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OREGON’S YOUNG DAIRY FARMERS ARE BUCKING GRAYING TREND, PAGE B1

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Inma tes rescued by C oast Gua rd BY ERIN DIETRICH edietrich@countrymedia.net

Two minimum-security inmates were injured after being struck by a rolling log on a steep hillside approximately 10 miles east of Tillamook in the Tillamook State Forest. The accident occurred at approximately 12:49 p.m. July 9 off Hembre Ridge Road. The men were part of the South Fork Prison Inmate work crew, which was clearing brush in a large clear cut when the log broke loose from the bank and rolled down the hill, striking the subjects. After being struck by the log, one of the victims fell an additional 30 feet down the hillside, according to police. They had been working about 800 to 1,000 feet down the side of the mountain from the nearest road, and because of the rugged terrain, had to be flown out by a Coast Guard helicopter.

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Want to buy a movie theater? Tillamook’s Coliseum for sale, and TURA tales a look BY JOSIAH DARR sports@orcoastnews.com

The Coliseum Theater in downtown Tillamook is up for sale, and the Tillamook Urban Renewal Agency is among those who just might be interested in it. Ted Bump purchased the movie theater back in 1996, and listed it about a month ago. “I’ve owned the business for 16 years and it has been and remains a profitable business, but because I live in the Portland area and I’m an absentee

The most anticipated part of the annual Rockaway Beach July 4th parade is the final entry – the Rockaway Beach Fire Department. The fire hose douses the crowd and clears the streets. Find more photos of the parade and Rockaway’s Firecracker Wiener Dog Nationals online at tillamookheadlightherald.com, and facebook/com/tillamookheadlightherald.

owner, I’m a little burned out with it,” Bump said. The theater is currently listed with Remax for $649,000. As of now, there has been interest shown from an undisclosed private party as well as TURA. “We’ve been interested in the theater for quite a few years,” said TURA Chairman Don Hurd. “We were actually hoping to gain property so the business could be expanded from one screen to three screens, but that process had a few hurdles.”

See THEATER, Page A10

‘ROCK’ING THE 4TH

BY PATRICK ALEXANDER For the Headlight Herald

See INMATES, Page A10

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Garibaldi clam tops Smithsonian photo contest GARIBALDI – Ever hear of someone who won the lottery the first time she bought a ticket? That’s sort of what happened to Lucy Chien, whose photo titled “Clamming at the Oregon Coast,” won the “Natural World” category of the Smithsonian magazine’s ninth annual photo contest. Chien was notified on April 30 that her photo made the top 10 from a field of more than 67,000 entries. Subsequently, the magazine announced she was winner of her category on June 29. “I was jumping up and down and running all around my apartment when I heard,” said Chien. Did she rely on a fancy camera and spend hours waiting for the perfect shot? “I took this shot before I had an SLR camera, so this picture was taken with a point and shoot. I took a clam out of the water and placed it on a rock. I then

Lucy Chien’s photo, “Clamming at the Oregon Coast,” was ranked highly by Smithsonian Magazine, winning first place in the natural world category.

crouched down for about 10 minutes clicking away as the clam opened up to push itself off the rock and into the water.” Chien moved to Oregon when she was 4 years old and recently moved to San Francisco. She was clamming in Garibaldi when she got the shot, using

her Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 digital camera. Her husband was in the background clamming away while she positioned the clam for the perfect shot. “My husband is thrilled to be a model,” she said, laughing.

See PHOTO, Page A10

A handful of votes could create a three-way race to represent the Coast from Tillamook to Yachats in the Oregon House of Representatives as the Independent Party primary reaches its conclusion on July 17. The race had looked to be a straight contest DAVID ALLEN between Lincoln City kite promoter David Gomberg and Depoe Bay restaurateur Jerome Grant, who walked unopposed to the Democratic and Republican nomiDAVID nations respectively GOMBERG in May. But now, the Independent Party of Oregon primary, which began on June 19, has the potential to alter the race by introducing Newport City JEROME Councilor David GRANT Allen as a third candidate. Allen, a registered Democrat, is competing in the online-only contest against fellow Democrat Gomberg. If Gomberg wins, he would run with both Democratic and Independent next to his name on the general election ballot in November, thanks to a process known as political fusion. Since Oregon legislators approved political fusion in 2009, the Independent Party has made great use of the process, tending to cross-nominate candidates from the major two parties rather than running a third candidate of its own.

See RACE, Page A3

Relay for Life raises $33K BY JOSIAH DARR sports@orcoastnews.com

This weekend marked the 16th year for the Tillamook County Relay for Life, but the first year it was held at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds. The event had rotated between Tillamook High School and Neah-Kah-Nie High School. This year, the Fair Board offered the American Cancer Society fundraising event some financial relief and a more intimate venue. “It’s a nice venue, we’d certainly like to come back here,” said event chair Robin Wilks. “There were a few disadvantages about holding the event here, the main one was that there isn’t a cushioned track like the high schools... and that makes it tougher on people’s bodies. But, the positive comments are the venue is a lot more cozy and there’s better bathroom facilities

available. Plus, It’s more centrally located. We would certainly like to come back here in the future.” This year’s event featured 28 registered teams and 233 pre-registered participants, but a number of people registered at the event, and the final number of participants was still being tallied. Relay participants took turns walking the track in shifts overnight and into the next morning because, as the ACS saying goes, “cancer never sleeps.” “People are coming and going throughout the course of the day with such a centrally located site, so currently I don’t know how many people we’re going to have because more and more keep coming,” Wilks said with a smile.

See RELAY, Page A9

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