By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — Break out the lederhosen and dirndls — Munich, Germany is coming to the coast with the first annual Yachats Oktoberfest, a celebration of beer, bratwurst, music and dancing. From Friday through Sunday, Yachats will buzz with the sights and sounds of the traditional autumn festival, which originated in Munich […]
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The idea for this weekend’s Yachats conference on race was born during Saturday vigils on the sidewalks of Highway 101
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews YACHATS – The conversations started after the first year of their weekly Saturday Black Lives Matter protests along U.S. Highway 101 in Yachats. “Is there something we could do to have a greater and longer-lasting impact,” several group members began asking. Then Karla Scott, an author, consultant and professor of communication […]
Housing crisis forces Presbyterian church to gently evict Yachats Community Garden for pastor’s new home
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews An activist pastor, a treasured garden and a thorny housing crisis — these are the elements of a bittersweet solution to a problem in Yachats. The problem: The pastor of the Yachats Community Presbyterian Church and his family were running out of housing options this winter, after his landlord announced other […]
Despite some initial fears, homeless use of pavilion behind Yachats Commons is so far largely uneventful
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews.com YACHATS — When the City of Yachats opened its pavilion last month to the homeless on bad-weather nights, some Yachats residents warned of drug needles, trash and crime. That hasn’t been the case. “We have not seen any of that,” said Pastor Bob Barrett of Yachats Community Presbyterian Church. A month […]
$19,000 in donations replenishes Yachats church’s fund for local displaced workers
The displaced worker fund at Yachats Community Presbyterian Church gave $100 each to 37 unemployed residents Wednesday after supporters replenished the effort with $19,000 in the past week. The fund, which started when Yachats businesses were forced to shut down because of coronavirus restrictions, ran out of money last Wednesday when 53 people showed up […]
Yachats church raises $60,000 in four days for business relief fund, quickly awards $20,000 in grants
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A Yachats church on Tuesday handed out $20,227 worth of aid to 15 small, local businesses as part of a growing community effort to help Yachats re-open when coronavirus restrictions are lifted. The aid is only the first round of funds to Yachats businesses needing money to stay afloat during […]
Yachats church doubles its displaced worker help, city starts matching program for local businesses
Because of a surge in community donations, Yachats Community Presbyterian Church is doubling the amount of cash assistance it is giving to displaced workers in the Yachats area. So far the church has given $100 in cash to 76 workers, who need to show identification and a note from their employer that they were […]