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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022

TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM

VOL. 134, NO. 43 • $1.50

Area ready for Halloween fun Chelsea Yarnell Guest Contributor

This is Part Two of a two part feature on local 2022 Halloween events. Read next week’s edition for another feature on local events. Downtown Trick-or-Treat It’s time to trick-or-treat your way through Tillamook. Downtown Trick-or-Treat will take place Oct. 31 from 3-5 p.m. hosted by Tillamook Area Chamber of Commerce and participating downtown businesses. “You’ll know which businesses are open for the event by checking their window for our flyer,” Chamber Executive Director Justin Aufdermauer said. “Participating businesses will also set up a table or other means of handing out candy in front of their building. As you walk by, you can stop at each storefront to trick-or-treating and show off your costumes.” The event is expected to draw large crowds, so Aufdermauer reminds trick-or-treaters to practice patience when waiting in line for treats. “There will be lots of kids out and about, so you may have to wait occasionally. I recommend using that time to admire other costumes, look at the window decorations from businesses, or practice saying ‘trick-or-treat’ in the most frightening ways,” Aufdermauer said. The Chamber Headquarters, as well as many other downtown businesses, will be participating. The event will happen rain, shine, or anything in between. Tillamook Revitalization Association creates Monster Mash Bash The Tillamook Revitalization Association (TRA) is starting a new tradition. Coinciding with Tillamook’s Downtown Trick-orTreat, TRA is hosting their first annual Monster Mash Bash! event. The event will take place Oct. 31 from 3-8 p.m. on Second Street at the Second Street Plaza and between Main Street and Ivy Avenue. “There will be food vendors; I believe we’re up to seven now,” Event Organizer Chella Herder said. “Bottoms Up Mobile Bartending will be featured and offering non-alcoholic drinks including ‘Bags of Blood,’ cider, and a hot cocoa bar.” Pacific Restaurant will be

serving candied apples and other festive goodies. “The [Tillamook] Police Department will be set up in front of the Headlight Herald [office] with a patrol car passing out candy and stickers,” Herder said. Additional activities will include pumpkin carving/painting, pumpkin bowling, cornhole, a DJ with dancing, and an adult and kids costume contest with prizes for the winners.

Former Garibaldi City Manager set to sue city, former mayor

Ride the ‘Trick or Trolley’ Tillamook County Transportation District’s Holly the Trolley, also known on Halloween as ‘Trick or Trolley,’ will be providing transportation around downtown Tillamook for trick-or-treaters. On Oct. 31 from 3-6 p.m., the Trick or Trolley will make stops at Tillamook PUD, Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, and the YMCA every 10 minutes throughout the evening. Tillamook Bay Community College to offer indoor trick-ortreating opportunity Want an indoor trick-or-treat stop? Tillamook Bay Community College, along with their partners, will be offering an indoor trick-ortreating event on Oct. 31 from 3-6 p.m. “We will have multiple locations for kids to trick-or-treat throughout the lobby,” TBCC Vice President of Administration & College Relations Heidi Luquette said. “We have wanted to participate in the community trick-or-treating event for a few years, but felt we were a little too far away to participate… but last year Werner’s jumped in to participate so we thought, ‘Let’s do it too!’ We hope this is a fun, rain or shine event for kids.” TBCC’s partners from the Partners for Rural Innovation building (OSU Extension, 4-H, TBCC Foundation, SBDC, and EDC) will be participating in the event as well. The Juntos Club’s Afueras Dia de los Muertos altar will also be on display.

2022 Tillamook County Halloween Happenings Trunk-or-Treat NCRD Oct. 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Rex Champ Field, Nehalem Family friendly community event.

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Downtown Tillamook will be bustling with trick or treaters on Halloween as many ghoulish events are slated in the area. Headlight file photo. Neah-Kah-Nie Second Annual Haunted House Oct. 29, 7-10 p.m. NKN HS Gym Fundraiser for NKN High School Student Council.

Downtown Trick-or-Treat Tillamook Oct. 31, 3-5 p.m. Downtown Tillamook Trick-or-Treat at participating businesses.

Trunk-or-Treat Rockaway Beach Fire & Rescue Oct. 29, 1-3 p.m. Rockaway Beach Wayside, Hwy 101 & S. Pacific Meet Rockaway Beach firefighters, collect candy and information for a safe Halloween.

Tillamook Family County YMCA Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 31, 4-6 p.m. YMCA parking lot A safe event for family and friends to gather and trick-or-treat from trunk to trunk.

Trick-or-Treat the Dory Fleet Oct. 29, 5-8 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, Pacific City “Trunk-or-Treat” the local dory boats.

Tillamook Bay Community College Trick-or-Treat Oct. 31, 3-6 p.m. TBCC 4301 Third Street, Tillamook Trick-or-treating, indoor activities, and more!

Hall-O-Nita Oct. 31, 3-5 p.m. Downtown Manzanita Trick-or-Treat at participating businesses. Enter coloring contest at Toylandia for a chance to win prizes.

Monster Mash Bash Oct. 31, 3-8 p.m. 2nd Street Plaza, Tillamook DJ, dancing, costume contests for adults and children, pumpkin carving/painting, food, pumpkin bowling, and more.

TBCC President honored with Howard Cherry Award T

illamook Bay Community College President Ross Tomlin honored with prestigious Howard Cherry Award Dr. Ross Tomlin has been awarded the Howard Cherry Community College Administrator award for 2022 by the Oregon Community College Association (OCCA). The award is its highest honor, and represents outstanding accomplishments on behalf of community colleges in Oregon. It is named after the late Dr. Howard Cherry, a lifelong advocate for education and community involvement. Awardees must be responsible for bringing statewide

Dr. Ross Tomlin

recognition to community colleges through their contributions. Tomlin will be presented with the award at the OCCA conference in Sunriver, Oregon, on November 3. “I speak for the TBCC Board members when I say that we are all so proud of President Tomlin for receiving this prestigious award. Our Community College has moved forward with increased enrollment, new programs and raised standards because of his leadership in education. His role in our county and communities has made a significant difference for our citizens,” said Kathy Gervasi, Chair of the TBCC Board of Education.

Dr. Tomlin has served as a senior-level leader in community colleges for over 14 years and as an administrator at four of Oregon’s community colleges – Central Oregon Community College, Umpqua Community College, Southwestern Oregon Community College, and was appointed President of Tillamook Bay Community College in 2017. His advocacy at the state level in support of educational equity for rural community college students and his commitment to building strong partnerships across the K-14

n See TOMLIN, Page A3

Local measures, candidates on the ballot Measure 29-166 City of Tillamook Fuel Tax

Provides additional funding to pave and maintain City streets. Question: Shall Tillamook

increase its fuel tax to $0.03 per gallon November-April and to $0.06 per gallon May-October (retail only). The Tillamook City Council submits this measure to the voters, proposing an amendment to the City of Tillamook’s motor vehicle fuel tax. This amendment would increase the tax from $0.015 per gallon to $0.03 per gallon for the months of Nov. through April and $0.06 per gallon for the months of May through Oct. non-retail facility sales would stay at $0.03 per

gallon all year. This tax is imposed on motor vehicle fuel dealers. If adopted, the increased tax would be imposed on dealers when they sell or distribute motor vehicle fuel within the city. Most commonly, the tax will be paid by gas stations for the sale of gasoline and diesel. If approved, the ordinance would take effect on January 1, 2023. Measure 29-167 Incorporation of the City of Oceanside

Question: Shall Oceanside become a city with a permanent tax rate limitation of $.80 per $1,000 of assessed value? This measure would form a new city with roughly 350 residents within the current Oceanside Community Boundary, with minor variations to the north and east, and excluding The Capes. Incorporation would create a local government with authority over land use

n See BALLOT, Page A2

Will Chappell Herald Reporter

he City of Garibaldi received a letter late in September informing them that former City Manager Juliet Hyams plans to file suit against the city and former Mayor, and current city councilor and candidate for mayor, Judy Riggs. The suit alleges that while city manager Hyams was subjected to retaliation for whistleblowing, invasion of privacy by false light and defamation by Riggs, leading to her eventual resignation in July of this year. “Ms. Hyams will allege that she was publically and illegally subjected to false accusations and insinuations about her job performance that effectively made it impossible to do her job,” Hyams’s attorney Tim Volpert said in a statement. Interim City Manager Jay Marugg confirmed that the city had received the letter informing them of the suit but said that he could not comment further on the matter, citing pending litigation. When Hyams took over as city manager in the summer of 2021 she found that the city had serious accounting issues. Under former City Manager Geoff Wullschlager, Garibaldi fell behind on annual audits of the city’s finances, submitting the audit for fiscal year 2019 only in October 2021, after Hyams’s tenure had begun. Auditors carrying out that investigation found that there were issues surrounding the reliability of financial information and accounting discipline. The city is still in the process of completing audits for fiscal years 2020 and 2021. The suit will allege that as Hyams brought these deficiencies to the counsel’s attention and tried to address these shortcomings, Riggs adopted a hostile attitude towards her. Hyams says that Riggs began spreading unfounded rumors about Hyams’s job performance, including making false statements about Hyams inappropriately purchasing a fire truck at a December 2021 city council meeting. Riggs, who served as mayor of Garibaldi from 2019-2021, declined to comment for this story stating she had yet to see the suit or letter of intent to sue. The suit will allege that Riggs became more aggressive towards Hyams as the first half of 2022 progressed. Riggs’s attacks intensified this spring in the lead-up to the Garibaldi Days festival, which Hyams was organizing. In April of this year, Riggs accused Hyams of going over budget on the event and threatened to schedule Hyams’s performance review early. Matters came to a head at the July 2022 city council meeting, according to the letter from Hyams’s attorney. At this meeting, Riggs falsely said that Hyams and her staff had illegally conducted the 2022-2023 budget, despite Hyams holding all required meetings and providing proper notice. Hyams resigned the next day. The letter claims that Riggs’s treatment of Hyams led Hyams to determine that she could not effectively perform her duties facing concerted opposition from Riggs and fellow councilor Laurie Wandell. Hyams’s attorney Tim Volpert attached several emails to the letter,

n See FORMER, Page A3


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