United Paws AdoptThon Kitty Palooza Sept. 15

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United Paws will be hosting an Adopt-a-Thon, Kitty Palooza, to find homes for many kittens and cats we have rescued and cared for. Get your adoption application off our web site and get pre-approved for adoption before the Adopt-a-Thon so you can take home a new Best Friend!

www.unitedpaws.com
Ph# 503-842-5663

Creating with Wool! – Intro to Needle Felting Workshop

 

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CREATING WITH WOOL! – INTRO TO NEEDLE FELTING

Instructor: Glenna Gray

Time: 12 – 3pm
Location: Cannon Beach History Center
Class Limit: 12

This three hour class will introduce you to the basics of needle felting, from materials and technique to the history of the art. You will go home with a finished pumpkin or jack-o-lantern just in time for Halloween, and the skills to create anything your imagination desires!

Wool shares the structural characteristics of clay and the color blending properties of paint, and it’s soft!

Instructor Glenna Gray went to Scotland to study with Moy Mackay to learn more about this versatile medium. Moy Mackay is an award winning felt artist who developed a unique coupling of a traditional craft within a fine art.

This workshop is brought to you by the Cannon Beach Arts Association. To register please visit our website cannonbeacharts.org, email: info@cannonbeacharts.org, or call 503-436-0744.

Register in-person at the Cannon Beach Gallery: 1064 S Hemlock St. Cannon Beach, OR 97110

 

FREE CONCERT: Sunday in CB – Ben Rice & The PDX Hustle

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Big Band Soul, Funk and Blues: Ben Rice & The PDX Hustle Visit Cannon Beach Sunday, September 8th @ 5PM.

While Rice started in traditional blues, he’s built upon that foundation with soul, R&B, folk and country to fashion a welcoming front porch where everybody wants to hang out into the wee hours.

The electric and high-energy band features a horn section and a thumping rhythm section to get your body moving.

“My goal is to reach people in a way that they need to be reached,” Rice says, “to say things they may not get to say or hear things they may not normally get to hear.”

This free, family friendly concert, in Cannon Beach’s downtown city park, begins at 5:00PM. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, low-backed chairs and fully stocked picnic baskets. Dogs, Frisbees, soccer balls and the like are welcome too.

The park is located in downtown Cannon Beach, northeast of the Chamber of Commerce at 2nd & Spruce.

The concert is produced by the Tolovana Arts Colony and made possible by a Community Grant from the City of Cannon Beach.

For more information, visit tolovanaartscolony.org, email tolovanaartscolony@gmail.com, or call 541-215-4445.

Church of The Wild, Sept 8th, 4pm

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Gather with us in the St Catherine parking lot promptly at 4pm Sunday, Sept 8th.
We will caravan together to Oswald West State Park to spend an hour in the forest. Bring a chair and (if you like to write), a journal. We will share some prose and poetry, then enjoy 20 minutes of silent time, receiving the gifts and lessons of the forest, in her own ‘words’, followed by optional reflection. Bring a friend!

Community Song Circle

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Come join us this Tuesday at 7pm
in St Catherine’s gardens, by the chiminea.
Bring a lawn chair, comfortable (maybe warm) clothes and your voice (yes, you CAN sing… these are simple, community building songs)

If you are interested in Threshold Choir, come at 6 and see if it’s a fit for you. Threshold Choir meets in the sanctuary.

Annual Lee Blackmon Community Soccer Scrimmage/Picnic Planning Meeting Sunday 4 PM

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Hello BBQ Community –

Just a reminder that the Annual Lee Blackmon Community Soccer Scrimmage and Picnic Planning Meeting is tomorrow, Sunday Sept 8th, 4 PM at Rising Hearts Studio.
Help us plan this free, fun event to commemorate Lee and his commitment and dedication to our local youth.

Want to help, but can’t make it tomorrow? Please reach out

Contact Christy for questions etc 503-800-1092, Christy@cosmichealingnw.com

Rising Hearts Studio
35840 7th St
Hwy 101, downtown Nehalem

Author/Illustrator Kerilynn Wilson at the Cannon Beach Library Sept 7

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Award-winning author Kerilynn Wilson will discuss her debut graphic novel, “The Faint of Heart,” fantasy story about living in a world where people no longer have hearts, during a presentation sponsored by the Cannon Beach Library on Sept. 7.

Wilson will open the library’s Northwest Authors Series season with a presentation at 2 p.m. in the library, 131 N. Hemlock St. This is a free, hybrid event; attend in person at the library or watch online via the library’s website, cannonbeachlibrary.org.

The 2024 Oregon Book Award winner for graphic literature, “The Faint of Heart,” is about June, a teenager who lives in a world where humans remove their hearts to avoid feeling pain. June is the only person left with a heart. When she finds a heart in a jar abandoned in an alley, June hopes to return her sister to normal with it and begins an unexpected adventure with a heartless boy who is somehow beginning to feel again.

Although she lives in Oregon City, her mind tends to wander to made-up places in her head. Those places might be filled with flying jellyfish and birds that eat the stars. She says she has a “love of the weird and wonderful.”

Deep Dive: Stories of Forests and Water

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North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection to Host Storytelling Event
Join North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) on Monday, September 16, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at KALA (1017 Marine Dr.; Astoria, OR 97103) for an evening of storytelling. Doors open at 5:30 pm for socializing, chowder bowls, and refreshments.

The upcoming event entitled “DEEP DIVE: STORIES OF FORESTS & WATER” features two modes of storytelling: a reading by writer, artist, and activist Roger Dorband, and a screening of documentary filmmaker Jesse Clark’s “LIVING LEGACIES.”

About the Presenters

Roger Dorband’s forest activism began several years ago after discovering new and massive clearcuts along Highway 26, where once was an intact forest. Sickened, he channeled his shock into action: Dorband began studying Oregon forest management and various aspects of forest silviculture. His research and passion connected him with others with similar interests and goals.
Dorband spent half a decade as co-lead to the Forest Interest Group in Astoria, which successfully convinced Clatsop County Commissioners not to sign onto the billion dollar Linn County timber lawsuit. When the group dissolved, Dorband and two other activists formed the Forest Vision Project. The Forest Vision Project brought a number of excellent speakers to Astoria to give talks at Clatsop Community College and mounted a major art exhibition in the gallery featuring artists working with the theme of forests. Currently, Dorband is a steering committee member of the recently formed Astoria chapter of North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection, and continues to produce a prolific number of articles related to forestry for Hipfish Monthly, as well as numerous letters in the Daily Astorian.

Jesse Clark is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer focused on our complex place in the natural world. His directorial debut with Shane Anderson titled CHEHALIS: A WATERSHED MOMENT played on PBS in over 20 states and national streaming. Clark most recently worked as cinematographer and feature editor on the Emmy-nominated COVENANT OF THE SALMON PEOPLE, helping to tell the story of the Nez Perce tribe’s ongoing fight to preserve their lifeways and sacred salmon.
He is now focused on a new series he is writing and directing, entitled FOREST STORIES, an short film series with each episode focused on a particular issue within Pacific Northwest forestry. At the KALA Event, we will see the first episode of the series, entitled LIVING LEGACIES.

Synopsis for LIVING LEGACIES (23mins, documentary short):

A movement is born when one community’s drinking water source is threatened – and Washington State must weigh economic gain against the protection of their last tracts of
carbon-sequestering mature forests.
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection is a grassroots group that advocates for the protection of drinking water on the Oregon Coast. The non-profit aims to end to logging and pesticide spray within and surrounding forested drinking watersheds in the State, regardless of land ownership.

We are dealing with the ramifications of industrial clearcutting and pesticide application. This not only destroys our maturing and old-growth forests, but also harms our climate, pollutes our air and drinking water, and directly impacts our health. It is NCCWP’s hope that this storytelling event will highlight the important relationship between our forested ecosystem and our access to clean and abundant drinking water on the Oregon Coast.

To learn more about NCCWP, please visit healthywatershed.org.

Here is the LINK TO RSVP for the NCCWP’s DEEP DIVE: STORIES OF FORESTS &
WATER Event!: forms.gle/LzCrjGJNsNqaxHPy8

We look forward to seeing you on Monday, September 16 at 6:00 p.m, at KALA Hipfish.

Conscious Aging and Community Connections/ Enjoy the Winter Months

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Wintertime and Holiday Ideas
As we transition from summer to glorious fall, the days are already getting shorter. Sometimes the darker days, longer nights and holidays can be challenging.

Let’s share ideas and strategies for not just surviving wintertime and the holidays, but thriving with new and old traditions!
Everyone is welcome to join us.
Admission of $5 directly supports the Pine Grove.
What: Discussion with Jan Hamilton and
Mary Ruhl for the Conscious Aging & Community Connections Series
 When: Monday, September 9, 2024, 2-4pm

Where: Pine Grove Community Center, 
 Manzanita

Take a SEAT! (at the honey tasting/talk) Monday 9/9

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I’m filling the last few of the 30 openings for the raw honey tasting & talk taking place this MONDAY September 9th from 7:15 to 8:30 at the NCRD. We’ll be tasting five different honeys (including a mystery selection at the end) – discussing a wide range of topics honey – including crystallization, what to look for in labeling, fake honey, crime in the honey business – whether “local” really means as much in the world – and more. Bring your questions – a clear palate – and hopefully you will come away a better-prepared consumer!!!
SOME of the honeys tasted will be available for purchase after the presentation – but anyone interested should reach out to Jeff ASAP to reserve a spot – by e-mail: jwmerc@gmail.com – by text: 208-424-0042 – or by instant message through the Jeffrey Warren Facebook page. See you on Monday? JW

Mojo Holler in Riverside Concert This Saturday!

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Last chance to enjoy an outdoor Riverside Concert!

Mojo Holler
Saturday, September 7th from 6-8pm
North Fork 53 Communitea Wellness, off Hwy 53 in Nehalem

Get your tickets at the link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/p/mojo-holler-in-concert-saturday-september-7th-6-8pm

About the Band:

Mojo Holler weaves threads from mountain ranges to the Mississippi Delta into a tapestry of indie folk rock.

Musician Mister Baker channels innate genius through lap steel, slide, and dobro.

Missi is a genuine Appalachian ‘Mountain Mama’ whose vocals and percussion bring Southern heart and soul to each song.

Notable northwest musician and songwriter, Randy Yearout is on bass and acoustic guitars.

Willamette Week’s 2023 Best of Portland: “They sing about Mississippi boat queens, trains, juke joints, church bells—all things backwoods—with devotion and delicacy.”

The band formed in 2012 as the wife/husband duo Missi & Mister Baker. Their debut album, Where Black Ravens Flew, led to a showcase performance at South By Southwest in 2016.

The late Lisa Lepine, a Portland legend in music, said of their mission:

“They weave their dark, modern spirituals from shared roots in magic, Americana, and metaphysics.

Mister Baker, like Robert Johnson before him, may have made a deal with the devil — channeling an innate genius through lap steel, slide and dobro. Missi’s earthy voice brings burning intensity to each song.

Picture them sitting knee-to-knee on a Southern Delta, watching the dark moon rise and singing from their eternal souls.”

Don’t miss the last concert of the summer!
Limited tickets available.
Link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/p/mojo-holler-in-concert-saturday-september-7th-6-8pm

Cape Lookout Stewardship Day

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CAPE LOOKOUT STEWARDSHIP DAY – WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11TH

Cape Lookout Stewardship Day offers opportunities to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes.
Lend a hand clearing weeds and invasive ivy from recent plantings established at Cape Lookout State Park.

During the winter, WEBS volunteers helped OR State Parks staff plant a large variety of native trees, shrubs, and plants. For this event, park staff along with WEBS volunteers, will be on hand to supervise participants who will be clearing around the established winter plantings, removing unwanted plants that may slow their growth. “Our goal is aimed at improving and restoring the habitat within the park”, says WEBS director Chrissy Smith.

If possible, we ask participants to provide their own:
work gloves
hand pruners
shovels
appropriate gear for Oregon Coast in September
It is also recommended that participants bring a reusable water bottle, and snacks.

Get more information and find a link to register on our website at:
www.netartsbaywebs.org/events

Consider donating:
Your donation helps in supporting the work of our organization. Every little bit helps! All of our workshops, classes, and events are free. As a non-profit organization, we rely on donations and grants to keep us going, and growing.
If you would like to donate, you can donate on our website.

WEBS and partners are hosting this event as part of the Explore Nature series of hikes, walks, paddles, and outdoor adventures. Led by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, these meaningful nature-based experiences highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. Learn more about Explore Nature at www.explorenaturetillamookcoast.com.

Connect with the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS online!
Website: www.netartsbaywebs.org
Social: @netartsbaywebs

Netarts Bay Beach and Bayside Cleanup with SOLVE and Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS

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Saturday, September 21st, 2024
Join SOLVE, Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (www.netartsbaywebs.org), Oceanside Surf Co./Current Cafe, Netarts Oceanside Fire, and other Tillamook County partners to clean up the areas around Netarts and Oceanside on Saturday, September 21st, from 10 AM – 1 PM.
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS members and their partners have been working with SOLVE to host cleanups in the area from Cape Lookout to Cape Meares to Bay Ocean for over a decade.
Join them this year and help protect marine life and maintain the beauty of our coast. This beach cleanup is family-friendly, dog-friendly, and volunteers of all ages will find the event fun and rewarding.
Remember, ocean shores can be dangerous. Avoid logs in the water. Keep your distance from marine mammals, and never turn your back on the ocean! If you find any hazardous material, please alert the Beach Cleanup Captain. And remember, it’s more fun to work as part of a team. Bring a buddy, stay safe, and have fun!
Advanced registration saves time but is not required. See the link to register at Beach + Bayside Cleanup
Check-in for this event at any of the following locations:
Netarts Boat Basin 2065 Netarts Basin Boat Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141
Oceanside Surf Co./ Current Cafe 1505 Pacific Ave, Oceanside, OR 97134
What to Bring: Please wear closed-toed shoes and weather-appropriate clothing, and bring a backpack for hands-free convenience. Feel free to bring tools (recycled trash bags, buckets, etc.) if available and a reusable water bottle to support our sustainability efforts.
What’s Provided: Trash bags and gloves are available to all volunteers at check-in. A small supply of trash grabbers can be loaned. If you have your own, please bring them.
Restrooms: Public restrooms are available at the check-in locations.
Parking: Parking at check-in is limited however people usually move in and out quickly. A day pass will be provided to any volunteer cleaning sections of the beach requiring parking in a fee parking lot.
Transit: There is a nearby bus stop to the check-in location. Please see the NW Connect Oregon website and The Wave for more information:
www.nworegontransit.org/routes/

WEBS and partners are hosting this event as part of the Explore Nature series of hikes, walks, paddles and outdoor adventures. Led by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, these meaningful nature-based experiences highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. Learn more about Explore Nature at www.explorenaturetillamookcoast.com.
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea) is a non-profit organization dedicated to sustaining the Netarts Bay area through education and stewardship. Stay connected with WEBS via Facebook, Instagram, Eventbrite, and their website at www.netartsbaywebs.org.

Garden Mosaic Class at Hoffman Center for the Arts

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Join us on September 27-28 for a Garden Mosaic class with instructor Aja Ngo to create beautiful and durable glass mosaic suitable for enhancing your outdoor spaces!

Aja Ngo will provide a design template and all of the tools, materials, adhesives, and substrates. In this two-day workshop you will learn about the appropriate tools to use, glass cutting and grout techniques, and how to make a mosaic durable for outdoor use. You will create a finished piece that can be displayed in your garden.

You can find more information and register here: hoffmanarts.org/events/september-27-28/

Scholarship are available!

New Class: Intro to Pottery

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This 6-part class meets
Thursdays 4:30pm-7:30Pm
Dates:
September 26th,
October 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st

Class Price: $345
Taught by local potter Tara Spires-Bell. includes demos, one-on-one coaching, 15 lbs. of clay, and studio practice time.

Ideal for beginners or those looking to refresh and advance their skills.

Primarily wheel-focused,
with one session on hand-building.

You’ll learn the basics: centering, opening, and pulling walls to create cylinders, bowls, and round vessels.

You’ll also explore trimming, glazing, basic chemistry, and aesthetic choices.

Intermediate students will work with larger amounts of clay on advanced forms.

Sign up at
www.mudhandcraft.com/pottery-classes

Library Fall Festival FUNDRAISER!

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The Cannon Beach Library’s Annual Fall Festival Fundraiser is Saturday, September 28th from 12 to 4 p.m. This free, fun and family-friendly event promises a day filled with exciting activities for all ages. In addition to announcing the winners of our month-long raffle and silent auction, there will also be a book and puzzle swap and child and adult crafting. Bring any pre-loved adult or children’s book, game, or puzzle, and take a different one home. Use old and worn books to craft fun decorations and fall crowns. Attendees can also look forward to fantastic door prizes and goodies throughout the day.

Raffle tickets and silent auction bids are available from Friday, August 30th through Saturday, September 28th. Tickets are just 1 for $5, 3 for $10, or 7 for $20. You don’t need to be present to win!

All items have been generously donated by our wonderful local merchants, with every dollar raised going to support our nonprofit library.

LAST Summer CONCERT at NorthFork53!!!

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Come sit by the river, bring a picnic, and soak in some of that magic summer-turning-to-fall sun while listening to some soul feeding tunes.

Mojo Holler weaves threads from Appalachian
mountain ranges to the Mississippi Delta into a tapestry of indie folk rock.
Mister Baker, like Robert Johnson before him, may have made a deal with the devil — channeling an innate genius through lap steel, slide and dobro.
Missi’s earthy voice brings burning intensity to each song.
And joining the duo for this special concert is their dear friend Randy, rounding out the sound with strings.

If you want to check out Mojo’s sound head over to the website- where I’ve got one of their latest videos up.

You can grab tix there too
(Copy and paste if the link doesn’t work!)

www.northfork53.com/events/p/mojo-holler-in-concert-saturday-september-7th-6-8pm?mc_cid=d784f7ff03&mc_eid=d36994e0d4

Learn to Dye with Mushrooms! Sat. 9/21

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Learn to use local mushrooms for natural dyes!
Saturday, 9/21 from 10-2pm
North Fork 53 Communitea Wellness, Nehalem

Get your space in the workshop at link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/p/using-natural-mushroom-dyes-workshop

Explore the fascinating world of fall coastal fungi and their use making natural dyes.

10am-11:00am

Wood Fired Sauna, Cold Plunge (optional add on)

Prepare for your dye workshop with a cleansing and relaxing wood fired sauna and cold plunge.

After your sauna, enjoy some light snacks and tea before you dive into creating with mushrooms!

11:30- 2pm: Mushroom Natural Dye Workshop

This workshop will cover the types of coastal fungi used to produce various colors on wool and silk. 

There will be a hands-on dye session when students will dye silk bandanas and mini skein of yarn to take home.

Each attendee will be provided with a list of dye mushrooms found in our region and a pattern for a fungi-themed knit headband. 

The workshop includes how to set up a home dye studio, prepare fibers for the dye pot, and how to store mushrooms for dying.

Participants may purchase additional silk or wool fiber to dye during the workshop.

Your Guide:

Erica Clark lives on traditional lands of the Clatsop/Chinook people. Her family stewards 20+ acres of forestland on the outskirts of Astoria.

The start of her natural dye journey using wild fungi began on a rainy September evening in Cordova, Alaska in 2010.

She sells hand-dyed goods on the coast and has taught mushroom dye workshops at several fungi festivals and for members of the Oregon Mycological Society since 2021.

Erica coordinates an annual mushroom themed makers market in Astoria on the Winter Solstice.

Limited Space! Get your tickets for the workshop at link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/p/using-natural-mushroom-dyes-workshop

Forest Bounty

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Program Times:
Saturday, September 7th at 11:30 am
Sunday, September 8th at 1:30 pm

Long before dinner was just a shopping trip away, many people relied on forest for food. Join us on a journey through four seasons in the Tillamook State Forest, and discover the seasonal foraging we learned from our indigenous friends.

Address:
Tillamook Forest Center
45500 Wilson River Highway
Tillamook, Oregon 97141

Yoga with Veterans and Janet

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Hey everybody.
Come join us for Yoga! It’s fun, it’s free and it will make you healthy.

Yoga with Janet.
Day – Wednesday
Time – 10:30 PST
Place – NCRD in Nehalem

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/85273692568

Come join us. Everyone is welcome.

Brian

Sept 12 NTLF Volunteer Appreciation Event

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North Tillamook Library Friends Board invites all NTLF 2024 Volunteers to our Volunteer Appreciation Event at Manzanita Mudd Dogs on September 12th from 3-5pm. Whether you pitched in this year for the Book Sale, Grounds Clean-Up, Building Maintenance, or Committee Work, NTLF Board Members THANK YOU for your dedication & participation. We look forward to hosting you for a tasty & complimentary Mudd Dog! No RSVP required. Please stop by!

NTLF is a non-profit organization that owns, maintains, & improves the Manzanita Library Building & Grounds. Please join or renew your membership at: www.northtillamooklibrary.org/become-a-member

ANNUAL ARTWORK SALE

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Last chance for gallery busting prices at my Annual Art Sale.

Sept. 1, Sunday 10-4.

34740 Lodgepole Dr.
Manzanita
Just Follow the signs.

Enhance your home with an original piece of artwork, at affordable prices. Half the prices of galleries.

Commissions accepted.

I hope to see you here. Have a lovely evening.

RUMMAGE SALE REDUX

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The Rummage Sale at the Nehalem Bay Methodist Church had a surprise. As many items as were sold were replaced with NEW material. As people bought stuff, more stuff arrived.

If you visited us today, Saturday, you should drop back by tomorrow, Sunday or Monday morning. There has been about a 50% turnover just today.

The Church is located at 36050 Tenth St. in Nehalem, just off Hgwy 101. Proceeds from the sale go to support the church’s charitable functions.

September Events at The Pine Grove Community Center

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This Month at The Pine Grove Community House

Sunday, September 8, 6:30–8:30pm
Celebrate the end of summer on our Manzanita beach with a Bonfire and a casual evening of music with Sedona and Michael of The Sedona Fire Band. Ingredients for S’mores will be supplied. Bring your own drinks, skewers and a chair. RSVP by September to lee.coachmediator@gmail.com
Rain date, September 15th

Monday, September 9, 2-4pm Conscious Aging & Community Connections, let’s share ideas and strategies for not just surviving wintertime and the holidays, but thriving with new and old traditions! $5 donation is appreciated. 
Pine Grove Sponsored Program.
Contact: Mary Ruhl: cardoons15@icloud.com

Tuesday, September 17, 5:30-7:30pm, Monthly Members Dinner. RSVP to: moranmem@gmail.com

Coming up: October 24, Evening with Liz Cole * November 9, Cloud & Leaf Event * December 10, Whiskey Tasting

A Guided Book Forum: Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End

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Date: October 23rd – January 22, 2025 from 6 – 7:00 p.m.(PST) Offering: Finish Strong: Prioritizing What Matters Most at Life’s End – A 7-week Guided Book Forum with Author and End-of-Life Advocate Barbara Coombs Lee in collaboration with the Hopewell House. Location: Virtual (Zoom) Registration (required) www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/finish-strong-book-discussion-series Cost: There is no cost, but you must purchase the book Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End, 2nd Edition. Facilitator: Barbara Coombs Lee
Description Barbara Coombs Lee, distinguished author, and end-of-life advocate, will lead a 7-part discussion of the book’s instructive stories, practical knowledge, and vital tips. She will cover a breadth of topics, including: – Identifying what matters most as illness advances and vigor wanes – Staying off the overtreatment conveyor belt – Knowing when “slow medicine” is the best option to maintain quality of life – Finding a partner-doctor to honor your values and beliefs with humanity, deference and candor – Planning to escape dementia when the quality of life crosses a critical threshold – Finding hospice and optimal end-of-life care for an ultimately healing experience
About the Author In her book Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End, Barbara writes about protecting our values and priorities during challenging decisions at the end of life. Her focus is empowering individuals to assert their agency and keep personal values and beliefs at the forefront amid the complexities of healthcare choices. Barbara’s career as a clinician, attorney, Oregon Senate committee staff, and healthcare executive taught her about dignity and agency at the end of life. In 1994, she co-authored and campaigned for the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, establishing the right for terminally ill, mentally capable adults to self-administer life-ending medication. Years of activism defending the nation’s first medical-aid-in-dying law made her a seasoned spokesperson and effective champion of patient-directed healthcare. Barbara is a part-time resident living on the North Coast.
A recent comment from a resident: “Barbara Coombs Lee’s book, “Finish Strong, offers a down-to-earth, holistic approach to anyone concerned about living and dying consciously. The book provides guidance for people facing severe health challenges and decisions about end-of-life issues. It also includes suggestions for caregivers wanting to support their loved ones. This book includes a chapter for people concerned about dementia and emphasizes leading one’s life with quality time as the priority. I recommend this book to anyone interested in becoming empowered to live and die with dignity.”