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Coast Guard rescue
U.S. Coast Guard officials said Station Cape Disappointment in Illwaco, Wash., responded to a call Aug. 5 of a ship taking on water 65 miles west of Tillamook Bay. The operator of the Harvest Moon 3 had contacted Coast Guard Sector Columbia River watch standers to relay a call from the 50-foot fishing vessel Hatta 3 that it was taking on water. A 47-foot motor lifeboat crew was dispatched from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay, along with a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, to assist. “We launched out to go out there but [the vessel] was still making some headway and the motors were still running,” said Michael Saindon, master chief of Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay. “We figured by the time we got close to him, he would be closer to the Cape Disappointment station, so they launched to help him instead.” The operator of the Harvest Moon 3 took on one of the two passengers aboard the Hatta 3. Two dogs also were aboard the Hatta 3. A rescue swimmer from the helicopter was lowered to assist. Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachry Crawford said a Coast Guard crew stayed aboard the vessel to escort it safely to Illwaco. “The vessel was taking on a fair amount of water,” said Crawford. He said an investigation of the incident would be conducted at a later date.
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Music and brew festival in Tillamook? By Sayde Moser
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It would be the first event of its kind for Tillamook – an all-day music and brew festival. Event coordinator Cynthia Tuel said she has the music and the beer lined up. Now all she needs is city
approval. Tuel said she was approached by former Tillamook resident Jerry Kilgore, who is a musician. Tuel said Kilgore thought Tillamook could benefit from a music festival. “I agreed to coordinate it and came up with the idea to add the brew part,” said Tuel. “People will
travel from all over to go to brew fests. Adding music will make it just that much bigger.” If Tillamook city officials concur, Second Street from Main to Pacific Avenue would be shut down Sept. 21 for music, beer tastings and a bouncy house for the kids.
The event would showcase three or four different craft beers. Tuel said she has bands lined up to play from 1 to 9 p.m., including Benny and the Bay City Rockers, Alena Sheldon, Eric Sappington, Wil Duncan, the Blue Bullet Band,
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Life is special for Bay City 8-year-old “Most kids with special needs have bigger hearts than us normal people.” – Bren Watts, Auggie’s mother by Sayde Moser
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Jonathan “Auggie” Gingerich of Bay City isn’t your average 8-year-old. As a toddler, Auggie was diagnosed with autism. Last year, he saved his grandfather from suffocating to death by performing the Heimlich maneuver. This year, he’s starting his own nonprofit organization to raise money for charities that support special-needs children. With help, of course, from his mom, Bren Watts; stepdad, Nick Watts; and sisters Chloe, 10, and Abigael, 4. “We’re making it a family thing,” said Nick. “We want to facilitate Auggie’s dream of helping kids with special needs.” Auggie recently participated in the Mudd Nick Foundation “Music and Motion” day camp for kids with
special needs. When camp ended, he told his parents he wanted to raise money for the foundation. In April, the Manzanitabased Mudd Nick Foundation celebrated 20 years of helping local youth. The group formed a 501(c)3 nonprofit in 2006 and since then has raised more than $625,000 and supported more than 30 programs for youth annually. “We are always trying to teach our kids the importance of giving back,” Nick said. “So when Auggie came to us with this idea, it was an opportunity to practice what we preach.” Auggie’s plan is to host a doughnut-eating “copitition” during which local police officers and members of area service organizations compete in fun games to raise money.
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From back, are Nick Watts, Bren Watts, Chloe, Auggie and Abigael Gingerich.
Shellfish industry gets needed help By Sayde Moser
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A moonlight tradition Hundreds of people lined Second Street in downtown Tillamook during “Moonlight Madness” on Aug. 3 to watch dancers from the Tillamook School Of Dance perform some of their routines. The annual event traditionally draws shoppers out to late-night sales from local merchants.
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For the shellfish industry, it’s the million-dollar question … How do you reduce the negative impacts of ocean acidification on shellfish production? The answer isn’t simple – if, in fact, there is one. But thanks to a partnership between Oregon State University and the Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery on Netarts Bay – plus $250,000 arranged for by State Sen. Betsy Johnson – scientists are making progress. “Ocean acidification only started really affecting us in 2005,” said Chris Langdon, who heads OSU’s Molluscan Broodstock Program at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, a program working on breeding larvae that can withstand the rising pH levels in the ocean. When the pH level of seawater goes up, the added acidity kills oyster larvae. (Unlike adult shellfish, the shells of larvae dissolve more readily in acidified water, making it nearly impossible for the larvae to grow.) “For a period of time, we didn’t know what was … killing all the larvae,” Langdon said. “Now that we know about the pH levels, we can
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