June 26, 2025 • 29 mins
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With Episode CV we take pride in adding to our curriculum vitae the beginning of our third season of the Double R Show. Join us as we hear from new voices from our community and learn about new professionals joining our hospitals and city all the while celebrating PRIDE across our town.
- David Benson, City of Lincoln City - City Manager Pro Tem
- Dr. Lesley Ogden, CEO Samaritan North Lincoln and Pacific Communities Hospitals
- Ivie Van Lent, Lincoln City Pride Committee
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Zellers (00:07):
Welcome
Jana (00:07):
to the Double R Show, the podcast that features everything
about North Lincoln County.
The Double R Show directed andproduced by Paul Robertson and
hosted by the voice of LincolnCity, Roger Robertson.
RR (00:30):
Season three is starting now.
Season three already of theDouble R Show.
It's amazing to me.
Son Paul (00:37):
Yeah, it's been a lot of fun.
You know, we're talking our105th episode now is dropping.
And yeah,
RR (00:44):
it just keeps growing and growing.
I love it.
Season 3 kicks off with a brandnew voice, a brand new face in
Lincoln City, a new citymanager.
Son Paul (00:53):
Yeah, Mr.
David Benson is going to joinus, the new city manager, the
interim city manager.
And we're going to have Ivy VanLent is also going to be on the
show.
She's going to be talking aboutthe upcoming Pride Fest and Dr.
Leslie Ogden and someannouncements about some new
doctors and nurses that areincreasing in our area again now
thanks to a program ofrecruitment and also Homegrown.
(01:16):
All coming
RR (01:18):
up on today's kickoff to season three.
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RR (02:05):
As they would say, a new sheriff in town.
Welcome to Lincoln City, thenew pro tem city manager for the
city of Lincoln City, DavidBenson.
Welcome.
David Benson (02:15):
Well, thank you so much.
Not the sheriff.
We have an excellent policechief who handles the law
enforcement duties, but I'mhappy to work with him and the
rest of the team.
RR (02:22):
Now, you came to Lincoln City by way of Texas?
David Benson (02:27):
Yes.
Grew up in Milwaukee, Oregon,down in Stafford, if you know
that area.
We were in Stafford before thebig houses.
We had a few acres, farmfilberts and strawberries out
there.
And I went to Westland becausethere was no schools in
Wilsonville.
Went away to college,Pepperdine, and then back in
Connecticut.
And then came back homebriefly, went back to
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Philadelphia for a few months,and then found myself a daily
reporting job at a newspaper inPasadena, Texas, biggest suburb
of Houston.
And I was going to be therethree years.
That was 1991.
And
RR (02:58):
how'd that work out?
David Benson (02:59):
ran slightly behind schedule, fell into city
work, got married, had adaughter, got divorced when my
daughter was young and couldn'tleave my, you know, you can't
leave the kid.
And so it was a couple yearsago when I realized like, The
kid has now left me, as theywill do, at least we hope.
And so I can start pointingback to the Northwest where the
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dream was always to get home.
And so, yeah, spring of 24,spring of last year, I packed up
my Explorer in San Antonio androlled this way and got to spend
about a year up in Neat Heartsand got down here.
And like I said, at councilmeeting the other night, I got
to Oregon a year ago, but I'mnot sure I got home till about
three weeks back.
This community has just beenso, so welcoming and so
(03:42):
supportive.
RR (03:43):
That was going to be my next question what
David Benson (03:45):
attracts
RR (03:45):
you to lincoln
David Benson (03:46):
city it's a great great community it's got this
fun history where you have thislong strip that was really
multiple communities over youknow at some point beyond the
community you've got the cityand i tell people right there's
always two cities there's asmall c city which is the
community all of us and thenthere's the big c city which is
the organization that serves thesmall c and the big c city is
is solid we have an outstandingmayor and council we've got
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great staff across the boardagain i've been telling people
like I've worked in cities much,much larger than this most of
my career.
I could take this group ofpeople from Lincoln City and we
could go to cities 10, 20 timeslarger than this.
We might need a few more folks,right, because you need more
horses, but this is a coregroup.
(04:30):
We could run a lot of cities inthis country at least as well
as they're being run right nowand probably better.
RR (04:35):
When you come to Lincoln City and you look at all the
budgets that the city has andthe amount of money that goes
through the hands, you got tofeel pretty good about what you
have not inherited, but whatyou're in charge of.
David Benson (04:49):
Another great point.
Yeah, because aside from thecommunity and the city, which
are really about people, right,there's that third component.
We have resources here, which alot of cities don't have,
particularly in Oregon, whereyou have a challenging property
tax system that could probablystand to be improved a little
bit.
But yeah, that is in large partbecause of our tourism work
(05:12):
here and the great work thatExplore Lincoln City does and
And our economic developmentfolks as well, right?
We've got a very solid basehere and good resources in the
organization to work with.
RR (05:23):
Do you look at yourself as somebody coming in that is a
caretaker or somebody that wantsto get a hold of the job and
really work?
David Benson (05:33):
Well, the microphone probably did not pick
me up shaking my head no whenyou said caretaker.
That was another real appeal ofthis position.
And I think I may have evenmentioned it when I interviewed
with the mayor and council thatthere are a lot of cities who
want you to come in andbasically don't let the boat
sink.
It was clear here that therewas real intent on the part of
the city's leadership to, wewant you to come in and do this
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job for as long as we have youhere.
And that was of particularinterest to me.
I'm somebody who likes gettinginto things, likes to like
starting and finishing projects.
And so if I were in more of acaretaker role, I would tend to
shy from those kinds of rolesbecause I might get bored and
I'd much rather be here doingwork.
This is the work I love.
I also noticed that you like toget out into the community.
(06:19):
Again, you know, I've worked incities of 125, 140,000 people,
100,000 people, two and a halfmillion people.
Harris County, Texas, where Iwas, has half a million more
people than Oregon.
But the only word that mattersin that sense is people.
Right.
And just the joy of being outand getting to meet folks here.
Again, everybody's welcoming.
Gosh, I've been to Kiwanis.
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I got to go to the KiteFestival.
You know, if you go up to theold Oregon, you meet people who
just pick this place to comevacation.
Right.
And they're having a good time.
I get to go to the Rotarydinner tonight.
So, yeah, the chance to be partof not just go to a city job,
but to be part of the communityis is something I'm just
drinking in as fast as I can.
You seem excited about this.
(07:02):
I like it.
And who wouldn't be?
I want to meet that personbecause something's wrong with
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them.
any reason not to be excited.
RR (07:35):
You have gone through your first city council meeting.
Going through the first citycouncil meeting, did something
hit in David Benson's mind andsay, I want to challenge this
now?
David Benson (07:45):
I wouldn't say there.
I'll tell you, my biggestchallenge in that council
meeting was that is the firstcity council meeting in which
I've ever been an activeparticipant that I didn't have a
tie on.
RR (07:56):
I
David Benson (07:58):
love that.
choice of attire, right,because they're called fashion
(08:18):
statements for a reason.
One is, this is what I wasraised to wear professionally,
and I feel uncomfortable if Idon't wear it.
The other is, I don't reallyhave other clothes, right?
Like, I got some jeans andt-shirts, and I got this, but I
don't have that cool casual,like you got, right?
I don't have that cool sort ofmiddle-of-the-road casual thing.
So at some point, I got to goto Eddie Bauer, I guess.
(08:39):
But right now, I own this gear,and I like wearing it.
And I think beyond that, at thecouncil meeting, right, and I'd
watched a few of them so thatwasn't a surprise being in the
first one but I think if you ifyou go back and you know look at
some of the stuff I was able totalk about in that meeting
because they do give me thatlittle slot for a report you
know trying to keep emphasizingsome of the themes that I even
(09:01):
talked about in the interviewand in my follow-up with mayor
and council right there's asgood as we are and this is a
well-run operation and credit toeverybody who's been doing it
long time before I got hereright because they're the ones
who made it made it a well-runoperation and But I do think we
can strengthen our performancein terms of communication with
the mayor and council and thecommunity, in terms of using
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data to help illustrate theprogress that we're making,
tying our budget and ourinvestments to actual results
and outcomes.
And thirdly, in terms of ouremphasis on long range planning
in terms of capital andfinancial planning, right?
Like, are we thinking out thereahead?
And again, we've got some goodsolid ingredients.
The budget has a five yearforecast in it.
So you've got some of thosestarting pieces that we can
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start to put together.
other.
But those to me are really sortof my primary concerns.
And beyond that, probably justrelationship building as much as
we can do, not just me, but asan organization with the people
we serve.
Those I think will continue tobe my focus.
And one of them that Imentioned the other night was we
just last Friday started a newweekly memo to council called
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the City Manager's Update.
They'd been getting a monthlyreport from staff.
Now we're going to starthitting a weekly cadence with
that.
And those are posted thenMondays on the city's website so
anybody can read them.
RR (10:17):
David Benson, the city manager pro tem, city of Lincoln
City.
Again, welcome to Lincoln City.
David Benson (10:23):
Thank you so much.
No place I'd rather be.
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RR (10:40):
Dr.
Leslie Ogden, Samaritan NorthLincoln Hospital, Pacific
Communities Hospital is with us.
And good news, more doctors inthe house.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (10:50):
More doctors in the house.
You got it.
RR (10:52):
And those doctors represent what type of field?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (10:56):
Family medicine is what we're
celebrating these days becausewe have a family medicine
residency training program.
And so we're really building upnot only for our, you know,
primary care providers for ourcommunity but also that these
are potential faculty membersand some of course we're
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bringing in deliberately asfaculty members but all of them
we're celebrating you know justhaving them with us because this
just builds our core.
RR (11:28):
And these new doctors are?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (11:30):
Well the first one is in right here in Lincoln
City Dr.
Lynn Athens and she is at ourSamaritan Coastal Clinic.
She provides primary care toall ages And she came to us
through Portland StateUniversity, Michigan State
University, and then completedher residency up in Michigan as
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well at the Genesis RegionalMedical Center in Grand Blanc.
And so she loves balance andfall prevention, women's heart
disease, diabetes, all kinds ofloves there, just loves taking
care of everyone.
RR (12:07):
And again, another doctor that found us or you found them
and enticed them to come toLincoln City.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (12:14):
Correct, correct.
I mean, we are advertisingnationwide virtually all the
time because as you know, we'regrowing and we need to have more
and more opportunities forpeople to seek the primary care
they need in their owncommunity.
RR (12:30):
So if somebody wants an appointment with the new doc,
the process is going to be what?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (12:36):
They just go through And they can call our
center, you know, our callcenter, make that appointment.
Or, you know, they can calldirectly to the Samaritan
Coastal Clinic as well.
RR (12:47):
And I think you mentioned that there was another new
doctor in the house.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (12:51):
Yeah, actually two new doctors.
Yeah, these are both facultymembers down in Newport.
And those are Dr.
Colette Whitney and Dr.
Cassie Whittier.
We have a W theme going on withtheir last names.
But both of them providecomprehensive care.
primary care services to peopleof all ages, but they're also
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hired to work with our residentsas well.
And Dr.
Whittier in particular is acore faculty member.
So she takes on a lot of thatteaching load.
RR (13:24):
Teaching load for other doctors, for other doctors,
right?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (13:28):
For that specialty for family medicine.
So when they come to us,they're already doctors, right?
But they spend three yearslearning their craft in family
medicine.
RR (13:40):
And that is a craft all to itself.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (13:42):
It really is.
It is taking care of patientsfrom birth to death, that whole
range.
And so, you know, whereasinternal medicine is a specialty
just for adults, whereaspediatrics is a specialty just
for children, this is everybody,family medicine, the whole
gamut.
RR (14:01):
Through the Samaritan system, you have the referral
process that if you havesomebody that has got cancer,
heart problems, whatever itwould happen to be, that primary
care physician then refers thatperson on, correct?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (14:17):
Correct.
What they do is they coordinatethat care.
So a primary care provider...
They're
RR (14:22):
still out of the picture.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (14:24):
Right.
No, no.
In fact, they are the ones whotypically see you, work with you
on your health concerns And ifa specialist is needed, then
they coordinate getting you tothat specialist.
And then when you come backfrom the specialist, they
continue to coordinate yourcare, you know, for whatever the
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next thing that comes up is.
A
RR (14:47):
few days ago, there was a pinning ceremony took place at
the community college.
Tell us about that.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (14:53):
This is exciting.
OCCC is graduating theirlargest class of nurses.
And so we saw them graduate,walk about 40, now nurses across
that stage.
They're not students anymore,they're nurses.
And that is amazing.
We've worked with them toincrease those slots and make
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sure that we continue to serveour growing need for nurses.
RR (15:20):
On average, how many of those nurses stay with the
Samaritan system, Lincoln Cityand Newport?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (15:26):
Yeah, so on average, we keep the majority of
them.
Yeah, absolutely.
And so it's in our bestinterest to make sure they're
trained and everything else.
And so June 13th, that pinningceremony was so important
because that is their rite ofpassage going across the stage
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from being a student to becomingthat nurse.
And not only that profession,but then that career to
hopefully come and work with us.
RR (15:58):
And they continue that education process.
I mean, just because...
they've gone through thepinning ceremony doesn't mean
that they're done learning.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (16:04):
Right, right.
Learning in health care islifelong learning for sure.
But they still have to taketheir boards.
They still have to do a lot oflearning on the job as well.
And so we have continuingeducation year round for all of
our nurses.
RR (16:23):
Congratulations to the community college, to all of the
nurses and the Samaritan systemfor a marvelous program that
grows our own
Dr. Lesley Ogden (16:31):
It's really an amazing synergy that we have
with our community college, andwe couldn't do without it.
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RR (17:13):
The Pride Fest is coming up June 28th here in Lincoln City.
Ivy Van Lent is with us and youare on the committee that's
putting this activity together?
Ivie Van Lent (17:21):
That is correct.
Yeah, I'm on the committee.
RR (17:23):
Pride Fest is what, Ivy?
Ivie Van Lent (17:25):
Pride Fest is a celebration of the LGBTQIA
community.
So it's a way for us to putourselves out there, say that
like, hey, we're here and wehave nothing to be ashamed of
and we want to Have joy andcelebrate.
RR (17:42):
Now, the event is for everybody or just people that
are within that community?
Ivie Van Lent (17:47):
Everybody's invited.
You know, it's our invitationto the community.
RR (17:51):
Okay.
And what's going to behappening at the Pride Fest?
Ivie Van Lent (17:54):
We have a lot of things.
We're going to have amazingperformers, drag queens,
musicians.
We're also going to have avendor fair and resource fair
with local businesses.
We're going to have some bouncyhouses, a dunk tank.
It should be really fun.
RR (18:10):
Sounds like a family affair.
Ivie Van Lent (18:12):
Yep, the whole family is welcome.
RR (18:15):
Okay, and the venue, where is it going to be in the time?
Ivie Van Lent (18:18):
It's June 28th at the Lincoln City Cultural
Center from noon to 5 p.m.
RR (18:25):
It is the Pride Fest, and it is an activity for everybody to
really come to grips with theissue, right?
Ivie Van Lent (18:34):
Yeah, well, it's for everyone to come show their
support for our community.
RR (18:39):
Good, good.
Ivie Van Lent (18:39):
And, you know, say that, like, we're all in
this together.
RR (18:43):
You feel good about it, correct?
Ivie Van Lent (18:45):
I do.
We're going to have security atthe event, you know, in case
any trouble comes up.
But I think we have a nicecommunity with good people in
it.
RR (18:54):
And the Pride Fest, again, is going to be taking place.
Talk a little bit more aboutsome of the exhibits, booths,
participants that are going tobe there.
Ivie Van Lent (19:05):
Yeah, we're going to have our like popular local
celebrity, Sweeney Gray.
He and I are going to be likehosting the shows.
And so we're going to have abunch of different musicians
coming up, including some dragqueens from out of town.
So that should be really fun.
And we're going to have lots offood and other good stuff.
RR (19:31):
The entertainment is what?
You talked about the dragqueens coming in from out of
town.
but there's obviously going tobe other programs items as well.
Ivie Van Lent (19:41):
Yes, we have lots of musicians.
Drag queens are one part of it,but we also have light
guitarists and things like that,such as Kathy Redwine is a
popular local musician.
The main headliners are goingto be Kathy Redwine, America
Straw, and Alana and Catherine,and then Sweeney Gray is going
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to be leading the drag
RR (20:04):
performance.
I know Alana and Catherine.
Oh, you
Ivie Van Lent (20:07):
do?
Oh, wonderful!
RR (20:08):
I know those two ladies Yeah,
Ivie Van Lent (20:10):
they're going to be performing.
RR (20:12):
One plays a guitar type instrument.
The other one sings, and I wastrying to remember what she
played.
But it's good stuff.
It's good music.
Ivie Van Lent (20:25):
It's good music, yeah.
And that's all going to behaving inside, and then outside
is going to be the vendor fair,games, activities.
And we're also going to have aperformance by a group called
the Hocus Pocus, who are likewitches who do dances with
broomsticks So that should bevery fun.
And then we're going to havelike a little parade and, you
know, people are going to dressup and you just walk around and
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show off their cute outfits.
RR (20:49):
It does sound fun.
It really does.
Ivie Van Lent (20:53):
That's the goal.
We want it to be a festival.
You know, we want everyone tobe having a great time.
RR (20:57):
Is the event grown over the years?
Ivie Van Lent (21:01):
Yes.
In fact, so last year was thefirst official Lincoln City
Pride that was like through thecultural center.
This is only our second yearand it's the first year for all
of us committee members becauselast year it was done by an
employee of the cultural center.
So this year it's done by agroup of volunteers.
So it's our first year, butwe've been working really hard.
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So I think it's going to turn
RR (21:25):
out great.
Why are you involved?
Ivie Van Lent (21:27):
I am bisexual and it's really important to me to
be involved in my community andto be out there and, you know,
know that like...
I can be myself in this town.
And there's so many wonderfulpeople in the LGBT community in
Lincoln City.
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And last year, I started doingqueer coffees at Perk 101.
because I just thought, I'mseeing so many queer people in
town, but none of them talk toeach other.
And it would be nice if we didthings as a group.
So I started doing those, andthat's how I met a lot of the
people on the Pride Committeeand got involved with that.
RR (22:08):
And the Pride Committee consists of you and who else?
Ivie Van Lent (22:12):
Rachel Baird is our chairperson.
We also have Amalia Green,Tawny Ferguson.
It's actually a long list ofpeople who have been working and
really, really hard to put thistogether.
And
RR (22:25):
they all share the same goal is to be able to enjoy life.
Ivie Van Lent (22:32):
Exactly, yeah.
To be able to just have a greattime being fully ourselves.
RR (22:38):
And that's rather critical, is it not?
What do you mean?
To be yourself and to beaccepted as...
yourself as Ivy Van Lent.
Ivie Van Lent (22:49):
Yeah, it is.
It's important to me.
RR (22:51):
Good.
Anything else we need to knowabout the festival?
Date and time again?
Ivie Van Lent (22:55):
June 28th at the Lincoln City Cultural Center
from noon to five.
RR (22:59):
And don't miss it.
Again, it is a family event.
It is not just for one segmentof the community.
It's for the entire community.
Ivie Van Lent (23:09):
Exactly.
RR (23:10):
Okay.
Again, the Pride Fest, June28th.
Ivy, thanks for being here.
Ivie Van Lent (23:14):
Thank you.
RR (23:15):
Ivy Van Lent.
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Season 3.
I still can't get over that.
Three years ago, we startedthis program.
Time flies when you're havingfun.
And we have a lot of activitiesupcoming.
Of course, the big one is goingto be the 4th of July
celebration.
And fireworks are prohibited.
Are prohibited.
I think I said that strongenough.
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Are prohibited in Lincoln City.
Son Paul (24:15):
Right.
Not just the purchase of, butjust the use of.
But come join the DroneFestival of Fun.
It's going to be down there on51st Street.
RR (24:23):
I'm really looking forward to that.
200 drones they're going tohave in the sky at one time.
Flying high.
Flying high.
Yeah.
In a synchronized music againstthe night sky.
It'll be just ratherinteresting.
Exciting, I would think, aswell.
But 200 drones all of a suddenin the skies, lighting up the
skies over Sluts Bay.
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And before that, we wanteverybody to go out to the
parade.
The parade out at Glen EdenBeach.
July 4th parade is back.
Who's the voice of that one?
We'll find out.
Oh, okay.
I'm looking forward to it.
They've asked me to come outand be the master of ceremonies,
so I have accepted thatchallenge.
(25:07):
I think that'll be...
Well, Heather Hadden
Son Paul (25:09):
had it last year, and so it'll be good
RR (25:11):
to have you.
I have not talked to Heatheryet.
I'm hoping that she will joinme as well if she's in town.
Son Paul (25:15):
Nice.
RR (25:16):
I think that would be fun.
And speaking of Heather Hadden,can't think of Heather and not
thinking about Chinook WoodsCasino Resort because because
they had a big celebration lastweekend.
Huge.
Son Paul (25:30):
Jay Leno and Arsenio Hall and company.
RR (25:33):
Huge.
And I was really taken aback bythe fact that two of the
world's greatest comedians Theirentire program and show
probably could be on television.
Sure.
They didn't have to get vulgarabout anything, and it was
funny.
Son Paul (25:53):
Well, they spent a lot of hours on television, those
RR (25:55):
two, the pair of them.
They did.
Son Paul (25:58):
Between the Arsenio Hall show and the Tonight Show
with Jay Leno.
I mean, there's a lot of comedythere.
So it's great that they wereable to come and help celebrate
the 30 years.
That is something, again.
30 years.
30 years is something.
RR (26:14):
On July 11 and 12 up at Chinook Winds, we have Comedy on
the Coast.
Coming up July 27th, this grouphas been here before coming
back, the Oak Ridge Boys.
Oh, right, yeah.
Oak Ridge Boys tickets are nowon sale up at Chinook Winds at
the box office.
Surf City weekend, August23-24.
Big fundraiser for AngelsAnonymous.
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Compliments to Chinook WindsCasino Resort.
We also like to remind you thatthe We've got the Beach Bacon
and Brew Fest July 12th.
It is a charity fundraiser.
Lots of non-profits in andaround Lincoln City will raise a
lot of money.
Compliments of Shark Wins.
Son Paul (26:55):
And get some good snacks and
RR (26:57):
brews.
Yes, and good beer as well.
So that is a one-day event.
July...
What are they?
July 12th, I think you said.
July 12th.
July 12th, noon until 6.
And then they're going to havea...
Rodeo.
The Lincoln County Rodeo.
The
Son Paul (27:15):
fair's coming.
RR (27:16):
The fair's coming to Chinook Winds.
They're in the process of, Iguess, redoing all of the
fairgrounds in Newport.
So for this year, all of theexhibits, all of the animals,
the rodeo, all that stuff isgoing to be up at Chinook Winds.
Son Paul (27:32):
First time, like you were saying last time, in North
Lincoln County that we couldever, I mean, why wouldn't the
fair have been up in NorthLincoln County before now?
Absolutely.
Welcome.
Yeah, thanks to Chinook Windsfor that.
And
RR (27:43):
anything else your side of the table we need to talk about
today?
Son Paul (27:47):
No, you know, we're pretty much wrapping up just our
season of events, continuingthe explorances.
You know, we've got Josh downthere for the tide pools.
Just lots of great stuff thatjust keeps rolling, same as
we've talked about before.
I did mention last time thatthe kayaking is coming.
We're going to have kayaking,the daytime kayaking in the
moonlight.
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So look for that atCascadeHead.org.
RR (28:11):
I will do to the new on the 30th.
No, the third year.
I'm still onChinook Winds time. The third
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Son Paul (28:33):
Three years.
Number three.
Three is the best number.
August 3rd and all that.
August 3rd.
We'll see you next week.
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RR (00:30):
Season three is starting now.
Season three already of theDouble R Show.
It's amazing to me.
Son Paul (00:37):
Yeah, it's been a lot of fun.
You know, we're talking our105th episode now is dropping.
And yeah,
RR (00:44):
it just keeps growing and growing.
I love it.
Season 3 kicks off with a brandnew voice, a brand new face in
Lincoln City, a new citymanager.
Son Paul (00:53):
Yeah, Mr.
David Benson is going to joinus, the new city manager, the
interim city manager.
And we're going to have Ivy VanLent is also going to be on the
show.
She's going to be talking aboutthe upcoming Pride Fest and Dr.
Leslie Ogden and someannouncements about some new
doctors and nurses that areincreasing in our area again now
thanks to a program ofrecruitment and also Homegrown.
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As they would say, a new sheriff in town.
Welcome to Lincoln City, thenew pro tem city manager for the
city of Lincoln City, DavidBenson.
Welcome.
David Benson (02:15):
Well, thank you so much.
Not the sheriff.
We have an excellent policechief who handles the law
enforcement duties, but I'mhappy to work with him and the
rest of the team.
RR (02:22):
Now, you came to Lincoln City by way of Texas?
David Benson (02:27):
Yes.
Grew up in Milwaukee, Oregon,down in Stafford, if you know
that area.
We were in Stafford before thebig houses.
We had a few acres, farmfilberts and strawberries out
there.
And I went to Westland becausethere was no schools in
Wilsonville.
Went away to college,Pepperdine, and then back in
Connecticut.
And then came back homebriefly, went back to
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Philadelphia for a few months,and then found myself a daily
reporting job at a newspaper inPasadena, Texas, biggest suburb
of Houston.
And I was going to be therethree years.
That was 1991.
And
RR (02:58):
how'd that work out?
David Benson (02:59):
ran slightly behind schedule, fell into city
work, got married, had adaughter, got divorced when my
daughter was young and couldn'tleave my, you know, you can't
leave the kid.
And so it was a couple yearsago when I realized like, The
kid has now left me, as theywill do, at least we hope.
And so I can start pointingback to the Northwest where the
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dream was always to get home.
And so, yeah, spring of 24,spring of last year, I packed up
my Explorer in San Antonio androlled this way and got to spend
about a year up in Neat Heartsand got down here.
And like I said, at councilmeeting the other night, I got
to Oregon a year ago, but I'mnot sure I got home till about
three weeks back.
This community has just beenso, so welcoming and so
(03:42):
supportive.
RR (03:43):
That was going to be my next question what
David Benson (03:45):
attracts
RR (03:45):
you to lincoln
David Benson (03:46):
city it's a great great community it's got this
fun history where you have thislong strip that was really
multiple communities over youknow at some point beyond the
community you've got the cityand i tell people right there's
always two cities there's asmall c city which is the
community all of us and thenthere's the big c city which is
the organization that serves thesmall c and the big c city is
is solid we have an outstandingmayor and council we've got
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great staff across the boardagain i've been telling people
like I've worked in cities much,much larger than this most of
my career.
I could take this group ofpeople from Lincoln City and we
could go to cities 10, 20 timeslarger than this.
We might need a few more folks,right, because you need more
horses, but this is a coregroup.
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We could run a lot of cities inthis country at least as well
as they're being run right nowand probably better.
RR (04:35):
When you come to Lincoln City and you look at all the
budgets that the city has andthe amount of money that goes
through the hands, you got tofeel pretty good about what you
have not inherited, but whatyou're in charge of.
David Benson (04:49):
Another great point.
Yeah, because aside from thecommunity and the city, which
are really about people, right,there's that third component.
We have resources here, which alot of cities don't have,
particularly in Oregon, whereyou have a challenging property
tax system that could probablystand to be improved a little
bit.
But yeah, that is in large partbecause of our tourism work
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here and the great work thatExplore Lincoln City does and
And our economic developmentfolks as well, right?
We've got a very solid basehere and good resources in the
organization to work with.
RR (05:23):
Do you look at yourself as somebody coming in that is a
caretaker or somebody that wantsto get a hold of the job and
really work?
David Benson (05:33):
Well, the microphone probably did not pick
me up shaking my head no whenyou said caretaker.
That was another real appeal ofthis position.
And I think I may have evenmentioned it when I interviewed
with the mayor and council thatthere are a lot of cities who
want you to come in andbasically don't let the boat
sink.
It was clear here that therewas real intent on the part of
the city's leadership to, wewant you to come in and do this
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job for as long as we have youhere.
And that was of particularinterest to me.
I'm somebody who likes gettinginto things, likes to like
starting and finishing projects.
And so if I were in more of acaretaker role, I would tend to
shy from those kinds of rolesbecause I might get bored and
I'd much rather be here doingwork.
This is the work I love.
I also noticed that you like toget out into the community.
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Again, you know, I've worked incities of 125, 140,000 people,
100,000 people, two and a halfmillion people.
Harris County, Texas, where Iwas, has half a million more
people than Oregon.
But the only word that mattersin that sense is people.
Right.
And just the joy of being outand getting to meet folks here.
Again, everybody's welcoming.
Gosh, I've been to Kiwanis.
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I got to go to the KiteFestival.
You know, if you go up to theold Oregon, you meet people who
just pick this place to comevacation.
Right.
And they're having a good time.
I get to go to the Rotarydinner tonight.
So, yeah, the chance to be partof not just go to a city job,
but to be part of the communityis is something I'm just
drinking in as fast as I can.
You seem excited about this.
(07:02):
I like it.
And who wouldn't be?
I want to meet that personbecause something's wrong with
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them.
any reason not to be excited.
RR (07:35):
You have gone through your first city council meeting.
Going through the first citycouncil meeting, did something
hit in David Benson's mind andsay, I want to challenge this
now?
David Benson (07:45):
I wouldn't say there.
I'll tell you, my biggestchallenge in that council
meeting was that is the firstcity council meeting in which
I've ever been an activeparticipant that I didn't have a
tie on.
RR (07:56):
I
David Benson (07:58):
love that.
choice of attire, right,because they're called fashion
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statements for a reason.
One is, this is what I wasraised to wear professionally,
and I feel uncomfortable if Idon't wear it.
The other is, I don't reallyhave other clothes, right?
Like, I got some jeans andt-shirts, and I got this, but I
don't have that cool casual,like you got, right?
I don't have that cool sort ofmiddle-of-the-road casual thing.
So at some point, I got to goto Eddie Bauer, I guess.
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But right now, I own this gear,and I like wearing it.
And I think beyond that, at thecouncil meeting, right, and I'd
watched a few of them so thatwasn't a surprise being in the
first one but I think if you ifyou go back and you know look at
some of the stuff I was able totalk about in that meeting
because they do give me thatlittle slot for a report you
know trying to keep emphasizingsome of the themes that I even
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talked about in the interviewand in my follow-up with mayor
and council right there's asgood as we are and this is a
well-run operation and credit toeverybody who's been doing it
long time before I got hereright because they're the ones
who made it made it a well-runoperation and But I do think we
can strengthen our performancein terms of communication with
the mayor and council and thecommunity, in terms of using
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data to help illustrate theprogress that we're making,
tying our budget and ourinvestments to actual results
and outcomes.
And thirdly, in terms of ouremphasis on long range planning
in terms of capital andfinancial planning, right?
Like, are we thinking out thereahead?
And again, we've got some goodsolid ingredients.
The budget has a five yearforecast in it.
So you've got some of thosestarting pieces that we can
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start to put together.
other.
But those to me are really sortof my primary concerns.
And beyond that, probably justrelationship building as much as
we can do, not just me, but asan organization with the people
we serve.
Those I think will continue tobe my focus.
And one of them that Imentioned the other night was we
just last Friday started a newweekly memo to council called
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the City Manager's Update.
They'd been getting a monthlyreport from staff.
Now we're going to starthitting a weekly cadence with
that.
And those are posted thenMondays on the city's website so
anybody can read them.
RR (10:17):
David Benson, the city manager pro tem, city of Lincoln
City.
Again, welcome to Lincoln City.
David Benson (10:23):
Thank you so much.
No place I'd rather be.
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Dr.
Leslie Ogden, Samaritan NorthLincoln Hospital, Pacific
Communities Hospital is with us.
And good news, more doctors inthe house.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (10:50):
More doctors in the house.
You got it.
RR (10:52):
And those doctors represent what type of field?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (10:56):
Family medicine is what we're
celebrating these days becausewe have a family medicine
residency training program.
And so we're really building upnot only for our, you know,
primary care providers for ourcommunity but also that these
are potential faculty membersand some of course we're
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bringing in deliberately asfaculty members but all of them
we're celebrating you know justhaving them with us because this
just builds our core.
RR (11:28):
And these new doctors are?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (11:30):
Well the first one is in right here in Lincoln
City Dr.
Lynn Athens and she is at ourSamaritan Coastal Clinic.
She provides primary care toall ages And she came to us
through Portland StateUniversity, Michigan State
University, and then completedher residency up in Michigan as
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well at the Genesis RegionalMedical Center in Grand Blanc.
And so she loves balance andfall prevention, women's heart
disease, diabetes, all kinds ofloves there, just loves taking
care of everyone.
RR (12:07):
And again, another doctor that found us or you found them
and enticed them to come toLincoln City.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (12:14):
Correct, correct.
I mean, we are advertisingnationwide virtually all the
time because as you know, we'regrowing and we need to have more
and more opportunities forpeople to seek the primary care
they need in their owncommunity.
RR (12:30):
So if somebody wants an appointment with the new doc,
the process is going to be what?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (12:36):
They just go through And they can call our
center, you know, our callcenter, make that appointment.
Or, you know, they can calldirectly to the Samaritan
Coastal Clinic as well.
RR (12:47):
And I think you mentioned that there was another new
doctor in the house.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (12:51):
Yeah, actually two new doctors.
Yeah, these are both facultymembers down in Newport.
And those are Dr.
Colette Whitney and Dr.
Cassie Whittier.
We have a W theme going on withtheir last names.
But both of them providecomprehensive care.
primary care services to peopleof all ages, but they're also
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hired to work with our residentsas well.
And Dr.
Whittier in particular is acore faculty member.
So she takes on a lot of thatteaching load.
RR (13:24):
Teaching load for other doctors, for other doctors,
right?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (13:28):
For that specialty for family medicine.
So when they come to us,they're already doctors, right?
But they spend three yearslearning their craft in family
medicine.
RR (13:40):
And that is a craft all to itself.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (13:42):
It really is.
It is taking care of patientsfrom birth to death, that whole
range.
And so, you know, whereasinternal medicine is a specialty
just for adults, whereaspediatrics is a specialty just
for children, this is everybody,family medicine, the whole
gamut.
RR (14:01):
Through the Samaritan system, you have the referral
process that if you havesomebody that has got cancer,
heart problems, whatever itwould happen to be, that primary
care physician then refers thatperson on, correct?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (14:17):
Correct.
What they do is they coordinatethat care.
So a primary care provider...
They're
RR (14:22):
still out of the picture.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (14:24):
Right.
No, no.
In fact, they are the ones whotypically see you, work with you
on your health concerns And ifa specialist is needed, then
they coordinate getting you tothat specialist.
And then when you come backfrom the specialist, they
continue to coordinate yourcare, you know, for whatever the
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next thing that comes up is.
A
RR (14:47):
few days ago, there was a pinning ceremony took place at
the community college.
Tell us about that.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (14:53):
This is exciting.
OCCC is graduating theirlargest class of nurses.
And so we saw them graduate,walk about 40, now nurses across
that stage.
They're not students anymore,they're nurses.
And that is amazing.
We've worked with them toincrease those slots and make
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sure that we continue to serveour growing need for nurses.
RR (15:20):
On average, how many of those nurses stay with the
Samaritan system, Lincoln Cityand Newport?
Dr. Lesley Ogden (15:26):
Yeah, so on average, we keep the majority of
them.
Yeah, absolutely.
And so it's in our bestinterest to make sure they're
trained and everything else.
And so June 13th, that pinningceremony was so important
because that is their rite ofpassage going across the stage
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from being a student to becomingthat nurse.
And not only that profession,but then that career to
hopefully come and work with us.
RR (15:58):
And they continue that education process.
I mean, just because...
they've gone through thepinning ceremony doesn't mean
that they're done learning.
Dr. Lesley Ogden (16:04):
Right, right.
Learning in health care islifelong learning for sure.
But they still have to taketheir boards.
They still have to do a lot oflearning on the job as well.
And so we have continuingeducation year round for all of
our nurses.
RR (16:23):
Congratulations to the community college, to all of the
nurses and the Samaritan systemfor a marvelous program that
grows our own
Dr. Lesley Ogden (16:31):
It's really an amazing synergy that we have
with our community college, andwe couldn't do without it.
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RR (17:13):
The Pride Fest is coming up June 28th here in Lincoln City.
Ivy Van Lent is with us and youare on the committee that's
putting this activity together?
Ivie Van Lent (17:21):
That is correct.
Yeah, I'm on the committee.
RR (17:23):
Pride Fest is what, Ivy?
Ivie Van Lent (17:25):
Pride Fest is a celebration of the LGBTQIA
community.
So it's a way for us to putourselves out there, say that
like, hey, we're here and wehave nothing to be ashamed of
and we want to Have joy andcelebrate.
RR (17:42):
Now, the event is for everybody or just people that
are within that community?
Ivie Van Lent (17:47):
Everybody's invited.
You know, it's our invitationto the community.
RR (17:51):
Okay.
And what's going to behappening at the Pride Fest?
Ivie Van Lent (17:54):
We have a lot of things.
We're going to have amazingperformers, drag queens,
musicians.
We're also going to have avendor fair and resource fair
with local businesses.
We're going to have some bouncyhouses, a dunk tank.
It should be really fun.
RR (18:10):
Sounds like a family affair.
Ivie Van Lent (18:12):
Yep, the whole family is welcome.
RR (18:15):
Okay, and the venue, where is it going to be in the time?
Ivie Van Lent (18:18):
It's June 28th at the Lincoln City Cultural
Center from noon to 5 p.m.
RR (18:25):
It is the Pride Fest, and it is an activity for everybody to
really come to grips with theissue, right?
Ivie Van Lent (18:34):
Yeah, well, it's for everyone to come show their
support for our community.
RR (18:39):
Good, good.
Ivie Van Lent (18:39):
And, you know, say that, like, we're all in
this together.
RR (18:43):
You feel good about it, correct?
Ivie Van Lent (18:45):
I do.
We're going to have security atthe event, you know, in case
any trouble comes up.
But I think we have a nicecommunity with good people in
it.
RR (18:54):
And the Pride Fest, again, is going to be taking place.
Talk a little bit more aboutsome of the exhibits, booths,
participants that are going tobe there.
Ivie Van Lent (19:05):
Yeah, we're going to have our like popular local
celebrity, Sweeney Gray.
He and I are going to be likehosting the shows.
And so we're going to have abunch of different musicians
coming up, including some dragqueens from out of town.
So that should be really fun.
And we're going to have lots offood and other good stuff.
RR (19:31):
The entertainment is what?
You talked about the dragqueens coming in from out of
town.
but there's obviously going tobe other programs items as well.
Ivie Van Lent (19:41):
Yes, we have lots of musicians.
Drag queens are one part of it,but we also have light
guitarists and things like that,such as Kathy Redwine is a
popular local musician.
The main headliners are goingto be Kathy Redwine, America
Straw, and Alana and Catherine,and then Sweeney Gray is going
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to be leading the drag
RR (20:04):
performance.
I know Alana and Catherine.
Oh, you
Ivie Van Lent (20:07):
do?
Oh, wonderful!
RR (20:08):
I know those two ladies Yeah,
Ivie Van Lent (20:10):
they're going to be performing.
RR (20:12):
One plays a guitar type instrument.
The other one sings, and I wastrying to remember what she
played.
But it's good stuff.
It's good music.
Ivie Van Lent (20:25):
It's good music, yeah.
And that's all going to behaving inside, and then outside
is going to be the vendor fair,games, activities.
And we're also going to have aperformance by a group called
the Hocus Pocus, who are likewitches who do dances with
broomsticks So that should bevery fun.
And then we're going to havelike a little parade and, you
know, people are going to dressup and you just walk around and
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show off their cute outfits.
RR (20:49):
It does sound fun.
It really does.
Ivie Van Lent (20:53):
That's the goal.
We want it to be a festival.
You know, we want everyone tobe having a great time.
RR (20:57):
Is the event grown over the years?
Ivie Van Lent (21:01):
Yes.
In fact, so last year was thefirst official Lincoln City
Pride that was like through thecultural center.
This is only our second yearand it's the first year for all
of us committee members becauselast year it was done by an
employee of the cultural center.
So this year it's done by agroup of volunteers.
So it's our first year, butwe've been working really hard.
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So I think it's going to turn
RR (21:25):
out great.
Why are you involved?
Ivie Van Lent (21:27):
I am bisexual and it's really important to me to
be involved in my community andto be out there and, you know,
know that like...
I can be myself in this town.
And there's so many wonderfulpeople in the LGBT community in
Lincoln City.
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And last year, I started doingqueer coffees at Perk 101.
because I just thought, I'mseeing so many queer people in
town, but none of them talk toeach other.
And it would be nice if we didthings as a group.
So I started doing those, andthat's how I met a lot of the
people on the Pride Committeeand got involved with that.
RR (22:08):
And the Pride Committee consists of you and who else?
Ivie Van Lent (22:12):
Rachel Baird is our chairperson.
We also have Amalia Green,Tawny Ferguson.
It's actually a long list ofpeople who have been working and
really, really hard to put thistogether.
And
RR (22:25):
they all share the same goal is to be able to enjoy life.
Ivie Van Lent (22:32):
Exactly, yeah.
To be able to just have a greattime being fully ourselves.
RR (22:38):
And that's rather critical, is it not?
What do you mean?
To be yourself and to beaccepted as...
yourself as Ivy Van Lent.
Ivie Van Lent (22:49):
Yeah, it is.
It's important to me.
RR (22:51):
Good.
Anything else we need to knowabout the festival?
Date and time again?
Ivie Van Lent (22:55):
June 28th at the Lincoln City Cultural Center
from noon to five.
RR (22:59):
And don't miss it.
Again, it is a family event.
It is not just for one segmentof the community.
It's for the entire community.
Ivie Van Lent (23:09):
Exactly.
RR (23:10):
Okay.
Again, the Pride Fest, June28th.
Ivy, thanks for being here.
Ivie Van Lent (23:14):
Thank you.
RR (23:15):
Ivy Van Lent.
Back in a moment.
Ivie Van Lent (23:17):
You'll find a book for every occasion at Bob's
Beach Books.
Something to read as you'rerelaxed by an open fire?
We have it.
Studying a particular topic?
We have 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 (23:32):
If you're looking for great early garden fresh produce, it's
Kenny's IGA in the Bay Area ofLincoln City.
Four generations of Morganscaring for your every grocery
need.
All of your favorite beverages,a full deli, meat, produce, and
of course, groceries.
Well, we want to thankeverybody for joining us on the
Double R Show today.
(23:52):
Season 3.
I still can't get over that.
Three years ago, we startedthis program.
Time flies when you're havingfun.
And we have a lot of activitiesupcoming.
Of course, the big one is goingto be the 4th of July
celebration.
And fireworks are prohibited.
Are prohibited.
I think I said that strongenough.
(24:12):
Are prohibited in Lincoln City.
Son Paul (24:15):
Right.
Not just the purchase of, butjust the use of.
But come join the DroneFestival of Fun.
It's going to be down there on51st Street.
RR (24:23):
I'm really looking forward to that.
200 drones they're going tohave in the sky at one time.
Flying high.
Flying high.
Yeah.
In a synchronized music againstthe night sky.
It'll be just ratherinteresting.
Exciting, I would think, aswell.
But 200 drones all of a suddenin the skies, lighting up the
skies over Sluts Bay.
(24:45):
And before that, we wanteverybody to go out to the
parade.
The parade out at Glen EdenBeach.
July 4th parade is back.
Who's the voice of that one?
We'll find out.
Oh, okay.
I'm looking forward to it.
They've asked me to come outand be the master of ceremonies,
so I have accepted thatchallenge.
(25:07):
I think that'll be...
Well, Heather Hadden
Son Paul (25:09):
had it last year, and so it'll be good
RR (25:11):
to have you.
I have not talked to Heatheryet.
I'm hoping that she will joinme as well if she's in town.
Son Paul (25:15):
Nice.
RR (25:16):
I think that would be fun.
And speaking of Heather Hadden,can't think of Heather and not
thinking about Chinook WoodsCasino Resort because because
they had a big celebration lastweekend.
Huge.
Son Paul (25:30):
Jay Leno and Arsenio Hall and company.
RR (25:33):
Huge.
And I was really taken aback bythe fact that two of the
world's greatest comedians Theirentire program and show
probably could be on television.
Sure.
They didn't have to get vulgarabout anything, and it was
funny.
Son Paul (25:53):
Well, they spent a lot of hours on television, those
RR (25:55):
two, the pair of them.
They did.
Son Paul (25:58):
Between the Arsenio Hall show and the Tonight Show
with Jay Leno.
I mean, there's a lot of comedythere.
So it's great that they wereable to come and help celebrate
the 30 years.
That is something, again.
30 years.
30 years is something.
RR (26:14):
On July 11 and 12 up at Chinook Winds, we have Comedy on
the Coast.
Coming up July 27th, this grouphas been here before coming
back, the Oak Ridge Boys.
Oh, right, yeah.
Oak Ridge Boys tickets are nowon sale up at Chinook Winds at
the box office.
Surf City weekend, August23-24.
Big fundraiser for AngelsAnonymous.
(26:36):
Compliments to Chinook WindsCasino Resort.
We also like to remind you thatthe We've got the Beach Bacon
and Brew Fest July 12th.
It is a charity fundraiser.
Lots of non-profits in andaround Lincoln City will raise a
lot of money.
Compliments of Shark Wins.
Son Paul (26:55):
And get some good snacks and
RR (26:57):
brews.
Yes, and good beer as well.
So that is a one-day event.
July...
What are they?
July 12th, I think you said.
July 12th.
July 12th, noon until 6.
And then they're going to havea...
Rodeo.
The Lincoln County Rodeo.
The
Son Paul (27:15):
fair's coming.
RR (27:16):
The fair's coming to Chinook Winds.
They're in the process of, Iguess, redoing all of the
fairgrounds in Newport.
So for this year, all of theexhibits, all of the animals,
the rodeo, all that stuff isgoing to be up at Chinook Winds.
Son Paul (27:32):
First time, like you were saying last time, in North
Lincoln County that we couldever, I mean, why wouldn't the
fair have been up in NorthLincoln County before now?
Absolutely.
Welcome.
Yeah, thanks to Chinook Windsfor that.
And
RR (27:43):
anything else your side of the table we need to talk about
today?
Son Paul (27:47):
No, you know, we're pretty much wrapping up just our
season of events, continuingthe explorances.
You know, we've got Josh downthere for the tide pools.
Just lots of great stuff thatjust keeps rolling, same as
we've talked about before.
I did mention last time thatthe kayaking is coming.
We're going to have kayaking,the daytime kayaking in the
moonlight.
(28:07):
So look for that atCascadeHead.org.
RR (28:11):
I will do to the new on the 30th.
No, the third year.
I'm still onChinook Winds time. The third
opening for the third year ofthe Double R Show.
We do ask you to like,subscribe, and share so your
family and friends around theworld and across the street can
join us on the Double R Show.
Son Paul (28:33):
Three years.
Number three.
Three is the best number.
August 3rd and all that.
August 3rd.
We'll see you next week.
Jana (28:42):
You've been listening to The Double R Show.
Join Roger and Paul Robertsonas they explore everything about
North Lincoln County.
The Double R Show produced byAlways Productions and hosted by
Roger Robertson.
Have a story?
Email contact atalwaysproductions.com or call
458-201-3039.
(29:04):
For The Double R Show, I'm JanaGrahn.
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