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OC<br />

W A V E S<br />

THE MAGAZINE FOR THE OREGON COAST<br />

VOL <strong>1.8</strong><br />

MARCH 2021


LISTINGS & SALES are on our website!<br />

Freddy Saxton<br />

Broker Owner, e-PRO, CRS, GRI, C2EX<br />

Tammy Gagne<br />

Broker, ABR, CRIS<br />

Tim Myrick<br />

Broker, ABR, CRS, GRI<br />

Bonnie Saxton<br />

Broker Owner,CRB, CRS, GRI<br />

K. Scarlett Kier<br />

Broker, CRS, GRI<br />

Barbara Le Pine<br />

Broker<br />

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Broker<br />

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Broker, e-PRO, CRS, ABR, GRI<br />

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Broker<br />

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Broker<br />

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Broker<br />

Our Brokers<br />

are Honored<br />

to be serving<br />

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with<br />

over 235 years<br />

of combined<br />

Real Estate<br />

experience.<br />

“Let our<br />

Experience<br />

be your<br />

Advantage!”<br />

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OC<br />

W A V E S<br />

Publisher<br />

Jeremy Burke<br />

Editor<br />

Steve Card<br />

Advertising Sales<br />

Teresa Barnes<br />

Kathy Wyatt<br />

Natalie Lane<br />

P.7<br />

Gyro Guys re-opens in its<br />

new location<br />

P.10<br />

Dungeness Crab - a little<br />

about why it’s so great<br />

P.15<br />

The Kitchen Wild<br />

Contributing Writers<br />

News-Times Staff<br />

Kenneth Lipp<br />

Michael Heinbach<br />

Katie Wiley<br />

Photographers<br />

Jeremy Burke<br />

Casey Felton<br />

About the Cover Shot<br />

I needed something green for the cover and<br />

really wanted and close up view of the iconic<br />

moss covered trees of the <strong>Oregon</strong> <strong>Coast</strong>. One<br />

of my favorite drives is up Hwy 34. There are<br />

thousands of stunning trees along the Alsea<br />

River plus a few surprises like a water spickett<br />

that comes out of a rock featured on page 43.<br />

. Photo by Jeremy Burke<br />

P.18<br />

A New must-see on Newport’s<br />

Historic Bayfront<br />

P.20<br />

Remembering the past<br />

P.22<br />

Landslide in threatens<br />

homes<br />

P.29<br />

P.30<br />

P.34<br />

oregoncoastwaves.com<br />

What is Watermelon<br />

Tourmaline?<br />

Port Dock 5 gets an<br />

overhaul.<br />

Newport Discovery Zoo in<br />

South Beach<br />

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contents<br />

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Photo by<br />

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Located just a few short blocks off Highway 101,<br />

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and offers the visitors lots of …<br />

Beachcombing<br />

Bike Riding/Rental<br />

Beach Walking<br />

Kite Flying<br />

Surfing<br />

Sail-boarding<br />

Tide Pooling<br />

Photography<br />

Galleries<br />

Jewelry<br />

Visual Arts<br />

Apparel<br />

Lodging<br />

Spa – Massage<br />

Cafés & Fine Dining<br />

Hours of Family Fun<br />

Unique<br />

Retail Shops<br />

Professional<br />

Services<br />

Fine Gifts and<br />

Home Decor<br />

World Class<br />

Performing Arts<br />

Sweets - Ice Cream<br />

- Chocolates<br />

For more information: www.NyeBeach.org


PHOTO BY: JEREMY BURKE<br />

PHOTO BY JEREMY BURKE


Gyro Guys opens doors at new location<br />

yro Guys Mediterranean Grill is back in business,<br />

opening the doors of its new location at 912 N.<br />

<strong>Coast</strong> Highway in Newport last ThursdayFeb. 25<br />

to a flood of excited patrons.<br />

Staff had so many customers clamoring for a taste of authentic<br />

Middle Eastern food during its grand reopening Thursday<br />

that the restaurant was filled to its reduced 25 percent capacity<br />

and the parking lot was packed with people waiting for to-go<br />

orders.<br />

“It was very, very busy,” M.J. Jasm, staff member and nephew<br />

of owner Mohamud Alshemary, said the next morning.<br />

“People were excited to see us open back up. We ended up<br />

pretty backed up, about an hour, but we’re excited to be back.<br />

We should also be able to open back up to 50 percent capacity<br />

this weekend, and that’s great news.”<br />

The new location, previously home to Flip ’N Chick ’N, has<br />

undergone extensive renovations over the last few months to<br />

make ready for Gyro Guys reopening.<br />

The restaurant now seats a maximum of 42 people with booths<br />

and a bar, which is reduced by 50 percent currently to adhere<br />

to COVID-19 restrictions. The new location provides ample<br />

parking space, whether you’re picking up or dining in. It also<br />

has restrooms and plenty of room to expand.<br />

“We did a lot of work over here, and we’re glad to bring back<br />

the taste of the Middle East here,” Alshemary said. He added<br />

that the restaurant was too constrained at its previous location<br />

on the Newport Bayfront, but the new building has opened up<br />

a myriad of new possibilities of what it can bring to Newport.<br />

“It was a small location, a much smaller place. Our customers<br />

were complaining there was no parking lot. Even if they just<br />

called in to pick up their food they couldn’t find a place to park<br />

and come get it. There was nowhere for us to have a loading<br />

and unloading zone,” Alshemary said.<br />

With more space to work with, Alshemary plans to expand in<br />

ways he couldn’t at the old spot on the Bayfront. He’s applied for<br />

an alcohol license and, when approved, plans to apply for <strong>Oregon</strong><br />

lottery machines as well. Eventually, he plans to add a hookah<br />

bar in the back and create an outdoor seating area to expand<br />

the restaurant seating. Alshemary said he would also like to hold<br />

events like weddings or birthday parties at the location.<br />

“Most restaurants in the Newport area are seafood and are<br />

working for the tourists. My restaurant is Mediterranean,<br />

and we do kosher slaughter meat like lamb, beef and chicken.<br />

Many other restaurants use regular oils, while we use olive oil,”<br />

Alshemary said. “We’re here for locals and might be the only<br />

ones serving Mediterranean food on the <strong>Oregon</strong> coast.”<br />

The full menu will be returning and has been expanded<br />

with things like kebabs, Mediterranean drinks, yogurt, ice<br />

cream, Turkish coffee, tea and a menu of weekly specials. The<br />

restaurants signature dish is still its lamb gyro, served as a<br />

sandwich, over rice or with a salad.<br />

WRITTEN BY MATHEW BROCK | PHOTOS BY JEREMY BURKE


“Our food is Greek and Mediterranean<br />

food, 100 percent. We use olive oil<br />

100 percent, most of our veggie stuff is<br />

organic, and we have a vegetarian menu<br />

that is 100 percent veggie,” Alshemary<br />

said. “We serve lamb, beef and chicken<br />

as well. We pay extra for kosher meat<br />

because we care both for the animals<br />

and the humans who eat.”<br />

Alshemary and his family were<br />

inspired to open a restaurant while<br />

they were vacationing on the <strong>Oregon</strong><br />

coast. While visiting Newport, they<br />

realized that the closest place with<br />

Mediterranean food at the time was<br />

an hour away in Corvallis.<br />

Before they first opened in 2017,<br />

Alshemary and his family had prior<br />

experience serving Mediterranean from<br />

food carts in Portland, their recipes<br />

handed down through the family from<br />

generation to generation.<br />

Gyro Guy’s full menu can be found<br />

online at gyroguysgrill.com and on its<br />

official Facebook page. The restaurant is<br />

open seven days a week, from 11 a.m.<br />

to 9 p.m.


A little about Dungeness Crab<br />

WHEN TO BUY<br />

During the peak of the Dungeness crab harvest (December<br />

to April) fresh whole-cooked crab are readily available at<br />

supermarket seafood counters and specialty seafood markets<br />

throughout the region. Prolonged winter storms will<br />

occasionally disrupt the supply so it’s a good idea to keep<br />

an eye on the weather when planning an important event or<br />

function that features fresh Dungeness.<br />

AVAILABILITY<br />

Availability of live crab is best during the winter and spring<br />

months. Although not as abundant, fresh cooked crab is still<br />

available during the summer months thanks to the efforts<br />

of those crabbers who fish right up to the season closure in<br />

mid-August. Crabs tend to be weaker during the summer<br />

molting period and do not ship or travel well. Modern freezing<br />

technology has made a full complement of frozen market<br />

forms accessible on a year round basis.<br />

Retail prices typically are at their lowest during the winter<br />

months when the harvest is in full swing and crabs are being<br />

landed by the boat load. As production drops off, prices at both<br />

the wholesale and retail levels tend to increase accordingly.<br />

Many supermarkets feature Dungeness crab at attractive ad<br />

prices in conjunction with major winter holidays, making this<br />

an especially good time to purchase and enjoy crab.<br />

WHAT TO BUY<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> Dungeness crab is available in a variety of fresh<br />

and frozen market forms. As a center-of-the-plate entrée<br />

or an exciting appetizer, it is guaranteed to please the most<br />

discriminating shellfish lover.<br />

For the purist, Live Dungeness is the best there is. Delivered<br />

nationwide overnight, live crab offer that fresh off the boat<br />

flavor that will satisfy the most sophisticated palate. Cooking<br />

is easy and the dining experience, unparalleled.<br />

Bright orange Whole-Cooks epitomize crab eating West <strong>Coast</strong><br />

crab feed style. Purchased fully cooked and ready-to-eat, cooked<br />

crab must be cleaned (eviscerated) before serving. Often done<br />

at the point-of-purchase, cleaning is simple and requires only a<br />

sink and running water.<br />

Frozen Sections, or clusters as they are commonly referred to,<br />

are simply a cooked and cleaned crab, minus the back shell<br />

and split in half. They require minimum preparation labor<br />

and provide the ‘crack the shell’ experience that makes crab<br />

eating just plain fun.<br />

Labor-saving Picked Meat is usually sold as a mixture of whole<br />

and broken leg meat, accompanied by the pure white body meat<br />

from the shoulder area under the shell back. It is fully cooked<br />

and ready to add its distinctive flavor to the chef’s favorite recipe.<br />

Fry Legs refer to a special pack consisting of only whole leg<br />

portions and are the gold standard of enjoying Dungeness<br />

crab.<br />

HANDLING<br />

Live crab should be put into a well-aerated chilled-saltwater<br />

tank (temp 45°-50° F.) as soon after arrival as possible. Immerse<br />

slowly to facilitate gill function. <strong>Oregon</strong> Dungeness crab can<br />

be kept with live lobster, but should be separated by a divider.<br />

Fresh Whole-Cook Crab should be refrigerated at 33° to 35°,<br />

preferably in ice. If stored in shipping box, drain melted ice<br />

water so crabs aren’t submerged. Keep lid closed and avoid<br />

contact with blowing air so crabs won’t dry out. Shelf life is<br />

approximately 7 days.*<br />

Picked Meat (fresh) should be kept on ice in a sealed container<br />

and refrigerated at 33° to 35°, preferably in ice. Shelf life is<br />

approximately 5-7 days. Frozen picked meat should be stored at<br />

10°F or colder. Shelf life is approximately 6-9 months.<br />

Frozen Whole-cooks, sections and single legs should be stored<br />

at 10°F or colder. Allow adequate cold-air circulation. avoid<br />

temperature fluctuation. Shelf life is approximately 9-12 months.<br />

* shelf life is dependent on handling, temperature & other<br />

variable conditions<br />

THAWING<br />

Release vacuum from vacuum-packed products before thawing.<br />

Frozen product should be thawed slowly under refrigeration.<br />

Thawing in warm water or at room temperature compromises<br />

product quality. Large quantities can be thawed under a cold<br />

water spray, but avoid total immersion in water. Try to thaw on<br />

an as needed basis and keep chilled until use. Do not refreeze<br />

crab.<br />

QUALITY SPEC’S<br />

Live <strong>Oregon</strong> Dungeness crabs should show signs of activity<br />

INFORMATION COURTESY OF THE OREGON CRAB COMMISSION | PHOTOS BY: JEREMY BURKE


and should react to stimulation. Fresh whole-cooks should<br />

have heft and not feel light. Shell (back) should be moist and<br />

intact, legs and claws should be attached.<br />

Frozen product forms should show no signs of discoloration<br />

or freezer burn. To maintain maximum quality, good product<br />

handling and inventory practices should be applied to fresh as<br />

well as frozen market forms. All boxes should be dated when<br />

received and a first in, first out program should be adhered to.<br />

SERVING SUGGESTIONS<br />

Chefs in the Pacific Northwest have developed a reputation for<br />

their creative use of local ingredients from the bounty offered<br />

up by both land and sea. Dishes featuring seasonal items,<br />

picked and harvested at their peak, have become a trademark.<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> Dungeness figures prominently in this cuisine and is<br />

found on the menus of the state’s finest restaurants. Sometimes<br />

it’s straight from the shell, crab feed style, with fresh slaw and<br />

crusty bread; or, as an ingredient accompanied with delicate<br />

sauces made with fresh herbs and spices to enhance a pastabased<br />

dish. The light, sweet flavor of Dungeness meat works<br />

well in a traditional crab cake recipe. A crab cocktail comes<br />

alive with a zesty Chipotle Sauce. Dungeness serves up equally<br />

as an appetizer or an entrée, and lends itself to both down<br />

home and white tablecloth cuisine.<br />

Whole crab presentations can be accomplished with some<br />

simple preparations before serving that make cracking, on<br />

the plate, simple and fun. The cooked crab should be cleaned<br />

(gills & viscera removed) and the shell back washed out before<br />

placing back on the crab body. Preliminary cracking of the legs<br />

will make the at the table experience that much easier. Bibs,<br />

plenty of napkins and a shell bowl round out the setting and<br />

allow diners to get through a Dungeness with dignity.<br />

Sections provide the crab cracking experience and work well<br />

when served in combination with another item, combo style.<br />

They are a popular item at ‘seafood buffets’ where they can be<br />

served chilled or warm, depending on customer preference.<br />

TASTING NOTES<br />

Color: opaque white crabmeat and bright red shell when<br />

cooked<br />

Texture: tender and delicately textured with the leg meat<br />

slightly firmer.<br />

Flavor: The meat of the Dungeness crab is sweet, mild and<br />

might even present a slightly nutty taste.<br />

Perfect serve: The simplest serve—boiled in salted water<br />

and served straight from the shell with melted butter and<br />

bread warm from the oven—cannot be beaten. You can also<br />

switch the salted water with a flavourful, but not too heavy,<br />

microbrewery beer, for a fragrant twist. Crab cakes, seasoned<br />

simply with onions, garlic, paprika, parsley, salt and pepper,<br />

are also a treat.<br />

ALL PHOTOS TAKEN AT LOCAL OCEAN IN NEWPORT, OREGON BY JEREMY BURKE


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Licensed Real Estate Broker in the State of <strong>Oregon</strong><br />

Cell 541-961-2697 • cowens@actionnet.net<br />

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK<br />

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The Kitchen Wild<br />

Manhattan Cockle Clam Chowder<br />

<strong>Oregon</strong> has 360 miles of coastline, so<br />

you’re never far from a clamming hole,<br />

especially here on the central <strong>Oregon</strong><br />

coast.<br />

Siletz Bay. Some of the highest density of<br />

purple varnish clams in <strong>Oregon</strong> can be<br />

found here, and with the limits of purple<br />

varnish clams being 72 per person, this is<br />

a great species to harvest for some pretty<br />

spectacular clam-packed family dinners.<br />

The Yaquina Bay, which offers the widest<br />

variety of clams, from gapers, butters,<br />

cockles, littlenecks, softshells and purple<br />

varnish.<br />

No matter where you’re located here on<br />

the central <strong>Oregon</strong> coast, you’re never far<br />

from harvesting a spectacular dinner —<br />

all you have to do is go out and dig it up.<br />

Be sure to always check with ODFW<br />

for licensing requirements and shellfish<br />

regulations.<br />

Ingredients:<br />

8 pieces of bacon, chopped. Reserve<br />

approximately 2 pieces for topping<br />

chowder<br />

1 tablespoon bacon fat reserved<br />

2 limits of cockle clams (40 cockles),<br />

cleaned and chopped<br />

1 yellow onion<br />

2 carrots, peeled and chopped<br />

2 celery stalks, chopped<br />

4 garlic cloves, minced<br />

3 medium red potatoes, cubed or large<br />

julienne.<br />

28 oz. can San Mariano tomatoes,<br />

crushed or blended<br />

2 cups chicken stock<br />

2 tablespoons fresh parsley. Reserve 1<br />

tablespoon for garnish<br />

1 bay leaf<br />

1/2 teaspoon thyme<br />

1/2 teaspoon Johnny’s seasoning salt<br />

Salt and pepper to taste<br />

Directions:<br />

Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add<br />

the bacon and cook, stirring occasionally,<br />

until crisp.<br />

Remove bacon from pot, reserving 1<br />

tablespoon of bacon fat and drain on<br />

paper towels.<br />

Add onions, carrots and celery to the pot<br />

with reserved bacon fat. Cook, stirring<br />

occasionally, for 8-10 minutes or until<br />

vegetables are tender.<br />

Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.<br />

Add chicken stock, thyme, bay leaf,<br />

Johnny’s seasoning salt, whole can of San<br />

Marzano tomatoes, and potatoes in the<br />

pot. Stir to combine. Bring to a simmer.<br />

Simmer for 15 minutes or until potatoes<br />

are tender.<br />

Stir in clams, reserved bacon and fresh<br />

parsley. Simmer for 5 more minutes.<br />

Season soup with salt and pepper to<br />

taste. Serve, top with extra bacon and<br />

parsley and enjoy!<br />

15<br />

PHOTOS AND STORY BY KATIE WILEY


Ahi Poke<br />

tastes so delicious. It’s another great dish to introduce to friends<br />

and family, opening up another doorway to the idyllic islands of<br />

Hawaii.<br />

Ahi Poke<br />

Ingredients<br />

Ahi Tuna steak (cube)<br />

White or Brown rice<br />

Cilantro<br />

Green onion<br />

Edamame<br />

Cucumber<br />

Avocado<br />

Panko<br />

Spicy Mayo (mayo + sriracha)<br />

Optional:<br />

Masago<br />

Red Onion<br />

Red Cabbage<br />

Pineapple<br />

Mandarin Oranges<br />

Poke is a newer dish, at least on the Mainland, and one that<br />

everyone can enjoy because it can be uniquely personalized<br />

depending on one’s preferences.<br />

Sauce:<br />

Sesame Oil<br />

Garlic<br />

Soy Sauce<br />

Chili Flakes<br />

We first experienced Poke in Hawaii — when we lived on the<br />

North Shore of Oahu we ate it almost every day. It’s so fresh and<br />

healthy that it can become an everyday meal.<br />

Poke bowls are similar to Acai bowls in the sense that they<br />

can all start off with similar bases, but what is added on top is<br />

completely up to whomever is eating it. The great thing about<br />

Poke is that there is virtually no way to mess it up — it always<br />

WRITTEN BY: CELESTE MCENTEE | PHOTO BY JEREMY BURKE


Butterfly wings incased in glass make the<br />

perfect necklace. Photo by Jeremy Burke


Something new for Newport’s Bayfront<br />

randy Cochran, of Albuquerque, N.M., and her<br />

mother, Becky Fogo, of Newport, were waiting outside<br />

Monica Ziegler’s latest enterprise, a unique shopping<br />

experience at 818 SW Bay Blvd.<br />

“We really like her other store,” Cochran said of Ziegler’s<br />

Bohemian Candle a few blocks away at 342 SW Bay Blvd. “This<br />

one is probably going to be just as awesome.”<br />

“We got a little sneak peak. It’s incredible,” said Fogo. “Curiosities<br />

and apothecary sums it up pretty well.”<br />

Ziegler created a buzz, generating excitement and interest in<br />

Femme Fatale long before opening her doors, posting intriguing<br />

photos of specimens, antique photos, even a medical wax<br />

moulage (a medical teaching tool dating to the early 1800s) on<br />

social media. Before opening, the store’s Facebook page had<br />

nearly 600 followers. The shop was making sales just minutes<br />

after opening the doors.<br />

“A femme fatale, sometimes called a man eater or vamp, is a stock<br />

character of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms<br />

ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising,<br />

dangerous and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature<br />

and art,” Ziegler explained on Facebook. “Femme Fatale<br />

Curiosities and Apothecary is inspired by the practices of the<br />

19th century. Femme Fatale is about embracing the light with<br />

the dark. The lure as you enter her space arouses your desire to<br />

explore the depths of her walls. Diving deeper, she takes you on<br />

a journey through the beauty of life and the darkness of death.<br />

She is a little shop of old and new for lovers of the curious and<br />

macabre.”<br />

“This is a shop of oddities and curiosities, and it’s an apothecary,<br />

as well. We actually make all our products,” Ziegler said. “Now we<br />

have a place where we can create,” she said, indicating the large<br />

manufacturing space where her husband was working.<br />

“We’re hoping to eventually open it up to serving herbal teas, but<br />

that’s on hold until COVID-19 is complete. We’re going to have<br />

organic herbs.” Ziegler indicated that hand sanitizer has been<br />

a big seller. “We’re completely out,” she said, because she can’t<br />

source the alcohol she needs.<br />

“I love your store,” called out Sharon Hernandez, who was<br />

visiting from Albany.<br />

“I’m pretty much a professional shopper,” said Kelly Grady, who<br />

was visiting from Denver. “I found a ton of things I’ve never seen<br />

before.”<br />

PHOTOS BY JEREMY BURKE<br />

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PHOTO BY JEREMY BURKE<br />

Remembering t


he Past<br />

YAQUINA CITY<br />

ith the coming of the railroad, Yaquina<br />

City (four miles east of Newport) boomed.<br />

Originally, the railroad was to travel to<br />

Newport, but that city refused to sell the land necessary for a<br />

roundhouse and warehouses. As a result, the buildings were<br />

placed on land the railroad already owned. In addition to serving<br />

the trains, Yaquina City had a school, a church, a hotel, sawmill,<br />

three salmon canneries, the only bank in the county other than<br />

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track next to it. The buildings are already starting to collapse.<br />

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compete successfully with the usual Columbia River route to<br />

Portland. The first train moved over the line in 1885, making<br />

connections at Yaquina City with a steamer to San Francisco.<br />

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Homes threatened by seawall collapse<br />

arly Saturday Feb. 27 morning, several Lincoln<br />

Beach residents awoke to find a seawall on Lincoln<br />

Avenue had collapsed from erosion, dozens of its 35-<br />

foot tall concrete pilings breaking free and tumbling onto the<br />

beach below by Monday afternoon.<br />

Richard Grant owns the property where the wall was installed,<br />

and his house there was most affected — the collapse leaving the<br />

living room dangling slightly off the side of the cliff. Houses on<br />

either side are also endangered, with precious few feet between<br />

them and the newly eroded cliffside.<br />

Grant is now looking for a “Band-Aid” solution so he can<br />

figure out a long-term plan on how to save his property, but<br />

according to county officials, there likely isn’t much to be<br />

done because of <strong>Oregon</strong> Goal 18 restrictions, which prevent<br />

installation of shore armoring structures like riprap or seawalls<br />

for any property that began development after Jan. 1, 1977.<br />

Goal 18 is one of many plans developed by the <strong>Oregon</strong> State<br />

Department of Land Conservation and Development and<br />

specifically applies to beach and dune land. Decades ago,<br />

studies found beach armoring like riprap was causing widereaching<br />

environmental impacts and in many cases was directly<br />

responsible for shrinking beaches, so a ban was enacted for<br />

property developed after a certain date.<br />

According to Lincoln County Department of Planning &<br />

Development Director Onno Husing, the county can’t legally<br />

permit Grant to put up riprap or another type of beach<br />

armoring construction due to Goal 18, even in light of the<br />

collapse.<br />

Grant is also responsible for cleaning up the collapsed wall<br />

because any structure that falls onto the beach is the property<br />

owner’s responsibility to dispose of, according to Jay Sennewald,<br />

ocean shores coordinator for the <strong>Oregon</strong> State Parks and<br />

Recreation Department.<br />

Husing noted that the collapsed wall was technically<br />

unpermitted as soon as it was exposed to the beach, and it<br />

would have been within the <strong>Oregon</strong> State Parks power to have<br />

it taken down prior to the collapse. Such constructions are<br />

common on properties denied beach armoring due to Goal<br />

18 restrictions. They exploit a workaround stemming from the<br />

fact the county cannot stop property owners from building<br />

them unless or until they are exposed to the beach, at which<br />

point state parks can step in and have it taken down.<br />

Situations like Grant’s aren’t uncommon in the Gleneden<br />

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Beach area, and the disaster punctuates a topic the county has<br />

been preparing to discuss publicly soon. Husing said many<br />

local properties are facing imminent danger from erosion, and<br />

their one lifeline would be for the county to pursue Goal 18<br />

exceptions, which would be no small feat. Talks would take<br />

time and, even if approved by the state, could still be challenged<br />

by environmental groups.<br />

Grant has battled with Goal 18 restrictions for the last 30<br />

years as he’s tried to get approval to put riprap onto the beach<br />

below his property several times. He claims that via written<br />

correspondence between him, the county and state, he was<br />

assured he’d be eligible before he even purchased the property<br />

in 1991.<br />

Grant said for the first 14 years he owned the property, he<br />

repeatedly applied for riprap and was told he was eligible, but<br />

there needed to be an imminent threat to his property. In<br />

2005, when signs of erosion became more clear and something<br />

needed to be done, Grant said he was told by the county there<br />

was a mistake and he had never actually been eligible. With few<br />

other options, he installed the pilings instead, which showed<br />

signs of erosion over the next 16 years before finally collapsing<br />

last weekend.<br />

“I’ve been here 30 years as of Feb. 13. We got permission with<br />

the county to do riprap before we bought the house and did<br />

probably more due diligence with it then any other piece of<br />

property we’ve bought,” Grant said. “We got county and state<br />

approval in writing that said we could have riprap for those 14<br />

years and the only reason we couldn’t have it at the time was<br />

because the house wasn’t in imminent danger. It made sense to<br />

me. They didn’t want more rocks on the beach for no reason.<br />

Then 14 years later, they decided, ‘Oh, well, we’re wrong.’ They<br />

said they made a mistake and shouldn’t have allowed it.”<br />

Husing said after reviewing saved correspondence between<br />

Grant and the county, there is no clear indication that Grant<br />

would have ever been eligible for riprap. However, Husing<br />

noted that during the early 1990s, when Grant built the house,<br />

there was less clarity about how Goal 18 would be applied<br />

and enforced, so it’s possible he cold have slipped through the<br />

cracks.<br />

Husing said the county is open to working with Grant and his<br />

attorney to find a viable, legal solution and hopefully save his<br />

property by doing so, but as of right now, he said there’s no<br />

legal option the county is aware of aside from the upcoming<br />

talks about potential Goal 18 exceptions. It’ll be up to Grant to<br />

provide a viable legal avenue, if it exists.<br />

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Tides Tables<br />

National Oceanic and<br />

Atmospheric Administration<br />

Low High<br />

March 1<br />

7:28 a.m. / 1.2 1:35 a.m. / 8.6<br />

7:45 p.m. / 0.1 1:32 p.m. / 8.6<br />

March 2<br />

8:19 a.m. / 0.8 2:10 a.m. / 8.9<br />

8:23 p.m. / 0.9 2:25 p.m. / 8.0<br />

March 3<br />

9:14 a.m. / 0.5 2:47 a.m. / 9.0<br />

9:04 p.m. / <strong>1.8</strong> 3:25 p.m. / 7.2<br />

March 4<br />

10:15 a.m. / 0.4 3:29 a.m. / 9.1<br />

9:51 p.m. / 2.7 4:36 p.m. / 6.5<br />

March 5<br />

11:24 a.m. / 0.4 4:17 a.m. / 8.9<br />

10:49 p.m. / 3.4 6:01 p.m. / 6.1<br />

March 6<br />

5:15 a.m. / 8.7<br />

12:39 p.m. / 0.3 7:37 p.m. / 6.0<br />

March 7<br />

12:06 a.m. / 3.9 6:24 a.m. / 8.4<br />

Su 01:54 p.m. / 0.1 8:59 p.m. / 6.3<br />

March 8<br />

1:35 a.m. / 4.0 7:38 a.m. / 8.3<br />

2:59 p.m. / -0.2 9:58 p.m. / 6.7<br />

March 9<br />

2:52 a.m. / 3.7 8:48 a.m. / 8.4<br />

3:54 p.m. / -0.4 10:43 p.m. / 7.1<br />

March 10<br />

3:53 a.m. / 3.2 9:47 a.m. / 8.5<br />

4:40 p.m. / -0.5 11:21 p.m. / 7.4<br />

March 11<br />

4:43 a.m. / 2.7 10:39 a.m. / 8.6<br />

5:20 p.m. / -0.5 11:53 p.m. / 7.7<br />

March 12<br />

5:27 a.m. / 2.2<br />

5:55 p.m. / -0.3 11:25 a.m. / 8.5<br />

March 13<br />

6:07 a.m. / 1.7 12:23 a.m. / 7.9<br />

6:28 p.m. / 0.1 12:07 p.m. / 8.3<br />

March 14<br />

7:45 a.m. / 1.4 12:51 a.m. / 8.0<br />

7:58 p.m. / 0.6 1:47 p.m. / 7.9<br />

March 15<br />

8:22 a.m. / 1.2 2:18 a.m. / 8.1<br />

8:27 p.m. / 1.1 2:28 p.m. / 7.5<br />

March 16<br />

9:00 a.m. / 1.0 2:44 a.m. / 8.1<br />

8:55 p.m. / <strong>1.8</strong> 3:10 p.m. / 7.1<br />

March 17<br />

9:39 a.m. / 1.0 3:11 a.m. / 8.0<br />

9:24 p.m. / 2.4 3:55 p.m. / 6.6<br />

March 18<br />

10:22 a.m. / 1.0 3:39 a.m. / 7.8<br />

9:55 p.m. / 3.1 4:46 p.m. / 6.0<br />

March 19<br />

11:12 a.m. / 1.1 4:10 a.m. / 7.6<br />

10:31 p.m. / 3.6 5:49 p.m. / 5.6<br />

March 20<br />

12:12 p.m. 1.2 4:49 a.m. / 7.4<br />

11:20 p.m. / 4.1 7:12 p.m. / 5.4<br />

March 21<br />

5:39 a.m. / 7.2<br />

1:22 p.m. / 1.2 8:46 p.m. / 5.4<br />

Low High Low High<br />

March 22<br />

12:37 a.m. / 4.3 6:47 a.m. / 7.1<br />

2:32 p.m. / 0.9 9:54 p.m. / 5.7<br />

March 23<br />

2:10 a.m. / 4.3 8:03 a.m. / 7.1<br />

3:32 p.m. / 0.5 10:38 p.m. / 6.1<br />

March 24<br />

3:23 a.m. / 3.9 9:12 a.m. / 7.5<br />

4:21 p.m. / 0.1 11:12 p.m. / 6.5<br />

March 25<br />

4:20 a.m. 3.2 10:12 a.m. / 7.9<br />

5:04 p.m. -0.3 11:43 p.m. / 7.1<br />

March 26<br />

5:08 a.m. / 2.5<br />

5:43 p.m. / -0.5 11:06 a.m. / 8.2<br />

March 27<br />

5:54 a.m. / 1.6 12:14 a.m. / 7.6<br />

6:21 p.m. / -0.4 11:57 a.m. / 8.5<br />

March 28<br />

6:39 a.m. / 0.7 12:45 a.m. / 8.2<br />

6:58 p.m. / -0.2 12:47 p.m. / 8.6<br />

March 29<br />

7:25 a.m. / 0.0 1:17 a.m. / 8.7<br />

7:36 p.m. / 0.3 1:38 p.m. / 8.4<br />

March 30<br />

8:12 a.m. / -0.6 1:51 a.m. / 9.1<br />

8:15 p.m. / 1.0 2:31 p.m. / 8.1<br />

March 31<br />

9:02 a.m. / -0.9 2:28 a.m. / 9.3<br />

8:57 p.m. / <strong>1.8</strong> 3:27 p.m. / 7.5<br />

April 1<br />

9:56 a.m. / -0.9 3:08 a.m. / 9.3<br />

9:42 p.m. / 2.5 4:29 p.m. / 7.0<br />

April 2<br />

10:55 a.m. / -0.8 3:53 a.m. / 9.0<br />

10:36 p.m. / 3.2 5:40 p.m. / 6.5<br />

April 3<br />

12:01 p.m. / -0.5 4:45 a.m. / 8.6<br />

11:45 p.m. / 3.7 7:02 p.m. / 6.2<br />

April 4<br />

5:49 a.m. / 8.0<br />

1:14 p.m. / -0.2 8:26 p.m. / 6.2<br />

April 5<br />

1:14 a.m. / 3.8 7:07 a.m. / 7.5<br />

2:27 p.m. / -0.1 9:35 p.m. / 6.5<br />

April 6<br />

2:43 a.m. / 3.5 8:28 a.m. / 7.3<br />

3:32 p.m. / -0.1 10:28 p.m. / 6.8<br />

April 7<br />

3:54 a.m. / 3.0 9:41 a.m. / 7.3<br />

4:25 p.m. / 0.0 11:09 p.m. / 7.2<br />

April 8<br />

4:49 a.m. / 2.3 10:41 a.m. / 7.3<br />

5:09 p.m. / 0.1 11:43 p.m. / 7.4<br />

April 9<br />

5:34 a.m. / 1.7 11:32 a.m. / 7.4<br />

5:47 p.m. / 0.3<br />

April 10<br />

6:14 a.m. / 1.1 12:12 a.m. / 7.7<br />

6:20 p.m. / 0.7 12:17 p.m. / 7.3<br />

April 11<br />

6:50 a.m. / 0.6 12:39 a.m. / 7.9<br />

6:51 p.m. / 1.1 12:59 p.m. / 7.2<br />

April 12<br />

7:25 a.m. / 0.3 1:04 a.m. / 8.0<br />

7:20 p.m. / 1.6 1:40 p.m. / 7.1<br />

April 13<br />

7:59 a.m. / 0.0 1:29 a.m. / 8.1<br />

7:49 p.m. / 2.1 2:20 p.m. / 6.9<br />

April 14<br />

8:33 a.m. / -0.1 1:54 a.m. 8.1<br />

8:19 p.m. / 2.6 3:02 p.m. 6.6<br />

April 15<br />

9:10 a.m. / -0.1 2:21 a.m. / 8.0<br />

8:50 p.m. / 3.0 3:46 p.m. / 6.3<br />

April 16<br />

9:50 a.m. / 0.1 2:49 a.m. / 7.8<br />

9:23 p.m. / 3.5 4:37 p.m. / 6.0<br />

April 17<br />

10:36 a.m. / 0.3 3:22 a.m. / 7.5<br />

10:04 p.m. / 3.8 5:36 p.m. / 5.7<br />

April 18<br />

11:30 a.m. / 0.4 4:01 a.m. / 7.2<br />

11:00 p.m. / 4.1 6:48 p.m. / 5.5<br />

April 19<br />

4:53 a.m. / 6.9<br />

12:32 p.m. / 0.5 8:02 p.m. / 5.6<br />

April 20<br />

12:21 a.m. / 4.1 6:02 a.m. / 6.6<br />

1:38 p.m. / 0.5 9:00 p.m. / 5.9<br />

April 21<br />

1:50 a.m. / 3.9 7:23 a.m. / 6.6<br />

2:38 p.m. / 0.3 9:43 p.m. / 6.3<br />

April 22<br />

3:02 a.m. / 3.2 8:41 a.m. / 6.7<br />

3:30 p.m. / 0.1 10:18 p.m. / 6.8<br />

April 23<br />

3:59 a.m. / 2.4 9:49 a.m. / 7.0<br />

4:17 p.m. / 0.1 10:51 p.m. / 7.5<br />

April 24<br />

4:49 a.m. / 1.3 10:49 a.m. / 7.3<br />

5:00 p.m. / 0.2 11:24 p.m. / 8.2<br />

April 25<br />

5:36 a.m. / 0.3 11:46 a.m. / 7.6<br />

5:41 p.m. / 0.5 11:58 p.m. / 8.8<br />

April 26<br />

6:23 a.m. -0.7<br />

6:22 p.m. 0.9 12:41 p.m. / 7.7<br />

April 27<br />

7:09 a.m. / -1.5 12:34 a.m. / 9.3<br />

7:04 p.m. / 1.4 1:36 p.m. / 7.7<br />

April 28<br />

7:57 a.m. / -2.0 1:12 a.m. / 9.6<br />

7:48 p.m. / 2.0 2:31 p.m. / 7.5<br />

April 29<br />

8:47 a.m. / -2.1 1:53 a.m. / 9.7<br />

8:35 p.m. / 2.5 3:28 p.m. / 7.2<br />

April 30<br />

9:40 a.m. / -1.9 2:37 a.m. / 9.4<br />

9:28 p.m. / 3.0 4:30 p.m. / 6.9<br />

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By KENNETH LIPP<br />

Pier replacement an investment in the<br />

future of Newport’s fishing industry<br />

he more than 50-year-old deck of the Port Dock<br />

5 pier has been removed from its aging creosote<br />

pilings, and soon fisherman will once again be<br />

able to drive their vehicles right up to the gangway<br />

of the most active dock in the commercial marina.<br />

Work to replace the bridge to shore for 80 commercial<br />

vessels at the Port of Newport began at the end of January<br />

with the installation of new steel pilings on either side of<br />

the old posts, each driven about 48 feet below the sea floor.<br />

The western row of pilings currently supports a temporary<br />

walkway so fishermen and casual visitors alike can reach the<br />

floating docks.<br />

The pier is also the route for utilities vessels need to keep<br />

working — fuel lines, electricity, potable and firefighting<br />

water, and more.<br />

Vehicle access to the dock has been restricted for many<br />

years due to the pier’s deterioration condition. Aaron<br />

Bretz, director of operations for the port, authored a white<br />

paper on the pier’s condition when the port began seeking<br />

funding to replace it several years ago.<br />

“The Port Dock 5 Pier was built in the mid 1960s on<br />

creosote pilings as a bridge to the floating Port Dock 5<br />

complex,” Bretz wrote. “It underwent a renovation of the<br />

superstructure in the early 1990s, but the pilings have<br />

exceeded their lifespan and are failing.”<br />

The last week of February, workers removed the old wooden<br />

decking, detaching and removing section by section<br />

with a crane, which lifted pieces to a waiting barge. The<br />

deck sections were then transported to the International<br />

Terminal for full dismantling.<br />

and gangway float and install upgraded electrical service<br />

with higher amperages available to vessels. The port expects<br />

the new pier will open in May.<br />

The improved structure will not just offer improved services<br />

to existing vessels, which support 300 jobs, but also “set<br />

the stage for reconfiguration and growth in the commercial<br />

marina in the coming years,” Bretz wrote in his white paper.<br />

The operations director noted that the port had forgone<br />

tens of thousands of dollars in moorage fees, which might<br />

represent dozens of jobs, because the commercial marina is<br />

110 percent full and must turn away new moorage holders.<br />

The improved structure will allow the port to build larger<br />

moorage spaces when it replaces the floating docks, Bretz<br />

wrote, accommodating new businesses.<br />

“As fishing vessels have continually grown in size, more<br />

and more businesses have sought to come to the Port of<br />

Newport due to the robust support network that exists in<br />

the maritime industry in Yaquina Bay,” Bretz wrote. “The<br />

Port Dock 5 Pier replacement is a gateway project to the<br />

marina of the future that has the potential to add more<br />

businesses and jobs to the region.”<br />

Advanced American Construction, of Portland, was<br />

awarded the $2.1 million construction contract in January.<br />

The full budget for the replacement is $2.4 million,<br />

including project management and engineering, half of<br />

which is paid through a grant from the U.S. Department of<br />

Commerce Economic Development Administration.<br />

Port Dock 5 is located on Newport’s Historic Bayfront<br />

across from the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center.<br />

The old pilings still must be removed, and workers will have<br />

to wait about a month for fabrication before installing new<br />

concrete decking in April. They’ll also replace the gangway<br />

WRITTEN BY KENNETH LIPP | PHOTOS BY: JEREMY BURKE<br />

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Zoo offers hands-on experiences with exotic animals<br />

hey’re unlikely stable mates: a pygmy goat, a silky<br />

chicken, a couple of llamas, a few pigs, an emu and a<br />

dog. A trio of kangaroos share an enclosure nearby.<br />

The stable itself is unconventional — a large part of<br />

a 7,000-square-foot former banquet hall at Aquarium Village<br />

in South Beach. A pair of macaws walk along the fence; other<br />

birds are perched up high in the rafters.<br />

“My family has always had animals,” said Blaine Brown,<br />

founder of Newport Discovery Zoo, an animal sanctuary<br />

offering up-close encounters with threatened and endangered<br />

animals, animals you are likely to only encounter in zoos.<br />

His grandfather imported animals for zoos, Brown explained.<br />

Brown owned pet stores in Spokane, Wash., before selling<br />

them when he came to the coast to care for his grandfather.<br />

“I thought about a pet store, but people just don’t know how<br />

to take care of stuff,” he said. Instead of providing animals,<br />

why not set something up where people could come visit these<br />

animals and learn about them, he thought.<br />

He pointed out that alligators are illegal in all the western<br />

states, but people still seem to find ways to acquire them as pets.<br />

When alligators are confiscated, they are usually destroyed,<br />

Brown said. In addition to a pair of alligators, Brown said the<br />

zoo is home to a Nile crocodile, as well.<br />

Working with state agencies in <strong>Oregon</strong> and Washington, the<br />

U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Fish<br />

and Wildlife and Washington Exotic Animal Rescue, the zoo<br />

provides a home for animals that would otherwise be destroyed,<br />

educating the pubic on the often rarely seen animals, Brown<br />

said. The zoo works with <strong>Oregon</strong> Reptile Man, who usually<br />

takes animals on visits to schools and libraries but is currently<br />

doing online education.<br />

The zoo has two Nile monitors, an African version of a<br />

Komodo dragon. “They’ll rip your arm. They don’t make good<br />

pets. People don’t comprehend how big they get, what their<br />

needs are, what they’re going to eat,” Brown said<br />

Some current residents at the Zoo are: alpacas, six-banded<br />

armadillos, kinkaju, poison dart frogs, fennec foxes, tortoises,<br />

African crested porcupine, Agouti, rattlesnakes, geckos,<br />

cobras, chameleons, tarantulas, fruit-dove, ducks and rainbow<br />

lorikeet.<br />

“Resident critters come and go as they move on to other zoo,<br />

sanctuaries, become a part of important breeding programs,<br />

etc.”<br />

The zoo is offering admission by appointment only at this<br />

time. Appointments can be made on their Facebook page or<br />

by phone at 541-961-6371. The zoo is located at 3101 SE Ferry<br />

Slip Road, South Beach<br />

Above: Baby Emu<br />

PHOTOS BY JEREMY BURKE


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Prep contests hit ground running<br />

WRITTEN BY MICHAEL HEINBACH | PHOTOS BY JEREMY BURKE<br />

igh school athletes from throughout Lincoln<br />

County returned to the high school athletic fields<br />

for interscholastic competition for the first time in<br />

nearly a year earlier this week, with a handful of of soccer and<br />

volleyball matches.<br />

On Tuesday, March 2, local Season 2 prep competitions began<br />

in earnest as the Eddyville Charter volleyball team downed<br />

Siletz Valley in three sets in an all-Lincoln County School<br />

District match. Also on Tuesday, the Taft boys’ soccer team<br />

earned a hard-fought 2-2 draw while playing up a division at 4A<br />

Tillamook.<br />

Things really got cooking Wednesday when LCSD schools faced<br />

off in girls and boys soccer as well as on the volleyball courts.<br />

The Taft soccer teams traveled to face Newport, and the Cubs<br />

girls posted a comeback 2-1 victory, before the Tiger boys rallied<br />

to earn a 4-2 road win.<br />

Tuesday on the area volleyball courts, Taft scored a four-set<br />

victory home defeat of Waldport, and Newport bested Toledo<br />

in three games.


Late last week, the Lincoln County School District issued a news<br />

release clarifying its policies for game and match attendance for<br />

spectators and the media.<br />

“Although we will begin to evaluate spectator attendance, we<br />

are not adding spectators beyond Senior Nights to our events<br />

just yet,” the March 2 release reads. “We understand that our<br />

County Risk Metrics allows for up to 300 spectators outdoors<br />

and 50% capacity indoors, however, LCSD coaches, staff,<br />

and student-athletes need time to develop safe and equitable<br />

spectator procedures and re-evaluate current game management<br />

practices, supervision expectations, and processes under this<br />

new guidance. We know families are excited to watch their<br />

student-athletes play and will try to have streaming options<br />

available as often as possible.”<br />

The school district additionally announced that media members<br />

will not be issued game passes until March 29 at the earliest,<br />

provided Lincoln County remains in the state’s COVID-19<br />

lower-risk category.<br />

Spectators will be permitted to attend one LCSD senior night<br />

event through March 28. Those with the intention of attending<br />

a senior night contest will be on a pre-approved list prior to the<br />

day of the game, and each senior participating will be allowed<br />

eight family members in attendance.<br />

Should the county remain in the lower-risk category after March<br />

28, all LCSD participating athletes will receive two guest passes<br />

for in-district contests, whether at home or on the road. Until<br />

media passes are issued, the school district is responsible for


eporting game and match results to<br />

media outlets for publication.<br />

Action was scheduled to continue<br />

Thursday, with the Newport and Taft<br />

boys soccer team meeting in Lincoln<br />

City, and the Siletz Valley volleyball team<br />

hosting Eddyville Charter. Final results<br />

of those contests were unavailable as of<br />

the News-Times’ deadline.<br />

On Saturday, the cross country teams<br />

from Taft, Toledo, Newport, Waldport<br />

and Sweet Home compete at the Toledo<br />

Olalla Valley Golf Course meet and the<br />

Eddyville Charter football team travels to<br />

face Siletz Valley.<br />

High school sports schedules are subject<br />

to changes with little notice due to<br />

pandemic-prevention protocols and<br />

other factors. For the latest information<br />

concerning prep sports schedules, visit<br />

the <strong>Oregon</strong> School Activity Association<br />

website at osaa.org, and click on the<br />

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