Pacific City Sun, Feb. 24, 2012

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On Our Cover: Clearing the lot — Big Rock Excavation work at clearing Cape Kiwanda’s parking lot on Thursday, Feb. 23.

Approximately 2,000 Photo by Tim Hirsch cubic yards were removed from the lot. The project is funded by Tillamook County Parks, who yearly spends $3,000 to $5,000 to remove sand accumulation.

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Pacific City SUN 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr. • P.O. Box 1085 Pacific City, Oregon 97135 503-801-5221 • Fax 503-965-3659 tim@pacificcitysun.com Tim Hirsch Editor & Publisher

The Powerful Pacific State seeks community comment on Territorial Sea Plan at March 6 meeting at Kiawanda Community Center PACIFIC CITY — Residents interested in sharing their thoughts and concerns about the development of a Territorial Sea Plan, which is being developed to instruct decision makers on whether to allow development in Oregon’s territorial sea, can do just that at a March 6 meeting at Kiawanda Community Center. The meeting will run 5:30-9 p.m.

Hosted by Ocean Policy Advisory Council’s Territorial Sea Working Group, the forum is the last of several up and down the coast that’s designed to give the public a chance to get involved with the process. Organizers say that anyone interested in Oregon’s ocean resources and renewable energy of the territorial sea (0-3 miles offshore) is encouraged to attend. The workshop will include an overview of the process of developing a territorial sea plan and a presentation on the ocean’s resources and uses — including fishing and ecological resources.

The issue is of particular concern to Pacific City as two developments — since delayed pending the completion of the plan — have previously targeted the waters off Cape Kiwanda as a potential spot for development. In addition, initial maps that had been developed as part of the plan did not note that significant fishing grounds were in the area. Since that time, the Doryman’s Association has released their fishing maps and the TSP maps have been updated.

The road to a territorial sea plan got started after eight companies applied for permits for ocean energy projects between 2006 and 2007. Amongst the applications were two companies that

‘Sharing the Coast’ Conference set for March 3 TILLAMOOK — Learn about everything from climate change and coastal hazards to paleobotany and snowy plovers at this year’s “Sharing the Coast Conference,” Saturday, March 3 at Tillamook Bay Community College, 4301 Third Street.

The event marks the fourth annual conference co-sponsored by CoastWatch and the Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators (NAME). Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the event concludes with a 5:15 p.m. reception. There will also be field trips devoted to geology, birds and tidepools on Sunday, March 4.

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While the agenda is designed to inform CoastWatch volunteers, who monitor the shoreline, and teachers and interpreters who help to educate the public about the coast, the conference is open to all.

Key speakers include Bryan Black, a professor at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. Black will discuss how climate variability has affected the ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest through history.

For more information or to register, contact Fawn Custer of NAME, (541) 2700027, envtgsldrfawn@aol.com.

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Contributors: Daniel Crawford, Sally Rissel, Pat Gefre

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targeted Tillamook County — Principal Power, who proposed a windmill generating plant, and Aquamarine Power, who would like to install their “Oyster” devices along our coastline.

But no pending developments will move forward before the sea plan is adopted. On March 26, 2008, Oregon signed a memorandum of understanding with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in which FERC agreed to put a temporary hold on approving any wave energy projects while Oregon worked on developing a comprehensive plan. According to the memorandum, once that comprehensive plan is in place, FERC will take it into account in its wave energy license review process for energy project with Oregon’s Territorial Sea, which expands three miles.

Though the TSP working group has brought in data from a variety of stakeholders, local resident Dave Yamamoto says there’s one group that has been overlooked — residents of the coast. He said his primary concern is the protection of the view of the unspoiled ocean that we enjoy today.

The current timeline of Oregon’s sea plan calls for a Sept. 20-21 goal of adopting the plan. Between now and then they will conclude a public meeting tour of the coast with two stops on March 6 — the Pacific City meeting at 5:30 p.m. and an earlier one at Depoe Bay City Hall, which starts at 11 a.m.

For more information, visit www. oregonocean.info. Written comments can be submitted to tsp.comments@state. or.us.

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Be Reel Responsible Using diver and bait on the Nestucca can be harmful to native steelhead stocks

By PAT GEFRE for the Sun Would you knowingly or intentionally employ a fishing technique that was harmful to a fishery? The answer to that question for most fishermen is, of course not.

Yet, we still have many fishermen doing just that. Some knowingly and some because it’s effective, while many others just don’t understand the consequences. The technique I am referring to is fishing diver and bait. Diver and bait is a legal method of fishing on the Nestucca River, but the method has an unintended impact that can be devastating to the native fishery. Here on the Nestucca River we have a wonderful broodstock hatchery fishery that coincides with the return of the Nestucca native steelhead (the very run of fish that the broodstock come from). I have addressed this method before and still many fishermen and some guides are still fishing this method.

Why is this method devastating to the native population? While hatchery fin-clipped steelhead may be retained with a bag limit of two fish, wild fish must be released unharmed — the unharmed part being the important word here. Native steelhead are not supposed to be handled or netted, unless absolutely necessary, and they are not to be brought into the boat or taken out of the water.

Steelhead hooked on diver and bait are seldom released unharmed.

Here’s why. When drift fishing, spinner fishing, bobber fishing or side drifting, the bait is a moving target. A steelhead has very little time to see and strike the offering. Ninety-nine percent of the time, the fish strike quickly and the fish is hooked in the mouth, usually the corner or the beak, making a safe release of the fish very simple.

When diver and bait are employed, just the opposite occurs. A diver and bait is most often used while on anchor or under a controlled descent where the rower is slowly backing the boat, with the diver and bait, downstream to waiting steelhead. Because the diver is using the rivers current to dive and hold in place, the diver is the only thing transferring any action to the rod tip. A steelhead has lots of time to sit behind the bait and chew on it. Because the diver is the only thing transferring action to the rod, steelhead can chomp and swallow the bait without the fisherman knowing he or she has a hook up. Instead of the hook being in the mouth where it could easily be removed, it most often ends up deep in the throat of the fish. The first indication to the fisherman is the throb of the rod as the fish attempts to escape with the bait. As a consequence, the fisherman ends up battling a fish that is hooked deeply in the throat and often spewing blood when it is finally brought to the boat.

A steelhead that is gushing blood is a fish that is going to die, if not from loss

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Hatchery steelhead caught on the Nestucca River. of blood, from lack of oxygen because of loss of blood or because of damage to the gills that filter oxygen from the water via the deep hook set.

So why do we still fish this method? Mostly because it’s effective and some fishermen just haven’t come to terms with the consequences they may be inflicting on the overall fishery.

We have this great opportunity on the Nestucca to retain hatchery fish.

That is a great asset to fishermen and most certainly to guides. If this was a catch-and-release only fishery, with no hatchery fish available, many of the folks that fish here wouldn’t and many guides and businesses would suffer.

In the beginning when the broodstock program was being developed, there was pressure from native fish groups to keep the broodstock program from happening. They were concerned that the hatchery program would negatively affect the native fishery. Great care was taken to develop and monitor the broodstock program. There was a five-year study with a three-year creel survey to see if the hatchery fish strayed and interfered with the native fishery. The conclusion after five years was that the broodstock fishery did not have a concerning impact on the native fish.

During the five-year study all hatchery fish were released at Bays Creek, between fifth and sixth bridge on the upper Nestucca. After the studies were completed, the release pattern was changed with the release being split into four groupings. The mouth of Three Rivers, Farmer Creek, First bridge and Bays Creek were the new release points.

The change was done to further ensure that the impact on the wild fishery would be minimal by keeping the hatchery fish returning in the lower river while leaving the native fish to the upper river. We already take wild steelhead from the native run to propagate the broodstock program, removing more steelhead from the run because of mortality from fishing methods just jeopardizes the whole fishery and gives those that would like to see the program disappear more talking points. We need to be better stewards, and collectively, we need to bring more awareness to those fishermen using diver and bait.

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Refuge seeks shutterbugs NEWPORT — The Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex is holding its first photography contest to celebrate International Migratory Bird Day. IMBD, which highlights the migration of nearly 350 species of migratory birds between nesting habitats in North America and non-breeding grounds in Latin America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, will celebrate its 20th anniversary Saturday, May 11. The 2012 IMBD theme is “Connecting People to Bird Conservation.”

The photography contest supports this year’s theme by connecting people to birds through the lens of a camera. All photographers are encouraged to enter, either as a professional, amateur or youth.

All photographs must be of birds that can be found on Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuges (NWR), including Oregon Islands, Three Arch Rocks, Cape Meares, Nestucca Bay, Siletz Bay and Bandon Marsh NWR. However, the photos do not have to be taken on the refuges.

Photos must be captured with either a digital camera or scanned from a film slide, negative or print and submitted in the baseline JPEG recording format.

File sizes are to be 3.2MB/photo or smaller and must have a minimum resolution of either a 1600 pixel width and/or 1200 pixel height in standard portrait or landscape aspect.

All entries must be received by May 4, 2012. Winning entries will be announced by May 10, 2012 and displayed on the Oregon Coast NWR Complex website and/or Flickr page. Ribbons will be given to the finalists in each category for professionals, amateurs and youth.

To be participate in the contest, visit www.fws. gov/oregoncoast for complete contest rules and to download the entry form, or contact Jennifer Winston at 541-867-4550.

The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. For more information, visit www.fws.gov.

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author Marco Allen Cunningham will present “From Print to Pixels: The Act of Reading in the Digital Age,” Sunday, March 4, 2-4 p.m. at the Hudson House Bed & Breakfast, the first of a series of talks sponsored by the Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce and Oregon Humanities. Transferrable passes to the series of six talks are $25 and available at the Inn at Pacific City.

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Of Bytes and Books Marco Allen Cunningham to present ‘From Print to Pixels: The Act of Reading in the Digital Age,’ March 4 at the Hudson House CLOVERDALE — Turn the page onto the expanded reading formats that today’s digital world offers when author Marco Allen Cunningham presents “From Print to Pixels: The Act of Reading in the Digital Age,” Sunday, March 4, 2-4 p.m. at the Hudson House Bed & Breakfast.

The talk is the first of six Sunday seminars that acting president of the Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce Jose Solano says will focus on a wide range of thought-provoking topics of significance to our times and coastal communities.

Admission to the series is $25 for all six seminars. The series pass, which is available at Inn at Pacific City, is transferrable, allowing friends and family to pick and choose which of the series they would like to attend.

The talk will address ways e-books serve or change the act of reading as well as other effects of moving from the printed page to a digital experience.

Solano says this is a chance to see how this new reading approach might impact our lives and that of youth growing up immersed in the pixel world.

A well-known quote by cultural critic Neil Postman illustrates many of the concerns that the talk will deal with.

“Technology always has unforeseen consequences and it is not always clear, at the beginning, who or what will win, and who or what will lose,” he said.

Cunningham is the author of two historical novels: “The Green Age of Asher Witherow,” which was a # 1 Book Sense Pick from the

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The six Coastal Think Tanks are funded by Oregon Humanities, the Oregon Cultural Trust, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. They are sponsored locally by The Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Inn at Pacific City, the Hudson House Bed & Breakfast, and the Inn at Cape Kiwanda. Businesses and individuals are being sought to help sponsor the Coastal Think Tanks. For a $100 donation to the chamber, individuals receive two season passes that are transferable to other people and will be recognized as a sponsor on all seminar programs. The Pacific City-Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce, a non-profit organization, brings numerous activities to South Tillamook County throughout the year.

The remaining five seminars include: March 25, “Friendship: Reviving, Surviving or Dying,”

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By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun PACIFIC CITY — Sometimes the price of progress is steep, but the cost of ignoring it is astronomical.

Such is the scenario revolving around a new sewer lift station on Pacific Avenue that Pacific City Joint WaterSanitary Authority is trying to get off the ground.

The lift station is a critical piece to PCJWSA’s infrastructure, but the current facilities are showing their years. At a Feb. 21 special meeting to address the issue, authority manager Tony Owen said the challenge facing the organization is balancing the climbing construction costs of replacing the deteriorating facility with the need for a station that will serve the community now and into the future.

Despite the escalating costs, the board of directors ultimately came to a consensus that the project needs to move forward — even if that means borrowing money and passing that expense on to consumers. Funding would most likely come from a flex lease loan and be supported by a system development charge increase to consumers.

The authority opened competing construction bids on Feb. 2, and while Clackamas Construction came in as the low bidder, all was not rosy when it came to the bottom line.

Clackamas Construction’s bid came

in at $948,000, which Owen says is “a couple hundred thousand dollars over what we thought.” Additionally, the authority is on the hook for additional expenses including purchasing a generator and electrical services needs. All told, if the authority sticks to their current plan, they’ll need $1.4 million for the project.

Though Owen said he is in negotiation with Clackamas Construction to determine if anything can be trimmed from their proposal, that won’t be enough — not without trimming so much from the project as to sacrifice the improvement in the authority’s infrastructure.

The budget for the project is currently $194,000 over what the authority has in its bank account to cover the construction cost — and that’s without adding in any contingency.

Owen did suggest — but not endorse — the possibility of installing new pump equipment into the old well, which would save PCJWSA the trouble of dewatering the area, but that cutback met with reservations amongst board members.

Because the current wet well was built in the 1970s, board member questioned whether that is the foundation the authority wants to build on as it looks to the future needs of the community.

“This concrete has been in the ground since 1978,” said Owen.

“That’s getting really old,” said board member Carolyn McVicker. “I don’t want to see us doing this again in five years,

10 years or 15 years. When I look at this $194,000, that’s tough to come up with.

That’s $10 for every customer for a year.”

But on the other hand, McVicker said she realizes the benefit — and the need — for the improvement. She said the completion of the project would help to eliminate employee and maintenance costs that have been necessary to keep the aging system operational.

“I think it’s the right path to be on — (to) spend money (now) so you can save money down the road and continue what we need to provide for this community,” said board chairman Doug Kellow.

Though it is a project that could be delayed a year or two, that, too, would have a cost.

“I don’t see this project getting any cheaper,” said Owen.

“We need to do it. It’s not getting any cheaper,” said Kellow. “(To reuse parts of the old facility), I think you’re going to be spending a dollar to save a dime. It’s like buying a new car and putting the old engine and transmission in it.”

With that in mind, he said it’s better to do it right the first time.

“Under our authority manager (Tony Owen) we have a record of doing things that are done in a quality way and reducing operational costs down the road.”

It’s a streak he’d like to see continue.

The PCJWSA board will take up the issue again at their March meeting when Owen hopes to have flex fund figures to share with the directors.

PACIFIC CITY — Motorists can brush up on the rules of the road and safe vehicle operation at a March 14 class sponsored by AARP at Kiawanda Community Center.

The class will run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a 45-minute lunch break.

Registration is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non-members.

To sign-up on line, visit www.AARP. org/drive.

This class is designed for seniors 55 and older but anyone can attend.

The course will address current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques and how to operate your vehicle more safely. Drivers will also learn adjustments to accommodate common age-related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time.

Information on aggressive drivers, air bags, seat restraints and anti-lock brakes will also be taught.

For more information about the AARP Driver Safety program, call Don Hawley 503-861-1813.

Correction In the Feb. 10 Pacific City Sun, we reported on the Pelican Pub & Brewery’s next brewers dinner. Though the body of the story is accurate, the headline of “Sampling Sushi” was misleading. Though one of the appearing chefs works at FISHES Sushi & Japanese Cuisine in Cannon Beach, the brewery has not yet determined whether sushi will be on the menu. Call 503-965-3674 for more information.

NVS Friday school returns March 2 Neskowin — What student couldn’t use a little bit more education, enrichment and excitement?

Preparations are underway for Neskowin Valley School’s fourth annual Friday School program, which will run March 2-23.

Designed for first- through eighthgrade students enrolled in a four-day school week as well as for homeschooled children, the program will integrate Friday-school students with NVS full-timers for a full day of electives and an art class. A second session will be held on Fridays, May 4-25.

“We (want) to give children a chance to experience our school and a range of special classes,” said Julie Fiedler, NVS head of school. “NVS students

love getting to choose their classes during Friday School, and having visitors at school makes it that much more exciting.”

NVS staff and guest teachers will lead projects in science, writing, mathematics, the arts and history. Children can select from classes such as Songwriting, Cooking with Math, Etymology, the Fish of Slab Creek, Adventures of Lewis and Clark, 3-Dimensional Drawing, Creative Writing and more.

Enrollment is $100 for all four Fridays. space is limited. To register, contact Patsy Guard at 503-392-3124 or NVS@oregoncoast.com. For a complete list of available courses or to learn more about Neskowin Valley School, visit www.neskowinvalleyschool.com.

NESTUCCA VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH invites all to share in worship and celebration of special events during Lent and Holy Week.

Lenten Soup Suppers will be held each Wednesday evening at 5:30pm from February 22 through March 28 in the church Fellowship Hall. No charge for these humble meals, just come and join in fellowship and friendship with us.

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Resource Center to raffle quilt from BJ’s Fabric TILLAMOOK — The Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center is currently selling raffle tickets for a chance to win a quilt donated by BJ’s Fabric and Quilts in Cloverdale. The quilt is valued at $750. The drawing will be held on May 5 at the TCWRC annual Soup Bowl Project event.

Tickets are available at BJ’s Fabric and Quilts, Sterling Savings Bank, TLC Federal Credit Union, Bank of Astoria, The Women’s Resource Center, and the Wildflower thrift store. Tickets are $1 each or 6 tickets for $5. The quilt will be on display throughout the community at participating businesses until May. Call 503-842-9486 for more information.

For more information on the services offered through the Resource Center call our main office at 503-842-9486.

A splendid Saturday TILLAMOOK — 4-H & FFA members, their parents and leaders are encouraged to attend 4-H Super Saturday to learn new project skills.

4-H Super Saturday will be held Saturday, March 3 at Tillamook Junior High School, 3906 Alder Lane, Tillamook. For complete class descriptions, request a 4-H Super Saturday flyer from the OSU Extension Office in Tillamook, or see it online at http://extension.oregonstate. edu/tillamook/.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and is first-come, first-served. Some classes have limited enrollment. There is no registration fee and supplies for most classes will be provided. The first session will begin at 9 a.m. and the final session will conclude at 2 p.m. For more information, call 503-842-3433.

A gathering in the garden TILLAMOOK — Students are invited to join 4-H for a day of gardening fun March 29 at the OSU Extension office in Tillamook.

From 9-11:30 a.m., youth in grades 3 and above will have the opportunity to create a small container garden, learn how to care for it, and make a floral arrangement. The fee, which covers the cost of all supplies, is $20 for 4-H members and $40 for non-4-H members.

The registration deadline is March 21. Forms and information are available at: http://extension.oregonstate. edu/tillamook/ or at the OSU Extension Service Tillamook Office, 2204 Fourth Street, Tillamook. For more information call (503) 842-3433.

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Cake and punch will be on the menu when Cedar Creek Child Care Center celebrates its first 20 years of service on March 2, 4-6 p.m. Above, infants and toddlers enjoy a day of safe play at the center.

Two Decades of Service Cedar Creek Child Care Center welcomes community to anniverary celebration March 2, 4-6 p.m.

HEBO — After two decades of serving the youth and parents of South Tillamook County, Cedar Creek Child Care Center is ready to throw a party!

On March 2, Cedar Creek will serve cake and punch from 4-6 p.m. during a 20th anniversary event designed to say thanks to their many supporters, volunteers and users.

“We want to be sure to that the people that have been supporting us can come and see the fruit of their labor,” said Rene Straessle, director of Cedar Creek.

The center was birthed as a dream for a small group of mothers in August 1990. It was incorporated in May 1991 and in June ‘92 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The center began serving the childcare needs of the community in March 1992 in a three-bedroom house provided by the U.S. Forest Service,

just off Highway 22 east of Hebo. They moved into their current $1.5 million facility at 30720 Highway 101 in Hebo in May 2009.

“We’re still growing here,” said Straessle. “We’re trying to think of ways we can support the families that we care for and the school district for their continuing educational piece, too.”

Cedar Creek currently serves a total of 47 children. Though they are currently licensed to serve 27 at any one time, they have the facilities to increase that to 80. They serve chil-

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“We have a great staff,” said Straessle.

“They want to make sure children have a safe, nurturing, and loving environment and when the boo-boos come up, they’re patching them up and hugging and doing everything they can to make the boo-boos go away.”

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VOLUNTEER AND ARTIST Theresa Roberts helps to disperse a seemingly unending amount of sweets at the 8th annual Your Heart’s Desire fundraiser.

Desires Fullfilled PACIFIC CITY CITY — Approximately 170 revelers got to the heart of the matter on Saturday, Feb. 11, during “Your Heart’s Desire: A Celebration of Chocolate, Wine and Art,” a fundraiser for the Community Arts Project.

Organizer Kim Cavatorta said the approximately $10,000 raised at the annual event will be good enough to completely fund one of CAP’s two art education programs. Every year they offer art literacy programs at both Nestucca Valley Elementary School and Garibaldi Grade School. Through monthly 90-minute lessons, the program helps more than 400 children learn art history, technique, content analysis, and gives them the chance to create their own artwork.

“We exceeded our goals,” said Cavatorta. “It’s real encouraging to us both for future events and also in terms of support for our program.

We’re feeling really good about how it turned out.”

And while providing the funding for the art education program is critical, she’s also excited about the social event this has become.

“The energy in the rood was really positive,” she said. “Some of that we can attribute to the music — it changed the atmosphere and just enlivened it.”

She added that attendee comments ranged from lauding the feeling of the event to praising the festive decorations and beautifully lit art displays.

All told, 55 out of the 109 art pieces on display were sold during the one-day celebration. Cavatorta said that the balance of the art will be available at a variety of community venues including Stimulus Espresso Café where some of the art will be available by the first part of March.

For more information on the Community Arts Project, visit www. communityartsproject.net.

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A RE A 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.

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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.

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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NOVEL DESTINATIONS: HIKING IN THE GRAND CANYON Feb. 25, 1 p.m. Tillamook County Library.

Tillamook librarian Bill Landau gives travel tip and ideas garnered from his personal travels to the Grand Canyon. Free admission. 503392-4792.

SHARING THE COAST CONFERENCE Mar. 3, 9 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Tillamook Bay Community College. Climate change and potential impacts and how to teach about it. $15 for CoastWatch members; $45 nonmembers. 541-270-0027.

A PASSION FOR FASHION Feb. 25, 5 p.m. Second Street Public Market, Tillamook. Fashion show for high fashion on a low budget. Tickets $5-$15.

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NESTUCCA SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMUNITY FORUM Feb. 27, 6-8 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Drive, Pacific City. The school invites community input on what the district’s educational goals should be. Call 503-392-4892.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT Mondays, Feb. 27 & Mar. 5, 5:30 p.m.close. Pelican Pub & Brewery. Table tennis and board games. 503-965-7007.

TRIVIA NIGHT Tuesdays, Feb. 28 & Mar. 6, 7-9 p.m.

Pelican Pub & Brewery. 503-965-7007.

BINGO NIGHT Wednesdays, Feb. 29 & Mar. 7, 7-9:30 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center. $1 cards, good for 12 games. 503-965-7900.

MASTERWORKS LIBRARY SHOW Mar. 1-31. Tillamook County Library. Display of art by Tillamook County Art Association members. 503-842-1244 or 503-842-5159.

SOUTH COUNTY LIBRARY STORY TIME Fridays, Mar. 2 & 9, 1-1:30 p.m. South Tillamook County Library in Pacific City. For ages 3-5 years old. 503-965-6163.

4-H SUPER SATURDAY Mar. 3, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Tillamook Junior High School, 3906 Alder Ln. Registration at 8:30 a.m. is first-come, first-served. No registration fee. Learn new project skills.

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ARTIST OF THE MONTH RECEPTION Mar. 3, 5-7 p.m. Bay City Arts Center.

Honoring Tillamook Elementary Students.

Presentation by Judy Miller on Mapusha Weaver program at 6:30 p.m. Open mic 7 p.m. Admission to Open Mic by donation; reception and presentation are free. 503377-9620.

NORTH OREGON COAST SYMPHONY CONCERT: “ROYAL WEDDING” Mar. 4, 3 p.m. Rockaway Beach Community Church, 400 S. 3rd Ave. Includes music played at Prince William and Catherine’s wedding. $10; students under 12 free with an adult. Purchase at door or in advance by calling 360-777-8750.

SCENE ACTING CLASS Sundays, Mar. 4, 2-5 p.m. Barn Community Playhouse, corner of 12th and Ivy in Tillamook. $5 donation per class. Taught

by George Dzundza. Must be 18 years old.

Register at 503-842-5566 or mhanthorn@ earthlink.net prior to March 4.

PACIFIC CITY-NESTUCCA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING Mar. 6, noon. Pelican Pub & Brewery.

Optional $7 lunch. 503-392-4340 or www. pcnvchamber.org.

VIDEO GAME VS. BOARD GAME CHALLENGE Mar. 8, 5:30-7 p.m. Tillamook County Library. For teens ages 13-18 years. Free admission. 503-842-4792.

AN EVENING WITH THE POTTERS Mar. 9, 6 p.m. Bay City Arts Center. Meet

“FROM PRINT TO PIXELS: THE ACT OF READING IN THE DIGITAL AGE” Mar. 4, 2-4 p.m. Hudson House Bed & Breakfast. Marco Allen Cunningham. Part of an Oregon Humanities seminar series. $25 transferable pass for six seminars - available at Inn at Pacific City. 503-965-2244.

the potters who create the soup bowls for the annual Bread and Soup Fundraiser and see some of their work. Free admission; light refreshments.

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 Rd. Featuring Karen Illman Miller Katazome artist. Free admission. 503-8428622.

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.

AARP DRIVER SAFETY COURSE Mar. 14, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center. Registration $12 for AARP members; $14 for non-members. Call 503-8428222 ext. 1320 or visit www.AARP.org/drive to sign up. For more details on the program, call Don Hawley at 503-861-1813.

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“The Adventures of Dr. Huckleberry” offers a glimpse into the hard-working, tough times of the 1920s through 1940s

By SALLY RISSEL for the Sun TILLAMOOK — Dr. E.R. Huckleberry was a legendary Tillamook County pioneer doctor who worked in Tillamook from 1923 to 1947. His unusual experiences in this time period prompted him to write “The Adventures of Dr. Huckleberry” in 1968. He had to dredge the book’s material up from memory, because he had not kept a diary or journal during his busy working days in Tillamook.

It was published by the Oregon Historical Society in 1970. This book does much more than just recount the life of a rural doctor. It has wonderful descriptions of logging and lumber mills, dairies, fishing, hunting, prohibition, WWII and the lives of hard-working people.

Dr. Huckleberry went to Rush Medical College, followed by a stint as an intern at Los Angeles County Hospital where he was paid a stipend of $10 a month and all he could eat. He wrote that he didn’t think he was a very good intern, but he could really eat. After he completed his internship, he returned to Oregon with his wife, Florence, and baby, Neel, as his mother was ill. He said he was so broke at this point that he couldn’t afford to move anywhere else. He took a job for eight months with the Oregon Board of Health, traveling all over rural areas of Oregon working on a federal education program for the then “hush-hush” problem of venereal disease.

Dr. Robert Boals of Tillamook had badly burned his hands through use of his x-ray machine and had fingers removed. He asked Dr. Huckleberry to be his hands until he healed. Dr. Huckleberry headed to Tillamook, leaving his wife and baby in Portland until he could secure housing. The day he arrived, it started raining. Two weeks later, the precipitation total reached 40 inches.

When Dr. Boals’ hands improved enough that he could work, Dr. Huckleberry took a job at a big sawmill in Garibaldi as the camp doctor. He set up a hospital and took care of the workers. His contract paid him $1 per month per man. The Tillamook fire of 1933 put the mill out of business so he moved to Tillamook in 1935.

It was then he set up a private practice in Garibaldi. He had his stethoscope from his medical school days and managed to buy some equipment from a surgical supply house in Portland on credit. He bought a blood pressure instrument, an army surplus examining table, a pair of obstetrical forceps, two artery forceps, a Kelly pad, a few bandages, etc. A piece of razor blade clamped in

an artery forceps was his useable scalpel.

Huckleberry rented a non-operating old pool hall for $10 a month and bought a Model T roadster on credit from the local Ford dealer. It was complete with top and windshield for $350. He was in business.

The first living quarters for his family were rooms in an old house with a wood burning stove and cook stove. They had a bed and crib, a few dishes and pots and pans. He made the remaining furniture. Later, he bought a bigger house and added offices.

There are lots of stories in the book showing the sign of the times — like 10 phones on a party line and all 10 ringing on every call, plenty of mud on winding, unpaved roads with narrow bridges, and delivering babies by the light from kerosene lamps.

Some of the calls and procedures are somewhat gruesome because of his primitive equipment. It is amazing how tough people were in those days, getting stitches sewn and bones set without anesthesia. Many of the loggers and workers were back to work the next day. One time he called to check up on a fight and discovered extensive cuts on arms and hands of one worker.

The section boss objected to hospitalization for the worker so Dr. Huckleberry sat on the edge of the bunk and sewed up the cuts for two hours. The man just stood in front of him, held out his hands and never whimpered or grunted. He was back at work the next day.

Every year there is the Huckleberry Health Fair held at the Tillamook Fairgrounds, named in his honor. There are all sorts of tests and health evaluations offered by local doctors, medical professionals and volunteers for the public at little or no cost.

Dr. Huckleberry came from his home and retirement in Salt Lake City in 1987 to be honored for the fifth Huckleberry Health Fair.

For 43 years, Dr. Huckleberry practiced medicine — 25 years in Tillamook County; two years in McMinnville, Ore., two years in Umatilla, Ore., one year in Texas and 13 years as an industrial physician at Lark, Utah. He retired to Salt Lake City and died in 1996 at the age of 102.

“The Adventures of Dr. Huckleberry” is now out of print but available in local libraries and on used book web sites. The Tillamook County Historical Society has been exploring the feasibility of having the book re-printed. If you are interested in helping with this project, contact Sally Rissel at heronlanding@oregoncoast.com.

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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.

Visit Tillamook County’s Health Centers, your local community health centers.

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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Toll Free: 800-528-2938 Other Locations: Tillamook Central Health Center 801 Pacific Avenue, Tillamook • 503-842-3900 North County Health Center 276 South Hwy 101, Rockaway Beach • 503-355-2700

E AT S & T R E AT S 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.

Insights on Education School Board invites community to take part in a Jan. 27 forum designed to elicit input on the district

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun PACIFIC CITY — If you care about the community’s kids, your chance to help shape what their future educational opportunities will include is Monday, Feb. 27 when the district will host a community forum from 6-8 p.m. at Kiawanda Community Center.

The forum will be lead by Verna Wise, who the district has employed as an independent moderator to help the board of directors as they move forward with their visioning process. There will also be a staff forum on March 2, 8-10 a.m.

Talking points of the forum include: What are our educational goals and aspirations for all students? In our mission to educate children, how can we maximize our resources? Do we share a common vision?

The finer points revolve around changes made in 2009 when the school moved to a fourday school week and closed the middle school in Beaver.

While Superintendent Kathryn Hedrick emphasized that she wants as much public input as possible, the eventual decision will not necessarily be a popular vote — and not a decision that’s up to her either.

“The community has to understand that the board is asking for their input and advice but the board makes the decision and even if 15 people want a four-day week and only one person wants a five-day week the board may decide to go on a fiveday week,” she said. “These folks are the legally

Photo by Tim Hirsch

NESTUCCA VALLEY SUPERINTENDENT Kathryn Hedrick is hopeful that a community forum on Monday, Feb. 27 will prove valuable insight as the school district moves forward with their visioning process. elected authority of the school district.”

Following the community forums will be a series of committee meetings between March 24 and April 26 designed to synthesize the input and formulate recommendations. Board discussion will occur on May 14 and again on June 14, when final adoptions are scheduled to be made.

Trimming the tax bill

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun CLOVERDALE — The Nestucca Valley School District is seeking to put a few more dollars in taxpayer’s pockets! The district’s board of directors voted Feb. 13 to start proceedings to refinance the general obligation bond passed in 2005 — a move that could save property owners thousands of dollars.

When voters passed a general obligation bond to build a new high school and remodel other buildings, the schools’ thought they had nailed down a great financing rate. And for that era, they had. But times have changed. In today’s economic downturn, interest rates are in the basement. That, combined with the fact that Nestucca has already paid off 10 years of the 20-year bond, means the district is in a position to refinance the bond at significant savings. All the savings will go towards taxpayers, as the fund the district maintains to

pay the bond is simply a way to funnel tax payments and not part of the school’s operational funds.

“The district itself isn’t going to save any money, but the taxpayers will,” said Caleb Ford, with ESD. “It looks like (it) will be a very good chunk of change.”

Currently, the school is paying 4.3 percent, but that figure will likely drop more than 2 percent. As of Friday, Feb. 10, Javier Fernandez of D.A. Davidson said that the 10-year new bonds rate was at 2.28 percent. The principal on the new bond will be $9.77 million. “(It could) generate savings of approximately $800,000 for the life of the bond,” he said. “We cannot guarantee what the final savings will be. When we go to the market we will get the lowest interest rate.”

Though it won’t save the district itself any money, Fernandez touted it as the right thing to do.

“Taxpayers were very good to you seven years ago (when they passed the bond). It’s a way of giving back to them.”

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CLOVERDALE — The high cost of energy won’t be just a bit more affordable if Nestucca Valley School District gets their way.

By consensus, the district’s board of directors gave their preliminary blessing to move forward in crafting a plan to improve the elementary school’s energy efficiency at the group’s Feb. 13 meeting. The thumbs up decision followed a presentation from the Oregon Department of Energy.

Under the State of Oregon’s Cool School’s Program, Nestucca would be eligible for a low-cost loan, which could be structured in such a way that the energy savings realized would offset the debt service.

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J.P. Batmale told the board that a 2010 audit indicated that by replacing the elementary school’s windows and by installing programmable thermostats, the district could realize between $15,000 to $17,000 in yearly energy savings. He estimated the cost of these projects at $147,000. Batmale also added that the Department of Energy may also have a limited amount of grant money available. Most recently, they funded 5 percent of a school’s project with a grant.

Recently, a participating school was offered a loan capped at 3.5 percent — a figure that Batmale is hopeful that they can match or do better. The exact figure won’t be known until May. School superintendent Kathryn Hedrick is also hoping to wrap up a re-roofing project into the lowcost loan should the district move forward.

A S P O R T I N G E D U C AT I O N

Tides

‘Cats finish season 5-16

(at Nestucca Bay)

Gaston bests Nestucca 69-49 in final game of 2011-12 season

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By DEE MOORE for the Sun CLOVERDALE — It was a difficult basketball season for the Nestucca Bobcats who, after closing the season with a 49-69 to Gaston, finished the season 7-17. But that’s not to say they didn’t have their moments.

“I thought we played pretty decently for stretches in the last week of the season,” said Jim Kiser, head coach of the ‘Cats.

“The highlights of the season for me were going up to Knappa and winning a close game in a difficult gym.

Not many teams go there and have success,” he said.

Kiser believes that the team’s strength lay in their defense this season, and — for the most part — they did manage to keep the other teams from running up the score. But a strong defense is only part of the game, and as any coach knows, keeping the other team’s score down doesn’t put points on the board for your team.

“Too many times we didn’t rebound well enough and didn’t execute offense enough to be successful (and) didn’t knock down enough shots to win games,” Kiser lamented.

Often the ‘Cats were their own worst enemy, losing control of games thanks to lack of self-confidence, too much confidence or desperation.

“Sometimes you just run into a team that’s clicking on all cylinders” Kiser said, but too often his team was not.

Still, there were some bright spots.

“Nick Ahn led us offensively all season long. He scored the majority of our points and led us in both 2and 3-point buckets,” Kiser said.

“Mike Tipton and Tyler Zeller were also greatly improved both offensively and on defense. Mike led us in

Photo courtesy of Shelley Harding / shelleyharding.zenfolio.com

MIKE TIPTON finished the season as Nestucca’s leading rebounder. rebounding with Nick and Tyler behind him,” he said.

Tipton, Ahn and Zeller are all graduating seniors.

Only three varsity players will be returning: Austin Woods, Joey Chatelain, and Max Kirkendall. They will be joined, according to Coach Kiser, by JV players Derek Wenrick and Ramon Ponce.

“That will be a solid group to build on,” Kiser said.

Lady ‘Cats close out season

Photo courtesy of Shelley Harding

The Lady Bobcats finished the 2011-12 season 3-21.

By DEE MOORE for the Sun CLOVERDALE — It was a difficult season for the Lady Bobcats basketball team — faced with what coach B.J.Chatelain described as one of the toughest leagues in the state, Nestucca finished 3-21. They finished the season with a 45-16 loss to Gaston.

They did start the season on a positive note, beating the Waldport Irish in the opener, but the ‘Cats weren’t able to keep up the momentum.

“Our girls were young and inexperienced. We only had one girl who started last year and another who played some on varsity, the

rest are sophomores and a couple of freshman,” Chatelain said.

The lack of maturity led to bad decisions, impatient shot selection, and foul trouble.

Two injuries early in the season led to the loss of two valuable players. During the third game of the season, Brittney Hurlimann suffered a concussion and during the sixth game of the season junior Lacy Boisa dislocated her shoulder.

Neither girl returned.

Stand out players this season were sophomore Sophia Solano, senior Jessica Elder and freshman Monica Chatelain who were a frequent scorers and Jasmine Boisa, who often led in rebounds.

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