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Aaron. Lahti said the nickname eventually worked its way from “Hammerin,” to “Hamburger,” and stuck. Asked, then, what he would now nickname Lahti’s younger son, Pete, Manny replied, “Why, ‘Helper,’ of course.”

Roars of laughter reached the rafters.

According to his friends, Coach Manny wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

Lincoln City Police continued the search Feb. 18 for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a local 88-yearold man with critical injuries.

At about 8:30 Sunday night, Feb. 16, officers were dispatched to a motor George vehicle Phillips crash that involved a pedestrian in a Suspect marked Vehicle crossWhite, older walk in the 3300 model twoblock of door sedan North Highway Possible 101. damage to Police the front said the grille and/or crosswalk hood is well Diver side lit, well mirror marked and has missing flashing white cover warning signs to alert oncoming traffic.

According to witnesses, the lights were flashing at the time.

Officers arrived on scene and located Lincoln City resident George Phillips, who was being given first aid by bystanders. Witnesses at the scene said Phillips was walking across Highway 101, west to east, in the marked crosswalk when he was struck by a southbound vehicle. The vehicle then continued southbound, without stopping or rendering aid.

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“Coach Manny” Lopez directed kids in sports and in life during nearly two decades of coaching local youth.

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Perhaps it was the eulogy delivered by friend and fellow coach Earl Lahti that best set the mood for approximately 300 friends, family members and admirers of “Coach Manny” Lopez.

Lopez, a longtime local youth coach, died unexpectedly following a stroke at age 55 Saturday, Feb. 8, in Portland. His life as perhaps the area’s most popular

coach was celebrated for nearly two hours Saturday, Feb. 15, in an emotional public ceremony in a crowded Taft High School gym.

Lahti joined numerous people who maneuvered their way down the congested wooden bleachers and took the court to share an open mike and pay their respects. He told of the time when Manny wanted to call his youngest son, Henry, whom he was coaching, “Hammerin’ Hank,” after slugger Henry

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A partnership between Catholic Community Services, the Congregational Church of Lincoln City and Lincoln County community leaders has been formed to develop the Lincoln County Community Home for Children.

“There are at least 30 children in Lincoln County who aren’t thriving in regular foster care,” said Jim Seymore, of Catholic Community Services. “They are bouncing from one foster care home to another. This facility will offer those children, and others, a place to put down roots until they have a safe, stable and nurturing home.”

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Dozens of people from Lincoln County to Tillamook County reported hearing a loud boom and feeling the ground shake on the morning of Feb. 13.

Kathy Perry in Otis felt the tremor.

“I felt it and heard five booms,” she wrote on The News Guard’s Facebook page. “They shook the house. I thought a tree fell or a boulder rolled into the river.”

Beaver resident Josh Sisco also said he felt it.

“Twice, and I assumed it was a sonic boom,” Sisco posted on thenewsguard. com Facebook page.

Lincoln City Police said they took only two calls, one from Neskowin and the other from a person at 14th Street in Lincoln City, both reporting a boom and ground shaking.

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- Heather Hurliman, Tillamook resident

How a sonic boom works. lication in Tillamook, The Headlight Herald: “It shook the house,” wrote Heather Hurliman.

“Yes, I live in Netarts, and went running out to see what it was only to find nothing,” wrote Ken Hawes. “I felt the house shake as well. It was more of a rumble.”

“We heard it here in Rockaway,” wrote Racheal Young. “It was loud and shook the house.”

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Juliana Anderson wrote that she felt two booms in Cloverdale.

Others, like Rachel Boyer, thought it might have been a sonic boom from an aircraft.

Military training flight exercises frequently occur along the Oregon Coast and often cause a sonic boom.

“Wow, that must have been a seriously large jet,” wrote Boyer.

No earthquakes were recorded in the area Feb. 13 by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Virginia Demaris, Lincoln County Emergency Services coordinator, said nothing concerning a boom or ground shaking had been reported to her office.

The News Guard also checked with state officials for an explanation.

“We usually rely on the local emergency managers for any details,” said Mark Tennyson, at Oregon Emergency Management in Salem. “We have not heard of any boom or shaking.

Nothing has been reported to the state.”

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WEEKLY OUTLOOK Rain go away and come back another day. It looks like that might happen just in time for the weekend.

Even the pesky wind should slow down.

VRD public hearing to continue Monday, Feb. 24 JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

The Lincoln City City Council will take up the controversial Vacation Rental Dwelling (VRD) debate again Monday, Feb. 24, as it continues a public hearing into proposed VRD regulations.

The hearing opened Feb. 10 with a standing-room only crowd at the Council chambers at Lincoln City Hall. Several people were forced to sit on the chamber floor and outside in the hallway.

The VRDs have been the center of debate for several years in Lincoln City. Over the past year, the Council and Planning Commission have been reviewing proposed VRD regulations recommended by a Consensus Committee to balance public safety, livability of neighborhoods and economic growth.

In a poll, The News Guard asked readers if the City should impose VRD regulations. Of those responding, 74 percent said no, while 26 percent said yes.

Several of those people who testified at the Feb. 10 public hearing voiced concerns about the economic impact the proposed VRD regulations would have on the City.

Real Estate agent John Iwamara told the Council

Lincoln City Council VRD Public Hearing • 6 p.m. Feb. 24 • Lincoln City City Hall 801 S.W. Highway 101 541-996-2153 the additional restrictions are not needed.

“With Lincoln City having some of the most restrictive VRD regulations in the country, I questions why the Council is so concerned about VRDs when there are so few complaints,” he said.

“I encourage you to find a solution that welcomes tourism and encourage investors in our city. Present a plan that is uncomplicated and fair and allows business to grow.”

Lincoln City Councilor Roger Sprague said he is interested in listening to more public testimony during the next portion of the VRD hearing.

“What I am hearing so far is that most people don’t want additional regulations,” said Sprague. “However, that doesn’t necessarily mean more regulation isn’t worthwhile. It needs to be crafted in a way so that it is not harmful to the community’s economy, to the

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An overflow crowd at the Lincoln City City Council public hearing Feb. 10 concerning vacation rental dwelling regulations spilled into the hallway of City Hall. The hearing continues Feb. 24. people who have invested in the VRDs, and to the safety of those that use the VRDs.” The Lincoln City City Council VRD public hearing begins at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24 at Lincoln City City Hall.

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Lincoln County School District, teachers open contract talks Salary and benefits will be key issues as contract talks began this week between the Lincoln County Teachers Association (LCTA) and the Lincoln County School District.

The contract negotiations come as the LCTA three-year agreement reached with the District is set to expire on June 30.

“This is our first full school year in five years with no days cut,” said Margie Grinnell LCTA president. “In the last round the LCEA made a number of concessions in salaries and benefits due to severe budget shortfalls, so now that times are better, we will be looking for cost of living adjustments and maintaining the benefits we have.”

Grinnell said other important issues include work schedules and the amount of time spent outside the contract day to meet increasing state and federal government requirements.

“As well as the number of hours spent in required meetings, trainings and professional development,” she said. “We are concerned about the new evaluation systems that are being piloted across the state due to Senate Bill 290 that created greater work loads for all involved.”

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- Margie Grinnell, Lincoln County Teachers Association teachers in the Lincoln County School District.

Chelsi Sholty, Lincoln County School District human resources director, agreed that key discussions in the negotiations are likely to center on salaries, benefits and working conditions, but she said the district is not at liberty to discuss specific proposed offerings. Sholty said the District is hopeful for a long-term contract.

“It is always favorable to the district to negotiate a longer term agreement that meets the needs of both sides, to save time and money,” said Sholty.

“Many times, there are outcomes of the agreement that warrant a shorter or longer duration of the agreement, depending on what is negotiated.”

Grinnell and Sholty are hopeful the negotiations will lead to an agreement without any disruption in school activities.

“We have 150 days from the Feb. 18 to come to an

agreement,” said Grinnell.

“If we are unable to do so, we would need to move to binding arbitration. At this point I am feeling optimistic that we will reach a settlement, but time will tell.”

Sholty said she expects both sides will exchange specific proposals during a second contract negotiation meeting Feb. 25.

“In 2010, the district and association engaged in interest-based bargaining without legal representation present,” said Sholty. “The process took about six months, so we have decided to try and tighten it up a bit this time, and will have legal representation present on each side.”

The District’s bargaining team met with the LCTA team on Tuesday, Feb. 18 to open contract discussions.

Sholty said actual negotiations begin in March.

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Law Enforcement Council reacts to medical marijuana dispensaries It is the position of the Lincoln County Law Enforcement Council (LEC) to oppose the establishment of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries within the city and county limits of Lincoln County. The possession, distribution, and manufacture of marijuana, although permissible under provisions of the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) and related statutes and rules, are a violation of Federal Law. While the member agencies of LEC will consistently and fairly enforce established laws and ordinances of our communities, we believe the proliferation of marijuana use and availability outside the scope of the OMMP is a serious public health concern and has negative implications for the welfare of our community.

We believe expanding the availability of marijuana, even under the auspices of the OMMP, will harm the general welfare of our community because of the significant potential to increase marijuana use among our youth, place a higher burden on emergency room care, drug treatment and other

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of deadly traffic crashes and is a major causal factor in high school dropouts.

In a letter dated July 15, 2013, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey asked our state’s Governor to veto the legislation allowing marijuana dispensaries in Oregon. Lacey warned that the “storefront pot shops are merely fronts for drug dealing.” “Medical marijuana laws meant to provide the seriously ill with access to marijuana and immunity from prosecution have been exploited in California by criminal street gangs and other criminal enterprises, including drug cartels and organized crime.”

The member agencies of LEC have an ethical duty and statutory obligation to ensure the safety of our communities. Medical marijuana dispensaries are harmful to the surrounding community and its residents and constitute a public nuisance contrary to our community values which support Lincoln County as a safe place to live, work, and raise a family. healthcare systems, increase marijuana-related exposure cases, and increase illegal interstate drug trafficking. Marijuana impairment doubles the risk

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Opinion

February 19, 2014

The Oregon Legislative Assembly is halfway into our month-long 2014 session (minus a snow day or two).

The most hectic phase has just ended. Bills that had not received a committee vote by Thursday are “dead” except for a few holding in one of the special committees (Rules, Revenue, or Ways & Means) that are only “mostly dead.”

These bills include measures that were too large, too complicated, or too controversial to be carefully debated and considered on such a short timeline.

The best news of the week was the Revenue Forecast.

The economy continues to improve which means more people working and earning

more. Tax revenue for schools and critical programs will increase but the taxes you pay will not. And more people feeling financially secure means many of them will visit us on the coast and spend some of those earnings!

As far as my own legislation goes, I feel good.

The Senior Property Tax Deferral allows qualifying seniors to delay property tax payments until they sell their home. This program is crucial, but it is also the only program in Oregon that charges compound interest. Our bill to change that to simple interest and save money for low-income seniors moved through the House this week and looks good in the Senate. I’m committed to helping older Oregonians stay in their homes as long as they

choose to.

A bill the Sheriff’s Association asked me for is on track to pass in the House.

This bill would clarify the law and allow sheriffs to treat everyone equally. Currently, people with one minor marijuana conviction in Oregon can already get a concealed handgun license. However, if the same person were convicted of the same crime in another state, they would not be eligible. This bill harmonizes the regulations to allow those with only one out-ofstate infraction to apply for a CHL as well. I support the bill because I think it’s important to treat people with similar infractions the same.

Unfortunately, my bill to broaden and strengthen the recent Small Business Tax Break is not moving forward.

This bill would have cut taxes on 7,800 more Oregon small businesses by $900 on average. These are seasonal businesses with part-time employees like working parents and working seniors trying to make ends meet. To cover costs, my proposal would have limited the 250 companies making more than $1 million in taxable income to a mere $35,500 tax break.

Basically I was increasing companies qualifying for the break by 10% while limiting less than 0.4%. These changes would have significantly strengthened the middle class and coastal economy. At the very least, this bill has started a conversation, and I plan to keep talking about small business tax reform when the Legislature returns in 2015.

The Capitol is a thrilling

and challenging place full of smart, committed people who want the best for Oregon even though we sometimes disagree on just exactly what that means. There are 89 other senators and representatives and I haven’t met one I don’t respect. The next two weeks will be dedicated to further considering and refining policy and budget.

Through careful deliberation I’m confident we will put Oregon on a clearer path to vibrant communities and economic prosperity. It is an honor to be your advocate in Salem.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to send me an email at rep.davidgomberg@state. or.us. Rep. Gomberg can also be reached at 503-986-1410.

Sheriff’s Tips 10 steps to disaster preparedness

By Sheriff Dennis Dotson

Natural and human-caused disasters can occur when you least expect them. Are you prepared? If you can’t answer “yes” to all of the following questions, take a few minutes to plan ahead, and prepare your household.

For more information, go to: www. co.lincoln.or.us/DisasterPreparation/ or www.ready.gov/ 1. Are you aware of the risks in your area? Do you live in a tsunami inundation zone?

2. Where will you go during an evacuation? Do you have the address and contact information?

3. Have you notified an out-of-state contact of your plans?

Sheriff 4. Have you talked Dennis Dotson with your employer about your family plan and provided them with your emergency contact information? Does your employer have an emergency plan?

5. Do any of your family members require life support equipment or a Special Needs Shelter? If so, have you found a Special Needs Shelter?

6. Are your important documents properly secured? Are my photographs, keepsakes and valuables properly secured?

7. Do you have a plan for your pet(s)?

8. What preventative measures have you taken to safeguard your home? a. Window protection purchased? b. Address clearly marked on house? c. Flammable or hazardous chemicals stored securely outside of the home? d. Emergency exits cleared of obstacles? e. Generator?

f. Tall furniture, equipment and breakables secured?

9. Have you purchased or created a Disaster Supply Kit for your home and each of your vehicles?

10. Have you reviewed your insurance coverage and corrected household safety hazards?

Information provided by the Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments For more information and tips, visit our web site at www.lincolncountysheriff.net and on your Smartphone via the “MobilePatrol” app and Like us on Facebook at Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office – Oregon.

Voices of Lincoln County VRD regulations What a waste of time and money!

Our mayor should be ashamed of himself.

The city has spent more than $100,000 to hire a consultant to find a solution.

Paperwork, City employees labor, gas and electric have been expended, time wasted for what purpose?

What is the problem?

There is none! Please read what John Iwaura wrote and said at the VRD counsel meeting on Feb. 10.

Since the last 1800’s, this town has always been a vacation destination and nothing else and has always prospered by it. The City’s Timothy Novac inspects and

polices the VRD laws that are currently in place and he has done a proper job.

The purposed rules that you are requiring will eliminate this town as a vacation destination. The occasional resident’s complaints do not merit the time and money that is being wasted.

I cannot find anything in all the reports except for trash, too many cars and some noise. There is no difference than what is said or done with long time renters.

More people have committed suicide, drugs and credit card fraud in hotels than anywhere else.

The consensus group is a waste of time and money.

Alternative 1and 2 would be the demise of this city. To

A Moment in History Surftides first opened as Surfides Apartments in May of 1936. The hotel was under construction the same year. Major expansion and renovations took place in 1958 and in the early 2000s. Surftides is still an award-winning Lincoln City landmark today.

This photograph and many more are available at the North Lincoln County Historical Museum and in the book, ‘Lincoln City and the Twenty Miracle Miles.’ Dates and names are given when they are known. If you have more information about this photo, contact Anne Hall at 541-9966614.

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us, long time Lincoln City full time residents, VRD’s provide us with our jobs and lively hood.

We need to stand tall on this and tell our mayor, City planning and Counsel not to waste our time or money.

Perry Freed Lincoln City

Taxed again Let’s look at the most recent purchase of The Villages of Cascade Head by the city council for 2.5 million of your tax dollars. The City has no business being in the land development business.

Both the mayor and city manager said it’s a longterm investment. Based on county assessed value, in the

next 10 years the taxpayers will lose $2,804,686 in property tax base. This will cost these same taxpayers $5,308,686.

However the mayor and city manager have come up with a money solution for the city: they want to extend 20 percent of the current urban renewal and change the boundaries to include The Villages of Cascade Head. This will again allow the taxpayers to pay the total cost of development, instead of the developers This will be hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The mission of the urban renewal is stated to be to eliminate blight and depreciating property value in areas within that agency’s

jurisdiction and create jobs through economic development. The City has completely failed.

According to county statement of taxes records, Lincoln City has received $40 million of urban renewal money. Not one blighted building in the urban renewal district has been torn down or replaced, which would improve the tax base.

Our local schools have lost over $10 million in tax dollars because of urban renewal and the city has spent over $5 million on properties that will never return one dollar of tax base.

Next time you vote, think about this.

Jerry Warner Lincoln City

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Structure fires keep firefighters busy JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

Smoke and flames erupted in a small apartment complex on the afternoon of Feb. 12 in northwest Lincoln City. It was the second structure fire in three days in the city.

The blaze, at 522 N.W. Inlet, forced tenants out of the small blue complex.

Jolene Johnson said her upstairs neighbor alerted her that something was wrong.

“He came downstairs and asked for a screwdriver because he said there was smoke coming out of his wall heater,” she said. “We shut all the power off and smoke was still coming out of the wall. We found out there was more smoke coming from the apartment below.”

Johnson called 911 to

report the fire.

As North Lincoln Fire & Rescue (NLFR) fire crews arrived on scene, they saw heavy smoke coming from the complex.

“The first unit on the scene called in a second alarm and a working fire,” NLFR Capt. Jim Kusz said.

“We laid hoses and began to attack the fire.”

Kusz said the preliminary investigation showed the unit where the fire began had a smoke alarm, but no one could hear it.

Investigators said they believe the fire began in the apartment’s living room.

“This fire spread rapidly and there is a lot of smoke and heat damage to the unit and contents,” Kusz said. “Fortunately, it was contained to the one unit because no windows or doors were open that would have allowed oxy-

gen to spread the fire.”

Investigators said the fire was caused by an electrical problem. They estimated the damage at nearly $15,000.

“During the blaze investigation, we found that the seven apartments did not have working smoke detectors,” Kusz said. “We sent firefighters back to install smoke alarms in each of the apartments as part of the District’s program to provide the safety devices to those who might not be able to afford them.”

On Monday, Feb. 10, a Lincoln City man escaped his burning home on N.E. Keel after a flue fire sent smoke and flames into the house’s attic. Passing skateboarders banged on the man’s door to alert him of the smoke pouring from the roof of the home.

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Fire heavily damaged this apartment unit on N.W. Inlet Feb. 12. It was the second structure fire in three days in Lincoln City.

Thompson concerned over coastal maps’accuracy In response to recently produced maps by the Pacific Regional Ocean Uses Atlas (PROUA), Lincoln County Commissioner Terry Thompson has sent a letter to Gov. John Kitzhaber and members of the Legislative Coastal Caucus addressing the maps’ lack of accuracy about ocean use occurring on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

The maps were developed to identify historical uses such as fishing in the OCS as an important element in ongoing planning efforts to minimize conflicts between those historical uses and new and emerging uses, including renewable energy.

According to Thompson, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), a division of the United States Department of the Interior (USDOI), describes the PROUA Project as an interagency collaboration between NOAA and itself. PROUA is “designed to document where coastal communities use the ocean across a full range of typical human activities and sectors. Using participatory mapping techniques, the project offers a proven, flexible, and scalable approach that empowers coastal communities to paint an accurate picture of human use on a scale appropriate for local, state, or regional, level ocean planning.”

In the letter, Thompson said, “PROUA, we are told, is the United States Department of the Interior’s (USDOI) effort to ‘broadly document’ where ocean uses are occurring on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). USDOI will use this information when they lease ocean space for renewable energy development in federal waters within the OCS. Unfortunately, the efforts to date are woefully inadequate

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Crews are working this week to restore one of two main structures at the Newport Seafood and Wine Festival site damaged by high winds Saturday afternoon, Feb. 15.

Organizers said the festival would go on as planned beginning Thursday. Read more about the festival on page B6.

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Lincoln County Commissioner Terry Thompson has expressed concerns about the accuracy of coastal maps. to document the extensive and varied historical uses of the OCS by coastal communities. Coastal communities need to be able to thoroughly and systematically identify and protect these historical uses, community resources, and most importantly jobs and our local economy if we are to support pursuit of these new opportunities.”

Thompson met earlier this month with Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, BOEM Director Tommy Beaudreau and Kithzaber. In the meeting, they announced a promising energy pilot project off the Oregon Coast in the OCS. Thompson, who encourages the exploration of potential renew-

able marine wind energy, is also equally concerned that potential developments are in balance with the entirety of ocean uses. Thompson believes historic fishing grounds need to be identified and protected in PROUA. “There is an opportunity to prove that citizens of the State of Oregon and the oceans stakeholders can work together with the Federal Government to develop a genuinely collaborative process,” said Thompson. “We are all stewards of these ocean resources and should work together to best determine how they should be used, enjoyed and protected for future generations.”

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Health care committee seeks public comment Health Care Meeting • 1:30 p.m. Feb. 19 • Conference Room 207 Lincoln County Health and Human Services Dept.

Western Title Building 255 S.W. Coast Highway, Newport

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Local residents are being asked to help determine the future of health improvement projects for Lincoln County. tive, however, that is aimed at reducing the costs of healthcare, improving access, and improving the quality of care for everyone.

“The local and regional planning that is underway right now could very well

Phillips, her mother, Zelma (Billie) Walker, and stepfather, Frank Actkinson.

Before and moving to Depoe Bay, Frankie was a Nanny for several loving families in the Phoenix area. She loved children and was truly a kid at heart.

Jerry and Frankie were married on November 21, 2001. They were sweethearts at Cleveland High in Portland, and were reunited after 40 years.

Jerry drove non-stop from Portland to Phoenix after he found her again.

Frankie is remembered in love by her husband, her sister Charlotte & husband Gary, her children Deni and husband Ed of

Modesto, CA, DeeAnna & Mike Maurer of Phoenix, AZ, her Danna kids, Michelle, Anna Marie, Greg, Tony and Mario, 27 grandchildren, 11 1/2 greatgrandchildren and dozens of nieces and nephews.

Grandma, we know that you are dancing with the angels because your knees don’t hurt anymore... we love you!

Obituaries Frankie Jewell Danna, 77 September 16, 1936 January 12, 2014 Frankie Jewell Danna, a resident of Depoe Bay died January 12 at the Corvallis Regional Medical Center.

Frankie was born in Pampa, TX on September 16, 1936, and later married Jerry Danna.

Frankie was preceded in death by her father, Kermit

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very much guided the local committee’s work,” according to regional Community Advisory Committee Vice Chair Chandler Davis.

Davis said the improvement plan is currently scheduled to be completed and presented to the regional advisory council for final approval in May, he said he and other members of the regional council’s appointed Lincoln County delegation will be attending Wednesday’s meeting.

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by IHN-CCO’s Community Advisory Council. The local committee advises the Lincoln County delegation to the regional advisory council.

The committee will take public comments at its meeting from noon to 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19, in Conference Room 207 at the Lincoln County Health and Human Services Department’s temporary administrative headquarters in the Western Title Building, 255 S.W. Coast Highway in Newport. Membership on the local committee is open to anyone who wants to participate.

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Standing Room Only At City Council Meeting on New VRD Regulation Community Members Question Actions of City Officials for 3 Hours … More to Come on the 24th City Proposals Don’t Reflect Community Consensus

Planning Commission Discussions Ignored?

Economic Impacts of VRDs

About 180 people attended the City Council’s 2/10/14 meeting to present their concerns about VRD regulation. The meeting included VRD owners, VRD businesses, large groups of employees of area businesses, real estate agents and other concerned citizens.

The meeting chambers overflowed and people were sitting in the halls trying to listen.

Earlier in the week the City Council received recommendations from the city Planning Commission, based on another heavily attended public hearing. Planners recommended rejection of one of the council’s proposed laws, and changes to the other proposal.

The study "Measuring the Economic Impact of the Vacation Rental Industry" states VRDs:

Testimony was overwhelmingly in favor of keeping VRD regulations fair and simple, and not placing unjustified restrictions on VRDs. Some suggested that the city needed to study the economic impacts of further regulation of VRDs. Others pointed out that the city’s own records show that VRDs don’t cause significant problems in the community. One asked the city point-blank if it even knew what problem it was trying to solve.

Citizens Reject Both City VRD Proposals No one strongly favored either of the draft ordinances that the city has prepared, but Mayor Anderson repeatedly asked people to choose between them, and didn’t seem to be listening to concerns and alternatives suggested by community members. He later told a News Guard reporter that he didn’t want to hear arguments about economic impacts.

Most other council members were silent during the meeting. After the proceedings Councilman Sprague pointed out that changes need “to be crafted in a way so that it is not harmful to the community's economy, to the people who have invested in the VRDs, and to the safety of those that use the VRDs”. Most who attended the meeting would agree to that.

Consensus Group Recommendations Ignored Area VRD owners expressed concern that the city isn’t presenting any alternatives that more closely match the recommendations of the city council’s own blue-ribbon Consensus Group that was appointed to discuss and resolve issues around VRD regulation.

The group’s call for “simple and fair” regulation appears to have been completely ignored by city officials.

Citizens who attended last week’s City Council meeting seemed to feel that neither of the city’s proposed new VRD laws reflected the wishes of the community, but city officials seemed to be insisting that those were the only alternatives available to consider.

We have to wonder what the point was of spending $50,000 on a consultant and bringing citizens together to discuss concerns and make recommendations if city officials were not committed to implementing those recommendations.

There was no discussion by city officials about integrating the Planning Commission’s recommendations into the city’s new proposed VRD laws, and it was unclear if the Council was going to act on the recommendations of its own Planning Commission or not.

Here again we have to wonder why portions of the law were referred to the Planning Commission, but commission recommendations have had no impact on the proposed laws so far.

Council Continues Discussions Monday, 2/24, 6pm After 3 hours of continuous public testimony there were still people who wanted to speak up. The City Council decided to take additional testimony at its next meeting on Monday, 2/24.

The City Council ran out of time at their February 10th meeting to hear from everyone who wanted to speak their mind. Mayor Anderson stated that he would leave the hearing open, and continue to hear from the community at the February 24th meeting.

Those who spoke on 2/10 may not be allowed to speak again, but any other taxpayer should be able to speak up.

Past Zoning Changes Orphan VRDs According to Consensus Group consultant Richard Birke’s final report, city officials have documented that for many decades almost the entire coast of the Lincoln City area was zoned Recreational/Residential (RR).

RR zoning allows tourism businesses, hotels, VRDs and residences to co-exist, and is frequently used in vacation destinations. City Planning Department officials produced an old map showing the RR zones, in response to requests from the group.

As is traditional in many beach communities, homes continued to be used as VRDs in these areas even after the city changed the zoning from RR to R1 in the 60’s.

Its not clear whether anyone thought these changes would later create controversy, when everyone knew that VRDs were in the area at the time the zoning laws changed.

VRDs exist in residential zones across the nation, and zoning changes are not commonly required in order to change VRD laws.

 “(create jobs in) public transportation, auto transportation, foodservice, retail, and entertainment and recreation sectors.“  “(play) a prominent role in resort economies by driving local construction, real estate, finance and insurance industries.“  “facilitate tourism growth and enhance tax revenues in resort areas where large hotels are not economically sustainable."  "are often the lodging infrastructure that develops an area’s tourism. “  “can be harnessed to expand state and local economies.“

US Conference of Mayors Weighs In In 2012, by a unanimous resolution, the U.S. Conference of Mayors urged support for economic development opportunities through the visitors industry by encouraging regulations of the short-term rental industry that: 1) establish a reliable way for the municipality to identify and contact the short-term rental owner; 2) make the tax collection and remittance obligations clear to the short-term rental owner; and 3) treat short-term rental tenants the same as long-term rental tenants.

Crafting an Effective VRD Law An effective city VRD law would ...  Reflect a community Consensus on the role VRDs should play in the city.  Support the property rights of all local taxpayers.  Target regulations to solve documented problems, and avoid writing a law that is based on hearsay or speculation.  Support a mutually beneficial partnership between the city and VRDs that supports local economic development and tourism goals.

Fun Facts ... City Officials Obsessed with VRD Regulation?

City’s Current Ordinance for Bed & Breakfasts: ½ page 96 words.

Original 1989 Ordinance Governing VRDs: 2 pages 700 words.

Current Ordinance Governing VRDs: 14 pages 5,149 words.

VRD Licenses Revoked as a Result of Problems: 1 in the last 14 Years.

A Key City Consensus Group Recommendation: Simplify the law.

NOW: City Proposes TWO New VRD Ordinances: 35 pages 11,977 words.

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Girls retreat helps shape lives JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

It was time for a little primping, hair styling and girl talk, but the first annual Lincoln City Teen Girls Day Retreat was also a time for learning for about 20 local teens grades seven through 12 Feb. 15 at Taft Elementary School.

The Retreat was designed to help empower the teens and to help them make safe life decisions.

“I hope that the girls saw the value of friendships among the students that were here and that there are adult women in the community that care about them,” said Hanna Connect, Lincoln County School District family advocate. “I hope that they can learn that if they make mistakes, it’s okay and that they can still love themselves and that they are empowered with their own future.”

Sheila Stiley, the retreat organizer, said she started the retreats in Newport three years ago and this was the first one to be held in Lincoln City.

“Many times these young girls get into challenging situations be-

cause they don’t have self esteem or a lot of respect for themselves and they don’t know how to get out of bad situations,” said Stiley. “I hope this retreat helps them to love themselves, have more self respect for themselves and helps them to make more positive decisions in their life.”

The girls met in discussion groups and reviewed the dangers surrounding social media and how to recognize and deal with bullying and peer pressure.

Hannah Holstan, 13, enjoyed the self defense portion of the retreat.

“It was really fun,” she said. “This retreat has given me more self confidence. I feel like if a difficult issue or event comes up, I will be able to handle it.”

The Lincoln Community Development Corporation, the HELP Center of Lincoln City and My Sister’s Place were the coordinating agencies of the retreat.

Agencies and individuals donating services were Zumba with Sasha Shoemaker, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, Lincoln City Police Department, Phagan’s Academy of

Thirteen-year old Hannah Holstan and friend enjoy a game at the Lincoln City Teen Girls Day Retreat.

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Cosmetology, Jaks Photography Studio, OSU Extension office and Mary Kay

specialist.

Donations were made

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Salon Ethos of Newport, Jerilyn’s Salon of Newport, the Red Cock, Sizzor

Hands, Elements Salon, and Lincoln City Recreation Center.

Public Safety All individuals arrested or charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Information printed is preliminary and subject to change.

Lincoln City Police Tuesday, Feb 11 18:55 Nicholas Burns, born 1994, and Anthony Villalobos, born 1990, as well as a Juvenile were cited and released after a report of people in an empty apartment at 1255 NW Hwy 101.

Thursday, Feb 13 02:52 Shara Godwin, born 1987, was taken into custody for possession of a controlled substance and PC for assault after she and several others were required to leave the Crown Pacifiq Motel at 1070 SE 1st St. 10:21 A men’s mountain bike was reported stolen from 1415 SW Harbor Ave. 11:05 A juvenile was arrested at Taft High for possession of a controlled substance, less than 1oz. and transported to Lincoln City Police Department.

15:11 Murry Lambrecht, born 1949, was cited and released for failure to perform duties of a driver after a hit and run occurred in the Safeway parking lot.

Friday, Feb 14 19:02 Letitia McCracken, born 1968, was arrested after a report of an altercation between a male and female in the US Bank parking lot. McCracken was transported to Lincoln County Jail for attempted UUMV, robbery 3rd, assault 4 and physical harassment x2.

Saturday, Feb 15 02:49 Addam Angiano Castellanos, born 1995, was cited and released after

a traffic stop for replacement of a vehicle window with unapproved material and failure to obey a traffic control device.

09:44 A caller reported that their vehicle was sideswiped by a dump truck on Hwy 101. Truck did not stop.

03:04 Officers responded to a domestic dispute at 647 Salmon River Hwy.

11:41 Officers responded to a burglary at 744 Salmon River Hwy.

Sunday, Feb 16

Monday, Feb 17

11:16 Officers responded to a animal complaint at 843 SW 50th St in Lincoln City.

00:15 Officers responded to a domestic disturbance at 326 N West View Dr in Otis.

Sunday, Feb 16 02:05 Karem Escalante, born 1991, was arrested for trespass, harassment x3 and resisting arrest after she was asked to leave Chinook Winds Casino because of unruly behavior at a poker table and she refused to leave the premises. As officers arrived on scene Escalante called 911 to report that she had been harassed by security and asked to leave, but she would not leave.

20:30 Several witnesses reported that a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk at 3350 NE Hwy 101. Suspect vehicle is a white, older 2 door sedan, unknown direction of travel. The pedestrian was transported to North Lincoln Hospital by Medics.

Lincoln County Police Tuesday, Feb 11 15:04 A domestic disturbance was reported at 265 N Valley View Dr in Otis

Wednesday, Feb 12 19:47 Officers responded to an animal complaint at 474 S Hwy 101 in Depoe Bay.

Friday, Feb 14 10:32 Officers responded to an animal complaint at 3522 NE Quay Ave in Lincoln City 13:33 Officers responded to a hit and run accident at 482 S Hwy 101 in Depoe Bay.

Correction Kip Ward was listed as being cited for unlawful burning in the the Public Safety Log of the Feb 12 issue of The News Guard when in fact he reported

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Distant tsunami drill tests emergency services JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countymedia.net

It was only a drill.

But Lincoln County emergency managers are hopeful a table-top exercise Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Lincoln County Sheriff ’s Office will lead to more effective preparations for a natural disaster.

During the drill, Lincoln County Emergency Management activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and engaged public safety leadership throughout the County in an effort to test response capabilities for a distant tsunami.

The focus of the exercise was on public warnings, public safety agency resource ordering and tracking, as well as fully staffing the County EOC, as it would relate to the response of a distant tsunami. County Emergency Management coordinates at least one full-scale exercise each year along with other quarterly table-top discussion based exercises.

“The distant tsunami generated in Japan in 2011 delivered a real event from which we learned a great deal,” said Jenny Demaris, Lincoln County Emergency Manager. “As a result, Lincoln County, city municipalities and public safety agencies developed the Lincoln County Unified Emergen-

cy Response Protocol for a distant tsunami which was tested today, as part of our exercise.”

A local tsunami and originating earthquake such as that which would occur on the Cascadia Subduction Zone will cause widespread damage in the coastal regions and beyond. However, according to officials, a distant tsunami’s main impact is limited to the immediate coast, the marine environment and the citizens who reside or work directly in the distant tsunami zone.

Evacuating the distant zones in a safe and timely manner prior to wave arrival is the critical objective.

While a real event might take place over a 24-hour period, as in the case of the Japan earthquake, the County exercise simulation was structured to last approximately four hours.

“I greatly appreciate the participation of the County-wide jurisdictions,” said Demaris. “We are all crunched for time and it’s tough to get the EOC staffed but the more we practice the better prepared for the real response we will be.”

Several agencies, including Lincoln City Police, North Lincoln Fire & Rescue, and emergency managers at Lincoln City City Hall, participated in the exercise with observers or simulation cell co-

ordinators from jurisdictions outside of Lincoln County; Jessica Schwarz, Josephine County emergency manager, Michael Bamberger, Oregon State University emergency preparedness manager and David Stuckey, direc-

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Witnesses described the suspect vehicle as a white, older model twodoor sedan. There could be damage to the front grill and/or hood area. The driver side mirror is now missing the white cover, as it was recovered at the scene.

Police are contacting surrounding businesses to

see if their video surveillance might have captured the hit and run.

Phillips was transported to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital

by Pacific West Ambulance and transported to Oregon Health Sciences University’s trauma center in Portland with critical injuries.

According to Phillips’ grandson, Jesse Thorson, Phillips underwent surgery

for broken bones, including a skull fracture. Phillips has lived in Lincoln City for the past 20 years. Thorson said his grandfather enjoyed walking from his home to local restaurants and the Chinook Winds Casino Resort.

“My grandpa loves Lincoln City, and although the last 20 years have been difficult for him, I know he has always held a fond feeling of ownership for

his little coast town,” said Thorson. “It helps to know that his little coast town feels a measure of ownership toward him.”

Lincoln City Police are asking for help in tracking down the driver involved in the crash. Anyone who witnessed or has information is asked to call Officer Zachary Rigg or the Lincoln City Police Department at 541-994-3636.

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If the parents move on, Seymore said the children will remain in the home with new foster parents.

Seymore said the children’s home will offer a more stable environment.

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school and in the same neighborhood and that will give them a feeling of belonging that they may have never experienced before,” said Seymore.

Lincoln County Commission Bill Hall said the chilldren’s home will fill a need in Lincoln County.

“This is the right thing to do,” said Hall. “By helping these children, we can lead them along a path so that they can become productive members of society.”

A fundraising dinner is set for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, at the Congregational Church at 1760 N.W. 25th St. in Lincoln City to help Catholic Community Services raise the $150,000 cost to establish the children’s home.

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“These children typically enter foster care with serious emotional and behavioral problems, making them poor candidates for successful adoption,” said Seymore. “They become bitter because no one claims them and they end up becoming abusive themselves to their own kids or they end up in prison.”

Seymore said those children over a lifetime can cost the community $1 million each in social service costs.

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Half-marathon, 10K set March 2 Registration is open for the sixth annual Lincoln City Half-Marathon and 10K, set for 9 a.m., Sunday, March 2.

The event will begin and end at the Elks’ Wapiti Park, 2118 S. Drift Creek Road. Half-marathon walkers will start at 8 a.m., and 10K participants and half-marathon runners at 9 a.m.

The out-and-back course will take runners and walkers on Drift Creek Road, Anderson Creek Road and Schooner Creek Road. Course safety will be monitored by Lincoln City Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) volunteers, and aid stations will be manned by the Kiwanis Club of Lincoln City,

Relay For Life of Lincoln City, the Student Nurse Association from Oregon Coast Community College, and the Taft 7-12 girls golf team.

Additional volunteers will include Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.

Ribbons and medals will be rewarded to the top finishers in five-year age groups. The overall winners for each race will receive a hand-blown glass float.

All participants will receive a long-sleeved technical T-shirt, medals and post-race food from Dave’s Killer Bread, Mo’s Restaurant and Mojo Coffee. Physical therapists from Samaritan will also be on hand for post-race rubdowns.

Race packets can be picked up

between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Lincoln City Community Center, 2150 N.E. Oar Place.

Fees are $55 for the half marathon and $45 for the 10K through March 1, and $60 and $50 on race day. Register on line at www.getmeregistered.com or www.active. com or in person at the Community Center.

For more information call 541994-2131 or see www.lincolncity. org.

Runners leave the starting line in last year’s annual race in Lincoln City.

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Stayton for what otherwise was a seemingly meaningless Oregon West Conference game.

Not for the Tigers.

The date would prove a significant one — a historical one, at that — for Taft, which stormed the court and laid to rest — once and for all — any further mention of Jan. 26, 2009, in the program’s annals.

That was the day Taft last won a basketball game of any true meaning. The Tigers had gone 48 games and five seasons without a conference victory.

Until now.

“I didn’t know how bad it was,” first-year Taft coach Scott Henderson, the latest in a rotating stretch of coaches since that time, said. “Somebody told me 48 or 50 games, or something like that. I’ve never heard of such a thing.”

He won’t have to anymore.

Henderson’s Tigers took to the floor Tuesday and not only beat, but annihilated the Eagles, 74-41, on their own court for the program’s first meaningful victory since beating Sweet Home 68-66 in overtime on the road in late January five seasons ago, when the Tigers were a member of the nowdefunct Val-Co Conference.

“It’s good just to get that

Oregon West Boys Basketball Standings Team

Conference Overall W L Pct W L Pct Streak PF PA

Philomath 6 1 0.857 16 3 .842 W7 58.5 43.2 Central

5 2 0.714 15 4 .789 W1 59.6 49.3

Cascade

4 3 0.571 11 8 .579 L2 61.0 59.9

Newport

4 3 0.571 11 9 .550 W2 52.1 48.2

Taft

1 6 0.143 6 13 .316 L1 47.6 51.7

Stayton

1 6 0.143 5 15 .250 L6 62.4 75.0

Key: PF = Avg. Points For, PA = Avg. Points Against

monkey off your back,” Henderson said. “It’s just been so negative around here, even in the school, and we’re just showing we’re getting better and trying to make them proud.”

Making them proudest was senior Ian Williams, who threw a gorilla off his shoulders with his first league win as a four-year member of the program with a career-high 34 points.

“That was really big,” Williams said, “obviously, not only because it’s our first league win, but especially because of the way we won it.”

Taft won it going away, merely two weeks after losing to Stayton 67-63 at home.

“We were in command of virtually every aspect of the game,” Williams said. “We really took it to them. It’s great to go out my senior season with a league win. We’ve

gotten preseason wins pretty much every year against other teams, but not one like this.”

Taft responded to the victory by playing another game for its memory bank just three days later, albeit in defeat. The Tigers lost 58-43 Friday in a league home game to first-place Philomath, considered by many to be the finest Class 4A team in the state.

“We played better at times tonight than we did at Stayton and Philomath is the best team in the state,” Henderson said. “We followed our game plan and didn’t take ourselves out of it. We’re starting to believe in ourselves.”

Junior Peter Lahti led the Tigers with 12 points in the loss to the Warriors (16-3 overall, 6-1 Oregon West).

All the buzz at Taft, however, was about Tues-

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Brothers Pete, left, and Henry Lahti helped the Tigers to their first league victory. day’s win, a makeup game for the Tigers following the postponement of a Feb. 7 game due to the weather. In the first match-up against Stayton, the Eagles (5-15, 1-6) lived by the 3-pointer, sinking several and moving inside for layups off long rebounds. The offensive scheme backfired on Tuesday.

“We deflected a lot of passes, got a ton of steals and just took them out of

their element with a bunch of layups,” Williams said.

“They just didn’t know what to do with us.”

Henderson agreed.

“We’re getting a lot better,” he said. “Our kids played so damn hard the last two games. We’re starting to play with a little bit more confidence.”

Taft was scheduled to return to the court Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Central (past deadline; see thenewsguard.

com for results) and are at Newport at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21.

The Tigers will be out to break another long losing streak when they conclude their regular season at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at home against Cascade. It was on Jan. 13, 2009, that Taft last won a home league contest, a streak of 26 games.

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Born Sept. 8, 1958, in San Fernando, Calif., Lopez coached and mentored children of all ages for two decades in Lincoln City. A maintenance worker, first at Tanger Factory Outlet Center and later at Chinook Winds Casino Resort, he was a fixture in his beloved San Francisco 49ers attire at Voris Field and Kirtsis Park, or wherever ballgames are played.

On Saturday, tears of joy and sorrow filled misty eyes in the very gym where Coach Manny made his mark as one of the area’s most respected volunteer coaches.

Fittingly, Lopez would come to coach both Lahti boys. His own twin sons, 18-year-old Skyler and Tyler, preceded the Lahti brothers last year at Taft as student leaders and star athletes.

“I’m a little biased,” Skyler said, “and this is probably backed by the majority of the community, but my dad was a legend around here. He was a hero to most because of what he did and how he did it.”

How he did it, admirers said, was through heartfelt humor, by involving anyone interested in any activity, and by considering everyone a friend.

“He would try to make sure he talked to you or acknowledged you if he saw you, just to make sure you felt like he was there just to see you,” Skyler said. “It wasn’t about him.

It was about everyone else.”

In tribute, the Lincoln City Youth League announced that beginning immediately, a local youth coach would be recognized annually with the Manny Lopez Legacy Award as the area’s outstanding coach and leader.

“My dad showed me a lot of good things, good qualities,” Tyler said. “He showed me how to respect

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Twin sons Skyler and Tyler Lopez got to live life on the court, field, diamond and home with their beloved father, Manny. people and make everybody a friend, to never turn your back on anybody, to show respect for everybody and make them feel comfortable. To just love them.”

In addition to his many personal qualities, Coach Manny knew his X’s and O’s. However, it was his dealings with his players as people that made him stand out, his former players said.

“Manny was an incredible coach in terms of motivating young players and telling players to never give up and to never back down,” said Brock Martin, a former three-sport player at Taft. “He kind of embodied that neverback-down attitude, and that went for any type of player, whether it was an ‘A’ team or ‘B’ team player.

He would accept anybody, whoever they were, and he was willing to say, ‘I will take any player and turn him into a player who will play on the All-Star team.”

As a gift to the family, Taft boys basketball coach Scott Henderson unveiled a Tigers home game uniform he asked all the players in attendance that Lopez had coached to sign.

“That shirt’s way too small for that,” one attendee suggested.

Others found the subject of their black T-shirts — emblazoned with “Team Lopez” in white script — to be much more than a coach, rather more of a family member.

“He’s always been kind of like a father figure because we were born together, me and the twins, and he’s been beside us our entire lives,” said Taft graduate Chris Knudson.

“If it wasn’t for him, I never would have played basketball.”

Ditto for Taft senior Seth Steere, who looked upon Lopez like a father.

“He started treating me more and more like a son,” said Steere, a wrestler who wears a warm-up shirt that reads “MannyBaby” and has dedicated the remainder of his senior season to his stand-in dad.

“This year in football, he told me to put him down as a parent for Senior Night. He had that kind of impact on my life.”

As a former player and current coach, Martin perhaps summed Coach Manny up best.

“He was willing to do anything for anybody all of the time, anytime” he said. “He was always at every event supporting everybody and everything in every way. He is definitely going to be missed.”

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An unpredictable district meet in a weaker conference from years past has the Taft High wrestling team optimistic that a spattering of participants will advance to next week’s state tournament for the Tigers.

“The 4A Special District 4 is probably the weakest I’ve ever seen it this year,” Taft coach Luke Hall said as his Tigers prepare for the league meet Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-22, at Cottage Grove.

While that appears to be good news for the Tigers, Hall is uncertain how much effect it will have. Taft excels with 160-pound senior Seth Steere vying for his third straight state appearance, and 138-pound junior Joe Salsbery also expected to move on, but little is known after that.

Hall said the league’s decline in prosperity might help Taft wrestlers

such as 145-pound Keaton Fisher, 170-pound Kevin Kovachevich and 285-pounder Kollbei Noble advance to state, Feb. 28-March 1 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland.

“They may have their best opportunities ever to make a run at placing,” he said. “This figures to be the most unpredictable tournament we’ve seen in some time. We’re an extremely proud wrestling district and that’ll play out on Saturday, one way or another. Hopefully, we’ll come out with more guys going to state since we sent three in 2011.”

Of those, Steere is undeniably the Tigers’ top threat. Taft won just one of nine dual meets this season, with Steere and Salsbery leading the way in that match, a 42-36 home victory Wednesday, Feb. 12. Steere, 7-2 in league and 18-7 overall with 12 pins, is Taft’s brightest hope based primarily on experience.

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Taft’s Keaton Fisher slams a Junction City wrestler to the mat Wednesday, Feb. 12, in a 42-36 home victory “As good as Seth has been the past two seasons, he’s been even better this year,” Hall said. “Seth has

been piling up the wins and pins versus some pretty impressive competition.”

Salsbery, 8-1 in league with a 21-8 overall mark and 19 pins, gives the Tigers another threat at a lighter weight class after just missing out on a state appearance last season due to a bracketing rule that forced him to meet a tougher opponent.

“This year, Joe looks poised to kick the door down and remove any technicalities from factoring into a top-four district tournament,” Hall said.

“Joe has had a knack for putting opponents away before, but he’s developed

The Tigers’ Joe Salsbery pinned his Junction City opponent.

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into a legitimate pinfall pro.”

Hall also has high hopes for Noble (8-9 overall, 5-4 league) at super heavyweight.

“Kollbei has had his ups and downs this season, but the big story is just having him on the mat and competing,” Hall said. “As far as heavies go, Kollbei is an unusually competent and athletic wrestler who could easily record an upset or two this weekend to secure a spot in state.”

Meanwhile, Fisher (711, 4-5) gives Taft another possible wrestler capable of reaching the finals.

“Keaton has faltered a bit after a strong start to the season, but a lot of that can be attributed to the fact that he’s been facing league competition later in the season and the 145-pound class has its fair share of depth,” Hall said-“If Keaton

can find a way to stay out of match-ending pinfalls, he’ll find himself on the podium this weekend.”

Despite his record, Hall said he also thinks Kovachevich (8-12, 0-4) could be an upstart at districts.

“Kevin is the dark horse that may surprise this weekend,” he said. “Kevin has something that no one else on our team does — the ability to end a match in a flash. Kevin is a bit of a one-trick wrestler, but it’s a mean trick.”

Taft also has hopes for 195-pound freshman Nakoma Newman (13-14, 2-5) and 182-pound Michael Parker (11-16, 3-6).

“Nakoma has the potential to be the next cornerstone of Taft wrestling,” Hall said. “He’s a freakish blend of size, strength and quickness, and as the experience catches up to the athleticism, he’ll be a nightmare for opponents to fight off.

In the meantime, he’s still a solid wrestler even as a freshman.

“Like Nakoma, Michael has been the victim of a tough league slate. His 11 wins are a vast improvement over last year’s freshman season, however, and a testament to how much a wrestler can improve with one year of maturity and experience.”

The Tigers will also roll out Cameron Poulin at 106, William Irvin at 145, Chrishtian Stockton at 152, Ryen Daughs at 195 and Zach Lutz at 220.

“While our team turnout has gone up over each of the past three seasons, we’re still struggling to fill weight classes and compete as a team,” Hall said. “The nice thing about wrestling, of course, is that team standings don’t necessarily mean everything. The forfeits may cost us team wins, but each individual still has the opportunity to excel.”

Tigers drop league games as season winds down JIM FOSSUM JFossum@countrymedia.net

Try as they might, the Taft High girls basketball team learned last week that rematches don’t necessarily result in more satisfying outcomes the second time around.

The Tigers lost two more Oregon West Conference games last week to remain winless in league play at 0-7, falling at Stayton 62-36 on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and to Philomath 57-26 at home on Friday, Feb. 14.

“We lost by 13 points the last time we played against Stayton, and there were a number of things on tape I felt that if we cleaned them up, we would find ourselves in this game at the end,” Taft coach Dan Mock said.

“We had done a poor job of defending against some of their inbounds plays, and had a short and costly stretch where we did not adequately defend against their 3-point shooters. Those are the things we focused on during practice leading up to our rematch. But, for the second time this season, an opponent of ours just

Oregon West Girls Basketball Standings Team

Conference Overall W L Pct W L Pct Streak PF PA

Philomath

7 0 1.000 17 3 .850 W5 50.0 31.8

Central

5 2 .714 16 3 .842 W1 52.5 35.3

Cascade

3

Newport

3 4 .429 10 10 .500 W2 42.4 43.2

Stayton

3 4 .429 10 10 .500 L1 49.0 51.8

Taft

0 7 .000 5 15 .250 L7 33.0 47.9

4 .429

12

7 .632

L2

51.9 41.6

Key: PF = Avg. Points For, PA = Avg. Points Against

came out on fire.”

Three different Stayton players combined for four 3-pointers in the opening period against what Mock considered competent defense played by the Tigers’ manto-man.

“There wasn’t much we could have done differently to prevent it,” he said of an 18-7 first-quarter deficit.

Taft outscored the Eagles 11-10 in the second quarter to move to within 10 at the break, but Stayton switched up its defense just minutes into the second half and forced five straight Taft turnovers that led to 11 points.

“That was the proverbial nail-in-the-coffin for

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us,” Mock said.

Sophomore Kelsey Wilkinson led the Tigers with 12 points in the week’s opening loss, while senior guard Taylor Adams led Taft with 11 points three nights later in the Warriors’ 31-point road victory.

“We expected a better showing this time against Philomath, and I thought we did a reasonable job,” Mock said. “We struggled to score in the first quarter, but that was more of us simply not making shots than anything else.”

Taft played the Warriors relatively evenly in the second and third quarters, when it was outscored 27-20, but unraveled in the fourth.

“We did not properly

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Taft senior Taylor Adams fights for a loose ball against Philomath in a 57-26 home defeat Friday, Feb. 14. handle what Philomath was throwing at us defensively, and that was frustrating,” Mock said.

“Conceptually, our girls knew what they needed to do to handle the pressure, but didn’t execute it.”

Taft fell behind by 16

after the third quarter and relinquished nearly double that point output in the fourth.

“We ended up losing by 31, so that should tell you the story about our fourth quarter,” Mock said.

The Tigers returned

to play Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Central (past deadline; see thenewsguard.com for results), are at Newport, Friday, Feb. 21, and conclude the regular season, Tuesday, Feb. 25, at home against Cascade on Senior Night.

Several Taft swimmers finish touch away from State JIM FOSSUM JFossum@countrymedia.net

Maybe the bus trip back typified the Taft High swim team’s season.

It concluded Saturday in Astoria with the squad boarding a potentially malfunctioning bus that sounded an alarm all the way home in a storm.

With just 10 swimmers, the Tigers have survived virtually any adversity confronting them this season.

With the Newport team bus trailing in pursuit as

a transportation option, the Tigers made it home Saturday, Feb. 14, with no state qualifiers from the District One Championships. However, a disproportionate eight of their swimmers made the finals of the two-day event that determined the field for this week’s OSAA State Swimming Championships at Mt Hood Community College in Gresham.

“I think all of the swimmers either medaled or received ribbons for top12,” longtime Taft coach Lissa Parker said.

Fielding a roster of just four girls and six boys, the Tigers challenged for qualifying spots in several events. Coming closest were sophomores Madison Garding and Justin Delfin, and freshman Liz Cortes.

Individually, freshman Kole Kovachevich made the most improvement while Garding, sophomore Dylan Mickelson and senior Eli Shott fell just short of personal bests.

“It was good for the first-timers [Cortes, Kovachevich and freshman

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Sam Shott] to see what it was like,” Parker said.

Newport won the boys meet with 299 points, followed by Seaside, 284; Tillamook, 184; Rainier, 132; Taft, 115; Astoria, 115; and Scappoose, 83.

Tillamook won the girls competition with 239 points, followed by Seaside, 228; Astoria, 215; Newport, 176; Scappoose, 129; Taft, 117; Banks, 28; and Rainier, 23.

“Overall, they did well and put out a lot of effort,” Parks said. “Individually, some swimmers did not

do as well, either from just not coming off their taper right, being ill in February, and/or not dealing with the pressure.”

While the boys finished tied for fifth and the girls sixth against much larger squads, Taft loses only Eli Shott to graduation.

“Since we only graduate Eli, I consider it good experience and a rebuilding year,” Parker said.

“When they introduced seniors this year at the end of the meet, a lot of the other teams, like Astoria and Seaside, had

quite a few that will be graduating. For scores, we just need more numbers, though we still beat some big teams. We are going to have to take it up a notch next season.”

Rebuilding the team is a year-round effort, Parker said. It will continue this weekend when Sam Cortes and Natalie Gates of the Lincoln City Swim Club, the primary feeder program for Taft, will compete in six events each in the 10-and-under state championships in Springfield.

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joyed them over the years. and Europe. Her collection began to Many of them I couldn’t play grow. with because of their value, but I did “It was something that I began as enjoy dressing them, arranging them a child and it has lasted all my life,” in little tea parties and talking to she said. “I would always look them.” after my dolls.”

The collection began after Jones donated the collection her father returned one day to the North Lincoln County from his work around the world Historical Museum because she as a hydroelectric engineer. doesn’t have children to NOW AT “It was something that leave it with. The dolls THENEWSGUARD.COM are on display at the mukind of happened along the way,” Jones said. “And, seum at 4907 S.W. HighI just thought his gift was way 101 in Lincoln City. wonderful.”

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“I like taking raw materials and just molding it in your hands,” said Caroline. “I find it very appealing.”

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The Lincoln City couple has launched a series of classes on Tuesday and Thursday at the Lincoln City Cultural Center on how to work with clay. They’ve selected stacked sculptures as the center of one of the classes.

“We start with thinking about sculpture and thinking about objects,” said Ben. “What we want to do is create fun and dynamic individual objects that can be arranged in such a way that they will stack on a rod and be displayed inside or outside.”

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ing and development of each art piece.

“You work the clay into your vision and fire it, but it ends up changing a bit,” said Ben. “And, when you place a layer of glaze on the piece it changes again, so every step has an additional layer of mystery.”

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Ben Brooks works on a clay piggy bank in the artists’ studio at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

Beach Bite: Affording mans best friend JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net

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ocal animal lovers want to take a bite out of the costs of medical treatment for those who can’t afford care for their pets.

The effort, called the Beach Bite, formally the Lincoln City Beach Bark, will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at The Eventuary, 560 S.W. Fleet Ave. in Lincoln City.

“We wanted to try something different this year,” organizer Kip Ward said. “So, we have invited area restaurants to cook up their specialty dishes and serve them to those attending the event.”

The fundraiser is an effort to help local people pay their veterinarian bills.

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Twenty local restaurants will serve dishes at the fundraiser.

Tickets are $35 at the door.

Ward said the fundraiser began four years ago as a pet beach walk that ended with a community barbeque in Taft.

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Earth Abides

By Ken McCormack

Time past, present and future The “only way to fly” is not

by United Airlines. It’s down the trail. It’s best to travel that way because it’s the slowest.

Walkers settled Oregon.

They walked from Africa to Alaska and then down the coast. Later, they walked behind wagons.

They moved slowly. And, no doubt, in better shape. A good example!

I was in better shape when I began publishing articles. I described dangerous adventures in the wild. I told of getting stuck in quicksand 20 miles from the nearest road — in the bottom of Paria Canyon, famous for flash floods.

Wow! That was life — then.

Today, walking miles is not an option. I’m more into history — sitting in my rocking chair gazing out the window.

Don’t get me wrong. Nature’s still a beautiful experience. I watch jays, pigeons, juncos, thrushes, chickadees, wrens, hawks, eagles, ravens, rabbits, squirrels, deer and elk — you name it — against a Siuslaw Forest backdrop. Maybe later, I’ll mosey along the beach or logging road.

A great website for the likes of me is “100 Steps on the Oregon Coast” (http:// www.100steps.info). It suggests outdoor venues “for folks whose mobility is limited by disease, injury, or the aging process.” It also sums up relevant history.

Every place from Astoria to Port Orford is enriched by history — often tales of shipwrecks. Captain Cook, remember, sailed around the world and saved the name “Cape Foulweather” for a spot just south of Depoe Bay. When I walk above Boiler Bay I find its history enriches the feel of the place. I can imagine the wooden steam schooner, J.Marhoffer, lit up like a torch, slamming into the rocks. The crew desperately rows to safety. At low tide, I can see the rusty boiler.

But history is not only quicksand and rusty boilers; it’s a living fire. The past is always present. Experiences we’ve had of nature, even bad ones, enrich old age. Books, such as William Sullivan’s “Hiking Oregon’s History,” can enrich our outdoor rambles. And I’m history, too.

I have actually talked with people who lived without electricity, cars, airplanes or computers. My grandma used to tell me about crouching in a doorway terrified as the Younger Brothers galloped through town shortly after the Civil War. Now, I’m the Elder.

Kids stare at me as though I were the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Most of you may empathize. This is a retirement community. For sure, elders experience the natural world in a different way — maybe a better way. We do not hike the wild so much, but we can chose to live in it. We retire here in order to feel a greater connection with the outdoors. The ocean, the greenery, exercise and clean air — they add up to physical and mental health.

As children, we threw ourselves into the outdoors with innocent passion, grabbing frogs in vacant lots and chasing rabbits through open fields.

As young adults we hiked tall mountains and explored deep canyons. These experiences enrich us — even as we sit by the fire and look out the window.

Today teenagers in Los Angeles claim they have never seen the ocean. (It’s a few blocks away.) An entire generation has grown up without nature What will our great grandchildren think — when they sit in their rocking chairs? Will they see these same birds and mammals outside their windows? Will they thank us for the Earth we borrowed from them — and the memories we stole?

Ken McCormack is a Neskowin resident and can be reached at kenmcc@centurylink.net.

Civic Meetings Calendar Lincoln City City Council meets at 6 p.m., the second and fourth Monday each month at the Lincoln City City Hall 801 S. Highway 101 3rd floor.

541-996-1203.

Depoe Bay City Council meets at 7 p.m., the first and third Tuesday each month at 570 S.E. Shell Ave. 541765-2361.

The Newport City Council meets on the first and third Monday of the month at 6 p.m. at 169 S.W. Coast Highway. 541-574-0603.

The Waldport City Council meets on the second Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. at 125 Alsea Highway.

541-264-7417.

The Lincoln City Rotary meets on Wednesday at noon Salishan Spa and Golf Resort at 7760 N. Highway 101, Gleneden Beach.

The Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce Luncheon

Ongoing Events Lincoln Community Chorus welcomes new singers of all voice types each Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Chapel by the Sea, 2125 S.E. Lee, Lincoln City.

The Chorus is currently rehearsing for two Spring concerts. For further information, call 541994-4317.

For the latest details concerning events at the Lincoln City Senior Center, call 541-557-1588.

The Quilts4Kids group in Gleneden Beach makes charity quilts for Lincoln County kids in crisis. They meet on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Unity by the Sea on Gleneden Beach Loop Road. More volunteers would be helpful in creating these comfort quilts for kids from birth to teens. Call BJ Ferrell at 541-764-2099 for more information.

Pacific Sea Lions Breakfast Club meets at 8 a.m. on the first and third Tuesday of the month at Surfrider Resort, 3115 N Highway 101, Depoe Bay. Breakfast at 9 a.m. For details, call 541-921-0496 Alcoholics Anonymous speaker meeting meets at 7 p.m. on the second Saturday of every month. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. at Lutheran Church, 1226 S.W. 3rd.

Street in Lincoln City. All are welcomed to attend.

Relaxing and Re-Creating Yogo Therapy 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. each Monday at The Portal Center, 1424 S.E. 51st St. in Lincoln City. For details, call 541-351-8461.

Silence and Sharing 4:30 p.m. each Tuesday at The Portal Center, 1424 S.E. 51st St. in Lincoln City. For details, call 541351-8461.

Learning to Meditate 5:30 p.m. each Wednesday at The Portal Center, 1424 S.E. 51st St. in Lincoln City. For details, call 541-351-8461.

Beachtown Toastmasters meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month from noon to l:l5 p.m. in the community room of Driftwood Library in Lincoln City All are welcome and encouraged to attend if you are interested in honing your public speaking and leadership skills in a supportive, educational and fun environment. For more details, call Diane Flansburg at 503-504-1830.

Forum is held on the second Friday and fourth Tuesday of the month. Call for details and location, 541-9943070.

The Lincoln City Kiwanis Club meets on Thursday in the banquet room below Mist Restaurant at Surftides at 2945 NW Jetty Ave. The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners meets each Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Lincoln County Court House Rm. 108 at 225 West Olive St. 541-265-4100.

The Lincoln County School District Board meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Call 541-265-9211 for meeting locations.

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Saturday, March 8

The North Lincoln Hospital District Board meets at 9 a.m. the first and third Thursday of each month the hospital at 3043 N.E 28th St. in Lincoln City. 541-9943661.

Crab and Shrimp Feast from 4 and 6:30 p.m. at St. James Episcopal Church, 2490 N.E. Highway 101 in Lincoln City to benefit the Community Meals Program.

For details, call 541-9942426.

Card Day at 11:30 a.m. at the Lincoln City Church of the Nazarene,1462 N.W. 19th Street. Making cards for the troops to send home.

All card making supplies provided. Bring a sack lunch. For more information, call: 541-994-2981.

Operation Care Package annual Spaghetti Feed from noon to 5 p.m. at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 N.E. Highway 101, to raise money to send care packages overseas to the troops. There will also be a raffle and silent auction held during the day.

For more details, contact Dorothy Bishop at 541765-2297.

Feb. 21 – Crab and Shrimp Feed

Salmon River Grange Bingo 6 p.m. each Thursday. Food and prizes.

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The Daddy-Daughter Dance, originally scheduled for Feb. 7, will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Lincoln City Community Center. The event was postponed due to inclement weather.

Admission is $20 per couple, and $10 for each additional daughter.

Register at the Lincoln City Community Center, or at the door. For more information call 541-9942131 or see www.lincolncity.org.

Overeaters Anonymous meets from 9:3010:30 a.m. Saturday at The Fisherman Lutheran Church, 1226 SW 13th Street across from Tanger Factory Outlet Mall. Contact: Tammy at 541-9218241 or visit hht://www. oa.org/newcomers

Tannahill Weavers at 7 p.m. at The Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 N.E. Highway 101.

The Tannahill Weavers’ diverse repertoire reflects the duality of Scotland’s musical heritage. Call 541-994-9994 for more details.

The Warm and Fuzzies Project is collecting new warm socks, gloves, hats, scarves for children and adults of all ages.

Call 541-996-4555 for information and collection locations.

Overeaters Anonymous meets from 5:306:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday at the Newport Senior Center, 20 S.E. 2nd Street, upstairs in the library. Contact: Pat 541351-1133 or visit http:// www.oa.org/newcomers/ Panther Creek Community breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon the first Sunday of each month at the Panther Creek Community Center, 655 Wayside Loop in Otis. Adults $5.50, Children under 11 $3. For details, call 541996-9261.

Wednesday, Feb. 19 Coffee with Lincoln City Mayor Dick Anderson at 9 a.m. Captain Dan’s Pastry, 5070 S,E. Highway 101.

Diabetes support from 2 to 3 p.m. at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital, 3043 NE 28th St. in Lincoln City. This monthly support group provides ongoing education and encouragement for people with diabetes and their families. 2 to 3 p.m. For details, call 541996-7171.

Saturday, Feb. 22 “Birding Field Trip around Depoe Bay” at 9 a.m. The field trip is free and open to the public.

Dress or bring clothes for variable weather. The entrance to the north parking lot for Fogarty Creek State Park is on Highway 101 just north of Fogarty Creek. For details, call 541-961-1307.

NW Dental Van from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lincoln City Community Center, 2150 N.E. Oar Place. Dental work for all uninsured, homeless. For appointments, call Nancy at Dr, Bob’s Health Centre at 541-614-1515.

Crab and Shrimp Feed 4 to 6:30 p.m. St. James Episcopal Church, 2490 N.E. Highway 101 in Lincoln City. A fundraiser for the Lincoln City Community Meals Program.

Tickets $29, For details, call 541-994-2426.

Yaquina Birders and Naturalists meeting with Eric Horvath who presents “Natural History and Birding in the Galapagos” at 7 p.m. at Central Lincoln PUD meeting room 2129 North Coast Highway, Newport. See photos of these famously approachable creatures from a modern tour experience. For details, call 541-265-2965.

For local news, photos and events log onto www.thenewsguard.com

The Lincoln County Small Woodlands Association will host their annual native tree seedling sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lincoln County 4-H Building (next to the Farmer’s Market) at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds in Newport.

For details, call Jim Reeb at 541-574-6534 or email: Jim.Reeb@oregonstate. edu

Monday, March 3 Coffee with Lincoln City Mayor Dick Anderson at 8:30 a.m. at Lil Sambo’s Restaurant at 3262 N.E. Highway 101 in Lincoln City.

Tuesday, March 4

Robert Herman’s 80th Birthday Recital, 7 p.m. at the Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 N.E. Highway 101. Robert Herman, Lincoln City’s favorite tenor and the director of the Lincoln Community Chorus, will celebrate his 80th birthday performing his favorite songs, accompanied

by Cary Lewis on piano.

Free admission, and all his friends are welcome.

For details, call 542-9949994.

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Monday March 10 Coffee with Lincoln City Mayor Dick Anderson at 8:30 a.m. at Starbucks, 3350 N.E. Highway 101 in Lincoln City.

Wednesday,March 19 Coffee with Lincoln City Mayor Dick Anderson at 8:30 a.m. at Pirates Coffee, 247 S.W. Highway 101 in Lincoln City.

Monday, March 24 Coffee with Lincoln City Mayor Dick Anderson at 8:30 a.m. at Pacific Grind, 4741 S.W. Highway 101 in Lincoln City.

March 24-28 Third annual Festival of Illusions at the Lincoln City Cultural Center.

Each performance begins at 6:30 p.m. A week full of magic shows and camps, perfect for families and friends to enjoy together.

To purchase tickets in advance, or to learn more about the weeklong camp experience for kids ages 8 and older, call 541-9949994.

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Thursday, Feb. 20 Free blood pressure screenings from 1 to 3 p.m. at Samaritan Coastal Clinic, 801 N.W. Highway 101 in Lincoln City. Learn what your blood pressure is by testing during this screening. Drop-ins are welcome. Call for information, 541-996-7480.

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Clatsop Fairgrounds Saturday March 8th 8AM - 3PM

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NG14-013 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN Probate Department In the Matter of the Estate of: CAROLE JOAN LEFFMAN, Deceased.

Case No. 140269 NOTICE TO I N T E R E S T E D PERSONS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FRANK P. HOVLEY has been appointed personal representative.

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Little Lighthouse Preschool is a Christian faith-based preschool at the Lincoln City Church of the Nazarene hiring a part-time teacher to educate students ages 3 to 5 academically and spiritually.

Early childhood education degree required or equivalent experience.

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needed for the Pacific City/Lincoln City Medical Clinics owned and operated by Adventist Health Tillamook Regional Medical Center. The Care Coordinator is responsible for implementing the day-to-day care management interventions of identified clinic patients. A current Oregon RN license is required with 3-5 years clinical experience preferred. A CCM or CCP certification is preferred. Online applications located at: www.tillamookregionalmc.org.

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7th Annual Polk Home and Garden Show, Polk County Fairgrounds, Rickreall OR. 2/21 1-5pm; 2/22 9-5pm; 2/23 10-5pm.

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When: Saturday, Feb 22, 9am – noon Where: Pelican Banquet Room in Pacific City.

What: Come prepared to fill out applications, be interviewed & possibly offered a job – ON THE SPOT! Why: Spring Break and the Summer Season are right around the corner. Get your foot in the door and start training NOW so you are ready to work when our guests are here.

Work with your friends, have some fun and make some money!

We are hiring for all positions at the Pelican, Housekeepers for the Inn at Cape Kiwanda, Baristas for Stimulus Espresso Cafe, and Bartenders for the Tillamook Tap Room.

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NG14-009 LEGAL NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS Patricia L. Heatherman has been appointed Administrator of the estate of David Jay Fox Jr., deceased, by the Circuit Court, State of Oregon, Lincoln County, Case No. 134302.

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CLASSIC OCEANFRONT COTTAGE – Lot’s of charm in this 2BD/1BA home in northwest area of town. Knotty pine interior and large lawn with room for volley ball, lawn party or even a wedding. $435,000 MLS# 13-3129

VACATION RENTAL USE CLASSIC CUTLER CITY – PERMITTED – Waters Edge condos 3BD/2BA cottage with open plan in located on the Bay Front in Taft. All living room/kitchen. Well-maintained units have full kitchens, gas fireplaces and updated with large rear deck and and reasonable HOA fees. Call our fenced yard. 1 block to office today for pricing and available Siletz Bay access. units. 541-994-5221, 1-800-733-2873 $178,000 MLS# 13-2882 or visit johnlscott.com MLS# 12-2040

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Seafood and Wine Festival in Newport The last weekend of every February, Newport swells with 20,000 visitors coming to the annual Newport Seafood and Wine Festival. The weekend offers wine, wonders in the culinary world, seafood and arts and crafts.

The festival provides the entire Central Oregon Coast with a financial edge during the slow winter tourism season, Lorna Davis, Newport Chamber of Commerce executive director, said.

“The festival has about a $2.5 million impact on the coastal economy, but beyond that is also a fundraiser for the Newport Chamber and for more than 21 nonprofits,” she said.

Davis said the pool of volunteers and sponsorship by Chinook Winds Casino Resort keeps the festival alive.

“Our army of about 300 volunteers and our wonderful partnership with Chinook Winds are key,” she said.

“This event costs about $500,000 to put on, so the casino’s sponsorship and marketing reach helps bring more people

Newport Seafood and Wine Festival • 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 20 (etickets only) • Noon to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21 • 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 22 (etickets only) • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 23 The South Beach Marina parking lot 2320 OSU Dr. Newport 541-265-8801 / 800-262-7844 to the festival each year and stabilizes the costs.”

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The Newport Seafood and Wines Festival will showcase dozens of Oregon wines.

articles of clothing, jewelry and art glass, metal sculptures, works of art and hand-painted ceramics to handcrafted wine accessories.

The festival runs Thursday, Feb. 21, through Sunday, Feb.

23, at the South Beach Marina parking lot, 2320 OSU Drive in Newport.

You must be 21 years or older to attend.

The site is handicapped accessible and smoke-free, with a special outdoor smok-

ing area. Limited parking is available at the facility for a fee. Shuttle buses will run for free from Newport. A shuttle schedule and map is available on the Chamber’s website.

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an art fair and we saw examples of the stacked sculptures artwork and that got us both thinking about producing such artwork.”

She said the couple’s classes are about taking examples of projects, such as the stacked sculptures, and showing students the basic tech-

niques and discussing the concept.

“We talk about what is possible and taking them step by step through the process to get there together,” she said.

For information about the sculpture classes, call Ben Brooks at 575-6212634.

Ben Brooks shows off a stack sculpture he made and that is on display at the Lincoln City Cultural Center gift shop.

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Crichton Jones began her doll collection when she was a small child.

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It represents a lot of history and a lot of knowledge.”

Jones recommends that everyone take an inventory of their life to see if there are personal treasures that could be preserved.

“Look at things that you have and that you had as a child and think about leaving those things to your children,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be some big expensive thing, just something that was part of your life.”

want it to live on,” she said. “It is wonderful that what I had, and cared for over the years, will now be seen by others.”

Museum Director Anne Hall said Jones’ doll collection is a wonderful piece of history.

“A museum is really known by its collections,” Hall said. “We have just a few, such as our glass floats and the Lincoln collection. So, this doll collection enhances what we offer at the museum.

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Volunteers and church members from the Congregational Church, St. Augustine Catholic Church, and St James’ Episcopal Church, will hold the annual Crab and Shrimp Feast from 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 21 and 22 at St. James Episcopal Church, 2490 N.E. Highway 101 in Lin-

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Early Worship Services: 9 -10:30am Second Service: 10:45-12:15pm

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Other ministries: Christian Preschool and Kindergarten, Small Group Bible Studies, Youth Group Activities for 7th – 12th grade, Men’s & Women’s Groups and many fellowship opportunities.

$40,000 has been raised since the program was started and hundreds of animals have been treated.

“If you are a person who doesn’t have a lot of means, and your pet is hurt or needs other medical attention, the funds we raise can pay for the cost of the medical treatment,” he said.

Lincoln City resident Dean Smith took advantage of the project when it began.

“We were at the vet’s office for something else and we noticed they were working on a little kitten that had been hit by a car or something,” Smith said. “The kitten was in pretty bad shape, and they were going to put her down, but we offered to take the animal if the surgery could be done.”

Smith said the vet immediately performed the operation to save the kitten’s life.

Smith paid the $600 cost of the operation and the vet gave the money to the Beach Bark organizers. The kitten, which Smith named Molly, remains the Smith’s family pet.

“All of the proceeds from Saturday’s Beach Bite will go to the medical care fund until we run out of funds,” Ward said.

“We plan another fundraiser next year to restore the money that we use to help folks with their pets.”

Head to the dance floor The Daddy-Daughter light refreshments and Dance, originally schedkeepsake photos for all uled for Feb. 7, will be attendees. held from 6 to 8 p.m.

The dance is open to Friday, girls in Feb. 21, grades at the kinderLincoln garten City through Com8 and munity their Center. dads or The other event father was figures. postBoys poned are also COURTESY PHOTO weldue to The annual Daddy-Daughter inclemcome.

Dance will be held Feb. 21. ent Adweather. mission The is $20 dance is a time for per couple, and $10 for fathers, grandfathers, each additional daughuncles and other father ter. figures to dust off their dancing shoes and Register at the Comspend an evening with munity Center, or at the their girls. door. For more informaMusic will be providtion, call 541-994-2131 ed by Fresh Jive Sound, or see www.lincolncity. and admission includes org.

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The feast is a benefit to fund the meals program offered at the church.

Church officials estimate the meals program costs $10,000 annually.

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Zion, Horeb, Pisgah, Carmel 4. From 1 Corinthians 13:13, what is the greatest of virtues?

Faith, Hope, Charity, Forgiveness 5. What king of Gerar took Sarah from Abraham?

Agag, Abimelech, Abijam, Ahab 6. Who owned the field where Ruth gleaned?

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PLACES OF WORSHIP IN LINCOLN CITY

• Sunday School and Adult Bible Class 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. • Sunday Worship at 10:30 A.M. • Monday afternoon Lutheranism 101 2:00 P.M. • Wednesday Morning

Women’s Bible Study 10:30 A.M.

LINCOLN CITY CHURCH OF CHRIST

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Everyone is welcome!

St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church

Sunday Bible Study 9:30 AM Wednesday Men’s support 6 PM Tuesday Ladies Bible Study 10 AM Sunday Worship 11 AM and 6 PM

S.W. 14th & Highway 101 541-994-8793 stpeterlc@yahoo.com http://www.stpeterlc.com/

561 SW 29th, Lincoln City Or 97367 • 541-996-3320 www.lincolncitychurchofchrist.org

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