March 2013
Chamber News
Chamber to host legislative conference calls
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he Tillamook Chamber of Commerce is hosting a legislative conference call four mornings per month. Stop in at the Chamber office, 3705 US 101, just south of the Cheese Factory, on your way to work and talk to Tillamook County legislators over the phone, or just to listen to live updates on the goings-on in Salem. . The conference call schedule is as follows: Sen. Betsy Johnson (D-Scappoose), District 16, every first Tuesday at 7 a.m.; Rep. Deborah
Sen. Betsy Johnson (D-Scappose)
Boone (D-Cannon Beach), District 32, every third Tuesday at 7 a.m.; Rep. David Gomberg (D-Lincoln City), District 10, the fourth Tuesday at 7 a.m., and Sen. Arnie Roblan (D-Coos Bay), District 5, every fourth Wednesday at 7:30 a.m. Johnson is co-vice chair of the Ways and Means Committee, co-chair of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Transportation and Economic Development, and serves on the Ways and Means Subcommittee on General Government. Roblan is chair of the Rural
Rep. Deborah Boone (D-Cannon Beach)
Communities and Economic Development Committee and serves on the Education and Workforce Development, Judiciary, and Public Safety committees. Boone is vice-chair of the Energy and Environment Committee and serves on the Veterans’ Services and Emergency Preparedness Committee. Gomberg is vice-chair of the Human Services and Housing Committee and serves on the Education Committee and Ways and Means Subcommittee on General Government.
Sen. Arnie Roblan (D-Coos Bay)
Rep. David Gomberg (D-Lincoln Ciyt)
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Chamber News
Kit & Caboodle Thrift Store
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it and Caboodle Thrift Store, in downtown Tillamook, was the Feb. 22 Tillamook Cash Mob destination. Store Director Marj Hinds and her staff welcomed cash mobbers to the store, which is located at 1911 First Street. Those who participated browsed through the store’s inventory of glassware, books, and assorted other items. Kit and Caboodle is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday. The nonprofit thrift store only accepts cash for payment. Call 503-842-8875 for more information. The next Tillamook Cash Mob is scheduled for Tuesday, March 19. The next Tillamook Lunch Mob is slated for Friday, March 29. If you don’t want to miss a local Cash Mob, text “TillamookMobs” to 40404 for text alerts.
Cash mobbers at Kit & Caboodle.
Join the Chamber in welcoming new members
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he Tillamook Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes the following businesses, located in Manzanita, Brighton, and Tillamook, as new members:
Kelly’s Brighton Marina 29200 Hwy 101 N. Rockaway Beach, OR 97136 503-368-5745 kellysbrightonmarina@gmail.com www.kellysbrightonmarina.com Mark’s Custom Painting Mark Hopkins 503-842-5215 7520 Fawcett Creek Rd. Tillamook, OR 97141 coastpainter@oregoncoast.com
Manzanita Sweets Aprilmarie Eckstrom 503-368-3792 P.O. Box 513/310 Laneda Ave. Manzanita, OR 97130 aprilmari@aol.com www.manzanitasweets.com Simpson & Roesener, LLP Steve Simpson 503-842-4417 2216 4th St./P.O. Box 999 Tillamook, OR 97141
Chamber News
Meet the Chamber Board & Staff
Jennifer Purcell, Chair
Dave Lindstrom, Past President
Connie Green
Dan Leuthold
Gordon Plotts
Kelly Cook
Samantha Swindler
Justin Aufdermauer, Executive Director
Tammy Samagaio, Office Manager
Business News
Oregon present at global travel show regon’s Gov. John Kitzhaber recently O promoted his home state on a global scale.
Kitzhaber attended the ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) Berlin, the world’s largest travel trade show, held March 6-10 this year, where he expounded on the wonders of Oregon and shared Oregon wines. While in Berlin, the Governor also met with Brand USA CEO Chris Thompson and U.S. Ambassador Philip Murphy. International tourism was a bright spot for Oregon in 2012, growing 13 percent over the previous year with 1.9 million international International flags wave at the ITB Berlin. visitors spending more than in Oregon in 2012, injecting $64 million into the local $300 million in the state. economy. “The rest of the world is The Governor’s presence at the five-day Berlin trade learning what we have known fair supports the ongoing marketing efforts of Travel for a long time, that Oregon Oregon and other business partners from around the state. is a special place,” said As the world’s leading travel trade show, ITB Berlin Gov. John Kitzhaber Governor Kitzhaber. “Travel attracts more than 100,000 visitors as well as thousands and tourism dollars are a of travel journalists and writers. key driver of our economy, Brand USA was established by the Federal Travel employing more than 92,000 Oregonians.” Promotion Act in 2010, and is the nation’s first global Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, marketing effort to promote the United States as a premier Scandinavia and Italy alone accounted for 142,000 visitors travel destination.
Travel Oregon project funds available avel Oregon, in partnership with Sustainable Travel build community and showcase the food and culture Tr International, will donate more than $14,000 to that make Oregon a great destination,” said Kristin Dahl projects throughout Oregon that improve the environment, , Senior Manager of Destination Development at Travel support local culture and enrich the destination for future visitors through the Oregon Travel Philanthropy Fund (OTPF). OTPF is the first statewide program of its kind. The goal of the program is to improve experiences for visitors and locals by connecting them to participating businesses that directly improve and enhance Oregon communities. “We chose to donate to projects that represent some of the best work being done to steward the environment, ‘Travel Oregon,’ continued on next page. ...
Oregon. The fund supports one project from each of Oregon’s seven tourism regions. Examples include: the creation of the Mosier Plateau Trail, a sustainable non-motorized trail to be built on Friends of the Columbia Gorge Land Trust land with direct access to the community of Mosier, Ore.; support of the Sustainable Seafood Initiative to encourage visitors and businesses to buy local, sustainable seafood through
Business News Abrams Cyber Tips: Is Google Reading My Email? et me start off my February Lcongratulations Newsletter Report with great big to the Chamber Staff
and Board for a most excellent Annual Banquet. Microsoft has been making a big deal about Gmail searching through your email. Perhaps you have seen some of the “Scroogled” commercials. The most recent commercial warns you about how Google goes through your emails and targets advertisements based upon things that you might discuss confidentially with another person. Is it true? Is Google really reading your email? Google does have employees who can read your email, but they almost certainly do not. The cost to read all of the individual emails that are sent to and from Gmail every day would put Google out of business in short order. That said, Google certainly does use software to scan every message and extract key words that are then used to target advertising toward Gmail users. Many Internet users understand that when they search the web, the search information they enter results in targeted advertisements. A key differentiator is that it does not matter to you what I search for on the Internet and it does not matter to me what you search for on the Internet. Your search is yours and my search is mine. In the case of Gmail
however, even if you do not use Gmail you can affect others. If you send email to a Gmail address, and that includes replying to an email from a Gmail address, then your email is scanned by Google and the recipient will receive advertisements based upon the content of the email. Additionally, Google now knows the content of the email you sent, what the advertising keywords are, and your email address. Google is then able to sell that information to spammer if they choose to. In case you didn’t pick up on one of the subtle nuances of the situation, let me spell it out for you. Let’s say you have Gmail and a practical joker who does not have Gmail sends you emails talking about hemorrhoids… guess what kind of advertisements you are going to start seeing? Yeah, non-Gmail users can influence the types of advertisements that Gmail users see! A malicious person can send emails to a Gmail user that will result in advertisements containing objectionable content to the Gmail account.
Of course, you might think that you could nip that in the bud right away by blocking the user, but people can send you email messages with words in them that Google will see and that you will not see. Part of HTML email is that you can change the color of the fonts. You can type in sentences and then make them white on white, or whatever other color scheme makes
them “invisible” for your given email template. While the “scroogled” advertising campaign is motivated by Microsoft’s desire to increase profits, it doesn’t mean that the points they raise are not valid. Virtually nothing you do on the Internet is private, however with Gmail another user can influence what kinds of advertisements are targeted to you! In terms of browsing the web in public places this can result in advertising being displayed on your computer that you might not
‘Travel Oregon,’ continued from previous page. ... the expansion of Haystack Rock Awareness Program’s educational outreach; and in Portland, the Living Highways Project will plant and maintain over 5,000 trees along I-205, as part of the Greenspace Initiative. Each of the seven projects will receive more than $2,000. For more information on the fund, go to http:// www.traveloregonforever.com.
Current participants in the OTPF are: The Heathman Hotel (Portland), The Jupiter Hotel (Portland), The Double Diamond Lodge B&B (Oakridge), Geiser Grand Hotel (Baker City), Old Parkdale Inn (Parkdale), WildSpring Guest Habitat (Port Orford), Cannon Beach Vacation Rentals (Cannon Beach), Black Walnut Inn (Dundee), Hotel Lucia (Portland), The Governor Hotel (Portland), Hotel
deLuxe (Portland), Surfsand Resort (Cannon Beach), Stephanie Inn (Cannon Beach), Stephanie Inn Dining Room (Cannon Beach), Inn of the Four Winds (Seaside), Wayfarer Restaurant (Cannon Beach), Lumberyard Rotisserie & Grill (Cannon Beach) and Inn at Seaside (Seaside). For more information, or to participate in the OTPF, contact Harry Dalgaard at Harry@TravelOregon.
Community News
Out & About in Tillamook County March 15
Annual Fish Fry Time: 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm Place: Tillamook Swiss Hall, 4605 Brookfield Rd. Adult tickets $10/ Kids $8 (ages 5-12)
March 16
2nd Street Public Market - Fourth Quarter Time: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Place: 2003 2nd Street, Tillamook
March 16-17
Spring Bazaar Time: Saturday 9-5/Sunday 10-4 Place: Tillamook County Fairgrounds, 4603 E. Third St. Contact: 503-842-2272
March 17
Swiss Breakfast Time: 8:00 am to 11:00 am Place: Tillamook Swiss Hall, 4605 Brookfield Ave. Cost: $7
March 17
All you can eat Pancake Breakfast Time: 8:00 am to noon Place: Bay City Arts Center, corner of 5th & A st. Cost: Adults $5/kids $2.50
March 17
St. Patrick’s day Dinner Place: Lion’s Club Building, Rockaway Beach Contact: 503-355-2291
March 22
2nd Street Public Market - Coaster Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Place: 2003 2nd Street, Tillamook
March 23
2nd Street Public Market presents: Alex Herder & Rosie Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Place: 2003 2nd Street, Tillamook
March 29
2nd Street Public Market - Hardy Dunkin Duo Time: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Place: 2003 2nd Street, Tillamook
March 30
Easter Egg Hunts Place: Tillamook Elks Park: 503-842-6623 Nestucca Valley High School: 503-392-3194
Rockaway City Park: 503-355-2291 Manzanita: 503-368-5100
March 30
2nd Street Public Market - Sedona Fire Time: 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Place: 2003 2nd Street, Tillamook
March 30
SOLV Beach Clean-up Day Place: Along the Oregon Coast line Contact: 503-844-9571
April 6-7
Headlight Herald Home & Garden Show Place: Tillamook County Fairgrounds, 4603 3rd St. Contact: 503-842-7535
April 6
39th Annual Celebration at Nehalem Bay Winery Place: 34695 Hwy 53, Nehalem Contact: 503-368-9463
April 12 to 14
10th Annual Birding & Blues Festival Place: Kiwanda Community Center, Pacific City
Community News Submit your calendar events
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t’s time to reserve your space in our online 2013 Tillamook County events calendar. Send us details on any event your organization or business plans to host throughout the calendar year, and we will post them along with others happening through December from Manzanita to Neskowin. In addition to publishing your events on our website, we will submit them to a number of tourism-oriented print and online publications, as well as to Travel Oregon for inclusion in the state events calendar. Click here to learn more.
Fun Facts
Fun Facts for St. Patrick’s Day ... • March 17 is the feast day of St. Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint. He’s believed to have died on that date on 461 AD. • The actual color originally associated with St. Patrick was blue. Green became associated with St. Patrick’s Day during the 19th century. Green in Irish legends was worn by fairies and immortals and also by people to encourage their crops to grow. • The very first St. Patrick’s Day parade was not in Ireland. It was in Boston in 1737. • In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, people traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps. Children wear orange, white and green badges and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair. • The phase “Drowning the Shamrock” is from the custom of floating the shamrock on the top of whiskey before drinking it. The Irish believe that if you keep the custom, then you will enjoy a prosperous year. • Many bars in the United States and abroad, serve green beer to celebrate St. Patty’s Day. • Nine of the people who signed our Declaration Of Independence were of Irish origin, and 19 presidents of the United States proudly claim Irish heritage-including our first President George Washington.
• The harp is the symbol of Ireland. Ireland is also known for being called the Green Isle.
Succat, but was sold into slavery in Ireland. He took the name Patrick when he became a priest.
• The Irish flag is green, white and orange. The green symbolizes the people of the south and orange the people of the north. White represents the peace that brings them together as a nation.
• Shamrocks symbolize the day; St. Patrick used them to explain how the father, son and Holy Spirit were connected. They are also Ireland’s national flower.
• According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest number of leaves found on a clover is 14. • The name “leprechaun” has several origins. It could be from the Irish Gaelic word “leipreachan” which means “a kind of aqueous sprite” or it could be from “leath bhrogan” which means “shoemaker”. • St. Patrick was born Maewyn
• Legend says that each leaf of the shamrock (clover) has a meaning: the first is for hope, the second for faith and the third for love and the fourth for luck. • St. Patrick never chased snakes out of Ireland. The snakes of legend are actually pagans. • The very first St. Patrick’s Day parade was not in Ireland. It was in Boston in 1737.