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Volume 28, No. 4

Hoffman Center announces March Gallery Show T

he Hoffman Center Gallery is pleased to bring in three artists who are showing at the gallery in March. Alana Garrigues, Susan Walsh and Rick Crawford works will be on display fro March 4-27 in the gallery and admission is free and open to the public. Alana Garrigues Alana Garrigues is an intuitive artist and poet, and co-host of {within} community, an online collective of female artists and makers. Her artwork is deeply informed by the nature of the Pacific Northwest and a sense of innate relationship between human story, memory, and art itself. Susan Walsh Two things inspired me to do this work. First and foremost, working with Master Cabinetmaker, James Krenov. His books and his teachings have inspired

my work throughout my career. The second inspiration was reading the book “Overstory” by Richard Powers. One of the main characters in the book is a majestic Redwood Tree. Rick Crawford Rick Crawford is a sculptor and jeweler in Astoria, Oregon.

He strives to utilize as much repurposed materials in his pieces as possible. His influences range from interests in the natural world, ancient history and archaeology, and ancient tribal iconography, as well as the various cultures that he encounters in his travels. Learn more about the March

artists at https://hoffmanarts. org/events/march-2022-galleryshow/ Hoffman Gallery March Open Friday through Sunday March 4-27 | 1-5 p.m. Free and open to the public Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita

Seaside surfer has history on coastal waters

The religion of being in the water and the adrenaline of catching a wave Seaside Surf Legend, Josh Gizdavich

Ashley Tike

Staff Writer

f there’s a good ground swell with crystal-clear east winds and high tide is in the middle of the day you’ll probably find Seaside surf legend, Josh Gizdavich out catching some waves. Born in 1956 in Seaside, Oregon, Gizdavich has had a front-row seat as surfing has grown in popularity along the Oregon coast. “My older brother, who’s about 10 years older than me, was actually one of the original surfers here,” Gizdavich said. “In those days no one really surfed around here so my parents probably thought he was a little bit crazy,” he added. According to Gizdavich, in the 60s the surfers went out into the 50-degree ocean water without any gear to protect against the cold. They ordered custom boards from California and had

Gizdavich on the hood of his car checking the surf. very unique group of people back then, they were the pioneers of Oregon surfing. Marching to the beat of their own drum,” he said.

Gizdavich displays surfboards used in the 80s. Photos courtesy of Josh Gizdavich them shipped up on the train. “The surf community was a

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Gizdavich found his own inspiration to surf in 1969 while driving home from church on a winter day with his parents. “The ocean view was really pretty that day so we stopped and pulled into the surfers parking lot,” he said. The lot, which was often nearly empty in those days, was covered in a foot of snow. 13 year-old Gizdavich noticed a van parked in the lot; the doors opened up and three guys walked into the snow and out into the surf. “That was my inspiration, after seeing those guys, I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” he remembered. When Gizdavich was surfing

in the 70s in Seaside there were about 20 guys surfing and he personally knew every single one of them. “If we saw someone driving through town with a board on their car that we didn’t recognize, it was a big deal. We would pull over and ask them to come surf with us,” he said. Back then, it was rare for newcomers to surf the Oregon coast, so it was common for locals invite them to learn a new surf style and exchange surf stories. The surf culture today is completely different. “Nowadays, it’s gotten so busy I can barely find a spot to park,” said Gizdavich. “A lot of it is because the wetsuit technology is so good more people are willing to get in the cold water,” he added. Similar to fisherman and mushroom hunters, surfers are often protective of their territory and skeptical of newcomers. According to Gizdavich, good surfers spend their whole life learning the good spots, playing the surfer-ocean chess game. “I would travel hundreds of miles a day searching for the right place to be and when; and then the next day I would know exactly where to go back again,” he said. After dedicating your life to finding gold, would you openly share it? Growing up, Gizdavich never felt the need to formally compete in surf contests. “I competed everyday on a personal level, always trying to be a better surfer than I was the day before,” he said. “Competition isn’t my thing, it doesn’t feel soulful to me and I’m a soul surfer,” he said with a smile. Over the years Gizdavich has traveled the world surfing various international waves but when asked where the best surfing in the world is he said, “Definitely

Seaside,” without hesitation. Gizdavich opened Cleanline Surf Shop in 1980 and from the start it was pretty successful. “I spend my younger years surfing the coast from Canada all the way down to California and along the way I built relationships with other surfers and they trusted me,” he said. The Oregon coast surfers of the 80s were excited to finally have a shop where they can get surf gear from someone knowledgeable. The surf gear today looks nothing like what the guys were using in the 70s and 80s. According to the Cleanline founder, the old school surfers were great athletes using not-sogreat equipment but today’s surfers get the best of both worlds; great athletes using great equipment. The sport has changed and it’s a direct correlation to the advancement of the gear. “Personally I like the old school “soulful dancer” surf style versus the new ripping gymnastics style, but you really can’t deny these new guys are incredible,” he said. The ocean temperature is similar year round on the Oregon coast, it pretty much hovers around 50 degrees. For really experienced surfers, the winter surfing is what they wait for because the swells and the wind conditions are better. “In the wintertime you’d typically see surfers wearing a 5mm thick hooded wetsuit. O’Neill and Patagonia are solid brands but I think my own Cleanline wetsuits are the best,” said Gizdavich, the founder of Cleanline Surf Shop. Photos provided by Josh Gizdavich Comments: headlightreporter@countrymedia.net

Bringing Internet to underserved areas F

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riday, February 18, the Tillamook Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), Tillamook Lightwave, Tillamook People’s Utility District (PUD) and the Port of Tillamook Bay met together to discuss how to finally bring Internet service to residents and businesses that don’t currently have access. County leaders have been talking about doing this for 20 years, at the meeting the groups came to a consensus on how to move forward. They plan to form an expert task force and assign them the goal of implementing a hybrid public/private fiber optic Internet system. Tillamook County Commissioner David Yamamoto said, “Fast affordable Internet is a necessity.” He added, “We have those who win and those who don’t win on this issue. The rural places are the losers and they are very far behind.” The pandemic has highlighted this issue like never before. With schools going online, parents without Internet at home found themselves parking near a school or a library to get connection for their children to learn. Worse yet, back in 2020, a reported 100 of the approximately 300 students at Liberty Elementary School didn’t receive any kind of education from the beginning of the school year until Christmas because one third of parents weren’t able to provide their child with access to the web. “This is going to be a long term, expensive project but it’s necessary, we have a solid fiber backbone across the county,” Yamamoto said. Samantha Goodwin, the broadband coordinator fellow at Tillamook County Board of Commissioners said, “Oregon Broadband Advisory Committee found that our rural communities have 5-years to get up to the level that we need, or else we are going to fall too far behind to be able to catch up.” So, how long will it take? There is a lot of federal money coming down the pipeline to fund these projects. Goodwin said, “I think they are going to be fast. The next 5 years is the obligation to get the funding out, of course everyone wants it now.” In addition to federal money, community leaders are applying for grant money that can supply 1,000 households that are currently un-served with reliable, fast and inexpensive Internet in the next year. “I think we could see money arrive in our community in about 2-years. As far as build-outs go, if we have the funds and personnel ready to go, barring any continued supply chain issues, they can lay a lot of miles of fiber in a day,” Goodwin said. Providing access to Internet gives a myriad of community benefits, some that wouldn’t initially come to mind. For instance, this could improve our healthcare system by providing reliable Internet to patients in home for virtual visits, people in rural emergency situations, access to doctors for those incarcerated and for those who yearn for mask-less conversations. In addition, these improvements will make advancements in the county economy by removing the digital divide and provide the option for high performing remote workers to live in more rural areas. In the past, local governments that have rolled out fiber, essentially stepping on the toes of the “big boys” like Spectrum and CenturyLink, has caused complications. The boards jointly decided they will work to figure out a hybrid “public/private” system. Yamamoto said, “Other counties have found a path forward, we will also find a path forward.” Comments : headlightreporter@ countrymedia.net

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Tillamook County COVID-19 Weekly Update Ashley Tike Staff Writer

In the weekly Tillamook County community update meeting held every Tuesday morning at 8 a.m., Eric Swanson President of Adventist Health Tillamook reported that COVID cases in Tillamook are trending it the right direction. “We have no COVID-19 patients admitted in the hospital today,” he said in the weekly meeting. “Things are still moving in the right

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direction for bed availability. we should be seeing a steady weekly decline in positive COVID-19 test numbers in Tillamook County.” Ed Colson from Tillamook County Community Health Center said that although Tillamook has pretty much halved our positivity rate in the county, it is still important to work together and continue to wear a mask in indoor public spaces. “We understand how hard the tail end of this is, but we need to keep working hard to

get to the other side,” Colson said. Health Center officials have started distributing home testing kits at the public libraries in the county. Check the Tillamook County Community Health Center’s website for more information on how to get free home COVID-19 test kits: tillamookchc.org If you’d like to get your COVID-19 shot or booster, visit the health department’s vaccine clinic at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds

from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays. Vaccines, pediatric vaccines, flu and pneumonia vaccines are also available. Adventist Health Tillamook is also providing vaccines from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays at the Tillamook Medical Plaza. Contact your local pharmacy for more information. Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia. net

Tillamook County COVID19 Data Test Cumulative Cumulative Positivity Deaths 2022 2022 Rate Cases Deaths 14.7% 0 3,523 57

Total 18+ Population vaccinated 80.3%

Chart according to the updated COVID 19 data for Tillamook County from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) dashboard updated February 16th, 2022.

Tillamook transportation district introduces a trolley to their fleet Ashley Tike Staff Writer

Doug Pilant, the general manager of the Tillamook County Transportation District (TCTD, or “the Wave”) has wanted to acquire a trolley to provide special bus operations for the community for some time now. “We started to see a light at the end of the tunnel of the COVID-19 pandemic and TCTD was able to purchase the trolley from Coos County Area Transit for a bargain price,” said Pilant. The transportation district purchased the 2018 Hometown Trolley vessel with only 10,000 miles, for just $24,700, which reimbursed Coos Bay’s local match money. “It will be a fun addition to our fleet, in our books it will be labeled #208 but we will be calling her Holly the Trolley,” said Pilant. The Tillamook County Transportation District (TCTD, or “the Wave”) provides passenger bus and dial-a-ride services county-wide as far north to Cannon Beach, south to Lincoln City, west to Pacific City and east to Portland. TCTD also offers intercity bus service to Portland, Oregon with regional connections. “We’ve been asked in the past to provide transportation for weddings and private shuttles and we have General Manager, Douglas Pilant and Dispatcher, Danielle Amaya posing always said no because it was with the head-turning bright red Trolley. considered competing with private Photo by Ashley Tike businesses,” said Pilant. It’s a more enjoyable experience a ride and it will increase ridership this “I found out that if we acquire a summer,” said Pilant. trolley, we can go through the exemption riding on a trolley versus a bus because trollies have large windows and provide There will be more information to process and provide those services to lovisibility to look out and enjoy the view. come regarding pricing and details cal residents when they make those type “I know that people will see it and want of requests,” he added.

Three Capes Marathon Relay is back on the coast After a year’s absence, the Three Capes Marathon Relay is back! This marathon “with a view” will be hosted Feb. 26, 2022 in Tillamook County. The 26.2 mile course is a special race because it features the Three Capes Scenic Loop, starting at Cape Meares Lake, passing Cape Lookout, and finishing at Cape Kiwanda in Pacific City. The rugged course passes through or runs adjacent to six State Parks, two National Wildlife Refuges, multiple Tillamook County Parks, and boasts stunning vantage points of the Tillamook Bay, Netarts Bay, and the Pacific Ocean. Tackle this marathon as a team or solo! Choose between running a solo marathon, a two-person team, or a five-person team. The course is separated into five legs which vary in distances from 4.37 miles to just under seven miles. Team categories include: family, business, school, or Clydesdale. Start-

ing and ending at sea level, there is nearly 2,400 feet of climb within the course, offering a challenging racing venue that is great for building team camaraderie. The cost for registration is $249 for a five-person team, $129 for a two-person team, and the solo marathoner is $79. And we know the race t-shirt is important, so don’t miss out! Register prior to February 10 so we can order one for you. Are you a high school runner? Reward your team for a winter of hard work with a fun, team-bonding relay race prior to track season. Use the code: “High School Runner” when registering to receive 30 percent off the team fee. Register online at threecapesrelay.com. The Three Capes Marathon Relay is an event hosted by Ultimook nonprofit that supports local youth running programs in Tillamook County and the greater area.

Statistics recently reported unemployment rate comparisons for all 50 states. As of December 2021, there were 12 states with unemployment rates at or below their all-time low. While Oregon has not yet returned to record low unemployment, it is one of four states with a higher labor force participation rate at the end of 2021 than before the pandemic recession. According to an Indeed

survey of about 1,000 people who “voluntarily resigned from a job since March 2020,” 92% of them said “the pandemic made them feel life is too short to stay in a job they weren’t passionate about.” Find the latest workforce and economic research at QualityInfo.org

Help wanted everywhere in Tillamook County If you tuned in to the Tillamook County leadership meeting Monday, February 7th it was clear that almost all government departments are short staffed. From the parks department to the library, practically all Tillamook government departments are hiring. It doesn’t end with government jobs. Staffing issues have become a common theme amongst business across Tillamook County. Erik Knoder, the regional economist for the State of Oregon employment department has been tracking the

data and reported, “The current labor market for Tillamook is the tightest it’s been since the year 2000.” According to the data from the Oregon Employment Department, it’s tough right now for businesses to find workers and it’s not going to get easier as we make our way towards the summer season. JoAnn Woelfle, Tillamook County Parks Director said they are so short staffed they don’t have enough employees to answer the phones for summer camping reservations. Be-

cause of this, they have been forced to rely more on their online system. On February 1, the system opened to the public, the website shut down twice due to the high number of people trying to pay online at the same time. After all was said and done, the parks collected $170,000 in camping reservations made in 3 days. For Woelfle, looking ahead to July 4th weekend is a little scary because she currently has a total of 2 janitorial staff on the payroll. Needless to say, the Parks Department is hiring maintenance workers. According to WorkSource Oregon centers, Oregon’s health care and social assistance providers are hiring at an unprecedented rate. With about 15,000 job vacancies in health care, there is an urgent, statewide need to fill health care and other positions that support the health care industry, like food service, facilities, and business administration. The quantitative data is there, but the qualitative data isn’t clear. Job openings are on the rise but we don’t have the data to support exactly why it’s so hard to get the positions filled. “We can only speculate,” said Knoder. It could be that the wages being offered are too low. Maybe it’s because in this post-pandemic season of life, families have found ways to live off of a single income. Is it due to the serious lack affordable housing in this region or the dire need for affordable childcare? Maybe it’s because of the federal pandemic aid dollars, or the state aid money that some receive. The Bureau of Labor

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North Jetty rocks have arrived for Tillamook Bay repairs Ashley Tike Staff Writer

Have you seen the semi trucks carrying giant rocks down the road recently? The purpose of these rocks is to restore the structural integrity of the north jetty and improve the function of the navigation channel. These north jetty rocks are not to be confused with the $62 million dollars south jetty project. February 28th is the current goal for stone placement on the north jetty. The $62M south jetty repair project is in the planning stages but is next on the docket. According to the Portland District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers the north jetty repairs consist of procurement of approximately 30,700 tons jetty armor stones. The

stones range in size from 4 to 24 tons in weight. The stones will be placed individually along the identified repair areas. All armor stone must have a minimum unit weight of 167 pounds per square foot. These stones are expected to be trucked to the construction site from Western Oregon and Central Washington. Jetty armor stone must pass a series of chemical and physical durability tests to ensure minimal degradation over the project design life. To maximize life-cycle cost benefits; jetty armor stone must be large, dense, chemically and physically stable. Stone that meets these requirements is not entirely common, thus, for most jetty repair or rehabilitation projects it is necessary to source stone some

distance from the project. In the case of Tillamook north jetty, much of the stone to be utilized in this repair is going to be sourced nearby and along the Oregon Coast. Most of this locally available stone is metamorphic rock, which tends to have an increased relative density and physically durable characteristics associated with its formation along the active convergent plate margin (Cascadia Subduction Zone). Multiple stones sources are necessary to generate enough stone to support the massive stone quantity and construction schedule. It is not yet known what stone source(s) will supply the Tillamook south jetty repair project.

“These are the baby rocks,” said John Smith. Pictured : John and his wife Nicole Smith, from Rock to River Resources. Photo by Ashley Tike

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Writers Read Celebration explores ‘Recovery’ on March 5

g In an era when the word - “recovery” is on the minds of many people, the word manis fests itself in myriad ways. , For 11 writers selected , to read during the Cannon Beach Library’s Writers Read Celebration, “recovery” ranges from life after Covid to tending to an ailing bird. y Recovery also means a lightsplashed winter day, finding the path after being lost on a trail, discovering an old for swimming hole or relearning a to garden as a cyborg. e The Celebration begins e at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 5 ” on Facebook Live. Viewers 30 don’t have to be Facebook members. To access the program, go to the library’s website at www.cannonon beachlibrary.org and click on the banner at the top of - the page. The event can also o- be reached by going to the library’s Facebook page. Last year, the Writers Read Celebration reached more than 1,300 viewers.

This is the fourth year the Cannon Beach Library has hosted the Writers Read Celebration. Sixteen pieces to be read include poems, essays, a rap and a “shuffle” poem, where individual lines are written and shuffled to create different poems. From November through January, the Cannon Beach Library’s NW Authors Series Committee asked writers to submit entries on the theme, “Recovery?” to be read at the Writers Read Celebration. The pieces were to be no longer than 600 words. A five-member panel selected 16 pieces from 45 entries without knowing who wrote them. The writers range from Camas, Washington to Wheeler, Oregon and include several from Clatsop and Tillamook counties. The writers who will read their works are: • Scott T. Starbuck, Battle Ground, Washington: poem, “Slim’s Tree”

• Bill Grafius, Gearhart: poems, “The Cyborg Gardener,” “Deciding Factor” • Steven Mayer, Cannon Beach: essay, “On Recovery” • Phyllis Mannan, Manzanita: story, “Holes” and poem, “Poem with a Line from Lao Tzu” • John Ciminello, Naselle, Washington: poems, “The Douser,” “Back to the Beginning” • Karen Keltz, Tillamook: poems, “Another Kind of Resilience,” “Realm of Possibility” • Emily Ransdell, Camas, Washington: poems, “Consider the Blackberry,” “Our Pandemic Year” • Jennifer Nightingale, Astoria: poem, “Everything Changed” • Kristen Nekovar, Astoria: rap poem, “Pill Bug” • L Swartz, Wheeler: shuffle poem, “Hunger, edges, falling” • Adria Bagadnani, Manzanita: poem, “Bird”

Luxury sales tax proposed for Oregon to help low-income parents, former foster youth ALEX BAUMHARDT Capitol Chronicle

A luxury sales tax being proposed by Rep. Brad Witt, D-Clatskanie, could fund a new program offering monthly stipends for low-income pregnant women and youth leaving the foster care system. House Bill 4079 would create a 3% sales tax on snowmobiles, handbags, jewelry and firearms, among other items, over a certain price point. Oregon is one of five states with no sales tax, and voters have rejected attempts to impose sales taxes several times over the last few decades. The 3% tax would be applied to the value in excess of set amounts: Witt said the proposed tax would generate about $28 million a year and fund the Oregon Freedom Pilot Program, which would supply upwards of 2,000 pregnant Oregonians and youth leaving the foster care system with $750 a month for three years on top of other state and federal benefits. “We were looking at ways to recover from the pandemic,” Witt said, “and ways in which we can begin to break the chain of poverty so it doesn’t become a genera-

tional issue.” A recent study from the National Academy of Sciences showed that cash aid to low-income mothers increased brain activity and development in their babies, offering evidence that a parent’s financial condition begins to affect children in their earliest moments. When it comes to foster youth, Witt said he had heard from former foster youth about the financial difficulties they faced when they aged out of the foster care system at 18. Jason Williams, executive director of the Taxpayers Association of Oregon, a political action committee that advocates for lower taxes, said the state should fund the Freedom Pilot Program with existing revenue and pandemic relief dollars rather than new taxes. “This is a terrible time to be raising taxes that impact small businesses,” Williams said. “This tax will hurt sales. How is an Oregon business going to compete with online sales from another state where they can get it cheaper?” The tax would apply to certain recreational goods and vehicles. “The recreation industry was put down during the

pandemic. Now that they can come back, we’re going to tax them?” Williams said. California passed a tax and stipend program in 2021 similar to what Witt is proposing. There, the program provides pregnant women and former foster youth with $500 to $1,000 each month. The purpose of the Oregon Freedom Pilot Program is, according to the bill, “To assist low-income former foster children and pregnant individuals to live in dignity.” It would be administered by the Oregon Department of Human Services, and recipients would be paid monthly through a debit card. The money comes with just a few strings, including a requirement that recipients attend financial literacy classes and that they consent to having their special debit card purchases tracked to understand how the money is being used, Witt said. After three years, the Human Services Department would report to legislators on the benefits and challenges of the program. The bill will be worked on in upcoming health and revenue committees and will eventually make its way to the Joint Ways & Means Committee.

Jetty rocks placed near the Tillamook Bay North Jetty. Previously the parking area for Barview Jetty County Campground. Photo by Ashley Tike

Oregon Supreme Court upholds decision to keep Kristof from running for governor JULIA SHUMWAY ALEX BAUMHARDT Capitol Chronicle

Nick Kristof speaks Thursday at his campaign headquarters in downtown Portland. He said the Oregon Supreme Court’s decision is “the end of the road” for now. (Alex Baumhardt/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Secretary of State Shemia Fagan was right to keep former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof off the ballot for governor, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a 33-page unanimous opinion, the court affirmed Fagan’s early January decision that Kristof hadn’t lived in Oregon long enough to run for governor. The Oregon Constitution requires candidates for governor to live in the state for three years prior to their election. That meant Kristof needed to establish residency by November 2019. He voted in New York in November 2020 and didn’t register to vote in Oregon until a month later, which convinced Fagan and nonpartisan staff in the Secretary of State’s Elections Division that he didn’t meet the constitutional requirement. Kristof has maintained that he has been a resident of Oregon since childhood, and that maintaining a home in New York didn’t mean he gave up Oregon residency. He pointed to the property he owns in Oregon and the family farm he manages as further proof that he has lived in the state. “We recognize that [Kristof] has longstanding ties to Oregon, that he owns substantial property and operates a farm here, and that the secretary did not question his current Oregon residency,” the justices wrote. “Moreover, he has thought deeply and written extensively about the challenges faced by those living in rural areas of Oregon – and the rest of the country. But that is not the issue here.” In making his case to both state election officials and the Supreme Court, Kristof largely relied on legal arguments about Oregon history and the meaning of the word “resident.” He didn’t provide documents, such as tax returns, that could prove his presence in Oregon to election officials, and he repeatedly ignored requests from the Oregon Capital Chronicle for those documents. The justices called out the lack of documentation in their opinion, referring to Kristof as a “relator” for legal purposes. “Given the objective evidence in the record of relator’s continued presence in and related connections to

New York in 2019 and 2020, and the limited detail on key components of his ongoing connections to Oregon, the secretary was not compelled to find that, as of November 2019, relator had reestablished his residence in Oregon and intended that Oregon, not New York, be the state in which he would reside indefinitely or, ultimately, to conclude that relator had changed his domicile to Oregon,” they wrote. The Supreme Court gave Kristof until Tuesday, Feb. 22, to request a reconsideration by the justices, but he said during a somber news conference Thursday that he won’t seek that. “This is the end of the road for my campaign,” Kristof said. “I will not challenge the court. I have great respect for the Oregon Supreme Court, and so I will find other ways to try to do what I can to about the issues that I care about.” It was a markedly different approach than he took after Fagan disqualified him, when Kristof decried her decision as an act by a “failing political establishment” threatened by his early success as an outsider. In her own news conference on Thursday, Fagan said Kristof’s comments about political motivations crossed a line. Election workers in her office and around the country have faced harassment and threats for decisions they made, she said, though she’s unaware of any incidents directly connected to Kristof’s comments. “Increasing harassment and attacks on election workers often begin with empty allegations, saying that something was biased or corrupt,” she said. “And so we’re asking people to be careful.”

The court declined to consider Kristof’s arguments that residency requirements violate the U.S. Constitution, saying that question is too complicated to decide in the kind of court case Kristof brought. “That does not mean that the courthouse doors are closed to consideration of this claim, just that it is not suited to the extraordinary legal remedy of mandamus,” the opinion said. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, whose office represented Fagan, welcomed the ruling. “The Oregon SC today upheld the @OregonSOS decision to disqualify candidate Nick Kristof from the ballot because he does not meet the 3-year residency requirement,” Rosenblum tweeted. “I appreciate the court’s extraordinary efforts to resolve this dispute quickly & give guidance for future candidates.” The court decision will have major ramifications for the Democratic primary for governor, where Kristof was one of three frontrunners along with former House Speaker Tina Kotek and state Treasurer Tobias Read. Kristof has raised more than twice as much money as Kotek, with $2.7 million to her $1.1 million, though his fundraising has slowed since Fagan’s January decision. He continued campaigning after being disqualified from the ballot, meeting with voters on campaign trips and releasing details on his plans to address homelessness. His campaign finance reports show he spent more than $430,000 so far this year on the campaign but still had $1.6 million on hand. but it’s too early for him to think about supporting other candidates.

ATTENTION ALL NE AH-KAH-NIE GRADUATES The Neah-Kah-Nie District #56 Graduate Scholarship Committee will be awarding up to $20,000 in scholarships this coming May. Any graduate of Neah-Kah-Nie High School from 1954 forward who wishes to pursue advanced academic, vocational or technical education can apply. Applications may be obtained at the Neah-Kah-Nie High School Office, by contacting Guidance Counselor Esther Troyer at esthert@nknsd.org, or by going online to sites.google.com/view/ nkngraduatescholarships/home

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he Crab Races will be featuring a raffle with a 70” Samsung smart TV thanks to some smart shopping and assistance from the crew in Electronics at Tillamook Fred Meyer. We are still looking for some volunteers. Volunteers receive free admission for both days and a meal before the afternoon shift or after the first shift. Please call me and I can hook you up! The TV deal was so good that we ended up getting a replacement for ourselves. However, when we went to set it on the old stand, the stand was about an inch too

short for the TV! Dennis Wine at Homelife Furniture had exactly what we needed to make it all come together. Thank you, Dennis, for all your help! So back to the Spring Cleaning that I’ve been talking about, have you noticed how your clothes smell after you’ve washed them? If it’s not good, maybe your washing machine needs to be deep cleaned. I was using the manufacturer’s recommended solution in a wash cycle monthly, but it clearly wasn’t effective. My sister-in-law, J. Vander Ende, told me she was able to deep

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clean one easily after watching a YouTube video, so I tried that. I was amazed at the amount of buildup in the detergent and fabric softener compartments! Yikes! I have also cut back on the amounts of those products and have really noticed a difference. It only took about an hour to

clean, and the results were immediate. The video also recommended leaving the door open after you’re done to prevent trapping moisture in there, especially if it is a front load washer. If you’re really ambitious, there’s always the dryer vent hose in the back to clean out on a regular basis to help prevent a fire! As I was rearranging a closet, I came across a scrapbook that my friend and workmate Shelly Simon had created for me for Christmas back in 2007. She included each article with all the beautiful scrapbook embellishments for the entire year. According to an article about this timeframe, my neighbor

Karl Morris celebrated a milestone birthday, and Kitty Kelley and Judy Shaw had birthdays recently. There were stories of people who are no longer living here, are no longer with us, and people I don’t get to see any more. It was a nice trip down memory lane. The Tillamook County Transportation District recently acquired a trolley from Coos County for use in special bus operations. I’m hoping it can also be utilized in local parades (like Garibaldi Days). And congratulations to General Manager Doug Pilant who had his ten-year anniversary with the district. There have been so many positive changes and growth

under your command. We stopped in for lunch at Recess in Tillamook recently. Those ladies serve up some great food with quality ingredients, generous portions, and the service is always with a smile. Their food truck is located at 1910 N. Main Street (by Cabin Coffee and Elite Car Wash). Try them out if you’re in town running errands. The Food Bank will be open this Friday, February 25th, from 10 a.m. until noon. Sometimes a group arrives all at once and it takes some time to get everyone taken care of properly. We appreciate your patience while we take care of you.

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Interned should be for all I took access to the Internet for granted. It was part of daily life and something I had always known. I used it for school, entertainment, information, etc. Then, right after high school we moved to an area that had no internet access. I started college that year and getting my school work done meant daily trips to the local library half an hour away. I would stay for six to eight hours on some days. Sometimes, I wouldn’t get my work completed before the library closed. In those cases, I would load everything on to my laptop and take it all home to finish. I can’t tell you how many times my aunt drove me the 20 minutes to the closest internet hot spot at 11:30 at night so I could upload my assignment.

Eventually we learned that we could get very limited, very slow, and very expensive, internet access that came with a two year contract through a satellite connection. Initially, we said no to this option. Then the pandemic hit and the libraries closed. We muddled through for a month or so by going back and forth to the hot spots, but this was psychologically draining and very time consuming. As the pandemic carried on my family, reluctantly, made the decision to invest in the satellite internet. It was slow, slow, slow, Zoom had a 3 second delay, and there was a data limit. But, it was heaven for a while. No more 11:30 hotspot trips, no more feeling devastated if I forget to download something. The data limit is what really got us. We started with the amount recommended for our household at $60 a month.

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Susan Clare ‘Hauschildt’ Meislahn March 18, 1942 - April 26, 2020

ith her three children by her side, Susan Clare (Hauschildt) Meislahn died peacefully on April 26,

2020, in Eugene, Oregon. Born March 18, 1942, the daughter of Dr. James D. Hauschildt and Anna Marie Brix. She attended Myrtle Point High School and Lewis and Clark College and finished her degree at Marylhurst University. Susan is survived by her three children and their families: Tracey Anne (Stearns) Taylor, Kimberly Jane (Stearns) Wriggle, and Robert Spencer Stearns. She is also survived by her sister, Anna Lindsay Andersen, three nephews and their families, and 4 grandchildren.

It was gone in a week, so we went to the next level at $100 a month; gone in two weeks. We went to the maximum level at $150 and created a detailed usage chart to make sure we weren’t “wasting” our data. Despite our careful usage, we went over the limit every month, and much like old cell phones, we incurred huge bills. They averaged $300 a month. Over the course of time it took for me to complete my transfer degree my family paid over $6,000 for internet service. I know how fortunate I am to have a family that was willing and able to invest in my education in this unexpected way. It probably cost me the car I might have received for graduation, but that’s okay. I’m here. I made it. I made it because someone made a huge sacrifice to grant me the opportunity. I imagine what would have happened if the circumstances were different. Simple; I would not have graduated with three Associates Degrees and I would not be writing to you from the wicked fast internet connection at Oregon State University. Internet access is OPPORTUNITY that should be granted to everyone. Please support the effort to bring high speed internet to every household in Tillamook County by signing the letter at tinyurl.com/weneed-

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Good job Nestucca parents Kudos to the Nestucca parents, protesting the draconian COVID mandates at their children’s school. That alone in today’s new world could get them branded as “domestic terrorists.” And kudos to April Baily for declaring, “I don’t see why children should have to spend one more minute in a mask to protect adults at the school who are already vaccinated.” It is statements like this that are slowly waking people up, helping them realize that these mandates aren’t about health at all, but are being employed by the usual cast of players, whose motto is “never waste a crisis—” those that continue to slowly strip away our God-given freedoms. And what about those arrogant school board members, who mute any dissenting opinions at their zoom meetings? What nation are we living in again? And kudos to the Herald for printing the story, top fold page one. A refreshing change from the usual government drumbeat news, pushing their false narrative on this present “crisis” and pretending to be our saviors. Alan Kern Garibaldi

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The latest Oregon Revenue forecast signals a promising economic outlook. The current forecast projects a Personal Income Tax kicker credit of $964 million and a Corporate Kicker of $634 million. The kicker tax credit goes into effect when the actual state revenue exceeds the forecasted revenue by at least 2%. An amount then returned to the taxpayers through a credit on their tax returns. Overall, gross General Fund revenues have doubled since the Great Recession and took a big step up after the pandemic hit. Revenue growth has continued, even as large kicker credits have been paid out, according to the forecast summary released Wednesday morning, Feb. 9, by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. “Today, households are flush with cash and rising wealth,” the summary reads.

“Consumers have the ability and are showing the willingness to pay higher prices for goods and services. Business can pass along production cost increases as a result, maintaining or even increasing profit margins.” According to the summary, the biggest economic challenge remains the supply side of the economy. “Supply chains are not broken but are overloaded due to strong consumer demand. Given that labor runs through everything, it is the single biggest constraint on the economy today. Labor supply is increasing. Oregon added a record number of jobs last year. However the labor market is very tight and expected to remain so,” the summary states, adding that the biggest risk to the outlook remains persistently high inflation. “Our latest state revenue projections present an opportunity to make investments that spur a strong economic recovery and support working families, especially those who

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