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NLFR, neighborly residents help extinguish fire at Otis home

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NLFR, neighborly residents help extinguish fire at Otis home
Otis House Fire
Photo by North Lincoln Fire & Rescue

Alert, concerned and conscientious neighbors assisted North Lincoln Fire & Rescue in extinguishing a fire Friday afternoon at an unoccupied house on North Deer Drive in Otis.

Photo by Justin Werner

NLFR was dispatched at approximately 12:40 p.m. to reports of an exterior fire next to the residence, where windows were breaking and the fire spreading. There were three dogs in the garage attached to the home, NLFR said.

Upon arrival, firefighters found several neighbors had begun to extinguish the fire with garden hoses. NLFR crews took over and put out the outside fire and a small fire that had reached a bedroom.

All pets were unharmed and damage was limited to the exterior and the bedroom.

NLFR Interim Chief Rob Dahlman credited quick work by area residents and rapid response by NLFR for saving the property and animals.

Two engines, one rescue, two chief officers, Pacific West Ambulance, a medic unit and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

Depoe Bay and Nestucca fire departments were en route but not needed.

Taft closes out regular season with doubleheader league road sweep

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Taft closes out regular season with doubleheader league road sweep

Taft High beat the heat and host Clatskanie twice by lopsided margins Friday for two Special District 2 victories that propelled the Tigers into the league baseball playoffs with their fifth win in a row and 10th in their last 12 games.

Ninth-ranked Taft, which finished third, a game behind Warrenton and Rainier in the SD2 standings, improved to 15-10 overall and 11-4 in league play with a 10-2 opening-game win behind junior Eli DeMello and an 11-1 win behind senior Bleiz Kimbrough in the second game.

“We battled through the heat and sitting in a bus for fours hours and came away with two wins,” Taft coach Matt Hilgers said. “It’s not easy to play two games in 80-plus degree heat for the first time all year. Our players did a good job of hydrating themselves yesterday and continuing it throughout the day.”

Taft will play a home game Thursday against the winner of a Tuesday -game between fourth-place Catlin Gabel (5-14, 5-10) and fifth-place Clatskanie (6-17, 4-11).

Senior Cody Knott had four hits and junior Lucas Hindman and DeMello three each for Taft in the first game, while freshman Kaden Hindman joined Knott and his older brother by driving in two runs each. The Hindmans and sophomore Fco Ramos scored twice for the Tigers in the opener.

Junior Trenton Fisher had three hits and joined Knott by driving in two runs in support of Kimbrough and senior reliever Tyee Fisher in the second game. Knott scored three times and Trenton Fisher, DeMello and Ramos twice each for Taft, which trailed only once all day.

“We have a couple of things to work on next week before our league playoff game on Thursday,” Hilgers said. “We plan on getting better and coming out aggressive next week and continuing this momentum.”

GAME 1
Taft 10, Clatskanie 2

TAFT              AB  R  H BI   CLATSKANIE        AB  R  H BI
Trenton Fisher     4  1  0  0   Andre Combs        3  0  0  0  
Eli DeMello        4  1  3  1   Jackson Boothe     3  0  0  0  
Cody Knott         5  0  4  2   Luke Roth          3  0  1  0  
Tyee Fisher        3  1  1  1   Cade Warren        3  1  1  0  
Bleiz Kimbrough    3  0  0  0   Foster Evenson     3  0  1  0  
Fco Ramos          3  2  2  1   Dawson Evenson     3  0  2  1  
Darius Smith       2  1  1  0   Noah Patterson     3  0  0  0  
Kaden Hindman      4  2  1  2   Chase Baker        3  0  1  0  
Lucas Hindman      4  2  3  2   Sam Shockley       1  1  0  0  
TOTALS            32 10 15  9   TOTALS            25  2  6  1

TAFT                   100 311 4 -- 10 
CLATSKANIE             011 000 0 --  2  

LOB--TAFT 8, CLATSKANIE 5. E--Fco Ramos, Luke
Roth. 2B--Fco Ramos, Kaden Hindman, Cade Warren. HBP--Fco
Ramos. SACB--Bleiz Kimbrough, Trenton Fisher, Andre Combs.
SB--Fco Ramos, Eli DeMello, Trenton Fisher (2), Darius Smith
(3).

 TAFT                       IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Eli DeMello (W)           7.00    6    2    1    2    6    0
 CLATSKANIE           
Andre Combs (L)           6.67   14   10    8    4    0    0
Jackson Boothe            0.33    1    0    0    1    0    0

PB--Cade Warren. SO--Jackson Boothe, Foster Evenson, Noah
Patterson, Andre Combs (3). BB--Tyee Fisher (2), Eli
DeMello, Darius Smith (2), Sam Shockley (2).

GAME 2
Taft 11, Clatskanie 1

TAFT             AB  R  H BI   CLATSKANIE        AB  R  H BI
Trenton Fisher    4  2  3  2   Andre Combs        3  0  1  0  
Eli DeMello       5  2  2  0   Jackson Boothe     1  1  0  0  
Cody Knott        2  3  1  2   Luke Roth          3  0  0  0  
Tyee Fisher       4  1  1  1   Cade Warren        3  0  1  0  
Bleiz Kimbrough   4  0  1  1   Foster Evenson     2  0  0  0  
Fco Ramos         2  2  2  1   Dawson Evenson     3  0  2  1  
Darius Smith      3  0  1  0   Noah Patterson     3  0  0  0  
Kaden Hindman     4  0  1  1   Chase Baker        2  0  0  0  
Lucas Hindman     4  1  1  1   Sam Shockley       3  0  2  0  
TOTALS           32 11 13  9   TOTALS            23  1  6  1

TAFT                    013 403 0 -- 11 
CLATSKANIE              000 100 x --  1  

LOB--TAFT 9, CLATSKANIE 8. E--Cody Knott, Luke
Roth, Dawson Evenson. 2B--Cody Knott, Sam Shockley, Dawson
Evenson. HBP--Cody Knott, Jackson Boothe (2), Chase Baker.
SB--Tyee Fisher, Lucas Hindman, Trenton Fisher, Cody Knott
(3).

 TAFT                        IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Bleiz Kimbrough (W)        4.33    5    1    1    0    3    0
Tyee Fisher                1.67    1    0    0    1    3    0
 CLATSKANIE            
Cade Warren (L)            4.00   10    8    5    3    1    0
Foster Evenson             2.00    3    3    3    2    1    0

WP--Bleiz Kimbrough (2), Foster Evenson, Cade Warren.
SO--Tyee Fisher, Trenton Fisher, Luke Roth, Sam Shockley,
Noah Patterson (2), Andre Combs, Chase Baker. BB--Fco Ramos
(2), Trenton Fisher, Darius Smith, Cody Knott, Foster
Evenson.

Final Special District 2 Regular Season Standings

League Overall RS RA Rank
 Warrenton 12-3 16-5 118 75 6
 Rainier 12-3 16-6 161 64 5
 Taft 11-4 15-10 217 102 9
 Catlin Gabel 5-10 5-14 65 129 21
 Clatskanie 4-11 6-17 112 193 20
 Willamina 1-14 5-19-1 90 276 29

No. 1-ranked Clatskanie closes out unbeaten softball season with sweep of Taft

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No. 1-ranked Clatskanie closes out unbeaten softball season with sweep of Taft

The No. 1 -ranked Clatskanie Tigers won a cat fight with the Taft Tigers on Friday to sweep a home league softball doubleheader and wrap up an undefeated regular season.

“We did not show up to play our best games of the year today,” Taft coach Sandy Stuart said. “We tried to come in with a low-pressure mindset facing the No. 1 team in the state and i think we got a little bit too relaxed.”

Clatskanie used two home runs off Taft junior starter Emma Coulter to emerge victorious 8-1 in the opening game and defeated freshman starter Lily Hatton 6-4 in the second game to improve to 22-0 overall and 12-0 in Special District 1 play.

“With the heat and Emma’s recent knee injury, we decided to mix it up the second game and throw Lily in the circle,” Stuart said. “She did a great job. Her different speed made it a completely different look for their hitters. We would have been more successful in the second game if we had woken up a little bit earlier.”

Taft collected seven hits behind Hatton in the nightcap, including two by freshman Olivia Coulter, after managing just three in the opener, but trailed 6-6 before erupting for three runs in the top of the seventh to fall to 16-8, 7-5.

“Our bats were not alive like earlier in the week, and we had some key defensive mental errors that really hurt us today,” Stuart said.

Clatskanie broke open a 2-1 game against Coulter in the opener with three runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings.

“I’m proud of the players for pushing through two games in high 80- degree heat, but we all agree that we need to put more focus in going forward into league playoffs and then state playoffs,” Stuart said.

Despite the sweep, Taft will host a league playoff game Thursday against the winner of a Tuesday game between fourth-place Warrenton (5-15, 2-10) and fifth-place Willamina (5-15, 1-11). A victory would give Taft a home game in the State playoffs on May 22.

GAME 1
Clatskanie 8, Taft 1

TAFT             AB  R  H BI   CLATSKANIE         AB  R  H BI
Hailee Danneker   2  0  1  O   Sprague             4  2  3  1  
Addie Gates       2  0  0  0   A Smith             2  3  1  0  
Emma Coulter      3  0  1  0   S Blodgett          3  2  2  3  
Kayla Lininger    3  0  0  0   T Hamm              3  1  0  1  
Olivia Coulter    3  0  0  0   M Jackson           3  0  1  2  
Claira Tolan      3  0  0  0   K Sizemore          3  0  0  0  
Kyla Knott        3  0  1  0   S Hummer            4  0  0  0  
Corey VanDamme    2  0  0  0   K Harrison          3  0  1  1  
Chloe Peterson    2  1  0  0   J Makinson          2  0  0  0  
TOTALS           24  1  3  0   TOTALS             27  8  8  8

TAFT                          000 010 0 -- 1  
CLATSKANIE                    200 033 x -- 8  

LOB--TAFT 5, CLATSKANIE 8. E--Addie Gates,
Kayla Lininger, Olivia Coulter. 2B--Hailee Danneker, S
Blodgett. 3B--A Smith. HR--O Sprague, S Blodgett. HBP--A
Smith. SACF--T Hamm, M Jackson. SACB--Addie Gates.

 TAFT                  IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Emma Coulter         6.00    8    8    6    4    3    2
 CLATSKANIE                 
S Blodgett           7.00    4    1    1    2    5    0

PB--Hailee Danneker. WP--S Blodgett. SO--Kayla Lininger
(2), Olivia Coulter, Chloe Peterson, Corey VanDamme, S
Hummer, K Harrison, S Blodgett. BB--Chloe Peterson, Corey
VanDamme, K Sizemore, A Smith, J Makinson, S Blodgett.
GAME 2
Clatskanie 6, Taft 4

TAFT             AB  R  H BI   CLATSKANIE      AB  R  H BI
Hailee Danneker   4  1  1  1   O Sprague        3  2  1  0  
Addie Gates       4  1  1  0   A Smith          3  1  0  0  
Emma Coulter      4  0  0  0   S Blodgett       2  2  0  0  
Kayla Lininger    3  0  0  0   T Hamm           2  1  1  1  
Olivia Coulter    3  0  2  0   M Jackson        3  0  3  4  
Claira Tolan      3  1  1  0   K Sizemore       2  0  0  0  
Kyla Knott        3  0  0  0   S Hummer         2  0  0  0  
Lily Hatton       1  1  1  1   J Thomas         1  0  0  0  
Chloe Peterson    2  0  1  0   K Harrison       1  0  0  0  
Caitlyn Rundstrom 0  0  0  0   J Makinson       0  0  0  0  
                               G Tallman        2  0  1  0  
TOTALS           27  4  7  2   TOTALS          21  6  6  5

TAFT                      000 100 3 -- 4  
CLATSKANIE                320 100 x -- 6  

LOB--TAFT 6, CLATSKANIE 10. E--Addie Gates,
Olivia Coulter, O Sprague (2), K Harrison . 2B--M Jackson.
HBP--K Sizemore, J  Thomas, K Harrison , S Blodgett (2).
SACF--M Jackson. SACB--K Harrison . SB--Lily Hatton, T Hamm,
O Sprague.

 TAFT                  IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Lily Hatton          6.00    6    6    5    6    3    0
 CLATSKANIE                 
K Sizemore           7.00    7    4    1    4    6    0

PB--Hailee  Danneker (2). WP--Lily Hatton, K Sizemore.
SO--Addie Gates, Kayla Lininger, Olivia Coulter, Hailee
Danneker, Claira Tolan, Emma Coulter, K Sizemore, A Smith, K
Harrison. BB--Caitlyn Rundstrom, Kayla Lininger, Lily Hatton
(2), T Hamm (2), O Sprague, K Sizemore, A Smith, J Makinson.

Final Special District 1 Regular Season Standings

League Overall RS RA
 Clatskanie 12-0 22-0 241 55
 Rainier 8-4 14-8 170 77
 Taft 7-5 16-8 176 100
 Warrenton 2-10 5-15 100 169
 Willamina 1-11 5-15 147 227

Lincoln City Police Crime Log May 3-9

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Lincoln City Police Crime Log May 3-9

Crime in Lincoln City Oregon copy

The Lincoln City Police Dispatch Daily Desk Log is a public record of police calls. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Friday, May 3

Drug – 1:38 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino – Drugs found on main gaming floor by security.

Fight – 3:13 p.m. – Taft High School – Fight in school. Report taken.

Assisting Outside Agency – 3:18 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino parking lot – Vehicle camping  was told to leave by security. Sovanna Tuon (9/11/73) taken into custody on statewide warrant for parole violation and transported to Lincoln County Jail. Jacqueline A. Beal (8/21/65) cited and released for misdemeanor warrant out of Lincoln County for failure to appear on contempt charge.

Theft – 8:53 p.m. – Headphones stolen from high school.

Saturday, May 4

Found Property – 7:18 a.m. – SW 12th St. & SW Fleet Ave. – Citizen turned in mail found while on a walk. Mail seized.

Car Clout – 7:41 a.m. – 865 SW 8th St. – Vehicle entered and searched overnight.

Hit and Run – 12:41 p.m. – America’s Best Inn, 1014 NE Highway 101 – Report of vehicle striking building and a male is running across parking lot with a TV. Codie R. Fortune (11/25/93) cited to appear for hit and run property damage.

Theft – 2:55 p.m. – America’s Best Inn – Hotel is reporting a stolen TV. Attempt to locate sent to valley and coast for probable cause warrant of theft for Codie R. Fortune (11/25/93).

Extra Patrol – 2417 SW Coast Ave. – Caller reported house is under construction. A blue Infinity backed into the driveway, opened the trunk and three males got out and entered the house. Caller said the males went onto a deck and started taking photos. The males said they were looking at the view. Caller didn’t notice anything missing but would like an extra patrol.

Theft – 5:17 p.m. – Columbia at Lincoln City Outlets – Large quantity of items stolen.

Extra Patrol – House should not be occupied. Was found open today.

Peace Officer Hold – 7:19 p.m. – 1123 SW 51st St. – 911 report of a female overdosing. Female transported to SNLH by medics.

Theft – 9:14 p.m. – 1160 SE 2nd Ct. – Theft of property from residence.

Peace Officer Hold – 10:56 p.m. – Caller reported her daughter was making suicidal statements. Officers made contact and daughter was transported to SNLH with a POH.

Sunday, May 5

Trespass – 11:42 a.m. – 6851 NE Neptune Dr. – Caller reported subjects had used a stolen credit card to book a room. When asked to leave, they refused to open the door. While in custody for identity theft, Shay N. Wright Mack (10/3/91), reported she had eaten heroin. Wright Mack was transported to SNLH for a 24-hour medical watch. She will be arrested on PO detainer when she is released from hospital. Karrie A. Heys (4/30/72) was taken into custody for felony warrant out of Multnomah County for identity theft. Janae T. Kelley (10/19/79) was taken into custody for providing false information a warrant out of Washington Department of Corrections for escape. Heys and Kelley transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Welfare Check – 12:50 p.m. – 3900 SE Highway 101 – A driver was concerned about a person laying in the back of a red car. Report was taken and a consensual search found drug paraphernalia in car.

Crash – 2:47 p.m. – NE 20th Pl. & NE West Devils Lake Rd. – Multiple calls reporting vehicle crash. One caller reported the driver had run him off the road twice and ran a red light. Vehicle was 30 feet off the road in the woods. Ryan S. Tryon (4/7/97) cited for reckless driving.

Hit and Run – 5:30 p.m. – Lincoln City Plaza parking lot, 4101 NW Logan Rd. – Caller reporting a crash in parking lot with other vehicle fleeing south on Highway 101. No injuries and report taken. Joshua M. G. Nussbaum (4/15/82) located, cited and released for failure to perform duties of a driver in property damage only accident.

Car Clout – 7:26 p.m. – 825 SW Fleet Ave. – Car broken into overnight. Money and a pair of sunglasses possibly stolen. Slim Jim may have been used.

Sex Offense – 7:35 p.m. – 2306 NE 34th St. – Joshua D. Kelly (3/7/01) taken into custody and transported to Lincoln County jail. Vehicle towed as a hazard by Lincoln City Towing.

Counterfeit – 8:32 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino – Counterfeit $5 found. Document seized.

Monday, May 6

Suspicious Activity – 2:43 a.m. – Chinook Winds Casino – Security reporting suspicious activity in a vehicle. Subjects contacted inside casino and drug materials seized.

Burglary – 7:43 a.m. – 4900 SE Keel Ave. – Broken window and door knob at maintenance building. Nothing taken.

Hit and Run – 1:53 – 2150 NE Oar Pl. – Car struck Friday night. Community Center has surveillance.

Death – 7:12 p.m. – Surftides – CPR in progress in Surftides Lobby. PT declared deceased on the scene. M.E. and D.A. released body. Recovered by ABC Mortuary.

Tuesday, May 7

Drug – 3:51 a.m. – NW 17th St. – Drugs found in public restroom during security check.

DOA – 10:01 a.m. – Dorchester House, 2701 NW Highway 101 –  Sonya M. Beebe (10/20/34) found deceased. Began as CPR call. Beebe taken by Pacific View Memorial.

Theft – 11:11 a.m. – 2125 SW Beach Ave. – Previous tenant stole items from garage and victim’s service dog.

Theft – 1:44 p.m. – NW Mast Ave. – Computer scam with victim making payments with gift cards to virus protection company for $19,000.

Missing Person – NW Oar Ave. – Welfare check for juvenile who didn’t come home after an incident occurred at school. Parent filed missing juvenile report due to her not coming home.

Probation Violation – 7:10 p.m. – NW 16th St. & Highway 101 – Joshua Eugene Brown (3/29/84) taken into custody on a probation detainer and transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Welfare Check – 6:22 p.m. – 3317 SW Beach Ave. – Caller reporting her son posted he had taken a handful of pills with bourbon on Facebook. Son placed on peace officer hold and transported to SNLH.

Disturbance – 8:06 p.m. – NW Oar Ave. – Runaway returned home. Officers were requested as she was causing a disturbance with parents. Runaway cleared LEDS/NCIC and taken into custody for juvenile PV detainer, harassment and transported to Lincoln County Juvenile Detention.

Wednesday, May 8

No crimes reported.

Thursday, May 9

Eluding – 12:51 a.m. – 95 SW Highway 101 – Jacob Ivan Sutter (7/11/91) arrested for escape and eluding. Click for full story.

Assisting Outside Agency – 7:59 a.m. – Motel 6 – Caller reporting a guest had kicked out a window screen and was smoking cigarettes in his room. Guest would not answer door or phone so staff could not ask him to leave. Mbarek B. Ichattern (8/15/73) was taken into custody for warrant out of Washington County for failure to appear on theft charges. Ichattern was transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Found Property – 10:10 a.m. – Found wallet turned in at LCPD.

Theft – 2:14 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino – Possible employee theft.

Found Property – 3:38 p.m. – 547 SW Ebb – Found Trapper Keeper with school work turned into LCPD.

 

Koceja leads middle-schoolers, Stutzman sixth-graders at track Districts

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Koceja leads middle-schoolers, Stutzman sixth-graders at track Districts
From left, Rulon Porter, Gavin Koceja, sprint/relays coach Andru Lascano, MaKaden Melton and Mario Cortes

Taft High 7-12 eighth-grader Gavin Koceja won the long jump and high jump and anchored the winning boys 4×400-meter relay team Thursday in the Coast Valley League 7-8 District Championships at Yamhill-Carlton.

COAST VALLEY LEAGUE 7TH-8TH GRADE RESULTS

Gavin Koceja

Mario Cortes, MaKaden Melton and Rulon Porter teamed with Koceja to claim the 4×400 relay title, while Melton was second in the 100-meter hurdles and third in the 400-meter run in 85-degree heat at Yamhill-Carlton High School.

Seventh-grader Aliviah Mode was third in the girls 200-meter dash for the Tigers.

Meanwhile, Dylan Stutzman won the 800-meter and 1,500-meter run for the boys, and Julia Towers was second in the 800 and third in the 400 for the girls in the CVL’s Sixth Grade Districts, held Monday, May 6, at Sheridan.

COAST VALLEY LEAGUE SIXTH GRADE RESULTS

Uziel Fuentes Hernandez was second for the boys in the 100-meter dash, while Trenton Battle was second in the long jump and Stutzman second in the javelin at Sheridan High School.

The 4×100 relay team of Battle, Giovanni Fuentes-Perez, Juan Pineda Vasques and Ryan Best also posted a runner-up finish.

Jacob Hall was third in the 200 meters, Pineda Vasques third in the 100-meter hurdles and Kai Bayer third in the discus.

RN Wilson first DAISY Award winner at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital

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RN Wilson first DAISY Award winner at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital

Wilson DAISY

Always providing tender care to each patient – for this reason and others, Elaina Wilson, RN, was selected as the 2019 DAISY Award recipient during a ceremony at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital (SNLH) on Tuesday, May 7.

Wilson has worked in the hospital’s medical/surgical inpatient unit for almost five years. She was one of 12 nurses nominated and who met specific criteria for this first-time awards program at SNLH.

Upon presenting the award, Kathy Skipper, vice president of Patient Care Services, commented: “Without exception, when a nurse receives the DAISY Award, the humble response is, ‘I didn’t do anything special. I was just doing my job.’ What they may not realize, however, is that when nurses are ‘just doing their jobs,’ they have such an important and meaningful impact on the lives of so many people. They are making a positive difference in the lives of patients and their families. You are making the world a better place because you are a nurse. We salute you and honor you.”

The nomination submitted by one of Wilson’s colleagues stated, in part:

“I have observed Elaina as she has cared for many types of patients. She is always kind, gentle and compassionate but two events in particular stand out for me. She was the primary nurse for a patient who was actively dying. I remember how gentle and compassionate she was, but I remember most the tears I saw in her eyes as she was caring for a person whose life was ending. She cared so much for someone who had been a stranger and was now her patient.”

The nomination continued, noting the care that Wilson provided to the colleague’s father during his hospitalization.

“He was sometimes irascible, reluctant to follow the program and had great difficulty hearing, yet she was always pleasant to him and to all of our family, and demonstrated the same compassion for a relative stranger time and time again,” the colleague wrote.

Wilson received a DAISY pin, award certificate and hand-carved stone sculpture entitled “A Healer’s Touch.” Along with the public recognition, DAISY award winners also receive financial discounts for nursing certification training; reduced tuition for continued education; conference scholarship opportunities; and are eligible for a national DAISY Award for extraordinary nurses.

DAISY
Elaina Wilson, RN, signs the DAISY banner. Her name will be joined by other exceptional nurses in coming years.

The other outstanding SNLH nominees were: Keith Blanchard, Amanda Carpenter, Kimberly Edwards, Stacey Mello-Galloway, Kimberly Hughes, Stephanie Marshall, Aaron Miller, Gayle Moore, Charles Murphy, Karla Rutherford and Cristina Tamayo.

The DAISY Foundation was established by the family of J. Patrick Barnes, who deeply appreciated the care and compassion shown by his nurses before his death. To learn more, visit daisyfoundation.org or send an email to [email protected].

Letter carriers ‘stamp’ out hunger with charity food drive

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Letter carriers ‘stamp’ out hunger with charity food drive

Stamp Out Hunger

On Saturday May 11, letter carriers will be doing more than just dropping off the mail; they’ll also be collecting food for the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Hosted by the National Association of Letter Carriers, Stamp Out Hunger takes place around the country and is the largest single-day food drive.

You can take part by collecting nonperishable food items and leaving them in a bag near the mailbox early on May 11. A letter carrier or volunteer will pick up the donation and ensure it gets to Oregon Food Bank. Last year, one million pounds of food was collected in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Our goal this year is to bring in another one million pounds. All donated food stays in the community where it was collected.

“Six days a week, our letter carriers are out in the community, traveling door to door. They see the subtle changes in income and know which house is struggling to put food on the table,” says CEO Susannah Morgan. “We’re proud to work together again this year to nourish and care for every neighbor.”

A list of most wanted foods is available at oregonfoodbank.org/mostwanted. Donations not picked up by letter carriers can be dropped off at any post office by Wednesday, May 15. Financial donations can be made online at oregonfoodbank.org/NALC

The Stamp Out Hunger food drive was created in 1993 by the National Association of Letter Carriers to encourage communities to come together in an effort to stock the shelves of food banks nationwide. Along with the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, the National Association of Letter Carriers has collected more than one billion pounds of food nationally since the drive’s inception.

“I’ve always strived to help everyone else in need through my life,” says Abe RedCloud, Letter Carrier and Oregon Coordinator for Stamp Out Hunger. “There are a lot of people that need help in the world, and this event helps millions of people in need of an essential item to live, food. Every time I see a house with a bag of food for me to pick up, I get super excited and say thank you to them the next time I see them. I’m super proud to be helping in this event every year.”

The food drive is made possible by Delta Fire and your local letter carriers, the U.S. Postal Service, Fred Meyer, AWS Elemental, UFCW Local 555 along with many dedicated volunteers and community organizations.

About Oregon Food Bank
Oregon Food Bank works to eliminate hunger and its root causes… because no one should be hungry. Oregon Food Bank believes that hunger starves the human spirit, that communities thrive when people are nourished, and that everyone deserves healthy and fresh food. Oregon Food Bank helps feed the human spirit of 260,000 people every month through a food distribution network of 21 regional food banks serving Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Oregon Food Bank also leads statewide efforts to increase resources for hungry families and to eliminate the root causes of hunger through public policy, local food systems work, nutrition and garden education, health care screening and innovative programming. Find out how to feed the human spirit at oregonfoodbank.org.

Recent temperature surge reminds owners to regard pet safety

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Recent temperature surge reminds owners to regard pet safety

While many of us welcome the warmer weather this time of year, we must remind ourselves that some of our loved ones may find themselves in an uncomfortable predicament. It could even result in their death.

We are speaking about our pets who accompany many of us on our trips and errands in a motor vehicle. We should never leave our pet unattended in a parked car.  On warm days, and even cloudy days, the temperature in a car can rise to dangerous levels in minutes, even with the windows cracked open.

The brief stop we plan to make at the store could stretch to 15 minutes or more before we know it. Our mistake could cost our pet its life.  Leaving the windows cracked won’t cool the car enough to protect our beloved pet, even if we have made water available.

In June of 2017, Gov. Kate Brown signed into law House Bill 2732 to protect dogs and children) left in hot cars. Oregon was the 11th state to pass such a Good Samaritan Law, which provides that anyone – not just law enforcement – may enter a vehicle (by force or otherwise) to remove an unattended domestic animal without fear of civil or criminal liability.

If you come upon a scenario like above where you believe an animal could perish, please contact our dispatch center at 541-265-0777 before deciding to enter the vehicle. Be ready to convey your location, the vehicle description, and a description of you. Our Animal Service Deputies will make every effort to respond quickly.

If you determine that more immediate life-saving action is necessary, please ensure that you:

  • have a reasonable belief that the animal is in imminent danger of suffering harm;
  • notify law enforcement or emergency services either before or soon after entering the vehicle;
  • use only the minimum force necessary to enter the vehicle; and
  • stay with the animal until law enforcement, emergency services, or the owner or operator of the vehicle arrives.

For more information and tips, check our website at www.lincolncountysheriff.net   and like us on Facebook: Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office – Oregon

K9 Nix assists LCPD’s Liden in pursuit of felony suspect on beach

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K9 Nix assists LCPD’s Liden in pursuit of felony suspect on beach

Lincoln City Police officer Torin Liden was assisted by Lincoln County Sheriff K9 officer Nix and an Oregon State Police trooper shortly after midnight Thursday in the apprehending of a wanted suspect who ran on foot after a traffic stop.

Jacob Ivan Sutter, 27, of Lincoln City.

At approximately 12:51 a.m., Liden initiated a traffic stop on a white 2000 Subaru sedan at D River Wayside for a traffic violation. The Subaru pulled over and Liden contacted the driver who identified himself as Jacob Ivan Sutter, 27, of Lincoln City.

A license and warrants check on Sutter, showed a suspended driver’s license and an active felony warrant issued for probation violation for burglary and stalking. As the information was dispatched over the radio, Sutter jumped out of the vehicle, ran down to the beach and fled north on foot. Linden did not give immediate pursuit, but instead provided responding officers with a good description of the fleeing suspect and watched him as he crossed the D River and continued to run north behind the Sea Gypsy hotel.

Additional Lincoln City Police officers, as well as a Lincoln County Sheriff’s sergeant and an Oregon State Police trooper responded to the chase and set up a perimeter while waiting for Lincoln County Sheriff’s Deputies, including K-9 Nix, to respond. Nix began to track the fleeing suspect north behind hotels and along the beach. The K-9 tracked Sutter for some distance before locating him hiding in thick brush about 20 feet up the embankment. Once Sutter realized that he had been found and that a K-9 was on scene, he complied with verbal commands and surrendered without incident.

Lincoln City Police secured Sutter in a patrol vehicle and transported him back to the original stop location.

Sutter was transported to the Lincoln County Jail and lodged on charges of misdemeanor eluding on foot, escape and felony warrant for probation violation. He was also issued a citation for driving while suspended and driving uninsured.

No injuries were reported as a result of this incident.

Lincoln City Police would like to thank the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office and the Oregon State Police for their assistance, along with a special thank you to Deputy Smith and K-9 Nix for their help in locating and capturing the suspect.

Taft High symphonic band takes third place at State championships

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Taft High symphonic band takes third place at State championships

Taft High Music Director Mike Freel’s symphonic band claimed third place Wednesday at the Class 3A OSAA Music State Championships.

OSAA BAND/ORCHESTRA OFFICIAL PROGRAM

Director Will Fox’s Westside Christian group placed first (298 points), followed by Michael McClure’s band at Warrenton (283), then Taft (276), Oregon Episcopal School (275) and Rainier (265).

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