Pacific City Sun, December 30, 2022

Spruced Up Signs

Survey to ask residents how much they trust government to provide flood safety

Portland State University is conducting a survey in Tillamook County in its effort to gauge how much people trust the government’s efforts to provide safety from floods. The survey will select residents randomly and mail those individuals postcards with a link and QR code in the coming months. The results will be sent to federal, state and local agencies so they have an opportunity to learn how to earn the public’s trust. Those participating will have a chance to win $100 for their efforts.

As part of the Tillamook County survey (as well as a similar one in Coos County), officials are reportedly seeking

to understand community members’ willingness to pay for flood mitigation projects. There will also be an experiment conducted in Tillamook County that’s being billed as a chance to “measure perceptions of flooding risks and levels of trust in organizations that provide flood mitigation information.”

Organizers say community buy-in is important because without it, “efforts to reduce flooding and limit flood damage are much less effective.”

In this outreach, the research team is seeking to answer four questions:

• What flood-mitigation options do community members prefer?

• How can we measure community members’ trust in the organizations providing flood mitigation support?

• How does the trust that the community members have in organizations providing flood mitigation information affect their wlllingness to support or adopt the recommended policies and practices?

• How does a community member’s perception of the likelihood and severity of flooding affect their acceptance of flood mitigation measures and belief in the need for those measures?

To learn more about the project, visit its Facebook page, TIDES Project, or email jriedl@pdx.edu.

It’s bad santa season!

By CHELSEA YARNELL for the Sun

As the year comes to a close, the Pacific City Joint Water-Sanitary Authority is still waiting to approve the final version of their Wastewater Master Plan.

“We got the draft back. The timeframe for review and comment has come and gone,” Authority

Manager John Wesely reported to the Board of Directors at their Dec. 13 meeting. Wesely said that he promptly consolidated all comments from the Board, as well as his own, and sent them back to engineering firm Parametrix, which has been preparing the Master Plan.

“Parametrix is now working on these revisions, I don’t think it will take them long,” Wesley said.

A finalized plan was scheduled to be presented and approved by the end of the year. However, a piece of the plan was missing.

“We had an in-depth, third-party consultant do a System Development Charge plan that was scoped for the master plan,” Wesley said. “It is scoped in our agreement; however, Parametrix says it’s not unusual to pull that from a master plan. It may take one more extension on the contract to get this piece done or accept it as a supplemental document.”

Wesely suggested that the Board allow a one-month extension on the contract to allow Parametrix to work with the third-party consultants before integrating the SDC analysis into the Wastewater Master Plan.

“On the wastewater side, the SDC analysis is far less consequential than on the water side. Because of that, I’m inclined to agree with a reasonable timeframe to get that last supplemental document done,” Wesely said. “Our list of projects on the wastewater side are more modest than on the water side, and our financing for those projects is more certain than it is on the water side.”

The Board made no official action to extend the contract but urged Wesely to request a finalized Master Plan as soon as possible.

“Once again, we find Parametrix late on their scope of work and that doesn’t make me happy….they’ve once again left us hanging, but we don’t have a choice,” Board Chair Tom Donohue said. “I suggest that you contact Parametrix and ask them to get this done in a reasonable amount of time and that the Board is not happy with their performance.”

Surviving Jack Frost

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun

Freezing temperatures and frigid precipitation put a halt to many preChristmas activities for residents and visitors of South Tillamook County when many of its roads were frosted with a sheet of ice starting late Thursday, Dec. 22 and continuing through midday Friday, Dec. 23.

The conditions affected not only the general public but also made travel difficult for emergency responders and public utilities.

Nestucca Rural Fire Protection District Chief James Oeder said that while there were only four to five known accidents involving vehicle damage, there were an unknown amount of vehicles stalled due to the slippery conditions.

While they did have to do one victim extrication as a result of a multi-vehicle accident on Sand Lake Road where one of the cars rolled over, he said he was thankful the remainder of the incidents were very minor.

“Our challenge (on the extrication call) was we had 50 mph winds on top of the ice pellets,” Oeder told the Sun. “It was coming down very heavy on us at that time.”

The weather also played a role on driving. He noted how slippery Sand Lake Road was at that time. He said the area near Sitka Sedge State Natural Areas was so iced it made passage almost impossible.

Those conditions meant that not every call could be responded to, Oeder added.

“We had quite a few non-injury wrecks that we couldn’t even get to, and during

the night, it got really bad in Pacific City on both Resort Drive and Brooten Road.

“It was so slick we couldn’t navigate the roads. The fortunate piece is we had no incident that someone to be transported for. We were very fortunate nobody was sick or injured during the ice storm.”

He noted that Friday morning, too, was treacherous for a time.

“The big problem we had on Friday was there was so much water on the road that was covering the ice,” Oeder said. “That just helped increase the treacherous (nature) of driving.”

He said amongst the lessons learned for his crew was how best to traverse the ice.

“A lot of our crews hadn’t been able to drive in that kind of situation so they learned a lot on how to maneuver in ice storms like that,” he said.

And with the event now in the rearview mirror, he pledged to be even better prepared next time.

“We’ll evaluate everything and talk about (whether) there something we could have done better and just prepare for if this type of event (happens) again. Now that it’s over, I feel very good with what we were able to do.”

SOUTH COUNTY was met with cold temperatures, icy roads, and freezing rain late Thursday, Dec. 22 through Friday, Dec. 23, causing downed trees, multiple cars sliding off roads, and many area businesses to open late or not at all. Pictured above, Hwy. 101 where it intersects with Hwy. 130 (Little Nestucca River Rd.) was a solid sheet of ice for many hours.

ABOVE, a tow truck pulls an emergency roadside assistance vehicle out of a ditch it landed in due to icy roads.

Photos by Tim Hirsch

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Neskowin residents express livability concerns from short-term rentals

By CHELSEA YARNELL for the Sun

Long-time Neskowin property owners have experienced changes to their neighborhood.

“The past few years I’ve seen the change in Neskowin; it’s not good,” Neskowin resident Matt Gill commented at the Tillamook County Short-Term Rental Advisory Committee meeting on Dec. 13. “We really have to limit the number of Airbnbs and limit the number of people that come to stay in each of these houses.”

Gill, a Neskowin property owner since 1977, told the Advisory Committee that, under the advice of his lawyers, he’ll submit additional comments online as he has too much to say in the allotted three-minute oral public comment time.

“There are three Airbnbs on my street. I regularly see five to six cars in front of them, and it’s just not right. The livability in Neskowin has gone downhill dramatically, and the prices of houses in Neskowin have skyrocketed because of Airbnbs.”

At their December meeting, the STR Advisory Committee continued their discussion around potential regulations of STRs in Tillamook County under Ordinance 84. Topics included the establishment of caps, permit transfers, land use, events, and business licenses. No official action was taken by the Committee, but members were able to rule out the idea of implementing a regulation that would only allow an STR permit to be issued if the property was the applicant’s fulltime residence.

At the end of the meeting, several Tillamook County property owners shared their comments with the Advisory Committee.

“What I see happening at these meetings is that you’re constantly talking about the

viability of short-term rental income, the management companies, and the real estate agents and their commissions,” Neskowin resident Laurie Kovack said. “We all know that there’s about 20 percent of properties in this County that are short-term rentals, and I believe that they will continue to exist, and you need to figure out how they can be productive parts of the community.”

Kovack’s family has owned property in Neskowin since 1980, and she decided to retire to the community.

“If Tillamook County wants people to choose Tillamook County as a residential destination, I think it needs to be one of the

The goal should still be to make it a county that people want to move to and live here full-time because we bring a benefit that’s different than the transient dollars, and it’s a viable goal.

-Laurie Kovack, Neskowin resident

goals put out there specifically,” Kovack said. “I now know that the Neskowin I thought I was retiring to is changing and has drastically over the last 10 years because of the short-term rentals. I question the desirability of it as full-time residence. The goal should still be to make it a county that people want to move to and live here full-time because we bring a benefit that’s different than the transient dollars, and it’s a viable goal.”

Both Kovack and Gill are supporters of the “Save Our Neighborhood” campaign.

The Neskowin Citizen Advisory Committee (an advisory body to local, state and federal

government agencies and citizens), has formed a subcommittee on short-term rentals that is spearheading the movement.

The “Save Our Neighborhood” campaign advocates for changes to Ordinance 84 including: defining STRs as a business, listing STRs as a “Conditional Use” for properties in residential zones, limiting the total number of STRs to a percentage of existing dwellings, limiting the concentration of STRs on any one street or neighborhood in Neskowin, establishing a maximum occupancy of 12 people per day per STR, limiting the number of vehicles to no more than the number of allotted spaces for the STR, and limiting the number of days that an STR can be rented to 100 days per year.

“I have owned a home in Neskowin in the Village for now close to 40 years. I am retired and currently spend about half my time there,” Stephen R. Stewart wrote via email to the STR Advisory Committee.

“I am writing this to express my support for the thoughtful positions on Short Term Rental controls proposed by the Save Our Neighborhoods committee. My home is now surrounded on three sides by STRs. As noted by many other homeowners, the result is a weekly intrusion of repeated problems including traffic, parking, noise and overturned garbage strewn in the street. What used to be a restful retreat is now becoming an ongoing irritation. Calls to property managers are a regular occurrence. I support limiting numbers, density, occupancy, and frequency of allowed rentals. I especially support strong county enforcement of any and all regulations.”

The STR Advisory Committee meets the first Tuesday of every month at the Port of Tillamook Bay Conference Room. Oral public comment can be given at the meetings as well as submitted online to ltone@ co.tillamook.or.us.

TPUD seeking applicants for Community Support Grants

Tillamook PUD is accepting applications now for the 2023 Community Support Grant Program.

Local not-for-profit organizations seeking funding for their community projects in 2023 are eligible to apply. Entities interested in applying must submit their 2023 Community Support Grant application by 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23. Grant applications and procedures are available at the Tillamook PUD main office, or by visiting tpud.org/newscommunity/community-support-grants/.

Applications are evaluated and selected by the Tillamook PUD Board of Directors in mid-March. In their evaluation, the Board considers each project’s potential

PACIFIC CITY JOINT WATER-SANITARY AUTHORITY

NOTICE OF BOARD VACANCY

Effective September 13, 2022, Pacific City Joint Water-Sanitary Authority (PCJWSA) is accepting applications for the unexpired term of Board Position #5. Applications are available at the PCJWSA office located at 34005 Cape Kiwanda Dr. Pacific City, Oregon 97135 or on line at www.pcjwsa.com. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Applicants must be an elector of the Authority, live within the boundaries of PCJWSA and be willing to attend scheduled meetings. For more information, please call 503-965-6636.

John Wesely, Authority Manager

for economic development and community outreach, as well as financial need.

Projects must be completed by the end of the 2023 calendar year. Additionally, individual grant awards are limited to $10,000 each year, and entities are eligible to receive no more than $20,000 within a five-year period.

Some examples of past projects that have received Community Support Grant funding include lighting and electrical upgrades at various civic organizations, support for community programs, purchasing updated energy-efficient appliances for community facilities, and improvement projects at local organizations utilized by the community.

NESTUCCA RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENT, with emergency vehicles all shining their red and blue flashers and decked out in Christmas lights, paraded between South County towns on Friday, Dec. 16 to spread holiday cheer. The Christmas Light Parade started in Beaver, worked its way south on Hwy. 101 through Hebo and Cloverdale, continuing south to Neskowin, where it returned north again on Hwy. 101 towards Pacific City. The parade wound through Pacific City, ending up at Kiawanda Community Center, where Santa disembarked to make himself available for photos ops.

King Tides arrive in time for New Year’s Day

The North Oregon Coast is preparing for the third in this winter’s series of king tides, beginning on New Year’s Day and continuing through Jan. 3.

King tides are exceptionally high tides that occur each winter. On the North Coast, king tides can lead to coastal flooding as well as impacts to the natural and humanbuilt environment. Officials say that king tides provide valuable insight into future sea level rise due to climate change.

While celebrating the New Year’s holiday on the North Coast, visitors and residents are encouraged to pay close attention to tide schedules, stay off the beach at high tide, and avoid driving through high water. For the sake of safety, officials encourage a First Day Hike or other alternative to a polar plunge. While enjoying coastal views, the advice is to stay out of the surf, stay off drift logs, and stay away from jetties.

For more information about citizen science efforts to document king tides, visit

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oregonkingtides.net. For photos of king tides in Oregon, visit Oregon King Tides on Flickr. To learn more about king tides, NOAA has a resource available at https:// oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/kingtide. html. For First Day Hikes free parking information, visit https://stateparks. oregon.gov. One local Oregon State Park opportunity is at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area. As reported in the Dec. 16 edition of the Sun, the noon Sitka Sedge hike will start at the parking lot and take participants along the Beltz Dike and through the Sandlake Estuary. It promises participants chances for bird watching, whale watching, mushroom identification, and more. The 2.5-mile hike will then continue through a loop trail though the forest, a trek that will also include views of the estuary.

Sitka Sedge is just north of Tierra Del Mar on Sand Lake Road. A second Tillamook County hike will be at Netarts Bay State Park, starting at 9 a.m. It will feature a twomile hike on the Nehalem Bay Loop Trail.

PCJWSA Board expresses frustration with missed deadlines

Vice Chair Sean Carlton echoed the concern.

“It infuriates me that we would have to have a special meeting towards the end of December to accommodate them,” Carlton said. “My view is they get it to us when they get it to us and if it’s after Dec. 31 then that’s a strike against them…you give them so many warnings and if they don’t perform, they don’t perform, and it goes on their record.”

Wesely acknowledged that he’ll pass along the message of disapproval.

“With the Water and Wastewater Master Plan, I think that Parametrix has left a lot to be desired,” Wesely said. “This is a firm that has done our engineering work for at least the last 20 years including

the upgrades to the treatment plants, the airport, and numerous plans. Parametrix will follow up on this; there’s no risk of that not happening…I think they know that we’re not happy. We will get the last remaining document. Maybe it’s just that the contract will expire, we’re still waiting for a deliverable, and bad on Parametrix. We’ll factor all that in as we look forward to other projects.”

Despite the potential delay, Board Secretary Anne Price expressed gratitude for their notes being included in the final plan.

“I do appreciate that they find it important to have our feedback before they finalize the Master Plan,” Price said. “I personally have no problem extending the SDC report by a month.”

A CONFLUENCE of high tides, torrential rains and heavy winds gusting up to 70 mph caused havoc in Tillamook County and surrounding areas Tuesday, Dec. 27, with flooding continuing for a day or two more depending on the area and the tides. Power was out in all of South County early Tuesday morning and many trees fell, some already weakened by the ice storm on Dec. 22-23. Parts of Resort Drive, including in front of Chester’s Market, and the airport along Pacific Avenue were some of the areas hardest hit by flooding in Pacific City.

Photo by Tim Hirsch

Photos by Tim Hirsch

Tillamook County Public Works installs series of wayfinding signs paid for by TLT funds

By TIM HIRSCH of the Sun

New to town? Looking for which way to go? New wayfinding signs are designed to point the way and in a more attractive manner than ever.

The longtime project of the Tillamook County Visitors Associaton, which is funded by the transient lodging tax in unincorporated Tillamook County, consists of series of new directional signs throughout Pacific City, several new banners, and two interpretative signs. In total, it cost $148,000 — including $28,000 in design work.

Ramsay Signs, which puts a special finish on the signs that protects the surface from coastal weather, did the sign production.

One of the directional signage points includes a directional sign at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Brooten Road that directs people to a number of destinations including downtown shopping and dining as well as locales such as Woods and Tierra Del Mar. Another key new directional sign is along Brooten Road across from the Woods Bridge where a sign directs travelers towards Tierra Del Mar, Oceanside-Netarts and the Sandlake Recreation Area. In total, four have been placed with one more planned to be placed at the beginning of the year. That one will be on Brooten Road directing travelers to the library, to retails shops along Brooten, and to the towns of Woods and Cloverdale.

As well, seven banners have been added plus two interpretative signs.

“What I love most about the wayfinding projects are the interpretative signs that (are a part of it),” said Nan Devlin, executive director of Tillamook Coast Visitors Asssociation. “This allows communities to tell stories about what they value in their community.”

In Pacific City’s case, the first two have been placed — both on Beachy Bridge. One is a tribute to the Pacific City State Airport and the other contains background on Pacific City’s historic dory fleet.

Though the initial plan was to also have two “gateway” signs erected, Devlin said the committee wasn’t able to follow through on that due to the difficulties in getting permitting at the proposed sites.

“The original goal of the signage (as earlier voiced by Tillamook County Commissioners), was to get people off Highway 101 and explore,” Devlin said. “And, in Pacific City, it was also to improve the look of the signs. They were getting pretty old and beat up. I was really glad to see these go in and to see how much better it looks.”

In a separate effort by the Cape Kiwanda Corridor Project, an additional wayfinding sign in Pacific City will later be erected along Cape Kiwanda Drive. Devlin said that will have a similar look to the signs already in place.

Devlin also said she’d like to see more interpretive signs along Cape Kiwanda Drive.

“I especially want to get some more interpretive signs placed there including (one or more) about the native people,” Devlin said. “It’s very important to tell those stories.”

As well, the county-wide program has placed signs in Tillamook, Nehalem

and Rockaway Beach. Recently, Bay City accepted their plan and is currently getting their design ready. Garibaldi, too, is looking forward to new signs.

Devlin said she is also working with local historian Sally Rissel to develop signs for Cloverdale.

NEW DIRECTIONAL SIGNS have been erected in Pacific City including one at Brooten Road and Pacific Avenue (above) and one in Woods on Brooten Road just across from the Woods Bridge (below). Four directional signs were paid for by Tillamook County’s Transient Lodging Tax program, as well as two interpretative signs and seven banners, and one more is planned for early 2023.

TWO INTERPRETATIVE SIGNS — one of Pacific City State Airport and the other on the historic dory fleet — now adorn Beachy Bridge as part of a nearly complete wayfinding project.

Photos by Tim Hirsch

Carmine Hougan,

Dec.

Pacific City man charged with invasion of privacy

Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office detectives recently arrested 48-year-old John David Bonander of Pacific City on two charges of Invasion of Privacy 1st Degree and two charges of Tampering with Evidence.

“We received information that a minor female found a surveillance camera hidden under the sink in John Bonander’s bathroom,” said TCSO Detective Chase Ross. “The victim removed the camera, and they believed that they were recorded in the bathroom on several occasions.”

Detectives found evidence that victims were being secretly recorded while using Bonander’s bathroom. Subsequently, he was arrested and a search warrant was executed on his residence. Several additional surveillance cameras were discovered and seized by

investigators.

Bonander had been confronted by the victim about the camera in the bathroom when detectives contacted him, and there was evidence that he was making preparations to flee the area.

“We found two phones in the process of being erased, as well as a ‘go-bag’ filled with passports and birth certificates. Bonander also had a large amount of cash on him,” said Detective Chase Ross.

Bonander operated West Coast Camel rides in Pacific City, and investigators believe that he may have secretly recorded additional victims. The Sheriff’s Office says is asking members of the public that have been in John Bonander’s residence in Pacific City and who believes they could have been secretly recorded, to contact Detective Chase Ross at 503-815-3326.

Burkhardt Gallery to offer series of art classes in early 2023

Burkhardt Gallery will be offering four new classes in the new year in what owner Marilyn Burkhardt says will be a creative outlet and an opportunity to destress from the holidays. The classes will all be on Sunday.

The first class offered, on Sunday, Jan. 15, is a basic drawing class. The class will explore various approaches to drawing, using different objects and photographs as reference materials. The class members will discuss the results in a constructive way. The cost is $20, and it a two-hour class, 1-3 p.m.

The second class, on Sunday, Jan. 22, is a continuation of a block printing class previously offered at the gallery — Reduction Cut Block printing. Successive areas of the printing block are cut away to produce a

multicolored edition of prints. It will run from 1-4 p.m. and cost $45.

The next class, on Jan. 29, 1-4 p.m., will focus on making clay tiles.The class will explore the many possibilities in hand made tile making. The cost is $75.

And in the last class of the series, on Feb. 5, the participants will hand build a clay cup, or two if there is time. The skills involved in making a cup can be transferred to other hand building projects in clay. Cost is $75.

For more details or to sign up, please contact Marilyn Burkhardt at burkhardtmab@gmail. com or call or text at 503-812-9866.

Burkhardt Gallery, at 34395 Hwy. 101 South in Cloverdale, is open on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Delay of ocean commercial Dungeness crab season opening will continue

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Dec. 22 that the ocean commercial Dungeness crab season will remain closed until at least Jan. 15, 2023.

Round three of pre-season testing shows crabs still remain too low in meat yield on the southern and northern coasts. Elevated domoic acid is still detected in some crab viscera (guts).

Additional crab meat yield and biotoxin testing will occur in the coming weeks.

Results help determine which parts of Oregon could open Jan. 15, 2023 or be further delayed.

Targeted to open Dec. 1, Oregon’s ocean commercial Dungeness crab season can be delayed so consumers get a high-quality product, and crabs are not wasted. ODFW says providing a quality product to consumers is a high priority for the fishing industry and for the agency.

ODFW tests crabs out of Oregon’s six major crabbing ports in partnership with the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, Oregon Department of Agriculture, and the commercial Dungeness crab industry.

For biotoxin information, visit oregon.gov/oda/programs/FoodSafety/ Shellfish/Pages/CrabBiotoxinInfo.aspx.

JOHN DAVID BONANDER, of Pacific City, was recently arrested on two charges of Invasion of Privacy 1st Degree and two charges of Tampering with Evidence.

COMMERICAL CRABBING in the ocean is delayed until Jan. 15 or later.

Photo courtesy of TCSO

WINTER WHALE WATCH WEEK

Dec. 30-Jan. 1, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Volunteers will be available up and down the coast to help people spot migrating gray whales. For more information, visit OregonStateParks.org or ORWhaleWatch.org.

PAINT & SIP

Dec. 30, 5 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. $35 fee includes instruction, supplies, and first glass of wine. Sign-up at PC-Pour.com.

NEW YORK NYE WITH THE LINCOLN POPS

Dec. 31, 7-10 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101, Lincoln City. Music and dancing Big Band style. Tickets include light appetizers and champagne toast; beer and wine sold separately. Tickets $38-$45. For more information, visit LincolnCity-CulturalCenter. org or call 541-994-9996.

NEW YEAR’S EVE SMUDGE MAKING WORKSHOP

Dec. 31, 2-4 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. $35 fee includes first beverage, chocolate bites, and supplies for making smudge sticks. RSVP required - sign-up at PC-Pour.com.

NEW YEAR’S EVE COMMUNITY

CELEBRATION

Dec. 31, 7 p.m.-midnight. Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. Gratitude Jar reading, giving tree, food and music. For more information, email info@ fulcrumresources.org or call 503-368-7463.

8TH ANNUAL POLAR PLUNGE

Jan. 1, 11 a.m.-noon. Cape Lookout State Park Pavilion, 13000 Whiskey Creek Rd, Tillamook. Free event and parking. Fire, treats and hot beverages provided. For more information, contact kbenson@tillamookymca.org or call 503-842-9622 ext. 111.

MANZANITA POLAR PLUNGE

Jan. 1, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Neahkahnie Beach, Manzanita.

SILETZ BAY SPLASH

Jan. 1, 10 a.m. Taft Dock on 51st St., Lincoln City. Meet on the beach and enjoy a quick jump into Siletz Bay. Hot cocoa, fire, s’mores and more. For more information, call 503994-2131.

TILLAMOOK COUNTY WALKING GROUP

Jan. 2, 4 & 6, 10 a.m. Meet at Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. For more information, visit https:// tillamookcountywellness.org/move-well/walking-groups/ or contact coordinator Kathy at katystar7@hotmail.com or 503-801-7448 (text).

PACIFIC CITY-NESTUCCA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Jan. 3, noon. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Local community and business matters.

TILLAMOOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING Jan. 4, 9 a.m. Call information: 971-254-3149, Conference ID: 736-023-979 (listen only.) Live video available at tctvonline.com.

SITKA RESIDENT TALK

Jan. 5, 4-5:30 p.m. Sitka Center for Art & Ecology. Ten-minute Zoom presentations by Eileen Hinckle, Mika Aono, Carolyn Hopkins, Larry Hufford, Eric Rannestad, and Tara Champion. Pre-registration required - visit sitkacenter.org.

ARTIST RECEPTION

Jan. 6, 5-7 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. Creative Wearables - a Portland based Columbia FiberArts Guild. Free admission. For more information, visit lincolncity-culturalcenter.org or call 541-9949994.

HISTORY OF THE NEHALEM VALLEY Jan. 9, 4-5:30 p.m. Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. “Owning a Piece of Oregon - Homesteading around Nehalem Bay.” Part of a 6-part series. Preregistration required. $75 - send check to Nehalem Valley Historical Society, PO Box 704, Manzanita, OR 97130.

SOUTH TILLAMOOK COUNTY WALKING GROUP Jan. 9, 11 & 13, 10 a.m. Meet at Kiawanda Com-

munity Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. For more information, visit https:// tillamookcountywellness.org/move-well/ walking-groups/ or contact coordinator Kathy at katystar7@hotmail.com or 503-801-7448 (text).

NESTUCCA VALLEY LIONS CLUB MEETING

Jan. 10, 6 p.m. The Lion’s Den, 34510 Parkway Dr., Cloverdale.

PACIFIC CITY JOINT WATER SANITARY

AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING Jan. 10, 5 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. For more information, call 503-965-6636.

SOUTH COUNTY FOOD PANTRY Jan. 10, 12:30-6 p.m. Nestucca Valley Presbyterian Church, 35305 Brooten Rd., Pacific City.

TILLAMOOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS MEETING Jan. 11, 9 a.m. Call information: 971-254-3149, Conference ID: 736-023-979 (listen only.) Live video available at tctvonline.com.

NESTUCCA VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING

Jan. 11, 6:30 p.m. Nestucca Valley Jr./Sr. High School, 34660 Parkway Dr., Cloverdale.

NESTUCCA RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD MEETING Jan. 11, 4 p.m. Hebo Fire Station, 30710 Hwy. 101 S. Hebo. Call 503-392-3313 for more information.

LOWER NEHALEM WATERSHED COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING & PRESENTATION

Jan. 12, 5 p.m. Meeting and presentation via Zoom - https://us02web.zoom. us/j/83650617243. Speaker Andy Blum will give presentation on the Role of Red Alder in the Oregon Coast Range. Free and open to the public.

HISTORY OF THE NEHALEM VALLEY Jan. 12, 4-5:30 p.m. Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. “Cows, Trees & Cities - The Railroad comes to the Valley.” Part of a 6-part series. Pre-registration required. $75 - send check to Nehalem Valley Historical Society, PO Box 704, Manzanita, OR 97130.

VISION BOARDS & REFLEXOLOGY

Jan. 13, 5 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Collage your own vision board and learn reflexology basics. $35 fee includes supplies, info sheet, and first beverage. Sign-up at PC-Pour.com.

STORYTELLER: NORM BRECKE

Jan. 14, 3 p.m. Tillamook County Library, 1716 3rd St., Tillamook. Norm Brecke shares folktales. For more information, call 503-842-4792.

NORTH COAST THROWDOWN CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT

Jan. 14, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tillamook County Fairgrounds, 4603 3rd St., Tillamook. Food, drinks, entertainment and a 48 team round-robin style tournament. Admission $10 for adults; $5 for children. $50 registration fee per team - register by Jan. 4. For more information, contact brittalawrence@tillamookbaycc.edu or call 503-842-8222.

HISTORY OF THE NEHALEM VALLEY

Jan. 15, 4-5:30 p.m. Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Ave., Manzanita. “Selling the Seashore - A Sure Route to Health & Wealth.” Part of a 6-part series. Pre-registration required. $75 - send check to Nehalem Valley Historical Society, PO Box 704, Manzanita, OR 97130.

TRIVIA NIGHT Jan. 14, 5-6:30 p.m. PC-Pour Wine Bar, 33310 Cape Kiwanda Dr., Pacific City. Free admission. Must be 21 or over. Test your trivia knowledge. Sign-up at PC-Pour.com.

CELTIC SERIES

Jan. 15, 2 p.m. Lincoln City Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy. 101. Eric McDonald, Ryan McKasson, and Jeremiah McLane make up Kalos. Tickets $30. For more information, visit lincolncity-culturalcenter.org or visit 541-9949994.

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