Gas station employee arrested in drug bust
A Newport gas station attendant has been arrested after allegedly selling drugs to a drive-thru customer.
Patrick B. Cavanaugh, 22, of Toledo, was arrested on charges of delivery and manufacture of marijuana during a Monday afternoon investigation that led several officers to shut down an Exxon gas station in Newport for about two hours.
Piling work begins for temporary bridge in Beverly Beach
Oregon Department of Transportation officials on Thursday approved plans to install a crane in Beverly Beach to be used for piling and construction of a temporary bridge over U.S. Highway 101.
About 150 piers, or piles, are expected to be driven this week and over the next two weeks.
Nye Beach improvements approved
This week, reports on streetscape improvements at Nye Beach were presented to both the Newport Planning Commission and the Newport Development Commission.
The report outlines neighborhood improvement projects designed to improve the pedestrian environment in Nye Beach and create a strong neighborhood identity. Construction funding for these projects will be primarily sourced from urban renewal funds.
Toledo residents want fairgrounds in East County
At a Toledo city meeting Wednesday to discuss a county events center, areas east of Newport, toward Toledo or Siletz, were suggested as possible locations for the new fairgrounds.
At least three people suggested possible sites near the Toledo Dairy Queen, Yaquina Bay Road and Siletz.
“You can’t play outside in Newport,” said Toledo-area resident Mary Johnson. “The weather is so bad in the summer. It’s so windy.”
No matter how hard someone tries to do a good deed, someone will come along to ruin it.
That was one incident observed by about 200 members of the Pacific Northwest Four-Wheel Drive Association during a major cleanup operation on forest service roads in Lincoln and Tillamook counties last weekend.
Volunteer crews on Saturday removed the body of an abandoned car, one of seven they removed over the weekend, from an embankment on the old Scenic Highway in Cape Cascade. They left it on the side of the road to be retrieved later, but when they returned to load it onto a truck, they discovered someone had pushed it over the embankment on the other side of the road.
Most motels are fully booked for the Fourth of July.
It looks like a busy holiday weekend is in store for tourists along 20 Miracle Mile.
Some of the largest motels in and around Lincoln City reported they were fully booked for Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, and most others are expecting at least 80% occupancy.
“It’s looking pretty shiny after today,” Cozy Cove owner-manager Maxine Diller said Tuesday.
Boat in Newport collides with 600-foot ship
Newport fisherman Gary Thomas narrowly escaped drowning on June 28 when his 30-foot commercial vessel, the Jane Ann, collided with a 600-foot Norwegian cargo ship about 15 miles off the coast of Winchester Bay.
Thomas was reluctant to abandon the rapidly sinking Jane Ann, which he had spent most of last winter rebuilding, but at the last moment the rigging nearly caused it to sink.
He praised the lifeboat crew of an East German fishing trawler who rescued him after just minutes in the cold, rough seas.
Group seeks to save Crab Creek Bridge
A group of southeastern Lincoln County residents, led by Dorothy Joselis, is joining an effort to preserve a covered bridge over Crab Creek near Five Rivers, one of only six publicly owned covered bridges remaining in the county.
The county has obtained the rights to build a new bridge upstream from the existing one and hopes to start construction this summer.
High school site selection remains in doubt
The site in North Lincoln where the county school board will build a new high school to replace Taft’s current building appears to have yet to be decided after all.
Selection of a site for North Lincoln District’s new high school will only occur after an outside engineer conducts a survey of potential sites and makes a recommendation to the board.
New lifeguard on the D River
Portland lifeguard Juanita Slaney will be working the swimming area near the D River Bridge starting July 1, John Pizzuti announced at a Delake Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday night.
Slaney is taking part in a two-week swimming class for security guards and instructors run by the Red Cross in Bremerton, Washington.
Webb Johnson, co-owner of West Coast Laundry & Dry Cleaning, is recovering at Lincoln Hospital in Toledo after suffering second-degree burns when he poured cleaning solvent on a fire he thought was extinguished Monday.
Some of the liquid spilled down his leg, setting his trousers on fire and causing burns from his ankle down to between his knee.
Fisherman adrift for seven days
Last week, a level-headed Finnish man lightly recounted his experience adrift alone on the open sea for seven days after the engine of his 40-foot commercial fishing boat “frozen up.”
Walter Hanneman, 40, of South Bend, Washington, was found last Thursday afternoon about 12 miles off the coast of Depoe Bay by Captain Ernie Oja of the Ellis, and the Coast Guard towed him away.
Boxing Carnival to be held on a grand scale on July 5th
One of the most fascinating events of the two-day celebration held in Toledo is the Fight Carnival, which takes place in the venue’s open-air arena on the morning of July 5th.
Local promoters Avery and Dixon have arranged arguably the best card ever.
A man tried to rob a store
There was quite a commotion in Elk City about 3 a.m. Sunday and just after the Saturday night dance when a man was seen trying to break into the Allen Store. Several shots were fired at the robber, who ducked under the building, only to emerge a moment later on the other side and disappear into the brush before pursuers could catch up with him.
The man dropped his hat during his escape, but the men who found it believe they know its owner.
Caravans make promotional tours of the valley towns
Last Sunday, 46 Toledoans traveled to Eugene, Albany, Corvallis and other valley towns in cars beautifully decorated with flags, bunting and placards, and carrying horns, cowbells and other musical instruments, to take part in Toledo’s two-day celebration, which begins tomorrow morning.
The caravan left Toledo at 6:30 a.m. Sunday morning, spreading the news that the Lincoln County capital would be celebrating Independence Day in each town it visited.
Pacific Spruce Mill prepares to entertain visitors
Pacific Spruce Mill management is making considerable preparations to entertain the thousands of visitors who will descend on Toledo for the July 4th and 5th celebrations. Guides will be on hand on both days to show visitors every detail of one of the finest sawmills in the world. Brochures containing data on the extensive sawmill system, from the logging camp to the mill itself, will be distributed to visitors to help them understand the extensive operation carried out by Pacific Spruce Corporation of Lincoln County.
