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Human skull found in camp BY MARY FAITH BELL mfbell@countrymedia.net Ben Jacobsen

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funders Jacobsen Salt looking to raise $25K online for Netarts facility BY ERIN DIETRICH edietrich@countrymedia.net

NETARTS – Jacobsen Salt Co. is more than halfway to its fundraising goal of $25,000 to start a gourmet salt harvesting facility in Tillamook County. Inspired by his love of finishing salt while living in Scandinavia years ago, Ben Jacobsen started making his own in September 2011. He began by taking jugs of Netarts Bay sea water back to his home in Portland. There, he boiled and evaporated the water, leaving behind an airy, crunchy product. The hobby became a business venture, with Jacobsen selling the salt to grocery chain New Seasons and other Portland stores and restaurants. Now, he’s using the crowdfunding website kickstarter.com to raise money to grow the business.

See SALT, Page A7

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CORRECTION In last week's article about TF Freight Lines’ 90th anniversary, the name of one of the company founders, Carl Jossy, was misspelled.

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TILLAMOOK – ATV riders on private property off Latimer Road came across an uninhabited homeless camp in the woods the morning of July 2. The ATV riders discovered part of a human skull in the camp, beneath a piece of clothing. It was apparently among the possessions of the homeless people who lived there. It’s not a murder scene, but it is

a mystery. The skull fragcracking, as if from drying. INSIDE: ment, according to Tillamook Human It could be quite old, maybe County Sheriff Andy Long, Native American, we don’t remains looks old. know.” found at “It is a forehead, from the Terra The skull was sent to the temples forward, and part of Del Mar State Medical Examiner for the upper jaw,” Long said at beach. examination. By the end of Page A3. the day, part of the mystery the scene. “Looking at the brow bone, I would guess was solved. that it was a woman, because male “The ME is very confident that brow bones are more prominent. this is a Native American,” Long But that’s a guess; I’m not qualisaid July 3. fied to say for sure. The surface is

See SKULL, Page A3

This abandoned homeless camp, where a partial skull was found, was briefly a crime scene. MARY FAITH BELL/ HEADLIGHT HERALD

Budget passes in tense meeting

CLOVER’S DAY

BY ERIN DIETRICH edietrich@countrymedia.net

BY MARY FAITH BELL mfbell@countrymedia.net

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LOVERDALE – The Clover’s Day Parade, led by Clover the cow and Tillamook County Dairy Princess Taryn Martin went off without a hitch June 30. It was a terrific old-fashioned parade, with classic cars and beautiful horses and fire trucks and cheerleaders and local elected officials. Sheriff Andy Long was a hit in his 1969 Mustang 351, an all-original car. “That’s his baby,” commented Fire Chief Kris Weiland. Tillamook County Rodeo Queen Katie Born rode her horse Bennie in the parade, accompanied by Bob Parks, vice president of the Rodeo Association. Howard and Lea Brassfield were the grand marshals, and they rode in a shiny green John Deere Gator. The Hip Hoppers Rabbit Club carried their bunnies along the parade route; no small feat, as some of the rabbits were 20-pounders. There were huge Newfoundland dogs pulling rickshaws. Neah-Kah-Nie cheerleaders marched in the parade behind a playhouse built by the NeahKah-Nie High School general construction class as a benefit for CASA. Sweitz Acres of Rose Lodge brought draft horses pulling a beautiful buggy. After the parade, Clover’s Day festival-goers braved the rain for free buggy rides up and down Main Street in the Sweitz Acres buggy. The Chamber of Commerce offered free cake, the Nestucca Rural Fire and Protection District sold a chili cheese dog lunch, and the TCCA feed store sold 25-cent scoops of Tillamook ice cream. Fireworks at Bob Straub State Park in Pacific City rounded out the day’s festivities.

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(Top) Tillamook County Dairy Princess Taryn Martin leads the Clover’s Day Parade with Clover the Cow. (Above) From left, Barb Ward, Sydney Elliott, Terri Lalor, Nicole Allen and Ardrienne McGuigan march in the parade with Nestucca Youth Transitions. Find more photos of the parade online at facebook.com/tillamookheadlightherald.

ROCKAWAY BEACH – The Fourth of July was still a week away, but fireworks of a different sort were on display as the City Council voted to pass the 201213 budget during the regular meeting June 27. The meeting was fraught with sharp words, interruptions and at one point, Councilor Les Pallett stood up and confronted an audience member, Rockaway Beach Fire Chief Barry Mammano. Mammano said he uttered the words, “you’re worthless” moments before Pallett stood, as council was preparing to vote on the city budget. Mayor Danell Boggs pounded her gavel and demanded that Pallett sit down. The 2012-13 city budget for was then passed by a 4-1 vote, with Pallet giving the only “nay.” Just prior to the vote, Richard Perdue, CPA of Koontz and Perdue, P.C., the firm that performed an audit for the city for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011, addressed Council regarding previous claims made by forensic accountant Tiffany Couch of Acuity Group, PLLC. In her report dated June 13, Couch names seven areas of concern in the 2012-13 budget, claiming it has questionable allocation of payroll expenditures, an inflated general fund starting balance and current year expenditures that exceed current year revenues. After Couch’s letter was presented June 13, the Council tabled the budget vote until the June 27 meeting and provided a copy of the report to their accounting team. “I believe that, based on the info, there are some issues in that letter received by you that were misleading,” Perdue told the Council on June 20.

See BUDGET, Page A7

Only a test: Garibaldi Fire holds beachside hazmat drill BY JOSIAH DARR sports@orcoastnews.com

Garibaldi Fire and Rescue spent the weekend taking advantage of a $15,000 state preparedness grant to train firefighters in the event of an emergency involving hazardous materials. “Our opportunities to evaluate our responders’ skills are not very common, and though we get the required amount of classroom training, many of our guys haven't been through hazardous material drills before,” said Garibaldi Fire Chief Jay Marugg.

“With the grant we received, we were able to pay for specialized hazardous material instructors, decontamination materials, a lot rental, and equipment rental.” Responders simulated various situations – from a wrecked truck leaking an unknown chemical to a unconscious person in a car with open chemical containers. On the beach, the crew used a young actor to simulate responding to a call about a boy who’d been exposed to hazardous beach debris. JOSIAH DARR/HEADLIGHT HERALD

See HAZMAT, Page A3

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