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Commissioners signal intent to extend STR pause to continue deliberations

WILL CHAPPELL Headlight Editor

With issues remaining for discussion after the second public meetings on proposed updates to short-term rental regulations on June 13, Tillamook’s Board of County Commissioners set a third hearing for July 6.

The next day, commissioners discussed extending the current pause on short-term rental (STR) licenses for 60 days, signaling they intend to do so at their meeting on June 21.

“We had hoped, really hopped to be done by July 1, but we are not quite there,” Commissioner Erin Skaar said at the Wednesday board meeting.

The public hearing on Tuesday night was once again dedicated mostly to hearing public testimony from concerned citizens, but time was also left for board discussions at the end.

The hearing started with Jeffrey Kearns, the attorney who has been advising the county on the ordinance update, responding to a letter threatening litigation against the proposed ordinance. The letter, sent on behalf of a group called Oregon Coast Hosts by Tonkon Torp, asked them to reconsider the ordinance, claiming that it constituted illegal land use regulations.

Kearns vigorously disputed the various claims laid forth in the let-

ter, reiterating that as the program was being structured as licensure instead of permitting, it was not a land use regulation. He said that this base distinction negated most of their claims, but a representative from Oregon Coast Hosts who spoke following Kearns voiced the group’s continued disagreement with that assertion.

Homeowners weigh in

Unlike the first meeting on May 30, at which a vast majority commenters were STR owners or operators speaking against the ordinance, most of the two-dozen-plus commenters at the second meeting spoke in favor of the proposed ordinance amendments.

These commenters were full-time residents of the communities that had been impacted by the proliferation of STRs, and they loudly pushed back against owner and operator claims of no negative impact. They attested to the livability issues caused by the properties and their concern over losing a sense of community, with multiple commenters mentioning the depletion of volunteers in the county.

They said that they supported the proposed ordinance and asked that the commissioners try to address the conversion of some neighborhoods into dispersed hotels in it.

Commissioners set third hearing and deliberate

As commissioners began their

New Tillamook fire chief warns board of dire state in district

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Delivering his first update to the Fire District Board on June 13, interim Chief Jeff McBrayer sounded the alarm about the district’s situation and asked for the public’s help.

McBrayer said that falling volunteerism, outdated infrastructure, aging trucks and lawsuits were threatening the district and that they needed more support from the community.

“The briefing, Mr. Chairman, is as follows: mayday, mayday, mayday,” McBrayer said at the meeting.

McBrayer said that Tillamook’s fire district was in a tenuous position, as its equipment ages and volunteer engagement drops. He said that these factors, combined with neglected hydrant infrastructure, would be causing the department to be reclassified from a risk category 3 to a risk category 5, which will mean a rise in insurance rates for all residents in the district. He said that these depredations had been caused by the inadequacy of the district’s tax levying authority and a slew of costly litigation. The district is allowed to tax property owners only 69 cents per $1,000 of property value, he said, compared to surrounding districts which raise $2 to $2.50 per $1,000 of property value. This has left the district with aging safety equipment and trucks, the newest of which is more than 20 years old. McBrayer noted that volunteers responded to three to four calls a day and that an average call lasted two hours.

Exacerbating problems, according to McBrayer, are lawsuits being brought against the district by former volunteer Fire Captain, Mayor and Fire District Board Member elect Aaron Burris and former Battalion Chief Chuck Spittles.

McBrayer said that these legal proceedings had cost the district more than $100,000 in the past year, a figure which he expects will double in the next budget. McBrayer called the suits “frivolous and baseless” and accused the plaintiffs of trying to bankrupt the district.

McBrayer called on the public to take more interest in the district and especially the suits.

“If citizens truly knew what was happening, they would stand up to these bullies. They would surround these volunteers and they would protect them,” McBrayer said.

McBrayer said that volunteers felt underrecognized in the community, and that the stress of the lawsuits had been added to that of the pandemic and baseline, dayin-day-out difficulty of the job. He said that most people didn’t think of the fire department until an emergency necessitated their services and that the volunteers had joined out of love for fulfilling that purpose but that they needed more support. He also brought up the specter of fires in the Tillamook Forest, saying that there was more undergrowth than there had been prior to the Tillamook Burn starting in 1933.

McBrayer said that preserving the district’s operations in the face of these challenges would require an equipment bond or option levy to pass by the end of the year to secure the district’s finances.

“We desperately need the citi-

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discussion, Skaar said that she thought a further public hearing would be necessary before the ordinance could be voted on by the commissioners.

Skaar noted that there were too many issues for the commissioners to discuss, that those discussions would lead to updates to the proposed ordinance and that she would like the public to have an opportunity to give feedback on those updates. The other commissioners agreed and scheduled the third hearing for July 6.

Commissioners then quickly agreed to remove daytime noise regulations from the ordinance and to keep a half-hour-response requirement for complaints that had drawn criticism from owners and operators. Commissioner David Yamamoto said that they needed to have a reasonable response time included in the ordinance and half an hour was reasonable to him. Skaar noted that the first response could be via telephone and only a second response would require an in-person appearance, allowing the respondent an hour to arrive.

After agreeing on those points, the commissioners moved into discussion of a cap on the number of licenses, limit on transferability of licenses and a use-it-or-lose-it provision for licenses.

Commissioners agreed that a cap on the number of licenses was

necessary to address the community livability concerns raised at the meetings and in many of the more than 1,500 emails submitted as public testimony. All emphasized that they were not interested in reducing the number of existing licenses, noting that the economic benefits to the county and its government were critical but that unmitigated growth was untenable.

The STR advisory committee that delivered the proposed ordinance updates to the commissioners suggested a 1% increase in the number of licenses in each of the 14 unincorporated communities in the county ahead of a communityby-community feedback process to determine a permanent cap.

Commissioners were open to the process but did not commit to the 1% per community interim raise, saying they might opt for a different number.

Next came the discussion of license transferability, which has become one of the most contentious in the ordinance update process, with owners and operators rejecting any limit on transferability out of hand.

Commissioners were unmoved by these protestations and supported the proposed one transfer limit for licenses issued before the pause and no license transfers for newly issued licenses, with exceptions for those occurring amongst

family. Skaar said that she wanted to see the licenses circulate and not become assets that added value to properties, and the other commissioners concurred. Commissioners then discussed the possibility of adding a use-it-orlose-it restriction to licenses under the new ordinance. Skaar noted that some 250 of the 1,200 licenses currently issued by the county were not being actively used and said that these license holders were generating no economic benefits.

Skaar suggested that licensees whose properties went unused for a certain number of nights have their licenses revoked, to allow new properties that would contribute economically access to the program.

Both Commissioner Mary Faith Bell and David Yamamoto agreed in principle to this suggestion and asked Kearns to work with Director of Community Development Sarah Absher to develop language doing so.

Finally, they discussed the possibility of limiting individual ownership of multiple properties. They noted that in certain neighborhoods, especially in north county around Manzanita, some streets had been bought out by a single owner or operator and effectively converted into hotels. They said that they would like to see a way to

Tillamook State Forest land located just outside of Idaville.

HCP delayed, board of forestry announces

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Oregon’s Board of Forestry met on June 7, in Sisters, and, among other things, discussed the forthcoming habitat conservation plan. Board Chair Jim Kelly kicked the meeting off by sharing new figures for the amount of land that will be taken out of the harvest rotation and announced that the release of the habitat conservation plan (HCP) has been delayed from

September until at least November.

Kelly said that he had been hearing a lot of misinformation about the HCP, and that most of it had been centered on the amount of land that would be taken out of harvest. Kelly said that he had been approached by concerned citizens who believed that more than half of lands in state forests were going to be added to habitat conservation zones and removed from harvest.

Not so, said Kelly, who shared that 46% of state forest lands

are already unharvested and that number would only be increasing by about 5%. Kelly said that some 19% of the land is inaccessible, 6% cannot be harvested because of conservation requirements and 27% is kept out of harvest as part of planning constraints.

“There’s not some 50% plus wholesale change, that’s the total land that is constrained,” Kelly said, noting that only some 30,000 acres would be added.

While sharing these accurate

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McCall tapped as Bay City city manager

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Bay City Mayor David McCall has been selected to serve as the next city manager and will begin in that position on July 1, relinquishing the mayoralty, he announced at the council meeting on June 13.

The council also approved the budget for fiscal year 2024 and held the first public hearing for a proposed business license program for the city.

“It’s been a privilege and a pleasure and I’ve had a really good time,” McCall said of his tenure as mayor of the city, which began in 2021 after he ran unopposed in

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November 2020.

McCall grew up in South Dakota before attending Georgetown University and beginning his career in solid waste management in central Europe in the 1990s. He moved to Tillamook County in 2012 and has served as the county’s solid waste program director since.

McCall thanked current City Manager Liane Welch, who is retiring, and said that he was excited for the new position. Council President Kathleen Baker will take over as mayor on an interim basis.

McCall had a busy evening, as he also made a presentation to the council about forthcoming changes to recycling in Tillamook

County. Those changes are coming courtesy of the Recycling Modernization Act passed by Salem lawmakers in 2021 and will come online in 2025.

Following the Chinese government’s decision to stop the importation of lowquality recyclable materials in 2017, the bottom fell out from the American recycling market, prompting the legislative action. The new bill will standardize the list of recyclable materials across the state, upgrading programs through funding from organizations paid for by the producers of recyclable materials.

Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality

(DEQ) has already participated in an initial round of surveys to determine which localities in the state wish to expand their programs, and every city in Tillamook County opted in, according to McCall.

Now, city leaders will work with DEQ to determine the specifics of those improvements and the level of service that they want to offer in their city. McCall said that cities like Bay City could choose to add curbside service and the producer responsibility organizations would pay for the necessary infrastructure upgrades, but the cost of collection would fall to the cities. McCall said that each pick up of a single

solid waste receptacle carried a cost of $7 and noted that making those costs additional to garbage collection led to a 30% lower participation rate than if they were included as part of standard service.

The council unanimously approved the city’s $9 million budget and held a first public hearing for a proposed business license program. Welch said that the license would be used for informational, not regulatory purposes, helping the city’s government to have a better grasp of the businesses operating in the city. The second reading will be held at the council’s July meeting.

The council also discussed the relocation of the Tillamook Pickleball Club to Al

Griffin Memorial Park. The club had previously played at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds but the space is being repurposed, leading to the move. Councilors expressed concern at the club’s request to begin playing at 7 a.m., seven days a week, noting the sound produced by the game. They instead suggested that they would prefer to see a slightly later start and at least one day a week for other groups to use the facilities. They will vote on a final agreement at a future meeting.

School board updated on test scores

The Tillamook School Board approved the budget for fiscal year 2024 at its meeting on June 12, and declined to increase the rate of a construction excise tax they levy.

Interim Superintendent

Jim Mabbott also delivered an end of year update to the board, revealing that several grade levels’ test results had improved this year, though many still lag state averages.

The June meeting marked

the last in Mabbott’s tenure, which began in January, before the arrival of Matthew Ellis, who will begin as superintendent on July 1. Board Chair Matt Petty thanked Mabbott for his service to the district on behalf of the board and the district.

Board members unanimously approved the $57 million budget for fiscal year 2024. But a proposed increase to construction excise taxes was voted down after Board Member Justin Aufdermauer, who leads the Tillamook Area Chamber of

Commerce, said he did not favor increasing the cost of development in the city. The construction excise tax was added as a revenue tool for school districts in Oregon in a senate bill in 2007 and implemented in Tillamook in 2008. The tax is currently 1.45% for residential construction and 0.72% for commercial non-residential, with a maximum payment of $36,100 for non-residential projects. Increases had been approved annually for at least the past six years and raises of .11% and .06% for resi-

dential and non-residential were proposed, respectively. But Aufdermauer ’s concerns were echoed by other members who took a vote to maintain the rates at their current level for the upcoming year.

Mabbott’s year-end report covered a swath of activities which he had attended in addition to sharing test scores. Mabbott told the board that Tillamook seniors had received $295,000 in scholarships for continuing education.

In terms of testing results,

Mabbott highlighted 8th grade math results where 27% of Tillamook students were at grade level as compared to 26% across the state. He also pointed to third grade test results, which had improved from a 28% rate in 2022 to 40% this year.

The full results of the test scores, which were included in updated goals for future testing, showed that English language arts scores in the third through fifth grades had stagnated or regressed this year, trailing state averages by double digit percentages.

In high school, those gaps were smaller, and 11th grade scores had made a marked improvement. The board approved test results goals through 2028 that aim to increase the performance percentages significantly in math and English language arts testing. Those goals will be used to develop and implement new teaching strategies and judge their efficacy.

Septic repair and replacement grant to begin in Tillamook, Clatsop and Columbia Counties

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Tillamook County Commissioners gave final approval to a grant program that will help lowand middle-income residents repair or replace their aging septic systems on June 14. The board also approved

the budget for Tillamook County 4-H and discussed the transfer of road maintenance responsibilities for several local access roads to the city of Bay City.

The grant for septic system funds will direct $1.5 million in state Coronavirus recovery funds to repairing and replacing aging septic systems

across Tillamook, Clatsop and Columbia Counties. The program will be administered by the community access team and is accessible to households making less than 120% of the area’s median income. Upgrades and repairs will be financed through 30-year, zero-interest loans that have no payments. Those loans will only be repaid when the property is sold and if it remains with the original owner for the entire term, the loan will be forgiven. There is a cap of $24,999 per system for work but there are other low-interest loans available for systems that require more costly work. Around 15% of homes in Tillamook County have septic systems, of which 5-10% are in marginal or failing condition, according to county estimates.

Commissioners began discussions about transferring the maintenance responsibilities for several roads in Bay City’s urban growth boundary from the county to the city. In exchange for assuming the maintenance responsibilities, the city government has asked that the county repave two roads, Seattle and Baseline, to bring them up to city standards before the transfer. The commissioners were supportive of the proposal, which will reduce costs for the county’s public works department.

Commissioners also renewed County Counsel Bill Sargent’s contract for another year. Sargent, who has worked as the county’s counsel since 1991, has been retired for several years and works in support of full-time counsel Joel Stevens, who lives in Mississippi.

Sargent said that the amount of work has doubled since he began working for the county due to the proliferation of contracts to review and litigation against the county. He joked that his rates had also doubled and said that he greatly enjoyed working for the county, which was why he continued to

into his retirement.

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Rockaway Beach City Council Increases Licensing Fees for Short-Term Vacation Rentals

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It was a busy week for Rockaway Beach City Council. At their June 14 meeting, the council passed six different resolutions, including a resolution to increase licensing fees for short-term vacation rentals.

Resolution 23-986 establishes a $500 license fee beginning July 1 for all short-term vacation rentals in Rockaway Beach. The new fee will go into effect for one year only. The previous license fee was $250.

Mayor McNeilly cited the sheer number of vacation rentals in Rockaway Beach as one reason for the increased fee.

“Rockaway Beach has 191 hotel/motel rooms spread across six properties,” Mayor McNeilly said. “That represents 25% of the hotel/motel rooms in Tillamook County. We have 412 short-term rentals. The county regulates hotel/motel, and the city regulates short-term rentals.”

The second, and more pertinent, reason Mayor McNeilly cited for the increase

was to help the city recoup some of the costs related to short-term-rental-ordinance violations. Rockaway Beach’s short-term rental ordinance, which the city is required to enforce, requires each unit to have an identification sign, off-street parking and quiet hours starting at 10 p.m., among other things.

“Short-term rentals are spread throughout our residential areas, and this fact presents a unique challenge for our community and city government,” Mayor McNeilly said. “When a tourist and short-term rental violates our short-term rental ordinance, it negatively impacts the quality of life for our friends and neighbors. As such, this requires additional staff time to administer and enforce Ordinance 22442, so that tourists and short-term rentals do not negatively affect residents’ enjoyment of our city and their property. The current short-term rental fees are not adequate to recover the costs of staff time to properly implement the regulations.”

During the councilor’s discussion, Councilor Alecia Franken stated that she would

like to explore different fee options for people who live in their short-term rentals and look at basing fees on the number of beds in each unit.

Currently, the $500 license fee applies to all units, no matter the size or type of dwelling.

“I would like to hope that in the future we could, with the help of the compliance officer, take a look at a fairness aspect for people who live in their home that they’re having as a short-term rental,” Franken said. “Also, [I hope] we can potentially explore the quantity of beds, that type of thing. At this point, we’re charging the same if it’s two beds or eight beds.”

Councilor McGinnis stressed the fact that the $500 licensing fee is similar to what other Oregon cities require, but that she’d be open to exploring Councilor Franken’s idea of a tiered fee structure. Tillamook has a licensing fee of $350, while Manzanita’s sits at $650.

“We were below most of the other cities around us,” Councilor McGinnis noted. “But I do see a point with what Councilor Franken has

ODFW forecasts stable fall salmon season, long-term challenges

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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) forecasted improved coastal salmon returns for the fall season at their June 14 webinar, while also expressing concerns about the long-term health of Chinook populations along the Oregon Coast.

Optimism tempered with extreme caution was the general feeling that accompanied ODFW’s forecast on Wednesday night. Much of the optimism stemmed from the forecast of a third-consecutive year of healthy Coho returns, but also from the fact a few rivers are re-opening to wild Chinook retention this year, Siuslaw River and Floras Creek among them. ODFW forecasted Coquille River and Elk River to be closed for wild Chinook retention this fall.

Sean Clements, Fish Division Deputy Administrator with ODFW, said that some of these improvements are due to 4-year-old Chinook returning this year.

“Expect improvements in some basins. That’s largely based on the return of 4-yearold [salmon], which is the historical majority of the runs on the coast,” Clements said. “These fish went out in 2020, which NOAA categorized as fair entry conditions. And that was an improvement from the bulk of the fish that came back last year, which had poor entry conditions.”

Despite the optimism, ODFW stressed their ongoing concerns in certain basins and the long-term environmental challenges. One major concern was the decline in wild Chinook populations in several basins over the last 10 years. ODFW presented data that showed long-term declines in the Nestucca River and Siuslaw River’s Chinook, with the Siuslaw’s Chinook well below critical abundance levels since 2015.

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just said. This ordinance only raises [the fee] for one year. And during that year I would like to also explore a tiered system more. This just gets us off the ground to where other cities are.”

Mayor McNeilly agreed with both the councilors about looking into a tiered fee structure.

“I’m also in favor of treating owner-occupied STR’s uniquely. We don’t have that capability today, but I’m on that side of the fence,” Mayor McNeilly said.

Resolution 23-986 on increasing the licensing fee for short-term vacation rentals passed, with Councilor Hayes recusing herself and all the remaining councilors voting in favor.

Rockaway Beach City

Council discussed five other resolutions at Wednesday night’s meeting, adopting each resolution with a unanimous vote.

Resolution 23-990 approved the use of Wayside for the Pirate Festival. The festival will take place July 21–23. This year will be the festival’s first year back since Covid-19 struck.

Resolution 23-991 approved a liquor license for Tie Breaker LLC. City Manager Luke Shepard said that this was the new business in the Caldwell location.

Resolution 23-992 adopted the Rockaway Beach Fire Rescue Department’s Mobile Equipment Replacement Plan and their Capital Equipment Acquisition Plan. The equipment replacement plan in-

cludes the purchase of a new fire engine, while the capital equipment plan includes funds for office and building maintenance.

Resolution 23-989 authorized the mayor and city manager to execute a contract with the lowest bidder for the Anchor Street Park and South 1st Avenue Restroom project. Resolution 23-994 authorized the city to enter into an agreement with Romtec to procure restrooms for the Anchor Street Park and South 1st Avenue Restroom project. Look for more updates on the short-term rental application fee increase and other Rockaway Beach City Council News at https://www. tillamookheadlightherald. com/.

Cast your vote: ODFW considers two options for fall wild salmon harvest

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Oregon anglers will have something of a say on what their fall salmon harvest looks like this year.

At their June 14 webinar, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) presented two harvest options with different bag limits they are considering, encouraging anglers to visit their website and vote on their preferred option.

Upcoming changes that can’t be voted on for this fall season include lower bag limits, no stratum aggregate bag limits, ODFW building on previous actions like lowered deadlines, and new approaches to the Coastal Multi-species Conservation and Management Plan (CMP). Sean Clements, Fish Division Deputy Administrator with ODFW, said that the aggregate bag rule was removed because the strata – that is, the concentration of salmon in each region of the Oregon Coast – are not acting as one.

“The pattern we’re seeing now is that the strata

aren’t behaving as one. So, measuring the stratum rule doesn’t make sense anymore,” Clements said.

Other upcoming changes include some rivers reopening to wild Chinook retention this year, Siuslaw River and Tillamook River among the few. ODFW forecasted Coquille River and Elk River to be closed to wild Chinook retention this fall.

ODFW is still mulling over which harvest option they would like to use for the fall wild Chinook season. The department presented two options at their June 14 webinar. As always, each option would look different for each region of the Oregon Coast.

Option 1 generally takes a more conservative approach. ODFW states that option 1 “takes a consistent, coastwide, basin-specific approach to setting bag limits within a sliding scale framework recognizing recent issues.”

Option 2 allows slightly larger bag limits. ODFW states that option 2 “allows additional harvest this year in some basins based on the

forecast but may increase the risk of impacting future opportunity.”

Under both options, bag limits are significantly less than 2022 in many basins. For example, anglers were allowed two wild Chinook per day and ten during season in the Nehalem River last year. This year, option 1 allows one wild Chinook per day and two in the season, and option 2 allows one wild Chinook per day and five in the season.

For the South Coast, bag limits are set based on the Rogue Fall Chinook Species Management rules. The rules guide the management of fall Chinook along the Oregon Coast from the Winchuck River to Euchre Creek. Bag limits for this area are set based on a one- or twoyear return plus the current forecast average. Because most of the South Coast operates under this rule, there is only one option available for this region.

ODFW is encouraging the public to visit their website and take the 2023 Coastal Fall Salmon Survey. The survey asks several questions,

including questions regarding your preferred harvest option and the typical number of days you fish each fall.

To take the survey, go to www.myodfw.com. Search “Fall Coastal Salmon” in the search bar. Click the link that says, “Fall Coastal Salmon Management.” From there, you can submit questions or take the survey by June 23.

Here are the bag limits for each region of the Oregon Coast under both options, as presented by ODFW at their June 14 webinar.

North Coast

Under Option 1

- 1 Chinook per day, 2 per season on Necanicum River. Includes hatchery Chinook.

- 1 Chinook per day, 2 per season on Nehalem River. Only 1 Chinook allowed during protective period through September 15. 1 Coho per day, 2 per season.

Includes hatchery Coho.

- 1 Chinook per day, 2 per season on Tillamook River. Includes hatchery Chinook. 1 Coho per day, 2 per season. Includes hatchery Coho.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Nestucca River.

Includes hatchery Chinook. 1 Coho per day, 2 per season.

Under Option 2

- 1 Chinook per day, 2 per season on Necanicum River.

Includes hatchery Chinook.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Nehalem River.

Only 1 Chinook allowed during protective period through September 15. 1 Coho per day, 2 per season.

Includes hatchery Coho.

- 1 Chinook per day, 2 per season on Tillamook River. Includes hatchery Chinook.

1 Coho per day, 2 per season.

Includes hatchery Coho.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Nestucca River. Includes hatchery Chinook. 1 Coho per day, 2 per season.

Mid Coast Option 1

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Salmon River. Includes hatchery Chinook.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Siletz River. 1 Coho per season.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Yaquina River. 1 Coho per season.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Alsea River. 1

Coho per season.

- 1 Chinook per day, 2 per season on Yachats River.

- 1 Chinook per day, 2 per season on Siuslaw River. 1 Coho per season.

- 1 Coho per season at Beaver Creek.

Option 2

- 2 Chinook per day, 10 per season on Salmon River. Includes hatchery Chinook.

- 2 Chinook per day, 10 per season on Siletz River. 1 Coho per season.

- 2 Chinook per day, 10 per season on Yaquina River. 1 Coho per season.

- 2 Chinook per day, 10 per season on Alsea River. 1 Coho per season.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Yachats River.

- 1 Chinook per day, 2 per season on Siuslaw River. 1 Coho per season.

- 1 Coho per season on Beaver Creek.

Mid-South Coast & Umpqua

Option 1

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Umpqua River. Includes hatchery Chinook.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Coos River. Includes hatchery Chinook. Includes 1 Coho per day, 3 per season.

- Chinook closed on Coquille River. 1 Coho per day, 3 per season.

- 1 Chinook per season on Floras Creek. 1 Coho per day, 2 per season.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Sixes River.

- Hatchery Chinook only on Elk River.

Option 2

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Umpqua River. Includes hatchery Chinook.

- 2 Chinook per day, 10 per season on Coos River. Includes hatchery Chinook. Includes 1 Coho per day, 3 per season.

- Chinook closed on Coquille River. 1 Coho per day, 3 per season.

- 1 Chinook per season on Floras Creek. 1 Coho per day, 2 per season.

- 1 Chinook per day, 10 per season on Sixes River.

- Hatchery Chinook only on Elk River.

South Coast –Everything operating under a permanent rule, making one scenario.

Option 1 - 2 Chinook per day, 20 per season on Roque River. Includes hatchery Chinook and Coho.

- 1 Chinook per day, 2 per season on Hunter Creek.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Pistol River.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Chetco River. Includes hatchery Chinook.

- 1 Chinook per day, 5 per season on Winchuck River.

Capitol mall rally calls for additional state funding

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Oregon parents, child care providers, advocates and concerned legislators rallied on the lawn of the Capitol Mall in Salem Monday, June 12, to call on the state legislature to increase funding for child care.

The recently passed 202325 Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) budget includes funding levels that will cause at least 1,000 families to lose high-quality affordable child care accessed through the Employment Related Day Care program.

“With Oregon sitting on nearly $2 billion in unexpected revenue, how can the State justify cutting even a nickel from the funding our families, our children, and our economy needs,” Family Forward Oregon Senior Political Director Courtney Veronneau said. “Cuts of this magnitude will make it extremely hard for parents to afford child care. We will not rest until child care and early learning investments are increased at the level our communities need.”

On the Capitol Mall lawn, parents, child care providers and advocates placed 1,000 pinwheels to represent the families that will lose access to child care without a budget increase. Oregon’s Employment Related Day Care program provides working families financial assistance to cover the cost of child care that parents need in order to go to work or go to school. Advocates warned that without increased funding, families will be stripped of their subsidies, making it immensely harder — if not impossible — to afford child care.

Angie Garcia owns Escuela Viva currently which has three child care centers in Portland and Gresham that serve approximately 140 families.

“I am fielding over a dozen new prospective families a week,” Garcia said. “Our waitlist continues to grow and we will not be able to fill the need for child care in our community. Only families who can afford to pay for their spots now will be able access care. Centers like mine will take the money, because we desperately need it to survive. Calling into question, once again, the equity of our system.”

The funding cuts come following the State’s recent commitment to expand access to Employment Related Day Care and support more families which advocates call a cruel bait and switch.

“Children are our future. Our future teachers and child

care providers, legislators and Governors, our future workforce. Investing in early learning and care opportunities is proven to help children develop the social, emotional, and academic skills they need for success in school and life,”

Children’s Institute Director of Policy & Advocacy Dana Hepper said. “The only way to solve the problems that have plagued child care for decades is through sustained state investments in this system, not a reduction in that investment.”

“Everyone benefits when child care providers get the support they need to deliver the care that kids deserve. More children get a chance to learn and grow. More families get the lifeline they need to have joyful connections and stable homes. More communities thrive” Asian Pacific American Network of Oregonv Co-Executive Director of Programs

Amy Powers said. “Our state budget should reflect this. Child care providers endured so much during the pandemic, Oregon cannot turn our back on them now.”

At the Monday press conference, Oregon lawmakers called on the Legislature to increase funding by $100 million to support the Department of Early Learning and Care to fully implement important changes to the Employment Related Day Care program and prevent kicking families off of the program. They also called for the following budget increases:

• An added $7 million for the Early Childhood Equity Fund and $17.8 Relief Nurseries to serve 855 more families and compensate child care providers.

An added $5 million required for Healthy Families Oregon to protect the jobs of program staff and compensate child care providers.

• An added $25 million for the Oregon Child Care Capacity Fun to support child care provider with starting new programs or expanding expanding their existing business. “This session, we have the opportunity to make important investments in the future of our state, the children of Oregon,” Oregon Rep. Thuy Tran said. “By allocating additional funding to child care and early learning programs, we can and must ensure that more Oregon families and children have access to care that they need.”

“I know our rural communities are being hit especially hard by the child care crisis,” Republican Sen. Dick Anderson, who

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represents much of Oregon’s coast from Lincoln City to Coos Bay, said. “While every county in Oregon is a child care desert for at least one age group, the severity of child care deserts in rural Oregon is ten percent higher than for urban communities. We cannot afford to wait any longer to make the investments that our child care system needs.”

Speakers and advocates also spoke about the importance of child care when it comes to the state’s workforce participation and economic wellbeing.

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Survey revealed that child care costs have increased between 12%-37% depending on geographic location, age group and provider type – far outpacing inflation. Without adequate investments in child care, working parents — especially mothers — won’t have access to the child care they need to enter the workforce, which poses a significant barrier to economic growth in Oregon.

Advocates noted that Oregon is experiencing a devastating child care shortage as child care workers struggle to make ends meet on povertylevel wages and care business owners struggle to keep programs open.

A recent report from Oregon State University shows that with the exception of Gilliam County, every Oregon family raising infants and toddlers lives in a child care desert. Nationally, this crisis—which was exacerbated by the pandemic—is negatively impacting the economy to the tune of $122 billion in economic losses each year.

The Department of Early Learning & Care budget, which includes funding for child care and early learning programs, was already approved in the Oregon House and currently awaits a vote in the Senate.

ADVOCATES RALLY FOR INCREASED STATE FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE

The recently passed 2023-25 Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) budget includes funding levels that will cause at least 1,000 families to lose high-quality affordable child care accessed through the Employment Related Day Care program.

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the shift to really poor ocean conditions. There are also things going on in fresh water that are impacting some of these runs.”

In addition, predation from smallmouth bass – which were illegally introduced to the Coquille Basin in the early 2010s – has led to the collapse of the Coquille Chinook population. Further, in the Umpqua River Basin, ODFW reported a return of under 200 Coho last year, down from an average of 2,000 to 12,000.

“What folks may not be aware of is what’s going on in Umpqua,” Clements said. “Umpqua is warmer than other coastal rivers. The temperature is also increasing. That leads to increased stress on the juveniles and increased predation from striped bass. Our own survey data indicates issues across

species and runs. Potentially there’s something developing in the Umpqua and we’re keeping an eye on that.”

Other long-term concerns included increasing freshwater harvest rates. In Umpqua Basin, freshwater harvest rates have gone up nearly 20% from the measured period of 1986 to 1990 to the measured period of 2011 to 2020, according to ODFW data. At the same time, oceanwater harvest rates have decreased over the last couple of decades.

The final long-term concern centered on environmental changes such as warming sea temperatures. ODFW reported that the Northeast Pacific Ocean is currently experiencing its warmest sea temperatures in 40 years, which can ultimately impact the department’s forecasting accuracy.

“What these [environmental] changes are doing is they’re not only impacting the runs themselves, but they are also impacting our ability to forecast, because we can’t capture some of these changes in our forecast. That leads to forecast inaccuracy and overharvest,” Clements said.

While ODFW stressed caution and the need to manage coastal salmon populations closely moving forward, they also recognized that Oregon is an exemplar for other states. California closed all recreational salmon fishing this year because of low returns.

“Oregon is standing out as a place where things aren’t going as badly as other states. We want to keep it that way,” Clements said.

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Tillamook County Composite Squadron “Space Cadets” Win Big!

Congratulations Space Cadets! On June 2nd, a team of Tillamook County Composite Squadron Cadets of the Civil Air Patrol, participated in the final face-to-face competition in NASA’s Artemis ROADS 2022-23 program. Taking two 1st place awards and tying for the final overall score, the “Space Cadets” showed off their skills in front of the judges and over 70 other competitors.

The ROADS program (Rover Observation and Drone Survey) is a framework that lets students explore STEM (Science/ Technology/Engineering/ Mathematics) concepts through hands-on activities. ROADS takes inspiration from real NASA projects and guides students on a space-related mission. Each year the ROADS competition tackles different science and engineering problems

involved in visiting different solar system bodies. For 2022–2023 challenge, we were tasked with going back to the moon! The Space Cadets began their research and preparation in November of 2022. They completed in 9 Mission Objectives which included building robotic rovers, flying the Artemis trajectory from Earth to the Moon, raising plants for food in contained environments, designing their own astronaut patch, studying moon regolith and the surface of the moon, packing personal bags for the trip, and much more. The team received an invitation to the final competition after completing and submitting their excellent work on time.

Driving more than 5 hours to Central Washington University, the Space Cadets and their Advisors began the day long competition by demonstrating their robotic navigation through lunar regolith and across the surface of the moon, as well as flying a drone from Earth to the Moon on a specific plotted trajectory.

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Greetings, It’s a question that has challenged parents of school-aged children for as long as there’s been a school year: how do we best strike the balance between fun and learning until they head back to the classroom in the fall? For kids with learning differences, that summertime equilibrium can be crucial in maintaining the growth they’ve already made, while sustaining momentum for the years ahead.

Enter The Shadow Project, and its Summer Goal Setting Program, a free service for Tillamook-area K-8 students with learning challenges like dyslexia, ADHD, and autism to support kids’ confidence, motivation and behavior during the long days of summer. The Shadow Project is an Oregon nonprofit founded 25 years ago by a parent of a child who struggled with reading. Working with special education teachers, the organization developed a highly successful program that helps special needs students build skills for school and life success.

The four-week goal setting program is available in two sessions: the first runs June 20 to July 17; the second from July 25 to August 21. Session 2 is a special partnership of The Shadow Project and the Tillamook County Library. The Library and Shadow Project will host a special end-of program celebration for participants in August, with prizes and games. Space is limited, and early registration is encouraged.

“The Summer Goal Setting program offered by The Shadow Project is a key strategy in the Tillamook County Public Libraries’ efforts to support summer learning for children in our area,” said Melanie Hetrick, Children’s

The team then presented their work to the entire congregation of scientists, judges and competitors.

One of the missions of this NASA-based program is to encourage youth to learn about the Artemis program and the environment in space and on the Moon. 2025 will see the beginning of Artemis III, the moon colonization program where humans will be living in space for long periods of time. In an effort to help educate young people, the team designed a funny graphic novel based on real science and what we have the most in our county – cows! Just to be clear… cows can’t jump over the moon as reported by Mother Goose! Each judge received a copy and chuckles could be heard all around.

Special thanks to our community supporters and those who made this program possible for our team of Civil Air Patrol Cadets of Tillamook County (Tillamook Creamery, Coast Printing, Annie’s Congratulations to these hard working, dedicated Cadets and their Advisors.

Librarian, Tillamook County Library. “Their programming will meet our families’ urgent needs for summer learning support and positive engagement.”

“Our summer program empowers parents to create a supportive, engaging summer for their child who learns differently,” said Sharon Juenemann, The Shadow Project’s executive director. When completed, kids will be equipped with the tools they need to continue making progress in reading, comprehension, paying attention, and behavioral development.”

The basic components of the sessions include:

• Parents/caregivers help their child set and work toward weekly goals

• Children earn “Shadow Bucks” for making progress and reflecting on goals

• Weekly emails containing all the materials needed, video resources, and one-onone support for parents

• After the session, kids can pick out fun items from the “Shadow Store” filled with books, art supplies, and more I believe a story about this Summer Goal Setting Program would be of interest to and a great resource your readers who are parents of children with learning differences. Please let me know if you would like more information or if I can help arrange an interview with someone about the program.

Additional info about The Shadow Project is available by calling (971) 373-3457, or emailing info@shadowproject.org. To register and find out what past summer program parents have to say about this unique summer opportunity, visit https:// www.shadow-project.org/ summer/.

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I t was early afternoon by the time we were returning to Cape Meares from a day trip to the valley, tired as always from driving Highway 6. But we perked up when we saw a red boat with a black canopy get a fish on near Winter’s dock on Bayocean Road. We checked the tide table: high tide was going to be about 5:45 p.m. We got home, unpacked the car, and geared up to launch at Memaloose about 4 p.m. Fishing Pro Troll flashers with Mexican hat spinners, first Capt. Pete hooked into a salmon… and then I did. They were almost identical fish, bright silver and 8.5 pounds. Thank goodness they were hatchery spring Chinook, not “negatives” (our term for natives, which must be released). The larder is filling up.

While Portland suffered in near-90s weather recently, it was sunny but cool here at the beach. Temps reached the mid-60s, ideal weather for us coasties. What folks here really noticed was the strong wind in the steady teens, with gusts hitting close to 30 mph. Summer has arrived; those cold north winds prove it!

As I headed down the beach the other day, I saw a lump in the distance that I knew would be a critter. I thought perhaps a seal pup, so I was careful not to get too close initially. However,

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North Coast Fire & Rescue District.

That’s the agreed-upon name finalized by the steering committee for the proposed Fire District. Reportedly, the proposal is targeting a May 2024 ballot measure. If the measure successfully passes, the special district will cover Garibaldi, Bay City, Miami Foley, Hobsonville, Barview, and Watseco areas. In the coming months, committee reports will be given to respective council boards. An official informational website is also in the works and will be announced when ready.

For more information, contact the steering committee’s Public Information Officer, Mike Saindon, at manager@ portofgaribaldi.org

While we’re talking fire, Garibaldi Fire & Rescue would like the residents to know that burn season will end on July 15. Per Division Chief Blake Paulsen, “Recreational fires will still be allowed. Fires on the beach must meet state regulations. Main points being 50-feet minimum from beach grass. Don’t burn driftwood. Put fires out with water, not sand. Sand holds heat and covers the fire which dogs and kids can’t see and could be severely burned while playing in the sand.”

For more information, contact Division Chief Paulsen at blake.paulsen@garibaldi.

gov She’s back. She’s rested. She’s got books. She’s Garibaldi’s favorite local librarian, June Ekborg: “Summer Reading is officially underway! If you haven’t signed up yet, stop by and

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I could eventually see that the animal was dead. I approached and took pictures to text to Jim Rice, Marine Mammal Stranding Network expert working out of the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport (541270-6830). He identified the mammal as a decomposing sea otter. Long ago, sea otters were common along the Oregon Coast, but they basically disappeared by the late 19th century due to overharvesting for their pelts. Now, northern sea otters are found in the Aleutian Islands, South Central and Southeast Alaska, British Columbia, and Washington and southern sea otters live off the California Coast, but we rarely see sea otters here in Oregon. I felt privileged to run across this rarity on Cape Meares beach.

Clammers are waiting for razor clamming to open on our beach; it is still closed at the time of this writing. Meanwhile, we have heard

from friends who have been getting their limits at Gearhart and Seaside. Check the Shellfish Hotline at 800-448-2474 for the latest closure information.

Marilyn Fletcher, age 75, passed away May 26 at her home here in Cape Meares. Marilyn and I never met in person, but I know she was a generous individual. She started a reading round robin with fishing mysteries set in Wisconsin; we read so many of those books while isolated at home in 2020. The books, the Loon Lake mystery series by Victoria Houston, were passed around Cape Meares and forged one of the few connections we had with others during that difficult time. Our community’s deepest condolences to Marilyn’s family.

Oh, no, we’re in the news again. Cape Meares was listed as the fourth best spot to check out tide pools in a recent KOIN 6 news article. Hard to keep the lid on what a great spot we have here.

The Riverbend Players’ “12 Angry Jurors” at the North Coast Recreation District in Nehalem was an intense drama—a very different turn from their usual fare. Director Frank Squillo’s talented team of veteran and new actors brought this powerful, character-based story to life.

In 1954, the CBS madefor-TV film “12 Angry Men” won Emmy awards for writer Reginald Rose, director Franklin Schaffner, and actor Robert Cummings. In 1957, director Sidney Lumet’s film adaptation starred Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb and E. G. Marshall. This adaptation by Sherman L. Sergel updates the play to include women as well as men in a modern jury.

The play opens with a voice-over of the judge (Frank Squillo) delivering instructions to the jurors. A 19-year-old, accused of murdering his father, awaits the decision of twelve jurors in a sweltering courtroom.

The newcomers brought depth and variety to their roles. Bryonie Arnold portrayed a measured, rational woman who, in spite of the emotions from the case and the irritation from the heat, manages to keep her cool in the face of rising tensions. Walter Mills lets slip some very personal background and displays good emotional range.

the voice-over, Lopez shadows the rest of the play like a spirit who brings out the worst in some, and compassion and humanity from others.

Julie Stratton made us laugh as the police officer determined to tell Mortimer Brewster the ridiculous details of an unsold script in “Arsenic and Old Lace.” Her measured performance here, as Juror #1/Foreman, brings order to the chaos of the other jurors. Her restrained character does the utmost to rein in the conflict around the table.

Jon Helzer, also from “Arsenic and Old Lace,” initially shares the bias that informs most jurors, displaying a snide, glib wit. But as the play unfolds, he begins to see behind the implicit racism.

Sue Neuer plays the lone voice for “reasonable doubt,” as the remaining jurors challenge and deride her.

away, and her nuanced performance as emotions roil and shift was strong and stable. Linda Makohon was described by a patron after the play as “the heart of the whole play.” An immigrant from war-torn Europe in the original 1954 script, Linda’s character gives a powerful evocation of our ideals. Mark Bartrom’s advertising executive struck exactly the selfimportant note the character calls for. Linda Petersen as the Bailiff had a few key entrances, bringing in evidence or information on which the plot pivots.

But the outstanding performance: Bryan Churchill. “I knew I’d be playing a character nobody would like,” Bryan told me after the show. Churchill is the vocal, dismissive, arrogant, and most blatantly biased juror in the room. During the first act, he becomes more outraged, and finally enraged, by other jurors’ refusal to see the facts—as he sees them. The act ends with Churchill losing control and threatening to assault Sue Neuer’s character, just as the lights go out.

join the fun. Our first special program is coming up this Friday, June 23rd, at 2:00pm (followed by our regular Storytime at 3:00 pm). Border Collie International is a performing canine team of rescued border collies. Since 1994, BCI has uniquely educated and entertained kids of all ages through demonstrations of football, basketball, baseball, soccer, and world class Frisbee tricks. Join us for this and other programs available at all Tillamook County Library branches this summer. Learn more at tillabook.org.”

To ask June directly, email jekborg@co.tillamook.or.us or stop on by during the library’s open hours.

This month’s Garibaldi City Council meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 20th, instead of the normal Monday. The day will begin with meetings, starting with GURA [Garibaldi Urban Renewal Agency] budget hearing at 5pm, City Budget meeting around 5:30pm, and the regular monthly meeting around 6:30pm.

According to Council President Katie Findling (aka “the smarter Finn”), given the volume of business, she might propose a special session as soon as Thursday,

June 22nd to give members a much-needed break. At the time of this writing, nothing had been confirmed so keep checking the city website for such updates if they occur.

The city also announced that it still has openings on the GURA budget committee to plan future budgets and fiscal planning. Per the city website: “The committee is comprised of the City Council, plus five appointed at-large members. Citizen members serve a three-year term and must be at least 18 years old, registered voters and reside within Garibaldi’s city limits.”

For more information, send snail mail to Finance Officer, P.O. Box 708, Garibaldi, OR 97118 or email to city@garibaldi.gov

Lastly, somehow Summer is starting this week. I’m not sure what happened to Spring, but whoever stole it is a jerk. With the change in season comes the reminder not to feed the tourists and other wildlife unless they’re planning to pay or they’ll keep sniffin’ ‘round for more snacks.

Till next week…

P.S. – Shoutout to David McCall on becoming the new City Manager over at Bay City. Our neighbors down shore appear to have kept their city in good hands.

(By the way, Liane, if you get bored…)

Jacob Merwin gives an emotionally charged performance around the themes of prejudice and bias. Merwin’s rant ends when all other jurors rise from the table and turn their backs on him in a powerful show of shared humanity. And Neah-kah-Nie High senior Nico Lopez has a small but crucial role: the defendant. Standing alone in front of the audience during

Ellis Conklin, who debuted last year in “Dracula,” was one of the first to be influenced by Sue Neuer’s arguments that question some of the evidence. Tom Mattia, who joined Riverbend in “It’s A Wonderful Life,” also begins to suspect that the rush to declare the defendant guilty might have less to do with the facts and more to do with preconceptions.

Linda Olsson returns to Riverbend after seven years

At the end of the second act, Churchill breaks down again— overcome not by his prejudices and biases, but by the shared humanity that he has been denying the defendant. When Linda Makohon exits the room and lays a comforting, compassionate hand on his shoulder, it is a silent, powerful gesture.

Assistant Director Julee Ward added her talent from the booth and is developing nicely for her directorial debut with “Frankenstein” in October. Set designer Patrick Conner recreates the dilapidated, fading courtroom of a 1950s metropolis with dingy, peeling walls.

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Thank you for the Tillamook County Library

I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to the Tillamook County Library’s main branch for highlighting theavailable LGBTQ+ books and resources during this 2023 Pride Month. I am a lifelong ally, a past member of PFLAG, and the proud mother of a trans person. Thecurrent national climate of targeting and vilifying

LGBTQ+ people, with frightening emphasis on persecuting trans people, is alarming, to say the least. I pray for (and fear for) the safety of my child and of every beloved child of God who faces danger or aggression because of their sexual orientation. It shouldn’t require courage to uphold civil rights in a public library setting, but I applaud the county library professionals for their positive attitude in the face of any backlash from the community. If only one

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Keep transgender issues out of children’s library

My daughters (ages 3, 1) and I absolutely love going to the library.

We are there at least twice a week. For not being able to read yet, both of my girls are ferocious readers. They will sprawl out in the library with a mountain of books and look through them one by one with delight.

Last week we came to the library as part of our usual routine, and I was shocked to see a book display set up in the middle of the children’s library promoting transgender ideology for very small children, including titles such as “I am Jazz” and “Neither”.

As practicing Catholics, my husband and I teach our girls that God made them perfect and whole exactly as they are. We teach them to love their bodies, as this is God’s creation, and the temple in which He dwells. Body and spirit are one, not two disconnected entities. It is impossible to cut the body away from the spirit, and vice versa. We must treat

our body and soul connection with reverence, as it is God’s gift to us. Our bodies are part of the harmony of the created order, and our sexual difference is part of God’s self-revelation, as well as a sign of our ultimate calling: to give and receive love. Books on display in the children’s section that contradict this teaching is an undermining of our parental rights to instill into our children our religious beliefs and values. Although a child’s book on transgenderism might seem benign, it is a way to plant a seed of doubt into children’s identities that can lead to complicated and unnecessary medicalization. Puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, double mastectomies, and genital mutilation are all irreversible and leave the patient with grave health concerns, including sterilization and lifelong dependency on cross-sex hormones.

We are more than willing to have conversations with our daughters about the dangers of transgender ideology, but we would like to have those conversations when they are older, and on our terms. By having

young person feels validated by the library’s effort, the library will have succeeded in its mission to educate us, enlighten us, and engender acceptance and inclusion among us. May our actions and our laws reflect our dedication to equal human rights for every person.

Well done, Tillamook County Library!

Valerie Schultz Rockaway Beach

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these books on display, the conversation is forced upon us. My girls are only beginning to categorize the differences they see between male and female. This is not the time to confuse them with political ideologies that are contrary to our moral and religious beliefs.

The library is a taxpayer funded institution in which all should be welcome. This can be achieved by remaining politically neutral. A children’s display on transgenderism is a lightning rod of controversy that divides communities. A display on this topic in the adult section, with books meant for adults, would be perfectly acceptable, especially if it also contained books with varying perspectives on the matter. To put this display in the children’s section, or in the general area where children walk in order to get to the children’s section, is an attempt to indoctrinate young minds into a particular political ideology, which ultimately undermines parental rights.

Ellie Hilger Bay City

The middle of June is always a very special time at TBCC. It is our annual graduation ceremony and this year it was held on Friday, June 16 at 5:30 pm in the TBCC parking lot. It was the third graduation in a row that we have had outside on campus and the weather has cooperated for us every time! We had a large crowd of family and friends of the graduates join us for the ceremony.

This year’s graduating class included 72 credit and non-credit students who earned an impressive 100 degrees and certificates. Of those graduates, 9 earned an Associate of Arts Oregon Transfer degree; 20 earned an Associate of Science (AS) degree; 25 earned a General Studies degree; 4 earned an Associate of Applied Science degree; and 15 earned various certificates in Career-Technical Education programs.

We also had 8 GED

completers and 27 CDL noncredit training certificates (our truck driving program). We were honored to have some of our CDL students walk in graduation this year. Our truck driving program has provided well over 100 TBCC students the opportunity to obtain high-paying positions after just four weeks of training.

Twenty-four of our graduates earned college credit in high school through Dual Credit courses – and two of our graduates earned their transfer degree at TBCC at the same time they graduated from high school- one from Neah-Kah-Nie and one from Nestucca Valley. In the last forty years, only four other students have ever been able to accomplish this impressive feat – thanks in part to Dual Credit classes. This year we awarded over 4,000 college credits to high school students in the form of Dual Credit, saving those families a total of over $509,000 in tuition and fees!

This year, we had three student speakers who shared the special stories that brought them to TBCC and helped them reach this level of accomplishment. Our first student speaker was Aiden Sifford, one of the special

students who graduated from Nestucca Valley HS while he finished his AS degree at TBCC. He was also the winner of our All Oregon Academic Team Scholar program for this year and is headed back east next fall to attend an Ivy League University!

Our second student speaker was Angelica Godinez Garcia who completed three degrees while at TBCC and graduated Summa Cum Laude and was a Career to Career Scholar recipient. Our third student speaker was Kimbaly McFalls who graduated from our CDL Truck Driving Program and is now working at Zwald Trucking. TBCC is very proud to be an integral part of Tillamook County communities, and we take very seriously our role in providing excellent higher education opportunities to all county citizens. Community colleges are uniquely American, and we all have open enrollment where anyone who has completed a GED or High School diploma can enter and be successful in earning a college degree. It is a great start at higher education and hopefully part of a lifetime of learning for all our students. So congratulations again to all of the 2023 TBCC Graduates!

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We humans are endlessly interesting. We are full of old behaviors that seem new because we have run to new toys--the internet and social media. We are “naturals” at both jovial sociability and deadly animosity. Our talent for sociability leads us to higher realms of shared well-being, while our easily mustered rage leads us to widespread destruction and lonely isolation.

In the modern era, with all the media drama, the stakes for living or dying have never seemed higher. Will we live and let live, help each other, or burn everything into radioactive cinders? Throughout life, each of us makes many choices about situations that lead us in one of these two general directions. And although very few of us have avoided feeling both these extremes of thought, only a minority of us truly like to fight, do harm, and destroy.

We each display dominant traits related either to helping the world and accepting differences between people and groups, or we want to

demonize and fight those we consider to be outside of our own posse. We each possess our own dominant outlook, and on social media we think we can easily sniff out our fellow citizens’ dominant outlooks, too.

Based on what we quickly sense, we like or dislike them, and attribute numerous good or bad qualities to them accordingly. The simplest negative stereotypes that do not relate to reality are quite popular right now:

(1) rural people are knuckledragging gun-toters, and

(2) city people are “woke” welfare parasites who do not want work, but just want more free government money. All those names we call each other, though we really know nothing about any other human heart. We just enjoy savoring the burn of our resentment.

Most of this is simple conditioning from the past— what our families, neighbors and friends verbally spew. We are sponges and absorb the best and the worst from our surroundings. We may go out of our way to help a neighbor, but not want foreigners who look different to move into our country or our neighborhood.

I enjoy being old and more often a witness than a participant. My joints creak,

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but I have simple needs and pleasures. My vegetable garden beckons me to hoe between the rows of tomatoes, onions, potatoes, cabbage, zucchini, lemon cukes, beets, spinach, and mustard kale. I have come to know neighborhood crows and sparrows and doves. They call me outside every morning, demanding more doses of black oil sunflower seed and cracked corn.

As a throwback, still sometimes tempted to return to the analog era, I no longer have a Facebook account, never have been on Twitter, Reddit, Tiktok, Snapchat, Instagram, etc. Those absences are easier for me than for younger folks who have never known life without those giddy entertainments. I miss some puppy and kitten videos, some terribly important opinions that are offered, and snarky exchanges between strangers, but I have already seen enough of those.

Online, between strangers, respect and civility often disintegrate quickly. A sort of belligerent acting-out takes over, not so different than a toddler tantrum.

It is safe to throw online brickbats at distant strangers whom we hope never to meet. I forget who wrote that the internet is like a condom; acting out online provides protective space for a person to interact with another, but at a safe distance.

Double bonus: not only do we not have to face our online antagonists, but we gain “likes” from our tribe, and bolster our self-esteem that way.

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Of course, after continuous doses of this, we still hunger for more, but gradually we forget how to interact with people faceto-face. Have you noticed how reluctant people have become to experience phone conversations since the advent of social media? Texts are preferred, although they are short and answer nothing in detail. They establish no human connections, and are easily ignored. Zoom meetings are in some ways practical, but how do matters of importance proceed when you do not sit faceto-face, experience actual “give and take,” and get to know the other people in the room? But I like working from home and not having to show up, too, like many people who are still employed. For how can anyone

NOT prefer home to a long commute, water cooler gossip, and vaguely coerced expressions of corporate

Scott Named Manzanita Citizen of the Year

Prostate Health for Men’s Health Month

LEANNA COY, FNP-C, Family Nurse Practitioner and Health Content Writer

Prostate issues can affect men at any age. Knowing the signs of an unhealthy prostate is something every man should be aware of, so they know when to seek care from their health care provider. The prostate is a walnut shaped gland located next to the bladder in men and plays an important role in male fertility. Men can experience problems with their prostate at any point in their life, but most men will develop symptoms as they age. There are three major prostate concerns men should be aware of:

1. Prostatitis

2. Benign prostate hypertrophy

3. Prostate cancer

Prostatitis

If left untreated prostatitis can lead to an infection that affects the whole body, an abscessed prostate, sexual dysfunction, and inflammation of the genitals. The treatments for prostatitis vary depending on the underlying cause.

Benign prostate hyperplasia

Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) is the enlargement of the prostate gland. In most men the prostate will enlarge with aging. By the age of 60, at least half of all men have some degree of BPH. By the age of 70, 90% of all men develop BPH. The urethra, where urine passes through, is surrounded by the prostate. When the prostate enlarges it will gradually compress the urethra. When the enlargement compresses the urethra enough symptoms of BPH begin. Symptoms for BPH are notable during urination and include:

Announcing the honor, Mayor Deb Simmons said Scott had served his fellow citizens “for many years at all levels of civic involvement.”

“In the recent past, when we found ourselves facing fear and uncertainty, with extraordinary and unprecedented challenges, he stepped forward to meet them head-on,” she read from his citation. “When key decisions -- some of them radical -- needed to be made, and made early,

he made them. And that made a difference to our recovery.”

Scott was a member of the city’s planning commission and city council, before serving six years as mayor. Manzanita’s Citizen of the Year is selected annually by a committee of previous honorees.

June 24th Microchip and Vaccine Clinic at Oregon Coast Humane Society

Oregon Coast Humane Society has scheduled a Microchip and Vaccine Clinic on Saturday, June 24th from 10am until 3pm at the shelter on Rhododendron Drive. Low-cost microchips and vaccines will be available. The clinic is open to healthy dogs and cats above 8 weeks old and available by appointment only.

Microchips cost $40 and vaccines cost $20 each. Dog vaccines available are rabies, DHPP, Leptospirosis, and Bordatella (kennel cough). Available cat vaccines include rabies and FVRCP.

OCHS Executive Director Elizabeth Thompson says the timing of this clinic is particularly important. “The July 4th week is notoriously busy at shelters nationwide

as scared animals fleeing fireworks lose their way home. It’s always a relief to be able to quickly reunite them with their families through a microchip.”

To schedule an appointment for microchips or vaccines, call or come by the shelter. Applications can also be completed online at www. oregoncoasthumanesociety. org in advance but an appointment is still required.

Oregon Coast Humane Society is a nonprofit, limitedintake shelter that promotes a lifetime commitment to pets. Visit oregoncoasthumanesociety.org or call 541-9974277.

Clay arrived at OCHS as a stray cat recently. A microchip would’ve helped him find his way home.

Prostatitis is the inflammation of the prostate. Prostatitis is the most common urinary tract issue in men under the age of 50. When the prostate is inflamed, men will feel pain in one or more areas including the lower abdomen, low back, and genitals. In addition to pain symptoms, men may also experience:

• Painful urination

• Difficulty urinating

• Incomplete emptying of the bladder

• Getting up at night frequently to urinate

• Fever

• Nausea/vomiting

• Body aches Prostatitis may begin quickly and worsen from causes such as a urinary tract infection or sexually transmitted diseases. If symptoms last longer than three months, the condition is considered chronic. Chronic prostatitis is believed to come from many different causes including nerve damage, chronic infections, and muscle spasms.

• A weak urinary stream

• Taking longer to urinate

• Difficulty starting urination

• Incomplete bladder emptying

• Dribbling after urinating

Untreated BPH can lead to chronic urinary retention where the bladder does not completely empty. Over time the chronic urinary retention will cause urine to spill over and leak causing urinary incontinence. Medication is used to help relax the bladder and the prostate to improve urinary flow

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer in men worldwide. The risk of developing prostate cancer increases with age. Screening for prostate cancer began in the 1980s with the prostate-specific antigen test (PSA) and digital rectal exam. Despite the high level of prostate cancer incidence, routine prostate

cancer screening for all men is not recommended. At this time the United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPTF), which makes the guidelines for Medicare, recommends men between the ages of 55-69 speak with their healthcare provider to review their personal risk of developing prostate cancer. A discussion with their health care provide will allow the provider to determine if and when any screening is needed. Screening for prostate cancer is not recommended in men after the age of 70. The reason USPTF set these recommendations relates to concerns for false positive tests and complications many men experience with treatments. For many men who go through treatment for prostate cancer they find the treatments will negatively impact their life with issues such as loss of bladder control and erectile dysfunction. The majority of men diagnosed with prostate cancer will not die of prostate cancer. Studies show 97% of men are still alive 5 years after their prostate cancer diagnosis. With concerns ranging from prostatitis to prostate cancer, men should be knowledgeable about abnormal signs to watch for. Men can use this Men’s Health Month reminder to schedule an appointment to talk with their health care provider about any symptoms or concerns, and to discuss their individualized cancer screening recommendation.

Other wellness questions?

Email us at info@ tillamookcountywellness. org. For more local health and wellness information, visit www. tillamookcountywellness.org or follow Tillamook County Wellness on Facebook and Instagram.

June is Men’s Health Month

We want to remind men of all ages to schedule your routine medical and dental exams. Routine preventive care including staying up-to-date on recommended screenings and vaccines can help you stay well and catch problems early, helping you live a longer, healthier life.

Manzanita Citizen of the Year, former Mayor Mike Scott (holding flower basket), poses with former honorees.

Former Mayor Mike Scott was named Manzanita’s Citizen of the Year at the June 7 meeting of the city council.

POTB Receives Congressional Funding To Replace Automated Weather Observing System

The Port of Tillamook Bay (POTB) was the recent recipient of congressional funding to replace its Automated Weather Observing Station (AWOS) at Tillamook Airport. The AWOS is a fully configurable airport weather system that provides continuous, real-time information and reports on airport weather conditions. Data transmitted by the AWOS includes rainfall, wind direction and speed, temperature, dew point, density altitude, visibility, and runway surface conditions among other things.

“It’s a critical piece of infrastructure for pilot

safety coming into Tillamook Airport, as well as weather data reporting,” said Port of Tillamook Bay General Manager Michele Bradley. “However, it was getting extremely outdated and parts to replace it were becoming hard to find.”

Bradley said the Port was still a few years out from receiving funding through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to update the system, but was concerned the equipment wouldn’t hold up, so the Port decided to shift gears and apply for federal funding to replace the system instead.

The Port applied for, and

was granted, federal funding for an in-place replacement with an FAA-approved AWOS, thanks in great part to Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden.

“Collecting continuous, real time information about atmospheric changes and current weather conditions is crucial to ensure communities are safe,” said Senator Jeff Merkley, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee that helped secure $500,000 to replace this system. “This new Automated Weather Observing System will help to ensure safe aviation and real-time notifications of impending

weather events.”

“The Port was thrilled to get this project going and for the assistance of both Senator Merkley and Wyden’s staff,” Bradley added. “Their help was invaluable in the application process. We are always looking to improve our regional airport, and the AWOS project will assist with airport growth and development.”

“The new weather observation system at the Tillamook Airport will help keep Oregon Coast residents and visitors safe,” U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said. “State-ofthe-art weather monitoring is a must to protect our coastal

communities, and I’m gratified this $500,000 federal investment I fought for will support this essential piece of infrastructure.”

Project match funding was provided through a grant from the Oregon Department of Aviation’s (ODAV) Critical Oregon Airport Relief program. ODAV Director Kenji Sugahara noted that “installing the AWOS system at Tillamook Airport significantly enhances safety by providing real-time, accurate weather information. This is an investment in our shared skies and the spirit of Oregon aviation.”

To ensure there wasn’t any

Empowering Access Visits County Parks

Tillamook Coast Visitors Association (TCVA) hosted Ashley Schahfer, founder of Empowering Access, for an accessibility tour of three Tillamook County parks June 14-15. Empowering Access is an

Oregon based consulting company whose mission is to provide equitable experience and knowledge-based guidance to those looking to engage in disability, equity, and inclusion work. Schahfer’s visit was made possible by a $20,000 grant awarded to TCVA through Travel Oregon’s small project grant program. The tour was attended by Parks Director JoAnn Woelfle, Parks Office Manager Melissa Rondeau, Parks

Maintenance Tech Gene Henderson, TCVA Trails & Outdoor Recreation Manager Dan Haag, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) Deputy Director Claudine Rehn, TEP Environmental Education Specialist Rachel Freeman, and TEP Communication & Engagement Manager Diana Dimarco.

The two-day tour took in three of the most-visited parks in the county system – Trask River, Kilchis River and Barview Jetty Campgrounds.

Schahfer, an outdoors enthusiast with two degrees in architecture and 21 years of lived experience in disability, offered tips and advice on ways to improve access in the parks for users of all abilities. She pointed out a variety of things that could pose challenges to people dealing with mobility issues, such as concrete lips in front of restrooms, large gravel in handicapped parking areas and public spaces, bark chips on trails and playgrounds, and the height place-

ment of door handles, soap dispensers and hand towels in restrooms. County parks staff also consulted with Schahfer on design ideas for creating dedicated ADA campsites in each park and improving beach and river access points. Schahfer will create a report from all of the data collected during the tour for the parks department and TCVA to use in planning future accessibility projects. In addition to the parks consultation, Schahfer will be

lag in AWOS data, the FAA approved a new site location for the upgraded system, allowing the old system to be decommissioned after the new one was already set up and running.

Precision Approach Engineering assisted with the environmental and engineering processes and managed the construction of the new AWOS. Kunert Electric, LLC installed the new equipment. More information about the Tillamook Airport can be found at www.potb.org.

Weall want consistent success, accomplishing our responsibilities and handling stress. The past few years have given little breathing room for this, especially

collaborating with TCVA to create an accessibility training and discussion forum for city and county leaders and personnel to be held locally in late fall of 2023. “Ashley was incredible to work with and we were thrilled to bring her to Tillamook County,” Haag said. “The information she provided will be invaluable as we look ahead to creating recreational opportunities that are welcoming to all abilities.”

Financial Education Programs

Launching in Tillamook County

when it comes to personal finance. The economy is uncertain, necessities are increasingly more expensive, and management of all of that can feel daunting. Lack of experience or past mistakes may make you think that stability and sustainability are impossible, but it’s closer in reach than you know

Through Uniting for Action on the Oregon Economy, a program of Urban-Rural Action, fellow Tillamook citizens have teamed up with Financial Beginnings Oregon to offer free financial education classes. Have you ever thought, “I wish they taught

me this in school” when it comes to money management? We teach that. We are not sponsored by any banks, insurance providers, or businesses. We are grassroots made up of teachers, health advocates, accountants, and people who have experienced your struggles firsthand.

Through Tillamook County Wellness, we will be sharing stories of members and partners, how they managed turbulent times, yet achieved sustainability. People who have gone from struggling to pay rent to becoming firsttime homebuyers. We as a group of volunteers have our

own sustainability issues, trying to organize this program and have it continue into the future.

Thanks to a number of local organizations, several classes will be offered on a regular basis. Helping Hands, CARE, Inc. Habitat for Humanity and Tides of Change, as well as local school districts, including Trask High School, will be offering Financial Beginnings programming.

Tillamook Bay Community College is hosting classes in English & Spanish, July 11 – August 8. Classes cover everything from goal setting, to understanding income and taxes, credit and debit, identity protection, and savings and retirement. Attend one or as many sessions as you like.

Taught by trained volunteers, all classes are free and open to anyone. If you would like to become a volunteer, contact maree.beers@finbegor.org.

Consistent success is hard, and these challenges shouldn’t be your own burden. With our help, you’ll discover the tools and skills you already possess for sustainable growth. Visit our website, hosted by Tillamook County Wellness, for class schedules, videos, and

www.

Geoff Vaughn with Precision Approach Engineering, Kenji Sugahara, the Director of ODAV, Betsy Emery with Sen. Merkley’s office, POTB General Manager Michele Bradley, Alex Thomas, ODAV Program Coordinator

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Donald Frederick Holt

1947 ~ May 25, 2023

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Hannah Marie Hernandez – Rose

June 13, 1970 ~ May 28, 2023

Gene Paul Starr

December 30, 1936 ~ June 7, 2023

Donald Frederick Holt, 76, a long-time resident of Tillamook County, died at home on May 25, 2023. He is survived by his wife Leanne Holt, son John Charles Holt, brother Bill Holt and sisters Linda Thorp, Teresa Cruse, and Jackie Dimond. Don was known for his kind and friendly personality. He loved jokes

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and playing pranks on friends and family. Don graduated from Neah-Kah-Nie High School. He was an army veteran in the 60’s. Following his service in the army, he was recruited by the CIA and worked as a computer operator. When he returned to Oregon, he worked in the sawmills and then as a school custodian. He loved working in his shop where he created some nice pieces of furniture and rebuilt most of the cupboards and drawers in the mobile home. Many of the materials he used were collected and repurposed from other projects. In his free time, he enjoyed clamming, crabbing and gardening. A service for Don has been scheduled at Willamette National Cemetery on Thursday, June 29th at 2:00 PM. Those attending should plan to arrive by 1:45 and check in at the admin office.

Willamette National Cemetery 11800 SE Mt. Scott Blvd Portland, Oregon 97086

January 21, 1936 ~ May 18, 2023

two years of college, Jerry joined the Navy where he served with the Seabees building structures in the Philippines and Guam. He married, and returned to college after his time in the service, then graduated with a B.S. degree from California State University. That union produced a son, Jerry Jr., and ended with the death of his spouse.

Jerry Espeseth passed away suddenly on May 18, 2023, at the age of eighty-seven. Born on January 21, 1936, in Dallas, Wisconsin, Jerry lived with his mother and grandparents while his father served in the Navy. The family moved to California in 1948, then to Victorville, California in 1950, where he attended Victor Valley High School and graduated in 1954. After

Jerry worked as an engineer with Fleur Corporation in Southern California and did projects in Alaska, Salt Lake City and South Africa. He worked as a contractor, independently, and with his father. In 2004, while planning a 50ht class reunion for their high school, he and classmate, Auda, renewed an old friendship, and married in 2005. Surviving are his spouse, Auda, two sons, Wally and Jerry, two grandchildren and two great grandchildren. A memorial will be held in August with friends and family.

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data, Kelly conceded that the planned HCP changes would have a drastic impact on harvest levels. Harvests are set to fall by around 20% across state forests starting on July 1, with the beginning of a new implementation plan that critics fear mirrors harvest levels that will be allowed under the new HCP.

Kelly also announced that work on the HCP would not be completed by the board’s September meeting, as initially expected, and should instead be ready sometime in November. Kelly said that the board might hold a special meeting to vote on the HCP, and assured the public that there would be opportunity for comment.

Tillamook County Commissioner David Yamamoto spoke later in the morning, representing the Forest Trust Lands Advisory Committee, which he chairs. That group consists of representatives from the counties which deeded the land for the state forests to the state in the 1940s and 1950s and receive harvest revenues to fund county and special districts budgets.

Yamamoto said that he had been surprised by Kelly’s opening remarks, which had raised a lot of questions. He wondered why selfimposed constraints were responsible for so much land being set aside and why

“Hannah was my friend,” a quote from nearly every person who knew her. Hannah was generous to a fault, cared deeply about everyone, prayed up a blue streak, and ministered to everyone she met. Although, handicapped from a stroke that left her paralyzed on the left side, Hannah did not let that stop her. She was bound for glory and wanted to take as many people as she could with her. Hannah was born to Kathleen Currey and Louis Gregory in Tucson, Arizona where she spent her growing up years. Her early years were very hard. She left home when she was 15 years old, rented a room and worked at a job while she finished High School. During this time, when Hannah was 26, she asked Jesus into her heart and He transformed her life. She left a very harsh life, climbed on a bus bound for Brownsville, Florida where a church in a powerful revival welcomed Hannah. At that time, Hannah could not read or write and had been told she was mentally retarded, schooled in special ed all her years. They asked Hannah what she needed prayer for, and she said, “I want to be healed of mental retardation!” And she was healed! Then, she said, “I think I am supposed to go to Brownsville Revival School of Ministry, but she couldn’t read or write. They said, “We think you are supposed to be here!” Hannah learned to read and write at Bible college by reading the Bible. She was voted, “The Student who worked the hardest and achieved the most.” Hannah graduated from Brownsville Revival School of Ministry with a degree in Theology. She wanted to be a Mission-

ary. She needed another way to support herself, so she became a nurse, graduating from LPN school. She went into the Mission Field, and traveled across Africa ministering as an evangelist, then went to China where she traveled and ministered as an evangelist. Many came to the Lord through Hannah’s ministry. When Hannah came back to the United States in 2012, she was ordained as a minister in the Assembly of God Church. She worked in children’s and youth ministry. She also went to work as an LPN and met her husband, Richard Rose. They lived in Prineville with great happiness. When Hannah was 46 years old, she had a crippling stroke that left her paralyzed and bedbound in a nursing home for three years. During that time, her husband died. Hannah moved to Tillamook from Prineville where she lived in her bed for two years with caregiver support. She was very discouraged and her only mobility was a power chair. Hannah wanted to go to church but could not without being able to get into a car. By God’s grace, Hannah determined to walk again. And she did! Hannah joined Living Water Fellowship and was a vibrant part of the Prayer Team. She went to the YMCA where she would water walk for 2 or 3 hours and pray for everyone at the YMCA. She was so enthusiastic that the YMCA hired her to teach water aerobics. Last summer 2022, Hannah joined Child Evangelism Fellowship and began a ministry to the children in her apartment complex. She was also an enthusiastic member of the International Healing Rooms of America. She led a ministry to shut-ins so they would not be isolated. Hannah was an AMAZING person. She is survived by countless friends and people who loved her deeply. Celebration of Life will be June 24th at 3:00 pm at Living Water Fellowship 1000 N. Main Ave., Suite 12, Tillamook, OR 97141. In lieu of flowers, Memorial Donations to: Child Evangelism Fellowship or Living Water Fellowship Youth

Gene Paul Starr was born on December 30, 1936 in Portland, Oregon to Robert and Mollie Starr and passed away on June 7, 2023 in Nehalem, Oregon.

Gene graduated from Nehalem Union High in 1956 and joined the Air Force that same year in December. While in the Air Force, Gene served as an Aircraft Maintenance Specialist. Also in 1956, he participated in the Al Kader Shriner’s Temple football event. Gene worked as a timber faller for CZ and others. He was a diver for the Sheriff’s office rescue

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team and a volunteer for the Manzanita Fire Department. During his life, Gene lived in Colville, Washington, Vale, Oregon, Harlen, Oregon and Nehalem, Oregon.

Some of Gene’s hobbies and favorite pastimes include hunting, fishing, wood carving, customizing fishing rods, gunsmith work and spending time with his family.

Gene was a proud member of the All-Star Players Association, the Al Kader Temple and the Nehalem Methodist Church.

Gene is survived by his children; Louis Starr, Lisa Fisher both of Nehalem, OR and Tim Hilton of Springfield, OR. His grandchildren; Samantha Jepson of Nehalem, OR and Travis White of Battleground, WA. His great-grandchildren; Shelbi, Alexandra and Myles Jepson of Nehalem, OR. His grandson-in-law; Jeremy Jepson. His great-great granddaughter; Kora Jane Niemi. His sister; Claudia Essex in Ohio. Many more loving family members.

Gene is preceded in death by his wife Jean Starr. Memorial contributions can be made out to the Shriner’s Hospital.

Kyle William Brown-Robinson

March 13, 1989 ~ June 3, 2023

the projected harvest was dropping by more than 20% if only 5% of the land was being restricted.

Yamamoto then shared his prepared remarks about the HCP, in which he emphasized the negative harm the drastic harvest cuts would have on counties and asked the board to reconsider. He said that the implementation plan that will go into effect on July 1 and cut harvest levels are set to leave a $24 million hole in county and special district budgets.

These cuts will have deleterious consequences for the counties and special districts, Yamamoto argued, saying that one need look no further than similar restrictions and harvest cuts in federal forests to see the proof. Yamamoto said that before increased conservation efforts in federal forests, Tillamook County’s Public Works Department, which is funded by timber revenues, had 50 employees and maintained even private local access roads in the county. Today, with the fall in revenue, the department has been cut to 14 employees, and Yamamoto said Tillamook County roads are in poor repair.

Yamamoto also argued that the HCP was not addressing the real causes of species loss, saying that the federal forests showed that restricting commercial activ-

ity alone would not restore spotted owls in Oregon forests. He cited a study from Oregon State University that indicated that competition from Barred Owls needed to be addressed to promote Spotted Owl rehabilitation.

Yamamoto also told the board that the impacts of harvest level reductions would not only hit the counties and special districts, but also businesses within them. He cited the Port of Garibaldi, which receives 12% of its revenue from state forests, saying that it was a main economic engine of the town and would be threatened by the HCP.

He also said that cutting production of timber from state forests would harm the ongoing efforts to address the state’s housing crisis.

Yamamoto noted that more than 30,000 homes need to be constructed annually, and that with private timber being eligible for export,

state forest timber was a key source of material for these efforts.

Yamamoto asked the board to include the Forest Trust Lands Advisory Committee in the last stages of HCP development, saying they were ready and willing to participate and had been disappointed at their lack of a voice previously.

Board Chair Kelly told Yamamoto that the new figures about land restrictions had been provided to him recently and that he would share them with Yamamoto. Kelly and other board members said that while they remained convinced that an HCP was necessary to manage the forests with more certainty, they were sensitive to Yamamoto’s concerns and would be willing to have more conversations with him and other committee members.

It is with great sadness we announce the unexpected passing of Kyle William Brown-Robinson on June 3, 2023, at the age of 34. Kyle was born on March 13, 1989, in Pocatello, ID. From the moment Kyle was born he was a blessing, filling our lives with love, happiness and lots of humor. Kyle returned to Tillamook as an infant, which is where he called home. As a child Kyle was always on the go, riding bikes, fishing, mowing lawns in the neighborhood, or getting into mischief with his friends and youngest Brother Matt. Even as a kid, Kyle was ready to make a deal, buying, selling and trading.

Kyle met his wife Jessica in 2006 at just 16 & 17 years old, they quickly became inseparable, Kyle would often ride his pedal bike from Tillamook to Rockway just to spend time with her. Kyle & Jess quickly fell in love and moved in together just after completing school. They spent all their time together; they loved riding quads hanging out with friends, raising animals and so much more. Whatever they were doing Kyle was always riling up others just to get a laugh.

Jess became pregnant and they had their first daughter Brooklyn in 2012, shortly

after they purchased their first home. Kyle absolutely loved having a daughter and she quickly became his sidekick, Brooklyn loved doing anything and everything Dad was doing and inherited his love and passion for dirt bikes at a young age. In 2016 they welcomed their youngest daughter Briar which completed their family, Kyle adored his girls. As a family, they enjoyed camping and pretty much anything outdoors.

Kyle loved to Fish, hunt, crab, and ride dirt bikes or his beloved Harley. Kyle was always keeping busy doing anything outside including taking care of his lawn or splitting wood. Kyle has worked at Tillamook Lumber for the last 16 years. Kyle worked hard and really loved his job, harassing his coworkers was his favorite pastime.

Kyle is survived by his wife Jessica Brown and daughters Brooklyn & Briar. His Mother Marie Brown & her partner Jim Martin. Father Wes Brown & his Wife Michelle. Brother Matt Brown & Fiancé Susan, Brother Chris Scott & Fiancé Theresa, Sister Jenny Cashmere & Husband Brian along with Nieces, Nephews, Aunts & Uncles.

Kyle was a loving Husband, Father, Son, Brother, and Uncle. Kyle would do anything for just about anyone. Kyle will be missed by so many people who will continue to love him for the rest of their lives.

Please join us in celebrating Kyle, on July 8th, 2023, at 1 pm

The Alderbrook Hall 5995 Alderbrook Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141

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Commissioners prepare to extend pause

Following the public hearing on Tuesday night and decision to schedule a third for July 6, the commissioners discussed the need to extend the pause on license issuance the following the morning. That pause was implemented by a board order last May, beginning July 1, 2022, to give the commissioners time to revise the ordinance and is set to expire July 1, 2023.

Commissioners agreed that they would approve a 60-day extension to the pause to complete the ordinance revisions.

They then moved into a discussion of how to address property owners who had been building or designing homes when the pause went into effect. They said that they were in favor of giving those property owners priority status for applications once the pause was lifted. They also were in favor of including those licenses in the numbers used to calculate the interim cap for the new ordinance and they will start a list of interested, affected property owners shortly.

The commissioners said they plan to pass the 60-day extension of the pause at their meeting on June 21 and make a final decision on how to handle the under-construction properties.

zens of Tillamook County to take interest in these lawsuits and take interest in new safety equipment for the Volunteers, protecting them,” McBrayer said. “We need help.”

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Sargent for his diligent work and praised his abilities.

The commissioners also discussed and signaled their intention to extend the shortterm rental license issuance pause for 60 days. Read about that discussion in the shortterm rental advisory hearing story on page 1.

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Although most of the local crows remain nervous around me, there are two that fly down and land a few feet from me each day, apparently not alarmed that I am moving nearby. I talk with them, sometimes reminding them not to get too cozy with humans. That same male sparrow is back again this spring, perched atop my highest bird house and chirping for days on end, calling out for a mate. I think he will find one, though he has no social medium except his actual presence, his voice, and his longing for a true connection.

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Employment Opps 515

Bookkeeper/Admin. 25-30 hrs/ wk. $20/hr. Local business looking for QB expert with 1-3 yrs experience. Training avail. Info @ Tillamookjobs.com. Resumes to: mlhpropertymanagement101@ gmail.com.

Tillamook County Circuit Court is hiring a Full-Time Trial Court Administrator. Salary: $8,944$13,875/Month. To learn more and apply, please follow this link: https://tinyurl.com/3ycvar6r

Garage Sales 702

Glamorous multi-family yard sale! Discover furniture, tools, decor, collectibles, mannequins, kid stuff, trendy items! Saturday, June 24th, 8am - 3pm. 1207 6th St in Tillamook.

GARAGE SALE

July 1st & July 2nd

12 Noon to 6 p.m. Lots of everything!

4600 Idaville Rd #31 Tillamook (head west on Idaville Rd.) H22195

Independent Living Apartments

F.T. 40-Hours/week Position

Tillamook Family Counseling Center is currently looking to add a bilingual peer specialist to our Prime+ program. The mission of the Prime+ program is to prevent acute life-threatening outcomes of substance use which include reducing overdose morbidity and mortality by providing harm reduction centered overdose prevention education and facilitating access to Naloxone. We also strive to reduce injection-related infections by providing harm reduction centered infection prevention education and facilitating access to safer use supplies. The Prime+ program supports linkage to care, diagnosis and treatment of substance use related conditions and substance us related infections.

This position includes training that leads to state certification according to OAR 410-180-0305 (12) and (13). As a certified Peer Specialist, you will be a living example and role model of recovery life. As a peer you will be a provider of the life wisdom gained through your own lived experience of recovery as well as a change agent for hope.

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With Independent Living, you get to live life on your terms while we take care of the details. Say goodbye to cooking and cleaning, and spend more time pursuing your interests and passions! Call (503) 842-0918 or visit prestigecare.com/fiverivers Mobile/Manuf.

Benefits:

Dental Vision and Medical-prescription coverage. HSA and FSA plans. 9 paid holidays a year, paid sick leave and vacation time. Vacation starts out at 8 hours a month with increases over time. Generous retirement program: non-contributory 403(b), we put in 9% of your salary and you are vested after 6 months.

To see our complete job description and to apply go to http://tfcc.bamboohr.com/jobs. Be sure to submit an online application and upload your resume. Any questions, please visit us online at http://tfcc.org or contact us at jobs@tfcc.org

ing the following described real property: Lots 18, 19, and 20, Block 19, ROCKAWAY BEACH, in the County of Tillamook, State of Oregon; together with a nonexclusive ingress and egress easement over that portion of Lot 4, Block 19 which lies Southerly of a straight line between the Northeast and Southwest corners thereof, and that portion of Lot 5, Block 19 which lies Northerly of a straight line between the Northeast and Southwest corners thereof.

COMMONLY KNOWN

AS: 264 S Falcon Street, Rockaway Beach, OR 97136. Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and a notice of default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon

Revised Statutes 86.752(3); the default for which the foreclosure is made is grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sums:

Monthly payments in the sum of $1,401.23, from October 1, 2022 and monthly payments in the sum of $1,425.45, from December 1, 2022 plus prior accrued late charges in the amount of $451.31, together with all costs, disbursements, and/or fees incurred or paid by the beneficiary and/or trustee, their employees, agents or assigns. By reason of said default the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the

obligation that the trust deed secures immediately due and payable, said sum being the following, to-wit: $232,962.97, together with accrued interest in the sum of $6,159.16 through May 15, 2023, together with interest thereon at the rate of 3.75% per annum from May 16, 2023, plus prior accrued late charges in the amount of $451.31, together with all costs, disbursements, and/ or fees incurred or paid by the beneficiary and/or trustee, their employees, agents or assigns.

WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee will on October 4, 2023, at the hour of 1:00 PM PT, in accord with the standard time established by ORS 187.110, at the southern front entrance to the Tillamook County Courthouse, located at 201 Laurel Avenue, in the City of Tillamook, OR, 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 has or had power to convey at the time of the execution of 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

Goodwill is hiring an Employment Specialist in Tillamook!

2600 N Main Ave, Tillamook, OR 97141

Job Type: Full-time, Mon-Fri

Visit our website for current open positions, job descriptions and to apply, meetgoodwill.org

Licensed Practical Nurse [LPN]

Part time position (24 hours weekly) w/excellent benefits.

Compensation: $29 - $39 Hourly, DOE

Tillamook Family Counseling Center (TFCC) seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse [Part Time 24 Hours per Week] as a health provider for its Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACT). The LPN provides health care coordination, client support, and triage in home and community settings to adults presenting with severe and persistent mental illness.

Tillamook Family Counseling Center is a drug free workplace and equal opportunity employer.

If you are interested in this position, please apply online at http://tfcc.bamboohr.com/jobs. Be sure to submit an online application and upload your resume. Any questions, please visit us online at http://tfcc.org

by the trustee. Notice is further given to any person named in ORS 86.778 that the right exists, at any time that is not later than five days before the date last set

for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by paying to the beneficiary of the entire amount due (other than such portion of the principal as would

Great opportunities at Tillamook

Cheese Operator (swing) Tillamook

Compensation $21.41

Utility Operator (Boardman)

Compensation $17.32/hr

Packaging Sanitation-graveyard (Tillamook)

Compensation $23.21/hr

Packaging Operator (Tillamook)

Compensation $20.85/hr

Commercial Truck Driver (Tillamook)

Compensation $27.32/hr

Ice Cream-swing (Tillamook)

Compensation $22.90/hr

Please check out our website for more information on these and other great opportunities www.tillamook.com or contact scunningham@tillamook.com H22184

Busy vet practice needs Full-time Receptionist

Must be able to multitask, great communication skills and be a team player. Ask about benefits and pay, DOE. Email resume to pioneervethospital@gmail.com OR bring into Pioneer Veterinary Hospital, 801 Main Ave, Tillamook, OR 97141.

Now Hiring in Oceanside and Rockaway Beach!

Seasonal Housekeepers - $24hr - $25/hr until 9/30/2023

Seasonal Maintenance Runner- $24/hr until 9/30/2023

Seasonal Linen Specialists - $22/hr until 9/30/2023

Sign-On Bonus up to $500.00

401K with Match  PTO and employee discounts

Apply today at Vacasa.com/careers, email careers@vacasa.com, text Vacasa to 97122 or reach out directly to Shannon.Thomas@vacasa.com / 971-610-2392.

PACIFIC CITY JOINT WATERSANITARY AUTHORITY OPEN

PCJWSA currently has a job opening for the position of Seasonal Laborer. This is a temporary position that will be available during the months of June, July, and August to assist with building and groundskeeping needs.

This is a full-time position with an hourly wage of $16.00/hr. Application forms and additional information about job duties and minimum qualifications for this position are available online at www.pcjwsa.com

H22178

H21923

Visitor Center – Custodian

(Seasonal, Part-time and Full-time positions are now available)

The Tillamook Custodian is courteous, helpful, and enthusiastic with extraordinary guest service skills to work in our fastpaced Visitors’ Center. The Custodian is responsible for cleaning the facilities of the Visitor Center to help make every guest experience a memorable one. The Brand Ambassador maintains Tillamook’s Shared Values, creating a world-class guest experience to the one million guests that visit annually, and supports in the Creamery’s daily operations.

Visitor Center - Custodial Lead

The Custodial Lead works together with the Custodial Supervisor to contribute to successful day-to-day operations. This position is responsible for on the ground support, training, and directing of the custodial team. This position will be responsible for upholding brand, health, and safety standards by maintaining the cleanliness and organization of the Creamery inside and out, providing consistent and clear communication with their team and supervisor, assisting with basic maintenance repairs, as well as all other responsibilities directed by the management team.

For all of these positions a high school diploma or GED is required along with one year of custodial experience. Please check out our website for more information on these and other great opportunities www.tillamook.com or contact Kaitlyn Cobb at kcobb@tillamook.com. H22229

Certified:

Send completed job application to PCJWSA, PO Box 520, Pacific City, OR 97135 or email to rdeloe@pcjwsa.com. Position open until filled.

TILLAMOOK PUD

Job Opening

Cashier/Customer Service Representative

Competitive wages and benefits

Closing date: June 22nd, 2023

For the full job posting and requirements please visit our website at: https://tpud.bamboohr.com/jobs/

Tillamook People’s Utility District Whitney Christensen, Human Resources Generalist P.O. Box 433, 1115 Pacific Avenue Tillamook, OR 97141; (503) 815-8638 Email: jobs@tpud.org

Tillamook PUD is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Tillamook School District No.9 9

Classified

• 2nd or 3rd Grade Teacher, 2023/24 School Year @ South Prairie (13T-24)

• Eaglet Program Child Care EA, .5 FTE @ Wilson River School Campus (38-23)

• Language Arts Teacher, 2023/24 School Year @ THS (27T -24)

• English Learner Development EA, 1.0 FTE @ Tillamook High School (84-22)

• Bilingual Campus Connection Coach, 1.0 FTE @ Tillamook High School (63 -22)

• Adult Agricultural Career Coordinator, 220 Day Calendar, 2023/24 School Year @ TRASK (28T -24)

• Title I EA, .5 FTE @ Liberty

• Wilson River High School Counselor, 2023/24 School Year @ WRS (30T -24)

• Social Studies Teacher, 2023/24 School Year @ THS (34T-24)

Classified:

• Eaglet Program Childcare- General Educational Assistant, 2 Positions, .5 FTE @ WRS (07-24)

• Title I EA 3.75 hrs/day @ Liberty Elementary (18-24)

• Title I EA 3.75 hrs/day @ South Prairie (25-23)

School (17X-23)

• Volleyball Coach @ Tillamook Junior High School (07X-23)

• SpEd/Special Care Educational Assistant, 1.0 FTE @ East Elementary School (83-23)

To view job details, qualifications and more job postings, visit our website www.tillamook.k12.or.us

• General Educational Assistant, 1.0 FTE, 1 Position, 2023/24 School Year @ TJHS (10-24)

• Custodian, 3.75 hrs/day @ Liberty (13-24)

Questions? Contact: Renee Aufdermauer aufdermauerr@tillamook.k12.or.us (503) 842-4414, ext. 1200

• School Bus Driver, 2023/24 School Year @ Transportation (14-24)

• General EA, 3.75hrs/day @ East (19-24)

• General Educational Assistant- Behavior, 1.0 FTE @ SP (20-24)

• Eaglet Program Childcare- General Educational Assistant, 1.0 FTE @ WRS (21-24)

• Secretary @ Transportation (22-24)

Extra Duty

• Drama Club Advisor @ THS (25X-24)

• Head Girls Tennis Coach @ THS (26X-24)

• Girls Basketball Coach @ TJHS (27X-24)

To view job details, qualifications and more job postings, visit our website www.tillamook.k12.or.us

Questions? Contact: Hannah Snow Roberts, snowh@tillamook.k12.or.us, (503) 842-4414, ext. 1200

Full time employees are entitled to excellent benefits, including health insurance and retirement benefits (PERS). Tillamook School District is an equal opportunity educator and employer. All employees mu st pass a criminal background/fingerprint check.

POSITIONS:

District-wide

Neah-Kah-Nie High School

NKN HS Head Secretary, #478

NKN HS Custodian 1, #480

NKN HS Library/Media Assistant, #481

23-24 Head Baseball Coach, #475

Garibaldi Grade School

Nehalem Elementary School

23-24 First Grade Teacher, #479

Neah-Kah-Nie Middle School

Summer Enrichment Staff-Drama Teacher & Cooking Teacher, #482

SUBSTITUTES NEEDED – PLEASE CONTACT ESS.COM

Teacher Substitutes

Classroom, Secretarial, Cafeteria, and Custodial Substitutes Needed

To apply for any substitute position please go to ESS.com, click on Job Seeker, then type in Neah-Kah-Nie School District and follow the application process.

To apply for any of the positions, except for substitute positions, go to TalentEd at https://neahkahnie.schoolrecruiter.net/

For More Information Contact:

Kathie Sellars, Administrative Assistant

Neah-Kah-Nie School District PO Box 28/504 N. Third Avenue

Rockaway Beach, OR 97136

Phone (503) 355-3506

Vacancy announcements can be found on our website at www.nknsd.org

Neah-Kah-Nie School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Click on this QR code to go straight to our current vacancies.

with that statute, addressed to the trustee’s “Reinstatements/ Payoffs - ORS 86.786” either by personal delivery or by first class, certified mail, return receipt requested, to the trustee’s address shown below. Due to potential conflicts with federal law, persons having no record legal or equitable interest in the subject property will only receive information concerning the lender’s estimated or actual bid. Lender bid information is also available at the trustee’s website, www.logs. com/janeway_law_firm. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes the plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest

Well, I do have great eyes, too. A little on the small side size wise, but big on character. Once I know you there is no stopping me. I operate with the throttle full open, enjoying everything to the fullest. Then when the gas runs out I crawl into your arms and take a nap. Yep, I’m a keeper. I hope you take my sister too, so I have someone to play with and snuggle with when you aren’t available.

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. The Fair Debt Collection Practice Act requires that we state the following: This is an attempt to collect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If a discharge has been obtained by any party through bankruptcy proceedings: This shall not be construed to be an attempt to collect the outstanding indebtedness or hold you personally liable for the debt. Dated: 05-17-2023 JANE-

Just fill out the online adoption application. https://unitedpaws.wordpress.com/ adoption-application/

I am part of a litter of 5, born to a feral mom. My sister and I were the only ones saved. Mama hid the others. We were living in the loft of a boat repair business where they would sand & repaint boats. That’s how we got boat names. I was very dehydrated, hungry, under weight and lethargic when I was found. My coat was full of grit from the sanding and I had been ingesting all that when I ate and groomed myself. I didn’t feel so good. I’m all better now!

I am a cuddler, and when I play I’m all in. Nothing tentative about me! We’ve both been spayed & neutered, Mizzy and I are available so just fill out the online adoption application!

https://unitedpaws.wordpress.com/online-adoption-application/

answers on page B5 T.C.C.A.

Tillamook County Church Services Bay City

BAY CITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

A warm and friendly congregation.

5695 D Street, Bay City, OR, (503) 377-2679, Pastor David Hurd.

Worship Service 10 a.m.,

Fellowship downstairs afterwards.

https://www.facebook.com/BayCityOr-

egonUMC

Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors!

Cloverdale

ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC CHURCH

34560 Parkway Dr., (mailing: P.O. Box 9)

Cloverdale, OR 97112

(503) 392-3685

Pastor: Rev. Angelo Te

Mass Schedule: Saturday No Mass

Sunday (10:30 a.m.)

Weekdays: Friday (11 a.m.)

Confessions: By appointment

WI-NE-MA CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Wi-Ne-Ma Campground. 5195 Winema Road, 7 miles south of Cloverdale

Kyle French, Minister. (971) 237-2378

info@winemachurch.net

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship 10:45 a.m.

Garibaldi

NORTH COAST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

309 3rd St., (503) 322-3626

Pastor Sam McRae

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 a.m.

We invite you to join us.

HIS GATHERING

111 Driftwood Ave Garibaldi, OR 97118 www.hisgathering.net Sundays at 10:30 a.m.

NEHALEM BAY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 36050 10th Street, Nehalem, OR (503) 368-5612

Pastor

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

LIFECHANGE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

3500 Alder Lane, Tillamook, OR 97141 (503) 842-9300

www.lifechangefellowship.com

Pastor Brad Smith

Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning followed by Worship and Message at 11 a.m.

Come worship with us, enjoy the live music. Bible studies and an assortment of activities throughout the week. Let’s worship our Lord together. We will show you how much WE CARE!

ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCH (ELCA) 401 Madrona at 4th Street (503) 842-4753

Pastor Mary Peterson 10 a.m. Worship

Everyone is Welcome

EMMANUEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday Services 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Meeting at 1113 9th Street, Tillamook, OR 97141

TILLAMOOK CHRISTIAN CENTER 701 Marolf Loop Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141 (503) 842-6555 www.tillamookchristiancenter.com

9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Worship Service (Sunday) 3 p.m. Bi-Lingual Service (Sunday) Bible Studies and small groups available during the week.

TILLAMOOK SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 2610 1st St., (503) 842-7182  tillamookadventist.net

Netarts NETARTS FRIENDS CHURCH 4685 Alder Cove Rd. West, (503) 842-8375. 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 Website: www.netartsfriends.org All are welcome!

Pacific City NESTUCCA VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 35305 Brooten Road, (503) 965-6229 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!

11a.m. Morning Worship

6 p.m. Evening Service

Nursery provided for all services

Everyone Welcome

CHURCH OF CHRIST TILLAMOOK

2506 1st Street, (503) 842-4393

Preacher: Larry Owens

Sunday: Adult Classes & Children’s Sunday School 10 a.m. Worship Service: 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome! Enter to worship…Leave to serve.

TILLAMOOK NAZARENE

2611 3rd, (503) 842-2549

Pastor Josh Myers

Sunday: Growth Groups: 9:30 a.m. Worship Service and Children’s activities:

11 a.m.

Tuesdays: Celebrate Recovery 5:30 p.m.

Wednesdays: Youth Group 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. 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. Adult Bible Class and Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Divine Worship Where love transforms hearts and lives.

Bible Study Thursday 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 1113 9th St., 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

Co-Rectors: The Revs. Ali and George Lufkin 2102 6th St, Tillamook, OR 97141 (503) 842-6192 email: stalbans.tillamook@gmail.com

10 a.m. Worship Sundays & Wednesdays

Everyone is welcome; Bienvenidos

99.1 FM Handicap accessible All are Welcome!!

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH

WAY LAW FIRM, LLC, Succes-

sor Trustee 1499 SE Tech Center Place, Suite 255, Vancouver, WA 98683 www.logs.com/janeway_

law_firm Telephone: (360) 260-

2253 Toll-free: 1-800-970-5647

JLF 23-128446 NPP0435285

To: HEADLIGHT HERALD 06/20/2023, 06/27/2023, 07/04/2023, 07/11/2023

HH23-273

Garibaldi Self Storage

Pursuant to its lien rights Intends to hold for sale At Cash Only pub-

lic Oral auction

Richard Barnard #B14

At 707 E. Garibaldi Ave Garibaldi, Oregon 6/29/23 at 11:30am (503) 322-4334

HH23-260

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF TILLAMOOK

Probate Department Case No. 23PB03011 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS In the Matter of the Estate of CANDICE ANN PARKER, Deceased. NOTICE

IS HEREBY GIVEN that Hannah L. Hood 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 PO Box 86100, Portland, OR 972860100, within four months after the date of first 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. Dated and first published on

June 13 2023. Hannah L. Hood

Personal Representative Tif-

fany A. Elkins, OSB No. 033110

Reeves, Kahn, Hennessy & El-

kins Attorneys for Personal Representative PO Box 86100 Portland, OR 97286-0100 Tel (503) 777-5473 Fax (503) 777-8566 Email telkins@rke-law.com

HH23-232

On July 7,2023, at the hour of 10:00 a.m., at the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, 5995 Long Prairie Road, Tillamook, Oregon, the defendant’s interest will be sold, subject to redemption, in the real property commonly known as: 5970 Main Street Bay City, OR 97107 LOT 5, 6, 7 AND 8, BLOCK 61, PACIFIC ADDITION TO BAY CITY, IN TIL-

LAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON. EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE WEST 10 FEET OF SAID LOTS 5, 6, 7 AND 8, BLOCK 61, PACIFIC ADDITION TO BAY CITY, IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY, OREGON. RICHARD D. REDMAN, JOAN VEITH et al is defendant.

The sale is a public auction to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check, in hand, made out to Tillamook County Sheriff’s Of-

fice. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffssales.org.

HH23-278 PACIFIC CITY JOINT WATER-SANITARY AUTHOR-

ITY PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

The Pacific City Joint Water-Sanitary Authority (PCJWSA) Board of Directors will be holding a budget adoption meeting on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 5:00 PM

at Kiawanda Community Center. The agenda includes adoption of