Tillamook County’s New Year Baby
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Headlight Herald
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2023
TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM
VOL. 135, NO. 2 • $1.50
Dungeness Crab season now reopened for recreational fishers, Jan. 15 for commercial O
For the Herald
regon’s commercial Dungeness crab fishery season opens from Cape Falcon to Cape Arago on Jan. 15 after having passed all tests for the crab being ready to harvest. The season opens Feb. 1 from Cape Falcon north to Washington State in accordance with the Tri-State Protocol. Meat fill now meets or exceeds criteria in all areas of Oregon, and biotoxins are below alert levels in all crab tested from Cape Arago north. Domoic acid testing of crab will continue from Cape Arago south to the California border as test results today showed elevated levels of the biotoxin in that area. ODFW works closely with the crab fishing industry, the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, and the Oregon Department of Agriculture on testing and season openings. ODFW also coordinates with California and Washington to help create an orderly start to the season within the Tri-State region. Tim Novotny with the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission stressed the importance of being able to deliver a level of certainty in the product to the marketplace to
start the fishery, both for industry and consumers to have confidence in the product. That comes through rigorous preseason testing and only opening regions where crab are ready for consumption. “Oregon’s Dungeness crab fishery has been recognized worldwide for its sustainable fisheries practices for generations now. The work we do with ODFW and the hard work and cooperation of the fleet helps us continue to work to solidify our reputation on sustainability, which is a huge benefit for the fleet and coastal communities yearround,” Novotny said. Novotny and Caren Braby, ODFW’s Marine Resources Program Manager, say generally the fleet and industry support later season openings when necessary to ensure crab are ready. This season has been just such a situation and industry has overwhelmingly supported waiting until now for the season to start. “Look, everyone wants to start Dec. 1,” Novotny said. “But the fishermen know that this process sets a high bar on purpose, so consumers know they’re getting the highest quality and safest product
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Commercial Crab fishermen haul in pots in this Headlight Herald file photo. ODFW is reopening crabbing along the Oregon Coast on Jan. 15, and reopened crabbing for recreational fishers last week.
Area grocers suffer losses due to severe storm, power outage They quickly called a refrigerated truck in from Portland and transferred fresh produce and meat to it and put their frozen merchanhristmas week’s severe dize in their walk-in freezer. windstorm knocked power When power came back on Deout across the county and caused cember 27, a United States Departboth Safeway and Fred Meyer to ment of Agriculture tester was on dispose of food that had become site and tested the unsafe for sale. stored food, conMeanwhile, the firming it remained Grocery Outlet at a safe temperain Tillamook was ture for resale. able to avoid maThe only loss jor losses through that Grocery Outlet careful planning suffered was an and a well-exeoverlooked box cuted plan, losing of string cheese under $200 in that was left on a spoiled food. Severe weather, wind and grocery cart, a $172 The windstorm rain downed trees and hit Tillamook on knocked out power to over oversight. Meanwhile, at the evening of 17,000 residents of TillaSafeway and Fred December 26 and mook County on Dec. 27. Meyer the power saw heavy gusts outage apparently batter the town led to much greater losses as both overnight and into the next mornstores had dumpsters in their parking. ing lots on December 27. Around midday on December Safeway referred questions about 27, power in the City of Tillamook the losses to Jill McGinnis, Director and all points north in the county of Communications, Public Affairs went out. and Government Relations for According to Joanna Stelzig, Safeway and Albertsons, Portland public relations manager at the Division, who declined to comment Tillamook People’s Utility District on the extent of Safeway’s losses (PUD), damage to transmission during the storm. lines operated by the BonnevIn response to follow up quesille Power Authority and Pacific Power cut electric service to around tions about Safeway’s preparedness plan in such emergent situations 17,000 residents of the county. McGinnis released a statement Crews worked overnight and were able to restore electricity to all blaming road conditions for the affected customers within 24 hours. loss. “As the recent winter storm con“We really appreciate the comditions caused power outages and munity and our customers’ suproad closures across the state, our port at this time,” Stelzig said of Portland trucking department was residents’ understanding during the delayed in servicing more than a extended outage. dozen stores that were also without At the Grocery Outlet superpower and in need of similar asmarket, owners Rob Williams and sistance,” the statement read. Marilyn Diego quickly sprang into Fred Meyer’s Manager declined action. to comment on his store’s response. The couple had implemented a plan for such an event after Please send any comments to taking over the store in October headlighreporter@countrymedia. and trained employees on how to net. proceed.
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Lisa Greiner, owner of Oregon Coast Dance Center is building four new apartments above the dance studio on Main Ave. in Tillamook. Photo courtesy of Lisa Greiner
Local dance center owner building Apts. above studio F
Will Chappell Headlight Reporter
our new workforce apartments will be coming to downtown Tillamook this spring, as construction work progresses above the Oregon Coast Dance Center. Lisa Greiner, the center and building’s owner, has been able to leverage multiple grants from the state, county and city governments to bring the project to fruition. “For me it’s a personal thing of that target demographic,” Greiner said of her motivation to offer workforce housing. She said that she hoped to offer affordable accommodation to people with good jobs but who weren’t ready to buy a house. Greiner envisions the apartments filling a gap in what housing policy
experts in America have come to refer to as “missing middle” housing in recent years. “Missing middle” housing consists of housing modalities other than detached, single-family homes or high-rise apartment buildings and, as the name suggests, is undersupplied in America. The renovated building will house three two-bedroom apartments and one one-bedroom apartment, each of which will have a single bathroom. The two-bedroom apartments will be approximately 1,000 square feet, while the one-bedroom will be 700. Greiner has danced at the Oregon Coast Dance Center (OCDC) since she was a girl taking classes from Pat Hawkins, the original owner. When she returned to Tillamook after a decade in San Diego, Greiner began teaching at the center in 2011, before purchasing it in 2013. At the time, OCDC was based in the building that currently houses Cricket Wireless in the 100 block of Main Street, which was inadequate for the center’s needs. “I knew I needed to expand; I was at capacity there,” Greiner said.
She began exploring other properties in town and landed on the building at 312 Main, which she purchased and moved into in late 2018. The building was built in 1909 and has housed many different businesses, spending much of its life as a furniture store. When Greiner moved in, she began using the downstairs space for classes immediately, but had no plans for the second floor. Greiner was drawn to the idea of housing but initially thought that it would be impracticable financially. “Housing always came up, but it was crossed off the list so fast,” Greiner said. But then Sierra Lauder from the Tillamook Chamber of Commerce told Greiner about an Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation grant that might help renovate the space. The Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant funds work on buildings in downtown areas, with a focus on second stories and housing.
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Will Chappell Headlight Reporter