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lamenco dancer Savannah Fuentes brings her latest show to the Manzanita and Nehalem area, performing in the White Clover Grange from 8 to 9:30 p.m. on Thursday Aug. 4. Savannah will be joined by Diego Amador Jr., direct from Spain. Seattle-based Flamenco dancer, Savannah Fuentes, returns to the White Clover Grange Hall with her latest show, Night Flowers. Night Flowers celebrates the energy generated and shared when we come together in the late evening to experience the art of Flamenco. Savannah has toured the West Coast extensively for the past 10 years, presenting Flamenco in its raw form: voice, dance, and guitar. In fall 2019 she brought Diego Amador Jr. from Sevilla on tour and they opted to become a duo once the pandemic hit. Diego comes from flamenco royalty, the legendary Amador family. His uncles Raimundo and Rafael formed the revered flamenco rock band, Pata Negra, and his father, Diego Amador, is considered one of the few Flamenco masters on the piano. Tour dates and workshop information at www.savannahf.com, listen to Diego Amador Jr.’s debut album here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC97xGOHcaXEWj30yJmM2I1w Savannah Fuentes, Flamenco dancer, and producer, is one of the only touring artists in the Pacific Northwest region with deep connections to Flamenco culture, pre-

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senting “…real Flamenco, straight and stunning,” (Regina Hackett, Seattle Post Intelligencer.) She has independently produced and danced in over 300 performances and workshops featuring internationally recognized Spanish Flamenco artists, including Carlos de Jacoba, Saray Munoz, and Jesus Montoya. Savannah Fuentes was born in Seattle to parents

of Puerto Rican and Irish ancestry. Her fascination with Flamenco dance (baile) and singing (cante) came to her in early childhood, fueled by watching a Flamenco performance on television “…and, although I was just a child, I felt an immediate connection to the art form.” Ms. Fuentes considers Flamenco a lifelong study, an artistic journey she began in

her late teens that continues to this day. She has studied with many notable Flamenco artists including Guadiana, Joaquin Grilo, Eva Yerbabuena, El Farru, and Isabel Bayon. Ms. Fuentes attributes her formation as an artist to her most significant mentor, Maestra Sara de Luis. Accompanied by her notable guest artists, Savannah Fuentes tours the West

annually, bringing delighted audiences authentic, passionate Flamenco performance art. Date and time: Thursday, August 4 8 – 9:30 p.m. Location: White Clover Grange 36585 Oregon 53 Nehalem

Hoffman Center for the Arts hosts Orgon’s Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani “ANIS MOJGANI IS A TRICKSTER AND A PHILOSOPHER, A THEOLOGIAN AND A ROCK STAR.”–

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nis Mojgani is the current Poet Laureate of Oregon. A two-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam, he has been awarded residencies from the Vermont Studio Center, Caldera, AIR Serenbe, The Bloedel Nature Reserve, The Sou’wester, and the Oregon Literary Arts Writers-In-The-Schools program. Anis has done commissions for the Getty Museum and the Peabody Essex

Museum, and his work has appeared on HBO, National Public Radio, and as part of the Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day series; and in the pages of the NYTimes, Rattle, Platypus, Winter Tangerine, Forklift Ohio, and Bat City Review.Known for his performances and well regarded for them the world over, Mojgani has performed at hundreds of universities across the U.S.; festivals around the globe such as the Sydney Writers Festival, Jamaica’s Calabash festival, and Seoul’s Young Writers Festival; and for audiences as varied as the United Nations and the House of Blues. The author of five books of poetry and the libretto for Sanctuaries, his first children’s book is forthcoming from Chronicle

Books. Originally from New Orleans, Anis currently lives in Portland Oregon.Oregon’s Poet Laureate is appointed by Governor Kate Brown. The Poet Laureate program is a collaborative project of the state’s five cultural partners: Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Humanities, Oregon Heritage Commission, Oregon Historical Society, and State Historic Preservation Office, with funding from the Oregon Cultural Trust.*If the weather requires us to move indoors, we’ll ask for proof of vaccination and will need to limit the audience to 50 attendees. Masks are optional. Sunday, July 31, 2022 1 pm in the Wonder Garden* Free Admission, but registration is required.

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air admission tickets are now available for purchase online on the Tillamook County Fair’s website, tillamookfair.com. Attendees now have the option to purchase tickets using a debit or credit card online,

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on their mobile device, at the Fair Office, and at the admission gates during Fair. Purchases made with a debit or credit card are subject to service fees, but visitors are still welcome to use cash or check when buying tickets onsite or at the Fair’s admission gates. Also available for purchase on the Fair’s website are the Carnival Ride Bracelets, at the early discount price of $30 through Tuesday August 9 at 11:59 pm. Good for one day use during the Tillamook County Fair, the Carnival Ride Bracelet does not include Fair admission. Online purchases generate a barcode that can be

redeemed at the Rainier Amusements Carnival Ticket Booth for a physical Ride Bracelet, during the Fair. Purchases made with a debit or credit card are subject to service fees. Ride Bracelets may also be purchased onsite during the Fair for $40. Parking passes are available for purchase at the Fair

Office, or onsite during the Fair. The Tillamook County Fair is back in full force this year, August 10 through 13. With a little something for everyone, this year’s fair is not to be missed. Open 10

a.m. – 10 p.m,. Wednesday the 10th through Saturday the 13th, the Tillamook County Fair’s 2022 theme is “Hay Bales and Cow Tails.” Find more info at tillamookfair.com.

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OVID-19 may be a distant memory to many, but in Oregon it remains a danger. According to the Oregon Health Authority, 21 counties in the state are in the high-transmission level as the Omicron subvariant BA5 becomes the dominant variant in the state. Dr. Dean Sidelinger, the state epidemiologist, hosted a press briefing Wednesday. He said case counts have leveled to around 1,400 confirmed cases a day, while test positivity rates have climbed to 13.9%. “We know our reported cases are not capturing the full picture because many people are taking at-home tests and not reporting the results and many others are not testing,” Sidelinger said. “Data in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest region indicates there are high levels of transmissions. On July 19, the CDC indicated 21 counties in Oregon are at the CDC high transmission level, indicating high levels of COVID-19 and increased stress on hospitals.” Sidelinger said the Omicron subvariants BA4 and BA5 account for almost all the transmission in the state, with BA5 becoming the dominant strain While testing is not accurately tracking COVID due to a lack of reporting, Sidelinger said OHA is continuing to work with OHSU to do wastewater sampling across the state to get a better picture of COVID in Oregon. “OHA monitors the spread of the virus from samplings collected through the sewage systems,” Sidelinger said. “Wastewater monitoring shows high levels of COVID-19 in our communities statewide.” Another area of concern is increased hospitalizations, Sidelinger said, although cases are nowhere near during the peak of Delta of Omicron. “The number of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 has risen,” Sidelinger said. “Hospitals are stressed across the state due to patients with COVID-19 and other diseases. Since our June 17 update, hospitalizations for COVID 19 have gradually risen for 309 patients reported June 17 to 419 reported today.” During the peak of Delta and Omicron, more than 1,200 patients a day were in the hospital due to COVID. “While we’re projecting there is enough hospital beds available across the state, collective efforts taken by all of us will continue to blunt the spread of COVID-19, and they are important,” Sidelinger said. Those steps included getting vaccinated, wearing masks in crowded facilities indoors and staying home when sick. On the vaccine front, a new vaccine will soon be available in Oregon, Sidelinger said. The CDC recently approved the Novavax vaccine for use in the United States. The twodose vaccine is different than any other currently available for COVID. It is not the

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Tillamook County Housing Commission announced funding aid to now build multifamily rental housing Application closes September 1, 2022

The Tillamook County Housing Commission announces its first funding opportunity starting in July 2022. The Multifamily Rental Housing Fund has launched to help build new multifamily rental housing of three units or more. Proposed projects may be located anywhere in the county, including cities and unincorporated areas. The program was developed by the Finance Committee and supported by the full Housing Commission, with the approval of Tillamook County’s Board of Commissioners. The online application for the Multifamily Rental Housing Fund is accessible on the Tillamook County Housing Commission webpage: https://www.co.tillamook.or.us/ bc-hc/page/tillamook-county-multifamily-rental-housing-fund. Who can Apply? Any individual, private company, builder, developer, public agency, local government, or nonprofit organization may apply. New projects and projects already in planning are eligible. The closing date to apply is September 1, 2022, and funds are expected to be available as of October 1, 2022. To create fair standards for assessment, applications will be evaluated by Housing Commissioners using a criteria-based point system weighted to give small and large projects an equal chance. Applicants must submit a pro forma, the financial document that demonstrates their need for additional financing for the proposed project. As part of the process, applicants will make a short presentation of their project to the Housing Commissioners. Final award decisions will be made by the Board of County

Commissioners. What is the Source of these Funds? The major source of this new Multifamily Rental Housing Fund comes from $400,000 County Commissioners designated out the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds Tillamook County received in 2021, which must be spent by December 31, 2024. Additional funds come from the fees Tillamook County collects for the Short Term Rental (STR) operator license. How can Funds be Used? Funds may be requested for any cost in the project so long as the proposal demonstrates that need, including infrastructure system development charges, cost overruns, materials, labor, and permits. The maximum amount the grant will fund is $20,000 per unit. Proposals must be for the construction of three or more new rental units. After final award selections are made by the Board of County Commissioners, successful applicants will enter a negotiation phase to finalize the terms and conditions of the award. Encouragement of Mixed-Income Rental Projects Tillamook County continues to face a now widely recognized crisis in the shortage of available rental units at virtually all levels of income. To encourage mixed-income projects, the fund awards points at all ranges of area median income (AMI) but places more weight on greater levels of affordability. AMI tables are published annually by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and calculated

for Tillamook County based on household size. And to ensure an even playing field across smaller and larger projects, points are awarded based on the percentage of units in a project— rather than the number of units—that fall into each AMI range. For example, a 10-unit project rented at 80% AMI to 120% AMI would earn more points than the same project rented at 120% AMI or greater. And a 100-unit project with a similar mix of workforce rent ranges would earn the same points as the 10-unit project. At least some units must be affordable to renters earning under 120% of AMI. (see chart page 3). The Fund defines “affordable” as 30% of gross household income.

Applicants can choose a term of commitment (e.g., 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 years) to maintain rents at the stated levels and awardees will be required to submit an annual verification form. Failure to measure up to these commitments, for whatever reason, may result in a requirement to return some of the funds already given to the project. How Does Funding Benefit the Community? The benefit for the community is to increase the number of available rental units by stimulating the construction of quality multifamily housing at rent levels that working people can afford. According to Tillamook County Housing Coordinator, Thomas J.

Fiorelli, the Commission anticipates opening the fund at least once per year. This Multifamily Rental Housing Fund is the first strategy in a larger effort to solve Tillamook County’s housing crisis. Other funding programs likely to be discussed for consideration by the Finance Committee may aim to increase home ownership and help to address barriers to development. For more information and answers to questions about the Fund, please contact Thomas J. “TJ” Fiorelli at (503) 842-3408 x3419 or tfiorell@co.tillamook.or.us.

Sheriff ’s office investigating homicide in Nehalem On the morning of July 9, Tillamook 911 dispatchers were advised of a violent crime that occurred the night before at a residence on Highway 101 N in Nehalem. A deceased male adult was located at this residence and a major crimes investigation was initiated. “The victim had significant injuries and at this time appears to have died from homicidal violence,” said Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office Detective Sgt. Michelle Brewer. “We arrested the suspect last night.” William E. Stetzel, 58, of Nehalem, was arrested and booked on a charge of Criminal Homicide and is currently being lodged at the Tillamook County Jail.

The results are in, and you knocked it out of the park! It takes a while for local results to trickle upstream, where they are crosschecked with other data before resulting in statewide or national results, so it should come as no surprise that we are just now getting our finalized recycling results from 2020 – some eighteen months

Another location of interest was identified near the Nehalem Bay Fire Station. “We have the crime scene where the deceased was located, and we have the suspect’s residence,” said Sgt. Brewer. “A search warrant was carried out at the suspect’s residence this morning, and the Oregon State Police Crime Lab is currently processing the primary crime scene. An autopsy will be performed on the victim.” As this is an ongoing major crimes investigation, information will be released when it is available and appropriate to do so. The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office does not release the names of victims of crimes.

later. But that doesn’t mean we should not be proud of the results: In just one year, from 2019 to 2020, the quantity of materials recycled in Tillamook County increased by nearly 4,000 tons, an increase of 37.6% in just one year! During that same time the quantity of materials landfilled increased by about 1,200 tons, or just over 4%. Granted, this was the year in which we

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shuttered our group activities and switched to a lot of online ordering, but it was also the year in which most restaurant orders were provided in take out containers, and everyone was working on a DIY project at home. Nonetheless, Tillamook County’s recovery rate came in a 31.4%, which is good, but not yet great. According to Solid Waste Program Manager David McCall, “anything under 60% means that we are throwing away a lot of materials that could be fairly easily recycled. Separating your metals, paper and plastic bottles from your trash means that you don’t have to pay to dispose of it, and you can cut your quantity of trash down by about two-thirds. And all of our transfer stations are open on the weekends, so that you can more easily access recycling opportunities wherever you live.” For more information about recycling, contact the Tillamook County Solid Waste Department at 503-815-3975 or online at www.co.tillamook. or.us/solid-waste

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Kitchen Maven Cookbook: Local author donates pandemic cookbook to the Oregon Food Bank

When the 2020 pandemic brought upheaval to everyone on the planet, Oregon grandmother, home chef, and food writer Judi Berman-Yamada (Kitchen Maven) set to work, in near isolation, writing her bucket list cookbook to benefit the Oregon Food Bank and her neighbors experiencing food insecurity in these challenging times. While creating her cookbook, Yamada began eating better (she lost forty pounds), moving more and improved her own health. “This ongoing shortage has become more crucial than ever as local hunger relief programs observed a 40% rise in food insecurity and the need for assistance during the pandemic,” cited Yamada. “Access to nourishing food is difficult for countless people in rural, inner city and low-income communities. To maintain services for those affected by food insecurity, local Food Banks and other food relief agencies need continued aid. Whether we make donations, volunteer time, grow and distribute food, or even contribute a cookAbove photo of the cover of Thrifty Comfort Cookbook, we can all help.” ing for Challenging Times provided. All (100%) author royalties for retail and online sales will go directly from available July 1, 2022 on have unlimited access to authe publisher, Gatekeeper Amazon.com, Barnes and thor pricing for fund raising Press, to the Oregon Food Noble.com and through links Bank (OFB). The OFB and purposes. at https://kitchenmaven.org a select group of local food The cookbook became resources/producers will

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n COVID Continued from Page 1 MRNA vaccine like Pfizer and Moderna and not the vectra vaccine like Johnson and Johnson. Instead, Novavax uses the traditional

system where a portion of the actual virus is used to help the body build up immunity. The technology is used in most vaccines worldwide. Early testing before Omicron showed in was 90% effective in stopping transmission and 100% effective in preventing severe illness. Sidelinger said it will be

arriving in the state soon. He also said while vaccines have not stopped all prevention of COVID, they remain the best tool in preventing hospitalizations and deaths. “I want to thank the nearly 7 in 10 Oregonians who have completed the vaccination series,” Sidelinger

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TBCC CONNECTIONS Dr. Ross Tomlin

TBCC President

s we move past our June graduation ceremony at TBCC and into our short summer, we are initiating two big construction projects that will transform the college. One is our new Healthcare Education Building that the voters of Tillamook County approved in May, which will focus on housing our new nursing program that is currently being developed and all our other growing number of healthcare programs. The other construction project is the renovation of our new Center for Industrial Technology (CIT) building across the street from

Career - Technical focus at TBCC the main campus. Both of these projects highlight the emphasis we are placing on Career-Technical Education (CTE) programs at TBCC. These programs prepare graduates of a CTE degree or certificate program with the skills needed to obtain a good paying job in a career with excellent opportunities. The College has expanded the number of CTE programs over the past five years in different fields for those people that want to stay locally and find a higher paying, rewarding career. The CIT building was purchased by TBCC in November 2020 and was previously the Mechtronics auto repair business on Third Street.

The building needs to be renovated to be used by our Manufacturing and Welding Technology programs. The College submitted a $1.1M grant application to the US Economic Development Administration last year to help pay for the renovations to the CIT building. We finally

received word last month that TBCC was awarded the grant! As Governor Brown responded upon learning we received the grant, “It will expand hands-on training programs at TBCC’s Center for Industrial Technology, equipping students with the skills they need to access high-demand, good-paying career opportunities in the manufacturing and industrial technology sectors. With this investment, TBCC will continue stepping up to meet the needs of Tillamook County employers today and into the future.” Now we can begin the process to hire a project manager and architecture firm to help us design the renovation work that will include

classroom and lab space for both programs. These programs are currently located in the CTE Building at Tillamook High School where we share space with the high school Agriculture-focused programs. We have been using space there for the past 12 years since the last bond measure was passed that funded the construction of the current main campus building and renovated the CTE space at the high school. Both the college and high school programs have been growing, with the TBCC Welding Technology program being added three years ago, so space at the high school is getting tight. Moving most of the Manufacturing and Weld-

A ‘Sign’ of healing in Garibaldi

Finn Findling

Chair Planning Commission City of Garibaldi

short time back, June Ekborg took over for retiring Garibaldi icon Norma Johansen (“Smokey’’ to her Pokémon GO friends) at the Garibaldi branch of the Tillamook County Library. June is equal parts engaging & delightful, an enthusiastic conversationalist, and passionate about her work. June and I got to chatting. I told her I’m pretty sure I’m Chair of the Planning Commission as part of a

hazing ritual set up by my old next door neighbor, Mike Rebasman. She asked me about road signage for the Library. I said I remember signs being there once. She said she couldn’t find it. I let her know that Commissioner Shattuck, Rolland Sheldon, and I have a final design meeting with ODOT in August regarding the downtown US 101 paving project, and I could ask their team about it. She thanked me, but wondered if there was somethingto do in the interim. I told her she could always check with ODOT.

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Tillamook County residents stepped-up

Here are the results of the NALC annual food drive for 2022. Only nine branches participated in Oregon. Tillamook was fifth with 2,679 lbs of food collected. Overall the NALC collected 35,658,590 LBs!

I just want to say thank you to the people of Tillamook county for the generous donations of food. All of our food stayed right here in Tillamook County distributed to our food banks both north, south, and central. Thanks also to our Tillamook food bank for their time and help in getting the food collected. We could not have achieved success without their assistance! Thanks,

Though they are woefully understaffed, ODOT has been incredibly helpful with us so far. Then I gave her my email and asked her to CC me on the correspondence so I could stay looped in case she ran into issues. I should have known she didn’t need my help. In under a week, she had several positive exchanges with ODOT before reaching their sign coordinator. Within two days, the coordinator came to Garibaldi and put up the new green City Hall / Fire Department / Library signs that now (re-)appear on US

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Oregon needs a good leader

I would like to point out to “why bother?” That the governor we have now, is the most hated governor in the United States for the second year in a row.

101 across from 6th St. Apparently a storm had blown them over, and something got lost in the shuffle. A story all too familiar. There ought to be statues made for folks like June Ekborg. While the ODOT project will be the meat & potatoes of the future of downtown Garibaldi, personal triumphs will be what sustains the wave of recent progress and overcomes the years of fishy neglect & deflect. It will take more June Ekborgs: someone who saw something, said something, and saw it through. Someone

who learned the history of the problem in order to ask poignant questions till she figured out the process, and made an actual difference. And we’re talking about a big, huge, awesome statue. One where she’s standing atop a stack of Neil Gaiman books with her stretched out arm and below her, a sign. Both valiantly pointing to the Library. By the time this is published, my baby twins will hopefully have attended their first “Storytimes,” which now occur Friday at the Library, 3pm. They’ll be read to

by June. And, June, if you’re reading this, I hope you’ve finally checked out “The Big Short,” before I check it out yet again. Talk about learning from history. It’s all about the Anthony Bourdain scene: “See, it’s not old fish. It’s a whole new thing! And the best part is, they’re eating 3-day-old halibut.” PS: We have an opening on the Planning Commission. Open to all eligible Garibaldi residents. Terrible sense of humor is a plus. Please email interest letter to kylie@garibaldi.gov.

And this is because she is not interested in making Oregon a livable state, she cares not for the citizens that live here, and she does not represent them. Unfortunately the Democrats in our legislature don’t represent us either, because under Kate Brown the Dems vote the way they are told or they suffer the consequences. We are a heavily taxed state and I see no benefit at all to citizens for the money that we pay to live here. Tina Kotek and her woke followers will be twice as bad as Gov. Brown. One of the best things that we have in this county, our small farms, and our small local businesses, are being put out of business by legislation from our state Democrats. I cannot call them leaders. As a former Democrat and now Independent, I would like to say I am tired of hearing about “Trump” for any reason at all in this conversation. We are taking about electing a governor. Trump is what people say when they have nothing intelligent to add to the conversation. I think Christine Drazen would offer more than ten times the leadership of Kate Brown, and I think Betsy Johnson is equally a good choice. And boy does Oregon a really good leader to pull us out of the mess we are in.

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candidate who is coming up the middle, offering refuge and hope to both parties and to the vast numbers of unaffiliated/undecided voters. In a local meeting of bipartisan Betsy supporters, a prominent Republican farmer shared recently that he hopes that his fellow Republicans recognize that Drazen can’t win in Oregon, and understand that their only real choices are Betsy or Kotek. I have yet to vote for a candidate with whom I agree 100 percent, and this election is no exception. Betsy is the candidate I believe will do the most good for Oregon and for Tillamook County. That’s why I support Betsy. Go to runbetsyrun.com to sign the petition to get Betsy on the ballot for governor. Contact Jerry Dove at jdovetillanglers@gmail.com to join the Tillamook County Betsy Brigade. Let’s get Betsy on the ballot for governor.

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ing Technology programs into the new CIT space will allow these programs to expand to meet increased demand. TBCC will have a new CTE Dean starting soon who will oversee all of the CTE programs at the college, including the development of our new nursing program. The Dean will also work with our new Vice President of Instruction and Student Services, Dr. Paul Jarrell, who comes to us from Lane Community College, to explore and add additional CTE programs at the college over the coming few years. It is important for us to continue serving Tillamook County residents with expanded options of training for good paying, local jobs.

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Betsy Johnson as governor is the best thing that could happen for Tillamook County. She understands our issues, needs and concerns, and she has proven herself to be a powerful ally for our community. She is personable and responsive and she gets things done. In her twenty years as our state senator, Betsy helped countless local individuals, families, farms, businesses and organizations. I don’t know how many people she went to bat for during COVID who couldn’t get their unemployment, but it was A LOT. Literally hundreds of Tillamook County residents have Betsy’s cell phone number because she gave it to us when we called her for help. Imagine what it will mean for Tillamook County to have a governor who knows us and loves us and will take our calls. Just think about that for a minute. Betsy is the only candidate for governor who has deep, committed ties to our community. Betsy’s campaign kickoff in Astoria was a who’s who of current and past elected leaders including county commissioners, state representatives, mayors and city council members from at least three counties, both Democrats and Republicans. Elected leaders support Betsy because we’ve worked with her and we know how powerful she is, how effective and accessible and fair, and how hard she’ll fight to help us. Some of the most important work ahead is bridging the ever widening gap between Democrats vs Republicans, liberals vs conservatives including within our own parties, urban vs rural, etc., working together instead working against each other. We are much stronger together than divided. Betsy is the only candidate for governor who will lead a bipartisan state government, bringing together both parties, urban and rural, the best ideas and the brightest minds to solve problems we all share as Oregonians. Betsy’s candidacy is a rare opportunity to elect an unaffiliated governor who will truly represent everyone. In fact, she would be the first woman unaffiliated governor in the history of the nation. Some of my Democrat friends are worried that Betsy will peel away enough moderate Dem votes to make a Republican win a possibility. I don’t think so. I think a lot of Oregonians are sick of hyper partisanship and ready for a change. Betsy is the only

Mary Faith Bell Nehalem

Dear Citizens of Tillamook County

The horror of anti-semitism has returned to our community. We have no reason at this point to believe that more than one person was involved in distributing the offensive leaflets you may have seen in recent weeks, but one person is far too many when this kind of paranoia and falsehood is involved. Within living memory a world war erupted when these very ideas overtook parts of Europe. Many millions of people died, including more than a million Americans, some of them our own parents and grandparents. Standing idly by, looking the other way when disturbed people begin to spread these lies again, is the worst form of disrespect for the sacrifices our parents and grandparents made. We do appreciate the prompt attention given to this matter by the Tillamook Police Department, and we are aware that the First Amendment prevents our government from suppressing even the ugliest political speech, but as private citizens and stewards of our civic health, the Central Committee of the Tillamook County Democratic Party will not tolerate the ideology expressed in these leaflets. We make no allowances for openmindedness on this subject. We condemn anti-semitism, and we affirm our love and support for the Jewish members of our community. Will you do the same? Cole Brecheen Chair, Tillamook County Democratic Party

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are growing – and why – so we can take steps in our state to contain them.” The report documents cost growth across six major service categories and identifies which types of services are responsible for most of the cost growth in each market. Between 2013 and 2019, per person pharmacy costs grew the most (116%). Inpatient services have the highest per person costs and grew by 22% over the six years. In the commercial market, professional services contributed the most to overall cost growth between 2013 and 2019. Pharmacy, emergency department, professional services and outpatient services grew by more than 60% from 2013 to 2019, with pharmacy costs growing the most at 93%. In the Medicare market, pharmacy costs grew by 185% from 2013 to 2019, far

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outpacing any other service category in any of the three markets. Pharmacy costs were the main driver of Medicare cost growth in this time period, increasing from $794 to $2,261 per person. In the Medicaid market, professional services and pharmacy contributed the most to overall cost growth between 2013 and 2019. The Medicaid market saw less growth across service categories compared to the commercial market. Service categories in the Medicaid market also had lower per person costs, with the exception of inpatient services. Between 2012-2017, Oregon held costs under its section 1115 Medicaid waiver agreement with the federal government to a rate of growth of 3.4%, which authorized Oregon to deliver care to nearly 1 million Oregon Health Plan members through coordinated care organizations (CCOs).

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Oregon-based conservation organizations Cascadia Wildlands and Oregon Wild challenged the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Siuslaw Field Office’s plan to log public lands west of Eugene across seven watersheds. The agency’s “N126 Late Successional Reserve Landscape Plan Project” is one of the largest logging proposals on public lands in Oregon in decades. The targeted forests are home to at least three federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed species: northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet, and Oregon Coast coho salmon, along with the red tree vole, which is currently a candidate for ESA listing. The agency failed entirely to consider impacts to these species, amongst other errors. “BLM has purposely hidden the specifics about this massive logging project from public review,” said John Mellgren, General Counsel at the Western Environmental Law Center. “Federal law

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Free Summer events to get the whole family moving by 24 framed poems for $10 per ticket - winners will be selected August 1st. To learn more, visit https:// hoffmanarts.org/events/poetry-walk/ or the Facebook page @Hoffman Center Manzanita

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e may be coming in on the last month of summer, but there are still plenty of local, family friendly events taking place right here in Tillamook County (for free!) Whether it’s wandering down Laneda Avenue in Manzanita to enjoy the local poetry displays or joining a guided tour to learn about our salt marsh habitats, there is something for everyone over the next couple weeks. These opportunities make for a great excuse to round up some friends and family to enjoy the summer weather - and a huge thank you to the local organizations who are hosting these events for free!

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Walk and Talk: Cape Falcon Marine Reserve by North Coast Land Conservancy When and where: Thursday August 11th, 2022 from 10 am to 12 pm at the Devil’s Cauldron and Elk Flats Trail in Oswald West State Park Description: Bring your binoculars and hiking shoes for a walk and talk on the Elk Flats Trail with both the NCLC Marine Program Coordinator Kirstin Bayans and Land Steward Eric Owen.

Along the way, we will discuss the surrounding flora and fauna of Oswald West State Park and the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve. The walk terminates at the Devil’s Cauldron overlook. This program is free but registration is required. To learn more, visit https:// nclctrust.org/onthe-land/ or the Facebook page @ nclctrust This Way to Well-Being by Tillamook County Wellness When and where: Multiple locations from April through October There is no “right” path to wellness; it’s a journey that is unique to each person. We all have different interests that motivate us, as well as different challenges or barriers that prevent us from sticking to healthy habits. By looking at the things we want to do, we stand a much better chance of getting on – and staying on – a path to well-being. To help you navigate what that path might look like, we have developed a handy map of fun

activities here in Tillamook County that have helped others improve their health and well-being. This activity is free and open to everyone. As an added bonus, visiting points along the map gives you a chance to win prizes! To learn more, visit https:// tillamookcountywellness.org/ this-way-to-well-being-2/ or the Facebook page @TillamookCountyWellness For more upcoming local events, keep an eye on the

Tillamook Chamber of Commerce Community Calendar which can be found here: https://tillamookchamber.org/ events/ Other wellness questions? Email us at info@tillamookcountywellness.org. For more local health and wellness information, visit www. tillamookcountywellness.org or follow Tillamook County Wellness on Facebook and Instagram.

and the proper functioning condition of riparian areas; and maintain water quality and streamflows to protect aquatic biodiversity and to provide quality water for recreation and drinking water sources. “Public trust in federal agencies is undermined when those agencies do not follow their own management plans developed via a public process,” said Nick Cady, Legal

Director for Cascadia Wildlands. “The last remaining reserved areas should remain just that: protected for wildlife and fish from the commercial logging at the root of these iconic species’ decline.” The project also authorizes the addition of 50-90 miles of new roads to the already bloated public lands road network, and 300-420 miles of existing roads would be rebuilt or renovated. The plan

is designed to generate 380 million board feet of lumber. “This project demonstrates that BLM’s narrow pursuit of timber makes them unable to see that logging harms many other public values we obtain from our public forests, such as clean water, fish and wildlife, recreation, and carbon storage,” said Doug Heiken, Conservation and Restoration Coordinator for Oregon Wild. The lawsuit alleges viola-

tions of the National Environmental Policy Act, including failure to take the requisite “hard look” and failure to conduct any site-specific analyses or prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, and that BLM’s failures to follow its own management plans violate the Federal Land Policy and Management Act. Cascadia Wildlands, Oregon Wild and hundreds of their members and supporters par-

ticipated in the project development, submitting detailed public comments raising these concerns at every opportunity, but the agency failed to remedy the serious flaws in their decision, resulting in today’s lawsuit. The organizations are represented by attorneys from the Western Environmental Law Center and Cascadia Wildlands.

Mindfulness Walk by Tillamook County Wellness When and where: Sitka Sedge Natural Area Parking Lot on Saturday July 30th at 9 am (for guide training) or 10 am (for mindfulness walk) Join TCW for a guided morning walk-and-learn! Besides benefiting mental and physical health, mindfulness is free, with no gear to buy, and available to try any time. This is a 2 for 1 mindfulness event: From 9 am to 10 am, we will be leading a “guide training” for those who would like to learn how to share mindful walking techniques with your community. At 10 am, we will start the guided mindfulness walk at the Sitka Sedge parking lot trailhead. By the end of the walk, you will have the materials and knowledge to continue a mindfulness-based walking practice, and pass on the knowledge to friends and family. To learn more, visit the Facebook page @TillamookCountyWellness for the event details

Events Organized by Date: Hoffman Center Poetry Walk by the Hoffman Center for the Arts When and where: July 1st – 30th along Laneda Avenue in Manzanita This Poetry Walk features fifteen poems celebrating summer at the coast and written by local poets. Poems are placed along nine blocks of Laneda Avenue in Manzanita, between the Visitor’s Center on 1st to the west and the architecturally beautiful Columbia Bank building at Classic Street to the east. This poetry walk is a fun and free event for all. You can also buy a chance to win one of the 18

n Plan Continued from Page 5 are slated for commercial logging. Akin to LSR purposes, Riparian Reserves’ primary management objectives are to contribute to the conservation and recovery of ESA-listed fish species and their habitats; maintain and restore natural channel dynamics, processes,

Friends of Netarts Bay – Watershed, Estuary, Bay, and Sea When and where: Sunday July 31st from 10 am to 2 pm at the Netarts Bay (4949 Netarts Hwy W) Description: Join Friends of Netarts Bay – Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea (WEBS) for a FREE event including a presentation and guided tour along the salt marsh at the southern end of Netarts Bay. Learn about the plants and animals that live in this unique habitat and the importance of this environment from the forest to the water’s edge. Discover how plants survive in a salty world and explore the succession of vegetation from the bay to the dunes. This event is free but registration is required. To learn more, visit https:// www.netartsbaywebs.org/ events or the Facebook page @NetartsBayWEBS

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Back in the Good Ole Days, we made wide use of asbestos, a naturally occurring, heat-resistant material. Asbestos was added to cloth, paper, cement, plastic and other materials to make them stronger, as well as insulate. Due to the popularity of asbestos, it was used in many construction materials, and can be found in many older houses. As is often the case, it was too good to be true. When asbestos dust is inhaled or ingested, the “spurs” or “hooks” on these microscopic fibers can become trapped in the body, especially in our lungs. Exposure to asbestos can cause cancer, as well as other health conditions, such as mesothelioma and asbestosis. It may take decades for symptoms to occur, but the damage is done, and the damage may lead to years of painful suffering. Asbestos poses a risk not only to homeowners, but along the entire chain of people who come into contact with it. If someone removed tiles, for example, and breaks them, they expose themselves and their family members to the dust. If they throw those tiles in the trash, the people emptying the trash cans may be

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exposed, especially when the truck runs its compacting cycle. When the trash is dumped at the transfer station people (both workers and other customers) are exposed, as well as the people working at the landfill – where the heavy equipment used to pack trash will surely break those tiles and cause dust to fly. Several years ago rules were updated, requiring that an asbestos survey be conducted by a certified inspector before any demolition can be permitted. These rules were put in place to protect those members of our community who are potentially exposed to the hazards of asbestos dust. In anticipation of the updated rules, we invested

in our system, so that our citizens can more easily comply with the requirements of these rules. We encouraged a couple local professionals to obtain their asbestos surveyor/ inspector certifications, so that we can find professionals locally, rather than having to pay for someone to come from The Valley. We set up an asbestos acceptance opportunity (together with all necessary supplies) at the Tillamook Transfer Station, accepting small amounts of asbestos containing materials for small fees, so that our residents wouldn’t have to travel to Hillsboro to properly dispose of ACM. (Tillamook and Hillsboro remain the only places accepting ACM in the Northwest Region.)

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