oregon coast - Rebecca Lomnicky

oregon coast
Isle
see you there
YACHATS CELTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
A L S O O N T H E B E A C H
page 5 CHOWDER FEST: If you can take it, they can dish it out
page 13 LANCETFISH: No more election ... time for dissection!
page 7 CLOVERDALE: Harlem Ambassadors hold court at NHS
>̈ÛiʓiÀˆV>˜ÊÀ ÌÃÊiÃ̈Û>
NOVEMBER 7, 8 & 9, 2008
Àˆ`>ÞÊUÊÓ«“‡È«“]ÊÊÊÊ->ÌÕÀ`>ÞÊUÊ£ä>“‡È«“ÊÊÊÊÊ-՘`>ÞÊUÊ£ä>“‡x«“
Festival & Performances FREE and open to all ages
FREE!
Nov. 7 to 14, 2008
Issue 25,Vol. 4
Our 181st Edition
oregoncoasttoday.com
we have champagne in every price range
stimulus
Here’s to ...
No More Election Ads!
–espresso cafeé–
A toast to the victors! A calming gift
for the others. Celebrate democracy
responsibly – and thanks for voting!
Oceanview café featuring 100% Organic,
Fair Trade, Shade-Grown Café Mam coffee,
Tazo tea, pastries and more.
Now featuring delicious,
fresh-baked pastries!
C&J Boutique
Serving soup and Panini sandwiches, Stimulus is the perfect
destination for a light lunch
or afternoon snack.
In Historic Nelscott, the Heart of Lincoln City • 3203 SW Hwy. 101 • 541-996-2898 • Open 7 Days 10-5
Complimentary wireless
internet & computer available.
Pacific Oyster
Open 7 days a week 6am – 5pm. Outside
seating available, weather permitting.
Seafood Market
Fresh Seafood Daily!
Self Guided Tours
Oyster Production
Restaurant
Daily Specials!
503-377-2323
at the inn at cape kiwanda
33105 cape kiwanda drive
pacific city • 503-965-4661
5150 Oyster Drive • Bay City, Oregon
midnight
madness
& THANKSGIVING WEEKEND SALES
NOVEMBER 28
- NOVEMBER 30
Stores open Thanksgiving night at 12 midnight
& stay open until 8pm on Friday, November 28th
Save more all weekend long!
Stores open Saturday 10am - 8pm & Sunday 10am - 6pm
Visit www.tangeroutlet.com for special weekend offers and events.
Lincoln City, OR • Highway 101 & SE East Devils Lake Road • 541-996-5000 • Monday - Saturday 10-8 Sunday 10 - 6
www.tangeroutlet.com • buy direct from over 60 brand name outlets
2 • oregon coast today • 7 november 2008
Contents ■
10 OFF
$
4
TOP FIVE
Count the number of campaign ads
you’ve seen today. None? Sweet! So much
more counting energy left over for our Top
Five – the must-do events for this week on
the beach.
Two dinner entrees & 2 drinks!
Or, $5 OFF 2 breakfast entrees or 2 lighter fares & 2 drinks*
Discounts not valid with any other offers.
*Limit 1 per table. Must present coupon at time of order. Hurry! Coupon exp. 11/16/2008!
9am-9pm Daily • Closed Tuesdays • Reservations Recommended
452 SW Bay Blvd • On Newport’s Historic Bayfront • 541-265-8660
5
CHOWDER COOK-OFF
Maybe Todd Palin had it right when
he joined a secessionist party in Alaska.
We sometimes wax romantic for a free
Oregon ... whenever we hear some schmoe
call creamy chowder “New England clam
chowder.” Bring your biases, and your taste
buds, to the Pacific Coast Center for the
Culinary Arts this weekend for the seafood
& chowder cook-off.
Visit the Pier Avenue Rock Shop, just north of Pacific City!
rocks & gems • jewelry • polishers • more!
drive north
of pacific
tierradeldelmar
mar(on
(onthe
the33capes
capes scenic route)
n. of pacifi
c citycityto totierra
look for theLook
sign!
• 503-965-6334
foror,
thevisit
sign!www.pieraverockshop.com
Or, visit www.pieraverockshop.com
SOUND WAVES
Red chili. Yellow corn bread. Cool
blues. Who says November is a gray month?
Surely not the folks at Big Mountain
Coffee Company in Lincoln Beach, who
are welcoming Jesse Meade for a colorful
performance, complete with warming
comfort food.
DemoCat
Vinnieoutfits
says ...
Fetching
Thanks for
Voting!
& much
more.
A Boutique for Dogs, Cats & People
• Largest selection of Holistic
pet food and supplies on the coast!
• We specialize in unique and
hard-to-find gifts and supplies!
• Dogs are welcome to
shop with their people!
20
21
WEATHER SUMMARY
It can be pouring buckets at
Bayshore while it’s marvelous in Manzanita.
Still, we try to summarize each month’s
weather on the central coast with the help
of Sheridan Jones, who keeps his eyes on
the skies at his home at Roads End.
Restaurant
Your Sunstone Specialists!
19
FIELD GUIDE
How do the Keebler Elves get
around quickly enough to coat their
Grasshopper cookies in yummy chocolate
one minute, and meticulously paint Fudge
Stripes the next? They must be riding little
creatures, secured atop no doubt by Elfin
Saddles, a tasty little morel – er, morsel
– you’ll meet today.
Whale’s Tale
Huckleberry Hound, age 7, show’s he’s still a big puppy as he
sports his favorite ‘Snoozle’ reversible scarf,
from Paws on the Sand!
Get YOUR best friend featured in an upcoming
Paws on the Sand advertisement. Details in the store!
10
ON THE COVER
It’s been hard to get any work done
at the Today this week, what with “The Irish
Rover” and “Finnegan’s Wake” pounding
through the stereo. We’re fired up for this
weekend’s Celtic Music Festival. Neither
Shane McGowan nor the Clancy Brothers
will be there, but lots of marvelous talent
will. TODAY cover photo of Rebecca Lomnicky,
by Niki Price. The photo was taken Saturday,
Nov. 1 on the shore at Yachats.
1640 ne highway 101 • lincoln city • next to the bijou theatre • open daily • 541-996-6019 • [email protected]
A PUB
Departments ■
COAST CALENDAR .......................................................................................................... p. 12 & 13
CROSSWORD and SUDOKU ..................................................................................................p. 22
DINING GUIDE, featuring The Landmark, in Yachats ...............................................p. 15 - 17
FIELD GUIDE, by Darrel Faxon ................................................................................................p. 20
IN CONCERT .................................................................................................................................p. 18
LIVE MUSIC, SoundWaves ........................................................................................................p. 19
LODGING GUIDE ........................................................................................................................p. 20
THE SANDY PHOENIX, by H. Paul Bruncke ...........................................................................p. 9
REAL ESTATE ............................................................................................................................... p. 23
TIDE TABLES .................................................................................................................................p. 22
Chillin’ with the Blues
Join Big Mountain
Coffee House - Roastery
SATURDAY, NOV. 8TH, 6 TO 8:30 P.M.
Singin’ the Blues
Jesse Meade • Lozelle Jennings • Henry Cooper
We’ll be servin’ a chili & cornbread dinner
prepared by Richen’s At the Beach.
$5 Cover Charge - Meal Not Included
3930 N. Hwy. 101 • Lincoln Beach • 541-764-2195
Two Miles North of Depoe Bay • Next to Sentry Markett
Subscribe! Mail delivery just $39 for six months.
Call 541-921-2006 to start your subscription.
• submit
news
niki price, editor, 541-921-2006, [email protected]
• advertise
dave price, publisher, 541-921-2306, [email protected]
keith altomare, 541-992-5399, real estate, [email protected]
charles helbig, 541-994-0408, tillamook & s. lincoln counties, [email protected]
aja muir, 541-921-5109, lincoln city, [email protected]
write to us! po box 962, lincoln city 97367
associate member • oregon newspaper publishers association
published in otis every friday by oread media, inc
locally owned, family owned & dedicated to serving the communities of the oregon coast
www.oregoncoasttoday.com
copyright 2008, but... need a photo or a story for personal use? just ask!
oregoncoasttoday.com • 7 november 2008 • 3
Yachats
Before jumping into this week’s feature on the Yachats Celtic Music Festival, I tried to derive a definition of the term, “Celtic music.” Big mistake, as it turns out. The Celtic
influence is far-reaching, from the Iberian peninsula to the Black Sea
in the Old World to Nova Scotia and Chicago in the New. And when
you throw in a few ancient Celtic myths intermingled with early Christianity, it’s enough to throw your cross in a knot. But if I can’t be right,
at least I can be simple. If you like music from Scotland and Ireland,
played with a sense of humor and a heel-thumping beat, then you’ll
have a great time in Yachats this weekend. Whether the definition can
cover Riverdance is really up to you. See story, page 10.
THE TOP
5
Newport
It may have begun
when the Grinch
tied an antler to his dog’s head, and told
him to pull the sleigh. It wasn’t much
of a costume; in fact, it was probably
so heavy that someone should have
called the ASPCA. But, at least in the
Five suggestions 1966 Chuck Jones version of Dr. Suess’
for this week
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas,”
that sad little antler seemed to give
on the beach.
little Max super-mutt strength. Could a
holiday outfit give your pooch a chance at greatness, too? Find out this
Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the annual Santa and Dog Photo Night, 7 to 9
p.m. at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds. For $10, you can get two 4 by
6 inch photographs, with all proceeds going to the K-9 Krusaders 4-H
Dog Club. Bring two cans of pet or people food, and get a $1 discount.
Leashed doggies only, please. For details, call 541-444-WAGS.
Tillamook
I’m always tempted, as Veterans Day rolls
around, to wax poetic about soldiers and what
they have given our country. But there’s talking, and then there’s doing,
as veterans know better than anyone. Ceremonies from north to south,
including a wonderful event at the Tillamook Air Museum, will give
you an opportunity to say the only word that matters at 11 a.m. on the
11th day of the 11th month: thanks. The Veterans of Foreign Wars KilchisTillamook Bay 2848 will host a Veterans Day ceremony from 9 to 11 a.m.
on Tuesday at the TAM, 6030 Hangar Road on the south side of Tillamook.
For details, call 503-842-1130.
&RESHAFOD
Cloverdale
Those backboard bolts
had better be screwed on
tight, because the Harlem Ambassadors will
be dunking more than
doughnuts in Cloverdale
on Nov. 13. These young
basketball stars are bringing their skills and “stay
in school” message to our
homogenous little corner of the world, and the
CHS gym is going to get
a real workout. They can
run while spinning balls
on their finger. They can
make freethrows blindfolded. They can make the
looming stormy season
seem so distant. Well,
maybe not that last one.
But the Harlem Ambassadors will offer a great
evening all the same. See story, page 7.
by Niki Price, Editor
[email protected]
Lincoln City
The smell of the storm … the endless horizon … the butter pat melting in a bowl of
chowder … THINGS I LOVE ABOUT THE BEACH! Ding! The
view from the Pacific Coast Center for the Culinary Arts … live music
and cooking demonstrations at the Lincoln City Chowder and Seafood
Cookoff … samples of chowder from great restaurants… THINGS
THAT ARE FREE! Ding! Where that quarter’s been
…. what my pants look like from behind … how close
I came to winning the lottery … how many calories
are in a bowl of chowder…. THINGS I DON’T
WANT TO KNOW! Ding! The fourth annual Chowder and Seafood Cookoff will be held from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. this Saturday, Nov. 8. See story, page 5.
CHEKOUTRLIVABN
ORTYUHESAFD
TIESHRŸOMNG PCAL
Y AMIL FOREVYNTH
,)6%-53#
AUG FRIDAY
HAMOUSPCE Friday, Nov. 7
Lee Blake Band
AUG SATURDY
SONY(E Saturday, Nov. 8
AE'ORDN2 Sonny Hess
RTYA #$2ELS0 & Rae Gordon
2/#+).Ÿ 9 $).'"! 9&2%, !-) & 6)%7 9 4(%"3).!
,)6%-53#(/40"9.'
AUG .%847+BILRHOADESTPYKNG„F
Next Week:
G
U
A
Y
D
R
U
S
„
O
T
N
I
C
A
V
L
Jim Mesi • Friday, Nov. 14 ••• Norman Sylvester • Friday, Nov. 15
FRANCOTHESIG
PLUS
AUG THEINSOMAC„UDY
30% OFF
Signature SeriesTM Window Treatments*
Call today for details!
North Coast
Central Coast
(503) 738-5242
(541) 994-9954
Oregon CCB #177717
4649 SW Hwy. 101 • Lincoln City
Just North of the Glass Foundry!
541-994-7729 • roadhouse101.com
Burgers • Nachos • Cocktails • HDTVs • WiFi
4 • oregon coast today • 7 november 2008
Offer not valid with any other offers. Offer good at time of initial
estimate only. Offer good at participating franchises only. Each
franchise independently owned and operated.
**At Participating Franchises. Applies to purchases made between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30, 2007, on Signature Series consumer credit account. No finance charges will be assessed and no payments will be required on the promotional
purchase amount until expiration or termination of the promotion. If minimum monthly payments on any other balances on your account are not paid when due, all special promotional terms may be terminated. Optional credit
insurance/debt cancellation charges on your promo purchase are not subject to the promotional terms. Standard account terms apply to non-promotional purchases. Variable APR is 23.99% as of 7/7/06. Fixed APR of 26.99%
applies if the minimum payment is not made by the payment due date two times in any six consecutive billing periods. Minimum finance charge is $1.00. Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for standard terms.
Offers is subject to credit approval by GE Money Bank. Budget Blinds is a registered trademark of Budget Blinds, Inc. and a Home Franchise Concepts Brand.
Lincoln City ■
Take your crowd
out for chowder
Every foodie on the coast knows the drill. A visitor will ask
you about your favorite restaurant, and you’ll begin a
discussion of who has the best rockfish tacos with
basil aioli or fresh lasagna with chevre and
roasted vegetables. You’ll give suggestions on
the best sourdough bread or the finest
marionberry pie.
The newcomer may listen politely,
for a while, then steer the conversation where it was originally
meant to go. That is, where’s
the best clam chowder?
This weekend, there’s
only one answer to this
perennial coast question: Lincoln City’s
fourth annual Seafood and Chowder
Cookoff. This event
will be held from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on Saturday, Nov.
8, at the Pacific
Coast Center for
the Culinary Arts
in Lincoln City.
Once you’re
in the door
(admission is $5
for adults, free
for children 12
and under) you
can sample all the
chowders for free.
Participating local
restaurants include
Surftides Inn, the B’nai
B’rith Camp, Chinook
Winds Casino Resort,
Pelican Pub and Brewery,
Best Western Agate Beach Inn
and the Blackfish Café.
There will also be chefs from the
Ice Axe Grill at Timberline Lodge,
Parilla Grill from Bend and Mi Famiglia from Oregon City. They’ll be ladling
out free samples, and selling single servings
and samples to go.
But don’t fret about the packaging. The 2008 Seafood
and Chowder Cook-off has gone “green,” using compostable
and recyclable materials for its plates, cups and containers.
The chefs will be competing for one of three titles: “Best Clam Chowder” and “Best Signature Seafood Dish” which will be judged by a panel of
chefs and writers; and “People’s Choice.” Judging begins at noon.
Along with chowder, there will be live entertainment and cooking demonstrations in the PCCCA’s state-of-the-art kitchen. Beer and wine will
be available.
All proceeds from
chowder sales will
go to the Culinary
Program at Taft
High School. The
PCCCA is located
on the fourth floor
of the Lincoln City
Civic Center at
801 SW Hwy. 101.
Parking is free, and
elevator access is
provided.
For details, contact Katera Woodbridge at 541-9962119 or kateraw@
lincolncity.org.
oregoncoasttoday.com • 7 november 2008 • 5
Restoration Pow-Wow
Native American Arts Fest
takes center stage Nov. 7-9
Fans of Native American music, literature and performance will be gathering in Lincoln City this weekend for
an intriguing new event for the Oregon coast. The inaugural
Native American Arts Festival will be held from Friday,
Nov. 7, through Sunday, Nov. 9, at Chinook Winds Casino
Resort.
The festival will feature two performances
by Robert Mirabal, a
Pueblo musician and
Chinook Winds Casino Resort
flute maker from Taos,
1777 NW 44th St., Lincoln City
N.M. Mirabal is the
artist behind the 2001
Schedule of events
PBS musical producFriday, November 7, 2008
tion, “Music From a
2-6 p.m., Art exhibition and sale
Painted Cave,” and
4-5 p.m., Ed Edmo, storytelling
has twice been Artist
7-8:30 p.m., Robert Mirabal,
of the Year at the Nareadings and music
tive American Music
Saturday, Nov. 8
Awards. He’s been
10 a.m.-6 p.m., Art exhibition, sale
named Songwriter of
10-11 a.m., Ed Edmo
the Year three times,
11 a.m.-noon, Terrence Guardipee,
and Best Male Artist
art discussion
of the Year once, also
at the NAMA. He
2-3:30 p.m., Karen Therese, singing and
won his first Grammy
dancing
in 2006 for his album
4-5:30 p.m., Robert Mirabal
“Sacred Ground: A
Sunday, Nov. 9
Tribute to Mother
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Art exhibition and sale
Earth,” and his second
10-11 a.m., Terrence Guardipee
earlier this year, for his
11 a.m. , Screening of “Black Cloud,”
Johnny Whitehorse
starring Eddie Spears
CD, “Totemic Flute
1-2:30 p.m., Q & A with Eddie Spears
Chants.”
2:30-4 p.m., Karen Therese
Another highlight
4-5 p.m., Ed Edmo
will be the screening
Native American
Arts Festival
50%
OFF
Not Just Another
LITTLE
ANTIQUE MALL
...on selected items marked with orange
tags. Discounts vary throughout the store
and range up to 50% off, as we make room
for new holiday gift ideas in music, movies &
more. The best prices of the year!
Breakfast served until 2:00 pm daily
Lunch & Dinner
Family Friendly
Special Lounge Menu
Catering & Conference Rooms Available
th
CD
Output Music Company
1509 NW Hwy. 101 • Lincoln City
541-996-7746
myspace.com/outputmusiccompany
myspa
of “Black Cloud,” the 2004
film starring Eddie Spears
as a young Navajo man with
aspirations for a professional
boxing career (the film may
be an important accompaniment to the other big event
at Chinook Winds this
weekend, Battle at the Beach
Amateur on Saturday starting
at 5:30 p.m.).
“Black Cloud” was the
directing debut of longtime
actor Rick Schroder; Schroder also plays a supporting
role. Spears, a Sicangu Lakota
who has won acting awards
from Native Voice and Faita,
will be on hand to answer
questions and talk about the
Robert Mirabal
making of “Black Cloud.” The
film will start at 11 a.m. on
Sunday, and Spears will speak from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
The festival will offer many ways to learn about
modern Native American culture, from storytellers
like Ed Edmo, Shoshone-Bannock, and singer/songwriters like Karen Therese, Checotah, who will be
accompanied by the Traditional Children’s Group
from the Warm Springs Tribe and Native American
Traditional Dancers Gerry Rainingbird and Donnetta
Squiemphen, also from Warm Springs.
An artisans’ fair will show Native American craftwork, original paintings, hand made baskets, jewelry
and beadwork. For further details, see the Chinook
Winds Resort Casino advertisement on page 14 or
call 541-996-5825.
If you find yourself intrigued by the visiting
authors, artists and musicians at this week’s
Native American Arts Festival, perhaps you’ll
want to return to Chinook Winds Casino Resort
Nov. 15 for a celebration more local. It’s the
annual Restoration Pow-Wow, a free event that
honors the sovereignty of the Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians.
The Pow-Wow, complete with a vendor fair,
traditional dancing and more, is held every
November to honor the day when the federal
government re-established its recognition of
the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Grand
Entry is set for 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 15.
This is the 31st year the Siletz Tribe has
celebrated the signing of Public Law 95195, which re-established governmentto-government relations between the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians and
the federal government. The Siletz Tribe was
among the Tribes of Western Oregon that were
terminated from federal recognition in August
1954.
The fight to regain tribal status began in the
late 1960s. In November 1977, after years of
intense lobbying, Congress and President Jimmy
Carter approved Public Law 95-195, which
reinstated recognition of the Siletz as a federal
Indian Tribe. The Siletz Tribe was the second in
the nation – and the first in Oregon – to achieve
restoration.
Today, the Tribe has 4,500 members and
manages a number of businesses in Siletz,
Lincoln City and Salem, as well as health care
clinics, tribal dwellings, schools and cultural
centers. The Tribe has operated Chinook Winds
Casino since May 1995, the adjoining hotel since
2004 and the nearby golf course since 2005.
For details on the Restoration Pow-Wow, call
the office in Siletz at 541-444-2532.
541-265-8521
www.embarcadero-resort.com
1000 SE BAY BLVD • NEWPORT
$1
OFF
any purchase
of $10 or more!
Oregon’s Oldest Year’Round Christmas Store
• Free Gift Wrapping
of Purchases
• Shipping of
Purchases Available
3305 S.W. Hwy. 101
Lincoln City
* Present this coupon. Limit one per customer.
6 • oregon coast today • 7 november 2008
Knick-Knack heaven!
Dealer #46 has a great selection of
American pottery from the 1940s, 50s and
60s. Come see these, and the thousands
of other gift ideas you’ll find in our
15,000-square-foot mall –– with more
than 80 dealers, there’s something for
everyone!
littleantiquemall.com • 3128 NE Hwy. 101 • Lincoln City • 541-994-8572
FINAL WEEKEND!
Sporty ■
Ambassadors hold court
This event will
be just swell
The Nelscott Reef Tow-in Classic, the
big wave surf contest that attracts some of
the best surfers in the world, is back for
another season. It’s been officially open
since Oct. 1, but organizers are waiting
for just the right combination of swell
and wind to invite all the
competitors to Lincoln
City for the competition.
On Oct. 24, after a
week of monitoring the
first big swell of the
season, Behemoth LLC
changed the contest
status back to red, or on
hold. That Saturday’s
forecast had called for a
15-foot swell at 16 seconds, similar to previous
years’ contest conditions.
The wind was forecast
at 10-15 mph out of the
north, which event organizer John Forse
says is too much.
“We are looking for a solid swell with
offshore winds for the event. This was
just too much wind, from the wrong
direction, to call the event,” said Forse.
“We have lots of time left in the holding
period, so I am sure we will have a better
opportunity coming up.”
The three-month holding period will
continue through Dec. 31. A 48-hour
notice will be given when the event is
called. For the latest information, head to
nelscottreef.com
When the amazing young athletes of
the Harlem Ambassadors start showing
off, you may find it hard not to whistle
“Sweet Georgia Brown.” But while they’re
not the Globetrotters, they’re just about
as good, and they’ll be playing at the Nestucca High School Gym in Cloverdale on
Thursday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m.
The Harlem Ambassadors, who are
dors will be attending school assemblies
to deliver the message “Stay in school,
stay off drugs.”
“At our shows, we want the kids to
know that they’re part of our team too,”
Coach Ladè Majic said. “We invite as
many kids as we can to come sit on the
bench, have a front row seat during the
show, and get involved in all of the fun
stuff we do.”
The Ambassadors perform more than
200 shows a year. Those shows have
helped raise millions of dollars for myriad
charities.
Advance tickets to the Nov. 13 event
are $10 for adults and $8 for students;
at the door, prices go up by $2. Children
under 2 are admitted free. For details or
to purchase your tickets, call Kitty Poore
at 971-998-6385 or Mary Jones at 503550-7194.
Gems hit the bricks
dribbling through the central coast courtesy of the Pacific City-Nestucca Valley
Chamber of Commerce, offer an evening
of Harlem-style basketball: high-flying
slam dunks, dazzling ball-handling tricks
and hilarious comedy routines.
They’ll be playing a team of local
celebrities, including the NHS principal
and the Tillamook County sheriff, that
the chamber is calling the Nestucca River
Pirates. A few lucky spectators will get to
take a half-court shot, with a new car on
the line.
While they’re in town, the Ambassa-
The Coastal Gems, an official Volkswalk group headquartered in Yachats, are
planning two walks this month.
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, the Gems will
meet at the Yachats Commons in Yachats at 9 a.m. to embark on the Yachats
Challenge Walk. This year-round route
is a 10K walk, rated 3+, that explores the
hillside trails and streets of Yachats. There
is also a 5K option available. Leashed pets
with appropriate etiquette are welcome.
The club will hold its monthly meeting
on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at the home of
the Goldens. This will be the annual soup
dinner and 2009 planning session. For
details or directions, call 559-978-0703.
For further information, contact Gene
or Linda Williamson at 541-563-6721.
Anniversaries
Weddings
Christmas
Birthdays
Fund Raising
New gift
at Bell’s...
the perfect
PERSONALIZED
19
NOTE CARDS
your own personalized caption for each month
Your
favorite
Also...
Ask about our
photos
It’s
fast
and
easy!
PICK UP AN ORDER
PERSONALIZED
for
ThankFORM AND
CALENDARS.
PickINFORMATION
up an
order KIT
form,
TO
Yous,
ASSURE
A
SMOOTH
guidelines,
etc.,
at
Bell’s,
Your favorite
ORDERING
PROCESS
Announce13 photos or
or download
them
from
images, and
ments,
bellsofficesupply.com.
we’ll do the
rest! Starting
Invitations
at just $15.95!
& more!
ORDER EARLY FOR GUARANTEED DELIVERY!
all of your family’s birthdays and other important
dates printed right on the calendar
10% OFF
All Purchases of $100 or more!*
* Regular Priced Items Only, Please
CLOTHING • JEWELRY • HOME
BOOKS • STATIONERY • MUSIC
GARDEN • BABY • BATH
Shops At The Village
34950 Brooten Road • Pacific City
Open Daily • 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
(503) 965-6911
www.thevillagemerchants.com
Prize drawings weekly
throughout November.
Ask About Other Designs and Formats
&AX
– Nov. 8th 15th 22nd –
Stocking Stuffers, Holiday Tree
Trimmings, Gifts For All Ages
During the month of November, we will
give away over $1,000 in prizes. Come in,
shop our extraordinary selection of glass
art, sculpture and home decor items and
enter to win a valuable prize.
a different picture for each month
Open Mon - Fri 8:30 - 5:00 • Sat 10 - 2
Three Saturdays in November
The Dapper Frog is celebrating its THIRD
BIRTHDAY and we’d like to thank you for
helping to make our galleries a success!
95
-AIN!VENUE
4ILLAMOOK/2
Come Join Us!
Birthday
Celebration
CREATE YOUR OWN CALENDARS!
$
Holidays at the
Village Merchants!
Check out the
DEEP
DISCOUNTS
on items in our
‘Back Room.’
Our Treasures
Make You Smile!!
Gallery in Gleneden Beach
The Shops At Salishan
7755 Highway 101N
(541) 764-9898
Gallery In Pacific City
34930 Brooten Road
Just north of stop sign
(503) 965-0085
Gallery In Wine Country
110 SW 7th St., Dundee
Next To The Ponzi Wine Bar
(503) 538-4747
Gallery in Newport
By the Nye Beach Arch
701 NW Beach Drive
(541) 265-3764
Shop Online: www.dapperfrog.com
oregoncoasttoday.com • 7 november 2008 • 7
Lively ■
Make ballroom in
your schedule
Hey, cha cha. Want to learn to waltz, rumba
and swing? Instructor Ella Kress, assisted by
her husband Andy, will be teaching a class in
ballroom dance at the Newport Recreation
Center, from
7 to 8 p.m.
Tuesdays
starting
Nov. 11.
Ella
and Andy
recently
moved to
Newport
from Hot
Springs,
Ark.,
where Ella
had been
teaching and
performing since
1976.
She has
studied
Rafaela de Cadiz, above, and Jose Solano, right.
ballroom
Contributed photos.
instruction at Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire
studios, and from private tutors in Kansas
City, Austin, Denver, New York City, and Hot
Springs. She has also taught at the community
college, YWCA, Quapaw Community Center,
the Coronado Center in Hot Springs Village,
and the Hot Springs and Belvedere Country
Clubs.
Dancers pay $40 for a four-week session, or
$15 to drop-in.
The Newport Recreation Center is located
at 225 SE Avery. For more information about
the center’s classes, passes and activities, call
541-265-7783, or visit www.newportparksandrecreation.net.
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8
Tillamook County Fair Holiday Bazaar, Tillamook — A wide variety
of vendors from around the coast. At the fairgrounds, 4603 E. Third St.,
Tillamook, 503-842-2272. Noon to 7pm Friday, 10am to 5pm Saturday.
Bay City goes up in flamenco
Jose Solano, Tillamook Bay Community
College instructor and tour guide extraordinaire, has announced his next flamenco
production: “An Evening in Granada,” set for
7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Bay City Arts
Center.
The center’s theater will be transformed into
a tablao ambiente (“nightclub atmosphere”) for
the evening, which will feature the renowned
Rafaela de Cadiz and company. Solano will
play guitar, as they
perform songs and
dances from the
Granada region of
Spain.
The BCAC
is located at the
corner of Fifth
and A streets in
Bay City, six miles
north of Tillamook on Hwy.
101. Admission
to “An Evening in
Granada” will be
$12 at the door,
or $10 for seniors,
students.
For reservations
or information,
contact Solano
at 503-965-2204
or artsandtravel@
oregoncoast.com.
How bazaar!
Need a quilt? A cozy? A scrubby? A brownie? Some pickles?
A snickerdoodle? You’ll find it all (and more) at a holiday bazaar.
Tillamook Eagles Lodge No. 2144, Tillamook — Holiday bazaar and
bake sale, with all proceeds going to fill Christmas baskets and to fund
the annual holiday children’s party. 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday, 209 Stillwell, 503-815-8038.
St. Peter the Fisherman Lutheran Church, Lincoln City — Bake sale,
treasure room, raffle, fresh walnuts. Lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Hwy. 101 and SW 14th St., Lincoln
City (across from Tanger Outlet Center).
New Life Bible Fellowship, Lincoln City — Bazaar and bake sale, with
jewelry, antiques, scarves, hats, soaps, cards and more. Raffle drawing.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days at the corner of SE Oar and SE 14th St., behind
Tanger Outlet Center, 541-994-8545.
Union 50 Club, Lincoln City — Handmade crafts, Watkins products,
collectibles and Christmas crafts. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days, 1115 SE First
St. (turn east at the D River stoplight), 541-994-8465.
Saturday, Nov. 8
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Newport — Bake shoppe, coffee cafe,
handcrafts, religious items, holiday decorations, jewelry and a raffle. 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m., 927 N. Coast Hwy., Newport, 541-265-5101.
Bayshore Women’s Club, Waldport — Second annual Grannie’s Attic
and Bake Sale, featuring a basket raffle, telescope, clock, Barbies, dog
crates and more. All proceeds go to local charities. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Bayshore Beach club on Oceania Street.
Our Savior Lutheran Church, Waldport — Held by the Lydia Society,
featuring baked goods, vintage linens, candy, jams and collectibles. Lunch
served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 38 N. Bayview just north of the
Alsea Bay Bridge.
Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 15 and 16
Fall Craft Fair, Lincoln City Community Center — Vendor tables still
available! 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 2150 NE Oar Place, Lincoln City, 541-994-2131.
But wait, there’s more. You’ll find our complete list at oregoncoasttoday.com.
To add yours, send the info to [email protected]
Uncommon Home & Garden
Furnishings & Accessories
The coast’s finest exclusive
Motorcoach Resort.
2233 NW Highway 101
Lincoln City
541-996-4283
Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 7 Days
Offering stunning views
and an unflagging
devotion to service.
6225 NORTH COAST HIGHWAY • NEWPORT
800.333.1583 • 541.265.3750
8 • oregon coast today • 7 november 2008
SANDY PHOENIX
Today, a mayo clinic
It has come to my attention that if
we could harness the energy expended by all of the athletes of the world
in giving high fives, we could solve
the energy crisis. Did you watch the
Olympics? The volleyball players gave
high fives after each point no matter who was winning or losing. I got
tired watching them and I thought
that they could be better players if
they didn’t tire themselves out with
high fives. Solar, wind, clean coal, and
nuclear power could never equal this
potential source.
• • •
Allow me to discuss the age-old controversy of mayonnaise versus Miracle
Whip. I stand four square in the Miracle
Whip camp and you should know that at
our house we buy it in the handy 55-gallon drum. Miracle Whip has a tang that
is not present in mayonnaise. Salads,
coleslaw, sandwiches — all are enhanced
by Miracle Whip. The slight drawback of
cholesterol can easily be remedied by the
ingestion of five Lipitor tablets a day.
• • •
A few months ago, baseball players in
both the American and National leagues
were breaking their bats at an abnormal
rate. It was suggested that the bats today
were being made of inferior wood. Then
the problem evaporated and we have
heard no more about it. Now, I will explain to you what has happened. In Little
League, high school and college, players
use aluminum bats; when they get to the
big leagues, they use wood. Now each bat
has a label stamped on it in a special place
so that when you hold the bat with the
label up, the ball strikes the edge of the
grain, because that is the strongest place.
I believe that the players didn’t know this
and the league administrators had a little
talk with them and solved the problem.
Thank you for your attention to this
problem.
• • •
I would like to say a word of praise for
one of the most outstanding people in the
media business: Christiane Amanpour.
She regularly goes to dangerous places
and reports what is actually happening.
I have watched her year after year and I
admire her as one of the greatest women
in the world. That’s my opinion
• • •
I have written on numerous occasions
that I really enjoy eating at restaurants
that have a senior menu. My wife and
I recently ate at Tubby’s restaurant in
Grants Pass, and found that almost every
item on the menu came as either a full
Your local Discovery Toys Consultant:
Susan Andrews
(541) 992-5572
www.discoverytoyslink.com/SusanAndrews
Call Susan about:
• Starting a fun,
home-based
business
• Earning toys
for free
• Catalog orders
Can’t Beachcomb?
Find Your Treasures Here!
Wildwoman Creations Studio
and Gallery is closed for renovation.
We’ll be re-opening in 2009....
H. Paul
Bruncke
order or a half order. This is what I call an
ideal menu. The restaurant is about two
blocks from the first exit going south.
Captain Ron’s restaurant in Lincoln City
is another that thinks about children/seniors in their menu.
• • •
I read an article the other day that
said that to keep your brain active in old
age you should do the following: work
puzzles, do Sudoku, study maps and plan
trips. Now, here is my warning. If you
have one of those GPS/Garmin displays
in your car that tells you where to go and
when to turn, your brain is going to dry
up and you are headed for “the home.”
• • •
Let us discuss football for a moment.
You have probably seen players with tight
elastic bands on their arms just above the
elbow. Now, it is my belief that this has
the same use as the elastic band that surfers use to keep attached to their boards.
In other words, this arm band is meant
to keep track of the football player’s arm
when it is torn off in play.
Additionally, I would like to discuss
the habit of football players of pointing at opposing players across the line.
What are they pointing about? I believe
that the following dialogue accompanies
the pointing. “Did you smell that guy’s
breath?” “Old 91 could use some Right
Guard.” “Did you see that girl he was out
with last night?”
Your imagination could produce many
other possibilities.
• • •
Have you ever returned to a restaurant
after an absence of two years and had the
owner/waitress ask you if you are going
to have your usual? My server at Shirley’s
On D Bay confronted me recently with
that question. I then enjoyed some of the
best pancakes that I have ever eaten. I
must admit that I have known Shirley for
31 years.
H. Paul Bruncke is a former teacher who lives in Gleneden
Beach. Write to him at [email protected]
Check out our daily blog
[email protected] – the spiritual
and artistic journey of A Reborn Christian
and A Reborn Artist....WOW, what a ride!
Have a great autumn....ROSIE the Wildwoman
Hassle-free
packing &
shipping
services!
Free
Get Silver
ready Polishing
for Fall!
ClothIncense
With
Any
Free
Plus-size
Sets
from
Jewelry
with
everyPurchase
purchase!
HotofferCotton
Woman
Over
$25!
expires sept.
1, 2007
Open Daily • 541-994-2518
1221-A North Hwy. 101
in Lincoln City
960 SE Hwy. 101 • Lincoln City
Just North of the Outlet Mall
541-994-7272
Centerpiece
ORDER YOUR HOLIDAY PARTY
We have floral &
decorative centerpieces & decor for
all holiday
occasions, from
family dinners to
business parties
and more!
• All rooms offer sweeping panoramic
ocean views
• Private balconies &
fireplaces
• Indoor pool
• Spa-fitness room
• Continental breakfast
• Pillow-top mattresses
• High speed Internet
232 Elizabeth Street
– Newport –
541-265-9400
877-265-9400
www.elizabethstreetinn.com
Come out
for a
spin.
3EEFORYOURSELFWHATSALTAIR
FERMENTATIONCANDOFORlNEWINES
Flying Dutchman
AlderGlassHouse
Blowing
/PEN$AILYsAMTOPM
Located just eight miles north
of Newport in Otter Rock , next to
Devil’s Punchbowl State Park
WWWDUTCHMANWINERYCOM
Live glassblowing demonstrations.
Glass Floats • Pitchers • Vases
Ask about custom orders!
Find us on Immonen Road
Just Past Mossy Creek Pottery
North of Salishan, South of Lincoln City
~ Open 10 to 5 Daily ~
Newport’s Newest
Elegant Oceanfront Inn
(541) 996-BUDZ (2839)
BEACHBUDZ.COM
2139 N.W. HWY 101
LINCOLN CITY
7INE
4ASTING
Winery
Yo u d o t h e
shopping,
we’ll do the
shipping.
No one does
the dishes
like Mossy Creek.
Mossy Creek
Pottery
On Immonen Road
JUST NORTH OF SALISHAN
541-996-2415
Open 10 to 5 Daily
oregoncoasttoday.com • 7 november 2008 • 9
On the cover ■
It’ll be grand, boys
Yachats hosts Celtic Music Fest
By Niki Price
Oregon Coast Today
For 16-year-old musician Rebecca Lomnicky,
playing classical violin
is work. She puts in at
least an hour’s worth
of practice daily, just to
stay current with the
pieces assigned by her
private instructor and
those she prepares for
the Corvallis Camerata
Orchestra.
Traditional Scottish fiddling, in the
Cape Breton style? To
Lomnicky, that’s pure
fun. She loves to pick
through old tune books,
compose new works
in traditional style and
perform with guitar
and bagpipe. Classical
music is her education,
but right now at least,
Celtic music is her passion.
The teen will find
more than a few
kindred spirits this
weekend, Nov. 7-9, at
the ninth annual Yachats
Celtic Music Festival. Friday night’s concert will
feature internationally known fiddler Kevin Burke,
in a duet with Portland guitarist Cal Scott, along
with the band Crumac and performers Timothy
Hull and Nancy Conescu. On Saturday night,
Lomnicky will warm up the stage for Circled by
Hounds, Stringed Migration and Cul an Ti.
Lomnicky, making her
second appearance at the
YCMF, is planning to perform with guitar, bodhran
and bagpipe accompaniment, in a set that includes
Friday, Nov. 7
old songs and her original
7 p.m. Concert — Timothy Hull,
compositions. This CorvalCrumac, Nancy Conescu with
lis High School junior has
Paddy O’Brien and Mike Doolin,
also prepared a few numbers
Kevin Burke & Cal Scott, piping by
that will highlight a special
Kevin Auld, Yachats Commons
technique she’s been working out: making her fiddle
Saturday, Nov. 8
sound like a bagpipe.
1 p.m. Dance class and Ceili with
She explains it like this:
“The bagpipe has a steady
The Paddy O’Brien Ceili Band
tone that doesn’t stop until
(called by Sam Keator)
the player stops it. They
7 p.m. Concert with Rebecca
have to make music by
Lomnicky, Circled by Hounds,
breaking (up the tone) with
Stringed Migration, Cul an Ti,
their fingers, and the ornapiping by Kevin Auld
ments they use. I try to keep
Yachats Commons
a steady bow, to keep that
tone going, and then do
Sunday, Nov. 9
fingering to stop the sound.
11 a.m. Singer’s Circle
It’s something you might
The Drift Inn
not notice unless I point it
out. But the sound is there.”
Tickets available at ticketswest.
The fiddle-as-bagpipe is
com and at the Yachats Chamber
just the latest happy Celtic
of Commerce: $35 per day, in
diversion for Lomnicky,
advance, $45 at the door.
who first started asking her
parents for violin lessons
For further details, head to
when she was 4 years old.
yachatscelticmusicfestival.com
At the age of 5, she began
The Yachats Celtic
Music Festival
10 • oregon coast today • 7 november 2008
Circled by Hounds, playing Saturday at the Yachats Celtic Music Festival. Other featured performers this weekend will be Rebecca Lomnicky, left,
and Sam Keator, below. So, pack up your jug of punch and your old orange flute and head to Yachats. Contributed photos above and below.
TODAY photo of Rebecca Lomnicky by Niki Price.
to study classical violin; a little later, she added piano and voice. She discovered the Scottish folk style,
which is classified as “fiddle” rather than violin, at
a Suzuki Violin Camp in 2000. She became even
more fascinated around 2003, she
said, when she first heard a recording by Natalie MacMaster.
“She’s this really great Cape
Breton fiddler, and I just wanted to
play like her. So I started taking lessons with a teacher in Eugene, who
taught me some Celtic music, and
I’ve just taken off with it,” Lomnicky
said.
MacMaster’s style comes from
Cape Breton Island, in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The
island was colonized in the 18th
century by Gaelic-speaking immigrants from the Scottish Highlands
and the Outer Hebrides. Their
fiddling tradition, which survived
modernization due to the area’s relative isolation, is rhythmic and driven
with a strong downbeat pulse.
Lomnicky has found the style, and its history,
completely fascinating.
“I like to know the history of the songs, and the
stories behind the lyrics, even if I don’t sing them.
I’m interested in studying ethnomusicology, which
is the study of traditional music and culture, as well
as music history and performance,” she said.
With help from her parents, Gregg and Yvonne
Lomnicky, she has honed her craft and kept a fairly
demanding performance schedule. In 2005, at age
13, she won the Junior Division of the U.S. National
Scottish Fiddle Competition in Houston, Texas.
The following year, she recorded her first CD, “The
Call.” In both 2007 and 2008, she was the recipient of the Corvallis Folklore Society Music Award
given to the high school student who best exemplifies the performance of music in the folk tradition
and the Goldie Rogers Award for original music
composition. She’s been heard on the Mist Covered
Mountain, a Celtic radio show on
KLCC out of Eugene (90.5 FM on
the coast), and has graced the stage
at the Oregon and Eugene Scottish Heritage Festivals, the Portland
Highland Games and the Northwest Folklife Festival.
Her dedication to music has taken
her all over the world. Four years
ago, she journeyed to China with
the Heart of the Valley Children’s
choir. Last summer, she spent two
weeks in Italy with the Camerata
Orchestra, a Corvallis high school
symphony orchestra, and a week at
the Boston Harbor Fiddle School,
which she calls “Celtic fiddle camp.”
This fall, after Yachats, she’ll be
performing at a series of CD release
concerts with bagpipe, whistle and
bodhran player David Brewer, formerly of the Celtic band Molly’s Revenge. Lomnicky was a featured player on Brewer’s first solo
album, “Turning Pages.”
She has a few other interests — she competed
on the Corvallis High School cross country team
this fall — but mostly her focus is trained on music.
When she graduates in 2010, Lomnicky hopes to
find a college that offers ethnomusicology and performance studies, someplace with a healthy Celtic
music culture. Playing Scottish fiddle, she said, is
what makes her happy.
“I think I used to get more nervous, but I eventually realized that I just really like to play the Scottish fiddle,” she said. “Showing that joy to other
people is fun.”
Coast culture ■
Back when neckties
were required ...
Understanding
the Chinese
Diaspora
Just over 100 years ago,
many Oregon cities held
Hundreds of
public executions with men,
thousands of Chinese
women and children conarrived in the Amerigregating to watch convicted
cas in the mid-19th
criminals hang from gallows
century to work on
erected in local fields. Even
railroads and sugar
after it was common for
plantations. That is
stockades to hide the actual
a well-known story.
event, thousands watched and
Less well known is the
waited outside their walls. In
story of their incredDiane L. Goeres-Gardner
a state known for its peaceful
ible journey once they
agrarian communities, what
arrived. Some dressed
caused such events to be accepted and
as Mexican peons, Canadian Native
even celebrated?
Americans, and black Cubans in order to
smuggle into boxcar trains or onto ships
How is it that the names of many
to sneak across the U.S. border. Thus, the
involved in these executions now dot our
state’s roads, buildings, parks, and history? image of the “illegal alien” in the United
States begins with Chinese in the late
Local historian, Diane L. Goeres19th century.
Gardner will discuss the evolution of punLincoln City audiences can explore this
ishment and justice in “Justice in Frontier topic at the next North Lincoln County
Oregon, 1851-1905,” a free Oregon
Historical Museum Chautauqua event,
Chautauqua presentation set for 1 p.m. on set for 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. In “The
Saturday, Nov. 8, at the Tillamook County Chinese Diaspora in America: The First
Library, 1716 Third St. in Tillamook.
Illegal Aliens,” Elliott Young, Associate
Goeres-Gardner explores changing
Professor of History at Lewis and Clark
attitudes and perceptions, from the 1850
College, will discuss the immigration buhanging of Native Americans for the
reaucracy that was created to track, find,
Whitman massacre to 1905, when the
and capture “illegal” Chinese immigrants,
last execution in Oregon outside of a state and the strategies these immigrants, in
penitentiary took place.
turn, to evade capture.
OCH is an affiliate of the National
This Oregon Chautauqua program,
Endowment for the Humanities. More
facilitated by the Oregon Council for the
information about programs and publica- Humanities, is free $2 museum admistions can be found at oregonhum.org.
sion. The NLCHM is located at 4907 SW
For additional information about the
Hwy. 101. For more information about
Tillamook event, contact the library at
this program, contact curator Anne Hall
503 842-4792, ext. 1708.
at 541-996-6614.
...for no
ta
lot of c
lams!
t
The bes o d...
afo
local se
This week’s specials
SALMON
Fresh Atlantic Fillets ............................ $6.99/lb.
YAQUINA BAY OYSTERS
FRESH, AND OH, SO LOCAL! ............ $6.99/doz.
AHI TUNA
Sushi-Grade - CHECK THIS PRICE!! .......$6.99/lb.
RED SNAPPER
Body
Parts
Sculpture Show
Join us Oct. 31-Nov. 16
for a special Halloween
showing of sculpture
featuring
“body-inspired art” by
Shlomi Haziza
and others.
Nye Beach Gallery
Only
Fresh Fillets! ..................................$5.99/lb.
North & South Lincoln City Locations!
Village Market at Siletz Bay
4845 SW Hwy. 101 • 541-996-2301
Kenny’s Foodliner
2492 NW Hwy. 101 • 541-994-3031
Prices good through Sunday, while supplies last.
Gallery in Gleneden Beach
The Shops At Salishan
7755 Highway 101N
(541) 764-9898
Gallery In Pacific City
34930 Brooten Road
Just north of stop sign
(503) 965-0085
Gallery In Wine Country
110 SW 7th St., Dundee
Next To The Ponzi Wine Bar
(503) 538-4747
Gallery in Historic
Nye Beach, Newport
701 NW Beach Drive
(541) 265-3764
Shop Online: www.dapperfrog.com
oregoncoasttoday.com • 7 november 2008 • 11