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	<title>The North Coast News &#187; tourism</title>
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		<title>PAC meets today at 3 p.m.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Those curious about the process of how Ocean Shores spends $250,000 or so a year on advertising (note: the money comes from Hotel/Motel tax revenues, not the General Fund) may attend the Promotions Advisory Committee (PAC) meeting, today at 3 p.m. at the Convention Center. Ken Mercer, of the Convention Center, and Jack Frost, of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Middle Agers in town</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 06:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several hundred Medievalists belonging to a group called Society for Creative Anachronisms are frolicking about Ocean Shores, tonight enjoying a low-key dance at the Convention Center. They&#8217;ll be wearing Middle Ages dress all weekend, and many of them will be frequenting local restaurants. This is a friendly group, and only joust if provoked.

	
	sca long web

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		<title>Hotel/Motel tax down</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a Lodging Tax Advisory Committee meeting this morning, Ken Mercer and Art Wuerth said hotel/motel tax revenue will be $75,000 to $125,000 less than the 2009 budget projection of $823,661. &#8220;We&#8217;re in the hole,&#8221; said Mercer, the Convention Center director. &#8220;Yeah,&#8221; confirmed Wuerth, the finance director, &#8220;I think we&#8217;re in the hole.&#8221; More on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of ladies hit town</title>
		<link>http://www.northcoastnews.com/2009/09/18/hundreds-of-ladies-hit-town/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Ocean Shores Convention Center:
ALERT &#8211; Saturday Lunch Rush &#8211; ALERT 
 This coming weekend we are hosting the Northwest Women&#8217;s Conference.  
As of Wednesday there are 600 (yes, six-hundred) women registered &#38; a staff of 30.  
There are 250 box lunches pre-paid and the rest of the group, (close to 400 people) are ON THEIR [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New City Web site</title>
		<link>http://www.northcoastnews.com/2008/12/15/new-city-web-site/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking good, osgov.com
Great photos by Richard Cherry rotating on the how page. Much better organized, easier to find things.
And, yes, the Webcam of the ocean is back . . .
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		<title>Good news, bad news</title>
		<link>http://www.northcoastnews.com/2008/11/19/good-news-bad-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:46:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Scanlon</dc:creator>
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There was some bad news, some really bad news, and some not-so-bad-at-all news last night, at the Ocean Shores Chamber of Commerce annual meeting.
After a buffet dinner (catered by Galway Bay), Dennis Long of the Bank of the Pacific gave a Powerpoint presentation that was part horror show, part &#8220;light at the end of the [...]]]></description>
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