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October 17, 2023

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Wake-up call Latest Lincoln City Police Department child-luring investigation leads to two new arrests JEREMY C. RUARK Country Media, Inc.

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ver the last several months, Lincoln City Police Department (LCPD) officers have been conducting online child-luring investigations.

In the most recent investigation, LCPD undercover officers posed as underage children on various social media platforms, went online. The officers were subsequently contacted by adult men who offered to meet with a person they believed to be a minor for sex or used online communications to solicit a child to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct.

Officers arrested 49-yearold James O. Robinson of Myrtle Point, Oct.2, after he arrived at an undisclosed public location to meet up with a minor for sex, according to LCPD. Robinson was taken into custody by police and transported to the Lincoln County Jail where he was booked on criminal charges of Luring a Minor, first-degree Online Sexual Corruption of a Child, Attempted Rape III, and Attempted Sodomy III and Attempted Sexual Abuse III. Police also arrested 30-year-old Ryan R. Braddock of Otis, Aug. 21, during an unrelated incident. Police records show that prior to this arrest Braddock had been chatting online with two different undercover officers who were both posing as 15-year-old children.

Throughout the course of the online conversations, Braddock began engaging in inappropriate sexual dialogue with the purported minors and

wanted to meet up with them, according to investigators.

Braddock was subsequently lodged in the Lincoln County Jail on criminal charges of, two counts of Luring a Minor, two counts of second-degree Online Sexual Corruption of a Child, and parole violation.

Monitor social media activity “The Lincoln City Police is encouraging parents to monitor their children’s social media activity and discuss with them the possible dangers of communicating with strangers online,” LCPD Lt. Jeffrey Winn said. “These investigations are conducted in an effort to reduce criminal activity and to further enhance the safety of our community.”

According to the online site, Voices of Youth, sex trafficking continues to be on the rise and, unfortunately, many predators use online personas to lure kids into situations where they can be kidnapped and sold into sex trafficking rings.

“In 2018, the National Human Trafficking Hotline received over 7,000 reports of sex trafficking in the United States alone,” Voices of Youth states. “Many times, sex traffickers pose as friends, or someone interested in pursuing a romantic relationship as it’s easier to then manipulate the younger population with that level of control.”

Voices of Youth also states that “it’s crucial that parents are aware of the potential dangers relating to online predators. The better-informed parents are about sex traffick-

ing, the easier it is for them to know the potential signs of a dangerous interaction unfolding online.”

“Teens are posting a tremendous amount of information on their online profiles, so it is vitally important that teens use strict privacy settings and are savvy about the individuals they allow to view their social networking profile,” Internet Safety 101 states. “Since kids are often trying to catch the attention of and gain approval from their peers, some teens tend to post content to appear popular or to gain a response from others in their online community; teens jockey for status, post risqué pictures, brag about the previous weekend’s adventures, and can easily use this digital space to humiliate others or post inappropriate content.”

Internet Safety 101® is a digitally-based internet safety resource designed to educate, equip and empower parents, educators and other adults with the knowledge and resources needed to protect children from Internet dangers including pornography, predators, cyberbullies and threats related to online gaming, social networking and mobile devices.

STATISTICS Reports of child exploitation online has increased on many tech and social media companies last year, including Instagram, Google, TikTok, Twitch, Reddit, Omegle and Discord. The US child safety agency received more than 32 million reports of online enticement, child sexual abuse material, and child sex trafficking in 2022, up 2.7 million from the previous year.

Source: Digital Watch Observatory

WARNING SIGNS • Secretive about online activities • Obsessive about being online • Gets angry when he or she can’t get online • Receives phone calls from people you do not know or makes calls to numbers that you do not recognize • Receives gifts, mail, or packages from someone you do not know • Withdraws from family and friends • Changes screens or turns off computer when an adult enters a room • Begins downloading pornography online Source: Internet Safety 101

WHAT TO DO

The LCPD has been aggressive in investigating the child luring cases. Examples reported by The News Guard over the last few years include the arrest of two suspects who faced multiple charges during two separate child luring

If you or someone you know is a victim of online grooming, it’s essential to report the activity as soon as possible. Law enforcement agencies have special units that deal with internet crimes, and they can help you protect your family.

See WARNING, Page 10

Source: Social Media Victims Law Center

Local history

One man, one bicycle, one dream ELLIOT SCHWARZ Country Media, Inc. “Traveling is a very German thing,” Paul Mader told me.

I met Mader as I was heading south on Highway 101. I’d pulled over to take pictures of the shoreline. He had stopped to rest, his bicycle leaned against a guardrail, loaded Elliot Schwarz / Country Media, Inc. down with bright red, blue, and violet paneers, and a DayPaul Mader on the road to Brookings and beyond.

Glo rainbow of stuff sacks, every conceivable space filled.

He had a Coke and a water jug on the rail post.

His smile and wave hello let me feel comfortable asking about where he was heading.

When he told me that his destination was Argentina I had to know more.

Turns out he had landed in Seattle from Halle, in the See RIDER, Page 10

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LCSO adding new scent detection K9

STAFF REPORT Country Media, Inc.

The United States consumes more child exploitation material than any other country, and this consumption is increasing year after year, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO).

“Based on our detectives’ caseloads, we are seeing a corresponding increase in our community as well,” the LCSO states in a release.

To assist the community and partner agencies in protecting its most vulnerable population, the LCSO is seeking to establish an electronic storage detection (ESD) K9 program to supplement the LCSO K9 Unit.

The LCSO has acquired and will deploy the law enforcement agency’s Electronic Storage Detection (ESD) K9 Trinity, a black female Labrador retriever. K9 Trinity is expected to be begin work in mid-November.

An ESD K9 is a specially trained scent detection dog trained to smell the chemical commonly found in digital storage devices. These K9s allow detectives to cut search times exponentially and increase success in

Country From the LCSO K9 Trinity is expected to be deployed in mid-November. finding hidden electronics during searches.

In the areas they are in service, ESD K9s have a 75% increased success rate at finding hidden devices compared to detectives alone and are responsible for hundreds of arrests. While there are approximately 120 of these K9s nationwide, there are currently none in Oregon, according to the LCSO. Funding The LCSO has reached a threshold goal of $19,000 in its pursuit to raise the required $25,000 to obtain the See K9, Page 12

$5.61B Oregon surplus ‘largest in state history’ JEREMY C. RUARK Country Media, Inc.

The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis (OEA) has confirmed a more than $5.61 billion revenue surplus in the 2021-2023 biennium, triggering a tax surplus credit, or “kicker,” for the 2023 tax year.

The surplus—the largest in state history—will be returned to taxpayers through a credit on their 2023 state personal income tax returns filed in 2024. According to the OEA, the median, or typical Oregonian is expected to receive a $980 credit.

The kicker tax credit goes into effect when the actual state revenue exceeds the forecasted revenue by at least 2%. An amount is then returned to the taxpayers through a credit on their tax returns.

The credit is based on tax liability for the 2022 tax year. Taxpayers who have not yet filed a 2022 tax return, should file now so they can claim their kicker credit when they file their 2023 tax return.

Calculating To calculate the amount of their credit, taxpayers can multiply their 2022 tax liability before any credits— line 22 on the 2022 Form OR-40—by 44.28 percent.

This percentage is determined and certified by OEA. Taxpayers who claimed a credit for tax paid to another state would need to subtract the credit amount from their liability before calculating the credit.

See SURPLUS, Page 12

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Oct. 19 - 20 Hospitality Training Hospitality training on commercial sex trafficking is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Surfland Hotel, 2133 NW Inlet Avenue in Lincoln City and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Chapel by the Sea Presbyterian Church, 2125 SE Lee Street in Lincoln City. Portland Police Bureau’s Sex Trafficking Unit Officer Michael Gallagher (retired) is the scheduled speaker. Space is limited. Call 541-996-2070 for more information.

Oct. 22 40th Anniversary Celebration AAA Advanced Benefits Insurance celebration begins at 3 p.m. with everything you need to know to crush Open Enrollment pre-

sentation at Rowboat Gallery in the Salishan Mall. A public tour of the new office space will be available. Live music at 4 p.m. at Beachcrest Brewery.

Nov. 5 Community Breakfast The Panther Creek Senior and Community Center’s monthly community breakfast at 655 Wayside Loop in Otis from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Cost is $8 for adults or $4 for children under 12. For more information email pcsacc@centurylink.net.

On Going Veterans Free Homemade Soup and Sandwich offered twice monthly from noon to 2

p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesdays at the Lincoln City B.P.O. Elks # 1886 located at 1350 S.E. Oar Avenue in Lincoln City.

Lincoln City Senior Center Events • Dementia Caregiver Support Group meets at 10 a.m. first and third Thursdays.

• Tai Chi 8:15 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays. No membership required. Donation to instructor suggested.

• Folk Music Circle to begin meeting Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. beginning in April.

• Weekly Walk on LCCC track. No charge or membership required. 10:30 a.m. Mondays.

• Chair Yoga 11:30 a.m. Mondays. No membership required. Donation to instructor

suggested.

Central Coast Word Surfers Writing group 1 to 3 p.m. every second Saturday of the month. Free. Driftwood Public Library, 801 SE Highway 101 in Lincoln City Lincoln County Genealogical Society Regular meeting first Saturday of each month from 10-10:45 a.m. Programs begin at 11 am. Kaffeeklatsch before our meeting, 9:30 a.m. For more information call 503-302-8892, or visit LCGSOregon.org.

Submit your event with the date, time, location and contact phone/email to jruark@ countrymedia.net.

SAIF Lincoln City policy holders to see $1.4M in dividends STAFF REPORT Country Media, Inc. $1.4 million is expected to be returned to SAIF policy holders in Lincoln County.

In September, SAIF announced a $135 million dividend for more than 52,000 employers statewide. The checks were scheduled to be send out last week. Businesses and organizations will be receiving between 22 and 27% of their standard premium back.

The SAIF board of directors declared a $135 million dividend for its policyholders. This marks the 14th year in a row SAIF has been able

to offer a dividend, and the 26th dividend since 1990.

SAIF is one of the only insurance carriers in Oregon that has regularly returned dividends to employers. As a not-for-profit with a public mission to make workers’ compensation coverage available, accessible, and affordable, it’s an important part of our value to policyholders.

“Serving our customers with expertise and heart is at the core of what we do,” SAIF President and CEO Chip Terhune said. “We have carefully considered current economic trends and believe it is right that we offer this

dividend to our employers.”

SAIF determines whether a policyholder dividend is appropriate based on capital levels, claim trends, and the overall economic environment. This year, SAIF is able to pay dividends because of its solid financial standing and continued success in managing workplace safety and health and controlling losses.

“In addition to dividends, we are proud to offer the largest network of workplace safety professionals of any insurance carrier in Oregon,” Terhune said. “Our vision is to make Oregon the safest and healthiest place to work,

country in the mid-1800s and marched north to Siletz and the Coast Reservation.

This relay run is the closest today’s Tribal members can come to their ancestors’ experience on the journey from their homeland.

“We’re saddened to once again announce the cancelation of our annual Run to the Rogue,” Tribe CEO Kurtis Barker said. “The existing

fires and smoke along the route are creating unsafe conditions for staff, Tribal members and high risk groups.

Conditions can change with little notice and lack of cell reception creates additional challenges when planning.

Local campgrounds are housing firefighters and our event would draw on resources the communities need to address these wildfires.”

Annual Run to the Rogue canceled SUBMITTED

The Siletz Tribe’s annual Run to the Rogue has been canceled due to wildfires and smoke along the route. The event originally was scheduled for Oct. 13-15.

This event is a 234-mile relay run/walk in memory of the Siletz Tribal ancestors who were removed from their homeland in Rogue River

please join us for

safe treats & games

october 31 • 4 -7 pm • taylor & taylor realty co.

3891 nw hwy 101, lincoln city

and we appreciate our policyholders’ efforts to ensure their workers go home safely at the end of each day.”

52,023 policyholders will receive the dividend. The dividend will be based on

premium for policies whose term ended in 2022 and will be distributed in October.

SAIF is Oregon’s not-forprofit workers’ compensation insurance company. For more than 100 years, we’ve been

taking care of injured workers, helping people get back to work, and striving to make Oregon the safest and healthiest place to work. For more information, visit the About SAIF page on saif.com.

October 17, 2023

SHERIFF’S TIPS OF THE WEEK

How to be ‘4 weeks Cascadia ready’

LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Due to the potential impact of local wildfires, storms, floods, or landslides it is recommended that all Oregonians be prepared to be self-sufficient for at least two weeks.

For coastal residents, like Lincoln County, it is recommended to be “4 Weeks Cascadia Ready” in preparation for a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake.

This means your household has enough food, water, medical supplies, sanitation supplies, and other life-sustaining resources to meet your specific needs for at least four weeks.

Be Informed Know about the hazards where you live.

Be familiar with local evacuation routes.

Sign up for local emergency alerts through Lincoln Alerts or update your existing profile.

Talk with family and friends about what you will do, including if you’re not together during an emergency.

Practice your plan at different times and on different days. What will you do if you are at home, work, school, or another location?

Plan to check on your neighbors or vulnerable community members and offer assistance if possible.

Create an emergency kit or

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update your existing one.

Supplies should include at least four weeks of food and water for each person and any pets. Remember to include water for drinking, sanitation, and preparing meals if needed.

Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert Flashlight First aid kit Extra batteries Whistle (to signal for help) Dust mask (to help filter contaminated air) and face coverings Plastic sheeting and duct tape (to shelter in place) Moist towelettes, garbage bags, and plastic ties (for personal sanitation) Wrench or pliers (to turn off utilities) Manual can opener (for food) Local maps Cell phone with chargers and power banks More information and resources (see online links with this story at thenewsguard. com): Lincoln County Emergency Management – Plan and Prepare Resources Lincoln County Emergency Management – Hazards: Earthquake Be Ready – Make a Plan Be Ready – Build a Kit CDC – Emergency Preparedness and Response Red Cross – How to Prepare for Emergencies Oregon Emergency Management – 2 Weeks Ready

Tillamook crime spree nets two arrests

JEREMY C. RUARK Country Media, Inc.

Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office (TCSO) deputies are currently investigating a crime spree which occurred early Sunday morning, Oct. 8, involving at least two suspects.

Between 1:13 a.m. and 6 a.m. at least two suspects committed numerous crimes in the Tillamook area including breaking in to several vehicles and stealing a vehicle from Burden’s towing lot, according to the TCSO. A forklift was stolen and used to damage a vehicle on Blimp Bouleward on Port of Tillamook Bay property. The vehicle which was stolen from Burden’s was then used to drive through the front doors of the Tillamook Air Museum and into the lobby at Blimp Hangar B, causing extensive damage.

The suspects abandoned that vehicle in the lobby, then broke a large window at the Stimson Lumber offices, gained entry, and used an axe to cause more damage inside of that building.

Also, two semi-trucks parked nearby, owned by

Courtesy from the TCSO The TCSO released this photo showing the stolen vehicle into the building.

Tillamook Bay Community College for their truck driver training program, were broken into and items were stolen from inside. One of the suspects, identified as Taylor Hulbert, 28, was found shirtless and sleeping near where the forklift incident occurred.

Hulbert was taken to Adventist Health Tillamook Hospital for evaluation.

A suspect walked into the lobby of the Tillamook County Justice Facility and

POLICE BLOTTER

The police blotter relates to the public record of incidents as reported by law enforcement agencies.

All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Information printed is preliminary and subject to change. For specific details about cases listed, contact the appropriate law enforcement agency.

Lincoln City Police Oct. 6

6:47 a.m.

Officers responded to NE 1st Street and N Highway 101 to a report of a female on the ground. Officers required medics for evaluation. The female was transported to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital.

9:29 a.m.

Caller in the 1900 block of

NE 63rd Street turned in a wallet found at the location.

11:41 a.m.

Caller in the 4100 block of SE Jetty reported damage to vehicle while parked at the location.

2:26 p.m.

A traffic crash involving a log truck reported in the 1500 block of SE Highway 101.

One driver cited for following too close and Failing to Carry Proof of Insurance.

9:33 p.m.

Officer attempted a traffic stop at NW Highway 101 and NW 22nd Place. Vehicle eluded at a high rate of speed.

The vehicle was successfully spiked near Agate Beach north of Newport. One subject was taken into custody on charges of Elude, Reckless Driving, Reckless Endangering the Passenger, and Recklessly Endangering the High-

began causing damage to electronics and photographs.

The suspect fled on foot but was apprehended by TCSO Corrections Deputies. He was identified as Ryan Woods, 30.

An Officer from Tillamook City Police responded to assist, and Woods was taken into custody.

As of Oct. 8, business owners are boarding up windows, cleaning up debris and taking inventory on what was damaged or stolen. It is

expected that more criminal activity will be discovered as the investigation continues.

There is extensive video surveillance evidence being gathered of these crimes, and TCSO Investigators are asking businesses in the area to check video surveillance systems for any activity that may be pertinent to this case.

Anyone with information about the alleged crimes is asked to call Deputy Ben Berger at 503-815-3392.

way Worker. Passenger given courtesy ride to Walmart. Vehicle towed by Coast Towing.

ported to jail, charged with Private and Public Indecency.

Oct. 7 12:39 p.m.

Caller reported subject on property in the 600 block of SE Quay Avenue. Subject taken into custody for Trespass 2 and Resisting Arrest.

11:55 p.m.

Caller in the 1700 block of NW 44th Street reported that her nephew hit her in the face. Subject taken into custody for Assault IV-Domestic Violence and transported to police department.

Oct. 8 2:05 p.m. Caller in the 2100 block of NW Highway 101 reported male screaming in parking lot with blood on hands and feet. One subject was taken into custody, trans-

4:51 p.m.

Caller in the 95 block of SW Highway 101, the D River Wayside, reported possibly intoxicated female in water falling down, not in distress.

Officer made contact with subject who was taken into custody and charged with DUII. Oct. 9 11:05 a.m.

Caller in the 5200 block of SE Highway 101 reported garage broken into last month.

Bags of cans and a bicycle taken.

11:33 a.m.

Officer responded to the 1700 block of NE 44th Street for a reported sex offense.

One subject taken into custody for Inappropriate Touching.

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Oregonians concerned about homelessness and drug addiction BEN BOTKIN Oregon Capital Chronicle News Guard Guest Article More than 40% of Oregon adults believe homelessness is the most important issue in the state, according to a recent survey.

In August, the nonprofit, nonpartisan Oregon Values and Beliefs Center asked residents statewide about Oregon’s general direction and the most pressing problems. More than 2,700 Oregonians responded to the online survey.

They were asked whether the state is headed in the right direction or on the wrong track, whether they are worried about the future and to identify the most important issues for Oregon.

About 44% identified homelessness as the top issue they want elected officials in Oregon to address. In a similar survey nearly a year ago, Oregonians also identified homelessness as the top issue.

“Homelessness is the biggest blip on the radar screen for Oregonians,” Amaury Vogel, the center’s associate executive director, said in a statement. “It continues to

be the most important issue for every single demographic group.”

An estimated 18,000 Oregonians were homeless on a single night in 2022, when the state conducted a pointin-time count of how many unsheltered people are in the state. Experts say the actual number of homeless Oregonians is likely higher, as those counts miss people without homes who are temporarily staying with friends or family, and they may not include people camped in remote areas or homeless people who were in hospitals or jails at the time of the count.

Between 2020 and 2022, Oregon’s homeless population grew by 3,304 people, an increase of nearly 23%, according to a U.S. Census report.

Gov. Tina Kotek has made addressing the state’s homelessness crisis a top priority of her administration and approved $1.2 billion in new spending on homelessness and affordable housing.

Trailing beyond homelessness, 16% of Oregonians identified drug addiction and abuse as the second most important issue. And almost as many Or-

egonians – 15% – said housing supply and affordability are a top priority.

That comes as Oregon faces a drug addiction and overdose epidemic, as fatal fentanyl overdoses have alarmed state officials and public health leaders. State lawmakers formed a new committee to address drug addiction and Measure 110, the voter-passed initiative that decriminalized possession of small amounts of hard drugs and put cannabis revenue into addiction services.

Oregonians are closely divided about whether the state is headed in the right direction. About 46% say Oregon is going in the wrong track, slightly more than the 45% who believe the state is going in the right direction.

Oregon Capital Chronicle is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Oregon Capital Chronicle maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Lynne Terry for questions at info@oregoncapitalchronicle. com

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Ben Botkin / Oregon Capital Chronicle The makeshift shelters and possessions of homeless people line a block in downtown Salem on May 31, 2023. Oregonians identified homelessness as the most important issue facing state leaders in a recent survey.

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News & Views IN THE GARDEN

Bronze birch borer damaging trees CHIP BUBL News Guard Guest Column The bronze birch borer, a North American native, has been a problem in the eastern United States for some decades. The slender, metallic-bronze beetle was first detected in Oregon in 2003.

The beetle lays its eggs on the European “paper” birch (Betula penChip dula), prized Bubl by landscapers and homeowners for its slender white trunk and papery bark. When the larvae hatch, they burrow into the bark and feed on the cambium layer, disrupting the flow of water and nutrients and leaving a crisscross network of larval “galleries” under the bark.

Limbs in various parts of the tree suddenly die from the tunneling and water blockage. As the beetles mature, they dig their way out through the bark, leaving fairly large holes. If unchecked, larval feeding eventually kills the tree.

Don’t confuse wood-pecker holes for those of the bronze birch borer. The woodpecker makes a “cribbage board” like pattern with holes in rows.

Their work rarely harms trees.

They are feeding on the sugary sap that exudes from their holes and the small insects attracted to it.

The bronze birch borer is part of the Buprestidae family of wood-boring beetles.

It is olive to brown in color with coppery metallic wings and body. Adults are about half an inch long. Larvae are creamy white, about an inch long when fully developed, with a distinct flat head. Both larvae and adults are hard to spot. Most people don’t know they’re there until they see damage to the tree. We are also facing a similar concern with the emerald ash borer which isn’t here yet but probably getting closer. The two insects don’t overlap in what trees they like but are very similar in many ways.

The bronze birch borer has been hard to control. But there are measures homeowners can take to slow the damage and halt the spread of the pest. Some affected trees can be saved with appropriate treatment.

One key tip: Well-watered birch trees seem to be better at resisting the borer. Nicole Sanchez, an Extension horticulturalist in Klamath County observed that the worst-looking trees tended to be in the driest patches of ground, whereas those in moister areas, such as near watered lawns, were in better condition.

“Most people don’t think about watering their mature trees,” she said. “But even ma-

ture landscape trees may need water in areas with low summer rainfall. Birch particularly prefer moist soils; they’re not ideally suited to our climate.

So, your first line of defense against this pest is keeping your trees watered.”

Before you do anything, assess the level of damage.

Slightly or moderately damaged trees have a good chance of recovery. Severely damaged trees are probably a lost cause.

Before you spray, think about collateral damage to beneficial insects. Sprays, injections or drenches with systemic insecticides can be effective (although expensive), but these chemicals can also harm bees and other pollinators. Always follow label instructions or hire a reputable licensed pesticide applicator.

Before you cut down a dead tree, think about how to dispose of the wood. Many pests, including bronze birch borer, lurk in downed wood. It is okay to use it for firewood, but don’t transport it to another location, and don’t stack it near your neighbors’ healthy trees.

Before you replant, consider a more-resistant birch species, or another species of tree altogether.

For more complete information, see https:// pnwhandbooks.org/insect/ hort/landscape/hosts-pestslandscape-plants/birch-betula-bronze-birch-borer and https://extension.oregonstate. edu/catalog/pub/em-9189homeowner-guide-managingbronze-birch-borer

Epic evening

On behalf of the Taft Tiger Boosters in regards to the Taft Boosters Live and Silent Auction this past Saturday, I would like to say thank you to the businesses that donated amazing and thoughtful items.

Thank you to the Pines Dine in Lincoln City for hosting this event. Thank you to all of the volunteers that help make this event a success. And a huge thank you to everyone that attended! All of the money raised goes back to our Tigers!!

It was an epic evening filled with community support! We are already looking forward to next year!

Thank you again, Fall gardening projects Beth Towers President, Taft Tiger Boosters It is still possible to plant or renew a lawn. But you need to get right to it. You should up the seeding rate to 8-10 AAA Advanced Benefits, a longtime local Insurance Agenpounds of lawn seed per thousand square feet to produce a cy, was founded towards the end of 1983, and is celebrating their 40th anniversary of serving people on the Central Oregon good, weed competitive turf.

You also can prepare land- Coast, as well as the rest of Oregon, with their personal insurscape areas that you plan to ance needs.

They specialize in Medicare and health insurance, as well plant and/or transplant trees, shrubs, and/or herbaceous pe- as life insurance, and annuity savings plans. Their office rennial flowers and food crops opened across from the Pixie Kitchen and has been in the Sallike rhubarb into. The trans- ishan Marketplace for about 30 years.

They just moved from the front of the two-story building by planting can start now.

Garlic can be planted anytime. Lime the soil if you haven’t, add any organic matter you have on hand, add some all-purpose fertilizer, and plant. Spacing for normal garlic is 4 inches within the rows with rows 12 inches apart. MICHELLE PIERSON even have grown up in the Elephant garlic needs a much YOUNG same subculture, sharing wider in row spacing and be- News Guard Guest Column unique terms of art for wortween row spacing. ship, interests, and beliefs.

Keep leaves off your lawn.

Every week I talk with all Even then, we’re going to Grass loves sun and does not sorts of people with all sorts have to dive deep into meanlike to be shaded by leaves. of goals and ings with one another if we Use leaves to cover vegetacircumstances. ever hope to pierce the thick ble garden areas. They can We get down veil that lies between your unbe worked into the soil next into the details derstanding and mine. spring. of what’s going You’ve seen things and

Celebrating 40 years

the Nature Trail, that now houses Shoreline Smoothies, to the back of the same building, in Suite F 13, for more room and an awesome view of the back nine of the Salishan Golf Course.

Over a decade ago, Paco Maribona was the only insurance agent at the Oregon Department of Insurance (DOI) hearings for the proposed Oregon Birthday Rules (OBR) hearings. But, with a carload of clients, they successfully convinced Oregon’s DOI to pass it, so now folks on Medicare can change to the same or lesser plans, at much lower costs and without any health questions, within +/- 30 days of their birthdays.

Oregon joined California and Missouri as the only states then that had such client friendly rules. Now about a dozen states have added it.

On Sunday October 22, at 3 p.m. there will be a brief presentation to celebrate the agency’s 40th Anniversary at the Salishan Rowboat Gallery, across from Beachcrest Brewing, followed by an Open House with snacks, at their new offices, in Suite F 13 of the Salishan Marketplace, behind Shoreline Smoothies.

Senior Agent Annie Maribona, along with Agent Rachael Winter, will welcome people, explain the many 2024 Medicare Annual Enrollment Changes, and answer any questions. They can be reached at 541-764-5155 or aaaService541@gmail. com. Paco Maribona, the Agency Founder, will also be there, as a retired Emeritus Agent. People are welcome to attend.

Very Sincerely, Francisco Paco Maribona Lincoln City

THIS THING CALLED LIFE

It is OK to define your own terms

If you have any questions contact Chip Bubl at chip. bubl@oregonstate.edu or the Lincoln County extension office at 541-574-6534.

ONLINE POLL This week

VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY

Last week’s results

How often do you walk along the beach is Lincoln City?

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on with them and what needs to happen next on their path.

Without exception we discuss definitions.

Here’s why; You and I sit down to chat, and you say, “I hate salsa.”

Right away we have an issue.

It’s a big one. I don’t know if you mean the dance, the red sauce you get on your burrito or any kind of sauce at all because the literal Spanish definition of salsa is “sauce.” So far, it’s been complicated, and we just met.

We might come from the same country, even the same part of the country. We might

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thought thinks as yet unknown to anyone else. So, we can’t possibly understand everything about you. And likewise, you don’t know any other person’s path, world or how they’re experiencing the what, that is their life.

“People’s decisions always make sense when you understand their model of the world,” I am reminded regularly.

The first place to start, when we want to understand, when we want to make sense of what’s happening, is to ask questions. “What do you mean exactly, can you help me understand?” Or my favorite, “What’s happening for you right now?” When

we continue to feel confused about what is happening or what someone means, letting them know we want to know is a powerful step in communication.

Definitions matter. Ask someone on a date, let ‘em know some details. One man’s date is another’s nightmare.

It’s best to get things sorted before the event. It turns out words need to be sorted down to their basics if we want to use them effectively, if we want to understand, if we ache to be understood.

If you think you know your people and have great communication, that’s amazing! Even then, it’s a remarkable experience to sit down with our people and ask the simplest of questions, things you think you know, like, “What does happiness mean to you?” or “What does the word ‘childhood’ evoke for you?” I suspect you’ll find a deeper level of understanding just below the surface.

Even better is to find out what someone means when

you’re NOT communicating well. Countless times I’ve stood across from my husband and the light dawned on me that he wanted to argue as much as I did. We must not understand what the other person is trying to say.

The older I get, the more I question myself, “What do I mean?” It’s not unusual, that the problem to my answer, is that I don’t understand my definitions yet. In that case, how could anyone else?

In the spirit of understanding I would like to say, I like salsa. I don’t really know the dance, but I’m willing to learn and I’d go spicy in the right circumstances. I like the salsa I put on my burrito, red or green, but I can’t do that kind of spicy right now. Generally speaking, I like most sauces.

At least we have clarity on that.

Michelle Pierson Young is a Lincoln City life coach. She may be reached at Michelleatplay.com.

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Wolves may be key in improving domestic dogs’ health STEVE LUNDEBURG News Guard Guest Article Gut microbes found in wild wolves may be the key to alleviating a debilitating gastrointestinal condition common to domestic dogs, according to a study led by researchers at Oregon State University – Cascades.

The authors report a novel strain of Paenibacillus bacteria with characteristics of a probiotic – an organism that conveys a health benefit to the host.

In this case, the benefit would be to head off canine inflammatory bowel disease, a chronic illness characterized by vomiting, reduced appetite, weight loss, flatulence, a rumbling stomach and/or abdominal discomfort, said Bruce Seal of OSU-Cascades’ biology program.

“At present there is no known cure for this ongoing dysbiosis of the gastrointestinal tract, and there are limited options for treatment,” Seal said. “Underlying causes of

the condition include an animal’s genetics, environmental factors, the immunological state of the GI tract and, maybe most importantly, an altered gut microbiome.”

The research, a collaboration between scientists at OSU-Cascades and Oregon State’s Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, is an important step toward a dietary supplement or food additive capable of steering the composition of a dog’s gut microbiome back toward that of the wolf, with which it has common ancestry.

“Dogs were the first domesticated animal,” Seal said.

“The modern dog diet, high in carbohydrates, does not reflect a wolf’s diet – for example, starches in processed dog food are resistant to digestion, and that can have a negative impact on the microbial community in a dog’s GI tract and in turn its gastric physiology.”

In this study, gastrointestinal material was collected from a dead wolf one day after it died from injuries sus-

Courtesy photo from OSU The research is an important step toward a dietary supplement or food additive capable of steering the composition of a dog’s gut microbiome back toward that of the wolf, with which it has common ancestry. tained from being struck by a car. The scientists isolated

20 different gut bacteria that preliminary genetic analyses

indicate have probiotic qualities, and for this paper they performed whole genome sequencing on a novel Paenibacillus strain.

The bacterium encodes enzymes that can digest complex carbohydrates such as starches, Seal said. It also has gene systems expressing antimicrobials.

“Non-toxic, spore-forming bacteria promote anti-inflammatory immune responses in the gut and inhibit pathogen growth,” he said.

“Taking everything into account, this bacterial isolate could be a potential useful probiotic for domestic dogs.”

Seal added that the researchers plan to perform whole genome sequencing on four or five other bacterial species among the 20 isolates.

Seal and OSU-Cascades colleagues Pat Ball, Evan Forsythe and Kristina Smith co-led the study along with former colleague Heather Broughton. The team also included OSU-Cascades students Jennifer McCabe, Jessi-

ka Bryant, C. Cristoph Klews, MiCayla Johnson, Ariel Atchley, Thomas Cousins, Analiska Dominguez, Marie Gabriel, Katie Middleton and Natasha Bowles. Several students were supported by the OSU Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and the Arts program and the OSU-Cascades Layman Fellowship program.

Mark Ackermann and Robert Bildfell also contributed to the research while with the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine’s Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Corvallis. Bildfell has retired, and Ackermann is now the director of the USDA Agricultural Research Service’s National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa.

The research has been published in Applied Microbiology.

Steve Lundeberg is a researcher and writer for Oregon State University Relations and Marketing. He may be reached at steve.lundeberg@oregonstate.edu

Commercial whaling’s lasting impact Lincoln County MICHELLE KLAMPE News Guard Guest Article

Commercial whaling in the 20th century decimated populations of large whales but also appears to have had a lasting impact on the genetic diversity of today’s surviving whales, new research from Oregon State University shows.

Researchers compared DNA from a collection of whale bones found on beaches near abandoned whaling stations on South Georgia Island in the south Atlantic Ocean to DNA from whales in the present-day population and found strong evidence of loss of maternal DNA lineages among blue and humpback whales.

“A maternal lineage is often associated with an animal’s cultural memories such as feeding and breeding locations that are passed from one generation to the next,” said the study’s lead author, Angela Sremba, who conducted the research as part of her doctoral studies at Oregon State University’s Marine Mammal Institute. “If a maternal lineage is lost, that knowledge is likely also lost.”

The findings were published recently in the Journal of Heredity.

South Georgia is a remote island about 800 miles southeast of the Falkland Islands and home to several whaling stations operating from the turn of the century through the 1960s. In a little over 60 years, more than 2 million whales were killed throughout the Southern Hemisphere, of which 175,000 were killed near South Georgia.

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is still present on the island, which is littered with thousands of whale bones – many 100 years old or more – that were discarded during commercial processing. Cold temperatures in the region aided in their preservation.

South Atlantic whale populations have begun to recover since commercial whaling was halted, but whale sightings around South Georgia remained low. This suggests that local populations may have been extirpated – a term to describe a type of localized extinction, said study co-author Scott Baker, associate director of OSU’s Marine Mammal Institute. Baker last visited South Georgia Island as part of a research voyage in early 2020.

“For 60 years, the whales have been absent from the South Georgia feeding grounds, suggesting that cultural memory was lost,” said Baker, who was Sremba’s Ph.D. advisor. “The numbers of whales returning to this region today are still not large, but there is a sense that they may be rediscovering this habitat.”

To better understand how whaling may have impacted the genetic diversity of today’s population, Sremba analyzed DNA extracted from bones found on South Georgia Island and compared the genetic information with previously published data from living whales in the contemporary post-whaling population.

She and colleagues identified bones of humpback, blue and fin whales, and found that while genetic diversity among the whales remains high, there are indications of

a loss of maternal DNA lineages in the blue and humpback populations.

Researchers were not able to detect differences in diversity between pre- and post-whaling DNA samples from Southern Hemisphere fin whales, likely due to the limited availability of post-whaling samples.

Because some whale species can live up to 100 years, there is also a chance that some of today’s whales were alive during the whaling era, said Sremba, who is now a researcher with the Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Resources Studies at OSU’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.

As these whales die, that could result in further loss of additional maternal lineages.

This underscores the importance of preserving genetic information from the whales now, she said.

“It’s remarkable these species survived. In another 100 years, we don’t know what might change, and we can’t measure any change now if we don’t have a good understanding of the past,” Sremba said. “This work provides an opportunity to reconstruct the history of these whale populations and help us understand what was truly lost due to whaling activities.”

Rising temperatures due to climate change could also lead to deterioration of the DNA in the bones on South Georgia Island, Baker said.

“This work is a way to preserve this history indefinitely,” he said.

that today’s opinions about the financial impacts among coastal recreation business owners contrast greatly to overall expectations just before Oregon’s first reserves went on line in 2012.

Its series of mail and telephone interviews show that 18 percent of smaller recreation-based coastal companies surveyed reported an increase in their business because of marine reserves.

That differs from a 2011 survey that showed two-thirds of coastal businesses expected decreases in their businesses once the first two marine reserves were established the

following year.

No owners who took part in the survey reported negative impacts to their businesses because of the reserves, and 59 percent reported no change.

Based on state mandates that created the marine reserves program, the reserves’ Human Dimensions Project has studied the real and perceived impacts the program has on coastal businesses.

But the previous three surveys done between 2010 and 2021 focused on physical brick-and-mortar businesses in main business districts.

This new survey reached

out to businesses without storefronts and/or in outof-the-way locations. They included small-scale tourism services, some guides, ecotours and several kayak rental businesses. None were specifically targeted in past studies.

“The goal of this study is to fill that gap,” said Adrian Laufer, CEO and co-founder of the Salem-based Sea & Shore Solutions.

Past surveys on storefront business owners have indicated that the perception that marine reserves hurt their

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Courtesy from OSU Researchers compared DNA from a collection of whale bones found on beaches near abandoned whaling stations on South Georgia Island in the south Atlantic Ocean to DNA from whales in the present-day population and found strong evidence of loss of maternal DNA lineages among blue and humpback whales.

The Marine Mammal Institute is part of Oregon State’s College of Agricultural Sciences and is based at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.

Survey finds no adverse impact on business from Marine Reserves STAFF REPORT Country Media, Inc.

A new survey shows that coastal Oregon’s recreational industry joins more conventional, store-front businesses in believing the state’s Marine Reserves do not negatively impact their bottom lines, continuing a vast shift in what businesses feared just before the first reserves were established more than a decade ago.

Sea & Shores Solutions this month concluded a business survey funded by the Marine Reserves Program, and the conclusions show

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With increased precipitation, cooler weather, and in coordination with the Oregon Department of Forestry, the Lincoln County Fire Defense Board has lifted all burning restrictions effective Oct. 9.

Please check with your local jurisdiction for requirements related to burning or permitting process.

Agencies North Lincoln Fire & Rescue – 541-996-2233 Depoe Bay Fire District – 541-764-2202 Newport Fire Department – 541-265-9461 Seal Rock Fire District – 541-563-4441 Central Coast Fire & Rescue – 541-563-3121

Toledo Fire Department – 541-336-3311 Siletz Fire District – 541444-2043 Yachats Fire District – 541-547-3266 Oregon Department of Forestry – 541-336-2273 Reminder Carelessness is the largest cause of wildfire.

Escaped fires of any kind resulting in property damage requiring efforts from a fire agency or multiple fire agencies, may result in fines and individual financial responsibility for damages caused and for fire response recovery, per Oregon Revised Statue; 476.920 — Billing owner of property for cost of extinguishing fire.

Chamber music event comes to Camp Winema Neskowin Chamber Music (NCM) begins its 28th season with an appearance by the Alexander String Quartet at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22 at Camp Winema.

In the years since its founding in 1981, the Alexander has performed in all the major music capitals of the world on five continents. It is widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich and its recordings of these works have been acclaimed by critics everywhere.

It is also known for its advocacy of new music and has commissioned a number of works in that genre. It was the first American string quartet to to win the International String Quartet Competition The quartet is a major presence in San Francisco, its home base. It serves as Ensemble in Residence for San Francisco performances and as director of the Morrison Music Center at San Francis-

co State University’s College of Liberal Arts.

The quartet members include, Zakarias Grafilo, first violin; David Samuel, viola; Sandy Wilson, cello; and its newest member, Yuna Lee, second violin. Lee has toured with the San Francisco Symphony and frequently appeared with other chamber music ensembles in the Bay Area.

For the first time in several years, NCM will resume a series of Outreach programs at local schools. The Alexander will appear at Neskowin Valley School ay 9:30 a.m.

Monday, Oct. 23.

Camp Winema is located two miles north of Neskowin, just off Highway 101.

Season tickets are $130.

Individual tickets are $30.

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of Lincoln County, Oregon to-wit: APN: R108120 A tract of land located in the Northeast quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section 10, Township 7 South, Range 11 West, Willamette Meridian, in Lincoln County, Oregon, and being more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point which is West, 760 feet and South, 600 feet from the comer common to Sections 2, 3, 1 0 and 11, in the above mentioned township and range, said point being on the North line of NW 28th Street, 50.00 feet wide; thence West, 70.82 feet to the true point of beginning of the tract herein described; thence West, 50.00 feet; thence North, 120.00 feet; thence East, 21.00 feet; thence South 20.00 feet; thence East 6.85 feet; thence South ° 05’ 5r West, 59.37 feet; thence South 3° 1 0’ 02” East, 40.69 feet to the point of beginning Commonly known as: 1643 NW 28TH STREET, LINCOLN CITY, OR 97367 Both the Beneficiary, Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-1, U.S. Bank National Association as Indenture Trustee, and the Trustee, Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112, have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said Trust Deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. The default for which the foreclosure is made is the Grantor’s failure to pay: Failed to pay payments which became due Monthly Payment(s): 1 Monthly Payment(s) from 01/01/2022 to 01/01/2022 at $1,308.43 12 Monthly Payment(s) from 02/01/2022 to 01/01/2023 at $1,302.71 7 Monthly Payment(s) from 02/01/2023 to 08/01/2023 at $1,410.70 1 Monthly Payment(s)

from 09/01/2023 to 09/01/2023 at $1,520.72 1 Monthly Payment(s) from 10/01/2023 to 10/01/2023 at $1,308.43 Late Charge(s Late Charge(s) 331.38 By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum of $351,605.56 together with interest thereon at the rate of 3.87500% per annum from December 1, 2021 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all Trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said Trust Deed.

Wherefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee will on February 20, 2024 at the hour of 10:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, at the Olive Street entrance to the Lincoln County Courthouse, 225 W Olive, Newport, OR 97365 County of Lincoln, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust Deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the Trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of

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The City Council of the City of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, State of Oregon, will hold a public hearing to consider a supplemental budget proposal for the fiscal year July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 at its next regularly scheduled public meeting. The purpose of the hearing is to discuss the supplemental budget with interested persons. The meeting will take place on Monday October 23 at 6:00pm in the Council Chambers at City Hall.

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said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, Trustee’s or attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. Without limiting the Trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the Trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a Trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the Trustee’s sale. 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” includes their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: 10/4/23 By: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 Successor Trustee Malcolm & Cisneros, A Law Corporation Attention: Nathan F. Smith, Esq., OSB #120112 c/o TRUSTEE CORPS 17100 Gillette Ave, Irvine, CA 92614 949-2528300 Order Number 96425, Pub Dates: 10/17/2023, 10/24/2023, 10/31/2023, 11/7/2023, THE NEWS GUARD

to the City to complete a Climate Action Plan and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory. The project scope broadly includes: 1) Project Management and Reporting; 2) Community Involvement and Technical Assistance; 3) Development of Climate Action Plan); and 4) Development of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory. All work must be completed by June 30, 2024. To receive a complete RFQ, please email your request to Michael Phillips, Executive Assistant to the City Manager, at: mphillips@lincolncity.org, visit The City of Lincoln City Sustainability web page at www.lincolncity.org/sustainability or call 541-9961202.

debt, or any part thereof, now remaining secured by the trust deed, or, if such action has been instituted, such action has been dismissed except as permitted

by ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes.

There is a default by grantor or other person owing an obligation, performance of which is secured by the trust deed, or by the successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of such provision.

The default for which foreclosure is made is grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sum: TOTAL REQUIRED TO REINSTATE: $13,222.88 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $60,845.68 Because of interest, late charges, and other charges that may vary from day-to-day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. It will be necessary for you to contact the Trustee before the time you tender reinstatement or the payoff amount so that you may be advised of the exact amount you will be required to pay. By reason of the default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the trust deed immediately due and payable, those sums being the following, to-wit: The installments of principal and interest which became due on 3/25/2022, and all subsequent installments of principal and interest through the date of this Notice, plus amounts that are due for late charges, delinquent property taxes, insurance premiums, advances made on senior liens, taxes and/or insurance, trustee’s fees, and any attorney fees and court costs arising from or associated with the beneficiaries efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be paid as

a condition of reinstatement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off.

Nothing in this notice shall be construed as a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust pursuant to the terms of the loan documents.

Whereof, notice hereby is given that QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION, the undersigned trustee will on 1/2/2024 at the hour of 10:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, At the front entrance to the Lincoln County Courthouse located at 225 West Olive, in the City of Newport, OR 97365 County of LINCOLN, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee’s and attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. Other than as shown of record, neither the beneficiary nor the trustee has 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 in interest to grantor or of any lessee or other person in possession of or occupying the property, except: Name and Last Known Address and Nature of Right, Lien or Interest COLLEEN KREKLER 580 NE NEVADA ST YACHATS, OR 97498 Original Borrower For Sale Information Call: 1-866-539-4173 or Login to: www.Servicelinkauction.com In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to this grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the trust deed, and the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to Oregon Law, this sale will not be deemed final until the Trustee’s deed has been issued by QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION. If any irregularities are discovered within 10 days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer’s money and take further action as necessary. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee.

This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are

hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations.

Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale. NOTICE TO TENANTS: TENANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY HAVE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO THEM UNDER ORS 86.782 AND POSSIBLY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE OF SALE, AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, IS A NOTICE TO TENANTS THAT SETS FORTH SOME OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO A TENANT OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY AND WHICH SETS FORTH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH BY ANY TENANT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE AFFORDED PROTECTION, AS REQUIRED UNDER ORS 86.771. TS No: OR-22-943185-BB Dated: 8/24/2023 Quality Loan Service Corporation, as Trustee Signature By: Jeff Stenman, President Trustee’s Mailing Address: QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION 108 1 st Ave South, Suite 450, Seattle, WA 98104 Toll Free: (866) 925-0241 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free: (866) 9250241 IDSPub #0187993 9/26/2023 10/3/2023 10/10/2023 10/17/2023

NG23-564 CITY OF LINCOLN CITY REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The City of Lincoln City is issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to qualified and experienced individuals or firms for Consulting Services to provide technical and project assistance

NG23-546 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE T.S. No.: OR-22-943185-BB Reference is made to that certain deed made by, COLLEEN M KREKLER as Grantor to CHICAGO TITLE, as trustee, in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Beneficiary, dated 8/28/2007, recorded 11/21/2007, in official records of LINCOLN County, Oregon and/or as fee/file/instrument/microfilm/reception number 200716370 and subsequently assigned or transferred by operation of law to BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. covering the following described real property situated in said County, and State. APN: R176210 / M357680 14-12-11-DC00800-00-01 14-12-11- DC00800-00-02 LOT 25, 26, BROADVIEW, IN LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON. Commonly known as: 580 NE NEVADA ST, YACHATS, OR 97498- 9357 The undersigned hereby certifies that based upon business records there are no known written assignments of the trust deed by the trustee or by the beneficiary, except as recorded in the records of the county or counties in which the above described real property is situated.

Further, no action has been instituted to recover the

Oregon moves to protect its student loan borrowers Student loan borrowers are getting legal assistants from Oregon’s Attorney General.

Ellen Rosenblum has joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case Career Colleges and Schools of Texas v. U.S. Department of Education, et al.

The amicus brief urges the court to uphold the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE)’s “Borrower Defense Rule.” Under the Rule, student loan borrowers who can show that the school they attended engaged in certain wrongful acts or omissions

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have a defense against repayment of their federal student loan debt through a process known as “borrower defense” to repayment.

“The ‘borrower defense to repayment rule’ is extremely important for student loan borrowers who have been defrauded by profit-driven schools,” Rosenblum said.

“Too many for-profit colleges and universities have misled and deceived our vulnerable students, persuading—sometimes coercing— them to take out loans to attend programs that provided them minimal educational value.”

In April 2023, Career Colleges and Schools of Texas (CCST) filed a lawsuit challenging the rule and moved for a preliminary injunction against its implementation.

The federal trial court initially denied the motion, but later granted it, pending CCST’s appeal.

The amicus brief describes how states like Oregon regularly investigate and take enforcement action against predatory postsecondary institutions to redress widespread and systemic unfair and deceptive practices.

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tions like visiting beaches and scenic attractions as a motive rose from 7 percent in 2010 to 14 percent in 2022.

Enacted by the Oregon Legislature in 2009, the Marine Reserves Program includes five actual marine reserves and nine protected areas that together cover nine percent of Oregon’s nearshore ocean waters.

The reserves, where no plants or animals can be removed and where development is banned, are underwater listening stations tracking ocean changes including fish, invertebrate and algal communities.

It is the first long-term nearshore ocean conservation and monitoring program run by the state of Oregon and includes cutting-edge research on the economic, social and cultural dynamics of the Oregon coast and coastal communities. The program is funded through state general fund dollars and not sport or

commercial fishing fees.

What Is A Marine Reserve? Marine reserves are areas in our coastal waters dedicated to conservation and scientific research. All removal of marine life is prohibited, as is ocean development.

And A Marine Protected Area? Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are adjacent to the reserves. Ocean development is still prohibited, but some fishing activities are allowed. Please see the specific rules for each site.

How Were The Locations Chosen? Local communities worked with state officials to site the reserves in areas that would provide ecological benefits while also avoiding significant negative impacts to ocean users and coastal communities (following Governor’s Executive Order 08-07). The sites are located within Oregon’s state waters, all within 3 nautical miles from land.

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The ‘borrower defense to repayment rule’ is extremely important for student loan borrowers who have been defrauded by profit-driven schools.

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nate such critical protections for defrauded borrowers could have disastrous impacts on students in Oregon.

We joined this brief to help ensure that won’t happen!”

Rosenblum said.

The Oregon Department of Justice has helped thousands of student borrowers secure meaningful relief under prior versions of the Rule.

In April of 2021, the Oregon Attorney General, together with a bipartisan group of 25 state AGs, filed an application with the USDOE asking for the cancellation of federal student loan debt for thousands of former students, including an unspecified number of Oregonians, who attended ITT Technical Institute. The now defunct for-profit school defrauded thousands of students by encouraging them to enroll and take out loans based on misleading information about the value of an ITT degree and empty promises of high-paying jobs after graduation.

In August of 2022, the USDOE responded by forgiving or refunding $3.9 billion

in federal student loan debt for 208,000 former students of ITT Technical Institute.

In Oregon, that meant 2,090 Oregonians who borrowed to enroll at an ITT school between 2005 and 2016 had $39.9 million in student debt cancelled.

See a copy of the full multistate amicus brief, led by the Massachusetts AG, attached to this story at thenewsguard.com Oregon is also joined by California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin in filing this brief.

Reserves Continued from Page 6 bottom lines has steadily dropped. Now 98.6 percent of businesses do not see the marine reserves as economic threats.

Sea & Shore Solutions solicited information from 34 recreational businesses for this study, and half responded. While the survey size may appear small, it hit a large component of that industry, Laufer said.

In all, 82 percent of the business owners surveyed were aware of the Marine Reserves.

The survey results also reveal an apparent shift in what business owners perceive as motivations of travelers to the Oregon Coast.

Business owners who perceived fishing as a travel motive dropped from 10 percent in 2010 to 6 percent in 2022, the survey concludes. Business owners who perceived non-fishing outdoor connec-

Courtesy photo The Cascade Head Marine Reserve is located off the central Oregon coast, stretching between the Cascade Head headland and Lincoln City. The site includes a marine reserve surrounded by three Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).

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Notice of Finding of No Significant Impact, Notice of Intent to Request Release of Funds, and Final Notice and Public Review of a Proposed Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain/Wetland Oregon Eight Disaster-Declared Impacted Counties

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Aviso de Hallazgo de Impacto Significativo, Aviso de Intención de Solicitar la Liberación de Fondos, y Aviso Final y Revisión Pública de una Actividad Propuesta en una Llanura de Inundación/Humedal de 100 años Ocho Condados de Oregón Declarados Afectados por Desastre

October 15, 2023 Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) Disaster Recovery and Resilience 725 Summer St., NE, Suite B Salem, OR 97301

15 de octubre de 2023 Agencia de Vivienda y Servicios Comunitarios Oregón (OHCS, por sus siglas en inglés) Recuperación y Resiliencia ante Desastres 725 Summer St., NE, Suite B Salem, OR 97301

These notices shall satisfy three separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertaken by OHCS.

Estos avisos deberán satisfacer tres requisitos de procedimiento separados pero relacionados para las actividades a llevar a cabo por la OHCS.

REQUEST FOR RELEASE OF FUNDS (RROF): On or about November 4, 2023 Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the release of Community Development Block Grant -Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds under Public Law 117-43 of the Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2022, as amended, to undertake a project known as Oregon Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program for the purpose of providing grants to predominantly very low, low, and moderate income homeowners whose primary residence was damaged or destroyed by the 2020 wildfires that occurred in the most impacted and distressed areas (Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion). Oregon was allocated $422,286, 000 under DR-4562. OHCS will request the release of $198,551,591 of the total funds to be used for the Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program in Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion counties.

SOLICITUD DE LIBERACIÓN DE FONDOS (RROF, por sus siglas en inglés): En o alrededor del 4 de noviembre de 2023, la Agencia de Vivienda y Servicios Comunitarios de Oregón (OHCS, por sus siglas en inglés) presentará una solicitud al Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos (HUD, por sus siglas en inglés) para la liberación de fondos de la Subvención en Bloque para el Desarrollo Comunitario - Recuperación de Desastres (CDBG-DR, por sus siglas en inglés) bajo la Ley Pública 117-43 de la Ley de Asignaciones Suplementarias para el Alivio de Desastres de 2022, según enmendada, para llevar a cabo un proyecto conocido como Programa de Asistencia y Reconstrucción para Propietarios de Viviendas de Oregón con el fin de proveer subvenciones a propietarios de viviendas, predominantemente de ingresos muy bajos, bajos y moderados, cuya residencia principal fue afectada o destruida por los incendios forestales de 2020 que ocurrieron en las áreas más desfavorecidas y afectadas (Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn y Marion). Oregón tuvo una adjudicación de $422,286,000 bajo DR-4562. La OHCS solicitará la liberación de $198,551,591 del total de fondos para ser utilizados en el Programa de Asistencia y Reconstrucción para Propietarios de Viviendas en los condados de Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn y Marion.

FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT (FONSI): OHCS has determined that the Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program will have no significant impact on the human environment. To address environmental impacts, the Environmental Review Record (ERR) includes mitigation measures and conditions. Therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) is not required. Additional project information is contained in each County’s Environmental Review Record (ERR) on file at Oregon Housing and Community Services, 725 Summer St., NE, Suite B, Salem, OR 97301 and may be examined or copied weekdays 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. In addition, the ERRs can be found at https://www-auth.oregon.gov/ohcs/disaster-recovery/Pages/ReOregon-Environmental-Review.aspx

HALLAZGO DE NO IMPACTO SIGNIFICATIVO (FONSI, por sus siglas en inglés): La OHCS ha determinado que el Programa de Asistencia y Reconstrucción para Propietarios de Viviendas no tendrá un impacto significativo en el medio ambiente humano. Para abordar los impactos ambientales, el Registro de Revisión Ambiental (ERR, por sus siglas en inglés) incluye medidas y condiciones de mitigación. Por lo tanto, no se requiere una Declaración de Impacto Ambiental bajo la Ley de Política Ambiental Nacional de 1969 (NEPA, por sus siglas en inglés). Información adicional del proyecto se encuentra en el Registro de Revisión Ambiental (ERR) de cada condado en los archivos de la OHCS localizada en 725 Summer St., NE, Suite B, Salem, OR 97301. El ERR puede examinarse o copiarse de lunes a viernes de 9:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. Por otro lado, los ERR se encuentran disponibles en https://www-auth.oregon.gov/ ohcs/disaster-recovery/Pages/ReOregon-Environmental-Review.aspx

FINAL NOTICE AND PUBLIC REVIEW OF A PROPOSED ACTIVITY IN A 100-YEAR FLOODPLAIN/ WETLAND: This is to give notice that OHCS has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Order 11988, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determinations on Floodplain Management, and Executive Order 11990-Protection of Wetlands. The activity is funded under the Oregon Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program under HUD Grant: B-21-DZ-41-0001 (PL 117-43). The proposed project(s) will be located at multiple locations throughout the eight disaster-declared Oregon Counties (Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, and Marion). The exact location of site-specific projects will be determined at a later date. OHCS allocation of the CDBG-DR funds will be used to provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing in the areas most affected by the 2020 wildfires through the Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program for the purpose of rehabilitating and/or reconstructing single-family homes.

Rehabilitation activities may include; repair or replacement of structure elements such as roof, windows, doors, sheetrock, plumbing, electrical fixtures, HVAC, fire hardening, and lead based paint and asbestos abatement if necessary. Reconstruction activities will include demolition of the original firedamaged unit (if structure remains), site preparation, reconstruction of the single-family dwelling, and elevation if required. Manufactured housing unit (MHU) replacement will include demolishing original MHU on site (if structure remains), hauling away debris and placing a new MHU in previous MHU location. Since the program area is County-wide, some selected sites may be in the 100-year floodplain and/or adjacent to a wetland. As noted in the OHCS Action Plan, based on FEMA Individual Assistance data, it is estimated that fewer than 10 properties destroyed by the wildfires were located in the Special Flood Hazard Area (SFHA), or 100-year floodplain. However, it is likely that there are more than 10 impacted properties in the SFHA. No work will be allowed in existing wetlands. However, properties may be wetland adjacent. The estimated number of homes to be included in the program and approximate floodplain acres in each impacted County are listed below.

AVISO FINAL Y REVISIÓN PÚBLICA DE UNA ACTIVIDAD PROPUESTA EN UNA LLANURA ALUVIAL/HUMEDAL DE 100 AÑOS: La presente sirve para dar aviso de que la OHCS ha llevado a cabo una evaluación según lo requerido por la Orden Ejecutiva 11988, de acuerdo con las regulaciones de HUD en 24 CFR 55.20 Subparte C Procedimientos para Tomar Determinaciones sobre el Manejo de Llanuras Aluviales, y la Orden Ejecutiva 11990-Protección de Humedales. La actividad está financiada por el Programa de Asistencia y Reconstrucción para Propietarios de Viviendas de Oregón bajo la Subvención de HUD: B-21-DZ-41-0001 (PL 117-43).

Los proyectos propuestos se ubicarán en múltiples ubicaciones a lo largo de los ocho condados de Oregón declarados como desastre (Clackamas, Douglas, Jackson, Klamath, Lane, Lincoln, Linn y Marion). La ubicación exacta de los proyectos específicos del sitio se determinará en una fecha posterior. La asignación de la OHCS de los fondos CDBG-DR se utilizará para proporcionar viviendas decentes, seguras e higiénicas en las áreas más afectadas por los incendios forestales de 2020 a través del Programa de Asistencia y Reconstrucción para Propietarios de Viviendas con el propósito de rehabilitar y/o reconstruir viviendas unifamiliares. Las actividades de rehabilitación pueden incluir: reparación o reemplazo de elementos estructurales como techo, ventanas, puertas, placas de yeso, plomería, accesorios eléctricos, HVAC, endurecimiento contra incendios, y eliminación de pintura a base de plomo de asbestos de ser necesario. Las actividades de reconstrucción incluirán la demolición de la unidad original dañada por el fuego (si queda la estructura), la preparación del sitio, la reconstrucción de la vivienda unifamiliar y la elevación de la estructura si es necesario. El reemplazo de unidades de vivienda prefabricadas (MHU, por sus siglas en inglés) incluirá la demolición de la MHU original en el sitio (si la estructura permanece), el recogido de escombros y la colocación de una nueva MHU en la misma ubicación de la anterior. Dado que el área del programa abarca todo el condado, algunos sitios seleccionados pueden estar en la llanura aluvial de 100 años y/o adyacentes a un humedal. Como se señala en el Plan de Acción de la OHCS, de acuerdo con los datos de Asistencia Individual de FEMA, se estima que menos de 10 propiedades destruidas por los incendios forestales estaban ubicadas en el Área Especial de Riesgo de Inundación (SFHA, por sus siglas en inglés), o llanura de inundación de 100 años. No obstante, es probable que haya más de 10 propiedades afectadas en la SFHA. No se permitirá ningún trabajo en los humedales existentes. Sin embargo, las propiedades pueden ser adyacentes a humedales. A continuación, se presenta de manera tabulada el número estimado de viviendas que se incluirán en el programa y los acres aproximados de llanuras aluviales en cada condado afectado.

Approximate Destroyed or Damaged Impacted Single-FamCounty ily Homes Clackamas 62 Douglas 138 Jackson 2,180 Klamath 11 Lane 615 Lincoln 288 Linn 71 Marion 633

Approximate Total County (Acres) 1,206,348 3,285,411 1,792,789 3,927,539 3,023,558 763,111 1,476,653 762,636

Effective FIRM 100- Preliminary Year FIRM 100Floodplain Year Flood(Acres) plain (Acres) 23,145.27 69,960.36 23,721.58 0.00 5,839.16 142,499.90 18,792.89 37,935.92 112,033.14 1,181.01 54,591.56

Combined FIRM and PFIRM Total 100Year Floodplain (Acres) 23,145.27 69,960.36 23,721.58 5,839.16 161,292.79 37,935.92 113,214.15 54,591.56

Approximate County Acres in 100-Year Floodplain (%) 1.92% 2.13% 1.32% 0.15% 5.33% 4.97% 7.67% 7.16%

Four alternatives were considered: Alternative 1 (Selected Alternative): Perform Home Rehabilitation/ Reconstruction and MHU Replacement in the 100-year floodplain, but not in the floodway. Alternative 2: All Single-family homes selected for the Program must be outside the 100-year floodplain. Alternative 3: Relocating homes outside the 100-year floodplain, and Alternative 4: No-Action Alternative. It is OHCS determination that Alternative 1 is the only viable alternative. This is due to: 1) the need to provide relief from the effects of the 2020 wildfires; 2) the desire to not displace residents who prefer to remain at their current location; and 3) the expected ability to mitigate and minimize impacts on human health, public property, and floodplain/wetland values since all rehabilitation and reconstruction work will involve previous existing homes on existing lots in established neighborhoods.

All structures, defined at 44 CFR 59.1, designed principally for residential use, and located in the 1% annual chance (or 100-year) floodplain, which receive assistance for reconstruction, rehabilitation of substantial damage, or rehabilitation that results in substantial improvement, as defined at 24 CFR 55.2(b)(10), must be elevated with the lowest floor, including the basement, at least 2 feet above the 1% annual chance floodplain elevation (base flood elevation). Construction adjacent to wetlands will require implementation of best management practices (BMPs) to prevent impacts to water quality and wetlands ecosystems. For work adjacent to wetlands, construction teams will install silt fencing and/or hay bales between the work site and wetland area to prevent impacts from soil erosion and stormwater runoff into wetland areas.

OHCS has reevaluated the alternatives to building in the floodplain and adjacent to wetlands and has determined that it has no practicable alternative. Environmental files that document compliance with steps 3 through 6 of Executive Order 11988 and 11990, are available for public inspection, review and copying upon request at the times and location delineated in the last paragraph of this notice for receipt of comments.

There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be affected by activities in floodplains/wetlands and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas.

Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemination of information and request for public comment about floodplains/wetlands can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks and impacts associated with the occupancy and modification of these special areas. Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal government determines it will participate in actions taking place in floodplains/wetlands, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS). OHCS encourages electronic submittal of comments at ReOregon@ hcs.oregon.gov All comments received by November 3, 2023, will be considered by OHCS prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds from HUD. Comments should specify which ReOregon Notice they are addressing (RROF, FONSI, or Final Floodplain Notice). As an alternative, comments may be submitted on paper to OHCS, to Disaster Recovery and Resilience, Oregon Housing and Community Services, 725 Summer St., NE, Suite B, Salem, OR 97301.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION: OHCS certifies to HUD that Ryan Flynn in his capacity as Director, Disaster Recovery & Resilience at OHCS and Certifying Officer consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the OHCS to use Program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS: HUD will accept objections to its release of fund and OHCS’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of OHCS; (b) OHCS has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed to HUD Attention: Mark Mitchell, 1220 SW 3rd Ave #400 Portland, OR 97204, or via e-mail at Portland_RROF@hud.gov. Potential objectors should contact HUD to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Ryan Flynn, Director Disaster Recovery & Resilience Oregon Housing and Community Services October 15, 2023

Aproximado de viviendas unifamiliares Condado destruidas o afectado dañadas Clackamas 62 Douglas 138 Jackson 2,180 Klamath 11 Carril 615 Lincoln 288 Linn 71 Marion 633

Total aproximado del Condado (acres) 1,206,348 3,285,411 1,792,789 3,927,539 3,023,558 763,111 1,476,653 762,636

Planicie aluvial efectiva de 100 años de FIRM (acres) 23,145.27 69,960.36 23,721.58 0.00 142,499.90 37,935.92 112,033.14 54,591.56

Planicie aluvial preliminar de 100 años de FIRM (acres)

5,839.16 18,792.89 1,181.01

Llanura aluvial de 100 años combinada total de FIRM y PFIRM (acres) 23,145.27 69,960.36 23,721.58 5,839.16 161,292.79 37,935.92 113,214.15 54,591.56

Acres aproximados del condado en llanuras aluviales de 100 años (%) 1.92% 2.13% 1.32% 0.15% 5.33% 4.97% 7.67% 7.16%

Se consideraron cuatro alternativas: Alternativa 1 (Alternativa Seleccionada): Realizar la Rehabilitación/Reconstrucción de la Vivienda y el Reemplazo de la MHU en la llanura de inundación de 100 años, pero no en el cauce de inundación. Alternativa 2: Todas las viviendas unifamiliares seleccionadas para el Programa deben estar fuera de la llanura de inundación de 100 años. Alternativa 3: Reubicar las viviendas fuera de la llanura aluvial de 100 años, y Alternativa 4: Alternativa de no acción. La OHCS determina que la Alternativa 1 es la única alternativa viable. Esto se debe a: 1) la necesidad de brindar alivio de los efectos de los incendios forestales de 2020; 2) el deseo de no desplazar a los residentes que prefieren permanecer en su ubicación actual; y 3) la capacidad esperada de mitigar y minimizar los impactos en la salud humana, la propiedad pública y los valores de las llanuras aluviales/humedales, ya que todo el trabajo de rehabilitación y reconstrucción involucrará viviendas existentes, en lotes existentes, en vecindarios establecidos.

Todas las estructuras, definidas en 44 CFR 59.1, diseñadas principalmente para uso residencial, y ubicadas en la llanura de inundación de 1% de probabilidad anual (o 100 años), que reciben asistencia para la reconstrucción, rehabilitación de daños sustanciales o rehabilitación que resulte en mejoras sustanciales, como se define en 24 CFR 55.2 (b) (10), deben elevarse con el piso más bajo, incluido el sótano, al menos 2 pies por encima del nivel base de inundación establecido para la llanura de inundación con probabilidad anual del 1%. La construcción adyacente a los humedales requerirá la implementación de mejores prácticas de manejo (BMP, por sus siglas en inglés) para prevenir impactos en la calidad del agua y los ecosistemas de los humedales. Para el trabajo adyacente a los humedales, los equipos de construcción instalarán cerca de malla sintética y/o pacas de heno entre el sitio de trabajo y el área del humedal para evitar los impactos de las escorrentías de aguas pluviales y, de la erosión y el transporte del suelo en las áreas de humedales.

La OHCS, luego de reevaluar las alternativas a la construcción en la llanura aluvial y adyacente a los humedales, ha determinado que no tiene una alternativa viable. Los archivos ambientales que documentan el cumplimiento de los pasos 3 al 6 de la Orden Ejecutiva 11988 y 11990, se encuentran disponibles, sujeto a solicitud, para inspección pública, revisión y copia en los horarios y lugares delineados en el último párrafo de este aviso para recibir comentarios.

Este aviso tiene tres propósitos principales. En primer lugar, dar oportunidad a las personas que puedan verse afectadas por las actividades en las llanuras aluviales o los humedales y las que tengan interés en la protección del medio ambiente natural de expresar sus preocupaciones y proveer información sobre estas zonas. En segundo lugar, un programa adecuado de aviso público puede ser una importante herramienta de educación pública. La difusión de información y la solicitud de comentarios públicos sobre las llanuras aluviales/humedales pueden facilitar y mejorar los esfuerzos federales para reducir los riesgos e impactos asociados con la ocupación y modificación de estas áreas especiales. En tercer lugar, como parte de las políticas de justicia, cuando el gobierno federal determina que participará en acciones que se lleven a cabo en llanuras aluviales/humedales, debe informar a aquellos que pueden estar en mayor riesgo o en riesgo continuo.

COMENTARIOS PÚBLICOS: Cualquier individuo, grupo o agencia puede enviar comentarios por escrito sobre el ERR a la Agencia de Vivienda y Servicios Comunitarios. La OHCS exhorta la presentación electrónica de comentarios a través de ReOregon@ hcs.oregon.gov. Todos los comentarios recibidos antes del 3 de noviembre de 2023 serán considerados por la OHCS antes de autorizar la presentación de una solicitud de liberación de fondos de HUD. Los comentarios deben especificar a qué Aviso de ReOregon se están dirigiendo (RROF, FONSI o Aviso Final de Llanuras Aluviales). Como alternativa, los comentarios pueden enviarse por correo postal a la OHCS la siguiente dirección: Disaster Recovery and Resilience, Oregon Housing and Community Services, 725 Summer St., NE, Suite B, Salem, OR 97301.

CERTIFICACIÓN AMBIENTAL: La OHCS certifica a HUD que Ryan Flynn, en su capacidad de Director de Recuperación de Desastres y Resiliencia en OHCS y Oficial Certificador, consiente aceptar la jurisdicción de los Tribunales Federales si se presenta una acción para hacer cumplir las responsabilidades en relación con el proceso de revisión ambiental y que estas responsabilidades han sido satisfechas. La aprobación de la certificación por parte de HUD satisface sus responsabilidades bajo NEPA y leyes y autoridades relacionadas y, permite que la OHCS utilice los fondos del Programa.

OBJECIONES A LA LIBERACIÓN DE FONDOS: HUD aceptará objeciones a su liberación de fondos y a la certificación de OHCS por un período de quince días después de la fecha de presentación anticipada o de la fecha de recibo de la solicitud (lo que ocurra más tarde) solo si se basan en una de las siguientes bases: (a) la certificación no fue ejecutada por el Oficial Certificador de la OHCS; (b) La OHCS ha omitido un paso o no ha tomado una decisión o hallazgo requerido por las regulaciones de HUD en 24 CFR parte 58; (c) el beneficiario de la subvención u otros participantes en el proceso de desarrollo han comprometido fondos, incurrido en costos o realizado actividades no autorizadas por 24 CFR Parte 58 antes de la aprobación de una liberación de fondos por parte de HUD; o (d) otra agencia federal que actúe de conformidad con 40 CFR Parte 1504 ha presentado una conclusión por escrito de que el proyecto es insatisfactorio desde el punto de vista de la calidad ambiental. Las objeciones deben prepararse y enviarse de acuerdo con los procedimientos requeridos (24 CFR Parte 58, Sec. 58.76) y deben dirigirse a HUD Atención: Mark Mitchell, 1220 SW 3rd Ave #400 Portland, OR 97204, o por correo electrónico a Portland_RROF@hud. gov. Los posibles objetores deben comunicarse con HUD para verificar el último día real del período de objeción.

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Warning Continued from Page 1 investigations in June and July.

The first investigation began after officers received a complaint regarding an adult male attempting to initiate sexual contact with a 16-yearold juvenile.

During the case investigation, probable cause was developed and on June 26, officers arrested 34-year–old Ceotis Rhodes of Lincoln City, charging him with the crimes of Luring a Minor and Attempted Sexual Abuse in the second degree. He was taken into custody and transported to the Lincoln County

Jail where he was lodged on the listed charges. Rhodes was convicted in July on one count of Luring a Minor.

The second investigation involved officers posing as an underage child on various social media platforms.

The undercover officers went online and were contacted by adults who offered to meet for sex with a person they believed to be a minor.

When these adults arrived at an undisclosed public location, they were arrested.

On July 6, 32-year-old Daniel Wilson from Tacoma, Washington, traveled to the Lincoln City area to meet with a person he believed

was a 15-year-old juvenile, according to LCPD. When Wilson arrived at the agreed undisclosed location, he was arrested and charged with the crimes of, Luring a Minor, first-degree Online Sexual Corruption of a Child, Attempted Rape III, and Attempted Sodomy III. He was lodged at the Lincoln County Jail. Wilson faces a November court hearing.

In another child luring investigation case conducted by LCPD officers, two people faced criminal charges after being arrested in April of this year.

Posing as underage children on various social media

platforms, LCPD undercover officers went online during the month of March and were subsequently contacted by adults who offered to meet up with a person they believed to be a minor for sex. When these adults arrived at an undisclosed public location to meet up with the minor, they instead were contacted by law enforcement and arrested.

43-year-old Daniel C. Bastien, of Lincoln City, was arrested on March 22, and charged with the crimes of Luring a Minor, first-degree Online Sexual Corruption of a Child, Attempted Rape III, and Attempted Sodomy III. He was transported and

lodged at the Lincoln County Jail. Bastien was convicted in August on one count of first-degree Sexual Corruption of a Child.

34-year-old Austin J. Marshall, of Newport, was arrested on March 29, and charged with the crimes of Luring a Minor and first-degree Online Sexual Corruption of a Child. He was subsequently transported and lodged at the Lincoln County Jail. Marshall was convicted in July on one count of first degree Online Sexual Corruption of a Child.

On June 6, 2019, Lincoln City Police arrested Mitchell Houston Conte, 40, on multiple charges of alleged sexu-

al abuse of a minor. Conte, a pastor at a church in Lincoln City, was charged with two counts of contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor, online sexual corruption of a child, luring a minor, second-degree sexual abuse and two counts of third-degree sodomy. Conte was convicted in Dec. 2019 of second-degree Sexual Abuse, third-degree Sodomy.

and South American Pacific coasts.

This trip wasn’t his first trip to the states.

“When I was a kid… I was 10-years-old,” he said. “I was here with my kindergarten friends and their parents.

I was still playing with Hot Wheels. So the coolest thing back then was seeing all the cars and trying to find a Hummer. That was the game that we were playing.”

About five years later, back in the U.S., now with his family, “two-and-a-half weeks… in Florida… I was looking for American cars, was happy to see them, and was looking for alligators,” he stated.

Then there was a road trip around Los Angeles.

“I flew to Los Angeles and we did a three-week road trip by car with my father, my brother,” he said. “We called ourselves three and four half men because it was three dads and four sons. We rented two cars and then went all around Los Angeles.”

Following that adventure he spent three weeks in a school exchange in Texas.

Right after he finished high school Mader said he traveled abroad for nine months to New Zealand on buses and hitchhiking.

“I realized that I’m really

good at traveling and that it’s a lot of fun,” he said. “Now I’m coming back to [travel] again. It doesn’t feel like I’m starting a new trip or… something completely different.

It’s more like [doing] something I’m really good at … [something] I really like, now it’s just doing it in a different way; instead of hitchhiking and traveling by bus and by train I’m cycling it, on my bike.”

I met an ex-girlfriend, and I started learning Spanish and with learning Spanish South America and Central America makes a lot of sense. So I switched over to this route and then I started cycling and I thought, well, I don’t need to do the route by car. I can also just do it on my bike.

One-and-a-half years later I’m here, and doing it by bike” Mader began this trip after graduating from university with a teaching degree. He was working as a social worker with young adults who are doing their civil service.

He described a special government program in Germany that seeks people with degrees in education and who helped those young adults during that year.

“That was my job for a year,” he said. “Also working in a night shift in an orphanage and I didn’t spend a lot of money. So with within a year you can save money if you work at your job and are living on a small budget.”

That savings got the now 28-year-old to Seattle about a month ago.

“I was quite anxious and scared and was like, was like, okay, my hostel was in downtown Seattle, the inner district, not the best area to be around,” he said. “Seattle was

a massive city, [it] was loud.

There were many homeless people. It was dark. I didn’t know a lot about Seattle and the West Coast so far.”

This trip was starting off a bit differently for him than the others he’d been on. He described it from the beginning.

“I flew in, I came in at like 9:30, 10 o’clock,” he said. “Then I did assemble my bike at the airport. And it was 11 or 12 when I, got on the train, but the train didn’t go all the way to the city center. So I got off the train at the last stop and had to go for another 20 minutes to my hostel.”

While the train ride was uneventful, Mader said the closer he came to the city center the more homeless people he would see.

“And then I was on the big street where the market is. Pike Street Market. Pike Street. Good,” he said.

After two days in Seattle, Mader said he was quite ready to leave and eagerly headed down the coast.

ple took me in for two nights because of the rain. And they did introduce me to pickle ball” Then he headed inland to get off the highway. The traffic was becoming difficult. He wanted less traveled roads, saying that Highway 101 isn’t the most interesting.

It’s those other smaller country roads.

“I went off the coast for quite a while, and I needed some water, so I pulled up to a farm, asked if they have some water,” he said. “We started talking, I was asking what they were doing.

They invited me to eat with them, and I stepped into their house, and they were pickling, cucumbers, large, massive jars of pickles.”

Mader planned to continue down the coast for a while. Maybe heading inland around Eureka. He’s not certain much beyond that, other than a general direction.

“The route isn’t planned” he told me. “There are ideas I would say. I decided to start in Seattle and then go on the coast, but I still don’t know where I’m gonna cross the border to Mexico. I do want to see the Sierra Nevada. I hope I can see parts of Arizona if I’m good. If I’m good on the bike, maybe I can make it to the Grand Canyon.”

Anyone who may have information about possible child luring is encouraged to contact the Lincoln City Police Department at 541994-3636, or their local law enforcement agency.

Rider Continued from Page 1 former German Democratic Republic (GDR) or east Germany, a month earlier. After two days in a youth hostel in downtown Seattle he headed down the coast with a few detours inland in a relaxed ride to where I met him just south of Gold Beach.

We met in Brookings the next day where he told me he ate at Taco Bell for the first time. He had a large burrito; he liked it. As we were deciding what to have for lunch, he spotted a sandwich called the “Patriot” in a display case. He commented on the difference in serving size between what he saw and what is available in Germany. What he saw was so much larger, so many more meats in the sandwich.

He also found it “weird” that Americans drink out of straws.

“This is how babies and kids drink in my country,” he said.

The journey As we sat and had our lunches he told me the story of how he wound up here on a bicycle he built himself.

He’d had “four proper good bikes” before but wanted one that would be right for the trip down the U.S., Central

Path to discovery These trips were the beginnings of what has since become a primary driver for Mader — his path to discovery.

“For me it’s about the experience, about doing something that I like, discovering the world and not about telling a great story afterwards,” he said.

Mader said he’d been wanting to do the bike ride for a couple of years and in the beginning he wasn’t sure what route he would take.

“So five years ago I was thinking about starting in Europe and then heading east, like going through the former Soviet republics and maybe China, because China is one of the most interesting countries there is at the moment,” he said. “But then

Time in Oregon “This is a lot nicer here.”

He told me “Yeah. And the people are a lot more interesting. A couple of days ago in Lincoln City an older cou-

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The team.

Taft cross country teams prepare for districts JEREMY C. RUARK Country Media, Inc. Taft High School’s 2023 Cross Country team of 11 boys and five girls are preparing for the District Championships Oct. 26 in Lebanon.

“The boys, despite having a couple of athletes out due to illness, placed 10th out of 27 teams and 2nd out of our own district teams during the recent Champs Invitational in Lebanon,” Coach Pete Doll said. “Jackson Nightingale and Eli Fingerson finished 5th and 6th out of our district

competitors. On the girls side, we didn’t have enough in the varsity for a team score, but Jayde Reyes-Cornejo and Hazel Fiedler finished 5th and 8th out of our district teams.

This bodes well for our boys team to have a shot at qualifying for the state meet and for Jayde and Hazel to qualify individually.”

Doll summarized the teams strengths and weaknesses.

“On the boy’s side, our strength lies in our ability to pack together in a race,” he said. “A weakness is that we

have just one boy, Jackson, who is near the front of the race. But as we continue to develop, I like their chances.

For the girls, as a team, we have a couple of girls that will be in the top 10, but we are to spread out amongst the rest to have a shot as a team.

Doll said the Taft Cross Country Program emphasize three elements: Team, Effort, and Positivity.

“I give my teams the tools to be able to develop as a runner and a competitor on their own, so my hope is that they use these tools to enhance

their lives and to learn how to work together to achieve a goal,” he said. “We always emphasize performance at any competition. Where we place as a team is always a second thought. So, they look at their overall time, how they raced against other competitors and if they feel they could have done better. To me, focusing on those aspects will lead to us doing well as a team.”

Doll’s assistant coach is Aaron Williams.

forcement efforts; businesses such as Rogue and Flashbacks Fountain and Grill, both of Newport, and countless individuals who have given their time and resources to help the LCSO reach the agency’s goal.

“We would like to add an additional thanks to Todd Jordan of Jordan Detection K9 who assisted us in connecting with the Knot Today Foundation and made special arrangements to facilitate ob-

taining and training Trinity in so timely a manner,” the LCSO states in the release.

“We are still striving to reach our goal of $25,000 which will cover the entire cost of the initial deployment. If you see Trinity out and about, feel free to stop and say hello to her.”

forms/lincolncounty You can donate directly by cash or check at the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Support Services Division on the second floor of the courthouse,225 W. Olive St #203, Newport, OR 97635.

Or you can mail a donation to the Lincoln County Foundation Attn: Lincoln County Sheriff Community Fund ESD K9 Program, PO Box 622, Newport, OR 97365.

Follow Taft High School sports results at osaa.org.

K9 Continued from Page 1 ESD K9.

The LCSO partners in the endeavor include, the Knot Today Foundation, a nonprofit whose primary purpose is to educate, prevent, prosecute, and provide survivor support to cases of child exploitation; K9s4Cops, another nonprofit, whose mission is to help fund and assist agencies obtain much needed K9’s to augment the law en-

How to donate You can donate directly to https://secure.k9s4cops.org/

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