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Four Fantastic Scenic Corridors of Oregon Coast

Four Fantastic Scenic Corridors of Oregon Coast - Scenic stretches and awe at Samuel H. Boardman, Bandon, Depoe Bay and near Yachats

They saved democracy from fascism - Catholic Sentinel

They saved democracy from fascism World War II veterans’ numbers are dwindling, but their spirit endures Dick Maley represents the World War II veterans in the Mount Angel parade this Fourth of July. “We think we do a lot of good,” he says of the Mount Angel American Legion Post 89, of which he is a member. The group helps veterans in need with wheelchairs, walkers and other daily necessities, spon-sors scholarships and provides a color guard for veterans’ memorial services. He also belongs to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. (Kristen Hannum/Catholic Sentinel) select World War II veterans attend the dedication of the WWII memorial in Salem on the Capitol building grounds in 2014. WWII memorials were relatively slow in coming, despite the fact that 407,000 Amer-icans were killed in the war with hundreds of thousands more wounded. About 150,000 Oregonians served in World War II. (Courtesy Mike Pungercar)

Campfire, Bonfire Bans on All Washington Coast, Part of S. Oregon Coast

Campfire, Bonfire Bans on All Washington Coast, Part of S. Oregon Coast Published 07/02/21 at 5:25 PM PDT By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff (Washington Coast) – The Oregon and Washington coast are a flurry of changing bans and warnings right now, just as the holiday weekend gets underway. Due to extremely dry conditions, all of Washington and its coastline just banned campfires and charcoal use earlier today, one part of the southern Oregon coast has banned all beach fires and campfires, some Oregon forests have prohibited them, while Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) and smaller municipalities are getting increasingly uneasy.

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How Floras Lake almost became "the Atlantic City of the Pacific Coast"

How Floras Lake almost became the Atlantic City of the Pacific Coast May 11, 2021 Greg Shine North end of Floras Lake. BLM photo by Greg Shine. It’s easy to see how the natural landscape of Floras Lake, just a sand berm away from the Pacific Ocean on Oregon’s rugged southwest coast, inspires desires for recreation. Today’s recreational visitor, though, experiences the lake much differently than early 20th century businessmen envisioned. In 1908, investors planned – and began building – the community of Pacific City (later changed to Lakeport) on the lakeside’s cliffs, billing it as “the Atlantic City of the Pacific Coast” and “Pacific City, the finest harbor on the coast.”