Police Log
Posted: Thursday, Sep 9th, 2010
Sunday, Aug. 29
2:21 p.m. Caller in the 1700 block of Yaquina Bay Road reported his vehicle was broken into in the parking lot and his cell phone was taken. He said it looks like they tried to take satellite radio also.
Monday, Aug. 30
9:51 p.m. Report of shots fired, ongoing problem. Caller says shooting starts around 9 p.m. ...more

OPINION
Posted: Thursday, Sep 9th, 2010
What's the outlook for the future of education? Just Pee-Chee

When I was a kid, our school supply list consisted of a Star Wars notebook and a Pee-Chee folder. The notebook helped us organize our assignments; the Pee-Chee folder was used for entertaining ourselves during class by drawing thought balloons for the athletes on the cover.
Football Guy: (Getting ...more

Letters to the Editor
Posted: Thursday, Sep 9th, 2010
Agrees with judge on immigration
I am very much gratified that a federal judge has stopped the implementation of the most egregious parts of SB 1070 in Arizona. I wish to address this as a moral issue. In the past our Native Americans, Japanese Americans and Black Americans (especially in the South) were treated in horribly immoral manners. Much of ...more

OPINION
Posted: Thursday, Sep 9th, 2010
Socialism for dummies

Amidst the spectacular grandeur of Bounty Bay at Pitcairn Island in the South Pacific, the three of us dropped into the rubber dinghy and motored for shore. Dangerous breaking seas curved around the short breakwater protecting Pitcairn's landing place, and we carefully timed our entrance into the calm waters behind. Carrying our rubber raft up a ...more

Community Notices
Posted: Thursday, Sep 9th, 2010
Indoor Play Group for the Wee Ones
Indoor Park is expanding its hours beginning the week of Sept. 20, it will be held two days per week instead of just one. Join the Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program on Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to noon and Wednesdays from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Parents with children ages 0-6 will ...more

Community Notices
Posted: Thursday, Sep 9th, 2010
Indoor Play Group for the Wee Ones
Indoor Park is expanding its hours beginning the week of Sept. 20, it will be held two days per week instead of just one. Join the Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program on Mondays from 10:30 a.m. to noon and Wednesdays from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Parents with children ages 0-6 will ...more

OPINION
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
If you want to golf with me, wear a hard hat

Though I've only been golfing a few times in my life, it was clear that my reputation had preceded me at the course last weekend. I know this because golfers immediately traded ball caps for hard hats, then scurried down into the sand bunkers like allied forces preparing ...more

Letters to the Edidtor
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Thank you Bayfront Hunger Heroes
Hunger Heroes are businesses that reach out to fight hunger in a significant way, who make a difference in the lives of families and individuals that do not have enough to eat.
Nine Bayfront merchants, organized by Gabrielle McEntee-Wilson of Mo's Restaurants, proved again this year that they will come to the rescue. These businesses ...more

OPINION
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
American exceptionalism

Tossing our anchor chain overboard, we maneuvered in searchlight-illuminated darkness away from the cliffs. Toronto sat before the radar adjusting its brightness. Pale blue luminescence glowed in her hair as she leaned into the screen.

"Ten degrees to port," she called.

"Ten degrees," I repeated from the helm.

Lee stood silently behind her, leaning ...more

Community Notices
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Yachats Ladies hold pie social
The Yachats Ladies Club will hold its annual Labor Day weekend pie and ice cream social from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 4 in the Yachats Ladies Club at Third and Pontiac Streets in Yachats.
A variety of cream and fruit pies, including some sugar-free pies will be served. All pies ...more

South county visual artists featured in Jazz festival exhibit
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
In honor of the seventh annual Jazz At Newport festival, Oregon Coast Council for the Arts presents "Jazz You Can See," a juried exhibit of Lincoln County artists and their jazz themed artwork from Sept. 3 to Oct. 3.
The show runs simultaneously in the Performing Arts Center lobby and in the Visual Arts Center Upstairs Gallery through the ...more

Two artists featured in Yachats show
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Two Pacific Northwest artists will display their work at Toad Hall Gift Gallery in Yachats beginning Saturday, Sept. 4.
Dix Evans, of Broken Rock Design, uses stone as his canvas. As the images appear in his imagination, he pecks or etches them into stone. For the past 30 years, he developed his art through both wood and stone but only ...more

Nutritional Wisdom
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Vitamin D is making news

Although previously well-known for its effects on calcium absorption and therefore bone health, vitamin D is now implicated in prevention of cancer, cardiovascular disease, infections, autoimmune diseases, and more. Scientists estimate that 50 percent of the population has insufficient blood vitamin D levels. Although recommended vitamin D intakes remain at only 200-400 ...more

CELEBRATING PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
South Lincoln Resources delivers the goods but needs new home

South Lincoln Resources (SLR) is a model for community-based service, volunteerism and shared outreach among organizations joined together under a common umbrella.
Originally formed in 1983, this nonprofit organization provides necessities and life enhancement support services to residents in Seal Rock, Makai, Waldport, Yachats, Tidewater, Five Rivers and ...more