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Jana (00:07):
Welcome to the Double R Show, the podcast that features
everything about North LincolnCounty.
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 have anopportunity to talk about a
movie.
We have an opportunity to talkabout a school.
And Mary Goss is going to join
Son Paul (00:42):
us
RR (00:43):
as well.
Son Paul (00:43):
Yeah, so we've got the Visephere collaborative
representative here, Mary Goss.
And Toby Wynn from Neighborsfor Kids.
He's the executive director ofdevelopment there.
Been there 19 years.
Yes.
And then we're going to hear alittle bit about Ascension.
documentary story that's goingto be at the Bijou.
And Rick Mark is going to joinus to talk a little bit about
that.
And we'll do that right afterthis.
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RR (02:03):
19 years has got to be some kind of record going on right
now for Toby Wynn with Neighborsfor Kids.
19 years in that position.
Yep,
Toby Winn (02:13):
I somehow brought that up when I first arrived
here today.
It's been almost two decades.
Time flies when you're havingfun with lots of kids, I guess.
Does it seem like it's been 19years for you, Toby?
Right now, yes.
It sure seems like it flew by,but it also, when you think
about everything we'veaccomplished, you know, and the
growth we've had physically andprogrammatically and just the
(02:35):
scope of our services, and thenit definitely feels like 90
years.
RR (02:39):
Just the school, the building, the physical building
has changed immeasurably sinceit began.
Toby Winn (02:46):
Yes, it has.
I mean, when we first began, wewere founded in 1999.
We were just a one little tablein the corner of the local
church in Depoe Bay.
And then we got the littlebuilding up off 101, which you
guys might remember is about 700square feet.
And then as I was hired and Itwore my heart on my sleeve and,
you know, had a degree from U ofO and I was just running a boys
(03:07):
and girls club in Eugene.
I came back with my career herebecause I felt Lincoln County
needed it.
And then we went from 700square feet after a lot of
fundraising, of course, andmiracles and blessings to 7,600
square feet facility.
And how many students?
Oh boy, per day or the wholetime?
I mean, I'd say we've served acouple thousand kids by now.
I mean, on a daily basis in ourprograms and our preschool,
(03:29):
because now we have a preschooltoo.
Three to five-year-olds, we'reseeing up to about a dozen a
day, and that's a good amountfor those little guys.
And then we're seeingafter-school program anywhere
from 30 to 40s.
And in the summertime, we'vehad moments where we've hit even
50 to 70 per day.
RR (03:45):
When the school first started, it was originally
intended to service the childrenof the Depot Bay community but
that's no longer the case.
Toby Winn (03:53):
Yeah, when it first started, it was mainly because
our founder saw, you know,issues with the teenagers in
Deeper Bay and worried about,you know, just some potential
juvenile delinquency.
And so to stop that, it wasNeighbors Against Drugs, we
actually were called in the verybeginning.
Most people don't know.
Because it was more of aprevention effort for older
kids, you know, the teens, andgive them someplace to be.
Let's look out for them becausethey're our social
(04:14):
responsibility as a community,you know, whether they're your
kids or not.
But yeah, so since then, we'vereally responded to the needs
that we've seen grow here overthe years in Lincoln County it's
a child care desert they callit one of many in Oregon so we
added a preschool we now havebeen a licensed child care
center through Oregon Departmentof Early Learning and Care
through the state we're one ofonly two in the entire county
(04:36):
the only other one that has adedicated facility like that is
Samaritan Early Learning thatSamaritan operates for preschool
and they're mainly for littleguys and a few older kids and
we're we have little guys andway more older kids so often
times there's some cross sectorservices and referrals going on
between our organizations.
RR (04:56):
Now, as you dream down to the world, I mean, yeah, you've
been in this a couple ofdecades.
The next decade is going tobring what?
Oh, boy.
Toby Winn (05:04):
Honestly, what we need is, you know, we need
strategic planning, which wejust did for the next three
years.
We need to make some very gooddecisions.
Tell me.
We're looking at basicallyhiring the right staff, building
to mirror our population, youknow, especially the, you know,
the ethnic diversity that hasgrown so drastically in Lincoln
County over the years.
So to try to better mirror thatpopulation we see within our
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teachers and our staff and aswell as our board of directors,
it's one of our priorities.
And another one is justdeveloping capacity around
money, around sustainability.
We'd love to grow, you know, Imean, maybe over the next 10
years, something, a miraclecould happen.
And if we had enough fundingand funding wasn't an issue,
we'd love to grow.
to expand our program.
Speaking of funding, where doesyour money come from?
Anywhere possible.
(05:46):
Okay.
Well, I'd say that most of it,and I wish it wasn't this way,
comes from grants and grantfoundations.
Most of them like, you know,family foundations.
And honestly, most of it comesfrom away from Lincoln County.
The larger dollars, those wouldbe like the largest Northwest
foundations, you know, over theyears.
And then the tribes, you know,So Let's Tribe, Grand Ronde
Tribe, they're very generous andgive to us to help us move our
(06:09):
mission forward.
Individual donations,fundraisers, that's part of our
planning is developing some newthings you know new pockets of
money that we try to generatefrom different sources so we
don't keep can't keep goingafter the same thing year after
year after year you have to oneof the big ones you
RR (06:23):
used to have was a golf tournament
Toby Winn (06:24):
yeah we still have a golf tournament all right and
that's glad you mentioned thatbecause we're in our 16th annual
kid's own classic charity golftournament coming up july 19th
this year so i don't know ifthere's any more in lincoln
county that can stay 16 years onthere and i mean we've had as
many at least 70 or 80 golfersand as many as like 125 before
RR (06:44):
well you've also had some super superstars that have
played at that golf tournamentfor many years.
Yes, we are lucky that we hadthe
Toby Winn (06:50):
guest celebrity Dan Fouts, you know, U of O alumni
and San Diego Charger and Hallof Famer.
And he's been there a lot ofthe times, I'd say the majority.
And yeah, he was there lastyear.
Yeah.
And we're hoping that he canjoin us again this year.
RR (07:02):
What possesses somebody to get involved with Neighbors for
Kids?
You
Toby Winn (07:06):
mean possesses someone like me or just people
in general?
In general.
In general.
For
RR (07:11):
instance, doesn't have children within the school, but
sees the need, sees the reasonto be there.
I'd
Toby Winn (07:16):
say just the excitement of learning for kids
and keeping kids safe.
giving them a supervised coolplace to be together.
And I mean, but there's so muchwe do now.
It could, something differentcould resonate with everybody.
Maybe just the fact we feedkids healthy food every day that
we cook every meal fromscratch.
And maybe because we do fieldtrips and they want to go
surfing with us.
Like, yes.
(07:37):
Maybe it's because we doacademic and homework help, you
know, and reading and math andscience.
And that's so important tothem.
But we also do the arts, thevisual arts.
We offer free music lessonsyear round.
And we do martial arts now aswell.
It's either gardening andsports.
And I mean, if you think of it,we've got kind of everything
any kid could ever want going onin one environment.
(07:58):
And I think that's why all ofus people are so different in
what we love and what resonateswith us.
So, I mean, I'm looking at mylist and I don't even think I
have time to read all the thingswe have going on there.
But a lot of it's just being acaring adult, you know, a mentor
and offering that socialemotional support, just getting
a bond.
Is
RR (08:16):
there places where people can volunteer?
Unknown (08:19):
Yeah.
Toby Winn (08:19):
There are places they can volunteer, whether it's in
the facility or out.
And, you know, we have somepretty intensive, you know,
screening processes we gothrough, but we're developing
back in more of a structuredtargeted tutoring program soon.
And that's a great chance forlike retired school teachers and
such to come in and teach mathor read books with kids and, or
help them get that coreacademics down, you know, but
(08:40):
there's, there's lots ofdifferent opportunities, special
events, golf tournament, Easteregg hunt, we're going to run
next month in the park.
I mean, there's a lot going on.
And we are developing avolunteer coordinator program.
position to better fieldvolunteers, you know, get them
background checked, plug them into something they love to do
and get them involved.
RR (08:57):
We're out of time, but I want to ask one final question.
If there's a misconceptionabout Neighbors for Kids, what
would it be and how do weapproach that?
Toby Winn (09:06):
I'd say the misconception is that we're
fully funded, like say ourgovernment and some of our,
maybe our state education budgetis with the schools.
We have to raise every penny aswe go and spend it as we go.
every single day, all year, anda lot of that's my job.
But the misconception might bethat we look so successful and
have this fancy vehicles and abuilding, but it's taken an
(09:27):
incredible amount of work, andlike I say, hard work, miracles,
and blessings to get there.
And we wouldn't be able to doit without philanthropy, without
people giving.
So really philanthropy andgrant foundations and the tribes
and individuals giving time andmoney is why we exist.
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RR (10:56):
No other land.
Rick Mark is here to talk aboutNo Other Land, and that is a
documentary.
It's going to be at the BijouTheater.
You're presenting this, right?
Rick Mark (11:06):
My wife, Britt Nelson, and I are sponsoring the
showing, basically renting thetheater for a couple hours on
the 22nd.
The show starts at 11, doorsopen at 1030.
This is a documentary that justwon an Oscar in L.A., Easy way
to put it is it's about life onthe West Bank of what some
(11:27):
people call Palestine.
RR (11:29):
Okay.
Rick Mark (11:30):
Where Palestinians live under Israeli military
rule.
which means they're subject tothe whims of that rule.
And if they cross some line orwhatever, for reasons that I'm
not clear on, the Israelimilitary will come in and tear
down people's homes and schoolsand buildings and leave people
(11:51):
destitute.
So this film is about, thisdocumentary is about that life.
Why are you presenting this?
What's your motivation for it,Rick?
The...
Bigger background story is thatI have a brother who's Israeli.
My younger brother, Bob, haslived there for over 40 years.
And most of that time, almostall that time, in a village
(12:14):
that's in Israel that's made up,today it's about 90 families.
Half of them are Jewish andhalf are Arabs.
The village is known as NeveShalom Wahat al-Salam, which in
English translates to Oasis ofPeace.
And the whole purpose of thevillage is to show that Jews and
Arabs can live together.
Both cultures can cometogether.
(12:35):
Peacefully, yeah.
And the schools in thatvillage, I'll try not to go into
too much on the village, butyou'll see why it matters.
For example, the schools, theprimary schools where children
go to school in that village,every class is taught by both a
Hebrew-speaking teacher and anArabic-speaking teacher.
And they're taught each other'sculture, they celebrate each
(12:55):
other's holidays.
My brother lived there teachingEnglish to children, and he, in
the course of events, learnedto speak Hebrew and Arabic.
He raised three daughters whoare now in their 30s with kids
of their own, and they were allbrought up to speak English,
Hebrew, and Arabic.
Some of them have gone on toother languages as well.
(13:17):
The youngest daughter, her nameis Maya.
And incidentally, my Israelifamily, we had a family reunion
here in Lincoln City just lastAugust.
So all these people I'm talkingabout have been to Lincoln City
actually a couple times.
Maya, with her Arab-speakingskills, got involved in doing
some community work on the WestBank, helping people in need,
(13:42):
Palestinians who needed whateversort of help it was that
somebody in that situation mightneed.
She also became friends severalyears ago with an Israeli
journalist.
His name is Yuval Abraham.
And I'm told I actually metYuval about eight years ago when
Britt and I visited in Israel.
(14:03):
And Yuval and Maya were seeingeach other at the time.
And Yuval was at my brother'shouse.
So to be honest, I don'tactually remember the encounter.
It was a large familygathering.
I met a lot of people.
Yuval was one of them.
Yuval, through his connectionto my niece Maya, saw some value
in learning Arabic himself, sohe did.
(14:24):
And evidently, Yuval'sgrandparents, one set of
grandparents came from Europeand were children of Holocaust
survivors.
And the other set ofgrandparents came from the Arab
nation of Yemen.
So he had that kind of mixedbackground.
They were Jews, I'm sure, butJews lived all over the place.
And I should mention, I wasbrought up in a Jewish frame.
(14:46):
We are Jewish ourselves.
So Yuval, his connection withmy niece Maya, started to learn
Arabic.
And as a journalist, he got toknow people on the West Bank.
became very friendly with thisfellow named Basel Adra.
If you saw the Oscar awardceremony on March 2nd, you saw
Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham.
(15:07):
I did.
Those were the two that spoke,that accepted the award for this
Oscar-winning documentary.
And they worked with two otherpeople, also another
Palestinian, another Israeli, tomake this film.
And they did it over fouryears.
I think it was 2019 to 2023.
The filming was completedbefore that horrible October 7th
(15:29):
attack that was so awful andthe attacks on Gaza.
But this all predates the Gazaexperience.
So there's my connection to thefilm.
Evidently, my niece Mayaactually can be seen in the film
at some point.
And I think she might even havea film credit.
And her last name is Mark.
So you'll see Maya Mark as afilm credit.
So this is a highly acclaimedfilm.
(15:51):
It won awards all around theworld in Berlin, Copenhagen,
other places.
But it had difficulty finding adistributor in the United
States for political reasons.
They didn't, whatever, forbusiness reasons, they did not
want to distribute this film.
Finally, a way to distribute itwas found.
(16:12):
And it started to appear in LosAngeles, New York, about a
month ago.
It was in Seattle.
It came to Portland just acouple of weeks ago.
I called Betsy Altomare at theBijou and said, well, if Cinema
21 in Portland can get it, canyou get it?
And she did.
So
RR (16:29):
the bottom line is the documentary will be shown at the
Bijou on?
Saturday.
On Saturday.
Coming up.
Okay.
Rick Mark (16:36):
March 22.
RR (16:37):
March 22.
Rick Mark (16:37):
11 a.m.
Doors open at 10.30.
$10 tickets.
RR (16:42):
Okay.
Rick Mark (16:43):
Maya sent me a link to an organization.
It's called Center for JewishNonviolence, I believe, that is
raising money to help the peopleof this region in the West
Bank.
The region is known as MasaferYata.
And I hope it's okay withpeople, but I've announced that
Britain and I will donate thefunds, the proceeds from the
tickets to this organization tohelp the people in Masafer Yata.
(17:07):
I should say, 40% of the ticketsales, yeah, 40% of the ticket
sales goes to this distributorwho is distributing the films.
And I don't know this, but I'mguessing that some portion of
that must go to the filmmakersthemselves, I would think.
Hopefully.
But the other 60% is I get todo what I want with, to be
(17:27):
honest.
And so I'm going to send it tothis community on the West Bank.
RR (17:31):
Rick, Mark, we look forward to the film.
We look forward to seeing that.
We look forward to seeing youthere and getting your take on
what the experience And I wouldask you to complete the story
with telling us what you hope tobe the takeaway people will get
from it.
Rick Mark (17:49):
My brother in Israel said he hopes people see the
truth of what is going on on theWest Bank.
There's a lot of criticism fromboth sides on this film, and I
haven't seen the film, so we'llsee what it's about.
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RR (18:37):
Welcome back to the Double R Show.
With us is Mary Goss.
And Mary is a board member ofthe Cascade Head Biosphere
Collaborative.
But you've got a lawbackground.
Mary Guss (18:47):
I do have a law background.
I actually graduated from lawschool at Lewis and Clark in
Portland in 1976.
And when I was going to lawschool, I spent a couple summers
in Lincoln City working atB'nai B'rith summer camp.
So my connection And here itgoes back a long ways.
It's been a little zigzaggy toget back here, but here I am.
RR (19:06):
Rather steeped in Lincoln City one way or another, are you
not?
Mary Guss (19:10):
Exactly, exactly.
What
RR (19:12):
brought you back to Lincoln City?
Mary Guss (19:14):
Well, I graduated from law school and I went to
Alaska for 30 years.
I started out practicingactually clerking for a judge on
a one-year contract and endedup staying 30 years.
And it was a great place topractice law.
Small town.
Juneau?
RR (19:30):
Ketchikan.
Mary Guss (19:31):
Everybody was very collaborative.
There was no backstabbing.
So I did that.
But whenever I could, I wouldcome down to Lincoln City for a
few days at a time just becauseI'd fallen in love with the
place when I spent summers herein the early 70s.
RR (19:48):
Now, you mentioned a special word that ties into why we have
you here, collaborative.
Mary Guss (19:53):
Ah, yes.
RR (19:54):
Cascade Head Biosphere Collaborative, in your
estimation, is what?
Mary Guss (19:58):
Well, the big organization of the
collaborative is stewardship ofa remarkable place that we're
all lucky enough to live in andrecreate in and be able to spend
time in.
The board of the collaborativeis a small group of people who
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care greatly about this placewhere they live and work and
want to share that with otherpeople.
RR (20:26):
The collaborative, the Catskid Biosphere Collaborative
is not something that keepspeople out but engages people
within, correct?
Mary Guss (20:35):
Correct.
Part of what we want to do isshow people that the nature and
work and living can all jointlyoccur in a place and not harm
any of the three
RR (20:52):
legs.
What's the best way we can letpeople know about that?
Mary Guss (20:56):
Outreach, obviously.
Okay.
Education, learning and sharingwhat we've learned.
All those things are veryimportant to the collaborative.
RR (21:05):
Now, if somebody wants to get involved with a
collaborative like you, Mary,what do they do?
Who do they talk to?
How do you go about doing that?
Mary Guss (21:13):
If they want to be involved on a volunteer level,
we have a volunteer committee.
And Dan Twitchell and I sort ofco-chair that committee.
And they can get in touch withus or anybody else on the board
for that matter.
And they can participate in anyof the events that we have
ongoing during the year.
(21:33):
If they're interested in doingmore, being on the board, we
still have room for a fewadditional board members.
They could talk to any one ofus about that as well.
RR (21:43):
Now, I know talking to your son, Paul, a lot of the monies
that you have to operate fromcome from grants, correct?
Mary Guss (21:49):
A lot of the monies come from grants, yes.
And your son, Paul, writes abeautiful grant,
RR (21:57):
I would like to say.
That in itself is is a lot ofwork.
Mary Guss (22:00):
It is a lot of work and it's a special skill.
It's not everybody who can sitdown and put things to paper
that people who are makinggrants want to read.
RR (22:11):
Now, you've got a background.
Let's go back into the lawsituation because you have been
steeped in tribal law, as Iunderstand it.
Mary Guss (22:20):
Well, I decided one law degree wasn't enough.
RR (22:23):
Oh, I see.
Okay.
Mary Guss (22:24):
I went back to school in 2008 to the University of
Arizona, and they have aone-year program there in
indigenous people's law andpolicy.
So I took that program andgraduated in 2009.
Then they put me to work in theprogram after I graduated.
RR (22:42):
In Arizona?
Mary Guss (22:43):
In Arizona, which was a bit of an adjustment from
Alaska.
RR (22:47):
Yeah.
Mary Guss (22:48):
Yeah.
And I stayed there for eightyears working with the school,
and I established a clinic classthat did some outreach to the
tribes and did will writing,basically.
We taught students how tointerview clients and produce a
document for them to sign, thatsort of thing, which was pretty
exciting to them.
RR (23:06):
When we're talking about law...
Tribal law, is there a hugedifference between that and,
say, what you learned at Lewisand Clark?
Mary Guss (23:14):
There is, yes.
RR (23:15):
Okay, tell me.
Mary Guss (23:16):
Well, in this country, really, we have three
sovereigns.
We have the federal government,we have state governments, and
we have tribal governments.
And each of those have theirown court systems.
So, yeah, tribes are their ownsovereigns and can govern what
happens on the reservation withtheir own people.
And then, of course, there'slaw about how do each of those
(23:36):
relate, how do state and tribalrelate.
how to federal and tribalrelate, who has jurisdiction
over what issues, and all thosecomplexities.
RR (23:46):
So now you are here in Lincoln City.
Are you involved in tribal lawin the state of Oregon?
I
Mary Guss (23:52):
go to Umatilla in Pendleton, Oregon.
Before COVID, I was going outthree or four times a year and
meeting with clients and writingwills and having them sign the
wills before I left so we wouldknow that they got it done.
When COVID came along, Istarted doing a lot more work on
Zoom, which was a little morefrustrating and some people were
(24:14):
not set up to do that.
Now that hopefully COVID isbehind us, I'm trying to get
back out there more often.
RR (24:21):
On the law side, you're not into criminal law then?
Mary Guss (24:25):
I did a fair amount of criminal law when And I was
practicing.
That was the joy of practicingin a small town is you did a
fair amount of everything, everykind of case.
So, yeah, I did.
But now, no, I've gone awayfrom that.
RR (24:39):
It's interesting that you mentioned you went from Alaska
to Arizona.
You went from one of thewettest cities in the North
American continent, Ketchikan,to one of the driest areas in
the North American continent,Arizona.
Mary Guss (24:52):
I went from 160 inches of rain a year to 11
inches of rain a year.
That was a major adjustment.
And I went from a hugerainforest to a desert.
Also an adjustment.
RR (25:05):
Well, welcome home.
Mary Guss (25:06):
Oh, thank you.
I can breathe again.
RR (25:08):
You can breathe again.
Mary Goss, board member ofCascade Head Biosphere
Collaborative.
And again, if somebody wants tobe involved in the
collaborative, they do what,Mary?
Mary Guss (25:18):
They can call any one of the board members.
They can go to our website,cascadehead.org, and reach out
through that.
They can come to any of ourevents.
and we always have sign-upsheets there.
RR (25:30):
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Well, we're close to theclosing end of the Double R
Show, but again, the OregonParks and Rec Department sent us
a notice reminding all visitorsand those residents as well to
the Oregon coast, this is thesnowy plover nesting season, so
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be mindful
Son Paul (26:33):
of
RR (26:34):
that.
Son Paul (26:34):
Right, and there's some specific areas that are
typically up north from, Ithink, where we're at.
Correct.
But if you're in one of thoseareas, yeah, it's time to keep
it down, and obviously no dogsin the like running free and
chasing around areas that arepotential nesting habitat.
RR (26:50):
And that really holds true for not only the birds and the
animals that are on the beach,but those in the forests as
well, all of the deer, thedifferent wildlife animals.
The wildlife, it's theirhabitat.
Leave them alone.
Son Paul (27:05):
Yeah, and you think about Cascade Head, too.
The Nature Conservancy ownsthat, and one of their rules is
no dogs.
And it's not because they don'tthink dogs can't behave
themselves, but just the scentof the dog is enough to scare
away the other animals that areusing that habitat for their own
survival.
RR (27:25):
Some other activities we'd like to make mention of.
Veterans have a free homemadeand soup and sandwich lunch
sponsored by the Lincoln CityElks Lodge.
This takes place twice a month,the second and fourth
Wednesdays, noon to two.
And speaking of free lunchesfor veterans, coming up during
Community Days on the 23rd ofApril, there's going to be a
(27:48):
free hamburger luncheon at theLincoln City Veterans Park, the
Ed Johan Veterans Park here inLincoln City.
And that's sponsored by theAmerican Legion Post 97.
Third annual Home and GardenShow, and we're going to have
Habitat for Humanity people onwith us, I believe, next week.
I think so, yeah.
And we'll talk in depth aboutthe third annual Home and Garden
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Show going to be taking placeat the Newport Rec Office down
in Newport.
This is the third annual.
The first two years were heldin Lincoln City.
This year they're moving it tothe other location where they
have another Habitat forHumanity store as well.
You're cordially invited to theTaft High Annual Career and
Community College Fair on Aprilthe 16th, 9 to noon.
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This is an opportunity toshowcase your business, college
or trade school, in front of theentire student body.
Reserve your space by callingSamantha Escalante up at Taft
High School 996-2115.
Sam's extension is 136.
We were talking a little bitabout community days.
(28:54):
I'd like to remind everybody,you have an opportunity to
nominate somebody for an awardthat is doing good things for
our community.
We are looking for nominationsfor Volunteer of the Year,
Leader of the Year, Innovator ofthe Year, Unsung Hero, and
Emerging Achiever.
So those are the fivecategories.
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So we have people of all ages.
Son Paul (29:18):
Yeah, it's a really nice way of looking at the
community, I think.
It's a nice way of representingand supporting those folks that
are doing things in thecommunity.
And so we need thosenominations in.
RR (29:29):
And don't sit back and say, well, why wasn't so-and-so
nominated?
Right,
Son Paul (29:33):
right, right.
You've got to be the one tonominate
RR (29:35):
to get these people nominated.
You have the opportunity to doit and do it right now.
So get your paper and pencilout or get on a computer,
whichever the case may be, andmake those nominations known.
Anything else on your side ofthe table?
Son Paul (29:47):
No, just one more thing is we've got another event
at the Pelican coming up here.
April 3rd.
That's a Thursday from 6 to7.30.
It's one of the Natural Artsand Sciences on Tap
presentations, and it's called AWarming Planet.
So we've got a statewide expertthat's going to be speaking
Thursday, April 3rd, 6 to 7.30,RSVP at CascadeHead.org.
RR (30:09):
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RR (00:30):
And welcome to the Double R Show, Double R along with Son
Paul.
And today we have anopportunity to talk about a
movie.
We have an opportunity to talkabout a school.
And Mary Goss is going to join
Son Paul (00:42):
us
RR (00:43):
as well.
Son Paul (00:43):
Yeah, so we've got the Visephere collaborative
representative here, Mary Goss.
And Toby Wynn from Neighborsfor Kids.
He's the executive director ofdevelopment there.
Been there 19 years.
Yes.
And then we're going to hear alittle bit about Ascension.
documentary story that's goingto be at the Bijou.
And Rick Mark is going to joinus to talk a little bit about
that.
And we'll do that right afterthis.
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RR (02:03):
19 years has got to be some kind of record going on right
now for Toby Wynn with Neighborsfor Kids.
19 years in that position.
Yep,
Toby Winn (02:13):
I somehow brought that up when I first arrived
here today.
It's been almost two decades.
Time flies when you're havingfun with lots of kids, I guess.
Does it seem like it's been 19years for you, Toby?
Right now, yes.
It sure seems like it flew by,but it also, when you think
about everything we'veaccomplished, you know, and the
growth we've had physically andprogrammatically and just the
(02:35):
scope of our services, and thenit definitely feels like 90
years.
RR (02:39):
Just the school, the building, the physical building
has changed immeasurably sinceit began.
Toby Winn (02:46):
Yes, it has.
I mean, when we first began, wewere founded in 1999.
We were just a one little tablein the corner of the local
church in Depoe Bay.
And then we got the littlebuilding up off 101, which you
guys might remember is about 700square feet.
And then as I was hired and Itwore my heart on my sleeve and,
you know, had a degree from U ofO and I was just running a boys
(03:07):
and girls club in Eugene.
I came back with my career herebecause I felt Lincoln County
needed it.
And then we went from 700square feet after a lot of
fundraising, of course, andmiracles and blessings to 7,600
square feet facility.
And how many students?
Oh boy, per day or the wholetime?
I mean, I'd say we've served acouple thousand kids by now.
I mean, on a daily basis in ourprograms and our preschool,
(03:29):
because now we have a preschooltoo.
Three to five-year-olds, we'reseeing up to about a dozen a
day, and that's a good amountfor those little guys.
And then we're seeingafter-school program anywhere
from 30 to 40s.
And in the summertime, we'vehad moments where we've hit even
50 to 70 per day.
RR (03:45):
When the school first started, it was originally
intended to service the childrenof the Depot Bay community but
that's no longer the case.
Toby Winn (03:53):
Yeah, when it first started, it was mainly because
our founder saw, you know,issues with the teenagers in
Deeper Bay and worried about,you know, just some potential
juvenile delinquency.
And so to stop that, it wasNeighbors Against Drugs, we
actually were called in the verybeginning.
Most people don't know.
Because it was more of aprevention effort for older
kids, you know, the teens, andgive them someplace to be.
Let's look out for them becausethey're our social
(04:14):
responsibility as a community,you know, whether they're your
kids or not.
But yeah, so since then, we'vereally responded to the needs
that we've seen grow here overthe years in Lincoln County it's
a child care desert they callit one of many in Oregon so we
added a preschool we now havebeen a licensed child care
center through Oregon Departmentof Early Learning and Care
through the state we're one ofonly two in the entire county
(04:36):
the only other one that has adedicated facility like that is
Samaritan Early Learning thatSamaritan operates for preschool
and they're mainly for littleguys and a few older kids and
we're we have little guys andway more older kids so often
times there's some cross sectorservices and referrals going on
between our organizations.
RR (04:56):
Now, as you dream down to the world, I mean, yeah, you've
been in this a couple ofdecades.
The next decade is going tobring what?
Oh, boy.
Toby Winn (05:04):
Honestly, what we need is, you know, we need
strategic planning, which wejust did for the next three
years.
We need to make some very gooddecisions.
Tell me.
We're looking at basicallyhiring the right staff, building
to mirror our population, youknow, especially the, you know,
the ethnic diversity that hasgrown so drastically in Lincoln
County over the years.
So to try to better mirror thatpopulation we see within our
(05:25):
teachers and our staff and aswell as our board of directors,
it's one of our priorities.
And another one is justdeveloping capacity around
money, around sustainability.
We'd love to grow, you know, Imean, maybe over the next 10
years, something, a miraclecould happen.
And if we had enough fundingand funding wasn't an issue,
we'd love to grow.
to expand our program.
Speaking of funding, where doesyour money come from?
Anywhere possible.
(05:46):
Okay.
Well, I'd say that most of it,and I wish it wasn't this way,
comes from grants and grantfoundations.
Most of them like, you know,family foundations.
And honestly, most of it comesfrom away from Lincoln County.
The larger dollars, those wouldbe like the largest Northwest
foundations, you know, over theyears.
And then the tribes, you know,So Let's Tribe, Grand Ronde
Tribe, they're very generous andgive to us to help us move our
(06:09):
mission forward.
Individual donations,fundraisers, that's part of our
planning is developing some newthings you know new pockets of
money that we try to generatefrom different sources so we
don't keep can't keep goingafter the same thing year after
year after year you have to oneof the big ones you
RR (06:23):
used to have was a golf tournament
Toby Winn (06:24):
yeah we still have a golf tournament all right and
that's glad you mentioned thatbecause we're in our 16th annual
kid's own classic charity golftournament coming up july 19th
this year so i don't know ifthere's any more in lincoln
county that can stay 16 years onthere and i mean we've had as
many at least 70 or 80 golfersand as many as like 125 before
RR (06:44):
well you've also had some super superstars that have
played at that golf tournamentfor many years.
Yes, we are lucky that we hadthe
Toby Winn (06:50):
guest celebrity Dan Fouts, you know, U of O alumni
and San Diego Charger and Hallof Famer.
And he's been there a lot ofthe times, I'd say the majority.
And yeah, he was there lastyear.
Yeah.
And we're hoping that he canjoin us again this year.
RR (07:02):
What possesses somebody to get involved with Neighbors for
Kids?
You
Toby Winn (07:06):
mean possesses someone like me or just people
in general?
In general.
In general.
For
RR (07:11):
instance, doesn't have children within the school, but
sees the need, sees the reasonto be there.
I'd
Toby Winn (07:16):
say just the excitement of learning for kids
and keeping kids safe.
giving them a supervised coolplace to be together.
And I mean, but there's so muchwe do now.
It could, something differentcould resonate with everybody.
Maybe just the fact we feedkids healthy food every day that
we cook every meal fromscratch.
And maybe because we do fieldtrips and they want to go
surfing with us.
Like, yes.
(07:37):
Maybe it's because we doacademic and homework help, you
know, and reading and math andscience.
And that's so important tothem.
But we also do the arts, thevisual arts.
We offer free music lessonsyear round.
And we do martial arts now aswell.
It's either gardening andsports.
And I mean, if you think of it,we've got kind of everything
any kid could ever want going onin one environment.
(07:58):
And I think that's why all ofus people are so different in
what we love and what resonateswith us.
So, I mean, I'm looking at mylist and I don't even think I
have time to read all the thingswe have going on there.
But a lot of it's just being acaring adult, you know, a mentor
and offering that socialemotional support, just getting
a bond.
Is
RR (08:16):
there places where people can volunteer?
Unknown (08:19):
Yeah.
Toby Winn (08:19):
There are places they can volunteer, whether it's in
the facility or out.
And, you know, we have somepretty intensive, you know,
screening processes we gothrough, but we're developing
back in more of a structuredtargeted tutoring program soon.
And that's a great chance forlike retired school teachers and
such to come in and teach mathor read books with kids and, or
help them get that coreacademics down, you know, but
(08:40):
there's, there's lots ofdifferent opportunities, special
events, golf tournament, Easteregg hunt, we're going to run
next month in the park.
I mean, there's a lot going on.
And we are developing avolunteer coordinator program.
position to better fieldvolunteers, you know, get them
background checked, plug them into something they love to do
and get them involved.
RR (08:57):
We're out of time, but I want to ask one final question.
If there's a misconceptionabout Neighbors for Kids, what
would it be and how do weapproach that?
Toby Winn (09:06):
I'd say the misconception is that we're
fully funded, like say ourgovernment and some of our,
maybe our state education budgetis with the schools.
We have to raise every penny aswe go and spend it as we go.
every single day, all year, anda lot of that's my job.
But the misconception might bethat we look so successful and
have this fancy vehicles and abuilding, but it's taken an
(09:27):
incredible amount of work, andlike I say, hard work, miracles,
and blessings to get there.
And we wouldn't be able to doit without philanthropy, without
people giving.
So really philanthropy andgrant foundations and the tribes
and individuals giving time andmoney is why we exist.
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No other land.
Rick Mark is here to talk aboutNo Other Land, and that is a
documentary.
It's going to be at the BijouTheater.
You're presenting this, right?
Rick Mark (11:06):
My wife, Britt Nelson, and I are sponsoring the
showing, basically renting thetheater for a couple hours on
the 22nd.
The show starts at 11, doorsopen at 1030.
This is a documentary that justwon an Oscar in L.A., Easy way
to put it is it's about life onthe West Bank of what some
(11:27):
people call Palestine.
RR (11:29):
Okay.
Rick Mark (11:30):
Where Palestinians live under Israeli military
rule.
which means they're subject tothe whims of that rule.
And if they cross some line orwhatever, for reasons that I'm
not clear on, the Israelimilitary will come in and tear
down people's homes and schoolsand buildings and leave people
(11:51):
destitute.
So this film is about, thisdocumentary is about that life.
Why are you presenting this?
What's your motivation for it,Rick?
The...
Bigger background story is thatI have a brother who's Israeli.
My younger brother, Bob, haslived there for over 40 years.
And most of that time, almostall that time, in a village
(12:14):
that's in Israel that's made up,today it's about 90 families.
Half of them are Jewish andhalf are Arabs.
The village is known as NeveShalom Wahat al-Salam, which in
English translates to Oasis ofPeace.
And the whole purpose of thevillage is to show that Jews and
Arabs can live together.
Both cultures can cometogether.
(12:35):
Peacefully, yeah.
And the schools in thatvillage, I'll try not to go into
too much on the village, butyou'll see why it matters.
For example, the schools, theprimary schools where children
go to school in that village,every class is taught by both a
Hebrew-speaking teacher and anArabic-speaking teacher.
And they're taught each other'sculture, they celebrate each
(12:55):
other's holidays.
My brother lived there teachingEnglish to children, and he, in
the course of events, learnedto speak Hebrew and Arabic.
He raised three daughters whoare now in their 30s with kids
of their own, and they were allbrought up to speak English,
Hebrew, and Arabic.
Some of them have gone on toother languages as well.
(13:17):
The youngest daughter, her nameis Maya.
And incidentally, my Israelifamily, we had a family reunion
here in Lincoln City just lastAugust.
So all these people I'm talkingabout have been to Lincoln City
actually a couple times.
Maya, with her Arab-speakingskills, got involved in doing
some community work on the WestBank, helping people in need,
(13:42):
Palestinians who needed whateversort of help it was that
somebody in that situation mightneed.
She also became friends severalyears ago with an Israeli
journalist.
His name is Yuval Abraham.
And I'm told I actually metYuval about eight years ago when
Britt and I visited in Israel.
(14:03):
And Yuval and Maya were seeingeach other at the time.
And Yuval was at my brother'shouse.
So to be honest, I don'tactually remember the encounter.
It was a large familygathering.
I met a lot of people.
Yuval was one of them.
Yuval, through his connectionto my niece Maya, saw some value
in learning Arabic himself, sohe did.
(14:24):
And evidently, Yuval'sgrandparents, one set of
grandparents came from Europeand were children of Holocaust
survivors.
And the other set ofgrandparents came from the Arab
nation of Yemen.
So he had that kind of mixedbackground.
They were Jews, I'm sure, butJews lived all over the place.
And I should mention, I wasbrought up in a Jewish frame.
(14:46):
We are Jewish ourselves.
So Yuval, his connection withmy niece Maya, started to learn
Arabic.
And as a journalist, he got toknow people on the West Bank.
became very friendly with thisfellow named Basel Adra.
If you saw the Oscar awardceremony on March 2nd, you saw
Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham.
(15:07):
I did.
Those were the two that spoke,that accepted the award for this
Oscar-winning documentary.
And they worked with two otherpeople, also another
Palestinian, another Israeli, tomake this film.
And they did it over fouryears.
I think it was 2019 to 2023.
The filming was completedbefore that horrible October 7th
(15:29):
attack that was so awful andthe attacks on Gaza.
But this all predates the Gazaexperience.
So there's my connection to thefilm.
Evidently, my niece Mayaactually can be seen in the film
at some point.
And I think she might even havea film credit.
And her last name is Mark.
So you'll see Maya Mark as afilm credit.
So this is a highly acclaimedfilm.
(15:51):
It won awards all around theworld in Berlin, Copenhagen,
other places.
But it had difficulty finding adistributor in the United
States for political reasons.
They didn't, whatever, forbusiness reasons, they did not
want to distribute this film.
Finally, a way to distribute itwas found.
(16:12):
And it started to appear in LosAngeles, New York, about a
month ago.
It was in Seattle.
It came to Portland just acouple of weeks ago.
I called Betsy Altomare at theBijou and said, well, if Cinema
21 in Portland can get it, canyou get it?
And she did.
So
RR (16:29):
the bottom line is the documentary will be shown at the
Bijou on?
Saturday.
On Saturday.
Coming up.
Okay.
Rick Mark (16:36):
March 22.
RR (16:37):
March 22.
Rick Mark (16:37):
11 a.m.
Doors open at 10.30.
$10 tickets.
RR (16:42):
Okay.
Rick Mark (16:43):
Maya sent me a link to an organization.
It's called Center for JewishNonviolence, I believe, that is
raising money to help the peopleof this region in the West
Bank.
The region is known as MasaferYata.
And I hope it's okay withpeople, but I've announced that
Britain and I will donate thefunds, the proceeds from the
tickets to this organization tohelp the people in Masafer Yata.
(17:07):
I should say, 40% of the ticketsales, yeah, 40% of the ticket
sales goes to this distributorwho is distributing the films.
And I don't know this, but I'mguessing that some portion of
that must go to the filmmakersthemselves, I would think.
Hopefully.
But the other 60% is I get todo what I want with, to be
(17:27):
honest.
And so I'm going to send it tothis community on the West Bank.
RR (17:31):
Rick, Mark, we look forward to the film.
We look forward to seeing that.
We look forward to seeing youthere and getting your take on
what the experience And I wouldask you to complete the story
with telling us what you hope tobe the takeaway people will get
from it.
Rick Mark (17:49):
My brother in Israel said he hopes people see the
truth of what is going on on theWest Bank.
There's a lot of criticism fromboth sides on this film, and I
haven't seen the film, so we'llsee what it's about.
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RR (18:37):
Welcome back to the Double R Show.
With us is Mary Goss.
And Mary is a board member ofthe Cascade Head Biosphere
Collaborative.
But you've got a lawbackground.
Mary Guss (18:47):
I do have a law background.
I actually graduated from lawschool at Lewis and Clark in
Portland in 1976.
And when I was going to lawschool, I spent a couple summers
in Lincoln City working atB'nai B'rith summer camp.
So my connection And here itgoes back a long ways.
It's been a little zigzaggy toget back here, but here I am.
RR (19:06):
Rather steeped in Lincoln City one way or another, are you
not?
Mary Guss (19:10):
Exactly, exactly.
What
RR (19:12):
brought you back to Lincoln City?
Mary Guss (19:14):
Well, I graduated from law school and I went to
Alaska for 30 years.
I started out practicingactually clerking for a judge on
a one-year contract and endedup staying 30 years.
And it was a great place topractice law.
Small town.
Juneau?
RR (19:30):
Ketchikan.
Mary Guss (19:31):
Everybody was very collaborative.
There was no backstabbing.
So I did that.
But whenever I could, I wouldcome down to Lincoln City for a
few days at a time just becauseI'd fallen in love with the
place when I spent summers herein the early 70s.
RR (19:48):
Now, you mentioned a special word that ties into why we have
you here, collaborative.
Mary Guss (19:53):
Ah, yes.
RR (19:54):
Cascade Head Biosphere Collaborative, in your
estimation, is what?
Mary Guss (19:58):
Well, the big organization of the
collaborative is stewardship ofa remarkable place that we're
all lucky enough to live in andrecreate in and be able to spend
time in.
The board of the collaborativeis a small group of people who
(20:19):
care greatly about this placewhere they live and work and
want to share that with otherpeople.
RR (20:26):
The collaborative, the Catskid Biosphere Collaborative
is not something that keepspeople out but engages people
within, correct?
Mary Guss (20:35):
Correct.
Part of what we want to do isshow people that the nature and
work and living can all jointlyoccur in a place and not harm
any of the three
RR (20:52):
legs.
What's the best way we can letpeople know about that?
Mary Guss (20:56):
Outreach, obviously.
Okay.
Education, learning and sharingwhat we've learned.
All those things are veryimportant to the collaborative.
RR (21:05):
Now, if somebody wants to get involved with a
collaborative like you, Mary,what do they do?
Who do they talk to?
How do you go about doing that?
Mary Guss (21:13):
If they want to be involved on a volunteer level,
we have a volunteer committee.
And Dan Twitchell and I sort ofco-chair that committee.
And they can get in touch withus or anybody else on the board
for that matter.
And they can participate in anyof the events that we have
ongoing during the year.
(21:33):
If they're interested in doingmore, being on the board, we
still have room for a fewadditional board members.
They could talk to any one ofus about that as well.
RR (21:43):
Now, I know talking to your son, Paul, a lot of the monies
that you have to operate fromcome from grants, correct?
Mary Guss (21:49):
A lot of the monies come from grants, yes.
And your son, Paul, writes abeautiful grant,
RR (21:57):
I would like to say.
That in itself is is a lot ofwork.
Mary Guss (22:00):
It is a lot of work and it's a special skill.
It's not everybody who can sitdown and put things to paper
that people who are makinggrants want to read.
RR (22:11):
Now, you've got a background.
Let's go back into the lawsituation because you have been
steeped in tribal law, as Iunderstand it.
Mary Guss (22:20):
Well, I decided one law degree wasn't enough.
RR (22:23):
Oh, I see.
Okay.
Mary Guss (22:24):
I went back to school in 2008 to the University of
Arizona, and they have aone-year program there in
indigenous people's law andpolicy.
So I took that program andgraduated in 2009.
Then they put me to work in theprogram after I graduated.
RR (22:42):
In Arizona?
Mary Guss (22:43):
In Arizona, which was a bit of an adjustment from
Alaska.
RR (22:47):
Yeah.
Mary Guss (22:48):
Yeah.
And I stayed there for eightyears working with the school,
and I established a clinic classthat did some outreach to the
tribes and did will writing,basically.
We taught students how tointerview clients and produce a
document for them to sign, thatsort of thing, which was pretty
exciting to them.
RR (23:06):
When we're talking about law...
Tribal law, is there a hugedifference between that and,
say, what you learned at Lewisand Clark?
Mary Guss (23:14):
There is, yes.
RR (23:15):
Okay, tell me.
Mary Guss (23:16):
Well, in this country, really, we have three
sovereigns.
We have the federal government,we have state governments, and
we have tribal governments.
And each of those have theirown court systems.
So, yeah, tribes are their ownsovereigns and can govern what
happens on the reservation withtheir own people.
And then, of course, there'slaw about how do each of those
(23:36):
relate, how do state and tribalrelate.
how to federal and tribalrelate, who has jurisdiction
over what issues, and all thosecomplexities.
RR (23:46):
So now you are here in Lincoln City.
Are you involved in tribal lawin the state of Oregon?
I
Mary Guss (23:52):
go to Umatilla in Pendleton, Oregon.
Before COVID, I was going outthree or four times a year and
meeting with clients and writingwills and having them sign the
wills before I left so we wouldknow that they got it done.
When COVID came along, Istarted doing a lot more work on
Zoom, which was a little morefrustrating and some people were
(24:14):
not set up to do that.
Now that hopefully COVID isbehind us, I'm trying to get
back out there more often.
RR (24:21):
On the law side, you're not into criminal law then?
Mary Guss (24:25):
I did a fair amount of criminal law when And I was
practicing.
That was the joy of practicingin a small town is you did a
fair amount of everything, everykind of case.
So, yeah, I did.
But now, no, I've gone awayfrom that.
RR (24:39):
It's interesting that you mentioned you went from Alaska
to Arizona.
You went from one of thewettest cities in the North
American continent, Ketchikan,to one of the driest areas in
the North American continent,Arizona.
Mary Guss (24:52):
I went from 160 inches of rain a year to 11
inches of rain a year.
That was a major adjustment.
And I went from a hugerainforest to a desert.
Also an adjustment.
RR (25:05):
Well, welcome home.
Mary Guss (25:06):
Oh, thank you.
I can breathe again.
RR (25:08):
You can breathe again.
Mary Goss, board member ofCascade Head Biosphere
Collaborative.
And again, if somebody wants tobe involved in the
collaborative, they do what,Mary?
Mary Guss (25:18):
They can call any one of the board members.
They can go to our website,cascadehead.org, and reach out
through that.
They can come to any of ourevents.
and we always have sign-upsheets there.
RR (25:30):
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RR (25:49):
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RR (26:12):
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Well, we're close to theclosing end of the Double R
Show, but again, the OregonParks and Rec Department sent us
a notice reminding all visitorsand those residents as well to
the Oregon coast, this is thesnowy plover nesting season, so
(26:33):
be mindful
Son Paul (26:33):
of
RR (26:34):
that.
Son Paul (26:34):
Right, and there's some specific areas that are
typically up north from, Ithink, where we're at.
Correct.
But if you're in one of thoseareas, yeah, it's time to keep
it down, and obviously no dogsin the like running free and
chasing around areas that arepotential nesting habitat.
RR (26:50):
And that really holds true for not only the birds and the
animals that are on the beach,but those in the forests as
well, all of the deer, thedifferent wildlife animals.
The wildlife, it's theirhabitat.
Leave them alone.
Son Paul (27:05):
Yeah, and you think about Cascade Head, too.
The Nature Conservancy ownsthat, and one of their rules is
no dogs.
And it's not because they don'tthink dogs can't behave
themselves, but just the scentof the dog is enough to scare
away the other animals that areusing that habitat for their own
survival.
RR (27:25):
Some other activities we'd like to make mention of.
Veterans have a free homemadeand soup and sandwich lunch
sponsored by the Lincoln CityElks Lodge.
This takes place twice a month,the second and fourth
Wednesdays, noon to two.
And speaking of free lunchesfor veterans, coming up during
Community Days on the 23rd ofApril, there's going to be a
(27:48):
free hamburger luncheon at theLincoln City Veterans Park, the
Ed Johan Veterans Park here inLincoln City.
And that's sponsored by theAmerican Legion Post 97.
Third annual Home and GardenShow, and we're going to have
Habitat for Humanity people onwith us, I believe, next week.
I think so, yeah.
And we'll talk in depth aboutthe third annual Home and Garden
(28:10):
Show going to be taking placeat the Newport Rec Office down
in Newport.
This is the third annual.
The first two years were heldin Lincoln City.
This year they're moving it tothe other location where they
have another Habitat forHumanity store as well.
You're cordially invited to theTaft High Annual Career and
Community College Fair on Aprilthe 16th, 9 to noon.
(28:32):
This is an opportunity toshowcase your business, college
or trade school, in front of theentire student body.
Reserve your space by callingSamantha Escalante up at Taft
High School 996-2115.
Sam's extension is 136.
We were talking a little bitabout community days.
(28:54):
I'd like to remind everybody,you have an opportunity to
nominate somebody for an awardthat is doing good things for
our community.
We are looking for nominationsfor Volunteer of the Year,
Leader of the Year, Innovator ofthe Year, Unsung Hero, and
Emerging Achiever.
So those are the fivecategories.
(29:15):
So we have people of all ages.
Son Paul (29:18):
Yeah, it's a really nice way of looking at the
community, I think.
It's a nice way of representingand supporting those folks that
are doing things in thecommunity.
And so we need thosenominations in.
RR (29:29):
And don't sit back and say, well, why wasn't so-and-so
nominated?
Right,
Son Paul (29:33):
right, right.
You've got to be the one tonominate
RR (29:35):
to get these people nominated.
You have the opportunity to doit and do it right now.
So get your paper and pencilout or get on a computer,
whichever the case may be, andmake those nominations known.
Anything else on your side ofthe table?
Son Paul (29:47):
No, just one more thing is we've got another event
at the Pelican coming up here.
April 3rd.
That's a Thursday from 6 to7.30.
It's one of the Natural Artsand Sciences on Tap
presentations, and it's called AWarming Planet.
So we've got a statewide expertthat's going to be speaking
Thursday, April 3rd, 6 to 7.30,RSVP at CascadeHead.org.
RR (30:09):
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Jana (30:28):
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