By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Some people are born athletes and born to love sports. Some people are born to love people. Jack Boothe, the head football coach and GEAR UP […]
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5 Questions and a Secret: Pharmacist Scott Ellefson loves pace and community of smaller operation
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews WALDPORT — Nonstop, complicated, intense — but always with rewarding moments. That is how each day is for Scott Ellefson, managing pharmacist at Hi-School Pharmacy in […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Yachats-area “cozy mystery” writer adds new book to his body of work
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Doug Yunker has been a small town paperboy, conscientious objector, Peace Corps volunteer, social worker and college professor and administrator. Now, the soon-to-be 82-year-old resident of […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Chris Carlson of C.P. Carlson Builders started by following his father around
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Chris Carlson, owner of C.P. Carlson Builders in Waldport, first started learning about home building in kindergarten. His father, Peter Carlson, was a home builder on […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Roger Harris’ magnificent garden in the Bayshore community
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews Vacationers and locals alike cannot help but take a closer look at Roger Harris’s flower garden at 205 Alsea Bay Drive in the Bayshore community on […]
5 Questions and a Secret: Kama Almasi finds her perfect job at Oregon Coast STEM Hub
By KATHLEEN O’CONNOR/YachatsNews How many of us have been lucky enough to be hired for the perfect job? The job that will use and require all the knowledge we’ve […]