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Expect delays on US 101 this spring as ODOT tackles projects It looks to be a busy time, so be patient, officials advise

By Dave Fisher

See HIGHWAY, page 7

Locally inspired cuisine comes to Manzanita Blackbird Restaurant opens on Laneda Ave. in downtown.

The Citizen

Get ready for minor delays on US 101, and even a three-day highway closure at Neahkahnie Mountain, this spring as the Oregon Department of Transportation puts your tax dollars to work.

Repairs are underway on the Neahkahnie Mountain rock wall on US 101. The project consists of repairing a 300-foot section of the rock wall built in the early 1940s along the south-

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by Dave Fisher A portable signal has been installed on US 101 at Neahkahnie Mountain while ODOT makes repairs to the rock wall and installs new sidewalks in the area.

Just south of Neahkahnie, crews were busy in mid-February clearing trees along US 101 in preparation of an upcoming culvert replacement project later this spring in the vicinity of Manzanita’s water treatment plant.

Manzanita’s Got Talent!

The Hoffman Center in Manzanita hosted a Community Talent Showcase this past Saturday featuring a variety of acts put on by local citizens of the Nehalem Bay area. It was a packed house on a rainy evening for the fifth such fundraising event that helps support the center’s general operating fund.

Following an audition, 13 acts were selected, mostly musical with a surprise here and there thrown in for good measure.

“This is an opportunity for the talented people in our area to show off their skills,” said Hoffman Center president Dave Dillon. “We’ve had all kinds of acts.”

Even Dillon, who served as MC for the event, and his wife, Lori, got into the act with a sing-a-long that brought to a close the two-hour show.

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At left: Manzanita’s Mickey Wagner displayed his percussion talents as part of a musical act. Above: The musical duo of Jane Dunkin and Russ Hosley sang and played guitar performing “Moon and Me” and “one More Dollar.” Above right: In a change of pace, Tabitha Meyer sang “Terrible Things” a cappella. At right: Richard Speer, of Nehalem, recited a Winston Churchill speech, “Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat,” from World War II.

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When owner/chef Lee Vance said she planned open her new Manzanita restaurant by mid-February, few believed her. Last October, when the Citizen ran a story on her plans, the building that would house the restauLee Vance rant at the corner of Fifth and Laneda was under construction.

While the exterior was taking shape, it was hard to imagine what a restaurant might look like inside. However, true to her word, the brand spanking new restaurant, Blackbird, opened on Valentine’s Day. As one would expect, the restaurant was packed that evening and since then, according to Vance, it has been pretty well booked. “That’s been nice,” said Vance, who admits to having a few butterflies opening on such a special day.

“We were inspected the day before and began taking deliveries of product. I’m proud of what we have accomplished so far,” she said in giving a tip of her hat to her eleven employees.

Featuring an open kitchen, there’s no place to hide.

Patrons sitting at the bar have a birds-eye view of everything that transpires. There is no behind the scenes.

“What you see, is what you get,” said Vance, who wanted the operation to be as transparent as possible.

“We’re on stage at all times and very visible.”

The farm-to-table eatery traces its beginnings to the

See BLACKBIRD, page 7

Two legislative bills help Tillamook County Submitted by Tillamook County Board of Commissioners

Thanks to state senators Arnie Roblan and Betsy Johnson, two legislative bills have moved out of a legislative Ways and Means Committee with a “DoPass” recommendation. It is anticipated both bills will receive Senate and House support and be signed by Governor Kitzhaber.

The first bill is SB 1514.

It redistributes the current RV registration fees to gives counties a greater share of the RV revenue. There are no RV fee increases built into the bill. Counties have about half the campsites in the state and state parks has the other half. RV fees are currently distributed at 65

See BILLS, page 7

As expected, the Salmonberry Rails to Trails bill (SB 1516) passed the Oregon Senate earlier this week and moved to the House of Representatives for consideration.

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Auction Central stages its last auction Nearly a year after it began, Auction Central, in Nehalem, held its last live auction on Feb. 20.

It was another good turnout for what started out as a bi-monthly event held on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month.

A lot of the “regulars” were in attendance and, ironically, the last auction because of the volume of items offered for sale was the best.

“Dollar-wise it was the best auction we ever had,” said auctioneer Sue Jelineo, who, along with her husband John, launched the event last May. “Maybe it was because it was our last auction that so many people turned out.”

So, you may ask, if it was the largest auction in terms of merchandise offered for sale and money raised, why stop now?

“It was a lot work,” said Sue, who attended the Auctioneer Academy’s eightday, 12-hours-a-day crash course in Phoenix, Arizona to become an auctioneer and open the auction house in Nehalem.

Part of the challenge for the Jelineos was assembling the items, which numbered anywhere from 200 to 300 items for each auction. In the end, they couldn’t get enough “quality” merchandise to attract the numbers they needed to make the auction a going

Auctioneer Sue Jelineo explains the rules of the auction prior to getting underway at Auction Central’s last event. Photos by Dave Fisher concern.

“The market is just too small,” Sue lamented, though auction houses are few and far between, with the nearest ones in Lincoln City and Hillsboro. “There just wasn’t enough to buy, though I did enjoy the people who turned out and the swapping and trading that took place…that was fun.”

The Jelineos also learned that the advent of the Internet and selling items online has impacted auctions as well. “It’s not like the old days,” said

Sue, “with auction houses now competing with Craig’s List, E-Bay and even the (local) BBQ List.”

For the time being, the Jelineos have no plans for the building that housed the auction and will, instead, focus their energies on their retail store next door, Hal’s Emporium, where it is business as usual.

“I like working the store, stirring things up and keeping the merchandise new and fresh and affordable,” said Sue. Interestingly, her days

Low-wage, low-skill job vacancies most common in NW Oregon and elsewhere instate Private employers in northwest Oregon and the Willamette Valley were looking to fill about 7,800 job vacancies at any given time during 2013, according to new annual figures from the Oregon Employment Department’s Job Vacancy Survey released in February. Most offered starting wages below $12 per hour and few required more than a high school diploma. The Job Vacancy Survey provides a snapshot of the labor market that job seekers face.

Included in these results for 2013 are the NW Oregon counties of Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook, along Benton, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties.

Businesses reported vacancies for 235 different occupations in 2013.

The top three occupations – farmworkers, personal care aides, and meat and fish cutters – accounted for more than one-fifth (22 percent) of all vacancies reported.

Wages offered for job vacancies varied with the education required. More than two-thirds (69 percent) of vacancies did not require education beyond high school and they offered an average hourly wage of $10.55 per hour.

This compared with average hourly wages of $20.30 per hour for vacancies that required an associate degree (2 percent of total vacancies), $23.40 per hour

for those needing a bachelor’s degree (10 percent of the total vacancies), and $27.43 for vacancies requiring a graduate degree (2 percent of the total vacancies).

Employers also offered higher wages when their vacancies required more than one year of previous experience. Vacancies with no experience requirement paid an average of $10.32 per hour. Those requiring some experience but less than one year paid $11.43 per hour. For vacancies that required one to five years of previous work experience, the average wage offered was $17.97 per hour, while those that required five or more years of experience averaged $24.45.

Many employers replied that their vacancies were difficult to fill. Four of the five most common occupations with vacancies in the region were labeled as difficult to fill more than 95 percent of the time. These were farm workers, meat and fish cutters, forest workers and home health aides. These vacancies are offering wages of $10 per hour or less on average.

The survey also compared vacancies by industry. The health care and social assistance industry accounted for nearly onefourth (23 percent) of all vacancies, far more than any other industry. Four additional industries each accounted for more than 10

It was another good turnout for Auction Central’s last auction held Feb. 20. Still, the market area turned out to be too small to sustain a healthy auction house, according to owners Sue and John Jelineo. as an auctioneer may not be over as she seriously harbors the idea of lending her services to foundations and other non-profit organizations that depend on fundraisers to help

sustain their activities, such as auctions. “Auctiontainment” is what the term she uses to describe the activity in which she would help set up and run the live auction for organizations.

An experienced auctioneer, Sue confesses to being a “ham at heart,” which lends itself nicely to the idea of “aution-tainment,” if anyone is interested.

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percent of the region’s job vacancies: management, administrative, and waste services (which includes company headquarters and temporary staffing agencies, among other businesses); natural resources and mining (which includes agriculture); manufacturing; and retail trade.

The Job Vacancy Survey is designed to reflect the job market at a point in time; it is not a sum of all vacancies over the year.

Businesses continually hire and lose employees as part of the churn of a normal labor market. The total number of hires by businesses over the course of a year may be twenty-five to thirty times the number reported in this survey.

The Oregon Job Vacancy Survey has been conducted since 2008. The 2013 Oregon Job Vacancy Survey results represent the first ever combination of four quarters worth of vacancy surveys. The estimates are based on responses from 10,600 Oregon employers statewide. Vacancy survey results for the first quarter of 2014 are scheduled for release in April 2014. A special report on Oregon’s difficult-to-fill vacancies will be available later this spring.

For more details on statewide and regional vacancies, visit the “publications” tab on QualityInfo. org and scroll down to the section titled “Oregon Job Vacancies.”

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Community Events Calendar AARP has just launched a new and improved Smart Driving Course with a new Smart Driver Guidebook and new video content. The course teaches current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques and how to operate your vehicle more safely, including adjustments to accommodate common age related changes in vision, hearing and reaction time.

TBCC is sponsoring a class to be held on Thursday, Mar. 20, at the School District #56 Building at 504 N. 3rd St. in Rockaway Beach. The class will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a 45-minute break for lunch. The class is designed for seniors 50 and older, but anyone can attend.

Check with your car insurance agent to find out if your insurance company will allow a discount for completing the class. If you have previously taken this course you may need a refresher course to keep any discounts you have previously received.

The cost for the class is $15 when you register. An additional $5 for non AARP members is due at the first class. Register for the classes at TBCC. For more information on how to register for the AARP Smart Driving Course, contact TBCC at (503) 842-8222, ext. 1100.

Marine navigation classes offered in Astoria Two courses will be offered to improve boater’s skills and knowledge in the use of marine navigation systems on Saturday, Mar. 8, in the second floor conference room at Englund Marine & Industrial, 95 Hamburg Avenue, in Astoria.

The first course, Marine Radar Operations, will be offered from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. The course will focus on radar theory, the calibration of the system, how to maximize performance using Gain and Range and radar position finding and piloting. The cost for the course will be $95 and each student will receive the Radar for Mariners textbook and associated Radar Workbook. There is a limit of 20 persons for this class.

From 1 to 4 p.m., US Coast Guard Auxiliary and Oregon State Marine Board instructors will offer the Global Positioning System (GPS) for Mariners course. The instructors will present the basics of GPS; its function in marine navigation; how it works; its limitation and what to do when it does not work. The cost for this course is $25 and this course is also limited to 20 people.

To reserve a seat and get more information please contact Steve Rich or Ron Wright at (503) 325-4341

The Hoffman Center will host a Precision Glass Cutting for Mosaic workshop by artist Jennifer Kuhns March 8-9 in Manzanita. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, with lunch breaks both days. The class fee will be $200 per student, and includes all materials.

Grays Harbor County, Washingtonbased Kuhns teaches introduction to glass cutting for beginners and advanced cutting for those with glass cutting experience.

Each student should bring: a glassscoring tool, breaker-grozier pliers, and running pliers.

To register, contact the Hoffman Center at hoffmanblog.org, hoffmancenter@ nehalemtel.net, or (503) 368-3846.

Writers’ Series welcomes author Lidia Yuknavitch in March

Writing Workshop at the Hoffman Center Mar. 15 Author Lidia Yuknavitch will lead a writing workshop at the Hoffman Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 15.

Titled ‘From the Hea(r)t to the Page,’ this generative writing workshop will include writing exercises designed to burrow into the heart of each student’s life and memory, get to the heat of those memories, and begin to transform it into art (the writing kind...).

“I teach writing, literature, and art as if they were urgent,” says Yuknavitch on her Mt. Hood Community College instructor profile.

The workshop tuition is $50 and there will be a break for lunch. Go to http://hoffmanblog.org/manzanitawriters-series/2014-workshop-schedule for the registration form.

The Manzanita Writers’ Series features Yuknavitch Saturday evening at the Hoffman Center, reading from her book, Dora: A Head Case, at 7 p.m.

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St. Catherine hosts tandem guitarists concert Mar. 16 Portland Classic Guitar (PCG) is proud to present a tandem concert by guitarists William Jenks and Marcelo de la Puebla, performing consecutive solo sets on Sunday, March 16, at St. Catherine Episcopal Church. The music begins at 4 p.m.

William Jenks is a well-known figure on the international classical guitar scene, both for his own artistry and for his renowned concert series—the only series of its kind on the West Coast. Recently recovered from a career-threatening accident, Jenks will perform the complete First Lute Suite (BWV 996) by J.S. Bach, preludes by Villa Lobos, and the much-loved “Asturias (Leyenda),” by Isaac Albeniz.

Jenks has extensive experience as a performer. He has received favorable notices for compelling appearances and has performed internationally.

Jenks is also the founder of Portland Classic Guitar, a guitar shop and teaching studio that since 2001 has provided invaluable instruction for hundreds of students of all ages and skill levels, many of whom have gone on to their own music careers.

As a teacher, Jenks generously shares wisdom gained in the master classes of celebrated classical guitarists Christopher Parkening, Scott Tennant, Ricardo Iznaola, David Russell, Eliot Fisk, Angel Romero, Pepe Romero, and John Williams.

Born to a Chilean father who was a folk guitarist, and a Danish mother who was a classical pianist, Marcelo de la Puebla inherited a unique musical legacy growing up in both France and Chile. He was a student of master Alberto Ponce -- the best-known protégé of Emilio Pujol, himself a disciple of Francisco Tárrega -- and thus a scion of the great historical school of Spanish classical guitar.

De la Puebla has given a number of important world premieres. In 1999, he recorded the world premiere of the complete works for guitar by Spanish composer Vicente Asencio. Five years later, he was featured in Havana as a soloist in the world premiere of the Concerto-Cantata of Perugia by Leo Brouwer, with the National Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Cuba, under the direction of the composer.

De la Puebla’s interest in new music has led to exciting collaborations with many prestigious composers worldwide.

This is sure to be an exciting and rewarding concert — don’t miss it! St. Catherine Episcopal Church is located at 36335 U.S. 101, Nehalem, OR 97131.

For tickets, please call (503) 654-0082 or visit portlandclassicguitar.com.

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The Rockaway Lions Club presents Dinner with Leprechauns, featuring corned beef and cabbage, on Sunday, Mar. 16, from noon to 5 p.m. at the Rockaway Lions Club, 286 S. Anchor Street in Rockaway Beach. Entertainment will be provided from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Come, bring your friends and family, and enjoy the fun, including a 50-50 drawing for A “Pot of Gold.”

Tickets are $10 for adults at the door or $9 in advance, and $5 for children 12 and under.

To purchase tickets in advance, call (503) 368-6166.

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Tillamook County Family Health Centers Welcomes

Chris Craft, NP

Chris is from Springfield, Tennessee and graduated in 2005 from the University of Tennessee as a Nurse Practitioner. He loves to travel with his wife and son, and just finished an assignment in Montana. He and his family decided Oregon was a ‘warmer’ next stop.

“I believe fully in preventative health care and am excited to be serving the Tillamook County community.”

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Beamer’s passion for Oregon land conservation comes from her rich background of leading outdoor adventures through nationally treasured landscapes combined with her graduate degree in environmental policy.

Says Beamer, “For over three decades, land trusts across Oregon have quietly and effectively been conserving lands, saving landscapes and winning over landowners across the state. Land trusts like LNCT and NCLC are vitally important for safeguarding Oregon’s natural heritage and building regional support for conservation.”

For more about COLT’s work, visit http:// colt.conservationregistry.org/.

For more information about the March 19 town hall featuring Kelley Beamer’s presentation call (503) 368-3203 or go to www.nehalemtrust.org.

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in Oregon by strengthening public policies and programs that are supportive of land conservation. LNCT and NCLC are two of COLT’s 19-member Oregon land trusts.

The Coalition of Oregon Kelley Beamer, COLT’s Land Trusts (COLT) will be executive director, will be hosted by Lower Nehalem sharing a “State of the Land” Community Trust and North presentation focusing on Coast Land Conservancy in a the history of the land trust Town Hall style meeting on movement and weaving local Wednesday, March 19, 7:00 conservation efforts with the p.m. at Pine Grove Community work being done throughout House, 225 Laneda Ave. in Oregon. Also, she will provide Kelley Beamer Manzanita. The event is free an up-to-the-minute review and open to the public. of Oregon’s recent legislative session with COLT is a statewide organization whose plenty of time for questions and conversation. mission is to serve the land trust community Refreshments will be served.

Corned beef and cabbage dinner Mar. 16

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Dora: A Head Case is a contemporary coming of age story based on Freud’s famous case study retold and revamped through Dora’s point of view with shotgun blasts of dark humor and sexual play.

“It’s dirty, sexy, rude, smart, soulful, fresh, and risky,” says Karen Karbo, author of Julia Child Rules. “Think of your favorite out-there genius writer; multiply by ten, add a big heart, a poet’s ear, and a bad girl’s courage, and you’ve got Lidia Yuknavitch.”

Lidia Yuknavitch is the author of The Chronology of Water and three works of short fiction – Her Other Mouths, Liberty’s Excess, and Real to Reel, as well as a book of literary criticism, Allegories of Violence.

Her work has appeared in The Sun Magazine, Ms., The Iowa Review, Exquisite Corpse, Another Chicago Magazine, Zyzzyva, and online at The Rumpus, The Nervous Breakdown, and PANK. Her book, The Chronology of Water, won the Oregon Book Award - Reader’s Choice, and she is a recipient of a 2012 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) award.

Dora: A Head Case is Yuknavitch’s first novel and was recently optioned by director Katherine Brooks.

She teaches writing, literature, film and women’s studies at Mt. Hood Community College and lives in Portland.

Following Yuknavitch’s reading and Q&A, Open Mic will feature up to nine local writers reading five minutes of their original work.

Admission for the evening is $5.

During the day, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Yuknavitch will lead a workshop titled “From the Hea(r)t to the Page.” For more information and to register, please go to hoffmanblog.org and click on the Workshops category.

The Writers’ Series Reading Group will meet the Thursday prior to Lidia’s reading, Mar. 13, ay 6:30 p.m. at the Manzanita Library. Everyone is invited to bring a friend to all events.

The events are programs of the Hoffman Center and will be held at the Hoffman Center, across from Manzanita Library, at 594 Laneda Ave. Further information is available at hoffmanblog. org online or contact Vera Wildauer at vwildauer@gmail.com

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Acute Care 1-4PM Locations: Tillamook*Rockaway Beach*Cloverdale

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Getting Started With QuickBooks

Thursday, March 20, 2014 5:30 to 8:30 pm TBCC North , Room 18 $10 Intended for those who have not started using the QuickBooks software yet. Learn the basics of setting up a company file the right way to avoid problems down the line.

Sunday Worship 11:00 AM

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Pre-registration is required no later than 3/13/2014

If less than 5 register, student will be given individualized help through the SBDC.

For All Your Prescription & Over-the-Counter Medications Custom Compounds Available

For questions or registration assistance, contact Carla at 503-842-8222 x 1420 or e-mail lyman@tillamookbay.cc.

(This class will be held in South County in April)

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Call the number above for assistance.

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Commentary

Neah-Kah-Nie is my school

When Neah-Kah-Nie High trip to Forest Grove clapped School guard Alaina Holm and bounced and cheered. ground her right foot into the And the round guy in the free throw line at the Pacific corner with a camera hanging University Athletic Center from his neck pumped his fist a couple of Saturdays ago, and exhaled. there was a lot riding on what That was me. she was about to do.

It was a funny situation for There were just 8.6 a 65-year-old guy who spent seconds left in Pirates’ game 42 years as a newspaper against Riverdale. The two writer, trying his best to be teams were objective about playing for the the games and last Northwest stories he was League spot assigned to in the state cover. It’s what playoffs. And professional Neah-Kah-Nie journalists are Norm Maves Jr. was behind, supposed to do.

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But here he So whatever was in a Neahchance the Pirates had of Kah-Nie hoodie, taking picplaying again a week later tures for free for the school was in the hands of a sophoand discretely cheering for more. An unusually skilled home team. sophomore, to be sure, but Home team? Sort of. By still a sophomore. the time I retired from 31 Holm had dared Maverick years of writing sports and shot-blocking machine Kathnews at The Oregonian in erine Pelz with a desperate December, 2007, my wife drive down the middle; she and I had lived in the suburbs was fouled and had two free of Portland for all of our marthrows with which to keep ried lives. Still do. the Pirate ship afloat. Failure But when we bought a was not an option, but it’s vacation home in Manzanita always a possibility. in late 2010, my perspective She lobbed the first shot changed. I thought it would into the air; the ball toured be the good citizen thing to the big, orange ring for a bit buy season football tickets to and fell down through the the local high school games, net. The second one went so I asked around at the July through about the same way.

Fourth pancake feed in 2011 Eight-point-six how to do that. seconds later Riverdale’s Turns out one of the last hope dissolved in the primary sources of fundopposite corner and the Pirate ing for Pirate athletics is an players ran screaming from athletic sponsorship. They the floor with their precious come in two levels: $100 ticket to the future secure. and $200. For that you get a Pirate coach Corey Douma season family pass, a window pressed his palms against his sticker, schedules, and maybe temples in relief; the Neaha shirt.

Kah-Nie fans who made the You also get your name

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Editor/General Manager Dave Fisher Director of Sales Adam Schwend Advertising Sales Chris Olson Circulation Aaron Yarnell Graphic Design Stephania Baumgart Contributing Writers Gail Balden, Janice Gaines, Walt Trandum, Dana Zia PHONE 503-368-6397 • FAX 503-368-7400 EMAIL editor@northcoastcitizen.com WEBSITE northcoastcitizen.com The North Coast Citizen (15503909) is published biweekly by Country Media, Inc. 1908 Second Street, P.O. Box 444, Tillamook, OR 97141 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $38.99 annually in county; $54.99 out of county.

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LETTER POLICY The Citizen welcomes letters that express readers’ opinions on current topics. Letters may be submitted by email only, no longer than 300 words, and must be signed and include the writer’s full name, address (including city) and telephone number for verification of the writer’s identity. We will print the writer’s name and town of residence only. Letters without the requisite identifying information will not be published.

Letters are published in the order received and may be edited for length, grammar, spelling, punctuation or clarity. We do not publish group emails, open letters, form letters, third-party letters, letters attacking private individuals or businesses, or let ters containing advertising.

Deadline for letters is noon Mondays.

The date of publication will depend on space.

Obituaries The North Coast Citizen has several options for submitting obituaries.

• Basic Obituary: Includes the person’s name, age, town of residency, and information about any funeral services. No cost.

• Custom Obituary: You choose the length and wording of the announcement. The cost is $75 for the first 200 words, $50 for each additional 200 words. Includes a small photo at no additional cost.

• Premium Obituary: Often used by families who wish to include multiple photos with a longer announcement, or who wish to run a thank-you. Cost varies based on the length of the announcement.

All obituary announcements are placed on the North Coast Citizen website at no cost.

For the latest on NKN Girls Basketball team visit www.northcoastcitizen.com Neah-Kah-Nie sophomore Alaina Holm (headband, center), who hit two winning free throws for the Pirates in their 32-31 Northwest League playoff victory over Riverdale February 22, celebrates the win with teammates Dana Moore, left; Kalli Swanson, right; Taylor Winder, background left) and Brittany Scull, background right.

Photo by Norm Maves Jr. said over the public address system at football and basketball games. I know – I’m the football and basketball announcer when I can get over to the coast to see my new school play. The North Coast Citizen is one of those names I say in appreciation twice a night, once or twice a week.

You also get the satisfaction of helping a kid grow up – and share in that kid’s spe-

cial moments of triumph and despair. That’s worth the rest of the benefits right there.

Why all the hubbub over a tiny high school on the coast?

I don’t know.

I traveled to a lot of different places in the world as a writer. I had the privilege of covering Oregon life from its highest levels all the way to the metaphoric bush leagues.

I’ve been to the big time and

back.

Somewhere along the way I discovered that the greatest good you can do with whatever skills you have is something that will elevate somebody else. The best I ever heard it described was

by Jerry Glanville, the Super Bowl coach for the Atlanta Falcons who had a brief shot as the Portland State head coach.

He was great friends with the late country music legend Waylon Jennings, who once told him, “Don’t you dare die with the music still inside you.”

To that end, I’ve made kind of a pest of myself in Rockaway. I’ve volunteered to teach a little writing and photography or mentor a student; I’ve shot photographs of athletic events and turned them over to the school for whatever reason.

I’m not so old (and neither are you) that I don’t remember what it was like to be 17 years old and standing at the base of the intimidating mountain that is the rest of your life. In 1966, I was salivating to get out of Beaverton High School and away from all these old people.

But behind the wise-guy exterior, I was also immature, emotionally unprepared – and more than a little scared. So if I can give a student – any student, from any school -- the reassurance that the rest of his or her life is worth the first 18 years, I’m going to do it. I don’t care how silly it looks.

I just happen to have a place in Manzanita. So Neah-Kah-Nie is my school.

After the Pirates’ win over Riverdale, I reminded Alaina Holm of a great truth I learned long ago: What she had done to win the game is all hers; nobody can ever take that joy away from her.

What I didn’t tell her is that nobody can take that joy away from me, either.

We all have to leave sometime

The events of the past few months have brought to our attention some grim facts of life. Two of my friends passed away and our thoughts have all been those of regret and even surprise to realize they are no longer with us.

Passing along our regrets to their heirs is about all that we can do to salve our feeling of loss, tempered with appreciation for all they brought to our lives together. I think that taking time to reflect on the good things we shared is probably the best line to follow, and also recognizing that death is the normal end of everyone’s life and is a perfectly natural event.

Something that dawned on me about the loss of all of the members of my immediate family had one feature that I hadn’t thought about before.

None of my younger brothers had to go through the process of growing old and feeble.

They will be forever remembered as they were when they left us. It makes me wonder how they would feel if they saw this old body of mine as age takes its toll.

Death comes in many ways and some of them are cruel and shocking while others bring peace to someone who was suffering. My

parents left this world in two think it is all a matter of how very different ways. Dad we spent our time. For those passed away in his sleep after of us who have found ways to living an active life right up to make other people’s life better the end. Mother suffered with it has been a very good time.

Alzheimer’s that kept her in When I hear about the differa nursing facility for sevence the care and providing of eral years. The only blessing services has improved life for was that the disease those who are blind protects the patient or deaf it makes it all while the family and worthwhile. There other loved ones sufare other organizafer as they watch the tions and even indiprocess. viduals who readily Probably hard to give of their time and believe but there are their money to help some stories about the needy. We hear dying that are quite about the Gates and The Old the other billionaires humorous. The one about the couple who and are amazed at Geezer ascended into heaven what they have acWalt and found that they complished in places Trandum would be spending around the world eternity living on a that are inhabited by plush golf course people living under where there were no greens terrible conditions. Maybe, fees and everything else they just the providing of fresh waneeded was supplied at no ter or the building of schools cost. The husband took it is among the things that need all in and then became quite attention. angry with his wife. She For organizations, like the asked what was bothering Lions Clubs and other service him and he replied that if she clubs, there is a challenge to hadn’t insisted on their taking provide at no cost the eye care vitamins and eating oatmeal or hearing care that is needed every day, they could have but not available. Many of been there many years earlier. the members travel to other Some of us have probably parts of the world to do what had more fun and satisfaction they can to help. as we lived our lives, but I You don’t have to be a

millionaire to make some miracles happen. I was fortunate to be serving as an officer of the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation when we finished putting together what became the Oregon Lions Eye Bank. It was a grass roots effort with many of us putting out the word about how much it was needed and how that long list of people hoping and praying for donor eyes could be eliminated if we did things right. I am happy to tell the world that Oregon now has one of the finest most efficient eye banks in the world. While technicians and doctors care for the corneas, the Lions are still out seeking prospective donors and have a network for transporting eye tissue to the place where it is used.

Most important is the fact that there no longer is a list of people waiting for the care they need.

Every one can be a contributor of their eye tissue by simply registering as a donor and having that checked on your driver’s license. Check with your local Lions Club and they will help you with your joining a very good cause that could bring sight or hearing to someone in need.

Letters to the Editor New pool remains a priority for NCRD In a recent letter to the editor (Headlight Herald, Feb. 24) Mr. Bill Spidal raised concerns about the North County Recreation District establishing a retirement program for employees. Mr. Spidal also questioned why the NCRD has not yet built a new pool, lastly asserting the district aquatic program fails to serve the children of the community.

The NCRD Board recently instituted a retirement program for full time district employees. I am unaware of any public agency that does not offer some form of employee retirement program.

To be clear we did not join the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS. We did select a 401A plan for public agencies. The board will annually decide on the district contribution with an option of zero contribution if funds are not available.

Mr. Spidal is right about needing a new pool. The rea-

son a new pool has not been built is we do not have the money. A new pool is a priority for the district. Instead of asking the voters for more taxes the district is considering other options for replacing the 84-year-old pool.

We received an engineer’s cost estimate for a new pool.

A basic, no frills, pool today will cost between $5 and $6 million dollars, a very substantial sum for our small district. The district hired a capitol campaign consultant to look at ways to raise funds through donations and grants.

Over the last six years the district has managed to save $1.2 million for a new pool from our State of Oregon timber revenue and user fees.

Mr. Spidal writes the pool program has “failed our children.” In fact, children from kindergarten through 5th grade have weekly swimming and water safety instruction, and not just the public school, but Fire Mountain and homeschooled children are welcome as well. Programs for children with special needs

are available. Parent/toddler, water sports and games, family swim and open swim are available. Our annual Pool-A-Thon allows children to experience a service project by raising money for their school swim program.

In 2013, 72 children participated raising $10,100. Last year the Aquatics Program started a swim team for children grades 1 – 5. The children travel to swim meets in other towns but practice in Nehalem and have a grand time. For adults, lap and open swim plus a range of exercise and therapy classes are available.

The district offers a full range of fitness and yoga, plus programs for children and adults in learning, theater and cultural activities. I invite Mr. Spidal to contact General Manager Peter Nunn to learn more about the NCRD and our outstanding programs for local children and adults.

John Coopersmith, Board Chair North County Recreation District

Trandum commentary right on Walt Trandum wrote a great article (Feb. 20 NCC) about honoring Native Americans. He expresses my thoughts and beliefs as well.

Like him, I recall growing up as a Cub Scout and Boy Scout, learning respect for the Indians who lived here before the white men came. It seems that today’s generation may be missing the point that Indian names were used in some instances out of admiration for the qualities of Indians.

As Walt mentioned, we had respect for the ability of Indians and to be a brave was a noble status, honoring their skills and qualities as men. They were indeed the “real men” who were here first.

Thanks to Walt for his great column. His column is always a “must read” part of each edition of the paper.

Joe Handler Seattle

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Neah-Kah-Nie is my school

When Neah-Kah-Nie High trip to Forest Grove clapped School guard Alaina Holm and bounced and cheered. ground her right foot into the And the round guy in the free throw line at the Pacific corner with a camera hanging University Athletic Center from his neck pumped his fist a couple of Saturdays ago, and exhaled. there was a lot riding on what That was me. she was about to do.

It was a funny situation for There were just 8.6 a 65-year-old guy who spent seconds left in Pirates’ game 42 years as a newspaper against Riverdale. The two writer, trying his best to be teams were objective about playing for the the games and last Northwest stories he was League spot assigned to in the state cover. It’s what playoffs. And professional Neah-Kah-Nie journalists are Norm Maves Jr. was behind, supposed to do.

31-30.

But here he So whatever was in a Neahchance the Pirates had of Kah-Nie hoodie, taking picplaying again a week later tures for free for the school was in the hands of a sophoand discretely cheering for more. An unusually skilled home team. sophomore, to be sure, but Home team? Sort of. By still a sophomore. the time I retired from 31 Holm had dared Maverick years of writing sports and shot-blocking machine Kathnews at The Oregonian in erine Pelz with a desperate December, 2007, my wife drive down the middle; she and I had lived in the suburbs was fouled and had two free of Portland for all of our marthrows with which to keep ried lives. Still do. the Pirate ship afloat. Failure But when we bought a was not an option, but it’s vacation home in Manzanita always a possibility. in late 2010, my perspective She lobbed the first shot changed. I thought it would into the air; the ball toured be the good citizen thing to the big, orange ring for a bit buy season football tickets to and fell down through the the local high school games, net. The second one went so I asked around at the July through about the same way.

Fourth pancake feed in 2011 Eight-point-six how to do that. seconds later Riverdale’s Turns out one of the last hope dissolved in the primary sources of fundopposite corner and the Pirate ing for Pirate athletics is an players ran screaming from athletic sponsorship. They the floor with their precious come in two levels: $100 ticket to the future secure. and $200. For that you get a Pirate coach Corey Douma season family pass, a window pressed his palms against his sticker, schedules, and maybe temples in relief; the Neaha shirt.

Kah-Nie fans who made the You also get your name

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Editor/General Manager Dave Fisher Director of Sales Adam Schwend Advertising Sales Chris Olson Circulation Aaron Yarnell Graphic Design Stephania Baumgart Contributing Writers Gail Balden, Janice Gaines, Walt Trandum, Dana Zia PHONE 503-368-6397 • FAX 503-368-7400 EMAIL editor@northcoastcitizen.com WEBSITE northcoastcitizen.com The North Coast Citizen (15503909) is published biweekly by Country Media, Inc. 1908 Second Street, P.O. Box 444, Tillamook, OR 97141 SUBSCRIPTION RATES $38.99 annually in county; $54.99 out of county.

Periodicals Postage paid at Tillamook, OR. POSTMASTER Send address changes to P.O. Box 444, Tillamook, OR 97141 Member Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association (ONPA) © 2014 by the North Coast Citizen. All rights reserved.

LETTER POLICY The Citizen welcomes letters that express readers’ opinions on current topics. Letters may be submitted by email only, no longer than 300 words, and must be signed and include the writer’s full name, address (including city) and telephone number for verification of the writer’s identity. We will print the writer’s name and town of residence only. Letters without the requisite identifying information will not be published.

Letters are published in the order received and may be edited for length, grammar, spelling, punctuation or clarity. We do not publish group emails, open letters, form letters, third-party letters, letters attacking private individuals or businesses, or let ters containing advertising.

Deadline for letters is noon Mondays.

The date of publication will depend on space.

Obituaries The North Coast Citizen has several options for submitting obituaries.

• Basic Obituary: Includes the person’s name, age, town of residency, and information about any funeral services. No cost.

• Custom Obituary: You choose the length and wording of the announcement. The cost is $75 for the first 200 words, $50 for each additional 200 words. Includes a small photo at no additional cost.

• Premium Obituary: Often used by families who wish to include multiple photos with a longer announcement, or who wish to run a thank-you. Cost varies based on the length of the announcement.

All obituary announcements are placed on the North Coast Citizen website at no cost.

For the latest on NKN Girls Basketball team visit www.northcoastcitizen.com Neah-Kah-Nie sophomore Alaina Holm (headband, center), who hit two winning free throws for the Pirates in their 32-31 Northwest League playoff victory over Riverdale February 22, celebrates the win with teammates Dana Moore, left; Kalli Swanson, right; Taylor Winder, background left) and Brittany Scull, background right.

Photo by Norm Maves Jr. said over the public address system at football and basketball games. I know – I’m the football and basketball announcer when I can get over to the coast to see my new school play. The North Coast Citizen is one of those names I say in appreciation twice a night, once or twice a week.

You also get the satisfaction of helping a kid grow up – and share in that kid’s spe-

cial moments of triumph and despair. That’s worth the rest of the benefits right there.

Why all the hubbub over a tiny high school on the coast?

I don’t know.

I traveled to a lot of different places in the world as a writer. I had the privilege of covering Oregon life from its highest levels all the way to the metaphoric bush leagues.

I’ve been to the big time and

back.

Somewhere along the way I discovered that the greatest good you can do with whatever skills you have is something that will elevate somebody else. The best I ever heard it described was

by Jerry Glanville, the Super Bowl coach for the Atlanta Falcons who had a brief shot as the Portland State head coach.

He was great friends with the late country music legend Waylon Jennings, who once told him, “Don’t you dare die with the music still inside you.”

To that end, I’ve made kind of a pest of myself in Rockaway. I’ve volunteered to teach a little writing and photography or mentor a student; I’ve shot photographs of athletic events and turned them over to the school for whatever reason.

I’m not so old (and neither are you) that I don’t remember what it was like to be 17 years old and standing at the base of the intimidating mountain that is the rest of your life. In 1966, I was salivating to get out of Beaverton High School and away from all these old people.

But behind the wise-guy exterior, I was also immature, emotionally unprepared – and more than a little scared. So if I can give a student – any student, from any school -- the reassurance that the rest of his or her life is worth the first 18 years, I’m going to do it. I don’t care how silly it looks.

I just happen to have a place in Manzanita. So Neah-Kah-Nie is my school.

After the Pirates’ win over Riverdale, I reminded Alaina Holm of a great truth I learned long ago: What she had done to win the game is all hers; nobody can ever take that joy away from her.

What I didn’t tell her is that nobody can take that joy away from me, either.

We all have to leave sometime

The events of the past few months have brought to our attention some grim facts of life. Two of my friends passed away and our thoughts have all been those of regret and even surprise to realize they are no longer with us.

Passing along our regrets to their heirs is about all that we can do to salve our feeling of loss, tempered with appreciation for all they brought to our lives together. I think that taking time to reflect on the good things we shared is probably the best line to follow, and also recognizing that death is the normal end of everyone’s life and is a perfectly natural event.

Something that dawned on me about the loss of all of the members of my immediate family had one feature that I hadn’t thought about before.

None of my younger brothers had to go through the process of growing old and feeble.

They will be forever remembered as they were when they left us. It makes me wonder how they would feel if they saw this old body of mine as age takes its toll.

Death comes in many ways and some of them are cruel and shocking while others bring peace to someone who was suffering. My

parents left this world in two think it is all a matter of how very different ways. Dad we spent our time. For those passed away in his sleep after of us who have found ways to living an active life right up to make other people’s life better the end. Mother suffered with it has been a very good time.

Alzheimer’s that kept her in When I hear about the differa nursing facility for sevence the care and providing of eral years. The only blessing services has improved life for was that the disease those who are blind protects the patient or deaf it makes it all while the family and worthwhile. There other loved ones sufare other organizafer as they watch the tions and even indiprocess. viduals who readily Probably hard to give of their time and believe but there are their money to help some stories about the needy. We hear dying that are quite about the Gates and The Old the other billionaires humorous. The one about the couple who and are amazed at Geezer ascended into heaven what they have acWalt and found that they complished in places Trandum would be spending around the world eternity living on a that are inhabited by plush golf course people living under where there were no greens terrible conditions. Maybe, fees and everything else they just the providing of fresh waneeded was supplied at no ter or the building of schools cost. The husband took it is among the things that need all in and then became quite attention. angry with his wife. She For organizations, like the asked what was bothering Lions Clubs and other service him and he replied that if she clubs, there is a challenge to hadn’t insisted on their taking provide at no cost the eye care vitamins and eating oatmeal or hearing care that is needed every day, they could have but not available. Many of been there many years earlier. the members travel to other Some of us have probably parts of the world to do what had more fun and satisfaction they can to help. as we lived our lives, but I You don’t have to be a

millionaire to make some miracles happen. I was fortunate to be serving as an officer of the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation when we finished putting together what became the Oregon Lions Eye Bank. It was a grass roots effort with many of us putting out the word about how much it was needed and how that long list of people hoping and praying for donor eyes could be eliminated if we did things right. I am happy to tell the world that Oregon now has one of the finest most efficient eye banks in the world. While technicians and doctors care for the corneas, the Lions are still out seeking prospective donors and have a network for transporting eye tissue to the place where it is used.

Most important is the fact that there no longer is a list of people waiting for the care they need.

Every one can be a contributor of their eye tissue by simply registering as a donor and having that checked on your driver’s license. Check with your local Lions Club and they will help you with your joining a very good cause that could bring sight or hearing to someone in need.

Letters to the Editor New pool remains a priority for NCRD In a recent letter to the editor (Headlight Herald, Feb. 24) Mr. Bill Spidal raised concerns about the North County Recreation District establishing a retirement program for employees. Mr. Spidal also questioned why the NCRD has not yet built a new pool, lastly asserting the district aquatic program fails to serve the children of the community.

The NCRD Board recently instituted a retirement program for full time district employees. I am unaware of any public agency that does not offer some form of employee retirement program.

To be clear we did not join the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS. We did select a 401A plan for public agencies. The board will annually decide on the district contribution with an option of zero contribution if funds are not available.

Mr. Spidal is right about needing a new pool. The rea-

son a new pool has not been built is we do not have the money. A new pool is a priority for the district. Instead of asking the voters for more taxes the district is considering other options for replacing the 84-year-old pool.

We received an engineer’s cost estimate for a new pool.

A basic, no frills, pool today will cost between $5 and $6 million dollars, a very substantial sum for our small district. The district hired a capitol campaign consultant to look at ways to raise funds through donations and grants.

Over the last six years the district has managed to save $1.2 million for a new pool from our State of Oregon timber revenue and user fees.

Mr. Spidal writes the pool program has “failed our children.” In fact, children from kindergarten through 5th grade have weekly swimming and water safety instruction, and not just the public school, but Fire Mountain and homeschooled children are welcome as well. Programs for children with special needs

are available. Parent/toddler, water sports and games, family swim and open swim are available. Our annual Pool-A-Thon allows children to experience a service project by raising money for their school swim program.

In 2013, 72 children participated raising $10,100. Last year the Aquatics Program started a swim team for children grades 1 – 5. The children travel to swim meets in other towns but practice in Nehalem and have a grand time. For adults, lap and open swim plus a range of exercise and therapy classes are available.

The district offers a full range of fitness and yoga, plus programs for children and adults in learning, theater and cultural activities. I invite Mr. Spidal to contact General Manager Peter Nunn to learn more about the NCRD and our outstanding programs for local children and adults.

John Coopersmith, Board Chair North County Recreation District

Trandum commentary right on Walt Trandum wrote a great article (Feb. 20 NCC) about honoring Native Americans. He expresses my thoughts and beliefs as well.

Like him, I recall growing up as a Cub Scout and Boy Scout, learning respect for the Indians who lived here before the white men came. It seems that today’s generation may be missing the point that Indian names were used in some instances out of admiration for the qualities of Indians.

As Walt mentioned, we had respect for the ability of Indians and to be a brave was a noble status, honoring their skills and qualities as men. They were indeed the “real men” who were here first.

Thanks to Walt for his great column. His column is always a “must read” part of each edition of the paper.

Joe Handler Seattle

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bound shoulder of US 101 and construction of new sidewalks.

Construction got underway February 17 with the installation of a concrete barrier near the highway centerline, leaving just the northbound lane for through traffic. The single lane traffic will be controlled with a portable signal that has been activated. ODOT officials advise motorists that they should expect short delays and drive through the area with caution.

Oregon State Police will be enforcing the speed limit through the work zone area.

The project is scheduled to be completed by November 2014. It is anticipated that the single-lane traffic, controlled by the portable signal, will remain in place until May 2. Prime contractor for the project is Thompson Brother Excavating of Vancouver, Washington.

Meanwhile, trees have been cleared along US 101 at Manzanita in preparation of an upcoming culvert replacement project later this spring underneath the highway at Neahkahnie Creek. Single-lane traffic through the construction area was controlled by flaggers during the height of activity the week of Feb. 17. The culvert replacement to improve fish passage is the first step in ODOT’s

Fresh oysters on the half-shell are but one of many appetizers.

plan to widen the highway and improve safety by “softening” the curve where it intersects with Laneda and Manzanita avenues and installing left-hand turnoff lanes at both entries to Manzanita. The culvert replacement will be finished this summer with improvements to the highway to be completed in 2015.

In anticipation of the highway project, Tillamook County, in collaboration with the City of Manzanita, is widening Laneda Ave. and installing sidewalks this spring from Division St. east to where Manzanita’s main street will intersect with US 101. That project is expected to be finished prior to the summer tourist season.

The repair of rock screening on the face of Neahkahnie Mountain will also commence this spring.

ODOT will be installing a new wire mesh rock screen along US 101 to replace damage screen along a 225foot portion of the rock face of Neahkahnie. The purpose of the screen is to minimize and prevent rocks from fall-

ing onto the highway. The previous screening failed along with the anchor supports. The project included installing new anchors as well as the wire mesh screening.

ODOT expects the Neahkahnie screening project to be completed by early June to avoid interfering with the peak tourist season. It is estimated that it will take 2 to 3 weeks to perform the hillside prep work and install the rock screen anchors. The installation of the rock screen is estimated to take up to three days.

During the prep work, motorists can expect daytime one-lane closures with flaggers, Monday through Thursday with no more than 20-minute delays. However, there will be a full closure of U.S. 101 for three days when the rock screen is installed with the help of a large crane or helicopter.

The closure will be on a Tuesday through Thursday, each day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with detours in place. ODOT will provide advance notification and detour signs for the closure

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The culinary journey continues for Lee Vance, chef/owner of Blackbird Restaurant, which opened on Valentine’s Day in downtown Manzanita. Photos by Dave Fisher Vance’s signature lamb burger. from a log, complete with to squeeze in,” said Vance Appetizers include Willapa the remnants of a bullet that looking about the efficient, yet Bay oysters, sweet and spicy became lodged in the tree. A comfortable, interior. chicken wings, Caesar salad bench fashioned from another Located at 503 Laneda and bacon-wrapped apricot to log with carved blackbirds at Ave., Blackbird is currently name a few. one end graces the front entry open for dinner from 5 to 9 Among the interior furnish- to the establishment. p.m., Thursday through Sunings are the handcrafted glue“We made the most out of day. Reservations, though not laminated tables and partition this space. It’s amazing what required, are recommended made from a timber that made the developers (Hans Tonjes and can be made by calling its way down the Nehalem and Jimmy Onstott) were able (503) 368-7708.

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percent to state parks and 35 percent to county parks. The new bill, when fully implemented, gives 55 percent to state parks and 45 percent to county parks. This means the Tillamook County Parks Department will receive an additional $87,000 for county parks’ maintenance and improvements when fully implemented.

“I can’t thank Sen. Roblan enough for his support of this Bill,” said Tillamook County Commissioner Mark Labhart.

“Sen. Roblan gave significant weight to the bill’s success by introducing it as a ‘Committee Bill,’ and he personally carried and supported the bill through the Natural Resources Committee that he chairs.”

Labhart also praised Sen. Betsy Johnson for her efforts.

“Betsy was at every hearing testifying in support of the bill,” he said. “She even left hearings she was chairing in order to come in and support this bill.”

The second bill was the Salmonberry Rails and Trails Bill SB 1516. This bill directs

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2012 Manzanita Farmers Market, after which Vance took over at the Nehalem River Inn, a gig that lasted 14 months.

When Dinner at the Nehalem River Inn closed, it was the plan at the time to keep the name roughly the same in anticipation of the move to Manzanita, but as the opening of the new restaurant approached, Dinner in Manzanita gave way to Blackbird with its locally inspired cuisine.

“I’m not very good at naming things,” said Vance, who initially liked the idea of keeping the restaurant name similar to attract her following. “But it just felt this was turning into such a different animal, it lent itself to something different.”

Hence the name change in salute to the many blackbirds that call the north Oregon coast home.

As she did at “Dinner,” Vance buys as much as she can locally. Among the local suppliers are R-evolution Farms, Kingfisher Farms, Lance’s Farm Vittles, Meadow Harvest and Taylor Farm. Even the wine list includes several offerings from Oregon wineries.

The eatery, with seating for over 40, is still a work in progress. An outdoor patio, which will be inaugurated this summer, will offer additional seating for casual dining.

Vance envisions a “happy hour” as well.

“We’ll be adding more small plate appetizers and make some seasonal changes to the menu, but it won’t be a whole new menu. Among the current offerings are roasted lamb, roasted freerange chicken, seared duck breast, mussels frites and

the Parks and Recreation Department and the Department of Forestry to work in cooperation with other stakeholders to develop a plan to construct what is being called the Salmonberry Rails and Trails along portions of the Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad right-of-way between Tillamook and Banks.

In addition, the bill requires that any trail work not affect surrounding private property rights and land management activities including, but not limited to, tree harvesting and hunting activities. The bill also establishes a trust fund for the intended purposes of accepting money to help build the trail.

“Sen. Johnson was the lead on this bill because it started in the Senate,” said Labhart, “and Rep. Deborah Boone is a also strong supporter of the bill. All seven of our county mayors wrote a strong support letter to the legislative committee that carried a lot of weight.”

Passage of both bills by the full Ways & Means Committee means they will now moves to full House and Senate votes and then to the Governor for signature, which should be March.

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Chronic inflammation and food, body on fire Cabbage-carrot slaw with cranberries and mint Try to get juice sweetened dried cranberries and all organic ingredients to really make this perfect.

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The causes of chronic inflammation vary from person to person but some of the fires are started by being overweight, under stress, lack of sleep and in a toxic environment. The biggest fire of all is the foods we choose to eat – or not to eat. Think about it, eating is the #1 thing we do day in and day out that affects our health. If your immune system decides that the food you are ingesting is an enemy, then it battles to put out the fire. If the enemy food is constantly present you have full systemic chronic inflammation due to your diet.

There are quite a few foods that are proven to cause chronic inflammation and they are, unfortunately, the foundation of the American diet. Foods like wheat (gluten), milk, alcohol, sugar, MSG, preservatives and food colorings are enemies of the immune system. Low fat, high carb diets have been discovered to cause inflammation too.

Also, many of our oils

like partially hydrogenated oils and trans fats are big culprits. Surprisingly, the polyunsaturated vegetable oils like safflower, sunflower and soybean oils are just as bad. They are loaded with omega 6s, which are proven fire starters for sure.

Our ancient ancestors ate a diet with an omega 6 to omega 3 ratio of 1:1 and now our current diet is on the average 16:1 with it going up 200 percent just in the last 50 years. That is due to the obscene rise in process foods filled with these bad oils.

Consequently, foods rich in Omega 3s like fatty cold water fish (i.e. salmon and sardines), pasture raised, grass fed meats and eggs, macadamia nuts and flax oil are powerful anti-inflammatory foods.

The foods ginger, turmeric, onions, garlic, vegetables, fruit, dark leafy greens and green tea are your friends too. It’s actually pretty easy to remember what foods are anti-inflammatory, just think of whole foods that

Manzanita Public Safety Log Feb. 16 - Issued a citation for illegal stop/stand/ park in Manzanita.

Feb. 16 - Responded to a report of unlawful entry of a motor vehicle in Manzanita.

Feb. 16 - Assisted TCSO with an unwanted person in Wheeler.

Feb. 17 - Issued a citation for no valid operator’s license in Manzanita.

Feb. 20 - Investigated a report of a suspicious person in Manzanita.

Feb. 20 - Assisted TCSO with a residential alarm in Neahkahnie.

Feb. 20 - Assisted TCSO with a warrant arrest in Wheeler.

Feb. 21 - Issued a citation for no operator’s license in Manzanita.

Feb. 21 - Issued a citation for failure to register a vehicle in Manzanita.

Feb. 21 - Issued a citation for failure to carry proof of insurance in Manzanita.

Feb. 21 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (47/30 mph) in Nehalem.

Feb. 21 - Issued a citation for providing false

information to a police officer in Manzanita.

Feb. 21 - Assisted TCSO with two residential alarms in Neahkahnie.

Feb. 22 - Assisted Nehalem Bay Fire and Rescue with a fire alarm near Manzanita.

Feb. 22 - Responded to a situation involving a juvenile in Bayside Gardens.

Feb. 23 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (42/25 mph) in Wheeler.

Feb. 23 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (54/30 mph) in Nehalem.

Feb. 23 - Investigated a suspicious circumstance in Nehalem.

Feb. 23 - Assisted Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a residential fire alarm in Neahkahnie.

Feb. 23 - Responded to a report of found property in Manzanita.

Feb. 23 - Assisted Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue with a residential fire alarm in Manzanita.

Feb. 24 - Issued a citation for illegal parallel parking in Manzanita.

Feb. 25 - Issued a citation for failure to obey a traffic control device in Nehalem.

Feb. 25 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (41/25 mph) in Wheeler.

Feb. 25 - Assisted TCSO with a disturbance near Nehalem.

Feb. 25 - Responded to a situation concerning an animal in Manzanita.

Feb. 26 - Assisted TCSO with a report of burglary near Nehalem.

Feb. 27 - Assisted TCSO with report of a suspicious person in Wheeler.

Feb. 27 - Assisted TCSO with a report of theft in Nehalem.

Feb. 27 - Investigated a suspicious circumstance in Manzanita.

Feb. 28 - Issued a citation for failure to renew registration in Nehalem.

Feb. 28 - Issued a citation for no valid day use permit displayed in NBSP. Feb. 28 - Assisted TCSO with an arrest for reckless driving and reckless endangering near Nehalem.

Mar. 1 - Issued a citation for failure to obey a traffic control device in Manzanita.

Obitaries Roy Kenneth Andriesse Roy Kenneth Andriesse passed away on January 20, 2014 with his family at his side, due to complications from a stroke.

Roy was born on March 14, 1925 in Brooklyn, New York to Albert and Dorothy Andriesse. Roy graduated from Berkeley High School in 1942. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps at age 17, trained as a pilot and served as first lieutenant on a B17 bomber, flying several missions over Germany.

After the war, Roy returned to Berkeley and enrolled at the University of California, receiving his bachelor’s degree. He was also a member of the Delta Upsilon fraternity. At Cal, Roy met Ann Bendixen whom he married in 1950. Roy worked in

the glass business for 40 years, first as a salesman, then as a self-employed manufacturers’ representative in Long Beach, California. Roy and Ann retired to Manzanita, Oregon in 1991.

Roy was an active member of St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church in Nehalem, and was also an avid golfer at the Manzanita Golf Course.

Roy regularly volunteered at the Tillamook County Food Bank. He also enjoyed gardening, earning a Master Gardener’s certificate after retirement.

Roy is survived by his daughters Carolyn Carey (Rod), Ellen Kirkland (Bob), and Judy Jackson (Jon); sister Beryl Dillman; and grandchildren Elliot Jackson, Joanna Jackson, Cameron Kirkland, Tim Kirkland and Scott Carey. Roy’s wife, Ann, and his sister, Marjorie Channing, pre-deceased him.

Services will be held March 29 at St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church in Nehalem. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts can be made to St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 251, Manzanita, OR 97130.

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3/4 cup of dried cranberries 3 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice 1 -1/4 teaspoons of honey 1/2 teaspoon of ground cumin 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of a fine salt 1/3 cup of EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) 1/2 of head of thinly sliced red cabbage 2 large carrots, julienned or shredded 1/2 cup of thinly sliced fresh mint leaves 1/4 cup of sliced almonds, lightly toasted To start off this color bang of a salad, give your cranberries a spa treatment by putting in a small bowl and cover them with hot water. Let them soak for 10 minutes, then drain them in a mesh strainer and let them dry off while you do the rest of the salad. Clean and prepare all your veggies and set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, honey, cumin, pepper and sea salt. Then, while whisking away like crazy, add the olive oil in a slow steady stream until combined. Add the cabbage, carrots and mint and toss well. Adjust the seasonings and then right before serving, toss in the nuts. As with any slaw, if you let the flavors marry for a few hours it is always better. To your health!

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Mar. 1 - Issued a citation for violation of posted speed (52/30 mph) in Nehalem.

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Mar. 1 - Assisted TCSO with a report of unlawful use of a motor vehicle in Nehalem.

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