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NEWS&COMMUNITY

Taking Stock of the Shortage Nestucca Fire Rural Protection District considers revamping volunteer resident firefighter compensation in effort to bolster its ranks

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun

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t’s hardly a story unique to their department, but Nestucca Fire Rural Protection District efforts to serve the community in the time of disaster or personal injury is dealing with a significant roadblock — the lack of volunteers.

To combat the issue, the board of directors discussed a new strategy to compensate during its monthly meeting on Sept. 10. Currently, the district pays $500 of each resident firefighter’s college bills, but that, said several board and staff members, just isn’t enough to attract the resident volunteers they need. At the meeting, Nestucca Fire Training Officer Jim Oeder suggested trimming the budget enough to pay nine resident firefighters $400 a month instead of $500 a term. Under the proposal, volunteers would be asked to commit to 10 24-hour shifts at their assigned station. Currently, Nestucca Fire has 12 volunteer quarters throughout the district — three each at the Hebo administrative center, Pacific City fire hall, Sand Lake, and the Neskowin fire station.

The district is down to three resident volunteers, plus one firefighter who pulls 1 ½ days a week on station. All told, they currently have 38 volunteers on the roster — far short of the 60 volunteers that Fire Chief Kris Weiland says would be ideal.

“We’ve met with some success with the resident program, but we’re not getting enough response from it because we (currently) can’t match what other people do,” Weiland

told the Sun. “When you have other departments that are basically giving responders a better deal, (it’s about) how can we be more competitive in the field.”

Though the district would no longer help with college costs, Oeder said the district would help set up student volunteers with school counselors in their efforts to obtain financial assistance via grants.

Weiland told the board that one of the benefits of such a program would be the fact it would open the compensation package up to those not needing schooling.

Sharing his insights about the problem of attracting volunteers to the district — or to any volunteer fire department for that matter — was David Sellers, past president of the Oregon Volunteer Firefighters Association.

“You’re not getting the younger generation anymore,” he said. “The first thing they say is ‘What do I get out of it?’ There’s still a few departments that are surviving on volunteers, but the age bracket is going up on the average age of volunteers.

(Volunteers) want something in order to give up their time.”

As reported in the Feb. 21, 2014 issue of the Sun, fire districts are not only facing an era where community members have limited interest in becoming volunteers, but increasing scrutiny from a cash-short government on how it can pay those volunteers.

Oeder said he estimates it would cost the district about $63,000 to pay for nine resident volunteers to work 240 hours in 24-hour shifts. That

estimate includes 30 percent added — which Oeder said was on the high side — for payroll taxes, PERS and other expenses. He said the district came up with the proposal after surveying job listings from similar districts.

Though the board generally supported the idea, some wondered if $400 a month would be enough to entice volunteers, and Oeder, himself, said he’d rather be able to offer $500. That figure ended up getting some traction with the board as board member Stan Martella suggested paying fewer resident volunteers more money. Absent more money, he said he feared it would be difficult to attract the resident firefighters the district so badly needs.

“What we’re doing now is not getting us to square one,” Martella said about the district’s current compensation policy of paying for $500 a term for volunteer resident’s education. “This is a step in the right direction. I think we ought to go this way and see if we can get some results.”

Martella proposed considering instead shooting for six resident volunteers and paying each $600 a month, a proposal that is expected to ding the district at a figure similar to the $63,000 estimated for a nineperson volunteer resident team at $400 a month.

Oeder agreed to come up with more concrete numbers — his initial estimates were rough ballparks — for the next board meeting, set for Wednesday, Oct. 8 at Nestucca’s Fire’s administrative center in Hebo. For more information, call 503-392-3313.

Vicky Hirsch Editorial Assistant

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Nestucca Fire discusses reviving water rescue services

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun

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he waters off Pacific City can be a treacherous place — and though true emergencies are few — the dangers are real.

In an effort to possibly serve those in harm’s way better, Nestucca Fire Rural Protection District discussed the possibility of resurrecting a water rescue service during its Sept. 10 board of directors meeting.

Volunteer fireman Tucker Slavens, who outlined the needs of reviving the service to board members, said that to do it right would require the purchase of jet skis, recovery gear and enough volunteers to form a 12-person team.

Slavens said that in a show of hands amongst current volunteers, five said they would be willing to be a part of it right now.

Citing some interest from local surfers, board member John Emerson said one upside of having a water rescue team might be the ability to attract more volunteers. Still, he acknowledged attracting more volunteers isn’t exactly a sure thing.

“It’s a chicken and egg thing,” Emerson said, referring to first having enough help to staff a program that could possibly attract more volunteers.

Slavens said that as far as volunteers go, his belief is that “if we build it, they will come.”

As far as the need to supplement the U.S. Coast Guard, which is ultimately responsible for water rescue efforts, that depends on how you define that need. Though Nestucca responds to about 15 calls per year, Slavens said that only one or two of those are “actual distress calls.” With its current capabilities, Nestucca is limited to helping to manage rescues from land.

But even if the district is successful in recruiting the volunteers needed, a water rescue is not without its risks — and liabilities — for the district. Because water rescue is beyond the scope of required services for fire districts, they aren’t liable for inaction if they do not have a water rescue team. But that changes if they do adopt a program. In district communication with their insurance carrier, they were advised to proceed with

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caution. And those were sentiments that Emerson echoed. “(The question is) can we feasibly do this correctly?” he asked. “Can we do the training we (need to do) so that we can be effective?”

Board member Stan Martella said that one of the big questions to answer is a two-part query: how long can a person survive and how quick could a Nestucca Fire water rescue team get to the victim. The nature of a volunteer department plays into this — if volunteers are traveling from Cloverdale, Hebo and especially Beaver, that would significantly impact the response time.

“It doesn’t do any good to have a water rescue team if they can’t get there fast enough,” said Martella.

“Most of the volunteers don’t have beachfront houses. They have to come from somewhere to (respond to a water-related call).”

Nestucca Fire’s board of directors will address the issue again at its next meeting, set for Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at the district’s administrative center in Hebo. For more information, call 503-392-3313.

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elping hands are invited to join plastic caps, fishing line, bottles and their friends, neighbors and bags. Most plastics do not biodegrade, thousands of Oregonians from leaching chemicals into our waterways, across the state on Saturday, Sept. 27 and breaking down into tiny pieces that for the 30th Anniversary of the SOLVE can be harmful to fish, birds and marine Beach and Riverside Cleanup. Volunmammals. teers of all ages are needed once again to remove invasive weeds, plant trees, and scour over 150 miles of beaches before fall rains wash debris into storm drains and out to sea.

“We are connected to every drop of water that runs through our state, whether it falls on a city street, in a local river, or on a sandy beach — every choice we make impacts that connection,” said Kaleen Boyle, SOLVE outreach coordinator. “This event gives Oregonians the chance to make a great choice for Oregon’s waterways by coming out to a local project.”

Here in South County, volunteers can roll up their sleeves and go to work at one of four sites: in Pacific City at the PeliVOLUNTEERS will be provided with garbage can Pub & Brewery, 33180 Cape sacks to fill with picked up trash. Volunteers Kiwanda Drive; in Neskowin at are urged to bring gloves and dress for the Neskowin Trading Co., 48880 weather - boots and warm waterproof or resisHighway 101; at Sand Lake at tant clothes are usually helpful. the Sand Lake OHV Riding Area, and located halfway between Pacific City and Neskowin, the Wi-Ne-Ma “Every year, SOLVE volunteers Wayside Cleanup, 43405 Highway 101. submit data on what they collect during This year’s cleanup runs from 10 a.m. to the event, and what they are finding is 1 p.m. Volunteers can register for these trash that comes from our everyday lives ore one of the other 100 cleanup and and households,” said Joy Irby, SOLVE restoration sites across the state online program coordinator. “It’s important to at www.solveoregon.org, or by calling remember that a plastic bottle on a city 503-844-9571 x332. street can wind up on our coastline and Presented by the Oregon Lottery, that the ocean is truly always downthe SOLVE Beach and Riverside Cleanup stream.” is part of the International Coastal SOLVE is a statewide nonprofit Cleanup and National Public Lands Day. organization that brings people together Each year, approximately 5,000 volunto improve our environment and build a teers head out to Oregon beaches, rivlegacy of stewardship. Over four deers, parks, neighborhoods and schools cades, the organization has grown from throughout the state. In addition to a small, grassroots group to a national planting trees, removing non-native model for volunteer environmental acinvasive plants, and restoring natural tion. Today, SOLVE mobilizes and trains areas, over 110,000 volunteers have retens of thousands of volunteers across moved 1.5 million pounds of litter from Oregon to clean up and restore beaches, Oregon’s waterways since 1984. rivers, neighborhoods and other natural The top items volunteers find at spaces. each Beach and Riverside litter cleanup Visit www.solvoregon.org for more include cigarette filters, Styrofoam, information.

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Applicants for tourism job to meet with public EDC board set to make final decision on tourism director on Sept. 25

By SCOTT GILBERT for the Sun

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ocal residents are invited to meet the two finalists seeking the job of director of Visit Tillamook Coast, the countywide tourism initiative funded by the voter-approved Transient Lodging Tax. The 90-minute community meet-and-greet will start at 6 p.m.

Sept. 24 in Room 214/215 at Tillamook Bay Community College, 4301 Third St., Tillamook.

The two women vying for the job are Portland residents Karen Viehoever and Nan Devlin. Viehoever is a former executive director of the Tillamook County Economic Development Council. The EDC board will choose the tourism director, who will then report to the board.

Viehoever now works as international tourism sales manager/Europe for Travel Portland, which markets the Portland metro area as a destination for meetings, conventions and leisure travel. County property records show that she owns a home in Bay City.

Viehoever’s 30-plus years in the travel and tourism industry include regional, national and international experience, and she has also worked for the Travel Oregon state tourism commission, according to an EDC press release.

Devlin’s background is in marketing, tourism and hospitality, and she serves as an adjunct faculty member in hospitality management for the University of Alabama. She is a tourism strategist for Portland-based Avid Traveler Consultants, which helps counties, small cities, rural areas and destinations attract more visitors, and she has helped develop niche tourism products such as art, culture, agritourism, culinary tourism and local walking tours.

At the community meet-and-greet, Viehoever and Devlin will address the crowd and take questions, then will be on hand to talk with residents one-onone, said Doug Olson, chair of the EDC

board. There will be light refreshments available, and attendees will be able to write anonymous comments about the applicants that will be considered as the board makes its hiring decision.

The board will meet behind closed doors in the same location at 10 a.m.

Sept. 25 to choose between Viehoever and Devlin, then will open the meeting to the public to formally extend a job offer, Olson said.

That conclusion of a lengthy hiring process was among items discussed at the Sept. 16 meeting of the EDC board, where TLT issues consumed the bulk of the meeting. The EDC administers and disburses TLT revenues, subject to county oversight.

WEBSITE EXPLORED Brandon Parmley of Tillamook Design, the firm hired to create and maintain the tillamookcoast.com tourism website, was on hand at the board meeting for what Olson called the “official introduction” of the site.

Parmley noted that the site uses all original photography, emphasizing people in local scenes, “so that people could actually visualize what it’s like to be in Tillamook County and what we have to offer.” The site is now mobile ready with no need for side-to-side scrolling, he said, and features of the site include mapping and an events calendar.

The “Discover Our Seasons” feature lets users narrow down options by time of year, which Parmley hopes will promote the “shoulder season,” a desire expressed by members of the Tourism Advisory Committee that advises the EDC. Another goal, he said, is “to let people know that we’re not just the beach, that there’s a lot that they can do here in Tillamook County.”

Restaurants and lodging businesses can manage their own listings on the site, including the posting of photos and videos, and Parmley said pages for various categories include solicitations for businesses to be added to the site.

An expert on the area is going over

the site’s content to check for accuracy, and an outreach to local community leaders and tourism businesses will bring more fine-tuning.

Interim tourism director John Hope-Johnstone of Corvallis updated the board on matters including two television commercials running on Comcast cable in the Portland area and the northern end of the Willamette Valley — an “active” commercial promoting a strenuous vacation in Tillamook County, and a “passive” version emphasizing the opportunity to visit the area for relaxation. The $6,000 ad buy means the commercials will run in September and October.

INFRASTRUCTURE DISCUSSED Paul Levesque, the county commissioners’ chief of staff, gave the board a presentation on choosing and paying for TLT-funded infrastructure projects, which is shaping up as a nettlesome area as various ideas and proposed criteria float around. There are legal issues regarding non-governmental organizations receiving tax money, he said, but local governments might be able to sponsor such organizations in a way that would follow the law.

Levesque suggested that the EDC and TAC screen and rank proposed infrastructure projects, and if a project is proposed on private property, the county could see if there is a way to do it.

Board member Tony Enzler of Columbia Bank, who has been critical of the EDC’s emphasis on tourism, urged colleagues not to hurry to spend infrastructure funds. He also spoke up when the topic turned to hiring a replacement for EDC and Small Business Development Center director Dan Biggs, who is retiring at the end of the year. Although the new tourism director will report directly to the EDC board, Enzler is concerned that the tourism initiative will still be a distraction.

“We desperately need somebody to focus on SBDC and economic development,” he said.

County approves contract for South County emergency preparedness coordinator

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun

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illamook County’s office of Emergency Management and the Health Department will split the cost of a fulltime emergency preparedness coordinator who will be tasked with leading efforts to prepare the South Tillamook County area should a disaster strike.

The contract was approved at a Sept. 10 meeting of the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners, 3-0.

The agreement calls for the two departments to share the $8,600 bill, which will be paid to the American Red Cross. In turn, the Red Cross will pay for

the coordinator’s salary, plus benefits for 11 months and up to 1,700 hours of service. Mary Beth Moran comes to the new position on the strength of a resume that included time doing similar work at the City of Anchorage, Alaska.

Amongst her duties will be to handle outreach and volunteer recruitment.

“What we’re trying to do is to expand the very successful program that North County has with (their) Emergency Volunteer Corp. into South County,” said Tillamook County Emergency Management director Gordon McCraw.

“I’m hoping this (will be) a kickstart (for South County) as the AmeriCorp person in North County did for them. The

Emergency Volunteer Corp. is a hallmark program that...received accolades from all over the state (and), in fact, the nation. We hope to expand that into South County through the use of this person.”

In giving his thumbs up to the position, Commissioner Mark Labhart said he was “very supportive” of the plan to bolster emergency preparedness efforts in South County through the appointment. He noted that it was a great value as a quick estimate revealed that salary alone for that many hours of work would top $20,000.

“I think it’s going to be a huge benefit for South County,” he said.

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It’s All In Good Fun

By VERNE MOBLEY Lions Club President

Most everyone in our community knows of the really good things our Lions Club does here locally.

We all try to make life more fun. This includes having good Lions meetings each 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month. The Lions Tailtwister is designated to keep the meetings lively and fun. Our Tailtwister is Lion Dave Gordon. One of his jobs at meetings is to fine members for any infraction he sees fit. 25 cents per fine. At the meeting last week, Dave had us all laughing as he made a really big deal of the birthdays of Lions Teresa Smith and Jim Dieringer. Our club says — THANK YOU LION DAVE. We had all this fun in a meeting that lasted less than one hour.

Speaking of Lion Jim — him and myself have been and will be helping Lion Dave with starting the “warming” bonfire in front of the Pelican on some evenings.

Also at our last meeting, Penny Storey and her Girl Scout daughter Lauren entertained us with a history and activities of Girl Scouts. Our club voted to help sponsor them as we do the Cub Scouts also.

Our club will soon be ready for another fund raiser in the Turkey Shoot. We have already ordered the turkeys. So look out! Soon our “super salesperson” Lion Fran Madachy will be asking you to “buy a plate.” If us other Lions did this as well as Lion Fran does we wouldn’t need other fund raisers.

Our Cloverdale community gets excited about new things happening in our town. Many of you have seen the huge mural being produced on the side of Thomas Goodwin Gallery. We will celebrate the mural with artist Marilyn Burkhardt at a party at the gallery on Oct. 5 from 2-5 p.m. Please attend to say thanks to Marilyn and Tom. So come on down on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays for an hour of good fellowship and watching our wild Tailtwister in action.

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he Oregon Parks and Recreation Department closed a $1.8 million deal Friday, Sept. 12 to acquire 357 acres of coastal property in Tillamook County.

Known locally as the Beltz property, the ecologically diverse plot sits along Sand Lake Road north of Pacific City and south of Cape Lookout State Park. The acquisition is the first step in opening a new park, a process that could take a year or longer.

Located on the north coast between Cape Lookout State Park and Pacific City, Sand Lake is one of Oregon’s least developed estuaries, including approximately 1,250 acres of open water, tidal flat, emergent marsh, and forested wetlands.

A dominant feature within the estuary is Photo courtesy of Oregon State Parks & Recreation Department Whalen Island, primarily owned and manOREGON PARKS will be adding a new state park to its stable in aged by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Tillamook County. The 357 acre Beltz property, located in the Department as the Clay Myers State Natural Sand Lake Estuary, was purchased from Ecotrust, an OregonArea. At the north end of the estuary is the based non-profit, for $1.8 million dollars. Ecotrust acquired the Sand Lake Nature Preserve, property being land from a private landowner in May 2014. acquired by North Coast Land Conservancy in partnership with the department. At three-quarters of a mile. He said that while OPRD has the southern end of the estuary is the Beltz property, yet to determine the size of a parking lot, he said he which consists of woodlands, dunes, oceanfront and expects it to be somewhat near the size of the 14 spaces both fresh- and saltwater marshes. OPRD purchased available at Whalen Island — and perhaps fewer. the land from Oregon-based nonprofit Ecotrust, which State Parks is also working with Kenny Hurliman acquired it from a private landowner in May 2014. The and his brother, who hay about 46 acres of pastureland final purchase price of $1.8 million was determined by — predominantly on the east side of the road. OPRD an appraisal and is funded by Oregon Lottery dollars plans to continue to allow this agricultural use. Other dedicated to state parks. important plans included improving fish passage in the “We’re bringing a new natural, outdoor experience two creeks that feed the wetlands, says Havel. to Oregonians thanks to two key partners,” said Lisa He said that site improvements typically take about Van Laanen, Oregon Parks and Recreation Departthree years, but in the case of new purchases, OPRD atment director. “First, Ecotrust put us in a position to tempts to fast-track the process. He said it will likely be purchase the property. Second, Oregon’s citizens chose in the first part of 2016 before the park can be opened. long ago to preserve the coast as a public place to ex“(The delay in opening) is for each person’s indiplore and play, and they’ve given us the modest means vidual safety,” he said. “We wan them to enjoy their to make prudent investments such as Beltz to improve stay. We want to be good neighbors. We want to make the experience.” sure the kind of thing we do in a park fits in with what The department will work with the county and people are doing (at properties) around the park.” nearby residents to eventually open the park for hikOne challenge in readying the property is the reing and bird watching, though a date has not yet been moval of a current residence, which will displace Diane set. Plans include using existing low-impact trails and Sutherlin, who has rented the home for more than 16 determining a safe public parking area, as well as preyears. Havel said OPRD is abiding by landlord/tenant serving important habitat for coho salmon, great blue laws and is working on relocating Sutherlin. Though heron, bald eagles, songbirds and other wildlife.

Sutherlin expressed to the Sun her desire to stay, Havel OPRD spokesman Chris Havel told the Sun that said that OPRD decided against it because they aren’t while he didn’t yet have an accurate figure, he estimates in the “landlord business” and because of the capital there are about three to five miles of existing trails — outlay keeping it would require. not including a walk on the beach. He also character“If we were to keep (the structures), we’d have to ized the bird watching possibilities as “terrific.” invest a significant amount of money,” he said. “We’re “The dike gets you out to the wetland area and trying to be strategic in where we put ou r money.” you’re surrounded on both sides by this really lush Oregon state parks in Tillamook County currently habitat,” he said, noting the area is particularly good attract 1.7 million visitors, resulting in $15 million a for seeing “majestic” birds like herons and egrets. year in local spending, and a projected $100,000 in Another hallmark of the property, Havel said, is lodging taxes from state park camping in 2014. that you can walk from a forested area to wetland and, finally, to the ocean — all within the span of about

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Sept. 19

4:31 a.m.

4:43 p.m.

0.7 ft.

2.4 ft.

10:51 a.m.

10:18 p.m.

6.0 ft.

6.6 ft.

Sept. 20

5:14 a.m.

5:28 p.m.

0.7 ft.

2.0 ft.

11:26 a.m.

11:05 p.m.

6.3 ft.

6.7 ft.

Sept. 21

5:52 a.m.

6:06 p.m.

0.7 ft.

1.7 ft.

11:57 a.m.

11:47 p.m.

6.6 ft.

6.8 ft.

Sept. 22

6:25 a.m.

6:42 p.m.

0.7 ft. 12:24 a.m.

1.3 ft.

6.8 ft.

Sept. 23

6:56 a.m.

7:17 p.m.

0.8 ft.

1.0 ft.

12:27 a.m.

12:51 p.m.

6.9 ft.

7.0 ft.

Sept. 24

7:26 a.m.

7:51 p.m.

1.0 ft.

0.7 ft.

1:05 a.m.

1:18 p.m.

6.9 ft.

7.3 ft.

Sept. 25

7:56 a.m.

8:27 p.m.

1.2 ft.

0.5 ft.

1:43 a.m.

1:46 p.m.

6.8 ft.

7.5 ft.

Sept. 26

8:27 a.m.

9:04 p.m.

1.5 ft.

0.4 ft.

2:22 a.m.

2:15 p.m.

6.7 ft.

7.5 ft.

Sept. 27

8:59 a.m.

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An Open Road ODOT reopens Hwy 130 after completing rehab of three bridges ahead of schedule

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun

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he Little Nestucca River Highway, OR-130, was reopened on Tuesday, Sep. 16 after nearly nine months of bridge painting and repair.

As the most direct route to Pacific City from the Grande Ronde junction, the closure had resulted in summer visitors from the Willamette Valley to either detour to Lincoln City or to Hebo in order to reach Cape Kiwanda and surrounding area.s Originally slated to be completed by the end of September, the reopening came two weeks ahead of schedule after $1.5 million in improvements — which included a new coat of protective paint and minor repairs — was completed on Sept. 16. The protective paint on the bridges, which were built in the early 1950s, was oxidizing and cracking, and portions of the steel trusses lacked paint altogether.

The repainting is expected to keep the structures from deteriorating to the point of needing to replace them. The bridges had not been painted since the 1970s. Funds for the renovation came from ODOT’s Bridge Preservation Fund.

“Everything went really well,” said Lou Torres, ODOT Region 2 public affairs specialist. “Those bridges were due for some work. They were aging and needed a fresh coat of paint.”

The bridge closest to Pacific City also received important repair work during the renovation as crews replaced several rivets and bolts. “(The closure) really gave us a chance to

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VISITORS coming to Pacific City can take a more direct route now that Little Nestucca River Highway, OR-130 reopened on Tuesday, Sept. 16. The highway was closed for nearly nine months as crews worked on painting and doing minor repairs on the three one-lane bridges. Traffic from the Willamette Valley used to heading to Pacific City and surrounding areas from the Grand Ronde junction were rerouted either through Tillamook or Hebo in order to reach their destination. The highway reopened two weeks ahead of schedule. rehabilitate the bridges,” Torres said. “We want to extend appreciation to those folks on the coast — and Pacific City in particular — and all the residents that live along Highway 130. I know that was a real

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inconvenience for them, but we got a really important job done. Hopefully, we won’t have to (do bridge repairs) there for a really long time. We really appreciate everyone’s patience.”

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“We’re confident that Jim and his passion for beer will bring a high-level of leadership and executive skills that will prove integral to the company’s future,” said co-owner and founder Mary Jones.

Prinzing’s immediate focus will be on long-term growth strategies and a comprehensive branding initiative.

He has spent the past 20 years at Marie Callendar’s, most Courtesy photo recently overseeing more than JIM PRINZING has been named the new chief 45 restaurants and bakeries executive officer of Pelican Brewing Company. and started his new role with Prinzing’s first focus will be on long-term Pelican Brewing in early Sepgrowth strategies and a branding initiative for tember. the brewing company that encompasses Pelican “I’m thrilled about the Pub & Brewery in Pacific City and Pelican Brewopportunity to join such ery and Tap Room in Tillamook. an amazing community of people,” said Prinzing. “The far surpassing the 2,400 they produced possibility for what the Pelican and sold in 2013 through the same time brand can become, not only on the Orperiod. The success at home has also egon Coast, but nationally and internatranslated to success across the Pacific tionally, is boundless.”

Northwest and beyond. Pelican is now Pelican Brewing Company — and sending its award-winning beer to the its oceanside brewpub in Pacific City rest of the world with international — was founded in 1996 by Jeff Schons shipments going to countries like New and Mary Jones and is Oregon’s only Zealand, Japan, and likely soon to oceanfront brewpub. With the vision Australia. and brewing expertise of brewmaster The company’s rapid growth means Darron Welch, Pelican Brewing has won that the brewery’s original expansion more than 300 awards in that span of less than a year ago is already neartime, including most recently the 2014 World Beer Cup Champion Small Brew- ing capacity. The new installation of fermentation and brite tanks will be deing Company and Brewmaster of the livered in the next few months and will Year. give Pelican the ability to brew 4,300 Jones says Pelican’s Brewery and more barrels of beer per year, amountTap Room at First Street and Stillwell ing to a 50 percent increase over their has been bustling with action since current capacity. Recently, Pelican the day it opened. With help from TilBrewing Co. purchased additional lamook Urban Renewal Agency, the property adjacent to their Stillwell locaCity of Tillamook, and the Governor’s tion and will use that space for storage, Strategic Reserve Fund, Pelican was which will make room on the brewery able to triple its brewing and bottling floor as demand for production soars. capacity and further realize its vision of Even on Friday and Saturday nights, the bringing consumers a quality craft beer experience that is unique to the Oregon production floor at the Pelican Brewery in Tillamook is full of people. With no Coast. brewing activities on the weekends, the “We are very pleased with the Tap Room has regular brewery tours continued and consistent progress of Pelican Brewing,” said Tillamook Mayor and also opens the floor with tables and chairs for patrons to enjoy the atmoSuzanne Weber. “It is a leading indicasphere, food, and of course — the beer. tor of growth and vitality of the core of For more information about both our community and has already greatly the Pelican’s oceanfront brewpub at enhanced the variety of experiences Cape Kiwanda and their production one can enjoy in our small town.” brewery and Tap Room in Tillamook, Pelican Brewing sold more than visit www.pelicanbrewery.com.

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NEWS&COMMUNITY

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he Visit Tillamook Coast tourism-promotion strategy created by a hired branding firm came under scrutiny at the Sept. 9 meeting of Tillamook County’s Tourism Advisory Committee, leading to the appointment of four committee members to make recommendations for changes that the entire group will consider.

The strategy, created by Tualatinbased Total Destination Marketing, leans toward what it calls “geotourism,” with a goal to “introduce sustainable tourism practices that safeguard and enhance the Tillamook Coast’s environmental, economic, cultural and social well-being.”

After a criticism of the strategy was led by TAC member Gene Tish of Garibaldi, he was named along with Val Folkema of Garibaldi, Jeremy Strober of Pacific City and Justin Aufdermauer of Tillamook to suggest changes and bring them back to the larger group for possible adoption.

“I don’t think this document heads us the way we want to go,” Tish said as he began a lengthy dissection of the strategy.

While the county ordinance authorizing the Transient Lodging Tax says revenues are to be used for tourism promotion or tourism-related facilities, Tish offered a view with a socioeconomic priority.

“The goal of this project has never been to increase the quantity of tourism in Tillamook County. Not from my standpoint,” he said. “The goal is to improve the socioeconomic conditions in Tillamook County.”

Tish urged, as he has in previous meetings, that the strategy focus on boosting tourist numbers in the “shoulder” seasons before and after the summer peak, and on the winter off-season. Driving up peak-season tourism, he said, “will be more likely to harm the current socioeconomic conditions than to improve them.”

He said most local businesses, especially in the service industry, already face a labor shortage during the peak season, and local workers suffer from a shortage of work during the shoulder seasons and off-season.

“Creating demand for more service employees in the peak season will only further damage the socioeconomic conditions for the county” because it will exacerbate the problems of the shoulder seasons and offseason, he said. “We’ll have even more people who are underemployed.”

Tish is also concerned that there is a disconnect between the direction of the tourism initiative and what is wanted by Tillamook County residents — who voted 2-1 to create the TLT. Speaking of the “sustainability” focus in the strategy document, he said residents who have spoken to him “like the nature and environment we have” but don’t want the rivers “to turn into fish museums.”

He said he’s never met anyone in the county who wasn’t an environ-

mentalist, but that residents want to utilize the rivers and forests in a responsible way.

Tish expressed dissatisfaction with other elements of the strategy, but returned to his hope that the tourism promotion will shift focus away from peak season.

“Every ad I saw had people sitting out on a deck or somewhere looking at water, which you can do here a couple months a year when the wind isn’t up,” he said. “But you’re not doing it in the off-season.”

TAC colleague Betty Baumgart of Rockaway Beach also cautioned that the wrong approach to nature-based tourism can have unwanted results.

“Tourism will destroy an area,” she said. “You don’t just throw up signs and bring them in.”

The “sustainable” terminology also bothered Baumgart. “When we use the word ‘sustainable,’ it’s an ugly word, but we can kill it,” she said.

Folkema added her voice to the mix in favor of avoiding more peakseason tourism and steering clear of “inflammatory” language that could alienate local residents.

“I get a little concerned that if we go out too fast with this, and it backfires on us because our beleaguered visitor industry gets just overwhelmed, that it’s going to have a bad taste coming out of the gate,” she said. “And I would prefer to do nothing before we did something like that.”

While Folkema concurred that the “sustainability” language is troublesome, she stressed that “there’s not a single fisherman or forester or dairy person who wants the last ag land or the last fish or the last tree cut down.”

But Strober, who also serves as president of Kiwanda Hospitality, had a slightly different take. He said he sees the strategy document as a set of guiding principles, with the TAC in the position to take specific actions marketing the shoulder seasons and off-season.

“When I see ‘sustainable community tourism’ … I read how to sustain the quality of life our residents enjoy while bringing in more tourism,” he said, adding that the strategy should be interpreted instead of scrapped.

Economic Development Council board chair Doug Olson, who serves as liaison to the council’s subordinate TAC, agreed that the group might need to revisit its goal, while keeping in mind that the county’s ordinances and its pact with the EDC call for increased tourism.

“But it doesn’t say when you have to increase tourism,” Olson said. “If you try to increase it in July, it may be a fool’s errand for all of us.” He added there may be a way to focus on the shoulder seasons and off-season while boosting the economy by providing more work hours for residents already here.

“It’s our document,” he said of the tourism strategy. “Now we can do whatever we want with it.”

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Fighting for Compliance County recommends extending building moratorium

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illamook County Community Development director Bryan Pohl recommended the Board of Commissioners extend a building moratorium for Nestucca and Nehalem floodplains during a Sept. 10 hearing on the proposed extension.

A building moratorium in the Nestucca floodplain was enacted in March after a Federal Emergency Management Agency audit in 2012 determined there were improperly permitted building improvements that may have affected base flood elevation. BFE is defined as the level at which floodwaters have a 1 percent chance of reaching in a given year. Following a new Nestucca River study — as FEMA requested — produced by West Consultants, Pohl that he had the evidence to not only comply with the audit, called a “Community Assistance” visit, but to actually shrink the floodway — an area with the most stringent building restrictions.

FEMA’s response was not so fast.

Pohl said that after numerous conversations — including a Sept. 15 conference call amongst 12 experts — that there are two issues. One is to get FEMA to agree with the county that the study shows there has not been a rise in BFE, despite the improperly permitted building that has gone on in the area.

The second, and much more difficult one, is to get the nod from both FEMA

and NOAA Fisheries, who are charged with keeping an eye on compliance with the Endangered Species Act. Because coho were listed in February 2008, Pohl said that if any development subsequent to the listing caused a rise in BFE, the county would have to show that none of that development causes any harm for coho.

Though he hadn’t made a final determination when he talked to the Sun on Sept. 17, Pohl is leaning towards first getting an approval from FEMA so building can resume — without altering the floodway in the Nestucca — and then pursuing the smaller floodway.

“If we do both at once, that floodway revision is going to necessitate ESA compliance,” he said. “It may take a very long time to get through the endangered species issues. It is probably better to get compliant right now with FEMA and then worry about narrowing the floodway. There is a very good chance that NOAA Fisheries would not sign off, or at the very least may draw a line in the sand between getting compliant with FEMA and (approving) the floodway revision. It may be a very tall order at this point.”

The news for Nehalem is a little better. During a Board of Commissioners workshop preceding the hearing, Pohl said that FEMA has the information for their review. To lift the moratorium there, first FEMA will need to publish a preliminary map.

Nestucca School Board to meet Sept. 22 The Nestucca Valley School District will hold its monthly board meeting on Monday, Sept. 22 at the Nestucca Valley Jr.-Sr. High School, 34660 Parkway Drive in Cloverdale.

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tation on NVHS’s Career and Technical Education Program by Ron Smith. Items for discussion include PERS retirement, Policy clean-up, Achievement Compact/ Work Plan, OSBA Fall and Regional meetings, and a district slogan.

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MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LOOSE returns to South Tillamook County Library, Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 11 a.m. The program will focus on early literacy skills for children from birth to two years old and will run through Dec. 2.

Listen to ‘Mother’ Librarian Theresa Roberts to immerse tots into world of books during ‘Mother Goose on the Loose’

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hat baby doesn’t adore storytime? For a fun twist on your child’s introduction to timetested tales, the South Tillamook County Library is hosting “Mother Goose on the Loose,” a reading, singing and playtime program starting Sept.

23 and running through Dec. 2.

Held every Tuesday afternoon, the program offers infants from birth to 2 years old — and accompanying adults — the chance to enter a world filled with songs and rhymes, clapping hands and smiling faces, wide eyes and comfortable laps. The program starts at 11 a.m. — an hour before the library opens to the general public — a schedule that library officials first made last year to accommodate the sometimes excited babies

as they immerse themselves in a rattle shake or two.

Siblings are welcome, as are moms and dads, grandparents and caregivers to the hour-long session.

Each session will focus on early literacy skills including rhyming, repetition, reading aloud and oral language. The skills will be shared during a 30-minute story time loaded with stories, songs and bounces, followed by play and chat time. An assortment of babyfriendly board books will be available for check out.

“We have so much fun doing nursery rhymes together,”said Librarian Theresa Roberts.

The South Tillamook County Library is located at 6200 Camp Street in Pacific City, just north of the fourway stop. For more information, call 503-965-6163.

Nestucca to host a cappella quintet on Oct. 17 The community is invited to hear the one-of-akind a cappella sounds of re:Voiced, as the vocal quintet is set to perform at Nestucca Jr.-Sr. High School on Friday, Oct. 17. Admission is $8 for students and $10 for adults, but advance ticket orders are due Sept. 29.

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FISHING&OUTDOORS

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oday is the day for phones calls, especially from outside of the area. Apparently fishermen are watching the news weather reports and surmising that we have received enough rains to have raised the rivers sufficiently enough to start fishing the North Coast streams. Nothing could be further from the truth! Yes, I know it rained in Portland and even in Bend, Ore., a caller from Bend informed me, but here it has only rained enough to wet the parking lot. It will take quite a bit more rain to make the rivers fishable.

The summer has been very dry and arid, the ground is dry and hard as a rock, and it will take many days of rains to soak into the ground before there’s enough of the wet stuff to start running off into the rivers. Even at that, once it does raise river levels, it will take several more days to rid the streams of moss, algae, leaves and all sorts of leftover summer debris.

There is one bright spot for the North Coast streams — sea-run cutthroat trout. Old timers have lots of names for sea-run trout, Harvest Trout, Blue Backs, Cutties, to name a few. It doesn’t matter what you call them, they’re all the same fish. What’s unique is that these particular trout go to sea and return fatter and bigger than the average cutthroat. The average size for sea runs can be from 12 to 16 inches, and can range much larger. Once they hit 20 inches, ODFW, for identification purposes, calls them steelhead. Still, those fishermen who can tell the difference between a sea-run trout and a steelhead will tell you that, although rare, sea runs have been caught up to 24 inches and some even larger. Fat and sassy and red meated, these fall trout are great table fare — and they are in most coast rivers now. Not dependent on fall rains, they are small enough to get into the river systems in low water and are here in good numbers right now.

Salmon fishing, for now, is relegated to tide water and the ocean. Both places are doing fine with lots of fish being caught in the ocean and fair numbers also being landed in tidewater. Tidewater fishing will only get better as we progress deeper into fall with October usually being tidewaters top month. In August — and most of September — salmon are interesting creatures as they will come into the tidewater and bay area and nose around. If conditions are not to their liking, they will turn around and go right back out into the ocean where conditions and feed are better, only to repeat the process over again. Fishing gets better in October because water temperatures began to fall with the shortened days, oxygen levels get better and in general water conditions are more to a salmon’s liking. Once water conditions are better, salmon start to come in and stay in, sensing that fall rains will be coming soon.

Once salmon start to stage in tidewater, the numbers of fish increase dramatically and, since they are no longer going back out to sea, they can be caught on all tides — incoming and outgoing. It is still easier to catch salmon on low and incoming tides because low tide forces salmon to concentrate in the deeper slots.

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THIS NICE SALMON was caught in tidewater in Pacific City.

Once high tide hits, salmon can spread out more and won’t be such an easy target.

Fishing the jaws of the bay has produced some good numbers and some of the larger fish being reported. Trolling herring and spinners are catching most all the salmon.

Bobber-and-bait fishing and spinner fishing occupy most of the bank fishermen. A four-color, bluetip, double-cup, Colorado blade, in sizes 6, 7, or 8 are very popular with spinner fishermen and can be seen in use throughout tidewater. The blue-tip Colorado has been a staple in Nestucca Bay for at least 40 years — or more. It has always caught fish, and, to this day, remains the most used blade in Nestucca Tidewater.

Bobber fishing can be done with several choices of bait. Roe eggs and sand shrimp are among the most popular. Tuna bellies, chunks of sardine and even herring are also used with success in tidewater. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard that tuna bellies are a big secret. The fact that we sell somewhere in the neighborhood of 600 to 800 packages of tuna bellies every year would seem to belie that theory.

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SIXTH GRADER Seth Richard of Pacific City caught this 13-pound Coho salmon Sunday, Sept.14. His father, Darrin Richard, and Sportman’s Pub-N-Grub owner Rob Royster fished together three times between Sep. 7-14 and landed 36 Coho, one Chinook, and nearly 200 Dungeness crab.

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PACIFIC CITY VISITOR Sue Pritzker landed this 18-pound Chinook salmon in local tidewater. Guide Travis Matoon said the 88-year-old Pritzker is the oldest person he’s ever had catch one. She also reportedly landed the fish before anyone else on the charter trip had a nibble.

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16TH ANNUAL CAPE KIWANDA LONGBOARD CLASSIC Sept. 19-21. Beach at Pacific City. 150 participants competing in 20 minute heats. Proceeds benefit construction of the Pacific City Skate Park. Call 503-483-1025 or visit www.capekiwandalongboardclassic.com.

LIVE MUSIC: ERIC SAPPINGTON Sept. 19, 6-8 p.m. Stimulus Espresso Cafe, 33105 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Eric Sappington plays acoustic music. Call 503-9654661.

KARAOKE Sept. 19 & 20, 9 p.m.-midnight. Oar House Bar & Grill, 34455 Brooten Rd., Pacific City. Call 503-965-6001.

MANZANITA WRITER’S SERIES: LINDSAY HILL Sept. 20, 7-9 p.m. Pine Grove Community Club, 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. Lindsay Hill reads from his book, “Sea of Hooks.” Open mic will follow. $5 admission. Contact Vera Wildauer at vwildauer@gmail.com.

WINE TASTING Sept. 20, 2-4 p.m. Stimulus Espresso Cafe, 33105 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Wine tasting. Call 503-965-4661.

WORK PARTY Sept. 20. Cascade Head Preserve. Help Nature Conservancy remove invasive blackberry. To register, call 503-802-8100 or 541-994-5564 or e-mail orvolunteers@tnc.org.

POETRY WORKSHOP Sept. 20, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tillamook County Library, 1716 Third St. Former Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Peterson conducts poetry workshop in conjunction with 100th anniversary of birth of Oregon Poet Laureate William Stafford. $10 workshop fee. Call 503-842-4553.

62ND ANNUAL YMCA DINNER & AUCTION Sept. 20, 4 p.m. Tillamook County Fairgrounds, 4603 Third St. Dinner catered by Pacific Restaurant. Tickets $40 for a single, $70 for a pair. Call 503-842-9622.

CASCADIA OPERA CONCERT: ‘THE OLD MAN & THE THIEF’ Sept. 20, 7 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. $15 advance tickets, $17 at the door. Call 541-994-9994.

WILLIAM STAFFORD POETRY READING Sept. 20, 7 p.m. Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106 Second St. Former Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen will read William Stafford related poetry. Free and open to the public.

Contact Carla at 503-842-4553.

NESKOWIN FARMERS MARKET Saturdays, Sept. 20 & 27, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Neskowin Beach Wayside. Fresh produce, freshbaked bread, crafts, and more. Call 503-3923582.

32ND ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL Oct. 4, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Neskowin Valley School, 10005 Slab Creek Rd., Neskowin. Silent auction, open house Market Place farmers and artisans, beer garden and grilled food, pony rides, games, live music. Call 503-392-3124.

CLOVERDALE MURAL CELEBRATION Oct. 5, 2-5 p.m. Thomas Goodwin Gallery, 34395 Hwy. 101 S., Cloverdale. Celebrate Marilyn Burkhardt’s Cloverdale Mural.

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PACIFIC CITY FARMER’S MARKET Sunday, Sept. 21 & 28, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. South Tillamook County Library parking lot, 6200 Camp St., Pacific City. Local produce, arts and crafts, food booths, and more.

WILD MUSHROOM IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM Sept. 24, 2 p.m. Tillamook County Library, 1716 Third St. Dane Osis will discuss wild mushroom identification, mushroom hunting regulations, and Oregon wild mushroom uses.

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ALL YOU CAN EAT PANCAKE BREAKFAST Sept. 21, 8 a.m.-noon. Bay City Arts Center, 5680 A St. $5 adults, $2.50 kids, $1 off for members. Call 503-377-9620.

NESTUCCA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING Sept. 22, 6 p.m. Nestucca Valley Jr./Sr. High School, 34660 Parkway Dr., Cloverdale. Included on agenda is special presentation by Ron Smith on the NVHS Career and Technical Education Program. Call 503-392-3194.

LABYRINTH WALK Sept. 22, 4-7 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. Meditative walking on painted canvas labyrinth. Followed by Dances of Universal Peace. Suggested donation $2 for walk and $5 for dance. Call 541-994-9994.

‘CLAIM YOUR OWN MENTAL FITNESS’ Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m. Tillamook County Library, 1716 Third St. Psychologist Dr. Rea Anne Scoville presents a program on her book, “Claim Your Own Mental Fitness.” Free and open to the public. Call 503-842-4792.

TOURISM ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Sept. 23, 1-4 p.m. Tillamook Bay Community College Room 214/215, 4301 Third St. Call 503842-8222 ext. 1420.

RECIPE TO MARKET INFORMATIONAL MEETING Sept. 23, 5:30 p.m. Tillamook Bay Community College Room 214, 4301 Third St. Free informational meeting – Recipe to Market is a 3-part program. For information or to RSVP, contact Emily at 503-842-8222 ext. 1870 or emily. henry@oregonstate.edu.

MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LOOSE Tuesdays, Sept. 23 & 30, 11 a.m. - noon.

South Tillamook County Library, 6200 Camp St., Pacific City. For babies ages 0 through 2 years old accompanied by adult. Early literacy skills through stories, songs, rhymes, etc. Call 503965-6163.

CLOVERDALE COMMUNITY MEETING Sept. 24, 6:30 p.m. The Lion’s Den, Cloverdale. Call 503-392-4340.

TILLAMOOK FARMER’S MARKET Saturdays, Sept. 20 & 27, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Corner of Laurel and Second Streets. Live music: Sept. 27 – Johnny Keener. Call 503-812-9326 or e-mail info@tillamookfarmersmarket.com.

EDC COMMUNITY FORUM – TOURISM DIRECTOR FINALISTS Sept. 24, 6-7:30 p.m. Tillamook Bay Community College Rooms 214/215, 4301 Third St. Community meet and greet of the two Tourism Director finalists. Presentations, Q&A, one-onone time.

TILLAMOOK AAUW 75TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Sept. 21, 2-4 p.m. Officer’s Mess Hall, Port of Tillamook, 4000 Blimp Blvd. AAUW’s 75th birthday celebration tea and new membership recruitment. Contact Nancy Contolini at 503-

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE Sept. 24, 12:30-5:15 p.m. Nestucca Valley Jr.-Sr. High School, 34660 Parkway Dr., Cloverdale. Bring picture ID. To schedule a donation appointment or for more information, call Sue

TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING Sept. 24, 10-11 a.m. Tillamook County Courthouse, 201 Laurel Ave. Call 503-842-1809.

AFTER SCHOOL STORYTIME Wednesdays, Sept. 24 & Oct. 1, 3:30 p.m.

South Tillamook County Library, 6200 Camp St., Pacific City. For ages 4 years and up. Listen to stories from around the world and other interesting subjects. Call 503-965-6163.

BINGO NIGHT Wednesdays, Sept. 24 & Oct. 1, 7-9:30 p.m.

Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. $1 cards, good for 12 games. For information, call 503-965-7900.

KARAOKE Sept. 26 & 27, 9 p.m.-midnight. Oar House Bar & Grill, 34455 Brooten Rd., Pacific City. Call 503-965-6001.

‘TRUE WEST’ Sept. 26 & 27, 7-9 p.m. Barn Community Playhouse, corner of 12th & Ivy, Tillamook. Tickets $15 adults, $1- seniors/students, $40 family of four. Call 503-842-7940.

TILLAMOOK ESTUARIES PARTNERSHIP 20TH ANNIVERSARY Sept. 27, 5-7 p.m. Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106 Second St. Local artists will showcase their estuary inspired work of Tillamook’s bays. Art show Sept. 23-Oct. 5. Hors d’ouevres provided. RSVP at 503-322-2222 or isabel@tbnep.org.

SOLVE BEACH CLEANUP Sept. 27, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Various coastal locations. 30th anniversary of the SOLVE beach cleanup. Register by calling 503-844-9571 ext.

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WINE TASTING Sept. 27, 2-4 p.m. Stimulus Espresso Cafe, 33105 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Wine tasting. Call 503-965-4661.

HANK WILLIAMS TRIBUTE Sept. 27, 7 p.m. Bay City Arts Center, 5680 A St. Local musicians Fred Brandt, Ocean Bottom Country Blues, The “Gospel” Trip, Wil Duncan, and Eric Sappington. Tickets $10 – includes jambalaya dinner at 6 p.m. Call 503-377-9620.

MONDAY MUSICAL: ‘THE ULTIMATE ELVIS CONCERT’ Sept. 28, 2 p.m. Tillamook High School, 2605 12th St. “Elvis” concert. Call 503-842-2078.

FITOBERFEST Sept. 28, 12:50 p.m. The Warehouse, 6002 Blimp Blvd. Ste A., Tillamook. Registration begins at noon. 800M Fun Run for kids 5-12, 5K run/walk, 3 person Team Challenge. Call 503-842-4245.

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IN CONCERT: A MOVING SOUND Sept. 29, 7 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. Sheng Dong is a performance company who fuses Taiwanese, Chinese, and neighboring Asian musical ideas.

Tickets $20 in advance, $22 at the door. Call 541-994-9994.

TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING Oct. 1, 10-11 a.m. Tillamook County Courthouse, 201 Laurel Ave. Call 503-842-1809.

HOME BREWING CLASS Oct. 1, 6 p.m. OSU Extension office, 2204 Fourth St., Tillamook. Taught by Nehalem Home Brew Club. Register at Tillamook County Library, 1716 Third St. Must be 21 or over – bring photo ID to register. Call 503-842-4792.

TILLAMOOK PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING Oct. 2, 7-8:30 p.m. Tillamook City Hall Council Chambers, 210 Laurel Ave.. Call 503-842-2522.

BUSINESS HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY Oct. 3. Tillamook Transfer Station, 1315 Ekloff Rd. By appointment only. Fee given when appointment is made. Call 503-815-3975.

SMART START YOUR BUSINESS Oct. 3, 9 a.m.-noon. Tillamook Bay Community College Room 103, 4301 Third St. Free three hour workshop. Pre-register by Sept. 26.

Contact Carla at 503-842-8222 ext. 1420 or carlalyman@tillmookbaycc.edu.

KARAOKE Oct. 3 & 4, 9 p.m.-midnight. Oar House Bar & Grill, 34455 Brooten Rd., Pacific City. Call 503965-6001.

‘TRUE WEST’ Oct. 3 & 4, 7-9 p.m. & Oct. 5, 2-4 p.m. Barn Community Playhouse, corner of 12th & Ivy, Tillamook. Tickets $15 adults, $1- seniors/students, $40 family of four. Call 503-842-7940.

HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION DAY Oct. 4, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Tillamook Transfer Station, 1315 Ekloff Rd. Call 503-815-3975.

ARTOBER BREWFEST Oct. 4, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. Arts and crafts, beer and food, live music, kid-friendly events. Call 541-994-3070.

36TH ANNUAL FALL KITE FESTIVAL Oct. 4-5, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. D-River Wayside, Lincoln City. Professional and amateur kite flyers.

Free event. Call 800-452-2151.

LIVE MUSIC: PRIMAL MATES Oct. 4, 5:30 p.m. Bay City Arts Center, 5680 A St. Eclectic chamber jazz duo gives cncert.

Donation dinner at 5:30 p.m. $5 admission to show – open to all ages. Call 503-377-9620.

ROCKAWAY BEACH OKTOBERFEST Oct. 5, noon-5 p.m. St. Mary’s by the Sea, Third & Pacific, Rockway Beach. Call 503-3558108.

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DINING GUIDE CAFE ON HAWK CREEK, 4505 SALEM AVENUE, NESKOWIN. 503-392-4400. Specializing in wood-fired brick oven pizzas, this landmark establishment is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and offers a brunch on Sundays. Egg dishes, sandwiches, salads, seafood, pasta dishes, and more. NW wine list and beers on tap. Outdoor seating on deck weather permitting.

DELICATE PALATE BISTRO, 35280 BROOTEN ROAD, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-6464. www.delicatepalate.com.

The Bistro offers the freshest local products available set with a chic presentation highlighting regional cuisine.

Our enumerated wine list spans the globe to bring you the finest wines available at reasonable prices, while the martini bar highlights classic cocktails intertwined with hip new blends fashioned from the best spirits available along with a great selection of local and international beers. Reserve your memory today.

DORYLAND PIZZA, CAPE KIWANDA DRIVE, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-6299. Fun, family atmosphere with four televisions and a big screen plasma TV to enjoy sporting events or your favorite shows. Established from the remodeled Pacific City Boat Works building built in the 1960s, Doryland retained the nautical atmosphere with its solid wood planked floors, brass accents and original charm. They added great pizza, sandwiches, salad bar, beer & wine, and video games. Open 11-8 Sunday-Thursday, 11-9 Friday & Saturday.

PELICAN PUB & BREWERY, 33180 CAPE KIWANDA DRIVE, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-7007. Ocean front brewery featuring award-winning Pelican brews, great food, and a family-friendly atmosphere. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner served daily. Open Sun–Thurs 8am-10pm and Fri–Sat 8am-11pm.

RIBCAGE SMOKERY, 6425 PACIFIC AVE, PACIFIC CITY. 503-483-1RIB. Specializing in smoked baby back ribs, tri tip, prime rib (available on Fridays), brisket (available on Saturdays) and pork shoulder. Sausages, corned beef, Chicago dog, pulled pork, reuben, authentic BBQ sides and much more available. Beer and wine also available. Watch our big screen TVs inside or enjoy your meal on our outdoor patio. Open Fri-Sun., noon-9 p.m.

Food also served at Twist Thursdays and Sundays, noon-7 p.m.

SPORTSMAN’S PUB-N-GRUB, 34975 BROOTEN ROAD, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-9991. Dating back to 1947 the original Sportsman’s Tavern was the only local watering hole and meeting spot for locals and visitors alike. It was the place people called for weather, fishing and news of locals as it had the only pay phone at the time. Things haven’t changed much — today the Sportsman’s is still a favorite meeting spot for locals and visitors alike. Although now food is a great attraction with locally caught fish from Sea Q Fish featuring dory fresh lingcod and sea bass prepared at the Sportsman’s is being hailed as the best fish and chips anywhere.

The fresh oysters from T&S oyster farm in Netarts have a huge local following and are delivered fresh every Friday. Come try some great grub at great prices and rub elbows with the locals.

STIMULUS, 33105 CAPE KIWANDA DRIVE, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-4661. Beautiful Ocean view espresso café serving Five Rivers Coffee, organic teas, and locally made pastries. Stimulus offers a large selection of breakfast sandwiches, hot Panini sandwiches, and salads.

Open every day of the year from 6 am till 8 pm.

SUNRISE DELI, 31020 HIGHWAY 101 S., HEBO, LOCATED INSIDE NESTUCCA VALLEY SPORTING GOODS. 503-392-4269. Home of Grandma Gefre’s home made clam chowder, Texas beans and home made potato salad. Comfort foods such as fresh made deli sandwiches and 1/3 pound hamburgers’ made to order your way. Add double cut fries and you have a real meal.

TWIST WINE CO., 6425 PACIFIC AVE, PACIFIC CITY. 503-965-NUTS. At Twist Wine Company we showcase wines from our three brands: Reversal, Basket Case and Shy Chenin. We believe wine is about having fun. We are a wine lounge, wi-fi hotspot and offer four microbrews on draft.

The “Dining Guide” is an advertiser-supported section of the Pacific City Sun. To get your dining establishment listed, call 503-801-5221.

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A REFRESHED DELICATE PALATE BISTRO, 35280 Brooten Road, Pacific City, offers diners a choice of four settings: a white table dining room, a family-friendly sunroom, an inviting garden and a fully-stocked lounge.

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Dining at Delicate Palate Bistro promises a multitude of choices from a white table-cloth elegant setting to a family-friendly sunroom

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njoying a relaxing vacation beach combing or surfing in Pacific City but still hungry for a fine dining experience accompanied by a Wine Spectator award winning wine list? Are you a local planning a special evening out? Perhaps you are a family with young children, yet don’t want to be limited to fast food dining choices? Then the Delicate Palate Bistro, located at 35280 Brooten Rd. in Pacific City, is the perfect choice for you.

Owners Geoff and Patt Williams celebrated the 10th anniversary of their AAA 3-Diamond rated establishment over Memorial Day weekend and have spent part of the year updating the restaurant to make it even more inviting. Since they usually close the Bistro for the first two weeks of January, they repainted the building then. Just before the 10th anniversary date, they bought all new chairs for the dining room and added a family table.

Patt says that the family table in the main dining room has been popular. By adding a leaf and different chairs, it can seat up to 12 people. They also added three Euro wine caves in the dining room to house their reserve wines. A wine cellar upstairs holds the rest of the wines – according to Geoff, their wine list contains about 1,200 wines.

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drinks and freshly prepared foods, the Bistro boasts three other options. There is a lounge with a bar, a few small tables, and televisions for watching sports. Plus, there’s a sunroom with a fireplace in it and an outdoor patio and garden in which to dine, weather permitting.

Children are welcome in all but the lounge and those sitting in the sunroom will be given butcher paper and crayons with which to draw.

Since the restaurant prides itself in serving fresh foods, they will be adding some fall specialties to take advantage of local seasonal ingredients. Butternut squash soup, braised lamb shanks, Asian bouillabaisse, a Northwest seafood platter, and mushroom soup are some of the items being planned for the fall menu. Their produce comes from Brickyard Farms in Tillamook. Patt says that its less than three hours from picking time to being served on your plate. Vegan, vegetarian, and gluten free dishes are available.

The lounge offers a happy hour from 3:30-5:30 p.m. with some appetizers half off and $1 off beers and wine. They also offer wine tastings on Wednesdays and new martinis every month.

One new addition that the couple planned for their update was a new sign out front. It is now gracing the front of their building.

Reservations are recommended at the Bistro. The Bistro is the only restaurant in the Pacific City area that accepts reservations. To make reservations or for more information about the Delicate Palate Bistro, call 503965-6464 or visit www.delicatepalate.com.

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DANA LANE COURT! Lot 3. Beautiful sweeping views of ocean, valley & Haystack Rock. $78,000.

AIRPORT FRONTAGE! Rueppell Ave, Pacific City.

Within walking distance to beach! Owner/broker. MLS 10-2830. $189,900.

Mary Jones

NANTUCKET SHORES. Lot 14. Stunning ocean views!

Pacific City. $199,900.

PRIME NESTUCCA RIVERFRONT! Zoned commercial or mixed use. Owner financing available. Lot 4, $119,900. Lot 3, $145,000.

ACREAGE! 202 Resort Drive, Pacific City. 11.99 acres for small farm or can be divided. Owner/broker. MLS 08-769. $495,000.

BROOTEN MOUNTAIN, PACIFIC CITY! 30-acre parcel with resident eagle’s nest. Fabulous ocean and valley views. Wonderful estate or subdivision opportunity! Owner/broker. $2,750,000.

HOMESITES AVAILABLE in gorgeous Pacific Seawatch neighborhood, including community clubhouse with indoor pool & exercise room, etc. CCRs & height restrictions to protect your investment. Variety of beautiful views to pick from, prices start at $87,900. Private financing available.

SPECIAL PRICING ON SELECT LOTS

r a l u c a t Spec ts o L w e Vi ! e l a S r Fo Mary J. Jones Principal Broker & Owner

503-550-7194

Starting @ $87,900 includes Community Clubhouse with indoor pool, putting course, and exercise room

Mary Jones

Owner/Principal Broker

503-550-7194 / 888-965-7801 www.PacificSeawatch.com

Directions: At blinking light downtown Pacific City, head south toward Hwy 101 approx ½ mile, Left on Fisher; Right on Solita.

Becky Kirkendall

Courtney Fields

Shae Lambert

Real Estate Broker

Real Estate Broker

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503-701-1103

503-428-7733

503-703-8299

www.ShorepineProperties.com

Our office is located at the entrance to Shorepine Village – just 1/2 mile South of the Pelican Pub and Cape Kiwanda