March 13, 2025 • 30 mins
Episode Highlights:
We have literally filled an episode with just upcoming events, including community days and a community meeting seeking input on Oregon's Marine Reserves. Join Double R and Son Paul for a look at Lincoln City’s celebration of the people and the place we call home. Plus you have likely heard of the fourth or maybe even the fifth dimension, but what do you know about human dimensions? Listen to this week’s episode to make a full encounter of the humankind.
- Community Days - See the latest at Facebook.com/lccommunitydays
- Sarah Klain, PhD, Human Dimensions Project Leader, Marine Reserves Program, ODFW. Sarah.C.Klain@odfw.oregon.gov
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Dr. Sarah Klein (00:07):
Welcome
Jana (00:07):
to the Double R Show, the podcast that features everything
about North Lincoln County.
The Double R Show directed andproduced by Paul Robertson and
hosted by the voice of LincolnCity, Roger Robertson.
RR (00:30):
And welcome to the Double R Show, Double R along with son
Paul.
And today we're going to berather eventful.
Son Paul (00:36):
Full of events.
Yeah, we've got a lot ofevents.
We've got the communitycalendar that we're going to
really focus on.
But also Dr.
Sarah Klain is going to be heretalking about a Marine Reserve
event coming up here in April.
RR (00:49):
So it is eventful.
Stay with us.
We'll start right after this.
Bob's Beach Books (00:54):
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
RR (01:10):
Golf was better at the beach in Chenaquins Casino Resort,
and Golf Course proves it everyday, Mr.
Paul.
Son Paul (01:16):
Yeah, and there's some spring rates through April 30th
there, so you can play nineholes for as little as $12 as a
senior or military.
Played the whole course for $20for regular folks, $16 for
senior or military.
That's a lot of golf.
Yeah, it's a lot of holes.
It was a great course, fun toplay.
RR (01:31):
Now, we also have some pretty good food and other
activities that take place upthere as well.
Son Paul (01:36):
Yeah, of course, you've got Aces up there.
We've got Satellite TV andPirates.
and you can catch up on allsorts of games while you're
waiting for your crew to finishup their 18, plus maybe get a
pint or two.
RR (01:47):
Ace is the place now.
Also, for the young people, thechildren in the community,
Casino has a facility just forthem.
Son Paul (01:55):
Yeah, there's a child care facility for folks that
aren't aware of that.
They did reopen that a whileago now.
Child care pricing, $12 anhour.
And anyone 3 to 11, great placeto enjoy some fun and play and
explore under the supervision oftheir talented and friendly
RR (02:11):
staff.
Chinook wins Casino Resort inLincoln City because it is
better at the beach.
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RR (02:31):
Lincoln City Community Days is upcoming, Paul, and I'd like
to spend a little time talkingabout all of the activities that
are involved in Community Days,and there's a host of things.
Son Paul (02:41):
There is.
I mean, it's a whole weekstarting April 18th through the
26th.
So, yeah, lots of things to betalking about.
RR (02:47):
Kicking it off on April the 18th, one that you've
participated in a number oftimes.
As you have.
Yes, and you'll probably bethere again, the Mud Flat Golf
Classic.
Son Paul (02:56):
Yeah, your grandson-in-law was excited
about that, too, to come out andto...
come to the beach and play golfon Siletz bay and it's just a
great event it's a fundraiserfor the golf team traditionally
and so you go out there's a hulahoop setup of rings of golf
holes out there on the on themud flats and you play nine
holes
RR (03:17):
and and it's fun yeah it's a
Son Paul (03:21):
it's a lot of fun you play best ball uh and you know
you're just out there hackingaway and all you need is a you
know seven iron or something andyou play the whole course
RR (03:30):
and they wind up with a lot of prizes that they give out
because of participation as well
Son Paul (03:35):
yeah and you don't need anything just bring I think
five bucks is the entry fee andthere's you know clubs that you
can use there and golf ballsand it's it's a really really
great event unique for theOregon coast I think maybe the
world for that matter
RR (03:47):
it tees off 10 o'clock in the morning 10 to 1 or tea times
in Siletz Bay on Friday Aprilthe 18th one of the kickoff or
the kickoff event for communitydays 2025 Beach Bonfire,
sponsored by Northwest Naturalat 5 p.m.
down in the Taft area, done ina 51st Street turnaround.
(04:11):
It is a marvelous event.
The gas company provides hotdogs and marshmallows and
s'mores and all of the wonderfulthings you'd need to eat on the
beach.
Son Paul (04:22):
Yeah, it was a great turnout last year, too.
It's just a lot of fun.
You get to see your neighborsand friends and just kind of
connect about Lincoln City and alot of us hardly get a beach
fire a year in, so this is onegreat opportunity.
RR (04:36):
Now, you'll want to get a hold of the Lincoln City Chamber
of Commerce early on if youwant to have a garage sale in
the Great Oregon Coast GarageSale.
The map will be in the OregonCoast today, but the Great
Oregon Coast Garage Sale kicksoff on the 18th of April.
But again, you need to getregistered long before that up
at the Lincoln City Chamber ofCommerce office.
(04:58):
Right, indeed.
Then on Saturday, we've got abeach cleanup by with Solve, a
lot of participants from allover the state of Oregon come to
help with that beach cleanup,let alone all of the
individuals, the organizationshere in town that are out there
to help clean up the beach.
It starts at 10 o'clock onSaturday, the 19th of April.
Pollinator Fair, I know nothingabout that.
Son Paul (05:22):
Yeah, that's kind of a new one for me, too.
So we'll have to dive into thata little bit.
But, you know, you think ofbees and honey and all the
things that make things...
spring-like.
I assume we're going to have alittle opportunity to hear about
that.
It starts at 11 o'clock.
RR (05:38):
Information on that will be forthcoming.
Camp West Wind Earth Day, theyhave been doing this for a
number of years.
It's 11 to 3.
Don't know the details of whatthey're going to be doing this
year, but last year they tookpeople across the water over to
Camp West Wind.
Highly successful.
(05:59):
It's
Son Paul (06:00):
a great opportunity to visit that site, meet there at
Night Park and get a ferryacross and spend a little bit of
morning and afternoon out thereat West Wind and see all the
offerings up there and just abeautiful way to explore that
camp.
RR (06:15):
Surfing Earth also on Saturday, Earth Day 1-4 at the
Lincoln City Cultural Center.
We have an eco-volunteer eventat noon and it's sponsored by
the Lincoln City Parks and Recand a new event that takes place
as well on Another Earth Dayevent on the, oh, this is
actually on the 22nd.
(06:35):
The
Son Paul (06:36):
22nd is the actual
RR (06:37):
Earth Day, right.
So we'll talk about that injust a couple of minutes.
Also taking place on Saturdaythe 19th.
Event starts at noon.
It's over about 12.01, 12.02,and we're talking about the
Easter egg hunt.
Son Paul (06:53):
Yeah, people can start gathering at 11 o'clock down
there at Schooner CreekDiscovery Park in Taft.
But yeah, when the bell ringsat 12.
If you haven't picked up an eggin a minute and a half, you
might want to boil some when youget
RR (07:07):
home.
You might want to boil somewhen you get home is a true
story.
It is a spectacular event.
The event was taking place inLincoln City long before the
Robertson clan landed here.
It is a tradition of theLincoln City Kiwanis Club and it
started out with the real eggsoriginally probably the first
(07:30):
time that you went.
Son Paul (07:31):
Oh, 100%, yeah.
RR (07:32):
It was the real Easter egg.
Now they're in plastic candiesand prizes and just all sorts of
goodies for all of the kids.
But that's the egg hunt.
And what a great place to haveit.
Son Paul (07:45):
Yeah, now the Discovery Park down there is
just brilliant.
And, of course, it used to beheld there at the park where the
community center is.
Yeah, absolutely.
Before the pool was there.
RR (07:55):
Before the pool, right.
That's right.
And let's see, on Sunday, Aprilthe 28th, Easter is Sunday, the
Great Oregon Coast garage salecontinues.
On Monday, the 21st, Secrets ofSalsa.
I know you've been to this afew times.
Oh, yeah.
It's wonderful.
It really is.
A couple of the salsas were alittle bit much for me.
Son Paul (08:14):
Well, your palate's a little bland there.
I'm just, you know, for peoplewho don't know that, there you
go.
But, yeah, I mean, it's anopportunity
RR (08:22):
to taste a lot.
Well, I like donuts.
Well,
Son Paul (08:25):
sugar and
RR (08:26):
salsa.
Okay, well.
Sugar and salsa.
Earth Day is April the 26th.
I get a lot of activities forEarth Day.
The mayor will be deliveringher mayoral address at the
Lincoln City Cultural Center,the state of the city.
Dinner and music free event atthe Congregational Church that
same day.
Come and spread peace, making apeace sign down on the beach.
(08:50):
Oh, okay.
And then everybody thatparticipates in that event
invited to a free, and Iunderscore free, spaghetti
dinner up at the CongregationalChurch at 5 o'clock, and at 6
o'clock, Peace Day, Earth Dayconcert.
The Peace Band will beperforming in the Sanctuary of
Etigan, another free event.
(09:11):
That's all sponsored by theCongregational Church here in
Lincoln City.
Son Paul (09:15):
And so, the Human Peace sign at the D River.
Yeah.
Okay, starting at the D Riverat 3 o'clock on Earth Day, and
then follow up to theCongregational Church for free
spaghetti and music.
RR (09:27):
And the whole thing is to get as many people as possible
down on the beach to help makethat peace sign collaborative
together.
There's that wordcollaborative.
We hear that a lot in thisprogram.
Nice.
We also, coming up on April the23rd, a new event coming in.
(09:49):
The American Legion Post 97 isgoing to have a free luncheon
for all veterans.
It's going to be taking placeat the Veteran Park just down
from Bob's Beach Books.
Phil Bowles will be the chefcooking up the burgers.
And again, the event is free ofcharge to all veterans.
Lincoln City Memories, AndyMorgan came up with this one.
(10:12):
Right, yeah.
And Andy came up with this at 6o'clock.
And this is going to be up atthe museum this year.
And it is an opportunity forpeople to talk about the history
of this area.
Son Paul (10:27):
Yeah, share some stories, hear a little bit of
stories, learn a little bit fromyour friends and neighbors and
just enjoy that space too.
So it'll be again at theHistorical Museum there right
next to Kenny's IGA.
RR (10:40):
Paul, I think we ought to take a break and come back and
talk about the rest of theactivities and how people can
nominate others for awards to begiven during Community Days.
We'll do that right after this.
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RR (11:42):
And welcome back to the Double R Show.
We've been talking aboutCommunity Days 2025 taking place
April 18th through the 26thhere in Lincoln City.
And it's just a...
litany of special events forthe community.
We got as far as talking aboutthe Lincoln City Memories down
at the museum on the 23rd.
(12:03):
On Thursday, the 24th, a realtradition as part of Community
Days is the canned food drive.
This year, we'll be in front ofGrocery Outlet, 7 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
You'll see people out therewith signs, screaming, yelling,
asking you to pull in, give uscanned food, give us cash, give
us money.
Everything goes to the LincolnCity Food Bank.
(12:25):
Every single can of food, everysingle dollar goes to the food
pantry here in town.
So help us help others duringthat event.
And then the Dark Sky Week.
You have been involved in thisDark Sky program, have you not?
Son Paul (12:40):
A little bit, yeah.
So this is Friends of the DarkSky.
It's a new group that's formedhere in Lincoln County.
And the goal, I think, of thegroup is to really raise
awareness about what dark skiesare and the benefits of dark
skies, not only for viewing thenight sky, but for humans and
animals and the like.
And so we focus on things likesmart lighting of your house,
(13:02):
right?
So instead of having Having aporch light that runs all night
and shoots light up into thesky, well, just have one on a
timer that's pointed down towhere you're trying to walk and
that sort of thing.
That's the idea, smart lightingversus just lots of lighting
out reaching the skies.
So yeah, they're going to havethis event here, Dark Sky Week
Preview Party, and that's goingto be at the community college
(13:24):
where we've been holding eventsfor Dark Skies.
It starts at 6 p.m.
RR (13:28):
I like the notion of being able to really enjoy the skies
because of the the dark skies.
Son Paul (13:35):
Yeah, I mean, it's a tourist draw, too.
So when we think about economicdevelopment, you know, dark
skies can really play a role inour community.
And, you know, I think that'sjust one more attribute that we
can point to for our community.
Now, I have
RR (13:48):
to ask you what the final event on the 24th is.
It's a Hispanic event, and I'mnot, my Spanish is not good
enough to say.
Dia de los
Son Paul (13:58):
niños.
Yes, Dia de los niños.
Okay, very good.
Yeah, and so that would bechildren, right?
Day of the Children.
And so time and date for thatto be announced.
And, you know, if you miss someof this and you want to catch
up on all the events, just as aheads up, go to the Facebook
page for the Community Days.
(14:19):
And so facebook.com slash LCCommunity Days can get you all
this and more.
And so, yeah, look for the dateand time for the Dia de los
Niños coming soon.
And what I really like about
RR (14:31):
Community Days is it attempts and I think succeeds in
involving the entire community.
Son Paul (14:39):
Oh, I hope so.
Yeah, I mean, that's really thegoal.
And, you know, we see thisagain with events from all
places, from the mudflats outto, you know, Arbor Day, which
we're going to talk about herein a minute.
RR (14:50):
Now, we also have Ducky Derby coming up on Friday, the
25th of April.
This is a fundraiser for
Son Paul (15:00):
the Booster Club, I believe.
I think it is this year.
It's not just a fun.
Fundraiser,
RR (15:04):
but a fund.
Fundraiser.
Buy your duck and cheer it onin the race in the D River.
Son Paul (15:11):
Yeah, so going back to the original D River float for
this event, sounds like.
And you buy a duck, and ifyours wins the race, then, you
know.
RR (15:21):
It's a cash prize.
Oh, good, yeah.
It's a cash prize, the DuckyDerby.
And we'll have informationabout where you can buy those
tickets in a future program.
Arbor Day also coming up on the25th of April.
April Arbor Day at the LincolnCity Community Center, 3 until 5
p.m.
Jeannie Sprague always does aphenomenal job with
Son Paul (15:43):
that and her staff.
Right, indeed, yeah.
And so I think they'll probablyhave some trees you may be able
to pick up, and we'll just lookforward to learning a little
bit more about that here in thefuture.
Now, Moe's
RR (15:54):
restaurants a number of years ago started pancake feed
during community days.
Now, they have really expandedthat.
They are doing a pancake feedfor a nonprofit every month,
every month at Moe's on aSaturday.
This year for Community Days,it is the Kiwanis Pancake Feed.
(16:14):
And the tickets are $10.
You can buy them in advancefrom any Kiwanian member or at
the door as well.
Serving from 7.30 to 10.30 downat Moe's on the 26th.
Great hotcakes, great pancakes,along with the coffee and the
juices and the whole bit.
You'll enjoy it.
And it is a major fundraisingactivity for the Kiwanis Club.
(16:36):
Thanks 100% to Moe's.
Son Paul (16:39):
Yeah, it's a big giveaway.
from them.
And of course, Kiwanians areout there helping, serving, and
the like.
So join your fellow neighbors,7.30 to 10.30 down at Moe's on
the 26th.
Now, the concluding
RR (16:51):
event is the awards celebration, 6 o'clock at the
Lincoln City Cultural Center.
This used to be a pretty formalevent.
Not so much anymore.
It's gone from steak
Son Paul (17:04):
to hamburgers.
Well, you know, it's reallykind of went through a little
bit of an evolution throughCOVID.
And so to bring back CommunityDays.
And I thought, okay, let's justsee if we can get a few events
on the calendar.
Sure enough, it filled thewhole week.
Now, of course, we've got twoweeks, basically, or a week and
some change.
And this is the culmination ofthis full set of Community Days
(17:27):
events at the Cultural Center.
Really fun event.
And so there's a number ofawards that they give away each
year.
There's a number of awards forthe event
RR (17:35):
this year.
You've got the Volunteer of theYear.
the leader of the year,innovator of the year, unsung
hero, and emerging achiever,somebody 18 and younger that
emerged the achiever.
So those are the fivecategories.
Everybody can nominate anybody.
And how do you go about that?
Just write a letter and you canprobably send it to, go to the
(18:00):
Facebook and the address whereto email at you would be in that
Facebook
Son Paul (18:06):
page.
Yeah, and then we'll put a linkto that in our e-newsletter too
for folks too so if you haven'tseen that reference back to the
e-newsletter and we'll put thatqr code and facebook link in
and
RR (18:15):
again there's the five categories volunteer of the year
leader of the year innovator ofthe year unsung hero and the
one i really like the emergingachiever so that's community
days that's a lot of communitydays that's a lot of community
days and we'll be back rightafter this
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Welcome back to the Double RShow.
Sarah Klain, rhymes with Maine,is with us.
She's with the OregonDepartment of Fish and Wildlife,
Human Side of Oregon MarineReserves.
In layman's terms, what doesthat mean, Sarah?
Dr. Sarah Klein (19:17):
Well, thanks for having me on the show.
I suppose in layman's terms,what I do is understand how
people's well-being and peopleare impacted by how we manage
the ocean.
So my program looks at theimplementation of the marine
reserves and the variousimpacts, both positive and
(19:39):
negative, that they've had oncoastal communities and
communities of practice,communities of interest.
So that means how have thereserves impacted commercial
fishermen, recreationalfishermen, surfers, and others
who perhaps volunteer with theBiosphere Collaborative and Cape
Perpetua Collaborative.
So yeah, I look at how humancommunities are connected to the
(20:02):
ocean.
ocean.
RR (20:03):
Interesting topic, but I keep coming back to there was a
lot of controversy thatoriginally surrounded this,
correct?
But people now have openedtheir eyes to how important this
really is?
Dr. Sarah Klein (20:15):
Yeah.
So if we want to go to my firstjob out of college a long time
ago, I worked for a nonprofitorganization.
I was interviewing fishermenabout areas of the coast that
were most economically importantto them.
And that was meant to inform apolicy process to figure out how
(20:36):
to minimize socioeconomicimpact of these no-take marine
reserves.
So no fishing allowed in thesemarine reserves.
The project that I participatedin way back in 2003 did not
directly lead to any marinereserves being created.
However, over time, so around2008, 2010, that's when the
(20:57):
momentum to create no-takemarine reserves took off.
Governor executive order waskind of like a catalyst for
that.
RR (21:05):
Remember it.
Dr. Sarah Klein (21:06):
Yeah, and it was very controversial.
There's a lot of fear.
RR (21:10):
Understandably.
Dr. Sarah Klein (21:11):
Yeah, and fisheries were already going
through dramatic changes at thispoint with the ground fish
fleet restructuring and otherpolicies happening at that time.
So there's already a lot ofanxiety and fear about what's
going to happen to the fishingindustry.
And some felt that the marinereserves were going to be
another negative, harmfulimpact.
However, I do want to say thatabout 3% of Oregon's nearshore
(21:35):
habitat, so that's beach tothree miles out, approximately
3% are marine reserves.
That means 97%.
They are
RR (21:42):
open.
Dr. Sarah Klein (21:43):
Varying degrees of open, but largely open.
There are some marine protectedareas that restrict some
specific types of fishing, butlargely 97% of that near shore
habitat is open to fish.
RR (21:55):
For a novice like myself, what are some of the areas that
are part of the marine reservethat I can relate to right here
in Lincoln City?
Dr. Sarah Klein (22:03):
The closest marine reserve to where we're
sitting right now in LincolnCity is Cascade Head Marine
Reserve.
And it's also connected to thebios atmosphere reserve.
So it's an effort to build thatland-sea connection.
One story that I recently readabout that I just love about
Cascade Head, that region, wasin a chapter that I read in
(22:24):
Robin Wall Kimmerer's bookBraiding Sweetgrass.
She talked about how theindigenous people of this region
burned Cascade Head to signalto salmon to come back to their
natal rivers to spawn and tosignal to the other inhabitants,
human inhabitants of thisregion, to come and harvest and
share the abundance of that wildsalmon.
So I think that's a really coolstory.
(22:46):
about these interconnectionsbetween the land and the sea and
the people.
And to me, that's really whatI'm all about, which is figuring
out how do we strengthen ourconnections to each other and to
the natural world and share andrebuild that wild abundance.
RR (23:03):
I think we're beginning to really feel and understand the
significance of that.
Dr. Sarah Klein (23:08):
I hope so.
We're also running into majorissues with climate change and
global warming.
One important aspect of thesemarine reserves is that they are
places for a lot of scientificinvestigation.
So at these marine reserves,there is more science being done
in some of these spots than inmuch of the rest of the coast.
(23:29):
We regularly monitor all fivemarine reserves, and we're
looking at the impacts ofacidification and the hypoxia
event that we had and otherchanges in the ocean.
So these five marine reservesare really places where we
listen to what's going on.
RR (23:45):
Are we doing better?
Dr. Sarah Klein (23:46):
The state of Oregon has committed to
protecting 3% of nearshorehabitat, and that's a new idea.
This whole idea globally ofhaving no-take marine areas.
There were some traditionalcultures that had small areas
where they would restrain fromharvesting, but to have it at a
(24:07):
statewide or regional orcoast-wide scale of protected
areas, that's a relatively newthing to occur.
Some environmentalEnvironmental groups want to
expand it from 3%.
Other interests want tocontract it.
So it's a balancing act betweennot interfering with fishing in
an excessive way, while alsodoing what we can to protect
(24:30):
marine biodiversity.
RR (24:32):
Human side.
The human side.
I just love that.
The human side, the OregonMarine Reserves, because we are
interconnected, are we not?
Dr. Sarah Klein (24:43):
Yeah, yeah.
I think there's a lot ofdifferent ways to think about
the human side.
So I went to a conference, aneconomics conference.
conference at Chinook Windslast year, and I heard this
Lincoln City developmentrepresentative talking about the
marine reserves as, quote, gemsof the Oregon coast and part of
the Oregon coast's competitiveadvantage when it comes to
(25:05):
attracting tourists.
However, there's still somefishermen who would rather not
have any marine reserves.
So there's still this tension.
My office, though, hasconducted a statewide survey,
and we found that the doactually support the marine
reserves at 3% of the nearshore.
(25:26):
So there is this growing broadsupport for the marine reserves,
and they continue to provide anopportunity for us to learn
about what's going on with theocean as it changes.
RR (25:37):
Sarah, if somebody wants more information from you, how
do we access that?
Dr. Sarah Klein (25:42):
Well, I invite you to come on April 3rd at 5.30
p.m.
to the Lincoln City CulturalCenter.
We're having a communitymeeting where we're hoping to
get a wide range of people,including commercial fishermen,
recreational fishermen, surfers,beachgoers, conservationists,
educators, artists, volunteersfor citizen science projects,
and tide pool ambassadors, andocean-based tour operators.
(26:05):
We want a wide range of peoplewho have a relationship with the
ocean to come and meet with meand a team of graduate students
as we work to focus in on whatare the most important types of
human dimensions data for myoffice to collect and do
long-term data collection tobetter understand why these
(26:26):
marine reserves matter todifferent coastal residents and
visitors.
That's
RR (26:30):
probably the real key to what you said, better
understand.
Dr. Sarah Klein (26:34):
Yes.
RR (26:35):
Better understand.
Sarah, thanks for being here.
And again, that meeting isgoing to be at the Cultural
Center April...
Dr. Sarah Klein (26:41):
3rd at 5.30 p.m.
Zeller's (26:43):
And it will be catered.
We may be young, but we areexperienced.
Hi, Adina Zeller here, andZeller's restaurants are now a
year old, but the experience inpreparing and serving food goes
way back generations.
Zeller's Lincoln City and RoseLodge.
Come on in.
RR (26:58):
It has been an eventful program.
We want to thank everybody forparticipating and sending in
their information so we canreally talk about Community Days
in its entirety because it is amajor undertaking for the
entire community.
Son Paul (27:13):
Yeah, and just a really heads up as to what's
happening and when.
And, of course, yourparticipation is vital in
Community Days.
So, you know, I think SandyGruber is probably the veteran
of most of these events thatshe's attended in years past.
We'll see who can be the onethat makes it to the most events
RR (27:32):
this year.
That would be true.
I'd also like to talk about thegentle chair yoga taking place
at the Lincoln City SeniorCenter.
That's Mondays at 1130.
I always like to draw yourattention to wearing a vest.
Even though we are now indaylight savings time, people
aren't out walking as much late,5 o'clock in the dark, but that
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will come about again.
Yeah, it's a good practice todo.
to be in.
Yep, get a vest and wear it atnight so people can see you
where you need to be seen.
Habitat for Humanity thirdannual Home and Garden show
coming up on April 26th down atthe Newport Recreation Center.
If you'd like to have a booth,contact Habitat for Humanity for
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that as well.
And we've got a brand new funguide put out by the Lincoln
City Parks and Rec, the WinterGuide for 2025.
Chuck full of things for theentire family and want to be
part of that as well.
I believe this Icons of the Seais about complete.
Son Paul (28:38):
Well, yeah, so Saturday will be the day, Icons
of the Sea for Gyotaku MasterPrinting Class at Pelican.
There are a few seats left, sogo to cascadehead.org to
register for this spectacularopportunity to learn this
Japanese folk art.
And
RR (28:53):
again, it is a marvelous location for this event as well
because you have I have thebackdrop of the Siletz Bay.
Son Paul (29:01):
Yeah, so we were talking about playing golf on
Siletz Bay earlier.
Well, this is an opportunity toprint some fish and octopus and
learn about nature printingright there at the Pelican in
Siletz Bay.
RR (29:12):
That'll do it from my side of the table.
From yours?
All clear from here.
So that'll do it to the doingson the Double R Show.
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RR (00:30):
And welcome to the Double R Show, Double R along with son
Paul.
And today we're going to berather eventful.
Son Paul (00:36):
Full of events.
Yeah, we've got a lot ofevents.
We've got the communitycalendar that we're going to
really focus on.
But also Dr.
Sarah Klain is going to be heretalking about a Marine Reserve
event coming up here in April.
RR (00:49):
So it is eventful.
Stay with us.
We'll start right after this.
Bob's Beach Books (00:54):
Bye.
Bye.
Bye.
RR (01:10):
Golf was better at the beach in Chenaquins Casino Resort,
and Golf Course proves it everyday, Mr.
Paul.
Son Paul (01:16):
Yeah, and there's some spring rates through April 30th
there, so you can play nineholes for as little as $12 as a
senior or military.
Played the whole course for $20for regular folks, $16 for
senior or military.
That's a lot of golf.
Yeah, it's a lot of holes.
It was a great course, fun toplay.
RR (01:31):
Now, we also have some pretty good food and other
activities that take place upthere as well.
Son Paul (01:36):
Yeah, of course, you've got Aces up there.
We've got Satellite TV andPirates.
and you can catch up on allsorts of games while you're
waiting for your crew to finishup their 18, plus maybe get a
pint or two.
RR (01:47):
Ace is the place now.
Also, for the young people, thechildren in the community,
Casino has a facility just forthem.
Son Paul (01:55):
Yeah, there's a child care facility for folks that
aren't aware of that.
They did reopen that a whileago now.
Child care pricing, $12 anhour.
And anyone 3 to 11, great placeto enjoy some fun and play and
explore under the supervision oftheir talented and friendly
RR (02:11):
staff.
Chinook wins Casino Resort inLincoln City because it is
better at the beach.
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I'm Josh Zantello and our lawfirm is now located across from
the Lincoln City CommunityCenter on Northeast 21st.
Our law firm of knowledgeableprofessionals stand ready to
assist you in life's matters.
RR (02:31):
Lincoln City Community Days is upcoming, Paul, and I'd like
to spend a little time talkingabout all of the activities that
are involved in Community Days,and there's a host of things.
Son Paul (02:41):
There is.
I mean, it's a whole weekstarting April 18th through the
26th.
So, yeah, lots of things to betalking about.
RR (02:47):
Kicking it off on April the 18th, one that you've
participated in a number oftimes.
As you have.
Yes, and you'll probably bethere again, the Mud Flat Golf
Classic.
Son Paul (02:56):
Yeah, your grandson-in-law was excited
about that, too, to come out andto...
come to the beach and play golfon Siletz bay and it's just a
great event it's a fundraiserfor the golf team traditionally
and so you go out there's a hulahoop setup of rings of golf
holes out there on the on themud flats and you play nine
holes
RR (03:17):
and and it's fun yeah it's a
Son Paul (03:21):
it's a lot of fun you play best ball uh and you know
you're just out there hackingaway and all you need is a you
know seven iron or something andyou play the whole course
RR (03:30):
and they wind up with a lot of prizes that they give out
because of participation as well
Son Paul (03:35):
yeah and you don't need anything just bring I think
five bucks is the entry fee andthere's you know clubs that you
can use there and golf ballsand it's it's a really really
great event unique for theOregon coast I think maybe the
world for that matter
RR (03:47):
it tees off 10 o'clock in the morning 10 to 1 or tea times
in Siletz Bay on Friday Aprilthe 18th one of the kickoff or
the kickoff event for communitydays 2025 Beach Bonfire,
sponsored by Northwest Naturalat 5 p.m.
down in the Taft area, done ina 51st Street turnaround.
(04:11):
It is a marvelous event.
The gas company provides hotdogs and marshmallows and
s'mores and all of the wonderfulthings you'd need to eat on the
beach.
Son Paul (04:22):
Yeah, it was a great turnout last year, too.
It's just a lot of fun.
You get to see your neighborsand friends and just kind of
connect about Lincoln City and alot of us hardly get a beach
fire a year in, so this is onegreat opportunity.
RR (04:36):
Now, you'll want to get a hold of the Lincoln City Chamber
of Commerce early on if youwant to have a garage sale in
the Great Oregon Coast GarageSale.
The map will be in the OregonCoast today, but the Great
Oregon Coast Garage Sale kicksoff on the 18th of April.
But again, you need to getregistered long before that up
at the Lincoln City Chamber ofCommerce office.
(04:58):
Right, indeed.
Then on Saturday, we've got abeach cleanup by with Solve, a
lot of participants from allover the state of Oregon come to
help with that beach cleanup,let alone all of the
individuals, the organizationshere in town that are out there
to help clean up the beach.
It starts at 10 o'clock onSaturday, the 19th of April.
Pollinator Fair, I know nothingabout that.
Son Paul (05:22):
Yeah, that's kind of a new one for me, too.
So we'll have to dive into thata little bit.
But, you know, you think ofbees and honey and all the
things that make things...
spring-like.
I assume we're going to have alittle opportunity to hear about
that.
It starts at 11 o'clock.
RR (05:38):
Information on that will be forthcoming.
Camp West Wind Earth Day, theyhave been doing this for a
number of years.
It's 11 to 3.
Don't know the details of whatthey're going to be doing this
year, but last year they tookpeople across the water over to
Camp West Wind.
Highly successful.
(05:59):
It's
Son Paul (06:00):
a great opportunity to visit that site, meet there at
Night Park and get a ferryacross and spend a little bit of
morning and afternoon out thereat West Wind and see all the
offerings up there and just abeautiful way to explore that
camp.
RR (06:15):
Surfing Earth also on Saturday, Earth Day 1-4 at the
Lincoln City Cultural Center.
We have an eco-volunteer eventat noon and it's sponsored by
the Lincoln City Parks and Recand a new event that takes place
as well on Another Earth Dayevent on the, oh, this is
actually on the 22nd.
(06:35):
The
Son Paul (06:36):
22nd is the actual
RR (06:37):
Earth Day, right.
So we'll talk about that injust a couple of minutes.
Also taking place on Saturdaythe 19th.
Event starts at noon.
It's over about 12.01, 12.02,and we're talking about the
Easter egg hunt.
Son Paul (06:53):
Yeah, people can start gathering at 11 o'clock down
there at Schooner CreekDiscovery Park in Taft.
But yeah, when the bell ringsat 12.
If you haven't picked up an eggin a minute and a half, you
might want to boil some when youget
RR (07:07):
home.
You might want to boil somewhen you get home is a true
story.
It is a spectacular event.
The event was taking place inLincoln City long before the
Robertson clan landed here.
It is a tradition of theLincoln City Kiwanis Club and it
started out with the real eggsoriginally probably the first
(07:30):
time that you went.
Son Paul (07:31):
Oh, 100%, yeah.
RR (07:32):
It was the real Easter egg.
Now they're in plastic candiesand prizes and just all sorts of
goodies for all of the kids.
But that's the egg hunt.
And what a great place to haveit.
Son Paul (07:45):
Yeah, now the Discovery Park down there is
just brilliant.
And, of course, it used to beheld there at the park where the
community center is.
Yeah, absolutely.
Before the pool was there.
RR (07:55):
Before the pool, right.
That's right.
And let's see, on Sunday, Aprilthe 28th, Easter is Sunday, the
Great Oregon Coast garage salecontinues.
On Monday, the 21st, Secrets ofSalsa.
I know you've been to this afew times.
Oh, yeah.
It's wonderful.
It really is.
A couple of the salsas were alittle bit much for me.
Son Paul (08:14):
Well, your palate's a little bland there.
I'm just, you know, for peoplewho don't know that, there you
go.
But, yeah, I mean, it's anopportunity
RR (08:22):
to taste a lot.
Well, I like donuts.
Well,
Son Paul (08:25):
sugar and
RR (08:26):
salsa.
Okay, well.
Sugar and salsa.
Earth Day is April the 26th.
I get a lot of activities forEarth Day.
The mayor will be deliveringher mayoral address at the
Lincoln City Cultural Center,the state of the city.
Dinner and music free event atthe Congregational Church that
same day.
Come and spread peace, making apeace sign down on the beach.
(08:50):
Oh, okay.
And then everybody thatparticipates in that event
invited to a free, and Iunderscore free, spaghetti
dinner up at the CongregationalChurch at 5 o'clock, and at 6
o'clock, Peace Day, Earth Dayconcert.
The Peace Band will beperforming in the Sanctuary of
Etigan, another free event.
(09:11):
That's all sponsored by theCongregational Church here in
Lincoln City.
Son Paul (09:15):
And so, the Human Peace sign at the D River.
Yeah.
Okay, starting at the D Riverat 3 o'clock on Earth Day, and
then follow up to theCongregational Church for free
spaghetti and music.
RR (09:27):
And the whole thing is to get as many people as possible
down on the beach to help makethat peace sign collaborative
together.
There's that wordcollaborative.
We hear that a lot in thisprogram.
Nice.
We also, coming up on April the23rd, a new event coming in.
(09:49):
The American Legion Post 97 isgoing to have a free luncheon
for all veterans.
It's going to be taking placeat the Veteran Park just down
from Bob's Beach Books.
Phil Bowles will be the chefcooking up the burgers.
And again, the event is free ofcharge to all veterans.
Lincoln City Memories, AndyMorgan came up with this one.
(10:12):
Right, yeah.
And Andy came up with this at 6o'clock.
And this is going to be up atthe museum this year.
And it is an opportunity forpeople to talk about the history
of this area.
Son Paul (10:27):
Yeah, share some stories, hear a little bit of
stories, learn a little bit fromyour friends and neighbors and
just enjoy that space too.
So it'll be again at theHistorical Museum there right
next to Kenny's IGA.
RR (10:40):
Paul, I think we ought to take a break and come back and
talk about the rest of theactivities and how people can
nominate others for awards to begiven during Community Days.
We'll do that right after this.
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And welcome back to the Double R Show.
We've been talking aboutCommunity Days 2025 taking place
April 18th through the 26thhere in Lincoln City.
And it's just a...
litany of special events forthe community.
We got as far as talking aboutthe Lincoln City Memories down
at the museum on the 23rd.
(12:03):
On Thursday, the 24th, a realtradition as part of Community
Days is the canned food drive.
This year, we'll be in front ofGrocery Outlet, 7 a.m.
to 5 p.m.
You'll see people out therewith signs, screaming, yelling,
asking you to pull in, give uscanned food, give us cash, give
us money.
Everything goes to the LincolnCity Food Bank.
(12:25):
Every single can of food, everysingle dollar goes to the food
pantry here in town.
So help us help others duringthat event.
And then the Dark Sky Week.
You have been involved in thisDark Sky program, have you not?
Son Paul (12:40):
A little bit, yeah.
So this is Friends of the DarkSky.
It's a new group that's formedhere in Lincoln County.
And the goal, I think, of thegroup is to really raise
awareness about what dark skiesare and the benefits of dark
skies, not only for viewing thenight sky, but for humans and
animals and the like.
And so we focus on things likesmart lighting of your house,
(13:02):
right?
So instead of having Having aporch light that runs all night
and shoots light up into thesky, well, just have one on a
timer that's pointed down towhere you're trying to walk and
that sort of thing.
That's the idea, smart lightingversus just lots of lighting
out reaching the skies.
So yeah, they're going to havethis event here, Dark Sky Week
Preview Party, and that's goingto be at the community college
(13:24):
where we've been holding eventsfor Dark Skies.
It starts at 6 p.m.
RR (13:28):
I like the notion of being able to really enjoy the skies
because of the the dark skies.
Son Paul (13:35):
Yeah, I mean, it's a tourist draw, too.
So when we think about economicdevelopment, you know, dark
skies can really play a role inour community.
And, you know, I think that'sjust one more attribute that we
can point to for our community.
Now, I have
RR (13:48):
to ask you what the final event on the 24th is.
It's a Hispanic event, and I'mnot, my Spanish is not good
enough to say.
Dia de los
Son Paul (13:58):
niños.
Yes, Dia de los niños.
Okay, very good.
Yeah, and so that would bechildren, right?
Day of the Children.
And so time and date for thatto be announced.
And, you know, if you miss someof this and you want to catch
up on all the events, just as aheads up, go to the Facebook
page for the Community Days.
(14:19):
And so facebook.com slash LCCommunity Days can get you all
this and more.
And so, yeah, look for the dateand time for the Dia de los
Niños coming soon.
And what I really like about
RR (14:31):
Community Days is it attempts and I think succeeds in
involving the entire community.
Son Paul (14:39):
Oh, I hope so.
Yeah, I mean, that's really thegoal.
And, you know, we see thisagain with events from all
places, from the mudflats outto, you know, Arbor Day, which
we're going to talk about herein a minute.
RR (14:50):
Now, we also have Ducky Derby coming up on Friday, the
25th of April.
This is a fundraiser for
Son Paul (15:00):
the Booster Club, I believe.
I think it is this year.
It's not just a fun.
Fundraiser,
RR (15:04):
but a fund.
Fundraiser.
Buy your duck and cheer it onin the race in the D River.
Son Paul (15:11):
Yeah, so going back to the original D River float for
this event, sounds like.
And you buy a duck, and ifyours wins the race, then, you
know.
RR (15:21):
It's a cash prize.
Oh, good, yeah.
It's a cash prize, the DuckyDerby.
And we'll have informationabout where you can buy those
tickets in a future program.
Arbor Day also coming up on the25th of April.
April Arbor Day at the LincolnCity Community Center, 3 until 5
p.m.
Jeannie Sprague always does aphenomenal job with
Son Paul (15:43):
that and her staff.
Right, indeed, yeah.
And so I think they'll probablyhave some trees you may be able
to pick up, and we'll just lookforward to learning a little
bit more about that here in thefuture.
Now, Moe's
RR (15:54):
restaurants a number of years ago started pancake feed
during community days.
Now, they have really expandedthat.
They are doing a pancake feedfor a nonprofit every month,
every month at Moe's on aSaturday.
This year for Community Days,it is the Kiwanis Pancake Feed.
(16:14):
And the tickets are $10.
You can buy them in advancefrom any Kiwanian member or at
the door as well.
Serving from 7.30 to 10.30 downat Moe's on the 26th.
Great hotcakes, great pancakes,along with the coffee and the
juices and the whole bit.
You'll enjoy it.
And it is a major fundraisingactivity for the Kiwanis Club.
(16:36):
Thanks 100% to Moe's.
Son Paul (16:39):
Yeah, it's a big giveaway.
from them.
And of course, Kiwanians areout there helping, serving, and
the like.
So join your fellow neighbors,7.30 to 10.30 down at Moe's on
the 26th.
Now, the concluding
RR (16:51):
event is the awards celebration, 6 o'clock at the
Lincoln City Cultural Center.
This used to be a pretty formalevent.
Not so much anymore.
It's gone from steak
Son Paul (17:04):
to hamburgers.
Well, you know, it's reallykind of went through a little
bit of an evolution throughCOVID.
And so to bring back CommunityDays.
And I thought, okay, let's justsee if we can get a few events
on the calendar.
Sure enough, it filled thewhole week.
Now, of course, we've got twoweeks, basically, or a week and
some change.
And this is the culmination ofthis full set of Community Days
(17:27):
events at the Cultural Center.
Really fun event.
And so there's a number ofawards that they give away each
year.
There's a number of awards forthe event
RR (17:35):
this year.
You've got the Volunteer of theYear.
the leader of the year,innovator of the year, unsung
hero, and emerging achiever,somebody 18 and younger that
emerged the achiever.
So those are the fivecategories.
Everybody can nominate anybody.
And how do you go about that?
Just write a letter and you canprobably send it to, go to the
(18:00):
Facebook and the address whereto email at you would be in that
Son Paul (18:06):
page.
Yeah, and then we'll put a linkto that in our e-newsletter too
for folks too so if you haven'tseen that reference back to the
e-newsletter and we'll put thatqr code and facebook link in
and
RR (18:15):
again there's the five categories volunteer of the year
leader of the year innovator ofthe year unsung hero and the
one i really like the emergingachiever so that's community
days that's a lot of communitydays that's a lot of community
days and we'll be back rightafter this
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Sarah Klain, rhymes with Maine,is with us.
She's with the OregonDepartment of Fish and Wildlife,
Human Side of Oregon MarineReserves.
In layman's terms, what doesthat mean, Sarah?
Dr. Sarah Klein (19:17):
Well, thanks for having me on the show.
I suppose in layman's terms,what I do is understand how
people's well-being and peopleare impacted by how we manage
the ocean.
So my program looks at theimplementation of the marine
reserves and the variousimpacts, both positive and
(19:39):
negative, that they've had oncoastal communities and
communities of practice,communities of interest.
So that means how have thereserves impacted commercial
fishermen, recreationalfishermen, surfers, and others
who perhaps volunteer with theBiosphere Collaborative and Cape
Perpetua Collaborative.
So yeah, I look at how humancommunities are connected to the
(20:02):
ocean.
ocean.
RR (20:03):
Interesting topic, but I keep coming back to there was a
lot of controversy thatoriginally surrounded this,
correct?
But people now have openedtheir eyes to how important this
really is?
Dr. Sarah Klein (20:15):
Yeah.
So if we want to go to my firstjob out of college a long time
ago, I worked for a nonprofitorganization.
I was interviewing fishermenabout areas of the coast that
were most economically importantto them.
And that was meant to inform apolicy process to figure out how
(20:36):
to minimize socioeconomicimpact of these no-take marine
reserves.
So no fishing allowed in thesemarine reserves.
The project that I participatedin way back in 2003 did not
directly lead to any marinereserves being created.
However, over time, so around2008, 2010, that's when the
(20:57):
momentum to create no-takemarine reserves took off.
Governor executive order waskind of like a catalyst for
that.
RR (21:05):
Remember it.
Dr. Sarah Klein (21:06):
Yeah, and it was very controversial.
There's a lot of fear.
RR (21:10):
Understandably.
Dr. Sarah Klein (21:11):
Yeah, and fisheries were already going
through dramatic changes at thispoint with the ground fish
fleet restructuring and otherpolicies happening at that time.
So there's already a lot ofanxiety and fear about what's
going to happen to the fishingindustry.
And some felt that the marinereserves were going to be
another negative, harmfulimpact.
However, I do want to say thatabout 3% of Oregon's nearshore
(21:35):
habitat, so that's beach tothree miles out, approximately
3% are marine reserves.
That means 97%.
They are
RR (21:42):
open.
Dr. Sarah Klein (21:43):
Varying degrees of open, but largely open.
There are some marine protectedareas that restrict some
specific types of fishing, butlargely 97% of that near shore
habitat is open to fish.
RR (21:55):
For a novice like myself, what are some of the areas that
are part of the marine reservethat I can relate to right here
in Lincoln City?
Dr. Sarah Klein (22:03):
The closest marine reserve to where we're
sitting right now in LincolnCity is Cascade Head Marine
Reserve.
And it's also connected to thebios atmosphere reserve.
So it's an effort to build thatland-sea connection.
One story that I recently readabout that I just love about
Cascade Head, that region, wasin a chapter that I read in
(22:24):
Robin Wall Kimmerer's bookBraiding Sweetgrass.
She talked about how theindigenous people of this region
burned Cascade Head to signalto salmon to come back to their
natal rivers to spawn and tosignal to the other inhabitants,
human inhabitants of thisregion, to come and harvest and
share the abundance of that wildsalmon.
So I think that's a really coolstory.
(22:46):
about these interconnectionsbetween the land and the sea and
the people.
And to me, that's really whatI'm all about, which is figuring
out how do we strengthen ourconnections to each other and to
the natural world and share andrebuild that wild abundance.
RR (23:03):
I think we're beginning to really feel and understand the
significance of that.
Dr. Sarah Klein (23:08):
I hope so.
We're also running into majorissues with climate change and
global warming.
One important aspect of thesemarine reserves is that they are
places for a lot of scientificinvestigation.
So at these marine reserves,there is more science being done
in some of these spots than inmuch of the rest of the coast.
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We regularly monitor all fivemarine reserves, and we're
looking at the impacts ofacidification and the hypoxia
event that we had and otherchanges in the ocean.
So these five marine reservesare really places where we
listen to what's going on.
RR (23:45):
Are we doing better?
Dr. Sarah Klein (23:46):
The state of Oregon has committed to
protecting 3% of nearshorehabitat, and that's a new idea.
This whole idea globally ofhaving no-take marine areas.
There were some traditionalcultures that had small areas
where they would restrain fromharvesting, but to have it at a
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statewide or regional orcoast-wide scale of protected
areas, that's a relatively newthing to occur.
Some environmentalEnvironmental groups want to
expand it from 3%.
Other interests want tocontract it.
So it's a balancing act betweennot interfering with fishing in
an excessive way, while alsodoing what we can to protect
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marine biodiversity.
RR (24:32):
Human side.
The human side.
I just love that.
The human side, the OregonMarine Reserves, because we are
interconnected, are we not?
Dr. Sarah Klein (24:43):
Yeah, yeah.
I think there's a lot ofdifferent ways to think about
the human side.
So I went to a conference, aneconomics conference.
conference at Chinook Windslast year, and I heard this
Lincoln City developmentrepresentative talking about the
marine reserves as, quote, gemsof the Oregon coast and part of
the Oregon coast's competitiveadvantage when it comes to
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attracting tourists.
However, there's still somefishermen who would rather not
have any marine reserves.
So there's still this tension.
My office, though, hasconducted a statewide survey,
and we found that the doactually support the marine
reserves at 3% of the nearshore.
(25:26):
So there is this growing broadsupport for the marine reserves,
and they continue to provide anopportunity for us to learn
about what's going on with theocean as it changes.
RR (25:37):
Sarah, if somebody wants more information from you, how
do we access that?
Dr. Sarah Klein (25:42):
Well, I invite you to come on April 3rd at 5.30
p.m.
to the Lincoln City CulturalCenter.
We're having a communitymeeting where we're hoping to
get a wide range of people,including commercial fishermen,
recreational fishermen, surfers,beachgoers, conservationists,
educators, artists, volunteersfor citizen science projects,
and tide pool ambassadors, andocean-based tour operators.
(26:05):
We want a wide range of peoplewho have a relationship with the
ocean to come and meet with meand a team of graduate students
as we work to focus in on whatare the most important types of
human dimensions data for myoffice to collect and do
long-term data collection tobetter understand why these
(26:26):
marine reserves matter todifferent coastal residents and
visitors.
That's
RR (26:30):
probably the real key to what you said, better
understand.
Dr. Sarah Klein (26:34):
Yes.
RR (26:35):
Better understand.
Sarah, thanks for being here.
And again, that meeting isgoing to be at the Cultural
Center April...
Dr. Sarah Klein (26:41):
3rd at 5.30 p.m.
Zeller's (26:43):
And it will be catered.
We may be young, but we areexperienced.
Hi, Adina Zeller here, andZeller's restaurants are now a
year old, but the experience inpreparing and serving food goes
way back generations.
Zeller's Lincoln City and RoseLodge.
Come on in.
RR (26:58):
It has been an eventful program.
We want to thank everybody forparticipating and sending in
their information so we canreally talk about Community Days
in its entirety because it is amajor undertaking for the
entire community.
Son Paul (27:13):
Yeah, and just a really heads up as to what's
happening and when.
And, of course, yourparticipation is vital in
Community Days.
So, you know, I think SandyGruber is probably the veteran
of most of these events thatshe's attended in years past.
We'll see who can be the onethat makes it to the most events
RR (27:32):
this year.
That would be true.
I'd also like to talk about thegentle chair yoga taking place
at the Lincoln City SeniorCenter.
That's Mondays at 1130.
I always like to draw yourattention to wearing a vest.
Even though we are now indaylight savings time, people
aren't out walking as much late,5 o'clock in the dark, but that
(27:56):
will come about again.
Yeah, it's a good practice todo.
to be in.
Yep, get a vest and wear it atnight so people can see you
where you need to be seen.
Habitat for Humanity thirdannual Home and Garden show
coming up on April 26th down atthe Newport Recreation Center.
If you'd like to have a booth,contact Habitat for Humanity for
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that as well.
And we've got a brand new funguide put out by the Lincoln
City Parks and Rec, the WinterGuide for 2025.
Chuck full of things for theentire family and want to be
part of that as well.
I believe this Icons of the Seais about complete.
Son Paul (28:38):
Well, yeah, so Saturday will be the day, Icons
of the Sea for Gyotaku MasterPrinting Class at Pelican.
There are a few seats left, sogo to cascadehead.org to
register for this spectacularopportunity to learn this
Japanese folk art.
And
RR (28:53):
again, it is a marvelous location for this event as well
because you have I have thebackdrop of the Siletz Bay.
Son Paul (29:01):
Yeah, so we were talking about playing golf on
Siletz Bay earlier.
Well, this is an opportunity toprint some fish and octopus and
learn about nature printingright there at the Pelican in
Siletz Bay.
RR (29:12):
That'll do it from my side of the table.
From yours?
All clear from here.
So that'll do it to the doingson the Double R Show.
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