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Taft Culinary Arts Program wins first place for side dish in Cook Around the World

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aft Culinary Arts Program recently won first place for the region for their side dish at the Cook Around the World competition at Disney World during the weekend of Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1. Over 50 schools across the country participated in the competition, making up 93 teams.

The team cooked against schools and worked with celebrity chef Amanda Freitag, who mentored the students. Students were given a random protein, starch and vegetable. Taft’s team had whole chicken, red beans and zucchini. Taft’s team did not practice with the beans and zucchini before but brought some tested recipes the team picked from and adapted to use with the new ingredients. The team made an appetizer-sized portion of BBQ chicken,

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red bean tortilla and watermelon zucchini salad. The team won first place for the watermelon zucchini salad. “It was quite amazing to see them work so well together and have intrinsic motivation to do their best work,” CTE instructor Julia Westbrook said. “I was very happy to see the amount of work, effort and energy they put into it before and during the competition.

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CERT team hosts emergency preparedness, first aid series Newport addresses noise concerns regarding South Beach Church HILARY DORSEY Editor

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hursday evening, April 21, David Jamieson, president of North Lincoln Fire and Rescue Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) started the first of an eight weeklong series on emergency best practices for personal safety and community preparedness. Twenty students signed in for the first class. Classes are being hosted by Oregon Coast Community College

(OCCC), north campus. The first order of business was to have teams of four members construct a manikin in 15 minutes or less. All the teams did this in the time allotted. The manikins will be given special medical attention during units three and four in the following weeks. Special thanks to Joyce Etherton, who collected the necessary clothing, stuffing, tape, pens

and scissors. If you or a family member would like to be a part of this opportunity to increase your knowledge of emergency preparedness, please contact Raul Grimes at publicinformationofficer@ northlincolncountycert.org. Plans are being made for another set of classes either in Lincoln City or in Newport, both supported and sponsored by OCCC.

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ewport City Council discussed Monday, May 2, noise concerns from adjacent residential properties regarding the South Beach Church. City Manager Spencer Nebel said that at the April 18 city council meeting, the homeowners, Sharlene Chavez and Amy Bendel, shared their concerns about the impact loud music coming from the church has on the quality of life at their homes located east of South Beach Church. They expressed their frustration with the lack of response from the police department and specifically, the lack of response following the meeting with the police department and the city manager in March. Nebel followed up with a meeting with staff from the South Beach Church to discuss the concerns. “After that, I followed up with the homeowners that were at the meeting to discuss the results of that,” Nebel said. Spencer said this is an issue that has been going on for 10 years. After discussions, steps that are planned include any noise complaints reported to the police will be investigated and if loud noises are verified, the church will be cited. The music levels will be reduced until effective sound deadening steps can be taken. The main times for sound production or live music will be limited. In verifiable loud music complaints persist, the Urban Renewal Agency could terminate the lease prior to the fall of 2023. Bendel said since bringing the issue to the council on April 18, there

has been minimal noise. If there is any noise, the homeowners will call the police. Chavez added that in the last two weeks, it has been a great neighborhood and hopes it will continue. Pastor Luke Frechette said sometimes the music duration is two hours on Thursdays for worship rehearsal. On Sunday mornings, music is played for about 25-30 minutes. The church planned to have a full band for Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 8. They have not had a full band the last couple of weeks while adjusting the sound. “There are ordinance requirements and then there’s also the lease,” Nebel said. “The ordinance requirements have specific decibel limits.” Under the noise ordinance, there are standards for noise levels during the day and night within industrial zoned areas being allowed a higher decibel standard. The church is located in a light industrial zone. In the lease, there is a provision that indicates that any tenant cannot create a disturbance to neighboring properties. The best scenario is if the church can reduce their volume and limit it to certain times, Nebel added. “The church shall refrain from any use that would be reasonably offensive to other lessees or owners, users of neighboring premises or that would tend to create a nuisance or damage the reputation of the premises,” City Attorney David Allen read from the lease. “That’s the lease language that the church has agreed to with the Urban Renewal Agency.” The council said they would be in touch with the situation. Send comments to: newsguardeditor@countrymedia.net

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