August 8, 2024 • 29 mins
Episode Highlights:
Siletz Bay is home to more than just wildlife. It is host to music, art, and castles. Tune in to this week’s podcast as we hear all about the sights, sounds, sands, and spaces of Siletz Bay.
- Jain Sekular, Siletz Bay Music Festival, Board President and Production Manager
- Frank Boyden, Featured Artist at Rowboat Gallery on the edge of Siletz Bay at the Salishan Marketplace
- Taj Richardson, Harcourts - Home Oregon Coast
- Frank Stutzman, Mo’s Seafood and Chowder, Lincoln City Sand Castle Contest
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SPEAKER_03 (00:00):
Welcome
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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.
SPEAKER_02 (00:30):
This may be the single most beautiful place in
the entire world.
It's a sluts bay in Paul.
This is spectacular.
SPEAKER_05 (00:37):
Yeah, we've got on a great day here.
It's beginning of August here inLincoln City, and we're just
looking out at the sparklingwater and the bay and Moe's and
the whole bit, four brothers outthere.
It's great.
SPEAKER_02 (00:48):
Now, we're going to be talking about lots of
activities and beauty of SwartzBay.
SPEAKER_05 (00:53):
Yeah, we've got not only is it a space for wildlife
and you can go crabbing and allthe like, but it's a space for
music, art, sandcastles, andhomes, as we're going to find
out.
So stay tuned and catch thewhole podcast here right after
these messages.
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Sluts Bay is not only beautiful, it's musical.
And with us right now is JaneSecular.
And Jane, you are the, what arethe Sluts Bay Music Festival?
SPEAKER_09 (01:52):
Board President.
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Board President.
That's a lot of work this timeof year.
SPEAKER_09 (01:56):
It is.
It's work all year long, butparticularly when the festival
is beginning in 10 days.
SPEAKER_02 (02:02):
10 days for the festival, and the festival, if
you've never attended, shame onyou, you don't want to miss
what's upcoming.
SPEAKER_09 (02:11):
You really don't want to miss what's upcoming.
We have an extraordinary programlined up for the festival this
year.
SPEAKER_02 (02:16):
Tell me.
SPEAKER_09 (02:17):
Well, it's been a difficult year because we lost
our artistic director at the endof the festival last year, and
people wondered if we would beable to do this, if we would be
able to have the festival?
And we had that questionourselves.
But our fabulous pianist,Mei-Ting Sun, stepped up to
become the artistic director ofthe festival this year, not
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actually stepping into Yaki'sshoes, but certainly taking the
position.
And he's done an amazing job.
It was an incredible balancingact for him trying to follow
Yaki's vision, but also to makethe festival his own.
So there was this great balancethat he had to, a tight wire
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sort of that he had to walkbetween old classical favorites
and exciting new music andlongtime favorite musicians and
some fresh, new and excitingfaces.
And he's managed to do all ofthat.
And it's been, he and I workvery closely together and it's
really been a joy.
Now
SPEAKER_02 (03:22):
the musicians come from literally all over the
world.
SPEAKER_09 (03:25):
The musicians do come from all over the world.
Mei Ting makes his home with hiswife, who is also a pianist in
the festival.
They are in London at the LondonSchool.
Sometimes he's in New York.
And Michelle is from Amsterdam.
Michelle Bushkova, a youngviolin pianist prodigy, is
Russian, but she's in Cincinnatinow.
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We have a new musician coming tojoin us.
She's Australian by way ofLondon.
So it really is a good mix.
And then from all over the coasthere and all over the country.
SPEAKER_02 (03:59):
It is amazing to me what comes to Lincoln City for
this festival.
It really is.
And who comes.
SPEAKER_09 (04:06):
Who comes, yes.
But here's the thing.
If we can get them once.
SPEAKER_02 (04:11):
They come back again and again.
They always
SPEAKER_09 (04:12):
want to come back because.
SPEAKER_02 (04:14):
Your new director is proof of that.
SPEAKER_09 (04:16):
Absolutely.
He's been here for every singleyear.
episode of the Siletz Bay MusicFestival since 2012.
And that was the first one.
But other musicians come hereand they fall in love with the
place.
SPEAKER_02 (04:28):
I certainly hope he's going to be performing
again.
He
SPEAKER_09 (04:30):
is absolutely going to be performing in an
extraordinary program on theopening night.
He has transposed, I thinkthat's the word, a Sibelius
symphony.
So there will be two pianos onthe stage at the Lincoln City
Cultural Center, and he and hiswife Michelle will be playing on
two pianos with four hands whatnormally 55 orchestra musicians
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play.
And it is a North Americanpremiere.
He premiered it in Europe amonth ago.
It's very exciting.
SPEAKER_02 (05:04):
Very exciting.
Are there still availability oftickets for that performance?
SPEAKER_09 (05:08):
There are still tickets available for all
performances, but they're goingquickly.
And this is the time whentraditionally ticket sales go
up, we hope.
So I would highly recommend thatpeople log on to
www.celetsbaymusic.org and getyour tickets now.
SPEAKER_02 (05:27):
First concert is when?
SPEAKER_09 (05:29):
It is Friday, August 16th, 7.30 p.m., Lincoln City
Cultural Center.
SPEAKER_02 (05:34):
Most of the performances will be at the
Cultural Center, or will you bemoving around town?
No, not most.
We're
SPEAKER_09 (05:40):
all around town.
We're in five differentlocations.
Oh, very good.
The first five or six are at theCultural Center, and those are
all chamber programs, includingour very popular musical tapas
on Sunday afternoon, the 18th,which features lovely appetizers
and desserts and fabulous music.
that is a program put togetherby our musicians, music that
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they want to play with eachother.
So it's a very casual, very funatmosphere.
There is the Monday night, wehave Sights and Sounds concert,
which includes two artistscreating works while the
musicians play.
That's fun.
Tuesday night at theCongregational Church is our
free classical concert.
And that is one of two tributesto Yaki Bergman, our late
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artistic director.
The first is Friday openingnight and the second is that
day.
Wednesday night, we all go toNewport.
SPEAKER_02 (06:35):
This is new.
SPEAKER_09 (06:37):
This is the last couple of years.
We do a chamber concert in theDorfler Theater at the Pacific
Maritime Heritage Center on theBay.
Oh,
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that's right.
In that
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beautiful theater, that beautiful theater.
And then we move to ChinookWinds for Thursday night, a very
exciting jazz concert featuringmusic by Daniel Freiberg who was
here last year and 16 timeGrammy winning clarinet,
saxophonist, Paquito de Rivera.
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So if you are into jazz, ifyou're into Latin music, or if
you just want to hear a masterat work, this is a concert not
to
SPEAKER_02 (07:17):
be missed.
Will that be at a conventioncenter or in the showroom?
SPEAKER_09 (07:20):
It'll be upstairs in the event center.
It's one of the few places intown that can accommodate our
orchestra, and they are veryaccommodating to us.
We love going there.
SPEAKER_02 (07:30):
It is extraordinary, the entire event.
SPEAKER_09 (07:33):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_02 (07:34):
It really is.
It truly is.
I mean, And it fits thiscommunity.
SPEAKER_09 (07:39):
Well, and I'd like to say a word about that
because...
We couldn't do it without thecommunity.
We call it the festival family.
And people don't know how muchthe people of this town provide
housing for 55 musicians for 10days.
SPEAKER_02 (07:55):
Meals.
SPEAKER_09 (07:56):
Provide meals, lunch and dinner.
Provide after parties.
Drive them around.
Pick them up at PDX and bringthem here and take them back.
Get them from where they'restaying to rehearsals and back.
And donate money, donate time,donate goods and services it's
it's incredible it's justamazing what what this community
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gives to us so it's a joy to beable to give it back
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SPEAKER_02 (09:03):
Frank Boyden, the artist.
You have been an artist in ourarea for a lot of years, Frank.
What brought you here?
SPEAKER_13 (09:11):
Well, you know I grew up in the state, and during
this, when we were kids, youknow, we would come down in
Neskwin and stay there, and veryoften we'd come over to Salmon
River, you know, and walkaround, and the gentries were
really nice, you know, and mymother, you know, knew them, and
there was other people that wereliving in the area that we knew.
(09:34):
Anyway, after graduate school, Ihad been teaching at the
University of New Mexico, and Iwas trained as a painter and a
printmaker and a draftsman andan art historian at Yale.
And so I learned very quicklythat university politics and me
SPEAKER_02 (09:55):
didn't mix.
SPEAKER_13 (09:56):
You know, it's like oil and water.
SPEAKER_02 (09:57):
It wasn't good, you know.
Not going to mix well.
SPEAKER_13 (09:59):
So anyway, we came out here after we left New
Mexico and we had our son Ianand whatnot.
And anyway, I started to workhere.
I had kind of got seduced into,you know, working with clay when
we were down in New Mexico, andI began to work with clay out
here, as well as paint and drawand whatnot.
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And so, anyway, we were livingout at Cascade Head Ranch in the
old gentry house.
Mike Lowell gave that to us, andwe were working there.
It took a long time to reallykind of assess, you know, where
I was and how this environmentbegan to affect me.
You know, if you're...
Creatively?
(10:41):
Creatively, yeah.
How do you use it?
And I guess what happened wasthat I just sort of became kind
of a backdoor artist.
Everywhere I looked, there wassomething worth exploring and
worth trying to incorporate intomy sensibilities about making
(11:05):
things.
SPEAKER_02 (11:05):
You talked to me at the very beginning of various
mediums.
Was there a favorite, and isthere still a favorite?
SPEAKER_13 (11:12):
I ended up working with clay primarily, and that
pursuit really took me all overthe world.
I began to make pots, and Ibegan to draw on them.
I began drawing in the round, soI was actually telling stories
on clay.
on my pots and you know thereweren't very many people doing
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that at that time and so I wasasked to teach here, teach
there.
I taught, I don't know, five,six times in Australia and
Thailand and all over Europe.
And I did a lot of stuff withthe Soviet Union early on.
(11:54):
Really?
Yeah, yeah.
And I was the editor of aceramic publication.
And I ended up in Russia for...
You know, this was in the 80s.
And was able to contact a numberof Russian potters.
And I got their work out ofRussia.
We published articles on allthese people and broke open that
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whole scene.
You know, I mean, there's justbeen all sorts of lovely, lovely
things that have happened to mebecause of what I've done.
SPEAKER_02 (12:26):
Is there a favorite piece that you...
perfected, created, that FrankBoyden would like to have back?
Yeah.
Yes,
SPEAKER_13 (12:38):
I think there's a few.
Okay.
And, like, for instance, I justgot a piece back from a friend
who I gave this beautifulpainting I'd done in New Haven
to as a wedding present.
It's an old, old friend, andhe...
He ended up in New Mexico, andhe's really, really old.
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And he called one day and saidhe'd like to give this back to
me.
And so I've got it at the house.
What I'm going to do with it, Idon't know, but I think it'll
end up at the Portland ArtMuseum.
They have a, I don't know, ahuge archive of my work there.
I think they own, you know, 400,450 pieces of mine.
(13:22):
Really?
But there's archives in a lot ofmuseums all over the country,
all over the world.
SPEAKER_02 (13:27):
If I was to buy a piece of Frank Boyden's art,
where would I go?
SPEAKER_13 (13:32):
You could go down here.
You could go down to the RowboatGallery.
Okay.
And I have work up in Astoria,up at Imogen Gallery.
I've got work in galleries inOhio and in Michigan and...
on the East Coast and a fewplaces.
SPEAKER_02 (13:50):
I would have to think this area really
encourages and helps you in yourart.
Just the beauty of it.
It does.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_13 (13:59):
I mean, it's...
How lucky can we be to live in aplace that's just so magical?
And one of the reasons it's somagical is because it's been
taken care of.
And...
like what we were just talkingabout with CHESRA, the Cascade
Encyclopedic Research Area.
You know, that is really a pieceof work, a piece of artwork in
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itself.
And I should have said that inthe interview about that.
But all of these people thathave made this thing work,
they're all part of a majorcollaborative system that is
essentially in love with a placethat can never be replicated.
SPEAKER_02 (14:42):
Another artist in love with the area.
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Harcourts, home Oregon coast.
Taj Richardson is with us.
And what is...
The combination of the two.
SPEAKER_11 (15:12):
Harcourts is a franchise we decided to partner
with when I opened my own realestate brokerage.
So they do a lot of back-endhelp for us, kind of behind the
scenes, as we help our localcommunity here with their real
estate needs, whether that'sbuying or selling.
Home Oregon Coast, that was abrand I started probably about
six or seven years ago todistinguish myself as a little
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bit different than some of theother brokerages that work in
Lincoln City area.
SPEAKER_02 (15:39):
Now, your main theme, though, in activities are
here in the Bay Area of LincolnCity, correct?
SPEAKER_11 (15:45):
Correct.
We have our office right on thecorner of Highway 101 and 51st
Street, and I couldn't think ofa better place to be here right
on the corner.
It's the first office people seewhen they're coming into town
from the south, and it's thelast office they see as they're
heading south out of town.
And on these beautiful days liketoday, I get to take a little
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bit of a walk down to the end of51st Street, and while I'm on my
phone talking with people, I getto enjoy a nice little walk.
SPEAKER_02 (16:12):
You have some magnificent properties on the
market at this point in time.
SPEAKER_11 (16:16):
We do, yeah.
Probably the thing we're mostexcited about is a brand new
condo development right here inthe Taft neighborhood.
We've been working with thesedevelopers for the last couple
of years, and we just finishedthe build out on those earlier
this year.
We've sold eight of 12 so far,so we do have four still for
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sale.
SPEAKER_02 (16:37):
And what kind of a market are we talking about Who
buys these units?
SPEAKER_11 (16:41):
It is a mix of people that buy these units.
We've sold them toowner-occupants, so they moved
in and they're living therefull-time.
And then a combination of peoplewho are using them as second
homes and homes that they'llrent when they're not using them
themselves.
So it's a good mix of people,which I think is perfect for the
eclectic neighborhood that thewest side of Taft can be.
SPEAKER_02 (17:05):
Tell me about the neighborhood.
You've got some statistics thatpoint to that as well.
SPEAKER_11 (17:09):
I do, yeah.
So we were looking at thedifference between the real
estate statistics for theneighborhoods around Siletz Bay
and Taft, and then how does thatcompare to Lincoln City?
And in my analysis of that, verysimilar comparison.
The average sold price for homesin the Bay Area is around
$465,000.
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We have 37 homes for sale rightnow, and in the last year, 61
have sold.
That's a good statistic for meto know that it's a very popular
part of Lincoln City, verydesirable.
And what makes it thatdesirable?
I think a big part of it is itis the most walkable part of
Lincoln City.
You've got the bay, which Iconsistently hear people talk
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about how they love the baybecause it's so family-friendly,
safer than being on the beach ifyou have little kids, and also
quite a bit warmer when the windpicks up in the afternoons.
And how do we find you?
I am in the office pretty muchevery single day here in the
Taft area of Lincoln City.
You can also find us throughhomeoregoncoast.com, and we're
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here is spectacular.
I can't stop looking out thewindow and at the bay every
single day I'm in this office.
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45 years later, still goingstrong.
It is the Sandcastle BuildingContest in the Bay Area of
Lincoln City.
Moe's Restaurants is in chargeof the event now.
Frank Stutzman is here, managerof Moe's Lincoln City.
45 years, Frank.
SPEAKER_10 (19:06):
It's been an awesome, awesome run.
I mean, Moe's hasn't been partof it for that long, but 45
years as any event is just aspectacular thing to build our
community.
SPEAKER_02 (19:14):
Now, you get people from all over the state, all
over the Pacific Northwest, allover.
SPEAKER_10 (19:20):
Absolutely.
I mean, actually, I just saw areport that the promotions had
1,800 people said they werecoming this year.
I don't know if that's going tohappen, but it would be
fantastic.
1,800?
1,800.
I was surprised, too.
I had to re-look at it.
You better put on another pot ofchowder.
I'm going to have enough chowdergoing on.
That's what we do.
SPEAKER_02 (19:40):
Now, you've got a lot of different categories that
people can get into.
It's not just sandcastles.
SPEAKER_10 (19:47):
No, we have community members that sponsor
each of the six categories.
They even pick what the eventsare.
So I know there's a cruise shipthat you've got to build, and
then we've got a clam, so it'snot just regular sandcastles.
How can people get into theevent?
You just show up.
Registration is that day at 10a.m., and you just come in.
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It's a$5 donation that benefitsBackpack for Kids And then 10.30
to 12.30, we're going to startbuilding.
SPEAKER_02 (20:15):
So 10.30, 12.30 is the building the judging takes
place then right afterwards?
SPEAKER_10 (20:20):
Right after.
At 12.30, we'll have ourvolunteer judges.
And 1 o'clock, we'll have it allannounced, and the winners will
be given.
SPEAKER_02 (20:27):
And the winners receive what?
SPEAKER_10 (20:30):
They receive a lot of pride, and then$100 cash is
what they get.
And that's also just sponsorsfor the community members.
So it's really a huge communityevent for us.
SPEAKER_02 (20:43):
Each person that participates gets a specific
size area?
SPEAKER_10 (20:48):
Yeah, so we have different stakes, and it's just
a specific pre-measured area.
They can pick it out anywhere onthe beach.
But as they put their stakes andtwine out, it will be just the
regulation mark.
SPEAKER_02 (21:00):
What does the tide say this is going to be like?
SPEAKER_10 (21:03):
Well, the tide doesn't come in until about 5
p.m.
that night, so we're going to begood.
SPEAKER_02 (21:07):
So the sandcastles will remain up for quite a
period of time for people tocome see afterwards then?
SPEAKER_10 (21:14):
We're hoping so.
As long as people don't buildtoo close to the waterfront,
then they're going to be good.
SPEAKER_02 (21:20):
You get a lot of people to come down and bring
all sorts of shovels and rakesand water cans and the like,
right?
SPEAKER_10 (21:27):
Absolutely.
I mean, there are restrictions.
You can't build any molds oranything like that.
But you can definitely bring anyother tools, use shells, twigs,
anything you find on the beach.
But there's no structures thatyou can use to do your
sandcastle.
SPEAKER_02 (21:39):
And can they be of a certain age, or do they got to
be a certain age, or what's thescale there?
SPEAKER_10 (21:45):
Anyone.
Anyone can do it.
A lot of flammables come down.
I mean, I know my kids have beendoing it for years, you know,
And since they were real little.
So, yeah, it's just if you canbuild, you can play.
And I like that.
If you can build, you
SPEAKER_02 (21:57):
can play.
This is all about playing, is itnot?
SPEAKER_10 (22:00):
It is.
It's 100% just to have fun,right?
And it's just you get somethingif you win, but it's all about
just coming out, having a goodtime, building some sandcastles,
you know, meeting people andjust being in the community.
SPEAKER_02 (22:11):
And throughout the course of the event, you've also
got some entertainment going onthere.
Brett Lucich is normally here,right?
SPEAKER_10 (22:17):
Yeah, he's been doing it for 28 years.
I think.
And he's fantastic.
He's going to be emceeing,playing music, throwing taffy,
playing games, doing hula hoops.
So it's always an exciting timewhen Brett's here.
SPEAKER_02 (22:30):
And how many people can participate?
Is there a cap?
SPEAKER_10 (22:35):
There's no cap.
So if there's room on the beach,we can definitely have you
participate.
I
SPEAKER_02 (22:40):
just love the event.
It really is...
Probably one of the most family,wholesome events that takes
place.
SPEAKER_10 (22:48):
It is, and we're so blessed just to be part of it,
you know, being Moe's and kindof taking over just the planning
and everything like that, andit's one of our best events.
SPEAKER_02 (22:57):
One of the things, Moe's taking it over, you've got
a lot of your staff that reallyget into this.
SPEAKER_10 (23:02):
Oh, man, they are all excited.
They're ready to go.
It's tough to schedule that daybecause everyone wants to be out
there and be part of it, so wedraw names out of a hat.
Really?
Literally?
Literally.
We draw names out of a hat to
SPEAKER_02 (23:14):
see who's going to do it.
I just love it.
And again, it's a$5 entry fee.
All goes to Backpack FoodProgram.
And what else do they need toknow?
You just show
SPEAKER_10 (23:25):
up and ready to have a good time.
That's kind of the whole thing.
That's kind of the whole thing.
It's everything you got, right?
You want to come.
You want to have a great time.
You come down here to SiletzBay, and we'll give you the sand
to do it.
SPEAKER_02 (23:37):
Okay, now, after the Sandcastle contest, I'm going to
be hungry.
I want to come inside to Moe's.
Is there going to be a big line?
SPEAKER_10 (23:44):
There's always a big line at Moe's.
But we move it quick, so we'llfeed everyone that wants to be
fed.
And we have chowder enough foreveryone.
SPEAKER_02 (23:53):
And the menu has expanded since COVID, has it
not?
SPEAKER_10 (23:57):
It has definitely expanded.
We've gone back to about 90% ofour menu.
Some of the items we used tohave aren't available anymore.
But it's definitely, we're morelooking like pre-COVID Moe's.
SPEAKER_02 (24:07):
I'm having to believe that you probably are
one of the busiest restaurantsin the immediate area.
SPEAKER_10 (24:15):
Well, I know we are the busiest restaurant in the
immediate area, and so it's agood problem to have for us, but
we love it.
We love taking care of peopleand serving chowder.
SPEAKER_02 (24:24):
Employment wise, are you fully staffed?
SPEAKER_10 (24:27):
We are 100% fully staffed, you know, and it's been
a good bounce back from COVID.
And so again, it's just anotherblessing that we can, you know,
have so much staff and be ableto take care of them and invest
in them, you know, in theirdevelopment.
SPEAKER_02 (24:39):
Bottom line is, again, the operation is
Sandcastle building contest getsunderway Saturday.
What time?
10 o'clock is registration.
10.30, we'll start building.
And judging will be at?
12.30.
1 o'clock, you'll know thewinners.
Okay, and the winners receive avariety of prizes.
We got Moe's Best ClimbCreation, Kenny's IGA-Themed
(25:02):
Pirate Ship, Prehistoric is aDinosaur, Ace Hardware Best
Fantasy Animal, Looking GlassInn, an Octopus, and Always
Traveling, a Cruise Ship.
It's fun.
SPEAKER_10 (25:14):
It is going to be a horrific blast.
Get ready for a night
SPEAKER_04 (25:18):
of nonstop fun.
With Tommy James and theShondells.
Saturday, August 24th, ChinookWinds Casino Resort.
A lifetime event.
(25:41):
With the legendary Tommy Jamesand the Shondells.
Reserve seats on sale now atcherokewins.com, Cheroke Wins
box office, or by phone at1-888-MADE-ACT.
(26:04):
There's more at TommyJames.com.
Saturday, August 24th, ChinookWins Casino Resort.
Don't miss Tommy James and theShondells live.
Chinook Wins, where concerts arebetter at the beach.
SPEAKER_02 (26:17):
I love to get out of the office.
This is one place to come inLincoln City that you should not
miss.
SPEAKER_05 (26:23):
Yeah, I think this is my, at least my most favorite
closing episode here that we'redoing so far on the Double R
Show.
So yeah, standing out here atSluts Bay, looking at the four
brothers in the water and peopleout there flying kites.
It's just fabulous.
SPEAKER_02 (26:37):
One of the things, meetings upcoming to Public Arts
Commission is going to bemeeting on Wednesday, August the
14th.
And Public Art at the end of the51st Street is what it's all
about as well.
SPEAKER_05 (26:49):
Yeah, in fact, I was hoping that we might do a
drawing associated with thatpublic art piece.
If people want to enter ourdrawing for this week, it would
be to name the artist of thesalmon art down there on 51st
Street.
And how do we enter?
Yeah, just send an email toroger at double r show dot com
(27:10):
with your answer of the artist'sname for the salmon sculpture
that's been down at the end of51st Street for decades Now
let's see if somebody beats the
SPEAKER_02 (27:19):
mayor.
Okay,
SPEAKER_05 (27:20):
yes.
SPEAKER_02 (27:21):
Some of the other activities, meetings upcoming.
We've got the PlanningCommission August 20th, Parks
and Rec Board on the 21st,Sustainability Committee August
22, and City Council upcoming onAugust 26th.
Become an ambassador.
It is difficult not to be anambassador when you see what
we're seeing right now.
SPEAKER_05 (27:42):
Well, this podcast, I guess, is an ambassadorship
too as well, right?
So we are, and if you want tojoin the Lincoln City Chamber of
Commerce, just email thedirector at director at
lcchamber.com.
SPEAKER_02 (27:54):
Become an ambassador and find out and talk about and
brag about everything that we'vegot.
Now, we also have upcoming theLincoln City Police Department
Citizens Academy starts onTuesday, September 3rd.
This gives you an opportunity tolearn and appreciate what the
Lincoln City PD goes throughevery day.
SPEAKER_05 (28:14):
Yeah, and it's an in-depth process too.
It's 13 weeks of class and somehands-on experience.
So reach out to Tammy Williamsthere at TWWilliams at
LincolnCity.org to register.
SPEAKER_02 (28:24):
Senior Fair coming up October 1 at Chinook Winds
Casino Resort 9 to 4.
A booth space is stillavailable.
Call Always Traveling at996-7474.
We got a couple of cruises aswell, Paul, that we're doing
July of 2025.
Going to get on board a HollandAmerica ship in Rotterdam, go to
(28:45):
Norway, Iceland, and Scotlandand then get off the ship and go
to Ireland.
Ah, yes.
And Dr.
Estal Harland is going to alsobe leading the cruise, a
four-day Holland America cruise,and this is a fundraising
activity for the Lincoln CityChamber of Commerce.
All veterans are invited to asoup and sandwich luncheon.
(29:07):
This is sponsored by the ElksLodge here in Lincoln City.
It is free.
It is a wonderful event.
You know, I'm going to just sitback now and say that it's time
to say adieu because I want tojust sit here and appreciate
everything that people drivethousands of miles to see, and
we have it at our back door.
(29:29):
It's Salets Bay, notably one ofthe prettiest places in the
world.
With Paul and Jenna at SaletsBay, I'm Double R.
Have a happy day.
Welcome
SPEAKER_06 (00:07):
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.
SPEAKER_02 (00:30):
This may be the single most beautiful place in
the entire world.
It's a sluts bay in Paul.
This is spectacular.
SPEAKER_05 (00:37):
Yeah, we've got on a great day here.
It's beginning of August here inLincoln City, and we're just
looking out at the sparklingwater and the bay and Moe's and
the whole bit, four brothers outthere.
It's great.
SPEAKER_02 (00:48):
Now, we're going to be talking about lots of
activities and beauty of SwartzBay.
SPEAKER_05 (00:53):
Yeah, we've got not only is it a space for wildlife
and you can go crabbing and allthe like, but it's a space for
music, art, sandcastles, andhomes, as we're going to find
out.
So stay tuned and catch thewhole podcast here right after
these messages.
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SPEAKER_02 (01:40):
Sluts Bay is not only beautiful, it's musical.
And with us right now is JaneSecular.
And Jane, you are the, what arethe Sluts Bay Music Festival?
SPEAKER_09 (01:52):
Board President.
SPEAKER_02 (01:52):
Board President.
That's a lot of work this timeof year.
SPEAKER_09 (01:56):
It is.
It's work all year long, butparticularly when the festival
is beginning in 10 days.
SPEAKER_02 (02:02):
10 days for the festival, and the festival, if
you've never attended, shame onyou, you don't want to miss
what's upcoming.
SPEAKER_09 (02:11):
You really don't want to miss what's upcoming.
We have an extraordinary programlined up for the festival this
year.
SPEAKER_02 (02:16):
Tell me.
SPEAKER_09 (02:17):
Well, it's been a difficult year because we lost
our artistic director at the endof the festival last year, and
people wondered if we would beable to do this, if we would be
able to have the festival?
And we had that questionourselves.
But our fabulous pianist,Mei-Ting Sun, stepped up to
become the artistic director ofthe festival this year, not
(02:40):
actually stepping into Yaki'sshoes, but certainly taking the
position.
And he's done an amazing job.
It was an incredible balancingact for him trying to follow
Yaki's vision, but also to makethe festival his own.
So there was this great balancethat he had to, a tight wire
(03:04):
sort of that he had to walkbetween old classical favorites
and exciting new music andlongtime favorite musicians and
some fresh, new and excitingfaces.
And he's managed to do all ofthat.
And it's been, he and I workvery closely together and it's
really been a joy.
Now
SPEAKER_02 (03:22):
the musicians come from literally all over the
world.
SPEAKER_09 (03:25):
The musicians do come from all over the world.
Mei Ting makes his home with hiswife, who is also a pianist in
the festival.
They are in London at the LondonSchool.
Sometimes he's in New York.
And Michelle is from Amsterdam.
Michelle Bushkova, a youngviolin pianist prodigy, is
Russian, but she's in Cincinnatinow.
(03:48):
We have a new musician coming tojoin us.
She's Australian by way ofLondon.
So it really is a good mix.
And then from all over the coasthere and all over the country.
SPEAKER_02 (03:59):
It is amazing to me what comes to Lincoln City for
this festival.
It really is.
And who comes.
SPEAKER_09 (04:06):
Who comes, yes.
But here's the thing.
If we can get them once.
SPEAKER_02 (04:11):
They come back again and again.
They always
SPEAKER_09 (04:12):
want to come back because.
SPEAKER_02 (04:14):
Your new director is proof of that.
SPEAKER_09 (04:16):
Absolutely.
He's been here for every singleyear.
episode of the Siletz Bay MusicFestival since 2012.
And that was the first one.
But other musicians come hereand they fall in love with the
place.
SPEAKER_02 (04:28):
I certainly hope he's going to be performing
again.
He
SPEAKER_09 (04:30):
is absolutely going to be performing in an
extraordinary program on theopening night.
He has transposed, I thinkthat's the word, a Sibelius
symphony.
So there will be two pianos onthe stage at the Lincoln City
Cultural Center, and he and hiswife Michelle will be playing on
two pianos with four hands whatnormally 55 orchestra musicians
(04:54):
play.
And it is a North Americanpremiere.
He premiered it in Europe amonth ago.
It's very exciting.
SPEAKER_02 (05:04):
Very exciting.
Are there still availability oftickets for that performance?
SPEAKER_09 (05:08):
There are still tickets available for all
performances, but they're goingquickly.
And this is the time whentraditionally ticket sales go
up, we hope.
So I would highly recommend thatpeople log on to
www.celetsbaymusic.org and getyour tickets now.
SPEAKER_02 (05:27):
First concert is when?
SPEAKER_09 (05:29):
It is Friday, August 16th, 7.30 p.m., Lincoln City
Cultural Center.
SPEAKER_02 (05:34):
Most of the performances will be at the
Cultural Center, or will you bemoving around town?
No, not most.
We're
SPEAKER_09 (05:40):
all around town.
We're in five differentlocations.
Oh, very good.
The first five or six are at theCultural Center, and those are
all chamber programs, includingour very popular musical tapas
on Sunday afternoon, the 18th,which features lovely appetizers
and desserts and fabulous music.
that is a program put togetherby our musicians, music that
(06:03):
they want to play with eachother.
So it's a very casual, very funatmosphere.
There is the Monday night, wehave Sights and Sounds concert,
which includes two artistscreating works while the
musicians play.
That's fun.
Tuesday night at theCongregational Church is our
free classical concert.
And that is one of two tributesto Yaki Bergman, our late
(06:26):
artistic director.
The first is Friday openingnight and the second is that
day.
Wednesday night, we all go toNewport.
SPEAKER_02 (06:35):
This is new.
SPEAKER_09 (06:37):
This is the last couple of years.
We do a chamber concert in theDorfler Theater at the Pacific
Maritime Heritage Center on theBay.
Oh,
SPEAKER_02 (06:47):
that's right.
In that
SPEAKER_09 (06:48):
beautiful theater, that beautiful theater.
And then we move to ChinookWinds for Thursday night, a very
exciting jazz concert featuringmusic by Daniel Freiberg who was
here last year and 16 timeGrammy winning clarinet,
saxophonist, Paquito de Rivera.
(07:09):
So if you are into jazz, ifyou're into Latin music, or if
you just want to hear a masterat work, this is a concert not
to
SPEAKER_02 (07:17):
be missed.
Will that be at a conventioncenter or in the showroom?
SPEAKER_09 (07:20):
It'll be upstairs in the event center.
It's one of the few places intown that can accommodate our
orchestra, and they are veryaccommodating to us.
We love going there.
SPEAKER_02 (07:30):
It is extraordinary, the entire event.
SPEAKER_09 (07:33):
Thank you.
SPEAKER_02 (07:34):
It really is.
It truly is.
I mean, And it fits thiscommunity.
SPEAKER_09 (07:39):
Well, and I'd like to say a word about that
because...
We couldn't do it without thecommunity.
We call it the festival family.
And people don't know how muchthe people of this town provide
housing for 55 musicians for 10days.
SPEAKER_02 (07:55):
Meals.
SPEAKER_09 (07:56):
Provide meals, lunch and dinner.
Provide after parties.
Drive them around.
Pick them up at PDX and bringthem here and take them back.
Get them from where they'restaying to rehearsals and back.
And donate money, donate time,donate goods and services it's
it's incredible it's justamazing what what this community
(08:18):
gives to us so it's a joy to beable to give it back
SPEAKER_02 (08:22):
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SPEAKER_02 (09:03):
Frank Boyden, the artist.
You have been an artist in ourarea for a lot of years, Frank.
What brought you here?
SPEAKER_13 (09:11):
Well, you know I grew up in the state, and during
this, when we were kids, youknow, we would come down in
Neskwin and stay there, and veryoften we'd come over to Salmon
River, you know, and walkaround, and the gentries were
really nice, you know, and mymother, you know, knew them, and
there was other people that wereliving in the area that we knew.
(09:34):
Anyway, after graduate school, Ihad been teaching at the
University of New Mexico, and Iwas trained as a painter and a
printmaker and a draftsman andan art historian at Yale.
And so I learned very quicklythat university politics and me
SPEAKER_02 (09:55):
didn't mix.
SPEAKER_13 (09:56):
You know, it's like oil and water.
SPEAKER_02 (09:57):
It wasn't good, you know.
Not going to mix well.
SPEAKER_13 (09:59):
So anyway, we came out here after we left New
Mexico and we had our son Ianand whatnot.
And anyway, I started to workhere.
I had kind of got seduced into,you know, working with clay when
we were down in New Mexico, andI began to work with clay out
here, as well as paint and drawand whatnot.
(10:20):
And so, anyway, we were livingout at Cascade Head Ranch in the
old gentry house.
Mike Lowell gave that to us, andwe were working there.
It took a long time to reallykind of assess, you know, where
I was and how this environmentbegan to affect me.
You know, if you're...
Creatively?
(10:41):
Creatively, yeah.
How do you use it?
And I guess what happened wasthat I just sort of became kind
of a backdoor artist.
Everywhere I looked, there wassomething worth exploring and
worth trying to incorporate intomy sensibilities about making
(11:05):
things.
SPEAKER_02 (11:05):
You talked to me at the very beginning of various
mediums.
Was there a favorite, and isthere still a favorite?
SPEAKER_13 (11:12):
I ended up working with clay primarily, and that
pursuit really took me all overthe world.
I began to make pots, and Ibegan to draw on them.
I began drawing in the round, soI was actually telling stories
on clay.
on my pots and you know thereweren't very many people doing
(11:32):
that at that time and so I wasasked to teach here, teach
there.
I taught, I don't know, five,six times in Australia and
Thailand and all over Europe.
And I did a lot of stuff withthe Soviet Union early on.
(11:54):
Really?
Yeah, yeah.
And I was the editor of aceramic publication.
And I ended up in Russia for...
You know, this was in the 80s.
And was able to contact a numberof Russian potters.
And I got their work out ofRussia.
We published articles on allthese people and broke open that
(12:18):
whole scene.
You know, I mean, there's justbeen all sorts of lovely, lovely
things that have happened to mebecause of what I've done.
SPEAKER_02 (12:26):
Is there a favorite piece that you...
perfected, created, that FrankBoyden would like to have back?
Yeah.
Yes,
SPEAKER_13 (12:38):
I think there's a few.
Okay.
And, like, for instance, I justgot a piece back from a friend
who I gave this beautifulpainting I'd done in New Haven
to as a wedding present.
It's an old, old friend, andhe...
He ended up in New Mexico, andhe's really, really old.
(13:00):
And he called one day and saidhe'd like to give this back to
me.
And so I've got it at the house.
What I'm going to do with it, Idon't know, but I think it'll
end up at the Portland ArtMuseum.
They have a, I don't know, ahuge archive of my work there.
I think they own, you know, 400,450 pieces of mine.
(13:22):
Really?
But there's archives in a lot ofmuseums all over the country,
all over the world.
SPEAKER_02 (13:27):
If I was to buy a piece of Frank Boyden's art,
where would I go?
SPEAKER_13 (13:32):
You could go down here.
You could go down to the RowboatGallery.
Okay.
And I have work up in Astoria,up at Imogen Gallery.
I've got work in galleries inOhio and in Michigan and...
on the East Coast and a fewplaces.
SPEAKER_02 (13:50):
I would have to think this area really
encourages and helps you in yourart.
Just the beauty of it.
It does.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_13 (13:59):
I mean, it's...
How lucky can we be to live in aplace that's just so magical?
And one of the reasons it's somagical is because it's been
taken care of.
And...
like what we were just talkingabout with CHESRA, the Cascade
Encyclopedic Research Area.
You know, that is really a pieceof work, a piece of artwork in
(14:22):
itself.
And I should have said that inthe interview about that.
But all of these people thathave made this thing work,
they're all part of a majorcollaborative system that is
essentially in love with a placethat can never be replicated.
SPEAKER_02 (14:42):
Another artist in love with the area.
SPEAKER_12 (14:44):
We'll take a break in more in a moment.
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SPEAKER_02 (15:04):
Harcourts, home Oregon coast.
Taj Richardson is with us.
And what is...
The combination of the two.
SPEAKER_11 (15:12):
Harcourts is a franchise we decided to partner
with when I opened my own realestate brokerage.
So they do a lot of back-endhelp for us, kind of behind the
scenes, as we help our localcommunity here with their real
estate needs, whether that'sbuying or selling.
Home Oregon Coast, that was abrand I started probably about
six or seven years ago todistinguish myself as a little
(15:35):
bit different than some of theother brokerages that work in
Lincoln City area.
SPEAKER_02 (15:39):
Now, your main theme, though, in activities are
here in the Bay Area of LincolnCity, correct?
SPEAKER_11 (15:45):
Correct.
We have our office right on thecorner of Highway 101 and 51st
Street, and I couldn't think ofa better place to be here right
on the corner.
It's the first office people seewhen they're coming into town
from the south, and it's thelast office they see as they're
heading south out of town.
And on these beautiful days liketoday, I get to take a little
(16:05):
bit of a walk down to the end of51st Street, and while I'm on my
phone talking with people, I getto enjoy a nice little walk.
SPEAKER_02 (16:12):
You have some magnificent properties on the
market at this point in time.
SPEAKER_11 (16:16):
We do, yeah.
Probably the thing we're mostexcited about is a brand new
condo development right here inthe Taft neighborhood.
We've been working with thesedevelopers for the last couple
of years, and we just finishedthe build out on those earlier
this year.
We've sold eight of 12 so far,so we do have four still for
(16:36):
sale.
SPEAKER_02 (16:37):
And what kind of a market are we talking about Who
buys these units?
SPEAKER_11 (16:41):
It is a mix of people that buy these units.
We've sold them toowner-occupants, so they moved
in and they're living therefull-time.
And then a combination of peoplewho are using them as second
homes and homes that they'llrent when they're not using them
themselves.
So it's a good mix of people,which I think is perfect for the
eclectic neighborhood that thewest side of Taft can be.
SPEAKER_02 (17:05):
Tell me about the neighborhood.
You've got some statistics thatpoint to that as well.
SPEAKER_11 (17:09):
I do, yeah.
So we were looking at thedifference between the real
estate statistics for theneighborhoods around Siletz Bay
and Taft, and then how does thatcompare to Lincoln City?
And in my analysis of that, verysimilar comparison.
The average sold price for homesin the Bay Area is around
$465,000.
(17:30):
We have 37 homes for sale rightnow, and in the last year, 61
have sold.
That's a good statistic for meto know that it's a very popular
part of Lincoln City, verydesirable.
And what makes it thatdesirable?
I think a big part of it is itis the most walkable part of
Lincoln City.
You've got the bay, which Iconsistently hear people talk
(17:51):
about how they love the baybecause it's so family-friendly,
safer than being on the beach ifyou have little kids, and also
quite a bit warmer when the windpicks up in the afternoons.
And how do we find you?
I am in the office pretty muchevery single day here in the
Taft area of Lincoln City.
You can also find us throughhomeoregoncoast.com, and we're
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pretty much easy to findanywhere on And the view from
here is spectacular.
I can't stop looking out thewindow and at the bay every
single day I'm in this office.
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45 years later, still goingstrong.
It is the Sandcastle BuildingContest in the Bay Area of
Lincoln City.
Moe's Restaurants is in chargeof the event now.
Frank Stutzman is here, managerof Moe's Lincoln City.
45 years, Frank.
SPEAKER_10 (19:06):
It's been an awesome, awesome run.
I mean, Moe's hasn't been partof it for that long, but 45
years as any event is just aspectacular thing to build our
community.
SPEAKER_02 (19:14):
Now, you get people from all over the state, all
over the Pacific Northwest, allover.
SPEAKER_10 (19:20):
Absolutely.
I mean, actually, I just saw areport that the promotions had
1,800 people said they werecoming this year.
I don't know if that's going tohappen, but it would be
fantastic.
1,800?
1,800.
I was surprised, too.
I had to re-look at it.
You better put on another pot ofchowder.
I'm going to have enough chowdergoing on.
That's what we do.
SPEAKER_02 (19:40):
Now, you've got a lot of different categories that
people can get into.
It's not just sandcastles.
SPEAKER_10 (19:47):
No, we have community members that sponsor
each of the six categories.
They even pick what the eventsare.
So I know there's a cruise shipthat you've got to build, and
then we've got a clam, so it'snot just regular sandcastles.
How can people get into theevent?
You just show up.
Registration is that day at 10a.m., and you just come in.
(20:07):
It's a$5 donation that benefitsBackpack for Kids And then 10.30
to 12.30, we're going to startbuilding.
SPEAKER_02 (20:15):
So 10.30, 12.30 is the building the judging takes
place then right afterwards?
SPEAKER_10 (20:20):
Right after.
At 12.30, we'll have ourvolunteer judges.
And 1 o'clock, we'll have it allannounced, and the winners will
be given.
SPEAKER_02 (20:27):
And the winners receive what?
SPEAKER_10 (20:30):
They receive a lot of pride, and then$100 cash is
what they get.
And that's also just sponsorsfor the community members.
So it's really a huge communityevent for us.
SPEAKER_02 (20:43):
Each person that participates gets a specific
size area?
SPEAKER_10 (20:48):
Yeah, so we have different stakes, and it's just
a specific pre-measured area.
They can pick it out anywhere onthe beach.
But as they put their stakes andtwine out, it will be just the
regulation mark.
SPEAKER_02 (21:00):
What does the tide say this is going to be like?
SPEAKER_10 (21:03):
Well, the tide doesn't come in until about 5
p.m.
that night, so we're going to begood.
SPEAKER_02 (21:07):
So the sandcastles will remain up for quite a
period of time for people tocome see afterwards then?
SPEAKER_10 (21:14):
We're hoping so.
As long as people don't buildtoo close to the waterfront,
then they're going to be good.
SPEAKER_02 (21:20):
You get a lot of people to come down and bring
all sorts of shovels and rakesand water cans and the like,
right?
SPEAKER_10 (21:27):
Absolutely.
I mean, there are restrictions.
You can't build any molds oranything like that.
But you can definitely bring anyother tools, use shells, twigs,
anything you find on the beach.
But there's no structures thatyou can use to do your
sandcastle.
SPEAKER_02 (21:39):
And can they be of a certain age, or do they got to
be a certain age, or what's thescale there?
SPEAKER_10 (21:45):
Anyone.
Anyone can do it.
A lot of flammables come down.
I mean, I know my kids have beendoing it for years, you know,
And since they were real little.
So, yeah, it's just if you canbuild, you can play.
And I like that.
If you can build, you
SPEAKER_02 (21:57):
can play.
This is all about playing, is itnot?
SPEAKER_10 (22:00):
It is.
It's 100% just to have fun,right?
And it's just you get somethingif you win, but it's all about
just coming out, having a goodtime, building some sandcastles,
you know, meeting people andjust being in the community.
SPEAKER_02 (22:11):
And throughout the course of the event, you've also
got some entertainment going onthere.
Brett Lucich is normally here,right?
SPEAKER_10 (22:17):
Yeah, he's been doing it for 28 years.
I think.
And he's fantastic.
He's going to be emceeing,playing music, throwing taffy,
playing games, doing hula hoops.
So it's always an exciting timewhen Brett's here.
SPEAKER_02 (22:30):
And how many people can participate?
Is there a cap?
SPEAKER_10 (22:35):
There's no cap.
So if there's room on the beach,we can definitely have you
participate.
I
SPEAKER_02 (22:40):
just love the event.
It really is...
Probably one of the most family,wholesome events that takes
place.
SPEAKER_10 (22:48):
It is, and we're so blessed just to be part of it,
you know, being Moe's and kindof taking over just the planning
and everything like that, andit's one of our best events.
SPEAKER_02 (22:57):
One of the things, Moe's taking it over, you've got
a lot of your staff that reallyget into this.
SPEAKER_10 (23:02):
Oh, man, they are all excited.
They're ready to go.
It's tough to schedule that daybecause everyone wants to be out
there and be part of it, so wedraw names out of a hat.
Really?
Literally?
Literally.
We draw names out of a hat to
SPEAKER_02 (23:14):
see who's going to do it.
I just love it.
And again, it's a$5 entry fee.
All goes to Backpack FoodProgram.
And what else do they need toknow?
You just show
SPEAKER_10 (23:25):
up and ready to have a good time.
That's kind of the whole thing.
That's kind of the whole thing.
It's everything you got, right?
You want to come.
You want to have a great time.
You come down here to SiletzBay, and we'll give you the sand
to do it.
SPEAKER_02 (23:37):
Okay, now, after the Sandcastle contest, I'm going to
be hungry.
I want to come inside to Moe's.
Is there going to be a big line?
SPEAKER_10 (23:44):
There's always a big line at Moe's.
But we move it quick, so we'llfeed everyone that wants to be
fed.
And we have chowder enough foreveryone.
SPEAKER_02 (23:53):
And the menu has expanded since COVID, has it
not?
SPEAKER_10 (23:57):
It has definitely expanded.
We've gone back to about 90% ofour menu.
Some of the items we used tohave aren't available anymore.
But it's definitely, we're morelooking like pre-COVID Moe's.
SPEAKER_02 (24:07):
I'm having to believe that you probably are
one of the busiest restaurantsin the immediate area.
SPEAKER_10 (24:15):
Well, I know we are the busiest restaurant in the
immediate area, and so it's agood problem to have for us, but
we love it.
We love taking care of peopleand serving chowder.
SPEAKER_02 (24:24):
Employment wise, are you fully staffed?
SPEAKER_10 (24:27):
We are 100% fully staffed, you know, and it's been
a good bounce back from COVID.
And so again, it's just anotherblessing that we can, you know,
have so much staff and be ableto take care of them and invest
in them, you know, in theirdevelopment.
SPEAKER_02 (24:39):
Bottom line is, again, the operation is
Sandcastle building contest getsunderway Saturday.
What time?
10 o'clock is registration.
10.30, we'll start building.
And judging will be at?
12.30.
1 o'clock, you'll know thewinners.
Okay, and the winners receive avariety of prizes.
We got Moe's Best ClimbCreation, Kenny's IGA-Themed
(25:02):
Pirate Ship, Prehistoric is aDinosaur, Ace Hardware Best
Fantasy Animal, Looking GlassInn, an Octopus, and Always
Traveling, a Cruise Ship.
It's fun.
SPEAKER_10 (25:14):
It is going to be a horrific blast.
Get ready for a night
SPEAKER_04 (25:18):
of nonstop fun.
With Tommy James and theShondells.
Saturday, August 24th, ChinookWinds Casino Resort.
A lifetime event.
(25:41):
With the legendary Tommy Jamesand the Shondells.
Reserve seats on sale now atcherokewins.com, Cheroke Wins
box office, or by phone at1-888-MADE-ACT.
(26:04):
There's more at TommyJames.com.
Saturday, August 24th, ChinookWins Casino Resort.
Don't miss Tommy James and theShondells live.
Chinook Wins, where concerts arebetter at the beach.
SPEAKER_02 (26:17):
I love to get out of the office.
This is one place to come inLincoln City that you should not
miss.
SPEAKER_05 (26:23):
Yeah, I think this is my, at least my most favorite
closing episode here that we'redoing so far on the Double R
Show.
So yeah, standing out here atSluts Bay, looking at the four
brothers in the water and peopleout there flying kites.
It's just fabulous.
SPEAKER_02 (26:37):
One of the things, meetings upcoming to Public Arts
Commission is going to bemeeting on Wednesday, August the
14th.
And Public Art at the end of the51st Street is what it's all
about as well.
SPEAKER_05 (26:49):
Yeah, in fact, I was hoping that we might do a
drawing associated with thatpublic art piece.
If people want to enter ourdrawing for this week, it would
be to name the artist of thesalmon art down there on 51st
Street.
And how do we enter?
Yeah, just send an email toroger at double r show dot com
(27:10):
with your answer of the artist'sname for the salmon sculpture
that's been down at the end of51st Street for decades Now
let's see if somebody beats the
SPEAKER_02 (27:19):
mayor.
Okay,
SPEAKER_05 (27:20):
yes.
SPEAKER_02 (27:21):
Some of the other activities, meetings upcoming.
We've got the PlanningCommission August 20th, Parks
and Rec Board on the 21st,Sustainability Committee August
22, and City Council upcoming onAugust 26th.
Become an ambassador.
It is difficult not to be anambassador when you see what
we're seeing right now.
SPEAKER_05 (27:42):
Well, this podcast, I guess, is an ambassadorship
too as well, right?
So we are, and if you want tojoin the Lincoln City Chamber of
Commerce, just email thedirector at director at
lcchamber.com.
SPEAKER_02 (27:54):
Become an ambassador and find out and talk about and
brag about everything that we'vegot.
Now, we also have upcoming theLincoln City Police Department
Citizens Academy starts onTuesday, September 3rd.
This gives you an opportunity tolearn and appreciate what the
Lincoln City PD goes throughevery day.
SPEAKER_05 (28:14):
Yeah, and it's an in-depth process too.
It's 13 weeks of class and somehands-on experience.
So reach out to Tammy Williamsthere at TWWilliams at
LincolnCity.org to register.
SPEAKER_02 (28:24):
Senior Fair coming up October 1 at Chinook Winds
Casino Resort 9 to 4.
A booth space is stillavailable.
Call Always Traveling at996-7474.
We got a couple of cruises aswell, Paul, that we're doing
July of 2025.
Going to get on board a HollandAmerica ship in Rotterdam, go to
(28:45):
Norway, Iceland, and Scotlandand then get off the ship and go
to Ireland.
Ah, yes.
And Dr.
Estal Harland is going to alsobe leading the cruise, a
four-day Holland America cruise,and this is a fundraising
activity for the Lincoln CityChamber of Commerce.
All veterans are invited to asoup and sandwich luncheon.
(29:07):
This is sponsored by the ElksLodge here in Lincoln City.
It is free.
It is a wonderful event.
You know, I'm going to just sitback now and say that it's time
to say adieu because I want tojust sit here and appreciate
everything that people drivethousands of miles to see, and
we have it at our back door.
(29:29):
It's Salets Bay, notably one ofthe prettiest places in the
world.
With Paul and Jenna at SaletsBay, I'm Double R.
Have a happy day.
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