Pacific City Sun, January 26, 2024

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Commissioners approve $25,000 for Chamber of Commerce .....................................3

Progress moves forward on Cape improvements

Tillamook County Visitor’s Association achieves milestone...........................4

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Tillamook County Wellness program is optimistic about future.........................................8

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WHILE THE COUNTY applied de-icer on county roads, Tillamook County Public Works Director Chris Laity said that the ice built up too fast and ODOT and the county could not keep up with it and later started putting sanding rock down. While the main roads started thawing around Monday, Jan. 13, because outer lying areas like Little Nestucca River Road took longer to thaw, school did not resume for the Nestucca Valley School District until Thursday, Jan. 18.

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Commissioners approve $25,000 for Chamber of Commerce

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun

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ith the challenges of a pandemic fading more and more in the rear mirror, the Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce is readying to make strides for its member businesses, the community and the visitors that travel to enjoy this slice of paradise. And, once again, they are getting a little help in this endeavor as the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners approved a $25,000 Transient Lodging Tax Tourism-Related Projects grant for the 2023-24 fiscal year at its Jan. 17 meeting. Commissioners voted 3-0 to approve the funds.

Tillamook County Chief of Staff Rachel Hagerty said the Chamber is proposing to use the fund to further its “development and operation of the south Tillamook County Visitors Interaction Center, which would be located at the Kiawanda (Community) Center.”

According to materials submitted to the county describing plans for the funds, the Chamber will use the funds to pay for a South Tillamook County Viitors Interaction Center coordinator position, to share with the Kiawanda Community Center. The shared position will be funded 50 percent

by TLT funds with the remaining monies being used to develop and program the STCVIC. The Chamber’s documents say the STCVIC will feature a combination of interactive educational displays telling the history of the Dory Fleet and other South Tillamook County stories, along with what to do, where to go, dine, stay, and events planned, in partnership with

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KIAWANDA COMMUNITY CENTER is slated to be the future site for a South Tillamook County Visitors Interaction Center.

Visit Tillamook Coast and the Tillamook Chamber Visitors Center.

Commissioner Doug Olson, who still serves on the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, said it will help the Chamber better serve the public.

“Now that we’ve (mostly) come out of (the pandemic) and headed into a good, strong direction, what this (money) provides, together with other funds that the Chamber generates, (is the funding of) a visitor’s center at the Kiawanda Community Center, which is really the heart of Pacific City and also a major go-to place for all of South County.”

He noted that while the Chamber has had an office at KCC for the last two years, it has not always been open or accessible.

“It didn’t really serve the traveling public or locals because there was nobody there (though) we did have a phone and a web site. But, in more recent times, the Kiawanda Community Center has upped

Fournier plans local meet and greet events Tillamook County Commissioner candidate Paul Fournier recently announced that his campaign for County Commissioner is ramping up for the May Primary Election. Fournier officially began his campaign with a prominent booth at the Tillamook County Fair last August, and he has attended many events throughout the county since then. These include; Chamber of Commerce events, holiday celebrations, local citizen awards ceremonies, local theater, art exhibitions, concerts and a parade — all in what he says is an effort to introduce himself to as many Tillamook County residents as possible.

As his campaign continues, Fournier says he is reaching out to active individuals and groups in the community, and welcomes the opportunity to discuss his position on local issues. To help facilitate those discussions, Fournier will be hosting three initial Meet and Greet events — Saturday, Jan. 27, 4-7 p.m. at the Pacific Restaurant in Tillamook; Feb. 4, 4-7 p.m. at Manzanita Lighthouse Pub and Grub; and Sunday, Feb. 18, 5-8 p.m. Meg’s Beachwood Bar and Grill, Pacific City. He says these casual events promise ample opportunity to meet with him and share concerns and to let him know what you think local government should be focusing on. Fournier will be hosting more events and welcomes invitations to speak with local groups and organizations. He can be reached at paul@voteforpaul2024.com.

Fournier has been a resident of Tillamook County for nearly three decades, a majority of that time working as a detective with the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office. He has also worked as an editor at the Tillamook Headlight Herald and writer for the North Coast Citizen and Tillamook Pioneer, a volunteer firefighter, an emergency medical technician, and a small business owner.

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County include construction work and driving a delivery truck. Fournier says he believes these experiences provide him with a deep understanding of what it means to live in Tillamook County.

Since his campaign has commenced, Fournier says he has met or spoken with State Representative Cyrus Javadi, Senator Suzanne Weber, Representative David Gomberg and former Senator Betsy Johnson, as well as the current County Commissioners, to discuss issues affecting Tillamook County, while also exploring some possible solutions. Fournier said he has also spoken with administrative staff of Tillamook County’s public safety organizations including local police, sheriff’s offce, fire departments and Tillamook Ambulance to discuss their needs.

Fournier is running on a “Quality of Life” platform with his top priorities to invest more into our roads and infrastructure, increased support of public safety and law enforcement agencies, and to help facilitate the building of more affordable middle-income workforce housing.

“I believe that preserving our quality of life in Tillamook County also means helping small businesses succeed, ensuring that our forests continue to be working forests providing opportunities for recreation and preservation, but also sustained timber harvests,” said Fournier.

“It means fostering our partnerships with public and private community organizations to help solve the limited availability of affordable childcare and housing for our working families, create new stable revenue streams, support local food security and sustainability efforts, and ensuring that visitors to our county pay their fair share towards supporting our Tillamook County.”

their game, and they’re able to provide matching funds, which together with this will provide for a full-time person, who has been hired and is on the payroll.

“The individual we’ve hired is named Amanda Graves,” Olson added. “She’s (a) very capable, educated individual who has, so far, stepped up and done a lot of good things for the Chamber.”

He added that her duties will include managing and marketing events at the center and would be there during “certain hours for the traveling public… Now, we’ll actually have a human being who can respond to (visitors) and point them in the right direction or offer some alternatives, much as the Tillamook Chamber does here.

This is a big step up for the Chamber in Pacific City, and this agreement will help pay for it.”

“That’s an exciting change,” said Commissioner Mary Faith Bell. “I think it’s a terrific use of the funds.”

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Blaine Road culvert repair project gets go-ahead

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun

Tillamook County Commissioners unanimously approved a culvert repair project on the Upper Nestucca River at its Jan. 17 meeting.

The project, which will employ Uretek USA, Inc., in a non-prevailing wage contract for $39,750, will repair a culvert on Blaine Road, at milepost 10.3, by installing rods and injecting structural polyurethane.

Tillamook County Public Works Director Chris Laity said the site needs repair as the county has repaired the repeatedly settling road a number of times.

“Oftentimes what happens is water starts to seep its way around the outside of the culverts,” he explained. “So, as it’s on the outside of the pipe, it starts washing some of the swails around it so, subsequently, it no longer has capacity, nothing’s holding that pipe in the ground, that’s why it will continue to drop to fill the voids.”

And that’s why it’s time to repair the culvert.

“What we intend to do is drill holes on the other side of the pipe in an array fashion, and then we’ll inject rods into it at various depths,” Laity said. “As it goes down at various depths, (the polyurethane) is injected and starts to fill void. What this will do is it will fill the voids and stop the water from migrating around the pipe. It also prevents the water from coming in along the outside of the pipe.”

He said the repair procedure will also allow workers to raise the road to whatever level they want.

“It’s also a leveler and it fills the voids — we’ll have no water coming through,” Laity said.

Noting that the county manages 4,000 culverts he said repairs like this — instead of replacement — make sense when a culvert otherwise has a substantial life left to it.

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TCVA marks milestone $6 million awarded in TLT grant programs including nearly $5 million in facilities grants The Tillamook Coast Visitors Association recently announced what it described as a transformative milestone, as it celebrates the infusion of $6 million reinvested back into the community through two tourism grant programs. In 2015, one year after Tillamook County began collecting transient lodging tax, the county, Economic Development Council (which TCVA reported to then), and the tourism advisory committee developed two grant programs with those funds: Marketing grants for businesses and nonprofits involved in tourism; and tourismrelated facilities grants, as outlined in ORS 320.300, for agencies and nonprofits.

Taken as a whole, this is what the impact today looks like: • Marketing grants: $1.2 million for projects such as websites, advertising, videos, social media and billboards.

• Sponsorships: $100,000 for events.

• Tourism facilities: nearly $5 million for infrastructure, such as parks, restrooms, performing arts centers, infrastructure, trail improvements, museums, parking and more.

Official say these substantial funds, sourced from the Tillamook County transient lodging tax, are pivotal in establishing a sustainable visitor economy. By reinvesting in the community, the TLT creates economic and community vitality, and supports industry employment and the support for small businesses and nonprofit organizations across the county.

In addition to the funds awarded in marketing and facilities grants over the past eight years, the county and TCVA has invested approximately $9.5 million to destination management initiatives throughout the county, including the Kiwanda Corridor Project, Salmonberry Trail, County Fairgrounds improvements and the county’s wayfinding initiative.

“Our county leads the state in the reinvestment of lodging tax into the community,” says Nan Devlin, executive director of TCVA. “Through strategic investments in marketing grants, sponsorships and facilities improvements, we aim to create lasting positive impacts on our communities and foster a robust local economy that benefits local businesses and residents.”

Annual marketing and facilities grants programs are offered in the fall. For more information, visit tillamookcoast.com/grants.

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THE KIWANDA CORRIDOR PROJECT (above, under construction) and the Kiawanda Community Center (below) are amongst projects that have received TLT grants.

Historic cemeteries invited to promote spring cleanup events with SOLVE Oregon’s historic cemeteries do a spring spruce-up during April and May to prepare for Memorial Day visitors and stay on top of spring growth. Most historic cemeteries are cared for and operated by small nonprofits, and the cleanup is a volunteer effort. This year, Oregon Historic Cemetery Cleanup days will be supported by SOLVE and the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries. Historic cemetery caretakers are encouraged to register their properties for the event by contacting Haley Morris at haley.morris@solveoregon.org or 971-3462708.

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IMPROVEMENTS at the Cape Kiwanda Parking Lot are taking shape and on schedule according to Tillamook County officials. Vertical construction of the new bathroom has begun and utility work is ongoing. Concrete pours for curb and gutter are planned in the coming weeks.

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he Kiwanda Corridor Project closed out 2023 by meeting project milestones on schedule, even with the recent inclement weather. The new lot and all its amenities are scheduled to be ready for use by end of June 2024.

According to Tillamook County officials, the project management team and onsite construction crew have worked diligently with the local community and those needing access to Hungry Harbor Drive. Recently, first responders needed beach access during a day when Dorymen’s Way (renamed by the Board of Commissioners from Hungry Harbor Drive) was opened up for underground work. The onsite team was able to put down steel plates and get emergency vehicles safely across the construction site in a very short timeframe.

There are some elements of the project that the public can already catch sight of.

Vertical construction of the bathroom, including two-toned structural brick, is beginning to take shape. Light pole bases and electrical conduit are going in soon.

The first concrete pours for curb and gutter will happen in the coming weeks, which officials say will begin to give a sense of the proposed layout of the parking lot. Utility work is ongoing around the site, including stormwater improvements at the boat ramp and installation of an electrical transformer vault.

The work described above is part of Phase II, the north side of the Cape Kiwanda Parking Lot. The new restroom building and connecting sidewalks are located much closer to the beach, on the west side of the parking lot, allowing for locals and visitors to gain easier access from the beach. Phase III will begin immediately following Phase II and will primarily focus on the south side of the lot.

The entire Cape Kiwanda Parking Lot project includes what officials say is a much-needed demolition of the existing restrooms; repaving / grading of the parking lot and Hungry Harbor Road with upgraded stormwater management systems; construction of pedestrian-only pathways

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to the beach; civic overlook; upgraded refuse and recycling; EV charging stations; information kiosk; safe routes for drop-offs, pedestrians, bikes and the free PC Shuttle; and the trailhead for the Multi-Use Path. The parking lot reconstruction is the first part of Tillamook County’s Kiwanda Corridor Project to be built.

The design team has also incorporated infrastructure for future wayfinding connections to the five other project elements of the KCP. For more information on the overall KCP, visit the project website: https://tillamookcoast.com/southcounty/ kiwanda-corridor/ The project is being funded by County transient lodging taxes, day-use revenues from Pacific City parking lots, and grants from state agencies.

The KCP connects multiple county properties and supports the development of other public spaces with what county officials describe as a thoughtfully programmed design that disperses crowds, creates opportunities for equitable outdoor play and education, and promotes stewardship of Pacific City and its natural resources as a whole.

The six project elements include Cape Kiwanda Parking Lot, Jensen Property, Nestucca Valley Community Alliance Park, Multi-Use Path, Webb Park, and Shorepine Village Boardwalk.

The KCP’s values are Place – Honor the natural and built heritage of Pacific City; People –Enhance the experience for the diverse range of people in Pacific City; Natural Environment – Prioritize sound ecological decisions and support sustainability; Fiscal Responsibility – Make efficient and responsible financial decisions and maintain affordability; Connectivity – Support and integrate multi-modal connectivity in and around Pacific City while prioritizing accessibility; and Safety – Prioritize everyday safety alongside emergency management.

For more information, contact Rachel Hagerty, Tillamook County Chief of Staff, at rachel.hagerty@tillamookcounty.gov.

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A Healthy Outlook Tillamook Co. Wellness looks back, remains enthusiastic for future

By MICHELLE JENCK Tillamook County Wellness Coordinator

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A CAR was found upside down and on fire on Jan. 21 in the slide area of Sandlake Road.

Car crashed on Sandlake Road slide Tillamook County Sheriff’s Deputy Dan Berger, Oregon State Trooper Jon King, Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District and Tillamook Ambulance responded to a report of a car upside down and on fire in the slide area on Sandlake Road on Jan. 21. The occupant, or occupants, had fled the scene prior to police arrival.

“The road has been closed for sometime, but they removed the barrier and road closed signs and drove directly into the hole,” said Berger. “This has been an ongoing problem, with

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people removing the barriers and driving on the closed portion of the road. Obviously, it is extremely dangerous.”

About an hour after the crash, the owner of the vehicle called 911 to report that the car had been stolen sometime in the early morning hours. The owner’s residence was approximately five miles away from the crash scene.

The crash and reported auto theft investigation is ongoing.

Those that have any information regarding this incident are being asked to contact Deputy Dan Berger at 503-815-3392.

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Tillamook County Wellness was launched in 2016 as a “Year of Wellness” with a simple goal – to encourage people to make small changes to become healthier. After a successful kickoff year, the Wellness Advisory Commitee decided to ride the wave of community support for this grassroots population health improvement initiative and set a 10year goal to reduce the percentage of people in Tillamook County who were at risk for developing Type 2 Diabetes. This ambitious goal had one significant challenge.

How would we track our efforts to determine if we were having an impact? We can’t measure what doesn’t happen. Or can we?

In 2016, the percentage of adults in Tillamook County living with a diagnosis of diabetes was 12 percent. In 2023, the same source for this data (County Health Rankings), reported Tillamook County rates at 8 percent. Another bright spot for comparison is that we began our journey with a health ranking in the bottom third of Oregon counties. Today we boast a no. 12 county health ranking status out of 35 ranked counties in the state. Anecdotally, we are making progress. More concretely, we have built more trusting relationships, established policies, programs and strengthened partnerships in ways that are making Tillamook County a healthier place to live, work, play, learn and age.

So, who is Tillamook County Wellness and what exactly are we doing to improve health and quality of life in Tillamook County? It’s all of us and it’s everything. This is what collective action looks like. It takes everyone thinking, working and living together intentionally in ways that promote health and well-being.

In 2023, 34 community and government organizations, businesses, schools, healthcare partners and many volunteers all worked together to move the dial on health. Grants were written and awarded for building a sustainable healthcare partner network, implementing a health literacy campaign and partnering to hold a bike rodeo where more than 30 bikes were given away to area families. Walking groups, led by volunteers, met weekly throughout the county. Hundreds of vegetable seeds were distributed

so our local gardens can “Grow Well.” Free wellness classes were held in English and Spanish for everything from how to prevent and manage chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes to how to manage personal finances.

Upstream efforts to build more housing, increase the availability and affordability of childcare and expand education pathways for higher incomeearning potential are just some examples of how partners are working to create the conditions for a healthier community. Changes to the built environment such as community walking paths, segments of the Salmonberry Trail and a bike pump track are other examples of work being done to make it easier for people to get and stay healthy. Area schools work with Food Roots to teach kids where their food comes from and how to cultivate and cook it. Nutritious recipes with easy-to-find, inexpensive ingredients are being shared and devoured based on the social media stats behind those shares.

The point here is that wellness is more than a number on the scale or a medical record. Wellness starts with one’s ability to have a safe place to live, healthy food to eat, an education that leads to a living wage job, a community that has adequate supports for mental health, addiction, and for families with loved ones experiencing disabilities or different abilities.To learn more, get involved and donate, visit 4llamookcountywellness.org or email us at info@4llamookcountywellness.org.

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Marine heat waves appear to trigger earlier reproduction, high mortality in early life stages and fewer surviving juvenile Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska, a new study from Oregon State University shows.

These changes in the hatch cycle and early growth patterns persisted in years following the marine heat waves, which could have implications for the future of Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod, an economically and culturally significant species, said Jessica Miller of OSU’s Coastal Oregon Marine Experiment Station at Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport and the study’s senior author.

“We found that the fish were hatching two to three weeks earlier. To see that dramatic of a shift in hatch dates of a species due to a one- or two-year event is pretty remarkable,” Miller said. “That those changes continue to persist suggests that marine heat waves might be having long-lasting impacts that also influence the likely trajectory of the species under climate change.”

The findings, which were just published in the journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, could also have implications for future management of the fishery.

Pacific cod, perhaps best known as the key ingredient in fish and chips, is the second largest commercial groundfish fishery off the coast of Alaska. The 2022 commercial harvest totaled 403 million pounds and was valued at $225 million, according to NOAA Fisheries. The Gulf of Alaska stock is one of four Pacific cod stocks. It has a long history in Alaskan culture and is important to Indigenous communities in the region.

From 2014 to 2016 and in 2019, marine heat waves, which are periods of unusually high ocean temperatures, led to a steep decline in the abundance of adult Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod. As a result, the fishery was closed in 2020, and a federal disaster was declared in 2022.

To better understand how these heat waves impacted the Gulf of Alaska population of Pacific cod, the researchers studied otoliths, or ear stones, from young Pacific cod. The tiny bony structures begin to grow during the embryonic stage of development and chronicle a fish’s life in a manner similar to rings on trees.

Most fish die at the larval stage. The events of the first year of the animal’s life impact their survival and ability to reproduce. Understanding how marine heat waves impact the fish’s early growth cycle provides critical information to researchers and to fisheries managers, Miller said.

“The stones are a common tool in fish ecology. They are a time capsule that can be very useful for tracking what the fish ate and how fast they grew across time,” said Miller, a professor in the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences in OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

The researchers found that Pacific cod were hatching earlier during and after the 2014-2016 marine heat wave began, and those earlier hatches continued even when ocean temperatures cooled in 2017 and 2018.

“Fish responded to temperature differently during and after the marine heat waves,” said Zoe Almeida, who worked on the research as a post-doctoral scholar at Oregon State and is now at Cornell University. “Warmer temperatures only partially explained the earlier hatch dates in 2017 and 2018, and faster growth was not always associated with warmer temperatures as we often assume.”

Overall, fewer juveniles survived the first year of life during marine heat waves.

“These are some complex, unexpected consequences we’re seeing and will continue to see in the future as the climate changes,” Miller said. “It’s not just straightforward changes in growth, with the young fish growing faster because the ocean is warmer, as predicted by several models. The shifts in hatch timing influenced their body size as much, if not more, than the moderately faster growth, which can affect Pacific cod’s ability to survive past the first year. There can be future impacts to reproduction timelines as well.”

The findings suggest that fisheries managers may want to continue to monitor marine heat wave events and take a more conservative approach during subsequent years, when fish stocks are likely to be reduced, Miller said. Monitoring programs in the future may also have to be redesigned, in terms of their timing or types of nets used, to account for changes in spawn timing and body size.

The researchers are also working on three other projects to further explore the impact of marine heat waves on Pacific cod, including characteristics of fish who survived the first year after a marine heat wave and cascading effects of growth pattern changes as the fish get older.

The research was supported by the North Pacific Research Board, which was established to support marine research relating to the fisheries and marine ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean.

Additional co-authors are Hillary Thalmann of Oregon State and Benjamin Laurel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

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Calendar of Events CASA ABIERTA OPEN HOUSE Jan. 26, 4-7 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101, Lincoln City. Arcoiris Cultural.

Latin American music and dance group Ballet Folklorico Mexican Heritage. Free snacks and drinks. For more information, visit lincolncity-culturalcenter.org or call 541-9949994.

TILLAMOOK ARTISAN FAIR Jan. 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tillamook Eagles Lodge, 209 Stillwell Ave., Tillamook. Support local craft small businesses. For more information, text Shandra, 503-801-1892.

FIDDLESTICKS TOY STORE GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION Jan. 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fiddlesticks, Shops at the Village, 34950 Brooten Rd., Pacific City.

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NORTH COAST THROWDOWN CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT Jan. 27, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tillamook County Fairgrounds, 4603 3rd St., Tillamook. Proceeds to benefit TBCC Career-to-Career Scholarship.

Games, music, and cash prizes. For more information, to register, or for spectator tickets, visit eventbrite.com.

14TH ANNUAL PIE DAY AUCTION & FEAST Jan. 27, 3 p.m. White Clover Grange, 36585 Hwy. 53, Nehalem. Tickets $15 for adults; $5 for children 10 and under. Pie and ice cream plus pie auction. For more information, visit whiteclovergrange.com.

TRIVIA NIGHT Jan. 27, 5-6:30 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Free admission. Must be 21 or over. Play trivia. Sign-up at PC-Pour.com.

PAINT & SIP Jan. 28, 2-3:30 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Paint with Tayler Blackman $45 fee includes instruction, supplies and first beverage. RSVP at PC-Pour. com.

PACIFIC CITY YOUTH KARATE Jan. 29, 4 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Life skills and beginner martial arts. $25 sign-up fee; $50 per month. For more information, call 971-910-1188.

PACIFIC CITY WALKING WONDERS Jan. 29, 31 & Feb. 2, 10 a.m. Meet at Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. For more information, visit https://tillamookcountywellness.org/movewell/walking-groups/ or contact coordinator Kathy at katystar7@hotmail.com or 503-8017448 (text).

STITCHERS QUILTING GROUP Jan. 30, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City.

Community of people who make things for others - all levels welcome. $6 admission. For more information, email scnutting@gmail. com or call 503-801-0702.

TRIVIA NIGHT Jan. 30, 5:30-7:30, p.m. Pelican Brewing, 33180 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Chance to win fun prizes. For more information, call 503-965-7007.

TILLAMOOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING Jan. 31, 9 a.m. Tillamook County Courthouse, 201 Laurel Ave., Room 106. Also available via teleconference live video at tctvonline.com or teleconference at #971-254-3149, conference ID: 736-023-979 (listen only). For agenda, visit co.tillamook.or.us/bocc.

PACIFIC CITY YOUTH KARATE Jan. 31, 4 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Life skills and beginner martial arts. $25 sign-up fee; $50 per month. For more information, call 971-910-1188.

MOMMY AND ME CLASS Feb. 1, 8:30-10 a.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City.

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FIDDLESTICKS TOY STORE GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION Jan. 27, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Fiddlesticks, Shops at the Village, 34950 Brooten Rd., Pacific City.

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For all those moms and babies from newborn to pre-school. For more information, call 301-904-7217.

TAI CHI Feb. 1, 10:30 a.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City.

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TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER MUSEUM GRAND RE-OPENING Feb. 1, 3-6 p.m. Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106 2nd St., Tillamook. Explore the newly renovated main gallery and visit new exhibit, “Contact: How Cross-Cultural Exchange Shapes Us.” Speaker event at 1 p.m.

For more information, visit tcpm.org or call 503-842-4553.

‘PERK UP PIANIST’ Feb. 1, 7 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101, Lincoln City. Sarah Hagan’s “sit-down” comedy. Reserved tickets $20-$35.

For more information, visit lincolncity-culturalcenter.org or call 541-994-9994.

FRIDAY GAME NIGHT Feb. 2, 2-7 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Use PC Pour’s board games or bring your own. Must be 21 or over. RSVP at PC-Pour.com.

ARTIST OF THE MONTH RECEPTION Feb. 2, 5-7 p.m. Bay City Arts Center, 5680 A St., Bay City. Visual Art by Lydia Hess and Photography by Robbie McClaran. For more information, visit baycityartscenter.com or call 503-377-9620.

‘DIAL M FOR MURDER’ Feb. 2 & 3, 7 p.m. and Feb. 4, 2 p.m. Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy, Tillamook.

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UNCOVERING OREGON’S BLACK HISTORY Feb. 3, 1 p.m. Tillamook County Library, 1716 3rd St., Tillamook. Oregon Black Pioneers presents Uncovering Oregon’s Black History.

For more information, visit tillabook.org or call 503-842-4792.

BINGO NIGHT Feb. 3, 5-6:30 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Free admission. Must be 21 or over. Play Bingo. Sign-up at PC-Pour.com.

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ART FOR THE HEART: A COMMUNITIY CELEBRATION OF THE HEART AND ARTIST RECEPTION Feb. 4, 1-3 p.m. North County Recreation District, 36155 9th St., Nehalem. Art for sale, live music and refreshments. All ages welcome.

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PACIFIC CITY WALKING WONDERS Feb. 5, 7 & 9, 10 a.m. Meet at Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. For more information, visit https://tillamookcountywellness.org/movewell/walking-groups/ or contact coordinator Kathy at katystar7@hotmail.com or 503-8017448 (text).

WINTER PLANTING STEWARDSHIP ON THE BAY DAY Feb. 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cape Lookout State Park, 13000 Whiskey Creek Rd., Tillamook.

Looking for volunteers to help plant native vegetation in and around the campground.

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STITCHERS QUILTING GROUP Feb. 6, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City.

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PACIFIC CITY-NESTUCCA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING Feb. 6, noon. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Local community and business matters. For more information, email pcnvchamber@gmail. com.

SOUTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY Feb. 6, 12:30-6 p.m. Nestucca Valley Presbyterian Church, 35305 Brooten Rd., Pacific City.

TRIVIA NIGHT Feb. 6, 5:30-7:30, p.m. Pelican Brewing, 33180 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Chance to win fun prizes. For more information, call 503965-7007.

MOVIE NIGHT Feb. 6, 6 p.m. Tillamook County Library, 1716

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TILLAMOOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING Feb. 7, 9 a.m. Tillamook County Courthouse, 201 Laurel Ave., Room 106. Also available via teleconference live video at tctvonline.com or teleconference at #971-254-3149, conference ID: 736-023-979 (listen only). For agenda, visit co.tillamook.or.us/bocc.

CLASSICAL GUITAR WORKS & THE STORIES BEHIND THEM Feb. 7, 1 p.m. Tillamook County Library, 1716 3rd St., Tillamook. Bruce Charles shares early renaissance and modern Spanish guitar. For more information, visit tillabook.org or call 503-842-4792.

PACIFIC CITY YOUTH KARATE Feb. 7, 4 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Life skills and beginner martial arts. $25 sign-up fee; $50 per month. For more information, call 971-910-1188.

TAI CHI Feb. 8, 10:30 a.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City.

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FRIDAY GAME NIGHT Feb. 9, 2-7 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Use PC Pour’s board games or bring your own. Must be 21 or over. RSVP at PC-Pour.com.

‘DIAL M FOR MURDER’ Feb. 9 & 10, 7 p.m. and Feb. 11, 2 p.m. Barn Community Playhouse, 1204 Ivy, Tillamook.

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GUIDED BIRD WALK Feb. 10, 9-11 a.m. Friends of the Wildwood Open Space, NE West Devils Lake Rd., Lincoln City. Guided walk on the Head to Bay Trail.

Free and open to the public. For more information, visit LincolnCityAudubon.org or call 541-994-2131.

VALENTINE’S HOT CHOCOLATE BOMB MAKING CLASS Feb. 10, 2-3:30 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Learn to make your own hot chocolate bombs - take home three gift-wrapped bombs. $40 fee includes instruction, supplies and first beverage. RSVP at PC-Pour.com.

OREGON HUMANITIES CONVERSATION PROJECT Feb. 10, 3 p.m. Tillamook County Library, 1716 3rd St., Tillamook. “Loneliness and Aging.” A conversation for elderly people and those that know them. For more information, visit tillabook.org or call 503-842-4792.

PICTIONARY Feb. 10, 5-6:30 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Free admission. Must be 21 or over. Fast and fun. Sign-up at PC-Pour.com.

LINE DANCING CLASS Feb. 10, 7-8 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City.

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CRYSTAL SOUND BOWL SUNDAY Feb. 11, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. $10 admission. For more information, call Kris Rooke, 425-894-4111.

NESTUCCA VALLEY LIONS CLUB MEETING Feb. 12, 6 p.m. The Lion’s Den, 34510 Parkway Dr., Cloverdale. For more information, email nestuccavalleylions@gmail.com.

NESTUCCA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING Feb. 12, 6 p.m. Nestucca Valley Jr/Sr High School, 34660 Parkway Dr., Cloverdale.

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THE THREE CAPES MARATHON RELAY, which will make its way from Cape Meares to Whalen Island on Feb. 24, is hosted by Ultimook, a nonprofit that supports local youth running programs in Tillamook County.

Three Capes Marathon Relay returns Cloverdale marathoner shares experience of her first marathon at Three Capes Marathon Relay For her first full marathon, Cloverdale resident Heidi Holzgrafe chose to run the Three Capes Marathon Relay in 2022, solo.

“It was wonderful,” Holzgrafe said. “The course is unbelievable. There is a community sense, and it was much more being from the community. It has a hometown kind of feel.”

The Three Capes Marathon Relay is a 26.2-mile course traveling the Three Capes Scenic Loop, starting at Cape Meares Lake, passing Cape Lookout, and this year (due to road closures) will end at Whalen Island just north of Pacific City.

Holzgrafe ended up placing 10th overall in the Women’s Solo Marathon division of the 2022 event in a time of 5:34:39.

“I would say it’s a challenging, beautiful course,” Holzgrafe said. “You have to do it once in your lifetime.”

Last year, the 2023 event was canceled due to an ice storm in the area. But, the event is back this year and slated for Feb. 24.

The rugged course, with plenty of hills, passes through or runs adjacent to six state parks, two National Wildlife Refuges, multiple Tillamook County Parks, and boasts stunning vantage points of the Tillamook Bay, Netarts Bay, and the Pacific Ocean.

Participants can choose between running

the race as a solo marathon, a two-person team, or a five-person team. The course is separated into five legs which vary in distances from 4.37 miles to just under seven miles. Team categories include: family, business, school, or Clydesdale. Starting and ending at sea level, there is nearly 2,400 feet of climb within the course, offering a challenging racing venue.

The cost for registration is $289 for a five-person team, $145 for a two-person team, and the solo marathoner is $85. Every participant will receive a custom Three Capes Relay Medal when crossing the finish line. Register prior to February 15 to receive a race t-shirt.

High school and middle school teams can receive a discount by using the code: “High School Runner” when registering to receive 30 percent off the team fee.

Register online at threecapesrelay.com.

The Three Capes Marathon Relay is an event hosted by Ultimook nonprofit that supports local youth running programs in Tillamook County including: The Tillamook Distance Project (high school cross country and track program), Ultimook Running Camp (youth running camp), and the Ultimook Track Club (region-wide youth running club).

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