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Book sparks discussion about age-appropriate school materials
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JEREMY C. RUARK The News Guard
A parent’s concern about a library book at Taft High 7-12 has sparked concerns about ageappropriate materials in Lincoln County schools and has opened discussion on what parents can do if they object to such materials. Lincoln City resident Bridget O’Donnell said she was horrified when she found out her daughter had brought the book, “The Little Black Book For Girlz” home from
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school. “A classmate of my daughter checked the book out of the Taft High library and gave it to her,’ said O’Donnell. “All her friends had been talking about the book and when she brought it home she was kind of hiding it.” O’Donnell described the book as “very graphic.” “It is simply too graphic for a seventh grader and for my daughter,” said O’Donnell. O’Donnell took her concerns to Taft High 7-12 administrators, requesting that the book be re-
moved from the library shelves. “I want to make sure they have no other books like this at the school library,” O’Donnell said. Taft High 7-12 Principal Scott Reed said he is reviewing O’Donnell’s request. Because O’Donnell had not returned the book to the school as of Tuesday, May 14, Reed had not looked through the book to make any decision. “From the research I have
This book at the Taft High 7-12 library has sparked concerns from at least one concerned parent who says the book contains inappropriate and graphic sexual material.
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WEATHER GUIDE
It’s not often that you see a man navigating a soccer ball along the side of the highway. But that is exactly what 42-year old Richard Swanson is doing along Highway 101 in his 10,000-mile journey to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the
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WEEKLY OUTLOOK The forecast suggests unstable springlike weather through the weekend. That means breezy, showery and lots of blue sky. Rains totals should be low.
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“Motocross on water” will come to Lincoln City this weekend when the world’s most powerful jet skis compete May 18-19 in the Devils Lake Dash at Regatta Grounds Park. Nearly 50 jet ski race teams and
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freestyle riders are expected to begin competition at 11 a.m. Saturday in the lake’s first-ever watercraft race, event organizers said. The Devils Lake Dash is the season-opener for racers and freestylers throughout the Pacific Northwest. “This will be our first race in quite a few years in Oregon,” race
organizer Roger Harnack of the Northwest Jet Sports Association said. “The good riders will be making these turns at 60 mph.” The event, presented by Chinook Winds Casino Resort, will heat up Friday evening at Regatta Grounds
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Seattle resident Richard Swanson takes a break along Highway 18 east of Lincoln City on his 10,000mile walk to Brazil to attend the World Cup soccer games.
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Hospital district board looks to future JEREMY C. RUARK The News Guard
tour of the hospital April 24. Gordon “Mick” McLean, North Lincoln Hospital District chair, said the facility assessment will provide a map for master planning and budgeting to continue operations 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “It will also provide flexibility to adapt to emerging new health care systems while assuring the District’s highest priority, keeping a safe, well-equipped, staffed licensed acute care hospital in North Lincoln County,” said McLean. Buggenhagen acknowledged there are issues facing the aging Lincoln City hospital. “Part of the campus is built on a slippery slope,” said Buggenhagen. “We do
The North Lincoln Health District Board (NLHD) is expected to review bids from architects and contractors this week that could trigger a comprehensive facility assessment of the district hospital in Lincoln City. The assessment could determine the types of services offered. “We don’t have a good assessment of the facility,” said Terry Buggenhagen, NLHD board member. “That is why we are seeking professionals to come in and give us an independent, third-party review of what we need to maintain comprehensive health care services.” JEREMY C. RUARK/THE NEWS GUARD Several firms responded Marty Cahill, Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital CEO, points to a section of the hospital during to the invitation from the a walking tour with architects and contractors. District and took a walking
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