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NOVEMBER 13, 2013 | WEDNESDAY

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LINCOLN CITY, OREGON

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Since the Roads End annexation took effect July 1, Lincoln City has been providing police services to the area previously covered by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. City Manager David Hawker said he was surprised with the number of calls from Roads End for police services. “We are averaging about 40 calls each month in Roads End,” said Hawker. “There is no crime wave, but there have been break-ins in the past and that will continue with the number of vacate homes. I think the frequencies of having problems like that will go down with the police presence. We are patrolling and responding to incidents.” Lincoln City Police Chief Keith Kilian said his officers have responded to 111 calls for service July 1 through Oct. 31 at Roads End. “We have responded to traffic accidents, alarms, animal complaints, harassments, found property, thefts, medical assistants, trespassing issues, suspicious activity, and traffic stops,” said Kilian. “Most the calls were suspicious activity, suspicious persons, or vehicles. Things that didn’t look right in the neighborhood.” Kilian said the calls are typical for an area the size of Roads End, but he also acknowledges the change from

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City scramble to gather their jackets and boots. They’re preparing for their daily trek, which doubles as recess at the new school in the heart of the town’s Oceanlake District. “We take walks every day,” exuberant 9-year-old fourth-

It’s a blustery Friday, but mild November weather for the rugged Oregon Coast. The children at St. James Santiago School in Lincoln

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School children such as Hazel Fiedler, above, are led each day on a walk by teachers such as Julie Fiedler, top photo, at St. James Santiago School.

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among the activities students experience at the small private school at 2490 N.E. Highway 101. In the tradition of schools attached to the Episcopalian faith, St. James Santiago strives to combine a strong academic and moral foundation amid a caring, open-learning atmosphere, according to its director, artist, writer and longtime teacher Julie Fiedler. “Starting a school here seemed like an ideal match,” said Fiedler, director at Neskowin Valley School for the past four years before conferring this summer with St. James Santiago Episcopal and deacon Kristina Burbank and priest Melinda Archer.

Depoe Bay woman charged in double fatal crash A 58-year old Depoe Bay woman has been arrested in connection with a double fatal traffic crash on Aug. 4 on Highway 101 just north of Lincoln City. Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers arrested Patty A. Weissenfluh at her residence Friday, Nov. 8. Investigators said Weissenfluh was driving her 2001 Cadillac Deville through a right curve on Highway 101 when it crossed the center line and collided head-on with a northbound 2012 Kia Soul driven by Donna Jeanne Ball, 71, from Salem. Ball was transported by REACH air ambulance to

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Longtime Lincoln County District Attorney Rob Bovett announced Tuesday he was resigning his post effective Jan. 6 to accept the position of legal counsel/policy manager for the Association of Oregon Counties. Bovett has served as District Attorney since 2009. “It has been my honor and privilege to serve the citizens of Lincoln County for the past 21 years,” said Bovett, whose new position begins Jan. 7. “I look forward to continuing to serve Lincoln County, as well as Oregon’s 35 other counties, in my new position.” Bovett has spent more than two decades working as

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grader Zac Will said. “It’s the best part of school.” Will’s eight younger classmates would agree. But it’s hardly the only part of the day that’s unique, enjoyable and beneficial for children kindergarten through fourth grade in the first-year school at St. James Santiago Episcopal Church. And this is no ordinary day. Or walk, for that matter. Their destination? Just down the street to the Lincoln City Community Center, where a surprise dip in the facility’s inviting indoor swimming pool awaits. Daily excursions such as a splash in the pool, a stroll in the park or a romp on the beach — even a stop at a nearby hardware store to learn how to fix a table — are

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