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COUNTY EXTENDS SHORT-TERM LODGING RESTRICTIONS THROUGH APRIL 30
MEDIA CONTACT:Don Bohn, County Manager, (503) 325-1000Kathleen Sullivan, Chair, Board of Commissioners, (503) 440-4643 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 31, 2020 COUNTY EXTENDS SHORT-TERM LODGING RESTRICTIONS THROUGH APRIL 30 Clatsop County is extending an emergency order that closed short-term lodging businesses and campgrounds to most outside visitors to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The order, approved by the Board of Commissioners at a special meeting March 22, ordered the closure of hotels, short-term rentals and homestay lodges, and campgrounds for a 14-day period beginning March 23. County Manager Don Bohn, with the concurrence of the county commissioners, moved Tuesday to extend the order through April 30. The new date coincides…
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Where did all those Daffodils come from?
Got this from a couple of long term SP members and good to know. Do Daffodils Make You Smile? Many years ago Norma Keever and her family and SP friends planted hundreds of Daffodils along both sides of Surf Pines Lane from the highway to the Meeting House. They did this for the ENJOYMENT and beautification of our neighborhood. Let’s NOT pick them but leave them for all of us to enjoy. Thank you! Surf Pines was originally a Daffodils farm started by Barney Lucas. They planted thousands of flowers along with Scotch Broom and Coastal Pines. He also Raised Pheasants and that is why you still have them here in Surf…
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Clarification on which Gate codes will be canceled.
There has been some confusion about John Yerke's e-mail yesterday. The regular Visitor Gate Codes for March and April are still in effect. They remain active from 7 am till 7 pm every day. They will not be shut down.
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Comments from John Yerke, president of Surf Pines Association, about County’s order closing hotels, campgrounds and Short Term Rentals.
March 23, 2020 Fellow Surf Pines Association Homeowners, The following statement was released by Clatsop County that is effective today. Surf Pines Association falls under the jurisdiction of Clatsop County and we need to comply. For those in our community who may be at higher risk to the COVID-19 coronavirus, I understand there are posts on our Facebook page of individuals offering to pick up groceries and necessities at stores offering drive thru. Please utilize those offeres. Additionally, Clatsop County Public Health Department announced today, March 23, that it has been informed of the first presumptive case of COVID-19 coronavirus in the county. These are times like we have never experienced. Let’s…
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In this time of self quarantine, a way to communicate online with your friends and family.
This is the free conference call system that we have used on SPA’s BOD meetings. Now with recommendations that we stay at home we wanted to share with our members an easy way to stay in touch. As many of you are finding this time of self quarantine makes it so difficult to keep in touch with your friends and loved ones. We started using an online conference system and found Freeconferencecall.com was free and had all the whistle and bells that the high priced systems have like Go to Meeting. We have used this for your board of Directors meetings the last few meetings and find it relatively easy to use…
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Rainbow Pheasant
Unfortunately this cute little story from Kay Limbird was supposed to be in this quarters Breeze and Holly ran out of room. So we thought everyone might enjoy her little story about a Pheasant and his new boy friend.
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Let’s Communicate in Surf Pines
By Tom Smith Resident Surf Pines Archivist. As many of you may be aware, we have been diligently working in the background to update our website and social media content. Many of you maybe a little frustrated trying to access the members only section of our new website. This is because we were not able to salvage your login credentials from the old site. Not a screwup just we never had access to your secure passwords. Debbie is trying to open access to all your inquiries, but this is tax season and is being stretched just a bit. We just began our training on the new site and I believe you will…
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How to Gain Access to Members Only part of our new Web
As you may have heard, we did a complete redo of our Surf Pines Web Site. This new system managed by MuniCode a national company that specializes in municipal and local government software and is in use all over the country including Gearhart and Cannon Beach. Many who have logged on indicate that this new site is intuitive and will offer easy access to our association information and works with our new blog. However, your old log in will not work with this new site. The primary reason is that all of your passwords were secured and we could not transfer them to the new site. So far we have 80 people…
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How to use FreeConferenceCall.com for Meetings Online or by Phone.
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Our own Gheri Fouts Teaching an Art Class in Gearhart…
New post on Official City of Gearhart Blog:https://cityofgearhart.wordpress.com/2020/03/10/teaa-beginning-watercolor-class-announced/ TEAA: Beginning Watercolor Class Announcedby Gearhart City Staff Trail’s End Art Association in Gearhart announces Watercolor: The Basics You May Have Forgotten, a series of four classes in April to be taught by Gheri Fouts. The class is designed for those who want to get started with watercolor painting and those who want a review of the basics to restart their painting.Gheri brings a rich background of experience to this popular class. Although she spins wool, knits and weaves, it is watercolor the medium she prefers. She has studied with Judy Fredrickson, Royal Nebeker, Eric Weigard, Keiko Tanabe, Shirley Dahlsten, and Faeline Lin in addition to the classes…
