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Charity Drive sets new fundraising record

WILL CHAPPELL

Headlight Editor

Tillamook High School’s 73rd Annual Charity Drive from February 6 to 16, set a new fundraising total for the event with $285,015.19, pushing the total raised in the event’s history to $4,682,500.64.

The total was announced at the Charity Drive coronation event on February 18, following the high school’s annual alumni basketball games. It was also announced that for the fourth consecutive year, the class of 2026 won the friendly competition to raise the most funds after bringing in $103,776.03.

Following the alumni basketball games, which were both won by the older alumni teams, Charity Drive overalls Tatum Lancaster, Claire Travis, Julia Rawe and Kylie Hallock MCed the coronation ceremony and fundraising

See CHARITY DRIVE, Page A4 Tillamook School District Superintendent Jennifer

Budget committee advances raises for elected officials

WILL CHAPPELL

Headlight Editor

Meeting on February 17, Tillamook County’s budget committee voted to approve compensation increases for elected officials as recommended by the county’s compensation board.

The raises, which now await final approval by the board of county commissioners, will see elected officials receive a 3% cost of living adjustment retroactive as of July 1, 2025, while also making them eligible for longevity pay available to other county employees beginning on April 1, with Sheriff Josh Brown eligible for extra pay for advanced certifications.

The proposed raises came before the committee at the recommendation of the compensation board, which did not recommend increases last year as

County moves to part-time treasurer model

WILL CHAPPELL Headlight Editor

Tillamook county commissioners approved a reduction of the county treasurer’s position to a part-time role at their February 18 board meeting, while approving two new staff for the renamed finance department and one for the human resources department.

The move came as part of a broader retooling of the county’s operations, which included the transition to a central services model in 2024 and is also seeing the role of human resources director swapped for a human resources manager.

Going forward, the county’s finance director will oversee day-today financial operations, while the elected treasurer will fulfill statutorily required oversight duties. As part of the reshuffle, commissioners also approved the hiring of a new accounting clerk and payroll specialist for the finance department, as well as a human resources assistant for the human resources department.

Jacob and Chief Administrative Officer Rachel Hagerty discussed the process that led staff to recommend the switch.

Jacob, who was appointed acting treasurer when former Treasurer Shawn Blanchard resigned at the end of last year, said that as soon as Blanchard had submitted her resignation, she had begun looking at the approach other counties in Oregon took with their treasurers.

Jacob said that she had pulled together a list of each county’s structure before focusing in on counties that had populations between 20,000 and 49,999. Jacob found that two counties in that range employed a full-time treasurer along with a fulltime finance director, while three of the counties use a hybrid model with a part-time treasurer and full-time financial director, and two have home rule systems with no treasurer.

and overseeing receipts. Jacob presented two options to the commissioners for how the county could move forward, one being a continuation of the current system and the other being a hybrid approach, with a part-time treasurer and full-time financial director. Jacob explained that the advantage of the hybrid approach was that it would guarantee a stable base of financial knowledge for the county, guarding against the possibility of an unqualified treasurer being elected with a lack of knowledge of governmental accounting standards.

Hagerty then jumped in, explaining that the duties of the part-time treasurer would continue to meet the requirements for the office under state statute, while redistributing other duties previously assigned to the treasurers to other staff.

WILL CHAPPELL

Headlight Editor

In the middle of an actionpacked short legislative session in Salem, State Representative Cyrus Javadi is working on many issues, with a particular focus on a bill amending restrictions on counties’ and cities’ use of transient lodging tax revenues that passed out of committee last week.

Javadi said that he is optimistic that the bill will pass, after negotiations with the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association (ORLA) decreased the percentage of TLT funds unrestricted for localities’ use from the originally proposed 60% to 50%. Javadi said that while the 60/40 split would have been better, the 50/50 compromise was a good start and would allow legislators to reevaluate the split in the future with more data.

“The feedback I’m getting from members is yes on 60/40 but definitely yes, with more comfort, at 50/50” Javadi said prior to the bill’s passage out of committee. “And so, as I’ve talked with the key people who we need to move this, I feel as though we’re probably going to land at 50/50 with this amendment that creates these resiliency grants and get this across the finish line, which would be a big win for a change for the first time in 23 years for this bill. Then (we’ll) come back at it in a few more years, probably ten years, after we see what happens with revenues and tourism and evaluate how communities are doing with these changes and see if we can do some further tweaks.”

Board discussions about the transition began at a board briefing on February 11, where Tillamook County Acting Treasurer Debra

In the counties with hybrid systems, Jacob said that the part-time treasurers serve as chief investment officers, sign check registers, review reconciliations, participate in audit reviews and approve taxes, while the full-time finance directors perform day-to-day duties including overseeing financial staff, preparing audits

Hagerty said that she had discussed the options for that redistribution with Jacob and the county’s human resources department and come up with several potential approaches.

If money were no object, Hagerty said that the treasurer’s office would hire two full-time

Javadi’s push for reform to the transient lodging tax’s (TLT) allocation began during 2025’s long session and passed the house before spluttering out in a senate committee among Democratic party infighting. This year, the bill has

State Representative Cyrus Javadi

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WILL CHAPPELL

Headlight Editor

Leaders from Columbia, Clatsop and Tillamook Counties met on February 12, and discussed priorities for requests for state transportation funding as part of a forthcoming capital investment plan.

Members of the Northwest Area Commission on Transportation (NWACT) agreed that rather than seek support for multiple area projects in the process, they would request as much available funding as possible to address the major issues on Oregon Highway 6 between mileposts 33 and 36.

Early in the meeting, Mark Buffington from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) gave a debrief on the work recently completed at milepost 35 after a major slide in December 2025. Buffington said that after the slide occurred, contractors with Pihl Excavation removed ten feet of sawdust fill and ten feet of dirt before reaching solid ground and rebuilding the road base using rocks and paving the

500-foot section, for a total cost of $1.3 million.

ODOT Region 2 Area Manager Bill Jablonski said that he had been in discussions with Tillamook County Commissioner Paul Fournier and Public Works Director Chris Laity about possible alternative routes to move people from the valley to Tillamook County, should Highway 6 be unpassable, either on county or forest land.

Jablonski then pivoted to a discussion of the new capital investment plan process that ODOT officials across the state are working through to help determine which projects will be funded between 2027 and 2030.

Previously, ODOT has used statewide transportation plans (STIP) put together by department leaders every couple of years to choose projects to fund, according to Jablonski. However, during the Covid pandemic, the agency realized that approach was not working well as cost increases forced the cancellation of planned projects.

In response, ODOT leaders decided to supplement STIPs with capital improvement plans that will be updated in real time to respond to actual costs for projects occurring. Jablonski said that the agency was building the plane as they were flying it when it came to the new approach but that they felt it would improve outcomes.

Jablonski said that he and his counterparts across the state were working with their respective area commissions on transportation to identify three to five projects in their boundaries that they would like completed in the next three to five years. Jablonski said that the NWACT members needed to discuss projects, determine what they would cost and finalize the list at their April meeting for submission in May.

The list of projects from across the state will then be reviewed against a set of criteria set out by the Oregon Transportation Commission after receiving public input, including reasonableness, urgency, regional and statewide benefits, and alignment with investment priorities.

Jablonski then presented several areas in the counties with potential projects, including U.S. Highway 101 and Oregon Highway 6 in Tillamook, U.S. Highway 30 in Astoria or Scappoose, and the Astoria Megler Bridge, among others.

Former State Senator Betsy Johnson then jumped in and said that it was cynical of ODOT to ask commissioners to cannibalize each other’s projects by choosing among the many needed across the area. Johnson wondered if it would instead make sense for the commission to request funding for one big project that was more regionally important, namely Highway 6 repairs.

Several commissioners agreed, saying that it checked all the boxes in terms of the criteria and that the funds could potentially be used to look at the feasibility of fixing the major slide versus rerouting the road and the group reached a consensus that they would plan to make the project their sole ask.

Rockaway council approves Thursday markets for wayside, STR updates, Lake Lytle restroom

WILL

CHAPPELL Headlight Editor

Rockaway Beach’s city council approved an updated application from the city’s chamber of commerce to use the wayside for their Thursday artisan markets at their meeting on February 11. The decision came after councilors expressed concern in January over the impact the group’s original proposed hours would have had on parking for downtown businesses and with councilors saying they hoped to see the market look for a different solution for future seasons.

Council also approved an update to the city’s short-term rental (STR) regulations that will require license holders to rent their unit for a minimum of 30 days a year to maintain their license and approved a $302,000 contract with Romtec Inc for a new restroom at Lake Lytle.

An updated application for wayside use for the Thursday markets came before the council after a previous

application submitted in January sought exclusive use of the wayside from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., drawing concern from councilors about hurting local businesses by limiting parking during the busy tourist season. The chamber’s updated application, reviewed in February, reduced the requested time of closure to 1-8 p.m. on Thursdays from June 4, through August 20. When the application came up for discussion, it was clear that there were still mixed feelings about the application, particularly after a public commenter suggested that the market could be held in the area covered with pavers adjacent to the caboose rather than the wayside’s parking lot to prevent parking concerns.

Several councilors were intrigued by the idea, with Councilor Penny Cheek asking if the vote on approving the application could be delayed until it was more fully explored, though staff said it could not.

Councilor Pat Ryan said that he remained on the fence about approving the application because of its parking impacts and that he would like to investigate the alternatives but that he realized the council needed to render a decision.

Councilor Mary McGinnis said that she also still had reservations about the market and that she had been “bombarded” by people who didn’t want the market at the wayside since the last meeting. McGinnis also said that the chamber should look at ways to monopolize use of the wayside less, pointing out that other nonprofits in the community had requested exclusive use of the wayside for three days in the summer while the chamber was asking for 24 days. McGinnis said that other community groups

used other parks in the city for their events and said that the chamber should look at doing the same in the future.

On the other hand, McGinnis that she had spoken with the Rockaway Beach Renaissance Artists since the last meeting and that members of the group had told her they deeply depended on the exposure provided by the market to sell their goods. McGinnis also said that she felt there was a lack of data about the market’s impacts on nearby businesses and that she did not like making decisions based on guesswork.

McGinnis concluded by saying that she thought it was too late to ask the chamber to switch their plans for the market this season and requested that interested parties gather data on the parking impacts of the market this year and that chamber representatives work with city staff to look at ways to hold the event elsewhere.

With that, council unanimously approved the chamber’s application.

The STR code updates also caused a slight stir, with a public commenter who lives in the city full time but holds an STR license for her home. The commenter said she had obtained the license at the suggestion of Mayor Charles McNeilly after the city instituted a limit on STRs, to protect her ability to rent the property on a short-term basis should health concerns force her to change her primary residence to a larger city. The commenter said that she felt it was unfair of the city to change the rules and force her to contemplate kicking out a long-term renter at the property just to maintain the license.

When the ordinance update came up for a vote, McGinnis said that lhe requirement had been added to

encourage movement on the waitlist that exists for STR licenses. McGinnis continued that renting a property for the required 30 days was not “daunting,” and offered to sit down with any concerned property owners about ways to meet the requirement.

McNeilly chimed in, saying that Rockaway Beach’s economy depends on tourist visits and that the licenses were intended to create an opportunity for housing for visitors, not an investment for property owners, and that it was incumbent on the city to ensure they served that goal.

Council unanimously passed the code update, which also removed a requirement that property owners’ names and email addresses be listed on exterior signage at their property. The 30-day minimum usage provision will begin to be enforced for licenses renewed after July 1, 2027. Finally, council approved a $302,000 contract with Romtec Inc for an upgrade to the restroom at Lake Lytle, where two family-accessible, ADAcompliant restrooms will be added. Public Works Director Mary Mertz told councilors that the project will begin this spring with the addition of utilities and be completed with restroom installation in the fall. The new restrooms will feature running water and electricity, and temporary restrooms will be available during construction.

Funding for the restroom upgrade is coming from grants from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and Tillamook Coast Visitors Association, as well as the city’s own transient lodging tax dollars. Additional upgrades will be pursued depending on more funding becoming available, according to Mertz.

Former State Senator Rachel Armitage (D—St. Helens), filed to run for the seat she previously held in 2022.

“I hear it over and over from the people of this district: they feel like they’re on their own, and that no one is really looking out for them. I’m here to change that. Senate District 16 deserves the best: affordable housing and health care, family-wage jobs, good schools, and a government that works for everyone.”

Armitage is a longtime Columbia County resident. During her time in Salem Armitage secured funding for crucial infrastructure projects, including $2 million for a courthouse renovation. Armitage then worked at the Oregon Com-

munity Foundation as the North Coast Program Officer, where she collaborated closely with community leaders and organizations to address challenges facing

Tillamook, Clatsop and Columbia counties. Armitage says that in addition to her prior legislative work, strong relationships across the district make her the most qualified candidate to cut through partisan divides and get results for the North Coast in Salem.

“These are challenging times for our district and our state. I’m not here just to talk or play games. I’m focused on solving real problems and making life better for everyone on the North Coast.” Armitage was appointed and served for the

Nestucca Fire Strengthens Its Community Service and Readiness

NESTUCCA RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Two years ago, Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District (NRFPD) made an investment in the future by launching its Cadet Volunteer Program. That program was built to teach discipline, responsibility, teamwork, and life-saving skills to the next generation of public servants while preparing a strong future workforce for our community. This year, the district continues its commitment to growth and service. NRFPD is expanding its volunteer program, again, to include:

• Out-of-District Volunteer Firefighters

• Administrative / Office Volunteers (non-responding personnel)

“These additions really come down to one thing, making sure we strengthen the service we provide to our community,” Division Chief Neel, Division Chief of Training and the Volunteer Program.

Administrative / Office Volunteer Program

Our volunteer firefighters and support members play a direct role in operational success on emergency scenes. The new Administrative / Office Volunteer position supports the non-emergency side of our organization by assisting with administrative functions, community outreach, public information, and Community Risk Reduction efforts.

This expansion helps us serve our community from start to finish, from education

and prevention, to being involved at community events, to responding when there’s an emergency. We want people to know we’re here for more than just when the siren goes off. By growing our volunteer roles in Community Risk Reduction and Public Information, we’re creating more opportunities to educate, connect, and stay involved with the people we serve.

Out-of-District Volunteer Firefighter Program

The new Out-of-District Volunteer Firefighter program is built around readiness. Smaller and rural districts do not always have the luxury of limiting response capability solely to those who live within their boundaries. “If our mission is life safety, then we have a responsibility to keep the door open to qualified individuals who are willing to step forward and serve our community.” Division Chief Neel

This program is being created to:

• Expand the pool of qualified responders; local recruitment is limited by our population size

• Strengthen staffing during peak call times, major incidents and special events

• Attract experienced firefighters who live outside the district and are committed to serving the community

• Improve response reliability

• Create a pathway toward future resident or career staffing positions

“This comes down to reliability and readiness. Our

officials.

ployees, a payroll specialist and an accounting clerk, leading to an increase of 1.2 full-time equivalent job positions in the office.

However, given the financial realities faced by the county, Hagerty said that staff was recommending one new accounting clerk position in the office and one full-time employee splitting time as a human resources tech and payroll specialist to help Jacob, who is also the county’s finance director, with day-to-day responsibilities.

That would lead to an overall increase of just .2 full-time equivalent job positions in the county government, for the new part-time treasurer, while the split-time position would fill a vacant spot in the human resources department’s budget. Hagerty said that staff were recommending the transition as they believed it would ensure professional financial leadership and administrative transparency and compliance for the county by guaranteeing a qualified financial professional would helm the county’s financial ship. Hagerty said that along with a part-time treasure accountable to the public, this professional staff represented the best option for the county and recommended that the treasurer’s office be renamed the finance department to reflect the change.

Tillamook County Commissioner Erin Skaar said that she appreciated staff taking the opportunity to evaluate the treasurer position as it was vacant and that she felt the move to a part-time treasurer matched with the county’s philosophy of maximizing staff efficiency.

Commissioner Mary Faith Bell agreed and said that moving into a new model will protect the county’s interests by preventing unqualified persons from being elected.

Commissioner Paul Fournier agreed with his colleagues and noted that commissioners could change the model again should the change not prove beneficial.

At the meeting on February 18, April Bailey, a conservative activist from Neskowin, spoke against the proposal during public comment, arguing that the move would reduce the treasurer’s position to a level where it would be unable to oversee the county’s finances.

Bailey raised the specter of the Covid pandemic, when she said that unelected bureaucrats had usurped the decision-making responsibilities of elected

community deserves to know that when they call 911, we are staffed, prepared, and ready to respond, even when multiple emergencies are happening at the same time,” Division Chief Neel.

Our District Continues to Evolve

Over the last few decades, Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District has served this region, and the community has changed, but so have we. We cover 125 square miles of primary service area and provide service across 325 total square miles, including automatic and mutual aid responses. We regularly respond alongside:

• Netarts-Oceanside Rural Fire Protection District

• North Lincoln Fire & Rescue

• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Department of Emergency Services

We train together. We work well together. We rely on each other.

Fire behavior continues to evolve as modern construction materials burn hotter, faster, and differently than older construction materials. Emergency Medical Services continues to advance every year as new research shapes prehospital care. More than 60% of our calls are medical in nature or include a medical component. For this reason, all of our volunteers and career staff are trained in an Emergency Medical Service, from CPR and First Aid to Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Advanced EMT (AEMT) levels. “We adapt because our commu-

nity’s needs are changing. Expanding our volunteer program is another step in making sure we are ready to meet the needs,” Fire Chief Jim Oeder.

Commitment to Our Community Branching out and expanding the volunteer program allows us to:

• Improve response times and reliability

• Increase community

Bailey continued that she wondered why the county wasn’t moving to a home rule model if there was going to be a county manager and financial director and questioned the legality of the move given 2023 litigation involving Polk County. Bailey also voiced concern about the compressed timeline for discussing the change, noting that the board briefing had been the first public discussion of the proposal.

When the items pertaining to the change came up on the agenda, Hagerty reviewed the information she had presented in the board briefing. Hagerty then said that in the week since, each of the commissioners had approached her independently to ask that the first option presented, with two full-time employees for the finance department, be pursued, rather than the split-position option.

Bell then addressed Bailey’s concerns relating to the proposal’s timeline, explaining that commissioners had not been considering the transition prior to Blanchard’s resignation, which came as a surprise to them. Bell said that commissioners hadn’t discussed Blanchard’s resignation extensively since she was a fellow elected official but that it was incumbent on the board to reevaluate whether a full-time treasurer position made the most sense considering it.

The seeming rush to adopt the ordinance, Bell explained, was being driven by the impending election of a new treasurer this year, for which the race has a filing deadline of March 10. Bell said that commissioners were hurrying to implement the new system ahead of that date but reassured Bailey that Jacob and Hagerty had consulted with leadership from all county departments about the change.

County Counsel Bryan Libel then addressed Bailey’s legal concerns, explaining that the Polk County treasurer had sued the county in November 2023 after commissioners attempted to reassign all their duties to the county’s financial manager. Libel said that in 2024, a court had ruled that the action was unlawful as Polk County was not a home rule county and was required to maintain a treasurer’s position. However, Libel said that the situation in Tillamook County was considerably different as the treasurer’s position in Polk County had not been vacant at the time of the attempted change and commissioners there had attempted to reassign statutorily required duties, which Tillamook’s plan does not.

Skaar then chimed in that in addition to the advantages previously discussed, she felt the move would benefit the county by giving the new, part-time treasurer a level of separation from the office that hadn’t existed before. Skaar said that it was important in government to have duties separated and that under the new system, financial documents will be reviewed by a fresh set of eyes rather than somebody who was involved in producing them.

Fournier then addressed the change in new positions requested since the last meeting. He said that while he appreciated staff having their eyes on the budget, since the meeting, in talking with employees in the two departments he had learned that they were being overburdened by current staffing levels. Fournier said that employees were consistently working overtime, skipping lunches and being forced to reschedule appointments to fulfill their work duties, and that while they were committed to the county and doing it willingly, he wanted to stop putting that burden on them.

Acknowledging that many departments have tight staffing and that the county has been leaving many positions unfilled, Fournier said that he wanted to make sure that every department had the necessary resources. For some departments, Fournier said this meant bringing in new technologies, while for others, like finance and human resources, it would mean bringing in new staff.

Bell concurred with Fournier, saying that she appreciated that Hagerty and Jacob had conducted a comprehensive assessment of what the departments needed, showing that adding two positions was the better approach. Bell also said that before the reorganization that began in 2024, many departments had needs that were not being met by the two departments, and that while the situation has improved since, it has come at the expense of their employees working more.

Skaar said she agreed with her fellow commissioners and that it was important that the board continue working to optimize the county’s practices rather than being held back by what has always been done, even if that process is sometimes difficult. Commissioners then voted unanimously to approve the reduction of the treasurer’s position to a .2 full-time equivalent, and to hire a human resources assistant, payroll specialist and accounting clerk.

engagement opportunities

• Strengthen our prevention and education efforts

• Maintain our high professional training standards

• Build a prepared and resilient workforce

“Each decision we make is about providing better and faster service to our community. We are here for this community, more than just responding to emergencies. We are here to educate, prevent problems where we

can, and step in and help when the community needs our help,” said Division Chief Eric Shoop, Division Chief of Maintenance and the Wildland Operations Program. That same focus on serving our community now, while planning for the future, drives the decisions we make as a district.

For more information about volunteer opportunities, visit: www.nrfpdor.gov/ volunteer.

total announcements. They first announced that matching amounts of $132,769.72, half the total raised after expenses, would be donated to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, and lo-

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progressed apace, despite

ORLA’s continued stiff opposition to any amendment, and Javadi said that

he feels like the organization recognized that there will be a change and consequently decided to involve itself in the discussions.

As a result, an initial version of the bill that would have amended the current requirement that

cal charities and scholarships for the class of 2026.

Members of the Charity Drive court were then introduced, with Chelsea Graves and Max Manners representing the freshman class, Olivia

Bentham and Daniel Cisneros the sophomores, Nya Yates and Jason Macias the juniors, and Bridget Allen and Peyton Troxel the seniors. After screening a video recapping the week, Travis

and Lancaster announced the $285,015.19 fundraising total and revealed that the Loren Parks Trust had donated $40,000 toward the event. They then announced the class totals in reverse order, starting

with the sophomore class, which had raised $50,021.03, the juniors, who raised $54,552.87, the freshmen who raised $77,665.26, and culminating with the seniors and their $103,776.03 total.

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70% of TLT revenues be spent on tourism-related facilities or marketing and reduce that percentage to 40% was updated to reduce the percentage to 50%. “We are trying to work out a compromise right now with ORLA that would get them to a neutral instead of working against the bill,” Javadi said the day before the bill passed out of committee.

Another proposed amendment has also been added to the bill to add resiliency grants for small tourist-related businesses to the allowable uses for the restricted revenues. Javadi explained that the idea was that a restaurant, hotel or attraction could apply for the funds to help upgrade their facilities to better serve more visitors.

“We would be able to invest directly in eco -

nomic development in a way that is less about marketing or websites or signage and more about hey, what do we need to do to increase the number of people that can be served by this facility,” Javadi said.

After passing out of committee on February 19, Javadi said that he hoped the bill would be passed by the house of representatives this Monday and sent to the senate.

ers having input was what was important, though he favored the quicker decision so policymakers can begin working on a long-term solution for transportation funding.

“I do think the important part is that the voters get to weigh in and their voice gets to be heard, and I think whether that’s May or November, voters will have a chance, all of them to weigh in on it,” Javadi said.

Additionally, Javadi is cosponsoring a bill that would ask voters to approve a constitutional amendment barring law enforcement officers from wearing masks and require them to display a badge while on duty.

Javadi said that a bill he sponsored seeking to change Oregon’s primary elections to an open system had failed to pass out of committee but that he had received interesting feedback and would raise the issue again in next year’s long session.

On the session’s most contentious subject, Democrats’ push to move a referendum on last year’s transportation package to the May ballot from November, Javadi sounded a mostly ambivalent note. Javadi questioned whether signatures on the referendum petition had been contingent on the vote on the measure happening in November as Republicans are claiming. Javadi said that above all he felt vot -

Javadi said he is also supporting Democrats’ attempt to remove several deductions for large businesses from the Oregon tax code triggered by last year’s Republican policy bill passed in Washington

“We give them a lot of power and authority to take away our freedoms and our liberties if they suspect us of doing something that breaks the law; they’re allowed to use deadly force,” Javadi said. “And their main purpose is to protect and to serve us and I feel like the transparency and the accountability go hand in hand with that. If we’re going to give you great power and responsibility and authority, then we want to make sure we can hold you accountable for the use of that and that we know who we’re interacting with when we’re stopped or when someone comes to our door.”

Julia Rawe (left) and Kylie Hallock reveal the fundraising total for the senior class.

The Charity Drive court (front, with freshmen, sophomore, junior and senior members from left to right) and each class’s advisor and leads at the Charity Drive coronation ceremony.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Support Outdoor School

Since 2017, every 5th or 6th grade student in Oregon has had the opportunity to attend Outdoor School, a multi-day immersive science education experience.

Last year, the Oregon Legislature cut the Outdoor School budget by 20%. This year, we weathered the worst of this storm by using one-time reserve funding and making modest reductions to programming. We do not have reserves for next school year.

We will not be able to provide the same level of Outdoor School programming next year as we have in years past. We invite you to attend one of the following virtual listening sessions to help inform our planning. Please RSVP at: bit. ly/outdoorschoolistening

• Thursday, February 12

(6:30 - 8:00 PM)

• Monday, February 16

(9:00 - 10:30 AM)

• Monday, February 23

(1:00 - 2:30 PM)

We are hopeful that Oregon lawmakers will partially restore the cuts made last year with House Bill 4112. If you are interested in advocating for this program, visit friendsofoutdoorschool.org to learn more about how to take action.

Sincerely,

Support plant based milk at schools

A recent move to expand access to nondairy milk in school lunch programs is a long-overdue step toward healthier, more inclusive nutrition. Millions of students are lactose intolerant, allergic to dairy, or come from families that avoid animal products for ethical or cultural reasons.

Offering plant-based milk isn’t radical—it’s practical. These options provide essential nutrients without the saturated fat and cholesterol found in dairy, and they come with a much smaller environmental footprint.

School meals shape lifelong habits. When we normalize plant-based choices early, we teach children that compassion, health, and sustainability can coexist on the same tray.

In a time when childhood health concerns and climate anxiety are rising, modernizing school nutrition just makes sense. Giving students plant-based options empowers families, respects differences, and quietly models a kinder way forward—one lunch at a time.

Dan Goldman

Superintendent Northwest Regional Educational Service District

FENCEPOSTS

The Barbara Bennett Community Center had a full house on February 14 for the quarterly Cape Meares Community Association (CMCA) community meeting. Dave Audet, president of CMCA, opened the meeting with announcements regarding the Tillamook Fire District.

Dave noted that our two newest volunteer firefighters, Guy Kyle and Sean Kohles, are actively involved in training. Dave also announced that the group spearheading a merger of Bay City and Tillamook

Sincerely, Tate Harringer Tillamook

Fire Districts will be coming to Cape Meares on March 21 to meet with our community from 5:30–7:30 p.m. Community members were then asked to share any concerns they may have. One mentioned a need for updated CPR/AED training and a repainting of the red fire lane lines on Pacific Avenue. Another expressed concern about needing a fire break between the forest and houses in Cape Meares. Someone wanted to know when piles of gravel will be shared by the Tillamook

Thank you

With very few exceptions, the February 10th Headlight Herald was full of news that showcases the wonderful qualities of our county communities. Housing projects that will provide up to 300 homes. Winning sport teams. A new nature park, a track chair to provide beach experiences for all, a Valentine’s skate party at the Fairgrounds, Sheriff’s office and Solid Waste partnering, and more, all point to communities that work together for the best for all. Thank you to the HH for this coverage, and to members of the Housing Commission, safety and health agencies, coaches and teachers, for making working together a priority. Our County Commissioners, Mary Faith Bell, Erin Skaar, and Paul Fournier, set a very positive tone for us. I am grateful for all those who work to make our lives better.

Nancy Whitehead Hebo, OR

What’s next?

Under the current administration we’ve become used to expecting the worst. Every day the news bombards us with terrible stories about ICE, DOJ, statements from the White House, endless litigation and seeing our democracy and rights dissolve. It’s overwhelming and taxes

Public Works Road Department so that we may fill some potholes (no specific times; Dave is in touch with the head of the department from time to time to ask for gravel).

When asked what was going well, one community member lauded the villagers for their support after her husband’s death. A second let the group know that Valentine’s weekend was a free fishing weekend. A third thought the Tillamook County Creamery might be putting out a Cape Meares cheese soon; however, I later checked with the Creamery on that, and, sadly, it isn’t true.

Dave asked for community members to join a committee to improve the audio-visual capabilities at the community center. Claudia Cameron and Karen Schank will join Miriam Fultz in that effort, with Mimi Maduro and Kirsten Blair helping as Zoom facilitators. CMCA is still searching for

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our emotions. Just when we think “ok….it can’t get much worse,” it does. When ICE started hunting people of color whether they were documented or not we were stunned and shocked. These people were ripped from their communities and families and often deported to countries that are not their homelands. In some cases, American citizens were detained and deported. Then ICE murdered two American citizens simply for exercising their right to freedom of speech and right to peacefully protest. We were horrified.

The numerous tactics, cover ups and proclamations intended to deflect attention from the Epstein files have

a person to head up the silent auction, a fundraiser conducted during our annual July 4th activities.

After this lively discussion, Miriam gave a presentation on Governor Kotek’s Plan for a Resilient Oregon (PRO). Cape Meares is one of 53 community-based organizations selected and contracted with the state to participate in the project. We earn money for funding CMCA emergency preparedness efforts by participating in PRO activities and providing specific products to the PRO team so

shielded known pedophiles and crimes committed against young girls. These crimes have been ignored and lied about so much that I feel the cult supporters don’t see them as issues.

Then along comes Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem, two highly unqualified cabinet members, whose loyalty to the “regime” has obliterated their moral conscience. They have overseen and commanded their “underlings” to follow orders no matter what, acted like they are above the law and have openly lied about the government’s actions. When Noem stood before cameras and outright lied about the actions of ICE officers in Minneapolis, we couldn’t believe

that they may include them in the data that will inform recommendations found in this plan. Comments during the PRO discussion included working to find a way to hold short-term rental owners responsible for providing evacuation instructions and go-bags for their renters. We also talked about the importance of developing disaster readiness at the household level throughout the village (having enough water by using rain barrels; installing a battery back-up for shortterm power outages; turning off the water before going away for an extended period of time; having an earthquake automatic shut-off valve for propane tanks). Other topics that arose were the low level of water in our community water tank during summer droughts and with summer visitors; wildfires that start in the beach grass or in the driftwood instead of in a forest; and ways to communicate with the

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tions and ignored victims who were in the same room it was a huge and inexcusable insult to those women. Now we have to be concerned that our right to vote will be taken away. The threat of nationalizing elections cuts into the constitution and what our country was founded for. Can this really be happening? Yes. It is happening. I take heart in knowing that the efforts of resistance groups and lawsuits against the current administration are starting to crack the armor. We’re starting to make progress.

outside world when we are isolated in a disaster. It was a robust meeting, including comments from community members joining by Zoom.

We wrapped up the PRO discussion questions by acknowledging that PRO is a big deal. The final PRO document is expected to be published in September. Thank you, Miriam and the Cape Meares Emergency Volunteer Corps (CMEVC), for your work on PRO and other efforts to strengthen the preparedness and resilience of the individuals and the community of Cape Meares.

There will be a Cape Meares potluck on Saturday, February 28, at 6 p.m. at the Barbara Bennett Community Center. Kathy and Kevin Burke will be hosting the gathering. Please bring a side dish or dessert for eight and get ready for a congenial evening with your neighbors.

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OBITUARIES

Norman Henry Martin

September 4, 1944 - February 8, 2026

N orman Henry Martin, age 81, passed away peacefully on February 8, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family. He was born on September 4, 1944, in Hanford, California, to Henry and Lena Martin, who preceded him in death.

Norm grew up in Stratford, California, where he attended Stratford Grammar School before continuing his education at Lemoore High School. He later attended Fresno State and Graham Cattleman School in Kansas City, preparing for a life dedicated to agriculture and the dairy industry. As a third-generation farmer, Norm carried forward a family legacy with pride, determination, and deep respect for the land and animals in his care.

In October of 1963, Norm married the love of his life, Gwen Semas Martin. Together they built a life centered on faith, family, and

hard work. They raised three children: Lance (Lynell), Chad (Fran), and Rhonda (Fernando Silveira).

Norm was a proud grandfather to 17 grandchildren and 17 greatgrandchildren, with twins on the way. In 1975, Norm purchased the dairy from Martin Brothers and continued building the operation with Gwen and their children by his side. He often said that any success he achieved was only possible because of his wife and children working alongside him. In October 1995, Norm moved both his family and dairy operation to Tillamook, Oregon, beginning a new chapter that continued his lifelong commitment to dairying.

Throughout his career, Norm was recognized as a distinguished dairy farmer and received many honors within the industry. The recognition he treasured most was being named

Dairy Family of the Year in California in 1986. He served on numerous boards and organizations over the years, including DHIA in California and Tillamook, the Stratford Water Board, All West, Select Sires where he served as President, the Stratford Cotton Gin, and TCCA. He was also a member of the Portuguese lodge and the Kings County Sheriff Posse. Norm attended many dairy conventions and took pride in speaking about an industry he

Ltruly loved. Beyond his work, Norm found joy in life’s simple and meaningful moments. He loved hunting, especially opening day of dove season, and cherished traveling with Gwen. Together they visited many countries, but the Azores Islands held a special place in his heart. Norm was known for his gift of storytelling — he could bring memories to life in a way that made everyone want to listen. For this reason, he became the family historian, preserving stories that will live on for generations.

Norm is survived by his loving wife, Gwen; his children Lance, Chad, and Rhonda; his brother Clifford (Arlinda); brother-in-law Steve Semas (Kathy); sister-in-law Mardell Pedersen; five nieces and one nephew; along with his many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and

extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents and his sister, Doris. Norman Henry Martin will be remembered for his steady work ethic, deep love for family, commitment to community, and the stories that connected generations. His legacy lives on in the family he built, the land he cared for, and the values he passed down.

A funeral service will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 2411 Fifth Street, Tillamook, Oregon, on February 28th at 11:00 a.m., with a reception to follow at the Parish Hall.

A special Mass for family and friends will also be held in Lemoore, California, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on February 28th at 4:00 p.m. In memory of Norm, donations may be made to Alzheimer’s research or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Lark L. Housworth

September 1, 1959-February 8, 2026

ark L. Housworth passed away peacefully after a short battle of cancer at home with her life partner, Denis Olson and her precious dogs, Tater Tot & Jo-Jo by her side.

She was born in Springfield, Oregon and grew up in Cloverdale and graduated at Nestucca High School in 1977.

She was 1 of 6 children raised by single mother, Dorothy and survived by Sister, Starla and Brother, Nathan, and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy, sister, Melody and brother, Grant.

She attended Western Oregon College. She

worked as a title clerk and at State Forestry but found the job she loved the most as a 911 dispatcher in Tillamook County for 25 years. Lark loved dressing well, always wearing

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Roommate Leo and I visited The Library Thrift Store last week; it reopened earlier this month. Leo bought an armload of clothes hangers for a very fair price, and I found a nearly new blouse in my size by Torrid for $8 and a signed studio pottery vase for $5. The latter will make a perfect birthday gift for my sister-in-law Angie next month. Thrift store hours are 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, weekly. It’s located on Brooten Road, across from Grateful Bread Bakery and Café in Pacific City. Speaking of positive ways to pass the time in Pacific City, Geri’s Community Garden (located behind Nestucca Valley Presbyterian Church, which is on Brooten Road in Pacific City) has garden beds available on a sliding fee scale from as little as $5 for the season. Fencepost readers appreciate Cathy Jones sending word that we can “grow [our] own veggies, herbs or flowers for [ourselves] or to share with [the community].” For more information, call Terri Allen, 503-812-3980. Story time at South Tillamook County Library happens at 3:30 p.m. on second and fourth Wednesdays (February 25, March 11) monthly. Children of

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all ages are invited; the program includes stories, singing and moving about. Poets and poetry lovers of all ages are invited to listen to and read a poem there at 5 p.m. on the Third Tuesday, monthly (March 17). Be there at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18 (third Wednesday, monthly) for an hour of coloring time. This program is for adults 19 and older. The library is located off Brooten Road on Camp Street in Pacific City.

Community Action Resource Enterprise (CARE) will host drop-in legal clinic from 10 a.m. until noon and from 1-3 p.m. on the last Friday, monthly. For February, the date is this Friday, February 27. Oregon Law Center staff the event. Low-income households can receive advice on civil matters (domestic violence, employee’s rights, public benefits, and tenant’s rights). They don’t assist with criminal matters. CARE’s address is 2310

beautifully matched outfits accented with jewelry. She was especially known for her fancy, uniquiely painted nails, which were always different and done with care.

She was love by many and had many friends and a very special, life long friend, Teresa (Gass) White.

She loved to travel, especially on cruises, but found her solitude at her cabin, Lark’s Nest, in Detroit Lake, Oregon. She loved football, especially the Seahawks, and passed away shortly after they won the Superbowl.

A celebration of life will be on May 17, 2026, 1 pm to 3pm, at the Bay City Community Hall.

First Street in Tillamook. A harm reduction syringe exchange happens from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on first Thursdays (March 5) at Nestucca Valley Presbyterian Church. The address is 35305 Brooten Road in Pacific City. The service is offered at the same time four weekdays a month. On 2nd and 4th Thursdays go to The Herald Center at Tillamook 7th Day Adventist Church. The address is 2710 First Street, in Tillamook. 4th Wednesday exchanges happen at the Upper parking lot of North County Food Bank; the address is 278 Rowe Street in Wheeler. It’s not too late to take in Adventist Health’s Art for the Heart show which is on display during open hours at North County Recreation District (NCRD) in Nehalem, through February 27. Twenty percent of all sales from the event benefit NCRD fitness scholarships, supporting heart health and access to movement opportunities in North Tillamook County. The address is 36155 9th Street in Nehalem. Happy birthday this week to- Sue Anderson, Myranda Baker, Bill Bruce, Mickey Earwood, Jodi Green, Logan Kellow, Chad Larimore, Laurie Limbaugh, Travis Love, Noah Matson, Everleigh Rulifson, Skyler Simnitt, Ginger Slavens, Landon Slavens and Pierce Trent.

OBITUARIES

Betty Ann Olson

February 22, 1936 - February 4, 2026

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etty Ann Olson passed away in her home on February 4, 2026, just days before her 90th birthday. She was born on February 22, 1936, in Tillamook, Oregon, the third of thirteen children of Edward and Rosella Werner. At the time of her passing, she was the oldest surviving sibling.

Betty married Maurice Olson on November 15, 1958. They met, dated, and fell in love in Tillamook, where Betty was working at the Tillamook Creamery. They were united at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, followed by a legendary Werner family celebration, and remained together until Maurice’s passing in August 2022.

Family was Betty’s primary purpose and greatest joy. She was a committed and loving daughter, wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, and created and nurtured a family that includes five children, nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and countless “grand pets.”

Raised on the Werner farm on Long Prairie Road, Betty worked hard alongside her siblings while attending Sacred Heart School, graduating in June 1954. For decades, the Sacred Heart community remained her spiritual home where she served through Catholic Daughters, as a lector, and by bringing Communion to the sick, elderly, and homebound.

In 1973, Betty and Maurice purchased property and built their dream home, where they raised their family and where Betty ultimately passed, surrounded by her chil -

Carol was a loving woman who cherished and embraced life and her family. A nurturing force, whose presence brought warmth, joy and lasting memories to those around her. She had a selfless nature and created lasting memories that will live in the hearts of her loved ones. She stood strong through life’s challenges, using her love as a source of strength and guidance.

Carol was an accomplished seamstress, knitter, crocheter and business owner. She loved reading, crossword puzzles and her dogs.

dren. Her home was a source of both joy and hard work, where she nurtured her family, tended her yard and garden, and created a space filled with laughter and warmth.

Beyond her devotion to family, Betty lived a life of service to her church and community. In 1978, she began working at the Tillamook High School cafeteria, where she formed lasting friendships and connection with staff and students.

Modest and humble about her talents, Betty possessed the voice of an angel, which she shared on rare occasions with family and friends who were privileged to hear elegant renditions of “Ave Maria,” and “Amazing Grace.” Betty was known for her baking and cooking, a fierce sense of humor, and special ability to make people feel uniquely seen and valued. She will also be remembered for her legendary pickles, pies, and potato salad. She is survived by her children: Debbie Fillo (Kevin), Gordon Olson (Carl Smith), Diana Blum (Jeff Abrams), Gerald Olson, and Janice Brooks

Carol J. Blum 1940 - 2026

(Brett). Grandchildren: Amy Boal (Jon), Emily Lee (Matt), Dustin Blum (Jessica Haas), Aaron Blum (Courtney Johnsen), Taylor Blum (Haley), Astor Olson, Courtney Schrudder (Kyle), Alexis Snyder, and Dakota Brooks. Greatgrandchildren: Noah Boal; Maddie and Emma Schrudder; Lincoln Naylor; and Edward Blum.

Siblings: Helen Carver (Jim), Theresa Zuercher, Mary Werner, Rose Hoffert, Eileen Tucker, Mike Werner (Sandy), Bob Werner (Janell), Don Werner, and Bill Werner (Carrie), along with many nieces and nephews.

She is also survived by sisters-in-law Jeanette Werner, Sharon Werner, Elma Marxen-Griffin, and Loretta Sloan, and brother-in-law Ken Olson (Ellen). She was preceded in death by her parents; her brothers, Ed Werner and John Werner; her sister, Jean West; her sons-inlaw, Mark Blum and Jeff Lindorff; and many other family members whom she loved.

Though she lived a long and rich life, Betty’s passing leaves a gap in her family and community.

She will live on in the people she touched through her humor, music, and generosity.

Her family is grateful for her devoted and beloved long-term caregivers and friends, Kimber Carver and Sara Koberstein.

In her memory, the family suggests planting flowers, hugging your loved ones, and donating to a charity of your choice in her name. A family memorial service and life celebration will be held this summer.

In the 1970s she owned and operated Carol’s Fabrics in Superior, WI. After moving to Oregon and eventually settling in Tillamook, she and Dick Blum started the Tillamook County Shopping Guide. After retiring they spent their remaining years fishing, traveling, hunting, gardening and living in their home on the river.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her second husband Richard (Dick) Blum, and her oldest sister Janet.

Carol is survived by her older sister Delores Bartley of Superior, WI, her daughter Kelly (Mark) Davenport

of Tillamook, OR, her son Sean (Denise) O’Grady of Cedar Springs, MI.

A Celebration of Life will be planned at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in honor of Carol can be made to: Helping Hands

Re-Entry Outreach Center 6505 Headquarters St, Tillamook, OR 97141

Living Water Fellowship 1000 N Main Ave, Suite 12 Tillamook, OR 97141

Tillamook Animal Shelter 14455 Hwy 101 South (PO Box 1314) Tillamook, OR

Linda Jo (Honey) Bell

J anuary 28, 2026 our wonderful wife, mother, sister, and friend passed away after suffering a heart stoppage and coma from which she never recovered. She was born in Santa Monica, California and grew up in Tillamook, Oregon where she lived with her parents, Max and Jean Honey. After graduating from Tillamook High School, she earned a certificate in business at a business school in Portland and went on in later life to earn a degree in nursing from Cal State Hayward. She married DeRoyce Bell in 1962. They had two

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children, Christopher and Matthew who died at the age of 42. Linda worked for years as a pediatric oncology charge nurse and then a Home Care nurse. She loved working with

the children and her home care patients. She loved to travel to foreign countries. She was always the navigator with a lap full of maps and books and she was the Navigator for all other aspects of our life. She was a loving, caring person who was full of life and joy. Linda lived with her husband for the past 53 years in Martinez, California.

She loved her husband, children, and her garden. She is survived by her husband, her son Christopher, daughter-in-law Quila, and sisters Kerry Schuller of Tillamook and Molly Gartner of Sedona, Arizona

Mary Elizabeth (Stephenson) (Blaser) Jenkins

June 18, 1929 - January 21, 2026

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ary Jenkins was born June 18, 1929 to Paul and Ruth (Givens) Stephenson in Oregon City, Oregon and passed away peacefully at her home in Tillamook, Oregon on January 21, 2026 at 96. She lived a long and fulfilling life and will always be remembered by family and friends for her big heart, generosity and positive attitude.

Mary spent most of her youth in Portland, Oregon, the eldest child in a household that included brother George and sisters Ruth and Dorothy. Sister Anna died in childhood. Sisters Frances and Julie came later, when her father remarried, and she also gained a stepsister, Nancy.

A very talented artist, Mary began this lifelong passion at a very early age. As soon as she was old enough to hold a pencil she would be constantly ‘doodling’ on a piece of paper. When scarlet fever kept her out of school for 6 months, at age 6, she passed a lot of the hours drawing and sketching and quickly gained skill and proficiency.

When she was 12, she won a scholarship through the Portland Art Museum and studied sketching and clay sculpting. The Oregonian newspaper began publishing some of her artwork, and at 15, she taught a cartooning class to younger children through ‘The Young Oregonians’, a prominent Portland youth organization sponsored by The Oregonian.

At 16, Mary moved to Tillamook, Oregon, enrolling in Sacred Heart Boarding School. She attended high school at Sacred Heart Academy, where she met Carl Blaser, and they were married on August 30, 1948, shortly after graduating.

In the next ten years, they had five sons and two daughters, starting with Terry, then Kathy, Mike, Gary, Maureen, Kelly and Casey. With a growing family, her artwork was mainly limited to hand-

made greeting cards. Her children fondly remember her cheerful singing around the house, wonderful, fresh out of the oven homemade bread and cinnamon rolls, and bedtime stories. She had a green thumb, especially with houseplants, and the windowsills were always lined with new starts.

When her children were mostly grown, Mary joined the Tillamook County Art Association, fulfilling her need for interaction with other artists. She took up oil painting and portrait sketching, and became involved in the ‘Art in the Schools’ program. Fellow artist, and good friend Nita Spencer was also in the ‘Art in the Schools’ program, and often set up alongside Mary at ‘Art in the Park’, one of the association’s shows held annually at Tillamook’s Goodspeed Park.

Mary became a familiar friendly face at Coast Printing for 20 years as a clerk, and also did custom graphic design work for the print shop until retiring in 1991. She was married to John Jenkins in 1983, and they were together until his death in 2014. John was a fellow artist, whose specialty was hand carving scale replicas of historical ships.

Mary was a member of the Tillamook County Pioneer Association and Catholic Daughters. She was very devoted to her family, always providing plenty of support and encouragement, and will

be greatly missed.

Mary is survived by sons Terry (Sandy), Mike, Kelly, and Casey “Bud” Blaser, all of Tillamook; daughters Kathy Blaser of Kihei, Maui, Hawaii, and Maureen (Dave) Price of Columbia City, Oregon; stepdaughters Elizabeth Jenkins of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Carrie (Bill) Werner, of Tillamook, and Joanna Jenkins of Monmouth, Oregon; 17 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren, 21 great-great grandchildren, and numerous beloved nieces, nephews, and cousins.

She was preceded in death by husband John Jenkins; son Gary Blaser; daughters-in-law Elaine Blaser (Kelly) and Becky Preston (Bud); parents Paul Stephenson and Ruth (Givens) Green; brother George Stephenson; sisters Anna Stephenson, Ruth Roberts, Dorothy Green, Frances Heider, and Julie Kirby; stepsister Nancy Campbell; great-grandchildren Cody Todd and Noah Price; and former husband Carl Blaser.

Special thanks to Marie Brown for her extraordinary care, loving kindness, and friendship. Memorial services are Saturday, March 28 in Tillamook, Oregon as follows: Rosary at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m., followed by Mass at 11 a.m. Sacred Heart Cemetery immediately after Mass. Celebration of Life at Sacred Heart Parish Hall at 1 p.m.

TILLAMOOK COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

It is with deep sadness that the Tillamook County Soil and Water Conservation District announces the passing of our Board Chair, Rudy Fenk.

Rudy served the district with dedication, integrity, and a genuine commitment to the land and people of Tillamook County. His leadership reflected his belief in practical conservation, community collaboration, and stewardship that benefits both current and future generations.

During his years of service, Rudy brought steady guidance to the Board, supported local landowners, and championed conservation practices that strengthened the health of our soils, waters, and working landscapes. His thoughtful approach and calm presence earned the respect of colleagues, partners, and community members alike.

The Board and staff extend our heartfelt condolences to Rudy’s family and friends. His contributions to conservation in Tillamook County will continue to make a lasting impact, and he will be deeply missed.

The district will follow all required procedures to fill the board vacancy and elect new leadership, and we remain committed to carrying forward the work Rudy cared so deeply about.

Scott Barbur

Congratulations El Trio Loco on opening your fourth location in Garibaldi. Thursday, February 26th, noon, come celebrate with the owner and staff at El Trio Loco on Garibaldi Avenue at third street as they hold their official grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony. I always have a great meal and great service when I go there for lunch or dinner. I am sad to miss this event, but I will be doing taxes at the Library Thursday. Take my place and have something special while you are there. Tell them you read about it in the Headlight Herald Fencepost. The Garibaldi Business Association (GBA) met this past week. They provided

several important reminders. There is still time to take the Wildfire Protection Plan survey at Oregon Natural Forestry. Your input is valuable and requested by this state agency. Saturday, February 28th at 1p.m. is the Emergency Preparedness presentation on Water Sanitation and Hygiene. This workshop is being held in the City’s Community Hall, which unlike the office, is open and free of mold. The presentation is free and provides us with information on how to make water safe in case of an emergency. There might also be information on how to pack a “go bag.” Mine is by the front door, although I must admit it does need to be reviewed and updated. It

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contains essentials for three days – food, water, clothing, first aid supplies, emergency blanket. I probably need something to sanitize my water. Judy Riggs gave us a presentation on the changes she sees related to food insecurity. She asked if the GBA could start a food collection project to help our residents. Our local food bank, at God’s Lighthouse, is only open every other week, and until July, it served residents of Garibaldi and areas north. However, in July service boundaries were removed, so now they serve residents from all over the county. Riggs reported that at one time they served twenty families; they now serve fifty families. Previously, the food bank served seniors and disabled individuals/families, now they are serving families with children as well. Riggs also brought up the school backpack program. This program provides children who are experiencing food insecurity with a backpack filled with food products they can “make” (like with a microwave, but not stovetop) to take home on Fridays, so they can eat over the weekend. I would like to track down how to help with this project; I will share that information with you. Children need nutritious food

to build strong bones and healthy bodies. Children are our future.

Upcoming events include Coast Guard Appreciation/ Pat Patterson Day on Friday March 6th at 10 a.m. at the Museum. Tea and goodies will be served.

Crab races are planned for Saturday March 14th and Sunday March 15th and will be hosted by the Rockaway Lions Club. Volunteers are needed. Laurie Wandell has been promoting the city’s Coast Guard City designation and hopes to have that celebration on Sunday March 15th to take advantage of and provide another event for the Crab Race weekend.

Garibaldi Day planning is moving right along. Lisa Hayden is doing a wonderful job of organizing this event, based on the list of items she is working on, delegating, or planning for the event. She wants to collaborate with the school district to find student volunteers to help with the

event. Such a great community project for students/parents to be involved with. The Port reports twenty vendors have already signed up for the event.

Now, back to the Library’s Spice Kit project – this quarter the spice is Berbere. This spice is a combination of many different spices, and is a warm spicy blend, not hot like jalapeno or ancho chili peppers are “hot.” Our favorite librarian compared it to curry. It can leave a warm sensation in your mouth long after you eat it. Used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cooking, the recipe that came with the spice is for a spicy vegetable stew –Yetakelt W’et – an Ethiopian dish. Vegetables – garlic, onions, carrots, potatoes, green beans, and tomatoes –fried in oil with berbere and paprika, then simmered with vegetable broth and tomato paste. So yummy.

This Spice Kit project is taking me around the world. I tried a Thai soup with star anise, the Swedish Sweet bread with anise, and now this Ethiopian stew. I should start putting pins on a world map, or the globe, to show where this is taking me. I can hardly wait for the next quarter. Remember how quickly the spice kits went in January; they were gone in under a week. Another good reason to frequent the library.

cies around bonuses for longevity and certifications.

Unionized county employees receive a 2% base wage increase after working for the county for ten years, a 4% bump after 15 years and a 6% increase at 20, however, non-represented and elected officials have not previously been eligible for those incentives. Similarly, deputies in the sheriff’s office receive up to 7% in additional compensation for earning an advanced certification from the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, for which the sheriff did not qualify.

Hagerty said that in their discussions, the compensation board had recommended that though only one of the eleven comparator counties offered elected officials longevity pay, Tillamook should do so to more fairly recognize the qualifications of elected officials.

Tillamook County Commissioner Erin Skaar started the budget committee’s discussion, saying that it was important for the county to create appealing career trajectories for staff, so that running for elected office would be an appealing prospect for qualified deputies. Skaar said that compensation conversations were always difficult, as the public expected elected officials to serve as public servants without seeking raises. Combined with the practice of setting salaries based on comparators, Skaar said this dynamic tends to leave county governments with chronically low wages, as nobody wanted to take the first move to reset the market. Acknowledging that it was an awkward time to do so with the county’s tight financial situation, Skaar argued it was nonetheless necessary to make the adjustments to fairly compensate elected officials for their complex, challenging jobs and attract qualified candidates going forward.

Commissioner Mary Faith Bell echoed the same sentiments, saying that Brown’s point that without pay for longevity and certifications he would make less than his undersheriff was a good example of the need for the change.

Commissioner Paul Fournier and the other budget committee members agreed with Skaar and Bell, and Skaar also noted that commissioners make 25% less than the people they supervise and asked that their compensation be more fully reviewed in the coming year. The committee then voted unanimously to recommend the cost-of-living adjustments and longevity incentives for all elected officials, as well as a certification incentive for Brown and retroactive supplemental pay for Skaar for serving as the interim human resources director in 2024. Committee members also asked Hagerty to look at the possibility of adding certification incentives for other elected officials as part of next year’s compensation review process. Hagerty said that the costof-living adjustment would come before the commissioners for final approval in the coming weeks, with a goal of implementing it on April 1. The longevity pay incentive will be included in an update to the employee manual, which Hagerty said will also include the incentive for non-represented county employees, while Brown’s certification incentive and Skaar’s retroactive supplemental pay will come before the board in board orders. If the new pay is approved, the county’s justice of the peace and clerk will earn $96,136, commissioners will earn $98,324, the county assessor will earn $101,649 and the sheriff will earn $125,973, all annually. Compensation for the treasurer would have increased to $108,966, if the position remained full time, but with its change to a .2 full time equivalent position approved by the board on February 18, it went to $10,824. Elected officials will be in line for another cost-of-living adjustment this July, with Hagerty saying it was expected to come in between 2% and 4%.

Lady Pirates close regular season with win

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Headlight Editor

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eah-Kah-Nie High School’s girls’ basketball team ended their regular season on a high note with a dominant 49-12 victory over the Corbett Cardinals at home on February 17. The Pirates did not trail for a second in the game and improved to 15-9 on the season, and 8-4 in league play heading into a league playoff with a state tournament berth up for grabs. Lucy Smith led the pirates in scoring with 12 points, while Jasmine Jones, Bianca Smith and Ruby Hucek-Marteeny each chipped in seven.

Avery Spellman got the Pirates going in the game with a three with six minutes left in the first quarter and by the quarter’s halfway point, Neah-Kah-Nie had stretched the lead to 6-2 as the Cardinals struggled to score. Lucy Smith pushed the lead to seven with a three moments later before an Acacia Christensen layup and Bianca

Smith three extended it to 14-4 with two and a half to go in the quarter. Bianca

both teams went cold for several minutes, leaving the score 24-4 with five minutes to go in the half. Kennedy Sigman broke the field goal drought shortly later before the Pirates again went cold, though Corbett remained scoreless through the quarter, leaving Neah-Kah-Nie ahead 31-4 at the break. Jones scored back-toback baskets in the paint early in the second to push the Pirate lead past 30, and though the Cardinals finally ended their quarterspanning drought shortly later, they remained down 41-6 with three minutes left in the quarter and 45-9 entering the fourth. With the clock running in the fourth, Neah-Kah-Nie took its foot off the gas as Corbett’s struggles continued, leaving the final score 49-12.

Hucek-Marteeny kept

Smith added four more in the waning moments of the quarter, helping push the Pirate lead to 20-4 at the end of one.

Neah-Kah-Nie rolling with a three on the second quarter’s first possession before

Neah-Kah-Nie was off until Saturday, when they kicked off their postseason with a Coastal Range League playoff matchup against Yamhill Carlton (results unavailable).

Mooks win seventh straight district championship in wrestling

BY MIKE WEBER

For The Headlight Herald

After competing in their final special district one meet of the season last week, the Tillamook High Cheesemakers boys’ and girls’ wrestling teams are now preparing for the state championships from February 26 to 28, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland.

The Cowapa League Champion Cheesemaker boys, guided by Coach Rex Metcalfe, had a spectacular performance in the eight-team SD1 regional tournament February 14, at Molalla High School, winning the regional championship for a seventh consecutive year.

“I’m extremely proud of our team and everyone wrestled outstanding at the regional,” said Metcalfe. “All 28 kids that we had there made significant contributions and it was just a great team effort. The kids really got after it, and they all wrestled very well.”

The Mooks notched a firstplace team score total of 376.5 points to win by a wide margin over runners up Estacada at 271.5. Molalla (250) took third, followed by Scappoose (183.5), St. Helens (167), Astoria (121), Seaside (98) and Gladstone (33.5).

Tillamook, led by SD1 regional champions Liam Pyle and Kiptyn Allen had a total

WILL CHAPPELL

Headlight Editor

In the final matchup of the regular season, the Neah-Kah-Nie High School boys’ basketball team defeated the Corbett Cardinals 65-41 at home on February 17. The win capped a successful regular season for the Pirates, which saw the team finish 17-7 overall and 10-2 in league Coastal Range League play, good for a second-place finish and guaranteed playoff berth. Dylan Sigman led the Pirate offense with 16 points, followed closely by Clayton Dante who chipped in 15 in a game that was close throughout the first half before NeahKah-Nie

of 15 wrestlers qualify for the state meet, which begins with Class 4A matches at noon Thursday. Pyle, a junior, won the 108-pound weight division with a 4-0 won/loss record. Allen, a sophomore, won the 126-pound division with a 4-0 record too.

Mook wrestlers who had top four finishes at regionals to qualify for the state meet include sophomores Javier Vazquez, Brody Mooney, Jaxon Hopkes, junior Giovany Cruz and the freshman duo of Austin Cham and Dylan Escobar.

“We’re going to make some noise at the state tournament

hopefully,” said Metcalfe.

“We’re kind of a young team, but we just have to show up there and hopefully we can compete there at the state meet the same way we did at the regional. There’s going to be lots of good teams there.

Mooney took third place with a 3-1 mark in the 132-pound weight classification, qualifying for the tourney a second straight year after placing sixth place a year ago. Hopkes took third place in the 215-pound division. Escobar (285 lbs.) took fourth place, Cruz (190 lbs.) took fourth and Cham (113 lbs.) took third place.

Tillamook team captains Chance Fletcher and Devyn McDonald and their teammates Richard King, Jacoby Goss, Bryan Pulido, Dillon Bennett and Owen Ledbetter each finished their senior years by qualifying for the state tournament.

“We have some kids who can compete very well and some of the guys have a good chance to have a high placing finish at the tournament, including Chance, Liam and Brody,” said Metcalfe. “I hope that those three guys continue to do very well.” Fletcher (144 lbs.) took second place. Goss (144 lbs.)

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took third place and qualified for state a fourth consecutive year. McDonald (175 lbs.) had a 3-1 record to take second place. Bennett (157 lbs.) had a 3-1 record to take second place and Pulido (150 lbs.) took third place. Ledbetter (215 lbs.) notched a fourth-place finish and King (138 lbs.) took third place. The Mooks have a total of seven athletes who are first time state qualifiers.

“We’ll do some fine tuning this week in practice to help us prepare for the state meet and with two weeks off, we’ll be able to get everyone healthy,” said Metcalfe. “Hopefully, everyone will show up and

Neah-Kah-Nie tops Corbett

have their best performance at the tournament, because that’s what we’ve helped to provide the training for them to do.”

Other Mook wrestlers who also enjoyed success at the regional included Frankie Castillo (fifth place, 113 lbs.), freshman Kilchis Sukanen (fifth place, 120 lbs.), Giovanni Viramontes (sixth place, 150 lbs.), freshman Max Manners (sixth place 157 lbs.), Peyton Troxel (fifth place 165 lbs.), sophomore Keygan Boquist (sixth place 165 lbs.), Cooper Arend (fifth place, 175 lbs.) and sophomore Jace Lummus (sixth place, 285 lbs.). For seniors Arend, Viramontes and Troxel, the regional meet marked the final event of their Tillamook High School wrestling career.

The Cheesemakers’ 20-member girls’ squad, guided by Coach Tim Jenck, competed in the SD1 Class 4A/3A/2A/1A regional meet February 21 at Molalla High School. The top four finishers in each weight class qualified for the state meet.

Seniors Claire Travis (130 lbs.) and Addison Josi (second place in 2025) were both expected to qualify for the state meet a second straight season following their successful performance a year ago. Travis took fifth place last year in the 125-pound division and Josi took second place in the 170-pound division last year.

short-range basket, and Dante netted two free throws to send the game to the break with Neah-Kah-Nie up 28-22. Two Douma free throws and a Sigma three pushed the Pirate lead to double digits two minutes into the second and halfway through the quarter Neah-Kah-Nie was ahead 37-24. The Pirate lead continued to grow as the quarter wore on and Corbett was ice cold, and entering the fourth the home team was up 48-26. Neah-Kah-Nie’s hot play continued in the fourth quarter, but Corbett’s offense came back to life keeping the deficit near 20, with the Pirates leading 57-36 with four to play and winning 65-31. The Pirates will return to action in a first-round state playoff game which had yet to be announced at the time of press.

Jasmine Jones puts up a three in the second half against Corbett.

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Dillon Pyle

The Tillamook boys’ team after winning the district championship.

Kason Fletcher rises for a jump shot in the lane in the second half against the Cardinals.

Tillamook boys knock off swimming titan

DAVID

RICHMOND Tillamook Swim Coach

The Tillamook boys’ swim team did what no other team could do over the past 18 years; win a District 3 Swimming Championship. The Newport Cubs had a stranglehold on the boys’ team titles for an incredible stretch that spanned almost two decades, but the Tillamook theme this year was “Mission: Possible” and the Cheesemakers outlasted the Cubs 229-218 in the thrilling two-day meet. The last team to take Newport down? Tillamook in 2007.

For those that witnessed it, it was heart pounding and for those of you who could not see it firsthand, it was a district meet for the ages, one we’ll be talking about for years to come. So, let’s talk about how the boys got it done.

It was our day one on Friday that set the tone. We came into this meet up only about five points on the form chart and were able to push the lead up to twenty-four points. It was almost a mirror image to a week earlier at the league championships where we had to hold off Astoria by just four points. But this time, it was against a perennial powerhouse, and we needed all the breathing room we could get.

The boys were all swimming well, turning in great races up and down the lineup throughout the first half of the meet from Wyatt Swart’s butterfly to Soren Johnson and Johnny Sappington’s 200 freestyle. But I often tell championship-caliber teams we have to find someone or some event who will step up and swim out of their mind to shift or solidify momentum, and on day one it was North Mulder that answered the call in the 500 freestyle. His gargantuan swim saw a twenty-nine second personal

best and moved him from ranking tenth all the way up to the fifth position. The top six positions in championship meets provide the highest point potential, and North’s swim alone could give the team as many as seven points, crucial in the team competition. If you did not realize how big of a deal it was prior to the race, seeing me run up and down the sideline cheering him on may have given a glimpse of just how important that swim really was for the team. And then on day two, there were numerous highlights, including Johnny

Sappington’s dominant win in the 500 freestyle by thirty-eight seconds. That was a staggeringly decisive win in a championship meet and simply incredible. And for the second day’s momentum sustainer matching North’s prelim 500 result from Friday, Mason Barajas turned in a brilliant swim in the 100 backstroke. Newport was making a hard charge in the meet and cut our lead more than in half prior to the boys’ backstroke. You have likely heard of a stressful situation being called a “nailbiter”? This swim meet was turning into a “nails biter,” as in

plural. Mason jumped into the pool to ready himself for the start of the 100 backstroke and Assistant Coach Todd Bush and I exchanged a look indicating just how important this event was for the team.

Mason dashed out early and at the 25 made the turn first and surged on the field to win his heat going away. It was a huge momentum swing of five critical points, a much-needed seventh place finish and a huge PR at a crucial point in the meet and just about everyone rooting on Tillamook knew it.

Wyatt Swart’s dramatic photo finish for a district title

over Valley Catholic’s top swimmer, Artem Paniflov in the 100 breaststroke got the crowd to their feet. That win along with Easton Vance’s top three finish in the same event finally gave us the lead in the second to last event of the night. The boys’ second place finish in the final event; the 400 freestyle relay (Cyrus Werner, Johnson, Swart, and Sappington) sealed the team title.

On the girls side, there was much to celebrate, including Indi Rhodes’s win in the 200IM and third in the 500 Freestyle, Violette Gomes swimming to 2nd in the 100 backstroke and

3rd in the 100 butterfly and Emmy Mulder’s back to back 3rd places in the 50 and 100 freestyle led the girls to a top-three finish behind Newport and right behind Valley Catholic.

The trio along with Rachel Phillips also put up a 2nd place finish in the 200 free relay and 3rd in the 400 free relay. Lauren Phillips also earned All-District status in the 100 breaststroke, placing sixth. The girls earned seven qualifying spots for the state meet and a number of them have great shots at state final berths.

The boys and girls were both ready to shine bright on swimming’s biggest stage last weekend, look for results in next week’s paper.

Those qualifying for and completing at the state meet at Tualatin Hills Aquatic Center were:

Boys Medley RelayJohnny Sappington, Easton Vance, Wyatt Swart, Tristan Valencia

Indi Rhodes (200 Individual Medley)

Emmy Mulder (50 Freestyle)

Violette Gomes (100 Butterfly)

Wyatt Swart (100 Butterfly)

Soren Johnson (100 Freestyle)

Indi Rhodes (500 Freestyle)

Johnny Sappington (500 Freestyle)

Girls 200 Free RelayRachel Phillips, Violette Gomes, Emmy Mulder, Indi Rhodes

Violette Gomes (100 Backstroke)

Wyatt Swart (100 Breaststroke)

Easton Vance (100 Breaststroke)

Girls 400 Relay - Rachel Phillips, Violette Gomes, Emmy Mulder, Indi Rhodes

Boys 400 Relay - Cyrus Werner, Soren Johnson, Wyatt Swart, Johnny Sappington

Mook Mat Club shines at state tournament

The Tillamook boys’ swim team following their district title championship.

Tillamook Eagle Scout Honored with U.S. Capitol Flag by Senator

Jeff Merkley

Eagle Scout Nicholas Smith received the significant honor of receiving a U.S. flag flown over the United States Capitol in his honor and later presented to him in person by U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley.

In recognition of Nicholas earning the rank of Eagle Scout and his various other services to the community, Senator Merkley’s office arranged for a U.S. flag to be flown over the Capitol on January 31, 2025 in Nicholas’ honor. The flag was formally presented to Nicholas on February 11, 2025, immediately following a meeting with Senator Merkley inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

The presentation took place during a Habitat for Humanity advocacy trip, where Nicholas joined local and state leaders in advocating for affordable housing and continued federal investment in housing programs that support low income households and rural communities.

Nicholas earned his Eagle Scout rank after completing his Eagle Project in downtown Tillamook: adding six benches to the POW Memorial, improving accessibility and honoring veterans. The memorial is a place of deep significance for the community and was among the final projects completed by Doug Henson.

Following the advocacy meeting, Senator Merkley personally presented Nicholas with the Capitol-flown flag, sharing that he is also an Eagle Scout.

“Watching my son receive this recognition was incredibly” said Briar Smith, Nicholas’ mother and Executive Director of Tillamook County Habitat for Humanity. “Nicholas is the kind of young man who is always willing to help,

whether it’s through Scouting, Habitat, or simply showing up for his community. This honor reflects his heart for service and leadership.”

Nicholas attended the advocacy trip after receiving an Emerging Leader Scholarship from Habitat for Humanity International, which recognizes young leaders committed to service, leadership, and civic engagement. He has been actively involved with Tillamook County Habi-

tat for Humanity, supporting build projects, fundraisers, and operational needs.

This recognition highlights the power of youth leadership and the impact young people can have when service, advocacy, and opportunity come together.

For more information about Tillamook County Habitat for Humanity or to learn more about affordable housing advocacy, visit www. tillamookhabitat.org.

Bulls & Broncs Charges Back to the Tillamook County Fairgrounds for Heart-Pounding Action

Dust off your boots and mark your calendars, the highly anticipated Bulls & Broncs event is back at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds on Saturday, March 7, bringing high-energy action to the Oregon Coast. The show kicks off at 7 p.m. with doors opening at 5:30 p.m. inside the Pavilion Indoor Arena, promising an evening of thrills for families and fans of all ages. Tickets are available now at tillamookfair.com.

Bulls & Broncs will again deliver an edgeof-your-seat show featuring powerful rough stock bulls and spirited broncs, giving spectators an up-close look at the grit and skill of competitive riders. With arena seating designed so

every seat feels like VIP, attendees won’t miss a moment of the action. Come hungry. Taqueria Mendez and Tony’s Beach Bites will be serving up flavorful fare, along with the SAFE concession stand stocked with crowd favorites like hot dogs, nachos, popcorn and more. For those looking to grab a drink, alcohol service will be available. And be sure to check out the merchandise tent for western wear and rodeo gear. Between rounds, the excitement keeps rolling with swag tosses and prize giveaways, including gift certificates from local businesses, clothing from Pelican Brewing Co, and treats from sponsors like Werner

Gourmet Meat Snacks and the Tillamook County Creamery Association.

Bulls & Broncs has become a fan favorite, drawing crowds year after year with its mix of raw competition, community atmosphere, and coastal charm. Whether you’re a longtime fan of rodeo action or looking for a unique night of familyfriendly entertainment, Bulls & Broncs delivers a front-row seat to excitement right here in Tillamook. Tickets are available now and sell out every year! With limited seating, advance purchase is strongly recommended. For more information and ticket details, visit tillamookfair.com or follow the Tillamook County Fair Facebook page.

Chamber Lunch and Learns: The Monthly Meeting You Don’t Want to Miss

BY MEG ANGIER Membership and Community Partnerships Manager

When I started at the Chamber, one of the first members I had the pleasure of meeting was Laura Shepherd, owner of Momentum BK. Not only is Laura a dedicated Chamber member; she is also an incredibly talented educator and public speaker. She used the Chamber’s community meeting space to film her educational series on QuickBooks Online, a topic I admittedly knew very little about. I had the opportunity to sit in on one of her classes and quickly saw why so many business owners value her expertise. Laura has a unique ability to make technical information approachable, weaving complex concepts into clear, practical takeaways. Her creative teaching style and ability to adapt to questions in real time left a lasting impression on me. After the filming of her course was completed, Laura shared one of her professional dreams: to host a Lunch and Learn that would equip local business owners with some of the most valuable QuickBooks insights she has gathered over the years. That conversation planted a seed. In the weeks that followed, I began researching Lunch and Learn programs offered by chambers across the country. I connected with the Redmond Chamber after reading about their successful monthly series and

spoke with their marketing coordinator, Conner Cubic, about how they structure and sustain the program. I was inspired by the way they partner with Chamber members to deliver consistent, high-quality educational opportunities. Thank you, Redmond Chamber.

During our annual board retreat, the Lunch and Learn idea gained momentum. The board agreed that offering recurring educational sessions would provide tremendous value to our members. I wrote “Lunch and Learns” on my whiteboard as a goal, and from there, the vision started to take shape.

As the months went on, however, the Chamber’s calendar quickly filled with other priorities and initia-

tives. While the excitement around Lunch and Learns remained strong, we made the decision to plan for a 2026 launch to ensure we could give the program the focus and energy it deserved. A few months later, Chamber Board President Lisa Greiner, owner of Oregon Coast Dance Center, and I met for coffee to revisit the idea and discuss logistics. Lisa shared that she, too, had long envisioned offering a Lunch and Learn series through the chamber. Her enthusiasm and insight were instrumental in moving the idea forward.

After meeting with Nelia at the Pacific Restaurant, we confirmed the location. Beginning this March, Lunch and Learns will take place on the second Wednesday

of each month from 11 a.m. to noon. These monthly meetings are an opportunity to discover something new, dive into something that will help your team, and provide opportunities to network with other local business owners and managers. The space Nelia has created allows attendees the flexibility to order lunch if they wish, while also welcoming those who prefer to simply attend the presentation.

Coordinating presenters has been one of the most rewarding parts of this process. I’ve had the opportunity to connect with Chamber members who are highly skilled in their fields, including Ken Henson with Refettorio Consulting, and Mariah Surrat from Tillamook Coast Visitors

Association, who are eager to share practical tools and insights with our local business community. I am excited to share that our very first presenter is the person who helped spark this entire initiative: Laura Shepherd of Momentum BK. Our inaugural Lunch and Learn will take place on March 11, from 11 a.m. to noon at the Pacific Restaurant and is free for Chamber members. RSVP will be available on Eventbrite, where Chamber Members can register anyone in their organization to attend. This new series represents exactly what the Chamber strives to do: create opportunities for connection, collaboration, and growth. We can’t wait to see you there.

Tillamook PUD Electric Lineworker Program Scholarship

A n exciting opportunity for those interested in starting a career as an Electric Lineworker.

TILLAMOOK, OR –February 19, 2026 – Tillamook PUD is accepting applications for the 2026 Electric Lineworker Program Scholarship.

Since its establishment in 2021, this scholarship has helped empower Tillamook County youth to explore rewarding careers in linework and discover the diverse opportunities in the electric utility industry. In 2026, two $10,000 scholarships will be award -

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• Be a resident of Tillamook County.

• Be a high school senior graduating in 2026, or a graduate from 2025 or 2024.

• Meet admission requirements, secure ac -

ceptance, and complete a recognized Electric Lineworker Program within 24 months of beginning enrollment.

• Enroll at Northwest Lineman College or VOLTA Line School.

• Submit a fully completed application form

with all necessary supporting documents. Applications must be submitted to Tillamook PUD by 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 20, 2026. For application materials and more information, visit www.tpud.org/news- community/electrical-lineworker-program-scholarship/. Questions? For questions, contact Human Resources Manager Shane Stuart at 503-8422535 or email sstuart@ tpud.org.

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HH26-040 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE COMMERCIAL LOAN T.S. No.: OR-25-1030479RM Reference is made to that certain deed made by, ROSE MARIE OLIVER as Grantor to TICOR TITLE COMPANY OF OREGON, as trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MERS), AS NOMINEE FOR KIND LENDING, LLC, BENEFICIARY OF THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 2/5/2024, recorded 2/5/2024, in official records of TILLAMOOK County, Oregon in book/reel/volume No. and/or as fee/file/instrument/microfilm/reception number 2024-00506 and subsequently assigned or transferred by operation of law to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for Verus Securitization Trust 2024-3 covering the following described real property situated in said County, and State. APN:

in which the above described real property is situated. Further, no action has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part thereof, now remaining secured by the trust deed, or, if such action has been instituted, such action has been dismissed except as permitted by ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. There is a default by grantor or other person owing an obligation, performance of which is secured by the trust deed, or by the successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of such provision. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sum: TOTAL REQUIRED TO REINSTATE: $24,151.68 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $430,618.84 Because of interest, late charges, and other charges that may vary from day-to-day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. It will be necessary for you to contact the Trustee before the time you tender reinstatement or the payoff amount so that you may be advised of the exact amount you will be required to pay. By reason of the default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the trust deed immediately due and payable, those sums being the following, to- wit: The installments of principal and interest which became due on 9/1/2025, and all subsequent installments of principal and interest through the date of this Notice, plus amounts that are due for late charges, delinquent property taxes, insurance premiums, advances made on senior liens, taxes and/or insurance, trustee’s fees, and any attorney fees and court costs arising from or associated with the beneficiaries efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be paid as a condition of reinstatement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay-off. Nothing in this notice shall be construed as a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust pursuant to the terms of the loan documents. Whereof, notice hereby is given that QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION, the undersigned trustee will on 5/27/2026 at the hour of 01:00 PM, Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, At the southern front entrance to the Tillamook County Courthouse, 201 Laurel Ave, Tillamook OR 97141 County of TILLAMOOK, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the

execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee’s and attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. Other than as shown of record, neither the beneficiary nor the trustee has any actual notice of any person having or claiming to have any lien upon or interest in the real property hereinabove described subsequent to the interest of the trustee in the trust deed, or of any successor in interest to grantor or of any lessee or other person in possession of or occupying the property, except: Name and Last Known Address and Nature of Right, Lien or Interest ROSE OLIVER 300 N PACIFIC ST UNIT 45 ROCKAWAY BEACH, OR 97136 Original Borrower For Sale Information Call: 916-939-0772 or Login to: www.nationwideposting. com In construing this notice, the singular includes the plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to this grantor as well as any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the trust deed, and the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to Oregon Law, this sale will not be deemed final until the Trustee’s deed has been issued by QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION. If any irregularities are discovered within 10 days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer’s money and take further action as necessary. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real

property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Pursuant to ORS 86.797(4) an action for deficiency may be brought after a trustee’s sale of a nonresidential trust deed. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale. NOTICE TO TENANTS: TENANTS OF THE SUBJECT REAL PROPERTY HAVE CERTAIN PROTECTIONS AFFORDED TO THEM UNDER ORS 86.782 AND POSSIBLY UNDER FEDERAL LAW. ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE OF SALE, AND INCORPORATED HEREIN, IS A NOTICE TO TENANTS THAT SETS FORTH SOME OF THE PROTECTIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO A TENANT OF THE SUBJECT

REAL PROPERTY AND WHICH SETS FORTH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH BY ANY TENANT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE AFFORDED PROTECTION, AS REQUIRED UNDER ORS 86.771. TS No: OR-25-1030479RM Dated: 1/7/2026 Quality Loan Service Corporation, as Trustee Signature By: Jeff Stenman, President Trustee’s Mailing Address: QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION 108 1 st Ave South, Suite 450, Seattle, WA 98104 Toll Free: (866) 925-0241 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corporation 2763 Camino Del Rio South San Diego, CA 92108 Toll Free: (866) 925-0241 IDSPub #0282521

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HH26-048 PURSUANT TO ORS CHAPTER 819. Notice is hereby given that the following vehicle will be sold, for cash to the highest bidder, on 3/3/2026. The sale will be held at 10:00am by MENEFEE WELDING REPAIR & TOWING, 31665 HWY 101 S CLOVERDALE, OR. 2017 GMC SIE PK VIN = 1GTR1LEH8HZ236715. Amount due on lien $6174.44. Reputed owner(s) > S. H.

VELASQUEZ & F. M. PABLO WESTLAKE FINANCIAL SERVICES 2/17/26 2/24/26

HH26-051 PUBLIC NOTICE: The following listed individuals have left items in storage at Tillamook Mini Storage, 3510 3rd St. Tillamook, OR 97141. 503-8426388. Jessica Johnson #504, and Sarah Michelle Lynn Garland #450. If any of the above wish to settle their accounts, and collect their belongings they need to do so by 5:00pm

Director Valerie Bundy: (503) 842-9486 or (800) 992-1679 valerie@tidesofchangenw.org

portion of the west side of Trout Street between 3rd Street and Oregon State Highway 6 within the City of Tillamook. This application for ROW vacation came to the City Planning Department on January 27, 2026, at which time the public hearing was set for March 2, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. at Tillamook City Hall. The purpose of this hearing will be to receive citizen input on the proposed street ROW vacation in the City of Tillamook, Tillamook County, Oregon described as: To partially vacate a 20’ by 210’ section of the west side of Trout Street between 3rd Street and Oregon State Highway 6 within the City of Tillamook. The street will remain with a 40’-foot-wide street right-ofway extending a north-south distance of 210’ feet between Third Street and Oregon State Highway 6. Adjacent properties are tax lot 1S09W30DB01200 to the west, tax lot 1S09W30DB01100 to the northwest, tax lot 1S09W30DB00800 to the east. This proposed street vacation is requested for both the private use of the subject ROW and growth and development of a vacant lot for housing. The proposed use of the vacated street ROW is to accommodate private fencing and driveway area of the existing adjacent property, and maintain proper setbacks of existing building, while still maintaining public

access to all adjacent properties and allowing future development of the northwest lot. Written comments must be received by 4:00 p.m. on February 25th, 2026, and will be forwarded to the City Council members prior to the decision. Citizens are also encouraged to attend the meeting and offer verbal testimony. For further information concerning this proposed street vacation please contact: Megan Carpenter, City Planner at Tillamook City Hall: 503-374-1830. THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING PER ORS CHAPTER 192. THE CITY COUNCIL RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CALL AN EXECUTIVE SESSION PER ORS 192.660. CITY HALL IS HANDICAP-ACCESSIBLE. PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD ACCOMODATIONS BE REQUIRED FOR CITIZENS WITH VISUAL OR MANUAL IMPAIRMENT. PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENTS MAY CONTACT THE OREGON RELAY SERVICE BY PHONING 1-800-648-3458 (TDD) OR 1-800-848-4442 (VOICE)

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HH26-054 NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE. Notice is hereby given that a ballot title for a measure referred by

Tillamook County has been filed with the County Elections Officer on February 11, 2026. The ballot title caption is Formation of a new Tillamook Bay Fire & Rescue RFPD. A complete copy of the ballot title, which includes caption, question, and summary of the measure may be obtained at the Tillamook County Clerk’s office, 201 Laurel Ave. Tillamook, Oregon or by contacting the Elections Official at clerk@tillamookcounty.gov or by calling (503) 842-3402. An elector may file a petition for review of this ballot title in the Tillamook County Circuit Court no later than 5:00 p.m. Monday, February 23, 2026 under ORS 250.195. Christy Nyseth, County Clerk & Elections Official. Date: February 11, 2026

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HH26-058 The Netarts-Oceanside Rural Fire Protection District (NORFPD) FY 2026-27 Budget Committee and Board of Directors will hold their Budget Meetings as follows: March 10, 2026: First Budget Meeting at 6:00 PM in person and via Zoom. The purpose of this meeting is to review and take public comments on the proposed budget for FY 2026-27. Regular Board Meeting will follow Budget Meeting. March 17, 2026: Second Budget Meeting

Tillamook County Church Services

Nehalem

NEHALEM BAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

36050 10th Street, Nehalem, OR (503) 368-5612

Pastor Celeste Deveney + Sunday service 11 a.m.

Food Pantry

Open Friday, Saturday & Monday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday March - October 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

November - February noon to 4 p.m.

Nehalem Senior Lunches

Tuesday & Thursday served at noon email: nbumcnsl2020@gmail.com

Netarts

NETARTS FRIENDS CHURCH

4685 Alder Cove Rd. West, (503) 842-8375 Email: friendschurchnetarts@gmail.com Website: www.netartsfriends.org

Pastor Aaron Carlson, Adult & Youth

Worship Service: 9:30 a.m.

Children’s Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.

Nursery available Handicap Accessible Small Groups All are welcome!

Garibaldi

Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

We invite you to join us.

HIS GATHERING 111 Driftwood Ave, Garibaldi, OR 97118 www.hisgathering.net

at 10:30 a.m.

Pacific City

NESTUCCA VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

35305 Brooten Road, (503) 965-6229

Rev. Ken Hood

www.nestuccavalleypc.org

Weekly Bible study group Fridays at 10 a.m.

Open communion the first Sunday of each month

Regular services Sunday 10 a.m.

Everyone is welcome

PACIFIC COAST BIBLE CHURCH

35220 Brooten Road

(Adjacent Post Office)

Pastor Dan Mason (503) 926-8234

Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday School 11:15 a.m.

Website: pacificcoastbiblechurch.com

All are welcome!

Rockaway Beach

ST. MARY BY THE SEA

CATHOLIC CHURCH

275 S. Pacific St. (mailing: P. O. Box 390) Rockaway, OR 97136 (503-355-2661) e-mail: stmarys1927@gmail.com

Administrator: Fr. MacDonald Akuti

Mass Schedule: Saturday (5 p.m.)

Sunday (8:30 a.m.) (10:30 a.m.)

Weekdays: Monday (9:30 a.m.)

Wednesday thru Friday (9:30 a.m.) Confessions: Saturday (4 p.m.)

Tillamook

BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH (CBA)

5640 U.S. 101 South 2 miles south of Tillamook (503) 842-5598

https://bbc-tillamook.faithlifesites.com

9:45 a.m. Sunday School for all ages

11a.m. Morning Worship

6 p.m. Evening Service Nursery provided for all services Everyone Welcome

TILLAMOOK NAZARENE 2611 3rd, (503) 842-2549 Pastor Josh Myers Sunday: Growth Groups: 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service: 11 a.m. Tuesdays: Celebrate Recovery 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays: Youth

A place for the whole family to Connect, Grow and Serve.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS)

302 Grove Ave. (503) 842-4823 Sunday Services: 9:30 a.m.

LIFECHANGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

3500 Alder Lane, Tillamook, OR

(503) 842-9300

worship our Lord together. We will show you how much WE CARE!

EMMANUEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday: 10 a.m. Sunday School 11 a.m. Church Service Wednesday: 7 p.m. Midweek Service 1906-A 3rd Street, Tillamook, OR 97141

Pastor Sterling Hanakahi (503) 842-7864

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 2203 4th St., (503) 842-6213

Senior Pastor: Dean Crist Sunday Prayer at 8:45 a.m. Worship Celebration at 9:15 a.m. Classes for all ages at 11 a.m. Casual attire. Nursery facilities and handicapped accessible. Programs available for youth of all ages. Travelers and newcomers welcome.

OCEAN BREEZE BAPTIST CHURCH

2500 Nielsen Road, (503) 842-1446

Pastor Kevin Birdsong

Sunday School 10 a.m.

Sunday Morning Service 11 a.m.

Sunday Evening Service 6 p.m.

Wednesdays: Prayer Meeting, King’s Kids and Teen Power Hour 6 p.m. “The end of your search for a friendly church.” www.oceanbreezebaptist.com

ST. ALBAN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

The Rev Lia Shimada, Priest-in-Charge 2102 6th St, Tillamook, OR 97141 (503) 842-6192 email: stalbanstillamook@gmail.com

Sunday (Eucharist): 10 a.m.

Wednesday (Midday Prayer): 12.15 p.m., with coffee available from 11 a.m. All are welcome -- wherever you are on your faith journey. www.stalbanstillamook.org

TILLAMOOK CHRISTIAN CENTER

at 6:00 PM in person and Zoom. The purpose of this meeting is to review and approve the proposed budget for FY 2026-27. April 14, 2026: Regular Board Meeting and Budget Hearing at 6:00 PM in person and Zoom. The purpose of the Budget Hearing is to Adopt Budget for FY 2025-26 and to discuss General District business including New Business; Old Business; and other matters that may come before the Board. The District reserves the right, if necessary, to call an Executive Session. Meetings, except Executive Sessions, are open to the public. Anyone requiring special accommodation should contact the District at least 48 hours in advance at (503) 842-5900. Zoom link at www.NetartsOceansideFire.org

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HH26-059 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF TILLAMOOK, Probate Department Case No. 26PB01263. NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS. In the Matter of the Estate of STEVEN D. KERR, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that Crisanne C. Roberts has been appointed as the personal representative of the above estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them to the undersigned attorney for the personal representative at the address below within four months after the date of publication of this notice, or the claims may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the Court, the personal representative, or the attorney for the personal representative. Published on February 25, 2026. Crisanne C. Roberts, Personal Representative. Michael B. Kittell, Breakwater Law, Attorney for Personal Representative, 9900 SW Wilshire Street, Ste 200, Portland, OR 97225

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HH26-060 TILLAMOOK COUNTY. CALL FOR BIDS - GOODS, SEARCH AND RESCUE INCIDENT COMMAND TRAILER. SECTION 00010 CALL FOR BIDS. Tillamook County desires to purchase a custom built Search and Rescue Incident Command Trailer. The purchase is intended for use in emergency situations. A trailer may be required to be delivered to the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office. Specifications and bid forms may be viewed at the Tillamook County Commissioners’ Office, Attention Isabel Gilda, 201 Laurel Avenue, Tillamook, Oregon 97141 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, local time. The specifications and bid forms may be obtained electronically, at no charge, by e-mailing Isabel.gilda@tillamookcounty.gov or may be purchased at a pre-paid cost of fifteen dollars ($15) payable only by check or money order to Tillamook County. Each prospective bidder must provide full company name, address, contact name, phone and e-mail address at the time of request. Bidders will not be required to be prequalified under ORS 279B.120. Sealed bids shall be submitted to: Tillamook County Board of Commissioners’ Office, Attention: Isabel Gilda, 201 Laurel Avenue, Tillamook, Oregon 97141. Sealed bids shall be marked “SEARCH AND RESCUE INCIDENT COMMAND TRAILER” and be submitted no later than 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Bids received after this time shall be returned unopened. Bids may be withdrawn at any time, prior to opening, upon written request of the bidder. NO BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED BY WAY OF FAX OR ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE. All bids will be opened and read aloud in the Nehalem Room, located in the basement of the Tillamook County Courthouse, 201 Laurel Avenue, Tillamook 97141 at 2:05 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. 2/24/26

HH26-061 Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the South Prairie Drainage Distrcit will be held at 6:00pm, Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 5590 Tillamook River Rd, Tillamook, OR. Louie Blaser, Secretary/Treasurer 2/24/26 3/3/26

HH26-062 NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF BALLOT TITLE. Notice is hereby given that a ballot title for a measure referred by Tillamook Rural Fire Protection District has been filed with the County Elections Officer on February 18, 2026. The ballot title caption is Dissolution of Tillamook Rural Fire Protection District. A complete copy of the ballot title, which includes caption, question, and summary of the measure may be obtained at the Tillamook County Clerk’s office, 201 Laurel Ave. Tillamook, Oregon or by contacting the Elections Official at clerk@ tillamookcounty.gov or by calling (503) 842-3402. An elector may file a petition for review of this ballot title in the Tillamook County Circuit Court no later than 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 27, 2026 under ORS 250.195. Christy Nyseth, County Clerk & Elections Official. Date: February 18, 2026, Publication in February 24, 2026 edition of the Headlight Herald

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