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Wyden visits Tillamook Creamery

Senator Ron Wyden (sixth from left) poses for a photo with local dairymen, creamery workers, truck drivers and others during his visit to the Tillamook Creamery on August 8.

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enator Ron Wyden attended a lunch meeting at the Tillamook County Creamery on August 8, before touring a local dairy farm, as part of his Oregon Bounty Tour.

At the creamery, Wyden sat down with Tillamook

County Creamery Association (TCCA) board members who own dairy farms, trucking company representatives, and creamery staff to discuss how he could help to promote agriculture in Oregon.

The visit was part of the fact-finding process that Wyden is going through in advance of Business

Oregon’s annual December conference, at which the organization crafts policy proposals with the help of legislators.

Last year’s conference emphasized advancing the semiconductor industry in Oregon, yielding policy proposals that helped secure a new Intel microchip manufacturing facility in

Manzanita receives Business Oregon grant for new city hall prep work WILL CHAPPELL Citizen Editor

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anzanita’s City Council accepted a $60,000 grant from Business Oregon to help with the remediation of asbestos at the Underhill Plaza site that will house the new city hall and police station at their August 9 meeting.

The council also discussed implementing a dark sky ordinance in the city and was updated on ongoing work to build a new emergency water intertie with Nehalem.

The Business Oregon grant came from that organization’s brownfields grant program, aimed at remediating hazardous material concerns at disused properties to allow their redevelopment.

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fray the $250,000 needed to properly address the asbestos in the old school and Quonset hut at Underhill Plaza and demolish them to make way for the new city hall and police station. The entire city hall and police station project carries an estimated price tag of $5.8 million and will be financed through a special public works fund loan.

Council also approved the application for the annual Muttzanita Parade and fundraiser, which will take place on September 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Manzanita Police Sergeant Mike Sims joined the council for a discussion about expanding the city’s dark sky program. Currently, only short-term rental (STR) properties in the city are regulated in their outdoor lighting, but the council signaled a desire to expand those regulations to all properties.

Regulations for STRs require that exterior lights face downward and be shielded, turned off when not in use and not left on for more than 12 hours. Security floodlights must be on motion detectors

and are not allowed to shine on adjacent houses.

Sims said that he recommended expanding the ordinance but that the council would need to consider how to handle landscape lighting and Christmas lights, which are not addressed in the STR ordinance.

Sims also discussed enforcement, saying that he had spoken to Cannon Beach’s code enforcement officer who is tasked with enforcing a similar ordinance. According to Sims, the Cannon Beach officer said that she had had success in working with property owners to address violations of the ordinance by suggesting fixes that were usually implemented.

Councilors asked for City Manager Leila Aman to bring a draft ordinance to their September work session after researching ways to address landscape and Christmas lighting. Sims also suggested that a grace period of two years be offered for existing lighting to be brought into compliance with the new ordinance.

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Washington County.

Wyden said that with work on a new farm bill set to begin next year in Washington, he hopes this year’s conference will give him a good plan to support Oregon farmers and those in related industries in that bill.

Wyden started the meeting by acknowledging the federal issue of most pressing

concern to most farmers and landowners in Tillamook County: the impending update to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) flood insurance plan.

The proposed updates to the plan would require counties to institute new floodplain development regulations requiring no net

loss of floodplain functions to protect fish habitat. The proposed updates drew concern from more than a hundred Tillamook residents at a May meeting and the county’s government has now been included as a participating agency in the process.

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Rockaway Beach Council adopts path design memorandum WILL CHAPPELL Citizen Editor

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ockaway Beach’s City Council adopted a design memorandum for the path through town that will be part of the Salmonberry Trail at their August 9 meeting.

The council also approved a street capital improvements plan proposal from HBH Consulting Engineers that will catalogue the biggest concerns in Rockaway Beach’s street inventory and offer prioritization recommendations for their repair.

The design memorandum on the path that is proposed to run the length of the city adjacent to the rail line of the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad was developed by Destination Management Advisors. Jon-Paul Bowles led the memorandum development process, which relied on public feedback gathered at a series of townhalls and through an online survey to identify community priorities for the path. Bowles said that the number one priority identified in the town halls and

survey was that the path be designed to serve the future growth of Rockaway Beach.

The surveys also gauged the public’s interest in different possible alignments for the path. The most popular was a design that would split through downtown Rockaway Beach, with pedestrians routed on the east side of Highway 101 close to businesses and cyclists on the west side closer to the railroad.

Bowles said that this alignment had feasibility concerns because of Oregon Department of Transportation right of way requirements and setbacks. He recommended that the city should prioritize doing further investigation to determine whether the alignment would be feasible.

The memorandum also recommended that the path’s development be broken into four phases to allow work to begin more quickly. Bowles said that work on construction readiness on the easiest section of the path north of downtown should begin soon to allow the city to apply for grants for the design and

engineering, and construction phases in 2024.

Bowles said that groundbreaking could take place in 2026 and the path could be constructed in its entirety in the following years if the city is able to develop a comprehensive funding strategy.

Council also approved a $35,000 contract for the street capital improvement plan, which will be completed by HBH Consulting Engineers.

The purpose of the plan is to identify issues with roads in Rockaway Beach, develop general cost estimates to address those issues and prioritize them for repair.

The process will begin with a meeting between consultants from HBH and city staff before multiple public meetings to gather input.

HBH will then present a draft plan for public feedback before council approves a final draft.

Meetings for the plan’s development will be announced soon and the final draft is expected by February 2024 for city staff to use as a guide in street improvement operations going forward.

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Oregon Tuna Classic donates almost 10,000 pounds of fish to local food banks WILL CHAPPELL Citizen Editor

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he Oregon Tuna Classic took place on August 11 and 12, with competitors sailing out of Garibaldi for the friendly competition that benefits the Oregon Food Bank, local food banks and Ducks Unlimited.

In its 18th year, the tournament raised over $150,000 and caught almost 10,000 pounds of tuna, which is being processed and donated to area food banks.

“It’s a bunch of people who really love to fish and wanted to give back and that’s’ the true mission for the Oregon Tuna Classic,” Oregon Tuna Classic Board Member Scott Kenney said.

The event was started in 2005 by Dale Stevens, who wanted to use his passion for fishing to help give something back to the community. In its early days, the Oregon Tuna Classic was a 501(c)3, but in recent years they have become a chapter of Ducks Unlimited, which helps handle administrative

duties.

Competitors in the tournament are encouraged to donate their catch to local food banks, with most choosing to do so. The tournament also raises funds from sponsors, which are used to cover the expenses of the tournament, including prizes, and then divided into equal donations for Ducks Unlimited and the Oregon Food Bank. This year’s title sponsor was Pacific Seafood, which donated $25,000 and processed the tournament’s catch free of charge at their

facility in Warrenton.

The tournament takes place over two days each August, with the first being Big Fish Friday, won by the boat with the single largest fish, and Saturday being judged on boats’ five biggest fish. 34 teams signed up to participate in this year’s event.

On Friday, weather cooperated with the competition, before windy conditions on Saturday kept half the field from going out.

“Friday was a great day to be fishing, Saturday not so much,” Kenney said. “When you’ve got six-foot wind waves on top of a four-foot swell things can get a little squirrely.”

Team El Jefe won Friday’s

biggest fish competition, taking home $6,000 for catching a 36.7-pound Albacore Tuna. Team Reel Fortunate overcame the adverse conditions on Saturday to win $6,000, with their five largest fish weighing in at a combined 117.1 pounds, narrowly edging out Team El Jefe, whose catch totaled 117.05 pounds.

There were other, smaller prizes available in side pots and to the teams that donated the most fish on each day, with Team Clemensea taking home $500 put up by Kenney for donating 46 fish on Friday. Team Tuna Time donated 60 fish on Saturday, but it had been team owner Dick Crosley who put up

the $1,000 prize, and he donated the money to the Oregon Food Bank.

Kenney repeatedly thanked Pacific Seafood for their sponsorship of this year’s tournament and help in advancing its mission through processing the fish and helping to feed families across the north coast.

“We’re very fortunate this year to have a sponsor like Pac Seafood who can do so much for us,” Kenney said. “We’re obviously trying to raise money for the local food bank but we’re also trying to feed the local community.”

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Pig n’ Fords racers continue Tillamook County tradition WILL CHAPPELL Citizen Editor

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embers of the Model T Pig n’ Fords Association of Tillamook County continued their nearly century-long tradition of entertaining at last week’s county fair, shuttling their screaming cargo around the racetrack four nights in a row to spectators’ delight.

The event has become a multi-generational pursuit for members of the ten franchises from around the county and competitive ambitions and showmanship come together for a unique experience for all involved.

The story goes that one day in the early 1920s, Joe Bell found a loose pig on his property, gathered the squealing swine, crank started his Ford Model T and returned the pig to its owner.

In retelling the event to his friends and acquaintances around town, the idea for a novel competition at the new fairgrounds’ racetrack was born.

In its early days, the competition was open to all comers, with participation varying year to year. But in the early 1950s, the Model T Pig n’ Fords Association was formed, establishing ten franchises that would participate in the event each year and restricting them to competing in Ford Model Ts. Those same franchises are still competing today and many remain in the same family, as they have been passed down, originally from father to son, and later to other family members and long-tenured drivers.

Races start with the drivers sprinting to a pen filled with small pigs on a starters’ pistol before crank starting their Model Ts. Drivers then navigate a lap around the dirt track, stop

Racers scramble to start their engines after securing their hogs at the beginning of the race.

Marty Walker cruises to an easy win in Wednesday’s first race.

their car, exchange their pig, restart their car, do another lap, and repeat the exchange before a final lap. All cars must have a stock Model T engine and drivetrain and be 50% original and contact is highly discouraged.

Parry Hurliman, 66, celebrated his 50th year of competitions at the Pig n’ Fords races this year after starting as a driver at the age of 16. Hurliman raced for family members’ teams before his father bought a franchise in the 1970s that he now owns and manages while his son, Nick, drives.

Hurliman said that the key to winning the race is not messing up the crank starts and keeping a handle on your pig.

“Don’t screw up, don’t miss a crank, make sure you do it the first time and you gotta handle that pig right,” Hurliman said.

The association stages two races each night of the fair, culminating in the World Championship race on Saturday night. They also participate in local parades including the June Tillamook Dairy Days Parade and July’s Garibaldi Days Parade and, in the past, have traveled to rodeos in other parts of Oregon.

The future of the Pig n’ Fords’ association is bright as a new generation of drivers takes the wheel. This year marked rookie Seth Wehinger’s first competition and Hurliman said that he hopes that his grandson, who is now 13, will start competing in three years when he gets his driver’s license and becomes eligible.

Land Board approves easement for Amazon transpacific fiber cable WILL CHAPPELL Citizen Editor

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he Oregon State Land Board approved an easement for the installation of a transpacific high-speed, data-transmitting, fiberoptic cable for use by Amazon World Services that will land in south Tillamook County at their August 8 meeting.

Approval came despite concerns voiced by Governor Tina Kotek, chairing the board, about a changing regulatory framework for undersea cables spurred by a drill bit failure in 2020 on a project laying a cable for Facebook.

The new cable, known as the Bifrost cable, will have its other landfall in Singapore and is routed via Guam before reaching the Oregon coast just north of Neskowin, offshore from the Wi-Ne-Ma Christian Camp.

The cable will be encased in a landing pipe for 4100 feet from the shoreline before being buried at a depth of three to five feet along the continental shelf.

AMCS, the company applying for the easement, worked with the Oregon Fishermen’s Cable Committee and completed studies on the geologic and environmental impacts of the cable to determine its route. They submitted their initial application to Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) in November 2022, and a completed version in February of this year. AMCS will pay $300,000 for a 20-

year lease agreement for the easement.

The contractor also developed a drill break avoidance plan and drill break response plan as part of the application process and received approvals and permits from Tillamook County, Oregon’s Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Environmental Quality for various aspects of the project.

The heightened attention to the possibility of a drill break comes after the last major submarine cable project undertaken by Facebook suffered a drill break off the coast of Tierra Del Mar in the summer of 2020. In addition to the drill bit, 1,100 feet of drill pipe, two tools for drill steering and tracking, and around 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid were abandoned on the seafloor.

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Facebook did not initially inform the state of the incident that led to the abandonment, with it only being brought to DLCD’s attention two months later

by Tillamook County’s government. Facebook paid an encroachment easement of $250,000 for the irretrievable materials and its construction bond was increased.

That incident led the state legislature to form a working group to develop recommendations for new regulations of submarine cables in Oregon’s territorial sea. That committee recently finished its meetings and will be presenting a report to the land board at an upcoming meeting.

Kotek, who serves as the chair of the Oregon State Land Board, expressed reservations about approving the easement with a new regulatory framework on the horizon. She said that she expected the legislature to

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Kotek went so far as to float the idea of approving the easement without accepting payment from AMCS, leaving the determination of compensation for after the legislature acts.

However, the other board members, State Treasurer

Tobias Reed and Secretary of State Lavonne GriffinValade, said that while they shared the governor’s concerns, they did not think it was appropriate for the state to move the goalposts so late in this cable’s development.

Kotek concurred, while lamenting the fact that the application had not been brought to the board’s agenda at a prior meeting for discussion and did not bring the motion.

Another factor cited by all three board members in their decision to approve was Amazon’s process in developing the plan for the cable. That process began with a public meeting at the Kiawanda Community Center prior to their application submission and included a change to the project’s timeline to accommodate Grey Whale migration after a request SEE FIBER CABLE PAGE A6

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Impeachment, elected official pay, ranked-choice voting: Lawmakers left big questions to voters

By JULIA SHUMWAY Oregon Capital Chronicle

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regon lawmakers will ask voters to weigh in on big questions in 2024, including how voting will work, whether lawmakers should be able to impeach top officials and whether elected officials should receive raises.

Before the legislative session ended in late June, lawmakers voted to send three proposed laws to voters on their November 2024 ballots.

More referrals could be coming. A majority of Democratic lawmakers support an effort to change constitutional quorum requirements for the House and Senate to prevent future walkouts like the one that just stalled the Legislature for six weeks. While that effort didn’t gain traction at the end of session, Rep. Khanh Pham, D-Portland, told the Capital Chronicle she would try again if necessary during the 2024 legislative session.

Two-thirds of lawmakers must be present for either chamber of the Legislature to do business, unlike many states that require a simple majority.

Citizen groups are also working hard to put their own new laws on the ballot.

Groups have so far filed 35 petitions to create new campaign finance laws, allow gun owners to carry concealed weapons without permits, expand the state House from 60 to 300 members, freeze property taxes for seniors and allow marijuana industry workers to unionize, among other proposals. Those citizen lawmakers have until next summer to gather tens of thousands of signatures from voters and make the ballot.

Here’s a look at the big

questions voters will see on their November 2024 ballots: Should Oregon change the way it votes?

Voters in Benton County, as well as Maine, Alaska and other local jurisdictions around the country, already use ranked-choice voting.

Instead of voting for a single candidate, voters rank every candidate on a ballot.

If a candidate wins a majority of first-place votes, they win the election.

Otherwise, the candidate with the fewest number of first-place votes is eliminated and votes from the people who liked that candidate best are reallocated to their second-place pick. That continues until one candidate receives a majority.

Voters will decide in 2024 whether to implement ranked-choice voting statewide, in primary and general elections for statewide offices, Congress and president. Local governments could adopt the practice but wouldn’t have to, and legislative races wouldn’t be included.

House Speaker Dan Rayfield, D-Corvallis, sponsored House Bill 2004, the proposal that would establish ranked choice voting if voters approve it.

He said he hopes legislators will eventually be included.

Ranked choice voting would first be used in the primary election in 2028 if voters approve it.

Should lawmakers be able to impeach statewide officials?

Lawmakers in 49 states and Congress have the ability to impeach elected officials.

Oregon is the only outlier.

That would change if voters approve a constitutional amendment in House Joint Resolution 16, which passed the House and Senate unanimously in June. It would allow the

state House to impeach a statewide official, such as the governor, treasurer or secretary of state, by a twothirds vote.

The official would then face a trial in the state Senate, presided over by the chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. A two-thirds vote by the Senate to convict could result in removing that official.

Lawmakers said the proposal isn’t tied to any one incident or elected official, but the proposal didn’t advance until after former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan resigned in May following revelations that she worked a $10,000-per-month side job for a marijuana company that helped shape an audit her office conducted of the state agency that regulates the cannabis industry.

Should it be easier for elected officials to get raises?

Salaries for some Oregon elected officials are among the lowest in the country and haven’t increased in years. Senate Joint Resolution 34, which passed with broad bipartisan support near the end of the session, would ask voters to amend the constitution to set up a new commission that could give public officials raises.

A commission existed from 1983 until 2017, but it rarely met and only had the authority to recommend salaries that the Legislature had to approve. If voters approve the proposed constitutional amendment, a new commission would be able to approve and set salaries, automatically appropriating the money needed to pay those wages from the state General Fund.

The commission would set salaries for the governor, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general; Bureau of Labor and Industries

commissioner, legislators, Supreme Court justices, other state judges and district attorneys. Elected officials, state employees, lobbyists and family members would not be allowed to serve on the commission.

“This is critically important to allow the people of Oregon to decide compensation for elected officials versus elected officials determining that compensation for themselves, which is obviously an inherent conflict,” said Senate Minority Leader Tim Knopp, R-Bend, during a brief discussion about the bill on the Senate floor on June 21.

Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum’s $82,200 salary is the lowest for attorneys general in the nation. Gov. Tina Kotek’s $98,600 salary is lower than that of governors in every state but Maine, Colorado and Arizona. Treasurer Tobias Read and Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade each make $77,000, less than their counterparts everywhere but Wisconsin and Arizona.

Oregon lawmakers fall in the middle of the pack, with an annual salary of $35,052, and a daily subsistence allowance of $157 during the legislative session.

Democratic lawmakers have tried in recent years to raise their pay, saying it’s necessary to attract a more diverse group of legislative candidates, but those efforts never panned out.

Oregon Capital Chronicle is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Oregon Capital Chronicle maintains editorial independence.

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Don’t Let The King Tides Take Out Your Trash!

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owntown Nehalem & Riverside Cleanup Saturday, September 16th, 2023 Volunteers meet at the registration table in public parking lot behind Nehalem City Hall: 9am Nehalem Residents can visit the registration table to receive litter collection bags and free disposal for those full bags: 9am-1pm

Every year, SOLVE mobilizes dozens of community-led projects and thousands of volunteers to protect and improve Oregon’s waterways from source to sea. This Fall, The City of Nehalem, in cooperation with Heart of Cartm, is organizing a litter clean up event during SOLVE’S annual Beach and

River Cleanup series.

Anyone excited to contribute to a cleaner, healthier, and more vibrant environment is encouraged to register first at https:// www.solveoregon.org/ solvecalendar for the Downtown Nehalem and Riverside Cleanup.

Volunteers will meet in the parking lot behind Nehalem City Hall at 9am on Saturday,

September 16th, then spread out in teams across town and along the river bank to collect litter.

Nehalem residents are also encouraged to participate by picking up litter around their homes and businesses.

Residents may visit the registration table 9am-1pm to receive litter collection bags and Free Disposal of those full bags during the event. No online registration is required to participate in this way.

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“The critical focus area of this Fall cleanup will be the flood zone in downtown Nehalem.” explains Jessi Just, Heart of Cartm Executive Director.

“However, all roadside and yard litter will eventually get carried out to sea with rain and wind. Once it’s in the water, it becomes more costly to remove and a greater hazard to wildlife.

Don’t let those King Tides take out your trash!”

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We appreciate the support of our regular, generous donors and audience and we invite you to join us for another year of great music!

• OCTOBER 22, 2023 – ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart and Shostakovich,

the quartets recordings have won international critical acclaim.

• NOVEMBER 5, 2023 – MANDELRING STRING QUARTET Numerous recordings by the Quartet and nominations for the International Classical Music Awards all testify to its outstanding quality and

wide-ranging repertoire.

• JANUARY 21, 2024 – SPANISH BRASS With a thirty-three-year trajectory in the world of chamber music, Spanish Brass is one of the most dynamic and consolidated groups on the international music stage.

• FEBRUARY 18, 2024 – WINDSYNC Established as a vibrant chamber ensemble, Windsync performs wind quintet masterworks, adapting beloved music to their instrumentation and championing new works by today’s composers.

• MARCH 17, 2024 – BOSTON TRIO

Passionately committed to creating exceptional and daring performances, the Trio performs both standard and contemporary repertoires.

• APRIL 21, 2024 – KOUZOV DUO (Cello and Piano) Known for their passionate and musical interpretations, the Dou has performed together as well as soloists in chamber music performances worldwide.

• MAY 19, 2024 – TELEGRAPH STRING QUARTET As recipients of prestigious awards, the Telegraph Quartet performs with an equal passion standard chamber music,

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WYDEN CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 Wyden said that he was not going to take legislative action to delay the plan update, as had former Congressman Peter DeFazio on several occasions. Wyden said that instead he was committed to making sure that FEMA allow state and local governments options in how they meet the new standards.

“When you make those judgments, you need to give state and local communities flexibility on how to get there,” Wyden said.

Several of the dairymen present at the meeting pushed

Wyden further on this point.

They said they felt the proposed updates did not consider the years of work residents and the county government have done to protect and restore fish passage, pointing specifically to the Salmon Superhighway project in South Tillamook County.

Wyden said that he had been involved with the Salmon Superhighway since its inception and was aware of the good work they were doing to increase fish passage. He said that he was committed to ensuring that

FEMA took those types of projects into account when developing the new plan and that his team would reach out shortly to learn more about the dairymen’s efforts.

Another challenge highlighted by those at the meeting was the dearth of housing in Tillamook County. They said that their employees were not eligible for low-income or workforce housing projects subsidized by government programs, creating staffing difficulties.

Wyden said that he appreciated this problem and had seen it in other

communities across the state and nation, leading him to begin working on middle income housing tax credits for developers.

Also putting pressure on the labor pool in Tillamook County are immigration related issues, according to the farmers. They said that many, if not most, farms in the county relied on undocumented migrants for labor. They said that with a consistent, non-seasonal labor demand, they were unable to participate in the H-2A visa program for temporary agricultural

workers and that they were in favor of reforms to expand its availability.

Wyden said that he would similarly favor expanding the program and mentioned resolving the status of undocumented arrivals who had arrived as children. “Our country is better and stronger with immigration,” Wyden said.

The farmers at the meeting also mentioned their desire to see programs promoting alternative energy on farms expanded. They said that they saw California’s Renewable Energy for

Agriculture Program as a good model for helping farms implement new technologies.

Several mentioned that while tax credits for installations were helpful, in many instances the initial outlay to qualify for the credits outstripped small farms’ budgets.

Wyden thanked the meeting’s attendees for their feedback and said that he looked forward to continuing the conversation in advance of the December conference.

enade and Seamount Way. Weitzel said that the construction of a new tie would be more efficient and cost effective by avoiding work in the Highway 101 right of way.

The city of Nehalem is

paying for work on a memorandum of understanding to establish terms for the new intertie before design and engineering work begins.

Weitzel said that the intertie will only be used for emergency situations, which must

be registered with the state, and that Nehalem was not interested in purchasing water in bulk.

Weitzel also said that Manzanita’s water situation was stable with plenty of water in the city’s wells, despite

well-below average rainfall this year.

“Our wells are sitting well,” Weitzel quipped.

installed over Highway 6, will include tie points for cell towers between Tillamook and Banks that will be installed by Verizon over the next two to three years and add service to the corridor.

The cable will also bring fiber internet to around 270 homes in Tillamook County and help to improve service for other residents along the route.

In addition to those

connectivity benefits, the cable will bring around 10 operational and maintenance jobs to Tillamook County for the next 20 years, according to an Amazon official present at the meeting.

The project is now in its final review phase, with DLCD determining if it is consistent with the federal Coastal Zone Management Act.

NEW CITY HALL CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 Public Works Director Dan Weitzel then updated the council on work being done to build a new emergency water intertie with Nehalem.

An intertie already exists between the cities near the Covenant Church on High-

way 101, but it is aging, with a broken valve, no meter and asbestos concrete on both sides. Owing to the deteriorating state of that intertie, the staff of both cities located an alternate location for a new intertie at the Prom-

FIBER CABLE CONTINUED FROM PAGE A3 from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The project will also be a boon for Tillamook County when completed, as Astound, the terrestrial cable provider that is connecting the cable

to Hillsboro, has been working with Tillamook Lightwave and other entities to maximize the cable’s impact.

The new terrestrial cable, which is currently being

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