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Headlight Herald
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2016
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Max Hooley and Jim Mudd pose in front of the Manzanita Mudd Dog Stand.
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Coastal Slam Jam organizer Michael “Stumpy” Borough stands in front of the Green Bay Packer Smacker – one of the many vehicles to be ‘crunched’ at the upcoming demolition derby, Sept. 3.
By Ann Powers editor@northcoastcitizen.com Just in time for the approximate 750 fisherman expected to descend on Tillamook for the annual salmon runs this fall, a new state-of-the-art aluminum dock is being installed at the Carnahan Park boat landing along the Trask River, according to city officials. Replacing the old wooden dock, installed in the mid-90s, the aluminum dock has a fiberglass deck and is made up of eight sixfoot-by-20-foot sections. Experts said it will last “much longer” than the 20-year life expectancy of a wooden landing, requires minimal maintenance, is safer and the latest design from the Oregon State Marine Board. “People will be using these for decades,” said Bruce Abraham, of Topper Industries in Woodland, WA that supplied the new
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‘Slam Jam’ demo derby revving up for second year By Ann Powers editor@northcoastcitizen.com Demolishing stuff, giving back to the community and “laughing your butt off” is what the Coastal Slam Jam, scheduled Sept. 3, is all about, according to the event’s organizer, Michael “Stumpy” Borough. “We’re going to break things, crush things,” Stumpy said of the
second annual event. “Tillamook County – they like to hear the crunch. It just gets everybody pumped. I mean, how many times do you want to sit in a car and go crunch something?” Hosted by the nonprofit Tillamook County Paying It Forward, organizers said the Slam Jam is kid-friendly and will feature demolition derbies, monster truck rides, comedy, bounce houses, conces-
sions and more. “We’ve got a couple of RVs were going to squish,” said Stumpy, who owns Tillamook RV Repair. “We’ve also got a motor home called the Green Bay Packer Smacker. “We’re going to abuse it first before we crunch it.”
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Old machines spark interest at annual show By Brad Mosher bmosher@countrymedia.net The saying about boys and their toys is only partially true. There was also something for the women and children when the annual Old Iron Show set up in Tillamook for the weekend. The old and the mechanical took people in Tillamook back into the past over the weekend, when the three-day Old Iron Show took over the field just south of the Blue Heron French Cheese Company. The show started on the hottest day of the year, Friday, with old farm machines sharing the display area with a working blacksmith
forge and small generators more than 50 years old. The 13th annual Old Iron Show added a classic car display and competition Saturday which included cars from the 1960s and decades earlier. It was the old that drew center stage again over the weekend, but it was mixed with the recognizable. “There is such a variety of unique things handmade by people,” a spokeswoman for the show said Saturday. “We have one little tractor that was handmade by
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Headlight-Herald photo by Brad Mosher
Pat Maahs with his children, Emmalin, Logan and Eli.
Mudd Nick provides ‘lifechanging experiences’ Main fundraiser Sept. 16 - 17 By Ann Powers editor@northcoastcitizen.com Alaina Holm is convinced the experiences she gained through the Mudd Nick Foundation (MNF) helped her become Neah-Kah-Nie High School’s 2016 valedictorian and more. “Definitely,” she said. “It widened my perspective of the world, made me more independent, more confident, grow as an individual and empowered me.” From MNF-sponsored excursions to Portland for plays and concerts in grade school, a college visit in junior high, Blazer games and even to Costa Rica on a two-month foreign exchange program in high school, Holm said, “All that cool stuff we wouldn’t do otherwise because of being from a small town. Coming off of that… I was ready to conquer everything else I had to do until graduation.” And beyond. And not just for Holm. “My Future Business Leaders of America team was successful enough
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Berry Patch Girls: a family tradition for over 15 years By Brad Mosher bmosher@countrymedia.net It is more than just a family affair when the Berry Patch Girls show up in Tillamook on Saturday mornings. It has become a family tradition that spans more than 15 years. “The Tillamook Farmers Market is fun. There is a good camaraderie with all the vendors,” Carol Marie Leuthold said. “I love it. … Love it … Love it.” “It is a party... a celebration every week,” she added. The only thing she doesn’t like is when it gets really busy. “I love my fellow vendors. I don’t like it when we get so busy I don’t have time to visit them. That happens near the end of the market. The passion for selling produce at farmers market started years ago, when two sisters began to selling strawberries in Tillamook. The “Strawberry Ladies” even had a favorite place where they would set up their stand on Highway 101 years ago. It started when one of the sisters found out a cousin in the Hillsboro area had some produce he wanted to sell. “The market for him (to sell to canneries) was in
the toilet, so he said to her “how would you like to sell berries on the street in Tillamook?” That was the beginning. Although both women had married dairy farmers, neither worked on the dairy farms but they teamed up to sell the produce with a spot on Highway 101. Now, the sister no Headlight-Herald photo by Brad Mosher longer particiCarol Marie Leuthold (left) and her daughter, Crystal Moeller (right), have pates and the name has been teamed up in the family business –– selling produce. Leuthold started selling produce almost two decades ago with her sister as the “Strawberry Ladies.” changed, but it still has a occasionally. “We Strawberry LaBeing at the market is somestrong family dies will reminiscence. But now, thing she really enjoys, Leuthold tradition with her daughter, Crysit is the Berry Patch Girls. said. “Tillamook Farmers Market tal Moeller, manning the booth at “I regained my youth,” she is a grand place to be on a SatTillamook Farmers Market with joked. “I went from a Strawberry urday, even when we get a little her on Saturdays. Lady to a Berry Patch Girl.” rain.” The original sister comes by