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Vol. 14, No. 350 • August 28, 2020 • FREE!
Taking it to the streets
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THE CAPE KIWANDA LONGBOARD CLASSIC has moved to a virtual format to meet social distancing standards.
Longboard Classic goes virtual By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun
The ‘Historic Cloverdale Cruisin 2020’ will welcome cars, trucks, hot rods and more during a socially distanced gathering on Sept. 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., in downtown Cloverdale Creamery Association, TCVA team up to offer grant for tourism businesses When locals need help, organizations throughout Tillamook County step up. It happens after natural disasters, accidents, business setbacks and now the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to the Tillamook County Creamery Association’s Hometown Resilience Fund, plus a portion of the lodging tax managed by Tillamook Coast Visitors Association (Visit Tillamook Coast), assistance is on the way for tourism businesses hit hard by closures, furloughs, and vastly reduced revenues. The Marketing Renewal Grant will help local businesses with promotions in 2021 as they recover from the impacts of COVID-19. Applicants can apply for up to $20,000 and must submit a marketing work plan as part of the application process. Collaboration with other tourism
businesses and individuals is highly recommended, and support by the tourism organization will be available throughout the year. “We’re taking a different approach with this grant, one that I’ve seen be very helpful — the cohort model,” said Nan Devlin, executive director of Tillamook Coast Visitors Association. “I’ve taken part in cohorts with Travel Oregon and Business Oregon, and we used it during the planning of the North Coast Food Trail in 2017. It’s a way to share ideas and conduct business together, all while the grantees implement their market outreach.” Devlin said if COVID-19 continues to be a public safety issue in 2021, or the state mandates continued closures that impact the ability to fully conduct tourism-related business, Tillamook Coast
Visitors Association will revise the marketing project schedule if needed. The grant application opens Sept. 1 and submission deadline is Nov. 1. To apply, businesses should download the information packet and application at tillamookcoast.com/grants. For questions about the grant, contact Amy Blackburn, grants administrator, at amy@tillamookcoast.com. “When our communities are strong, so are we, and we want to support the people and places that have supported us for decades,” said Paul Snyder, executive vice president of Stewardship at the Tillamook County Creamery Association. “We are hopeful that these funds will bring a little relief to the important businesses that make up the fabric of our community.”
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The annual trip — by surfers far and wide — to Pacific City for the Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic may be nixed this year thanks to safety concerns surrounding the pandemic, but surfers will still get a chance to compete via the event’s recently announced virtual format, a format that will make it possible for the event to continue its mission to raise funds for a skatepark in Pacific City. To date the event has raised an estimated $110,000 for the skatepark — including a record of approximately $30,000 last year. Those interested in competing in this revised format, for which there is no charge, are urged to start filming their longboard sessions now. Participants have until Sept. 15 to submit their best wave in three divisions: kids under 17, women (18-plus), and men (18-plus). Waves need not be surfed in Pacific City but must be surfed on longboards in the northwest. Winners will be announced on Sept. 20 and will receive a customframed CKLC “In Memory of Gary ‘Gaz’ Gregg” poster. To enter, participants can follow capekiwandalongboardclassic. com/virtual-classic-coastal-craft/. It will be there that the general public can view entrants’ live feeds and vote for their favorites. Co-organizer Lisa Macy-Baker said that Moment Surf Co, which puts on the event each year, elected to continue with a virtual event in an effort to keep the momentum going both for the surf contest itself and for its fundraising efforts for the skatepark. VIRTUAL COASTAL CRAFT The event will also feature the return of the Coastal Craft surfboard shaping event that debuted last year but in a virtual format. In. total six shapers will participate. An online auction for boards created will start soon and run through Sept. 20. Though shapers have selected a general shape for their board, winning bidders will have the chance to direct some customization. All proceeds from both the contest and the shaping event will benefit the skatepark, which recently received a Skatepark Project (formally the Tony Hawk Foundation) grant.
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS are beginning the conversation on whether parking on the beach in Cape Kiwanda should be closed — even after the health concerns of COVID-19 wane.
Commissioners take long view on beach parking Though, in Tillamook County Commissioners Aug. 26 decision to open the Tierra Del Mar beach to parking (see story, page 6-7), the focus of comments were on the immediate need for parking and the potential pitfalls that opening the beach for such a use could bring forth, both Commissioner David Yamamoto and Bill Baertlein joined Tillamook County Sheriff Jim Horton in saying that they’d like to see parking on the beach be relegated to the history books. “I believe that Oregon beaches should be for pedestrians and families and children,” Horton said. “I don’t (think) — and this is my personal opinion — that vehicles should be on Oregon beaches. I know they are designated state highways. I know that in some areas it’s a tradition to drive on the beach, I just feel it creates some inherent public safety issues when you start mixing pedestrians and vehicles on Oregon beaches. It’s a recipe for disaster in my opinion.” Those worries were echoed by both Yamamoto and Baertlein. Yamamoto’s point was that while driving on the beach has been a tradition in Oregon dating back to the early 1900s when, without a Highway 101 for travel, it was used as a road, things are different now. “Now, we look at Oregon (and) most places do not allow parking on the beach,” he said. “In South Tillamook County, we have some of the few remaining areas. And I would like to have a discussion moving into the future about keeping parking — especially at Cape Kiwanda — closed (to) public parking. We have a historic dory fleet, which we absolutely need to take into consideration. And I would never, ever want to tell the dory fleet that they are not able to launch from the beach.” That said, he said that he has heard from residents who have reported to him that, without the cars, the beach is now
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more enjoyable. “I think there are major life, health, safety issues with all those people parked on the beach and since we have closed parking on the beach, at Cape Kiwanda, I’m amazed at the number of people now that are contacting me saying that they have always approved of parking on the beach but now that they’re able to walk down on the beach and see Cape Kiwanda without 400 or 500 or 600 cars on the beach, they’re telling me that it’s a total different experience down there,” Yamamoto said. “Families feel much safer walking on the beach because there aren’t cars zipping around everywhere.” Baertlein, too, said he sees the positives of a beach free of cars other than dory trailers and their tow rigs. “In my entire life, I never felt that cars belonged on the beach,” he said. “When you go to the beach, it’s for the solitude and enjoying the sunsets, enjoying walking without having to dodge cars. So, I, too, would support a closure of actually all the beaches in Tillamook County. I don’t think you can close one spot without overpacking another. I think it’s got to be an all or nothing situation. And I would recommend that once we get through these October closures that we put it on the agenda to look at that and do public outreach and hearings to see what people think in the community.” He also said he, too has heard positive feedback from those enjoying the beach in Pacific City in a new way — sans cars. “Quite frankly, from what I’ve heard from people in Pacific City, they really enjoy the beach now,” Baertlein said. “They say you can go down there, there’s less pollution, there’s less cars, there’s no cars to dodge. I think it’s time we look at that. We absolutely (will) protect the dory fleet and allow them down there, but it is time (to restrict general vehicle parking). There’s just too many people now ... to (allow driving and parking on the beach).”
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TLT revenue should support public safety services By BILL BAERTLEIN Tillamook County Commissioner Tillamook County has a population of approximately 26,000, which our first responders can barely provide services for. Tourism has increased year after year and this year, we are overwhelmed. It was estimated that our population increased to as much as 100,000 on the weekend of Aug. 14. This number far exceeds the capacity to provide public safety in Tillamook County, and I suspect this is true of many of our counties and cities. I know the northern three coastal counties have been flooded by tourists. Our law enforcement, fire, and search and rescue departments have been working tirelessly for months and are strained to the point of collapse. The Oregon State Police (OSP) has historically been an essential partner in patrol and criminal investigation in Tillamook County. (Tillamook County) Sheriff Jim Horton said that early in his career, OSP had 12 to 15 troopers stationed in Tillamook. However, in the intervening years, the OSP presence in Tillamook has been drastically reduced due to budget cuts, and there are now only two or three troopers and a sergeant working out of Tillamook, which effectively means that local law enforcement spanning the county has been reduced by at least ten full time positions. As the population in Portland grows, tourism will continue to grow. The Sheriff’s Office is largely funded by the county general fund and there are no funds to expand the increased public safety needs of tourism. We have cut staff positions over the past six years in many general fund departments at the county, and we cannot incur additional cuts and continue to provide mandated services. I propose that we be allowed to use Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) revenue to support public safety services. Currently,
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TILLAMOOK CO. COMMISSIONER Bill Baertelin. the statute allows 30 percent of the tax revenue for general government purposes, and Tillamook County voters approved that the county’s 30 percent share go to funding road improvements. This represents one fourth of the road department’s budget and does not even come close to covering the department’s needs. The remaining 70 percent of TLT revenue received by the county is required by state law to fund tourism promotion or tourism-related facilities. I propose that this arbitrary allocation of tax dollars be amended to allow public safety to be a tourist-related expense. Legislative legal is reviewing the draft bill for the 2021 Legislative Session. When I visit other communities and pay the transient lodging tax, I want it spent to keep my family safe and make our stay as enjoyable as possible. I do not want the tax I pay spent on promotion when public safety is underfunded. Finally, the beaches, forests, and a very large portion of Tillamook County belong to the state and federal government. They belong to all Oregonians to share. All I am asking is that the state give us the tools to provide a safe place to share for our visitors. Please join me in supporting this bill.
Businesses struggling despite tourist influx BY NAN DEVLIN Tillamook Coast Visitors Association Perhaps because Oregonians have felt cooped up for so many months, there’s a need to escape to the coast and breathe in fresh salt air, if only for a day. I understand — I live here, and there’s nothing better than a walk on the beach to help manage the psychological impact of the pandemic. While it appears there are more visitors here this summer than last – for the very reason just mentioned – we may be lulled into thinking local businesses are doing great again. Not so fast. In mid-March, business came to screeching halt: lodging shut down until the first of June; restaurants closed, except for takeout (if possible); boat launches were closed, idling recreational fishing charters through the end of April. Even when businesses could operate again, it was often at half capacity, but at nearly 100 percent of operational costs, especially with the extra hours it took to sanitize surfaces and control the number of customers through the doors. A few businesses have received federal aid, such as from the Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) and Economic Industry Disaster Loan (EIDL), but it’s not enough. In April and May, we conducted surveys and interviews with people who own and manage lodging properties, restaurants, recreational fishing charters, and museums and venues. The stories were tough to hear, but important to know how the pandemic has impacted lives: you can find the impact reports at tillamookcoast.com/industry. Imagine you are a business owner — or perhaps your neighbor is — that Page 4 • Pacific City SUN • August 28, 2020
depends on visitor spending for a significant amount of your revenue. How would you stay in business and survive intact after what could be a solid year of economic and pandemic upheaval? Imagine how you feel having to lay off or furlough your dedicated staff — they are your neighbors too — and know they are struggling to pay rent and utilities, buy groceries to feed their families, while needing to home school their children who depend on school lunches. On top of that, not be able to find work in the place they live, doing what they are skilled at doing. And unemployment benefits may not have yet arrived. It’s heartbreaking. Fortunately, there are sources and ways to assist your neighbors and community, and help is still very much needed. Here are a few ideas, and these services can direct you to other organizations helping our community. CARE of Tillamook County can help with rental assistance and utility bills. If you need assistance - or know someone who does - please contact CARE by calling 503 842-5261 or visit careinc.org The Oregon Food Bank in Tillamook County is experiencing a great demand for its services. Call 503 842-3154 to see how you can help. Fulcrum Community Fund is taking donations to help businesses in Manzanita, Nehalem and Wheeler. So far, they have distributed more than $90,000 to 65 businesses and the self-employed, and more help is needed. Contact barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net The Grateful Bread Bakery in Pacific City is providing free meals to those in need. Donations are accepted by calling 503-965-7337 or by going to the drivethrough and dropping off some dollars.
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The Pacific City Joint WaterSanitary Authority will hold its regular monthly board meeting Tuesday, Sept. 1, starting at 5 p.m., by conference call. During the meeting, the Board will consider Automated Meter Reading alternatives, but no action will be taken on AMRs at the meeting. Other agenda items include updates of the 2020 Water and Wastewater Master Plans. To listen to the meeting, the public can get a call-in number and meeting identification by calling the PCJWSA office at 503-965-6636 prior to the meeting. Public comments can be submitted by e-mailing kmedina@ pcjwsa.com prior to the meeting so they can be read into the record by the manager during the meeting.
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OREGON PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT is working with other government agencies to address problems introduced by an influx of visitors, such as parking, congestion and trash.
Agencies taking measures to control congestion Visitor traffic on Oregon’s north coast has spiked to extraordinarily high levels in August, reportedly causing problems with parking, congestion and trash. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is working with other state and local agencies to create a safer, more enjoyable experience for visitors. While resources are stretched thin by the public health emergency and economic stress, Tillamook County, the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Oregon State Police, and OPRD has announced it will: • Designate safer, legal parking options and advise drivers to keep traveling if parking lots are full. With support from ODOT, more than a dozen new advisory and “No parking” signs will be installed along U.S. 101. • Increase restroom and trash services where money and labor are available. • Step up enforcement, ticketing unsafely parked cars and calling for tows at the owner’s expense, where needed. “If you love the coast, show it,” says Lisa Sumption, director of OPRD. “Take care of it and yourselves with some very simple
Nestucca Valley School District registration available online Parents can now register their kids for the 2020-21 Nestucca Valley School District academic year, which, as previously reported in the Sun, will follow a distance-learning model — at least for fall term. Online registration is available at nestucca.k12.or.us. As well, beginning Aug. 31 via the district website, parents will be able to sign up students for food delivery from the district. Food service is scheduled to be delivered daily, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and both breakfast and lunch will be included. To participate, students must be registered as a NVSD student.
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steps.” As part of the effort, Tillamook County Sheriff Jim Horton said his office has stepped up enforcement, an effort that has meant assigning some marine patrol officers and detectives to patrol South Tillamook County to focus on the traffic and parking concerns that are plaguing the area. “We did write about 150 citations form Friday evening to Sunday (the weekend of Aug. 14-16) throughout the county with about 50 in Pacific City — mostly for parking or other traffic concerns,” Horton told the Sun. Officials say visitors play a key role in protecting parks from damage. In addition to preparing for a safe visit using the guidelines posted online at stateparks.oregon.gov, OPRD says each visitor can help by: • Only parking in designated stalls, • Bypassing full parks and going someplace else, • Packing out anything brought in and leaving no trash, • Using restrooms before arriving or after leaving. • Visiting mid-week early in the day.
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IN AN EFFORT to reduce parking and congestion at Cape Kiwanda, Tillamook County Commissioners temporily reopened the Tierra Del Mar beach to public parking. Parking will be allowed on the beach (south of the access) until Oct. 1 unless the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Department closes the beach due to bad conditions or behavior.
Beach parking reopened at Tierra Del Mar By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun It may seem like a broken record, but it’s one that’s still getting plenty of air time. It’s a chorus that sounds something like this: too many visitors, too much traffic and too little parking space. It is with the latter in mind that at the behest of Tillamook County Sheriff Jim Horton, Tillamook County Commissioners unanimously voted on Wednesday Aug. 26 to temporarily reopen the Tierra Del Mar beach to parking. The order became effective at 8 am. on Friday, Aug. 28 and will sunset on Oct. 1 when the board will take a second look at the policy. As part of the order, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office was given authority to close the beach to parking at any time should conditions or behavior warrant such a move. In his presentation prior to the vote, Horton told commissioners that though long term he personally would like to see no vehicular access on Oregon’s beaches, the picture is a little different when looking at the immediate concern of too many cars and not enough safe places to park them. “In…discussion with some of the other partners, we feel that it could be time to at least discuss the possibility of opening the beach at Tierra Del Mar for parking of vehicles on a limited basis to try to see if this does alleviate some of the traffic problems and the parking issues,” Horton told commissioners. He noted that a contributing factor to the lack of parking is the earlier closure of parking on Cape Kiwanda Drive, as well as the limited number of spaces available at the county’s parking lot at Cape Kiwanda. “Vehicles are being pushed out to the secondary streets into the residential area and (this) creates substantial parking problems,” Horton explained. “There’s been accidents near the Cape because of
the traffic congestion.” Horton added that the opening of Tierra Del Mar would be the only beach recommended for reopening to beach parking. Cape Kiwanda, he said, would continue to be closed with the notable exception of remaining open to boat launching activities for the dory fleet. Similarly, McPhilips Beach will remain closed. Located just south of Tierra Del Mar, this beach access features what Horton called a poorly constructed small road leading to a small parking lot that has traditionally been an issue. “That’s on the recommendation of Oregon Parks and Recreation (Department),” he said. “In their travels, they see resource damage in that area of the beach.” Following the presentation, commissioners chimed in with their thoughts on the matter prior to the vote. Commissioner Mary Faith Bell noted that in her collaboration with Tillamook County Parks Director Joanne Woelfe, additional port-a-potties and garbage receptacles had been installed at Tierra Del Mar and McPhillips Beach to address the accompanying issue of garbage and inappropriate bathroom practices. Bell added that when commissioners closed beach parking at Cape Kiwanda, Tierra Del Mar, and McPhilips Beach, as well as on-street parking along Cape Kiwanda Drive, it was done with “great intentions” but they also “eliminated about 1,000 parking spaces.” “The weight of that is very heavy for me because I know we have redirected all of the resources of the Sheriff’s Department to deal with parking issues,” she added. “We’ve taken people out of the forest and off of marine (patrol), and we’ve moved everybody to deal with parking issues in South Tillamook County, and, to an extent we created those (parking problems). We didn’t create, obviously, all of the
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JAM-PACKED PARKING on Cape Kiwanda Drive — and the safety considerations it has brought for pedestrians — has been part of the impetus for Tillamook County Commissioners to reopen the beach at Tierra Del Mar to public parking. extra people that are here because it’s a COVID year and everybody is staying local. We have a lot of unique visitors this year — more than anyone’s every seen. That’s not our fault, but I think that you know it’s a messy situation because we eliminated beach access for safety reasons and, in so doing, we created different safety problems. We put a tremendous strain on the Sheriff’s Department and on the neighborhoods where all of those people are trying to park. I don’t know that (opening Tierra Del Mar) is a long-term solution, but, in the short term, I think if there’s anything we can do to mitigate the problems before Labor Day, we should do it. This is worth a try.” The message from Baertlein was one of caution but of respect for the sheriff’s recommendation. “This is a tough one. The overnighters — if they drive down there and stay on the beach all night, you’re going to have campfires and parties, and it’s going to be a zoo,” he opined. “I have those concerns, (but) I’m hoping I’m wrong.” And for his part, Yamamoto noted his support for, in the long term eliminating parking on the beach, a concept that reopening Tierra Del Mar for parking flies in the face of. “If now we open the Tierra Del Mar (beach) for parking access, and, if we get 100 to 300 vehicles parked down there and people going crazy like I think they might, that will take sheriff’s deputies away from other duties to go down to Tierra Del Mar to keep things safe there,” he said. “I’m just not sure that opening parking at Tierra Del Mar is going to be a good thing. I think it will be an enforcement nightmare. We’ve gone through this summer, the busiest summer in recorded history for people coming to the beach, and I think we’re on
the downward slope.” Despite his misgivings, it was Yamamoto who ultimately made the motion to support Horton’s request to open Tierra Del Mar to beach parking. “I am going to defer to it looks like the two votes that are willing to open Tierra Del Mar at this point,” he said just prior to making the motion. “I want to make it very clear that I’m going to make the motion, and I will vote to open parking at Tierra Del Mar on a trial basis knowing that if we run into problems (Sheriff Jim Horton will be able to close it back down.)” “We will absolutely close it if there are any public safety issues,” Horton responded. “There could be and this is not a perfect solution.” Meanwhile, in more than 50 written comments on the issue, opinions were varied. Assertions opposing the reopening included the thought that enough parking is available along the road without opening the beach, that a lack of enforcement allows people to drive excessive speeds on the beach, that the mixed vehicular and pedestrian environment it would bring could fuel the spread of the virus, and that the reintroduction of cars brings back safety concerns for beachgoers, particularly children. There was also a significant portion in favor of opening the beach to parking. Amongst the reasons raised were pedestrian safety concerns along on-street parking that closing beach parking has allegedly caused, that beach parking gives access to those who are disabled or less mobile, that the increased parking will help alleviate concentrated parking near Cape Kiwanda, and the assertion that opening the beach would help alleviate an increased parking and traffic burden for Tierra Del Mar residential streets.
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IT WILL BE A DAY to celebrate the many flavors of automotive marvels that roam that streets of Tillamook County and beyond when the “Historic Cloverdale Cruisin 2020” hits the streets of downtown Cloverdale on Saturday, Sept, 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Cloverdale to go into overdrive By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun From classics to hot rods, pickups to convertibles, and motorcycles, too, the town of Cloverdale will get revved up for a day of socially-distanced fun when the “Historic Cloverdale Cruisin 2020” shines the light on vehicles of all kinds in the town’s downtown core on Saturday, Sept. 5. While in the past the event has featured music, trophies and crowded streets, the scene will be different — and much more low key — this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s festivities, billed as a “non event,” is set to run from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and will instead shun those additions in an effort to keep all safe. Instead, masks and social distancing will be the order of the day as organizers seek to eliminate congregating in groups out of respect for social distancing standards. “It’s a real concern,” organizer Tom Goodwin said about taking care to behave according to established safety standards for the pandemic. “We need to be watching out for ourselves and each other.” Still, that doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty of fun on tap he added. “We’re trying to create a safe and healthy place for people to come together with safe distancing, and to enjoy one of their favorite pastimes, which is looking at their favorite cars, trucks and motorcycles,” Goodwin said. “There’s people that are talking about bringing their Corvettes, old and new; a 1930 Chevrolet 2-door sedan; (and) old trucks. (There’ll) probably be some show cars and some barn cars, (too).” He said that while there won’t be food or drink provided by the event, those taking in the motoring marvels will be welcome to enjoy tastes at Antonette’s Kitchen South and the Nestucca Bay Cheese Factory. “Most of the businesses will be open that Saturday,” Goodwin added. “It will be a fun event. There are lots of people looking forward to going to it.” And in a welcome reprieve to the parking challenges that Pacific City is experiencing, Goodwin said there is plenty of on- and off-street parking available — both for cruise-in vehicles and for onlookers. “The town, besides the regular businesses, can handle 80-90 cars at one time,” he said. “My guess is people will come hang out and then head on down the road. I’m hoping 100 or more come
(in total), but not more than 50 or 60 at a time.” As part of the event, Goodwin is striv-
“THE HISTORIC CLOVERDALE CRUISIN 2020” will benefit the Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District’s effort to purchase a new set of “Jaws of Life,” which it says is an important tool for vehicle extractions. ing to raise funds for the Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District, which is seeking to raise enough to purchase a second complete set of “Jaws of Life,” which is a critical instrument in extracting victims from car wrecks. Currently, only the Hebo station has a full set, though the Pacific City and Beaver stations do have older, partial sets. A full-set of the life-saving tools cost approximately $30,000. While the Cruise-in itself is free, Goodwin says he hopes to garner donations to further Nestucca Fire’s efforts. To that end, he plans to circulate the event with a donation jar. As well, the fire district plans to park one of its rescue vehicles — as well as one set of its Jaws of Life — at the event, so long as the equipment isn’t needed for an emergency call. Goodwin said he hopes to have a donation jar also at the district’s exhibit. Safety in the town is at the forefront of Goodwin’s concerns. He said that especially with the high volume of traffic passing through the town this summer, it is especially important for motorists to respect the 25 mph limit through town. “We’ve got to get the speed down to where it’s safe to cross the street,” he added. “If people will be cautious driving through Cloverdale that will be very helpful.”
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Registration is now open for fall term classes at Tillamook Bay Community College. Fall term begins Sept. 21. Degree-seeking students enrolling at TBCC for the first time will need to complete an admissions application, and attend a student orientation session before registering for classes. Prospective students can get started online at tillamookbaycc.edu/ admissions-registration, or by contacting the Student Services team at studentservices@tillamookbaycc.edu. TBCC does not require SAT or PSAT scores to enroll. As an open admission college, all students are welcome to attend. Placement in classes is determined by multiple measures. Students who have recently taken classes at TBCC can register online after speaking with their advisor. There are also several scholarship opportunities available for students to attend this fall. The TBCC Foundation has more than $41,000 in scholarships to award to students. Scholarships can help pay for tuition, fees, books, educational supplies, and in some cases, childcare and living expenses. Officials say that one scholarship in particular, the Mario and Alma Pastega Scholarship, can potentially cover a student’s entire tuition for the year. Started in 2014, the Mario and Alma Pastega Schol-
arship seeks to help students who have a history of giving back to their communities, and offering a helping hand where needed. The scholarship process can be completed entirely online by visiting tillamookbaycc.edu and clicking on the Paying for College tab and selecting Scholarships. Students have until Sept. 9 to apply. The Career-to-Career Scholarship is also open for fall term, and helps supports students who have at least five years of work experience and are looking to build their job skills or transfer to a college or university. The deadline to apply is also Sept. 9. For a schedule of credit courses and non-credit community education classes offered throughout the term, visit the TBCC website. The school reminds students that in these times of uncertainty, class schedules may change. That said, TBCC and its community partners are promising to do all they can to keep the community updated as to operations available during the pandemic. Officials say the school is committed to the health and safety of the community and will take all necessary precautions to support wellness on campus. Those that need assistance can contact Student Services at 503-842-8222 ext. 1100. For more information on TBCC scholarships, contact Britta Lawrence at 503-8428222 ext. 1026 or email brittalawrence@ tillamookbaycc.edu.
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The Land Use Board of Appeals, in a Aug. 20 decision, upheld Tillamook County’s granting of FaceBook/Edge Cable Holdings a conditional use permit and similar use determination to land a fiber-optic cable on a .67-acre residential lot (zoned rural residential 2-acre) in Tierra Del Mar. Petitioners for the appeal included the Oregon Coast Alliance and several Tierra Del Mar residents. In upholding the permit, LUBA upheld Tillamook County’s decision to approve the permit on several issues, including that the “underground fiber-optic cable line and manhole are ‘public facilities, including substations and transmission lines,’ which are conditional uses in the (rural residential 2-acre) zone;” that the project is suitable for the proposed use; and that the improvements would “not alter the character of the surrounding area in a manner which substantially limits, impairs or prevents the use of surrounding properties for the permitted uses listed in the underlying zone.” Edge Cable, though, is still facing some battles stemming from an incident where they reportedly abandoned drilling equipment last April after the project’s drill pipe snapped. Allegedly, following the accident, approximately 1,100 feet of drill pipe; a drill tip; two tools for drill steering and tracking; and approximately 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid were abandoned. Edge Cable, in an Aug. 25 response addressed to Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, answered a variety of issues that OPRD had asked, in letters on July 16 and Aug. 13, the company to address by Aug. 27. In Edge’s response, they said they will provide OPRD with verification of valid permits from Tillamook County, DSL, and USACE, as well as verification of a valid
DSL proprietary easement agreement prior to resuming work in January 2021. And in answer to an OPRD requirement to provide a new survey illustrating the revised conduit and cable installation plans, Edge said the “drilling path to be followed upon recommencement of construction in 2021 will remain substantially the same as the drilling path utilized during operations in 2020, but will be engineered to avoid the unrecovered materials.” They also noted that the “drilling path will continue to avoid crossing private property not owned by Edge.” Additionally, Edge said it will provide OPRD a “requested independent hazard analysis by Sept. 15 or sooner” and that it estimates that construction will be complete before April 30 and will submit a request for a time extension if construction goes beyond March 26, which is the current permit-mandated deadline (also a time extension). It the letter, Edge Cable also pledged to take additional steps not required by OPRD. Those included: conducting a “supplemental geophysical and geotechnical investigations to augment its existing surveys…” and a promise to “notify OPRD (and other relevant federal, state and local governmental bodies) by phone and e-mail within 24 hours of an occurrence of a drill break,… and then submit a written report regarding the incident within three business days.” The project is facing additional hurdles, too, as the Oregon Coast Alliance has filed a Notice of Intent to sue under the Clean Waters Act and there is now a petition focused on the project at thepetitionsite. com. Offered by Care2, the petition is seeking signatures to “tell Facebook to clean up this mess and stop the project entirely.” As of press time, more than 75,000 had signed the petition.
Tillamook County Housing Commission seeks applicants
The Board of Commissioners is seeking representatives from Tillamook County to serve on the Tillamook County Housing Commission. Formed by the Board in June 2018, the Housing Commission is charged with creating, maintaining, and implementing a strategic housing plan for the entire county based on work done by the Tillamook County Housing Task Force and housing needs data. The Housing Commission will provide a framework to support development and preservation activities that officials say will increase and/or preserve workforce housing in unincorporated areas of Tillamook County, and to partner with incorporated cities for the same.
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The Housing Commission currently has two vacancies, each of which will serve a four-year term: one representative of a major employer and one at-large member. Membership application forms are available by visiting co.tillamook.or.us/ gov/Bocc/ under “Committee Applications.” Applications should be e-mailed to Isabel Gilda in the Commissioners’ office at igilda@co.tillamook.or.us by 5 p.m. on Sept. 30. For more information on how to submit an electronic application, call Gilda at 503-842-3403; for more information about the Housing Commission, call Commissioner Bill Baertlein at 503-842-3403 or Tillamook County Housing Coordinator Jake Davis at 503-842-3408 ext. 3419.
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CAC membership votes in new executive board The Pacific City-Woods Citizen Advisory Committee voted in a new executive board during its annual meeting on Saturday, Aug. 15. Taking the helm as chair is Pacific City resident Bob Papke; as vice-chair, Pacific City property owner and Portland resident Judd Moore; and as secretary-treasurer, Pacific City resident Melissa Kenney. Each will serve a oneyear term ending August 2021. Papke told the Sun that after he and his wife bought a home here eight years ago, he wanted to get involved. He brings with him a 23-year background in hi-tech executive management as well as 15 years as a realtor. Papke said he expects his experience dealing with city and county agencies, as well as developers and builders, will be valuable during his service to the CAC. He added his goal is to beef up communication, get more people involved and bolster meeting attendance. “We’ve got a lot of growth going on
here,’ he said. “We need to make sure it’s smart.” Moore is a retired architect who has a history with the area dating back to the early 1950s. “Since I was a kid my folks were active in the area,” he recalls. Moore, who owns the “turnaround” property, which now houses Green Acres Beach and Trail Rides, is a retired architect who says he’d like to see the area developed so it’s environmentally friendly to pedestrians and to traffic circulation. The Pacific City-Woods CAC’s next quarterly meeting is scheduled for November, but an exact date, time and place have yet to be determined as the group is searching for an appropriate indoor site that allows them to meet social distancing standards. It held the Aug. 15 meeting outdoors on the grounds of the South Tillamook County Library. For more information about the CAC, visit pcwoodscac.org.
TBCC offers free college courses to local high school students Last Spring, Tillamook Bay Community College rolled out a new plan to help juniors and seniors currently enrolled at a Tillamook County high school the opportunity to take courses at TBCC at no cost to them. “Going into COVID, and schools being abruptly shut down, we wanted to help our school districts and local high school students continue their education,” said TBCC President Ross Tomlin. “We quickly launched a plan to let them take college classes in the spring for free, and even though the turnaround was short, we had almost 100 students take advantage of the opportunity and start taking online classes at TBCC. We were already set up to do online classes, had the infrastructure in place and were thrilled to be able to help the school districts by offering this support.” Because of its success in the spring, TBCC has once again decided to offer all juniors and seniors currently enrolled at a Tillamook County high school the opportunity to take courses at TBCC for Fall Term. Students will pay no tuition or fees.
Raffle to benefit Garibaldi Museum Cascade Falls Quilts of Tillamook has donated a queen-sized quilt to the Garibaldi Maritime Museum to raffle as a benefit. The 102- by 102-inch navy-and-white quilt, constructed by Gloria Guyer, is titled “Ship’s Wheel and Eagles.” Proceeds will be used for the replacement of the Museum’s aging gutter system. Raffle tickets are $5 each or three for $12 at the Museum during its business hours of 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Only 500 tickets will be sold. The winning number will be drawn in mid-December. For more information, visit garibaldimuseum.org or call 503-322-8411 and leave a message.
To participate, students need to apply for admissions at TBCC by visiting tillamookbaycc.edu. After completing the admissions application, they will be emailed a TBCC ID number in two to three business days. If they are interested in dual credit courses in which they can receive both high school and college credit, they will need to first speak with their high school counselor to determine which courses accept dual credit that will fit best with the student’s educational plan. Once a student has their TBCC ID number, they can begin registering for college courses. To read a full list of instructions on how to register, visit tillamookbaycc.edu under the “Future Students” tab and click on “Current High School Students.” Registration is open until Sept. 20, with fall term classes beginning Sept. 21. For questions on registration, reach out to Student Services by calling 503-842-8222 ext. 1145 or email robertmoore@tillamookbaycc.edu.
WE ARE OPEN FOR TAKEOUT AND CURBSIDE PICKUP As we navigate the rise and flow of this time, we are excited to open our doors to serve our cherished local community of Pacific City their favorite coffee creations and bakery treats. Please know that we are committed to doing the right thing and the safety of our community is our utmost priority. To see the full list of actions we are taking please check out our website. STIMULUSCO FFEE .COM | 503.965.4661 | OPEN DAILY 7AM - 2PM @ST IMULUSCOFFEEBAKERY
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Local man dies in Hwy. 130 crash Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle crash on Hwy. 130 near milepost 4 on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at approximately 1:30 p.m. Preliminary investigation revealed a Jeep Cherokee, operated by William Carter, 57, of Pacific City, was westbound when it left the roadway, traveled down an embankment, and rolled. Carter sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased. OSP was assisted by Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, ODOT, and Nestucca Fire and Rescue.
Because of COVID-19, our building is closed and normal worship services have been suspended. Please visit our website: nestuccavalleypc.org for information regarding weekly sermons from Reverend Ben Dake, along with other updates from our congregation.
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