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NOAA looks to protect Orcas

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is proposing to expand critical habitat for the Southern Resident orca whales over 15,626 square miles in the Pacific Ocean along the West Coast.

On Sept. 14, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, along with members of Lincoln County Search and Rescue team and the Lincoln City Police Department, resumed searching a property on Widow Creek Road for missing person Cameron Ray Shelden.

37-year-old Shelden from Seattle, Wash. was reportedly visiting the Lincoln City area and had last been seen on foot in the Widow Creek area near Otis and Rose Lodge on Sept. 2. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue was activated and began searching for Shelden by performing a number of search operations over multiple days. Search efforts included utilizing ground search volunteers, specially

The proposal The proposal would extend critical habitat for the whales along a roughly 1,000-mile swath of West Coast waters between the depths of 6.1 meters (20 feet) and 200 meters (about 650 feet). It would stretch from Cape Flattery, Washington, south to Point Sur, California, just south of Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay. NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region Public Affairs Officer Michael Milstein said the expansion proposal comes after court action.

“The Center for Biological Diversity filed a petition with us to update the critical habitat designation, and later sued NOAA Fisheries,” Milstein said. “This is a settlement agreement in which we agreed to do so.”

Despite reports that the designation could lead to a host of new restrictions affecting fishing, vessel movements, aquaculture and military activities, Milstein said the agency does not expect See ORCA, Page A3

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The 37th annual Harvest Festival will be held Oct. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Neskowin Valley School campus.

Neskowin Valley School preps for 37th Harvest Festival Join in on the fun as Neskowin Valley School proudly hosts its 37th Annual Harvest Festival Oct. 5.

The festival is held on the beautiful Neskowin Valley campus from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., located just south of Neskowin at 10005 Slab Creek Road.

Food, friends and fun fill the event line-up in 2019. Dance the day away to wonderful live music.

Browse the outdoor market where local farmers and artisans will be onsite offering produce, fresh-pressed apple cider and artisan crafts.

Children can enjoy a variety of activities, field games, a garden tea party, children’s arts and crafts, face painting and more!

Great food will be available for purchase at the Slab Creek Grill and the Bakery Cafe. Craft beer provided

by Beachcrest Brewing Company, Rusty Truck Brewing and Pelican Brewing will be available in the beer garden. There will also be a wine table, sampling and pouring a variety of wines.

An exciting silent auction boasting more than 100 amazing items donated by local businesses is open all day. With over $10,000 of items, there is certainly something for everyone.

“We’ve received overwhelming support from many local businesses to possibly make this our best fundraising event yet,” said Neskowin parent, Beth Venti.

The Harvest Festival is familyfriendly and the biggest fundraising event of the year for the independent school offering preschool through eighth grade. A full schedule of engaging activities will surely keep festival-goers entertained all day!

“Kiwanda Coastal Properties, Bros & Hoes Landscaping, Vacasa, Chris Dragoo Realtor with Vacasa, Oregon Coast Bank, Beachcrest Brewing Company, Pelican Brewing, Rusty Truck Brewing, Chinook Winds Casino, Lincoln City Glass Center, C&L Concrete and Neskowin Trading Company have all sponsored this year,” Venti said. “We are so appre-

ciative of their support.”

Live Music Schedule - Jon Paxman: 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

- Carolina: 10:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

- NVS Kids Music: 11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.

- George Thompson & Tom Tucker: 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

- NVS Ukulele Kids: 12:45 p.m. to 1 p.m.

- Live Auction: 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

- Donna and the Side Effects: 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

- ZuhG Trio: 2:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

- Special Guest: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

For more information about the school and about the upcoming Harvest Festival, contact Jon Paxman at 503-392-3124 or jon@neskowinvalleyschool.com. You can also visit the website at www.neskowinvalleyschool.com for additional information.

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Habitat for Humanity to build in Lincoln City MAX KIRKENDALL newsguardeditor@countrymedia.net Coming no later than 2022, Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County will have constructed two brand new homes in Lincoln City.

Recently, Habitat of Lincoln County was given a pair of vacant lots located in the Garden Estate subdivision of Lincoln City. The two lots sit side by side and were County acquired properties as a result of tax foreclosures.

Having tax foreclosure properties donated to local nonprofits is not uncommon statewide, but in Lincoln County, this is a new trend.

“This is the first time that we have received a foreclosed property like this, I believe it’s the first time that Lincoln County has been able to donate a foreclosed property to a nonprofit,”

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Habitat of Lincoln County was given a pair of vacant lots located in the Garden Estate subdivision. said Lucinda Taylor, executive director of Habitat Lincoln County.

The lots located in the north end of Lincoln City come to Habitat tailor-made for a build from the ground up, which has the Habitat team excited about a quick turnaround.

“The county was looking for pieces of property that would actually suit the need of nonprofits and these pieces of land work perfectly,” Taylor said. “The water and sewer is already in, it’s relatively flat, there aren’t any huge trees… these are ideal for Habitat and we

haven’t received anything quite this fabulous.”

A big part of the acquisition of these properties was in part thanks to County Commissioner Kaety Jacobson. Jacobson also felt these lots were build ready and in a good neighborhood, which is why she pushed to donate

them.

“It is a drop in the bucket of a huge housing issue,” Jacobson said. “However, as organizations and as individuals we need to ask ourselves, what can we do? Even if it is a drop in the bucket. This will help families.”

For this project, Taylor said the timetable starts with clearing out the foliage on the lot, which should be done by the end of the year.

Then they plan to break ground this time next year or early 2021 and finish up by the end of 2021 or 2022 at the latest. However, Taylor said there are a lot of variables for all their projects.

“We move a little slower partially because we need to do the fundraising,” Taylor said. “We’d like to have at least half of the cost of conSee HABITAT, Page A3

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OCCC starts classes, looks ahead to eventful Fall term OREGON COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE A new academic year is beginning at Oregon Coast Community College, and it promises to be an eventful one.

The first day of classes for Fall term was Monday, Sept. 23.

In October, OCCC will welcome an Evaluating Committee of college presidents and administrators from throughout the Northwest. The visit is the latest in a long series of steps the College has taken in its long process in pursuit of independent accreditation.

The adventure began more than five years ago, in July 2014, when the OCCC Board of Education charged President Birgitte Ryslinge with leading the College to independence. That same year, Tillamook Bay Community College and Columbia Gorge Community College both secured their independent accreditation, after years of work similar to what OCCC has been going through. Both TBCC and CGCC had previously been accredited through Portland Community College, as OCCC is today.

After its visit – scheduled for Oct. 16, 17 and 18 – the Evaluating Committee will submit its findings to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.

The NWCCU, in turn, will make a decision in January 2020 about whether OCCC will be granted Initial Accreditation. If the College is successful, accreditation will be retroactive to the start of this Fall’s term, September 2019. Complete details of the College’s ongoing pursuit of independent accreditation can be found on the College website, oregoncoastcc.org.

New programs This year, more classes than ever will be available via distance-delivery, using Zoom videoconferencing.

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The first day of classes for Fall term was Monday, Sept. 23 and over the summer OCCC made numerous improvements and added programs. the county to join students in another facility, thus saving the time and expense of driving from location to location.

A wide variety of courses will take advantage of this improving technology, including OCCC’s teacher-education program. This is the second year of the College’s partnership with the Lincoln County School District, to provide a clear pathway for local students eager to become schoolteachers.

“Through our ‘grow-ourown teachers’ Rural Teacher Pathway, funded by a generous grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust, students can begin their teaching degree here at OCCC – some can even start while in high school,” President Ryslinge said. “In the third year of the program, the students will need to spend nine months at Western Oregon University, but the fourth year returns them to Lincoln County, where those participants with adequate academic performance will be placed in student teaching positions.” Successful graduates will receive preferential treatment in the LCSD’s hiring process.

Another highly anticipated program the College has long pursued is slated to come to fruition during this academic year. This February, OCCC will begin offering welding courses – the vanguard of a lineup that the College plans to develop

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into a robust maritime construction program.

The welding offerings will be made possible thanks to partnerships with the Port of Toledo and the Lincoln County School Districts. Interest in the initial welding classes has been intense; a series of Facebook posts made last spring when grant funding was secured to make the program possible were met with more than 10,000 post interactions.

“In other words, as many as one in five residents of Lincoln County reached out and reacted to news of this future program in the space of just a few days,” said Dave Price, OCCC’s Director of Marketing and Community Engagement.

Details about the welding program will be available on the College website, oregoncoastcc.org, as February nears.

Improvements abound The OCCC Nursing and Allied Health Department continues to grow. Last year, the school added two new high-tech mannikins, allowing students cuttingedge equipment with which to practice live interactions with “patients” in the school. The mannikins were funded by generous grants from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund. More support grew from elsewhere in the community, such as a $50,000

contribution to the program from the North Lincoln Health District.

“In past years, we have been so appreciative of matching donations of $40,000 each from the Pacific Communities Hospital Foundation and the North Lincoln Health District,” said Linda Mollino, director of Allied Health and CTE Programs. “This year, North Lincoln’s contribution to our nursing program and its students jumped 25 percent. We’re grateful for that generous bump, and for the continued support from Newport.

“These institutions support our program in large part because of the excellent nurses our program graduates each year to support the best possible patient care in Lincoln County hospitals.”

The Stagecoach The South, Central and North locations of Oregon Coast Community College (located in Waldport, Newport and Lincoln City, respectively) are abuzz for lots of other reasons this Fall.

OCCC students are planning to launch their own newspaper, ‘The Coastal Stagecoach,’ this year. Meanwhile, there’s big news at the College Store inside the Newport Campus.

There, a new oven means students will be able to order fresh, made-to-order

pizza – with homemade dough made fresh each morning.

To go with their hot pizza, students can fill up reusable bottles with cool, fresh, filtered water, using filling stations installed in Newport and Lincoln City.

Both were funded by the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund and funds raised by OCCC’s Associated Student Government group.

With the stations installed, the College will be planning next steps as it works to drastically reduce the number of plastic singleuse water bottles brought to campus.

This year marks another year of growth in the College’s dual-credit offerings, which deliver college-level courses and credits to Lincoln County high school students. The College is also continuing its Early College Program, providing free tuition to some high school students for classes taught at College campus locations. Details are available on the College website or from high school counselors.

Meanwhile, the College continues to offer its Digital Media & Marketing Studios, in Newport and in Lincoln City, to local businesses in need of professional photography, video, video editing, or audio recording and production services.

The studios are managed by the OCCC Small

Business Development Center and were funded by Economic Development Grants from the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners. When not in use by local businesses (who pay $30 per hour to use the space and equipment), the studios are often available at no charge to OCCC students.

The College also offers an impressive lineup of degrees and certificates, including transfer degrees in which many local students earn the first two years of a four-year degree at home before transferring to OSU, Western Oregon or other universities as juniors.

The OCCC Aquarium Science Program is a unique program that offers a degree program as well as a oneyear certificate program.

Most of its one-year participants are from outside Lincoln County, and typically these students arrive having already earned four-year degrees from universities in areas such as marine biology. The hands-on practical skills in care and feeding of aquatic plants and animals, as well as experience in PVC piping and plumbing and lots of other areas, contributes to impressive job-placement rates for Aquarium Science Program graduates.

In addition, this Fall brings a wide variety of non-credit community education and small business classes open to anyone in the community. These classes range from cooking to German language, and from Internet Security to CCB License Prep and Testing, among many others.

Find the complete lineups at oregoncoastcc.org/ communityed and oregoncoastcc.org/sbdc. For more information about Oregon Coast Community College, call 541-867-8501, or stop by the College’s Central County Campus, at 400 SE College Way in Newport’s South Beach District, or the North County Center, at 3788 SE High School Drive.

Respite services come to Lincoln City THE NEWS GUARD Most parents ask a relative to watch their child so they can run to the grocery story, go on a date, or take a nap.

However, some families don’t have a natural support system, and taking a break from parenting is not an option.

Respite care is a service that gives families a short-

Building purpose together

term break. During respite care, host families take in kids, providing fun and recreational activities. Kids get a break from their daily lives, and their parents get an opportunity to unwind and recharge, which helps stabilize families.

“Currently there are no respite homes in Lincoln County,” Jennifer Schwartz, System of Care coordinator, said. “This is a tremendous

problem for the community because respite care is a crucial service for supporting and stabilizing families.”

To fill this need, Morrison Child and Family Services are recruiting families to provide respite care for kids in Lincoln County.

Morrison is holding a Meet and Greet to teach community members about respite services on Thursday, Sept.

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Host families provide respite care for children receiving mental health services from Lincoln County Health & Human Services, which includes children in foster care.

“Without this service, kids with mental health disorders can end up hospitalized or having to move from home to home,” Kitty Carter, Morrison division director, said. “This service really is a lifeline for these kids and their families.”

For more information about becoming a respite provider email fostercare@ morrisonkids.org or call 503-736-6510.

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Found From page A1 trained K-9s used to detect human remains, excavation equipment and drone technology.

“The team searched extensively in the large area of difficult terrain and heavy brush, but Shelden was not located,” stated the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

On the morning of Sept. 17, the Sheriff’s Office received a call from a property owner on Widow Creek Road stating a deceased subject was located on the property. Deputies

and detectives responded to the property and were directed to a location that was outside their initial search parameters, which they had searched using excavation equipment.

Detectives located the remains of a highly decomposed subject in dense vegetation that matched the description and was presumptively identified as Cameron Shelden.

The Lincoln County Sheriff’s requested the Oregon State Police Forensics

Services Division respond for scene processing and more forensics analysis were conducted.

On Sept. 19, the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office determined that the subject had suffered from a gunshot wound to the head, consistent with a .45 caliber bullet.

“Detectives located a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun and single .45 caliber shell casing where the body was recovered,” stated the Lincoln County Sheriff’s

Office.

“Due to the advanced state of decomposition of the body, the OSME is continuing the examination.”

Lincoln County Sheriff’s also said that positive identification of the body is still being determined and the death investigation continues.

Anyone with information pertaining to this case are encouraged to call the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line at 541-2650669.

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Detectives located the remains of a highly decomposed subject in dense vegatation.

Habitat From page A1 struction in hand before we start and then we continue to fundraise so that we can pay as we go.”

Taylor said they are also reliant on volunteer labor in most cases with unskilled laborers.

“A lot of times we’re working with unskilled laborers, but hopefully we have some skilled laborers too, and then we can teach them as the project progresses,” Taylor said.

“We can take volunteers who have never touched a hammer to those who have built whole houses or villages of houses. We encourage everyone to volunteer.”

For Habitat homeowners, they are not only the beneficiaries of a new home, but also of valuable skills they will learn throughout the building process.

“A lot of our homeowners have something called sweat equity hours they put in, so one of the things we

like to try to encourage is having them actually work on the house themselves so they’re learning those skills,” said James Farlin, Habitat Construction Manager. “Part of that is not only enabling them with a house, but also enabling them to take care of the house because they

are owners of this property and after we turn it over to them, it’s their house to maintain.”

Habitat of Lincoln County is currently in the process of finishing up a project in Newport and will then be all-in on the Lincoln City build. Once they make head-

way on the Garden Estates build, Taylor said Habitat will then work closely with the county on finding more foreclosed properties.

“We’re really only one project at a time, but as we near completion on this project and we follow through on our plans than

waters or off the west side of Vancouver Island.

The NOAA website post said research supporting the critical habitat proposal includes new details of the Chinook salmon stocks and other species. Southern Residents prey on them during winter off the West Coast. Most of the Chinook the whales were documented eating came from the Columbia River Basin. This includes spring Chinook from the lower Columbia, fall salmon from the middle Columbia, and spring/ summer Chinook from the upper Columbia.

The whales mainly preyed on Chinook salmon. They also consumed halibut, lingcod, steelhead, chum, skate and northern anchovy at times.

release.

comment period was triggered on the whale habitat expansion proposal, which will end in December.

“We will then consider

we’ll get with the county and begin looking for any foreclosed properties that would be a potential fit for us,” Taylor said. “I would hope that this is a partnership that lasts for a long time.”

Habitat will soon be taking applications for homeowners at the Garden Estates properties.

To learn more about Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County, you can visit hfhlc.org.

“Our mission is to build affordable homes for lowincome families, so this is a perfect marriage,” Taylor said.

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The proposal would extend critical habitat for the whales along a roughly 1,000-mile swath of West Coast waters between the depths of 6.1 meters (20 feet) and 200 meters. new restrictions due to the designation expansion.

“Critical habitat is a designation under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that defines areas important to species listed under the ESA, but it applies only to federal agencies and actions,” he said. “It requires federal agencies proposing actions that may affect critical habitat to consult with us (NOAA Fisheries) for our recommendations as to how to avoid damaging or destroying the critical habitat. Activities that are not funded, authorized or carried out by a federal agency would not be affected.”

Milstein said NOAA also does not expect practical change from the expansion because the agency already considers the Southern Resident killer whales in reviewing federal actions in areas the whales use.

“We already consider the whales in assessing the impacts of the operations of dams on the Columbia River, because we know that they

prey on salmon from that river system,” he said.

History According to a report from NOAA Fisheries posted at the agency’s online site, in 2006, NOAA Fisheries designated critical habitat for the killer whales in the inland waters of Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, where the whales typically spend much of the year.

At the time, there was not enough information to support extending the critical habitat to the outer coast. Since then, satellite tracking, acoustic monitoring and sightings data have confirmed that two of the three Southern Resident pods regularly range south along the West Coast as far as the Central California Coast during winter. The third pod, J Pod, typically remains further north, either in inland

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VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY City Property vs. Private Property In an upper scale neighborhood near my house there are two new homes that are using city property for an egress to their homes.

The design of their driveway,they share, was poorly planned and never should have been approved by the Planning Department and as a result, city property, which my tax dollars go to support, is being used to make it easier for these two private residences to access their property.

Trees and plants the city planted were also destroyed in the building of one of these homes.

It is completely unfair to every resident of this city that these homes are able to use tax payer property for their own use.

All that is needed is for this subdivision to replace the plants they destroyed along the edge of their driveway, this would solve the issue, exactly how much city property are residents allowed to use for their own use simply to make it easier to access their property?

Sept. 19, two planning department people drove up this driveway, driving across the city properties driveway. It is not necessary for these two homes to use the city driveway, it is out

of sheer laziness, self serving and a complete disregard for others that the private driveway was designed in this way.

If the city driveway was a private residence, this would not be happening.

The city property in question is the Pump House at the corner of SW Coast and SW 24 Street. The public works department needs to look into this matter and resolve it.

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IN MEMORY

James Edward Schroeder March 2, 1952 – September 4, 2019 Jim (Sugar Bear) left us peacefully, while sleeping, after a long battle with cancer on the evening of September 4, 2019, at the age of 67.

He was born in McMinnville to Ed and Alta Schroeder an grew up in Lincoln Beach with his five siblings.

Jim met the love of his life Patti as a freshman in high school, marrying soon after graduation.

They shared forty eight beautiful years together and had two daughters.

He enjoyed camping, boating, fishing, crabbing and motorcycling. He was never one to sit still very well, and he was prone to

Linley Mitchell Richie Linley Mitchell Richie (Mitch) passed away at OHSU Hospital on September 12, 2019.

Mitch was born on July 5, 1979 at North Lincoln Hospital. He attended Faith Baptist for Kindergarten and the public schools in Lincoln City.

Mitch was very active in youth, participating in wrestling and baseball.

In high school he started playing golf and played in the band.

He graduated from Taft High School in 1997. Mitch loved working on trucks, cars, boats and motorcycles. During high school he worked at his uncle’s boat shop in Taft.

He loved the outdoors

tinkering in his shop. His greatest joy however, was spending time with his family and friends.

Jim spent his years working in the woods and as a log truck driver, eventually owning and operating his own truck and finishing his career driving powder and dump trucks.

Many mentors and leaders crossed his path in life, making him the great man we admired so much. With his kind and faithful, strong and steady ways, Jim helped anyone in need.

Through his example, we learned to play fair, follow the rules if they made sense, and follow through on our promises even if we didn’t want to.

Teaching us to be strong, kind and a sense of pride in our work and ourselves was a part of his legacy as a father.

Jim had a great sense of humor and loved to joke with his famous line “you ready to go? Can I start your car for you” to those upon immediate arrival. His witty sense of humor not only brought laughter and joy, but a sense of levity to most

situations.

All of these wonderful qualities not only made Jim a great friend, but allowed him to have many great friends in return, and they were by his side the entire journey if not in person then by phone or text.

Jim’s family would like to thank the staff from Oncology at Samaritan Hospital in Newport and Corvallis, Ore.; Samaritan Evergreen Hospice.

The skilled facilities and faculties’ capable care and comfort assisted him and his family along this treacherous journey.

Jim is survived by his wife Patti; his daughters Tracie (Richard) and Tonya ( Jack); sisters Diane (Bill), Helen (Ed); brother bob (Luanne); Claudette (sister in law); eight grandchildren, Kyle, Ryan, Bailey, Jordan, Jacob, Jasmine, Joseph and Katie; great granddaughter Amelia.

Jim was preceded in death by his parents, his brother Richard, and his sister Lucille.

Per Jim’s request there will not be a memorial service.

and worked in his dad’s surveying business for several years. He also worked at Les Schwab, and most recently at North Lincoln Sanitary.

Mitch loved family activities with his stepdaughter Melissa, Lauren and Dani Arnt. Those activities included soap box derby races, swimming team, youth softball and a couple of family trips to Hawaii.

Mitch became ill in May. After some short stays in the hospitals in Lincoln City and Corvallis, he was transported to OHSU Hospital in Portland. He was never able to return home to Lincoln City.

He relocated to Tualatin to be close to his treatment center and his doctors at OHSU. His cousins Tara McCormack of Tualatin and Tina West of Sherwood and their families greatly helped in his transition to “city living.” He was very weak but enjoyed the experience.

In August, Mitch was readmitted to OHSU, and was diagnosed with a new “life threatening,” very rare condition.

Mitch passed on September 12, 2019 with his family by his side.

He is survived by his parents Lin and Janet Richie of Otis, sister and family Amanda and Jorma Kyllonen (and son Devin) of Bend, brother Tim and wife Maggie Richie of Lincoln City.

Mitch was close to his three daughters and their families; Lauren and Tyler Turner (Hadley two and a half years) of Depoe Bay, Dani Arnt and Jimmy (Wylene six months) of Otis, and Melissa and Andy Rambow (Lucy born 9/9/19) of Boise Idaho.

Additional family includes his Aunt Betty Richie of McMinville and Aunt Shirley Strawn of Delta Junction Alaska.

Mitch had more cousins in Oregon, Alaska, Washington and California.

Being the greatest “dog lover” he was, he leaves behind his dog, Harley.

A celebration of life will be held on Saturday October 5, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Faith Baptist Church in Lincoln City.

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Caroline May (Ullrich) Stevens Caroline May (Ullrich) Stevens, age 87, passed away August 27, 2019 at Bonaventure of Gresham, Oregon.

She was born May 22, 1932, in Ute, Iowa, the daughter of George and Iris (Wilson) Ullrich.

Caroline lived in many places, but her favorite was her home in the woods on the mountain in Lincoln City, Ore. She worked many years at Tektronix as a circuit board designer and manager of the department, director of the North Lincoln County Historical Museum, and for a hospice center in Newport, Ore. Caroline took great pride in being a founding board member of the Lincoln City Cultural Center and Toastmasters of Lincoln City. She loved to square dance, travel and volunteer within her community. Caroline was the kind of mother that, in the words of her son Patrick, “She never gave up on me.”

She is survived by her six children, Colleen Murphy, Patrick (Stephanie) Murphy, Shannon (Chris) Santhon,

Erwin Frederick Winter Erwin Frederick Winter, 85, passed away on September 16, 2019, in his Otis home.

Erwin was born on January 29, 1934 in Portland, Oregon. He married Betty Winter and had four children: Christopher, Erwin, Eric and Elizabeth; as well as three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Erwin is preceded in death by his son Christopher.

A memorial service will be

Larry (Sue) Stevens, Kenny Stevens (Rita Ulver longtime companion), Kathleen Stevens; Her Grandchildren Matthew (Jessa), Mitchell (Lauren), and Mickey (Channele) Wingrove; Zion Mills, Caityln, and Aaron Murphy; Sean and Lucas Santhon, Patricia McBratney Garcia (Jesse), Crystal McBratney Telles and 15 and a half great-grandchildren. She is further survived by her sister, Janet Alayne (Wes) Wessels and her sister-in-law Myrna Ullrich (Bo Allen), nieces and nephews Gayle Bast, Greg Wessels, Ann (Patrick) Grieb, Debra (Greg) Wilhelm, Timothy (Collete) Ullrich.

She loved spending time with her close friends Wayne King, Coni Scott, Elizabeth Black, Sally Stark and Elaine Babic.

She was preceded in death by her parents George and Iris (Wilson) Ullrich, her brother Stanley Ullrich and ex-husbands Robert Murphy and Kenneth Stevens.

Her memorial service will be held on Sept. 29, 2019 at 1 p.m. at The Hidden Woods B & B, 19380 E Summertime Dr, Sandy, Ore. 97055. Please RSVP to 503622-5754.

The family would like to thank the wonderful staff at Bonaventure of Gresham, Oregon for all their support, kindness and excellent loving care. In lieu of flowers please donate to The Lincoln City Cultural Center at 540 NE Hwy 101, Lincoln City, Ore. 97367 where she was a founding board member. held on Sept. 26, 2019 at St. Augustine Catholic Church in Lincoln City. There will be a 12:30 p.m. rosary ceremony followed by a 1 p.m. mass. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to St. Augustine Catholic Church.

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LCPD to participate in National Coffee with a Cop event LINCOLN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT Come enjoy a cup of coffee with Lincoln City Police officers.

On Wednesday, Oct. 2, between 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at the Hilltop Restaurant you will have the chance to have coffee with a cop.

This is an opportunity for citizens and officers to get together informally and meet and talk with each other about general topics in Lincoln City.

As part of the national “Coffee With A Cop” event,

officers will be at the restaurant and will be available to speak with citizens, answer questions and interact with them in a positive, relaxed manner.

The Lincoln City Police Department would like to express our appreciation to the Hilltop Restaurant and all their staff for providing us with the venue to make this community event happen.

We look forward to this opportunity for citizens to come and meet some of the officers of Lincoln City Police Department during this event.

The Coffee with a Cop event will be held at Hilltop Restaurant in Lincoln City on Oct. 2 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Police Blotter The police blotter relates the public record of incidents as reported by the Lincoln City Police, Lincoln County Sheriff, and Oregon State Police. All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Information printed is preliminary and subject to change.

LINCOLN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY, SEPT. 16 10:24 a.m. Suspicious Activity, 3780 Spyglass Ridge Dr. Case number issued for threat assessment.

2:10 p.m. Abandoned Auto, NW 26th St./NW Jetty Ave. Lincoln City Towing responded for abandoned Chevy Tahoe.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 17 12:40 a.m. Animal, Roads End area. While on patrol, an officer observed a medium to large black with white patch dog running toward the beach. Officer advised the dog was not friendly.

Extra Patrol Request, SE 51st St./SE 48th St./S Schooner Creek. Caller reported people speeding in the area between 7:30 a.m. and 8 a.m. every morning. Caller said there is a white jeep in particular, female driver and male passenger. Caller asked them to slow down and male flipped him off and recorded him on his cell phone.

1:31 p.m. Theft, 2185 NW Hwy 101. Caller reported an unknown customer dropped cash in the lobby on 9/13/19 and an employee had found it and put it in the caller’s officer. Money is now missing.

2:14 p.m. Suspicious Vehicle, 1410 SE Hwy 101.

Officer attempted contact with vehicle due to it leaking oil all down the highway.

Driver left vehicle prior to officer arrival.

3:28 p.m. AOA, 800 SW HWY 101, Lincoln City Sporting Goods. Oregon State Police reported a firearm at location is listed as stolen out of Laredo Police Department in Texas. Firearm was seized for safekeeping.

7:47 p.m. AOA/Warrant Arrest, 1503 SE East Devils Lake Rd. Andrew Ainslie, born 4/30/90, walked into Lincoln City Police Department to find out why officers were looking for him. Ainslie was taken into custody on Misdemeanor Warrant for Probation Violation and transported to Lincoln County Jail.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18 7:38 a.m. Assist on Arrest, SW 35th ST/SW Anchor Ave. Beach Access, Jennifer Franklin, born 8/9/91, and Robin Heiner, born 4/29/71, were reported camping at the public beach access. Both were found to have municipal warrants out of Roseburg for Theft.

Both subjects were cited and released on warrants.

8:40 a.m. Domestic Disturbance, SW 32nd ST/SW Hwy 101. Multiple callers reported a physical domestic disturbance at the bus stop.

8:59 a.m. Burglary, 660 SE Highway 10. Caller reported someone stole laundry soap vending unit from the wall some time last night.

10:27 a.m. Assist on Arrest, 3128 NE Hwy 101.

Tiny Sumera, born 3/20/81, was reported at P&P office and had a warrant. Sumera was taken into custody and transported to Lincoln City Jail on a state-wide felony warrant for probation violation.

5:41 p.m. Dog Bite, 1590 SE 19th St. Victim reported that his neighbor’s dog lunged at him and bit him.

5:54 p.m. Crash, NE Devils Lake BV/Highway 101.

Two vehicle motor vehicle accident. Both vehicles towed by Lincoln City Towing.

9:50 p.m. Theft, 1777 NW 44th St. Chinook Winds Casino. Report of ticket stolen.

11:25 a.m. Suspicious Activity, NW 15th St. Beach Access. Report of a male earlier in the day on the beach,

possibly selling drugs. Was staying in a cave and has his vehicle with him.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 19 2:41 a.m. Ordinance Violation. NW 15th St. Beach Access. Steinke was cited and released for reckless burning. Depositing of trash within 100 yards of waterway an camping on public property.

8:14 a.m. Abandon Tow, 29th Dr./NE 2200 Block. Vehicle was tagged to be towed on 9/9/19 if not removed.

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by Car Care Tow. 3:33 p.m. Found Property, 1777 NW 44th St. Chinook Winds Casino. Chinook Winds Casino security reported someone turned in a wallet and some keys found on the beach.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 20 1:49 p.m. Theft, 1777 NW 44th St. Chinook Winds Casino. Caller reported that her wallet was stolen out of her purse while at the casino.

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Yard debris burning now open in Lincoln County The Lincoln County Fire Defense Board, and the nine fire protection agencies are opening burn season Thursday, Sept. 19.

With the recent rain and forecasted precipitation, the risk of fire spread has decreased and is expected to remain at a low level.

This summer’s weather was not as dry as the previous two summers, according to the Fire Defense Board. This kept fuel moisture levels higher and moderated fire danger throughout the region. The Fire Defense Board thanks the public for adhering to the burn regulations this summer and along with the quick response of all of our Lincoln County firefighters, which helped keep wildfires to a minimum.

Many Lincoln County fire agencies require a permit to burn yard debris (also known as open burning). In Lincoln City, permits are required for all outdoor yard

debris burning and can be obtained at the St. Clair Fire Station located at 4520 SE Hwy. 101 in Lincoln City.

Burning is prohibited within the City of Lincoln City by a city ordinance. Outdoor yard debris burning outside of the city is limited to burn barrels and small 3’ x 2’ burn piles. For further information call 541-996-2233.

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4:48 p.m. Theft, 4802 NE Voyage Ave. A2. Victim reports theft of front license plate, reported to DMV, has not replaced.

12:23 p.m. Theft, 1770 NW 44th St. Chinook Winds Casino. Victim reported that cans were taken out of the back of his vehicle on 9/12/19.

8:51 p.m. Theft, 5201 SW Highway 101. Caller reported theft of 25 lbs. fish box.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 21 3:43 a.m. Assist on Arrest/Warrant Arrest, 4157 N Highway 101. Dmitri Jamal Laney, born 4/17/1988, and Lindsey Kay Erickson, born 10/28/1982, were contacted for camping violation.

Felony warrant and charged with interfering with peace officer and transported to Lincoln City Jail.

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Criminal Mischief, 4700 SE Hwy 101. Caller reported his ice machine was damaged by transients.

7:12 p.m. AOA/Warrant Arrest, 4355 N Hwy 101, Terp Collective. Caller reported subject going through their trash. Holly Lovingood, born 10/5/77, was located with two misdemeanor warrants and taken into custody and transported to Lincoln County Jail.

7:37 p.m. Warrant Arrest, N 101/36th St. Martin Andrew Cordova, born 11/26/62, was taken into custody on Marion County Warrant charging Criminal Mischief II. He was cited and released.

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EXPLORE LINCOLN CITY Colors of the fall, in the form of big show kites, take to the skies at the D River State Recreation Site on Oct. 5-6.

The Lincoln City Fall Kite Festival will zoom onto the beach to delight kite fans of all ages. Bring the family to this annual vacation tradition, where the kites dance and whirl through the air.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., professional kite fliers from around the world will demonstrate their latest routines to dazzle audiences. Families can get a front row seat to a colorful show, complete with unexpected loops and twirls.

Kids can partake in a variety of fun-filled activities. On both days, kids of all ages can learn how to make their very own paper kite with an instructor. Afterwards, they can show off their colorful creations during the Kids Parade, located on the flying field. Kids can also meet professional kite fliers using the Kids Passports. Inside the passports are biographies of each featured kite flier. Collect autographs from the fliers

September 25, 2019

Adult Science Night 6:30 p.m. at Black Squid Beer House. Make your own bouncy ball. 21 and over. For more information call 541-614-0733, visit BlackSquidBeerHouse. com or DriftwoodLib.org.

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and return the passport to the information booth in exchange for fun prizes.

“It’s a great way for us to engage with kids,” said kite flier Ronda Brewer. “The kite flying community is a fun, quirky bunch. We love what we do and sharing our kite flying passion with kids is a real joy.”

Brewer, who has attended the festival for many years, loves to watch the smiling faces when her kites take to the skies.

“Kids will come up to me and ask how to fly them,” Brewer said. “So, I’ll put the bridle in their hands and say ‘Here, you try it!’ By creat-

ing a fun learning experience, we are able to pass this tradition down to future generations.”

The fun continues on the field during the Running of the Bols, which is a footrace across the beach with each participant harnessed to a parachute kite. On both days, kids can pair up with a friend or parent, or race solo to the finish line. Each finisher gets a well-deserved high five and bragging rights.

To learn more about the Fall Kite Festival, visit ExploreLincolnCity.com or call 541-996-1274.

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Boondocks Boys Live - 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. at Chinook’s Seafood Grill.

For more information call 888-624-6228 or visit chinookwindscasino.com.

Sept. 27-29 A Tour To Die For - 5:30 p.m. departing form the Lincoln City Cultural Center. $25. For more information visit tourtodiefor. com.

Sept. 27-Oct. 4 Artisan Faire - 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Shops at Salesian. Experience local Oregonian vendors featuring unique gift ideas and one-of-a-kind crafts and handmade goods at the Artisan Fair. For more information visit salishan. com.

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Sept. 27 Ukuleles son - 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Eleanor’s Undertow. Open to all ages. $35 per person. For more information visit surflandadventures.com.

Uncle Roy and the Boys Live - 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Autobahn 101. Kid friendly live music. For

more information call 541614-1811 or visit facebook.

Sept. 28 Saturday Morning Cinema: W.C. Fields Shorts (1930s) - 11 a.m. at the Bijou Theatre. Three of the finest W.C.Fields shorts: The Golf Specialist, Fatal Glass of Beer and The Dentist. $3. For more information call 541-9948255 or visit cinemalovers. com.

Stars over the Salmon River - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Salmon River Estuary in Otis. An evening of stargazing oner the Salmon River Estuary. Appitizers, wine and dessert to benefit the Lincoln City Cultural Center. Tickets $50. For more information visit lincolncityculturalcenter.org or call 541-9949994.

Curtis Interruptus Live - 9 p.m. at Snug Harbor and Grill. For more information visit snugharborbarandgrill.com or call 541-996-4676.

Sept. 28-29 Oktobercrest - At Beachcrest Brewing. Two days of live music, beer, food and games. For more information visit beachcrestbrewing.com or call 541-234-4013.

Sept. 29 Lincoln City Farmers & Crafters Market – 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lincoln City Cultural Center. All items are handmade or home-

grown by the seller. For more information call 541921-0062 or visit LincolnCityFarmersMarket.org.

Oct. 4 Bingo-by-the-Sea - 5 p.m. at St. Augustine Church. The fun-filled event will include delicious dinner, lively music entertainment and fabulous bingo. State Rep. David Gomberg will be “Bingo Master.”

On Going Volunteering Opportunity Hillside Place Senior Living in Lincoln City is actively looking for volunteers to help with the facility’s Life Enrichment Program. For more information about Hillside Place Senior Living, call 541-994-8028, or visit www.enlivant.com.

Chessman Gallery Chessman Gallery is located inside the Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Highway 101 in Lincoln City. For details see the entertainment section at thenewsguard.com, or call 541-994-9994.

Beachstone Gallery The Beachstone Gallery in Lincoln City is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the rear of the Artists’ Co-op Gallery at 620 NE Highway 101. For more details, call 541-557-8000.

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Lincoln County students recognized for exceptional academic promise MAX KIRKENDALL newsguardeditor@countrymedia.net A pair of Lincoln County students earned the prestigious title of Commended Student in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Seniors Ethan Price, from Taft 7-12 School, and Erin Watanabe, from Newport High School, will each be given a Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program.

About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although they will not continue in the 2020 competition for National Merit Scholarship awards, Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2020 competition by taking the 2018 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/

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Seniors Ethan Price (left), of Taft 7-12 schools, and Erin Watanabe (right), of Newport High School.

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“Those being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for

academic success,” said a spokesperson for NMSC. “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing

their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement

of educational excellence in our nation.

“We hope that this recognition will help broaden their educational

opportunities and encourage them as they continue their pursuit of academic success.”

Ethan Price, a senior at Taft 7-12 School, is the son of Dave and Niki Price of Lincoln City. He is a member of the debate team, National Honor Society, Key Club and holds a 3.96 cumulative GPA. At Taft he has participated in cross country for four years, swimming for four years and is currently apart of the leadership program.

Ethan continues to take advanced AP and Dual credit classes on his way to graduation this year.

Erin Watanabe, a senior at Newport High School, is the daughter of Bruce and Tina Watanabe of Newport. She is an International Baccalaureate Diploma Candidate, AVID Tutor and holds a 4.0 cumulative GPA. She is a four-year varsity cheerleader, cheer captain, 2019 OSAA State Cheerleading Champion, and two-time OCCA All-State Team Member. She is involved in Leadership and Junior Optimists Club.

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MAX KIRKENDALL newsguardeditor@countrymedia.net The Taft 7-12 boys soccer squad continued their hot start to the season with a pair of easy 4-0 victories over Blanchet Catholic and Yamhill-Carlton.

The Tigers were on the road for the first time this season Sept. 18, when they traveled to Salem to play the Cavaliers. Through the first two games, Blanchet Catholic were unable to gain a victory and they were no match for Taft who holds the No. 5 spot in state.

The Tiger defense was smothering, not allowing a goal the entirety of the game and on the offensive end, senior captain Edson Fuentes tallied two goals.

Juniors William Calderon and Alex Del Valle also added a goal each to help Taft earn a 4-0 win, improving their season record to 3-0.

Taft was then back at home to play Yamhill-Carlton on Sept. 19. Defense played a key role once again as Taft kept YC off the board while scoring four goals of their own.

On the board first was junior Mauricio Rivas to give Taft the 1-0 lead at intermission. In the second period, Fuentes once again notched a pair of goals and Calderon scored a late one to give the Tigers a 4-0 win.

Defensively Taft has been locking down opponents all season, in part thanks to the work of sophomore goalie Sam Cortes, who had seven saves against YC. The boys play on the road tonight (Sept. 25) against league foe Dayton at 7 p.m. before returning home to play Western Christian/Perrydale Friday at 4:15 p.m.

Girls Soccer Similar to the boys team, the Lady Tigers started the season strong, winning their first two games.

However, they have now dropped four straight games, most recently to Yamhill-Carlton and Dayton.

Against YC, Taft lost their starting goalkeeper prior to the game due to an injury, which unfortunately played a role in the outcome.

“The score doesn’t reflect how hard Taft played today,” head coach Joey Arce-Torres said. “We felt

Jose Flores we did many good things throughout the match both defensive and offensively.”

Junior Veronica Jin scored in her second varsity match after a perfectly placed pass by senior Sammy Halferty. But ultimately, Taft was on the wrong end of a 4-1 score.

“We were forced to play an athlete who was not prepared to take on that role,” Arce-Torres said of the goalkeeper. “We and I applaud this individual for the guts to take on that role for her team. We honestly played well enough to win. I feel good about our development.”

Against Dayton on Sept.

23, the Tigers found themselves in another league battle in which they faced some adversity. Early in the first half, Taft was called for a handball violation, setting up a Pirate score on the penalty kick. Another violation shortly after resulted in another goal for Dayton, putting Taft in a 2-0 hole.

The offense was unable to get any momentum going in the second half, and the Lady Tigers lost the game 2-0.

Taft will have some time to sort through the miscues this week as their next game is not until Sept. 30 at Gervais.

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The Taft 7-12 volleyball team gave the Warrenton Warriors all they could handle when the two teams met Sept. 19.

With one win already this season, the Tigers were in search of their first league victory when the welcomed Warrenton to their home gym last Thursday.

Set one was a marathon as both teams battled back and forth, trying to gain the edge. Despite a spirited effort, the Warriors took set one, 30-28.

But the Lady Tigers didn’t fallback in set two, as players like sophomore Lily Hatton and senior Corey Van Damme served up some timely shots and their fellow Tigers rallied to score hard earned points.

In another close set, Taft prevailed 26-24.

Warrenton found a bit of a groove in the third set, pulling away late to win 25-17.

But as the volley continued, Taft took set four to extend the match (26-24), thanks to great saves and spikes from

Hailey Weaver freshmen Hailey Weaver and Hatton.

With a victory in sight, both teams exchanged points in the final set before the Warriors tipped the scale, winning 15-13 and 3-2

overall.

Taft then played in a tournament in Salem before hosting Rainier Tuesday. They now prep for Clatskanie at home this Thursday(Sept.

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Tigers chop down Loggers, climb rankings MAX KIRKENDALL newsguardeditor@country media.net Some coaches say a good defense is what will win you football games, and for the Taft 7-12 Tigers, that certainly seems to by ringing true.

The Taft defense returned to form last Friday, Sept.

20 by stymieing a prolific Knappa Logger offense who put up over 50 points on the Tigers last season. And after giving up 33 points to Sutherlin last week, Taft came into the game with something to prove.

“Once again, our defense came up big… creating multiple turnovers and only giving up one touchdown against a team that last year scored over 50 points on us,” head coach Jake Tolan said.

“Even more importantly was that our defense was able to slow Knappa down and get stops while our offense struggled at times moving the ball.”

Despite the slow offensive play at times, Taft struck

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Junior JJ French takes a handoff from junior Antonio Suarez. French rushed for over 100 yards and two touchdowns during the win. first in a dogfight of a game after junior JJ French ran the ball in for six and junior Fco Ramos threw a pass to senior Trenton Hall for the twopoint conversion to start 8-0 late in the first quarter.

Not long after, junior quarterback Antonio Suarez connected with senior Jordan Hall on a long passing touchdown to give Taft a 14-0 advantage. The Loggers showed a little life late in the second quarter, connecting on a fade to the corner for a touchdown, bringing the score to 14-6.

Despite a long 40-yard pitch and catch from Suarez to senior Trenton Fisher, the score remained the same going into the half.

“Our depth was a key tonight,” Tolan said. “This is the first time in four years as the head coach that we have 45 kids in our program and the ability to sub kids

throughout the game and keep fresh legs on the field.”

Knappa made several attempts to get back in the game in the second half, but were ultimately turned away each time. Junior Darius Smith hauled in his third interception of the season during the third quarter while Jordan Hall nabbed his second of the year late in the game.

The Tiger offense seemed a bit stagnant at times, facing multiple three and outs. However, French came alive in the fourth quarter.

A 50-yard run by French in the fourth set up his 7-yard touchdown run and a twopoint conversion made it 22-6. French rattled off another monster run in the final quarter highlighted by multiple broken tackles.

Taft was unable to punch in the late game score, but a poor snap by Knappa near

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the goal line led to a safety and a 24-6 victory for Taft.

French led the Tiger offense by tallying more than

100 yards rushing on the night with a pair of touchdowns. Although Tolan was happy with the win over a formidable opponent, he still sees room for improvement, especially on offense.

“We made many mistakes on offense that we need to clean up and learn from, but got enough big plays to walk away with a win,” Tolan said.

Taft now sits at 2-1 this season and holds the No. 15 spot in the 3A OSAA rankings.

Their defense will once again be put to the test this Friday (Sept. 27) when they travel to play the red hot Yamhill-Carlton Tigers.

Yamhill-Carlton is currently 3-0, ranked No. 5 and has averaged over 45 points per game to start the year.

Kickoff Friday is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Taft runs the beach

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The Taft runners competed in the Nestucca Cape Kiwanda Beach Challenge Sept. 19 where seniors Lucas Hindman (right) and Hunter Lundstedt (left) finished first and second. The duo finished 28th and 34th respectively this weekend at the prestigious Prefontaine Memorial Run in Coos Bay, which featured 125 boys runners. Senior girls runner Autumn Ellis placed 25th in the 113-runner Prefontaine field and senior Brook Orendorff was 71st.

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