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Hey Guys & Gals, Here is your chance to Strut your stuff! Email your stories, (keep it clean this is a family paper) jokes, riddles & photos or tips. Send it to P.O. Box 848 Siletz, OR 97380 or email to: LuSwart@denlupublishingLLC.com or call Lu at 541-921-7281 Quit wishing -- Go fishing

LINCOLN COUNTY LORE ORISUS contributed by Charles Knight & Greg Thomas from Knights Tackle Box Schooner Creeks and Schooner Wrecks Lincoln county boasts two Schooner Creeks, one, located about one mile north of Yaquina head is just a mere stream which parallels Newport’s 68th street a short distance before emptying into the pacific. It Premium Craft Beer • Belgian Ales • Wine is said that this stream was named for a small schooBest Selection & Variety ner that beached near there in about 1890. All that is “Where the Locals Go for Brew to Go” known about her today is that she was about 50 feet Pick your favorite microbrew long. Her hull was hauled above high tide by oxen and for a unique & delicious MIXPAK. tackle. Parts of her wreckage were still visible in the Special Orders Welcome mid 1940’s. About one quarter mile north of the creek is a small point of rocks named Schooner Point. Lincoln Counties much larger Schooner Creek, established in 1923 which flows into the Siletz bay located in the South Groceries • Ice • Agates • ATM • Bait end of Lincoln City, derived it’s name from wreckHot Dog Bar • Hot Steamed Tamales age that eventually came to rest on the creeks extreme Camping • Tackle• Firewood & more. southwest shore. By all rights one would think the Enjoy Fantastic Tide pools, view resident seals & hunt agates on Seal Rock Beaches creek here should have been named Brig Creek instead because the wreckage that was deposited there was 10181 Highway 101 in Seal Rock that of a 284 ton schooner built in 1860 by Eldridge 10 miles south of Newport Simpson of North Bend and re-rigged as a brig only 541-563-3930 Under new ownership two years later. The “BLANCO” her captain and crew were last noted On November 16, 1864. Captain Wow what a weekend at the beach! Kelcher and crew set course from San Francisco to Coos Bay. The Blanco’s hull was found washed up A walk down the bay front in Newport, Waldport and Depoe Bay found many happy and capsized on the shore at the mouth of Siletz Bay in December of that same year. Split from deck to fishermen! Tuna was being caught “to the keel and without masts. Her captain and crew were limit” from many captains. The minus tides missing, never to be found. The Blanco’s battered hull gave even the casual beach stroller a chance eventually washed into the bay and came to rest very to see the colorful tide pools. Saturday found near the large rocks that are visible from the highway the whole Tidbits crew on the beach enjoying a 101 bridge that crosses the creek there. Her ribs were fish fry, the waves and the weather. The Coast partially visible during low tides well into the 1960’s.

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Guard met with us on Saturday and were gracious enough to allow us to interview them. Dennis got his first ride on an ocean going boat since 1975 when he was in the Marines. He came back grinning ear to ear Saying that was Archery season opened Aug. 30 – Tags had to be pur-

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chased prior to Aug. 29th. Archery hunting is getting more and more popular in Oregon—nearly 60,000 general season tags were sold last year. Rains may have lifted fire restrictions in some areas and will also quiet down the woods, making for better scouting and hunting. Plus cool weather and rain will make animals more active. Be sure to check with land managers such as ODF, The Forestry Service, and BLM for the latest fire restrictions before you begin hunting and see the zone reports for more local conditions. Always use caution when hunting and be on the lookout for other hunters. Remember if you see someone make an By Samantha Weave illegal kill Report them immediately By calling your state police or by dialing 911. ReIf you're like the typical American, the food you eat travels between 1,500 and 2,500 miles from the farm member these game laws are here to protect the aniwhere it was grown to your plate. It was English journalist, political essayist and novelist George Orwell, probably best known for his works mals so we can all have many years of hunting ahead of us. Hunters making illegal kills are stealing from "Nineteen Eighty-Four" and "Animal Farm," who made the following sage observation: "Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic nature as well as you and reporting them makes you a true and more avid sportsman. pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting." Be safe and Be aware of your surroundings and good In Florida, there is one boat for every 18 residents of the state. In an interesting social experiment, Walpole Prison in Massachusetts introduced yoga into inmates' routines luck. For reference check out http://www.dfw.state.or.us to see what would happen. It's had a beneficial effect, apparently: Since the routine was introduced, recidivism Don’t forget to send in your hunting story for this years hunt to the Tidbits of Lincoln County we would has been reduced by 40 percent. all love to here them. Paleontologists claim that Neanderthals used toothpicks. How can they tell, you might well ask? It seems Rick Rader, that toothpick use leaves distinctive grooves on teeth. Are you familiar with lycanthropy? Unless you're a fan of old horror films, probably not. "Lycanthropy" is the ability to morph into a wolf. Those who study such things say that in a human, the sense of smell is about 10,000 times more sensitive groceries, gas, directions, propane & coffee Swell! He had always been worried of giving his lunch up to the seals! No they didn’t get any. Though we did see seals in several locations. Check out page 4 of next weeks paper for our interview with the Coast Guard. Lu Swart - Just for the Fun of It!

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• Motor scooters, okay, but motor coolers? Yes, they exist. In New York State, they’re regulated like other vehicles – so it’s illegal to drive them while intoxicated. A Washington County man was pulled over while driving his Cruzin’ Cooler erratically down a major thoroughfare at a speed of only about 12 miles per hour. He’d just left the local American Legion hall and was found to have 14 beers inside his “vehicle.” • Early one morning, Stephen S. of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, was awakened by a phone call from his brother, who said he’d be unable to drive Stephen to his scheduled court date that day. Stephen didn’t want to miss his appointment and be subject to an arrest warrant, so he walked to court. Twentyfive miles. In 90 degree weather. He arrived late, dehydrated, and a little light-headed, but the judge admired Stephen’s pluck and deferred his sentencing until a later date. • A doorman for a Park Avenue apartment building in New York City recently won $5 million in the state lottery. Ironically, he still can’t afford to live in the building where he works. The only apartment for sale there is priced at a cool $9.5 million! • In early 2008, a group called the Center for Health, Environment and Justice made headlines briefly with the frightening information that shower curtains were downright deadly. The “group” claimed that its studies revealed that a typical PVC shower curtain releases 108 different toxic chemicals into the air. Many groups, including the Consumer Product Safety Commission, questioned the Center’s methodology. (It was later revealed that they’d only tested one shower curtain. Not one brand; one curtain.) The truth: unless you’re renting a room from Norman Bates,you probably won’t die in the shower. • Passers-by alerted the Miami Fire Department of a dog seen pacing over a storm drain grate in the roadway. Firefighters investigated and found a nine-weekold shepherd mix puppy whimpering in the sewer. Two rescuers donned HAZMAT gear, climbed down into the drainage system, and retrieved the frightened pup. When the pooch was returned to street level, the excited mother dog licked and nuzzled both her offspring and the firefighters who’d saved him.

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September 5-28 Farmers Market in Lincoln City! From 9AM-2PM on Sundays through September 28. Enjoy the chance to revive up your kitchen and home! Take the Green Leap by shopping at the Lincoln City Cultural Center for fresh deals on a variety of local goods and produce. FMI 541-867-6293. September 5-8 Fearless Watercolor with Carol Riley at the Sitka Center. All skill levels welcome. To register or find out more please call 541-994-5485 or visit www.sitkacenter.org. September 05, 2008 “5th Annual Jazz at Newport” Newport Performing Arts Center Link www.jazzatnewport.org Information: 888-701-7123 or 541-265-2787 September 6 Pioneer Picnic hosted by the North Lincoln Historical Museum. Enjoy door prizes, raffles, and a cakewalk. From 11:30 – 2:30, this potluck style picnic will be held at Wapiti Park up Drift Creek Road. FMI 996-2240. **Fall Carnival fundraiser at Oceanlake Elementary School from 11am 3pm. Admission to carnival will be free, enjoy games, snacks, entertainment and more! FMI 992-2793. **“5th Annual Jazz at Newport Newport Performing Arts Center Link www.jazzatnewport.org Information: 888-701-7123 or 541-265-2787 ** 9 a.m. Beat The Tide 5k Beach Run-Walk A scenic 5K (3.1 mile) course features striking views of the Pacific Ocean and takes place on residential streets closed to traffic. Flat, fast and fun. Email ychc@peak. org for more details. September 6-7 **The Gathering Longboard Classic South Beach The 6th Annual Longboard Classic at South Beach. For more information www.rogue.com **Briseno Gallery, Gallery Michael Gibbons and Yaquina River Museum of Art shows 11am to 5pm on Saturday & Sunday. In conjunction with Oregon Crafters. September 7 “5th Annual Jazz at Newport” Newport Performing Arts Center Link www.jazzatnewport.org Information: 888-701-7123 or 541-265-2787 **Gleneden Beach Community Club Breakfast 8:00 - 11:00 A.M. 110 Azalea Street The menu will be ham or sausage, eggs, orange juice and all the pancakes one can eat served with coffee, tea or milk. **Everyday Poetry with Sarah Rabkin at the Sitka Center. All skill levels welcome. To register or find out more please call 541-994-5485 or visit www.sitkacenter.org. **Lincoln City Sprint Triathlon 100 begins at 8:30. Swim .75K, cycle 15.5K and run 5K. To register go to www.active.com. September 8 Literary Flicks - Total Recall 6:30 PM • September 8, 2008 Newport Public Library - McEntee Meeting Room Link http://www.newportlibrary.org/literary_flicks.htm Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,Total Recall is a 1990 film based on the Phillip K. Dick story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” **Monday Night Football Begins at Chinook Winds Casino Resort. FMI 888-CHINOOK. **Literary Flicks - Total Recall 6:30 PM Newport Public Library - McEntee Meeting Room Link http:// www.newportlibrary.org/literary_flicks.htm Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Total Recall is a 1990 film based on the Phillip K. Dick story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale.” or visit www.sitkacenter.org. September 9-11Using Wax to Create Depth with Cathy Valenfd’;LXpare0trikrptine and Anne Kinkade at the Sitka Center. All skill levels welcome. To register or find out more please call 541-994-5485

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WEIRD NEWS (continued): defense was the dreaded “brain freeze” followed by “chest freeze.” The driver had taken a sip of a large frozen drink he’d just purchased at a fast food restaurant, and was apparently overcome by some sort of overall ice cream headache. He was treated for minor scratches and bruises and released. • A not-so-smart thug in London, England, robbed three teens on the city’s Underground (subway) at knifepoint. After demanding and receiving their jewelry, he took time out to try on one of the necklaces he’d just taken and admire his reflection in the lens of an onboard security camera. Armed with 15 seconds of filmed close-ups of the perpetrator’s face, London’s finest were able to apprehend him just a short time later. • The Bulova Company should use Teddy Bacon in its advertisements. Bacon was aboard a war ship near Gibraltar during World War II. He lost his watch in the Atlantic Ocean when throwing a line to shore. Just recently, the 89-year-old vet received a package in the mail. Inside was his beloved watch. A group of divers had found it and returned it. Even though it was underwater for 67 years, the timepiece was not scratched or rusted. More amazing? It still keeps perfect time!

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PAWS CORNER By Sam Mazzotta More Than One Way to Leash a Cat DEAR PAW'S CORNER: I read your column on cats wearing leashes and wanted to tell you our experience. Our cat, "Baby," is not allowed out of the house without her halter on. She goes to the door and meows when she wants out. Baby has a 20-foot leash that we attach to posts placed strategically around the yard for her comfort. She lets me know exactly which one she wants to be on. We keep a water bowl handy for her, and she has plenty of shade, room to roam without becoming entangled, and comfortable places to relax. When she's had enough of being outside, she meows for me to come get her. At 5 p.m., she will sit extended to the end of her leash and meow for her "walk." My husband takes her for one every night. She will go to the end of our property, lie down and wait for him to pick her up and carry her back! No dummy, is she? She is very aware of her limitations, and in four years has never tried to go to the street. She likes being outside, but does not want to be anywhere where she can't see us. In turn, we don't put her

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(c) 2008 King Features Synd., Inc. I would say she is trained, but I believe it is the other way around. Yes, there is a lot of "let me out," "let me in," but to my way of thinking, if you can't treat an animal as part of your family, you shouldn't have one. Their needs are like a child's: love, warmth, food, exercise, a safe home and more love. -- Jill T. in New York DEAR JILL: True words, there. Cat training is more often than not a cooperative venture, and it appears that you and your cat have worked out a way to use the leash that's acceptable to both. Kudos to you! Send your tips, questions and comments to Paws Corner, c/o King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, or e-mail them to pawscorner@hotmail. com. (c) 2008 King Features Synd., Inc.

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The shop carries the traditional chocolate with little additions, such as mint chocolate, rocky road, rum raisin, chocolate peanut butter. People find our lemon fudge to be most unique and surprisingly very good. In addition to the lemon, we carry a variety of light colored fudges, such as penoche, maple nut, peanut butter, vanilla. When we can sneak in an extra flavor, it may be lime, orange, coconut, amaretto, pumpkin or maybe something little off the wall (Jalapeno?). Fudge isn't the only thing we have. We make our own caramel corn. We also make our own peanut brittle, mini pecan pies and huckleberry pies, in season. We now have hot dogs, coney dogs, something called a Chicago dog and wraps. Of course, there is always coffee and soft drinks. We shouldn't forget the ice cream, shakes, sundaes, and whatever else you can make out of ice cream . Stop in and visit with Karen & Dick at the little red fudge store in the heart of Seal Rock For the Coast’s Premium FUDGE, Remember

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Located at 20666 Highway 20 in Eddyville, Rain Forest Mushrooms is a certified organic mushroom farm. Bob & Debbie Rudel and their children Nicole, Melanie and Bobby have turned an idea, of raising exotic gourmet mushrooms into a dream. They took that dream turned it into a goal of having their own successful mushroom farm. With that dream, that goal, $30.00 in change, they started with nothing but hope & determination in 1990 to build. Bob says, “I literally saved change to keep going. It was so difficult at moments there were times I probably should have quit BUT we now have some of the finest mushrooms on the planet! Anyone can buy mushrooms from us year round. “I think that what we did here can stand as a testiment to what people, not just americans but people as individuals can do when we reach deep inside ourselves,” Bob said. “There were a lot of times when I was the only one who believed that we could do this. It would have been easy to buy into the negative way of thinking. I think you get close to that mind set and it is dangerous mode to be in. Then self doubts start and you start thinking you can’t do it and you are finished. Since we started this business, I have seen at least 45 others start and then go under or just quit on their dreams. When I started we had 3 children to raise and I came home and told my wife that I had this idea. You can put yourself in that situation and relealize what that can do to a family. It wasn’t easy. Now I look back on it and wonder how I could have possibly known that we could do this, but I knew.” In the beginning, we would not have made it without the Farmer’s Markets. We currently are in Farmer’s Markets in Corvallis, Salem, Beaverton, Bend and in Newport (on Saturday mornings). There are advantages of owning your own business, you choose your priorities, you can spend more time with your family, sure that family time maybe working time, but you are still together. When something is going on special with your family-you make that your priority and you can be there. The best thing about this business is that you get to meet lots of new people and friends.” They raise mushrooms on sterilized sawdust and mountain fresh spring water with no animal products, no dirt, no compost. They are certified organic by Oregon Tilth and all of their mushrooms come from cloned cultures. For you folks who like to have fun growing cool and different things, they sell grow-at-home kits for many types of mushrooms. The overall time it takes to raise these mushrooms is about 4-6 months. What are some of the benefits of mushrooms? Maitake mushrooms have been proven to boost your immune system dramatically in many cases your T-cell count can be incresed by 500%. The best natural way to fight cancer or prevent cancer maybe eating Maitake mushrooms. What kind of mushrooms can you find here? Maitake Mushrooms, the medicinal properties of our Maitake mushrooms are the finest on earth, shiitake, oyster, lions mane, buttercap, chestnut are also available. We ship commerically all over the country, primarily on the western half for the certified organic. Check out their website at www.rainforestmushrooms.com

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Tidbits of Lincoln County Invites Schools K-12 to send in their News & Events to be posted in our School Bits

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contributing prizes to our winners of our Poetry & Short story contest.

The Sun Sun sun burning bright Who makes such a delight Running, dancing all the day not thinking of the price to pay and as the sun is setting now I wonder how oh how

Someone could make a day like this go away

Oh so quick So good-bye my friend This won’t be the end I’ll be back tomorrow Yet I’m so full of sorrow contributed by 10 yr old from Otis

Tidbits of Lincoln County Invites all Students of our Lincoln County Schools K-12 to join our Poetry and Short Story Contest! For details email LuSwart@denlupublishingllc.com or write to us at P.O. Box 848 Siletz, OR 97380

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Mild Exercise Helps Manage Arthritis I bought a bicycle to helpwith my arthritis. The next-door neighbor thought I was crazy, saying it would make the arthritis worse. He was wrong. Studies have shown that gentle range-of-motion exercises actually make arthritis pain easier to manage. According to the Mayo Clinic, exercise is "critical" for those with arthritis because it "increases strength and flexibility, reduces joint pain and helps combat fatigue." That's good enough for me. Because I live in an area with hills, and mostly because I know I won't go out every day to the YMCA for swim classes once winter comes, I bought an indoor recumbent bike. There are a number of benefits to this: I can read or watch TV while pedaling, there's no danger of falling to the pavement, so a helmet isn't required, the weather doesn't matter, and best of all, since it's right here, I'm more likely to use it. I've settled on a routine of 10-minute sessions, at a slow pace, three times a day, and I can already feel a difference, as promised by the studies. That's not to say that using this bike is now all the exercise I do, but my right knee isn't as "hot" as it used to be, and I sense an overall increase in leg strength. Another idea, if you already have a bicycle, is to buy a trainer stand. Your regular bike goes up on the stand, and you pedal normally while the wheel spins behind you. If you would rather find an arthritis-friendly exercise program, consider the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program or Aquatic Program. Check www.arthritis.org or call 1-800-283-7800 to locate classes in your area. Ask your doctor first if gentle range-of-motion exercises are recommended for you. Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into her column whenever possible. Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, sendNESS? WANT TO RUN YOUR OWN or BUSI e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com. Publish a Paper in Your Area (c) 2008If King Synd., Inc.· A Computer · You CanFeatures Provide: Sales Experience

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