potpourri
P-reserve your favorite ocean memory
A new photo contest from the Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Marine
Reserves Program is aiming to showcase how
Oregonians see and experience the Oregon
Coast.
Th emed “Your Favorite Oregon
Coast Experience,” the contest invites
Oregonians to submit photos of everything
from beachcombing, fi shing and diving
to tidepooling, an aerial fl yover or simply
enjoying a coastal sunset.
Oregonians can submit a single photo.
Several winners will be picked by Marine
Reserves staff and featured in the June
eNewsletter. ODFW reserves the right to use
submitted photos in web-based and online
publications, social media outlets and printed
The Cascade Head Marine Reserve near Lincoln City
materials.
Th e contest will run through Th ursday, June
18. To submit an entry, email ryan.t.fi elds@
state.or.us with “Photo Contest Entry” in
the subject line and a message including your
name and brief photo description.
Lincoln City
chamber launches
relief fund
Th e Lincoln City Chamber of
Commerce as launched a fund-raising
campaign to assist small businesses severely
impacted by measures to slow the spread of
COVID-19.
“Most businesses with whom we work
are small (less than 10 employees),” said
chamber Executive Director Lori Arce-
Torres. “Unfortunately, many of them have
received inadequate or no fi nancial relief
from the state or the federal government.”
Arce-Tores said that, while businesses
are beginning to re-open, they have been
saddled with the extra costs and reduced
revenues that come with state guidelines
aimed at protecting public health.
“Economic experts predict at least 30
percent of small businesses will not make
it through this current crisis,” she said. “In
our community, the fi nancial hit on small
businesses has been particularly devastating
because tourism is our primary economic
driver.”
Once the fund-raising campaign
is complete, a committee of chamber
leadership and community members will
decide on an application process.
Donations, which are tax deductible, can
be made online at lincoln-city-chamber-of-
commerce.square.site or mailed to: Lincoln
City Chamber of Commerce, 4039 NW
Logan Road, Lincoln City, OR 97367.
Welcome
aboard at
maritime
museum
Th e Garibaldi Museum has begun
a phased return to normal operating
hours, welcoming visitors from 10 am
to 4 pm Th ursday through Monday.
Appointments are not required
but are preferred, and visitors with
appointments will be given priority
over drop-ins. Th e museum will be
limiting admissions to 10 people
in the building at any one time. If
visitors seek admission while others
are in the building, they will be
asked to wait in their cars until the
previous visitors leave and staff are
able to sanitize the public areas and
restrooms.
Appointments can be made by
calling 503-322-8411 and leaving
name, contact information, the date
and time requested and the number of
people in the group.
Face masks are still required while
in the museum and social distancing
rules will remain in place.
Captain Robert Gray
welcomes visitors to
the Garibaldi Museum
Get screened for camp
Th ere’s nothing quite like the
glow of a roaring camp fi re — even is
its coming to you via a high-defi nition
computer monitor.
Th is smokeless centerpiece will be just
one part of a virtual 4H Day Camp for
kids who just competed grades 4 to 6. Th is
event will also include crafts, science,
minute-to-win-it games and more.
Supplies for the camp will be provided
for all participates at no cost, with
pick-up time to be determined.
Th e day camp, which is limited to 20
kids, will be held June 22 to 26 from 5 to
5:45 pm remotely via Zoom.
For more information or to sign up, call
the OSU Extension offi ce at 503-325-
8573. RSVP required by June 15.
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