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Tillamook County Commissioner Mark Labhart joins Cedar Creek Childcare Center board member Nancy Emerson in feting the center during its 20th anniversary celebration on Friday, March 2. Labhart and other County staff worked with the Cedar Creek Board in helping the county secure the federal Community Development Block Grant that built the Child Care Facility at Hebo. He was also a key player in ensuring that building came in on time and on budget. “This child care facility is a key economic development opportunity because it provides valuable child care in south county where very little opportunities were available,” said Labhart. “Now, parents have a site to take their children to that provides much needed child care for working parents.” For more information, visit www.cedarcreekchildcare.com or call 503-392-4449.

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FOLK ARTIST TERESA TURDURY will bring her time-tested bluesy-folk music to The Mercantile in Beaver on March 15 for a 7 p.m. concert. With a background as a singer, songwriter, and actress, Turdury’s musical folk tales come to life. She had her first recording contract at age 16, and not long after, met and became friends with Janis Joplin. Later she met historian and poet Robert Graves, who made a lasting impression on her that helps shape her music today. She was also mentored by Leonard Cohen. After moving to New York, she was the opening act at Max’s Kansas City, opening for musical artists such as Patty Smith, John Prine, Al Stewart, Dick Shawn, and others. In 2002, Tudury was diagnosed with a neurological illness that forced her to start all over again — relearning to talk and play instruments again. She wrote a one-woman show about her experience that played to packed audiences. The Mercantile is located at 24747 Hwy 101 S. in Beaver. Doors open at 6 p.m. Suggested donation is $12 — call 503-398-5720 for reservations. See page 11 for more information.

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GET A GLIMPSE at the make up of a friend during “Friendship: Reviving, Surviving or Dying,” the second of six Coastal Think Tank talks sponsored by the Oregon Humanities. The discussion is Sunday, March 25, 2 p.m. at the Inn at Cape Kiwanda. Courtney Campbell (at left) and Lani Roberts are the presenters. Admission is $5.

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On Our Cover: THE FATHER-SON team of Thaddeus and Bob Thompson are revamping Chester’s (formerly PC Hometown Market).

Bob (right) purchased Photo by Tim Hirsch the store on Feb. 27 and Thaddeus (at left) will be the operations of that store as well as Chester’s Thriftway in John Day, which Bob has owned since 2001.

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While there, he was editor of the Hastings Center Report, the premier academic journal of biomedical ethics. Campbell received his master’s and doctoral degrees in religious studies at the University of Virginia and his bachelor’s degree in religious studies at Yale University.

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Admission to the talk is $5. A $25 pass is also available and is good for the remaining talks. Tickets and passes are available at the Inn at Pacific City, 35215 Brooten Road. The Coastal Think Tank series is funded

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Learn some of the answers Sunday, March 25, when Dr. Courtney Campbell and Dr. Lani Roberts present “Friendship: Reviving, Surviving, or Dying,” the second in a series of “Coastal Think Tanks” sponsored by Oregon Humanities. The event starts at 2 p.m. at the Inn at Cape Kiwanda.

Relying on the wisdom of the philosopher Aristotle, as well as related questions of friendship, the conversation will consider a number of questions including: Can friendship occur between men and women? Can parents and adult children be friends? Can friends be lovers or lovers, friends? Can we live in what a writer from The New York Times calls the “faux-friendship age?”

Courtney S. Campbell is Hundere Chair in Religion and Culture and professor of philosophy at Oregon State University, where his primary teaching and research interests focus on ethical issues in medicine, concepts of peace and war, theories of death and dying, and comparative religious ethics. He has been on the OSU faculty since 1990 and has received numerous awards for teaching and scholarship. Prior to joining the OSU faculty, Campbell was a research associate at the Hastings Center in New York, a think tank for ethics in

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IN the NEWS Library club hosts bake sale PACIFIC CITY — The South Tillamook County Library Club will host a “Book, Bake and Plant Sale” on Saturday, March 24, at Pacific Coast Bible Church, 33570 Brooten Road.

The sale opens at 8 a.m. for club members and the public is welcome from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. A quilt made by the Kiawanda Community Center Tuesday Stitchers will also be raffled.

It will be available for viewing two weeks prior at the South Tillamook County Library. For more information, call 503-965-3681.

Feasting on solutions TILLAMOOK — Food Roots and Oregon Food Bank will host “Food, Education, Agriculture Solutions Together,” Saturday, March 17, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 at Tillamook County Library’s main branch, 1716, 3rd Street.

FEAST is billed as an opportunity to learn have meaningful conversations about local agriculture, food, related education, school and community gardens and community and economic development within those sectors. There is no charge to participate in this event. However, a free locally sourced lunch will be served and space is limited to those who pre-register. Participants can register for FEAST by visiting http://tillamookfeast.eventbrite.com/ or www. foodrootsnw.org. (events). For more information, call 503-815-2800.

Filling a need TILLAMOOK — The Tillamook County United Way is accepting applications for 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations that serve human health, human welfare, and youth needs. Applications can be found on the website at www.tillamookcountyunitedway.org or by contacting tcuw@oregoncoast.com. Submitting an application does not guarantee acceptance. Additional guidance can be found in the bylaws, also available on-line. Deadline for application is March 30. For more information, contact Lisa Phipps at 503-801-4122 or at lisaphipps08@gmail.com

Mapping the Sea Pacific City plays host to last – and biggest — of Territorial Sea Plan mapping public forums

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun PACIFIC CITY — The last of a series of public forums held by the Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council’s Territorial Sea Plan Working Group was held Tuesday, March 6 at Kiawanda Community Center and many in the community took the chance to voice their opposition to ocean energy parks in the waters stretching west of Pacific City.

With 125 in attendance and 25 giving public testimony, the forum attracted far more interest than any of the other seven forums — the next largest turnout was in Camp Rilea, a session where 70 attended.

Members of the TSPWG are in the final stages of creating a map that outlines the variety of uses along Oregon’s territorial sea — a map that will provide direction to the Territorial Sea Plan as to where ocean energy projects might be allowed.

The working group plans to make a recommendation to OPAC leadership during a March 22 meeting in Newport. Working group members said the forums were important because they help complete the picture of the variety of concerns that could impact those recommendations.

They have also garnered data and opinions from a variety of concerned users and experts — including state and federal agencies, renewable energy groups and companies, the conservation community, the Surfrider Foundation and fishing groups.

There is significant concern over the threat of ocean development off of Pacific City — primarily for two important reasons. First, there are two companies that have submitted proposals — since put on hold pending the completion of the TSP. Principal Power has proposed a windmill generating plant, and Aquamarine Power what the company describes as “Oyster” devices. Secondly, though the Pacific City dorymen were reached out to along with other fishing groups up and down the coast, they initially decided not to release their fishing maps, a decision that initially left a big area open that was sparse on

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reasons why not to allow ocean energy development in the area. The dorymen did release their maps — considered proprietary data — but because they lacked GIS data, they could not be integrated into the working group’s Marine Map system, which is a graphical-based database that stores information about all the current uses within any given square mile in Oregon’s territorial sea. Working group chair David Allen said that if that data could be provided, the information could be added to “Oregon Marine Map,” but meanwhile the map provided is available at the www. oregonoceans.info. But whether that data gets included in the mapping program or not — working group members said it will still hold the same weight. Described as heat maps — maps that indicate hot spots of activity that may be in conflict with any ocean energy device — the maps are a crucial piece in the effort to determine where development might be allowed.

“You were asked to participate in (the contribution of fishing maps) at a time when everybody’s nerves were rubbed raw,” said working group member Onno Husing. “We all understand why. You’ve given us a map we can work with. It will have equal standing in terms of the planning process right now. If there was a way to provide that data that would lend itself to marine maps, that would be a further advantage, but you’ve been heard tonight.

We’re going to work together and develop an ocean plan (that works).”

Whether or not that data will be enough for the working group to recommend to OPAC that the area off of Pacific City should be off limits for development will be decided on March 22. Fisherman’s Advisory Committee for Tillamook County co-chair Craig Wenrick believes there’s very good reasons to do just that.

“We’re really concerned about ocean energy,” said Wenrick, who is also cochair of the Dorymen’s Association. “I would like to put it out on the table right now that Cascade Head to Cape Lookout would be exclusionary. I think it’s a prime place to have it.”

Wenrick pointed to the historical

presence of a small boat fleet, fishing and surfing as reasons for its preservation.

“It’s been called the most scenic area

by Ray Atkinson, the best-known photographer in America,” he said. “There’s minimal exploitation right now in the area. It’s off the beaten path; it’s a long distance from any major city; it’s a long distance from any major port. I think we’ve got a gold mine here and it can be a basis for what you gauge the rest of the coast.”

But honoring the dory fleet’s freedom to fish wasn’t the only cry of alarm. Many residents were also up in arms about how adding ocean energy devices would affect our unspoiled views of Haystack Rock and the sea.

“Tourism is a huge issue here on the Oregon Coast,” said Dave Yamamota, chair of the Pacific City-Woods Community Planning Advisory Committee. “View sheds are important and haven’t been addressed fully.”

He said the potential to see the devices — either from the beach or from hillside homes that adorn much of Pacific City — goes beyond the three miles that make up Oregon’s territorial sea.

“You can be on the beach and you can see probably six to eight miles,” he said. “One of these ocean energy devices you’re talking about is these huge windmills 400 feet tall. You can put those windmills 20 miles out and from where I live at elevation, I can surely see it.”

“From where I live at 35 feet elevation, I can see 12 miles out,” added Pacific City resident Julius Jortner. “I don’t know how large it would look if it was 12 miles out, but it will be visible.”

Others, though, pointed to the Oregon Coast’s reliance on energy sources far away — and the long transmission lines that entails. They pointed to developing ocean energy as a way for the coast to provide their fare share of the power they consume.

For more information on OPAC’s Territorial Sea Plan, visit www.oregonoceans. info. Oregon MarineMap information can be viewed at oregon.marinemap.org.

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Community outlines their dreams of ideal school district

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun PACIFIC CITY — The possibility of bringing back a five-day school week was a repeated theme during a Feb. 27 community forum designed to kick start Nestucca Valley School District’s visioning process.

The forum, led by independent moderator Verna Wise, also elicited a lot of sweeping goals such as 100 percent graduation rate, improved nutrition programs, reaching out for more volunteers and better vocational training and college preparation.

The opinions were solicited by dividing the group into several small groups with the all participants hearing reports from each table at night’s end.

“There was a push to go back to a five day at our group,” said Julie Fiedler, head of school at Neskowin Valley School. “One person had noticed that her readers would really lose a lot of ground in a three-day weekend. There was also people at our table that said if we have to stay at a four-day week is there a way to increase that so that the kids got a richer

experience.”

Ideas to help give the district the financial resources to bring back a fiveday week included doing more grant writing and contracting for support services like buses and meals.

There also seemed to be building anticipation about the coming Tillamook Bay Community College campus, which is being erected on the high school’s property, as several group representatives wanted to look at maximizing that coming resource.

The next step, said superintendent Kathryn Hedrick, will be for the school to develop a survey that will provide another opportunity to comment. The district is also in the process of forming a synthesizing committee that will pare down all the information it is gathering from both community forums with the community, student and staff, and the upcoming survey. Information will be presented to the school’s board on May 14 and a final report and any adoptions on June 4.

Visit www.nestucca.k12.or.us to keep abreast of announcements or call 503392-4892.

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A door to the dark side TILLAMOOK — “Wait Until Dark”, produced by Tillamook Association of the Performing Arts, will open with a champagne gala event on March 16 starting at 7 p.m. at the Barn Community Playhouse, on the corner of 12th and Ivy. Subsequent performances will be March 17, 23, 24, 31 and 31 at 7 p.m. and March 25 at 2 p.m. All performances are at the Barn Community Playhouse.

Tickets are available by calling Diamond Art Jewelers at 503-842-7940 and at the door. It is strongly recommended you call and reserve your tickets early.

“Wait Until Dark” is a story about the many sides of darkness. The darkness of the mind of a killer, the darkness that comes from being physically blind, the darkness of dangers unseen and the simple darkness that occurs with the flip of a switch.

Directed by TAPA veteran Dan Phillips, the thriller focuses on the recently blinded woman Susy, whose whole world has become dark as the result of

an accident six months earlier. Happily married to Sam, her photographer husband, both are unaware that he has unwittingly brought a doll filled with heroin into their home. With Sam away on a photo shoot, Susy is left home alone to meet and greet Mr. Harry Roat and his two henchmen, Mike Talman and Sgt. Carlino, who connive their way into her home by pretending to be someone they’re not.

With the aid of her precocious neighbor Gloria, who has taken the doll for herself, Susy eventually realizes that no one is who they say they are and that her life is in imminent danger. As we watch Susy struggle to survive, she uses the only weapon she has against the men and we join her on the roller coaster ride of her life where all of us eventually plunge into the darkness together.

This show is not recommended for younger children. For more information call Deborah Coon, at 503-842-3999.

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ODOT to split funding for Noble Wayside CLOVERDALE — Tillamook County’s Oregon Department of Transportation flex fund grant application has reportedly hit an unexpected road block — Paul Levesque, director of contracts, facilities and fleet for Tillamook County, said that though no award has been made yet, ODOT indicated to him that the initial grant — expected to be about $250,000 — will only be for final design, preparation of plans and specifications, and bid documents.

Following ODOT’s recommendation, the Oregon Transportation Commission will make all final awards on March 21.

The project is to be for a wayside and park-and-ride in downtown Cloverdale. The county applied for ODOT’s Flexible Funds Program on Oct. 20 and is seeking $253,903 for the project.

The decision means that the county will have to apply for a second grant for the construction phase. Levesque remains confident that that funding will come through — eventually.

“It seems unlikely to me that they would make an award like this to design something that they don’t intent on funding,” he said.

“It’s reasonable to assume that they’ll fund construction subject to us being able to get matching funds.

“They want it to go through the rigor that other ODOT projects go through,” he added. “That includes a cultural analysis, an archeological analyses, and a National Environmental Policy Act review.”

Levesque will be meeting with ODOT officials on March 12 to determine the scope of work and to hammer out an intergovernmental agreement between Tillamook County and ODOT. He said he also hopes to discover what the matching requirements will be.

By splitting the project in two, it may or may not be time loss — the original plan was to start construction in 2013 — but it will make it more difficult to come up with a match for this first phase. Levesque said that if the grant would have gone through in one piece, they could have used the Tillamook County Transportation District’s commitment to build the structures as a key component of any required match.

“We’ll have to figure out where to find the matching money,” he said. “Certainly my time will be involved, but I’m quite certain that it’s not enough for the match.”

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A candidate meet-and-greet forum will feature five conservative-leaning candidates for local and state offices including, l-r, Kari Fleisher, Knute Buehler and Thomas Donohue. Participants not pictured are Andrew Long and Jim Welsh. The event is planned for St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, 1-4 p.m. at Kiawanda Community Center.

A Conservative Approach Candidate ‘Meet-and-Greet’ to feature conservative-leaning candidates PACIFIC CITY —Tillamook County Commissioner, Position #1, candidate and Pacific City resident Thomas Donohue is hosting a forum intended as a meet and greet for conservativeleaning candidates on St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17, 1-4 p.m. at the Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Drive.

Candidates slated to appear include Kari Fleisher, running for county assessor; Andrew Long, Tillamook County sheriff; Knute Buehler, Oregon secretary of state; Thomas Donohue, Tillamook County Commissioner; and Jim Welsh, Oregon House of Representatives, district 32.

Each candidate will speak for 5-10 minutes, followed by a question and answer session during which both the audience and other candidates will be invited to query the political hopefuls. Welsh, who serves as chair of the Tillamook County Republican Central

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Donohue has worked for the Oregon State Lottery for nearly 20 years as a technical analyst and support specialist training their electronic technicians, writing technical manuals and assisting the retail operations department in marketing. He is the vice-chair of the Tillamook County Republican Central Committee, the communications officer for the Tillamook County Chapter of Americans for Prosperity, and is a director of the Pacific City Dorymen’s Association.

Fleisher’s government experience includes working for the Tillamook County Assessors office for the last eight years, rising to the senior position of commercial/industrial appraiser.

Her volunteer activities have included representing Bay City as a city councilor, serving on the Port of Garibaldi budget committee, and a 4-H volunteer at the Tillamook County Fair.

Pioneer Museum hosts ‘Weaving Traditions’ exhibit TILLAMOOK — “Weaving Traditions,” a display of Native American baskets from the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum’s collection, will run from now until July 24 and feature sixty-two of the museum’s baskets, hats, purses and other weavings.

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Born in Roseburg, Buehler is an orthopedic surgeon and currently lives in Bend. He attended Johns Hopkins Medical School in Maryland and graduated from Oxford University on the strength of a Rhodes Scholarship to study economics and politics. After assisting the 1992 Ross Perot presidential campaign, he helped author several initiatives to reform Oregon’s election laws. Buehler advocates accountability in government spending, a government that partners with businesses, removing the politics from our state election division, and a balanced use of state lands.

Long was appointed sheriff on Nov. 1 and joined the Tillamook County Sheriff’s office in 1991. His law enforcement career has spanned nearly all facets as Long has served as a corrections deputy, patrol deputy, patrol sergeant, detective sergeant, jail commander, and undersheriff.

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“Lizzie was not only the best basket maker in Tillamook, she was the bestknown. And she taught that craft to her nieces, just as Maggie taught it to her,” said Gary Albright, museum director.

In conjunction with the show, the museum will be hosting “Uniquely Oregon; Native American Arts in Oregon,” an Oregon Humanities Conversation Project program with Tracy Prince, on

Saturday, May 26 at 1 p.m. Also scheduled is a basket weaving workshop by fifth generation Grand Ronde weaver Stephanie Wood on Saturday, June 30.

The Museum, located at 2106 Second Street in downtown Tillamook, is open from Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 503-842-4553 or visit www.tcpm. org.

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FRESH PRODUCE, FRESHER IDEAS — Thaddeus Thompson (at left) is now overseeing operations at both the new Chester’s (formerly PC Hometown Market) and the Chester’s Thriftway in John Day. His father Bob CowanThompson (right) has owned the John Day store since 2001 and just bought the Pacific City store on Feb. 29.

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Mar. 9

7:13 a.m.

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Mar. 10

8:01 a.m.

8:04 p.m.

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0.8 ft.

1:20 a.m.

1:55 p.m.

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7.4 ft.

Mar. 11

9:51 a.m.

9:46 p.m.

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1.4 f.t

1:59 a.m.

3:49 p.m.

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Mar. 12

10:46 a.m.

10:32 p.m.

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3:42 a.m.

4:50 p.m.

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6.4 ft.

Mar. 13

11:47 a.m.

11:27 p.m.

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4:29 a.m.

6:00 p.m.

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Mar. 15 12:36 a.m.

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Chester’s takes over PC Hometown Market, promises lower prices, greater selection

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun PACIFIC CITY — Changes are afoot at Pacific City’s home for produce, meats and grocery goods of all types. PC Hometown Market was sold by past owner Don Sheely to Bob Cowan-Thompson and his wife Kay on Feb. 29. Their son Thaddeus Thompson is overseeing operations of both the 4,000 square foot Pacific City store and their sister store in John Day — Chester’s Thriftway, a 30,000 square foot grocery center that Bob has owned since 2001 and worked at since 1985.

A lifelong resident of similarly sized John Day and 2009 graduate of the University of Oregon, Thaddeus says that out of the 10 stores they contemplated purchase of, PC Hometown Market was the best fit.

“Walmart likes to build 200,000 square feet buildings and we like little towns. That’s more our style — small and friendly. It’s the same way in John Day even though it’s a bigger store. It’s a small town — you know everybody and everybody is friends with everybody.”

It is a sentiment that his dad echoes.

“We like rural areas,” he said. “That’s why we’re in John Day. We feel like we’ve got the ability to service small towns.”

For the time being, their new store will simply be named Chester’s as the lack of a deli and bakery precludes it from joining the Thriftway family. Thaddeus said they hope to add both within a year, but whether that will translate into a Thriftway name remains to be seen.

“The next smallest (Thriftway) store is 8,000 square feet,” said Thaddeus. “They’ll have to make up their mind whether they want a store this small.”

Changes already afoot under the new management include an expanded selection of produce, but perhaps the biggest adjustment is the one that you’ll

feel in your wallet.

“There are at least 3,500 price declines,” said Thaddeus.

Additional future plans include the debut of tent sales during summer events like Dory Days and the 4th of July.

But other changes will be up to you. The Thompsons said they are open to requests to either carry new items on the shelves or sell items to customers by the case. They also would like to expand their selection of locally produced grocery items. Area vendor are encouraged to contact store manager Rosco Funkhauser if they are interested in having their goods sold at Chester’s.

Familiar Faces Not everything will shift gear under the new management. Funkhauser will remain at the helm and the current staff will continue on in support. A plus for him will be the support of the John Day store.

“We’ve got an office that takes care of payroll and paying the bills so Rosco doesn’t have to spend time doing that stuff,” said Thaddeus. “He can spend more time helping customers because that’s what he likes — being a friendly guy.”

They may be seen as the new kids on the block, but the Thompsons are no strangers to “The Home of the Dory Fleet.”

Thaddeus says that since his youth, Pacific City has always been a family destination.

“There was times when I was I kid we would come here and vacation for a week,” he recalls. “It’s always the spot we’d come to. If we went to get a bowl of chowder we’d go to Newport, but if we went to stay the night or go to the beach it was Pacific City. It was my favorite place and now I get to come here even more.”

Located at 34585 Brooten Road, Chester’s is open 8 a.m.-10 p.m. seven days a week. Call 503-965-6375 for more information.

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The inimitable

Teresa Tudury Special Folk Fellowship House Concert

7 p.m., Thursday, March 15 Suggested donation - $12 Advance reservations suggested Doors open at 6 p.m.

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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.

GRATEFUL BREAD, 34805 BROOTEN ROAD, Pacific City. 503-965-7337. Enjjoy a breakfast and lunch menu that includes vegetarian specialities, bakery breads, pastries, homemade soups, fresh seafood, wine, beer and espresso in the Grateful Bread’s bright and cheery atmosphere. The restaurant also offers catering services, as well as a growing wholesale baked goods department. Stop in for a fresh meal Thursday through Monday, beginning at 8 a.m. or drive through their espresso window as early as 6:30 a.m.

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. 503-965-4661. Beautiful Ocean view espresso café serving Stumptown Roasters 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 Twist Wine Co., 6425 Pacific Ave, Pacific City. 503-965-NUTS. At Twist Wine Company we showcase wines from our three brands: Reversal, Basket Case and Shy Chenin. We believe wine is about having fun. We are a wine lounge, wi-fi hotspot and offer four microbrews on draft.

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BLACKTAIL CAFE is back, this time at the old Riverhouse location in Pacific City. Favorites from both restaurants are be served up by a team including owner Sandra Porter, Joy Neufield, and Debbie Geil (l-r).

Continuing the Tradition Blacktail Café opens at old Riverhouse Restaurant location

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun PACIFIC CITY — Gone may be the name of the Riverhouse Restaurant, but the tradition of fine cuisine — and lots of it — continues at the Blacktail Café, which re-opened for business on Saturday, March 3 at the famed riverfront dining destination.

The café said a sad goodbye to Cloverdale — their home for nearly four years when owner-operator Sandra Porter sold the business to Shawn and Lisa Sonday who are now operating Backcountry Café and Espresso (503392-3901) at the Highway 101 eatery.

But that fond farewell had a silver lining. Now firmly entrenched at the former Riverhouse’s beautiful setting, Blacktail owner-operator Sandra Porter is serving up the best of what made Blacktail such a destination for fresh-baked pastries, piled-high deli sandwiches and heart-warming soups made from the freshest ingredients available.

Breakfast favorites include Pot Roast Hash, a feast accompanied by loads of potatoes and onions and served with two eggs and toast, and the Farmers Scramble, which promises morning diners a healthy dose of eggs complimented by a choice of bacon, ham, sausage or veggies.

“It’s something my customers have always told me,” said Porter. “You know that you’re always going to get plenty to eat and it’s going to be really good.”

The return of Blacktail favorites is also omnipresent on the lunch menu. And while choices like Blacktail’s French Dip, Clubhouse and Hamilton remain popular offerings, here is where the influence of the Riverhouse lends its own take on lunch fare. Riverhouse favorites the Summer Sandwich, a feat of bay shrimp, avocado,

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tomato, cream cheese and sprouts; The Grinder, featuring broiled salmon, turkey and ham; and the Ham Zinger, a concoction of ham, pineapple and monterey jack cheese; once mainstays of the Riverhouse, now call Blacktail Café home.

And less you think that a different cook means a different meal, rest assured, it doesn’t. In addition to the finely-tuned baking skills of Porter, Blacktail Café is enlisting some well-known help. Longtime cook Debbie Geil, who manned the kitchen for the Riverhouse for more than 20 years, is back at the helm to ensure the Riverhouse favorites you’ve come to love remain intact.

Also new is a selection of hamburgers that start at under $8. And fresh-baked pies are always at hand.

It all adds up to a menu that is a perfect fit for locals and tourists alike. Porter is proud of her commitment to the freshest ingredients possible, as well as her commitment to buying local whenever possible. It all adds up to an unparalleled riverfront dining experience.

“It’s a place where people can come in and relax and get taken care of,” said Porter. “People have always felt that this is a place they could come to. I just hope to continue that.”

Though the restaurant, currently open Thursday through Tuesday, 7 a.m.-2 p.m., has yet to unveil a dinner menu, that won’t be the case for long. Porter says she hopes to keep the kitchen going well into the dinner hour starting in late March. Planned offerings include top sirloin, bone-in t-bone steak and dory-caught fish straight off of husband Waylon Porter’s dory. Beer, Northwest wine and spirits will also be available soon.

For more information about the 44-person capacity restaurant, located less than a mile north of the four-way stop in downtown Pacific City, call 503-965-6722.

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GUEST OPINION

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By MARK LABHART TIllamook Co. Commissioner Twenty-two thousand library card holders, six Tillamook County Libraries and the Bookmobile will be asking (Ballots mailed on April 27th) for your permission to keep their doors open for another five years through 2017. They are seeking the same rate (65 cents per thousand of assessed value) that you approved in a majority vote on May 15, 2007 or five years ago.

There have been libraries in Tillamook County for 105 years (since 1907). You have supported an operating levy for our six libraries throughout the County for the last 29 years (since 1983).

What is an Operating Levy you may ask?

It’s essentially the funding to operate the libraries in Pacific City, Tillamook, Bay City, Garibaldi, Rockaway Beach and Manzanita. It also includes funding to operate the Bookmobile which travels throughout the County. The Operating Levy pays for staff, heat, lights, buys the books, Internet accessible computers for those who don’t have access to computers, computer classes, provides the newspapers and magazines, the large print books, “E” Books, Spanish books, the CD’s, DVD’s, and books on tape in all six libraries. It funds the children’s and adult reading programs. It funds the teen programs where our teenagers “hang out” at the Library. It allows the Bookmobile to visit the senior care facilities to supply books and magazines to those who can not get to their local library. It also travels to our public and private schools as well as Day Cares to supply books to our children so they can be better readers.

In total we have about 182,000 items in the six branches and the bookmobile.

For the one year period ending on June 30, 2011 there were 22,774 library card holders and 201,664 people visited our six libraries. Since we only have 25,000 people in the County, many of you and some other visitors came to your six local libraries on more than one occasion.

Your support to keep the current operating levy where it has been since 2007 keeps the doors open 65 hours per week at the Tillamook Branch and 30 to 36 hours per week at each of our other branches.

That’s about 380 hours per month across

our entire library system. Something interesting to note about our branches in many communities around Oregon, they have a city library. In Tillamook County, our citizens asked the County to provide those services. Some of the buildings that house the library may be city buildings, but the county provides the library services. This saves the city tax payer the cost of funding a city library.

I’m between a rock and hard spot in my next comments. If I don’t say this then some are going to say: “Why didn’t you tell us this ahead of time?” If I say it up front then others are going to say: “You are threatening us.” Well folks, here are the facts and you take it whatever way you wish. We only have one shot to support this operating levy. If the levy does not pass, by law the county has no legal authority to operate the libraries past June 30th. All six close on June 30th.

They will stay closed until an operating levy is passed. The next earliest date to vote again would be in September so at a minimum, all six branches and the bookmobile would be closed for at least three months. The employees would be laid off.

These employees shop at your businesses, buy meals in local restaurants, buy gas, shop in our local grocery stores and contribute to our local economy.

As we all know, times are really tough financially for a lot of county citizens right now. Dollars are tight across the board.

Costs have increased since 2007 when the last operating levy was approved. We all know that. The Library Board knows that and so does this Commissioner. That is why we said we could not seek a higher rate than they operated with from 2007 to today. Keep the rate the same and live within your means for the next five years too. If approved, the Library would be required to live with the same tax rate for a total period of 10 years. Five years previously and five years into the future (2007 to 2017). We told them that this is the way it has to be.

Our county-wide library system has been here for 105 years and our citizens have voted in the majority to keep the operating levy for the last 29 years. Please join me and your friends and continue to support your libraries for the next five years. Twenty-two thousand library card holders will thank you.

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CANDIDATE MEET & GREET Mar. 17, 1-4 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center. Presentations by candidates: Knute Buehler, Oregon secretary of state (above); Kari Fleisher, County Assessor; Andrew Long, Tillamook County Sheriff; Thomas Donohue, County Commissioner Position 1. Questions and answer session follows.

AN EVENING WITH THE POTTERS Mar. 9, 6 p.m. Bay City Arts Center. Meet the potters who create the soup bowls for the annual Bread and Soup Fundraiser and see some of their work. Free admission; light refreshments.

SOUTH TILLAMOOK COUNTY LIBRARY CLUB QUARTERLY MEETING Mar. 10, 10-11:30 a.m. South Tillamook County Library, Pacific City. Refreshments. Bill Landau will give tips on traveling - The Bottom of the Grand Canyon. All are welcome.

ALENA SHELDON PRESENTS “MY MUSIC” Mar. 10, 2 p.m. Tillamook County Pioneer Museum. 503-842-4553.

‘WEAVING TRADITIONS’ Mar. 10-Juy 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106 2nd Street. Display of woven Native American baskets, hats, purses, and other weavings. 503-842-4553; www.tcpm.org.

GARIBALDI CRAB RACES Mar. 10-11, 10 a.m. Held at the Old Mill Marina in Garibaldi, 210 3rd St. $3 admission; under 5 years old is free. Food and crab races.

For information, call 503-322-0322 or visit www.oldmill.us.

LATIMER QUILT & TEXTILE CENTER: OPEN HOUSE Mar. 11, noon-4 p.m. 2105 Wilson River Loop

ARIEL QUARTET CONCERT Mar. 18, 3 p.m. Chapel at Camp Winema, 3 miles north of Neskowin on Hwy 101. Quartet formed in Israel will play in the Chamber Music Series.Tickets for $25 at door, but call 503965-6499 to get on waiting list. Season tickets $110.

Rd. Featuring Karen Illman Miller - Katazome artist. Free admission. 503-842-8622.

TILLAMOOK BAY TSUNAMI OUTREACH AND EDUCATION RALLY Mar. 11, 2-4:30 p.m. Tillamook Bay Community College. Presentations and booths to visit; tsunami maps available. Free and open to the public. 503-392-9316.

NESTUCCA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING Mar. 12, 6 p.m. Nestucca Valley Jr./Sr. High School. 503-392-4892.

TILLAMOOK COUNTY TOURISM SYMPOSIUM Mar. 12. Tillamook Bay Community College.

Call Carla Lyman at 503-842-8222 ext. 1420 or e-mail lyman@tillamookbay.cc to reserve your space.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT Mondays, Mar. 12 & 19, 5:30 p.m.-close.

Pelican Pub & Brewery. Table tennis and board games. 503-965-7007.

TRIVIA NIGHT Tuesdays, Mar. 13 & 20, 7-9 p.m.

Pelican Pub & Brewery. 503-965-7007.

NESTUCCA FIRE DISTRICT BOARD MEETING Wednesday, Mar. 14, 7 p.m.

Beaver Fire Hall. 503-965-6014.

AARP DRIVER SAFETY COURSE Mar. 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Kiawanda Community

“FRIENDSHIP: REVIVING, SURVIVING OR DYING” Mar. 25, 2 p.m. Inn at Cape Kiwanda. Oregon Thank Tank Series. Drs. Courtney Campbell and Lani Roberts. $5 admission or $25 pass for entire series. Tickets available at Inn at Pacific City. 503-965-2244.

Center. Registration $12 for AARP members; $14 for non-members. Call 503-842-8222 ext. 1320 or visit www.AARP.org/drive to sign up. For more details on the program, call Don Hawley at 503-861-1813.

BINGO NIGHT Wednesdays, Mar. 14 & 21, 7-9:30 p.m.

Kiawanda Community Center. $1 cards, good for 12 games. 503-965-7900.

BAKED POTATO UNCH Mar. 14, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Nestucca Valley Presbyterian Church. $5 for baked potato and fixings. Proceeds to Backpack Program in Nestucca Valley Schools.

THERESA TUDURY CONCERT Mar. 15, 7 p.m. The Mercantile n Beaver. $12 suggested donation - call 503-398-5720 for reservations.

SOUTH COUNTY LIBRARY STORY TIME Fridays, Mar. 16 & 23, 1-1:30 p.m. South Tillamook County Library in Pacific City. For ages 3-5 years old. 503-965-6163.

‘WAIT UNTIL DARK’ Mar, 16, 17, 23, 24, 7 p.m.; March 25, 2 p.m. The Barn Community Playhouse, 12 & Ivy, Tillamook. Call 503-842-7940 for tickets, recommended to reserve tickets early. Not recommended for younger children. For information, call Deborah Coon 503-842-3999.

FEAST: FOOD, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE SOLUTIONS TOGETHER Mar. 17, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Tillamook County Library. Put on by Food Roots and Oregon Food Bank. Learn details and give input on local agriculture, food, related education, school/community gardens, and development in these sectors. Free. Must pre-register for lunch; space limited - http://tillamookfeast. eventbrite.com or www.foodrootsnw.org.

PACIFIC CITY WOODS CPAC Mar. 19, 6:30 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Drive. Visit www. pacificcitywoodscpac.org.

NESTUCCA, NESKOWIN & SAND LAKE WATERSHED COUNCIL MEETING Mar. 20, 6 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center.

Movie presentation with Onno Husing: Oregon Coast Fisheries: A Conservation Story. 503-9652200.

BOOK, BAKE AND PLANT SALE Mar. 24, 8 a.m. for club members (may join at door), 9 a.m.-3 p.m. for all. Pacific Coast Bible Church. Quality used books, homemade baked goods, and plants for sale. Fundraiser for South Tillamook County Library Club. Raffle for quilt made by KCC Tuesday Stitchers - tickets also available at library in Pacific City. For information, call 503-965-3681.

BIG BINGO Mar. 24, 6:30 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center. $5 cards for all 21 games. Refreshments available. 503-965-7900.

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ARTS & CULTURE

AREA CHURCHES Beaver community church, 24675 Hwy. 101 S., Beaver. 503-398-5508. E-mail: pastorjoshgard@hotmail.com. A nondenominational Bible-believing church that loves families. Weekly Sunday School all ages, 9:45; Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; High School Youth Group, 6 p.m.

Cloverdale Baptist Church, 34464 Bridge Street, Cloverdale. 503-392-3104.

Sunday School at 10 a.m., Sunday Worship at 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wednesday prayer at 7 p.m.

Countryside Church of the Nazarene, 19005 Hwy. 101 S., Cloverdale.

503-398-5454. Sunday school 9:45, Sunday worship at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Healing Waters Church of God 13725 VFW Hall (behind NAPA store), Cloverdale, 503-965-3669. Come worship in the Pentecostal tradition. Adult and children Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Sunday church service at 10:30 a.m. Handicap-accessible.

Hebo Christian Center, 31350 Hwy. 101 S, Hebo. 503-392-3585. Sunday school 9:15 a.m., Sunday worship 10:30 a.m., Wednesday night 6:30 p.m.

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FOLK ARTIST Teresa Tudury will take her love of performing to the stage of The Mercantile , 24747 Highway 101 South, Beaver, on Thursday, March 15, for a 7 p.m. concert featuring a night of original music.

A Road Well Traveled Teresa Tudury brings her bluesy-folk storytelling to Beaver for March 15 show at The Mercantile BEAVER — Folk artist Teresa Tudury is at times whimsical, other times a bit more stoic, but always full of life — and it shows in her music.

Her time-tested bluesy-folk tales will reverberate The Mercantile’s unique setting, Thursday, March 15 for a 7 p.m. house concert. Doors open at 6 p.m.

There is a suggested donation of $12, and advance reservations are suggested.

“I just love what I do,” says Tudury. “I feel really connected with the audience,” she says. “When I’m on the road, I feel like I’m visiting my friends.”

Tudury started out young and had her first recording contract at age 16.

Not long after, she met and became friends with Janis Joplin. It was to be the first of the many greats she has rubbed elbows with, many of which has helped to shape her into the courageous artist she is today. She credits her time in Deia, Mallorca in the 1970s with historian and poet Robert Graves as having a lasting impression — an impression that still informs her music today. Not long after she moved to the Greek island of Hydra where she met and worked with Leonard Cohen.

“Leonard took me under his wing,” she recalls. “He mentored me for a long time. Leonard has always had big influence on me mainly because I was so close to his sensibilities.”

After moving to New York, she was the opening act at Max’s Kansas City, and opened for Patty Smith, John Prine, Al Stewart, Dick Shawn and others. Later she worked in the editorial department at Rolling Stone magazine, and recorded another project with Leonard Cohen, at A&M Records, where she met and worked with Jennifer Warnes. In 1983, Teresa joined the cast of Beach Blanket Babylon, in San Francisco, playing Queen Elizabeth and the Liza Minnelli character in “Beach Blanket Babylon Goes to London.”

After a few seasons with Beach Blanket Babylon, Teresa moved to Hollywood, where she continued to work as a singer/ songwriter and occasional television and film actress. Teresa was on the sit-com, “Third Rock from the Sun,” playing a featured role as “Connie,” a quirky, somewhat crusty waitress in a greasy spoon cafe visited by Jonathon Lithgow and Jane Curtin.

During the 1990s, Teresa performed on numerous projects while living in Hollywood, most notably with Desmond Child.

But the road got bumpy for Tudury in 2002, when while working on a CD called “River of Life,” she suffered from a neurological illness that forced her to leave her life in Los Angeles and repair to her Northern California roots.

“It took years to come back,” she says. “I had to learn to play instruments again and how to talk. So now I savor every moment that I have. It’s been a miracle to come back on life. It’s very profound for me and very deep. I’m grateful to live like this, to meet people, and to travel. “ Teresa wrote a one-woman show relating the experiences of her catastrophic illness pushed through the perspective of a comedic alter ego named “Terry T,” a rather loony and strangely prescient country-western diva. The show was presented several times in the Sebastopol, Calif. area and played to happy, packed audiences.

“I’m pretty unflinching,” she says.

“Sometimes it comes out funny and sometimes it comes out sad, but it’s always real. A deep river runs through my shows. I’ve had some interesting and deep experiences. I’ve been challenged. I try not to shy away from that.”

Living in the redwood forest of West Sonoma County, Teresa now has her own radio show at a community station in Occidental, Calif., KOWS 107.3 fm.

“Live from the Doublewide” is broadcast on Tuesdays, 8–10 p.m, KOWS 107.3 FM and streaming at www.kows.fm.

The Mercantile is located at 24747 Highway 101 South in Beaver. Call 503398-5720 for reservations.

Nestucca Valley Presbyterian Church, 35305 Brooten Road, Pacific City OR (503) 965-6229. 9 a.m. Sunday School; 10 a.m. Worship; Friday 10 a.m. Bible Study.

Nestucca Seventh Day Adventist Church, 38000 Hwy 101, Cloverdale, (3 miles north of Pacific City) 503-392-4111.

Pastor Greg Brothers. Services Saturday 9:30 a.m.-noon. Fellowship Dinner every week following services. All visitors welcome.

Pacific Coast Bible Church, 35220 Brooten Road, Pacific City. 503-965-7222/503812-1106. E-mail: pcbcpastordan@gmail. com. A Bible-believing/Christ-centered Church. Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m., Sunday school 11 a.m., Youth group 4 p.m. on alternating Sundays. Also Weekly Bible Studies.

St. joseph’s Catholic Church, 34560 Parkway Drive, Cloverdale. 503-392-3685.

Weekend mass: Saturday at 6:30 p.m., Sunday at 9:30 a.m.

WiNeMa Christian Church, 5195 WiNeMa Road, Cloverdale, OR. 503-3923953. Proclaiming the Word of God in the historic Chapel on WiNeMa Camp Campus.

Sunday Worship at 10:45 a.m. with Bible School at 9:30 a.m.

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THE Ariel Quartet will bring their youthful, yet memorable sound to the Chapel at Camp Winema for a Neskowin Chamber Music Series concert on Sunday, March 18. Admission to the 3 p.m. concert is $25.

Soulful Strings Neskowin Chamber Music Series hosts Ariel Quartet on March 18 WINEMA — Four of the youngest performers ever to play at a Neskowin Chamber Music concert, the members of the Ariel Quartet, will share their soulful interpretations on Sunday, March 18 at 3 p.m. at Camp Winema.

Although they are only in their 20s, the quartet recently celebrated their 10th anniversary.

Formed in Israel, the group moved to the United States in 2004 so its members could continue their professional studies. The four attended the New England Conservatory’s prestigious Professional String Quartet Training Program and graduated in 2010. In January, the Ariel Quartet was named quartet-in- residence at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. They have won a number of international prizes including the Grand Prize at the 2006 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and first prize at the “Franz Schubert and the Music of Modernity” in Graz, Austria in 2003.

Alexandra Kazovsky began playing the violin at the age of six. Two years later, her family immigrated to Israel from Russia where she studied at the Rubin Conservatory and the Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem. She has performed as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Yad Harif Chamber Orchestra. Kazovsky has a bachelor’s degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and also graduated from its Professional String Quartet Studies program. She plays on a 1660 Jacob Steiner violin on loan from Yehuda Zisapel.

Israeli cellist Amit Even-Tov started studying cello at the age of six. She won first prize in a number of competitions in 2001 and 2002. After winning a Jerusalem Academy Competition in 2003, she made a solo appearance with the academy orchestra and conductor Ilan Schul.

That led to an appearance with the Israel Stage Orchestra

Come As You Are! Sunday Adult Classes 9 a.m Sunday School: 10 a.m.

Sunday Worship Services: 10-11 a.m. Fellowship follows.

and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra in a live broadcast on Israel Radio. She recently graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music Professional String Quartet Studies program.

Jan Gruning was born in Munich in 1984. Following private studies with principal violinists of both the Bavarian Radio Symphony and the Bavarian State Opera House, he studied at the Musikhochschule Lubeck from 2002 to 2008. In September 2010, he enrolled in the New England Conservatory of Music from which he will receive his Masters degree later this year. He has performed at various festivals and participated in master classes in both Europe and North America and played with other chamber groups.

Israeli violinist Gershon Gerchikov began his violin studies at the age of five. He continued his training at the Rubin Conservatory and the Academy of Music and Dance, both located in Jerusalem. While still living in Israel, he performed with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Yad Harif Chamber Orchestra, and the St. Petersburg Radio Orchestra. He received his Masters degree from the New England Conservatory of Music. Gerchikov plays on a Petrus Guameri violin on loan from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.

The Ariel Quartet will also offer an outreach program on Monday, March 19 at 8:15 a.m. at Nestucca Valley Elementary School.

Camp Winema is located three miles north of Neskowin just west of Highway 101. Individual tickets are available at the door for $25, but people should call 503-965-6499 to get on a waiting list. Season tickets for all the concerts cost $110. For more information, visit www. neskowinchambermusic.org or call 503-965-6499.

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Friday Bible Class: 10-11 a. m.

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Pacific Coast Bible Church Sunday Morning Worship: 9:30 a.m.

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FISHING&OUTDOORS

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WINTER STEELHEAD like this trophy caught by this smiling youngster are expected to be big, plentiful and up for grabs in the Nestucca River during the month of March.

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Here and there we get a couple of days of sunshine with unseasonably warm temperatures and folks start thinking about spring. Then, like being sprung back from a bungee cord, we get snapped back to reality by rain, sleet and snow storms. Instead of thinking about spring chinook and milder weather we are forced to reconsider where we really are both in time and climate.

Not that it’s a bad place — after all we live and play near one of the best winter steelhead streams in Oregon, the Nestucca River. In March, most fishermen would say we are right smack in the middle of the best times to fish for steelhead. In short, if you are an avid winter steelhead enthusiast it doesn’t get any better than right now. February is a great month with numbers of winter steelies rapidly increasing, but March, ahh March is the month that legends live in. March is the month when the bulk of the winter steelhead return.

What’s really special about March is that this is the month that the truly monster steelhead make their appearance. Dubbed the March footballs by fishermen and folk lore, these mystical steelhead spawn many a tale of the big fish that broke lines, twisted gear, broke hearts, and left many a fisherman wondering what the heck he just tangled with. Enough of these behemoths do make it to the net to get just a sample of what truly giant steelhead exists in the Nestucca River. Many more experiences with these giants become fodder

for stories and memories of the fish that got away than actually make it to the fish box.

This year seems to be a better than average year for winter steelhead. For the most part, the Nestucca has managed itself quite well as far as water levels are concerned. There have only been a couple of weeks all winter that the rivers in the Northwest were not fishable because of high water. That was a pleasant change from past years when sometimes most of the season wasn’t fishable. One of the conditions that I have noted is that with the lack of rain the river levels drop, but as soon as we get a good rain storm and the river rises a foot or more, then the weather clears and the rivers start to drop the rivers are full of steelhead fresh off the ocean. So it has gone all winter!

Just about once every week to two weeks we receive major rain then we get a period of calm and the fishing is really great for a week. Then the cycle repeats.

Over and over that cycle has continued to repeat and the steelhead fishing has been phenomenal. So much so that I believe we are having one of the best winter steelhead seasons to grace this river in the last 20 years. Numbers of fish are significantly better than in years past. Some speculate that ocean conditions are better. Some say, environmental conditions and use practices are better and some credit better steelhead management by ODFW. I think it’s all of the above. No matter what camp you are in for the credit, steelhead fishing is great in March and the Nestucca is one of the better places to spend a day fishing for winter steelhead.

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I am a board certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner specializing in the health and well-being of children aged 0 through adolescence.

I am an Oregon native and OSU graduate with an advanced nursing degree at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. I enjoy seeing children of all ages with a passion in adolescent health and well child preventative care.

My clinical interests include asthma and how it relates to quality of life as well as nutrition and growth. I live in beautiful Tillamook County with my husband.

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Medical Services Available for the Whole Family: • Primary Care • Well-Child Care • Preventative Care • Acute Care • Chronic Care • Minor Emergencies • Dental/Oral Care • Sports Physicals • Pediatrics Dermatology • Gerontology • Family Planning • Mental Health and Addiction Screening and Referral • 24-Hour Telephone Access for Established Patients We accept Oregon Health Plan, private insurance, and provide services on a discount scale.

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Tillamook Guerrillas take aim from behind a berm on a farm in Tillamook County 1942.

Ready and Willing Remembering Tillamook’s answer to the WWII invasion threat

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Latimer Quilt & Textile Center Open House & Repository Tours On March 17th visitors, with the price of admission, will be taken on tours of our repository at 11 am, 1 & 3 pm. Items form our collection will be displayed, in bed turning, during each tour. Our repository is not open to the general public so do no miss this opportunity.

Katazome - Japanese Stencil Dyeing

by Karen Illman Miller Experience the traditional beauty as well as the potential for modern surface design in the ancient and lovely images created using hand cut stencils and rice paper resist. If you visited the Oregon: State of Diversity exhibit in November and December 2011, you may have seen Karen’s entry Red Clover. Karen is an Oregon artist from Corvallis and you may visit her website at http://www.nautilus-fiberarts.com This exhibit will run from March 5th through May 6th

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In the first six months after Pearl Harbor, the residents of the Oregon Coast experienced much anxiety about what might be ahead — and Tillamook County was no different. There was fear that one of the West Coast beaches might be the next attacked by the Japanese.

On March 5, 1942, the Headlight-Herald reported that a “Guerrilla Rifle Club” was being organized in Tillamook County by Col. Stewart P. Arnold, a blind World War I veteran. Sixty-nine men enrolled at the first meeting held at the Pleasant Valley Grange. Within a month, the group grew to more than 1,000 members in 24 companies throughout the county. The men of many coastal communities decided to create a volunteer military group to meet any emergency that might occur. The name Tillamook County Guerrillas was influenced by the reports of European guerrillas and their important role in the war.

The motto of the Tillamook Guerrillas was: “Be ready at all times: Keep your guns cleaned and oiled and your powder dry.” Col. Arnold insisted that his men take an oath on the Bible, swearing to make “The final sacrifice if necessary to defend the green valleys and hills of Tillamook County.”

In February of 1942, the Oregonian insisted that Oregon citizens “are duty bound to prepare ourselves as though tomorrow the war may be at our beaches.”

Gov. Charles Sprague announced that the State of Oregon was in a combat zone. Gov. Sprague praised the Tillamook Guerrillas and talked about coastal evacuations that would cause congestion on the roadways and might hamper defense. He urged the men to “Stay and fight. If they do come over — “give ‘em hell.”

The Tillamook Guerrillas received plenty of national and international attention.

The March 30 edition of Time magazine described the members of the Tillamook Guerrillas as “snuff-dipping, mackinawed men from the forests; ruddy, overalled farmers of sturdy Swiss stock; pale businessmen from the little towns.. They had no uniforms, did no drilling, and furnished their own guns and ammunitions for target practice.

Col. Stewart Arnold But they were dead shots, and they were ready to shoot.”

The Chicago Daily News praised the coastal defenders and concluded, “If we were the enemy, we wouldn’t pick Tillamook for a landing.” A group of Hollywood

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movie-makers came to Sandlake to film maneuvers on the beach. Movie audiences everywhere saw newsreel accounts of the Tillamook Guerrillas.

The men were asked to carry out a variety of duties which included participation in the aircraft warning system, cooperating with the Oregon State Guard and the U.S. Army, and operating beach patrols. They also were to assist farms in harvest season and with withdrawal of valuable cows into the coastal range of mountains if needed. They learned how to protect against forest fires that might be started by incendiary bombs. Tillamook citizens were very concerned about forest fires because of the devastating fires of 1933 and 1939 which had destroyed 270,000 acres.

A company of women was added to this famous guerrilla force, and they were prepared to drive tractors, fight forest fires, give first aid care, and prepare food.

In May 1942 the federal government ordered that the independent guerrilla units be absorbed by the Oregon State Guard. The Tillamook Guerrillas remained independent, but it was redesignated a non-military organization.

I found the story about Col. Stewart Arnold’s involvement in organizing the Tillamook Guerrillas one of the most interesting aspects of the research for this article.

Just the idea of a blind man organizing a group of over 1,000 men piqued my curiosity to learn more about him. I talked to several people who remembered Stewart Arnold walking around Tillamook with his dog Max, always meticulously dressed in a brown suit. He left a whole scrapbook about his life in the research room of the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum. The hundreds of newspaper clippings and pictures show a story of a very busy man who loved his country and contributed much to the history of Tillamook County.

There are wonderful pictures of his beloved dog “Mac” too.

In April of 1942, Col. Stewart Arnold, and his collie seeing eye dog “Mac,” flew to New York and spoke on “We the People,” a radio program. He lunched with Mayor LaGuardia and Time Life publisher Henry Luce. Arnold was also instrumental in gathering donations through his work in the American Legion for the 60-foot flag pole that is in the center of the lawn in front of the Tillamook Court House. He was chairman of the American Legion helping aliens become U.S. citizens. He started Americanization schools in the North, South and Central County and helped more than 200 people take the test and become U.S. citizens.

–Sally Rissel

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