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akeview Senior Living congratulates the team of Kathy Joy, Nancy Oksenholt and Renee Selvidge also known as The Three Wise Women as the winners of The People’s Choice Award at the recently held Gingerbread House Auction. The fundraiser for Angels Anonymous took place earlier this month at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

The gingerbread houses were on display for public viewing from the afternoon of Dec. 1 until the auction was held on Dec. 3. The winners were announced at the event after dozens of votes had been counted.

“We’re very grateful to help Angels Anonymous and we’re surprised and humbled that we won the People’s Choice Award!” said Nancy Oksenholt, one of The Three Wise Women.

Second place was a tie between a gingerbread house “Under Construction” made by Mystery Elf #1 and Candy Cane Village created by Family Resource Home Care.

Third place was a tie between the gingerbread village with a train made by Girl Scout Troop #10143 and the gingerbread village with an ice-skating pond created by Signature Home Health &Hospice. Oregon Coast Today and various residents of Lakeview Senior Living also made gingerbread houses.

“Angels Anonymous were not able to host a Christmas tree auction again this year, so we decided to

help them by planning the Gingerbread House Auction instead,” said Jennifer Whitmyer, executive director, Lakeview Senior Living.

“Overall, we raised $1,470 through this auction and we’re super thankful to all of the participants who took part in the competition. We couldn’t

believe how much detail we saw in the construction of these gingerbread houses! And, in the spirit of neighbors helping neighbors, we want to thank everyone who purchased the gingerbread houses as well.”

Angels Anonymous provides immediate and basic services to those

in need in the greater Lincoln City area, while complimenting existing services. For more information on Angels Anonymous, their ongoing work with the victims of the Echo Mountain Fire, and how you can become involved, please call (541) 992-4625.

City discusses overnight parking, overnight camping spaces HILARY DORSEY Editor

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incoln City may soon have more options for overnight parking and overnight camping/resting spaces in some city and urban renewal parking lots.

Lincoln City Council passed Monday, Dec. 13, an ordinance that amends the Lincoln City Municipal Code to recognizes permit exceptions to overnight parking and prohibited storage offenses. City Attorney Richard Appicello said Resolution 2021-46 includes a $50 parking permit fee for 48 hours.

The ordinance states that no one shall park a vehicle overnight on a public park, public parking lot or any ocean shore area under the jurisdiction of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, unless parked in approved on-street or other public parking spaces with posted time limitations or a city permit for such spaces. Overnight metered parking may be authorized on nonresidentially zoned city and urban renewal parking lots when such parking is authorized by an approved parking and traffic control resolution.

The council approved Ordinance 2021-25 amendments related to overnight parking.

Appicello said parking fees

A city parking lot. Photo by Hilary Dorsey. would be administered at city hall unless the city gets parking machines.

“Parking in a legal parking space on a city street is free. This is parking in a city lot in a designated space,” Appicello said of the $50 fee.

In December 2020, the council passed a series of motions concerning traffic control studies and actions. One of the motions concerned overnight parking while another concerned overnight camping.

Currently, overnight parking is permitted in legal parking spaces in

the city street right-of-way, subject to posted time limits and the 24-hour limit. There are some areas where residents or their guests do not have available overnight off-street parking. A limited number of metered parking spaces, located in city and URA parking lots, could relieve onstreet parking congestion.

“Homeowners that didn’t have a place to park because of parking constraints on streets could utilize these spaces with a permit,” Appicello said of the overnight parking.

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spaces. People can obtain a permit and park in an assigned space. This is for people who cannot find a lawful parking space for free on the street.

“In these lots, there could be a maximum of two spaces that are designated for overnight parking,” Appicello said. “Overnight parking is just the vehicle.”

Appicello said the second part of the resolution addresses having a legal place for people to rest in their vehicles between 2:30 a.m. and 5

micron has been detected in Oregon, with at least three cases so far, Lincoln County Public Health reported Wednesday, Dec. 15.

“It’s likely to be more transmissible than the delta virus,” Public Health Director Florence Pourtal reported during a board of commissioners meeting on Dec. 15. “Two to three times more transmissible is what we’re hearing at this time.”

Pourtal said scientists from the U.K. are reporting omicron can neutralize the antibodies created by the primary doses.

“Because this new variant is very good at breaking through even if you got your two first doses, it’s not going to be enough on top of a waning immunity,” Pourtal When people get the booster shot, the effectiveness of the vaccine rises back up. The vaccine works to protect you against hospitalization and severe illness, Pourtal added.

The health department recommends people get their booster doses.

“Because omicron is more transmissible than delta, and because we’re now inside, we want to be really careful as to putting those masks on and keeping our distance and washing our hands when we’re in a public indoor setting,” Pourtal said. “Those are all proven protection and prevention methods that have been implemented for two years now and we know they work.”

There were 12 COVID-19 cases reported Monday, Dec. 13, and Tuesday, Dec. 14, for a total of 122 cases in December and 3,759 overall. One new death was reported Dec. 14, for a total of three in December.

Oregon State University conducts a weekly wastewater sampling for surveillance purposes for a few counties, including Lincoln County. For the past few weeks, Lincoln County has been standing at ‘strong,’ which means the county is at the higher end of the virus appearing in the wastewater in Lincoln City, Newport and Siletz. The number of COVID-19 cases reported is much lower than the results of the November and December wastewater readings indicate.

Public health believes people may not be reporting positive at-home tests or may not be testing at all due to minor symptoms.

Public health highly recommends all close contacts and anyone with symptoms of COVID-19, no matter how minor, get tested if they can. Report a positive at-home COVID-19 test at https://bit.ly/3p2QgHX If you do not have internet access, you can report a positive at-home COVID-19 test by calling 541-265-4112 ext. 1.

“All individuals 16 and older are now eligible to receive a booster shot,” Pourtal said.

Those 16 and 17 years old are eligible to receive the Pfizer booster.

The health department’s vaccine clinic at the fairgrounds ended Dec. 17.

Public health will be going back to a mobile clinic outreach model. Testing options will also be available at those sites. Follow updates of clinics at https:// bit.ly/3GPkHaS Find a COVID-19 testing location at https://bit.ly/3F3vH3D Send comments to: newsguardeditor@countrymedia.net

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Lincoln County to consider grant awards HILARY DORSEY Editor

Lincoln County Board of Commissioners discussed at a board meeting Wednesday, Dec. 15, applications for the Lincoln County Community and Economic Development Grant Award.

Paul Schuytema, executive director of Economic Development Alliance of Lincoln County, said there were 12 applications submitted through the online portal. Schuytema verified the nonprofit or municipal status of all the applicants.

There were three of the large

grant applications, one in housing and two in broadband, Schuytema added, as well as the smaller grant applications. The smaller grants had an up to $15,000 maximum, for a total of $70,000 in funds for the small grants, while the single larger grant had $60,000 available.

“Our board reviewed those grants as they scored all the other grants but then we also had subject matter experts for the different areas,” Schuytema said of the large grant applications.

The highest scoring large grant was Pioneer Telephone Cooperative for their broadband Waldport Fiber

Project, which brings fiber broadband to over 200 businesses and homes in Waldport. The board decided to defer the recommended funding amounts for the large grants to the commissioners.

“I really appreciated the external views on those larger projects,” Commissioner Kaety Jacobson said.

“I know we have a diverse Economic Development Alliance board but not necessarily in those three areas. I think having those external reviews was really, really helpful.”

Schuytema said the web-based applications were better this year and the quality of the applicants was

great.

“Pulling off a single large $60,000 project was a big change to the program we made this year,” Jacobson said. “I would be inclined to continue what we did this year.”

Jacobson said she would like to see where the larger project the commissioners select goes.

“I think it’s encouraging to know the quality of the applications seem to be of a high level,” Chair Doug Hunt said. “The fact there’s geographic distribution of funds I think is a positive.”

The small grant applications recommended to the commission-

ers include the City of Waldport, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce, Lincoln City Parks & Recreation, Oregon Coast Aquarium, Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, and View the Future. The large projects include Northwest Coastal Housing, Oregon Coast Community College, and Pioneer Telephone Cooperative.

The commissioners will make a decision on the recommended grants at the next board meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 29.

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Earthquakes tied to, but not result of, volcanoes DIANA BOSETTI Country Media

Are the clusters of earthquakes off the Oregon Coast a result of recent volcanic activity?

“These earthquakes are not directly related to volcanic eruption, but they are indirectly, yes,” said Scott Burns, professor emeritus of geology and past-chair of the Department of Geology at Portland State University.

According to Burns, 90% of the Oregon Coast earthquakes including the most recent cluster of seismic activity - occur within the Blanco Fault Zone.

Surrounding the Blanco Fault Zone are the Juan de Fuca and Gorda plates, which include a series of volcanoes that over time impact the zone.

“We have got 200 miles off the coast a chain of volcanoes and magma that creates a plate that is moving toward North America and is being subducted underneath North America called the Juan de Fuca,” said Burns.

According to Burns, the Juan de Fuca moves about two centimeters a year.

This illustrates the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

“That’s about the size of your fingernail,” he said.

“What happens, as it is subducted underneath North

America, is it builds up, builds up, and then it breaks,” said Burns. “It can break every 500 years and create a 9.0 earth-

quake. That’s called a subduction zone earthquake.”

For many years, geologists believed that the Juan de Fuca plate was too warm to generate earthquakes - that its plate deformed like warm wax and so it wouldn’t fracture. However, sediment studies have shown the opposite to be true, and that as many as 12 powerful subduction-related earthquakes

have occurred over the last 7,700 years.

Burns added that the Gorda moves south and is a smaller segment that subducts below the Klamath Mountains at a slower rate of no more than 10 feet per 100 years.

Burns described the recent quakes as “fun and exciting” from a geologist perspective, and that there’s not too much

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cause for concern.

“Nobody has really picked up that there’s more activity in the volcanoes out there, but just that there has been a meeting of the two plates moving at different rates so they’re building up pressure,” he said.

Still, Burns said it doesn’t hurt to be prepared.

“These recent quakes remind us that we live in earthquake country,” Burns said. “It’s not these small earthquakes we should be concerned about. It’s the big one. So we need to be prepared at home and at work.”

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Oregon tenants waiting for state aid with past-due rent will remain safe from eviction until Sept. 30 JULIA SHUMWAY Oregon Capital Chronicle

State Rep. Julie Fahey, D-Eugene, encourages her colleagues to vote for a bill to extend Oregon’s safe harbor protections from eviction during a special legislative session on Dec. 13, 2021.

Thousands of Oregon renters who faced the threat of receiving an eviction notice for Christmas are safe after the Legislature voted Monday to extend a safe harbor period and allocate another $215 million toward stopping evictions.

Along with providing more money, the chairs of the House and Senate housing committees sent Secretary of State Shemia Fagan a letter Monday requesting her office’s Audits Division investigate the state agency responsible for handling the state’s rent assistance program.

Lawmakers assumed in the spring that a 60-day respite from eviction proceedings would provide enough time for tenants and their landlords to receive the aid they requested.

Instead, lawmakers returned to Salem on Monday with about 8,000 Oregon households in danger of eviction because the state hasn’t yet processed their applications. Legislators provided a bipartisan rescue, adding more money to the state’s rental assistance fund and barring evictions again for those waiting for that state help.

“We are here in the special session today because we think that no one should lose their homes while they’re waiting for rental assistance and help is on the way,” said state Rep. Julie Fahey, D-Eugene, and the chair of the House’s housing committee.

During the special session Monday, the Legislature also approved about $200 million in additional funding for drought relief, refugee resettlement and money to help county sheriffs in southern Oregon combat illegal marijuana farms owned by cartels.

Housing aid For tenants at risk of being evicted, the crux of the Legislature’s action Monday was extending the safe harbor period from 60 days – 90 in Multnomah County and parts

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of Washington County – to as long as it takes to process applications to the state for help.

Tenants could apply for assistance until next June 30, but all protections against eviction would end Sept. 30.

The Legislature approved $215 million to prevent evictions, including $100 million in direct assistance to landlords and tenants and $100 million to local eviction prevention programs. This kickstarts a transition back to dealing with housing instability as a standing problem, rather than a shortterm emergency caused by Covid.

Lawmakers also gave the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, the agency managing eviction relief, $5 million to beef up staffing and get money out the door more quickly. And they added $10 million to a fund meant to reimburse landlords for lost rent while their tenants are protected against eviction.

Applications for the most recent round of relief closed Dec. 1. Margaret Salazar, Housing and Community Services Department director, said she anticipated reopening the applications, with slight tweaks to make it easier, in about a month.

State Sen. Tim Knopp, RBend and the Senate minority leader, was one of a few Republicans who voted for the safe harbor bill. He said he shared colleagues’ concern that a lack of housing supply isOregon’s overarching problem. But Knopp said the relief act was a way to reimburse landlords and then return by June 30 to a status quo in which tenants must pay rent or risk eviction.

“We have a problem,” Knopp said. “We do have the possibility of people being evicted. We have landlords who need to be made whole.”

Accountability As the Legislature prepared to give more money to the Housing and Community Services Department, some legislators questioned whether the department was suited to handle the rental program.

Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale, said he was surprised to hear Salazar brag Saturday about the program’s success during a

legislative hearing “I’ve heard it called a lot of things, but I’ve never heard it called successful until Saturday,” he said.

The program was among the fastest in the country at disbursing federal rental assistance funds. Oregon stands to receive even more federal money next spring, after the U.S. Treasury claws back funds from states that didn’t spend their share and reallocates the money to states that have spent more.

But despite the department’s overall speed in allocating money, thousands of Oregonians who need aid have been waiting months to receive it. At least 8,000 households that applied for rental assistance months ago are at risk of eviction because their applications weren’t processed before their protection against being forced out expired.

These families don’t care if somebody’s head rolls. They’re still going to be homeless.

– Rep. Mark Meek, DGladstone Salazar told lawmakers her agency was working on getting money out faster.

“We have been laser-focused on application processing,” she said. “We have doubled the amount of dollars out the door since we were before a legislative committee two months ago.”

Republican lawmakers, and Rep. Brad Witt, D-Clatskanie, questioned why Salazar still had her job. Rep. Suzanne Weber, R-Tillamook, said she could have been convinced to vote for the relief if Gov. Kate Brown fired Salazar. She compared the circumstance to Brown’s decision to fire the head of the Oregon Employment Department in May 2020 after that department failed in the early days of the pandemic to get unemployment checks to tens of thousands of Oregonians who lost their jobs.

Instead, Weber said, Brown called lawmakers back on Monday to toss money at a problem her administration started.

Lawmakers will celebrate their “historic investment” in rent assistance while people continue to struggle, she said.

“It’s as if this body has either no self-awareness or no shame,” Weber said.

Rep. Mark Meek, D-Gladstone, said a focus on holding the department accountable won’t help Oregonians who could be evicted.

“These families don’t care if somebody’s head rolls,” he said. “They’re still going to be homeless.”

The two chief architects of the rent rescue plan wrote Monday to Secretary of State Shemia Fagan about the state agency. Fahey and Sen. Kayse Jama, D-Portland, wrote that they were deeply troubled by the department’s handling of the rent assistance program, including technical difficulties with software, and communication issues.

“For thousands of Oregonians across the state, they have instead received delay after delay,” they wrote. “No matter the reason, this is unacceptable for the thousands living in fear they could lose their housing despite applying to the state for help.”

I’ve heard it called a lot of things, but I’ve never heard it called successful until Saturday.

– Sen. Lynn Findley, R-Vale They requested a formal audit in the next year. Other legislators pushed to make the audit part of the legislation approved Monday, but Fahey said she and Jama were focused on the immediate assistance.

Fagan spokeswoman Carla Axtman said the office will weigh Fahey’s and Jama’s request along with other audits under consideration. The office will release its plan for state audits in 2022 on Feb. 1.

million for wells and irrigation in the Klamath Basin, $10 million for farmworkers who missed work because of heat or smoke, $9.7 million for drought relief for Klamath Tribes, $6 million for deeper wells and $5 million to eradicate crickets and grasshoppers.

Rural lawmakers said the drought relief was a start.

House Minority Leader Vikki Breese-Iverson, whose family owns a Prineville ranch, said she sold many of her cows this year because she couldn’t get hay to feed them – and drought and fire will remain issues affecting the people who grow Oregon’s food.

The grants to help police illegal marijuana farms are also just a start, lawmakers said.

They expect to spend time during the next legislative session in February debating policy.

The Oregon Farm Bureau was quick to praise the relief package, which will involve loans to farmers and producers that will be forgiven if they can show revenues impaired by Oregon’s recent disasters.

“Relief to producers impacted by this year’s natural disasters cannot come soon enough, and we look forward to working with the Oregon Department of Agriculture to get the direct assistance program up and running,” said

Mary Anne Cooper of the Farm Bureau. “We particularly want to thank the governor for her diligent pursuit of this natural disaster package, and our advocates in the legislature for being such strong advocates for its passage.”

The session also saw another chapter in the yearlong standoff between Courtney and Sen. Dallas Heard, the Roseburg Republican who also chairs the Oregon Republican Party. Heard, a vocal opponent of Oregon’s mask mandates, grabbed headlines last December when he dramatically ripped off his mask on the Senate floor.

On Monday, he didn’t bring a mask with him at all. Heard stayed outside of the Senate chamber, popping in to flash a thumbs up or thumbs down on each vote, until the Senate had wrapped up its business and was preparing to adjourn. Then, he walked in and sat at his desk on the Senate floor.

Before the full Senate, Courtney asked him to put on a mask or leave, and Heard declined. Courtney’s last move before adjourning the Senate was sending the Senate sergeant-at-arms to escort Heard out, with orders not to return to the Capitol unless he wore a mask.

Other issues Less contentious were two issues Republicans pushed to include as the cost of their participation in the special session.

The Legislature created a forgivable loan program for farmers and ranchers affected by the drought with $40 million, as well as $20 million for grants to local law enforcement agencies tackling illegal marijuana farms in southern Oregon.

The drought loans are a piece of a larger drought package that will also provide $12

From page 1 a.m. Overnight camping or resting in your vehicle is currently prohibited in city and URA parking lots, parks and in city street right-of way.

The resolution would designate a specific space where people could get a permit from the police department and be in that space until no later than 9 a.m.

Appicello added that sometimes people driving need a place to pull over and rest.

Many of the proposed parking lots are along Hwy 101. Signs would be up in these lots.

The overnight parking spaces have a $50 permit, Appicello said. Those spaces are not the same spaces are overnight resting in a vehicle.

“The resolution would allow up to two overnight parking spaces in a lot and one resting in vehicle space,” Appicello said. “In a parking lot of 15 spaces, you would have three

signs indicating three spaces are authorized for overnight parking and resting in a vehicle.”

The council will continue the discussion of overnight parking and overnight camping at next month’s city council meeting during executive session and in the council meeting for consideration.

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Public Notices NG21-156 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS CITY-INITIATED ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS ZOA 2021-06, ZOA 2021-07, ZOA 2022-01, and ZOA 2022-02 The Lincoln City Planning Commission will hold public hearings to consider ZOA 2021-06, ZOA 2021-07, ZOA 2022-01, and ZOA 2022-02 on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. on the Zoom online platform. The Lincoln City City Council will hold public hearings to consider ZOA 202106, 2021-07, ZOA 2022-01, and ZOA 2022-02 on Monday, February 14, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. on the Zoom online platform. Any person who may be affected is invited to attend and participate in the hearing and present written and/or oral testimony concerning the proposed amendment.

Description of Project ZOA 2021-06 proposes amending Title 17 of the Lincoln City Municipal Code by amending Chapter 17.76 (Procedures), Section 17.76.080 (Initiation of an Application), to authorize the planning and community development director to initiate Type IV applications on behalf of Lincoln City.

ZOA 2021-07 proposes amending LCMC Title 17 by amending Chapter 17.72 (Signs), Section 17.72.090 (Permanent signs in the R-1-5, R-1-7.5, R-1-10, R-1RE, R-M, R-R, VR, and NP-NCR zones), to allow changeable copy signs, electronic message centers, and signs that are internally illuminated at public or private schools (kindergarten through 12th grade and educational institutions), subject to the provisions of LCMC 17.72.110, 17.72.120, and building and electrical code permitting.

ZOA 2022-01 proposes amending LCMC Title 17 by amending Chapter 17.77 (Applications), Section 17.77.020 (Annexations) to clarify submittal requirements and allow for city-initiated annexation applications.

ZOA 2022-02 proposes amending the Lincoln City Comprehensive Plan, Ordinance 84-01, as amended, together with Ordinance 84-02, as amended, to amend the Lincoln City Comprehensive Plan Map and Zoning Map to conform Lincoln City’s urban growth boundary line to match the line adopted by Lincoln County, Oregon in Ordinance 183, on September 22, 1982.

Applicable Criteria and Staff Report The applicable criteria governing these reviews are: Lincoln City Municipal Code (LCMC) Chapter 17.76 Procedures and Section 17.77.130 Text Amendment. A copy of the staff reports will be available for inspection at no cost at least seven days prior to the hearings and will be provided at reasonable cost to individuals who request it. Public hearings are conducted according to adopted rules of procedure that are available at Planning and Community Development and at the hearings. For More Information The proposed amendment may be reviewed online at www.lincolncity.org by going to Departments in the top bar, then Planning & Community Development, then Draft Ordinances, and then ZOA 2021-06, ZOA 2021-07, ZOA 2022-01, or ZOA 2022-02.

A copy of the proposed amendment and applicable criteria are available for inspection at no cost and will be provided at reasonable cost at the Lincoln City Planning and Community Development Department, 801 SW Highway 101, Lincoln City, Oregon. For additional information, please call Anne Marie Skinner, Director, at 541.996.1228.

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LETTERS AND COLUMNS Comments on “Lincoln City man accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6” Those of you still pledging allegiance to the former president, consider juxtaposing his fate with the fate of Lincoln City’s own, Jefferey W. Hubbard. The newspaper report states that while at the January 6 rally in Washington D.C. Mr. Hubbard chanted, “Stop the Steal” and climbed through a broken window at the Capitol building. Hubbard

was later videoed cleansing his eyes of presumably tear gas or bear mace. On the morning of Mr. Hubbard’s fateful day, the former president invited his supporters to join him at the Capitol. Before abandoning his followers to their fate, Trump said “We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight, you’re not going to have a country.” As the Capitol building and human beings were torn to shreds, the president sat with his bucket of fried chicken and his diet cola, and watched giddily the events

on television. He ignored all cries, even those levied by his eldest son and his sycophants at Fox News, to make it stop.

Prior to January 6, the president asked the secretary of state of Georgia to “find me 11,000 votes” and since then, from his Golden Throne in Mara Lago, has done everything in his power to ensure that in 2024, whether he receives the requisite number of votes or not, that he will be gifted the presidency. This man has spent not a minute in jail and isn’t

OBITUARIES Maud Gilman Krom Nov. 21, 1933 - Nov. 21, 2021

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aud Gilman Krom passed away at Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, Wash. on Sunday morning, Nov. 21, 2021, on her 88th birthday.

Maud was born Nov. 21, 1933, in Milwaukee, Wis. to Charles and Mary (Dackow) Gilman.

She was the third child out of five. (John, Winthrop, Maud, Marcia, Jeffrey).

The Gilman family moved to Oconomowoc, WI when Maud was 5 years old, ultimately settling in a large Victorian residence on the shores of Lac La Belle.

Growing up in the idyllic lake area and rural countryside of Wisconsin proved an inspiring setting for Maud to develop her lifelong love of nature and passion for artistic endeavors.

Maud graduated from Milwaukee-Downer Seminary High School in 1950.

She subsequently attended the University of Wisconsin for two years and later graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Psychology.

Maud married James Smith of Milwaukee on Sept. 5, 1953 in Oconomo-

woc, Wis. James entered the Navy, during which time he and Maud lived in Guam and Honolulu, where their first child (Scott) was born in 1956.

The couple returned to Wisconsin after Jim’s naval service and settled on a farm in Stone Bank, near Oconomowoc. Maud had two more children, Melissa (1958) and Michael (1959) and Jim ran his father’s pharmacy in Milwaukee.

The family moved to the milder climate of Arizona in 1962. Maud worked closely with an architect on the contemporary design of their new home in Paradise Valley, in the natural desert environment near Phoenix. Maud and Jim divorced in 1972, and Maud remarried later that year to David Krom, a Phoenix attorney.

Maud and David moved to Roads End, in Lincoln City, Ore. in 1978 near daughter Melissa and lived in a custom home she helped design, perched on a green hillside overlooking the Pacific Ocean coastline. Maud was inspired by the wild beauty of the Oregon Coast and created unique works of art that reflected her love of the region. Her prolific art projects included wood carving, painting, sketching and textiles. She spent countless hours exploring the beaches, enjoying the dramatic natural beauty and searching the ocean’s offerings for driftwood and agates, which she incorporated into her

artwork. Maud loved tending her gardens and feeding the ever-present seagulls and crows, as well as hosting festive dinner parties with other Roads End friends. Maud was also deeply committed to maintaining public beach access to the Roads End beaches and was active in the local planning and zoning commission.

Above all, Maud was dedicated to her children and grandson Cole, whom she enjoyed many visits in Colorado and Oregon.

Maud and David divorced in 2007 and Maud relocated to Sequim, Washington to be near daughter Melissa, who had a successful veterinary practice there.

She is survived by her brother Jeff Gilman (Kris Bareis) of Marco Island, Fla., two children, Scott Smith (Karen Green) of Port Townsend, Wash. and Melissa Smith of Sequim, Wash. and grandson Cole Greensmith (Tara) of Carbondale, Colo. and many nieces and nephews.

All who knew and loved Maud will remember her as a person of strong character, sharp wit, and compassion for all living things. She spoke her mind and possessed a free spirit, which is no doubt now “…soaring in unbounded freedom…in comfort and in peace.”

No formal funeral will be held. Family will hold a private celebration of her life at a later date.

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going to. So before we get too excited about the primacy of our much heralded rule of law based justice system and the FBI taking down foot soldiers like Mr. Hubbard, let’s understand that the electoral system and our nation is in more peril today than it was on January 6, and due in part to Democratic inaction and Republican cowardliness, continues to deteriorate more and more by the day. In the ensuing months, Mr. Hubbard’s story will be revised in this newspaper. As you

The Menstrual Dignity Act (HB 3294) created the requirement for school districts to provide free menstrual products for all menstruating students in public schools in Oregon, including elementary, middle and high school students. The program helps students participate actively in classes and school activities by alleviating some of the economic strain and experiences of shame that are often barriers for menstruating students accessing their education.

Menstrual equity initiatives, such as the Menstrual Dignity Act, align with the Oregon Department of Education’s student health and educational justice efforts. Research shows that one in four teens have missed class due to a lack of access to menstrual products. Similarly, one in five students has struggled to afford menstrual products.

The lack of access disproportionately impacts students of color, students experiencing disabilities, and students experiencing poverty. In addition, this law affirms the right to menstrual dignity for transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and two-spirit students.

It does this by addressing the challenges some students have managing menstruation while minimizing negative attention that could put them at risk of harm navigating experiences of gender dysphoria during menstruation. Research also connects gender-affirming bathroom access to supporting student safety at school.

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Dr. Karen Gray, superintendent of Lincoln County School District, is keenly aware of how important free and equal access to menstrual products can help our youth in Lincoln County.

“It just makes sense,” Gray said. “Having a safety net of knowing you have a way to keep going to class due to having these products readily available not only helps to preserve dignity, but also alleviates some of the financial burdens many of our students and families face each day. We want to remove any and all barriers for students to attend school as much as possible.”

Requirements per OAR 581-021-0603 ● (1) All education providers shall install in every student bathroom (a) at least one dispenser that: ● (A) Does not require inserting coins or money; ● (B) Is marked as free in at least two languages; ● (C) Is ADA compliant; ● (2) [...] For the 202122 school year, all education providers shall stock and maintain menstrual product dispensers in at least two student bathrooms in each public school building.

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Local man tells of regret over skipping COVID-19 vaccine This past summer was supposed to be a time for catching up on everything that Mike Dean, 37, of Albany had missed out on during the pandemic.

There was the family vacation to Hawaii that had been rescheduled twice. There was the Garth Brooks concert in Las Vegas, which had been postponed in 2020. It felt so good to be doing what he loved. Plus, there was the anticipation of the arrival of his third child, a boy, in September of 2021.

When the COVID-19 vaccine became available, Mike didn’t get vaccinated because it didn’t seem to him that young and healthy people were getting severely sick. And if he did get sick, he didn’t think it would be that bad.

It’s a decision he was fortunate enough to live to regret.

Mike survived a life-threatening case of COVID-19 last summer. He spent 35 days at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis. Some people, even close friends, still don’t believe how sick he was.

“They thought I was taking it easy, watching movies with an oxygen mask,” Mike said. In fact, he was struggling for each breath until he couldn’t breathe on his own.

“It felt like I was endlessly drowning,” Mike recalled.

Exhaustion, fever led him to the emergency department Just weeks before, Mike had been on vacation in Hawaii, snorkeling and splashing in the ocean waves with his wife, Tory Dean, and their sons, Marcus, 6, and James, 9. Then he traveled to the concert in Las Vegas.

From left, Tory, Marcus, Mike, Hayes and James Dean take a walk together.

“It’s like you’re starving for your breath,” he said. “It feels like you are gasping for air. It’s terrifying, so you start to panic.”

Ten days after his symptoms began, Mike consented to being placed on a ventilator. He remembers being in intensive care, surrounded by his care team.

“How much of this do you want to remember?” he was asked.

“I don’t want to remember any of it,” Mike replied.

Home for continued recovery On Aug. 24, Mike was discharged. About 30 care team members assembled at the exit, clapping as he passed by in a wheelchair.

At home, neighbors helped take him upstairs.

When the boys came home the next day, he was sitting up in bed ready to hug them.

“They came running to me,” he said. “I just sat there and cried.”

Three weeks later, he was back at hospital for the birth of his youngest son, Hayes. Precious moments like holding his newborn are something Mike does not take for granted.

The anesthesiologist looked him in the eye.

He felt tired when he got back from Las Vegas “This is going to hurt,” he said. “I’m sorry.” but chalked it up to a long weekend. By day Mike remembers calling out in pain. Then he three, he was exhausted and had a low-grade While he recovered, his grandmother, who has was out. When he came off the ventilator, Mike fever. He called in sick to work and his employer congestive heart failure, had to spend the night wondered why he wasn’t feeling better. asked him to get tested for COVID-19. When in the emergency department because there were the result was positive, Mike figured he would “I thought this was going to be over,” he said. no hospital beds available. quarantine at home and stay away from his Each morning, Hospitalist Bruce Ramsey, MD, “They were all taken by unvaccinated people family. By day five, he had shortness of breath, greeted him. with COVID-19, like me,” Mike said. a high fever and chills.

“Mike, this is an inch-a-day scenario. You’re Mike followed his doctor’s guidance and “I was in sweats in July,” he said. “I couldn’t getting better inch by inch,” Dr. Ramsey said received the COVID-19 vaccine to help him get warm.” to him. recover from lingering symptoms and protect When he stood to walk to the bathroom, he him from getting sick again.

Mike had developed pneumonia. Then his collapsed. His lungs felt like he had run a oxygen levels dropped again. Respiratory He respects people’s right to decide if the marathon. Mike called his doctor, who urged Therapist Robert Sherwood brought in a BiPap vaccine is right for them based on their him to go to the emergency department for machine to help push air into his lungs through personal circumstances. In hindsight, he treatment. As he left home, he had to sit at the a mask connected to a ventilator. wishes he was not so dismissive about the bottom of his front steps to catch his breath. disease or the vaccine.

“If we don’t get your lungs inflated, you At the hospital, there wasn’t anything they could could spend the rest of your life on oxygen,” “I wish everyone would get vaccinated if they do except to advise him to continue monitoring Sherwood said. “You are too young for that.” can,” he said. “Maybe the vaccine would have his oxygen level. kept me out of the hospital for 35 days. Maybe When a nurse told Mike that he had been in the “Unfortunately, the path that you’re headed down, it would have kept me from having to go in the hospital for three weeks, he was shocked. you’ll be back,” said Emergency Department hospital, kept me from getting sick. physician Peter Gowing, DO. “I hope you’re not, “I thought about my pregnant wife and my kids,” “It’s a decision I regret.” he said. Tory, now eight months pregnant, was but most likely you will be.” having complications. They kept in touch by Listen firsthand to Mike Dean recount Hospitalization included three weeks video chat. It was hard to speak because he ran his experience with COVID-19 at on ventilator out of breath. samhealth.org/MikeD. The prediction gave Mike an eerie feeling.

Visit samhealth.org/Coronavirus for “I couldn’t talk to my kids,” he said. “I would And the next day, his oxygen level dropped information and videos about COVID-19. send videos and try to stage it to where I wasn’t significantly. When he left his home for the looking so terrible.” hospital this time, he had to sit and slide down Mike was weak, having lost 31 pounds. the front steps one at a time.

Occupational therapists brought in a step for him Mike was hospitalized on July 21. He received to practice on until he was confident that high-flow oxygen and medicine to calm him and he could make it up the 15 stairs to his bedroom treat “air hunger.” at home.

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Police Blotter The police blotter relates to the public record of incidents as reported by law enforcement agencies. All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Information printed is preliminary and subject to change.

For specific details about cases listed, contact the appropriate law enforcement agency.

Lincoln City Police Dec. 10 11:57 p.m. Police responded to a report of a man assaulted outside a business in the 1600 block of NE Hwy 101. The victim was transported to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital by ambulance.

Dec. 11 5:23 p.m. Police took report of a house burglarized and items taken in the 1100 block of NW 2nd Drive.

Dec. 13 2:46 a.m. Police took report of a room found broken into in the 100 block of NW Inlet Avenue. Extra patrol requested.

Dec. 14 8:37 p.m. Police took report of a report of a grandson out of control, threatening others and self with knife in the 700 block of SW 29th St. The boy was transported to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital.

Dec. 15 12:19 p.m. Police responded to the report of a man in a black Accord who stole a woman’s purse and belongings out of her vehicle at a business in the 4000 block of N Hwy 101. The vehicle was later involved in a pursuit.

Suspect is in custody. Charges pending include theft in the second degree and unlawful entry to a motor vehicle.

6:54 p.m. Police took report of a hit and run at a business in the 1700

block of NW 44th St. Dec. 16 7:57 a.m. Police took report of a man’s vehicle vandalized in the 100 block of NE Hwy 101. All four tires were slashed, windows smashed out and plates missing.

Oregon State Police Dec. 10 8:44 p.m. Oregon State Police stopped a silver PT Cruiser for an expired registration. Driver provided officer with his identification and then fled on foot. A search of the area was conducted, and the driver was not located. The driver was driving suspended violation and had an outstanding warrant in Lincoln County. The vehicle was found to have switched license plates. The plates were seized.

The Vehicle was impounded and towed. Lincoln County Sheriff’s Of-

fice deputy assisted in the search.

Dec. 12 8 a.m. A single vehicle crash was reported to Oregon State Police by a passerby at Hwy 20, milepost 18.

A charcoal grey Ford long bed truck with a black bull guard has struck the guardrail once along the eastbound shoulder and three times along the westbound shoulder. It appeared the truck was traveling eastbound when it lost control. There was ice and snow in the area. When law enforcement arrived, the driver fled in his truck and has not reported the crash.

5:07 p.m. The driver of a black Ford F150 was traveling northbound on Hwy 101 in the right lane when it hit a pedestrian who was lawfully crossing the highway. The pedestrian was transported by ambulance to Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital. After an investigation, the driver was cited for failure to stop and

remain stopped for a pedestrian.

Dec. 13 5:05 p.m. OSP responded to a crash on Hwy 20, milepost 26. A 2014 black Mercedes GLK was traveling westbound when it crossed into the eastbound lane and crashed into a 2021 Mercedes GLC. Both drivers sustained serious injuries and were taken to the hospital by ambulance.

Dec. 15 10:55 a.m. A single-vehicle crash occurred on Hwy 18, around milepost 2. A westbound vehicle, a siler Volvo SUV, crossed the fogline and crashed into the westbound guardrail, shearing off 20 posts and 10 sections of rail before coming to an uncontrolled rest in the ditch facing north. The driver was found to be the subject of a US Marshal warrant and was arrested at the scene without incident and transported and lodged at Lincoln City Jail on the warrant.

Merkley: Medicine provisions in BBB need to pass DAVID RUPKALVIS Country Media

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en. Jeff Merkley has made it a personal mission to lower prescription drug prices in the United States.

As the Senate debates Pres. Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Plan, Merkley said that plan could be the answer he has been looking for.

During a press conference last week, Merkley said something must be done to lower what Americans pay for prescription medication.

“Here is America, we pay more than folks in other developed countries,” Merkley said. “We should get the best prices in drugs, but that’s not the way it works because our laws are weak. This is a real tragedy for American people

who have to decide if they want to pay the rent or get their drugs.”

Merely said the average American spends $1,200 a year on prescription medication, far more than anywhere else in the world. He said he hears from concerned Oregonians frequently, telling the story of an elderly woman who pays more than half her fixed income on medications each month.

“These are the reasons I introduced the End Price Gouging for Medications Act,” Merkley said. “But the drug lobby is very powerful, and I haven’t had the opportunity to move this in the Senate.”

But the Build Back Better proposal has some key elements Merkley supports.

One would cap at $2,000 what seniors will have to pay out of pocket annually.

The second, would limit the charge for insulin to no more than $35 a month. A third, would allow Medicare to start negotiating drug prices with providers.

“This is the first step, the first foot in the door to have America lower the price of prescription drugs,” Merkley said.

One person who would be thrilled if the legislation passed is Jessica Schockmel, an Oregonian and a mom with type-1 diabetes. She said affording her medication, which simply keeps her alive, has been a constant struggle.

“Until a cure is found, insulin is the only treatment

for type-1 diabetes,” Schockmel said. “It is as vital to me as water is to others.”

Schockmel has lived with insulin since she was 10, and admits there have been times buying her medication has required her family to miss out elsewhere. She has also cut back on her medication at times, used expired medication and taken other steps to save money.

“We had a hard time eating rather than buying a bottle of insulin that was only for me,” she said.

“Through the years, I have begged, borrowed, used expired insulin and reused materials.”

Schockmel said in January, a three-month supply of insulin cost her $1,600.

“I’m a real person who

has struggled for years not only with an illness, but struggled to raise a family,” Schockmel said. “This isn’t a political issue, this is an issue for America. Diabetes doesn’t care which side of aisle you’re on.”

Gil Muñoz, CEO of Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, also said the steps in Build Back Better would make a big difference.

“The new legislation would ensure no one has to choose between buying medicine, putting food on the table or paying rent,” he said.

Yvonne Smith, full-time faculty in gerontology at Clackamas Community College and a member of the AARP Oregon Executive Council, said the move would especially benefit seniors, who often have

the hardest time paying for expensive medicine.

“I’ve seen families go bankrupt trying to cover the cost of medicine,” Smith said.

“It’s important we keep the prescription drug deal in the Build Back Better Act.” Merkley closed the conference by saying something must be done.

“People are not a profit margin,” Merkley said. “They are human beings. We have the answer, we have the bill.

All the cases of people not taking drugs, cutting drugs, they wouldn’t have to do if they were in a fair country.”

Merkley said the Senate has found agreement on many of the key issues in Build Back Better, and he is hopeful it can be approved by the Senate before Christmas.

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Cheerleading Coach Tonia Anderson was pleased to announce that the LC Competition Cheerleading teams brought home three first place trophies from the Raven Rumble on Saturday, Dec. 11.

The cheerleading teams and their families made the trip to Ridgeview High School and performed in the Traditional and Game Day Divisions. Both youth and juniors placed first in the Traditional Division and juniors also placed first in the

Game Day Division.

“There is nothing like leaving your heart and soul on the mat and pushing to be the best that you can be each time that you perform. There are so many new challenges at each competition that they come to. New teams, new atmosphere, and new fans. You must leave it all out there, push hard, and perform with all your heart.

That two and a half minutes seems like eternity to some of these cheerleaders, but

they live for every moment. Its teamwork, dedication, and devotion for the sport that you love that gets you through it as a team. I love watching them perform and to see them hit what they work so hard for is just so incredible,” said Coach Anderson.

The next time the two teams take to the mat will be Jan. 15, 2022, for the Sweet Home Cheer Classic at Sweet Home High School starting at 9 a.m.

Dozens of candidates running for Oregon governor DAVID RUPKALVIS Country Media

Voters in Oregon will have some big decisions to make in the coming months.

With a new congressional district added to the state and Congressman Peter DeFazio announcing he is retiring after 36 years in office, voters will choose at least two new members of Congress.

But perhaps the biggest race on the

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ballot will be for governor. With incumbent Gov. Kate Brown ineligible to run for another term due to term limits, there has been a free for all as candidates have announced their intent to run.

At least 28 candidates have either filed paperwork with the secretary of state or have formed exploratory committees to run for the governor’s seat, with both major parties equally represented in the number of challengers.

Here is a brief look at the candidates who have announced the intend to run so far.

Republican: Bud Pierce – Pierce is a doctor from Salem who won the Republican nomination and ran against Brown in 2016. In that race, he received 43.5% of the vote, losing

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Oregon unemployment nears historic low STAFF REPORT Oregon’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.2% in November, down from 4.4% in October.

The unemployment rate has declined rapidly over the past six months, according to the Oregon Employment Department.

It was close to 6% throughout the first half of the year. Now the rate is close to the state’s historically low unemployment rates, which averaged 3.9% during 2017 through 2019, the three calendar years at the end of the prior economic expansion.

Nonfarm payroll employment in Oregon rose by 10,000 in November, following a

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revised gain of 6,400 jobs in October. In November, gains were largest in leisure and hospitality (+4,100 jobs), construction (+1,800), professional and business services (+1,600), and retail trade (+1,100). These gains were partially offset by a loss of 1,100 jobs in health care and social assistance.

Several industries added enough jobs to reach all-time highs. Construction employed 113,800 in November, which was 500 jobs above its prior record reached in February 2020 during the peak of Oregon’s prior economic expansion. Similarly, wholesale trade, which added 400 jobs in November, reached 77,400, enough to boost

it to a record high for the first time since February 2020. Professional and business services rose to 257,500 jobs in November, which was 100 jobs above its pre-COVID record.

Leisure and hospitality added 4,100 jobs in November, following a gain of 3,600 in October. Despite these gains, leisure and hospitality still accounts for a large share of Oregon’s jobs not recovered since early 2020, with 25,400 jobs left to recover to reach the prior peak month of February 2020. The industry has regained 77% of jobs lost early in the pandemic.

Education and health services was 16,000 jobs — or

5% — below its pre-recession peak. Within this broad industry, nursing and residential care facilities was 6,900 jobs below its

pre-recession peak, and private educational services was down 3,900. Employment in hospitals was down 2,700 jobs, and

ambulatory health care services was down 1,200.

The U.S. unemployment rate was also 4.2% in November.

Democrat: Michael David – David lives in Ashland and works as the dean of admissions at New World University in Grants Pass.

Tina Kotek – Probably the best-known Democrat, Kotek is the current Oregon House speaker and is the state representative for District 44. She lives in Portland.

Casey Kulla – Kulla is a Yamhill County Commissioner, farmer and small business owner.

Patrick Starnes – Starnes is a self-employed home restorer who lives in Brownsville.

He ran as an Independent for governor in 2018.

Tobias Read – Read is the current Oregon State Treasurer and lives in Portland. He previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives.

Michael Trimble – Trimble lives in Portland and is a customer service representative for CareOregon.

Nicholas Kristof – Kristof is a journalist, author and farmer who grew up in Yamhill. Kristof worked for decades as a columnist for the New York Times, leaving the paper when he announced his run.

Wilson Bright – Bright lives in Portland and is currently retired who previously owned his own business.

Keisha Lanell Merchant – Merchant is an artist who lives in Albany.

Dave Lavinsky – Lavinsky lives in Bend and works for Growthink.

Peter Hall – Hall is a city council member in Haines and is a director on the board of the League of Oregon.

Michael Cross – Cross is

a software designer and commercial driver who lives in Salem Independent: Tim Harrold – Harrold is an operations manager and lives in Dundee.

Betsy Johnson – The bestknown Independent candidate, Johnson is a current Oregon state senator for District 16 and lives in Scappoose. She currently serves in the Senate as a Democrat but is running

for governor as an Independent.

Kevin Levy – Levy is a real estate broker who lives in Portland.

Voters will cast ballots in each party during the May

primary, with a runoff likely to decide the candidates for at least the Republican and Democrat parties. The next Oregon governor will be chosen in November.

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Stan Pulliam – Pulliam is the current mayor of Sandy and currently works as an insurance executive. Pulliam has been busy touring the state for his campaign, stopping in Coos Bay two times. He claims to be the top fundraiser in the GOP race so far.

Jessica Gomez – A business owner, Gomez says her experience in business sets her apart in the GOP race. She spent several days in Coos County earlier this year making campaign stops.

Paul Romero – Romero is from Roseburg and served 10 years in the Navy.

Bridget Barton – Barton is an editor and publisher who lives in West Linn.

John Fosdick III – Fostick served in the National Guard and has not run for office before.

Kerry McQuisten – McQuisten is the mayor of Baker City and is also a business owner, owning a publishing company.

Amber Richardson – Richardson lives in White City and works as a massage therapist at a chiropractic clinic in Medford.

Marc Thielman – Thielman is the superintendent of the Alsea School District.

Jim Huggins – Huggins lives in Salem and is the CEO of New Shepherd Films.

Nick Hess – Hess is from Togard and is the owner and CEO of SureTech.

Brandon Merritt – Merritt lives in Bend and is self emplyed.

David Burch – Burch lives in Salem and is unemployed.

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The Georgia-Pacific containerboard mill in Toledo congratulates Dr. Birgitte Ryslinge, president of Oregon Coast Community College.

Dr. Ryslinge was honored December 3, 2021 with the Howard Cherry Award for Outstanding Administrator by the Oregon Community College Association. The Howard Cherry Award honors and celebrates the contributions that local community college administrators have made to the benefit of their colleges and communities.

Since joining the college in July 2014, Dr. Ryslinge has led it to independent accreditation, which adds value by allowing OCCC to customize programs and services to meet the specific needs of our region.

She has overseen the creation of new programs such as early childhood education, the “Teach at the Beach” teaching degree program, welding, and more. She has also successfully shepherded the college through the tumult caused by the pandemic.

Georgia-Pacific is honored to be a partner with Dr. Ryslinge and OCCC in making the Oregon Coast a better place to live, work, play and learn.

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