October 9, 2025 • 30 mins
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Recorded live at the 39th Senior Fair at Chinook Winds Casino Resort, Double R is splitting this week’s episode right down the middle of the aisle. Join us for some R & D - Republican and Democrat - as we investigate the recent short session in Salem with our local legislators.
- Senator Dick Anderson
- Representative David Gomberg
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Jana (00:06):
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):
Welcome to the Double R Show.
Double R here along with SonPaul, and today we're going to
go on the road, if you will.
Yeah, we're going up to the oldcasino for a little senior fair
time.
Senior Fairtime, Senior FireTime.
Uh, fact is, we'll be on theroad in the next couple of weeks
uh with different opportunitiesto talk to a variety of people
today.
Have the good fortune to uhvisit with Senator Dick Anderson
(00:52):
and Representative DavidGomberg.
Paul (00:54):
Yeah, we're gonna do the uh bicameral, bipartisan
approach again.
Uh so we're gonna have uh justto split the uh the double R
show with those two uh twofolks.
RR (01:04):
That's coming up in just a couple of minutes, right here on
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RR (02:12):
Senator Anderson, thanks for coming on board and being here
at Senior Fair.
Sen-Anderson (02:16):
Well, thank you, Roger, and it's my pleasure.
I I wouldn't miss this.
Uh I can't remember if I'veever missed one.
RR (02:23):
So the fact is, you started as mayor and and have continued
every year since.
Sen-Anderson (02:29):
And it's a great event.
It's a great, even if you'renot campaigning, which I'm not,
uh, just being out with thepeople, having my booth, people
can come by and talk and askquestions.
RR (02:40):
What kind of questions are you getting, Dick?
Sen-Anderson (02:42):
Unfortunately, all the federal questions really
based on the media, inundationof media.
And I tried to talk them downto state levels, make sure they
understand what's going on inthe state, and you know, have a
nice conversation.
RR (02:56):
So talking about state issues, okay, the gasoline uh
situation, uh the gas tax, thenew gas bill, if you will.
Where is that?
And and tell tell us about thebackground of that.
Sen-Anderson (03:09):
Sure.
Uh that that bill, uh, theODOT, uh, Oregon Department of
Transportation bill, actually uhwas a is a funding bill to you
know get that agency theirbiennium uh budget.
And that's been under theworks.
Remember uh back uh prior tothe session in 26 or 25, the
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long session.
The year before that, theyactually went out on kind of a
roadshow gathering information,came back to the session,
legislative session, and werenever able to get a uh a bill
that the majority party couldagree on uh to to bring into
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both chambers.
The House actually passed theuh bill, but it never made it to
the Senate floor before we wereuh excused from the session.
The governor then called aspecial session specifically for
passing a uh ODOT uh bill, anduh that was done, took 30 days,
(04:15):
uh a cut-down version, kind of aband-aid bill, uh five billion
dollar bill uh that was passedby the again the majority party.
No Republican voted for it.
Uh so it was and they theydidn't have to, didn't need it.
Uh the majority party voted forit.
So it increases the gas tax,your fees, registration,
(04:37):
driver's license, anythingattached to uh transportation.
Fees went up.
RR (04:43):
And your vote on that, Senator Anderson?
Sen-Anderson (04:45):
I did not vote.
I I voted.
I voted no.
I did not vote for it.
Uh and and simply because uh,you know, I'm not uncomfortable
with voting for a tax.
However, my issue around thatwhole bill was the lack of
accountability by the agency.
I I'm not interested in justgiving an agency more money that
(05:07):
I don't think have they've donea good job to date.
So rather than kicking the candown the road, I wanted more
accountability, understanding bythe agency.
Nobody wanted to change makethose kind of changes, they just
wanted to feed them more money.
RR (05:25):
You are always involved with trying to bring money back to
the district in various uh uhevents, uh programs, whatever
whatever.
Where did you succeed thisyear?
Sen-Anderson (05:36):
Yeah, uh well, and remember, you know, we're in
Lincoln County.
Right.
Uh my district again.
It goes away south as well.
It goes all the way south toCoos Bay and North Bend.
Yep, the the whole the districtin Lightway and I I thank you
for that because um Iconcentrated this session on
Coos Bay area and the port ofCoos Bay.
(05:58):
I was able to initiate and getfunded a hundred million dollars
for the port of Coos Bay fortheir container operation,
dredging the canal, uh the bay,and potential container
operation.
Now that sounds like it was forCoos Bay, but it's really for
the state of Oregon and theMidwest.
(06:18):
Because if that containeroperation and when it comes
through, it'll bring imports allthe way into tr by train, then
into the Midwest.
And so the state reallybenefits uh from having a deep
water port where Coos Bay is.
RR (06:35):
That's because we got rail out of Coos Bay into the Valley.
Sen-Anderson (06:40):
And then into the Midwest.
It's that's huge.
It is huge, it is huge.
And the feds have actually putmoney into it as well, not
enough yet, but we're movingalong with design and dredging
and getting ready for it.
It's it's a good five, sixyears out, okay, but we've got
to get ready.
RR (06:59):
So uh for the session, Dick Anderson, Senator Dick
Anderson's most proud of what?
Sen-Anderson (07:06):
Uh you know, I hate to be braggatocious.
However, uh I was able out ofthe Senate, I uh initiated a
fewer bills, but got more passedthan any other Republican in
the Senate.
So um a couple of things.
Uh I concentrate and prioritizemy subject matter and I work
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it.
So, you know, you can't work ahundred bills, but you can work,
you know, ten bills.
Sure.
And and move it through andmake sure they're thoughtful and
precise and targeted for youknow things that impact
citizens.
They they were nonnon-political, uh housing, child
care, health care.
RR (07:51):
That's all always been your mantra.
Sen-Anderson (07:54):
It comes from my 12 years of local government,
you know, because when you're inthe city, when you're when
you're local, you you feel, youmeet people, you talk to them
about their expenses, abouttheir costs, their their living.
And that's what carried me intothe state, because I didn't
think we were getting enoughresources from the state into
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this district.
And I I think we're there alongwith uh Representative Gomberg,
he and I have teamed up.
We work well together, butwe've made sure uh the state now
knows there's a coastline anduh Senate District 5.
RR (08:32):
You do have a relationship with uh Representative Gomberg
that uh is really good for thedistrict because you got two
different parties, two differenthouses in in uh the
legislature.
Yeah, uh very different sets ofideas.
Sen-Anderson (08:47):
Exactly.
You know, and uh and differentcommittees.
We sit on different committeeswhere we've got fingers out to
all sorts of members.
Um but I think at the end ofthe day, we're both you know of
that age, we're will willing totalk to each other, share ideas.
We're concerned about thecitizens again on our coast, in
our district, in our uhrespective districts, and you
(09:10):
know how we work together.
And you know, we we team upwell, uh, have been able to get
others with us, and uh, it'smade a huge difference.
RR (09:19):
Okay, now that uh the legislative session is finally
over, the special session isover.
What does Senator Anderson doin the interim?
Sen-Anderson (09:29):
Uh today I'm leaving in an hour to drive to
Coos Bay.
I've got uh meetings tonightand all day tomorrow uh with the
governor's uhgovernment-to-government uh
program that deals with thestate of Oregon and the nine uh
federally uh recognized tribes.
Uh I'm a uh representative fromthe legislature in that
(09:53):
discussion, uh one because of myrelationships specifically with
the SLETs, but I have fourtribes in my Senate district,
and I know them all, understandthem.
So, you know, to answer yourquestion, I'm busy.
Uh yesterday I was on all day,all day on virtual meetings uh
with a task force, you know, uhand uh lobby, you know, just
(10:17):
talking state business.
RR (10:20):
Non-related item that but you just mentioned uh uh you
alluded to.
Uh you are involved with theSLETs tribe, uh the uh
charitable giving.
Charitable giving.
That is uh a huge endeavor initself.
Sen-Anderson (10:34):
Yep.
That was one of the meetingsyesterday.
We uh uh uh acknowledged some Ithink two hundred thousand
dollars in grants, gone throughover a I think it was a million
two in applications.
Um so we had to go through alot of applications, uh, made
some decisions, and we'll begiving that hopefully money away
(10:54):
next month, first of the month.
So, yeah, it's uh a a greatcontribution to you know
nonprofits, you know, in R11service district.
RR (11:05):
Senator Dick Anderson, thanks for being at Senior Fair.
Thanks for being on thepodcast.
Thank you, Roger.
Appreciate it.
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RR (12:16):
Welcome back to the podcast.
With us is Representative DavidGomberg.
Are you happy with the session?
It's over.
Rep-Gomberg (12:24):
Well, I'm happy that it's over, Roger.
Are you talking about the longsession or the special session?
Because it seems like we're anon-stop session this year.
RR (12:31):
Let's take it one at a time.
Rep-Gomberg (12:33):
Well, I mean, the focus of both of them is pretty
much the same.
It's how we're going to pay forour roads and our bridges and
uh and and keep keeping driverssafe here in Oregon.
That's been the questionbecause as gasoline taxes have
declined because people aredriving more fuel efficient
vehicles and electric vehicles,we just haven't had the money
coming in and we had to find abetter way to uh to to make sure
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people who are using the roadspay for the roads.
So that's what we talked aboutin the long session.
We didn't get it done.
We didn't get it done, and thegovernor called us back into
special session.
So let me tell you what thespecial session was not.
First of all, it was not a $4.5billion tax increase.
I mean, I've heard that numberbandied around.
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It's a 10-year number.
Oh.
You know, it's creativecriticism.
They could have easily saidthis is a $10 billion tax
increase over the next 25 years.
So the second thing it was not,it was not the proposal that we
heard in the original uh longsession.
It was about a third as big.
We went from a 15 cent gas taxproposal to a six-cent gas tax
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proposal.
And by the way, the averagedriver gets 25 miles to the
gallon, they drive 12,000 milesa year.
That six cent increase is gonnacost the average Oregon driver
about two bucks a month.
That's what we're talkingabout.
The third thing I've heardabout is accountability.
Well, first of all, I gottatell you that when we wrote the
budget, and you know I chairedthe committee that manages
ODOT's budget, we cut a hundredpositions and fifty million
(14:04):
dollars out of that budgetbefore we even started talking
about tax changes.
In the new proposal that we uhapproved in the short session,
we added a number ofaccountability measures, which
included regular audits by theSecretary of State, performance
audits by the legislative policyoffice, and made a change so
that the director of ODOT is nowappointed by the governor
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instead of by the TransportationCommission.
And I stood up and said, I'mall about accountability.
If anybody's got ideas andother things we can do to make
this agency more accountable,come to me.
I'm all in.
But at the end of the day, theHouse passed the package in
three days uh over the Labor Dayweekend.
And uh and then the Senate tookover, and it took them about
(14:47):
another five weeks to finish thejob.
RR (14:50):
But it got done.
Rep-Gomberg (14:51):
It got done.
And remember that money isgoing to go for uh for our
highways and bridges, whichmeans uh striping, snow removal,
filling potholes, landslides,responding to accidents.
Half the money goes to localgovernment.
That's our cities and countiesto take care of local roads.
So half that money is going tobe allocated by the folks we
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vote for locally for our citycouncil or our county
commission.
RR (15:15):
I keep hearing people talk about uh accountability of ODOT.
Yep.
Anything in that bill that thatuh answers that question.
Rep-Gomberg (15:23):
Well, like I said, we we're gonna require the
Secretary of State to do regularaudits of ODOT.
Okay.
We are going to have thelegislative uh policy office
doing performance audits, and wechanged the situation so the
governor makes the appointmentof the uh of the agency director
instead of the TransportationCommission.
We also uh did a lot of belttightening, as I said.
We cut a hundred positions andfifty million dollars out of the
(15:46):
ODOT budget before we evenstarted talking about revenue
changes.
So, yeah, I would say thatthere was a lot of
accountability in the package.
But if anybody's got ideas onhow we can be more accountable,
you bring them to me and I'llwork on it.
RR (15:59):
You spent a lot of time sitting in the top chair uh
during the legislative session,did you not?
Rep-Gomberg (16:06):
Well, I did indeed.
I was elected to be the speakerpro tem.
Boy, does that sound important.
RR (16:12):
Well, it does.
Rep-Gomberg (16:13):
And it means And it is.
Well, you know, sort of.
It means that when the Speakerdoesn't want to preside, that I
get to run the run the floorsessions.
And so I was up there, I wantto say, you know, four out of
five uh times, I was up at thepodium, and and that's for four
or five hours at a go.
Having to listen to every word,uh understanding every motion,
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and making sure at the end ofthe day that we provided respect
and courtesy to everybody thathad something to say or or uh a
position on one of the bills wewere voting on.
It's tough duty up there, butuh but I was proud to do it.
But I also have to say thatI've learned over my time in the
legislature the closer you getto the top, the further from the
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top you really are.
So yeah, interesting comment.
I I got to run the meetings,but I didn't get to make the
decisions about what we werevoting on.
RR (17:03):
Uh-huh.
It that still came from thefloor.
Rep-Gomberg (17:06):
Well, at the end of the day, the speaker, the
co-chairs of ways and means, thecommittee chairs made those
those decisions.
And I got to run the uh thetransportation economic
development budget, but I wasn'tputting a lot of these other
proposals together.
RR (17:18):
From the legislative station completed, what is David
Gomberg most proud of?
Rep-Gomberg (17:24):
A lot of things that we did for personal
finances and personal privacy.
I mean, those are those are thethings that Oregonians are most
concerned about.
How are they gonna pay theirbills for housing, for
utilities, for uh uh forgroceries?
Well, you know, we went to workto provide more tools for
building more housing, so ifthere's more housing, it's gonna
cost less per house.
Uh that's that those are thoseare fundamental economic
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tenants.
We held our utilities much moreaccountable for the rate
increases that they keep uhbringing to Oregonians.
And then uh on the personalprivacy front, uh I brought a
bill that says your car cannotcollect personal information
about you and sell it to thehighest bidder.
I mean, think about that for aminute.
Your cars now, our modern carsand the computers that are built
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into them.
They know where you drive, howlong you stay there, uh, how
often you go, uh they know if uhwhere you work, if you worship
on the weekends, and if you goto a bar every uh every night on
the way home from work.
And if you plug your telephoneinto your car, now it's got
access to your emails and yourtext.
And so I brought a bill thatsays the car manufacturers
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cannot collect that informationabout you.
There were a number of othersteps that we took this session
dealing with personal privacy,which is one of those things
that is constantly out there,and we probably don't think
about it as much as we might.
RR (18:41):
And probably should think about it a whole heck of a lot
more.
Rep-Gomberg (18:43):
Well, I think so as well, yeah.
But uh, you know, if if thelegislature can take steps to
protect you, then you're notgonna have to think about it as
much.
RR (18:51):
A few minutes ago, I also had Senator uh uh Dick Anderson
on board, and he talked aboutthe relationship between you and
and uh Senator Anderson andwhat it does for the district.
You want to respond to that aswell?
Rep-Gomberg (19:05):
Well, absolutely.
I mean, presuming you said nicethings about me.
RR (19:08):
Yes, as a matter of fact.
Rep-Gomberg (19:11):
Dick and I work well together.
There are very few places inOregon that have a Democrat and
a Republican in two differentchambers representing them at
the same time.
And I think that we've provideda great example to Oregon about
how well that can work, becausetoo often the divide between
Democrats and Republicans isgetting wider and it's getting
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deeper.
And not for the benefit of thecountry.
Not for the benefit of thepeople that live here, not for
the benefit of the quality ofgovernment that we're producing,
and honestly, not for thebenefit of the legislators
themselves who are havingfinding it much harder to get
things done and uh and muchfewer rewards uh for doing it.
So, you know, Dick and I workwell together.
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We bring money home for thedistrict, we pass legislation,
we take care of the coast, andprovide an example of how other
people should be doing the samething.
RR (20:03):
As you look down the future for the rest of the summer, the
rest of the activities, whatwill Representative Gomberg be
doing between now and the nextsession?
Rep-Gomberg (20:14):
Well, I mean, you know, Roger, I like to show up
with annoying frequency.
I mean, it's a constant blur ofribbon cuttings,
groundbreakings, uh rotaryspeeches, going to classrooms
and meeting with kids.
You give me two days' noticeand I'll show up for the opening
of an envelope here on thecoast.
Um I I like to be out thereinteracting with people.
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And the reason I do that is sopeople will know who I am, and
if they've got a concern, ifthey've got an interest, if
they've got a problem, they'llsay, Oh, I I remember Dave
Gomberg, I can call him up, andand if you they want to change
legislation, or if they can'tget their unemployment check, or
they're having trouble with aDHS uh caseworker, my office can
help with that kind of stuff,and I want people to know that
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I'm available and accessible aswell as being visible to them.
RR (20:59):
Right now, while you're around the senior fair, are you
hearing any questionsspecifically or issues that uh
are already needing to beaddressed?
Rep-Gomberg (21:09):
Well, you know, there's a long line over there
getting blue shots.
People are concerned about thequality of health care and the
cost of health care and theavailability of health care.
Sure.
I think that's out, you know,that's something that's always
been central to the uh thesenior fair is the ability to
interact with those kind offolks as well as, I mean,
finding out everything from howto fix your kitchen faucet to
how to go on a cruise to uh toVenice.
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You can get all of that kind ofstuff here, and it's always a
marvelous opportunity.
But I gotta tell you, inbetween all the other stuff I'm
doing, I am trying to work ondisaster preparation, getting
ready for a major earthquake andtsunami.
And you know, we in LincolnCounty got that tsunami warning
uh last month, and all of uskind of wondered what we'd do
next.
RR (21:48):
Yep.
Rep-Gomberg (21:49):
But we here at the coast are better prepared for a
natural disaster than any otherpart of Oregon, but we're not as
well prepared as we need to be.
And I'm trying to put sometools together so that
government will be there to helpyou in the aftermath of those
events, as well as remindingpeople that they've got to be
there before government arrivesto take care of their family,
their neighbors, and theirfriends.
RR (22:08):
Talking about taking care of their neighbors and friends, I
gotta go make a drawing and giveaway $200 in cash.
Rep-Gomberg (22:14):
Well, I can think of worse ways to spend the next
few minutes.
Roger, always a pleasure to behere with you.
Thanks so much for theopportunity.
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RR (22:38):
It truly is better at the beach, and food is even better
at the beach.
It is fantastic at the beach.
Yeah.
And I'll tell you, there's acouple of places that we really
do enjoy.
One being the seafood grill atChedokan's Casino Resort.
We had the opportunity to gothere for a get-together
celebration dinner followingsenior fair.
Paul (22:59):
Yeah, I mean, I had uh actually you, mom, and I had the
same thing, uh different uhside dish with it, but uh yeah,
shrimp and crab melt there anduh highly recommended.
RR (23:11):
It's wonderful.
Paul (23:11):
People were talking about the fish and chips, and yeah, it
was a lot of great food there.
RR (23:14):
The good food, good uh service.
Uh, enjoyed it immensely.
Do take the family, if youwill, to Chuk Seafood Grill.
And if you can't get in therefor whatever reason, you know,
make a reservation.
It's worth doing.
Paul (23:30):
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, the view is amazing,right?
Oh, yes, absolutely.
So it's like the best view onthe Oregon Coast.
You're looking right out overthe bluff there and the rocks
there, splashing from the bigPacific Ocean.
And uh, like you said, havingsome great food or drink and and
the like.
RR (23:44):
So food is better, it's better at the beach, and it's
much better at Shrunkwood'sSeafood Grill right here in
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RR (24:07):
And again, our thanks to Representative David Gomberg and
Senator Dick Anderson forvisiting with us up at the
senior fair.
We recorded a number ofinterviews up there and look
forward to uh listening back uhto them down the road.
Paul (24:20):
Yeah, we'll have the next ones coming out in the next few
weeks.
Uh, but thanks uh to all theguests, but uh in particular,
yeah, Senator Anderson andRepresentative Gomberg for
joining us uh in our portablestudio there up at Chinookwin's
Casino Resort.
It was quite fun.
RR (24:34):
Uh and congratulations to a number of people that won a lot
of big prizes, including ourmayor, who won $300 yesterday.
Paul (24:42):
I saw that right towards the close there.
She just walked up and got thatgot the one of the big winners.
RR (24:48):
Picked that uh the best time to be there.
Yeah.
Uh we also had an opportunityto visit uh some time with the
minister from the St.
Peter the Fisherman LutheranChurch and talking about the
annual October dinner, and we'lluh feature that down the road a
little bit.
Uh that's October 11th,Saturday, October 11th.
Uh dinner will be served from 3to 7.
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Uh sausage, sauerkraut, bakedpotatoes, German uh potato
salad, waldorf salad, and aspecial oatmeal cake.
Uh that's just 12 bucks.
Been a number of times to thisdinner.
Thoroughly enjoy it.
Again, 3 to 7, October the11th, St.
Peter the Fisherman LutheranChurch.
The Cultural Center invites youto enjoy woven legacies.
(25:32):
Uh, we had an opportunity tofeature this on a double R show
a couple of weeks ago.
Uh, there's a special sale onuh rugs, bags, shoes, brass,
jewelry, and home decor made byartisans from Turkey, Armenia,
and Iran.
Proceeds support the culturalcenter and the ongoing care of
local teacher and TAFTI graduateJulie Reynolds Otraman.
(25:55):
So uh make certain you go upand take a look at that display.
I think it's gonna be theretill sometime in December.
Paul (26:01):
Yeah, I think it goes right through the uh the new
year, and uh, of course,everything's for sale, but uh it
is a gallery, and uh just go inand look around and uh
hopefully pick yourself outsomething that you want to take
home.
RR (26:12):
Another activity that is gonna be coming up October 11th,
Saturday, October the 11th is aTAF tie booster auction.
Uh, this is gonna be atShinockwin's Casino Resort
Seafood Grill downstairs in thatuh convention room downstairs.
The event supports uh studentprograms for taps seven through
twelve.
Uh tickets are 55 bucks.
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There's a buffet dinner, asalad auction, and a live
auction.
It's a lot of fun, good food,and it goes to support the
Booster Club.
Also, the Lincoln City Chamberof Commerce Awards Banquet is
going to be November 13th, 6 to8 at the Lincoln City Cultural
Center.
This is your opportunity tonominate your favorite business.
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Uh, nominations are openOctober 1.
They're open right now.
The award categories are NewBusiness of the Year, Business
of the Year, Excellence inCustomer Service, Beautification
Award, and Community ImpactAward.
So that's the awards banquet.
For more information, go up tothe Lincoln City Chamber of
Commerce.
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Now you've had a busy week aswell.
Paul (27:17):
Yeah, well, it seems busy all the time, but I am actually
taking a class at the OregonCoast Community College.
So just a plug for them.
Um taking a class from Dr.
Lofton, Oceanography.
It's a really great class.
I'm, you know, one of two, Ithink, elderly adult students, I
would say, of the course.
Uh most people are, you know,of the more college age, but you
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know, that's the beauty of thecommunity college.
RR (27:39):
Well, you were at senior fair yesterday, so that's okay.
Paul (27:42):
Yeah, well, I kind of qualify for senior fair.
ARP, got my name and numbernow.
And and Peter Lennon, you'renext.
Uh so uh of all the Robertsons,you're gonna have to pull up
the rear on that.
But uh yeah, so the college isis a great and you know, it's a
credit course, you know.
And sure.
And as we learned from I thinkDave and other folks a while
back, you know, at at the60-year age, which you know, I
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got a little few.
You can go to the communitycollege tuition free.
RR (28:10):
Yeah, that's uh big operating.
Paul (28:12):
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, and you know, takingthese classes and not having to
worry about the exams and thelike, but uh being in there with
a cohort of uh students of allages is is quite fun and really
valuable education.
You know, oceanography,obviously something that's near
and dear to my heart, but itshould be for everybody out here
on the Orange Coast.
RR (28:28):
And speaking of education on the younger side, you also got
some activity taking place.
Paul (28:33):
Yeah, so we're actually just really gearing up for uh
our uh fall program here for uhSecret Life of Salmon.
So, yeah, we're we're gonna bemeeting and greeting a lot of
young uh young learners as well.
So that's happening now againuh this season.
RR (28:48):
Also like to uh remind you to put on your calendar December
6th.
That's December 6th for theannual angel ball.
And you know, yesterday, againat Senior Fair, uh some lady
came through and dropped twochecks.
One check to Angels, one checkto the Backpack Food Program,
each for five hundred dollars.
(29:09):
Wow.
Whoever that lady was, Godbless you.
Thank you very much.
Paul (29:13):
Many, many things well.
RR (29:15):
Thank you very much.
Anything else to your side ofthe table?
Paul (29:18):
Yeah, so just one other thing from Senior Fair at our
booth there, our kind of livestudio that we had for recording
uh for the show.
We had a uh a drawing, uh giftcertificate drawing for $100
worth of gift certificates fromsome of our sponsors.
So Kenny's IGA, Zellers Bar andGrill, LaRoka, and Bombs Beach
books for a total of $100.
And the winner of all thoseentries is, let's see here, pull
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it out of the hat.
Doom doom doom PhyllisThompson.
Phyllis Thompson, very well.
Yeah, yeah.
So, Phyllis, uh, send us anemail, reach out to double r
show, uh Roger at double rshow.com, and uh we'll get you
your prize package.
RR (29:56):
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RR (00:30):
Welcome to the Double R Show.
Double R here along with SonPaul, and today we're going to
go on the road, if you will.
Yeah, we're going up to the oldcasino for a little senior fair
time.
Senior Fairtime, Senior FireTime.
Uh, fact is, we'll be on theroad in the next couple of weeks
uh with different opportunitiesto talk to a variety of people
today.
Have the good fortune to uhvisit with Senator Dick Anderson
(00:52):
and Representative DavidGomberg.
Paul (00:54):
Yeah, we're gonna do the uh bicameral, bipartisan
approach again.
Uh so we're gonna have uh justto split the uh the double R
show with those two uh twofolks.
RR (01:04):
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RR (02:12):
Senator Anderson, thanks for coming on board and being here
at Senior Fair.
Sen-Anderson (02:16):
Well, thank you, Roger, and it's my pleasure.
I I wouldn't miss this.
Uh I can't remember if I'veever missed one.
RR (02:23):
So the fact is, you started as mayor and and have continued
every year since.
Sen-Anderson (02:29):
And it's a great event.
It's a great, even if you'renot campaigning, which I'm not,
uh, just being out with thepeople, having my booth, people
can come by and talk and askquestions.
RR (02:40):
What kind of questions are you getting, Dick?
Sen-Anderson (02:42):
Unfortunately, all the federal questions really
based on the media, inundationof media.
And I tried to talk them downto state levels, make sure they
understand what's going on inthe state, and you know, have a
nice conversation.
RR (02:56):
So talking about state issues, okay, the gasoline uh
situation, uh the gas tax, thenew gas bill, if you will.
Where is that?
And and tell tell us about thebackground of that.
Sen-Anderson (03:09):
Sure.
Uh that that bill, uh, theODOT, uh, Oregon Department of
Transportation bill, actually uhwas a is a funding bill to you
know get that agency theirbiennium uh budget.
And that's been under theworks.
Remember uh back uh prior tothe session in 26 or 25, the
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long session.
The year before that, theyactually went out on kind of a
roadshow gathering information,came back to the session,
legislative session, and werenever able to get a uh a bill
that the majority party couldagree on uh to to bring into
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both chambers.
The House actually passed theuh bill, but it never made it to
the Senate floor before we wereuh excused from the session.
The governor then called aspecial session specifically for
passing a uh ODOT uh bill, anduh that was done, took 30 days,
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uh a cut-down version, kind of aband-aid bill, uh five billion
dollar bill uh that was passedby the again the majority party.
No Republican voted for it.
Uh so it was and they theydidn't have to, didn't need it.
Uh the majority party voted forit.
So it increases the gas tax,your fees, registration,
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driver's license, anythingattached to uh transportation.
Fees went up.
RR (04:43):
And your vote on that, Senator Anderson?
Sen-Anderson (04:45):
I did not vote.
I I voted.
I voted no.
I did not vote for it.
Uh and and simply because uh,you know, I'm not uncomfortable
with voting for a tax.
However, my issue around thatwhole bill was the lack of
accountability by the agency.
I I'm not interested in justgiving an agency more money that
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I don't think have they've donea good job to date.
So rather than kicking the candown the road, I wanted more
accountability, understanding bythe agency.
Nobody wanted to change makethose kind of changes, they just
wanted to feed them more money.
RR (05:25):
You are always involved with trying to bring money back to
the district in various uh uhevents, uh programs, whatever
whatever.
Where did you succeed thisyear?
Sen-Anderson (05:36):
Yeah, uh well, and remember, you know, we're in
Lincoln County.
Right.
Uh my district again.
It goes away south as well.
It goes all the way south toCoos Bay and North Bend.
Yep, the the whole the districtin Lightway and I I thank you
for that because um Iconcentrated this session on
Coos Bay area and the port ofCoos Bay.
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I was able to initiate and getfunded a hundred million dollars
for the port of Coos Bay fortheir container operation,
dredging the canal, uh the bay,and potential container
operation.
Now that sounds like it was forCoos Bay, but it's really for
the state of Oregon and theMidwest.
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Because if that containeroperation and when it comes
through, it'll bring imports allthe way into tr by train, then
into the Midwest.
And so the state reallybenefits uh from having a deep
water port where Coos Bay is.
RR (06:35):
That's because we got rail out of Coos Bay into the Valley.
Sen-Anderson (06:40):
And then into the Midwest.
It's that's huge.
It is huge, it is huge.
And the feds have actually putmoney into it as well, not
enough yet, but we're movingalong with design and dredging
and getting ready for it.
It's it's a good five, sixyears out, okay, but we've got
to get ready.
RR (06:59):
So uh for the session, Dick Anderson, Senator Dick
Anderson's most proud of what?
Sen-Anderson (07:06):
Uh you know, I hate to be braggatocious.
However, uh I was able out ofthe Senate, I uh initiated a
fewer bills, but got more passedthan any other Republican in
the Senate.
So um a couple of things.
Uh I concentrate and prioritizemy subject matter and I work
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it.
So, you know, you can't work ahundred bills, but you can work,
you know, ten bills.
Sure.
And and move it through andmake sure they're thoughtful and
precise and targeted for youknow things that impact
citizens.
They they were nonnon-political, uh housing, child
care, health care.
RR (07:51):
That's all always been your mantra.
Sen-Anderson (07:54):
It comes from my 12 years of local government,
you know, because when you're inthe city, when you're when
you're local, you you feel, youmeet people, you talk to them
about their expenses, abouttheir costs, their their living.
And that's what carried me intothe state, because I didn't
think we were getting enoughresources from the state into
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this district.
And I I think we're there alongwith uh Representative Gomberg,
he and I have teamed up.
We work well together, butwe've made sure uh the state now
knows there's a coastline anduh Senate District 5.
RR (08:32):
You do have a relationship with uh Representative Gomberg
that uh is really good for thedistrict because you got two
different parties, two differenthouses in in uh the
legislature.
Yeah, uh very different sets ofideas.
Sen-Anderson (08:47):
Exactly.
You know, and uh and differentcommittees.
We sit on different committeeswhere we've got fingers out to
all sorts of members.
Um but I think at the end ofthe day, we're both you know of
that age, we're will willing totalk to each other, share ideas.
We're concerned about thecitizens again on our coast, in
our district, in our uhrespective districts, and you
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know how we work together.
And you know, we we team upwell, uh, have been able to get
others with us, and uh, it'smade a huge difference.
RR (09:19):
Okay, now that uh the legislative session is finally
over, the special session isover.
What does Senator Anderson doin the interim?
Sen-Anderson (09:29):
Uh today I'm leaving in an hour to drive to
Coos Bay.
I've got uh meetings tonightand all day tomorrow uh with the
governor's uhgovernment-to-government uh
program that deals with thestate of Oregon and the nine uh
federally uh recognized tribes.
Uh I'm a uh representative fromthe legislature in that
(09:53):
discussion, uh one because of myrelationships specifically with
the SLETs, but I have fourtribes in my Senate district,
and I know them all, understandthem.
So, you know, to answer yourquestion, I'm busy.
Uh yesterday I was on all day,all day on virtual meetings uh
with a task force, you know, uhand uh lobby, you know, just
(10:17):
talking state business.
RR (10:20):
Non-related item that but you just mentioned uh uh you
alluded to.
Uh you are involved with theSLETs tribe, uh the uh
charitable giving.
Charitable giving.
That is uh a huge endeavor initself.
Sen-Anderson (10:34):
Yep.
That was one of the meetingsyesterday.
We uh uh uh acknowledged some Ithink two hundred thousand
dollars in grants, gone throughover a I think it was a million
two in applications.
Um so we had to go through alot of applications, uh, made
some decisions, and we'll begiving that hopefully money away
(10:54):
next month, first of the month.
So, yeah, it's uh a a greatcontribution to you know
nonprofits, you know, in R11service district.
RR (11:05):
Senator Dick Anderson, thanks for being at Senior Fair.
Thanks for being on thepodcast.
Thank you, Roger.
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RR (12:16):
Welcome back to the podcast.
With us is Representative DavidGomberg.
Are you happy with the session?
It's over.
Rep-Gomberg (12:24):
Well, I'm happy that it's over, Roger.
Are you talking about the longsession or the special session?
Because it seems like we're anon-stop session this year.
RR (12:31):
Let's take it one at a time.
Rep-Gomberg (12:33):
Well, I mean, the focus of both of them is pretty
much the same.
It's how we're going to pay forour roads and our bridges and
uh and and keep keeping driverssafe here in Oregon.
That's been the questionbecause as gasoline taxes have
declined because people aredriving more fuel efficient
vehicles and electric vehicles,we just haven't had the money
coming in and we had to find abetter way to uh to to make sure
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people who are using the roadspay for the roads.
So that's what we talked aboutin the long session.
We didn't get it done.
We didn't get it done, and thegovernor called us back into
special session.
So let me tell you what thespecial session was not.
First of all, it was not a $4.5billion tax increase.
I mean, I've heard that numberbandied around.
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It's a 10-year number.
Oh.
You know, it's creativecriticism.
They could have easily saidthis is a $10 billion tax
increase over the next 25 years.
So the second thing it was not,it was not the proposal that we
heard in the original uh longsession.
It was about a third as big.
We went from a 15 cent gas taxproposal to a six-cent gas tax
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proposal.
And by the way, the averagedriver gets 25 miles to the
gallon, they drive 12,000 milesa year.
That six cent increase is gonnacost the average Oregon driver
about two bucks a month.
That's what we're talkingabout.
The third thing I've heardabout is accountability.
Well, first of all, I gottatell you that when we wrote the
budget, and you know I chairedthe committee that manages
ODOT's budget, we cut a hundredpositions and fifty million
(14:04):
dollars out of that budgetbefore we even started talking
about tax changes.
In the new proposal that we uhapproved in the short session,
we added a number ofaccountability measures, which
included regular audits by theSecretary of State, performance
audits by the legislative policyoffice, and made a change so
that the director of ODOT is nowappointed by the governor
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instead of by the TransportationCommission.
And I stood up and said, I'mall about accountability.
If anybody's got ideas andother things we can do to make
this agency more accountable,come to me.
I'm all in.
But at the end of the day, theHouse passed the package in
three days uh over the Labor Dayweekend.
And uh and then the Senate tookover, and it took them about
(14:47):
another five weeks to finish thejob.
RR (14:50):
But it got done.
Rep-Gomberg (14:51):
It got done.
And remember that money isgoing to go for uh for our
highways and bridges, whichmeans uh striping, snow removal,
filling potholes, landslides,responding to accidents.
Half the money goes to localgovernment.
That's our cities and countiesto take care of local roads.
So half that money is going tobe allocated by the folks we
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vote for locally for our citycouncil or our county
commission.
RR (15:15):
I keep hearing people talk about uh accountability of ODOT.
Yep.
Anything in that bill that thatuh answers that question.
Rep-Gomberg (15:23):
Well, like I said, we we're gonna require the
Secretary of State to do regularaudits of ODOT.
Okay.
We are going to have thelegislative uh policy office
doing performance audits, and wechanged the situation so the
governor makes the appointmentof the uh of the agency director
instead of the TransportationCommission.
We also uh did a lot of belttightening, as I said.
We cut a hundred positions andfifty million dollars out of the
(15:46):
ODOT budget before we evenstarted talking about revenue
changes.
So, yeah, I would say thatthere was a lot of
accountability in the package.
But if anybody's got ideas onhow we can be more accountable,
you bring them to me and I'llwork on it.
RR (15:59):
You spent a lot of time sitting in the top chair uh
during the legislative session,did you not?
Rep-Gomberg (16:06):
Well, I did indeed.
I was elected to be the speakerpro tem.
Boy, does that sound important.
RR (16:12):
Well, it does.
Rep-Gomberg (16:13):
And it means And it is.
Well, you know, sort of.
It means that when the Speakerdoesn't want to preside, that I
get to run the run the floorsessions.
And so I was up there, I wantto say, you know, four out of
five uh times, I was up at thepodium, and and that's for four
or five hours at a go.
Having to listen to every word,uh understanding every motion,
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and making sure at the end ofthe day that we provided respect
and courtesy to everybody thathad something to say or or uh a
position on one of the bills wewere voting on.
It's tough duty up there, butuh but I was proud to do it.
But I also have to say thatI've learned over my time in the
legislature the closer you getto the top, the further from the
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top you really are.
So yeah, interesting comment.
I I got to run the meetings,but I didn't get to make the
decisions about what we werevoting on.
RR (17:03):
Uh-huh.
It that still came from thefloor.
Rep-Gomberg (17:06):
Well, at the end of the day, the speaker, the
co-chairs of ways and means, thecommittee chairs made those
those decisions.
And I got to run the uh thetransportation economic
development budget, but I wasn'tputting a lot of these other
proposals together.
RR (17:18):
From the legislative station completed, what is David
Gomberg most proud of?
Rep-Gomberg (17:24):
A lot of things that we did for personal
finances and personal privacy.
I mean, those are those are thethings that Oregonians are most
concerned about.
How are they gonna pay theirbills for housing, for
utilities, for uh uh forgroceries?
Well, you know, we went to workto provide more tools for
building more housing, so ifthere's more housing, it's gonna
cost less per house.
Uh that's that those are thoseare fundamental economic
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tenants.
We held our utilities much moreaccountable for the rate
increases that they keep uhbringing to Oregonians.
And then uh on the personalprivacy front, uh I brought a
bill that says your car cannotcollect personal information
about you and sell it to thehighest bidder.
I mean, think about that for aminute.
Your cars now, our modern carsand the computers that are built
(18:07):
into them.
They know where you drive, howlong you stay there, uh, how
often you go, uh they know if uhwhere you work, if you worship
on the weekends, and if you goto a bar every uh every night on
the way home from work.
And if you plug your telephoneinto your car, now it's got
access to your emails and yourtext.
And so I brought a bill thatsays the car manufacturers
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cannot collect that informationabout you.
There were a number of othersteps that we took this session
dealing with personal privacy,which is one of those things
that is constantly out there,and we probably don't think
about it as much as we might.
RR (18:41):
And probably should think about it a whole heck of a lot
more.
Rep-Gomberg (18:43):
Well, I think so as well, yeah.
But uh, you know, if if thelegislature can take steps to
protect you, then you're notgonna have to think about it as
much.
RR (18:51):
A few minutes ago, I also had Senator uh uh Dick Anderson
on board, and he talked aboutthe relationship between you and
and uh Senator Anderson andwhat it does for the district.
You want to respond to that aswell?
Rep-Gomberg (19:05):
Well, absolutely.
I mean, presuming you said nicethings about me.
RR (19:08):
Yes, as a matter of fact.
Rep-Gomberg (19:11):
Dick and I work well together.
There are very few places inOregon that have a Democrat and
a Republican in two differentchambers representing them at
the same time.
And I think that we've provideda great example to Oregon about
how well that can work, becausetoo often the divide between
Democrats and Republicans isgetting wider and it's getting
(19:31):
deeper.
And not for the benefit of thecountry.
Not for the benefit of thepeople that live here, not for
the benefit of the quality ofgovernment that we're producing,
and honestly, not for thebenefit of the legislators
themselves who are havingfinding it much harder to get
things done and uh and muchfewer rewards uh for doing it.
So, you know, Dick and I workwell together.
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We bring money home for thedistrict, we pass legislation,
we take care of the coast, andprovide an example of how other
people should be doing the samething.
RR (20:03):
As you look down the future for the rest of the summer, the
rest of the activities, whatwill Representative Gomberg be
doing between now and the nextsession?
Rep-Gomberg (20:14):
Well, I mean, you know, Roger, I like to show up
with annoying frequency.
I mean, it's a constant blur ofribbon cuttings,
groundbreakings, uh rotaryspeeches, going to classrooms
and meeting with kids.
You give me two days' noticeand I'll show up for the opening
of an envelope here on thecoast.
Um I I like to be out thereinteracting with people.
(20:35):
And the reason I do that is sopeople will know who I am, and
if they've got a concern, ifthey've got an interest, if
they've got a problem, they'llsay, Oh, I I remember Dave
Gomberg, I can call him up, andand if you they want to change
legislation, or if they can'tget their unemployment check, or
they're having trouble with aDHS uh caseworker, my office can
help with that kind of stuff,and I want people to know that
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I'm available and accessible aswell as being visible to them.
RR (20:59):
Right now, while you're around the senior fair, are you
hearing any questionsspecifically or issues that uh
are already needing to beaddressed?
Rep-Gomberg (21:09):
Well, you know, there's a long line over there
getting blue shots.
People are concerned about thequality of health care and the
cost of health care and theavailability of health care.
Sure.
I think that's out, you know,that's something that's always
been central to the uh thesenior fair is the ability to
interact with those kind offolks as well as, I mean,
finding out everything from howto fix your kitchen faucet to
how to go on a cruise to uh toVenice.
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You can get all of that kind ofstuff here, and it's always a
marvelous opportunity.
But I gotta tell you, inbetween all the other stuff I'm
doing, I am trying to work ondisaster preparation, getting
ready for a major earthquake andtsunami.
And you know, we in LincolnCounty got that tsunami warning
uh last month, and all of uskind of wondered what we'd do
next.
RR (21:48):
Yep.
Rep-Gomberg (21:49):
But we here at the coast are better prepared for a
natural disaster than any otherpart of Oregon, but we're not as
well prepared as we need to be.
And I'm trying to put sometools together so that
government will be there to helpyou in the aftermath of those
events, as well as remindingpeople that they've got to be
there before government arrivesto take care of their family,
their neighbors, and theirfriends.
RR (22:08):
Talking about taking care of their neighbors and friends, I
gotta go make a drawing and giveaway $200 in cash.
Rep-Gomberg (22:14):
Well, I can think of worse ways to spend the next
few minutes.
Roger, always a pleasure to behere with you.
Thanks so much for theopportunity.
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RR (22:38):
It truly is better at the beach, and food is even better
at the beach.
It is fantastic at the beach.
Yeah.
And I'll tell you, there's acouple of places that we really
do enjoy.
One being the seafood grill atChedokan's Casino Resort.
We had the opportunity to gothere for a get-together
celebration dinner followingsenior fair.
Paul (22:59):
Yeah, I mean, I had uh actually you, mom, and I had the
same thing, uh different uhside dish with it, but uh yeah,
shrimp and crab melt there anduh highly recommended.
RR (23:11):
It's wonderful.
Paul (23:11):
People were talking about the fish and chips, and yeah, it
was a lot of great food there.
RR (23:14):
The good food, good uh service.
Uh, enjoyed it immensely.
Do take the family, if youwill, to Chuk Seafood Grill.
And if you can't get in therefor whatever reason, you know,
make a reservation.
It's worth doing.
Paul (23:30):
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, the view is amazing,right?
Oh, yes, absolutely.
So it's like the best view onthe Oregon Coast.
You're looking right out overthe bluff there and the rocks
there, splashing from the bigPacific Ocean.
And uh, like you said, havingsome great food or drink and and
the like.
RR (23:44):
So food is better, it's better at the beach, and it's
much better at Shrunkwood'sSeafood Grill right here in
Lincoln City.
Bobs-Beach-Books (23:52):
You'll find a book for every occasion at Bob's
Beach Books.
Something to read as you relaxby an open fire, we have it.
Studying a particular topic, wehave that too.
Traveling to a far-off land,discover it first by reading.
Bob's Beach Books in the OceanLake area of Lincoln City.
Come discover.
RR (24:07):
And again, our thanks to Representative David Gomberg and
Senator Dick Anderson forvisiting with us up at the
senior fair.
We recorded a number ofinterviews up there and look
forward to uh listening back uhto them down the road.
Paul (24:20):
Yeah, we'll have the next ones coming out in the next few
weeks.
Uh, but thanks uh to all theguests, but uh in particular,
yeah, Senator Anderson andRepresentative Gomberg for
joining us uh in our portablestudio there up at Chinookwin's
Casino Resort.
It was quite fun.
RR (24:34):
Uh and congratulations to a number of people that won a lot
of big prizes, including ourmayor, who won $300 yesterday.
Paul (24:42):
I saw that right towards the close there.
She just walked up and got thatgot the one of the big winners.
RR (24:48):
Picked that uh the best time to be there.
Yeah.
Uh we also had an opportunityto visit uh some time with the
minister from the St.
Peter the Fisherman LutheranChurch and talking about the
annual October dinner, and we'lluh feature that down the road a
little bit.
Uh that's October 11th,Saturday, October 11th.
Uh dinner will be served from 3to 7.
(25:09):
Uh sausage, sauerkraut, bakedpotatoes, German uh potato
salad, waldorf salad, and aspecial oatmeal cake.
Uh that's just 12 bucks.
Been a number of times to thisdinner.
Thoroughly enjoy it.
Again, 3 to 7, October the11th, St.
Peter the Fisherman LutheranChurch.
The Cultural Center invites youto enjoy woven legacies.
(25:32):
Uh, we had an opportunity tofeature this on a double R show
a couple of weeks ago.
Uh, there's a special sale onuh rugs, bags, shoes, brass,
jewelry, and home decor made byartisans from Turkey, Armenia,
and Iran.
Proceeds support the culturalcenter and the ongoing care of
local teacher and TAFTI graduateJulie Reynolds Otraman.
(25:55):
So uh make certain you go upand take a look at that display.
I think it's gonna be theretill sometime in December.
Paul (26:01):
Yeah, I think it goes right through the uh the new
year, and uh, of course,everything's for sale, but uh it
is a gallery, and uh just go inand look around and uh
hopefully pick yourself outsomething that you want to take
home.
RR (26:12):
Another activity that is gonna be coming up October 11th,
Saturday, October the 11th is aTAF tie booster auction.
Uh, this is gonna be atShinockwin's Casino Resort
Seafood Grill downstairs in thatuh convention room downstairs.
The event supports uh studentprograms for taps seven through
twelve.
Uh tickets are 55 bucks.
(26:34):
There's a buffet dinner, asalad auction, and a live
auction.
It's a lot of fun, good food,and it goes to support the
Booster Club.
Also, the Lincoln City Chamberof Commerce Awards Banquet is
going to be November 13th, 6 to8 at the Lincoln City Cultural
Center.
This is your opportunity tonominate your favorite business.
(26:55):
Uh, nominations are openOctober 1.
They're open right now.
The award categories are NewBusiness of the Year, Business
of the Year, Excellence inCustomer Service, Beautification
Award, and Community ImpactAward.
So that's the awards banquet.
For more information, go up tothe Lincoln City Chamber of
Commerce.
(27:15):
Now you've had a busy week aswell.
Paul (27:17):
Yeah, well, it seems busy all the time, but I am actually
taking a class at the OregonCoast Community College.
So just a plug for them.
Um taking a class from Dr.
Lofton, Oceanography.
It's a really great class.
I'm, you know, one of two, Ithink, elderly adult students, I
would say, of the course.
Uh most people are, you know,of the more college age, but you
(27:38):
know, that's the beauty of thecommunity college.
RR (27:39):
Well, you were at senior fair yesterday, so that's okay.
Paul (27:42):
Yeah, well, I kind of qualify for senior fair.
ARP, got my name and numbernow.
And and Peter Lennon, you'renext.
Uh so uh of all the Robertsons,you're gonna have to pull up
the rear on that.
But uh yeah, so the college isis a great and you know, it's a
credit course, you know.
And sure.
And as we learned from I thinkDave and other folks a while
back, you know, at at the60-year age, which you know, I
(28:05):
got a little few.
You can go to the communitycollege tuition free.
RR (28:10):
Yeah, that's uh big operating.
Paul (28:12):
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, and you know, takingthese classes and not having to
worry about the exams and thelike, but uh being in there with
a cohort of uh students of allages is is quite fun and really
valuable education.
You know, oceanography,obviously something that's near
and dear to my heart, but itshould be for everybody out here
on the Orange Coast.
RR (28:28):
And speaking of education on the younger side, you also got
some activity taking place.
Paul (28:33):
Yeah, so we're actually just really gearing up for uh
our uh fall program here for uhSecret Life of Salmon.
So, yeah, we're we're gonna bemeeting and greeting a lot of
young uh young learners as well.
So that's happening now againuh this season.
RR (28:48):
Also like to uh remind you to put on your calendar December
6th.
That's December 6th for theannual angel ball.
And you know, yesterday, againat Senior Fair, uh some lady
came through and dropped twochecks.
One check to Angels, one checkto the Backpack Food Program,
each for five hundred dollars.
(29:09):
Wow.
Whoever that lady was, Godbless you.
Thank you very much.
Paul (29:13):
Many, many things well.
RR (29:15):
Thank you very much.
Anything else to your side ofthe table?
Paul (29:18):
Yeah, so just one other thing from Senior Fair at our
booth there, our kind of livestudio that we had for recording
uh for the show.
We had a uh a drawing, uh giftcertificate drawing for $100
worth of gift certificates fromsome of our sponsors.
So Kenny's IGA, Zellers Bar andGrill, LaRoka, and Bombs Beach
books for a total of $100.
And the winner of all thoseentries is, let's see here, pull
(29:42):
it out of the hat.
Doom doom doom PhyllisThompson.
Phyllis Thompson, very well.
Yeah, yeah.
So, Phyllis, uh, send us anemail, reach out to double r
show, uh Roger at double rshow.com, and uh we'll get you
your prize package.
RR (29:56):
So, Phyllis, congratulations.
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