October 30, 2025 • 32 mins
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Healthcare in Lincoln County is transcending multiple dimensions. Tune in as we intercept a new affiliation forming within the non-profit medical worlds—an evolution unfolding in real time. Then, we’ll navigate the Chamber’s multiverse of nominees, where countless realities converge across a matrix of categories. And finally, prepare for transmission: it’s time to access your mailbox and decode your ballot—the future of Veterans Services hangs in the quantum balance.
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Speaker 8 (00:06):
Welcome to the Double R Show, the podcast that
features everything about NorthLincoln County.
The Double R Show, directed andproduced by Paul Robertson and
hosted by the voice of LincolnCity, Roger Robertson.
Speaker 11 (00:30):
And welcome to the Double R Show.
Today we'll have an opportunityto find out all of the nominees
for the Lincoln City Chamber ofCommerce, various categories
for their annual banquet.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Yeah, it's kind of the multiverse, right?
There's a multiple amount offolks that are going to be uh uh
nominated that are arenominated, and so you look for
those names.
And uh speaking of multi andthe multiverse, we got uh Dr.
Leslie Ogden talking aboutmulti-care, right?
And the uh affiliation thatyeah, affiliation that uh they
uh going to be doing with thisother organization up in the
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Washington area.
Speaker 11 (01:04):
No, this is huge.
This is uh a big news for thehospital and for the community
at large.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
And then lastly, we've got Keith Barnes talking
about other uh ways to connectfor veterans.
Uh of course, there is a ballotmeasure uh supporting uh the
Lincoln County VeteransAssociation, uh, I think is the
title, right?
It's on the ballot now.
So it's on the ballot.
Speaker 11 (01:26):
Only item on the ballot.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, look for that in your uh inbox and uh be sure
to vote.
Speaker 11 (01:30):
And I can honestly uh say with uh uh no hesitation,
I have voted and voted for theballot measure.
I am a veteran.
I do appreciate that.
And if you see somebody, aveteran, and you say thank you
for your service, supported withyour wallet.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I can say that I too voted for him, but uh yeah.
So there's two votes out of uhhowever many of the county.
Uh, but make sure you turn inyour ballots in time for the
November election.
Speaker 11 (02:01):
And if you don't vote, don't complain.
I don't want to hear it.
Okay, we'll take a break andwe'll join uh with our special
guests right after this.
Speaker (02:11):
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Speaker 11 (02:27):
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Speaker 6 (02:55):
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Speaker 11 (03:07):
Dr.
Leslie Ogden, Samaritan NorthLincoln Hospital and Pacific
Communities Hospital, the CEO.
We have some huge news.
Speaker 9 (03:16):
Some very huge news.
Speaker 11 (03:18):
Multicare.
What is multicare?
Speaker 9 (03:20):
Yeah, so recently, just last week, we announced,
Samaritan announced that ourintent is to affiliate with
multicare.
They are a hospital system thatis number one, nonprofit,
number two, community-based,number three, believes in local
governance out of Tacoma,Washington.
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And we are very excited becausewe believe that this will allow
us to have not only thestability that we've been
looking for in healthcare timesof change, but also the ability
to grow and deliver a multitudeof services to our region that
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we were sort of struggling tofigure out how we were going to
strategize in the future.
Speaker 11 (04:12):
So this now becomes multicare hospital?
Does it remain as SamaritanNorthwake of the hospital?
What happens?
Speaker 9 (04:19):
Yes, yes.
So we will affiliate withmulticare and become them, so to
speak.
However, they realize the valueof the name and they also
believe in local governance.
So there may be a lot of theSamaritan name that actually
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stays.
We'll have to see how that allshakes out.
But they understand whatSamaritan is to our region, to
our local uh area, and theydon't want to undo that.
Speaker 11 (04:54):
So why did we have to or will we uh join with
another operation?
Speaker 9 (05:00):
Uh you got a stable hospital system, but we actually
studied ourselves quite a bit.
Speaker 11 (05:08):
Okay.
Speaker 9 (05:08):
Um we uh took a and I believe I've talked uh to you
about this before, we took a $68million loss last year as
Samaritan as a as a healthsystem.
Speaker 11 (05:20):
Over the five hospitals.
Speaker 9 (05:21):
All of the five hospitals, the whole spanking
thing all together, we lostsixty-eight million dollars.
That was surprising to us.
It was a lot more than we hadanticipated, uh, a lot of it uh
coming through health plansbecause we also own a health
plan.
So we had to very quicklyfigure out how to turn things
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around.
And we have, we have almostmade a full turnaround.
Speaker 11 (05:47):
How did you accomplish that?
Speaker 9 (05:49):
I know a lot of things have been have been
re-jiggered, so to speak.
But in that process, we havebeen evaluated by outside
experts who have said, you know,you could remain independent,
you could do this on your own.
But as we look ahead at what wesee coming down the pipe for
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health care, we are looking atmassive Medicaid cuts.
We are looking at struggles forpeople to understand how
they're going to have their owninsurance, how they're going to
afford that.
We're seeing cuts across theboard in Medicare in some
instances, just a lot of thingsthat don't look hopeful.
Speaker 11 (06:36):
And have no control over.
Speaker 9 (06:37):
And we have no control over, especially when we
see 75% government payers inour coastal hospitals, meaning
75% of all the people who comeand seek care for us, ultimately
we get paid by the governmentfor all of these people, whether
that be Medicare, Medicaid,TRICARE, you know, some some
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whatever it is.
So we rely an awful lot onthings that are outside of our
control and our ability tocontinue to deliver care.
So yeah, we could go thisalone, we could try it, but what
we see is an opportunity toaffiliate with a very like
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hospital system, meaning theyare nonprofit, they are locally
governed, they arecommunity-based.
And we said to ourselves, whywould we try to go it alone if
we can bring a lot moreresources to bear in our region?
Speaker 11 (07:41):
Now, this is a done deal, this is a you know a
immune process deal.
Speaker 9 (07:47):
Well, we have a complex system of health care
oversight in the state ofOregon.
And to that end, anytime wewant to do something that falls
into the categories of mergersor acquisitions or partnerships
or anything along those lines,we have to go to the state and
we have to ask permission.
(08:07):
And so we have done that, butthis will be a multi-month
process that at the earliestwill be done in spring of 2026,
and it may even extend to theend of the summer by the time
the state gives their approval,and we hope we will get their
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approval to join our two systemstogether.
Speaker 11 (08:33):
So, where does the district fit into this puzzle?
Speaker 9 (08:35):
The health district.
Yeah.
So the health district, theyare the folks that are tasked
with oversight of health care inour area, and they raise funds
through taxation of the folksthat live within the health
district, and then they choosehow to spend that money for the
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betterment of health in thearea.
And so one of the mostfantastic things that our health
district has done recently ishelp to provide financing for
our STARS program that's thefirst of its kind in Lincoln
County.
That is an inpatient substanceuse disorder treatment facility
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that coincidentally just openedyesterday.
Um, and that is uh October27th.
So they choose how to fundhealth care in this area.
That will not change.
Those are elected positions.
They can choose to help work onprojects that are sponsored by
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the Samaritan or multi-care inthe in the future, or they can
choose to spend their money in acompletely different fashion.
So Dr.
Speaker 11 (09:47):
Leslie Ogden and Multicare coming to Lincoln
County and all of the Samaritansystem.
Uh, we're gonna take a breakand uh we'll have Dr.
Ogden back on again with usnext week to continue that
discussion and the discussionabout the STARS program, which I
know you're really proud of.
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Speaker 1 (10:37):
Woven Legacies is a special sale of Killems, rugs,
bags, shoes, jewelry, and homedecor made by Artesians and
Turkey.
Sale of these items at theLincoln City Cultural Center
will support the center and alsothe ongoing care of Julie
Reynolds Oterman.
All treasures of Woven Legacieswere imported by Julie and her
late husband, Senator Otraman.
(10:58):
View the entire display todayat the Lincoln City Cultural
Center and own a treasuredestined to become a family
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Speaker 11 (11:18):
Thanks for coming on board.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Absolutely.
Speaker 11 (11:21):
Keith on a ballot is uh one item, one item only, I
believe, uh almost county wide,and it's got to do with
veterans.
Tell us about it.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Yeah, so we are asking for the voters to approve
a levy to help secure and fundour office.
The levy is for three and ahalf cents per thousand dollars
of assessed value.
So the average uh house and ourhome in Lincoln County would be
about an eight dollar and fortycent a year increase in your
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property taxes, which would goto fund our office and secure us
from the county budget.
Speaker 11 (11:59):
Okay, what additional services will this
buy the veterans, if you will,because we already have you and
your staff working for theveterans.
Well, what more comes from it?
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Well, it's gonna do two things.
The first thing it's gonna dois it's gonna secure our budget.
We are facing in the countywith the currently we have a
freeze on new employees onfilling positions, and we're
looking at maybe possibly havingsome budget cuts this year.
This levy will prevent thosebudget cuts from happening to
our office.
(12:32):
Uh, the second thing it's gonnado is it's gonna help us with
some outreach.
One of the things with our oursmall office, we just have a
hard time having consistentoutreach into the community.
I have an example of a veteranthat came into the office here
last December, worked through,got him service connected.
He's now at 100%, but he shouldhave been a hundred percent two
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or three years ago, but hedidn't know about these
programs.
And if we could have been outin the community a little bit
more, maybe we could havetouched that veteran, talked to
him, and got him in the service.
And over three years, thatwould have been you know, nearly
$130,000 more of services ormore funds that that veteran
would have received.
Speaker 11 (13:15):
What kind of services are are we talking
about, Keith?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Well, so there's lots of them.
You know, our our bread andbutter is disability claims
working through that disabilityclaim.
But also, like right now, aswe're seeing the potential for
Medicare and Medicaid premiumsto skyrocket, getting them
enrolled in VA healthcare,getting them set up in a higher
priority group in VA healthcareso that they can weather through
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that storm, and maybe theydon't need that extra uh
advantage plan that could youknow skyrocket their insurance.
Or if they're a small businessowner working in the community
who's a veteran who's never usedVA benefits, maybe we can get
them enrolled and they can startdoing it.
And then, you know, dependingon where they're at in that
benefits profile, maybe theydon't even need to be paying for
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external uh healthcarebenefits.
Speaker 11 (14:05):
Benefits are the big uh big hook, if you will.
And in your office, you've gotuh two other officers that that
work with the veterans securingbenefits as well.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
No, we only have two VSOs.
We have myself and Caroline,who are accredited VSOs through
the VA, and then we have anadministrative assistant who's
really our scheduler, and hetalks on the phone and he does a
great job.
He he takes a lot of our platebecause he's also a veteran.
So he's able to answer a lot ofthose VA questions and allow us
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to work on those uh claims andbenefits packages.
The thing we are missing isthat outreach person, the person
that can go to those farmersmarkets, those craft fairs, sit
at the hospital, do those thingsto kind of touch those veterans
and get that personalface-to-face into the community.
Speaker 11 (14:55):
What's the biggest misunderstanding, if you will,
of the veteran service officesin Newport?
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Well, really, there's two of them.
Number one is we are not fundedby the VA.
We are funded by the countybudget and some pass-through
funds through the Oregonlottery.
We do not receive any federalmonies, we do not receive any
grant funding through the VA,and we are not a VA office.
The other biggest misconceptionwe have is that we have
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veterans all the time say, Oh,well, I wasn't a war veteran, or
I wasn't I didn't serve in acombat zone, so there aren't any
benefits for me.
That is completely false.
If you serve in the military,there may very well be lots of
benefits available to you,whether it's at your end of life
with death benefits, orhealthcare benefits, or
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disability benefits.
The only people that can tellyou that you don't have benefits
is the VA, and we're gonna helpyou reach out to the VA, and
we're gonna help you go throughthat system and get those
benefits.
Speaker 11 (16:01):
When it comes right down to uh Keith, you would
actually be the middleman thatwould help that veteran deal
with the big the big house, ifyou will.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Absolutely.
You know, when we take a lookat VA healthcare, for instance,
each hospital group is grouped,you know, like we're in the
Portland catchment area, there'salso the Rosebort catchment
area, there's the Boisecatchment area, which covers
eastern Oregon and easternWashington, there's the Seattle
catchment area that catches uhup to southwest Washington, but
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not Vancouver.
And knowing those areas and howto get through them is
important.
There's also eight prioritygroups, and each group has
different sets of benefits thatare associated with them, and
knowing how to get you raised upin different benefit priority
groups, knowing what benefitswork through your benefit
groups, that's important.
So we can we can help navigateyou through those situations
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because unfortunately, the VA,like many government offices,
are large bureaucracies, and asmuch as we want to make it as
simple as we can, that's notgonna happen under our watch.
Speaker 11 (17:07):
And again, the the vote comes up this uh November,
uh you are one of the uh onlyitems on the ballot, correct?
Speaker 2 (17:15):
The only item on the ballot countywide, again, it is
three cents, three and a halfcents per thousand dollars of
assessment.
And what that'll do is thatwill take us out of the county
budget.
So that way, if the countybudget they say, hey, we need to
cut 30% to all offices, becauseI'm not in the county budget, I
won't have to cut that out ofmy office.
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I'll be able to keep my officeword.
Speaker 11 (17:40):
Appreciate the information, and again, uh make
certain that you uh vote and uhget the ballot into the box as
soon as possible.
On the line with us right nowhas been Keith Barnes, Veteran
Service uh officer for LincolnCounty.
Thanks, Keith.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Absolutely.
You have a great day, sir.
Hey, and thank you for yourservice.
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Speaker 11 (18:41):
Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
is with us, Lori Archituris.
Welcome, Lori.
You have a lot of people togive some accolades to.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
I do.
And like I keep saying, it'sthe best thing that we do all
year.
It is absolutely my favoriteevent because it's not that
often that we get to recognizeand celebrate our our businesses
in town.
Speaker 11 (19:04):
This is the annual awards banquet that's going to
be held uh November 13th at theCultural Center.
And the main reason we had Loricome on today is to give some
accolades to all of thenominees, and it is staggering
the number of nominees.
Speaker 5 (19:21):
Yep, we added a category.
The board and I were talkingabout it, and we're like, do we
want to stick with the samecategories?
And they and I've I totallyagree.
We felt strong that we need acommunity impact because we've
got so many businesses that dogreat things for the community,
but there really wasn't acategory in the ones that we
had.
So that community impact, wehad a lot of nominees in that
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category for sure.
Speaker 11 (19:46):
Speaking of nominees, uh, I'm gonna turn it
over to you and let you go overthe list of nominees.
I know at the chamber luncheonthis past week, uh you
introduced everybody that wasthere.
Um, and you've got an enviablelist of talent.
Speaker 5 (20:03):
Yeah, it was great.
And you know, I make themstand, make them be recognized.
And that night, same thing.
I'll call them up to the frontand make them be recognized.
So um, yeah, the night ofNovember 13th from 6 to 8 at the
Cultural Center will be theawards banquet where we will
honor all of the nominees.
I'll have a certificate forthem, and then we will announce
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the winners.
Speaker 11 (20:25):
Very good.
Speaker 5 (20:25):
But I would love to announce the winners in each
category.
And since we were talking aboutthe Community Impact Award,
I'll start with that category.
So first we have Family Promiseof Lincoln County, Habitat for
Humanity, Lincoln City ElksLodge, North Lincoln Fire and
Rescue, Rotary Club of LincolnCity, and TLC, a division of
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Fiber Federal Credit Union.
Speaker 11 (20:51):
Community Impact Award.
Uh, and again, that this israther significant.
Speaker 5 (20:58):
It is, and and it really means that you're
reaching out to all of the otherorganizations, partnering with
organizations and filling a needthat we have in the community.
Okay, and next we have We haveBest New Business, which this
one is a great one too.
Um we've got Amazon Hub, FancyFish and Aquascapes, Fish and
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Clips, Lincoln City Ceramics,Momo on the Wheels, Rosanna's
Closet, Seahorsey Bottle Shop,and Sootbuster's Chimney Sweep.
Speaker 11 (21:33):
It is amazing to me, again, going back to the last
uh Chamber of Commerce luncheon,the number of new members that
you introduced that I had notheard of these businesses, and a
number of these I had not heardof as well.
Speaker 5 (21:46):
Yep, and some of them, like Seahorsey Bottle
Shop, they're brand new in umbuilding on 51st.
Speaker 11 (21:52):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 5 (21:54):
Brian Zug's new building.
So it's it's a business inthere.
Speaker 11 (21:58):
That's where Eleanor's uh underdo is.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
Eleanor's in there, and Fish and Clips is also in
there.
So yeah, there's a lot ofbusinesses in there, and they
were both nominated and becamechamber members to go forward in
the process.
So yeah, definitely happy towelcome them.
Next we have the beautificationaward, and this one is a great
one, too.
And some of these businesseswere nominated in multiple
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categories.
So, yeah, first we've got firstchoice fresh market, Chinook
Gwen's Casino Resort, they'vebeen doing a lot of
beautification things, EvergreenHome Loans, Lincoln City Parks
and Recreation, North LincolnSanitary Service, and Samaritan
North Lincoln Hospital.
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And all of those have Evergreenjust moved into their really
great new location, Lincoln CityParks and Recreation, you know,
the Taft Parks and the newSchooner Creek Park.
They've been doing so much.
Speaker 11 (22:55):
Huge, huge.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
North Lincoln Sanitary Service.
This this one they werenominated for their new transfer
station, which is awesome, andit's beautiful in its own right.
And then Samaritan NorthLincoln Hospital, of course,
their new building.
Speaker 11 (23:10):
Okay, and moving along, we have We have
excellence and customer service.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
And to me, this is one of the most important ones.
So we have a Clean Getaway,Beechcrest Brewing Company,
Charlotte Leto Insurance Agency,Lincoln City Donuts and Coffee,
Oregon State Credit Union,Scout Northwest Trading Company,
and Shoreline Smoothies.
Speaker 11 (23:38):
It is again marvelous that these people are
recognized for taking care ofthe customer.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
Yes.
Speaker 11 (23:45):
They learned their lessons well.
Speaker 5 (23:46):
Yep, they do a lot of things great, but the customer
service is the one that reallyspeaks in all of these.
Speaker 11 (23:52):
Gets them back.
And business of the year.
Speaker 5 (23:54):
Business of the year.
What?
Always traveling.
At the top of the list, I know,at the top of the list.
I was very glad to see younominated.
So we've got Always Traveling,Grocery Outlet, Lincoln City
Gifts, Lincoln City SportingGoods, Mo's Restaurant, Oregon
Coast Bank, Pfeiffer RoofingCompany, RB Contracting, and
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Zantello Law Group.
Speaker 11 (24:20):
That is a huge list of marvelous giving businesses.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
Yep, for sure.
And new businesses.
We had a couple that have beenreturning, you know, that were
nominated last year as well.
But for the most part, they areall brand new businesses.
Speaker 11 (24:34):
Okay, uh, we've got a minute to go.
The event is going to be heldat the Cultural Center.
Tickets are available.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
Yes, they are available now.
And I'm sure with this manynominees, we will sell out.
Speaker 11 (24:46):
And sell out is at uh how many people?
98.
98.
And we've already sold 40.
There's almost that manynominees.
Speaker 5 (24:54):
I know.
And we've got some businessestalking about you know, bringing
all their employees, buying awhole table.
So, yeah, if you're planning ongoing or want tickets, I would
recommend getting them rightaway.
You can get them from thechamber website, lcchamber.com.
Speaker 11 (25:08):
Okay, and the tickets are how much?
Speaker 5 (25:10):
$50 for members, 64 non-members.
Speaker 11 (25:12):
All right.
Speaker 5 (25:13):
So And voting, you can still vote on your favorite
business.
So voting is open throughOctober 31st on Halloween.
Speaker 11 (25:21):
That's cutting pretty tight.
So get with the program.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
And it's great to see how many times it's been shared
all over social media.
So everybody's really excitedabout this.
Speaker 11 (25:32):
Congratulations, bust alike, and we'll see you at
the dinner.
Speaker 5 (25:35):
All right, thank you.
Speaker 11 (26:38):
And welcome back to the Double R show.
We have an opportunity now atthis point in time to talk about
some of the other activities inand around the Lincoln City
community.
For instance, we got a fluvaccine clinic at the Lincoln
City Community Center on Friday,November 14th.
Jot that one down.
Lincoln County Public Health ishosting this flu vaccination
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clinic.
No appointment is necessary.
Meetings upcoming at City Hallinclude on November 5 at 3:30
the library board.
On Monday, November the 10th at6 o'clock as City Council meets
in a regular meeting.
On Wednesday, the 12th ofNovember at 4 o'clock, Public
Arts Committee.
We have engaged Lincoln City Adhoc committee on Thursday,
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November 13th.
On Wednesday, November 19th,Lincoln City Parks and Rec as
their monthly meeting.
So lots of activities.
If you'd like to be part of thecity government, attend.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Yeah, and we're going to have the uh interim city
manager on here soon, too, nowas we introduce him to the
community.
So it's going to be good forthat in a future episode.
Speaker 11 (27:43):
Parade of flags are on sale as we speak.
Uh, the sponsor of the LincolnCity Kawanas Club, and all of
the monies that they raise fromthe flags that they put up, and
it's only 40 bucks a year.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
Yeah, and it's like, you know, Veterans Day is coming
up here again, of course, anduh all the uh the big holidays
that uh they're celebrating withthose flags.
Speaker 11 (28:03):
And just so you know that $40 goes to support youth
sports college uh scholarships,the Easter egg hunt, spooky
spectacular, backpacks for kids,school band programs, family
promise of Lincoln County,Dornbecker Children's Cancer
Research Program, and a host ofother things as well.
Forty bucks is all it takes tosponsor a flag, and the flag is
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in front of your business.
Now, you don't have to bebusiness.
Right, yeah.
You uh can sponsor one of themany flags uh that uh are in
what uh we affectionately referto as no man's lab.
Right, up to Nell Scott areathere, yeah.
And we have a host of militaryflags uh at the uh various uh
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two uh uh locations here inLincoln City that you can
sponsor one or all of the flagsof the military flags as well.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Right, for the Ed Johan uh as well as at the
cultural center, right?
Is that the other play?
Yeah, those are the two.
Speaker 11 (28:58):
Yeah.
Christmas Bazaar, Friday andSaturday, November uh 7 and 8,
10 to 3.
Uh, this is uh gonna be at St.
Peter the Fishman LutheranChurch.
They'll have a bakery, atreasure room, krum kaka, krum
kaka.
You gotta roll the tongue andsay chrome kaka, made fresh on
the spot.
The the minister there makesthe uh pastor guide.
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I love it.
Uh they got all of theirquilts.
There's a quilt raffle and uhlots of other activities.
That's 11 to 2 is the St.
Peter the Cafe will be open forlunch, and it's a great lunch
as well.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
Yeah, and if you missed that last episode, just
uh go back in time a week.
Uh go to the doublrshow.com andyou can listen to all these
episodes, which uh included thatone which featured uh Pastor
Kai's and the quilts and thelike.
Speaker 11 (29:47):
So that's good stuff.
And uh again, uh we remind youAngels Anonymous Festival of the
Trees is coming up in December.
Uh, this is always the firstSaturday in December.
If you want to be Part of that.
You'll want to buy your ticketsas soon as possible.
Support Angels, and uh you cango up to the Chamber of Commerce
office or you can buy themonline.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
Great, yeah.
Speaker 11 (30:09):
Very easily done.
Uh, from your side of thetable, Mr.
Paul.
Speaker 3 (30:13):
Well, just a happy Halloween coming up here.
Speaker 11 (30:15):
Oh, there is that holiday, too.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
Yeah, you know, that's kind of a big one down
here in uh the uh double R showland.
Uh we're looking forward toanother fantastic uh and safe
Halloween uh this year again, uhon the 31st.
And so uh yeah.
Speaker 11 (30:31):
Yeah, we want everybody to be safe and have a
good time and enjoy Halloween asit's meant to be.
Yeah.
There's a lot of locations inLincoln City uh that you can get
the kids off of the mainthoroughfares.
Uh and if you're on drivingabout, slow down.
Yeah, indeed.
Definitely slow down becausethose kids are off to a house to
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get that butterfinger.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
Candy.
I like butterfingers.
You do, yeah.
Yeah.
I like smarties.
I like pretty much all thosecandies.
Speaker 11 (31:04):
You can bring me a butterfinger.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Okay.
Speaker 11 (31:06):
What about a donut?
A donut would work as well.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
And with a donut, we get what?
Oh, for one donut, you know,you get basically five dollars a
month, is what our donut uhclub is at at that one level,
the old fashioned.
Uh five bucks a month.
It gets you part of the doubleR Donut Club.
Uh, we also have the donuthole.
Uh, you can be a donut holemember, uh buck a month.
And then, of course, thebaker's dozen, uh, $13 a month,
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contributing to the productionof the Double R show.
And uh, we give 20% of those uhproceeds away to a local
nonprofit, too.
So another way to support yourcommunity.
Speaker 11 (31:40):
And the best thing about it is you join the donut
club, and I will not show up inmy robe.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
Well, you know, I think it's National Donut Day
again.
Yes, it is.
That's right around the corner.
Just an extra reason to uhcelebrate donuts and uh and in a
double R show, why not?
Speaker 11 (31:57):
I like my donuts.
That'll do it to the dudens ata double R Show, the Donut Show,
if you will.
Please remember to like,subscribe, and share, especially
donuts, so you, your family,and friends around the world and
across the street can join usright here on the Double R Show
for Son Paul and Jenna.
I'm Double R.
Have a happy day and a safeHalloween.
Speaker 8 (32:25):
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Speaker 11 (00:30):
And welcome to the Double R Show.
Today we'll have an opportunityto find out all of the nominees
for the Lincoln City Chamber ofCommerce, various categories
for their annual banquet.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Yeah, it's kind of the multiverse, right?
There's a multiple amount offolks that are going to be uh uh
nominated that are arenominated, and so you look for
those names.
And uh speaking of multi andthe multiverse, we got uh Dr.
Leslie Ogden talking aboutmulti-care, right?
And the uh affiliation thatyeah, affiliation that uh they
uh going to be doing with thisother organization up in the
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Washington area.
Speaker 11 (01:04):
No, this is huge.
This is uh a big news for thehospital and for the community
at large.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
And then lastly, we've got Keith Barnes talking
about other uh ways to connectfor veterans.
Uh of course, there is a ballotmeasure uh supporting uh the
Lincoln County VeteransAssociation, uh, I think is the
title, right?
It's on the ballot now.
So it's on the ballot.
Speaker 11 (01:26):
Only item on the ballot.
Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, look for that in your uh inbox and uh be sure
to vote.
Speaker 11 (01:30):
And I can honestly uh say with uh uh no hesitation,
I have voted and voted for theballot measure.
I am a veteran.
I do appreciate that.
And if you see somebody, aveteran, and you say thank you
for your service, supported withyour wallet.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
I can say that I too voted for him, but uh yeah.
So there's two votes out of uhhowever many of the county.
Uh, but make sure you turn inyour ballots in time for the
November election.
Speaker 11 (02:01):
And if you don't vote, don't complain.
I don't want to hear it.
Okay, we'll take a break andwe'll join uh with our special
guests right after this.
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Speaker 11 (02:27):
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Speaker 11 (03:07):
Dr.
Leslie Ogden, Samaritan NorthLincoln Hospital and Pacific
Communities Hospital, the CEO.
We have some huge news.
Speaker 9 (03:16):
Some very huge news.
Speaker 11 (03:18):
Multicare.
What is multicare?
Speaker 9 (03:20):
Yeah, so recently, just last week, we announced,
Samaritan announced that ourintent is to affiliate with
multicare.
They are a hospital system thatis number one, nonprofit,
number two, community-based,number three, believes in local
governance out of Tacoma,Washington.
(03:42):
And we are very excited becausewe believe that this will allow
us to have not only thestability that we've been
looking for in healthcare timesof change, but also the ability
to grow and deliver a multitudeof services to our region that
(04:06):
we were sort of struggling tofigure out how we were going to
strategize in the future.
Speaker 11 (04:12):
So this now becomes multicare hospital?
Does it remain as SamaritanNorthwake of the hospital?
What happens?
Speaker 9 (04:19):
Yes, yes.
So we will affiliate withmulticare and become them, so to
speak.
However, they realize the valueof the name and they also
believe in local governance.
So there may be a lot of theSamaritan name that actually
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stays.
We'll have to see how that allshakes out.
But they understand whatSamaritan is to our region, to
our local uh area, and theydon't want to undo that.
Speaker 11 (04:54):
So why did we have to or will we uh join with
another operation?
Speaker 9 (05:00):
Uh you got a stable hospital system, but we actually
studied ourselves quite a bit.
Speaker 11 (05:08):
Okay.
Speaker 9 (05:08):
Um we uh took a and I believe I've talked uh to you
about this before, we took a $68million loss last year as
Samaritan as a as a healthsystem.
Speaker 11 (05:20):
Over the five hospitals.
Speaker 9 (05:21):
All of the five hospitals, the whole spanking
thing all together, we lostsixty-eight million dollars.
That was surprising to us.
It was a lot more than we hadanticipated, uh, a lot of it uh
coming through health plansbecause we also own a health
plan.
So we had to very quicklyfigure out how to turn things
(05:42):
around.
And we have, we have almostmade a full turnaround.
Speaker 11 (05:47):
How did you accomplish that?
Speaker 9 (05:49):
I know a lot of things have been have been
re-jiggered, so to speak.
But in that process, we havebeen evaluated by outside
experts who have said, you know,you could remain independent,
you could do this on your own.
But as we look ahead at what wesee coming down the pipe for
(06:12):
health care, we are looking atmassive Medicaid cuts.
We are looking at struggles forpeople to understand how
they're going to have their owninsurance, how they're going to
afford that.
We're seeing cuts across theboard in Medicare in some
instances, just a lot of thingsthat don't look hopeful.
Speaker 11 (06:36):
And have no control over.
Speaker 9 (06:37):
And we have no control over, especially when we
see 75% government payers inour coastal hospitals, meaning
75% of all the people who comeand seek care for us, ultimately
we get paid by the governmentfor all of these people, whether
that be Medicare, Medicaid,TRICARE, you know, some some
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whatever it is.
So we rely an awful lot onthings that are outside of our
control and our ability tocontinue to deliver care.
So yeah, we could go thisalone, we could try it, but what
we see is an opportunity toaffiliate with a very like
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hospital system, meaning theyare nonprofit, they are locally
governed, they arecommunity-based.
And we said to ourselves, whywould we try to go it alone if
we can bring a lot moreresources to bear in our region?
Speaker 11 (07:41):
Now, this is a done deal, this is a you know a
immune process deal.
Speaker 9 (07:47):
Well, we have a complex system of health care
oversight in the state ofOregon.
And to that end, anytime wewant to do something that falls
into the categories of mergersor acquisitions or partnerships
or anything along those lines,we have to go to the state and
we have to ask permission.
(08:07):
And so we have done that, butthis will be a multi-month
process that at the earliestwill be done in spring of 2026,
and it may even extend to theend of the summer by the time
the state gives their approval,and we hope we will get their
(08:28):
approval to join our two systemstogether.
Speaker 11 (08:33):
So, where does the district fit into this puzzle?
Speaker 9 (08:35):
The health district.
Yeah.
So the health district, theyare the folks that are tasked
with oversight of health care inour area, and they raise funds
through taxation of the folksthat live within the health
district, and then they choosehow to spend that money for the
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betterment of health in thearea.
And so one of the mostfantastic things that our health
district has done recently ishelp to provide financing for
our STARS program that's thefirst of its kind in Lincoln
County.
That is an inpatient substanceuse disorder treatment facility
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that coincidentally just openedyesterday.
Um, and that is uh October27th.
So they choose how to fundhealth care in this area.
That will not change.
Those are elected positions.
They can choose to help work onprojects that are sponsored by
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the Samaritan or multi-care inthe in the future, or they can
choose to spend their money in acompletely different fashion.
So Dr.
Speaker 11 (09:47):
Leslie Ogden and Multicare coming to Lincoln
County and all of the Samaritansystem.
Uh, we're gonna take a breakand uh we'll have Dr.
Ogden back on again with usnext week to continue that
discussion and the discussionabout the STARS program, which I
know you're really proud of.
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Woven Legacies is a special sale of Killems, rugs,
bags, shoes, jewelry, and homedecor made by Artesians and
Turkey.
Sale of these items at theLincoln City Cultural Center
will support the center and alsothe ongoing care of Julie
Reynolds Oterman.
All treasures of Woven Legacieswere imported by Julie and her
late husband, Senator Otraman.
(10:58):
View the entire display todayat the Lincoln City Cultural
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Speaker 11 (11:18):
Thanks for coming on board.
Speaker 2 (11:20):
Absolutely.
Speaker 11 (11:21):
Keith on a ballot is uh one item, one item only, I
believe, uh almost county wide,and it's got to do with
veterans.
Tell us about it.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
Yeah, so we are asking for the voters to approve
a levy to help secure and fundour office.
The levy is for three and ahalf cents per thousand dollars
of assessed value.
So the average uh house and ourhome in Lincoln County would be
about an eight dollar and fortycent a year increase in your
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property taxes, which would goto fund our office and secure us
from the county budget.
Speaker 11 (11:59):
Okay, what additional services will this
buy the veterans, if you will,because we already have you and
your staff working for theveterans.
Well, what more comes from it?
Speaker 2 (12:11):
Well, it's gonna do two things.
The first thing it's gonna dois it's gonna secure our budget.
We are facing in the countywith the currently we have a
freeze on new employees onfilling positions, and we're
looking at maybe possibly havingsome budget cuts this year.
This levy will prevent thosebudget cuts from happening to
our office.
(12:32):
Uh, the second thing it's gonnado is it's gonna help us with
some outreach.
One of the things with our oursmall office, we just have a
hard time having consistentoutreach into the community.
I have an example of a veteranthat came into the office here
last December, worked through,got him service connected.
He's now at 100%, but he shouldhave been a hundred percent two
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or three years ago, but hedidn't know about these
programs.
And if we could have been outin the community a little bit
more, maybe we could havetouched that veteran, talked to
him, and got him in the service.
And over three years, thatwould have been you know, nearly
$130,000 more of services ormore funds that that veteran
would have received.
Speaker 11 (13:15):
What kind of services are are we talking
about, Keith?
Speaker 2 (13:19):
Well, so there's lots of them.
You know, our our bread andbutter is disability claims
working through that disabilityclaim.
But also, like right now, aswe're seeing the potential for
Medicare and Medicaid premiumsto skyrocket, getting them
enrolled in VA healthcare,getting them set up in a higher
priority group in VA healthcareso that they can weather through
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that storm, and maybe theydon't need that extra uh
advantage plan that could youknow skyrocket their insurance.
Or if they're a small businessowner working in the community
who's a veteran who's never usedVA benefits, maybe we can get
them enrolled and they can startdoing it.
And then, you know, dependingon where they're at in that
benefits profile, maybe theydon't even need to be paying for
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external uh healthcarebenefits.
Speaker 11 (14:05):
Benefits are the big uh big hook, if you will.
And in your office, you've gotuh two other officers that that
work with the veterans securingbenefits as well.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
No, we only have two VSOs.
We have myself and Caroline,who are accredited VSOs through
the VA, and then we have anadministrative assistant who's
really our scheduler, and hetalks on the phone and he does a
great job.
He he takes a lot of our platebecause he's also a veteran.
So he's able to answer a lot ofthose VA questions and allow us
(14:37):
to work on those uh claims andbenefits packages.
The thing we are missing isthat outreach person, the person
that can go to those farmersmarkets, those craft fairs, sit
at the hospital, do those thingsto kind of touch those veterans
and get that personalface-to-face into the community.
Speaker 11 (14:55):
What's the biggest misunderstanding, if you will,
of the veteran service officesin Newport?
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Well, really, there's two of them.
Number one is we are not fundedby the VA.
We are funded by the countybudget and some pass-through
funds through the Oregonlottery.
We do not receive any federalmonies, we do not receive any
grant funding through the VA,and we are not a VA office.
The other biggest misconceptionwe have is that we have
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veterans all the time say, Oh,well, I wasn't a war veteran, or
I wasn't I didn't serve in acombat zone, so there aren't any
benefits for me.
That is completely false.
If you serve in the military,there may very well be lots of
benefits available to you,whether it's at your end of life
with death benefits, orhealthcare benefits, or
(15:47):
disability benefits.
The only people that can tellyou that you don't have benefits
is the VA, and we're gonna helpyou reach out to the VA, and
we're gonna help you go throughthat system and get those
benefits.
Speaker 11 (16:01):
When it comes right down to uh Keith, you would
actually be the middleman thatwould help that veteran deal
with the big the big house, ifyou will.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Absolutely.
You know, when we take a lookat VA healthcare, for instance,
each hospital group is grouped,you know, like we're in the
Portland catchment area, there'salso the Rosebort catchment
area, there's the Boisecatchment area, which covers
eastern Oregon and easternWashington, there's the Seattle
catchment area that catches uhup to southwest Washington, but
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not Vancouver.
And knowing those areas and howto get through them is
important.
There's also eight prioritygroups, and each group has
different sets of benefits thatare associated with them, and
knowing how to get you raised upin different benefit priority
groups, knowing what benefitswork through your benefit
groups, that's important.
So we can we can help navigateyou through those situations
(16:56):
because unfortunately, the VA,like many government offices,
are large bureaucracies, and asmuch as we want to make it as
simple as we can, that's notgonna happen under our watch.
Speaker 11 (17:07):
And again, the the vote comes up this uh November,
uh you are one of the uh onlyitems on the ballot, correct?
Speaker 2 (17:15):
The only item on the ballot countywide, again, it is
three cents, three and a halfcents per thousand dollars of
assessment.
And what that'll do is thatwill take us out of the county
budget.
So that way, if the countybudget they say, hey, we need to
cut 30% to all offices, becauseI'm not in the county budget, I
won't have to cut that out ofmy office.
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I'll be able to keep my officeword.
Speaker 11 (17:40):
Appreciate the information, and again, uh make
certain that you uh vote and uhget the ballot into the box as
soon as possible.
On the line with us right nowhas been Keith Barnes, Veteran
Service uh officer for LincolnCounty.
Thanks, Keith.
Speaker 2 (17:55):
Absolutely.
You have a great day, sir.
Hey, and thank you for yourservice.
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Speaker 11 (18:41):
Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
is with us, Lori Archituris.
Welcome, Lori.
You have a lot of people togive some accolades to.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
I do.
And like I keep saying, it'sthe best thing that we do all
year.
It is absolutely my favoriteevent because it's not that
often that we get to recognizeand celebrate our our businesses
in town.
Speaker 11 (19:04):
This is the annual awards banquet that's going to
be held uh November 13th at theCultural Center.
And the main reason we had Loricome on today is to give some
accolades to all of thenominees, and it is staggering
the number of nominees.
Speaker 5 (19:21):
Yep, we added a category.
The board and I were talkingabout it, and we're like, do we
want to stick with the samecategories?
And they and I've I totallyagree.
We felt strong that we need acommunity impact because we've
got so many businesses that dogreat things for the community,
but there really wasn't acategory in the ones that we
had.
So that community impact, wehad a lot of nominees in that
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category for sure.
Speaker 11 (19:46):
Speaking of nominees, uh, I'm gonna turn it
over to you and let you go overthe list of nominees.
I know at the chamber luncheonthis past week, uh you
introduced everybody that wasthere.
Um, and you've got an enviablelist of talent.
Speaker 5 (20:03):
Yeah, it was great.
And you know, I make themstand, make them be recognized.
And that night, same thing.
I'll call them up to the frontand make them be recognized.
So um, yeah, the night ofNovember 13th from 6 to 8 at the
Cultural Center will be theawards banquet where we will
honor all of the nominees.
I'll have a certificate forthem, and then we will announce
(20:24):
the winners.
Speaker 11 (20:25):
Very good.
Speaker 5 (20:25):
But I would love to announce the winners in each
category.
And since we were talking aboutthe Community Impact Award,
I'll start with that category.
So first we have Family Promiseof Lincoln County, Habitat for
Humanity, Lincoln City ElksLodge, North Lincoln Fire and
Rescue, Rotary Club of LincolnCity, and TLC, a division of
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Fiber Federal Credit Union.
Speaker 11 (20:51):
Community Impact Award.
Uh, and again, that this israther significant.
Speaker 5 (20:58):
It is, and and it really means that you're
reaching out to all of the otherorganizations, partnering with
organizations and filling a needthat we have in the community.
Okay, and next we have We haveBest New Business, which this
one is a great one too.
Um we've got Amazon Hub, FancyFish and Aquascapes, Fish and
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Clips, Lincoln City Ceramics,Momo on the Wheels, Rosanna's
Closet, Seahorsey Bottle Shop,and Sootbuster's Chimney Sweep.
Speaker 11 (21:33):
It is amazing to me, again, going back to the last
uh Chamber of Commerce luncheon,the number of new members that
you introduced that I had notheard of these businesses, and a
number of these I had not heardof as well.
Speaker 5 (21:46):
Yep, and some of them, like Seahorsey Bottle
Shop, they're brand new in umbuilding on 51st.
Speaker 11 (21:52):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 5 (21:54):
Brian Zug's new building.
So it's it's a business inthere.
Speaker 11 (21:58):
That's where Eleanor's uh underdo is.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
Eleanor's in there, and Fish and Clips is also in
there.
So yeah, there's a lot ofbusinesses in there, and they
were both nominated and becamechamber members to go forward in
the process.
So yeah, definitely happy towelcome them.
Next we have the beautificationaward, and this one is a great
one, too.
And some of these businesseswere nominated in multiple
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categories.
So, yeah, first we've got firstchoice fresh market, Chinook
Gwen's Casino Resort, they'vebeen doing a lot of
beautification things, EvergreenHome Loans, Lincoln City Parks
and Recreation, North LincolnSanitary Service, and Samaritan
North Lincoln Hospital.
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And all of those have Evergreenjust moved into their really
great new location, Lincoln CityParks and Recreation, you know,
the Taft Parks and the newSchooner Creek Park.
They've been doing so much.
Speaker 11 (22:55):
Huge, huge.
Speaker 5 (22:56):
North Lincoln Sanitary Service.
This this one they werenominated for their new transfer
station, which is awesome, andit's beautiful in its own right.
And then Samaritan NorthLincoln Hospital, of course,
their new building.
Speaker 11 (23:10):
Okay, and moving along, we have We have
excellence and customer service.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
And to me, this is one of the most important ones.
So we have a Clean Getaway,Beechcrest Brewing Company,
Charlotte Leto Insurance Agency,Lincoln City Donuts and Coffee,
Oregon State Credit Union,Scout Northwest Trading Company,
and Shoreline Smoothies.
Speaker 11 (23:38):
It is again marvelous that these people are
recognized for taking care ofthe customer.
Speaker 5 (23:44):
Yes.
Speaker 11 (23:45):
They learned their lessons well.
Speaker 5 (23:46):
Yep, they do a lot of things great, but the customer
service is the one that reallyspeaks in all of these.
Speaker 11 (23:52):
Gets them back.
And business of the year.
Speaker 5 (23:54):
Business of the year.
What?
Always traveling.
At the top of the list, I know,at the top of the list.
I was very glad to see younominated.
So we've got Always Traveling,Grocery Outlet, Lincoln City
Gifts, Lincoln City SportingGoods, Mo's Restaurant, Oregon
Coast Bank, Pfeiffer RoofingCompany, RB Contracting, and
(24:19):
Zantello Law Group.
Speaker 11 (24:20):
That is a huge list of marvelous giving businesses.
Speaker 5 (24:25):
Yep, for sure.
And new businesses.
We had a couple that have beenreturning, you know, that were
nominated last year as well.
But for the most part, they areall brand new businesses.
Speaker 11 (24:34):
Okay, uh, we've got a minute to go.
The event is going to be heldat the Cultural Center.
Tickets are available.
Speaker 5 (24:41):
Yes, they are available now.
And I'm sure with this manynominees, we will sell out.
Speaker 11 (24:46):
And sell out is at uh how many people?
98.
98.
And we've already sold 40.
There's almost that manynominees.
Speaker 5 (24:54):
I know.
And we've got some businessestalking about you know, bringing
all their employees, buying awhole table.
So, yeah, if you're planning ongoing or want tickets, I would
recommend getting them rightaway.
You can get them from thechamber website, lcchamber.com.
Speaker 11 (25:08):
Okay, and the tickets are how much?
Speaker 5 (25:10):
$50 for members, 64 non-members.
Speaker 11 (25:12):
All right.
Speaker 5 (25:13):
So And voting, you can still vote on your favorite
business.
So voting is open throughOctober 31st on Halloween.
Speaker 11 (25:21):
That's cutting pretty tight.
So get with the program.
Speaker 5 (25:24):
And it's great to see how many times it's been shared
all over social media.
So everybody's really excitedabout this.
Speaker 11 (25:32):
Congratulations, bust alike, and we'll see you at
the dinner.
Speaker 5 (25:35):
All right, thank you.
Speaker 11 (26:38):
And welcome back to the Double R show.
We have an opportunity now atthis point in time to talk about
some of the other activities inand around the Lincoln City
community.
For instance, we got a fluvaccine clinic at the Lincoln
City Community Center on Friday,November 14th.
Jot that one down.
Lincoln County Public Health ishosting this flu vaccination
(26:58):
clinic.
No appointment is necessary.
Meetings upcoming at City Hallinclude on November 5 at 3:30
the library board.
On Monday, November the 10th at6 o'clock as City Council meets
in a regular meeting.
On Wednesday, the 12th ofNovember at 4 o'clock, Public
Arts Committee.
We have engaged Lincoln City Adhoc committee on Thursday,
(27:22):
November 13th.
On Wednesday, November 19th,Lincoln City Parks and Rec as
their monthly meeting.
So lots of activities.
If you'd like to be part of thecity government, attend.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Yeah, and we're going to have the uh interim city
manager on here soon, too, nowas we introduce him to the
community.
So it's going to be good forthat in a future episode.
Speaker 11 (27:43):
Parade of flags are on sale as we speak.
Uh, the sponsor of the LincolnCity Kawanas Club, and all of
the monies that they raise fromthe flags that they put up, and
it's only 40 bucks a year.
Speaker 3 (27:55):
Yeah, and it's like, you know, Veterans Day is coming
up here again, of course, anduh all the uh the big holidays
that uh they're celebrating withthose flags.
Speaker 11 (28:03):
And just so you know that $40 goes to support youth
sports college uh scholarships,the Easter egg hunt, spooky
spectacular, backpacks for kids,school band programs, family
promise of Lincoln County,Dornbecker Children's Cancer
Research Program, and a host ofother things as well.
Forty bucks is all it takes tosponsor a flag, and the flag is
(28:25):
in front of your business.
Now, you don't have to bebusiness.
Right, yeah.
You uh can sponsor one of themany flags uh that uh are in
what uh we affectionately referto as no man's lab.
Right, up to Nell Scott areathere, yeah.
And we have a host of militaryflags uh at the uh various uh
(28:45):
two uh uh locations here inLincoln City that you can
sponsor one or all of the flagsof the military flags as well.
Speaker 3 (28:52):
Right, for the Ed Johan uh as well as at the
cultural center, right?
Is that the other play?
Yeah, those are the two.
Speaker 11 (28:58):
Yeah.
Christmas Bazaar, Friday andSaturday, November uh 7 and 8,
10 to 3.
Uh, this is uh gonna be at St.
Peter the Fishman LutheranChurch.
They'll have a bakery, atreasure room, krum kaka, krum
kaka.
You gotta roll the tongue andsay chrome kaka, made fresh on
the spot.
The the minister there makesthe uh pastor guide.
(29:22):
I love it.
Uh they got all of theirquilts.
There's a quilt raffle and uhlots of other activities.
That's 11 to 2 is the St.
Peter the Cafe will be open forlunch, and it's a great lunch
as well.
Speaker 3 (29:35):
Yeah, and if you missed that last episode, just
uh go back in time a week.
Uh go to the doublrshow.com andyou can listen to all these
episodes, which uh included thatone which featured uh Pastor
Kai's and the quilts and thelike.
Speaker 11 (29:47):
So that's good stuff.
And uh again, uh we remind youAngels Anonymous Festival of the
Trees is coming up in December.
Uh, this is always the firstSaturday in December.
If you want to be Part of that.
You'll want to buy your ticketsas soon as possible.
Support Angels, and uh you cango up to the Chamber of Commerce
office or you can buy themonline.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
Great, yeah.
Speaker 11 (30:09):
Very easily done.
Uh, from your side of thetable, Mr.
Paul.
Speaker 3 (30:13):
Well, just a happy Halloween coming up here.
Speaker 11 (30:15):
Oh, there is that holiday, too.
Speaker 3 (30:17):
Yeah, you know, that's kind of a big one down
here in uh the uh double R showland.
Uh we're looking forward toanother fantastic uh and safe
Halloween uh this year again, uhon the 31st.
And so uh yeah.
Speaker 11 (30:31):
Yeah, we want everybody to be safe and have a
good time and enjoy Halloween asit's meant to be.
Yeah.
There's a lot of locations inLincoln City uh that you can get
the kids off of the mainthoroughfares.
Uh and if you're on drivingabout, slow down.
Yeah, indeed.
Definitely slow down becausethose kids are off to a house to
(30:55):
get that butterfinger.
Speaker 3 (30:58):
Candy.
I like butterfingers.
You do, yeah.
Yeah.
I like smarties.
I like pretty much all thosecandies.
Speaker 11 (31:04):
You can bring me a butterfinger.
Speaker 3 (31:05):
Okay.
Speaker 11 (31:06):
What about a donut?
A donut would work as well.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
And with a donut, we get what?
Oh, for one donut, you know,you get basically five dollars a
month, is what our donut uhclub is at at that one level,
the old fashioned.
Uh five bucks a month.
It gets you part of the doubleR Donut Club.
Uh, we also have the donuthole.
Uh, you can be a donut holemember, uh buck a month.
And then, of course, thebaker's dozen, uh, $13 a month,
(31:32):
contributing to the productionof the Double R show.
And uh, we give 20% of those uhproceeds away to a local
nonprofit, too.
So another way to support yourcommunity.
Speaker 11 (31:40):
And the best thing about it is you join the donut
club, and I will not show up inmy robe.
Speaker 3 (31:47):
Well, you know, I think it's National Donut Day
again.
Yes, it is.
That's right around the corner.
Just an extra reason to uhcelebrate donuts and uh and in a
double R show, why not?
Speaker 11 (31:57):
I like my donuts.
That'll do it to the dudens ata double R Show, the Donut Show,
if you will.
Please remember to like,subscribe, and share, especially
donuts, so you, your family,and friends around the world and
across the street can join usright here on the Double R Show
for Son Paul and Jenna.
I'm Double R.
Have a happy day and a safeHalloween.
Speaker 8 (32:25):
You've been listening to the Double R Show.
Join Roger and Paul Robertsonas they explore everything about
North Lincoln County.
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