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Forty years of ‘joyful learning’ By Sayde Moser
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Forty years ago, Neskowin Valley School opened its doors on Slab Creek Road as a preschool. Four decades later, the southern Tillamook County private school recently held a special celebration as youngsters, some of them the children of alumni, trickled into a remodeled dairy barn to begin another year of “joyful learning.” “I think this is one of those dreams the founders probably had in the beginning,” said development director Heidi Luquette. “But it’s only just now happening that some of our first students have children of their own, and as parents they want their kids to come to school here.” Ron Hogevoll of Lincoln City is one of those parents. He moved his family from Portland so his daughter, Brooklyn, could attend NVS. Hogevoll had attended in the early 1980s until third grade. “I’ve always had very found memories surrounding my experience here,” he said. “I wanted to be able to give my daughter that same experience.” The school’s educational environment sparked many of his fond memories, Hogevoll said. “There’s a lot of learning outside the classroom. I remember being down by the river taking measurements and making maps. That was in probably the second grade, but I still remember how much fun it was.” Hogevoll and his wife had researched kindergartens in the Portland metro area, but he said he had always wanted their children to attend NVS. Brooklyn had gone to preschool in Portland and was successful there, said Hogevoll. Still, she was a bit of a wallflower. “Here, she just jumped right in and felt right at home,” he said.
Tom Martine
Rockaway Beach city councilor is found guilty By Joe Wrabek
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Above: Jennifer McDaniel’s reads a book on the first day of school.
Rockaway Beach City Councilor Thomas Martine’s guilty verdict last week hasn’t prompted city officials or council members to say if he will be removed from office. Martine’s two-day trial ended at 6:08 p.m. Sept. 4. He had been charged with hindering the prosecution of a felony (itself a felony under Oregon law) and tampering with physical evidence, a misdemeanor. A jury of nine women and three men deliberated about an hour and a half before returning guilty verdicts by 10-2 votes on both charges. His sentencing is set for Sept. 29. He remains free on bail.
Left: Founders George and Margot Thompson with their students.
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Salvation Army closes Tillamook operation; says it’s not leaving town
CORRECTION: In the Aug. 28 issue, it was reported that Oregon DuDrops in Rockaway Beach does not ship orders. They do, in fact, ship orders.
By Joe Wrabek
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Last week the Salvation Army Food Pantry in Tillamook closed its doors. For good. A sign on the door announces the building is “closed for repairs.” It’s actually for sale, the Salvation Army’s Raunie Aasland advised. Aasland is service extension director for the agency’s Cascade Division, headquarted in Happy Valley, Ore., a suburb of Portland. “We already knew we were going to sell the building,” Aasland said. When local manager Steve Forster announced he was leaving to take another job, the agency decided to close the facility sooner rather than later. “It was pretty much a business decision,” Aasland said. “Our basic mission isn’t a food pantry,” she said. Forster could not be reached for comment. The food stored at the Tillamook Salvation Army building has been transferred to the Oregon Food Bank’s warehouse on Wilson River Loop. “The Salvation Army
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Salvation Army’s Tillamook building and parking lot at Fourth and Laurel sits empty following the closure of the agency’s Tillamook operations Wednesday, Sept. 4.
The next meeting of the Rockaway Beach City Council is scheduled for Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. at City Hall. Martine is not listed on the council’s agenda as a topic for discussion. Martine had been charged with hindering the prosecution of former Rockaway Beach police officer Benjamin Aaron Clark, who was arrested in August 2011 on charges of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct and encouraging child sex abuse. Clark pleaded guilty in March 2012 to a lesser charge of hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence. Clark and his wife reportedly had destroyed three electronic devices – an iPhone, iPad and iPod – on which sexually explicit photos had been located, so there was no evidence that could be presented at trial.
See MARTINE, Page A2
Safety in numbers: Nedonna Beach residents prepare for ‘the big one’ By Sayde Moser
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Jack Ferris wraps his fingers tightly around a taut rope that’s serving as a handrail. He makes his way up a set of steps made of railroad ties. “Rope works better than railing, because you can pull yourself up,” he says. A light rain is falling. Under the area’s thick foliage, the sound of raindrops dulls the traffic noise from nearby U.S. Highway 101. Ferris crosses a railroad
track and heads up another set of stairs. He emerges from the forest alongside the highway. Just across the road and 50 feet higher is his destination – a supply house with enough food to feed 50 people for several days, plus flashlights, sleeping bags and other survival material. All of the supplies, as well as the building housing them and even the trails themselves, have been donated by members of the Beach Front Home Owner’s Association in Nedonna Beach.
Ferris is one of the volunteers who helped build the evacuation route and keep it maintained. The local homeowners’ situation is unique, he says, because their numbers fluctuate seasonally. Most of the permanent residents are retired couples or sole occupants. “That’s a challenge,” says Ferris. “You have to pay attention to
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Above: The evacuation route from Nedonna Beach. Left: Nedonna Beach resident Jack Ferris checks the route for repairs.
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