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Disease outbreak in sea lions has potential to be spread to dogs

Breeana Laughlin Country Media

Wildlife officials always encourage humans and their pets to keep their distance from sea lions and other marine mammals on the beach.

A recent outbreak of disease among sea lion populations is giving people and their pets yet another reason to steer clear of marine mammals while they walk along the beach.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported an increase in the number of stranded sea lions along the entire Oregon Coast –from Brookings to Astoria. Many of these sick and deceased sea lions have suffered from leptospirosis – a disease that can be passed along to animals and people.

The Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network documented over 150 sick or dead sea lions along the Oregon coast since the current outbreak began in late July 2022. Necropsies on seven sea lions confirmed all tested positive for leptospirosis.

Meghan Durham, a representa tive for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said leptospirosis is a naturally occurring bacteria that causes disease in sea lions and other wildlife.

“It can happen in small numbers every year, and sometimes you get larger sporadic outbreaks of the disease,” Durham said.

Although the outbreak is happen ing in numbers larger than usual, Durham said there isn’t any reason to believe it will impact the larger population of sea lions in Oregon.

There are no rescue and rehabil

itation options for sick or injured seals and sea lions in Oregon. The state policy is to minimize distur bance from people and to let nature take its course, according to the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network.

“There are currently no efforts to treat the sea lions (for leptospirosis) because it is something that occurs naturally,” Durham said.

She said to her knowledge there is no correlation between climate change or other ocean health issues that is currently contributing to the current disease outbreak.

But because leptospirosis is a zo onotic disease - meaning that people can get infected from animals and vice versa – wildlife officials are en couraging dog and horse owners to discuss the merits of vaccination for leptospirosis with their veterinarian.

Brookings, Oregon veterinarian technician assistant Robi Chance says the leptospirosis vaccine is common and recommended for dogs in areas along the Oregon Coast. Leptospirosis is a disease that is not only carried by sea lions, but other wildlife such as deer and raccoons.

Chance, who has been in the veterinary field for 30 years, said she encourages pet owners to keep their pets contained at the beach.

“There’s a lot of things that they can get into on the beach that makes them sick,” she said.

There are a few possible ways dogs can contract leptospirosis, including if they “roll” in a deceased animals with the disease, bite or ingest parts of an animals with the disease, or by drinking water that is contaminated with urine from a diseased animal.

The veterinarians’ recommenda tion to contain their animals goes

along with ODFW and Oregon Parks and Recreation guidelines to leash their dogs and keep at least 150 feet away from live or dead sea lions. Close encounters with people can be harmful and continued distur bances may cause stress, including causing mothers to abandon their pups.

Brookings resident Bob Oneida said he was a recent witness to a sick and dying sea lion on the Southern Oregon Coast.

“It had crawled up onto the beach but was laying sideways to the ocean. The tide was coming in and the waves were washing over it a little further each time. Finally the waves started going over its’ head. It picked its’ nose up high enough to get out of the water, but as soon as the wave receded it dropped its’ head to the sand,” Oneida said.

“It was having a lot of trouble. Its’ breathing was very labored,” Oneida said.

Oneida said several people were there watching the sea lion with him at Sporthaven Beach, including one with a dog – and the dog approached the sea lion.

Leptospirosis can be serious and fatal to dogs.

Infection of the liver or kid neys can be fatal for animals if the infection progresses, causing severe damage to these organs. Veterinarian technician Chance says it is best to vaccinate dogs because if they do get the disease it can be difficult and expensive to treat. It is also rare but possible that dogs with leptospiro sis can transmit the disease to their owners.

Sick or injured seals, sea lions, whales or dolphins can be reported to 1-800-452-7888.

For more information on wildlife diseases, contact ODFW’s wildlife health hotline at 1-866-968-2600.

Rockaway Beach City Manager withdraws resignation

Will Chappell Reporter

Luke Shepard submitted his resignation as Rock away Beach’s City Manager last Tuesday, October 25th, before withdrawing his resignation at a special city council meeting con vened on Tuesday Nov. 1.

Shepard has been city manager since October of 2019 and had served as director of public works prior to that.

“Thank you again for the priv ilege of serving Rockaway Beach in many capacities over the past 15 years,” Shepard had said in his resignation letter.

In the letter, Shepard pointed to hiring a full-time fire chief and bringing the city’s finances onto firm ground as accomplishments in which he took particular pride.

“It’s been my pleasure to work with Luke Shepard, both in his ca pacity as Director of Public Works and as City Manager,” Mayor Sue Wilson said after receiving the resignation letter. “He has proven himself time and time again with the projects he has supported for the benefit of our citizens.”

Shepard withdraws resignation In an unexpected turn of events, city council convened a special meeting on Tuesday evening to re view Shepard’s performance over the last year as city manager.

After conducting the review in a closed executive session, the council returned to public session and said that Shepard had “met

and exceeded expectations” in the past year. They then asked Shepard to withdraw his letter of resignation, with Councilor Kristine Hayes abstaining from both motions due to her physical absence from the meeting.

“I had a lot more support than I realized and Rockaway is where I want to be,” Shepard said after the meeting when asked about his

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Mayors Assoc. announces plan to address homelessness

An Oregon Mayors Associa tion task force submitted a letter last week to Oregon’s three gubernatorial candidates and the Legislature, outlining its plan to successfully address the current statewide homelessness crisis.

The plan calls for a partnership be

tween the state and Oregon’s 241 incorporated cities to provide com prehensive funding for local home lessness response and prevention programs. This would require direct allocations to each incorporated city in Oregon, totaling $123,575,800 annually. In addition to direct, an nual allocations, coordinated capital construction investments for specific shelter and transitional housing projects statewide would also be required.

The task force, consisting of 25 mayors from across the state, was created in May to develop a response to homelessness that would help all communities statewide, regardless of size or location, to address the issue.

North Bend Mayor Jessica En gelke is among the 25 mayors on the task force.

The letter submitted reads: We write to you as leaders, partners and voters seeking col laboration and action. Cities are facing a crisis as we respond to the emergency of homelessness across Oregon.

Last week at the League of Ore gon Cities conference, Mayors came together from across the state to dis cuss critical policies and programs that impact Oregonians. The number one issue throughout Oregon – in both rural and urban communities, large and small – is homelessness.

We know this humanitarian crisis is impacting both the individuals

directly experiencing homelessness as well as communities at large.

Many jurisdictions have de veloped new programs, expanded service efforts, built regional partnerships, and are making substantial investments of local general fund and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to respond to the unhoused emergency. Yet, this humanitarian crisis exceeds our individual capacity. While active projects, programs, and partner ships are in place in many cities in Oregon, the state has an opportunity to partner with local governments to build upon these efforts to make

Former Garibaldi City Manager set to sue city, former mayor

Will Chappell Reporter

The City of Garibaldi received a letter late in September informing them that former City Manager Juliet Hyams plans to file suit against the city and former Mayor, and current city councilor and can didate for mayor, Judy Riggs.

The suit alleges that while city manager Hyams was subjected to retaliation for whis tleblowing, invasion of privacy by false light and defamation by Riggs, leading to her eventual resignation in July of this year.

“Ms. Hyams will allege that she was publically and illegally subjected to false accusations and insinuations about her job performance that effectively made it impossible to do her job,” Hyams’s attorney Tim Volpert said in a statement.

Interim City Manager Jay Marugg confirmed that the city had received the letter inform ing them of the suit but said that he could not comment further on the matter, citing pending litigation.

When Hyams took over as city manager in the summer of 2021 she found that the city had serious accounting issues.

Under former City Manager Geoff Wullschlager, Garibaldi fell behind on annual audits of the city’s finances, submitting the audit for fiscal year 2019 only in October 2021, after Hyams’s tenure had begun.

Auditors carrying out that investigation found that there were issues surrounding the re liability of financial information and accounting discipline.

The city is still in the process of completing audits for fiscal years 2020 and 2021.

The suit will allege that as Hyams brought these deficien cies to the counsel’s attention and tried to address these shortcomings, Riggs adopted a hostile attitude towards her.

Hyams says that Riggs began spreading unfounded rumors about Hyams’s job performance, including making false statements about Hyams inappropriately purchasing a fire truck at a December 2021 city council meeting.

Riggs, who served as mayor of Garibaldi from 2019-2021, declined to comment for this story stating she had yet to see the suit or letter of intent to sue. The suit will allege that Riggs became more aggressive towards Hyams as the first half of 2022 progressed.

Riggs’s attacks intensified this spring in the lead-up to the Garibaldi Days festival, which Hyams was organizing. In April of this year, Riggs accused Hyams of going over budget on the event and threatened to schedule Hyams’s performance review early.

Matters came to a head at the July 2022 city council meeting, according to the letter from Hyams’s attorney.

At this meeting, Riggs falsely said that Hyams and her staff had illegally conducted the 2022-2023 budget, despite Hyams holding all required meetings and providing proper notice.

change of heart.

“I am thrilled that he is not leaving the city, he’s been a breath of fresh air and a stabilizing for the city,” Wilson said after the meeting.

Rockaway Beach City Hall. Citizen file photo

Kate & the Crocodiles to perform at NCRD in November

Kate & the Crocldiles will be at the North Coast Recreation District’s Performing Arts Center in Nehalem at 7 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 26. Rob and Sharon Borgford are helping to sponsor the event. Tickets are available at Ticket Tomato.com or by calling 971-308-0309. You can view more about the group at kateandthecrocodlile. com.

Kate Morrison, a refresh ing and innovative classical ly-trained vocalist, perform ing as a guest vocalist with Pink Martini, Craig Bi dondo, a colorful, energetic and soulful keyboardist and Gavin Bondy, the intuitive trumpeter of Pink Martini. This Portland-based trio present stunning indie rock originals and covers, early jazz and jazz standards, re inventions of ‘70s and ’80s rock as ballads, classical art

songs mixed with rock (yes, really), and other surprises from far and wide. If the spectrum sounds broad, it is all held together by a signature sound informed by classical training and a respectful blending of many genres. It’s like a warm conversation with a good friend. An evening with Kate & The Crocodiles has been called “A perfect com bination of musical talent and intimate, unforgettable entertainment.”

Kate Morrison Kate began vocal training during junior high school, studying throughout high school and college in the Pacific Northwest. Per forming in competitions for classical vocal music, she placed among the top vocalists in the State of Ore gon and won many awards. After living in Walla Walla,

WA, for more than 20 years, she moved to Portland, OR, and co-founded Kate & The Crocodiles. She has been an invited guest soloist with a myriad of musical groups.

Gavin Bondy

Gavin studied trumpet, piano, and voice as a young person in Portland, Oregon. Years later he began to quietly prove he could make a living as a freelance musi cian in the city of Portland. He played trumpet in every imaginable circumstance: wedding ceremonies, musical theater orchestras, national anthems, and polka, mariachi, salsa, gospel, R&B, funk, pop, and classic rock bands. He met Kate in 2013 and began to imagine yet another new direction for his music, one which has inspired him to take up three new middle-brass instru ments: alto horn, mello

phone and French horn.

Craig Bidondo

Originally from Alaska, Craig studied piano and music composition in Los Angeles before moving to the Portland area to embark on a career as a soloist and group artist throughout the Northwest, exploring jazz, classical, rock, new age, and gospel music. In 1997 Craig co-wrote the award-win ning musical, “Look At Us Now”, and served as the pianist and music director for the Tapestry Theatre production.

Winter weather outlook: Bundle up and don’t forget your umbrella

predict a wetter than normal Fall for Coast

C. Ruark CountryMedia

The National Weather Service’s (NWS) latest winter outlook shows a 75% chance of La Niña Decem ber through February for the Oregon Coast and the rest of the state.

El Niño and the South ern Oscillation, commonly referred to as ENSO, is a pe riodic fluctuation in sea sur face temperature (SST) and the overlying atmosphere across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. It is a defining model for weather forecasters.

This would be the third consecutive year for our weather to be influenced by El Niño. Weather experts

said that influence is directly related to climate change.

The NWS outlook suggests that the La Niña impact will likely continue through mid-winter.

NWS Climate Prediction Center (CPC) outlooks

• Wetter than Normal Fall 2022

• Equal chances of wetter, drier or near normal precip itation December, January and February

• Greater chance for slightly cooler temperatures than normal December, January and February

The NWS outline shows equatorial sea surface tem peratures (SSTs) are below average across most of the Pacific Ocean, which would favor wetter and cooler than normal conditions for the Pacific Northwest this

winter.

The NWS November outlook favors a greater chance of above normal precipitation with equal chances for above, near or below normal temperatures. The outlook for December through February shows a greater chance for above normal precipitation and a greater chance of below normal temperatures.

The Oregon Drought Monitor shows moderate drought along the Oregon Coastline with abnormally dry to moderate drought inland and extreme drought in eastern and south east Oregon. The NWS longrange drought forecast shows conditions improving or even ending across much of Oregon and Washington through December.

Forecasters said it’s too

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early to tell if Oregon Coast cities, such Tillamook will see snowfall this winter, but they said it’s always best to be prepared.

Three weather elements, cold offshore flows, an air mass in place and moisture from the pacific, rarely come together often, according to the NWS, but when that does happen it increases the chance of snow at lower elevations in Tillamook and Lincoln counties and across the state.

The NWS said under the La Niña, winter tempera tures in the lower elevations of the Pacific Northwest can range from the mid 40s to low 50s-day side and from the 20s to 30s overnight.

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TBCC President honored with Howard Cherry Award

Tillamook Bay Commu nity College President Ross Tomlin honored with presti gious Howard Cherry Award Dr. Ross Tomlin has been awarded the Howard Cherry Community College Admin istrator award for 2022 by the Oregon Community College Association (OCCA). The award is its highest honor, and represents outstanding accomplishments on behalf of community colleges in Oregon. It is named after the late Dr. Howard Cherry, a lifelong advocate for education and community involvement. Awardees must be responsible for bringing statewide recognition to

community colleges through their contributions. Tomlin will be presented with the award at the OCCA confer ence in Sunriver, Oregon, on November 3.

“I speak for the TBCC Board members when I say that we are all so proud of President Tomlin for receiv ing this prestigious award.

Our Community College has moved forward with in creased enrollment, new pro grams and raised standards because of his leadership in education. His role in our county and communities has made a significant difference for our citizens,” said Kathy Gervasi, Chair of the TBCC

Board of Education.

Dr. Tomlin has served as a senior-level leader in community colleges for over 14 years and as an admin

istrator at four of Oregon’s community colleges – Cen tral Oregon Community College, Umpqua Commu nity College, Southwestern Oregon Community College, and was appointed President of Tillamook Bay Commu nity College in 2017. His advocacy at the state level in support of educational equity for rural community college students and his commit ment to building strong partnerships across the K-14 continuum to ensure student success and local economic development were recog nized in his nomination.

“I never thought in my career I would receive this

award,” Tomlin said. “This is a great honor to receive from my peers in the state and to be in the same company as prior recipients of the award. There is great work being done at all 17 com munity colleges in Oregon and the presidents all work together very well to pro mote student success, so to be recognized at this level is truly special. The amazing accomplishments happening at TBCC are a tribute to the incredible staff we have and their passion to help students succeed.”

Tomlin is involved in a variety of local community service activities, including

the Adventist Health Tilla mook Civic Advisory Board; Tillamook County Transpor tation Advisory Committee, Economic Development Council of Tillamook County Board of Directors; the Tillamook County Future’s Council; the Chair of the Northwest Regional ESD Board of Directors; the Columbia-Pacific Economic Development District Board of Directors; Kiwanis Club; Chair of the Tides of Change Board of Directors; and the Tillamook High School Natural Resources Advisory Council, and he continues to teach in the Forestry program at TBCC.

Garibaldi boy recognized for actions taken to save two kayakers

The United States Coast Guard has awarded a Garibaldi boy a certificate for his actions that helped to save the lives of two kayakers in Tillamook Bay earlier this month.

Tanner Mautner was playing with Legos in the evening two Fridays ago, when he heard a whistling coming from outside.

Sensing that something was amiss, Tanner alerted his mother and insisted that they go outside to check on the noise.

Arriving in their front yard, across the street from Tillamook Bay, Tanner and his mom saw

a light flashing in the water where the whistling was also emanating.

The pair signaled to the per son in the water with their flash light and immediately called the local Coast Guard station, where Coast Guardsmen sprang into duty.

Tanner’s father and a friend arrived shortly after the call and went to the North Jetty. There they were able to spot the people in the water and stay in contact with them until the Coast Guard arrived.

The Coast Guardsmen saved

the two individuals, who had been checking their crab pots after dark in a kayak. When the kayak tipped, one of them ended up in the water and was unable to get back in the boat.

They developed hypothermia over twenty minutes in the cold waters and would have been in worse trouble had Tanner not been alert.

In recognition of his help saving the two, the Coast Guard invited Tanner to their Garibaldi station and awarded him with a certificate recognizing his actions and a coin.

Garibaldi Council searches for new City Manager

Will Chappell Reporter

Public meeting and pro cedural requirements, and incomplete audits stymied Garibaldi’s City Council last Monday at their regular, monthly meeting.

Councilors were able to dispose of several smaller matters, but they face several meetings over the coming weeks to complete their work for the month.

The council named An drew Shelby to the planning commission, approved the

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Hyams resigned the next day.

The letter claims that Riggs’s treatment of Hyams led Hyams to determine that she could not effectively perform her duties facing concerted opposition from Riggs and fellow councilor Laurie Wandell.

Hyams’s attorney Tim Volpert attached several

collective bargaining agree ment with city employees and selected a firm to lead the search for a new city man ager.

Beyond those pieces of business, the agenda bogged down.

Mayor Tim Hall informed the council that the city’s desire to reuse the old Coast Guard building as a new City Hall faced challenges from the lack of audits. He said that most grants require three years of completed audits, while Garibaldi currently has just 2019’s completed and is

emails to the letter, showing that members of the public noted Riggs’s antipathy for Hyams.

Mayor Tim Hall also declined to comment for this story citing the pending litigation.

But following the April council meeting at which Riggs and Wandell threat ened Hyams with a prema ture performance review, Hall made a statement to publically apologize to Hyams. He said he had allowed the decorum at the meeting to deteriorate to

waiting for the completion of those for 2020 and 2021.

He noted that this lack of proper financial documen tation hampered the city in grant applications beyond those for the old Coast Guard building.

He also stressed that the city would not ask for taxpayer money to redevelop the building. He further noted that if the city was unable to raise the funds to repurpose the building, it would be demolished as other uses are not permitted for security reasons.

The council approved funding for a search for a forensic accountant to un dertake the audits the city is lacking.

Approval of the supple mental budget was needed after the departure of both the City Manager and Assistant City Manager earlier this year was delayed to allow for public notice. The meeting

to approve the supplemental budget will be held on No vember 2nd.

Garibaldi urban renewal grants were similarly delayed, but only until Wednesday as the council wished to expedite the reimbursement of business owners who had completed projects over the summer.

Elsewhere on the agenda,

both the adoption of the updated, 2018 fire code and the disposition of a Dodge Durango no longer needed by the Garibaldi Fire Department were delayed to allow for the writing of resolutions on the matters.

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Congratulations!

DR. ROSS TOMLIN TBCC PRESIDENT Recipient of the 2022 Howard Cherry Award for a Community College Administrator by the Oregon Community College Association.

Dr. Ross Tomlin

Tanner Mautner honored for his quick action by Coast Guard. Photo provided

November 8, 2022, General Election important dates

• General Election Day is Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

• Last day for New Oregon voters to register to vote for the November 8th General Election was Tuesday, October 18th.

• Oregon is Vote-By-Mail.

• You do not need to request an Absentee Ballot UNLESS you will not be at your home address between October 10th and No

vember 8th.

• Ballots were mailed to all local active registered voters beginning October 19th. If you have not received a ballot by October 28th, call the County Clerk’s Office.

• Voted ballots are due in the County Clerk’s office or in an Official Ballot Drop Box by 8:00 PM Election Day, November 8th.

• Be sure to sign your golden envelope in order for your ballot to be counted. We verify that every signature is valid before counting your ballot.

• Vote early. You do not have to wait until Election Day to vote.

• If you are concerned with mailing your ballot back through the postage paid envelope with

the Postal Service or if you wait until the last week before the Election to vote, use an Official Ballot Drop Box: See attached.

• Voter pamphlets from the Secretary of State were mailed on October 19th.

• If you have questions or concerns, call the COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE @ 503-842-

3402 for an official answer. Do not believe everything you see or hear. Ask the local office in charge. You can also refer to our website for information or election results at the following: 2022 November General Elec tion | Tillamook County OR or the Secretary of State’s webpage State of Oregon: Voting & Elec tions - Voting & Elections.

Cost of Living Increase announced for SNAP clients

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Tillamook County residents and those across the state who use Oregon Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits will receive a permanent cost of living

increase of approximately 12 percent starting this month.

This means people who use the SNAP program will start receiving more food benefits when they receive their October benefits.

Every October the federal government makes cost of

living adjustments to SNAP maximum allotments. These adjustments are based on changes to the amount of money needed to support a basic standard of living.

Maximum SNAP allotments are the maximum amount of food benefits that a house

hold may receive based off its size.

“As communities in Ore gon continue to be impacted by COVID-19 and the rising cost of food, we know that many individuals and fami lies are experiencing hardship and rely on SNAP food ben efits to get enough healthy food for themselves and their families,” Oregon Depart ment of Human Services (ODHS), Self-Sufficiency Programs Interim Director Jana McLellan said. “We are glad that our federal partners have made this cost-of-living increase to help people get enough healthy food. We also know that many people in Oregon are still struggling to meet their basic needs and we encourage them to con tact our partners at 211, the Oregon Food Bank and their local Community Action Agency for support during this difficult time.”

SNAP recipients do not have to take any action to receive the increased benefit amounts.

More information about SNAP is available at https:// www.oregon.gov/dhs/ASSIS TANCE/FOOD-BENEFITS/

pages/index.aspx.

If you receive SNAP, questions about your SNAP benefits should be directed to the ONE Customer Service Center at 1-800-699-9075.

If your household receives SNAP and your income or the number of people in your household has changed, it could impact your benefits.

It is important to make sure ODHS has the most up-todate information.

You can report any changes to your income or household in many ways:

• Online at: ONE.Oregon.

gov

• By mail at: ONE Customer Service Center, PO Box 14015, Salem, OR 97309

• By fax at: 503-378-5628

• By phone at: 1-800-6999075 or TTY 711

Resources to help meet basic needs

• Find a food pantry: food finder.oregonfoodbank.org

• Learn about government programs and community resources for older adults and people with disabilities: Aging and Disability Re source Connection of Oregon at 1-855-673-2372 or www.

adrcoforegon.org.

• Dial 2-1-1, or text your zip code to 898-211, ww w.211info.org

• Find local resources and support by contacting your local Community Action Agency: www.caporegon. org/find-services/

• Oregon Department of Human Services COVID-19 help center

Learn more at https:// www.oregon.gov/dhs/ benefits/Pages/index.aspx . For local resources in your area, such as food or shelter, please call 2-1-1 or reach out to the state’s Aging and Disability Resource Connec tion (ADRC) at 1-855-OREADRC or 1-855-673-2372.

Fast Facts

• Oregonians who receive SNAP food benefits will see their food benefits increase approximately 12 percent starting in October

• The maximum food benefit for a household of two has increased from $459 to $516

• The maximum food benefit for a household of four has increased from $835 to $939.

OCSR plans unveiled for Garibaldi depot development Railroad has started a fundraising campaign

During a gala event held October 15th at Pacific Restaurant in downtown Tilla mook, Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad revealed their “Path way to the Future; Gateway to the Past” campaign. When completed, the project will revamp the Garibaldi board ing area with the construction of a Southern Pacific style

depot, a bathroom block, and a water tower complex as well as improved crossings and parking.

Local businesses as well as individuals will have the op portunity to help OCSR make this dream a reality through the purchase of pavers to be used in the project. Pavers are available in a variety of sizes

and price ranges from 4x8 for $250 to 24x24 for $5000. There is even an option for someone to purchase a granite bench for $10,000.

Current plans call for the water tower plaza to be constructed in 2023 with the depot plaza project slated for 2024.

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ness. Twenty-five mayors, representing cities of all sizes from around the state, studied Oregon’s homelessness crisis. And while the crisis may seem insurmountable, given that the symptoms and solu tions look different between urban and rural communities and vary based on a city’s size, geography and available service providers, local gov ernment leaders have devel oped a solution to Oregon’s crisis of the unhoused.

The solution is that the State of Oregon and its 241 cities must come together in partnership to establish and expand local, community -based responses. Time and time again, local programs, which are community-cen tered, are the programs that provide immediate shelter, needed services, and secure safety for unhoused Orego nians.

For this crisis to be hu manely and timely addressed, the State must partner with cities to fully fund local homelessness response and prevention programs. Fully funding local programs requires direct allocations to each incorporated city in Oregon, totally $123,575,800 annually. In addition to direct, annual allocations, coordi nated capital construction investments for specific shel ter and transitional housing projects, statewide, is also required.

Oregon’s mayors are leading the on-the-ground response on homelessness, but we cannot do so alone and need joint leadership from state government to support cities and our county partners. We call on Oregon’s next governor and legislature to fund the services and housing needed to make an impact on Oregon’s homelessness crisis.

Tillamook County Solid Waste

more information about

recycling or hazardous waste disposal:

Call (503) 815-3975 or email us at recycle@co.tillamook.or.us or visit our website at www.co.tillamook.or.us/solid-waste

Each year in November we try and spend a little time focusing on recycling, in honor of America Recycles Day (November 15th). This year I thought I’d try and relay just how much we save, as a whole, just in terms of what we do here in Tillamook County. Forget about the state or the nation, or even the world for a moment, and concentrate only on Tillamook County.

Of the nearly 14,000 tons of materials we recycled in 2020, 75% of it can be grouped into four categories: aluminum, metal, paper/cardboard, and glass. (A further 15% was yard debris, but that is a topic for another month.)

Based on average energy savings data available from the EPA, our recycling efforts resulted in a savings of: • 22,500,000 Kwh (that’s 22,500 Mwh) of energy, • 22,500 barrels of oil, and • 34 million gallons of water.

According to the EIA, the average U.S. home consumed 10,399 kWh per year (2017). Based on that average, the energy saved by recycling in Tillamook County each year is equivalent to what is needed to power approx. 2,150 homes for a whole year.

The amount of water we save is not insignificant either – it would take 52 Olympic-sized swimming pools to contain the water we save each year through recycling our cardboard and paper.

So next time you wonder whether it’s really worthwhile recycling that box, can, or bottle, remember that you are truly making a difference, and contributing to something significant.

David McCall

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