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Lincoln City man to celebrate 100 years

JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

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incoln City resident Frank King likes

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He set an inspirational mark in his 90s by swimming an average of 130-miles a year, according to Lincoln City Parks & Recreation (LCP&R) Member Service Specialist LoRee LaFon. Over the past several years, King has been a regular at the Lincoln City Community Center Pool. And it will be at the pool that a celebration of King’s 100 years will be held.

LCP&R will host King’s 100th birthday party at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, during a public celebration at the Lincoln City Community Center, 2150 NE Oar Place.

King in the water In a September 2015 News Guard article, featuring King during a mini triathlon at the Lincoln City Community Center Pool, King said he had joined the community center’s water aerobics program about 10 years earlier.

“I just started swimming once around the pool and then I began swimming laps and worked up to a mile,” he said. “Now, I swim a mile each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.”

King said the swimming is what keeps him going.

“It’s either that or fall over,” he said. “It’s been a life change for me. I can do things I

never thought I could do before because of the swimming.”

Friends and supporters watching King swim cheered him on as he finished the event.

LaFon took the opportunity to swim right along with King to show her support during the mini triathlon.

“It was fun to cheer him on,” she said.

“Frank is a very inspiring person. He is my favorite workout buddy.”

Besides swimming all those laps in his 90s, LaFon said King also started piano lessons and rebuilt his house and workshop after it had been destroyed by fire.

“How many people get to start over at 98?”

King stated after the loss of the home.

After serving in the Marine Corps, working in aviation, journalism and teaching careers, King became a resident of Lincoln County in August 1985, according to LaFon. “He has been an ever-inspiring regular in the pool, walking indoors or outdoors, writing a column for the Lincoln City Senior Center newsletter and singing with the Lincolnaires,” she said.

During the public birthday celebration, members of the public are encouraged to add their name to the guest book and enjoy reading the timeline of King’s life, so far.

Cake and beverages will be served.

For more information, call 541-996-1248, or email llafon@lincolncity.org.

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This photo from 2015 shows Frank King at 92, swimming 11 laps during the mini triathlon at the Lincoln City Community Center Pool. See video at thenewsguard.com.

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Lincoln City resident Frank King turns 100 years-old Oct. 1.

COVID-19 forecast raises flu concern ERIK ROBINSON News Guard Guest Article

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vigorous return of influenza may outpace COVID-19 in driving hospitalizations in Oregon over the fall and winter, according to the latest statewide biweekly forecast from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).

The latest forecast continues to show a steady decline METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION in the number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in For some occupations a challenge for coastal employers is competing Oregon.

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with employers in the Portland metro area. See the graph at thenewsguard.com

Oregon Coast Wage Challenge ERIK KNODER News Guard Guest Article

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ow can workers on the Oregon Coast find higherpaying jobs?

The best single answer is to get the education and training to enter a higher-paying occupation. But that isn’t the full answer. It is also important to know which firms tend to pay higher wages.

State law protects the confidentiality of wage records of individual firms, but we can provide some general clues about these firms by publishing wages by industry and by firm size.

In general, larger firms pay higher wages, and firms that produce goods or deal with specialized knowledge tend to pay higher wages. The table with attached shows average wages in 2020 for different industries by their size based on their number of employees.

The average wage for firms with one to nine employees was $34,491.

Wages increased for mid-sized firms to $40,656, and for large firms to $53,626. The goods producing industries, such as manufacturing (except

small manufacturers), mining, and utilities, usually paid higher wages than most service industries, such as accommodation and food services.

For example, small utilities firms paid an average of $62,969 per year, versus small accommodation and food services firms that paid an average of $19,440 per year.

For some occupations a challenge for coastal employers is competing with employers in the Portland metro area. The overall average wage for the Portland metro area in 2020 was $69,127. Wages that are higher than this amount are highlighted in yellow in the table attached.

Only two of the published industry/size combinations paid higher wages than the average wage in Portland. This illustrates one reason why young people at the beginning of their careers, and perhaps the peak of their mobility, may leave the coast and move to Portland and other metropolitan areas.

Erik Knoder is a regional economist with the Oregon Employment Department. He may be reached at 541-351-5595.

A total of 253 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Sept. 14, with the OHSU forecast projecting the number continuing to decline through the end of October, until picking up again in November as immunity wanes and people increasingly gather indoors, according to OHSU’s Senior Media Specialize Erik Robinson.

The new forecast raises a more pressing concern about influenza — a virus that has been all but absent for the past two and a half years.

“Your flu vaccine is extremely important this year — and certainly more than it has been in the last two years, when we had virtually no flu that was circulating,” OHSU Office of Advanced Analytics Director Peter Graven said. “The flu is probably going to be at least as important this year as COVID.” Graven cites relatively high rates of influenza starting early in some areas of the Southern Hemisphere, where influenza typically circulates in their winter months, from April to October.

The public’s willingness to wear masks, limit indoor gatherings and take other public health measures limited the spread of COVID-19 over the past two and a half years, according to OHSU School of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics Dr. Dawn Nolt.

All of those public health measures also minimized the circulation of flu.

However, Nolt said the lack of exposure to influenza over the past two years also means that the immune system lacks practice in fighting off the influenza virus. This, in turn, portends a potentially vigorous flu season when the virus begins circulating this fall and winter.

“In normal years, lots of people are exposed to the flu, which provides a natural boost to their immune response,” she said. “We haven’t seen much flu at all in the past three years. That makes it really important to get yourself vaccinated against flu this season.”

Flu vaccines are widely available at pharmacies and

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health care systems across the region.

In addition to the availability of the flu vaccine, the new bivalent booster vaccine against COVID-19 arrived in Oregon last week, targeting the BA.4 and BA.5 variants along with the original strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. The current number of COVID-19 cases is far below the 1,178 people hospitalized with COVID-19 during the peak of the delta wave on Sept. 1, 2021.

Nolt encourages people to get both the COVID-19 booster and annual flu shot as soon as they’re eligible and the shots are available.

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Public engagement for wildfire protection efforts revised STAFF REPORT

The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has announced a revised action plan and timeline for engaging the public on wildfire protection efforts as part of the state’s strategy to create more fireresilient communities.

“A big part of our work over the next year is focused on engaging with, listening to and informing the public about wildfire risk,” Oregon State Forester and ODF Director Cal Mukumoto said.

“This engagement will involve visiting communities across the state, talking with people, addressing concerns and answering questions. Ultimately, all of the agencies involved in this effort want to make sure Oregonians in the most at-risk communities know what they can do to better protect themselves, their families and friends, and their homes from wildfire.”

By the numbers

In the past decade, wildfires have been burning significantly more acres than before, while also becoming more challenging and costlier to fight.

Between 2012 and 2021, the state of Oregon spent $85 million annually on wildfire suppression costs. That is compared to the previous 10 years in which the state spent $17 million annually.

The scale, devastation and statewide reach of the 2020 Labor Day fires brought this reality home for many, according to Mukumoto, who added that less than a year later, Senate Bill

The revised timeline

762’s statewide framework for advancing wildfire protection in Oregon moved through the Oregon State Legislature with bipartisan support.

The revised plan will be implemented in collaboration with Oregon State University’s (OSU) College of Forestry, the Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) and the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS).

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Survival steps needed

“Most Oregonians understand wildfires are becoming more catastrophic and more frequent. I have witnessed, across the state, that Oregonians want to be part of the solution in protecting our communities,” said Doug Grafe, Wildfire Programs Director with the Office of the Governor. “It’s clear that steps can be taken to increase the survivability of homes and communities when wildfires do occur, including creating defensible space, hardening homes and implementing hazardous fuels reduction projects.”

One component of SB 762 was the creation of a statewide wildfire risk map to serve as a planning and information tool for Oregonians, communities and state and local government.

The purpose of the map—a collaboration between ODF and wildfire scientists at OSU’s College of Forestry—is to provide transparent and science-based information to Oregonians about the factors near them that drive wildfire exposure including weather, climate, vegetation and topography. The tool will also be used to guide the state in directing resources to communities with the

greatest likelihood of wildfires.

OSU’s College of Forestry Dean Tom DeLuca said that Oregon State University’s College of Forestry has used, and will continue to use, the best science to contribute to statewide wildfire risk mapping. DeLuca said OSU supports the importance of changing the timeline for the mapping component of SB 762.

“This added time provides an opportunity to better share information and conduct authentic community engagement by listening to Oregonians and community leaders across our state in the implementation of the new law,” DeLuca said. “Even with the timeline change, we must all recognize that addressing fire risk in Oregon is a priority that will require all of us to work together.”

Based on feedback and concerns received from an earlier version of the wildfire risk map, the state revised its timeline for implementing the map to allow for robust community engagement, outreach and education.

October through February 2023 Public and stakeholder engagement, outreach and education. Includes wildfire science, risk and mitigation outreach and education, with focus on the most vulnerable areas; identifying opportunities for investments in wildfire prevention; completing building codes and defensible space standards for the most vulnerable communities; compilation and analysis of feedback received; and technical refinements.

March 1, 2023 Public rollout of draft wildfire risk map. Draft map shared with the public.

March through September 2023 Public outreach, engagement and education on draft wildfire risk map.

Includes working with ODF, OSU College of Forestry, local governments, planning departments, Department of Land Conservation and Development, Oregon State Fire Marshal and the state Building Codes Division to review the draft map; public outreach, education and engagement on the draft map and related topics including building codes and defensible space standards; and making any necessary revisions based on feedback received on updated map.

October through December 2023 Final wildfire risk map shared with the public for implementation. Includes sharing a final wildfire risk map with the public, initiating a 60-day appeals process and notifying those who are in the most high-risk areas about the steps needed to protect their homes and properties from catastrophic wildfires and

how to comply with defensible space standards and building codes.

“The revised plan and timeline allow us to prioritize engagement, collaboration and communication,” Grafe said. “We are committed to ensuring people understand what they can do to increase the likelihood their homes and properties will survive wildfires. The wildfire risk map is one of several tools we will use to inform this work.”

SB 762 directs state agencies to focus resources in Oregon’s highestrisk areas to ensure homes are adhering to building codes and defensible space standards. The building codes and defensible space standards will not be adopted or implemented until the wildfire risk map is finalized in late 2023, but will be available in the near future so people can familiarize themselves with the new expectations, according to Grafe.

The DCBS Division of Financial Regulation (DFR) confirmed last month that no Oregon insurance company used the original map to set rates (rating) or as part of a decision to offer or renew insurance coverage (underwriting), and none planned to use it for those purposes in the future.

The DFR continues to conduct work to ensure that wildfire mitigation activities are accounted for in underwriting and rating processes.

Homeowners are encouraged to contact DFR’s consumer advocates at 1-888877-4894 (toll-free) with questions or concerns about their insurance policy.

Traditional Ecological Knowledge to be used in forest restoration STEVE LUNDEBERG Guest Article

Faculty in the Oregon State University College of Forestry will team up with Pacific

Northwest Tribal nations on a three-year forest restoration effort whose goal is to improve the resilience of the region’s woodlands to climate change through Traditional Ecological

Knowledge (TEK).

The U.S. Department of the Interior is funding the $5 million pilot project, which will include collecting the seeds of culturally and ecologically significant plants on Bureau of Land Management lands.

“We will also be assessing soil processes and forest understory and overstory structure, as well as wildlife habitat,” said Cristina Eisenberg, the college’s new associate dean for inclusive excellence and director of tribal initiatives. “All work will be done using TEK best practices, and we want this to become part of a longer-term project.”

Potential tribal partners

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include the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz, the Coquille Indian Tribe and the Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Indians.

“We will engage each of these Tribal nations individually, co-creating partnerships that best reflect their unique community needs,” Eisenberg said. “The BLM is giving us the flexibility to adapt our project to best meet the needs of our partners.”

TEKis the accumulation of information, practices and beliefs about relationships and environmental functions, including all elements, species and processes within ecosystems, said Eisenberg, a first-generation Latinx and Native American (Apache and Rarámuri) scholar who holds a doctorate from the College of Forestry.

TEK is acquired over multiple Indigenous generations through direct contact with the environment, she said. It is

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The $5 million pilot project includes collecting the seeds of culturally and ecologically significant plants on Bureau of Land Management lands. used in life-sustaining pursuits such hunting, fishing, trapping, agriculture and forestry and as a means of assessing environmental health. TEK also encompasses the world view of Indigenous peoples, she added, including ecology, spirituality and human, plant and animal connections.

“We want to engage and empower tribal youth to help find solutions to the pressing

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conservation problems we are facing in Oregon and beyond,” Eisenberg said. “A goal is to provide as many job and educational opportunities as possible for tribal youth within the college.

We also hope to foster a tribal seed-growing business, to build on work that has already done by some Tribal nations, and we will cocreate an ecocultural restoration plan for federal land.”

“We’ll follow the Department of the Interior’s National Seed Strategy and Plant Conservation and Restoration Program protocols to collect the seeds,” Eisenberg said. “The data collected will not be made publicly available without permission of the Tribal nations involved.”

Non-tribal partners include Forest Bridges and the Society for Ecological Restoration.

Steve Lundeberg is a researcher and writer for Oregon State University Relations and Marketing. He may be reached at steve.lundeberg@oregonstate.edu

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community PART 1: AMERICA — AN ALIEN NATION

When kindness calls Lincoln City home “We are living in a failed state,” declared George Packer for The Atlantic in 2020, explaining that when the covid virus arrived, “it found a country with serious underlying conditions, and it exploited them ruthlessly.

Chronic ills — a corrupt political class, a sclerotic bureaucracy, a heartless MITCHELL GOULD economy, a divided and GUEST COLUMNIST distracted public — had gone untreated for years.

We had learned to live, uncomfortably, with the symptoms. It took the scale and intimacy of a pandemic to expose their severity — to shock Americans with the recognition that we are in the high-risk category.”

If the only reason for government (“the state”) to exist is to serve and protect its citizens, then Packer’s conclusion is hard to ignore. Certainly, here in Lincoln City, citizens are reeling under a heartless economy: just look at the businesses which have failed, and at the crucial mismatch between local wages and the local cost of living.

Divided by our values? Distracted by the crazy demands of daily survival? We all recognize our modern life in that. In Packer’s words, we have learned to live, uncomfortably, with these symptoms ... but the disease is progressing.

“All of the lasting pain,” he went on, “was felt in the middle and at the bottom, by Americans who had taken on debt and lost their jobs, homes and retirement savings. Many of them never recovered and young people who came of age in the Great Recession are doomed to be poorer than their parents. Inequality — the fundamental, relentless force in American life since the late 1970s — grew worse.” The result? According to The Atlantic, it’s a mood of “cynical exhaustion with no vision of a shared identity or future.”

Look around: do we look like a community with a shared identity and shared future? On one hand Lincoln City consists of so many million-dollar vacation homes. On the other hand some permanent residents’ homes are falling apart and our food pantries never close shop. The pandemic defined two divisions of labor: essential and nonessential. Ironically, the essential workers were “mostly in low-paying jobs that require their physical presence and put their health directly at risk: warehouse workers, shelf-stockers, Instacart shoppers, delivery drivers, municipal employees, hospital staffers, home health aides, long-haul truckers.”

While the country rightfully expressed its profound gratitude to the doctors and nurses as the acknowledged heroes of our times, adds Packer, “the supermarket cashier with her bottle of sanitizer and the UPS driver with his latex gloves” stand for the army which protected those frontline forces.

The signs are not good. The Center for Disease Control reports that in the United States, life expectancy has decreased, while obesity and drug overdose have increased. Meanwhile, overall health care expenditure soars into the stratosphere. Stresses converging on youth from every angle — health, economy, education, climate, politics — are leading to alienation; specifically, something psychotherapist James Tobin calls “self-estrangement.”

“A colleague of mine calls it a ‘zombie-like stupor,’ and several high school teachers who commonly refer to my practice characterize it as

a kind of ‘loss of identity or soul.’”

Tobin goes on to describe “children today who simply do not seem to ‘know’ themselves and struggle to merely describe how they think and feel about themselves, their identity and their hopes, dreams and desires.” Even connecting with one another has become an impossible burden as they sit in “school cafeterias eating lunch surrounded by peers who are immersed in their cell phones.”

Divided? Distracted? They find it easier to be invisible than to be truly seen.

“If children are reluctant to be who they really are and actively guard against having their identity visible to the world then it is inevitable,” he concludes that the result is selfestrangement. In his list of the various types of self-estrangement perhaps the ultimate type is characterized by “Depression, various forms of acting out, excessive video-gaming and other forms of passivity, distraction and aimlessness.”

All too often, Tobin encounters the attitude, “if it is too hard, don’t do it.”

Parents are failing, too. Tobin observes, “the quality of the parent-child relationship seems to be poorer today than in previous generations.

Many contemporary parents struggle with having any kind of a relationship with their children.”

Fortunately, he sees many parents who are yearning to do better — “thirsty for learning strategies to communicate with their children more effectively and promote a family environment of warmth, respect and empathy for others’ feelings.”

Whether a parent or not adults struggle, too. According to Mental Health America, on average, 20 percent of adults are experiencing a mental illness — nearly 50 million Americans.

Almost 5 percent are experiencing a severe mental illness, but the actual ratios vary from state to state. Of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Oregon is the nation’s leader in adults with any mental illness, substance abuse within the past year or serious thoughts of suicide and youth with at least one major depressive episode in the past year or substance abuse within the past year.

The bottom line is that Americans have become increasingly alienated. As far back as 1959, Melvin Seeman published important insights on this problem, identifying selfestrangement along with four other aspects of alienation: powerlessness, meaninglessness, normlessness and isolation.

Powerlessness: In 2015, Robert Reich described a security guard unable to budget because his employer kept changing his schedule and his pay. He heard from a passenger — stranded for eight hours in the airport — that her airline neglected to help her find another flight leaving that evening. And he met a North Carolina citizen who stopped voting because elected officials don’t respond to constituents.

Reich concluded, “In all these respects powerlessness comes from a lack of meaningful choice. Big institutions don’t have to be responsive to us because we can’t penalize them by going to a competitor … Fifty years ago a third of private-sector workers belonged to labor unions. This gave workers bargaining power to get a significant share of the economy’s gains along with better working conditions — and a voice. Now, fewer than 7 percent of private sector workers are unionized.”

Meaninglessness: Human values fade or pervert in an atmosphere of meaninglessness

where nothing any longer has any real value, purpose or significance. Too many things feel inadequate, irrelevant, pointless or senseless.

An insincere apology doesn’t heal the hurt; on the surface it might sound appropriate, but at heart it’s meaningless. Family bonds, friendships, group affiliations, national identity and faith in the future are all at risk of becoming meaningless when their integrity decays. The sad cycle ends in nihilism.

Normlessness: Modern “normlessness” is the sense that social norms — the common rules of acceptable behavior — that once regulated personal conduct have blurred, broken down or are no longer effective. Normlessness flourishes when a mutual spirit of solidarity with one’s neighbors falters — enabling selfish, self-serving actions to go unchecked by any commitment to the greater good. In a normless community, rudeness is answered with rudeness, threats are answered with threats, laws are broken, trash is littered, lives are endangered, windows are broken and ugly graffiti mars its surfaces. Sound familiar?

Isolation: According to the National Institute of Health’s Division for Aging, as the proportion of elderly has increased many find themselves socially isolated and lonely: “Loneliness is the distressing feeling of being alone or separated.

Social isolation is the lack of social contacts and having few people to interact with regularly.”

People who are socially isolated or lonely are more likely to be admitted to the emergency room or to a nursing home.

The Coronavirus outbreak in 2020 added a need to practice physical distancing. “People who are lonely,” says the NIH, “experience emotional pain. Losing a sense of connection and community can change the way a person sees the world. Someone experiencing chronic loneliness may feel threatened and mistrustful of others.”

Whether or not we enjoy facing these facts every one of the city’s institutions — whether religious, nonprofit, civil or media — has a natural mandate to speak out about the realities and mobilize the community to address them.

Some of them are doing just that.

In our churches the faithful receive their challenge from the pulpit. In our shelters, food pantries and fraternal organizations, Lincoln City is reaching out to begin to heal deep inequities. Elected officials such as Rep. David Gomberg frequently provides substantive, deeply-researched, clearly-written newsletters to reach believers and nonbelievers alike.

The News Guard, too, has an obligation to speak out and contribute solutions. In that spirit we recall the timeless story of Pandora who naively opened a box that captured all of the world’s sorrows — enabling every dark thing to escape. But in the bottom of the box was one last shining creature: Hope. Or if you prefer, Kindness. This series is being inspired by the sight of our community rallying together in a festival of kindness — as you shall see in future installments.

Next Part 2: Who is the Stranger?

— Mitch Gould is a four-year resident of Lincoln City who has written on science, technology, medicine and history for such diverse publications as Popular Science and Walt Whitman: an Encyclopedia. Gould runs Lakeheart Art Deco Guesthouse with Rusty Keller.

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Oregon sees second case of pediatric monkeypox STAFF REPORT

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) confirms a second pediatric case of monkeypox virus (hMPXV) in the state.

Local public health officials have investigated the case and confirm that the case is not linked to a school, child care or other community setting.

“Pediatric monkeypox cases have happened around the country during the nationwide outbreak, and unfortunately Oregon is no exception,” OHA State Epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger said. “As we have stated previously, this virus can affect anyone.”

Monkeypox spreads primarily through close skin-toskin contact.

Most commonly during the current outbreak, this has been through intimate or sexual contact. Infection has also occurred during close, skin-toskin contact with the lesions of an individual with monkeypox through a caregiving relationship, such as a parent caring for a child or an adult caretaker of another person.

Much less often, monkeypox could spread through contact with towels, clothing or other objects that have been in contact with monkeypox lesions. Large respiratory droplets or oral fluids that might

come from prolonged face-toface contact could also transmit the virus, but it is uncommon.

To protect patient confidentiality, OHA is not disclosing the child’s sex, age, county of residence or how the child is believed to have acquired the illness. A pediatric case is defined as someone with the virus in the 0-17 age range.

The new pediatric case is among a total, as of today, of 204 presumptive and confirmed cases of monkeypox in Oregon, with illness onset ranging from June 7 to Sept. 13. The cases are in nine counties: • 141 in Multnomah • 24 in Washington • 22 in Lane • 6 each in Clackamas and Marion • 2 in Columbia • 1 each in Coos, Hood River and Union.

About 9.5% of cases identify as Mexican and 8.9% of cases identify as Other Hispanic or Latino a/x/e. Case counts for South American and Central American were too low to calculate a percent.

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19. The local public health authority, with OHA support, has been conducting case in-

vestigation and contact tracing to determine whether there are other exposures. During these investigations, public health provides guidance on how to avoid spreading the virus to others and offers vaccines to close contacts.

Sidelinger emphasized that risk of monkeypox spreading in school settings is low, since the most common means of person-to-person transmission is direct contact with the rash, scabs or body fluids of a person with the virus. It is not easily spread unless there is prolonged, skin-to-skin contact with an infected person.

OHA continues to encourage vaccination against monkeypox for anyone who anticipates having, or has had, recent, direct, skin-to-skin contact with at least one other person, and who knows other people in their social circles or communities who have had monkeypox.

Oregon has distributed, or is in the process of distributing, more than 8,870 vials – about 44,350 doses – of the Jynneos vaccine and 340 courses of the investigational antiviral drug known as tecovirimat – or TPOXX – since June 20.

According to OHA’s ALERT Immunization Information System database, 8,800 Jynneos doses have

been administered so far.

More than that have been administrated, but those 8,800 doses are what’s been entered into ALERT thus far. OHA continues to work with its local partners to redistribute any leftover doses they may have to ensure a continued, steady flow of vaccines to communities where they’re most needed.

On Sept. 20, Oregon received its next federal allocation of 1,220 vials, giving the state a total of 1,428 vials or up to 7,140 doses to continue to meet initial and second dose recommendations.

People who suspect they have monkeypox should contact their health care provider to let them know before going in to be seen. The provider may recommend testing for monkeypox.

Those who don’t have a health care provider can call 2-1-1 or their local public health authority to get help finding a clinic or health care provider.

Read a series of stories about the monekypox virus inn Oregon at thenewsguard. com. For more information about monkeypox and Oregon’s response to the outbreak, visit OHA’s monkeypox (hMPXV) website.

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Razor clamming is popular along the Oregon coast.

State closes razor harvesting in selected area The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) have closed razor clam harvesting from the Columbia River south to Cascade Head, just north of Lincoln City.

Recent lab results indicate the marine biotoxin domoic acid has exceeded the closure limit.

Razor clam harvesting remains open from Cascade Head to the California border.

Mussel harvesting is closed from the Columbia River to the north side of the Yachats River for elevated levels of the marine biotoxin paralytic shellfish poison.

Mussel harvesting remains open from the south side of the Yachats River to the

California border.

Recreational bay clam and crab harvesting remain open along the entire Oregon coast. ODA will continue to test for shellfish toxins twice per month, as tides and weather permit. Reopening an area closed for biotoxins requires two consecutive tests with results below the closure limit. Contact ODFW for recreational license requirements, permits, rules and limits.

For more information, call ODA’s shellfish biotoxin safety hotline at 800-4482474, the Food Safety Division at 503-986-4720, or visit the ODA shellfish biotoxin closures webpage.

DEATH NOTICE James Albert Derham April 17, 1946 ~ Aug. 17, 2022

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Monkeypox spreads primarily through close skin-to-skin contact.

James Albert Derham was born on April 17, 1946. He passed away on Aug. 17, 2022. A service with military honors will be held at 1 p.m. on Oct. 2, 2022 at Saint Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church.

Credit union donates $2,000 to hospital foundation STAFF REPORT

TLC, a Division of Fibre Federal Credit Union, has contributed $2,000 to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Foundation as part of the credit union’s Communities First Program.

The program is a multi-year sponsorship for selected hospitals and community colleges within the eleven Oregon and Washington counties it serves.

“TLC places a high priority on supporting educational and healthcare related services throughout its communities, and that mission developed into the Communities First Program

in 2018,” a release from TLC states.

To date, the credit union has donated $145,000 to Communities First recipients, including eight hospital foundations and four community college foundations. One of the Communities First Program recipients is the Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Foundation.

TLC’s 2022 donation will support the foundation’s equipment fund, which completes a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) extension this summer.

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VOICES OF THE COMMUNITY Vote Betsy Johnson for Governor In these divisive times, there is no better candidate for our next governor than centrist Betsy Johnson.

Betsy has served in our state’s Senate for over 16 years, and in her last election in 2018, received not only the Democratic Party nod, but also the Republican and Independent Party nominations through write-in votes, winning in a huge landslide, with over

82% of the vote. Her bipartisan spirit is needed now more than ever.

Betsy is well known as a nononsense, get-things-done leader, and will work tirelessly to bring all sides together to find common sense solutions to our most pressing issues, be it creating more affordable housing, improving our schools, enhancing public safety, or tackling homelessness.

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In 2016, Oregonians voted overwhelmingly to dedicate new, additional funding for veterans. But when the legislature convened in 2017, Governor Brown’s budget instead reduced support to the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs by $10 million.

That proposal went to the committee

chaired by our Representative David Gomberg. He overruled the governor, put the budget back together, and fully funded the Department. When the motion was made, a hearing room filled with men and women in uniform stood up and applauded.

David Gomberg has always stood up for veterans, working to provide

David Gomberg is fighting to get critical infrastructure to the coast.

When Waldport was facing serious water problems, we called Representative David Gomberg.

Replacing or repairing our water storage and wastewater systems was going to cost millions of dollars and the people of our small city couldn’t

afford it. Gomberg delivered with state money, saving every taxpayer here thousands of dollars.

The remarkable thing is that Waldport is not unique. Gomberg brought home money for ports, parks, schools, water systems and fire recovery throughout Lincoln County.

He stood up to the big cities to make

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Gomberg has always been there for veterans and we should be there for him in November. I’ll proudly be voting to re-elect our Representative David Gomberg.

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sure we got our share and more. The total is well over $70 million which means Lincoln County received twice that of other regions.

I also appreciate that the Representative shows up here in Waldport at everything from our parades, to our Chamber of Commerce, to our city council meetings. He does

that in every community throughout our district every day.

David Gomberg is doing meaningful and impactful work for all of us. We will be well served when we re-elect him to continue that work.

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Ending harassment at school events, athletics

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Communities throughout Oregon rely on student activities and athletic events to be a safe haven of support and collegiality. These activities are important places where students, families, and staff can join together with pride and enthusiasm that comes with community, competition, and celebration.

At each event that happens at a school, so many people have shared their time and energy to make it a great experience for everyone who attends.

Students put hours, weeks, and sometimes years into their performances, whether artistic, academic, or athletic. It takes us all working together to ensure that these activities remain welcoming and fun.

Unfortunately, it only takes one incident to create a negative experience that can frighten and intimidate students and families, limit student participation, suppress volunteer interest, erode community support and reputation, and interfere with the benefits that these activities would otherwise

bring to everyone involved.

It only takes one incident to impart long lasting harm to an individual or community.

Since before 2019 and continuing into recent years, our organizations have become aware of increasing negativity, bullying, and even hate speech and symbols entering into these activities. We are also dedicated to preventing and responding to harassing conduct. Harassing conduct may take many forms, including verbal intimidation and name-calling; graphic and written statements, which include use of cell phones or the internet; costumes or other physical expressions; or other conduct that may be physically threatening, harmful, or humiliating. Harassment does not have to include intent to harm, be directed at a specific person or group, or involve repeated incidents.

Each person who is at a school event is able to help make it great. School administrators, event managers, and athletic directors are required to enforce existing policies (listed below) and set their own proactive measures to prevent harassment. They must have a plan in place to discourage and respond to negative behavior.

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He goes to the Stand Down events to see the problems firsthand, and he sponsors bills to place signs on our highways remembering local soldiers lost in the line of duty. Two of those signs are just outside Toledo. He also serves on a commission working to place a Viet Nam War Memorial on the state capitol

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in my Cutler City neighborhood to get Betsy’s name on the ballot. I was overwhelmed that over 80% of those I met enthusiastically signed my petition sheets, with many voicing their strong support. Let your voice be heard this November, and vote for Betsy Johnson for governor.

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Betsy’s list of endorsements spans the political spectrum, from our Democratic US Congressman Kurt Schrader, and Governor Ted Kulongoski, to Republican US Senator Gordon Smith, to former Democratic US Presidential candidate Andrew Yang, founder of the independent Forward Party.

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Students can walk into events ready to cheer on their peers without bringing negativity towards others. Spectators and other adults must set a good example by lifting people up, not tearing people down.

When harassment or bullying happens at events based on age, disability, national origin, race, color, marital status, religion, gender identity, and sexual orientation, it violates civil rights laws that our organizations are required to enforce.

“Let’s create a culture in our communities and at our events that values the worth of every single person.”

The following policies apply to schools in Oregon in these situations: 1. At its recent summer workshop, the OSAA Executive Board reviewed and approved OSAA’s Interrupting and Preventing Discriminatory Acts Training, which is a new, one-time certification requirement for all athletic directors, coaches, and officials beginning this fall. This training is in response to an uptick in discriminatory acts taking place across the country and an increased focus from the National Federation of State High School Associations on sportsmanship in all sports. It is intended to increase awareness and intentional planning/ communication for interscholastic events.

2. The OSAA has a complaint response process guide and complaint form a which helps districts to adhere to

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Rule 3 of the handbook, requiring sportsmanlike conduct. The OSAA will sanction schools whom it has found negligent in the duties of reasonably protecting those involved in interscholastic activities from derogatory or inappropriate names, insults, verbal assaults, profanity, ridicule, or engaging in behavior deemed by the member school to endanger the safety or wellbeing of students, employees, self or others.

3. The OSAA launched the S.T.A.R. Initiative to encourage Safety, Tolerance, Acceptance and Respect at Oregon high school athletic events while disrupting racism and combating discrimination. The initiative includes pregame announcements to encourage a positive focus on the student competitors and position hateful, intimidating, and bullying behavior by anyone, including athletes, parents and community members, as completely unacceptable.

4. Every district in Oregon is required to adopt an Every Student Belongs policy by state law, which applies to hate symbols and bias incidents that may occur at athletic events and school activities. We recommend that in addition to these policies, athletic directors and event managers should be wellversed in their district’s policies and procedures, as well as ODE’s guidance for responding to bias incidents.

5. Every school board in Oregon is required to adopt a policy in accordance with ORS 339.356 prohibiting harassment, intimidation or bullying and prohibiting cyberbullying.

These policies carry over to school-sponsored events and must be adhered to during ex-

tracurricular activities. School districts are encouraged to develop the policy after consultation with parents and guardians, school employees, volunteers, students, administrators and community representatives.

6. Every school board is required to adopt written policies which assure equity, opportunity and access for all students in each school and program as provided in OAR 581-021-0045 and 581-0210046. This extends to schoolsponsored activities and events.

In addition to these policies, we implore all of Oregon’s education associations, schools, and districts to take their own proactive measures to show that behavior that is insulting, demeaning or hurtful will not be tolerated in our communities.

Let’s create a culture in our communities and at our events that values the worth of every single person.

Signed, • Peter Weber, Executive Director, Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) • Guadalupe Martinez Zapata, Chair of the Oregon State Board of Education • Jim Green, Executive Director, Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) • Craig Hawkins, Executive Director, Coalition of Oregon School Administrators (COSA) • Anthony Veliz, Community Leader • Colt Gill, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction, Oregon Department of Education (ODE)

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Public Notices NG22-346 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Nickolas Nelson has been appointed Personal Representative of the Estate of Lila Fay Post, deceased, Lincoln County Circuit Court Case No. 22PB08230. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present the same within four months from the first date of publication of this notice, to the Personal Representative, Nickolas Nelson, C/O Harrington Legal LLC, 142 W. 8th Ave., Eugene, OR 97401. Any person whose rights may be affected by these proceedings may obtain additional information from the records of the above- named Court or from the Personal Representative or from the Personal Representative’s attorney, Connor J. Harrington, of Harrington Legal LLC, 142 W. 8th Ave., Eugene, Oregon 97401. DATED and first published: September 27, 2022. Connor J. Harrington, Attorney for the Personal Representative.

------------------------------------------NG22-341 I, Scott Ludwig, am requesting a divorce from Donna Ludwig as of 9/6/22.

------------------------------------------NG22-344 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS CITY-INITIATED ZONING CODE AMENDMENT ZOA 2022-10 The Lincoln City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider ZOA 2022-10 on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. The Lincoln City City Council will hold a public hearing to consider ZOA 2022-10 on Monday, October 24, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. All public hearings will be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 801 SW Hwy 101, Lincoln City, Oregon. 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. (The Planning Commission and City Council may continue hearings to subsequent dates and times, as necessary, to complete review of the proposed amendment.)

ZOA 2022-10 proposes amending Lincoln City Municipal Code (LCMC) Title 17 to revise Chapter 17.08 Definitions; add an option for split-zoned lots; add special event; remove maximum impervious driveway width; remove pervious surface requirement; revise standard and compact number requirements; revise setback requirements in the RM zone; correction to dock conditional use in the RM zone; revise parking landscaping requirement; revise design standards for clarity and ease of use; revise pedestrian space amenity design standard requirement; revise criteria for director’s interpretation for additional uses; add uses to Oceanlake; add community buildings, fraternal, social organizations as a permitted use in the Park zone.

The applicable criteria are LCMC Chapter 17.76 Procedures and Section 17.77.130 Text Amendment. A copy of the staff report 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.

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and then ZOA 2022-10. 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 Hwy 101, Lincoln City, Oregon. For additional information, please call Anne Marie Skinner, Director, at 541.996.1228.

Failure of an issue to be raised in a hearing in person, or by letter/- email, or failure to provide statements or evidence sufficient to afford the Planning Commission and/or City Council an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA).

Please email your comments to askinner@lincolncity.or- g or mail to Lincoln City Planning and Community Development, PO Box 50, Lincoln City, Oregon 97367.

Planning Commission meetings are televised live on Charter Channel 4 Lincoln City and rebroadcast at various times. They are streamed live on the internet through a link on the City of Lincoln City website, and can also be viewed following the meeting.

The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired, for a hearing impaired device, or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting to the City Recorder, at 541.996.1203.

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------------------------------------------NG22-333 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE T.S. No.: OR-21891163-BB Reference is made to that certain deed made by, ANITA L HENDERSON as Grantor to TRANSNATION TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, as trustee, in favor of MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR DECISION ONE MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, as Beneficiary, dated 11/- 22/2004, recorded 12/- 1/2004, in official records of LINCOLN County, Oregon in book/reel/volume No. and/or as fee/file/- instrument/ microfilm/- reception number 200418184 and subsequently assigned or transferred by operation of law to U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee of CIM Trust 2021-NR2 covering the following described real property situated in said County, and State. APN: R500134 10-1132-AD- 09300-00 LOT 7,

BLOCK 5, PACIFIC HOME BEACH CLUB, COUNTY OF LINCOLN, STATE OF OREGON, TOGETHER WITH A 1/138TH INTEREST IN AND TO THE COMMON ELEMENTS APPERTAINING THERETO Commonly known as: 3411 NE Benton Street, Newport, OR 97365 The undersigned hereby certifies that based upon business records there are no known written assignments of the trust deed by the trustee or by the beneficiary, except as recorded in the records of the county or counties in which the above described real property is situated. Further, no action has been instituted to recover the debt, or any part thereof, now remaining secured by the trust deed, or, if such action has been instituted, such action has been dismissed except as permitted

by ORS 86.752(7). Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. There is a default by grantor or other person owing an obligation, performance of which is secured by the trust deed, or by the successor in interest, with respect to provisions therein which authorize sale in the event of such provision. The default for which foreclosure is made is grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sum: TOTAL REQUIRED TO REINSTATE: $29,300.16 TOTAL REQUIRED TO PAYOFF: $72,087.73 Because of interest, late charges, and other charges that may vary from day-to-day, the amount due on the day you pay may be greater. It will be necessary for you to contact the Trustee before the time you tender reinstatement or the payoff amount so that you may be advised of the exact amount you will be required to pay. By reason of the default, the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by the trust deed immediately due and payable, those sums being the following, to- wit: The installments of principal and interest which became due on 1/1/- 2020, and all subsequent installments of principal and interest through the date of this Notice, plus amounts that are due (if applicable) for late charges, delinquent property taxes, insurance premiums, advances made on senior liens, taxes and/ or insurance, trustee’s fees, and any attorney fees and court costs arising from or associated with the beneficiaries efforts to protect and preserve its security, all of which must be paid as a condition of reinstatement, including all sums that shall accrue through reinstatement or pay- off. Nothing in this notice shall be construed as a waiver of any fees owing to the Beneficiary under the Deed of Trust pursuant to the terms of the loan documents. Whereof, notice hereby is given that QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON, the undersigned trustee will on 12/27/2022 at the hour of 10:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statues, At the south entrance to the Lincoln

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Public Notices which is secured by the trust deed, and the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to Oregon Law, this sale will not be deemed final until the Trustee’s deed has been issued by QUALITY LOAN SERVICE CORPORATION OF WASHINGTON. If any irregularities are discovered within 10 days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer’s money and take further action as necessary. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing metham-

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NG22-343 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE APN: R506804 Reference is made to that certain deed made by Ricky Pestana and Janice Pestana as Grantor to Old Replublic Title Company, as Trustee, in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as designated nominee for HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc., dba Real Estate Mortgage Network as Beneficiary, dated 01/26/2018, recorded 01/30/2018, in the official records of Lincoln County, Oregon as Instrument No. 2018-01098 covering the following described real property situated in said County and State, to wit: UNIT 5, WHALE’S SPOUT CONDOMINIUMS, IN THE CITY OF NEWPORT, LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, AS SET FORTH IN BOOK 1, PAGE 116 OF THE CONDOMINIUM PLAT RECORDS OF LINCOLN COUNTY, OREGON, TOGETHER WITH THE UNDIVIDED INTEREST IN THE GENERAL AND LIMITED COMMON ELEMENTS APPURTENANT THERETO, AS MORE FULLY SET FORTH AND DESCRIBED IN THE DECLARATION OF UNIT OWNERSHIP RECORDED APRIL 28, 1995 IN BOOK 298, PAGE 2014, LINCOLN COUNTY RECORDS, WHICH DESCRIPTION IS INCORPORATED HEREIN AND

BY REFERENCE MADE A PART HEREOF Commonly known as: 1455 NW Spring St. Unit A, Newport, OR 97365 The current beneficiary is MATRIX FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP. pursuant to assignment of deed of trust recorded on 12/- 21/2021 as Inst No. 2021-15926 in the records of Lincoln, Oregon. The beneficiary has elected and directed successor trustee to sell the said real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said trust deed and notice has been recorded pursuant to Section 86.735(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes: the default for which the foreclosure is made is the grantor’s failure to: Make the monthly payments commencing with the payment due on 03/01/2020 and continuing each month until this trust deed is reinstated or goes to trustee’s sale; plus a late charge on each installment not paid within fifteen days following the payment due date; trustee’s fees and other costs and expenses associated with this foreclosure and any further breach of any term or condition contained in subject note and deed of trust.1. By the reason of said default the beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by said deed of trust immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to wit: Principal balance of: $243,307.79;2. Interest through 5/27/2022 in the amount of $26,826.683. Escrow Advance $7,073.694. Recoverable balance in the amount of: $1,166.135. Late Charges in the Amount of $196.596. Together with the interest thereon at the rate 4.7500000% per annum until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust The principal sum of $243,307.79 together with the interest thereon at the rate 4.7500000% per annum from 02/01/- 2020 until paid; plus all accrued late charges thereon; and all trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any sums advanced by the beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said deed of trust.

Whereof, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee will on 10/19/2022 at the hour of 9:00 AM, Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110, Oregon Revised Statutes, at the front entrance to the Lincoln County Courthouse, located at 225 West Olive Street, Newport OR 97365, County of Lincoln, State of Oregon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the grantor had or had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured (and the costs and expenses of sale, including a reasonable charge by the trustee). Notice is further given that any person named in Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes; has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the beneficiary of the entire amount then due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred), together with the costs, trustee’s and attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in the Notice of Default by tendering the

performance required under the obligation or trust deed, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale. In construing this, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing obligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed; the words “trustee” and “beneficiary” include their respective successors in interest, if any. Pursuant to Oregon Law, this sale will not be deemed final until the Trustee’s deed has been issued

by The Mortgage Law Firm, LLC. If any irregularities are discovered within 10 days of the date of this sale, the trustee will rescind the sale, return the buyer’s money and take further action as necessary. If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee. This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. Also, please be advised that pursuant to the terms stated on the Deed of Trust and Note, the beneficiary is allowed to conduct property inspections while there is a default. This shall serve as notice that the beneficiary shall be conducting property inspections on the referenced property. Without limiting the trustee’s disclaimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the trustee to state in this notice that some residential property sold at a trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to place a bid for this property at the trustee’s sale.

NOTICE TO RESIDENTIAL TENANTS The property in which you are living is in foreclosure. A foreclosure sale is scheduled for 10/19/- 2022 (date). The date of this sale may be postponed.

Unless the lender that is foreclosing on this property is paid before the sale date, the foreclosure will go through and someone new will own this property. After the sale, the new owner is required to provide you with contact information and notice that the sale took place.

The following information applies to you only if you are a bona fide tenant occupying and renting this property as a residential dwelling under a legitimate rental agreement. The information does not apply to you if you own this property or if you are not a bona fide residential tenant. If the foreclosure sale goes through, the new owner will have the right to require you to move out.

Before the new owner can require you to move, the new owner must provide you with written notice that specifies the date by which you must move out. If you do not leave before the move- out date, the new owner can have the sheriff remove you from the property after a court hearing. You will receive notice of the court hearing. PROTECTION FROM EVICTION IF YOU ARE A BONA FIDE TENANT OCCUPYING AND RENTING THIS PROPERTY AS A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE LIVING IN THIS PROPERTY AFTER THE FORECLOSURE SALE FOR:• 60 DAYS FROM THE DATE YOU ARE GIVEN A WRITTEN TERMINATION NOTICE, IF YOU HAVE A FIXED TERM LEASE; OR• AT LEAST 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE YOU ARE GIVEN A WRITTEN TERMINATION NOTICE, IF YOU HAVE A MONTH-TO- MONTH OR WEEK- TO-WEEK RENTAL AGREEMENT. If the new owner wants to move in and use this property as a primary residence, the new owner can give you written notice and require you to move out after 30 days, even though you have a fixed term lease with more than 30 days left. You must be provided with at least 30 days’ written notice after the foreclosure sale before you can be required to move. A bona fide tenant is a residential tenant who is not the borrower (property owner) or a child, spouse or parent of the borrower, and whose rental agreement:• Is the result of an arm’s- length transaction;• Requires the payment of rent that is not substantially less than fair market rent for the property, unless the rent is reduced or subsidized due to a federal, state or local subsidy; and• Was entered into prior to the date of the foreclosure sale.

ABOUT YOUR TENANCY BETWEEN NOW AND THE

FORECLOSURE SALE:RENT YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO PAY RENT TO YOUR LANDLORD UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS SOLD OR UNTIL A COURT TELLS YOU OTHERWISE. IF YOU DO NOT PAYRENT, YOU CAN BE EVICTED. BE SURE TO KEEP PROOF OF ANY PAYMENTS YOU MAKE. SECURITY DEPOSIT You may apply your security deposit and any rent you paid in advance against the current rent you owe your landlord as provided in ORS 90.367. To do this, you must notify your landlord in writing that you want to subtract the amount of your security deposit or prepaid rent from your rent payment. You may do this only for the rent you owe your current landlord. If you do this, you must do so before the foreclosure sale.

The business or individual who buys this property at the foreclosure sale is not responsible to you for any deposit or prepaid rent you paid to your landlord. ABOUT YOUR TENANCY AFTER THE FORECLOSURE SALE The new owner that buys this property at the foreclosure sale may be willing to allow you to stay as a tenant instead of requiring you to move out after 30 or 60 days.

After the sale, you should receive a written notice informing you that the sale took place and giving you the new owner’s name and contact information. You should contact the new owner if you would like to stay. If the new owner accepts rent from you, signs a new residential rental agreement with you or does not notify you in writing within 30 days after the date of the foreclosure sale that you must move out, the new owner becomes your new landlord and must maintain the property.

Otherwise:• You do not owe rent;• The new owner is not your landlord and is not responsible for maintaining the property on your behalf; and• You must move out by the date the new owner specifies in a notice to you. The new owner may offer to pay your moving expenses and any other costs or amounts you and the new owner agree on in exchange for your agreement to leave the premises in less than 30 or 60 days. You should speak with a lawyer to fully understand your rights before making any decisions regarding your tenancy.

IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO TRY TO FORCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR DWELLING UNIT WITHOUT FIRST GIVING YOU WRITTEN NOTICE AND GOING TO COURT TO EVICT YOU. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS, YOU SHOULD CONSULT A LAWYER. If you believe you need legal assistance, contact the Oregon State Bar and ask for the lawyer referral service. Contact information for the Oregon State Bar is included with this notice. If you do not have enough money to pay a lawyer and are otherwise eligible, you may be able to receive legal assistance for free. Information about whom to contact for free legal assistance is included with this notice.

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Contact information for a service officer appointed for the county in which you live and contact information for a community action agency that serves the area where you live may be obtained by calling a 2-1-1 information service. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act requires that we state the following: this is an attempt to collect, and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. If a discharge has been obtained by any party through bankruptcy proceedings: This shall not be construed to be an attempt to collect the outstanding indebtedness or hold you personally liable for the debt.

This letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only. The Successor Trustee, The Mortgage Law Firm, LLC, has authorized the undersigned attorney to execute the document on the Successor Trustee’s behalf as allowed under ORS 86.713(8). Eric Marshack #050166 The Mortgage Law Firm, LLC Eric Marshack OSB #050166650 NE Holladay Suite 1600 Portland, OR 97232 Phone number for the Trustee: 1-971-270- 12331 (619) 465-8200 A-FN4758706 09/13/2022, 09/20/2022, 09/- 27/2022, 10/04/2022.

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Sheriff ’s Tip of the Week School Bus Safety

LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

Your Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind drivers of their responsibility to stop for school buses displaying red flashing lights.

Because buses are large vehicles, the level of difficulty to see around them increases. The outcome of illegally passing a stopped school bus is potentially devastating for children and drivers.

Law enforcement agencies continue to receive reports each year from bus drivers and other citizens about motorists failing to stop for school buses. With nearly 6,000 school buses operating in the State of Oregon, motorists need to be alert.

The law Oregon law requires motorists to stop whenever the red lights on a school bus are flashing, regardless of the direction they are traveling. The law applies to any roadway with two or more lanes of traffic, including multi-lane highways such as Highway 101.

The only exception to the law is for divided highways with two roads separated by an

unpaved median strip or barrier, such as in the Lincoln and Gleneden Beach areas. In this case, only drivers on the same side of the road as the bus must stop. A painted median strip or a center lane used only for left turns does not create two separate lanes. Where this situation exists, all lanes of traffic must stop.

Be prepared When a bus is flashing amber lights, motorists should prepare to stop. When the red lights begin to flash, motorists traveling in both directions must stop before reaching the bus and must remain stopped until the red lights are turned off.

The same rules apply to church or worker buses equipped with amber and red flashing lights.

Please do your part to make our roads safe.

Be aware when following any type of bus, that it may be making frequent stops. Following these tips will help reduce the risk of traffic crashes and pedestrian injuries in our community.

For more information visit lincolncountysheriff.net For more information and tips, visit www.lincolncountysheriff.net.

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 or concerns about cases listed, contact the appropriate law enforcement agency.

Lincoln City Police September 13 11:02 a.m.

Caller reported a vehicle with steamed up windows parked for several hours in the 5900 block of Highway 101.

Officer responded and made contact with two subjects.

1:23 p.m.

Reported guest found deceased in room in the 2900 block of Highway 101. Medical examiner and DA notified.

Report taken. Pacific View responded.

1:38 p.m.

Caller reported a book was

stolen in the 1700 block of NW Highway 101. Officer took a report.

10:18 p.m.

Criminal mischief reported from the Ridge Apartments to SW Anchor to 2100 SW Coast Avenue. Report of multiple vehicles egged in large area. A report taken.

September 14 8:42 a.m.

Police responded to the 3500 block of NW Highway 101 after a caller reported a transient male stole funds from tip jar and left area. Suspect male contacted near in the area and taken into custody for Burglary 2, Theft 3 and Trespass 2.

Suspect transported to city jail.

10:11 a.m.

Shoplift reported in the 4000 block of Logan Road.

Male suspect contacted near U.S. Market arrested for felony PV Warrant confirmed out of state for Robbery. Taken into custody for Disorderly Contact 2, Menacing, PCS Meth, Obstructing Governmental Admin. and PV Warrant. Transported to the city jail.

11:03 p.m.

Police responded to the 1500 block of NW 40th Place

after a caller reported a female who advised her friend was in a room with a gun and threatening suicide. Subject was contacted and transported to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital on a Police Officer Hold.

September 15 3:33 a.m.

Caller reported that a resident was throwing things in the 4600 block of SE Lee Avenue.

Officer responded. Subject was transported to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital by ambulance on a Mental Health Hold.

9:55 a.m.

Police responded to a Welfare Check in the 4500 block of Highway SW 101 turned onto DOA. District attorney and medical examiner released the body. Pacific View responded. Next of kin notified.

Report taken.

Night Patrol

Caller reported an ongoing issue with overnight camping in the area of SW 52nd Court.

Campsite set up with stacked logs and black tarp. Officer made contact with male subject and advised of no overnight camping.

Resident in the 3600 block of SW Anchor Avenue reported possible prowler in the area.

Extra patrol requested between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m.

Caller reported a subject going through trash at NE 61st Street. Extra patrol requested in the area between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.

September 16 6:06 a.m.

Subject arrested, cited and released for criminal mischief in the 4400 block of SE Highway 101.

12:57 p.m.

911 call for intoxicated and unresponsive female in the 3800 block of SW Jetty Avenue. 5:27 p.m.

Caller reported mother was making suicidal statements and may have a firearm. Subject was located at the trailhead at 14th and Port and transported to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital on a Police Officer Hold.

September 17 Caller reported that she has police officers living in her attic in the 5400 block of NE

Port Lane. Officers checked her attic. Nobody found inside.

September 18 11:51 a.m.

Caller reports seeing two subjects in a blue Buick take item from behind fence in the 1200 block of SE 11th Street.

Report taken.

5:58 p.m.

Police responded to the 300 block of SE Oar after a report that a door to house was open.

Signs of burglary with forced entry. House cleared. Report taken.

8:47 p.m.

Hit and Run reported in the 1700 block of NW 44th Street.

September 19 12:04 a.m.

Police stopped a vehicle at SE Devils Lake Road and SE Highway 101. Cited driver for Driving Uninsured. Vehicle entered into LEDS as impound

by Car Care.

Extra Patrol

Anonymous caller requesting extra patrol behind entire complex in the 4000 block of NW Logan Road due to vehicles parking along the fire

lines. Delivery vehicles unable to get through.

3:57 p.m.

Caller reports he left his credit card at location in the 1800 block of Highway 101.

Returned for it. Employee claims card was already returned to caller.

4:30 p.m.

Police responded to a twovehicle crash in the 100 block of NW Inlet Court. One vehicle crashed into another and then into a building, which sustained minor damage. Information exchanged. No citations issue.

September 20 3:35 p.m.

Report of a DOA in the 1400 block of NW 17th Street.

Medical examiner and DA notified. Body was released to Pacific View.

6:15 p.m.

Police resounded to a Hit and Run in the 500 block of SW Highway 101 after victim reported that her ex-boyfriend rammed her vehicle then opened her door. Both partied left the scene. Possible charges for the ex-boyfriend include Attempted Robbery, Hit and Run and Reckless Endangering.

Voluntary fairways for safe navigation

STAFF REPORT

The Coast Guard is requesting public comment on the draft Pacific Coast Port Access Route Study (PAC-PARS).

“There has been significant growth of waterway use along the Pacific Coast,” Coast Guard Pacific Area Port and Facilities Activities Chief Cmdr. Sara Conrad said. “We are committed to maintaining a high level of navigational safety for all members of the maritime community. This draft study provides recommendations that facilitate safe vessel transits along the coast and connect to major port approaches in light

of the increasing demand for use of our waterways.”

The draft PAC-PARS recommends establishing new voluntary fairways for coastwise and nearshore vessel traffic with connections to existing Traffic Separation Schemes and ports. These fairways would facilitate safe and predictable traffic patterns as the demand for and use of Pacific coastal waters increases. Charts of these recommended fairways can be found in Appendix I, II, and III of the study.

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The main goal of the PACPARS is to evaluate historic and future waterway usage to determine navigational risk and provide recommendations to uphold safety of navigation.

To do this, the study examined vessel tracking data from the past 10 years and considered environmental data, existing and planned offshore development infrastructure, and historical marine incident data among other datasets.

The Coast Guard also considered concerns and recommendations from key maritime stakeholders and members of the public. Prior to this public comment period, the Coast Guard received comments during two previous public comment periods spanning over 200 days.

The public can also view the study in a more user-

friendly manner at USCG Navigation Centers website https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/ port-access-route-study-reports. The Coast Guard posted the study to a Homeport webpage https://cglink.uscg. mil/efedac43 where the most current information about upcoming webinars and outreach activities will be posted.

A Notice of Availability for the draft study was published on the Federal Register under docket USCG-2021-0345, and can be found by searching the docket above at www.regulations.gov A Federal Register Notice of Availability for the draft PACPARS has been opened for comment. Comments and related materials must be received on or before Oct. 25, 2022.

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The Comeback: Watching over the plovers BREEANA LAUGHLIN Country Media, Inc

Snowy plovers are a rare shorebird species that live on Oregon beaches.

These fluffy little birds blend in with their surroundings and can be hard to spot. Just few decades ago these birds almost disappeared for good.

The populations of the Western Snowy Plover have made a comeback thanks to a coordinated effort by biologists, volunteers and educated beachgoers up and down the Oregon Coast.

Dave Lauten and Kathy Castelein have been on the forefront of this effort. The Bandon-based biologists came to Oregon to study plovers 26-years-ago.

“We were hired to do the job the first year, and then we liked it so much it turned into another year… and then it turned into 26 years,” Lauten said.

The biologists study the birds by finding their nests – which consist of just a few tiny eggs laid right in the sand. They monitor the nests along with the mating pairs of birds. When the baby birds hatch, the biologists put small colored bands on their legs in order to track them.

“It’s interesting to study the individual birds at each beach and see the dynamics of population – and what is working and what isn’t working,” Castelein said.

Lauten and Castelein have worked with the Nature Conservancy and Oregon State University, and they now work with Portland State University’s Oregon Biodiversity Information Center.

Their dedication to birds and to wildlife is what keeps them motivated.

“We work 7-days a week all summer long. You have to have the passion to get up out of bed at 5 a.m. every morning day after day and you have to have a passion for the birds – and find it interesting,” Lauten said.

“It’s a little bit like a game because you are getting clues all the time about where the birds might be nesting and where to find the birds - and whether or not the brood is still active. So, for me I look at as a little bit of a challenge to make it fun,” he said.

Bringing the birds back Not everyone knows there are endangered species right here on the Oregon Coast, the biologists said.

“There are a lot of people that don’t understand what is going on, or don’t even know that these birds exist,” said Lauten. “But it’s happening

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A Snowy plover in Nehalem Bay along the Oregon Coast. right here.”

Snowy Plovers were listed as an endangered species in 1993. At that time, there were only about 70 snowy plovers left on Oregon Coast beaches.

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service designed a recovery plan for snowy plovers with a goal to grow the population to 250 plovers on the Oregon Coast and the southern tip of Washington.

“It’s a little bit like a game.”

Dave Lauten, biologist

The population of snowy plovers has exceeded that goal since 2015 – and the highest estimate of breeding birds recorded was 613 birds in 2021, according to Cheryl Strong, a fish and wildlife biologist based in Newport.

“We definitely have years when they do better than others – but in the big picture of things they are doing really well,” Strong said.

A number of different agencies have been involved in snowy plover recovery – from federal and state agencies, to nonprofits such as Audubon.

“It’s a very cohesive group.

It’s been a very collaborative effort that has been going on to help recover this species in Oregon,” Strong reported.

Biologists Lauten and Castelein said when they originally started working with plovers, their habitat was limited to only certain beaches on

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the south end of the state.

Now, they nest in every county on the Oregon Coast – which is really a success for the state, they said.

Plovers in peril

Snowy Plovers have been in trouble for a few different, but inter-related, reasons. This includes habitat loss, an increase in predators and human disturbance.

Snowy Plovers rely on camouflage and early detection of predators to survive. They like to be in wide open places where they can see threats coming from far away.

Invasive grasses have made it easier for different kinds of predators to prey on snowy plovers.

“The grass can bring in predators like raccoons, skunks, foxes and weasels. They can hide out in that habitat where they couldn’t 100 years ago,” Castelein said.

Other main predators are ravens and crows.

“There are a lot more of them now than ever because of the human resources that they exploit like dumps and dumpsters and even farms,” said Lauten.

Ravens are extremely intelligent animals, and they are broad omnivores, so they

can eat a lot of different things, he said. Unfortunately, this includes snowy plover eggs.

“They are really smart and really efficient at finding plover nests – and as Kathy and I say the ‘incredible edible egg.’ It’s a lot of protein and it doesn’t fight back or bite,” Lauten said.

Also, because plovers live on the beach and lay eggs right on the beach, their nests are at risk of inadvertently being stepped on or trampled over by beachgoers, dogs, horses and ATVs. Human interaction can also make snowy plovers leave their nests – and wind can blow sand over their nests or predators can swoop in while they are away.

Pay attention to signs

State and Federal agencies have placed signs to alert beachgoers of the presence of plovers, and sometimes rope off certain areas of beaches where plovers nest.

“The signs are here for a reason. It helps people to be aware,” Castelein said. “When you get to the parking lot, take the five minutes to read the signs so you can understand what the rules and regulations are. Because we do try to provide space for humans to recreate even where there are

snowy plovers.”

The 30 seconds of attention it takes to become aware of the snowy plovers can make the difference between a positive or negative human interaction.

Snowy plovers can co-habitate with humans if the humans just give them a little space – the biologists said.

“Generally speaking, we do get cooperation from the public.

The ones who don’t usually follow the rules usually fall into two categories: They are just are new to the beach or don’t pay attention, or you get serious violations from people who are repeat offenders and there’s just not much you can do except bring in law enforcement,” Lauten said.

“We would rather just educate people though,” Castelein added. “Sometimes we ask people to stay on the wet sand and they have trouble understanding what that means.”

“I also think people sometimes assume plovers

are nesting in the grass and not just right on the beach and that’s a tough one to get across.

Literally their nest is just three “rocks” on the sand and it’s so easy to step on it – or a dog or horse to walk on it, or also an ATV or a bike,” Lauten said.

Because they dedicate so much of their time an effort to snowy plover recovery, the biologists said it is disappointing to they see plover eggs, or a nest destroyed by human causes.

“It’s a little rough because we have hosts designated at the state parks – people who are out here often and moving ropes around and trying to educate people – so it is avoidable,” Castelein said.

People should be able to recreate on the beaches and there should be room for plovers to nest too, she said. The idea is to “Share the Shore.”

This means having fun while protecting the natural environment at the same time.

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Cheer team heads to regional competition JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

The Lincoln City Junior Competition Cheerleading team members head to the Clackamas Cavalier Invitational Oct. 1 for their first Game Day competition of the season.

The Lincoln City team consists of 11 athletes ranging from 2nd grade to 8th grade.

In the upcoming competition, the team will be scored on a band dance, situational cheer (offense or defense) and a crowd leading cheer. Coach Tonia Anderson said the team members must include kicks, jumps, tumbling, stunts, use of props, getting the crowd involved and knowing

when the announcer gives the team the cue for proper response of offense or defense.

The team cannot go over a time frame or they are penalized.

“This team has been working so hard over the summer and they have bonded like no other team that I have coached in the past at this age level,” Anderson said.

“They care deeply and want to see each other succeed. As a coach that is success all by itself. These young athletes are working so hard to be able to leave it on the mat and win or lose they are champions to me already.

According to Anderson, the competition requires each member of the team to stunt, jump, and tumble and helps in

developing life skills.

“Being a cheerleader teaches you practical life skills like disciple, teamwork, and goal setting, all while building your confidence,” Anderson said. “I am just so proud of them as individuals and as a team. We can’t wait to include our traditional and stunt groups in the near future events.”

Additional competition is set for Oct. 8 for the Oregon Cheer Leading Coaches Association (OCCA) Game Day Championships at Sherwood Middle School (old Sherwood High School). The doors will open at 8 a.m.

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The Lincoln City Cheerleading Team from left to right, Bentley Smith, Mikayden Stuart, Mayzie Cole, Mariela Hernandez, Kaitlyn Getty, Britton Rose Hovey, Celia Hernandez, Isabella Smith, Sophia Cortes, Nevaeah Herndon and (not pictured) Ivette Ambríz.

Community Calendar September 28 Watershed Council Meeting The Siletz Watershed Council will meet at 6 p.m. at the Siletz Public Library. A presentation about recent and upcoming habitat restoration in the Siletz River basin is scheduled as well as getting input from the community about their priorities.

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October 2 Pancake Breakfast and Bake Sale The Gleneden Beach Community Club Pancake Breakfast and Bake Sale on Sunday, from 8 a.m.-11 a.m. The event will also feature a display for the club’s 75th anniversary-a detailed history and photo portrayal. The breakfast costs $8 for adults, $5 for kids 4-10 years old, and kids under 4 eat free. Cash only.

Free Meal For Veterans Homemade soup and sandwiches every third Wednesday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lincoln City B.P.O Elks #1886 at 1350 SE Oar Avenue in Lincoln City.

Art Exhibit The Lincoln City Cultural Center (LCCC), located at 540 NE Highway 101 in Lincoln City, will present an exhibit by the Gone to Pieces Quilt Guild at the center’s Fiber Arts Studio Gallery. The exhibit is on display from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sundays through Oct. 23. A quilt raffle drawing will be conducted Sept.

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