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April 18, 2013
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milestone at 2013 Manzanita Open By Dave Fisher The Citizen
DRAGON BOAT RETURNS TO NEHALEM BAY Nehalem Bay dragon boat team gears up for upcoming season Page 2
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Gene Schmuck would be proud. The memorial foundation that bears his name will, the weekend of May 17-19, surpass the $1 million mark in money raised during the 26th annual Manzanita Open Golf Tournament. It’s a big deal considering the amount raised has been passed on to nonprofits and charitable organizations in north Tillamook County since the Schmuck Foundation’s inception in 1997. That was the year the Manzanita Open became more than just a weekend for golfers to get together to enjoy a round of golf, it became the principal fundraising event for the newly created foundation. In talking to members of the Schmuck Foundation board it doesn’t take long for the conversation turn to the foundation’s namesake, Gene Schmuck. Beloved by the greater Nehalem community and known for his generosity, Schmuck moved to the
At home on the golf course. Gene Schmuck, in earlier years, shown here with Steve Erickson at the Manzanita Golf Course, home of the Manzanita Open, an annual fund-raising event for the Eugene Schmuck Foundation. This past year over $50,000 was raised at the tournament which is earmarked for charities in North Tillamook County. Courtesy photo area in 1980 upon retiring a charter member of the Schmuck defied the odds. as a painting contractor in Manza-Whee-Lem Kiwanis “He once told me that Portland, coming home to Club, and the first president most people die with canthe place he had first come of the Manzanita Men’s cer,” said Manzanita Golf to fish in 1936. Throughout Golf Club. Diagnosed with Course owner/operator Steve his retirement, he enjoyed leukemia in 1997 and told he fishing and golfing. He was had just six months to live, See MANZANITA OPEN, Page 9
NCRD broken into and vandalized
Employees arriving to work at 6:00 a.m., Friday morning, April 12, at the North County Recreation District in Nehalem discovered the main building had been broken into sometime during the night and vandalized. A budget meeting held at NCRD wrapped up about 9:30 p.m. the evening before, said general manager Peter Nunn, “So the break-in occurred sometime between 9:30 and 6:00.” The vandal(s) gained access by breaking a window of the cardio room of the fitness center and moved down the hallway breaking the window of the weight room door and breaking off the handle to the door. The fitness center office adjacent to the weight room was also broken into and a laptop computer was taken. Upstairs, another laptop was taken from the general manager’s office and a projector damaged. A fire extinguisher was discharged leaving a powdery white coating on the hallway floors and other areas. A single set of “white” footprints was discovered leading to the pool See NCRD, Page 5
Manzanita Farmers Market contemplates move in 2014 By Dave Fisher
MAJOR ILLNESS HAS A SILVER LINING
The Citizen
All systems are go for the upcoming 2013 Manzanita Farmers Market, but a change of venue is a distinct possibility the year after. “We’ve always looked at the possibility of moving the market from its present site,” said Laura Swanson, market manager. “The main thing is growth. We cannot grow beyond 35 booths where we currently are, though the amenities are great.” Entering it seventh year, the Manzanita Farmers Market has always been staged at the corner of Fifth St. and Laneda Ave., utilizing the parking lot
Former NKN teacher Holly Lorincz launches a new writing career. Page 3
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of what was Windermere Manzanita Realty and is now Kamali/Sotheby International Realty and a portion of Fifth St. itself. When Walt and Kay Covert sold their real estate office to Farzahn Kamali, there was concern about the future of the farmers market at that site, but those fears were soon alleviated by Kamali, who, like the Coverts, is a big fan of the community-wide event. Enter the City of Manzanita, which, according to Swanson, approached the farmers market about staging the event at the city’s public parking lot across from what was once the Manzanita Fire Station on Fifth St. The site would
Dr. Dorothy White delivered and cared for a generation of north Tillamook County residents
This year, The Rinehart Clinic is celebrating 100 years of providing healthcare services in north Tillamook County. The North Coast Citizen is publishing a monthly historical profile or vignette about the clinic’s founders, history, and stories from past patients and employees. Enjoy exploring the history of The Rinehart Clinic and its many contributions to the community. This article profiles Dr. Dorothy W. White-Rinehart, mother of Dr. Harry H. Rinehart. Always on call, such was the life of Dr. Dorothy White (Rinehart) as the leading obstetrical physician at the Harvey E. Rinehart Memorial Hospital during the 1950s and 1960s. “Mother would get the call that a baby was on the way, and fly over Nehalem hill to get from our house in Manzanita to the hospital in Wheeler,” said daughter Diane Gibson.
A 1959 panoramic photo shows Dr. Dorothy White with the mothers and those babies she delivered. Recognized anyone in the picture? If “She’d come over the hill Dr. White is renowned with all four tires off the in the area for her caring ground. The volunteer and attention to hundreds ambulance drivers wanted of patients, especially the to give her a siren for her many babies she delivered car, but she didn’t want to and their mothers. “She draw attention. She always saved my life” was the drove fast.” oft-repeated phrase during
you do, please contact Laura Swanson at the Rinehart Clinic. Courtesy photo many interviews, as many Dorothy Woods White experienced hemorrhaging was born in Everett, during delivery. Washington on October 24, “She stayed with me 1911 to Herbert and Martha through the night.” Dr. Woods White. She did her White was devoted to her undergraduate work at the patients, her family and See RINEHART, page 5 North Tillamook County.
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