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October 24, 2019
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Mudd Nick Foundation Holds Successful Annual Fundraising Event Monica Isbell
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n Sept. 21, 2019, the Mudd Nick Foundation held its annual golf tournament, charity auction and dinner at Manzanita Links Golf Course and the North County Recreation District gymnasium. This was the most successful fundraising events in the Foundation’s 24 year history and will enable the nonprofit organization to continue providing life-enhancing learning experiences for all District 56 students in North Tillamook County. 2019 marks the 32nd year of the tournament and 66 golfers participated. At the dinner, 163 attendees bid on a wide range of high-quality silent and live auction items provided by generous donors. In her welcoming speech, Board of Directors President Monica Isbell thanked the many donors and volunteers and reminded attendees that co-founder Jim Mudd, who died on October 1, 2018, would want his legacy to live on “through the Foundation’s good work in supporting the children in North Tillamook County to develop into the adults we envision they can become and our society needs them to be. During the 2018-2019 school year and summer, the Foundation issued grants totaling about $100,000 to fund more than 60 unique programs for kindergartners through high schoolers, which represented over 4,000 opportunities for children to participate.” The Neah-Kah-Nie High School Choir, under the direction of music teacher Michael Simpson, performed a beautiful rendition of America the Beautiful. The audience learned from High School seniors Grace Miller and Seth Ziemecki how the Mudd Nick Foundation has positively impacted their lives. Former District 56 student, Kristina Burdick, also spoke of how her Foundation-funded experiences have carried through to her career as a 5th grade teacher at Nehalem Elementary. Board members Lynn and Brad Mudd presented the 2019 Jim and Lynn Mudd Service to Children Award to Troy Gleeson for being instrumental in setting up for the annual event, cooking, and cleaning up the venue for countless years. The Mudd Nick Foundation is excited to continue fulfilling its mission in the coming years. PURPOSE: The purpose of the Mudd Nick Foundation is to provide learning experiences that stimulate children to aspire to their greatest potential and to pursue their dreams. MISSION: Our mission is to broaden the horizons of all children in North
Neah-Kah-Nie High School Choir under the direction of teacher Michael Simpson
District 56 speakers – Grace Miller (Neah-Kah-Nie High School Class of 2020), Seth Ziemecki (Neah-Kah-Nie High School Class of 2020), and Kristina Burdick (former District 56 student and now Nehalem Elementary School teacher) Tillamook County through programs in collaboration with our community partners. VISION: Our vision is that the children in our community become life-long stellar citizens who expand their life experiences,
minds and curiosities; accept responsibility for their actions; treat themselves and others with respect; maintain high personal integrity; exhibit socially-accepted behavior; and have fun.
Volume 24, No. 21
A Remodel Proposal for Manzanita T
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he City’s new build option requires passage of a bond measure for $6.5 million to be paid for by an increase in Manzanita citizens’ property taxes for up to 31 years. Interest on this bond will add another $2-3 million, according to Manzanita City Hall Future’s website. These costs do not include project expenses or paying off the loan the City took out to buy the Underhill property. A remodel as proposed in this conceptual design involves the removal and/ or repair of all identified obsolete and structurally deficient building components. This includes bringing the structure to the same Class 3 seismic rating as the new building option and replacement of all visible interior and exterior fits and finishes. Approximately 2,500 square feet of new floor space would be added during the remodel. The basic version of the remodel was one of the 10 options submitted by the Public Facilities Advisory Committee to the city council in February at the conclusion of the committee’s work. The proposal suggests building up cash to put towards the project and pay down the amount owed on the loan for the Underhill property to free up capital for construction financing options. Complete design work and building plans, secure preliminary arrangements for a potential loan for either a conventional or public agency lender to complete the remodel and expansion. This proposal also suggests selecting a more favorable opportunity within the next three years for going out to bid. City Manager Cynthia Alamillo did not respond to comment about the remodel proposal. The new build options submitted to the city council from the Public Facilities Advisory Committee contained space recommendations for city administration, police, and 260-299 square feet for an emergency hub with financing through a 15-year bond. The new build council chamber/ community room/shelter space is 3,636 square feet and will cost $1.8 million. The remodel with Quonset Hut and a new community room is 3,350 square feet and will cost approximately $450,000. The 900 square feet community room can be used for smaller group meetings that presently use the Underhill property, like the Yoga class and the Center for Contemplative Arts. “The Quonset Hut is currently being used by the building tenants for storage,” Kugler said. “In a remodel, it will be used for storage of emergency supplies and a site for emergency sheltering space.” Kugler said the Quonset Hut is not being proposed as an assembly occupancy for City-sponsored meetings, but in the rare event that a meeting is anticipated to attract more than 80 people who could not be accommodated in the council chambers, temporary seating could be set up to hold the event there.
Oregon Court of Appeals puts halt on flavored vaping ban Hilary Dorsey
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headlightreporter@countrymedia.net regon’s Court of Appeals has put a halt to the state’s ban on flavored vaping products two days after it took effect. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) filed temporary rules Friday, Oct. 11, that put into effect Gov. Kate Brown’s Oct. 4 executive order banning all flavored vaping product sales in the state. Brown’s office responded to the Headlight’s inquiry regarding the governor’s next step, saying in light of the nearly 1,500 reported cases of vapingrelated lung injuries nationwide and 33 deaths – including two in Oregon – a temporary ban under the state’s emergency rulemaking process is the best choice to protect public health. Nine cases of vaping-related illness have been reported in Oregon. “The court’s decision to enter a temporary stay yesterday is unfortunate due to the ongoing public health threat posed by vaping-related illness,” said Kate Kondayen, deputy communications director at the governor’s office. “In the meantime, in the absence of action from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to adequately regulate vaping products, Governor Brown will continue to work with the Vaping Public Health Workgroup, state agencies, stakeholders, and the Legislature
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to find long-term solutions that will protect the public health from vapingrelated illness,” Kondayen said. Brown continues urging Oregonians to heed the public health warning of the OHA and to stop vaping immediately. A cause of the illnesses has not been determined, but all cases have reported e-cigarette use or vaping. Investigators and local public health authorities continue to urge clinicians to be on alert for signs of severe respiratory illness among patients and report any cases. The temporary rules, which will remain in effect for six months as of Oct. 15, prohibit the sale of all flavored vaping products – including online sales – to consumers in Oregon. The ban covers all tobacco and cannabis vaping products that contain natural or artificial flavors, including, but not limited to: chocolate, coffee, cocoa, menthol, mint, wintergreen, vanilla, honey, coconut, licorice, nuts, fruit, any candy, dessert, alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverage, herb or spice. Tobacco-flavored tobacco or nicotine products as well as marijuana-flavored marijuana or THC products that use only marijuana-derived flavorings, including terpenes, are not included in the ban. Retailers found violating the temporary rules will receive a warning letter and recommendations on coming into compliance. Continued violations could result in civil penalties of up to $500 per day, per violation. In addition, cannabis retailers or processors could face
violations up to and including cancellation of their license. Additional components of vaping products could be banned in the future. The governor’s executive order directs OHA and OLCC to “take immediate action and adopt additional emergency rules” to prohibit any chemical or containment found to have caused or contributed to vaping-associated lung injuries being investigated in Oregon and 48 other states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. OHA and OLCC officials say the temporary rules filed Oct. 11 are significant steps toward stemming the well-documented tide of e-cigarette use and vaping by youth as well as keeping products that may expose people to unsafe chemicals and other contaminants off store shelves. Among Oregon high school students who use e-cigarettes exclusively, nearly 90 percent use flavored e-cigarette products, OHA found. The agency said there is strong evidence that e-cigarettes increase youth nicotine addiction and increase the risk that youth will start using combustible tobacco such as cigarettes. “We have been warning Oregonians about the health effects of these products before this current outbreak of serious lung injury added more evidence of the dangers of vaping,” said Dean Sidelinger, M.D., health officer and state epidemiologist, in a press release. “These rules stop the sale of a potentially dangerous product,
and they’re part of a comprehensive approach to curbing youth vaping and additional cases of vaping-associated lung injuries.” Sidelinger points to additional directives in Brown’s executive order that call on OHA and OLCC to develop consumer warnings for THC and nonTHC products, expand easy access to FDA-approved cessation resources, implement a statewide prevention and education campaign, and submit legal proposals with long-term solutions to reduce public health harms from vaping. Oregon Medical Association immediately released a statement expressing strong support for the temporary ban. The advocacy group said liquid flavors such as bubble gum, fruit, and mint appeal to kids, and limiting access is an important step in preventing youth use and stopping a possible lifelong addiction. The statement said health care organizations across the state are united on the temporary ban and continue to advocate for raising the price of tobacco products and e-cigarettes to deter tobacco and nicotine use. “We have known for some time that vaping products – particularly those that are flavored – threaten to increase the number of youth addicted to nicotine,” the Oregon Medical Association statement said. “Given the increasing vaping-related illnesses and deaths over the last several months, urgent action is critical.”