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Vehicle stolen from Lincoln City crashes into Drift Creek

Justin Werner
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Vehicle stolen from Lincoln City crashes into Drift Creek
Siletz River Crash
(Photos courtesy Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office)

Lincoln County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a submerged vehicle that had crashed into Drift Creek near Drift Creek Road and Gorton Road, east of Lincoln City shortly after midnight Tuesday morning.

North Lincoln Fire & Rescue’s Swim Team confirmed there were no occupants in the vehicle and the driver appeared to have fled the scene.

According to the Lincoln County Sheriff, the 2011 Jeep Patriot with Oregon plates was stolen from Lincoln City and a Lincoln City Police investigation is underway to determine the identity of the driver.

“The owner woke up unaware her car had been stolen,” police said Wednesday.

A preliminary investigation revealed the Jeep was eastbound when it left the roadway, shearing a utility pole and knocking out power and other utilities to the area. The lines could not be cleared to restore power until 8 a.m. Tuesday.

Gomberg: Local projects and local schedule

Oregon House Rep. David Gomberg
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Gomberg: Local projects and local schedule

In our last newsletter, we detailed the major issues approved in the recent legislative session. That included funding early learning and schools, addressing the PERS unfunded liability, implementing family and medical leave, support for housing initiatives, improving health care, protecting smaller businesses, and improving the environment.

In this report, I want to talk about local projects funded with lottery bonds for economic development.

But first, I need to further address the general working environment in the Capitol. Most news reports have focused on the drama and conflict. But for the most part, Democrats and Republicans worked together, negotiated, compromised, and agreed. I believe that is what most Oregonians expect us to do in Salem.

Of the roughly 2500 bills introduced, less than 800 passed. And of those 800, more than half were approved unanimously and 300 more had support from both parties. Only eight percent of votes, 60 out of 800, broke down along party lines.

2019 bipartisanship graphic

About 150 of the measures we passed were part of the two-year balanced state budget. And one of those measures allocated funds from lottery bonds to pay for local projects and economic development. Here are some examples from our district:

$1 million. Neskowin Emergency Egress: This small community in Tillamook County has one road in and out. When the creek rises, families and visitors there are cut off. And when the earthquake arrives and the bridge collapses, there will be no retreat from the tsunami. Senator Betsy Johnson and I worked hard to secure funding for an “Egress” that can support emergency vehicles and emergency traffic. The total cost is about $1.8 million for conduits, tidegates, and passage through the wetlands. When not in critical use, the passage will shift walking and bicycles off the narrow local streets. “Your efforts will make our community safer.” Susan Amort, Neskowin Village.

$4 million. Newport Regional Water and Dam Planning: The current drinking water supply for Newport collects behind one of Oregon’s must seismically vulnerable dams. I lightheartedly suggested to the funding committee this is not about a major earthquake. If a large truck hit a nearby pothole, the dam might collapse. Replacing local dams will cost tens of millions of dollars. Senator Arnie Roblan and I got initial funding that will move the planning process forward on how we get water to residents and visitors. “Thanks for your leadership and support of this critical need.” Dean Sawyer, Mayor of Newport

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$1.5 million. Lincoln City Cultural Center Plaza: The Cultural Center in Lincoln City is not just about the performing and visual arts. It is about supporting the retirement industry, serving the tourist industry, and enhancing the growing art entrepreneurial economy. The plaza project will renovate an old parking lot and playground into an outdoor community center with walkways, performance stages, space for a regional outdoor market, and expanded parking. Local fundraising will complete the effort. It will transform the center of Lincoln City for the people who live and work there, and the 9 million cars that drive by each year. “Your leadership will transform Lincoln City and our retirement, tourism, and arts economy.” Nikki Price, LC Cultural Center

$5 million. Oregon Coast Aquarium Improvements & Marine Wildlife Rehab Center: Senator Roblan and I advocated for Oregon’s only marine wildlife rehabilitation center at the Aquarium in Newport. Certainly, the Aquarium supports the tourist economy. But it also aids injured birds and endangered marine animals. With OSU and NOAA next door, this expansion is a good fit in South Beach. Private fundraising will more than double the state investment. “We appreciate all you’ve done to support the Aquarium with our first-time State support.” Carrie Lewis, Oregon Coast Aquarium

Pacific City State Airport: Within the department of Aviation budget that I oversee in the Ways and Means Economic Development Subcommittee, we settled the question of keeping this coastal airport as a state owned and maintained facility. “Thank you for your strong support and leadership to keep the airport public and open.” Robyn Holdman, Friends of Pacific City Airport

Tillamook Youth Correctional Facility: The Oregon Youth Authority received $6.4 million to fund four projects, the bulk going to upgrading medical and dental clinics at four facilities, including the Tillamook Youth Correctional Facility. Space is currently so limited that residents need to be taken off campus for treatment.

Whale License Plate. Just days before the session convened, Oregon’s new “Coastal Playground” plate was released. Local residents lined up in the rain to get the lowest numbers. We worked six years to get approval and this is the first plate released under new rules. Over 6,000 have now been purchased. All proceeds will go to the Marine Mammal Institute at the Hatfield Marine Science Center to promote research and to preserve our coastal wildlife. “The  persistent efforts of plate purchasers will benefit our conservation programs and help Oregonians celebrate the coast.” Bruce Mate, Marine Mammal Institute Director

Gomberg Whale Plate
Whale Plate #1- a real coastal treasure!

District 10 continues to fare well in the difficult state budget. I was once asked by a colleague why my district seemed to have more highway projects funded than his did. The answer was simple, I said. “More of your constituents drive on my roads than my constituents drive on your roads…”

Town Halls and Public Meetings in the next two weeks:

Please join me to learn more about the recent session and ask questions at any of these upcoming events.

Thursday July 18, 7:45 am: Farm, Fish and Forest Tour – Department of Forestry, Tillamook District Office

Friday July 19, 12 noon: Newport Chamber of Commerce – Best Western Plus

Friday July 19, 2 pm: Student Environmental Advocates – Center for Health Education, Newport

Saturday, July 20, 11 am: Toledo Parade – Main Street

Sunday, July 21, 12 noon: Democratic Party Picnic – Beverly Beach State Park

Sunday, July 21, 1:30 pm: Highland Homeowners Annual Meeting – Highland Estates, Otis

Wednesday July 25, 4:30 pm: Grill Gomberg, Hamburgers and Gomberg – SBDC, North County Center, Oregon Coast Community College

Thursday July 25, 6 pm: Political Pie Party – Tillamook Bay Community College

Saturday, July 27, 11 am: Lincoln City Town Hall – Driftwood Public Library

How to Avoid Fraud. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will host two “Scam Jams” in our district this month. The Scam Jam is primarily for seniors and is aimed to teach attendees how to avoid fraud.

Wednesday, July 24, 1:30 PM – Newport City Senior Center

Thursday, July 25, 11:00 – Lincoln City Community Center

This is an educational presentation that presents examples of the most common scams and provides best practices for dealing with fraud.

Thanks for reading my newsletters. We have an unusually large local mailing list and I hope you’ll encourage friends to sign up if they are interested in our government. Just go to https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/gomberg We are also trying to post more frequently to Facebook. Just be aware that public records law requires that we respond to constituent concerns via email, not social media.

As always, we enjoy seeing you out and about in our diverse district and receiving your letters and questions. Enjoy your summer in our remarkable part of Oregon. I’ll hope to see you soon.

Warm Regards,

Representative David Gomberg
House District 10

email: [email protected]

phone: 503-986-1410
address: 900 Court St NE, H-471, Salem, OR, 97301
website: http://www.oregonlegislature.gov/gomberg

A hike for all ages: Drift Creek Falls

Justin Werner
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A hike for all ages: Drift Creek Falls
Drift Creek Falls
Drift Creek Falls

Thirty minutes from Lincoln City in the Siuslaw National Forest, lies the Drift Creek Falls Trailhead, a three mile (round-trip) semi-easy hike for all ages with a rewarding 75 foot water fall at the end.

Drift Creek Falls Suspension Bridge

Most notable about hiking Drift Creek Falls is the suspension bridge that spans 270 feet across a canyon, 100 feet off the floor. The bridge was built in 1997 by Sahale and dedicated in memory to Forest Service Construction Foreman Scott Paul, who lost his life in a tragic rigging accident while working on the project. The bridge offers a birds-eye view of Drift Creek Falls and moves a little when multiple hikers are occupying it, possibly posing a problem for those afraid of heights.

Drift Creek Falls hike

The trail is well maintained and peppered by small bridges leading up to the suspension bridge. A wisecracking parent can fool small children by telling them: “this is the bridge I was talking about.”

Drift Creek Falls Lincoln City

Seven posts mark the trail and when it’s crowded –which happens often in the summer — voices can be heard: “Ok, we’re at number five, only two more to go!”

At the bottom of the trail near the falls, there is a hidden area through the bushes marked by post No. 7. Once through the “jungle,” the area opens up to Drift Creek, where small children can play away from the waterfall.

Drift Creek

Drift Creek Falls Hidden Area

The hike back to the trailhead is more inclined than the trip down, and more likely than not, the time to take water breaks. Many fathers traveling the trail could be seen carrying small children on their shoulders on the way out.

Drift Creek Falls is an impressive sight that should be on your list of things to see while visiting Lincoln City on the Oregon Coast.

‘Wave’ of Broadband data overages hits Depoe Bay residents

Justin Werner
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‘Wave’ of Broadband data overages hits Depoe Bay residents

Wave Broadband billing mistake

UPDATE: “We have become aware of an issue that impacted a limited number of customers resulting in incorrect billing for their data usage,” Wave Broadband Executive Vice President of Operations Jared Sonne said Tuesday night. “The issue occurred due to an error in the processing of their monthly statements. The issue has been identified and corrected going forward and we have identified those impacted accounts and are issuing appropriate credits to those customers. We appreciate our customers patience.”

Earlier coverage:

Residents of the Depoe Bay gated community Little Whale Cove are reacting to Wave Broadband billing statements showing data overages, causing them to closely examine their statements and seek remedy with the internet service provider.

Wave Broadband billing

Wave Broadband printed a notice on customers statements alerting them to a change in billing systems but did not specify when the change would occur.

“My bill went from a monthly amount of $75 — no TV just internet and phone — to $309, with no change in use that I can think of,” Little Whale Cove Wave customer Dennis White said. “Furthermore, the charges were retroactive to two prior months, not including the month covered by the bill.”

White posted on the social network Nextdoor about the billing issues he was facing to gauge if the problem was widespread:

“Are you suddenly experiencing extraordinary charges from your WAVE internet or TV service? They are changing their billing system and I would like to know if my experience is widespread.”

White received 20 responses within 24 hours, including one from Depoe Bay resident Jen Reed:

“Yes! We have a $950 charge! After calling, they person said they would reverse the charge, but our paper bill came and it is still that price. Seems like they’re having issues all over.”

Little Whale Cove homeowner Chris Grayson had this to say in response to White’s Nextdoor post:

“Ours was up $400.00. Called and was told it was streaming charges. We had had no changes in our usage. They finally credited it but not without significant discussion.”

“The number of responses to my Next Door inquiry leads me to believe that they are changing the rules without warning,” White said. “perhaps calculating that some people will just pay the increase and many others will raise their arrangement to unlimited data for an additional $20 per month.”

According to iGR Research, the average U.S. household uses 190 gigabytes per month. Some of the Wave Broadband bills had data usage over 2,000 gigabytes, which would take the average household close to a year to reach.

Wave has a data cap set to 400 gigabytes and charges $5 per 25 gigabytes for going over the limit. From their website:

If you exceed the included data transfer amount within the calendar month, you will be charged a data transfer fee of $5 for each 25 GB. Data plans: There are double data and unlimited data plans you can select to meet your needs each month that can help avoid monthly overage fees.

Wave Broadband's Jared Sonne
Wave Broadband’s Jared Sonne

“We have folks researching right now. We’re trying to figure this out,” Wave Broadband Executive Vice President of Operations Jared Sonne told Homepage via telephone. “My first inclination is this is probably an error, and we would do a global cleanup of that by contacting any residents who were mischarged to let them know we fixed their bill.”

The problem may be more widespread as one woman reported billing errors from Otis, 19 miles north of Depoe Bay.

“I used 473 GB last month, but the bill said I used almost 5,000 GB,” Otis resident Melynda Small said. “They didn’t say if it was a billing glitch or a new system glitch. I did get an email last week about an update to their billing system though.”

“We are investigating,” Sonne said. “We haven’t determined anything one way or the other.”

Homepage is awaiting additional comment from Sonne.

This article will be updated

Wave Broadband is an American provider of residential, business, and enterprise class cable TV, broadband Internet, and telephone services to around 455,000 customers in Washington, Oregon, and California. Wave provides services via their own fiber-optic network and has approximately 1,300+ employees.

Otis toddler dies after being struck by father’s vehicle

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Otis toddler dies after being struck by father’s vehicle

Otis Toddler Dies

North Lincoln Fire & Rescue, Pacific West Ambulance and Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office responded to an Otis residence at 9:46 p.m. Sunday regarding a 15-month-old struck by a vehicle.

A preliminary investigation revealed Thomas Bartlet, 51, of Otis, was backing his 2000 Ford pickup in the driveway to park when his toddler was struck.

Lifesaving measures began and the child was transported to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital. Shortly before midnight the toddler was pronounced deceased.

The family is cooperating with the investigation and no criminal charges are pending as a result of the accident.

American Heart Association recognizes Samaritan Health Services’ stroke care

Mary Jo Kerlin
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American Heart Association recognizes Samaritan Health Services’ stroke care

SNLH Stroke Care

Samaritan Health Services hospitals across Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties have earned Get With The Guidelines Stroke awards by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The awards recognize commitment to providing the most appropriate stroke treatment according to nationally recognized guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

Awards include:

Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll

Samaritan Albany General Hospital – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, and Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll

Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital – Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award

Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

To qualify for the awards hospitals must meet specific goals in comprehensive stroke care and meet quality measures developed to minimize the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke. If given in the first three hours after the start of stroke symptoms, tPA has been shown to significantly reduce the effects of stroke and lessen the chance of permanent disability.

“I want to commend all of our hospital staff and clinicians as well as local EMTs for their dedication to providing coordinated stroke care that saves lives,” said Samaritan Stroke Services Coordinator Sarah Vincent, RN. “These awards represent a lot of hard work, focus and excellent patient care.”

Samaritan Albany General Hospital was also named a Primary Stroke Center by accrediting agency DNV this year. Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center has been a Primary Stroke Center since 2012.

The Samaritan Stroke Services team of specialists includes emergency room doctors, neurologists, nurses, speech language specialists and many others who work together to stop and reverse the damaging effects of a stroke. For more information about Samaritan Stroke Services, call 541-768-6737, or visit samhealth.org/Stroke.

To learn more about the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke awards, visit https://tinyurl.com/yddcg2cv.

Lincoln City Police Log July 5-11

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Lincoln City Police Log July 5-11

Lincoln City Crime log oregon

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, July 5

Traffic Stop – 1:18 a.m. – Chinook Winds Casino – Francisco Jimenez (9/1/90) taken into custody for protection order violation and transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Found property – 10:16 a.m. – NW 26th St. – Found diamond ring and necklace on the beach turned in to LCPD.

Abandoned Auto – 11:07 a.m. – 3500 NW Port Ave. – 1994 Suzuki Swift towed by Car Care.

Fight – 12:55 p.m. – 4794 SE Highway 101 – Caller reported two transients were fighting near Sports and Imports. Nathan C. Opperud (1/12/79) was taken into custody for no-bail warrant out of Washington State for escaping community custody and transported to Lincoln County jail.

Found property – 1:45 p.m. – 1902 NE 73rd St. – Firearm left at vacation rental retrieved by officer and taken to LCPD for safekeeping.

Shoplift – 3:45 p.m. Safeway – Report of a dark haired woman wearing a turquoise shirt walking out of store with a full cart of groceries. She was taken into custody and transported to LCPD where she was cited and released for Theft.

Suspicious Activity – 6:09 p.m. – South Shell, 1410 SE Highway 101 – Report of possibly intoxicated driver in front of store. Officer responded, contacted driver and seized paraphernalia.

Saturday, July 6

Crash – 12:08 a.m. – 1631 NW Highway 101 – Two vehicle, non-injury crash.

Domestic – 2:55 a.m. – 105 SE Mast Ave. – Report of domestic in parking lot of complex. Roy Lee Babb (2/24/44) taken into custody for domestic menacing and was transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Theft – 11:19 a.m. – 120 SE Highway 101 – Caller reports transients have cut lock and removed cover on power pole to charge laptop and phones. Caller believes one to be same as stole a sweatshirt from her previously.

Theft – 1:09 p.m. – Nike, Lincoln City Outlets – Purse left at Nike store was returned with $550-600 missing.

Drugs – 1:34 p.m. – Ashley Inn, 3430 NE Highway 101 –  Guest left a crystal-like substance in the room upon checkout.

Theft – 3:12 p.m. – Blackfish Cafe, 2733 NW Highway 101 – Caller reported a stainless steel metal cone used for potlatch style barbecuing was stolen from outside the business sometime after closing. Value of item is $800.

Suspicious Activity – 5:03 p.m. – 95 SW Highway 101 – Michael Stroud (1/9/58) was taken into custody for threatening to shoot Asians if they didn’t leave his beach. Stroud is charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, intimidation and was transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Theft – 1015 SW 51st St. – Victim reported she let two people stay with her and they stole items from her residence.

Patrol Information – Multiple calls concerning young people with backpacks going door to door selling cleaning supplies and offering to clean windows. Reported on Fleet and Jetty as suspicious activity.

Illegal Fireworks – 10:48 p.m. – SW 51st St. – Illegal fireworks seized and report taken.

Sunday, July 7

DUII – 4:23 a.m. – 801 SW Highway 101 – Curtis Dwayne Bosworth (12/15/82) cited and released for DUII after emergency room staff at SNLH reported intoxicated male leaving in a vehicle.

DUII Impound – 5:48 a.m. – Street Car Village, 6400 SW Highway 101 – Curtis Dwayne Bosworth cited and released for DUII after traffic stop. Vehicle towed to impound by Lincoln City Towing.

Assisting Outside Agency – 11:03 a.m. – NW 34th St. beach access – Petra C. Sievers (7/18/84) taken into custody on state-wide felony warrant. Sievers was listed as a missing person out of Albany. Sievers was transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Extra Patrol Request – Surftides, 2945 NW Jetty Ave. – Vehicle and occupants were in Surftides parking lot “checking out vehicles.” Jared W. Smith (12/23/67) involved.

Harassment – 7:32 p.m. – NE Oar Ave. & NE 21st St. – Caller reported her ex-boyfriend had assaulted her. Catherine J. Shoemaker (12/21/70) cited and released for harassment.

Suspicious Activity – 7:41 p.m. – 4520 SE High School Dr. – Son found a hypodermic needle and stuck self with it.

Theft – 9:14 p.m. – Safeway – Michael Lee (2/11/84) was taken into custody for walking out of store with full grocery cart. Lee charged with theft and was found to have a state-wide felony warrant for burglary. Lee trespassed from Safeway and transported to Lincoln County Jail.

 Probation Violation – 11:17 p.m – SE 1st St. & SE Highway 101 – Robyn R. Austin (3/19/93) found intoxicated, was taken into custody and transported to Lincoln County Jail for violating probation.

Monday, July 8

Suspicious Activity – 11:58 a.m. – 2548 SW Anchor Ave. – Neighbor reports a subject going into the house.

Hit and Run – 2:42 p.m. – 1410 SE Highway 101 – Report of a gold Dodge truck  striking a red Ford and continuing north on Highway 101.

Found Property – 5:33 p.m. – A camera that fell from a vehicle was brought to LCPD.

Crash – 5:40 p.m. – 4101 NW Logan Rd. – Motorhome crashed in Safeway parking lot.

Theft – 7:13 p.m. – Kenny’s IGA South, 4845 SW Highway 101 – Longboard stolen from location.

Probation Violation – Chinook Winds Casino parking lot – 8:05 p.m. – John Randall Yegge Jr. (7/8/98) arrested for probation violation after disturbance between mother and daughter over mother’s driving.

Tuesday, July 9

Warrant Arrest – 2:18 a.m. – NW 39th St. & NW Jetty Ave. – Terrance L. McCune (3/12/69) taken into custody for warrant out of Coos County for theft. Taken to Lincoln County Jail.

Shoplifting – 5:38 p.m. – Lincoln City Liquor Store, 2409 NW Highway 101 – Wesley Daniel Scott (4/2/81) cited and released for shoplifting.

Disorderly Conduct – 8:26 p.m. – 3449 NE West Devils Lake Rd. – David C. Klingensmith (12/2/81) taken into custody after reports of a suspicious male in the area. Klingensmith was transported to Lincoln County Jail.

Recovered Stolen License Plate – 8:24 p.m. – NE 14th St. & NE Oar Ave. – Vehicle located displaying stolen plates out of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.

Wednesday, July 10

Disturbance – 2:35 a.m. – 2190 NE Quay Pl. – Aaron R. Nash (6/24/86) taken into custody for assault. Joanne M. Thomas (6/2/79) taken into custody for outstanding misdemeanor warrant out of Multnomah County for criminal mischief. Nash transported to Lincoln County Jail and Thomas cited and released.

Domestic – 10:48 a.m. – 2034 NE Port Ave. – Report of male/female disturbance at location. Report taken.

Found Property – 1:34 p.m. – Wallet found at Goodwill turned into LCPD.

Hit and Run – 3:46 p.m. – NE 45th St. & NE Devils Lake Blvd. – White full-size pickup with aggressive thread struck and damaged a sign and planter box.

Theft – 10:02 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino – Theft of black jacket from main gaming floor at casino. Surveillance footage available.

Suspicious Person – 11:42 p.m. – Snug Harbor, 5001 SE Highway 101 – Employee reported a juvenile keeps coming into the bar.

Thursday, July 11

Fraud – 7:53 a.m. – 5801 NE Voyage Ave. – Fraudulent iTunes charges on credit card reported.

Extra Patrol Request – St. Augustine Catholic Church, 1139 NW Highway 101 – Report of transients camping on property. Always gone by morning but leave a lot of trash.

Crash – 11:56 a.m. – 2891 SW Highway 101 – Two vehicle, non-injury crash.

Harassment – 2:35 p.m. – 2433 NE 29th St. – Caller reporting her ex posted inappropriate photos of her on the Internet without her permission.

Suspicious Activity – 3:25 p.m. – 3809 NW Jetty Ave. – Caller reported a group of seven intoxicated teenagers on the beach. Officers made contact with four of them and one was transported to SNLH for alcohol poisoning.

Assisting Outside Agency – 4:39 p.m. – Walgreens, 4048 NE Highway 101 – William R. Simer (11/18/95)

Found Property – 5:05 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino beach – Found iPhone on beach.

Assisting Outside Agency – 5:19 p.m. – 4101 NW Logan Rd. – Eric Joseph Senteney-Shparago (1/27/90) cited and released for warrant out of Lincoln County for failure to appear for larceny.

Fraud – 7:04 p.m. – Chinook Winds Casino – Counterfeit $20 reported at casino.

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InterCommunity Health to receive new five-year contract from OHA

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InterCommunity Health to receive new five-year contract from OHA

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InterCommunity Health Network Coordinated Care Organization (IHN-CCO) received notice from the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) of its intent to award the organization with a new contract to continue as the Coordinated Care Organization for Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties from 2020 through 2024.

Before the contract is finalized IHN-CCO will undergo a CCO 2.0 readiness review. The contract calls for IHN-CCO to manage Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid) services for members in the three counties, focusing on five key areas identified by OHA’s CCO 2.0 initiative to address gaps and challenges that persist in the state health care system.

These five key areas are behavioral health, health information technology, social determinants of health/health equity, sustainability and cost structure, and value based payments.

“The award of this contract allows us to build on the great work done by the CCO, our providers and community partners over the past 6 years,” said Kelley Kaiser, chief executive officer of IHN-CCO. “Together with all of them, we look forward to the next phase of the transformation of our health care system. We anticipate better care coordination across the CCO and improved health outcomes for our members.”

The notification of intent to award was received after a robust request for application process managed by OHA. Throughout the application process, IHN-CCO involved more than 50 community partner organizations and programs including medical providers, behavioral health providers, oral health organizations, community workgroups and the IHN-CCO’s Community Advisory Council in developing strategic plans for each of the five priority areas.

“The broad-based involvement of our partners has resulted in a comprehensive, successful CCO 2.0 application with tangible and achievable goals,” added Kaiser.

IHN-CCO serves approximately 56,000 members and is operated by Samaritan Health Plans, a subsidiary of Corvallis-based Samaritan Health Services.

Insurance companies determine cause of July 4 Otis Cafe fire

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Insurance companies determine cause of July 4 Otis Cafe fire

Two insurance companies have determined that a grill ignited a roll of paper towels and started the Fourth of July fire that gutted the Otis Cafe, sources said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, fire officials said they were awaiting forensic evaluation before determining the cause of the blaze at the popular restaurant at 1259 Salmon River Highway, five miles east of Lincoln City.

“We have not made a final determination on the cause of the fire yet,” North Lincoln Fire & Rescue Fire Marshall Ed Ulrich said. “The insurance companies may reach their own conclusions.”

Ulrich said they were waiting for a forensic team to recover video from the security cameras, which were partially damaged by the fire.

“A certain level of technical expertise is required to recover the video from the security system,” he said. “It’s going to take a bit more than hooking it up to a new set of cables.”

Liberty Mutual and Mutual of Enumclaw agents were at the restaurant Wednesday, along with Oregon State Deputy Fire Marshall Shannon Miller.

Otis Cafe owner Jeff England said the fire inspector for his insurance determined a pilot light caught the corner of a paper towel.

“The grill was not left on,” England said. “It was a pilot light that caught the corner of a paper towel roll that unfurled from its perch above the burner.”

Fire strikes historic Otis Cafe on Independence Day

Historic Otis Cafe to rise from ashes following Fourth of July fire

Beaverton’s Holstroms sweep Ocean’s Edge 10K; Washington runner wins 5K

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Beaverton’s Holstroms sweep Ocean’s Edge 10K; Washington runner wins 5K

A total of 114 runners competed Saturday in Lincoln City Parks and Recreation Department’s annual Ocean’s Edge 5K/10K on the beach at D River Wayside.

Oceans Edge

Andy Holstrom, 25, of Beaverton, won the 10K, while Chase Dillon, 22, of Neotsu, was the top local 10K finisher in second.

Becca Holstrom, 22, of Beaverton, was the fastest 10K female finisher in seventh overall.

Taisiia Telpis, 23, of Neotsu, was the top local female finisher in ninth.

10K RESULTS

Chet Gardner, 46, of Vancouver, Wash., won the 5K, with John Nightingale, 38, of Lincoln City the highest local finisher in sixth.

Amelia Campbell, 12, of Portland, was the fastest 5K female finisher in fourth.

Leslie Brighton, 48, of Lincoln City, was the best local runner in ninth.

5K RESULTS

Lincoln City Outlets, Nike Factory Store, Kyllo’s Seafood & Grill and Explore Lincoln City sponsored the event.

Glass floats were awarded to the top overall male and female runners, and the first 150 participants received $20 off a $100 purchase from Nike Factory Store.

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