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Headlight Herald
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2014
VOL. 125, NO. 19 • $1.00
TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM
Tillamook ponders new City Hall By Adam Schwend aschwend@countrymedia.net
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Tillamook City Hall was built in 1941 as the Tillamook Post Office. It became the City Hall building in 1985. Now, officials say, major repairs are needed, estimated to cost between $300,000 and $500,000.
The four Tillamook city councilors present for a regularly scheduled council meeting the evening of May 5 agreed to begin considering moving the city’s administrative offices to a new location. At the same time, the four councilors – two council members were absent – instructed municipal staff to continue generating information about bids to
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repair the current City Hall building. Said City Councilor John Sandusky, See CITY HALL Page A3
“An anonymous pilot once said, When I was a kid in school, teachers complained that all I wanted to do was look out the window and talk to the person next to me. So when I grew up, I got a great job where all I do is look out the window and talk to the person next to me.” From “Looking Out the Window, Talking to the Person Next to Me: My Life in Planes” – Eric Rush
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A sculpture of seagoing explorer Capt. Robert Gray, created by Gareth Curtiss, stands off of U.S. Highway 101 near the museum in downtown Garibaldi.
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Captain Gray’s 259th birthday
The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office recovered the body of missing man James Michael Alejandro on the evening of May 4.
Climber’s body is recovered on beach
by Chelsea Yarnell cyarnell@countrymedia.net It’s a common misconception that Lewis and Clark discovered the Columbia River. But they were merely exploring a river discovered See GRAY Page A7
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LONGEST-RUNNING BUSINESS IN TILLAMOOK COUNTY SINCE 1888
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Eric Rush, 71, of Hebo recently published “Looking Out the Window, Talking to the Person Next to Me: My Life in Airplanes,” a book about his three decades with aircraft.
Hebo pilot’s book takes flight by Chelsea Yar nell cyarnell@countrymedia.net Hebo resident Eric Rush, 71, kept a diary throughout his career with airplanes. He thought maybe his future grandchildren would one day want to read it. Now that his flying days are behind him – and he’s the proud
grandpa of five youngsters – Rush has taken his diary, which spans more than three decades, and used it as the basis for a new book, “Looking Out the Window, Talking to the Person Next to Me: My Life in Airplanes.” The book follows Rush from his first to his final flight, with anecdotes and insight along the
way. “When I was younger and out of high school, I worked at an airport pumping gas and sweeping floors,” Rush told the Headlight Herald. “I didn’t take the opportunity to go for an airplane ride. I did not learn to fly while I See FLIGHT Page A5
The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office said officials have recovered the body of James Michael Alejandro, a 25-year-old Portland man declared missing April 24 after a wave swept him into the ocean from the north side of Cape Kiwanda near Pacific City. Alejandro reportedly was attempting to walk a rope line between two large rocks when he was hit by the wave. A passerby called 911 the evening of May 4 to report a body, later identified as Alejandro, on the beach 2 miles of south of Cape Lookout. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the call.
Tillamook Economic Development Council talks marketing and branding By Dave Fisher The Citizen Think Tillamook County and one often thinks of cheese. It’s a brand that has worked well for the city of Tillamook for decades, but not so much for the rest of the county, says John Hope-Johnstone, of the Corvallis-based HPR Internet Marketing Agency, who was in town recently speaking before the Manzanita Chamber of Commerce. Hope-Johnstone accompanied Dan Biggs, director of Tillamook County’s Economic Development Council (EDC), to update the local business community on the EDC’s effort to help develop tourism and branding strategies for Tillamook County. Hope-Johnstone was brought on board in February as a
consultant to assist the council with that effort by determining which firm to hire to conduct a brand analysis and needs assessment for county tourism marketing. Total Destination Marketing was hired to perform that work and you may have already become acquainted with the Tualatin-based firm as it is currently seeking opinions and insights of stakeholders throughout the county through an online survey. Total Destination Marketing has worked to promote tourism in a number of Oregon cities, including Astoria, Corvallis, Alsea, Forest Grove and Eugene and has worked with Travel Oregon, charged with promoting tourism in the state, as has Hope-Johnstone. Tillamook County commissioners at their April 16 meeting
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Total Destination Marketing, a Tualatin-based marketing firm, is seeking opinions on how to promote tourism. You can take their survey at www.destinationbranding.com/TillamookSurvey. approved a three-year intergovernmental agreement with the EDC to manage tourism promotion funds generated by a countywide
transient lodging tax that voters approved in November. In addition, See EDC, Page A5