News on the Web

Updated: June 22, 2006

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Don't miss the Open House and ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Tillamook Safeway store on Thursday, June 22 (TODAY!). The store address is 1815 4th Street in Tillamook (97141) and the event is being hosted by Safeway store manager Gordon Plotts and assistant store manager Steve Berger. Speakers for the event include Oregon state senator Betsy Johnson, Tillamook mayor Bob McPheeters, Tillamook city manager Mark Gervasi and others. The event is being called "Taste of Safeway" and the open house is scheduled for 4 - 8pm. The ribbon cutting will be held at 5pm. Entertainment is being provided by the Tillamook High School band.

According to Cannon Beach Supporter George Vetter, Sandcastle Contest photos are now up on Cannon-Beach Net. Once again, he said, he was on the beach for set-up at 630am. "This year’s event was blessed with perfect weather, a very nice crowd and a fine display of art in sand. The sculpture building began at 930am. By 2pm, finishes touches were being put on that last of the creations. At 3pm, cars had to be off the beach and at 630pm high tide reclaimed the borrowed sand." For more details and to view the photos, go to www.cannon-beach.net.

According to an article by Shankar Gupta and Wendy Davis posted Wednesday, Jun 21, 2006 on Online Media Daily a publication of Media Post Publications, "INTERACTIVE IS THE FASTEST-GROWING PORTION of publishing giant Tribune's business, company head Dennis FitzSimons said Tuesday at a Newspaper Association of America conference for newspaper investors." It is predicted that online newspaper content and advertising revenue is poised to skyrocket. For the entire article, log onto the website.