Category: General Interest

Submitted By: unitedpawshelp@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

United Paws rescued a young Mama & her 6 kittens after their family moved away in early May and left them behind. Two caring women brought them to UP headquarters where Volunteer Fosters have been caring for them until they are placed in forever homes. We named the Mama cat “Nyx” (pronounced “nix”) because she has a sleek, satiny, black coat with a white locket and she moves with a natural grace & elegance. In ancient Greek mythology, Nyx was the goddess of the night & dreams, and often presented herself as a black cat. The name seems to fit our gorgeous Nyx!

Nyx is not quite a year old, friendly, and a fast learner. When you pick her up, she purrs and loves to have her neck and head rubbed. She is well socialized and comfortable in her foster home. Nyx is active and wants to play often, chasing the elusive red dot or going after small foam balls thrown across the room. With her mellow & playful personality, we think she would get along with a friendly cat or dog, and probably children who have gentle hands.

Nyx eats both wet food and some crunchies, and uses the cat box with no problem. She has been spayed, vaccinated, and is healthy with no special needs, except to have a loving family of her own who will appreciate her beauty & companionship. If you are interested in adopting Nyx, contact United Paws. You can fill out the Adoption Application below or email us at unitedpawshelp@gmail.com. You must be 21 years or older to adopt through United Paws.

unitedpaws.wordpress.com/online-adoption-application/

Submitted By: okiedokie33@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I do get tired of our local conspiracist (Andy) and his addiction to silly pseudo science and seeing his distorted views in print. Re his latest rant against wearing masks, he has little sensitivity toward others who use them for a variety of reasons other than “fear” instilled by “big pharma”. Gene Dierkin politely explained the many other reasons and was slammed in return. Immunocompromised with cancer, I appreciate Gene’s support. As for the King of Conspiracy, what a silly and trivial thing to obsess over. It’s sad to see someone so caught up in hate and vitriol, who is so quick to direct it toward others in our community. (Btw, didn’t he vow to stop posting his rants on bbq just a few months ago??)

Submitted By: Tinnindeb@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

COME UN ALMUERZO
RECOGE Y LLEVA
(Programa de almuerzos del verano para niños)
Ruta Norte
Los lugares y horarios de recogida son:
Lunes y Miércoles del 17 de Junio al 21 de Agosto
11:00 – 11:10 Escuela Primaria de Nehalem
11:20 – 11:30 Biblioteca de Manzanita
11:40 – 11:50 Cementerio de Nehalem
12:00 – 12:10 Bayside Garden & Evergreen
12:20 – 12:30 Tohl & Echanie Ct
o puedes
11:30 – 12:00 Recoger en la Iglesia Metodista de Nehalem
*Manda un texto al 425-785-1057 con el lugar donde lo vas a recoger y el número de niños que tienes. Y si tu hijo(a) va a recoger los almuerzos. Esto es para asegurarnos de tener suficientes almuerzos en cada lugar.
Cada niño(a) recibirá 2 almuerzos el lunes y 3 almuerzos el miércoles
El primer día es el 17 de junio y el último es El 21 de agosto.
COME UN ALMUERZO
RECOGE Y LLEVA
(Programa de almuerzos del verano para niños)
Ruta Sur
Los lugares y horarios de recogida son:
Lunes y Miércoles del 17 de Junio al 21 de Agosto
11:00 – 11:10 Wheeler (enfrente del correo)
11:20 – 11:30 Tienda de Mohler
11:40 – 11:50 Miami Foley y Foss Road
12:00 – 12:10 Edificio del White Clover
12:20 – 12:30 McDonald Rd / Island Drive
o puedes
11:30 – 12:00 Recoger en la Iglesia Metodista de Nehalem
*Manda un texto al 425-785-1057 con el lugar donde lo vas a recoger y el número de niños que tienes. Y si tu hijo(a) va a recoger los almuerzos. Esto es para asegurarnos de tener suficientes almuerzos en cada lugar.
Cada niño(a) recibirá 2 almuerzos el lunes y 3 almuerzos el miércoles
El primer día es el 17 de junio y el último es el 21 de agosto.

Submitted By: runnawaytrain1@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

Hi Gene,

Some response,

You wrote:

“I haven’t quite been able to figure out why anti-vaxers and anti-maskers are often very pro-Russian”

I would translate your statement thusly: “I haven’t been able to figure out why folks who don’t want government mandates for an experimental MRNA-technology forced on the public, and who don’t want to put that technology into their own bodies at all, ever, and who don’t validate the use of KN95 surgical splash-guard masks as any sort of impediment to airborne viruses, are often very against NATO and The United Sates of America violating the terms of peace from WW2 and trying to start a nuclear war and/or World War Three with Russia.”

And for me, the answer is clear: Peace, Love, Freedom.

You also wrote that such folks are also “very hateful of our own country with all its flaws…”

Mmmmmmm….the patriot anti-vax anti-mask anti-war crowd is hateful of America???

I’m confused on that part of the sentence.

You wrote more:

“…and also despise people with different views of society, politics, and health.” That’s a mouthful dude. I despise lots of folks for lots of reasons, as you do, as we all do.

And you wrote:

“As for masks, Andy, you have no idea why anyone chooses to wear a mask but insist on your right to pre-judge and condemn them.”

Gene, when you see someone wearing a MAGA hat, what do you think about them? We all have the right to pre-judge whomever we want. And as I wrote, I feel bad for most of the folks still wearing masks. I stated that I think they have been victimized by Big Pharma and their associates. I am stating that they are victims. The ones condemning them are the vax-makers that made billions off the fear they generated, the fear they put into those people’s hearts.

You also wrote:

“What or who makes you So, So Special?”

I don’t know, right!!! I’ve been wondering about that for years!!! But I sure as sh*t am special, eh Gene??

“I’ve known some patriarchal dudes in my life, but… wow!”

Not sure where that came from, but I’m more of a feminist than most feminists are these days.

And in my post I clearly FOUGHT THE PATRIARCHY by putting the war-pigs-slaughtering-girls-in-Ukraine by…well wait a sec, lets find that Wall St Journal piece I posted on this site months ago, where the ‘war with Russia’ patriarchal war-pigs made an ad telling Ukrainian girls they were brave feminists for dying for Zelensky and Lynsie Graham. They were brave for getting killed by American bombs via Russian tanks and artillery.

Eh, this CNBC propaganda is good enuf. Here is some actual, sickening, patriarchy…masquerading as feminism. Keep bombing Ukraine Democrats, the Ukrainian feminists are fighting sexism! (Not so much when they’re dead)

www.cnbc.com/2024/03/08/ukraines-female-soldiers-are-battling-against-russians-and-sexism.html

I also pointed out that trans boys competing against girls in high school and college was bad for girls, and in doing so I was fighting the patriarchy (trans men). Where did all the butch dykes go anyway? I got along with them pretty damn good!

Doh! :0

Andy

Submitted By: runnawaytrain1@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

One more thing to get off my chest while I’m at it: The dangers of the so-called ‘liberal’ anti-science ‘science is real’ crowd.

The ones who are STILL wearing masks (the leftist/communist equivalent to MAGA hats) to combat aerosolized ’covid’ are definitely in this anti-science crowd. And do you see the danger? Those masks are not protecting you folks, so if you don’t want to inhale ‘covid’ you need to just stay home or away from people. And it’s really sad when I see crazy people like this alone in their cars, alone on the beach, along gardening like the lady along Hwy 101 yesterday wearing masks, very much alone and outside. It’s f*cking sad and anti-science and they have been victimized by the pro-covid pro-shutdown creeps of the billionaire class and millions and millions who gave in to the fear and embraced this medical tyranny from on-high.

But my issue with the anti-science crowd isn’t just with ‘the vaccine’ that isn’t really a vaccine, like those of us who understand science knew all along.

From the ‘liberals’ beloved 9th Circuit Court of Appeals:

rumble.com/v50u86n-court-rules-covid-vaccines-are-not-vaccines-kim-listed-on-new-ukraine-enemi.html

We also knew early on that the vaccines were killing people and causing infertility and raising humanity’s all-cause mortality rate:

x.com/PBDsPodcast/status/1800902625145340217

(Maybe watch our pandemic ‘$avior’ Bill Gate$’ extreme and hysterical Ted Talk about humanity’s dire need to depopulate next???)

And yes, while millions and millions of ‘covid’ cases were really the flu (where did the flu go in 2020?) and folks who died from myriad causes were tested post-mortem for ‘covid’ and if it was found via PCR (PCR finds EVERYTHING and MEANS NOTHING as we all have tons of pathogens in us constantly – science) the hospitals got $50,000 from the CDC (our tax dollars) for each ‘covid’ death. Huh? Wuh? Why? And now The WHO wants to do this scam all over again with…drum roll please…BIRD FLU!

But it looks like SCIENCE from MEXICO took down the DOD/CIA/BIG PHARMA/BIG TECH/BIg BANKS opening bird flu salvo:

“The Mexican government has denied that one of its citizens died of H5N2 bird flu, contradicting claims from the WHO. The WHO claimed that the death of the Mexican man was the world’s first fatal case of bird flu in humans.
The head of the country’s Ministry of Health, Jore Alcocer, said in a press conference on Wednesday that the WHO’s announcement was “quite bad” and that the actual cause of death of the 59-year-old man, who died on April 24, had not been determined.

Alcocer stated that the man suffered from chronic kidney disease, type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, all of which could have influenced or caused his death. He had been bedridden for weeks before dying.
The Health Secretary also reassured the Mexican people not to panic or to avoid consuming chicken in any form.”

Science is real, and if you don’t understand science, but still have one of those self-righteous signs in your yard, you might want to start learning how to read science. (Also on your sign it says ‘women are to be respected’, and I hope everyone who has one of those signs stands opposed to trans men competing in women’t sports. And if ya’ll want to keep getting folks angry at your ‘community’ keep doing things like insisting boys can compete on girls sports teams in high school or college.)

Here he is himself: x.com/MLopezSanMartin/status/1798764572419244465

NICE TRY LOSERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and despite what the MSM is telling you, those Russian war ships that just arrived in Cuba two days ago because of idiot Democrats destroying Ukraine and NATO/Democrats continuously screwing with Russia’s sovereignty in general, are carrying NUCLEAR WEAPONS also. And I thought Trump was the one who was gonna get us nuked? Again, I THOUGHT TRUMP WAS THE ONE WHO WAS GONNA GET US NUKED?? I remember that hysteria well. I would love some apologies from the pro-Biden crowd about this one! Four more years in office and the Obama/Clinton Dem absolute anti-human no-border war-scum running this admin for the senile, pants-sh*tting girl-sniffing creep will DEFINITELY GET US NUKED:

rumble.com/v5100t3-russian-war-ships-arrive-in-cuba-thanks-to-the-illigitimate-clowns-in-the-w.html

But the real reason I want to address the anti-science ‘science is real’ crowd today is that I just got wind of this absolute anti-science horsesh*t from the ’science is real’ crowd of Multnomah County:

www.koin.com/local/multnomah-county/multnomah-county-suit-against-major-oil-companies-over-2021-heat-dome-heads-back-to-state-court/

And here is SCIENCE, as opposed to idiot hysteria from Wokeland’s city council and the Covenor Kotek’sOffice. (Covenor, I just made that up, pretty good eh?) In fact, the defendants should just play this outstanding documentary in court:

rumble.com/v4kn3n6-climate-the-movie.html

And if you want to understand why the Air Force clouds our skies here at the coast every so often:

rumble.com/v4b7tco-frankenskies-geoengineering-chemtrails-weather-modification-haarp-cloud-see.html

Yup, science is real.

Andy

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Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

HELPERS WANTED-Does anybody out there have a couple of hours to spend volunteering for Friends of North County Recreation District sell patriotic banners, hats, float decorations, necklaces, and such with a 4th of July theme? No fireworks will be sold. Friends of NCRD support programs and projects through promotion, fundraising, and providing scholarships to encourage inclusion for all. This includes the Youth, Aquatic, and Fitness Programs. We have a few holes in our schedule we need to fill. The schedule is for two-hour shifts starting on June 28, a Friday, and goes until July 4, a Thursday.
On Friday, June 28 we need two people for both the 11-1 shift and the 3-5 shift.
On Saturday, June 29 we need one person for the 1-3 shift and two people for the 3-5 shift.
On Sunday, June 30, we need one person for the 9-11 shift, two people for the 1-3 shift, and two people for the 3-5 shift.
On Monday, July 1, we need one person for the 9-11 shift, two people for the 11-1 shift, one person for the 1-3 shift, and two people for the 3-5 shift.
On Tuesday, July 2, we need two people for the 11-1 shift and 2 people for the 3-5 shift.
On Wednesday, July 3, we need two people for the 9-11 shift, two people for the 11-1 shift, one person for the 1-3 shift, and two people for the 3-5 shift.
On Thursday, July 4, we need two people for the 9-11 shift, two people for the 11-1 shift, two people for the 1-3 shift, and 2 people for the 3-5 shift. Contact Patty by calling 503-368-6081 (message phone) or reply to pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net. Many thanks!

Submitted By: codger817@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I was very proud to serve as a board member of Tillamook County Transit District (TCTD), until I wasn’t. I was convinced the District had at its heart a deep concern for the people of Tillamook County. Sadly, I think I was wrong.
Now I think the District and Board’s main concern is maintaining a favorable public image, whether it is deserved or not.
In April of 2023, the Sunset Empire Transit District (SETD)(Clatsop county) ran out of money and had to cease operations for more than a month. It has now returned to operations but at a reduced level of services.
In April of 2023, Tillamook County Transportation District (TCTD) operated 7 days a week with 245 scheduled routes and 16,176 monthly Dial-a-Ride patrons. By May 12, 2024, it deteriorated to a 6 days a week for in-county service, with 147 scheduled routes and 7,366 monthly Dial-a-Ride Patrons.
I believe the problem for both districts is a fundamental structural problem of District governance. The board consists of 7 well-intentioned citizens who are elected by the public. The board leaves day-to-day operations to the management. The board hires the General Manager and approves budgets. The General Manager runs the operation and I suppose if things get bad enough the board can fire the General Manager. Otherwise, there is a definite hands-off attitude by the boards.
I believe the basic problem is that the board bases its actions on what Management chooses to tell them. For both SETD and TCTD, this has led to nasty surprises for the board. What is worse, the public loses out on services they are dependent on.
People in Clatsop County lost the services they depended on for a few weeks. People in Tillamook County have lost their Sunday in-county services and each of their numbered routes has been cut back.
In Clatsop County, management withheld the true state of finances until they ran out of money. In Tillamook County, management has never told the board how many drivers and dispatchers are still on the payroll.
The public is the one who gets the shock of the bus that isn’t there anymore.
I believe Clatsop County has corrected its financial reporting. I believe it’s time Tillamook started being honest every month about how many employees it has.

Submitted By: wingsforwisdom@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Thank you community for investing in your wellbeing through natural forms of self-care. My available dates for June are listed below. New and existing clients welcome.

Reflexology is a good tool to use for keeping the hands and feet supple to promote graceful aging and for supporting the entire body by accessing the hands, feet and ears.

All sessions include:
*Sea or earth therapy foot bath
*Near-infrared sauna light (healthy cellular metabolism allowing benefits of decreased inflammation and more)
*Reflexology for ears, hands and feet. 60 min. session is feet or hands only.
*Acuaromatherapy; essential oils used on reflex and acupressure points for enhanced benefits.
2hr / $225
1.5 / $175
1hr. / $125

June dates:
*Thursday 20th & Friday 21st
*Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th

Call or text 971.977.0166
~ Libby Golden Seaver
Health & Wellness Coach, Reflexologist
www.goldenkeywellness.abmp.com

Submitted By: runnawaytrain@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

This is Andy, sorry to post again, I’m just getting really sick of Democrats murdering Ukrainians and rejoicing in how good and moral they are for doing so, while telling the rest of us it’s immoral for Israel to murder Palestinians.

Bomb Ukraine NOT Palestine!

Huh? Wuh? Why? (Unprincipled comes to mind. So does arrogant and hateful. So does stoopid. So does fear.)

I’m thoroughly confused and I would love it if ANY DEMOCRAT IN THESE TWO ZIP CODES CAN DEFEND THIS ON THIS SITE.

CAN ANY OF YOU SUPPOSED ANTI-WAR DEMS, JUST ONE OF YOU, OUT OF THE THOUSANDS ON THE NORTH COAST, HOW YOU SUPPORT MURDERING 500,000 UKRAINIANS AND DESTROYING THEIR ENTIRE COUNTRY WHILE TELLING ISRAEL IT IS IMMORAL FOR THEM TO KILL PALESTINIANS AND DESTROY THEIR COUNTRY?

AGAIN, why is it okay for YOU to support murdering Ukrainians (500-million dead so far! Nice work!) but Israelis cannot support murdering Palestinians?

Just one of you defend this, please. And for ANYONE who sends me hate mail, I will post your hate mail right on this site for everyone to see just how smart and kind you really are.

Maybe Senator Merkley will get wind of this post and he will explain to us on this site how this pro-murder Democrat stance makes sense? He is a Senator after all, therefore he is trustworthy and smarter then the rest of us and we should listen to him, right? (He blatantly lied to my daughter’s face at a meet-and-greet when she was about ten-years old. He’s full of sh@t as far as I’m concerned, I saw his bullsh@t in action.)

Here is my post:

War-Pig Dems pretend to be anti-war:

Headline only:

thehill.com/homenews/house/4710850-netanyahu-speech-boycott-democrats/

And, checking in with fake-Christian, know as the ‘First Lady Of Congress’, because this “Southern Baptist” screws his male interns when he isn’t calling for mass-murder, we see why the sick folks running our country really want to ‘help out’ Lyndsey Graham’s fellow gay-mass-murderer, dictator Vladimir Zelensky:

“Ukraine is sitting on 10-12 TRILLION dollars of critical minerals”. OHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

It all makes sense now…

Lynsie himself is happy to tell you:

x.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1799832487285465244

Now it all makes sense, right? NATO and the American war machine want to make billions while destroying Russia and Ukraine because they think they can, and then they think they can MAKE TRILLIONS MORE off Ukraine’s critical minerals afterwards! Well, they got the destroy Ukraine part done, that’s for sure.

MONNEY MONEY MONEY GREED GREED GREED

Isn’t that right, SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY?

From CNN: “Five years ago, the man whose talents as an actor, comedian and producer had made him a household name in Ukraine was propelled into office.”

As Senator Merkley knows very well but won’t tell you, Zelensky was NOT organically ‘propelled into office’, he was INSTALLED by a military coup run by The United States of Amerikkka, quarterbacked by Victoria Nuland of the war-pig Democrat Obama Administration, in 2014.

(Before overthrowing the democratically-elected government of Ukraine for Obama and the military-industrial-complex and big-tech and Blackrock and American billionaires in general, Victoria worked for the Bush Crime Family, coordinating the mass-murder of Middle Eastern folks in Iraq, etc., while doing some ‘conflict-resolution overseas’ work, as the intel/CIA folks like to call it. She’s a mass-murdering scumbag of the worst kind.

For those who intentionally keep themselves sheltered from reality by going on lots of beach walks or whatever, there is nothing truer in the world than what I just wrote above. It is as true as the fact that the sun rose a few hours ago.

Looks like the blood-on-his-hands Democrat war-scum Sen. Jeff Merkely (500-million Ukrainians murder by NATO’s arrogance, greed and stupidity) didn’t find out that Zelensky CANCELLED the ELECTIONS in Ukraine that Jeff was pretending to be concerned about. (Link below)

HEY JEFF, THE ELECTIONS iN UKRAINE NEVER HAPPENED!!!!! GAY DICTATOR ZELENSKY CANCELLED THEM!!!!!

HEY DPO, SENATOR MERKELY’S GOT TO GO! IMPEACH HIM NOW!

UKRAINE IS NOT A DEMOCRACY! YOU CLUELESS AMERICAN MORONS!

Won’t somebody please change the junior senator’s website?? This is embarrassing for Oregon.

In the meantime, there are still old men and girls (sorry, BRAVE FEMINISTS!) that NATO can make billions of dollars by slaughtering them in Ukraine, so war war war! Yup, Democrats will make sure we’ll be there to the very last drop…of Ukrainian blood.

Yeah, Jeff, we know what you know, you anti-American murderous dirt-bag:

www.merkley.senate.gov/as-ukraine-presidential-election-approaches-merkley-and-durbin-introduce-resolution-to-support-ukrainian-democracy-and-combat-russian-election-interference-2019/

And finally, Trump is no better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=154&v=LqV_Hc2vmbY&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fjimmydore.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo

BONUS!

If the globalist swine you REALLY work for can destroy America from within…why not go that way, right Jeff? What’s really going on at our border that Democrats REFUSE TO HONOR?

JEFF MERKELY CALLED THE BORDER SITUATION “A crisis” THREE YEARS AGO!!!!!!

www.newsweek.com/senator-jeff-merkley-says-border-situation-approaching-crisis-after-wh-declines-use-label-1575480

These statements are two years old Jeff, what has happened at our border since then? Millions have crossed, that’s what. Terrorists. Gang members. Rapists. Prisoners. Russians. Chinese (lots of military-age Chinese males crossing), and lots of folks infected with COVID!!!! AAHHHHHHHHHHH! OH NO NOT THE COVID!!!!! Actually I have no idea if any ‘migrants’ have crossed with CIA/DOD/GATES/FAUCI lab-engineered SARS-Cov-2 infections because NOBODY IS TESTED CROSSING THE BORDER AND THEY NEVER WERE DURING THE ENTIRE PLANDEMIC. Huh? How un-Democtratic party is that? No mask requirement either…the horror!!!

Sure Jeff, I’ll tell you about what’s happened at the border over the past three years, when you were pretending to care, and I will share it with your idiot constituents who KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE BORDER SITUATION either:

(If you live on the north coast, you might want to watch this before you go on today’s beach walk. It’s pretty damn important. And it could impact your ability to go on beach walks in the future. (note to self: yeah, that’s how I can get to the Wokezanita folks, f@ck with their beach walks!)

rumble.com/v4aiwyl-the-210th-evolutionary-lens-with-bret-weinstein-and-heather-heying.html

Hugs and Kisses,

Andy

Submitted By: tevisdiii@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Wondering what the regular dinner table conversations must be like these days in our community, I will offer three editorials which may stimulate some discussion, because it’s easy to forget about the bigger picture in a world that keeps getting much smaller.

www.sott.net/article/491763-Arrest-these-insane-NATO-warmongers

www.sott.net/article/491763-Arrest-these-insane-NATO-warmongers

And just because:

www.sott.net/article/492064-Time-to-Jettison-the-Animals

Submitted By: mkuestner10@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Stay or become informed about local news. Manzanita Today newsletter is packed with practical and arcane information, enough to satisfy anyone’s sweet tooth for data.
They have a website and it can be searched for those who want greater context:
www.manzanitatoday.com/

Submitted By: pathindigo@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Marriage and Family Counseling

…what goes around…really does…

Addiction
Veterans and spouses
Depression and anxiety
Adjustment to trauma

…come back around…

Sam Tallman, LCSW
503 368-6862
Accepts most insurance

Submitted By: astoriaartloft@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Astoria Art Loft offers art classes to children and adults. Friday June 16th is the first summer drawing class with North Coast artist Robert Paulmenn. Basic elements of drawing for newcomers and experienced artists wanting to brush up on their skills. Only supplies needed are a #2B pencil and paper. Register at www.astoriaartloft.com.

Submitted By: Tinnindeb@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Nehalem Bay Community Services

MUNCH a LUNCH and GRAB & GO (kids summer lunch program)

South Route Pick up spots and times are:
Monday & Wednesday — June 17 – Aug 21

​11:00 – 11:10 Wheeler (across from Post Office)
​11:20 –11:30 Mohler Market Lot
​11:40 — 11:50 Miami/Foley and Foss Rd
​12:00 — 12:10 White Clover Grange
​12:20 – 12:30 McDonald Rd/Island Drive
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​11:30 – 12:00 Pick up available at Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church.

North Route Pick up spots and times are:
Monday & Wednesday — June 17 – Aug 21

​11:00 — 11:10 Nehalem Bay Elementary
​11:20 — 11:30 Manzanita Library Lot
​11:40 – 11:50 Nehalem Cemetery Lot
​12:00 — 12:10 Bayside Garden & Evergreen
​12:20 – 12:30 Tohl & Echanie Ct.

​11:30 – 12:00 Pick up available at Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church.

Please TEXT 425-785-1057 with the location of pick up and number of children if your child/children will be picking up lunches. This will help ensure we have an adequate number of lunches at that pick up point.

Each child will receive lunches for 2 days on Monday and 3 days on Wednesday. First day is June 17th and last day is August 21st.

NBCS is an equal opportunity provider.

Submitted By: mkuestner10@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

A long Manzanita City Council meeting last night–lots got done.
It was announced that we will have a referendum to vote on in November–citizen Kugler filed the necessary paperwork so we will vote on if we want monthly billing of our water bills… It’s unclear why? The City moved to monthly billing last year.
The silver lining is that the mandated Water Study this forces Manzanita to pay for will not be the $20,000. originally estimated. Since Manzanita conducted a Water Study only last year, our intrepid City Manager, Leila Aman was able to get a discount–so it’ll cost “just” $8,500. Lots of lawyer fees too (hourly rate in the high $400’s). It’s also not clear how much it would cost the City to re-implement quarterly billing.
It’s timely to remind us all that if we have questions and or concerns about the city, asking our City Councilors questions directly can save us all a lot of time and money.
The email to contact all 4 Councilors and the Mayor is citycouncil@ci.manzanita.or.us
It’s unfortunate in these inflationary times that Manzanita is being forced into such senseless, profligate spending.

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Friends of North County Recreation District (NCRD) want you to know we will be selling flowers in downtown Manzanita, next to the Deli, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. These flowers come from local gardens and are sure to brighten your day or your neighbor’s day. Bouquets will be prices at $10, $15, and a few $20. Money raised will support programs at North County Recreation District. Friends Mission Statement: to support NCRD programs and projects through promotion, fundraising, and providing scholarships to encourage inclusion for all. We support the Youth Program, Fitness Center, and Aquatics Program. You might also consider helping us by donating flowers to this project or volunteering to arrange flowers. We will be busy now until September. Give me a call if you can help, Patty, 503-368-6081. This is a phone message, and I will get back to you. Many thanks!

Submitted By: rkinor@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I want to acknowledge the willingness of the Manzanita City Council to revisit its recent increases to water rates and its meter reading and billing process.

Increasing rates and incorporating an annual rate increase to account for inflationary costs was long overdue and I believe supported by the majority of Manzanita citizens. However, the reduction in the base water allotment from 4,000 to 2,000 gallons per month created an unnecessary financial hardship for families and customers of more modest means by ensuring an additional monthly surcharge each and every month the 2,000 gallon base allotment was exceeded.

The City will return to quarterly meter readings and billing until the outcome of the referendum vote by the Manzanita electorate on keeping our existing quarterly meter reading and billing process takes place later this year. In the meantime, the City plans to hire another consultant to conduct a new rate study based on a quarterly rate structure which citizens will be able review and comment on before it is adopted.

Those in our community who are having to deal with higher rent, groceries, gas etc. do not need to have the city again increase the base water charge. The best outcome of this new study is to maintain the existing base charge and also provide households with the necessary amount of water in the base allotment that is free of additional surcharges.

Citizens who wish to keep up with developments on this matter can send me their email address at rkinor@gmail.com and I will let you know how to both stay informed and participate as the City moves forward to resolve this issue.

Randy Kugler

Submitted By: tapuro0787@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Hi! #everyone if you’re looking for housekeeping/house-sit and pet sitting services. I have 13+yrs of experience housecleaning and have references. Please let me know. Also have my own equipment and supplies.

My availability is now open is subject to change.

Areas I’ll be serving in Manzanita,Nehalem,Wheeler,Rockaway Beach, Garibaldi and Bay City. Any further will be extra for gas.

I can do move out, deep cleaning and many more. Just message me and I’ll communicate with you and if you’re on a budget.

Also I/We do House & Dog Sitting Services.

Submitted By: cbbcalm@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

SHOWING SUPPORT by honking twice Someone will come and pump the gas for us. It is a live-hood,
let’s not AI robots machines replace their jobs.
PLEASE

Submitted By: cindy.obtd@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Hello Tri- Villagers!
We are paying tribute to the service of our 60+ year old dining TABLES, utilized by members of our
community, and beyond, by retiring them.
Yes, these old warriors have participated in birthday parties, weddings, family reunions, meetings,
dances, and other countless events over the years. Families and friends have also gathered together
for celebrations of life, for many beloved residents of our Nehalem Valley, and beyond, in this pioneer
Hall.
But now we feel the time has arrived to usher in a new era of culinary experience at our Grange Hall. As the old adage goes “They have paid for themselves many times over.”
We, at the Grange, have chosen to send out an appeal to all the people, who over the years, have
enjoyed sitting at our 60+ year old friends, to assist us in procuring new dining apparatus, by generously coming together to replace the old(er) with new 8’ TABLES.
New, modern (and easier to move and set up) TABLES set us back around $200 each. To go together (halvsies?) with a friend, or local business to purchase one would be VERY helpful! Heck, we could even inscribe, with a Sharpie, your initials on the underside so your generosity will live on in Grange infamy!!
Also, they would very effectively complement our new more comfortable chairs recently purchased, by the Grange, for the enjoyment of community members participating in gatherings. Thank you, Grange member Constance, for locating, transporting these new chairs, and also the community support!
Seriously, the old stallions are showing their age – aren’t we all? They are heavy, cumbersome to move, and literally falling apart. Time to put ‘em out to pasture so to speak!
To make your much appreciated donation go to www.whiteclovergrange.org, click on the donate
button, enter the amount you would like to donate, then check the comment box and specify TABLES.
Any other comments you might want to share about your experiences at our Grange Hall are welcome also.
Lastly, you can always SEND a remittance to WHITE CLOVER GRANGE, PO Box 188, Nehalem, OR. 97131.
Please specify TABLE in the “For”—- line on the check.
Thank you SO much for your time and generosity! WCG

Submitted By: dixiegainer@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Several days ago I was walking around my neighborhood. I live in a rural area, outside the boundaries of the local towns, and the air was especially wonderful and slightly fragrant. I stopped to take deep breaths to just “drink” in the air. It was really a specially wonderful day. I asked myself “How did I come to live in such a wonderful place?
A big plus or bonus added to this beauty, is the fact that we have many small farms here that grow both meat and food . What I prize very highly is good clean food, grown without being sprayed or traveling long distances on trucks. Corporate food is handled by many, placed on conveyor belts, washed and sprayed mechanically, and placed in plastic bags, etc.
We are so lucky to be able to access farm fresh food!
I have a large garden and grow what ever I can, But we have farmers markets in this area and if you can’t or are not into growing food, it is still available through the farmers markets that sell locally grown food including meat. Without walking very far I can come to a farm that produces grass fed beef, the cattle live in a beautiful place, not crammed together in a food lot, but living like cattle would like to live, in a beautiful valley with lush grass pastures, a nice barn for shelter, and killed humanely and instantly with a shot to the head, and processed locally. And further up the road is a farm that is producing eggs through regenerative farming methods. This is a “new” way of farming that is extraordinarily kind to mother earth. A better world is waiting to be born !
We all eat! I am writing this because, like what you have seen in the news about farmers in other countries, our farmers are being put out of business. This video explains how “OUR” farmers are being put out of business. Please WATCH and PLEASE support our local farmers.
I call those who are working to put farmers out of business the “beast” a governmental beast! PLEASE WATCH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5olm7Nxq44. About 22 minutes

We need to join together to support them.
FRIENDS OF FAMILY FARMERS
friendsoffamilyfarmers.org/

A Message from State Senator Daniel Bonham:
New state water agency appointee to be considered by the state Senate.
Governor Kotek recently announced that Ivan Gall, a 25-year veteran water resources regulator was appointed to lead the Oregon Water Resources Department. This appointment will be considered by the State Senate at the end of the month.
Simply put, Gall is an inexperienced leader who will likely perpetuate the status quo of a paralyzed inefficient agency that routinely misses its own performance measures and fails to meet its core mission of managing our state’s water.
As a representative of a robust farming district and as someone who is very invested in our state’s natural resources – this is a very important appointment that I am tracking. The OWRD makes policy decisions that can affect the state’s natural resource resilience for decades to come.
Status quo has not been working for quite some time. During Mr. Gall’s time with the OWRD, we have observed a series of troubling issues that prove he is not qualified for this job promotion. Issues range from pulling permits from landowners, wasting $550 million in funds, staff caught with alcohol and weed in state vehicles, numerous wells running dry due to resource misallocation and more. From a personnel, policy and programming standpoint, he has proven himself incapable of creating collaborative solutions. Failure should not be met with a raise.
The Oregon Farm Bureau has continuously expressed concerns over this appointment and I share those concerns. Farmers and the agriculture industry are the original environmentalists. They care for the land like their lives depend on it – because their livelihoods do. The ag industry knows the circle of life and how to take care of our natural resources – they are the experts who work in the field – literally – day in and day out.
I also joined the bureau in their opposition by writing a letter to Governor Kotek to reconsider her appointment of this failed bureaucrat and will be calling on our colleagues to reject his appointment. 
Our state’s water resource agency needs a leader who understands the complexities of water management, the ability to navigate policy challenges, the vision to change the culture from within the department, and the commitment to enhance the welfare of all Oregonians through our natural resources. 
I hope you will join me in calling on our leaders to reject this appointment.

You can call your governor with this tel. number and leave a message. 1-503-378-4582 this number is listed on the Oregon Legislature web site.