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Wyden holds town hall

NEWPORT — U.S. Senator Ron Wyden held his 969th Oregon Town Hall on Monday, Feb. 17, at the Newport Recreation Center. “In Oregon,” said Lincoln County Commissioner Doug Hunt as he introduced Wyden, “we know him as a senator who always listens,” which Wyden proceeded to do, as more than a dozen constituents, chosen by random, questioned and informed the senator for 90 minutes. Wyden, the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, ranking Democrat on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee and a member of U.S. Senate Committees on the Budget and Intelligence, explained that the town hall is about the pledge he made when elected to “have an open-to-everyone town hall meeting in every county every year.” “This is your time to educate me,” Wyden told those gathered in the crowded room. “I’m looking out at the faces of democracy,” he said to applause.

Behind the faces of Lincoln County's homeless

LINCOLN COUNTY — The tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to homelessness is what the average person sees on Newport’s streets — mostly men, some women, seeking a public or private building’s overhang to get out of the rain. Many on the streets are disheveled, struggling with mental health issues and addiction. Others are not so easily identified as homeless people. Creating a permanent warming shelter is one stop-gap measure the Newport Working Group on Homelessness has been grappling with for more than a year. On Feb. 5, more than 20 people filled the cramped space in the Avery Building (where Department of Human Services offices are co-located with other agencies) to move this group into achievable goals.

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Gary L. Heimsoth (Butch), August 30, 1945 - January 29, 2020

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Irene E. Johnson, 92

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Clifford ‘Cliff’ Lyle Scott, February 10, 1942 - December 22, 2019

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Kay Frances (Johnson) Dombrowski, March 10, 1935 – February 4, 2020

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David R. O’Donnell, September 8, 1956 - January 28, 2020

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John Lee Dougherty, June 2, 1952 - December 27, 2019

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4th Annual Crab Blessing

Families, fishermen and community members gathered at the North Jetty look-out at Yaquina Bay State Park on Friday, Jan. 4 for the 4th Annual Crab Blessing (Photos by Shelby Wolfe)

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