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June 12, 2014
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Port of Nehalem donates to park
In quest of a community library
By Chelsea Yarnell
The Manzanita Branch of the Tillamook Library takes a look back in anticipation of its 27th Anniversary Rededication Celebration on July 18 Part 1 of a 3 part series
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Helen Hollensted, one of the earlier inhabitants of Manzanita, tells the beginning of the story in notes that she kept. Mrs. Ben Lane donated books to the Manzanita community in 1930. She was looking forward to Manzanita establishing a public library. These books were housed in the very small real estate office of Ben and Johanna Lane. They formed the beginnings of what we know now as the Manzanita Branch of the Tillamook County Library. According to Helen’s notes, some 100 books circulated that summer. Mr. Lane eventually built racks in his garage. Mrs. Van Groos was librarian and conducted a
In a truly a community effort that made Manzanita’s library a reality, volunteers pitched in to help clear the lot in October 1986. Courtesy photo
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children’s story hour three times a week. The next year they were circulating 250 books. By 1932, the little library was receiving books from the Salem and Portland libraries. The Neighborhood Club of Nehalem paid the costs for transporting the books at first until the Community Club (Pine Grove) took charge after they opened their new building in 1933. From then on, the library seems to have been located in the Pine Grove Community Center where the present kitchen is now. The Women’s Club and the city shared the financial responsibilities. By 1947, the Oregon State Library Board was encouraging Lloyd and Myrtle Hoffman, shown above at the ground-breaking ceremony library systems for entire counties. Pine Grove members voted to in January 1987, donated the parcel of land the Manzanita Branch Library support plans for a new Tillamook sits on. Courtesy photo County Library. The county was Grove.” eventually able to fund a bookmobile and Helen Carol Povey remembers that the library had a Hollensted recalled the bookmobile’s first visit to “turbulent birth.” The project of building the liManzanita. brary was exasperating and exciting, but creativ“The first day the bookmobile arrived the ity and super optimism won out! entire neighborhood went to see it. Light refreshAs far back as 1976, the Manzanita City ments were served in the Community House,” Council planned for the library’s expansion and she said. The library in Pine Grove Community graduation into a building of its own. Center served the needs of the community as In 1978, $1,000 was given to Esther Andera branch of the Tillamook County Library for son, the librarian at the time in the Community many years, but growth eventually outpaced its Center, as seed money for a new library. These capacity to meet the demands of the little city. monies and other memorial donations were held In an interview with Ann Knipe, she tells the by the Library and invested in CDs. After the story of the beginnings of the efforts to build CDs matured, Jean Prentiss, Ralph Niles and the present building. She tells about being in the the mayor, Irving Carr, turned it over to the city library in the Pine Gove Community Center with where it was put into another CD. Eventually this her daughter in the early years and there was a fund grew to be $5,000. Howard Wilson, the city group of children sitting on the floor enjoying the manager and Mayor Irving Carr had the idea of books. They both commented on how it seemed using city property near the fire hall to build a that a library should be larger and more perma960-square-foot building. In the winter of 1984, nent. Tom Bender recalls that the library was in the “east one-third of the present kitchen in Pine See LIBRARY page 7
At the Port of Nehalem’s meeting on May 28, the board voted in favor of donating $32,541 to the City of Wheeler to help acquire and develop the 6.78 parcel of land commonly known as “upland property” adjacent to Bott’s Marsh that Wheeler hopes to turn into a waterfront park. “I think the wisdom of the Port comes in regards to regional projects and solutions and shines through in the decision they rendered,” Wheeler City Manager Geoff Wullschlager said. “The community support shown by the Port is such a keystone element in this project moving forward.” Wheeler has already collected $10,100 as pledges from local citizens, and the City has committed to give $20,000 to the project. The City of Wheeler has also applied for funds through the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Acquisition Grant. Their application has been pushed past the technical review process. The city applied for a similar grant last year, but finished just outside of the top 25 chosen applications. This year with less money in the grant program, the city hopes support from the community, local organizations, and other local governing bodies will give their application what it needs to be selected.
Big changes in store for CARTM beginning July 1 By Dave Fisher The Citizen
At a special town hall meeting Sunday afternoon, June 8, attended by about 20 area residents, CARTM officials took the opportunity to update those gathered about changes coming to the north Tillamook County recycling center and trash transfer station. “Some are small changes, and some are big changes, but it’s all good,” said Karen Reddick-Yurka, who chairs
CARTM’s board of directors. First, and foremost, beginning July 1, the transfer station at CARTM will charge based on weight of garbage, not by volume. While the minimum fee is going up from the current rate of $3 to $5, most will benefit, said Reddick-Yurka, “unless you are throwing away bowling balls,” she joked. By switching to weights at all three county transfer stations, a uniform basis for charging will be established for the first time. The new rate is
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$105 per ton, with the new minimum fee. That figures out to be just over $.05 per pound making disposal of 100 pounds of trash only $5.25. In a move by county commissioners in what is technically a pilot project, the county will now be footing the bill for operation of trash disposal, alleviating CARTM of that responsibility. Said Reddick-Yurka, it puts CARTM on firmer footing financially, particularly during those times when the
market for some recyclables is in decline. “I see CARTM as a three-legged stool,” she said. “The first being the recycling leg, the second being re-use of materials and the third, trash handling. The re-use and recycling legs are still CARTM’s.” Contractors disposing of building materials will be able to expedite the process with a special express lane just for them beginning July 1 as well. It will effectively separate them from area resi-
dents and visitors and speed things up. Sales were up the past 12 months at The Refindery, CARTM’s re-sale store. The board approved a plan to use $60K in improvements to boost in-store sales and so far it has paid off, according to Reddick-Yurka. “We’re really happy with the way it turned out,” she said, noting that there was still work to do to improve departmental sales of metals, hardware
Jan Hamilton,CARTM’s executive director, is retiring the end of June. See CARTM page 5 Photo by Dave Fisher
‘Anyone can do anything,’ says NKN grad By Dave Fisher The Citizen
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‘President’ Alejandro Quintana at home following his trip to Washington D.C. in front of Wanda’s Cafe where he has worked the past four years. Photo by Dave Fisher
Recent Neah-Kah-Nie High graduate Alejandro Quintana was selected to attend Close Up in Washington D.C. April 27- May 3, where his peers elected him president. Son of Marilú and Alejandro Quintana of Nehalem, Alejandro was chosen as one of two high school students from NW Oregon to go to Washington D.C. for Close Up for New Americans. He was chosen for this honor through essays, exams, his grades, activities, and letters of support from the community. Close Up’s Program for New Americans is open to all recentlyimmigrated high school students who are interested in learning more about current issues, government, and politics using the nation’s capital as an awe-inspiring classroom, helping students gain a personal connection to the people, places,
A Salute to Dads Everywhere! Happy Father’s Day – Sunday, June 15th
Celebrate this Father’s Day beginning with a stop at Manzanita Grocery and Deli for everything you need for that special barbecue or picnic. Pictured from left are the “Dads” at Manzanita Grocery: Orlo Lujan, Daryl Davidson, Carl Peters, Brett Phillips, Chung Lee, Greg ‘Spanky’ Herren, Jess McFarland, and Zachary Parker.
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and events that make America so unique. Students live and learn among peers from schools nationwide and learn first-hand how the founding documents such as the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence apply to them. Alejandro, who works at Wanda’s Café in Nehalem as a cook, is planning on attending either Southwestern Community College or Tillamook Bay Community College. He was among 150 students that attended Close Up this spring. “It was a very unique experience and I’ll remember it forever,” said Alejandro. “It was nice to meet people from around the country… and we’re all the same.” A member of the Green Party, one of two mock parties (the other was the Blue Party), Alejandro participated in a number of workshops and was ultimately selected by his party to run for president, a contest he won in the general election with
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