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What’s happening

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Submitted By: genedieken@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
Hope Stanton’s recent piece expresses the confusion and fear many of us are feeling about the current state of our federal government.
One small way to feel less inundated is choosing better words to describe/oppose this takeover. Journalism in the Trump era became feckless because it chose to use inoffensive words to describe offensive behavior.
So personally, I’m not going to use words like “firings” or “layoffs” or “resignations” or “re-orderings” or “buyouts” to describe what’s happening with federal departments, programs, and workers. These are business words and inappropriate to the purges, criminality, clueless/intentional destruction, and despisal of the constitution going on at the hands of these scoundrels.
The words you use can be a mark of your resolve and courage. It was said of Churchill during Britain’s darkest hour in 1940: “He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.”
Gene Dieken

threat to Oregon, again

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Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
This morning’s local news reported efforts underway to take advantage of our state by privileged tech companies who are consumed by their addiction to greed.

OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle (yes, the same company that screwed our state with the failed “Cover Oregon” website) want to use us in their pursuit of ever more profits. And they don’t care a whit about us or the State of Oregon. They want cheap power to run AI data centers that will violate our privacy and drive up our electrical bills.

Think AI is good for us? Not the way tech companies are scrambling to use it, and that would create the majority of demand for AI. Here’s a good article on ways that AI can actually help society:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/21/ai-jobs-human-work-relationship-tech

Don’t let greedy tech companies use and abuse our state.
-Dave

Inspiration

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Submitted By: Jettkeyser@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Nelson Mandela’s inspiration for all:

We know that he sustained his life
by regularly reading this poem and that
it got him through almost 3 decades
of abuse in prison in South Africa.

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance.
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

by William Ernest Henley

I ask myself how this kind of anchor
can serve our community now?

Trump axes USAID!

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Submitted By: runnawaytrain1@gmx.com – Click to email about this post
What is USAID? 10% is humanitarian aid, the rest is THE key funding mechanism for American imperialism, war, and genocide (Palestine/Ukraine):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_min2MyyV7E

and, feel the Bern!

rumble.com/v6f0akp-bernie-challenges-rfk-jr.-on-selling-onesies.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

and, feel the anti-war burn!

rumble.com/v6fqkls-tulsi-brutally-exposes-intel-community-in-confirmation-hearing.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp

and a song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwSRqaZGsPw

Andy, Wheeler
🙂

Speak out

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Submitted By: lfelley@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
Speak out about your concerns with politics. Because people are speaking out issues are being investigated and brought to court. We can call and email those with the power to work towards change. We can thank them for their hard work. We can tell them how we feel about what is going on. Join organizations that share your beliefs, there is power in numbers.
Lydia Felley

Children’s Author Story Time and Valentine’s Crafting

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Children’s author Ken Finley will be at the Cannon Beach Library on Saturday, February 8 at 1 p.m. to read and discuss, “Bode Boy Loves Children,” his book about a friendly Golden Retriever dedicated to helping children and their parents share important life lessons. All ages can come learn some tips on how to stay safe around unfamiliar dogs. Children can pet the author’s dog and stay for Valentine’s crafting! Finley will also discuss his experience writing and publishing children’s books. Copies of “Bode Boy” will be available for signing and purchase. All ages are welcome!

Microwave oven

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Submitted By: cynthiaspeckman@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Red 1.6 cf microwave oven. Purchased in September- no problems, just a bit large for my kitchen. Has only been used for food one time since purchase. (So no strange smells)

I have box and all packaging for the microwave

Asking $55

Link to microwave details: www.target.com/p/black-decker-1-6-cu-ft-1100w-microwave-oven-red/-/A-52277666

Pick up in Manzanita

What’s happening

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Submitted By: hopecstanton@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
People aren’t easy talking about politics. We all have different points of view and a right to them but there are things happening that are wrong and I finally felalt a need to express my fears. If you voted for Trump you might want to rethink that decision the next time you have a choice. The administration has given a green light for the Office of Management and Budget to use essentially blackmail to force individuals to resign. They have issued a probably illegal offer to resign with pay (maybe) until Sept or else risk getting laidoff. If that is not blackmail I don’t know what is. The speed and ease at which it was presented has caused huge anxiety and fear among thousands of folks, many of whom do jobs that benefit all of us. The order was written by Elon Musk and is essentially what he did at Twitter (X). Elon was never elected and the organization that he is in charge of is not a government agency and he is not a government employee. I find it terrify. Several courageous judges are doing what are legislatures does not seem to be able to do and putting temporary holds on some of these executive decisions. I go to sleep at night hoping that both political parties will show some common sense and stand up to these very UNAmerican tactics.
Hope Stanton

EVCNB’s Top Emergency Chef Contest Results

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evcnb.org/news-updates/top-chef-2025 Click the link above to read about our second annual top chef emergency food cooking contest. Winner details and contestants’ recipes are included.
Another fun and sold out event we plan to do again next year.
For other events and training opportunities, click the link below: evcnb.org/events-and-training

PIE CELEBRATION! this Saturday at White Clover Grange

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Submitted By: vivi@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
Bring a friend (or two) and buy a pie to take home and share!

Chip MacGregor, our entertaining auctioneer, will sell 25 pies, and after the auction folks can sample the amazing selection of locally baked pies. Coffee from the Roost, and tea from Murrelet Herb Farm. Enjoy the show in the rejuvenated splendor of our 105 year old White Clover Grange. It’s a party, it’s a pie feast, and it’s the perfect activity for a cold February afternoon.

Saturday February 8 at 3pm–doors open at 2:30
White Clover Grange
36585 Highway 53
Nehalem
One mile north of Mohler–Look for Daisy the Cow!

NEW Clay Workshops Just Posted!

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NEW pottery classes just posted at the Hoffman Center!

New classes have just been posted at the Clay Studio. Early spring is a great time to throw yourself into pottery!

Functional Tableware – An Intermediate Wheel Class
April 30, May 7, 14, 21

Ever want to make your own tableware?

Explore wheel-throwing techniques with Tara Spires-Bell to craft durable and functional pieces, and create your personalized dinnerware set in this four-part class for experienced wheel potters. At the end of the course, you’ll walk away with a beautiful set of tableware and the skills to continue your pottery journey.

hoffmanarts.org/events/functional-tableware-an-intermediate-wheel-class/?

March Wheel Class Clinic – For Beginner and Intermediate Levels
with Janice Gaines-Ehlen

4 Sunday afternoon sessions | March 9, 16, 23, and 30 | 1:00-4:00pm

This 4-part workshop is designed for anyone interested in learning to throw on the potter’s wheel or perhaps restart their throwing practice. The format will be a combination of instruction and hands-on practice. The small class size provides maximum time for one-on-one coaching, practice and support. One Day-Pass session each week is also included in the materials fee to allow independent practice throughout the month.

hoffmanarts.org/events/wheel-class-clinic-for-beginner-and-intermediate-levels-march_2025/?

Ceramics Design Techniques a 2-Day Workshop
with Kathleen Kanas
April 19 and 20| 10:00am –4:00pm

This workshop provides an introduction to design basics, supplies and methods for a wide variety of ceramics design and glazing techniques. The use of underglazes, stains, wax resist, slip trailing, sgraffito, and stenciling will be covered in both instructional and hands-on activities and practice.

hoffmanarts.org/events/ceramics-design-techniques/?

These classes fill fast, so register today!
hoffmanarts.org

Clean, non-working electric blankets/pillow

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Submitted By: chutopiagoods@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
FREE clean, older, non-working electric blankets (two), plus thin pillow. I feel like these can have a use even though the heating part doesn’t work. Moving blanket? Animal blanket?
From a pet-free/smoke-free household.
You pick up in Nehalem.
Please email chutopiagoods@gmail.com if interested.
Thank you.

BE ADVISED – Men’s group meeting this weekend is cancelled

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Submitted By: micktaylorappraisal@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
***INFORMAL NOTIFICATION***
Due to the unofficial American holiday this Sunday, the regularly scheduled men’s group has been cancelled. The Men’s group will return for the regularly scheduled meeting 02/23 3pm-5pm.
We would love to see you there. We are confidential. We are inclusive. We are diverse. New men are always welcome in this circle. Bring yourself. Be yourself. Add yourself to the mix – see what happens.
If you need directions or have questions call Michael at 503-616-6538

2025 LNCT Community Garden Registration

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Submitted By: maijahecht@nehalemtrust.org – Click to email about this post
The Lower Nehalem Community Trust’s 2025 Community Garden season is still open for registration!

As a volunteer at LNCT’s Alder Creek Farm, you’ll enjoy garden training and education, harvest sharing, and grow plant donations for local food scarcity partners. Our season runs from late February through October with “work parties” Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9am – noon, rain or shine.

Still pondering joining us this year? Check out our Community Garden page at nehalemtrust.org, or give us a call to answer more specific questions.

Thank you to all of our returning, and new volunteers, who have signed up already! Registration will remain open until February 14th.

We hope to see you out there!

Amicus Brief

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Submitted By: jettkeyser@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Let us remember.
May we remember…

                          Amicus Brief 

           What they call you is one thing. 
                                      
         What you answer to is something else.
                                           
                Lucille Clifton, 1936 – 2010

The light of day was gone. 

It was to honor a birthday

that we were at the Lighthouse,

a local tavern and gathering place.

An unknown to me, you were sitting 

by yourself at the bar, a stranger. 

When I came up to the bar,

what you saw and apparently imagined, 

was not what was actually there.

For your own reasons you were

wanting to hurt, get down, forget.

Not for you and you alone did I

refuse to kiss your angry, drunken 

axe, dismiss or ignore all the times 

you were wronged, not heard, 

demeaned, all the times you were 

frightened, contracted, confused.

Full of party intentions, I was wearing 

my favorite old coat, unraveling a bit, 

threadbare, and apparently from somewhere

in Bolivia. When you asked if I was homeless

it was clear you believed I had no right

or reason to be at the bar, the gathering,

or occupy space at all. It was all so sad

and familiar. A response was needed but

not available. When I answered the fist 

of your question, “Are you homeless,” 

I could not sanction nor join another 

confused distraction, nor support 

the ignorance that brought this violence 

to you that you were now bringing to me. 

My answer, “Not at this time.” could never

quiet what was burning in you and the uncertain 

tightening of this difficult meeting continued

in ways I have now completely forgotten. 

Finally a person I never saw, claiming to know

each of us, said something that allowed you

to let go, begin to settle down. I was grateful 

that at least on this night, self-loathing 

quieted, no blood would be lost.

SALE at Nehalem Bay UMC

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Submitted By: Jennie1550@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
You all know the sales at the church in Nehalem are amazing.

Lots of really good stuff and it’s all for sale at whatever price you want to apply that matches the value to you.

The sale starts at 10:00 and we’ll start packing up at about 2:30. Saturday the 8th.

No matter what the weather does to us, the sale must go on.

Proceeds go to the Food Pantry and Nehalem Senior Lunches.

Chili is also being sold at the same location from 11:00-1:00.

36060 10th Street just above the post office.

Valentine’s Day Movie Night at NCRD

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Submitted By: pac@ncrdnehalem.org – Click to email about this post
NCRD will host a FREE movie night at the Performing Arts Center this Valentine’s Day!
Family-friendly movies will play from 3 to 7 p.m. (rated G & PG), followed by romantic films (rated PG-13 and R) from 7 to midnight. Popcorn and soda will be available for purchase.
Come to one movie or all! Have a friend’s night out, or bring that special someone. The more, the merrier!
For more information, please call 855-444-6273 or email pac@ncrdnehalem.org.
We hope to see you there!
Note: Due to film licensing, we cannot publicly post the film titles.

Musical Story Hour at the North Tillamook Library in Manzanita!

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Submitted By: breeze.duvall@tillamookcounty.gov – Click to email about this post
Join us at the North Tillamook Library in Manzanita for another fun morning of music and stories!

Musician Carol Shepherd will be here to provide percussive accompaniment to the story “Tanka Tanka Skunk” by author Steve Webb. This book is full of rhyme and rhythm, making it great for reading aloud with a group. After the reading, children will have time to play a variety of percussion instruments while learning about drums, the tambourine, and rhythm sticks!

This event is recommended for ages 3-5. Thank you to the North Oregon Coast Symphony for making these wonderful storytimes possible!

Pop Goes the Heart! NCRD Fitness Fundraiser Feb. 8th

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Submitted By: lauras@ncrdnehalem.org – Click to email about this post
Friends of NCRD hosts this annual fundraiser – Join us for Pop Goes the Heart on Saturday Feb 8th from 6-8pm at North County Recreation District in Nehalem. Pop Goes the Heart is an incredibly fun event that the community enjoys every year. Get your tickets now for the amazing raffle. There will be baskets to be won from various local sponsors, a silent auction, as well as a grand prize of $1000! You can buy your raffle tickets in the NCRD Fitness Center and lobby all the way up until the day of the event, and buy more tickets at the event. Join us for festive fun, enjoy charcuterie and wine, live music, socializing with your community, and get a chance to pop a balloon and win a prize! This event helps the Fitness Department to purchase new equipment that is needed each year. Last year, we added a stair climber to our Fitness Center, as well as TRX straps to our gymnasium, and other small additions throughout each group fitness room.

Fire Mountain School hiring Substitute Teachers

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Submitted By: firemountainschool@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Substitute Teachers
Hiring Immediately
Multiple positions available
​
Position Overview:
We are seeking enthusiastic and adaptable Substitute Teachers to join our team. As a Substitute Teacher, you will have the opportunity to inspire students while facilitating learning in a dynamic and nature-focused environment. Your role will involve implementing lesson plans, engaging students in outdoor activities, and maintaining a positive and inclusive classroom atmosphere.

​Qualifications:
– Bachelor’s degree in Education, Environmental Science, or a related field preferred but not required.
– Previous experience working with children, preferably in an educational setting.
– Passion for nature and environmental education.
– Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
– Ability to adapt quickly to varying classroom situations and student needs.
– CPR and First Aid certification (or willingness to obtain).

Key Responsibilities:
– Follow and implement lesson plans provided by the regular teacher.
– Create a safe, engaging, and supportive learning environment.
– Lead outdoor activities, nature walks, and hands-on projects.
– Foster a sense of curiosity and respect for the environment among students.
– Manage classroom behavior and ensure adherence to school policies.
– Communicate effectively with students, staff, and parents.

What We Offer:
– A supportive and passionate community of educators and nature enthusiasts.
– Opportunities for professional development in environmental education.
– Flexible scheduling with the chance to work in various classrooms and grade levels.
– A chance to inspire the next generation of environmental stewards.
-$25 per hour

How to Apply:
Interested candidates should submit a resume and a brief cover letter explaining their interest in the position and their philosophy on education and nature. Applications can be sent to firemountainschool@gmail.com with the subject line “Substitute Teacher Application.”

Pastel Beginner/Refresher class

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www.astoriaartloft.com/classes.php

Pastel Painting: Introduction & Refresher Course
Astoria Art Loft
106 3rd St. Astoria
503-325-4442
astoriaartloft.com

Pastel Painting: Introduction & Refresher Course
Wednesday, February 20th
Becky Chappell, Instructor
Noon – 2 pm / one session class

Offering the basics, Becky Chappell is an accomplished artist and instructor of pastel painting.

Students will need to bring pastels… an inexpensive small set or whatever you have; pastel paper (preferably sanded paper); gloves if you choose, and a rag or paper towels.

Class size is limited to 10 students. This is a confirmed class.
Please register by calling or online.

Mountain Bike For Sale

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Submitted By: ted@adventuresinwoo.com – Click to email about this post
26″ Schwinn SX2000 Mountain Bike.
Excellent condition. Aluminum Frame, complete with both front and rear REI mud fenders, and front and rear safety lighting.
$195.00
Cash or all major credit cards accepted.
Located in Wheeler, OR for viewing or pickup.
Email ted@adventuresinwoo.com for more information, purchase, or arrange a viewing appointment.

Beach Cruiser Bike For Sale

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Submitted By: ted@adventuresinwoo.com – Click to email about this post
26″ Schwinn 1969 Hollywood Ladies Beach Cruiser in excellent condition.
Complete with front mounted Farmer’s Market Basket and Classic Brass Bell.
Brand new Continental Ride Cruiser Beach Tires valued at $40.00 each.
A blast from the past in one great package!
Located in Wheeler, OR for pickup.
I can accept cash or a major credit card.
$190.00
Contact Ted@adventuresinwoo.com for additional information, purchase, or viewing appointment.

Take Refuge in your Breath

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Submitted By: sbwceremonies@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Feeling overwhelmed?

Fortunately we have simple technology with us at all times to build resilience.

Our breath is powerful in so many ways. Most of the time we are not even aware of our breathing. Often we are anxious, overwhelmed or stressed, we will hold our breath, and that just makes everything worse.

Join us this Thursday to learn how to use your breath to move through overwhelm and into a realm where inner wisdom is accessible.

When: Thursday, 6-8pm
Where: St. Catherine’s in Nehalem
Registration is required: events.humanitix.com/shamanic-breathwork-journeys

Shamanic Breathwork is a powerful practice for healing and transformation. Some benefits include: emotional release, discovery of new insights, letting go of limiting beliefs, learning to trust your inner wisdom and intuition.

Chili for “SOUPER” Bowl

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Submitted By: Jennie1550@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
Saturday the 8th is the day before the Super Bowl. Our Chef, Doug Dickey, has cooked up a huge pot (or two) of Chili.

Call the church and leave a message to reserve your quart of chili. 503-368-5612

Stop by the church between 11:00 and 1:00 and pick up your quart of Chili and a box of Jiffy cornbread mix, (you’ve got to make that yourself before the game on Sunday), then all you have to do is heat up the chili and settle in to watch the game.

Check the flyer attached.
Oh, there’s a rummage sale going on the same day so stop in and check out the hidden treasures!!

Call today. 503-368-5612 leave a message.