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Hope Chest Thrift stores surpass $2

million in donations

Will Chappell Reporter

North County’s Hope Chest Thrift Shops have now donated more than $2 million to a variety of local charitable organizations since their founding over 20 years ago.

Currently operating at two locations in Rockaway Beach and Nehalem, the charity has focused its donations on helping Tillamook county’s senior and homeless populations.

“There are literally hundreds of lives that have been made brighter,” said Melody Ayers, Adventist Health Tillamook’s Special Projects leader.

Adventist Health Tillamook has been a long-time recipient of funds from Tillamook County Charities, the formal name of the nonprofit that runs the shops.

The first Hope Chest Thrift Shop opened in late 1998 at a location in Wheeler. Four families came together to open the store after retiring to the area.

“They all retired around the same time with double everything,” Terry Walhood, current chair of Tillamook County Charities’ board said.

By early 1999, the group was ready to make its first donation, and selected Adventist Health Tillamook’s hospice program as their recipient. That donation began a relationship that continues today.

Ayers said that the group’s continued support helps to pay for a variety of different needs across the hospice program, generally supple-

menting the budget.

She specifically noted that the hospice has been able to provide bed sheets for hospital beds to patients thanks to support from Hope Chest.

Their funding has also provided vital support for Adventist’s Wellspring senior day care service.

Wellspring offers caretakers an opportunity to have a break by providing a safe environment for seniors with fun activities. The weekly offering was paused during the pandemic but has resumed and has a registered nurse on hand at all times.

Hope Chest’s donations have allowed that program to offer a reduced cost of just $30.

“When I stop and think of the amazing and faithful generosity over the years, I’m moved,” Ayers said, “I’m so deeply appreciative that a group like this could do so much in a rural community.”

Walhood said that from that initial $1,000 donation, Hope Chest has now grown to donate between $7,000 and $11,000 monthly. Their board decides each month on how to disburse those funds. In addition to Adventist

County approves AUD development in unincorporated communities

Will Chappell Reporter

Tillamook County Commissioners approved the development of accessory dwelling units in unincorporated communities in the county on January 30, 2023.

Commissioners said that they hoped the move would help to increase the available housing stock in the county and alleviate the severe shortage.

Community Development

Director Sarah Absher gave a lengthy presentation on the proposed ordinance amendment to the commissioners and public before commissioners unanimously approved the amendment.

With the move, properties in unincorporated communities in the county can now add one accessory dwelling unit (ADU) that meets certain criteria.

The ADU may be either 75% of the size of the primary residence on the property by square footage, or 800 square feet, whichever is smaller.

The ADU may not be used as a short-term rental or other form of transient lodging. However, an owner can build an ADU for their habitation to facilitate turning their primary residence into transient lodging.

An ADU may be built as a freestanding structure or as an addition to the primary residence, but must contain all the facilities necessary for habitation, including bedroom,

bathroom and kitchen.

ADUs will be required to be on a permanent foundation with any wheels removed and must be connected to either public water and sewer, or a septic system.

The ordinance requires that there be one off-street parking spot available for the ADU and that it meet the setback criteria for the area.

Neah-Kah-Nie, Mohler, Barview/Twin Rocks/Watseco, Oceanside, Netarts, Siskeyville, Beaver, Hebo, Cloverdale, Pacific City and Woods, and Neskowin are all now eligible for ADUs. But neither Tierra Del Mar nor Cape Meares is because they have not been designated as “urbanizable.”

Absher said that state law only allowed for ADU permitting in unincorporated communities that had been designated “urbanizable,” but that that might change in the future.

All three of the commissioners noted that they would be supportive of approving ADUs in all areas of the county if state law were to allow it.

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Tillamook, other frequent recipients are Faith in Action, Meals for Seniors in Rockaway Beach, the North County Food Bank, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, the First Christian Church in Tillamook and North County Methodist in Nehalem.

Faith in Action helps to provide in-home care for seniors with advanced medical needs, while the other organizations all help to address hunger in Tillamook County.

The shops are staffed entirely by a group of around 40 volunteers and are open Wednesday through Saturday in Nehalem, and Thursday through Saturday in Rockaway Beach.

The group was recognized as the Outstanding Volunteer Group in the State of Oregon in 2006. Walhood became involved in the shops after retiring to Rockaway Beach in 2001 and became chair of the board in 2009.

She said that although there has been a proliferation of thrift shops in the area, Hope Chest has endured because of its charitable mission.

“That’s where I think we’ve been more successful long term is because we aren’t for profit,” Walhood said, “everything is turned right back to the community.” Please send any comments to headlightreporter@countrymedia. net.

County assigns $125K for Homeless Response System

TheTillamook County Board of Commissioners approved a $125,000 contract to begin work on a coordinated homeless services response system as part of a state pilot program.

The contract with X4 Health is the first step in a five-year project to create a system that will better connect homeless citizens with services across the county.

Funding to start the program was allocated by state legislators in House Bill 4123 last year. The bill selected eight counties from across the state to receive $1 million in funding over two years to set up offices to coordinate homeless services in their counties.

Tillamook’s office will be housed in the Community Action Resource Enterprises (CARE) building in Tillamook and all seven cities in the county will be participating.

Commissioner Erin Skaar said that Tillamook had worked with X4 Health in 2021 on soliciting public feedback on the homelessness crisis in the county. That

outreach identified a coordinated response system as the county’s top need.

Skaar said that that partnership and work had been a factor in Tillamook being named one of the recipients of funding in House Bill 4123.

A public commenter had expressed concern about the contract being awarded to a company outside the county when she felt entities inside the county could best handle the task.

Skaar explained that the county was required by law to develop a five-year strategic plan for creating the new office. She said that the county does not have the staff to do this and had gone through a public bidding process, to which X4 was the only applicant.

In addition to the work with X4, this year will also see two advisory committees begin meeting to work on plans for the new office. One will comprise representatives from each of the seven cities in the county, while the other will have representatives from community organizations like CARE and Tides of Change.

Skaar also reassured the commenter that there would be stakeholder groups to gather feedback from law enforcement, schools, public health officials and others.

The commissioners also updated an agreement governing the emergency warning system for Barney Reservoir.

Located in Washington County, the Barney Reservoir is contained by the E.S. Mills dam, which holds its waters back from flowing into the Trask River and Tillamook County.

To warn of dam failures or overflows, a warning system was installed by the reservoir’s ownership commission in 1998. The update to the agreement approved by the commissioners removed language regarding the installation of that system, since it was completed twenty years ago.

Emergency Management Director Randy Thorpe told the commissioners that the warning system is tested every Monday and that the dam containing the reservoir is regularly checked. Commissioners then autho-

rized County Attorney Joel Stevens to sign participation forms for new settlement in cases against opioid companies.

Stevens said that the county participated in the suits against the drug companies as litigants and that this authorization would enable him to confirm participation in the latest settlement against four companies.

The state government receives the funds and oversees their distribution, with 55% going directly to counties and localities that were litigants in the suit, while the remainder stays with the state.

The county already receives $56,000 annually from the settlements. Stevens was unsure how much that figure would increase as it will depend on the participation of other litigants.

Skaar said that the funds are used in partnership with Opioid Use Response (OUR) Tillamook to help those struggling with opioid use disorder in the community.

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Terry Walhood in the Hope Chest Too Thrift Shop in Rockaway Beach.

Will Chappell Reporter

County’s Business License workgroup now on pause

On November 30, 2022, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) had a public hearing on a proposed business license ordinance for businesses in unincorporated Tillamook County. The meeting room was packed with people from the business community who had concerns about the ordinance as it was written. We heard their concerns, several of which were thoughtful and helpful, and we cancelled the second public hearing on the ordinance. That tabled the issue, as an ordinance cannot be approved without two public hearings.

Some people are asking, what comes next? Let me state clearly that ordinance 88 as written is off the table. If in the future the board moves forward with an alternate proposal, it will not be ordinance 88.

In case you’re wondering

what this is all about, here’s the story. The board of county commissioners started to consider initiating a business license for businesses in unincorporated Tillamook County when we had millions of dollars in COVID relief funds to distribute to local businesses, and we did not have a registry or any record of businesses in unincorporated Tillamook County. Some cities have business license programs, so we got their lists; the chambers of commerce have partial lists, which we utilized, but we don’t have and couldn’t create a complete database of Tillamook County businesses.

The Economic Development Council of Tillamook County (EDC) was distributing the COVID relief funds, and they were tasked with communicating with businesses about how to apply. We wanted all businesses in our county to know that the

funds were available and have support from the EDC to apply. Sadly, a lot of businesses had no idea that COVID relief was available because we don’t know who they are or how to contact them.

Thus, the idea for a business license in unincorporated Tillamook County took shape. Our intention was that any funds generated from a licensing program would support the work of the EDC, whose sole purpose is to support local businesses and business development. We thought that fees generated from the business community should be reinvested back into the business community via the EDC.

Terre Cooper, EDC director, reached out to multiple businesses to socialize the idea with them, but not to everyone; it’s worth repeating that we need a list of all businesses and contact info to

do broad communication to the business community. We heard from business owners at the Nov. 30 public hearing that we should have done more outreach, and we agree. We learned from this process that robust communication prior to a new ordinance hearing is in everyone’s best interest.

County counsel worked with Terre Cooper, at our direction, to come up with the draft ordinance, which was a boilerplate business license ordinance borrowed from the League of Oregon Cities. The ordinance was cumbersome, full of off-putting legal language and in some ways unenforceable. We discussed it in at least two public meetings, shared our concerns, and edits were made. In retrospect, we should have scrapped that draft in favor of something less full of legalese that better fit the needs of our

community. From our perspective, the public hearing worked exactly the way it was supposed to: the BOCC heard from people, and consequently we changed our course. We are grateful to those who came to the public hearing and gave us thoughtful feedback on the ways that the ordinance was objectionable. At the end of the first public hearing, we decided to cancel the second public hearing, tabling the issue. The next day we removed ordinance 88 from our website, because we were concerned that if we left it on the website, people would think it was moving forward.

Commissioner Bell suggested convening a workgroup of businesspeople to discuss the issue, thinking that this would be an ideal opportunity to hear from business owners and bring people together to help drive

solutions. For example, how should we develop an active database of businesses in Tillamook County? Several people volunteered or agreed to participate in a workgroup to discuss the issue.

Since then, the EDC elected to withdraw from process of developing a business license ordinance. Rather than proceed with a workgroup at this time, the BOCC will pause and consider the path ahead, including whether we develop an alternate ordinance, when, and what needs it would address. Commissioner Bell is available to meet with business owners individually who are interested in talking about the subject and sharing their ideas or concerns. We are grateful to the business owners who agreed to be part of a workgroup, and to everyone who shared their comments on the subject.

Law protecting Oregon beaches enacted 110 years ago

Bob Atiyeh

For the Citizen

Oregonians consider their public beaches to be sacred; and everyone who enjoys Oregon’s public beaches can thank the determination of two charismatic, visionary Oregon governors. Many know the story of Governor Tom McCall and his signing of the “Beach Bill” in 1967.

Fewer know the story of Governor Oswald West, who in 1913 convinced the Oregon legislature to designate all Oregon beaches a public

highway. Who was Oswald West, and why was he so concerned about protecting Oregon’s beaches?

Early Life

Born in Ontario, Canada in 1873, Oswald West moved to Oregon with his family when he was

4. Growing up in Salem, West had just 8 years of formal education, which was common at the time.

Intelligent and hardworking, a prominent Salem banker

took notice of the young West; offering him a job as a messenger at his bank and becoming his mentor, encouraging him to read and learn the banking business. Promoted to bank teller 3 years later, one day a man cashed a forged check with West for $2,750, a small fortune in those days. West discovered the forgery, pursued him with his 6-shooter and caught up with him just before he boarded a train. Tough and fearless, West backed the man into a nearby saloon and recovered

the money. After several years in the banking business, West needed a break and spent a summer herding sheep near Spokane, Washington. Heading north in 1899 during Yukon’s Klondike Gold Rush, West narrowly escaped being killed in a boundary dispute with a neighboring prospector.

In 1901, West moved to Astoria to work at the First National Bank, and in 1903 accepted the job of Oregon’s Land Agent, where he helped recover almost 900,000 acres of State School Land that had been stolen through fraud and corruption. West was later appointed to the Oregon Railroad Commission, where he helped pursue legal action against millionaire Edward Henry Harriman, president of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads.

West Decides To Run For Governor

In 1910, a month after passing the state bar exam and becoming an attorney, and never having run for political office, West decided to run for Oregon governor as a Democrat. By current political stan-

dards, early 20th century Oregon would have been considered a deep red state, with registered Republicans outnumbering Democrats 3:1. Running on a progressive platform, riding a wave of progressive and populist sentiment that was stripping power from the wealthy and giving it back to the people, and promising four years of clean government, West won the governors race against the incumbent Republican governor. At age 37, West became the youngest person to be elected Oregon’s governor (years later, in 1958, Mark Hatfield would be elected governor at age 36)

Making Beaches A Public Highway

West faced a challenge in getting his progressive agenda enacted; of the 30 Senate seats, 28 were held by Republicans, along with 54 of the 60 House seats. Having earlier witnessed the theft and destruction of Oregon’s forestlands by corrupt timber barons, West feared the same fate awaited the pristine Oregon coast from land speculators. The problem was that the Republican legislature would never support the idea of making Oregon’s beaches public. West had an idea one day while riding his horse from Elk Creek in Cannon Beach, over Neakahnie Mountain to Nehalem; he would present the idea of making all of Oregon’s beaches a public highway. The simple text of his bill stated that “the shore of the Pacific Ocean, between the ordinary high tide and extreme low tide, and from the Columbia River on the north, to the Oregon and California state line on the south, is hereby declared a public highway and shall forever remain open as such to the public.” West “pointed out that thus we would come into miles and miles of highway without cost to the taxpayer…the legislature took the bait - hook, line and sinker. Thus came public ownership to our beaches.”

The bill was overwhelmingly passed by the legislature, and on February 13th, 1913, Governor Oswald West signed his bill into law. Oswald West declined to run for a second term as Governor, preferring to go back to his law practice. West retired from practicing law after suffering a heart attack in 1945, and died in Portland in 1960.

Oswald West State Park, south of Cannon Beach, was named in honor of the person who protected Oregon’s beaches. In 1912, Oswald West and his wife purchased an acre of land on a small knoll in Cannon Beach that overlooked the ocean and Haystack Rock. Their 2,000 square foot log cabin was completed in the summer of 1913, sold in 1926, and sold again in 1936 to Dr. Harry Bouvy, whose descendants still own the home. The house was destroyed by a young arsonist in 1991, painstakingly restored by 1995, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The house sits below Hemlock Street at the north end of the “S” curves in Cannon Beach. The best place to view the house once owned by Governor Oswald West is from the beach just south of Haystack Rock.

A poster for Oswald West’s 1910 gubernatorial campaign. His slogan, “The Man Who Delivers the Goods,” reinforces the reputation he’d forged as an energetic man who gets things done. Courtesy of the Oregon Historical Society.

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek announces budget proposal

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has unveiled her budget recommendations for the 2023-25 biennium, titled “Mission Focused.”

The recommendations focus on three top priorities:

• Building more housing and reducing homelessness

• Improving access to mental health and addiction services

• Improving outcomes in early literacy and K-12 schools.

“Every Oregonian, no matter their race or zip code, deserves to have the same chances,”

Kotek said. “My mission as Oregon’s Governor will always be to deliver results and move the state forward to build the Oregon we all want to live in. This vision for Oregon’s future cannot be realized in one budget cycle. But this plan provides a roadmap for how we are going to reach our state’s long-term goals.”

Oregon is entering a challenging and complex budget environment with about $3.5 billion of one-time funding, spurred by resources from the federal government, about to expire, according to Kotek, adding that the recommended budget still includes a path to make targeted investments because of prudent budget management to build historic reserves in recent years.

Kotek has recommended keeping the existing $2 billion of reserve funds in place, and redirect $765 million that would have been automatically added to these reserves into targeted investments aimed at better serving Oregonians in these three key areas.

Highlights of the budget recommendations include:

Housing and Homelessness

To reduce unsheltered homelessness, rehouse Oregonians, build and preserve more affordable housing, and increase homeownership, Kotek included the following investments:

An urgent, $130 million package to reduce unsheltered homelessness. The Governor is urging the legislature to move forward with this initial investment as quickly as possible, and released the details last week.

New affordable housing

$770 million: General obligation bonds to build more affordable homes for both renters and new homeowners. Moving Oregonians out of unsheltered homelessness

$172.2 million: Rapid rehousing resources and connections to long-term rent assistance to maintain housing stability. This reflects the state’s first investment in an on-going, long-term rent assistance program.

New permanent, supportive housing

$130 million: Create new units of permanent supportive housing, and maintain the rent assistance and services needed for this housing.

Affordable housing preservation

$118 million: Lottery and General Fund to preserve existing affordable homes, including manufactured homes.

On-going homelessness prevention

$73 million: Create an ongoing homelessness prevention program in Oregon.

Maintain shelter operations

$24.1 million: Maintain shelter operations in the state, including the operation of the 600 new shelter beds created through the early investment package and Project Turnkey projects.

Housing Production and Accountability Office (HPAO)

$2.2 million: Create a new state office to reduce land use and permitting barriers that stand in the way of building more housing.

Mental Health and Addiction Services

To disrupt the harmful and expensive homelessnessjail-hospital pipeline, decrease preventable deaths from substance use and behavioral health needs, and stabilize the behavioral health workforce, Governor Kotek included the following recommendations:

Continue investments in substance use treatment and services

$278.9 million: Addiction treatment, overdose prevention, peer support services, housing assistance, and employment services – funded by Measure 110 grants and a 1115 waiver

allowing for Medicaid coverage of substance use disorders (SUD) facility-based treatment and peer services. Continue funding new 2021 investments

$195.7 million: Continued funding for aid and assist services, Certified Community Behavioral Health Centers (CCBHCs), Peer Respite Centers, co-occuring disorder treatment, System of Care Advisory Council, Interdisciplinary Assessment Teams for children and housing for transition-age youth.

Community mental health

$127.4 million: Continue 30% Medicaid rate increases for increased behavioral health worker wages.

Continue behavioral health provider incentives

$60 million: Loan repayment, scholarships and tuition stipends for licensed behavioral health providers and students in the workforce pipeline.

Oregon State Hospital

$50.2 million: Increase positions at the state hospital to support a sustainable 24/7 staffing model; establish a dedicated Health Equity Unit at the state hospital to address the needs of staff; support the OSH Complex Case Management Unit to meet the needs of patients with complex needs and ensure the safety of staff and patients; and upgrade OSH facilities to improve patient recovery and safety of both patients and staff.

Mobile crisis teams

$47.6 million: Ongoing funding for programs like CAHOOTS to divert individuals from hospital and jail, including response and stabilization services for youth and their families.

Increase residential and facility capacity $40 million: Ongoing funding to support operation of additional mental health residential capacity funded in 2021 and to continue the state’s investment in the development of additional residential and facility capacity.

Harm reduction clearinghouse

$40 million: Continue support of the harm reduction clearinghouse to reduce pre-

ventable deaths associated with opioid use.

Health Care Provider Incentive Program

$20 million: Nearly double OHA’s Health Care Provider Incentive Program, with a priority to increase Oregon’s behavioral health workforce and to continue to recruit and retain diverse health care providers.

Crisis prevention system

$18.4 million: Fund 988 call centers, the nationwide service connecting people with the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Early Learning and K-12 Education

To improve student literacy, stabilize early childhood services and ensure Oregon children are better served by K-12 schools, Kotek included the following recommendations: Increase the State School Fund

$9.9 billion: Kotek is recommending increasing the State School Fund to $9.9 billion and fully funding High School

Success (formerly Measure 98) to help improve graduation rates and give students the tools to be career and college ready. Ensure all kids are learning to read, and reading to learn

$100 million: Evidence-based, targeted literacy strategies to ensure preschool and elementary school educators have the training, time, materials, and ongoing coaching they need to integrate evidence-based literacy strategies with culturally responsive approaches.

Expanding physical capacity of early learning facilities

$100 million: Create and upgrade the physical space early learning providers need, along with technical assistance to navigate the expansion and renovation processes.

Early Learning Program

Enhancement

$62.5 million: Provide a living wage to early learning professionals to stabilize and value

the workforce by enhancing rates for Oregon Pre-Kindergarten (OPK), Preschool Promise, Healthy Families Oregon, Relief Nurseries, and the Early Childhood Equity Fund.

Employment-Related Day Care (ERDC) Enhancements

$41.3 million: Increase rates for ERDC providers, provide funding for a limited caseload expansion for ERDC, support the transfer of ERDC from Oregon Department of Human Services, provide funding to make IT system changes to expand program eligibility, and support child care supply building and ERDC access.

Enrichment programming for all grades

$30 million: Continue to offer students opportunities to connect with each other to support their well-being following years of pandemic-impacted learning. Funding will be provided by Tribes and community-based organizations.

For more information about the Tillamook PUD Community Support Grant Program and to apply, visit www.tpud.org or stop by the Tillamook PUD office.

TILLAMOOK PUD

Be kind

We often take our heart for granted, but when it comes to your heart health, every day is a fresh start. To reduce the risk of heart disease, it’s important to know your numbersblood pressure, cholesterol and A1C. Healthy habits like a well-balanced diet and exercise can help as well.

Our primary care providers are experts in your health and wellness. Make an appointment now to start your journey to a lifetime of healthy habits. Your sweet heart will thank you. #hearthealth

On October 27, 2022, Dylan Donovan Waters, 42, was convicted by a jury on two counts of assault in the fourth degree constituting domestic violence, class C felonies, committed on or about June 15, 2022. On January 13, 2023, Waters was sentenced to 60 days in jail and three years on probation.

On November 21, Ryan Thomas Alm, 35, was convicted of theft in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about August 11, 2021. Alm was sentenced to thirty days in jail.

On November 28, Justin Aaron Holt, 35, pleaded guilty to a charge of strangulation, a class C felony, committed on or about October 20. Holt was sentenced to nine months in prison and two years’ probation.

On December 5, Patricia Ann Blair, 67, was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicants, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about July 5, 2021. Blair was sentenced to three years’ bench probation, including

Tillamook County Criminal Convictions

120 hours of community service, and a yearlong driver’s license suspension.

On December 6, Kelly Fiona Dempsey admitted to one count of contempt of court. Dempsey was sentenced to seven days in jail.

On December 13, Seth Michael Jacobs was sentenced to six months in jail for a probation violation on a count of menacing, committed on or about October 28.

On December 19, Jordon Frank Sullivan, 35, was convicted of recklessly endangering another person, a class A misdemeanor committed on or about September 18. Sullivan was sentenced to two days in jail, a year of bench probation and a 90-day license suspension.

On December 20, Sabin W. Marley, 49, pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal trespass in the second degree, a class C misdemeanor, committed on or about February 14. Marley was sentenced to thirty days in jail. Marley also pleaded guilty to a charge of theft in the third degree, a class C misdemeanor, com-

mitted on or about February 18. Marley was sentenced to thirty days in jail for this crime as well.

On December 22, Jeremiah Beau Cruse 39, pleaded no contest and was found guilty of theft in the third degree, a class C misdemeanor, committed on or about October 14. Cruse was sentenced to 15 days in jail and ordered to pay $30 in restitution to The Landing Restaurant.

On December 30, Dylan Leland Stephens, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of theft in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about February 12, 2022. Stephens was sentenced to thirty days in jail. Stephens also pleaded guilty to an attempt to commit a class C/unclassified felonytheft in the first degree, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about September 28. Stephens was sentenced to an additional thirty days in jail for this conviction.

On January 3, 2023, Justin Lloyd Darby, 46, was found guilty on one count

of theft in the third degree, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about October 15, 2022. Darby was sentenced to two days in jail and a year on bench probation.

On January 4, Alex Roman Shuey was found to be in violation of his probation following a count of driving under the influence. Shuey was sentenced to 45 days in jail.

On January 5, Blake John Adam Fenton, 32, was convicted of recklessly endangering another person, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about July 2, 2022. Fentonm was sentenced to time served in jail.

On January 6, Kristy Lee Bush, 36, plesded no contest to a charge of resisting arrest, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about March 28, 2022. Bush was sentenced to twenty days in jail. Bush also admitted to being in contempt of court on that day and was sentenced to a further twenty days in jail.

On January 6, Katelyn Kelly Salvo, 28, pleaded guilty to one count of ha-

rassment, a class A violation, committed on or about August 23, 2022. Salvo was ordered to pay a $440 fine.

On January 9, Katherine Jane Umphrey, 22, was convicted of failure to perform duties of driver-property damage, a class A violation, committed on or about October 20, 2022. Umphrey ws assessed a $440 fine.

On January 10, Edward Don Merrill, 21, was found guilty of theft in the first degree, a class C felony, committed on or about December 14, 2022. Merrill was sentenced to 13 months in prison and a year on probation.

On January 12, Scott Allen Brown, 54, was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a restricted weapon, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about February 19, 2022. Brown was sentenced to thirty days in jail.

On January 13, Jason Lee Johns pleaded guilty to one count of harassment as a violation of probation and was ordered to pay $440 in fines.

On January 17, Nickolas Charles Marinelli, 34, pled no contest to one count of theft in the third degree, a class C misdemeanor, committed on or about August 13, 2022. Marinelli was sentenced to 18 months on probation and ordered to pay $100 in restitution to Safeway. Marinelli also pled no contest to a count of criminal mischief in the second degree, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about January 9, 2022. He was sentenced to 18 months’ probation for this conviction as well.

On January 18, Richard Russell Terry, 60, was convicted of resisting arrest, a class A misdemeanor, committed on or about April 16, 2022. Terry was sentenced to time served in jail.

On January 19, Jeffery Scott Hubbard, 32, was convicted of theft in the first degree, a class C felony, committed on or about January 24, 2022. Hubbard was sentenced to 13 months in prison and a year on probation following his release.

Massive Cascadia earthquake hit NW coast in Jan. 1700

It’s a January night on the north Oregon coast. The sun has been down for several hours and it’s dark. A quarter

moon hangs in the winter sky, with the rhythmic sound of waves breaking on the beach. A slight tremor shakes the ground; barely noticeable. Then an unusual sound that gets louder as it approaches. Suddenly, the ground begins to violently roll and shake. This lasts for almost 5 minutes. As suddenly as it began, the shaking stops. The noise recedes into the distance. For a short period of time, all is quiet. Strangely, the ocean has pulled away from the shore, followed by a wave that pushes onto the beach, like a very large sneaker wave. 20 minutes have passed since the shaking stopped when

Tillamook County Solid Waste

Once in a Generation

They say that some things only happen once in a decade, or once in a generation, or maybe even once in a lifetime.

It appears as though we have arrived at one of those junctions in Tillamook County’s recycling world, though I’m not sure whether it’s a “generation” or “lifetime” event.

For several years we’ve been preparing for some significant upgrades to all three of our transfer stations, but this opportunity comes from outside.

You may recall the changes that were made in recycling systems back in 2017, following China’s Green Fence initiative – which resulted in the near collapse of many recycling programs. We

weathered through that relatively well, but the same can’t be said for many other places. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) started convening lots of meetings involving lots of folks, and one result was the 2021 passage of the Recycling Modernization Act (RMA). This act envisions a more equitable and consistent recycling system throughout the state, and introduces a hybrid Extended Product Responsibility (EPR) system in Oregon. All this goes into effect July 1, 2025, but our opportunity to leap forward is NOW.

As part of this process, each city and county has the opportunity to request infrastructural support, through DEQ, from the Producer Responsibility Organization(s),

who will be responsible for rolling out these new statewide systematic improvements in 2025. Because our cities are small, and so much of our population lives in unincorporated areas, we are organizing a coordination meeting on February 14th – see adjacent ad. At this meeting, we hope that all cities, as well as individuals and interest group representatives from throughout Tillamook County, will come together and share their visions, desires, and needs, so that we can

respond to this request in a collaborative, cohesive manner – for the benefit of ALL Tillamook County residents, wherever they may reside or work.

I’ve been in this business for 29 years, and I’ve never seen an opportunity like this. This is our opportunity. Let’s not miss this shot. Join us on the late afternoon of Valentine’s Day, and share the Holiday of Love with your vision for recycling.

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another sound like distant thunder is heard, rapidly getting closer and louder. A massive wall of water 50 feet high crashes onto the beach, destroying everything in it’s path as it quickly sweeps inland. It’s just after 9:00 PM on January 26th, 1700.

There has just been a full rupture of the offshore Cascadia Subduction Zone, and the entire coastline of the Pacific Northwest has been hit with a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami, with the devastation extending for hundreds of miles up and down the coast from Vancouver Island to Northern California.

The 700 mile-long Cascadia Subduction Zone is the result of the oceanic Juan de Fuca and Gorda plates subducting (sliding underneath) the much larger North American plate. These plates don’t slide smoothly past each other; they lock together and slowly build up pressure for centuries until a sudden, explosive release.

The long chain of inland Cascade volcanoes extending from southern British Columbia to northern California is a result of this subduction one.

Wherever you find a chain of volcanoes, you’ll find a subduction zone, whether it’s the southern coast of Alaska, the western coast of Chile, or Indonesia. Subduction zones produce the planet’s most powerful earthquakes. The magnitude 9.5 Valdivia sub-

duction zone earthquake that hit the coast of Chile in May of 1960 was the most powerful quake ever recorded. The second most powerful quake ever recorded was the magnitude 9.2 “Good Friday Earthquake” that struck near Prince William Sound on the south coast of Alaska in March of 1964. The magnitude 9.1 subduction zone earthquake and tsunami that struck SE Asia in December 2004, killing over 225,000 people in 14 countries, was the third most powerful quake ever recorded. And the magnitude 9.0 Tohoku subduction zone earthquake and tsunami that struck the east coast of Japan in March of 2011, killing almost 20,000 people, was the fourth most powerful quake ever recorded.

For years, geologists didn’t think the Pacific Northwest

was affected by large earthquakes, until the mid-1980’s, when a young geologist named Brian Atwater began digging around in the coastal marshes and stream banks of the Washington coast; discovering convincing evidence of massive earthquakes and tsunamis that had devastated coastal areas in the past. Using dendrochronology (tree rings) the date of the last great earthquake was an estimate, but the exact date was elusive, until old Japanese tsunami records were examined by seismologist Kenji Satake. In late January of 1700, the coast of Honshu Island in Japan was hit by an “orphan tsunami”; a 16-foot tsunami with no accompanying earthquake, which had traveled thousands of miles across the Pacific ocean from the west coast of

North America, the result of a monster subduction zone quake 60 times more powerful than the earthquake that would destroy San Francisco in 1906. This 1700 date fit squarely in the middle of the tree ring estimates, and agreed with the oral histories of several native Northwest tribes, including the Makah, Hoh, Quileute, Duwamish and Yurok, which told of this violent event happening on a winter night.

Thursday, January 26th marked the 323rd anniversary of this massive earthquake and tsunami. By drilling into turbidites (undersea landslides) geologist Chris Goldfinger has determined that there have been 41 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes over the past 10,000 years, with intervals between quakes as short as 110 years,

and as long as 1,050 years.

19 of these have been full ruptures of the subduction zone, while the other 22 have been partial ruptures. There is no way to predict when the next one will hit, but research by Goldfinger hints that Cascadia quakes come in clusters, and that southern sections of the subduction zone rupture more frequently than northern sections. Compared to countries like Japan, the Pacific Northwest is woefully unprepared in terms of hardened infrastructure, emergency preparedness and general earthquake resiliency. 80 miles off the north Oregon coast, at the toe of the continental slope, the Cascadia Subduction Zone sits silently, with plates locked and pressure building. Some day it will rupture. We need to be ready when it does.

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