 2025, with a focus on policies regulating interdepartmental relationships and procedures. Skaar said she also hopes that the county’s budgeting process will be reevaluated once a new budget is adopted in June.
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in Oceanside and beginning parking enforcement to boost revenues across the county, adding more disc golf courses like the one at the Port of Tillamook Bay, offering partial amnesty for traffic violations to encourage payment and charging companies to land submarine cables on Tillamook County’s beaches.
“I want whatever we do to help us, you know, like if we’re building facilities with tourism money, I want to make sure that it benefits the locals,” Fournier said.
In addition to ideas for new revenue streams, Fournier also said that he believes there are some areas where the county can reduce costs, including by building a new courthouse to eliminate rent payments to outside organizations and reevaluating the county’s legal services.
However, Fournier said that he did not favor drastic actions regarding employees work week proposed by the budget working group, such as reducing the county to a four-day work week or sixhour workdays. Fournier said that he doubted the feasibility of such moves given employees’ union status and said that he felt punishing workers for leaders’ inability to be fiscally responsible was inap-
ening that the community is fully behind us in opposing this,” Bell said. Bell also said that she had been proud of the work county commissioners did to establish a central services department in the fall, with an eye towards increasing efficiency. “It became clear that our central services were not working as efficiently as we want them to and so we
the renewed vigor around the Salmonberry Trail project as one of her highlights from 2024, noting the hiring of Caroline Fitchett as executive director of the Salmonberry Trail Foundation and Rockaway Beach’s applications for grants to build a section of the trail through the city. A major focus in 2025 will be formalizing plans to ask Tillamook County voters to approve a 5% increase to the county’s TLT. Currently, the county charges visitors a 10% TLT for overnight stays in the county, with 70% of the revenue generated required by state law to go towards tourism-related projects or promotion and the other 30% dedicated to the county’s public works department for road maintenance.
Commissioners began discussing the possibility of raising the TLT rate, which will require voter approval, last year and are
propriate.
“I think that we are in in this position we are in because of the way county leadership has directed us,” Fournier said. “Waiting so long to accept that the visitor industry was going to be very important to us, I feel like that was a huge mistake, and I don’t feel like it’s now the responsibility of our employees, it’s not their fault that this happened.”
Instead, Fournier said that he would make it a top priority to have a recently commissioned wage study completed and to bring county workers’ compensation up to market rate.
Fournier also expressed reticence about asking voters to approve a TLT increase in May as has been proposed by the other commissioners, saying he was hesitant to go to voters for more money too frequently.
Fournier said that he had also been looking at possibilities to expand housing in the county and that he wanted to find a way to add infrastructure to the Rawe property the county purchased in the city of Tillamook’s urban growth boundary in 2023.
Another project Fournier plans to throw his support behind is a proposal to restrict Bay Road in Netarts to one-way use for traffic and turn the other lane into a pedestrian promenade, which has the support of local fire departments and Tillamook County Public Works Director Chris Laity.
moved to this new model where Rachel (Hagerty) will be over the central services department,” Bell said. “The hope is that things will go much more smoothly and there will be fewer delays in departments getting services that they need.”
Bell also shouted out Commissioner Doug Olson and his efforts to win voter support for a new emer-
on track to ask for a 5% increase in May’s election. Skaar said that the increase would generate around $3 million additional annually, given current visitor totals.
Skaar said that the plan is to dedicate the 30%, or around $1 million, in additional revenues which does not have to be spent on tourism to funding the sheriff’s office. The funds would be used to replace already existing money in the sheriff’s budget but would be secured and help to insulate the office from potential impacts caused by multimillion-dollar budget shortfalls forecast in the coming years.
“We’re working very hard to maintain public safety’s capacity, and with a $3 million projected shortfall, $1 million that has an earmark on it that says it must remain in the public safety department is a way to shore up public safety in the face of you know, revenue challeng-
Fournier also said that he plans to prioritize public outreach when he is elected, building on his background media production to help voters better access and understand the work the board of commissioners is doing. He mentioned making Facebook reels, hosting a coffee with a commissioner and the possibility of shadowing various workers around the county in his own version of the television show Dirty Jobs.
“I’m looking forward to getting out with the people of this community in ways other than board meetings and committee meetings and special events,” Fournier said.
Finally, Fournier is planning to support continued efforts by the sheriff’s office and Tillamook Police Department to crack down on the homelessness issue around Hoquarton Slough. Fournier said that in his opinion calling the area a camp was inappropriate as, in reality, it was an illegal dumpsite and living in a tent did not force people to create conditions dangerous to public health and safety.
“When you’re living there and I don’t feel safe walking by you because your dog’s barking and lunging at me, and I can’t let my kids ride their bikes around, that’s a problem,” Fournier said, “and I think we have a responsibility as a government to keep that quality of life so that what happens in San Francisco and Portland doesn’t happen here.”
gency radio system for the county and begin discussions around addressing the county’s budgetary shortfall. “It has been a pleasure to work with Doug Olson and I just want to mention that because it’s a significant service of his, and it’s also the culmination of many years of service,” Bell said. Looking forward, Bell said that in 2025, she hopes
es,” Skaar said.
In addition to advancing the TLT increase question, Skaar said that she expects 2025 to see a review of the county’s short-term rental (STR) ordinance, which was updated in 2023, and updates to the zoning code to allow more middle housing.
The STR ordinance update included a cap on new properties in each of the county’s unincorporated communities at 1% higher than the current number of STRs at the time the ordinance passed, with a review to come periodically. Skaar said that Tillamook County Community Development Director Sarah Absher has
to establish a designated camping area for residents experiencing homelessness in the county and continue working to incentivize the development of affordable housing to further address the issue. “The problem isn’t going to take care of itself so we have to be able to offer something, so I think that there will at least be more consideration of that and hopefully
met with members of each of the communities since the update passed and will be discussing those meetings with the commissioners in early 2025. Skaar also said that the county would continue work to prepare the Rawe
more collaboration, we’ll continue collaborating with the City of Tillamook,” Bell said. Also in 2025, Bell plans to support seeking a 5% increase to the county’s transient lodging tax rate in May’s election, saying that she was hopeful voters would support a tax on out-of-towners to help secure public safety funding.
property in the city of Tillamook’s urban growth boundary for housing development, with the next step being a wastewater feasibility analysis in the coming months.
Storm Damage
Most Oregonians in 2025 will see residential electricity rates nearly 50% higher than they were just five years ago. The state’s Public Utilities Commission — a threeperson governor-appointed group charged with regulating the rates of privately owned utilities in Oregon — approved Thursday a nearly 10% increase in residential electricity rates for customers of Pacific Power and, on Friday, a 5.5% increase for residential customers of Portland General Electric, or PGE. Both rate increases will take effect Jan. 1 and bring overall rates for residential customers of both utilities up about 50% since 2020, more than twice the rate of inflation during that same period. The rates are lower than the companies requested: Pacific Power in September petitioned to raise rates by nearly 11% in 2025 and PGE by 7.4%.
The two companies are investor owned and collectively serve more than 1.4 million customers in Oregon. Across every kind of customer, including small and medium-size businesses and industrial users, Pacific Power’s electricity rates will rise on average by about 8.5% and PGE’s rates will rise about 6% in 2025.
“We definitely understand the frustration customers feel, and I want to assure customers of how hard we have worked to scrutinize the issues and hold utilities accountable,” commission chair Megan Decker said. The commission re-
My ‘Ah Ha’ Moment
GARDENING MATTERS
Ihave a folder on my computer that holds all my Gardening Matters columns since I started writing them in 2003. More than twenty years. I was looking at that list the other day and realized a lot of my columns in early January focused on New Year’s Resolutions. Often times I would have ten or 12 resolutions. Some years I even reported on how many of those resolutions I was able to accomplish, which only served to frustrate me since there were regularly a lot left to do. And then during Covid, I dropped doing the resolution thing. My life was less stressful when I didn’t have that list to try to live up to. But I am the kind of person who works better from a list. (I guess I learned that from Gary who had a variety of lists from which he would work.) I realize now that what I was really doing is setting up weekly resolutions in the form of to-do lists in my planner. That seemed to make the resolution thing so much easier to take and less worrying when I didn’t get something accomplished. I just moved it to the following week.
This was true not only for my gardening list, but for my life in general. There was very little in my planner that couldn’t be moved to the next day or even next week if it didn’t get done. Doctor appointments and trips to the grocery store were some of the things that needed to stay in place. The rest were flexible.
The same is true in the garden. There are a few chores that are time-specific: pruning spring-blooming plants after their flowers have faded but before new tiny buds are formed for next year’s display is one. Cutting the hardy fuchsia back in February or the faded fern fronds in March are two more. Most anything else – like weeding or
raking – can be done when other, more important things are accomplished. But I also realize there are some major things that are more suited to being resolutions rather than to-do list items. So, for 2025, my first resolution is not to buy any more tomato plants no matter how tempted I am when spring rolls around. In 23 years, I have never successfully grown more than a dozen tomatoes in total. I still crave that sunwarmed tomato fresh off the vine. That was a regular occurrence when I lived in Pennsylvania, but a very rare event in Tillamook County. That is not to say good, tasty tomatoes can’t be grown in the county. They just can’t be grown in my garden because I never get the heat units necessary for ripening. I have Tillamook County Master Gardener friends that grow lovely full-sized tomatoes with great success. I would be jealous, but they share with me. My second resolution is to spend more time painting in my garden in 2025. Not painting my garden but using my garden as inspiration for watercolor painting. I was gifted a lovely set of acrylics for Christmas last year and look forward to trying them out as well. It was a hobby I enjoyed many years ago, and I need to get back to it. I also want to reset some patio blocks and quite a few steppingstones in the yard. As it will be quite involved, this is an item for the resolution list, too. Over the years the blocks tend to wobble or get buried in the sandy soil. Lifting them and relaying them in a new pattern for some reason calms my mind, despite the physicality of doing that. My dear sweet father-in-law loved laying stones and making stone walls and I now realize why. It’s like fitting a jigsaw puzzle together but a more permanent one. By breaking the Resolution List down into more manageable pieces that can be easily added to the To-Do List seems like a win-win for me. This way I can accomplish more and be less frustrated at the end of the year.
FENCEPOSTS
Christmas Day was the start of some wild weather in Cape Meares. Rain came down in torrents, but the real issue was the howling winds. The Walzes clocked a new high gust of 89 mph. Those winds snapped a big tree in half at the corner 5th Street NW and Pacific Avenue at 3:40 a.m. on December 26. A neighbor who lives near this intersection gave an eyewitness report about the event to the Cape Meares group on the social media site MeWe. He noted that the fallen spruce tree closed 5th Street, snapped off the top of a power pole, took out a transformer, and pulled down power lines. He said the PUD sent three bucket trucks, a large crane, a service truck with heavy equipment, a truck and trailer with a new power pole and transformer, and 8-10 crew members who quickly assessed the situation, split into teams and went to work. Within five hours, the crew had cleared the tree and limbs; pulled the old power lines; removed and dismantled the broken top of the old pole, transformer and hardware; set a new pole and
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bolted on new crossarms and a new transformer; strung and attached new power lines to the top of the pole; reconnected what lines they could salvage; and reconnected the homes that had damaged lines. By 6 p.m., they had restored power and were demobilizing.
All of us in Cape Meares join in lauding PUD’s heroic work during these severe weather events. We know that more than 9,000 people in the county were out of service during this storm; it is amazing that the Tillamook PUD got our little village back in business in about 14 hours. We thank you endlessly, PUD crews.
I’d also like to give a shout-out to Pam Robenolt of Cape Meares, who kept
emergency communications going via GRMS radios and posts to MeWe. Thank you for your work on behalf of emergency preparedness for Cape Meares, Pam.
Several residents from Cape Meares traveled north to the Bay City Arts Center on Dec. 22 to see neighbor Mike Olson, known as Doc Twang, perform African music with Blessing Bled Chimanga. Blessing Chimanga is an internationally acclaimed marimba player, singer, songwriter and percussionist from Zimbabwe. This is the type of music our own Mike Olson specializes in as well, and Mike joined Blessing’s band for a night of amazing music and energetic dancing. Wendy Kunkel and her husband, Dave Audet, and Mary and Scott Gordon said it was a unique and marvelous experience. You can check out the strong rhythms of marimba music on YouTube at https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=jKhemK005iI.
The weather delayed but did not stop Captain Pete’s and my tradition of giving out Christmas kisses to the unwary and the unsuspecting. We walked the beach
and neighborhood over the holiday, going up to total strangers to ask them if they’d like a Christmas kiss. I would hurriedly pull out my bag of Hershey’s chocolate candies, so they would know just what kind of a kiss we were talking about, but Capt. Pete would take a more leisurely approach, waiting to see if they would pucker up (or run away) before he reached for a chocolate kiss to give them. This year, we kissed a dozen people. Cape Meares artists Bev Stein and Michael Stevens are showing their work at the 9th Annual Hoffman Community Art Show in Manzanita. This year’s theme is “Gold.” The Hoffman Center for the Arts (594 Laneda Avenue) has encouraged artists to incorporate the theme in a diversity of mediums: painting, drawing, print, collage, textile, metal, wood, ceramic, writing, and more. This free exhibit will be available for viewing Thursdays–Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. through January 25. Sounds like a fun way to spend a winter afternoon.
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Happy New Year dear reader. Can we believe we’re a quarter of a century into the new millennium? Let’s procrastinate talk of New Year’s resolutions until next week’s column.
South Tillamook County Library (located on Camp Street in Pacific City) hosts an adult coloring hour from noon to 1 p.m. on January 15. Remember that their story time happens at 3:30 p.m. on second and fourth Wednesdays (January 8 and 22). All ages are welcome. Story times promise “reading and singing and moving about.”
Kiawanda Community Center (KCC) serves Senior Meals from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays weekly. They cost $3 for seniors and $6 for others. The Pacific CityNestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce will meet from 12-1 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7 at KCC. The address is included below.
A free “Mommy and Me” event, sponsored by Fiddlestick Toys of Pacific City, happen from 8:30-10 a.m. on Thursday, January 9, also at KCC. It’s an opportunity for “families with young children to socialize, play together and find support.” And Don’t miss Bingo, which starts back up at 1 p.m. on Thursday, January
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9, also at KCC. Additional information (if any) hasn’t been communicated for this event. The address is 34600 Cape Kiawanda Drive, in Pacific City. Note that Kids’ Karate Classes, formerly held at KCC will be taught in Tillamook starting this month. The new address is 1142 Main Avenue in Tillamook.
Pelican Pub in Tillamook has Bingo Thursday evenings through March. It happens from 6-8 p.m., is free, and winners are awarded “some great prizes.” The address is 1708 First Street, in Tillamook.
Pelican Pub will also host a “Parent’s Night Out” from 5:30-7 p.m. on Friday, January 17. Participants will enjoy a free meal while learning about underage substance abuse and how to talk to your kids about alcohol and drug abuse. Each participating adult will receive a gift bag and a $20 Fred Meyer gift card. Kids are welcome. Reg-
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Speaking of free entertainment in Tillamook, the main branch of Tillamook County library will host a craft event. Create amazing cardboard homes or even castles for your cat/s from 1-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 11. All ages are welcome. The address is 1613 3rd Street in Tillamook.
Remember that a harm reduction syringe exchange happens from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on the second Wednesday monthly (January 8) at our own Hebo Fire Hall. The address is 30710 U.S. Highway 101 in Hebo. The service is offered at the same time four Wednesdays a month. On first and third Wednesdays, go to Ivy Avenue Wellness Center, at 11th and Ivy Avenue in Tillamook. Fourth Wednesday exchanges happen at the upper parking lot of North County Food Bank, 278 Rowe Street, in Wheeler.
Happy birthday this week to: Rachel Adkins, Rick Anderson,
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Happy New Year to one and all. It sounds almost futuristic to say we are in the year 2025. I remember as a child (born in the 1950’s) that even the year 2000 seemed hard to grasp, but now here we are twentyfive years on, with so many items in our daily lives that we could not imagine, some good, some not so good. Best wishes to everyone for a happy and healthy new year. I just returned from a Christmas break with my oldest son and his girlfriend who live about 20 miles from Ashland in southern Oregon, in a fairly remote area. On their land they have sugar pines, and I brought home a lovely basket of the huge cones. The new Welcome Garden is taking shape, the split rail fence is almost complete, and
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it looks really great. Thanks to Pat Vining, Tom Imhoff, Pat’s brother-in-law Rick and Bay City Public works crew for all their hard work. Trees and shrubs are next on the to do list. We are also looking for local artists to create some outdoor art that can be placed in the garden. If you are interested, please contact me.
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holds story time every Thursday at 10 a.m. which is a fun activity for the little ones in the community. They also host maker’s Saturday, on the third of each month at 2 p.m. so if you have a project, craft or model making, this is a fun time to join others in creativity.
The annual Bay City Pearl and Oyster Festival planning is underway, and the committee would love to have some new faces and ideas for this year’s event. The first planning meeting will be held in the Bay City town hall, on Thursday, January 23rd from 6 to 7 p.m. This event is run by volunteers, and it’s been a great success the last few years, live music, food, vendors and fun activities for the whole family.
The Bay City Arts Center opens on Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. for open art evenings. If you are creating any type of art or craft, you can gather with others for help, inspiration and comradery.
We sure have had our share of rain and wind recently, so let’s hope soon we get a few of those “false spring” days to bring us some sunshine. Even with all the wet weather there have been many birds visiting my garden this winter, it’s a joy to watch them. There have also been hundreds of geese flying around the area, honking to each other and to all of us. Take some time to get outside, to see and enjoy the winter wildlife we are privileged to enjoy.
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Geraldine (Gerry) Hill
Aug. 26, 1923 - Dec. 9, 2024
Geraldine (Gerry) Hill was born August 26, 1923 in Buffalo, NY to Walter and Marguerite Sutter, the first of 6 children. She grew up in western NY, attending a 2-room country school and graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1940. Her education continued with a year of pre-nursing studies at Atlantic Union College in Massachusetts before nursing school at New England Sanitarium and Hospital in Melrose, MA, graduating in 1944.
After a year of nursing practice in Buffalo, NY she enrolled at Walla Walla College in Washington where she graduated in 1947 with a BS in Nursing Education. While there she met and married a fellow student, Raymond C. Hill in 1946. While her husband was finishing his college work at Andrews University in Michigan, she taught pre-nursing classes before their first child was born. After about 2 years of school nursing at Newbury Park Academy in California, the family moved to Lansing, Michigan for Ray to attend graduate school before they sailed to the Philippines for a 10-year term of mission work at Mountain View College. She was the unofficial school nurse and community midwife much of the time,
delivering about 25 babies. Upon returning to the US in 1963, she worked at a local hospital near Berrien Springs, Michigan for 8 years, then for one year at the student health center at Andrews University until the family moved to Ohio in 1972. Gerry taught nursing at Kettering College of Medical Arts for 13 years, officially retiring in 1895, but continuing to work part-time on the maternity unit at Kettering Hospital for the next 13 years, ending a rewarding nursing career. In 2003, Gerry and Ray moved to Tillamook, OR to be near Calvin and his family as well as to enjoy a warmer climate. Gerry kept busy with volunteering at the Community Service Center. She also enjoyed teaching Sabbath school lessons, reading, knitting, crocheting, cooking, and traveling. In 2021, at the age of 98, Gerry decided it was time to give up housekeeping and moved to Michigan to be near Marge and Sherrilyn. She lived at White Oaks Assisted Living in Lawton, Michigan where she greatly enjoyed being around people and making new friends until her death on December 9th, 2024
Survivors include her children: Marge (Lorance) Van Tassel of Allegan, MI; Calvin (Jaimy) Hill of Tillamook, OR; Brad (Cathy) Hill of Monroe, GA, and Sherrilyn Hill of Lincoln, NE. Eight grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Siblings: Donald Sutter and Judy Wright. She was predeceased by her husband, Ray, of 58 years; 2 sisters, Janet Dryburgh and Joan Sutter; 1 brother, Milt Sutter. Burial will be at Sunset Heights Memorial Garden. A memorial service is planned for August, 2025 here in Tillamook.
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Last December’s City Council meeting included an important resolution about the Jetty Creek Watershed.
Resolution 2024-49 referred to funding to set up a forest management plan and appraisal. The resolution authorizes City Manager Luke Shepard to execute a grant contract with Oregon Health Authority funds of $70,000 to create the forest management plan and appraisal for Jetty Creek. The resolution came on the heels of the November 21 coffee meeting with the Mayor and City Manager in which Shepard, with the help of Sustainable Northwest, had applied for an EPA grant of $18 million, intended to fund the purchase of the lower 800 acres of the Jetty Creek Watershed. This grant would cover all costs, including the land appraisal, legal fees, the actual purchase, etc.
At the coffee meeting, City Manager Shepard went on to mention a forest stewardship plan, which would include three years of restoration work to help assure water quality and quantity. He also mentioned that Public Works was looking into the construction of a 3-million-gallon raw water storage unit to help supplement water production in times of limited rainfall, such as we have experienced in the past two summers.
Shepard went on to say that the Sourcewater Protection Plan Committee had identified risks, proposed ways of mitigating those risks, and will be developing the forest stewardship plan. He also mentioned an alternative if the EPA grant was not successful: a forest legacy grant of $5 million, which would cover the purchase only.
David Edward Emmenegger, aged 73, passed away peacefully at his California home outside of Clearlake Oaks on December 10th. Dave was a lifelong resident of Oregon, having been born and raised in Tillamook on a dairy farm. The youngest of 5 siblings, Dave was of Swiss heritage with both sets of grandparents coming from Switzerland. His Paternal grandfather was a cheese maker, and his father was a dairy farmer in Tillamook.
Dave loved growing up in Tillamook and embraced his heritage as well as his Catholic upbringing. He attended grammar school at Sacred Heart Academy and Tillamook Public High School. One of his favorite memories was showing their dairy cattle for FFA at the Tillamook County Fair.
After high school Dave became a builder and built many beautiful homes that are still present today in Tillamook and surrounding counties. In 1985 he made a career change and launched what would become Alderbrook and Assoc. Lighting which he ran for 39 years until his retirement in 2024. During these many years Dave received numerous awards for excellence in the lighting industry. His love of people and his word, which was as solid as a written contract, endeared him to almost everyone he met.
In 1998 Dave relocated to Woodburn Oregon where he purchased his forever home and lovingly remodeled it into a beautiful and welcoming home. Dave was active in the St. Luke’s Parish in Woodburn and has many friends in the community.
Dave never lost his love of agriculture and had several restored 1970’s vintage John Deere and International tractors. He spent many happy Saturday mornings having
coffee with several retired and still working farmers that he enjoyed visiting with and sharing stories of farm life.
Dave was the President of the Portland Swiss Sportsman from 1984-86 when it was renamed Portland Swiss, Inc. in 1986. He again served as President from 1995-96. During his membership they organized and produced the Portland Saengerfest in July of 1993.
In October of 2019 Dave took over as President of COS, Confederation of Oregon Swiss, whose goal is to establish a Swiss Park for the use by all of the Swiss clubs until he passed the reins in 2023.
Dave was an avid traveler both national and internationally where he met many wonderful people who became lifelong friends. In 2009 he met Anne Garner at a dance class in Elko, Nevada, where they were both attending the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. This chance meeting evolved into a 16-year love affair. They shared many wonderful adventures traveling to see old friends and making new friends along the way. Many of their adventures involved their love of dancing, one of their favorites being the Cowboy Christmas Ball in Anson, Texas.
Dave is survived by his life partner, Anne Garner (Clearlake Oaks, CA) two sisters, Dolores Emmenegger (Clearlake Oaks, CA) and Carolyn Naegeli (Portland, Or), and a brother Frank Emmenegger (Ca). as well as several nieces and nephews and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by his brother Phil Emmenegger as well as both parents, Frank and Anna (Nufer) Emmenegger.
Dave never met a stranger, and he touched too many lives to even count. We invite all of you who knew and loved Dave to share a Celebration of Life at the McMinnville Grange Hall in McMinnville, Oregon (1700 SW Old Sheridan Rd., McMinnville, OR 97128) on Friday February 14th from 1-4 P.M. Celebration of Life at the McMinnville Grange Hall in McMinnville, Oregon (1700 SW Old Sheridan Rd., McMinnville, OR 97128) on Friday February 14th from 1-4 P.M. Private internment at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Tillamook, Oregon
Rodney Alvin Norberg, 82, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2024 of natural causes.
Rodney was born in Tillamook, Oregon on March 7, 1942 to Harry and Gladys Norberg. He was the youngest of 6 children, and grew up working the family farm. He proudly remained a resident of Tillamook his entire life.
Rodney married the love of his life, Betty, in 1963. They settled
down and began a family shortly after. He worked in various wood mills throughout his life, eventually retiring in 2005. Rodney was an avid woodworker, he found great joy in creating beautiful pens and ornaments on his many wood lathes. Rodney is survived by his wife, Betty; 3 children, William, Loy, and Lacey; and 6 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by both of his parents and all 5 of his siblings.
Viewing was available for friends and family at Waud’s Funeral Home from 1:00-5:00 on Saturday, December 28, 2024. Graveside services was held at 1:00 on Saturday, January 4, 2025 at Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens in Tillamook. A reception with refreshments was held at Fairview Grange following the services.
that has been systematically lost through treating the watershed as a resource to be stripped.
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“We’ve come a long way in a very short period of time,” Shepard added. It was therefore good news when Resolution 2024-49 authorized Shepard and the city to proceed with developing the forest management plan, using $70,000 from the Oregon Health Authority.
This presents an opportunity to influence the nature and content of the forest management plan. Of special concern is the assurance that assessment of the forest’s condition and suitable steps to protect it as a watershed are given review by scientific authority, not just as a source of timber.
In April 2024, I joined about a dozen citizens and City Council members on a walk through the lower portion of the Jetty Creek forest. The last clearcuts here took place almost 25 years ago, but the scars remain. In conversation and presentations with the North Coast Community for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) throughout 2024, I spoke time and time again with NCCWP leader Nancy Webster about the challenges of making a former plantation into a sustainable and healthy watershed.
Key among the points Nancy made was the importance of “rewilding,” a thoughtful and long-term plan to return the deforested areas to a semblance of the richness and biodiversity
First is the city council meeting on January 15. This includes the workshop beginning at 4:30 p.m. upstairs, and the full meeting at 6 p.m. downstairs. In the past, I’ve observed that, as Mayor McNeilly put it, the workshop is where discussion occurs, and the meeting is where issues are decided.
Second, on January 18, NCCWP is hosting a presentation by Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) students from the University of Oregon. Their research, Coastal Futures, focuses on climate change adaptation strategies for coastal communities in Oregon and is led by Ignacio López Busón, a UO Assistant Professor of Climate Change Resilience. NCCWP’s press release includes this note:
“For the past three months, the students have visited and analyzed Rockaway Beach, meeting with local stakeholders to understand the values and challenges of our local community, including coastal erosion, sea level rise, deforestation, drinking water quality and urban development. This presentation will showcase their research on sustainable coastal practices and explore paths for longterm resilience.”
This presentation takes place Saturday, January 18 at noon (doors open at 11:30 a.m.) at St Mary by the Sea Catholic Church, 275 S Pacific St, Rockaway Beach.
Finally, the Sourcewater Protection Plan Development Advisory Committee meeting is set for January 21 from 9:30—11:30 a.m.
These take place upstairs in City Hall. Take notes, speak up, and be heard.
John Fredrick Zuercher
Aug. 22, 1941 - Dec. 23, 2024
John Fredrick Zuercher. Birth 8/22/1941 - Died 12/23/2024 @ the age of 83 while at Forest Grove Rehab Center fighting a long battle of Congestive heart failure.
Born & raised in Tillamook to Fred & Ruth Zuercher. He worked on the
family farm to help his dad & mom for as long as they had it. After graduating from Tillamook high school, he worked @ the Plywood Mill in Garibaldi before he was drafted into the US Army in 1964. Where he was stationed in Alaska building roads & running heavy equipment. While there he lived through the Great Alaska Earthquake. He was honorably discharged in 1966, once returning home & married Theresa Werner. John continued to help his parents back on the family farm. It’s then when he got into carpentry & went to work for his Brother-in-law Ed Werner.
Theresa & John had 3 boys, Steve, Tim & Terry. After a hard day’s work of building, he would take the boys to the farm to milk the cows. While the boys would play in the hay loft & get into a little bit of trouble, especially Steve.
John built a lot of homes while working for Ed before teaming up with Bob Riggert who owned quite a bit of real estate within Tillamook. Anyone who knew John, knows he loved his work & worked hard taking immense pride in his craftsmanship. He continued his work as long as he could. His skills will be missed.
Then you may have seen him anywhere talking to his friends about whatever.
He is survived by his sons, Steve (Shannon), Tim (Anna) & Terry (Angie). Grandchildren, James, Kyle, Natalie, Chad, Lexie & Mitchell.
John is proceeded in death by his parents Fred & Ruth, brothers, Phil & Jim, sister Mary Ellen & granddaughter Ashely.
No funeral was requested. John was laid to rest @ Oddfellow Cemetery next to his parents & many other Zuercher family members.
Kathleen (Kathy) Jayne Landolt, born on December 31, 1946, in Ellensburg, Washington, passed away peacefully on December 28, 2024, just days shy of her 78th birthday.
Kathy was raised in Tillamook, Oregon, by her loving parents, Simon Jay Holden and Alice Grace Bester. Her upbringing on the Oregon coast instilled in her a deep appreciation for
family and community. She graduated from Tillamook High School on June 4, 1965, and married her high school sweetheart Mike the very next day on June 5, 1965. Kathy worked for Safeway Pharmacy for over twenty years as a Pharmacy Technician and was the smiling face that everyone looked forward to seeing.
She is survived by her devoted husband, Michael John Landolt; her cherished children, daughter Lori Lynn Landolt of Keizer, Oregon and son Timothy Michael Landolt; and her beloved grandson, Owen Timothy Landolt of Elk Grove, California, sisters Joanne Spencer of Spanish Fork, Utah and Jeannie Prichard of Stayton, Oregon. Kathy’s family was the center of her world, and she took immense pride in their accomplishments and happiness.
Kathy’s life was marked by her warmth and dedication to those she held dear.
She will be remembered fondly by all who had the privilege of knowing her. Kathy enjoyed baking goodies and was an excellent cook. She loved to go camping with family, especially up the Trask River, watching the waves at Barview and spending time with family and friends. May Kathy’s memory bring comfort to her loved ones during this time of loss.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to St. Jude in Kathy’s name. https://www.stjude.org/ donate/donate-to-st-jude. html?sc_icid=header-btndonate-now
Services for Kathy will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 4200 12th St. Tillamook, OR on January 11, 2025, at 11 am. A Celebration of Life will be held at the Pacific Restaurant at 205 Main Street, Tillamook, OR starting at 1 pm on February 1, 2025.
that both companies raised to justify rate increases, according to Decker.
“We have severely reined in PGE expense growth, and we have cut something in the nature of 50% out of requests that they made,” Decker said.
Bob Jenks, director of the Citizens’ Utility Board, a watchdog group established by Oregon voters in 1984 to represent the interests of utility consumers, said the PUC is overdue for permanent changes to how and when rate increases are approved.
“Electricity is an essential service and there is no reason why we should be pricing it like it is a luxury,” Jenks said in a statement.
The Commission rejected a proposal by the citizens’ board to cap annual residential rate increases at 10% and to move rate case hearings to April, rather than January, so utilities aren’t raising prices in the dead of winter.
Rate increases in recent years, according to the companies, have been due to rising inflation, infrastructure build outs for more clean energy generation and storage, rising costs of buying power, higher insurance costs and meeting new customer demand. Demand for PGE’s industrial customers, including new data centers and semiconductor manufacturers like Intel, is up more than 34% in the last five years, while residential demand is up 5%.
Concerned that residential customers are subsidizing growing energy needs of data centers, Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden in November questioned PGE CEO Maria Pope over what was behind rising prices that are leading to record power disconnections for Oregonians struggling to keep up with bills.
Record shut offs
Both utilities set personal records in 2024 for disconnecting customers from power for nonpayment.
From January to October, Pacific Power disconnected more than 20,000 households, up from 8,000 during the same period in 2023, according to the Citizens’ Utility Board. PGE disconnected about 32,000 customers at some point in 2024 — 4,800 more than in 2023. These record shutoffs occurred during a year when residential Pacific Power customer rates went up 11% and PGE residential rates went up 21%.
In response, the Public Utilities Commission will prohibit the companies from disconnecting low-income customers who are enrolled in bill discount programs
between Jan. 1 and April 1 so people are not left without power during the coldest months of the year.
People in the lowest income level — meaning individuals making $36,800 or less annually and a four-person household with annual income of about $71,000 or less — will be eligible for up to an 80% bill discount each month, an increase from a 60% discount previously required by the commission.
The commission will also require new large industrial customers of the utilities — such as data centers — to forecast their energy needs for the year with 95% accuracy and pay a penalty for miscalculation.
When it comes to wildfire costs, the commission will allow Pacific Power to raise rates to cover $25 million worth of restoration work following the 2020 Labor Day fires. The company had originally sought rate increases that would cover twice that amount.
The company was found liable for several of the 2020 Labor Day megafires that burned thousands of structures and took nine lives. The company has spent nearly $2.7 billion on lawsuits since, according to a recent report submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. On Thursday, the federal government was added to the list of plaintiffs. The U.S. Attorney General’s Office is seeking reimbursement for costs and damages federal agencies incurred fighting the Archie Creek Fire near Roseburg in 2020. The company has used wildfire costs as a reason it’s needed to raise rates in recent years. Pacific Power is owned by PacifiCorp, a subsidiary of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway, a multinational conglomerate. PacifiCorp is worth $10.7 billion, according to its attorneys, while the Oregon Department of Revenue and Oregon Tax Court calculate its worth more than $19 billion. Prior to the 2020 labor day fires, PacifiCorp sent anywhere from $600 million to $875 million in dividends — or earnings — annually to Berkshire shareholders, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Cheesemaker boys 4-5 after holiday break games
By Mike Weber
For The Headlight Herald
The much-improved Tillamook High Cheesemakers enjoyed a strong first month of the boys’ basketball season in December.
The No. 22-ranked Cheesemakers (4-5) exceeded their win total (three) from a year ago following a 39-37 nonleague victory over the Class 3A Sutherlin High Bulldogs (6-5) in their first game at the Vince Dulcich Tournament Dec. 26-28 at Astoria High School.
The Cheesemakers then lost their next two games at Astoria, including a 52-39 defeat to the Catlin Gabel Eagles (7-30) on Dec. 27, followed by a close 48-45 loss to the 3A Amity High Warriors (3-4) Dec. 28.
The Mooks lost another close nonleague contest 5148 to the No. 15-ranked The Dalles High Riverhawks (54) Dec. 30 in The Dalles.
Led by junior Griffyn Boomer (19 points), the Mooks had a chance to win while making a valiant comeback effort midway through the fourth quarter.
The Mooks, guided by firstyear Coach Jason Lewis, called a timeout down 43-34 with 3:36 left in the game. They outscored the Riverhawks 14-8 in a spirited rally that just fell a little short. Boomer helped give
the Mooks a chance at the end as he fired in a threepoint field goal from the top of the arc, making it 50-48 with 4.7 seconds left on the clock.
“Griffyn really hit some big shots for us at The Dalles and he’s one of our best players for sure,” said Lewis. “It seems like every game we have somebody who steps up and we just need to be a little more consistent. We executed well down the stretch, and we just didn’t play well enough early in the game, but we’re still learning.”
The Riverhawks led 10-8 at the end of the first quarter.
The Mooks enjoyed their only lead of the game at 1514 in the second quarter and they trailed 24-19 at halftime. The Mooks outscored the Riverhawks 13-10 in the third quarter and they were down just 34-32 going into the fourth.
Tillamook had a three players who scored in double figures as senior Carsen Rieger had 10 points and sophomore Carson Remington also scored 10 points. Grady Whitlatch (four pts.), Max Abrogoua (three pts.) and Vaughn McCune (two pts.) also contributed to the Mooks offense.
“Things are going pretty good in my first season, the kids have been great, and we’ve had really good
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support from their parents and we’re just trying to get better,” said Lewis.
The Mooks were seeking to snap their three-game losing streak when then they faced the Molalla Indians on Jan. 3 (result unavailable) ahead of their last non-league game against
Elmira on Jan. 7. The Mooks open their 12-game Cowapa League schedule with a 5:30 p.m. road matchup Friday versus the No. 18-ranked St. Helens High Lions (5-4).
“Our goal is to be competitive in the league and give ourselves a chance to be one of the top contenders this year,” said Lewis. “I don’t like losing and I love to win. We’re going to try and do everything we can to play as well as we possibly can during the league schedule and then we’ll see what happens. St. Helens has been playing extremely well this year and Seaside and Scappoose are probably considered as the top two contenders.”
The Mooks (1-11 league in 2024) recorded their only league win last year in a 50-42 home victory over the Lions (3-9 league, 9-15 overall last year) on Feb. 13, 2024.
U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to fund rural schools, communities
Alex Baumhardt
Oregon Capital Chronicle
Schools in 30 of Oregon’s 36 counties — and schools in other Western states — will receive less federal funding in 2025 after the U.S. House of Representatives failed to reauthorize a 24-year-old bill that typically pays up to $80 million a year for schools and roads in Oregon along with wildfire prevention and conservation work.
The bipartisan Secure Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act — first passed in 2000 — was reauthorized by the Senate in November. But by December 20, in the run-up to passage of a stop-gap spending bill to keep the government open until March, House Republicans could not reach agreement about how the rural schools bill should be funded and so it died without a vote, said Hank Stern, a spokesman for Oregon’s senior senator, Democrat Ron Wyden, who co-authored the
original bill in 2000. Wyden said the failure to approve the money will create needless pain for rural communities.
“This sad state of affairs due to congressional Republican failings is pointless and regrettable,” he said in an email. “Oregonians living and working in counties that have long relied on millions in federal Secure Rural Schools funds will needlessly and unfortunately enter 2025 with an uncertain fate for those resources when it comes to local schools. roads, law enforcement and more.”
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo, a Republican who worked with Wyden to get the bill passed in the Senate, said in an email he shared Wyden’s frustration.
“Senator Wyden and I worked diligently to secure SRS funding for rural counties,” Crapo said.
The Republicans decided not to vote on the bill amid a dispute about health care funding that would have killed the stop-gap bill, Stern said.
The Secure Rural Schools bill for years has sent hundreds of millions of dollars to counties in 41 states and Puerto Rico that have federal land within their borders. Because those counties provide critical services to people and industries using those lands for activities that generate revenue for the federal government – such as animal grazing and timber production — the federal government sends money back to those counties to help them pay for critical services and to weather other changes. In the West, the money has largely helped keep county and school budgets whole following reduced logging and a reduction in timber revenue from federal forests in the 1990s to save imperiled species. The payments have equaled the average amount counties received from timber harvests from the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management in the top three timber-producing years of the 1980s. Oregon has received $4 bil-
lion in funding from the bill in the last 24 years.
This year, 30 counties in Oregon got nearly $74 million through the act, according to Wyden’s office. And in 2023, according to the latest U.S. Forest Service data, 12 counties in Alaska received $12.6 million; 34 counties in Idaho got $25 million; 32 counties in Montana received $16 million; and 25 counties in Washington state received about $18 million.
In recent years, the bill has been championed on a rotating basis by Wyden or a Republican senator from Idaho. Stern said that this year, Wyden had leaned on Crapo to advocate for the bill’s passage in the Republican-controlled House. Crapo, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, said he’ll push for the bill next year when he’ll take the reins of the committee under Republican control of the Senate.
“I will continue to advocate for this legislation during the upcoming
Trump administration,” said Crapo. Wyden, now Finance Committee chair who will become the ranking member next year, said he’ll be pushing for passage, too.
“I am committed to working with anybody, anywhere at the start of the new year who’s serious about reauthorizing these vital investments ASAP for rural communities in Oregon and nationwide,” Wyden said.
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Buyer Beware: Oregon DMV warns of potential vehicle, dealership scams
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Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicles (DMV) Services is warning Oregonians about a new scam using fake Manufacturer Certificates of Origin (MCO) to obtain titles for stolen vehicles. An MCO is a document that certifies the original ownership of a vehicle. It’s issued by the manufacturer when a vehicle is produced and contains information like the make, model, year and vehicle identification number, according top the DMV.
“Crooks are creating fake VINs that appear to be legitimate and adding them to counterfeit Manufacturer Certificates of Origin created by either altering printed information on a genuine certificate or by creating a completely fake version downloaded from the inter-
net,” the DMV states in an alert. “A fake certificate often lists the manufacturer’s name and an out-of-state dealer or distributor as the first buyer.”
To determine if your VIN is legitimate, you should:
• Run the VIN through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recall site. This will show if the VIN on the certificate is one issued by the manufacturer. If no VIN is found, you will get an error message meaning the VIN was not issued by that manufacturer. This search is free.
• Research the vehicle history through the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System, a consumer protection database that provides title information from states across the country. Only use an approved National Motor Vehicle Title Information System data provider. These sites will generally charge a
nominal fee.
If you suspect the certificate or VIN is fraudulent, Oregon DMV recommends you contact the dealer that originally purchased the vehicle from the manufacturer (listed as the buyer on the back or distributor on the front of the certificate) to determine if the vehicle transaction, certificate and VIN are genuine. If the dealer or distributor cannot confirm they purchased the vehicle from the manufacturer, the certificate is probably fake, according to the DMV alert.
“If you’re buying a vehicle from someone other than a certified dealer, always take a photo of the seller’s identification and get their contact information,”? the DMV states. “If they have another vehicle – write down or take a photo of the plate on that vehicle.”
“The DMV website provides a look-up tool to verify
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our brother, Wayne Andrew Erickson on December 17, 2024. Wayne was born on July 24,1965 in Tillamook, Oregon to the late Ernest and Arlene (Jarvis) Erickson. He was the 9th of 10 children and was preceded in death by 2 brothers, Gene Allen and Kenneth Edward. Wayne lived his best life, working on various farms in Tillamook
County. He started following his dad out to the barn to feed the cows from the time he learned to walk. He loved to get up at the crack of dawn and put on his rubber boots! He had a kind soul and would give you the shirt off his back, even if it was his only one. He also enjoyed the time he spent logging in Alaska and would talk about if often
While our family mourns his passing, we take comfort in knowing he is no longer suffering.
Wayne is survived by 2 brothers, Steve Erickson and Bryan Erickson, and 5 sisters, Diane (Tim) Lyda, Kindra (Harv) Lizarraga, Debbie Rogers, Linda Erickson and Janet Nally. A Potluck and Celebration of Life for family and friends will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2025 at the Nestucca Rural Fire Station in Hebo from 1:00 – 4:00 pm.
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Tillamook Chief Troxel addresses community concerns in open letter
The Tillamook Police Department has received feedback from residents regarding concerns about the houseless population, criminal activity around the City, and a perceived lack of response from the department. Chief of Police Nick Troxel would like to address these concerns directly and offer clarity on the department’s efforts and commitment to public safety.
“We hear you,” said Chief Troxel. “The safety and well-being of our community is our top priority,
and I want to assure you that our department is more active and proactive now than it has been in the past two decades. Everyone on our team is working tirelessly to address challenges and create solutions that benefit everyone in Tillamook.” Please remember that we will not disclose information in regards to our tactics or process that could jeopardize Officer Safety or the investigation. In response to these concerns, Chief Troxel invites you to ask questions
and contact him directly if needed. Residents are encouraged to share their thoughts, ask questions, and learn more about the strategies the Police Department has implemented to address these opportunities. You can contact Chief Troxel directly by making an appointment to meet, email tillamookpd@tillamookor. gov or by phone at 503-8422522. The Tillamook Police Department has taken a multi-faceted approach to improving safety, including:
• Increased patrols and efficient scheduling.
• Collaboration with community partners, social service organizations to address the root causes of homelessness, mental health and other community livability concerns.
“I encourage everyone to meet with me personally, by phone or email,” Chief Troxel said. “Together, we can ensure that our city remains a safe and welcoming place for all.” For further information, please contact Chief Troxel.
New laws go into effect in Oregon to help curtail medicine costs, reduce drug use on transit
Ben Botkin Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is kicking off 2025 with new laws to stop drug use on public transportation, reduce the cost of prescription drugs and rein in the price of electronic device repairs.
On. Jan. 1, dozens of laws went into effect for Oregonians, affecting health care, consumer rights and public safety. Last year’s legislative session focused in part on House Bill 4002, which allows counties to start new programs to steer drug users towards recovery programs instead of jail. Those programs and a new misdemeanor penalty for low-level drug possession started in September.
But other laws started this month that aim to address
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the drug addiction crisis and other issues. Here’s a look at the most significant changes: Illicit drug use on public transit: Senate Bill 1553 takes aim at public drug use on transit systems. It expands the crime of interfering with public transportation to include drug use on public transit. That makes it a drug-designated Class A misdemeanor, which allows people convicted of the offense access to state-funded treatment.
The new law came in response to rising concerns about open drug use in and around public transportation.
TriMet, Oregon’s largest transit agency which serves the Portland area, reports a 30% drop in riders feeling safe on buses and trains. The Tillamook County Transportation District was forced to close its transit center to the public because of drug use and drug smoke exposures.
Right to repair: Senate Bill 1596 is designed to make repairing electronic devices more fair and affordable in Oregon by preventing manufacturers from limiting where consumers go to repair their products. The new law requires original electronic equipment manufacturers to provide repair tools and information to owners and independent repair companies at a fair cost so consumers have more choices for repair options.
Preventing prescription mandates: House Bill 4012 prevents insurers from requiring that physicianadministered drugs, like chemotherapy, be dispensed at specialty pharmacies. In the past, physicians could “buy-and-bill” physicianadministered drugs for patients. But there is a trend
now of insurers trying to reduce costs by requiring that patients purchase physicianadministered drugs from a specialty pharmacy. This practice has concerned providers because it is difficult for them to adjust dosages and can cause delays in care.
Prescription drug prices: House Bill 4113 is intended to help Oregonians with high drug costs. The law requires insurers to take account of money paid towards prescriptions when they calculate the enrollee’s out-ofpocket maximum costs. The law includes payments made through co-pay assistance programs, which some drug manufacturers offer patients. This helps patients reach the out-of-pocket maximums in their policies easier and sooner, bringing down their costs.
The federal government also made a change on prescription drugs that affects Oregonians enrolled in Medicare, which covers seniors 65 and older and some people with disabilities. After enrollees reach a $2,000 cap on drug costs, they won’t have to pay out of pocket costs and receive catastrophic coverage.
Warehouse worker safety: House Bill 4127 offers protections to warehouse workers who face heavy workloads. The law requires employers to be transparent about their requirements for productivity quotes, a factor that advocates say has contributed to injuries in warehouse distribution centers. Under the law, workers are protected from dismissal or discipline if an employer fails to adequately communicate a quota requirement.
School bus safety: House Bill 4147 will allow schools
to install cameras on school buses to record when drivers fail to stop for bus safety lights. Under the law, police can use those recordings to cite motorists who fail to stop.
School board transparency: Senate Bill 1502 will require the boards of public school districts, community colleges and universities to video record their meetings and post the videos online for the public to view. School districts that lack the internet bandwidth can upload an audio recording as an alternative, and school districts with fewer than 50 students are exempt from the law.
Oregon investments: House Bill 4083 directs the Oregon Investment Council and the state treasurer to eliminate the state’s investments in coal companies. Lawmakers passed the bill in response to the need for clean energy, and it follows similar actions that other states have taken, including New York and California. Under the law, the state can continue to invest in coal companies if they demonstrate they are transitioning to clean energy within a reasonable period of time.
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Building Resilient Connections Between Ecology & Community in Rockaway Beach, Oregon
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) invites you to St. Mary by the Sea for a presentation by Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) students from the University of Oregon (UO)
on Saturday, January 18, at noon. Their research, Coastal Futures, focuses on climate change adaptation strategies for coastal communities in Oregon and is led by Ignacio López Busón, a UO Assistant Pro-
fessor of Climate Change Resilience.
For the past three months, the students have visited and analyzed Rockaway Beach, meeting with local stakeholders to understand the values and challenges of our local community, including coastal erosion, sea level rise, deforestation, drinking water quality, and urban development. This presentation will showcase their research on sustainable coastal practices and explore paths for long-term resilience.
All community members are encouraged to attend to learn more about coastal sustainability issues and engage in a discussion about planning for a more environmentally and socially resilient future.
Free to attend. Bread from WolfMoon Bakery and soup from Manzanita Wild will be served.
Saturday, January 18 at Noon (doors open at 11:30 AM) St Mary by the Sea Catholic Church 275 S Pacific St, Rockaway Beach, OR 97136 Join us online if you can’t come! https://uoregon.zoom. us/j/94779163801
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State ends year with highest pertussis case count since 1950
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Oregon swept past the 1,100 mark for the number of pertussis cases it’s seen during 2024, beating its 2012 record of 910 cases in a single year.
The heighten pertussis cases makes the need for people to stay up to date with their vaccinations all the more urgent, according to the Oregon Health Authority (OHA).
BY THE NUMBERS
As of Monday, Dec. 30, Oregon Health Authority registered 1,105 cases of pertussis—also known as whooping cough—during 2024. There were 44 outbreaks, although the majority of cases were sporadic individual or household-related cases and not associated with outbreaks.
and cause illness, particularly among people who are under- or unvaccinated,” Cieslak said. “The pertussis vaccine is a public health success story in terms of its effectiveness in reducing severe illness and deaths from the disease—particularly among infants.”
According to data from the epidemiologists in Oregon Public Health Division’s Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention Section, the median age of the 2024 cases is 12; 7.2% of cases are less than a year old, 80% are 18 or younger and 50% are female. About half of the cases are up to date with pertussis vaccines.
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As Oregon sweeps past the 1,100 cases mark, health officials remind everyone that vaccination against whooping cough is best way to prevent transmission.
The 2024 count represents the highest number of pertussis cases reported in Oregon in a single year since 1950, when 1,420 cases were reported.
Since 2003, eight Oregonians with pertussis have died. Five were younger than 4 months old, and there have been three deaths in adults – one in 2023 and two in 2024.
While Oregon didn’t beat its 74-year record for most cases in a year, 1,105 is still an extremely high number for a vaccine-preventable disease, according to OHA’s Public Health Division Communicable Diseases and Immunizations Medical Director Paul Cieslak.
“It’s also a stark reminder of how quickly the bacterial infection can spread
Lane County has reported the highest number of pertussis cases this year with 315. Rounding out the top five counties are Multnomah, 235 cases; Clackamas, 135; Washington, 119; and Marion, 75. Pertussis case counts vary considerably from year to year, routinely reaching triple digits. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions such as masking requirements and school closures were in effect, which kept annual case counts low, Cieslak said. Vaccination rates also slipped.
“People were less motivated to get vaccinated against pertussis when there was less concern they would be exposed to the infection in the first place,” Cieslak said.
But with pertussis activity so high this year, there are more opportunities for people to be exposed, Cieslak noted. Those who are unvaccinated or too
young to be vaccinated, such as infants, are at the highest risk from infection, with babies most likely to be hospitalized with pertussis.
HOW TO BE PROTECTED
There are ways to protect vulnerable individuals. Pregnant people can protect their young babies by getting the Tdap vaccine—which protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis—at 27–36 weeks’ gestation. Mothers will make antibodies and pass them to their babies across the placenta, protecting them from the moment of birth. It is recommended during each pregnancy, according to the OHA.
“In recent years, about
two-thirds of pregnant Oregonians have been getting vaccinated during pregnancy,” Cieslak said. “However, only 11 of the mothers of the 80 infant cases this year had documentation of having gotten the recommended shot.”
Vaccination against pertussis is routinely recommended for infants, children, adolescents and adults. Children should receive the DTaP vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis at 2, 4, 6 and 15 to 18 months old, and again at age 4 to kindergarten age. All persons 10 years old and older should receive a single dose of Tdap.
“Additionally, when pertussis strikes a household in which an infant or pregnant
person lives, we recommend all members of the
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The Tillamook County Library Foundation is thrilled to announce a major gift from Dorothy Piacentini, which will fund three transformative projects at the Tillamook County Library. This generous donation will enable a remodel of the teen area at the Tillamook Main Library, establish an educational endowment to support library staff pursuing advanced degrees in library science, and create a dedicated career and college center. The projects are set to launch in 2025, with completion targeted by the end of the year.
Enhancing the Teen Area
The remodel of the library’s teen space will be a collaborative effort, engaging a design professional and a group of volunteer teens to shape the area’s vision. The redesigned space will feature updated furniture, cuttingedge technology, and a welcoming atmosphere for teens to connect, learn, and grow. Modular glass walls will enclose the area, providing flexibility for programs and activities without disrupting other library patrons.
Supporting Library Staff
Education
The second initiative funded by this gift is the establishment of an educational endowment to support library staff pursuing a Master of Library Science degree. The endowment will provide annual disbursements, creating opportunities for local library staff to advance their education while continuing to serve the community. This investment aims to cultivate future librarians from within Tillamook County and foster a stronger, locally rooted library workforce.
Launching a Career and College Center
The third project focuses on the creation of a career
and college center within the library. This new space will provide resources and information on post-secondary education and workforce development, supporting students and job seekers alike. From preparing for higher education to building skills for family-wage careers, this center will empower community members to achieve their goals and build brighter futures.
Tillamook County Library Foundation President Ruth LaFrance declared that “Dorothy Piacentini, in the spirit of Andrew Carnegie, has given the people of Tillamook County an extraordinary gift of expanded opportunities.” The Tillamook County Library Foundation and the Tillamook County Library express their deepest gratitude to Dorothy Piacentini for this extraordinary investment in the community. The impact
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Those who are unvaccinated or too young to be vaccinated, such as infants, are at the highest risk from infection, with babies most likely to be hospitalized with pertussis, according to the OHA.
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HH24-3122 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE TS NO.: 2470554 Reference is made to that certain Deed of Trust (hereinafter referred as the Trust Deed) made by ERIC D LUNDEEN AND SHARI LUNDEEN as Grantor to TICOR TITLE, as trustee, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”), as designated nominee for WATERMARK FINANCIAL, beneficiary of the security instrument, its successors and assigns, as Beneficiary, dated 6/25/2008, recorded 6/30/2008, as Instrument No. 2008- 004859, in mortgage records of Tillamook County, Oregon covering the following described real property situated in said County and State, to-wit: A TRACT OF LAND IN SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 4 SOUTH, RANGE 10 WEST OF THE WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN, IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE EAST LINE OF 4TH STREET, WHICH POINT IS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 4, BLOCK 3, FISHER’S SUBDIVISION TO PACIFIC CITY; THENCE NORTH 8° 16’ EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF 4TH STREET 280 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE TRACT TO BE CONVEYED;; THENCE NORTH 81 ° 44’ WEST 113.7 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF HILLCREST STREET; THENCE NORTH 31° 22’ EAST ALONG SAID EAST LINE OF HILLCREST STREET 103.8 FEET TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF STANFIELD’S TRACT; THENCE SOUTH 58° 38’ EAST ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID STANFIELD TRACT 100 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 29° 45’ WEST TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. The street address or other common designation, if any for the real property described above is purported to be: 34900 FOURTH STREET PACIFIC CITY, OREGON 97135 The Tax Assessor’s Account ID for the Real Property is purported to be: 2202 4S10 19 CD 08700 / 237309 Both the beneficiary and
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Trustee’s Fees and Costs: $1,575.00 Total necessary to cure: $11,847.56 Please note the amounts stated herein are subject to confirmation and review and are likely to change during the next 30 days. Please contact the successor trustee ZBS Law, LLP, to obtain a “reinstatement’ and or “payoff’ quote prior to remitting funds. By reason of said default the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the Trust Deed due and payable. The amount required to discharge this lien in its entirety to date is: S153,412.25 Said sale shall be held at the hour of 10:00 AM on 3/7/2025 in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110, and pursuant to ORS 86.771(7) shall occur at the following designated place: At the front entrance to the Tillamook Courthouse, 201 Laurel Avenue, in the city of Tillamook, county of Tillamook, Oregon 97141 Other than as shown of record, neither the said beneficiary nor the said
trustee have any actual notice of any person having or claiming to have any lien upon or interest in the real property hereinabove described subsequent to the interest of the trustee in the Trust Deed, or of any successor(s) in interest to the grantors or of any lessee or other person in possession of or occupying the property, except: NONE Notice is further given that any person named in ORS 86.778 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred) and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation(s) of the Trust Deed, and in addition to paying said sums or tendering the performance necessary to cure the default, by paying all costs and
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expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Trust Deed, together with the trustee’s and attorney’s fees not exceeding the amounts provided by ORS 86.778. The mailing address of the trustee is: ZBS Law, LLP 5 Centerpointe Dr., Suite 400 Lake Oswego, OR 97035 (503) 9466558 In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed, the words “trustee” and ‘ beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the
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HH24-3132 PURSUANT TO ORS CHAPTER 819. Notice is hereby given that the following vehicle will be sold, for cash to the highest bidder, on 1/14/2025. The sale will be held at 10:00am by MENEFEE
WELDING REPAIR & TOWING, 31665 HWY 101 S, CLOVERDALE, OR 2024 GMC SAV TR VIN=1GDY7RF75R1207655 Amount due on lien $7678.40 Reputed owner(s) > U-HAUL CO OF ARIZONA MASS MUTUAL ASSET FINANCE LLC
12/31/24
1/7/25
HH25-100 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE. On, 02-11-2025 at the hour of 10:00 AM at the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, 5995 Long Prairie Road, in the City of Tillamook, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the residential real property commonly known as 5685 Barefoot Lane Pacific City, OR 97135. Court case 24CV45692, where SHOREPINE VILLAGE HOMEOWNER’S ASSOCIATION, an Oregon nonprofit corporation, is Plaintiff v. RANDI RENEE BURKE, an individual, and PARTIES IN POSSESSION OR CLAIMING A RIGHT TO POSSESSION, is defendant.
The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office. For legal description and more information on this sale go to:www.oregonsheriffssales.org
1/7/25, 1/14/25, 1/21/25, 1/28/25
HH25-101 Tillamook County Transportation District PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE. Meetings are held at the Transportation Building located at 3600 Third Street, Tillamook unless otherwise indicated. Persons requiring physical or visual accommodation or who would like a copy of the meeting agenda may contact the District office at (503) 815-8283 before noon, meeting day. Agendas are also available on the District website at https:// www.nwconnector.org/tillamooktransportation-board-meetings/ Participants are welcome to join this meeting virtually. To attend by phone, please dial: +1 (253) 2158782 Meeting ID: 873 0967 4127. To attend virtually, please use this link: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/87309674127. Wednesday, January 8, 2025 @ 5:30pm Transportation Advisory Committee Stakeholder Meeting. The Tillamook County Transportation District (TCTD) is seeking input and recommendations from the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC), and the public, for projects related to the FY25-27 biennium Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund (STIF). 1/7/25
HH25-102 TILLAMOOK PEOPLE’S UTILITY DISTRICT. January 2025 Meetings. The Tillamook People’s Utility District Board of Directors will be attending the following out-of-district trade association meetings: January 8, 2025, Public Power Council, Members Forum 4:00 p.m., Location: Virtual. January 9, 2025, Public Power Council , Executive Committee 8:00 a.m., Location: Virtual. January 10, 2025, PNUCC, Board of Directors Meeting 8:30 a.m., Location: Virtual. January 23, 2025, OPUDA 1:00 p.m. OPUDA Board Meeting, Location: Salem, OR.
The Board of Directors will also be attending the following in-district meetings: January 28, 2025, Tillamook Lightwave, Board of Directors Meeting 9:30 a.m., Location: TPUD
1/7/25
HH25-103 NOTICE OF JOINT MEETING. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Garibaldi will hold a joint meeting of its Council and its Local Contract Review Board regarding adoption of Public Contracting Rules on the 21st day of January, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at Garibaldi Community Hall, 107 6th Street, Garibaldi, Oregon. The proposed Resolution opts the City out of the Attorney General Model Rules of Public Contracting and adopts alternative public contracting rules and exemptions. A public hearing for the purpose of taking comments on the City’s draft findings supporting the exemption of certain classes of special procurements and public improvement contracts from competitive bidding requirements will be held at the joint meeting only if requested in writing. To request a hearing or for questions, contact Jake Boone, City Manager at citymanager@garibaldi.gov.
1/7/25
HH25-104 The Netarts-Oceanside Sanitary District (NOSD) Board of Directors will hold their Regular Board of Director’s Meeting on Thursday January 16, 2025, at 5:30 P.M. in the NOSD Board Room, 1755 Cape Meares Lp. Rd. W., Oceanside, OR. This Regular meeting is to discuss General Business including New Business; Old Business; etc. and any other matters that may come before the Board will be discussed. The District reserves the right, if necessary, to call an Executive Session. All meetings, except Executive Sessions, are open to the public and accessible to the disabled. The District encourages your participation. Anyone requiring special accommodations should contact the District Office at least 48 hours in advance at (503) 842-8231. NOSD has set up on its website how to remote into the meeting.
Go to www.n-o-s-d.com
1/7/25
HH25-105 PACIFIC CITY JOINT WATER-SANITARY AUTHORITY PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE. The Pacific City Joint Water-Sanitary Authority Board of Directors will hold their regular monthly business meeting on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at 5:00 PM at the Kiawanda Community Center. The agenda includes general Authority Business, New Business, Unfinished Business, and any other business which may come before the Board. This meeting is open to the public. If you would like to attend this meeting from home, a Microsoft Teams video conferencing option is available. Please contact the PCJWSA office at 503-965-6636 to receive an invitation to this meeting in your email. Anyone requiring special accommodation and information about attending the meeting should contact the Authority office at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
1/7/25
HH25-106 Notice of Supplemental Budget Hearing. A public hearing on a proposed supplemental budget for the Port of Tillamook Bay, Tillamook, State of Oregon, for the current fiscal year, will be held at the Port’s Conference Room, 4000 Blimp Blvd., Tillamook Oregon. The hearing will take place on January 15, 2025 at 6:00 pm. The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the supplemental budget with interested persons. A copy of the supplemental budget document may be inspected or obtained on or after Friday, January 10, 2025, at the Port of Tillamook Bay’s Administrative Offices, 4000 Blimp Blvd. Suite 100, Tillamook, OR 97141 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 PM5:00 P.M
1/7/25
HH25-108 Tillamook County Transportation District PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE. PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE: The Tillamook County Transportation District Board of Directors Monthly Board Meeting Wednesday, January 15, 2025 @ 6:00pm. Persons requiring physical or visual accommodation or who would like a copy of the meeting agenda may contact the District office at (503) 815-8283 before noon, the meeting day. Agendas are also available on the District website at https://nwconnector. org/agencies/tillamook-countytransportation-district/. To attend by phone, please dial: +1 (253) 215-8782 and use Meeting ID: 874 7801 7969.Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87478017969
Agenda items will include the General Manager’s Financial, Operational, and Service Reports. The agenda also includes Action & Discussion Items, Director’s and staff Comments & Concerns, and an Executive Session as needed.
1/7/25
Tillamook County Church Services
Bay City
BAY CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
A warm and friendly congregation. 5695 D Street, Bay City, OR, (503) 377-2679, Rev. Jonathan Mead. Worship Service 10:30 a.m., Fellowship downstairs afterwards. https://www.facebook.com/BayCityOregonUMC Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors! Cloverdale
WI-NE-MA CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Wi-Ne-Ma Campground. 5195 Winema Road, 7 miles south of Cloverdale Kyle French, Minister. (971) 237-2378
info@winemachurch.net
Sunday School 9:30 a.m.
Worship 10:45 a.m.
HEALING WATERS BIBLE CHURCH OF GOD
41507 Oretown Rd E Cloverdale, OR 97112 (541) 671-5588
11 a.m. Sunday Church Service
7 p.m. Wednesday Bible study
Friday 7 p.m. Pastor Bry’s Corner
Garibaldi
NORTH COAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
309 3rd St., (503) 322-3626
Pastor Sam McRae
Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.
We invite you to join us.
HIS GATHERING
111 Driftwood Ave, Garibaldi, OR 97118
www.hisgathering.net
Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
Nehalem
NEHALEM BAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
36050 10th Street, Nehalem, OR (503) 368-5612
Pastor Celeste Deveney + Sunday service 11 a.m.
Food Pantry
Open Friday, Saturday & Monday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday March - October 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
November - February noon to 4 p.m.
Nehalem Senior Lunches
Tuesday & Thursday served at noon email: nbumcnsl2020@gmail.com
Rockaway, OR 97136 (503-355-2661) e-mail: stmarys1927@gmail.com
Administrator: Fr. MacDonald Akuti
Mass Schedule: Saturday (5 p.m.)
Sunday (8:30 a.m.) (10:30 a.m.)
Weekdays: Monday (9:30 a.m.)
Wednesday thru Friday (9:30 a.m.)
Confessions: Saturday (4 p.m.)
Tillamook
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH (CBA)
5640 U.S. 101 South 2 miles south of Tillamook (503) 842-5598
https://bbc-tillamook.faithlifesites.com
9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages
11a.m. Morning Worship
6 p.m. Evening Service Nursery provided for all services Everyone Welcome
TILLAMOOK NAZARENE
2611 3rd, (503) 842-2549
Pastor Josh Myers Sunday: Growth Groups: 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service and Children’s activities:
9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Tuesdays: Celebrate Recovery 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays: Youth Group 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. A place for the whole family to Connect, Grow and Serve.
REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS)
302 Grove Ave. (503) 842-4823
Sunday Services: 9:30 a.m. Adult Bible Class and Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Divine Worship Where love transforms hearts and lives. Pastor K.W. Oster
LIFECHANGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
3500 Alder Lane, Tillamook, OR 97141 (503) 842-9300 www.lifechangefellowship.com
Pastor Brad Smith Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning followed by Worship and Message at 11 a.m. Come worship with us, enjoy the live music. Bible studies and an assortment of activities throughout the week. Let’s worship our Lord together. We will show you how much WE CARE!
ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA)
401 Madrona at 4th Street (503) 842-4753
Pastor Mary Peterson 10 a.m. Worship Everyone is Welcome EMMANUEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Church Service Wednesday: 7 p.m. Midweek Service 1906-A 3rd Street, Tillamook, OR 97141
Pastor Sterling Hanakahi (503) 842-7864
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2203 4th St., (503) 842-6213
Senior Pastor: Dean Crist
Sunday Prayer at 8:45 a.m. Worship Celebration at 9:15 a.m. Classes for all ages at 11 a.m. Casual attire. Nursery facilities and handicapped accessible. Programs available for youth of all ages. Travelers and newcomers welcome.
OCEAN BREEZE BAPTIST CHURCH
2500 Nielsen Road, (503) 842-1446
Pastor Kevin Birdsong
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Morning Service 11 a.m.
Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.
Wednesdays: Prayer Meeting, King’s Kids and Teen Power Hour 6 p.m. “The end of your search for a friendly church.” www.oceanbreezebaptist.com
ST. ALBAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Co-Rectors: The Revs. Ali and George Lufkin 2102 6th St, Tillamook, OR 97141 (503) 842-6192 email: stalbanstillamook@gmail.com
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