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March 4, 2016
Volume 21, No. 5
Master Recyclers making a difference
A Mighty Thai
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anuary 2016 ended with a celebration of the completion of the fourth class of Tillamook County Master Recyclers. Five new students earned the title of Master Recycler, joining the previous 11 graduates. “Our county now has 16 people they can go to with recycling questions and concerns,” said Sue Owens, Tillamook County Education and Outreach Specialist who shares that Master Recyclers have come from all areas of the County. “I’m excited to see people in our communities take an interest in this important subject and then take their newfound knowledge home with them, to their families, friends, workplaces and neighborhoods.” Anne Osborne Coopersmith, John Goertzen, Linda Kozlowski, Wendy Ryan, and Brian Wilson all completed the course in January. “I would encourage you to congratulate these people on their achievement and visit with them about they have learned during the course,” Owens said. Students of the program learn to minimize the impacts of materials and learn strategies that encourage thoughtful consumption, the reduction of toxins and the recovery of our material resources. Aspects relating to local recycling efforts are also emphasized. The class is taught by David McCall, Tillamook County Solid Waste Program Manager, Owens, and a number of local and out-of-
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Jennifer Greer
Citizen Photo by Jennifer Greer Owners Joel Bernhard (lleft) and chef Joe Khongkhar Bongkhamsao are excited about opening their new restaruran, A Mighty Thai, in Manzanita.
By Jennifer Greer
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Mighty Thai restaurant opened in Manzanita January 29th. It’s the one and only Thai restaurant in the area. According to co-owner Joel Bernhard, opening night they were slammed with customers and the stream of Thai food lovers keep coming back. Bernhard and his marriage partner Joe Khongkhar Bongkhamsao, chef of A Mighty Thai, moved to Manzanita a year and a half ago. “We were disappointed
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that we couldn’t find Thai food. We repeatedly drove to Portland.” The couples desire for Thai food sparked an interest in opening they’re own restaurant. Chef Khongkhar Bongkhamsao is from Laos where he took cooking classes and obtained a bachelors degree in math and English. The restaurant has become a family venture. His sister owns Chok Dee, a food cart in Portland, where Joe began cooking in
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ennifer Greer is the newest member of Country Media. She will serve as the managing editor of the North Coast Citizen and will also be doing some reporting for the Headlight Herald covering news stories about North County important to the readers of Tillamook County. “Jennifer is an accomplished journalist and we’re happy to have her join us at the North Coast Citizen,” Publisher Joe Warren said. “When we began our search, we were looking for someone who had experience and
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America two years ago. She helped put together the restaurants menu. His uncle, Daniel, is A Mighty Thai’s manager. In Thailand, Daniel was the restaurant manager of Le Meridien, a posh resort. “I love to cook,” Khongkhar Bongkhamsao said. “My mother is from Laos and my father is from Thailand.” So he has influences from both cultures. His early years were spent in Thailand and later the family moved to Laos.
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he fifth North Coast Squid literary magazine, which showcases work of writers and artists who live on the north Oregon coast or have a strong connection to the area, will be published in October 2016. Submissions will be accepted from March 1 through May 31, 2016. Submissions are accepted for fiction, nonfiction (to include memoir), and poetry. We also have a Young Writers category. All submissions are selected in a blind judging by authors/poets outside the coastal area. Submissions of art, photos and photos of sculptures will also be solicited for cover art and inside art. Judith Barrington will judge poetry. She is the award-winning author of four poetry collections, two poetry chapbooks, a prizewinning memoir, and a text on writing literary memoir. Brian Benson will judge nonfiction. He is author of Going Somewhere: A Bicycle Journey Across America and teaches writing at the Attic in Portland. Cari Luna will judge fiction. The Oregonian named Luna’s novel, The Revolution of Every Day, a Top 10 Northwest Book
of 2013. Her writing has appeared in Salon, Jacobin, PANK, Avery Anthology, failbetter, Novembre Magazine, and elsewhere. All work must be submitted electronically via the ‘submit’ button on the North Coast Squid page of the hoffmanblog.org (http://hoffmanblog. org/north-coast-squid) and must arrive by midnight on May 31, 2016. Writers are invited to submit one piece per prose (fiction and nonfiction) category and three pieces for the poetry category. Word length for fiction and narrative nonfiction (including memoir) is 1,500 words each. All work must be previously unpublished. The Young Writer category accepts submissions in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for young writers age 18 and under. The three best submissions, regardless of category, are selected by the editors of Tattoo Magazine, a national award-winning high school literary and art publication based in Shoreline, WA. Complete guidelines on for-
mat are at hoffmanblog.org. The Manzanita Writer’s Series is a program of the Hoffman Center for the Arts, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing
arts, education and culture to the community. Information on all their programs is at http://hoffmanblog.org.
Bulls & Barrels at the Beach saddles-up this weekend at Fairgrounds By Joe Warren jwarren@countrymedia.net The Tillamook County Fair Board has the ticket to buck the winter blues. Dust off your cowboy hats and press your best Wranglers and come out to the fairgrounds Saturday March 5 for the first Bulls & Barrels at the Beach. The event saddles-up beginning at 9:30 a.m. with Play Day events, all free to the public. The main feature and everybody’s favorite — bull riding begins at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. You only need to bring a one sawbuck ($10) for admission to the evening events. You won’t want to miss this first ever production in the 4-H/FFA Pavilion and indoor riding arena in the Tillamook County Fairgrounds.
“We’re excited to host a new event in this arena and we hope it will open the door for other community events here,” Fair Secretary Kristin Killgore said. “It will be nice to show people what a great facility this really is with an event that promises to entertain the entire family.” At 9:30 a.m. the Play Day events get rounded-up. These fun Western Riding events are for the little and big cowboys and girls and the public is invited to come check out the action. There will be Barrel Racing, Bi-Rangle, Figure 8, Key Hole and of course Speed Barrel events. Things are expected to wrap-up around 4 p.m. when the arena will be set-up for the featured Bull Riding and Mutton
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