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Oregon’s giant tree By Josiah Darr

For the Headlight Herald

Photo by Sayde Moser

Spectators watch the 7th annual National Firecracker Wiener Nationals in Rockaway Beach on the 4th of July, which raised money for the Tillamook County Animal Shelter.

Supporting Tillamook County’s four-legged friends BY SAYDE MOSER

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The 4th of July weekend was celebrated with parades, fireworks, time spent with family and the 7th annual National Firecracker Wiener Nationals in Rockaway Beach – an event that drew hundreds of spectators and raised money for Tillamook’s only animal shelter. Dozens of enthusiastic dachshund owners entered their pooches in the races – a simple straight shot down a grassy corridor but for these shortlegged canines it was quite the feat to make it to the other end as the crowd cheered them on. T-shirts and hotdogs were on sale to raise money for the shelter and donations were collected. Maria Nagy is the president of the board in charge of the Tillamook Animal Shelter and shares the manager duties with her husband, Dan Dixon. It’s been the grass roots support from the community – such as the wiener dog races in Rockaway Beach – that have kept the shelter stable, Nagy said. With the success of the Firecracker Weiner Nationals, other organizations

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A few of the racing dachshunds needed help from their owners to make it to the finish line. and individuals have offered their support for the shelter through fundraisers and community outreach. “There is a lot of public support and community outreach,” she said, adding

that they were asked to be the recipients of the money raised from the wiener dog races four years ago. “That was kind of a surprise to us because it was the first organization that approached us to do some type of organized fundraising.” “This really is a community effort,” Nagy said. “We couldn’t do it without help and there are so many times the community has jumped right in to help and we really appreciate that.” The shelter, located on Eckloff Road by the county landfill has been in existence in its current form since 2008 when it was awarded the contract with Tillamook County to take any dogs that the Tillamook Police Department, or Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office pick up, as well as those found by tourists and abandoned or surrendered by owners. “Our main purpose is to have a place for the dogs that are picked up by the police,” Nagy said, adding that since 2009 they have been a firm ‘no-kill’ shelter. They hold the dogs for five days before putting them up for adoption.

The Oregon coast has always been home to the biggest tree in the state, but it hasn’t always been the tree everyone thought it was. To date, the “largest tree in Oregon” label has been given to the famous “Doerner Fir” in Coos County – also the largest fir tree in the world. But in 2011, another tree near Arcadia Beach State Park just south of Cannon Beach was discovered. Since then, it has been the best-kept secret in the state. A non-profit organization named Ascending the Giants has taken it upon itself to be the unofficial keeper of the trees; with

a scoring system they’ve invented to determine the total size of a tree, it was determined in 2011 that a Western Red Cedar deemed the “Arcadia Cedar” was actually bigger than the Doerner Fir by a slight margin. The tree has a 17-foot diameter and is approximately 152-feet-tall. The point system used by Ascending the Giants places trees in categories on their Champion Tree Registry by a combination of circumference, height and crown spread, (not necessarily height only). The Arcadia Cedar scores a total of 810 points, which narrowly surpassed the point total of the Doerner Fir at 792 points.

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Sheriff’s Office arrests attempted bank robbery suspect On July 5 at approximately 4:38 p.m. deputies responded to a silent hold-up alarm at US Bank located in Cloverdale. Deputies responded to an earlier suspicious call around 2 p.m. when a bank employee reported that they were concerned that a suspicious male was casing the bank, and subsequently left. Due to Duncyn Styarfyr the suspicious activity, the bank decided to lock doors after 4:30 p.m. and only allow known customers to come in. The suspicious male again returned and tried to open the locked door. Employees used the silent alarm, and

remained locked in. The male left in a vehicle. Bank employees gave the vehicle description to 911. Sheriff’s Office deputies caught up to the vehicle near Farmer Creek and stopped it. Their investigation identified the driver as Duncyn Styarfyr, 25, of Tillamook as the same person at the bank. Deputies located several items in Styarfyr’s possession typically used during a bank robbery. The investigation is still pending. Styarfyr was charged with attempted Robbery 1. He is lodged in the Tillamook County Jail on $50,000 full bail. “The US Bank employees did a great job of recognizing and reacting to the possibility of a pending bank robbery and taking action,” said Sheriff Andy Long.

Training for wildland firefighting this week Fire season was declared in Tillamook County on July 2 and local fire crews are busy preparing and training for what may be an active fire season. Part of this training includes an Oregon Dept. of Forestry live fire exercise on July 9, 10, and 11 in Area 2 of the completed Jack Flash timber sale approximately three miles up Ben Smith Road, near milepost 23 on Highway 6. Crews will learn fire line construction, ignition operations, hose lays, drafting water with wild land fire engines, and most importantly the standard safety protocols. Exercise will also include mop-up operations on the July 11, and crew will experience the difficulty of fighting fire in the coast range where forest duff and debris is thick, contributes to heavy

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Oregon Dept. of Forestry will have conduct a live wildland fire training exercise off of Hwy. 6 this week. smoke and must be cleared to mineral soil. They will also be able to observe fire behavior under controlled conditions, which will allow the participants to study the fire and recognize the effects that topography, fuels and weather have on

wild land fire behavior. Safety will be the main focus of the exercise. Besides instructing participants on basic fire, this exercise is also being used to train several “overhead” personnel.

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