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Where have all the Elks gone? Survival depends on younger members JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net
The Oceanlake Elks Lodge, once a popular gathering spot for locals, now often sits empty at its location at 2020 N.E. 22nd St. in Lincoln City. The club began operations in the mid1930s, but over the years, like other fraternal organizations, membership and attendance has declined. The club’s membership has dropped from more than 1,000 several years ago to 396 members today. “The economy has hurt us tremendously,” Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Babe Bogeart said. “In order to survive, we have to have dues and the dues have unfortunately become higher, and it’s harder for people to meet those qualifications.” The Elks charge a $50 one-time membership fee and a $118 annual dues payment. See ELKS, Page A9
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The large dance floor inside the Oceanlake Elks Lodge was once a popular gathering spot for hundreds of couples. The floor is now frequently empty but lodge officials hope it can help attract new members.
Funding, public support key to hospital future JEREMY C. RUARK jruark@countrymedia.net
Hillside Place offers an affordable opportunity to low-income seniors who need assistance with medications and/or activities in daily living.
Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital’s future will likely depend on public support and where funds can be generated to build a new facility or remodel the existing one at 3043 N.E. 28 th Street in Lincoln City. Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Chief Operations Officer Lesley Ogden said the decisions are complex. “We need to consistently hear support from local people that they want a health care
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structure in the North County,” she said. “We need that engagement from the community. We need to know that they are behind us as we look to the future and make these decisions.” North Lincoln Hospital District board member Gordon McLean told The News Guard last October that a new facility could cost $50 to $60 million. He said the changing face of the medical services industry would be a key factor in what services could be offered. “We would need to determine a menu of services to fit
the community needs, but it would likely be downsized from what we see today,” he said. A report by Portland-based Ankrom Moisan Architects last fall, outlined challenges and deficiencies that included public access, structural, mechanical, plumbing, lighting and other issues. The consultant recommended a “full replacement” of the hospital. The report triggered some short-term improvements and long-range planning. Ogden said the hospital is working with another consul-
tant to look at various factors and components that are needed. “It will be everything from community needs to sustainable bottom-line functions,” she said. “We are trying to find out what the hospital will look like and what it will offer.” The location of the hospital is part of the review. “Some people are loyal to the lake, while others say the hospital should be out on Highway 101 and have much more of a See HOSPITAL, Page A5
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Workers install digital heating and cooling systems and energy-efficient windows at Taft Elementary School last week.
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to rise or fall as much to begin with thanks to energy-efficient windows that are being installed at many locations around the county as part of the sunset of a $63 million general obligation bond measure to improve the safety, comfort and aesthetics of the local learning environment. “It’s a part maybe no one will see, but we’re trying to come into the 21st Century,” Lincoln County School District Support Services Director Rich Belloni said.
The digital heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, which also will monitor school boilers, will allow school employees to receive a phone call or email informing them of the need for a temperature adjustment that can be done from afar, Belloni said. “The ceilings will drop down and we’re adding 12 heaters and rewiring digital controls so we
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It will no longer take the turn of a knob on a wall to adjust room temperatures in area schools when work is completed on a county-wide digital heating and cooling system that will be monitored from district headquarters in keeping with the computer age. Better yet, the temperatures are unlikely
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