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2015 wrap-up: Finding phoebes, vireos, blue grouse and more
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evening trips out there.
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White-tailed kite in Tillamook County.
Susan has spent her life
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beach environs. After spending
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LETTERS
Recall needed
The hamlets of Cannon
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gency medical technicians
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the board and in support of
their beloved chief.
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unteers of Chief Balzer’s
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mended to the board that this
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of the streets and the terrain
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has over losing their trusted
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North Coast at the Cannon
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mission as an organization
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bassador birds and common
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closer look at the birds and
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ing the preservation and
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November to April.
Scott Mitchell Rice
July 29, 1955 — Dec. 21, 2015
The family and friends
of Scott Mitchell Rice
mourn his passing on Dec.
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member of his community,
and is deeply missed.
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tington Beach, California.
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