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Two Secrets with Chris Baron to play Dec. 10 concert at Community Center.........2 Nestucca Fire to bring back Christmas fire engine parade on Dec. 18.......................... 4
Cloverdale set to ring in the holidays
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Webinar to address protection efforts on the Oregon Coast............................................. 9
Vol. 15, No. 383 • December 3, 2021 • FREE!
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A NESTUCCA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT bus on the way to take high school students on a field trip was involved in a Hwy. 6 collision on Nov. 19.
Collision results in shortened field trip
Nestucca High School’s choir will be the featured entertainment at the Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce Awards Luncheon
A Nestucca Valley School District bus, on its way to taking a high school class on a Nov. 19 field trip, collided with a trailer that had reportedly broke loose from a truck west of Banks on Highway 6. Oregon State Police, which responded to the incident, reported that they responded to the report of a collision between a trailer being pulled by a Ford F550 and a school bus on Highway 6 near milepost 35, west of Banks. OSP’s preliminary investigation revealed that a red 1999 Ford F550 truck pulling an unloaded flatbed trailer, operated by Frank Rich, 64, of Otis, was traveling westbound on Highway 6 near milepost 35 when the trailer began to fishtail uncontrollably and detached from the coupling. Officials said that, after separating from the truck, the trailer collided with the driver-side rear axle of the school bus. Reportedly, the school bus began to rotate and went into the eastbound ditch and came to rest against the embankment wall blocking both lanes of Highway 6. Operated by Steven Parks, 51, of Cloverdale, the bus had been taking the high school class to a field trip in Portland. There was a total of six adults, including the driver and 31 students on the bus. OSP reports that seven people were transported by medics to various hospitals with minor injures and as a precaution. In its Facebook post addressing the incident, NVSD said that all students, staff and chaperones were able to safely get off the bus, but some adults and children were transported to hospitals for further examination. The driver of the Ford F550 was issued a citation for the operation of an unsafe vehicle. He did not have the correct coupling system for the trailer. The Oregon State Police was assisted by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Forest Grove Fire, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
CARE celebrates 30 years of impact with virtual event
CARE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Peter Starkey.
CARE is welcoming the community to tune in for its upcoming virtual event—30 Years of Impact—on Friday, Dec. 3 at 6 p.m. They are hoping all will help the nonprofit commemorate the success CARE has accomplished in the community in the last 30 years. At the event, CARE will come together with Sen. Betsy Johnson and the presenting sponsor, Tillamook County Creamery Association, to reflect on everything they’ve accomplished in the
last three decades and share their plans moving forward to eliminate poverty in Tillamook County. To learn more or to RSVP for the event, visit https://www.avstream.me/care30. CARE was founded in 1991 after the local advisory board of Community Action Team decided to incorporate as an independent nonprofit organization to provide local control to poverty fighting services in Tillamook County. CAT, based in St. Helens in Columbia County, began
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providing services in Tillamook County in 1985, starting the first homeless shelter in the county, known as the CAT House. Today, CARE has grown into a multifaceted organization seeking solutions to the causes and effects of poverty for the residents of Tillamook County. But the organization says that everything that CARE is today and everything it does, would not be possible without the support and generosity of the community.
cascadian dark ale
You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry, you better not pout and here's telling you why—Bad Santa has arrived, and now in CANS! Brewed for a limited time each holiday season, this mysterious dark nectar is filled with toasted malt, roasty character, and an alluring herbal hop aroma. Stop by on Christmas Day in Pacific City to enjoy our full menu with festive holiday specials, perfectly paired with a fresh pint of Bad Santa and a beachfront view of Haystack Rock.