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A1 Happy Dick Anderson Rally ............PAGE A2 Valentine’s Day! Sinkhole Delays Traffic .......PAGE A2 February 12, 2020 Serving Lincoln City Since 1927 $1.00 Soccer City coach sees approves potential food growth for truck, pod the game ordinance MAX KIRKENDALL in LC [email protected] MAX KIRKENDALL In November, the Lincoln City [email protected] City Council worked through a draft of an ordinance that permit- It’s no secret that soccer is a big ted food trucks or ‘mobile food deal in Lincoln City. units and mobile food pods,’ to And after the Taft 7-12 boys be able to operate within the city soccer team made it all the way to limits. After several discussions between both the council and the semifinals of the State Playoffs COURTESY PHOTO this past fall, head coach Ryan the Lincoln City Planning Com- Ulicni started thinking even bigger Lincoln Pops Big Band will be playing Latin, blues and jazz at this year’s Valentine’s Day Dance at The mission, the City has reached an for the town’s soccer program. Beach Club on Feb. 14 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. agreement to approve the ordi- For the past five years, Ulicni nance. has been drafting an idea to create The City Council held a public a non-profit organization that hearing meeting on Feb. 10 to would provide year-round soccer discuss the final details of the ordi- to the community, and build an Swinging Sweethearts nance. The Planning Commission indoor soccer arena to support it. submitted their final recommen- After his successful second season dation for the ordinance on Jan. 7 with the Taft Tigers, Ulicni got to and after looking over the packet, work and created his non-profit several councilors had concerns group titled ‘Sand Tigers Inc.’ It on Valentine’s Day about some of the nuts and bolts was the first step in what he first of the provisions. began dreaming of before coming THE NEWS GUARD evolved into one of the finest The band will be playing One of the concerns was to Lincoln City three years ago. big bands in Oregon and is ded- music from the swing era, Latin, regarding the Commission’s “Moving from Pendleton, Ore., Bring your sweetheart to icated to preserving and pass- blues and hard-driving jazz. recommendation to prohibit the where soccer is kind of non- celebrate Valentine’s Day at The ing along the heritage of the The Beach Club is located at operation of class one and class existent, it’s very hard to pitch this Beach Club. big band era. Members include 2020 SE 22nd Street in Lincoln two mobile food units, which sell kind of a plan,” Ulicni said. “I still Central Oregon Coast’s current and retired professional City (the old Elks Club build- pre-packaged items, such as the worked on it, still wanted to do own Lincoln Pops Orchestra musicians, band directors, ing). The interior has been com- operation of non-profits like the it and everybody thought it was (also known as Lincoln Pops former high school and college pletely refurbished, and as well Taft Boosters. a great idea, but there just wasn’t Big Band) will be swinging and players, a college student and a as a great dance floor, there is a “They’re not selling cooked any support. Here, there is the hopping at The Beach Club on high school student. With five full bar and restaurant on site. food, so we’re eliminating their support. There are people be- Friday, February 14 from 7-10 saxophones, six trumpets, four Tickets are available only at ability to fundraise essentially… hind it that would love to see this p.m. Dinner and drinks will be trombones, piano, guitar, bass, the door, cash only, $14 per per- I’m not in support of that,” Coun- happen. I’m doing the work and served in the ballroom. drums, congas, vibraphone and son. Minors are welcome to stay cilor Riley Hoagland said. I think it’s going to pay off in the The Lincoln Pops Big Band, four vocalists, the Pops put on a until 10 p.m. For more informa- However, City Attorney Richard led by John Bringetto, has dynamic show. tion call 541-272-9597. See SOCCER, Page A4 See TRUCKS, Page A4 Oregon Coast Community College achieves independence OREGON COAST distribution of financial aid COMMUNITY COLLEGE for its students, including work study. College cred- Oregon Coast Com- its will transfer as earned munity College is now an at OCCC, and the college independently accredited will maintain its students’ institution. transcripts, streamlining the On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the process students need to go college was informed of the through to request tran- decision by the Northwest scripts and other records Commission on Colleges when transferring to other and Universities. OCCC colleges and universities. hosted a celebration sharing The college will be able the news on Thursday, Feb. to set its own qualifications 6. for faculty hiring (as op- The 33-year-old col- COURTESY PHOTO COURTESY PHOTO posed to following stan- lege serves Lincoln County President Birgitte Ryslinge receives a standing ovation for dards established at Port- through its locations in Chief Academic Officer Dan Lara, who played a pivotal role land Community College). Newport, Waldport and and invested countless hours into the behind-the-scenes, leading OCCC to Independent Accreditation. Further, OCCC faculty will Lincoln City. OCCC students have control over selection 24/7/365 work that eventually led to Accreditation for examined and improved. What it means pursue Health Care, Aquari- of textbooks and materials Oregon Coast Community College. The work was documented As an independently ac- um Science, Teaching, Early most appropriate for their through the submission of credited institution, Oregon Childhood Education, Asso- coursework, while also ates earned diplomas and ties. Construction on those multiple reports and self- Coast Community College ciates, and Transfer degrees credits from Portland Com- buildings was completed in evaluations totaling thou- will manage processing and at Oregon Coast, along with See OCCC, Page A4 munity College. 2009. In 2014, Ryslinge was sands of pages of written Adult Basic Education and “Other small community named president of OCCC reports and appendices. numerous other certificate colleges in Oregon followed and was charged by the During that time, the and degree programs. the same path over their OCCC Board of Education college also hosted two “Up until this year, every early decades,” Ryslinge with the task of leading the separate NWCCU teams diploma earned by the stu- said. “Oregon Coast was the college to independent ac- comprised of commu- dents at Oregon Coast over last community college in creditation. nity college presidents and the past three decades bore Oregon to lack its own inde- The process Ryslinge led deans representing institu- the name of an ‘accrediting pendent accreditation.” involved many students, tions from throughout the college,’ through which Ore- In May 2004, Lincoln as well as every member Northwest. A complete his- gon Coast delivered instruc- County voters approved $24 of the staff and faculty at tory of the college’s pursuit tion,” said OCCC President BuildingBuilding fforor LLincolnincoln CCountyounty million in bonds to build Oregon Coast over the past of independence can be Dr. Birgitte Ryslinge. the college’s North, Central six years. Virtually every col- found at oregoncoastcc.org/ Since 2014, OCCC gradu- OregonizedConstruction.com and South County facili- lege system and process was accreditation. INDEX WEATHER thenewsguard.com Voices .......................... A5 Police Blotter ............. A9 WED. THU. FRI. SAT. SUN. MON. TUE. Obituaries .................. A5 Calendar ...................A10 Classifieds ...........A6–A8 Sports ........................A11 VOL. 93 NO. 7 50º/39º 48º/41º 48º/41º 49º/42º 49º/41º 52º/36º 51º/42º Lincoln City’s largest and most trusted news source. A2 A2 TheNewsGuard.com February 12, 2020 Lincoln City Mayor, State Senate candidate Dick Anderson attends #TimberUnity rally MAX KIRKENDALL by cap and trade, including forestry, trans- [email protected] portation and agriculture. Cap and trade is a gas tax or environmental bill that could Over 5,000 Oregonians, mostly from force businesses to move out of state and rural areas and representing jobs and busi- cost thousands of living-wage jobs, accord- nesses related to timber and agriculture, de- ing to Baertschiger. scended on the state capitol on the morning “It is an honor to meet the Oregonians of February 6. who are part of the Timber Unity rally,” Lincoln City Mayor and State Senate Baertschiger said. “These are hard-working candidate, Dick Anderson, stood alongside people who took the day off work to use the current 12 Republican senators during speech to the crowd at noon, citing the their voices in a powerful way to stand the rally. Battle of the Alamo as a reference to how against cap and trade. Today is a great day “This is an example where urban politi- the minority party has bought rural Orego- for Oregon.” cians have forgotten the rest of the state,” nians time to make changes. On why he chose to attend the rally, Anderson said. “We bought you the time... You bring Anderson said, “I think it is important that The rally was organized by #TimberUni- the army... to change the makeup of this leaders from rural Oregon take the time to ty, as HB 2020, a Cap and Trade proposal, building,” Baertschiger said in his opening show up and make them remember us. On continues to be a priority of Democratic introductions. “With us today is a candidate the coast we do not have the luxury of sacri- legislators.