Tillamook County Fair 2022 1
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Tillamook County Aug. 10-13, 2022
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2022
TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM
VOL. 134, NO. 32 • $1.50
Tillamook County Fair is here, Aug. 10-13 T
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he Tillamook County Fair is finally here and it all happens Aug. 10 - 13 this week. With a little something for everyone, this year’s fair is not to be missed. Open 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. with the Tillamook County Fair’s 2022 theme, “Hay Bales & Cow Tails.” The Tillamook County Fair’s carnival area opens at noon each day, with a variety of rides and games for kids big and small. Ride bracelets and fair tickets can be purchasede on the Fair’s website:tillamookfair.com Pari-Mutuel Horse Racing will again be providing four days of racing excitement, with races starting around 1 p.m. daily, Wednesday through Saturday. Brad’s World Reptiles will be a fun focal point in Fair Acres, along with some of the favorite kids’ activities like Farmer For A Day and educational displays from local school districts. The Tillamook County Fair’s Courtyard stage will host free entertainment for fair-goers each day, with Brad’s World Reptiles demonstrations, ice cream tasting contests, Brian Bon’s Powerhouse Percussive Dance, and more. Check the Fair Tab in this issue or the Fair’s Visitors Guide for a complete list of fair activities, event times, grandstand and courtyard schedules. The Fair’s Concert Series kicks off the Wednesday with Stone In Love, a Journey tribute band. Thursday’s night concert showcases The Marshall Tucker Band. And rounding out the concert series Friday is headliner Ryan Hurd. All concerts are free with your Fair admission. Concerts are held in the Averill Arena Grandstands starting at 8 pm Wednesday through Friday. Of course, you don’t want to miss the traditional Pig-N-Ford races, happening at 5:30 p.m. each night in the Grandstands. Saturday night culminates the end of the Fair with the annual Demolition Derby at 7:30 p.m. And what would a Fair be with-
Top: The Pig-N-Ford Races are always a huge draw, races start each night at 5:30 p.m. in the Grandstands. Bottom: Rides and vendors and also a big draw. The fair gates are opens each day at 10 a.m. and ends each evening at 10 p.m. Headlight file photos out food? From coffee, elephant ears, corn dogs, and burger, to pasta, tacos, Philly cheesesteaks, and deep
fried Twinkies, you’ll never be hungry. Come for the food, stay for the fun.
The Tillamook County Fair runs Aug. 10-13, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. each day. More information inside the
Big Cedar Tree Boardwalk gives access to Rockaway Beaches’ oldest residents T
Ashley Tike For the Herald
he old growth cedar swamp area was annexed to the City of Rockaway Beach in 1980 in an effort to preserve the lush, diverse environment and for all members of the community to be able to visit and experience an old-growth forest. While options for hiking can sometimes be challenging for families with strollers and for those with disabilities, this ADA (Americans with Disabilities) complaint walkway runs from Highway 101, straight to the 154 foot cedar tree that is Rockaway Beach’s oldest resident. “It’s basically exactly the same way it was 100 years ago, you get to experience all of the diverse nature without getting muddy,” Bill Hassell, the ambassador of the Rockaway Beach Big Cedar Tree Boardwalk said. The area also contains many large trees native to the area and a wide variety of indigenous flora, with Heitmiller Creek running throughout. According to Hassell, the boardwalk itself is 3000 feet long from parking lot to the tree, around the half way point there is a picnic table and some benches for visitors to enjoy. The walk is open daylight hours, year round with a paid park-
ing lot that can hold 10 cars and an ADA toilet. The Old Growth Cedar Preserve Project was completed in June 2020. “The entire thing was done with respect for nature,” Hassell said. Contractors ensured nothing was damaged during construction by using unique diamond-shaped piers. The Big Cedar Tree has been estimated to be approximately 500-900 years old by the Nature Conservancy Committee. The ongoing theory is that this cedar was among those
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The boardwalk itself is 3000 feet long from parking lot to the tree, around the half way point there is a picnic table and some benches for visitors to enjoy. Courtesy photos
Headlight Herald Fair Tab, the Fair’s Visitors Guide or online at tillamookfair.com
Health District secures congressional funding for health center, pharmacy E
fforts by the Nehalem Bay Health District to improve primary health care delivery in north Tillamook County have received a major boost thanks to Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden. Earlier this year the health district asked to be considered for “congressionally directed funding” to finance a portion of a new primary health care center and pharmacy in Wheeler. Merkley and Wyden announced recently that the requests have been included in proposals approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee where Merkley is a member. The request for $3 million constitutes a major jump start for the district’s funding plan for the new health center/pharmacy. “A new, state of the art health care center and pharmacy will truly be a transformative development in north Tillamook County,” said Marc C. Johnson, President, Nehalem Bay Health District. “The new health center/pharmacy will double the size of the current aging facility, allowing better delivery of services including specialty care, to more residents and visitors. The Nehalem Bay Health District is enormously grateful to Senators Merkley and Wyden for understanding and supporting quality health care close to home in rural Oregon.” ohnson said the district is enormously gratified by the broad com-
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