A basket of cheese and a trip to the factory where it was made was Taft’s prize for showing the Cheesemakers they don’t know jack
With cheese as bait, Taft High’s boys swimmers took home the biggest blocks Saturday by beating the host squad off the blocks, into the water and to the finish line for the team title in the Tillamook Cheese Relays.
“The boys had a pretty fantastic meet with a lot of first places,” Taft Coach Lissa Parker said of the popular event that awards cheese to participants along with a post-meet trip to the Tillamook Cheese Factory. “All in all, it’s a very fun meet for the swimmers and a change of pace.”
With the less-experienced swimmers passing out towels and cheering the Tigers on, the Taft boys emerged on top by 58 points over runner-up Astoria, while the Taft girls placed third behind winning Tillamook and second-place Seaside.
“It was hard to find spots for everyone, as the swimmers are restricted to swim in only five relays and some of the swimmers don’t know how to do the more complex strokes like butterfly and breaststroke,” Parker said. “The girls had a harder go of it, as the Tillamook girls are very fast and competitive.”
The Taft boys got relay wins in the 200-yard medley (Jose Segura, Hunter Lundstedt, Tanner Landry and Joram Hoff); 400 medley (Hoff, Angel Moreno, Segura and Sam Cortes); 200 freestyle (Landry, Sam Anderson, Ayden Woodard and Lundstedt); 400 medley (Moreno, Segura, Cortes and Micah McLeish); 200 fly (Landry, Dylan Barrera, Moreno, Hoff); 200 back (Cortes, Segura, McLeish, Hoff); 400 free (Landry, Barrera, Moreno, McLeish); and 500 free (Anderson, Landry, Cortes, Hoff).
Lydia Prins, Napy Meyer, Charlotte Lundstedt and Sammy Halferty teamed to win the 200 breaststroke relay for the girls.
“It was a fast-paced meet and very crowded and we just couldn’t get them up to the blocks fast enough,” Parker said of the girls, who lost potential points for late starting times. “However, they won the breaststroke relay, had several second places and some awesome individual times.”
Taft competes next at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Blanchet Catholic Invite.
The Historic Quilt Show will blanket the North Lincoln County Historical Museum throughout the month of February.
The quilt show will feature nine historic quilts in conjunction with Lincoln City’s Antique and Collectible Week.
The historic quilts will feature a variety of patterns and styles.
Meanwhile, the “Every Artifact Has a Story” exhibit will open Feb. 1 and run through the remainder of the year at the museum.
The exhibit focuses on 10 artifacts that come from deep in the museum’s collection, based on the story that they possess, rather than their aesthetic value alone.
You’ll see and learn the stories from artifacts such as a basket made by Sissie Johnson, a Native American woman who lived in Taft before any pioneers; a beer can found in the walls of the museum dating to when the building was being built as a fire hall; a diary entry from Rose Lodge’s first post master, Julia Dodson; a quilt that survived the 1871 Chicago fire and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; and more.
Contact the museum, located at 4907 SW Highway in Lincoln City, at 541-996-6614 for further information.
Woodcarvers from beginner to professional are at Chinook Winds Casino Resort on Saturday and Sunday for the 27th annual Artistry in Wood show, which is free to the public.
Randy Martin, from Sandy, is the featured artist this year and the theme is “On the Western Shore.” Hundreds of people looked over tables with all manner of wood carving and turnings.
Free classes are offered over the two-day event:
Youth lessons
Carving a spoon
Fire painting
Turning a natural edge bowl
How to carve an eyeball
Clint and Kathy Ritchie of Spirits of Many Faces displayed unique carvings made from pine knots hundreds of years old that “will bring you luck and happiness.” Some of the faces were carved into wood that survived a Crater Lake-area forest fire.
Clint, left, and Kathy Ritchie show off their wares Saturday
“We’ve sold a few already in the first couple of hours,” said Clint. “People see the prices and they buy right away.”
Cynthia Longhat-Adams of Two Spirit Creations in Lincoln City, is a fire painter who completes an inch per hour with her craft.
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Fire Painter Cynthia Longhat-Adams
Fire Painting
“I’m finding using milk and a torch makes it faster,” she said.
Flute player and carver Don Butler of Albany-based Whistleblown Studios, has multiple Native American flutes and wood turnings on display. Butler played a flute for patrons and gave a history lesson.
“I don’t play anything recognizable or repeatable,” Butler said.
The event continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Chinook Winds.
The No. 1-ranked Clatskanie girls basketball team defeated Taft 100-15 Friday in Coastal Range League play, while the boys fell, 47-40, on the road.
The Clatskanie girls, also nicknamed the Tigers, improved to 15-2 overall and 4-0 in league play, while Taft dropped to 0-7, 2-15.
File photos by Lon French
The seventh-ranked Clatskanie boys moved to 9-5, 5-1, while Taft fell to 6-11, 1-6.
Taft returns to the court Friday, Jan. 25, with the boys hosting Willamina in the 6 p.m. game and the girls moving to the late slot against the Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m.
The Lincoln City Police Dispatch Daily Desk Log is a public record of police calls. Homepage will run the log every Friday. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
NOTE: Blue text indicates clickable link to Homepage article
Friday, Jan. 11
Welfare Check – Chinook Winds Casino Parking Lot – Report of a man threatening to harm himself. Man contacted and sent to SNLH for mental evaluation.
Burglary – 3:53 a.m. – Sea Gypsy, 145 NW Inlet Ave., #10 – A potential burglar tried to open a bedroom door of a condo with a key. When the caller pushed the door closed, the subject ran away.
Car Clout – 12:28 p.m. – Safeway – Theft of cans and bottles, a ski jacket and a mostly empty bottle of bleach.
Extra Patrol Request – NW 21st Street Beach Access – Subjects camping on the cliffside north of Nordic Inn leaving a bunch of trash behind.
DOA – 5:52 p.m. – 1880 NE 14th St. – Justin A. Milo (4/30/88) was found unresponsive upon attempting to wake him. Pacific View responded.
Assault – 8:02 p.m. – 1519 SE 3rd St. – Woman assaulted by her boyfriend. Woman was transported to SNLH via ambulance for injuries. Taylor J Hulburt (11/1/94) suspected of domestic assault.
Overdose – 10:19 p.m. – 1711 NE 18th Pl., Apartment 8 – Female overdosed on anxiety medication intentionally. Transported to SNLH and placed on mental evaluation hold.
Theft – 10:43 p.m. – Safeway – Two females in Safeway put merchandise into a purse. Amanda R. Hoffman (12/7/88) cited and released for third degree theft and trespassed from store.
Hit and Run – 1:04 p.m. – Safeway – Two vehicles hit in parking lot by gray 2005 Toyota Tacoma (384DLB) suspect vehicle. Report taken.
Found Property – 2:13 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino Resort – Casino security found a baggie of white crystal-like powder in one of the resort rooms.
Arrest – 10:10 p.m. – 3522 NE Quay Ave. – Taylor Hulburt taken into custody for fourth degree domestic assault and transported to Lincoln County Jail.
Sunday, Jan. 13
Found Property – 12:31 a.m. – Safeway – Found inmate ID belonging to Nathan Opperud. Property retained, report taken.
Assisting Other Agency – Chinook Winds Casino – Taj M. Greenman (2/5/84) was taken into custody after being observed walking into casino for a probation violation warrant out of Lincoln County. Greenman was cited and released.
Disturbance – 12:33 p.m. – North Shell – Earl Dwayne Henson (6/29/65) was taken into custody for disorderly conduct after a report of transients were involved in a disturbance.
Found Property – 4:03 p.m. – Caller was given a wallet found on the beach by a tourist. Wallet brought to PD. Elizabeth Byrd is the owner.
Crash – 5:33 p.m. – 2150 SE Highway 101 – Unlawful U-turn and reckless driving caused a two car crash. One transported to SNLH.
Theft – 6:03 p.m. – 2158 NE Mast Ave. – Theft of packages. Video of suspect shows a white male adult in a dark gray hoodie wearing black pants and carrying a backpack. Report taken.
Menacing – 6:30 p.m. – 5229 NW Keel Ave. – Allen Arthur Lane (12/16/75) taken into custody after a report of an intoxicated male threatening his wife with a gun. Lane was transported to Lincoln County Jail.
Tuesday, Jan. 15
Recovered Stolen Vehicle – 2:31 a.m. – Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office recovered a stolen vehicle on a traffic stop at Cherry Hill Mobile Home Park. One plate still outstanding. Stolen vehicle cleared LEDS/NCIC. LCPD units assisted as cover.
Warrant Service – Natividad Roldan (12/25/59) cited and released on Lincoln County warrant for DUII.
Fraud – 4:47 p.m. – 608 SE Reef Ave. – Possible debit card fraud.
Warrant Arrest – Chinook Winds Casino – Jessica A. Bennett (2/14/75) taken into custody for misdemeanor warrant out of Linn County for failure to appear on DUII charge. Bennett transported to Lincoln County Jail.
Found Property – 7:47 p.m. – 955 SW 51st St. – Found purse by Mo’s. Property seized for safekeeping.
Wednesday, Jan. 16
FOund Property – 9:10 a.m. – Regatta Park – Found smartphone.
Disturbance – 10:21 a.m. – 1745 SW Highway 101 – Former employee throwing things and creating a disturbance after being fired.
Burglary – 4:39 p.m. – 4800 NE Logan Road – Shed in back of property broken into and items taken.
Thursday, Jan. 17
Assisting Other Agency – 1:27 a.m. – 2600 Block NW Inlet Ave. – Samuel Fajardo-Landa (8/11/90) taken into custody for Oregon Parole Board warrant for parole violation. Transported to Lincoln County Jail.
Theft – 9:56 a.m. – 1140 SE Galley Ct. – Theft of a garbage can.
MIP Tobacco – Taft High School – Juvenile mip for tobacco.
Ordinance Violation – 3:37 p.m. – NE Oar Ave. & NE 21st St. – Abandoned blue ford pickup towed.
Warrant service – 5 p.m. – 801 SW Highway 101 – Benjamin Walter Pasciyo (1/25/90) cited and released on Lincoln County warrant for third degree theft.
US Food Market in Taft was the scene of a Lincoln City man winning a $250,000 jackpot last month on an Oregon Lottery scratch-it ticket sold by convenience store clerk Patrick Thompson, who is developing a habit of giving out top prize tickets.
The 25-year-old Lincoln City native has done it again, doling out another jackpot scratch-it winner Friday for $500, making it two jackpots in two months.
According to Thompson, the winner of the $500 Frenzy scratch-it jackpot prize was screaming “wooooooo!” and immediately proceeded to “buy a bunch of beer.” Thompson said the winner, a male in his early 20s, was “stoked” and said he would be “heading to Chinook Winds Casino to win more.”
“The dude didn’t even scratch off the entire ticket,” Thompson recalls. “He just scratched off the bar code and had me scan it. He started going nuts when he saw he won, and I did too,”
If Thompson can sell another jackpot scratch-it ticket in February, it will make three jackpots sold in three months and complete the trifecta.
As the Federal shutdown enters a fourth week, 1,135 active duty Coast Guard members and 138 Coast Guard reservists on the Oregon coast remain on the job, but unpaid. Essential employees at the federal prison in Sheridan have been unpaid for nearly a month. NOAA and its vital weather services are closed, affecting marine safety.
State Representative David Gomberg (D-Central Coast) spent much of the week in Salem looking for support options. “These men and women are risking their lives each and every day. That they show up to work without compensation is a credit to their bravery and professional commitment. But it is also a shocking reflection of how our Federal Government has let them down. We need to do better than GoFundMe accounts and garage sales.”
With the support and encouragement of the Governor’s office and coastal legislators, local banks and credit unions are now working together to provide short term relief and financial support. This can include:
Zero interest or low interest short term emergency loans;
Loan modifications;
Deferred loan payments or Skip-a-Payment programs;
Work stoppage loans to fill unemployment gaps; and
Financial counseling to determine where members might be able to save money.
“It’s important that furloughed and unpaid Federal Government workers contact their bank or credit unions to let them know they’re impacted by the shutdown,” Gomberg explained. “Our financial institutions are taking special steps and often have infrastructure already in place to quickly help clients through situations such as natural disasters, government shutdowns, plant closings, and personal emergencies.”
Coast Guard and NOAA members are the only uniformed services not getting paid during the closure. Coast Guard is on duty but unfunded under the direction of the Department of Homeland Security. Other military branches are under the Department of Defense and have funding approved.
This month already, Coast Guard crews stationed on the Central Coast have assisted five disabled boats, escorted in numerous vessels when seas have turned dangerously rough and risked their own lives trying to save the crew of the Mary B II.
Across Oregon, nearly 10,000 federal employees are missing their paychecks and struggling to make everyday payments. That includes the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Parks, US Fish and Wildlife, IRS, and airport TSA.
More than 2,700 federal workers living in Oregon have filed for unemployment benefits through the state since the partial government shutdown began. Last year that number was only 561.
But not all federal workers qualify. Those deemed important enough to work without pay are not eligible. Under state and federal law, if you are working full time, even if you’re not being paid, you’re not considered unemployed.
“I’m encouraged by the news of these zero-interest loans being offered,” said Gomberg. “Now more than ever, our financial institutions should be assisting our friends and neighbors in the federal workforce as they weather the longest government shutdown in US history.”
Otis Pizzeria owners Gary Fromm, left, Randy Helton, Matt Moreno, Jennifer McKeefry and Nicole Cook
Otis Pizzeria’s owners are putting on a series of charity eating contests of corn dogs, pizza and Philly cheesesteaks over the next two months with cash and gift certificate prizes, the first of which is set for 11:45 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 27.
Pronto Pups is a familiar name in Otis, seeing as how the business featuring the famous corn dogs has been around since 1946 in the same 1252 Salmon River Highway location in the heart of the small Oregon town. Recently, the business was rebranded Otis Pizzeria with online ordering and local delivery to Otis and Lincoln City, increasing its customer base.
Gary Fromm, who owns the town and is co-owner of Otis Pizzeria with four others, has invited the public to attend the first of three planned “Annual Otis Eating Contests,” offering $100 to the person who eats the most Pronto Pups in five minutes. Second- and third-place contestants will receive $100 and $50 gift certificates, respectively.
The cost for entering the contest is a $5 donation with all proceeds going to Pick of the Litter Thrift Store in Newport, which supports the Lincoln County Animal Shelter and other animal efforts in Lincoln County.
A pizza eating contest is scheduled for 11:45 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 10. The winner will take home $100 with second and third place getting gift certificates to Otis Pizzeria in the amounts of $100 and $50.
On the menu for 11:45 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 24, will be the Philly Cheesesteak Eating Contest, where — you guessed it, the person who eats the most Philly cheesesteaks in five minutes will earn the same cash rewards as the other two contests as well as unique bragging rights until next year.
All contestants must be over 18 and fill out an entry and waiver form that acknowledges “eating large amounts of food in a short time is potentially hazardous and is an uncomfortable activity.”
For more information and a complete set of rules go to otispizzeria.com.
OGEC report finds website illegally barred from Council meeting
An Oregon Government Ethics Commission (OGEC) investigation has found that Lincoln City Homepage is a legitimate news media outlet that was banned from a Lincoln City City Council meeting in violation of state law.
“There is a preponderance of evidence that a representative of the news media [Lincoln City Homepage Publisher Justin Werner] was excluded from attending an executive session held by the Lincoln City City Council in violation of ORS 192.660(4),” OGEC Compliance and Education Coordinator Diane Gould concluded in her findings.
The OGEC’s conclusion follows a five-month investigation of potential violation of state ethics law and will be placed on the agenda for OGEC’s next meeting Friday, Jan. 25, in Salem.
According to Executive Director Ronald A. Bersin, the Commission will either conclude there is not an appearance of a violation and dismiss the matter, or conclude there is an appearance of a violation and order it to a contested-case hearing.
In an email to Homepage, Investigator Gould shared Bersin’s Jan. 17 cover letter and copies of 30-page investigation reports issued Jan. 16 to Mayor Don Williams and City Councilors Dick Anderson, Judy Casper, Diana Hinton, Riley Hoagland and Susan Wahlke (see links below).
The findings counter City claims that Homepage does not meet screening criteria as a representative of the news media and needed to gain approval or give advance notice for attendance at a June 14, 2018, executive session of the Council.
“Based on the evidence, there is no indication that the Council was relying upon any of the three permitted exceptions to exclude the complainant from the executive session,” the investigation revealed.
Homepage maintained it was illegally excluded from attendance under Oregon Public Meetings Law because it regularly attends and covers City Council meetings and local government and corresponds regularly with City officials to report the news.
“It appears that Lincoln City Homepage formally organized for the purpose of gathering and disseminating news,” Gould wrote. “The publication regularly covers local government, entertainment, events, sports and includes letters to the editors.
“The site has several advertisers and at least two staff members [Publisher/Editor Werner and Executive Editor Jim Fossum]. Anyone may access the site on the Internet to see the articles published during the first five months of 2018 concerning local government.”
The report states that the Oregon School Activities Association recognizes Homepage as news media, issued it a press pass and hosts the entity’s news feed. The Oregon Secretary of State’s Business Registry represents Homepage as “institutionalized news media,” meaning an entity formally organized for dissemination of the news.
While a monetary penalty of up to $1,000 will not be imposed upon Councilors since the public body acted upon the advice of counsel, imposition of non-monetary sanctions and public meeting law education could be ordered if the preliminary findings are upheld.
Obituaries can be found by clicking the “Obits” button and under “Local News” in the main menu
Lincoln City Homepage is pleased to announce the addition of a free obituary section based on your submissions regarding the passing of your loved ones.
Just click on the “Obits” button on our website’s homepage shown above to find the listings and to write and submit an obituary.
In addition to photos (limit of three), the obituary may include any of the following:
NAME/ANNOUNCEMENT
Full name of the deceased, including nickname, if any
Age at death
Residence (for example, the name of the city) at death
Day and date of death (remember to include the year)
Place of death
Cause of death
LIFE
Date of birth
Place of birth
Names of parents
Childhood: siblings, stories, schools, friends
Marriage(s): date of, place, name of spouse
Education: school, college, university and other
Designations, awards, and other recognition
Employment: jobs, activities, stories, colleagues, satisfactions, promotions, union activities, frustrations
Military service
Places of residence
Hobbies, sports, interests, activities, and other enjoyment
Charitable, religious, fraternal, political, and other affiliations; positions held
Achievements
Disappointments
Unusual attributes, humor, other stories
FAMILY
Survived by (and place of residence):
Spouse
Children (in order of date of birth, and their spouses)
Grandchildren
Great-grandchildren
Great-great-grandchildren
Parents
Grandparents
Siblings (in order of date of birth)
Others, such as nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws
Friends
Pets (if appropriate)
Predeceased by (and date of death):
Spouse
Children (in order of date of birth)
Grandchildren
Siblings (in order of date of birth)
Others, such as nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws
Pets (if appropriate)
SERVICE
Day, date, time, place
Name of officiant, pallbearers, honorary pallbearers, other information
Visitation information if applicable: day, date, time, place
Reception information if applicable: day, date, time, place
Other memorial, vigil, or graveside services if applicable: day, date, time, place
Place of interment
Name of funeral home in charge of arrangements
Where to call for more information (even if no service planned)
SUMMARY
Memorial funds established
Memorial donation suggestions, including addresses
