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forgotten. One of the biggest challenges for the foster care services in Oregon today is caseworker training and turnover due to budget cuts. “We can’t hire the caseworkers we need,” said McKenzie. “The caseworkers that are left behind are picking up a lot of duties and it is showing in their work, which is deteriorating.” With fewer workers there
Budget cuts to the Oregon foster care system are putting children at risk. Leola McKenzie, Oregon Judicial Department’s juvenile court program director, said progress has been made over the past three years to help keep children with their original families, but more has to be done to strengthen the program and to ensure those in foster care are not
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As of April 1, administrators at the Lincoln City Food Pantry located at 1505 N.E. 6th Drive have extended operating hours to improve services. “We are always looking for ways to improve the shopping experience for our clients,” said Tilly Miller, manager of the Lincoln City Food Pantry. “Each month, there are days when many people come at once, and the line is discouraging to those who must wait. By adding hours, we hope to shorten the amount of time clients have to wait, and to give them more choices of suitable shopping times, as well. The additional hours allow the pantry to be open from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on both Tuesday and Thursday. The pantry had previously extended hours from 10 a.m. to noon on the last Saturday of each month. The pantry serves about 400 families, representing about 850 people,
WEATHER GUIDE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
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Tues., March 26 53 Wed., March 27 56 Thurs., March 28 56 Fri., March 29 57 Sat., March 30 70 Sun., March 31 58 Mon., April 1 55
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Mateya Hoagland, 2, waves to a passing boat as she and her family spend time fishing at Devils Lake. Mateya is joined by her parents, Kristen and Riley, and her brother Dyllan, 6.
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Weekly Rainfall: .04 inches Yearly Rainfall: 18.12 inches
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WEEKLY OUTLOOK
Sunshine and warm temperatures brought many people to Lincoln City March 30 and 31. One of the popular gathering spots was Devils Lake, where 2-year-old Mateya Hoagland joined her family for a day of fishing. “The trick to catching fish here is using loose lines,” said Riley Haugland, Mateya’s dad. The Lincoln City family caught four fish within a half hour of fishing from the lake dock. The National Weather Service said temperature records were broken on March 30. “The temperature hit 73 degrees in Newport and Lincoln
Wednesday, April 3, will tease us with sunny, spring-like weather. After that, the sun will play hideand-seek (mostly hide) with the clouds. Weekend clouds should not produce much rain. Weather data provided by Roads End Weather Watcher Sheridan Jones
City, “ said Shawn Weagle, National Weather Service meteorologist in Portland. “That’s a new record. The old record was 72 set in 1987.” Weagle said most of the Coast experienced temperatures in the 70s on Saturday as high pressure combined with an offshore flow to produce the warm conditions. But Weagle forecasts back-to-normal weather into the upcoming weekend. “It will be definitely cooler with low clouds and fog and temperatures will be into the mid 50s and 60s,” said Weagle. “We should see a more normal stormy pattern by the weekend. So those warm conditions will become a memory.” Follow the latest daily weather conditions in Lincoln City at thenewsguard.com.
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Lincoln City Mayor Dick Anderson and his dog, Mr. Lincoln, commonly stroll past All American Putt’n Bat, which has undergone a facelift designed to make it more attractive to tourists and local residents. Owner Dick Davis is shown with the mayor.
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painting curbs, painting crosswalks, because it’s just amazing how a fresh, clean coat of paint can make a difference. So, I welcome these kind of efforts.” Owners Dick and LeRena Davis have energized the longtime Lincoln City fun stop not only outside but in. New paint and refurbished golf holes and modernization into the viral world of social networking are just a couple of the many improvements customers will find. “We used to do it every four or five years and got a little lax, but this spring we’ve livened things up,” said Dick Davis, who celebrated his 60th birthday at the facility’s grand opening 16 years ago. In keeping with its name,
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Lincoln City Mayor Dick Anderson walks his dog — fittingly named Mr. Lincoln — past All American Putt’n Bat as part of his daily ritual. One recent morning, he might have done a doubletake as he reached the storefront’s parking lot. Before him stood a complete facelift of one of the city’s oldest recreational fun spots. New paint, new advertising and a new logo had just been applied to the indoor miniature golf and batting cage complex — exactly what the mayor has been encouraging local businesses to rally together and do during recent council sessions. “The importance for me is what do the tourists, or what do the guests, see
when they come to town?” he said. “Putting on a nice, clean, fresh face like this facility has done jumps out at you as welcoming, and you get inside and it’s great fun. That’s the kind of stuff that gets people to stop first, then they enjoy the experience and come back.” As a civic leader, Anderson is heading up a movement to give the city a cosmetic makeover to liven up the long stretch of Highway 101 that comprises what amounts to Lincoln City’s only artery from north to south and back again. “We’ve all gotten used to what Lincoln City looks like, or did look like, and so every once in awhile I think it’s very important to have a pop of fresh paint,” he said. “And, quite frankly, the City’s just as guilty. I’m always banging Public Works about
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