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Council directs staff toward final VRD license ordinance CASSIE RUUD cruud@countrymedia.net
Lincoln City City Council tackled Ordinance 2016-FF, dealing with Vacation Rental Dwelling License Ordinance amendments, during their special meeting on Monday. City Manager Ron Chandler and Planning and Community Development Director Richard Townsend presented a series of options within sections in the ordinance for Council to vote on and potentially change. Afterward, they held a final vote on the entire ordinance including the changes made and instructed staff to begin crafting the final ordinance. Councilors Wes Ryan and Kip Ward said they felt they might have a conflict of interest due to their ownership of hotels. Mayor Don Williams added that he has a potential conflict as well, as he owns a VRD in Lincoln City. The first issue on the docket dealt with the transference of a VRD license should the owner pass away. Currently, should a VRD owner pass away, the license would be transferred to the spouse or kin for up to one year. Williams expressed concern that heirs of the family might not be included in the transference. Council approved the transfer of a license in the event of the owner’s death to go to the spouse or kin and asked staff to investigate undivided interest of See VRD, Page A2
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Student homelessness addressed CASSIE RUUD cruud@countrymedia.net
New staff and teachers from Oceanlake Elementary, Taft Elementary and Taft 7-12 High School took to the streets on Monday to learn about local resources for students dealing with homelessness. The event evolved from last year’s new staff and teachers Amazing Race—and Taft High Principal Majalise Tolan explained that this year she wanted to bring awareness to students in Lincoln City living in homeless situations. “Our teachers get asked where students should go and they are responsible for referring these students to local services,� she said. “So we thought, why not show them where these services are and who NEWS GUARD PHOTOS/CASSIE RUUD the people are who run Majalise Tolan and Alexis Steenkolk finish up their homelessness awareness event by erecting tents on the Lincoln City Cultural them?� Center’s lawn and hoisting the HELP program banner. Some of these resources included Family erty and homelessness here in Promise of Lincoln County, LinNorth County. In North County coln City School District’s HELP we have 433 students in these (Homeless Education and Literary Project) program and Depoe situations. It’s important to bring awareness to that and that these Bay’s Neighbors For Kids. kids have equal opportunities to Attendees kicked off the day education.� with a presentation from North She said that while the County HELP Advocate Alexis community does a good job in Steenkolk, who listed statistics for the North County area, which providing in different ways for students, there is always more she said has the highest rate of that can be done. homelessness throughout Lin“Our program can always use coln County and defined child homelessness as “lack of a stable more tents, sleeping bags, things like that,� Steenkolk said. overnight living situation.� After Steenkolk’s presenta“We want to advocate for the A combination of new teachers, staff and seasoned instructors exited the building on tion, attendees explored the children,� Steenkolk said. “We Monday to discover resources in the community for students struggling with homehave such a high rate of povSee HOMELESS, Page A2 lessness.
An epic adventure with a purpose GRETCHEN AMMERMAN gammerman@countrymedia.net
When people call Jason Zacher crazy, they mean it in the nicest possible way. Since ending his 20-year hiatus from running, the Taft High graduate has taken to running long distances. Really, really, long distances. His first long run started in Portland and ended a few miles later- in Lincoln City. His most recent long run was 188 miles non-stop, from Beaverton to Eugene. “That run took 47 hours and five minutes,� he said. “It was hard but I had a great time.� When asked if it bugs him to be called crazy, he shrugs and says, “They’re probably right.� But, he added, “I’ve been able to do what I do because my dad taught me never to quit.� The other thing that keeps Zacher going is the higher reason he runs long distances; to raise money for charities that are close to his heart. “I do it for the kids,� he said. Zacher’s next run, “Jason’s Epic Adventure 2,� will be a 370-mile challenge beginning at the Santa Monica Beach pier in Southern California and ending, hopefully, at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. An Oregon native, this will be only his second time in California. “People think it’s weird that I’m running a route I’ve never even seen,� he said. “But I just think what a thrill it’s going to be to be seeing it for the first time like this.� The charity Zacher is raising funds for this time is Business for
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Excellence in Youth, and the donations are rolling in fast and furious to help support his fundraising efforts. “I’m only doing a few fundraising events,� he said. One of the events was last Saturday’s ice cream sale, where Zacher set up a tent in front of one of the sites of his former employers, Kenny’s IGA, and with a number of volunteers sold donated ice cream. “I guess I brought the bad weather,� Zacher said, referring to the overcast and chilly day that had immediately followed a heat wave. “It turned out much better than I thought considering the weather. We still ended up bringing in $389 on the ice cream sales and $550 worth of drawing tickets to go with the $555 drawing tickets we sold the day before, so we are off to a great start.� Unlike many charity runners, none of the money Zacher raises goes to pay for his run. “I pay all my expenses,� he said. “100% of the money I raise with the help of people who donate time, money or raffle items goes to the non-profit.� NEWS GUARD PHOTO/GRETCHEN AMMERMAN Zacher’s epic adventure will Jason Zacher with ice cream fans Elijah and Ryder Burke. start on Oct. 16, but fundraising will continue until the Gallucci’s rant, Allways Travel, TLC Credit Sweet. 50/50 night on Nov. 15, where the Union, the Bank of the Cascades, “I’m not sure how much longer raffle winners will be announced. and at Charlotte Lehto Insurance. I’m going to be able to pull of this “I’ve been amazed how people are “Majalise (Tolan) even said they can kind of distance,� said Zacher, now stepping up for the raffle,� he said. have them at the school,� Zacher 45. “This may be my last chance to “I’ve had 30 restaurants give gift said. “So they will be available at the do something like this, so I want to certificates for the grand prize, so High School office.� make it a really good one.� the person that wins that will get to Other raffle prizes include hotel go to restaurants all over the Lincoln stays, gift baskets, and “surprises� For more information or to follow City area.� Raffle tickets are $5 each and can from Kelly Howard of the Jennifer Zacher’s run, visit his Facebook page, be purchased at Shuckers RestauSears Glass Studio, and My Petite Jason’s Epic Adventure 2.
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