2007 Tillamook County Children's Clean Water Festival

The 2007 Tillamook County Children's Clean Water Festival was held April 10th at Twin Rocks Friends Camp in Rockaway Beach.

It was a wonderful day of presentations and exhibits held for the 4th graders of Tillamook County. The 4th graders and their classroom teachers participated in 6 presentations, viewed and participated in an exhibit hall full of exhibits and had a wonderful lunch provided by Twin Rocks Friends Camp.

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 Thank you to DEQ for the grant money that funded a large portion of the Clean Water Festival, and thank you also to Tillamook Estuaries Partnership for the leadership and resources given to produce this annual festival!

Presentors who gave of their time and expertise for the day were:

Michelle Balfe of Oregon Department of Forestry,
Brad Barker of OMSI Science Camps,
Ivan Camacho of Oregon Department of Environmental Quality,
Tracy Crews of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife,
Emily Eppinger of U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife,
Sharnelle Fee of Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation Center,
Bill Hastie of WEBS,
Nemesia Herzstein of Oregon Coast Aquarium,
Lin Howell of Jackson Bottom Reserve,
Denise Lofman of Tillamook Bay Watershed Council,
Bethany Reeves of Oregon Association of Water Utilities,
Nicole Robbins of Camp Magruder's OMSI Science Camps,
Nate Sandel of Columbia River Maritime Museum,
Becca Schiewe of U.S. Department of Fish & Wildlife,
Kathy Schwink of Tillamook County Solid Waste Department,
Clair Thomas of Tillamook School District,
Peter Walczak of Neah-Kah-Nie School District,
Pat Willis of Jackson Bottom Reserve, and
Norma Wise of Northwest Wildlife Rehabilitation Center.

Exhibitors who set up exhibits and interacted with the students included:

Julie Chick, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership,
Vern Holm, Northwest Weed Management Partnership,
Lisa Johnson, Cape Lookout State Park,
Jessi Just, Cart'M,
Jennifer Ketterman, DEQ Oregon Beach Monitoring Program,
Beth Knutson, Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery,
Zale Parry, Algalita Foundation,
Danial J. Polette, US Geological Survey,
Traci Price, Director of Healthy Waters Institute of Oregon Trout, and
Dave Shupert, Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery.

Thank you also to:
York Johnson,
Claudine Rehn,
Bette Ross, and
Mark Trenholm of TEP for the generous giving of your effort, time and support!

In addition to the adults named above, the following wonderful people volunteered as guides during the festival. As guides they accompanied a class to each presentation and the exhibit hall keeping everyone on time, led the class from presentation to the next presentation throughout the camp and helped in any way necessary to make the day be a success:

Ed Armstrong,
Barbara Childs,
Kristen Hansell,
Jean Hemingway,
Donna Kahrs,
Sharon Lighthill,
Lynn McCollum,
Tom & Gretel Oxwang,
Alex Sifford,
Cindy Sommers, and
and John Wood.

Others who volunteered their time for the day helping out in a variety of ways included the following:

Lenora Lawrence,
Chris Nosbisch, and
Gale Ousele.