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e’s had his fingers in everything from the Pacific CityWoods Community Advisory Committee (now Citizens’ Planning Advisory Committee) to the Tillamook County Futures Council to the Territorial Sea Plan Advisory Committee, and now the 2012 Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year wants to wear one more hat.

Pacific City resident David Yamamoto declared his desire to become Tillamook County’s newest county commissioner on Jan. 16 and will face longtime commissioner Tim Josi in the May 20 election. William Spidel, of Nehalem, has also entered the race.

“I have had many people encourage me to run,” Yamamoto told the Sun. “I look at it now, and I see I have made a difference in Tillamook County.

And I think to myself, what if I did this full time? What could I accomplish?”

The answer, he believes, is a lot.

“I understand the land use system.

I understand the Oregon way,” he says.

“I bring a fresh eye to problems in the county that we’ve had for a long time.

I feel I’m a good listener and a very collaborative person. I feel that fresh blood is always a good thing.”

Though he originally hails from California, Yamamoto has lived in Oregon for nearly 20 years and moved to the Oregon Coast in 2008. And he wasted no time in getting involved. His contributions, both current and past, include vice-chair of the Tillamook County Futures Council, past-chair of the Pacific City-Woods Citizen Advisory Committee, member of the Pacfic City-Woods CAC Land Use Subcommittee, and a citizen at large with both the NW Area Commission on Transportation and the Territorial Sea Plan Advisory Committee. He also served as a member of the TSPAC Viewshed Subcommittee, TSPAC Energy Subcommittee, Tillamook County Economic Development Council Small Business Advisory Committee, Tillamook County Transient Lodging Tax Committee, Tillamook County/Oregon State University “Envision” Coastal Erosion Committee, Oregon Chapter of The Alzheimer’s Association “Star Fundraiser,” and Tillamook County Emergency Warning Task Force. He also worked in an outreach capacity with the Oregon Healthy Kids program and was an advocate for the Tillamook County Short Term Rental regulations.

As a resident of South Tillamook County, he told the Sun that, if elected, he would be an advocate for concerns of the area, but would not neglect the

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‘YOUR HEART’S DESIRE: A CELEBRATION OF CHOCOLATE, WINE AND ART’ promises Valentine-themed fun when the fundraiser for the Community Arts Project returns to Pacific City, Feb. 8. The event features a free arts sale from noon-5 p.m. and a chocolate and wine event (tickets required) from 6:30-10 p.m.

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2012 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR David Yamamoto will face Tim Josi and fellow challenger William Spidel in the upcoming May election for county commissioner. He is known for his work on the Pacific City-Woods CAC, the Tillamook County Futures Council, and the Territorial Sea Plan Advisory Committee. For more informtion, visit www.yam4commish.com. county as a whole. None of the current commissioners call South Tillamook County home.

“I will be a representative for the whole county, but the soft spot in my heart is in South Tillamook County,” he said.

He said issues that are near and dear to his heart include creating family wage jobs, leveraging the recently passed transient lodging tax, and fighting for fishing and timber resources.

“One of the things we need to consider when planning what to do (with TLT funds) is to promote the offseason,” he says. “When you look at the beaches in the summer months in communities throughout the county, they are full, (but) if we can increase tourism in the offseason, that’s nothing but a good thing.”

He says that in South Tillamook County, he looks at the expansion of Kiawanda Community Center and the rehab of the bathroom facilities at Cape Kiwanda as top priorities.

Yamamoto has also been outspoken about Oregon’s amended Territorial Sea Plan and the need to protect viewsheds, fighting for regulations to govern short term rentals in unincorporated areas and Tillamook County’s proposed Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance.

“I feel strongly that for people that bought property in a R-1 area, those protections ought to remain in place,” he said about the ADU proposal.

For more information about David Yamamoto, his positions and his campaign, visit www.yam4commish.com.

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Wednesday, Jan. 29, at the Holiday Inn Express, 135 SE 32nd St., Newport (South Beach). Attendees will be asked to comment on the spring (May to July) all-depth fixed dates between Cape Falcon and Humbug Mountain, back-up dates for the spring fishery (in the event quota remains after the fixed dates are completed), and the dates for the summer (August to October) all-depth season.

“We know that the sport halibut fishery is important to anglers, so their input is very important to ensure we have a good season structure,” said Lynn Mattes, halibut project leader for ODFW. At the meeting, ODFW staff also will report on the recent annual meeting of the International Pacific Halibut Commission, where the annual quota for the West Coast was set.

For those who cannot attend in person, presentation materials and an online survey will be available Jan. 24-31 on the ODFW sport halibut webpage.

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County streamlines application process Tillamook County’s Human Resources department has launched a new software system to improve the hiring process for job applicants and managers.

Job seekers will now be able to apply online to positions currently open via www. co.tillamook.or.us. Interested candidates can apply for current vacancies or sign up for new openings that will become available.

Human Resources partnered with NEOGOV, the nation’s largest cloud software for HR in government and education. Using this technology, HR and other departments can access online records to expedite hiring and provide even greater accountability when selecting new employees.

“We believe the NEOGOV software will be more convenient for job applicants and streamline the process. The investment will allow the County to streamline human resources processes

and become more effective, while ensuring we are able to hire the most qualified candidates,” said Mona Hamblen, human resources director.

The new software simplifies the job search and application process for job seekers. Instead of applying for multiple job openings at once, candidates can submit multiple applications all electronically.

The new system will also allow hiring managers to more effectively create minimum qualifications to sort through a pool of applicants. With the new system, administrative and technical maintenance costs are reduced, as this workload is handled by the NEOGOV system. Tillamook County joins more than 1,000 organizations across the country that have instituted cutting edge online technology for personnel management.

For more information, contact Diane Lyda at 503-842-3418.

4-H seeks youth counselors for summer camp Youths interested in becoming a camp counselor for the Tillamook, Linn, Benton and Lincoln County 4-H Summer Camp are encourage to apply. Youth in grades 9-12 are eligible to apply to be a counselor for fourth- to sixth-grade campers, and youth in 12th grade or college can apply to be a counselor for seventh- to eighth-grade campers or for junior staff positions. Applicants do not have to have been previously enrolled in 4-H. 4-H camp will be June 19-24 at the Oregon 4-H Center near Salem.

Applications and reference forms are available at the Tillamook Extension Office, 2204 Fourth Street, Tillamook,

503-842-3433 or at http://extension.oregonstate.edu/tillamook. The deadline for applications is Feb. 14.

Youth applying to be counselors must attend the 4-H Camp Counselor Training & Selection Day, March 8, at the Linn County Extension Office in Albany.

If selected, youth are expected to attend an additional training on May 17-18 at the Oregon 4-H Center. The counseling positions are volunteer positions, but counselors receive free room and board while at camp.

Contact the OSU Extension Service in Tillamook County, 503-842-3433, for further information.

Tootie Smith hosted by Tillamook Co. Republicans Tootie Smith, Clackamas County Commissioner and candidate for the US 5th Congressional District in 2014, will visit Tillamook and speak as the guest of the Tillamook County Republican Central Committee on Thursday Feb. 6. The event will start at 7 p.m. at the Tillamook PUD Building’s Carl Rawe meeting room. The Tillamook PUD is located at 1115 Pacific Avenue (Hwy 101 North) in Tillamook.

Smith is a graduate of Concordia University of Portland, Ore. in Management and Business Communications, cum laude, and the College of Legal Arts, also of Portland.

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egon House of Representatives in 2001 and served until 2005, and was entrusted to key leadership positions, including the Ways and Means, Budget, Taxation and Education Committees.

Prior to being elected to the House of Representatives, Smith was a newspaper editor, writer and business owner.

She continues to farm hazelnuts today as a fourth generation Oregon farmer with her husband and daughter in Clackamas County.

All Tillamook County residents are welcome. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Thomas Donohue Chairman of TCRCC at 503-965-9970.

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Pacific City resident Larry Rouse appointed to Parks Advisory Committee

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the general fund has created.

“Everyone wants free parks, but I recognize we’re going to have some fees,” illamook County he said. “For my part (as a Commissioners conmember of the committee), firmed the appointI want to see commensurate ment of longtime Pacific City level of service accompany resident Larry Rouse to the any fee,” he says.

Tillamook Parks Advisory But that doesn’t mean Committee during their Jan. all parks should cost users.

15 meeting at Kiawanda For Rouse, Tillamook County Community Center.

Park’s parking lot at Cape Rouse, who was an Kiwanda is a case in point. integral fixture in creating “I think we have to have the Pacific City-Woods Comsome places for people to munity Planning Advisory go where they don’t have Committee (now PC-Woods to pay to walk on their own Citizens’ Advisory Commitbeach,” he said. “I’m really tee) during its onset, has against putting user fees on called Cape Kiwanda home the Cape Kiwanda parking for several years. lot. Cape Kiwanda isn’t just a The appointment was recreation area, it’s a door to made possible by a county get to the beach. It’s everydecision to temporarily body’s beach. I’m adverse to add an additional spot on (a fee to park there).” the committee to allow for Looking to the future, Photo by Tim Hirsch South Tillamook County Rouse says he would like representation. Once there is TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS confirmed Larry Rouse as a member of the Parks Advisory Committee on Jan. 15. to see better utilization of a resignation or end of term Webb Park, a facility located — other than Rouse’s — the way 101. across the street from Cape committee will revert to the As a former Portland resident, Rouse Kiwanda that he says only utilizes 10 original 7-person makeup. The comhas high hopes for parks in this area. percent of its available space. mittee was originally envisioned as one While he doesn’t necessarily envision a “I see a lot of opportunity for the that would have equal representation system of parks that will rival a system south part of Tillamook County,” he says. from North, Central and South Counties, like Portland’s, which includes renowned “Between Webb Park, between (potenbut prior to Rouse’s confirmation, only members from North County and the Til- Forest Park — a system that Rouse says is tial) improvements at Cape Kiwanda, one of the best in the country — he still we can make this town look a lot nicer lamook area comprised the committee. sees an opportunity to make something — and a lot more attractive to tourists.

“Larry takes a strong interest in We have the basis to attract more. I like parks,” said Commissioner Mark Labhart special.

He points to the “great” system of to see people enjoy it. With additional prior to his vote in support of his confirOregon State Parks that stretches the funds (which could come from TLT dolmation. “He’s not a “yes” guy. He’ll look coast — many of which are in our neck lars and a proposed increase in county out for South County, and that’s exactly of the woods including Bob Straub State parks share of RV registration revenues), what we want.”

Park and Whalen Island. we can do a better job of attracting more “He will be a strong advocate for “We’ve got the basis,” he says. visitors.”

South Tillamook County,” added ComAnd from his perspective, the need is Down the road, Rouse is also open missioner Bill Baertlein, prior to the there, or rather, it’s here. to developing a playground style park commission’s 2-0 vote in favor of the “There’s a need (for parks) in today’s similar to the one in Gold Beach and in confirmation. society as much as in the 1900s when cit- Lincoln City’s Regatta Park.

Rouse’s commitments to the comies were laid out,” Rouse says. “It’s great “That’s been in the back of my munity since his retirement have been to have parks where people can go to mind,” he says. “”I’d like to see us do many and varied. In addition to helping something like that in the Pacific City form Pacific City’s CPAC/CAC, the Pacific experience the outdoors.”

He also hails both the emotional and area, but the first thing we need to do is City resident has done his best to make physical help parks provide. develop what we already have.” the community more livable. To his “Just to be able to walk in a nice The Tillamook County Parks Advicredit, Rouse has been a major player in — and safe — environment (is valusory Committee meets on the fourth spiffing up the “The Home of the Dory able),” he says.

Tuesday of every month, 3-5 p.m. at TilFleet.” Together with his wife, Ielean, he Still, Rouse recognizes the challenge lamook County Courthouse. Visit www. has adopted a portion of Brooten Road. that Tillamook County’s decision to reco.tillamook.or.us for more informaThe pair can often be seen cleaning up move the financing of county parks from tion. litter on a stretch of that road near High-

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EDC forwards TLT plan to County Commissioners expected to vote on agreement on Jan. 29

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun

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he Tillamook County Economic Development Council approved a proposed inter-governmental agreement, which County Commissioners will address on Jan. 29, during the EDC’s meeting on Jan. 21.

If approved by commissioners, the IGA will make the EDC in charge of the administration and oversight of the spending of the 70 percent of Transient Lodging Tax revenues that will be available later this year. The TLT tax was passed last November and established a 10 percent tax on short-term rentals, with an up to 9 percent credit given to cities who already have their own lodging tax. By law, 70 percent of the revenues must be spent on tourism marketing and tourism-related facilities. The law went into effect on Jan. 1.

County Commissioners have advanced EDC $10,000 to begin their administrative duties.

Another $90,000 will be available once the commissioners approve the EDC’s business plan.

To designate what projects and marketing plans ultimately get funded, the Tillamook County Tourism Advisory Committee will

be formed to make recommendations. The EDC will then consider those recommendations and forward them to commissioners for final approval.

The proposed IGA that EDC has sent on to commissioners would establish a nine-member committee comprised of one city mayor from an incorporated city that will be selected by the Tillamook County Mayor’s Consortium; three transient lodging providers — one each from South Tillamook County (Hemlock to Neskowin), North Tillamook County (Rockaway Beach to Falcon Cove) and Central Tillamook County; four at large members who may or may not be from Tillamook County or be affiliated with the tourism industry, and one citizen-at-large to be from an unincorporated area of Tillamook County. All committee positions with the exception of the mayor will be designated by the EDC Board of Directors.

In prior versions of the advisory committee proposal, the four members were restricted to the tourism industry. However, several EDC members said that the most important thing was for the group to get the best person available, hence the more open requirements. Members stressed

that they still maintain the ability to look for talented individuals in a variety of disciplines in their search for a well-rounded — and experienced — committee. County Commissioners will have the ultimate say on any committee members as the board will have to confirm any members chosen by EDC. The EDC also approved a plan to hire a part-time interim director, who will be charged with getting the tourism promotion off the ground. Concurrently, they will conduct a search for a permanent director.

The temporary position will either be 19-hour week employee or a contract position that will pay $20,000 or less. Those limitations will allow a quicker hire. As part of the successful motion for an interim director, the EDC established a subcommittee that will be charged with the hiring for the part-time employee or contractor. They were given the authority to select the candidate of their choice.

County Commissioners are expected to vote on EDC’s proposed IGA with the County during their Jan. 29 meeting, which starts at 10 a.m. at Tillamook County Courthouse. Visit www.tillamook. co.or.us for the complete agenda.

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he Pacific City Birding and Blues Festival, which has been a popular destination for avian enthusiast for the last 10 years, has been cancelled for 2014 because of a lack of a leadership, says Jeremy Strober, who has served as chair of the Birding and Blues Committee for the last five years.

The decision was reached on Jan. 14.

Strober, who says he can’t reprise his chair role because of other commitments, told the Sun that though the festival has commitments from numerous individuals to serve on its committee, no one has stepped up to fill the leadership role.

“We’ve got great momentum and history, but the leadership role is important to provide the planning effort,” said Strober. “After five years of doing it myself and enjoying it, I don’t feel I have the time to fulfill the leadership role again this year.”

Strober said it was a difficult decision and that he hopes it only amounts to a one-year hiatus.

“Our hope is that somebody becomes inspired to take over the leadership role for planning the festival and that we can have one again in 2015.

There’s still an opportunity to resurrect the festival. There’s still great interest and (festival) partners. We just need a

new leader.”

The cancellation means that Pacific City will have one less event to draw tourists during the slower “shoulder” seasons. Strober laments that gone will be a festival that has brought the community to “celebrate the abundance of the wonderful, natural resources that we have. “(The event has brought) visitors to our area in a normally quiet offseason – and more recently during the shoulder season.”

He added that the festival also brought music and art opportunities to locals, out-of-towners and students alike.

“The festival was unique. It provided exposure for our off-the-beaten path destination. I think it helped put us on the map as a destination in a unique way,” said Strober.

Originally held in February during the off-season, the event was later moved to April in an effort to showcase more migrating birds. During its 10year run, the festival’s offerings grew as it added trip destinations, musical offerings and expanded its outreach efforts to schools through music and art. It also enjoyed steady growth in attendance in each of its 10 years, said Strober.

“I honestly love the festival and feel terrible (about the decision to cancel it in 2014),” he said.

Historical Society hosts annual dinner The 2014 Annual Dinner/Meeting of the Tillamook County Historical Society will be held Sunday, Jan. 26, 3-5 p.m. at St. Mary’s By the Sea Catholic Church in Rockaway. The meal will cost $15 and Rich Mulcahy will be the speaker.

Mulcahy is a retired teacher who has embraced metal detecting along the beaches and has found many fascinating items. Members are invited to bring their beach findings to the meeting and Cannon Beach Treasures will be on hand to verify findings. Cannon Beach Treasures personnel come from a long line of Florida treasure hunters.

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Attendees are encouraged to be ready for nominations and elections for new officers, which include president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.

“We have some exciting things going on, but need people to step up and help in officer positions,” says secretary Sally Rissel. “Please come to the annual meeting and learn what is anticipated for 2014, (and) consider becoming involved.”

The time commitment is a minimum of about two hours a month.

To RSVP, contact Sally Rissel via email at heronlanding123@gmail. com or Karen Hirte at 503-915-4989.

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PACIFIC CITY HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION President Larry Rouse hopes the County’s decision to begin fixing local access roads — given that they meet “stringent” requirements — may pave the way to fixing Elderberry Lane, a road that has large ruts that make passage difficult.

County approves plan to improve local access roads

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illamook County Commissioners approved a plan to begin doing a limited amount of maintenance of local access roads during their meeting at Kiawanda Community Center on Jan. 15.

With the change, Tillamook County joins a small minority of counties in the state to help take care of privately owned roads. In the face of a shortfall of money, Public Works Director Liane Welch discontinued maintaining local access roads in recent years, though a 2008 order authorized the Public Works Dept. to perform work on LAR’s under certain conditions. But now, with the passage of last May’s road bond and last November’s Transient Lodging Tax — 30 percent of which has been pledged to maintaining roads, the county is taking a fresh look at the issue.

The new board order, which will go into effect on Feb. 1, lays out additional specific requirements that private roads will have to meet to be considered. All roads will have to meet a minimum of one of a list of requirements, which include: it be a documented emergency evacuation area, it be 25 percent paid by property owners (board can make exception), have the support of the director of Public Works, and a determination from the Public Works director that a county maintained road is part of the problem. The order also says that projects approved would compete on a priority basis and that following completion of a project, continued maintenance would be the property owner’s

responsibility. Additionally, the county’s share of an LAR project won’t exceed $75,000 each fiscal year — unless the Board of Commissioners determines there are extenuating circumstances.

In no small part, the renewed look at local access roads is a tip of the hat to a problem in Pacific City. Pacific City Heights Neighborhood Association President Larry Rouse has had several discussions with Tillamook County’s Road Advisory Committee regarding the condition of Elderberry Lane, a road that he says has such large ruts that you need a high clearance vehicle to travel it safely. To boot, the road is listed as an evacuation route on Tillamook County Emergency Management’s tsunami evacuation maps.

“That road is atrocious,” Rouse told the Sun. “It’s a safety issue for people going up there.”

He added that because of the street being listed as a tsunami evacuation route, he feels the county has some responsibility in making sure it is safe.

Rouse said that though residents along the gravel road have tried to fix it on their own, the problem has proved to be too big for private citizens as the problem is that roads above it funnel water down Elderberry during rain storms. “(The County) has the engineering skills. It’s beyond our ability,” he said.

Rouse plans to submit an application to have Elderberry Lane repaired under the county’s new plan to address LAR’s so that it will be first in the queue.

He is confident that the Pacific City Heights Neighborhood Association can come up with 25 percent of the cost.

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Your Heart’s Desire A Celebration of Chocolate, Wine, Art, and 25 Years of Community Service!

Benefitting CAP’s Art Literacy Program

Saturday, February 8, 2014

Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Drive, Pacific City

12noon–5pm: Benefit Art Sale (Free admission!)

2-dimensional artwork on panels and 3-dimensional artwork/sculpture New: Artist demonstrations 1-3pm

6:30–10 pm: Chocolate and Wine Event with Live Jazz!

Complimentary appetizers, desserts, wine, beverages; plus artwork sale, auction, raffle

Tickets for evening event: $25 advance, $30 at the door Tickets and information:

Inn at Pacific City (across from Post Office in Pacific City), Kiawanda Community Center (Pacific City), on-line at www.communityartsproject.net, or call 503-392-4581.

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‘Your Heart’s Desire: A Celebration of Chocolate, Wine and Art’ promises Valentine-themed fun on Feb. 8 at Kiawanda Community Center

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“Your Heart’s Desire: A Celebration of Chocolate, Wine and Art,” the Community Arts Project’s annual Valentine-themed celebration, will return to the Kiawanda Community Center, Saturday, Feb. 8.

This year’s event, which features both a free afternoon art exhibit and sale and an evening extravaganza, will fete CAP’s 25 years of offering a monthly art education program for area elementary school

Photo by Tim Hirsch

PAST FORWARD, a jazz ensemble hailing from Newport will provide live music for the Community Arts Project fundraiser to be held Feb. 8 at Kiawanda Community Center.

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door and include complimentary appetizers, desserts, wine, beer, and sparkling cider. For information or to purchase tickets, call 503-392-4581.

Photos by Tim Hirsch

CHOCOLATE creations will share the stage with works of art by 46 local artists at the 10th annual “Your Heart’s Desire: a Celebration of Chocolate, Wine, and Art.”

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The festivities will start at noon at Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City, with an art sale. From noon-5 p.m., the public is welcome to view artwork from local artists — and beyond. Pieces will be mounted on three different-sized panels, plus, new this year, three-dimensional artwork that will include sculpture, pottery, glasswork and more. All art will be custom-made for the event around the artist’s interpretation of this year’s theme of “change.”

Cost of the pieces, which range from photography to paintings, encaustic to fabric art and are sized at 6 x 6 inches, 12 x 12 inches and 11 x 14 inches, are $60, $100 and $120, respectively. All proceeds will support the Art Literacy Program.

In total, 46 artists, will be producing more than 100 art pieces for the fundraiser.

“Each year we come up with a theme that we hope is broad enough that it can be interpreted in different ways so that it doesn’t limit the artists but inspires them,” says organizer Kim Cavatorta. “(For attendees), it’s an opportunity to add to your collection at very reasonable prices while supporting a great cause!”

New this year during the afternoon art sale will be art presentations by three local artists. From 1-3 p.m., Denise Clausen will demonstrate calligraphy techniques, Mark Cavatorta will showcase how he hand-builds his pottery, and Nicola Harrison will illustrate her acrylic painting process. Clausen is a local fiber artist, quilter, and, according to Kim, a wonderful calligrapher.

She is also a past teacher of both CAP’s Slug Soup summer art program and the art literacy program.

Art teacher at Nestucca Valley Jr.-Sr. High School, Mark Cavatorta has also taught in both CAP programs. He is known for his handbuilt pottery, which incorporates many images from nature.

“He likes to mimic the incremental building that happens in nature — like how, at the Cape, you’ll see the striation that indicate how sediments accumulate over the course of centuries,” says Kim. “He likes to incorporate a lot of different textures in his work as well.”

Harrison, a graduate of Western Oregon University’s fine arts program, specializes in acrylic painting.

“She has a wonderful sense of color and form,” says Kim. The art sale will continue from 6:30-10 p.m. during the event’s main event, which features trays of chocolate, sips of wine, beer and sparkling cider, and plenty of appetizers and other dessert to go around. Also on tap will be a raffle, silent auction and student art for sale.

Setting the tone for the evening celebration, for which tickets are required, will be an encore performance by the jazz ensemble Past Forward, who hail from Newport, Ore. The group also played at the 2013 event.

“The event has a very festive feeling about it,” says Kim. “And the music just adds to the festiveness of it.”

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Cloverdale, Garibaldi Grade School, and Cedar Creek Child Care Center in Hebo. Each month an age-appropriate 90-minute art education session is conducted in each classroom focusing on a famous artist or art movement. The lesson includes art history, technique, and aesthetic analysis, as well as an opportunity for each student to create their own artwork in the style of the artist or art movement presented. More than 450 students are reached every month. The program is privately funded and presented by CAP, which also presents the children’s summer art program “Slug Soup.”

“In Tillamook County, cultural opportunities for kids are few and far between,” says Kim. “It isn’t that we want the kids to necessarily become professional artists.

We just want to expose them to art so they know about it. So, some day if they’re traveling and see a Van Gogh, they’ll know something about him or know something about color or texture. We’re just trying to give kids an art orientation and history so they know about art.”

Funding for CAP programs relies on special events, grants, and the generous donations of local individuals and businesses.

The public is invited and welcome to join in this celebration.

Tickets to the evening event are $25 advance, $30 at the door. For information or to purchase tickets, call 503- 392-4581 or visit www. communityartsproject.net. Tickets may also be purchased at Kiawanda Community Center, 503-965-7900, and the Inn at Pacific City, 35215 Brooten Road, 503-965-6366.

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VIOLINIST MARK KAPLAN, together with pianist Yael Weiss, will play a concert on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. in the chapel at Camp Winema as part of the Neskowin Chamber Music’s 20th anniversary season.

A Sweet-Sounding Pair The duo of violinist Mark Kaplan and pianist Yael Weiss will play Feb. 9 at the chapel at Camp Winema

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iolinist Mark Kaplan and his pianist-collaborator Yael Weiss will present the fourth concert in Neskowin Chamber Music’s 20th anniversary season on Sunday, Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. in the chapel at Camp Winema.

The two first performed together in the summer of 1999, when they presented Bartok’s first sonata for violin and piano at the Seattle Chambers Music Festival. The collaboration worked so well that they played other engagements in London, New York, and Canada. They married in 2002.

Kaplan has performed with nearly every major American and European orchestra — including the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, the Cleveland and Philadelphia Orchestras, the Chicago and National Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Berlin Philharmonic and three orchestras in London. From 1997 to 2005, he was Professor of Violin at UCLA. In the fall of 2005, he joined the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University.

Yael Weiss has an equally extensive performance background in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, and South America at such venues as the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and London’s Wigmore Hall. A frequent

soloist with major orchestras in Seattle, Prague, and Jerusalem, she has been a regular guest on NPR, the BBC, and WQXR and WNYC in New York City.

She has presented numerous master classes at universities in the U.S. and Europe. She is currently on the music faculty at Indiana University.

Weiss’s devotion to chamber music led to the formation of the WeissKaplan-Newman Trio with Kaplan and cellist Clancy Newman in 2001. As a duo, she and Kaplan have performed at various music festivals in Europe and the U.S. Their performances embrace what they call “the music of the future while offering fresh insights into three centuries of masterworks.” The New York Times called their performance with Newman “three strong voices, locked in sequence.”

Kaplan and Weiss will present an outreach program on Monday, Feb. 10 at 9 a.m. at Nestucca Jr.-Sr. High School in Cloverdale.

Camp Winema is located three miles north of Neskowin, just west of Highway 101. Season tickets cost $110.

Individual tickets for $25 are available at the door; call ahead to get on a list. For more information, visit www. neskowinchambermusic.org or call 503-965-6499.

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Dr. Ruggerio, who received his doctorate in coastal engineering from OSU in 1997, is currently part of a team of OSU researchers who are participating in a Tillamook County Coastal Futures Project that is studying how climate-induced sea level rise, development, and population change will impact Tillamook County coastal communities. Questions they seek to answer Courtesy photo include: How will shrinkPETER RUGGERIO, associate professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmoing beaches and coastal spheric Sciences at Oregon State University, will give a talk entitled, “Envisionflooding affect where you ing Tillamook County Coastal Futures: Adapting to Climate Change Impacts live and work? What will on Coastal Hazards” on Feb. 10 at Pelican Pub & Brewery. The Nestucca Valley the Tillamook County coast Community Alliance sponsored event starts at 6 p.m. look like in 30 years? What decades in the context of sea level rise and changing about the growing number storminess. More information on the current research of visitors to the coast and the increasing demands for project can be found at www.envision.bioe,orst.edu/ services and infrastructure improvements? Dr. RugStudyAreas/Tillamook. gerio and his fellow researchers are working with a The popularity of science pub talks has been on diverse group of local citizens to develop the informathe rise in the past year. The informal science-oriented tion and tools necessary to design climate-resilient lectures combined with food and drink in a comfortstrategies on the Tillamook Coast. able pub atmosphere make learning an enjoyable and Three major project objectives have been outaccessible experience for many. The Pelican Pub also lined. The first is to build a coastal “Knowledge to Acrecently hosted University of Oregon chemist David tion Network,” which will consist of a team of stakeJohnson, who gave a pub talk on nanotechnology. holders, outreach specialists, and researchers who The NVCA is a non-profit, volunteer group whose will co-produce knowledge to inform climate-resilient stated purpose is to bring educational opportunities strategies in coastal Tillamook County. The second is and recreational venues to the community. The Feb. to develop a way to project the changing probability 10 event is the first in a planned series of science pub of coastal flooding and erosion along the Pacific NW talks sponsored by the NVCA. The presentation will Coast. The final objective is to develop the information begin at 6 p.m. with a preview of upcoming NVCA and tools needed to enable Pacific NW stakeholders to activities and a Tillamook coast trivia contest, followed envision future scenarios, assess impacts and associatby Dr. Ruggiero’s talk at 6:20 p.m. For more informaed changing community and ecosystem vulnerability, tion on the NVCA, visit www.nestucca.org. and initiate adaptation strategies over the next several

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Refuge hosts invasive species removal event The Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 7000 Christensen Rd., Cloverdale, is holding an Invasive Species Removal Event on Feb. 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Interested persons are invited to bring a bucket and their favorite hand tool. The refuge will provide tools for those who need to borrow them. People can arrive anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and join other workers on the upper level of the Refuge.

The Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a potential home to the endangered Silverspot Butterfly. Invasive species such as Foxglove interfere with the establishment of native plant communities critical to habitat restoration for the Silverspot. The soft ground this time of year lends to easier weeding than in drier times of the year.

Refuge volunteer Lee Sliman recommends that participants dress for the weather and wear gloves.

Call 503-812-6392 for more information.

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Fay Troth-Jensen, developer of Pacific City’s Four Sisters Village, dies at 91 Faye Marie Troth-Jensen passed away on Jan. 12 with her family by her side. She was 91.

She was born on May 5, 1922, in Sedro Woolley, Wash. to parents Etta and William Avery Stiles, the fifth child of six. She is survived by her brother, William Stiles Jr. of Sedro Woolley, Wash.; her children, Avette Troth-Gaiser, Lincoln City; Terry Troth-Selbak (Nabil), Salem; Delight Troth, Salem; and Suzanne Troth-Schmidt (Tony), Dallas, Ore. Troth-Jensen was preceded in death by her parents William Avery and Mary Etta Stiles, brother Louie Stiles, sisters, Helen Berg, Mable Cline, and Ann Nelson. She leaves her grandchildren, Angela Gaiser, Nadim Selbak (Rebecca), Zane Selbak (Katie), Ramsey Selbak (McKenna), Matthew Schmidt (Erin), and Alyssa Schmidt Vaughn (Kelly), along with two great-grandsons, Nabeel Selbak and Leo Selbak. Faye is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

She began her long career as a grade school teacher in Mt. Vernon, Wash. with an emergency teaching certificate received durCourtesy photo ing WWII. Troth-Jensen owned and operated FAYE TROTH-JENSEN, seen here in her youth, was the develTroth Kindergarten and Nursery School in oper of Pacific City’s Four Sisters Village. She also contributed Salem from 1950-1966, owned and operated land for the Kiawanda Community Center. Troth-Jensen died the Riverside Motel in Dallas, Ore. from 1972on Jan. 12. She was 91.

1991, developed Troth subdivision in Salem in 1975, and was the first woman president sorely missed by all who had the privilege of knowing of the Dallas Oregon Chamber of Commerce. In 2003, and loving her. The family hosted a private graveside while Faye was in her 80s, she developed Four Sister’s service for her on Jan. 18 in Sedro Woolley, Wash. To Village, in Pacific City and donated land to Tillamook honor her life and memory, the family asks donations County for the Kiawanda Community Center. be made in her name to the OHSU Knight Cancer She will be remembered for her tenacity, faith, Institute or Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Arrangebelief and sheer determination about life and will be ments are by Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service.

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CAFE ON HAWK CREEK, 4505 SALEM AVENUE, NESKOWIN. 503-392-4400. Specializing in wood-fired brick oven pizzas, this landmark establishment is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and offers a brunch on Sundays. Egg dishes, sandwiches, salads, seafood, pasta dishes, and more. NW wine list and beers on tap.

Outdoor seating on deck weather permitting.

DELICATE PALATE BISTRO, 35280 BROOTEN ROAD, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-6464. www.delicatepalate.com. The Bistro offers the freshest local products available set with a chic presentation highlighting regional cuisine. Our enumerated wine list spans the globe to bring you the finest wines available at reasonable prices, while the martini bar highlights classic cocktails intertwined with hip new blends fashioned from the best spirits available along with a great selection of local and international beers. Reserve your memory today.

DORYLAND PIZZA, CAPE KIWANDA DRIVE, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-6299. Fun, family atmosphere with four televisions and a big screen plasma TV to enjoy sporting events or your favorite shows. Established from the remodeled Pacific City Boat Works building built in the 1960s, Doryland retained the nautical atmosphere with its solid wood planked floors, brass accents and original charm. They added great pizza, sandwiches, salad bar, beer & wine, and video games. Open 11-8 Sunday-Thursday, 11-9 Friday & Saturday.

PELICAN PUB & BREWERY, 33180 CAPE KIWANDA DRIVE, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-7007. Ocean front brewery featuring award-winning Pelican brews, great food, and a family-friendly atmosphere. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner served daily. Open Sun–Thurs 8am-10pm and Fri–Sat 8am-11pm.

SPORTSMAN’S PUB-N-GRUB, 34975 BROOTEN ROAD, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-9991. Dating back to 1947 the original Sportsman’s Tavern was the only local watering hole and meeting spot for locals and visitors alike. It was the place people called for weather, fishing and news of locals as it had the only pay phone at the time. Things haven’t changed much — today the Sportsman’s is still a favorite meeting spot for locals and visitors alike. Although now food is a great attraction with locally caught fish from Sea Q Fish featuring dory fresh lingcod and sea bass prepared at the Sportsman’s is being hailed as the best fish and chips anywhere.

The fresh oysters from T&S oyster farm in Netarts have a huge local following and are delivered fresh every Friday. Come try some great grub at great prices and rub elbows with the locals.

STIMULUS, 33105 CAPE KIWANDA DRIVE, PACIFIC CITY. 503965-4661. Beautiful Ocean view espresso café serving Five Rivers Coffee, organic teas, and locally made pastries. Stimulus offers a large selection of breakfast sandwiches, homemade soups, hot Panini sandwiches, and salads. Open every day of the year from 6 am till 6 pm.

SUNRISE DELI, 31020 HIGHWAY 101 S., HEBO, LOCATED INSIDE NESTUCCA VALLEY SPORTING GOODS. 503-392-4269.

Home of Grandma Gefre’s home made clam chowder, Texas beans and home made potato salad. Comfort foods such as fresh made deli sandwiches and 1/3 pound hamburgers’ made to order your way. Add double cut fries and you have a real meal.

The “Dining Guide” is an advertiser-supported section of the Pacific City Sun. For info, call 503-801-2071.

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NESKOWIN CHAMBER MUSIC SERIES: ANDRIUS ZLABYS Jan. 26, 3 p.m. Camp Winema, three miles north of Neskowin, off of Hwy. 101. $25 at the door. Visit www.neskowinchambermusic. org for more information.

DINNER THEATRE: ‘CHECK PLEASE’ Jan. 24 & 25, doors open at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m., and play at 7:30 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101, Lincoln City.

The Riverbend Players present this comedy about blind dates gone wrong. $25 advance tickets; $30 at the door. Call 541-994-9994 for information and tickets.

‘THE PAJAMA GAME’ Jan. 24 & 25, 7 p.m. and Jan. 26, 2 p.m. The Barn Community Playhouse, 12th & Ivy, Tillamook.

Tickets available at Diamond Art Jewelers, 309 Main St., Tillamook, 503-842-7940. $15 adults, $10 seniors/students, $40 for family of four. Visit www.tillamooktheater.com.

CHILDREN’S READING SESSION Jan. 25, Feb. 1 & 8, 1-2 p.m. South Tillamook County Library, 6200 Camp St., Pacific City. For children ages 4 and up. Call 503-965-6163.

COFFEE CONCERT SMORGASBORD Jan. 26, 3 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. Entertainers Laura Green, Tess McKee, Toby Swick, Justin Herndon, Rita Warton, Sarah Bell, Echo Nash, Michael Kidd, Ashley Scheuing, and Emily Williams. Admittance by donation. Dessert and coffee included. Call 541-994-9994.

ANDRIUS ZLABYS OUTREACH CONCERT Jan. 27, 8:30 a.m. Nestucca Valley Elementary School, 36925 Hwy 101 S., Cloverdale. Pianist Andrius Zlabys plays an outreach concert courtesy of the Neskowin Chamber Music Series. Call 503965-6499 or visit www.neskowinchambermusic. org for more information.

NESTUCCA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING Jan. 27, 6 p.m. Nestucca Valley Jr./Sr. High School, 34660 Parkway Dr., Cloverdale. Call 503392-4892.

ARTISTS RECEPTION: BREANNA MORAN AND REBECCA SPANIEL Jan. 25, 2:30-4 p.m. Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106 Second St., Tillamook. Reception honoring Breanna Moran and Rebecca Spaniel showing their works in a new show “Women in Art, Redux.” Call 503-842-4553.

MASTER GARDENERS TRAINING PROGRAM Jan. 28, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tillamook Bay Community College conference room, 4301 Third St., Tillamook. Lawns and Propagation. $30 for individual day; call for pricing for full course load.

For information or to register, call Patricia Penney at 503-842-3433.

MANZANITA FILM SERIES Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m. Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. “The Best of the 39th Northwest Film & Video Festival.” $5 admission charge.

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GREAT SPEAKER SERIES Jan. 25, 1 p.m. Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106 Second St., Tillamook. Jade Aguilar will present “Mind the Gaps: How Gender Shapes our Lives.” Free presentation sponsored by Oregon Humanities. Call 503-842-4553.

2014 ANNUAL TILLAMOOK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY DINNER/MEETING Jan. 26, 3-5 p.m. St. Mary’s By the Sea Catholic Church, 275 S. Pacific Ave., Rockaway Beach.

Guest speaker Rich Mulcahy will speak on metal detecting on beaches. Bring beach finds to be verified by Cannon Beach Treasures. $15 for meal.

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BENEFIT ART SALE Feb. 8, noon-5 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. 90+ pieces of art on panels and sculptures for sale. Free. Visit www.communityartsproject.net.

‘MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LOOSE’ BABY STORY TIME Tuesdays, Jan. 28 & Feb. 4, 11 a.m. South Tillamook County Library, 6200 Camp St., Pacific City.

For birth to two years old. Story time followed by play and chat time. Call 503-965-6163.

SITKA ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SHOW AND TELL Jan. 29, 6 p.m. Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, 56605 Sitka Dr., Otis. Featuring Will Bruno, James Crews, Denise Kumani, Alex Hirsch, Doug Skidmore, and Heidi Beebe. Free and open to the public; light refreshments served. Call 541-9945485.

BINGO NIGHT Wednesdays, Jan. 29 & Feb. 5, 7-9:30 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. $1 cards, good for 12 games. Call 503-965-7900.

TAKE IT TO MARKET: ENTREPRENEURSHIP & YOUR GROWING BUSINESS Jan. 30, 5:15 p.m. Tillamook Bay Community College, 4301 Third St., Tillamook. $50 course designed for students interested in starting their own business. Call Emily Henry at 503-842-8222.

SILETZ BAY MUSIC: AARON MEYER Jan. 31, 7 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. Concert featuring electric rock violinist Aaron Meyer and guitarist Tim Ellis. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and wine at 6:30 p.m. Silent auction. Tickets $75 per person. Call 541-992-1131 or visit siletzbaymusic.org.

FOLK MUSIC: MATTHEW PRICE Feb. 1, 7 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. Matthew Price guitar-bass-drum trio. $12 advance tickets; $14 at the door. Call 541-994-9994.

PACIFIC CITY-NESTUCCA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING Feb. 4, noon. Pelican Pub & Brewery, 33180 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Optional $7 lunch. Call 503-392-4340.

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FREE ANTIQUE APPRAISALS Feb. 8, 5 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. Bring your antiques to be appraised by a panel of local antique dealers. Call 541-9949994.

MONDAY MUSICAL CLUB Feb. 2, 2 p.m. Tillamook High School auditorium, 2605 12th St. Concert by The Tokens. Advance tickets $25 for adults, $20 for students; adults $30 at the door, $25 for students. Call 503-842-2078.

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‘YOUR HEART’S DESIRE: A CELEBRATION OF CHOCOLATE, WINE AND ART’ Feb. 8, 6:30-10 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Benefit for art literacy in local schools. Chocolate and wine party, appetizers, art sale, silent auction, raffle, live jazz music. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Call Kim Cavatorta at 503-392-4581 or visit www.communityartsproject.net.

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KAPLAN/WEISS DUO OUTREACH CONCERT Feb. 10, 9 a.m. Nestucca Valley Jr./Sr. High School, 34660 Parkway Dr., Cloverdale. Pianist Yael Weiss and violinist Mark Kaplan play an outreach concert courtesy of the Neskowin Chamber Music Series. Call 503-965-6499 or visit www.neskowinchambermusic.org for more information.

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ost everyone has had a special coach, who for one reason or another, had an important and lasting impact, and whose memory brings back a happy smile.

Nestucca Valley Jr.-Sr. High School’s John Elder is just such a coach who has, for 31 years, taught many a Bobcat not only how to play the game, but how to be a better person and athlete.

Elder’s teaching and coaching efforts were recently recognized by the National Federation of State High School Associations. First, he was named the Oregon Boys Track & Field Coach of 2013, and now he has been named the 2013 Northwest Sectional Coach of the Year for Boys Track & Field. This section covers Oregon, Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. He was nominated for the awards by the Oregon High School Coaches for State, Sectional and National Coach of the Year Awards.

“It’s pretty awesome to be Photo by Dee Moore selected for the State Award, since NESTUCCA ATHLETIC DIRECTOR John Elder has been named the I know a lot of the Track Coaches in 2013 Northwest Sectional Coach of the Year for Boys Track & Field — a Oregon and have competed against section covering Oregon, Alaska, Washington, Idaho, Montana and them for years. The Regional Award Wyoming. He was nominated for the award by the Oregon High School was something I totally didn’t exCoaches for State, Sectional and National Coach of the Year Awards. pect, since I know there are many great coaches doing a lot of good and field coach of the year and team league champithings in those states,” Elder said. onships for boys and girls. I cannot think of a more “You never really think, as a coach, that anyone deserving person for this recognition. Nestucca High will notice the job that you do —especially in the School is very proud of John as a teacher and as a relatively isolated spot we live in. All the good coaches coach.”

I know don’t do the job for any kind of public recogniElder is excited as well as amazed that he was tion or reward, most do it for the small moments of selected for the regional honor. triumph you share with athletes, whether it be a state “I’ve been really fortunate to work with so many championship, district championship or just a pergreat athletes and great kids at Nestucca. Our kids sonal record at a dual meet.” work extremely hard and have put a pretty competitive According to NFHS executive director Robert brand on NHS Track and Field. I was lucky enough to Gardner, Elder’s efforts are representative of all the be a part of the first-ever state championship team at coaches in the Northwest section who have dedicated NHS (Girls Track 1991). their time and talents to teaching sports.

“The coaches and volunteers I have learned and Elder’s “contributions to high school athletics are benefited from are appreciated more than I can say. truly deserving of our recognition and thanks,” GardThey have definitely helped us achieve what we have ner said to the coach in the award letter. over the years. The goal remains to bring our commuNVHS principal Randy Wharton is proud of his nity and school their first-ever boys’ championship,” friend. Elder, who currently serves as athletic direche said. tor as well as track coach, has taught many different Elder will be honored as both state and regional sports for the school over the years. coach of the year on May 24 at the annual OACA Award “This is a well deserved honor for John. He has Banquet. been a very successful track and field coach at Nestucca High School. He has won several league track

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n the spring of 1887, the Oretown School District hired 19-year-old Miss Alexandria Ley to teach a six-month summer school term. She started the journey from Portland by first taking a train to Sheridan, a wagon to Grande Ronde and then by horseback over the Little Nestucca River trail to Oretown.

With the shortage of women in the early years of Tillamook County, teachers like Alexandria were soon courted by pioneer young men.

Miss Alexandria (Lexie) Ley immediately caught the eye of Hardy Rock. They married in 1888 and raised three children. She was also an early postmistress at Oretown.

Alexandria was always interested in history and collected information from early settlers about the area.

At 81, she added her own recollections into a handwritten account for her family.

It was later typed by Marie Rock Haglund in 1949, and the original copy given to the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum. The Neskowin Courtesy photo Community Association took PICTURED ABOVE with her husband Hardy, Alexandria Rock penned her on the project of printing a recollections of life as early settlers when she was 81. Her recollections were book using her manuscript printed in book form under the title of “Little Nestucca River Country” by the and adding wonderful drawNeskowin Community Association in 1982. ings by Michael Schlicting in 1982. The Neskowin Community Association realized how ren Vaughn and “The Adventures of Dr. Huckleberry” important Alexandria’s observations and documentaby Dr. Huckleberry. If you would like to join us in this tions were to understanding the early history of Little project and others, come to one of our meetings on the Nestucca Country. second Tuesday of each month at Tillamook Bay ComBecause this edition went out of print, the Tillamunity College, starting at 11 a.m. mook County Historical Society had the book reformatSome interesting facts revealed in “Little Nestucca ted and re-printed adding additional pictures from the River Country” include: Electricity was brought to Rock’s family collection. The book, titled “Little NesNeskowin in 1929; the Golf course at Neskowin built tucca River Country,” is now almost out of print again, in 1930; Little Nestucca River dikes were built from and the Tillamook County Historical Society just voted 1916-17; the cranberry marsh at Neskowin was planted to print an additional 100 copies. The book is currently in 1912-13; in 1925, Andy Hess of Meda started a fox available at the Village Merchants in Pacific City, the farm which he discontinued in 1936 because fur prices Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, Tillamook County dropped too low; children attended school bare-footed, Libraries or by contacting me at heronlanding123@ and schools were held only three months in the sumgmail.com. mer because of muddy trails and stormy weather; and The TCHS is looking at re-printing several other on Jan. 19, 1909, Nestucca Bay was frozen all the way out-of-print books such as “Til Broad Daylight” by Waracross.

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FISHING&OUTDOORS Dry weather dips river level and limits drift boating opportunities in Nestucca River

By PAT GEFRE for the Sun

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ell, here we are again waiting for rain! Enough water to keep the rivers up, at fishable and driftable levels, seems to be hard to come by this winter. We had a nice shot of rain a couple of weeks ago, which did spark some fishing, but we’re right back to where we were when we didn’t have enough water to drift a boat comfortably. The last rains we experienced came just a little early for winter steelhead in the Nestucca River as the best months are February, March and April — providing we get some April rains.

Though we’re not able to drift much of the river, especially from Blaine down to first bridge, we will be able to float the lower river. The winter steelhead run will come with or without much rain. The real problem will be that everyone will be concentrated from first bridge in Beaver to Cloverdale. This will make fishing crowded and most folks grumpy about how many boaters there are within a small section of river. With no rains, a very large section of river is unfishable by boat.

The area from Blaine down to first bridge will be accessible by pontoon boats and rafters only — no drift boaters will want to chance the upper river. The other major concern and probably a bigger one will be spring chinook. With no snow accumulating in the mountains, there will not be enough spring run off for spring salmon. With low water levels, salmon fishing will be difficult at best.

There will not be enough water for boaters, and fishing will be made very challenging with water extra low and clear.

Only time will tell.

Many fishermen are keeping their fingers crossed hoping it’s not too late for more rain and snow in the mountains. Another factor will be the reservoirs in Carlton and McMinnville. With the water supply for that whole area coming from Nestucca headwaters, the water utilities will also be holding back more water if they don’t receive enough rain and snow to keep their water supply sufficiently full. The demand for water in McMinnville is increasing every year, and their need to retain water supplies tops fish needs. In short, municipalities have priority over fish.

Interestingly enough, the Farmers Almanac that came out last fall had predicted a very dry winter for this year.

It is amazing to me that they can predict a whole year in advance, and, most of the time, claim accuracy of about 90 to 95 percent.

Around here, you have to be careful what you wish for because more often than not, rain means heavy rains, and that often leads to long spells of high water and flooding. Getting just the right amounts of rain to keep the rivers in good condition just doesn’t seem to be in the playbook with any reliability. We are kinda’ like farmers before irrigation.

That said, you have to get your fishing in when the opportunity arises. In other words, you snooze you lose! So for now, I will take the low water with at least an opportunity over flooding and no opportunity.

On Tuesday evening, Jan. 21, there was a big meeting in Tillamook at the ODFW office. The topic was final discussions for the new 25-year species management plan that has been nearly three years in the making. I was not able to attend because of other commitments, but I have reviewed the plan numerous times. Some rivers are, in my opinion, getting a better deal than others. Fortunately for the Nestucca, I think we are going to benefit from the new plan. Winter steelhead and fall chinook programs will remain as they have been. The Rhodes Pond fall chinook program is untouched and will continue on, in large part due to the large number of volunteers and dedicated folks participating.

The public interest in this program and its success make it a hard one for ODFW to do away with. The winter broodstock steelhead program will remain in place as well. Where the Nestucca will get additional opportunities will be the addition of another 30,000 summer steelhead smoltz and an additional 100,000 spring chinook smoltz added to the existing fisheries. This should make the Nestucca and Three Rivers springer salmon fishery exceptional. Summer steelhead fishing should improve as well, although it’s more of a challenge to get to them in low summer water. I would bet we see more pontoon boaters and canoes in the future as a drift boat is out of the question in low summer water.

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Height

High Tide

Height

Jan. 24 1:08 p.m. 1.5 ft.

5:45 a.m.

6:56 p.m.

7.6 ft.

5.2 ft.

Jan. 25

12:15 a.m.

2:16 p.m.

2.7 ft.

0.9 ft.

6:39 a.m.

8:23 p.m.

7.8 ft.

5.3 ft.

Jan. 26

1:25 a.m.

3:17 p.m.

2.9 ft.

0.4 ft.

7:38 a.m.

9:34 p.m.

8.1 ft.

5.7 ft.

Jan. 27

2:38 a.m.

4:12 p.m.

2.9 ft.

-0.3 ft.

8:38 a.m.

10:31 p.m.

8.6 ft.

6.3 ft.

Jan. 28

3:45 a.m.

5:02 p.m.

2.8 ft.

-0.8 ft

9:36 a.m.

11:20 p.m.

8.9 ft.

6.7 ft.

Jan. 29

4:45 a.m.

5:49 p.m.

2.5 ft. 10:32 a.m.

-1.2 ft.

9.2 ft.

Jan. 30

5:41 a.m.

6:34 p.m.

2.1 ft.

-1.3 ft.

12:04 a.m.

11:25 p.m.

7.3 ft.

9.3 ft.

Jan. 31

6:35 a.m.

7:17 p.m.

1.7 ft.

-1.2 ft.

12:47 a.m.

12:17 p.m.

7.7 ft.

9.2 ft.

Feb. 1

7:28 a.m.

8:00 p.m.

1.4 ft.

-0.8 ft.

1:29 a.m.

1:08 p.m.

8.0 ft.

8.9 ft.

Feb. 2

8:21 a.m.

8:43 p.m.

1.2 ft.

-0.3 ft.

2:10 a.m.

2:01 p.m.

8.2 ft.

8.2 ft.

Feb. 3

9:16 a.m.

9:25 p.m.

1.1 ft.

0.4 ft.

2:53 a.m.

2:55 p.m.

8.4 ft.

7.5 ft.

Feb. 4

10:14 a.m.

10:10 p.m.

1.1 ft.

1.1 ft.

3:37 a.m.

3:54 a.m.

8.2 ft.

6.7 ft.

Feb. 5

11:17 a.m.

10:58 p.m.

1.2 ft.

1.8 ft.

4:23 a.m.

5:00 p.m.

8.1 ft.

5.9 ft.

Feb. 6

12:26 a.m.

11:53 p.m.

1.2 ft.

2.5 ft.

5:13 a.m.

6:19 p.m.

7.8 ft.

5.5 ft.

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SOPHOMORE BRETT ELDER scores two right after the tip off against Faith Bible Tuesday, Jan. 21. The ‘Cats built an early 12-6 lead but dropped the game 49-42.

Nestucca falls to Faith Bible, 49-42

By DEE MOORE for the Sun

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t was a tight, tense basketball game between the Nestucca Bobcats and the Faith Bible Falcons Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Though the ‘Cats struck first — sophomore Brett Elder scored the first two points — and built an early 12-6 lead thanks to Elder’s scoring, solid ball movement and a field goal and pair of free throws by senior guard Max Kirdendall and a three from sophomore guard Raymond Jackson-Cruz, Nestucca couldn’t maintain the effort, losing to the Falcons, 49-42.

The Falcons trimmed the lead to 12-9 by the end of the first.

The second quarter saw Nestucca lose their pacing and begin to slow down. According to coach Jim Kiser, he was only playing six guys throughout the entire game, because the Bobcats’ bench is not very

deep. Meanwhile, the aggressive Falcons are a tall team. It was 12-12 after Faith Bible added 3 points at the top of the second quarter. They build a 26-16 lead by halftime.

But Nestucca climbed into the game, drawing to within 34-30 by the end of the third. But it wasn’t enough as the Falcons regained the momentum in the final period.

“I am really proud of their effort,” Kiser said.

The game was an improvement over their previous matchup when the ‘Cats last lost to the Falcons, 65-29.

The team as a whole is improving and they are learning that instead of counting on their teammates they need to score, the coach said, to always be looking to the rim.

Elder finished the game with 16 points and 10 rebounds, Kirkendall scored 12 points and McKillip added 8.

Lady ‘Cats improve, but drop game to Falcons, 36-19

By DEE MOORE for the Sun

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or the Nestucca Lady Bobcats, winning is learning and the team has been doing quite a lot of that lately. Though the team lost 36-19 to the Faith Bible Lady Falcons Tuesday, Jan. 21, it was obvious from their game play that the Lady ‘Cats have come a very long way in a short time.

The team’s coach, Tim Foster, has been rebuilding his team from the ground up. He has come to the ladies with a different teaching and coaching style and it is paying off. Team members were obviously beginning to move in step with each other as they battled the Lady Falcons who have an aggressive playing style as well as more height and reach than the Nestucca girls.

The ‘Cats began the game fresh but hesitant. Several younger team members saw more play during this game. According to the coach it gave the younger girls an opportunity to play and learn.

“We put some obstacles in our own way because we had several girls that didn’t make it to practice Monday, so some saw a reduction in playing time for this game, but our younger girls filled in nicely and when the rest of them got called on to play they were ready and contributed,” Foster said.

The team scored five points during the first quarter but failed to find the basket during the second.

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the second quarter definitely set us back a bit, but our defense kept the game within reach by only allowing them to score 16 in the first half,” the coach said.

The Lady ‘Cats hit the court after halftime more determined to play a better, faster paced game. But even as junior wing guard Perla Garcia scored two points at the top of the quarter, the Falcons continued to pad their score, 18-7.

Juniors Kycie Richwine, guard, and Monica Chatelain, wing guard, both experienced players, provided most of the ball movement on the court, rebounding often and functioning as forwards. Richwine gave the team a three-pointer during the third quarter as well making the score.

Still, Faith Bible worked around the ‘Cat defense and scored often, taking a 26-12 lead to the final period.

“The girls played really well. We got too many shots blocked trying to shoot over taller defenders, but we stayed aggressive on offense and that’s what we need to do. We lost by 25 when we played them earlier, so this was an improvement.

“The thing that really stood out to me was our willingness to play hard and with intensity until the last seconds of the game. That kind of work ethic will pay off when get into the final minutes of close games in the future,” Foster said.

In recent play, the Lady ‘Cats lost to Delphian 3935 on Jan. 17; to Riverdale 45-17 on Jan. 14; to Portland Christian 53-5 and to Gaston 38-17.

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