The question regarding 10-year-olds comes from Senator Knopp asking the question that if a 10 year old were to get an abortion would they be able to without the parent’s knowledge. The answer was yes from Legal Counsel. I will attach the video of the committee meeting that the question was raised.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alscwoIEqJc
Would children as young as ten be able to get birth control, prenatal care, gender changing hormones and gender changing surgeries without parental consent? The same answer – YES! HB2002 – The Republicans have walked out to prevent this bill from being passed, but the Democrats ALL are voting for this – Because the Democrats in our legislature – DO AS THEY ARE TOLD! The age of consent has been changed to 0. If there were any Democrats who would not vote for this bill than maybe the Republicans would not have to walk out Anybody around here want to admit they are a Democrat?
Hi! I’m looking for an extra hand in fulfilling shipments of handmade ceramic goods for my ceramic business.
This is a very part time position, with 3+ hours a week $15 hr. A fun environment, with the potential to learn about ceramics and running a small business, too!
I acknowledge I said last night was it. Then I looked outside and had to share with you… The word at the clothesline is Vote for Constance!
I’m asking YOU to vote for me, please give me the opportunity to make a real difference on the Board and the NCRD.
Many Voters have yet to vote, reach out to your circle of influence, it may be too late to mail and be postmarked. their VOICE matters, VOTING matters! A ballot drop box is behind Manzanita News, waiting to be filled!
I agree with mary in her bbq post below. peter accommodated my need by washing outside of windows one day, inside a different day. He was professional, FAST and cheerful. and yes, my windows sparkle!
om peace namaste
lucy brook
Outstanding window cleaning Posted on May 15, 2023 by North Coast BBQ
Submitted By: mary.mecksub@gmail.com – Click to email about this post Peter from Clearview is AMAZING. He cleaned our outside windows and they do SPARKLE. He’s very professional, cares deeply about his work and the North Coast area…we WILL be hiring him AGAIN.
Well BBQ land, tomorrow is the big day! I want to thank everyone who has reached out to say “I voted for you!” This has been quite the humbling experience and I hope to start a new chapter of service for our community come July.
The NCRD has seen record breaking growth in participation and attendance in the past couple of years. It’s clear this community loves the NCRD just as much as I do and it’s exciting to see such progress! I want to continue to build on that progress and continue to grow the NCRD!
So if you haven’t voted yet, please vote for me Erin Laskey-Wilson.
Last post before election day. If you haven’t voted, here’s 2 more reasons why ME for NCRD. I think they are the best endorsements anyone could ask for, tap on the link.
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Peter from Clearview is AMAZING. He cleaned our outside windows and they do SPARKLE. He’s very professional, cares deeply about his work and the North Coast area…we WILL be hiring him AGAIN.
Clearview Window Cleaning Ready to feel the awesomeness of your view again? Isn’t it why you live here? Let the light in with a window washing this spring and summer. It will be like new! Please call or Text Peter McClure 5034402713 Offering: -Interior and Exterior cleaning for all types of windows and skylights, porch railing glass -Roof de-mossing and treatments -Gutter cleaning with roof blowoff included -Pressure washing: decks and concrete paths/driveways(no house siding)
If you haven’t returned your ballot for the May 16 election you still have time, but you’ll need to utilize a drop box.
Two of the most convenient north county drop box locations are in Manzanita just off Laneda Avenue near Manzanita News and Espresso (in front of the bus stop) and in Rockaway at city hall right on Highway 101. Your ballot must be in the drop box before 8:00 pm on May 16.
Your vote in favor of the Health District ballot measure will allow our community to enter a new era of improved local health and senior care. We have a once in a generation opportunity to improve health care right here at home. Don’t miss the chance to make a difference.
Vote like local health care depends on it – because it does.
Hello Community….. I imagine you may be tired of all the campaigning, me too! I want you to know I appreciate all who have voted for me and all who may still vote for me. I WANT YOUR VOTE.
I want this. I have been involved with the NCRD since 2008. I didn’t go to school here, I don’t have children in Programs at the NCRD and I use very few of the offerings of late. Regardless of not having those roots, I have been an out loud, consistent, contribution and promoter of NCRD and I am not willing to be resigned to; ‘you can’t please everyone,’ when actually you can, if service is a priority. The 3 Villages and beyond are customers of the NCRD and if ANYONE experiences not feeling at home, welcomed and supported, then staff needs to be evaluated and possibly changed.
The Board HAS to have Community service/support be the first priority and in the background for EVERY decision. The Board needs to be looking at how revenue is being driven and not allow another 2 years where very little new money comes in.
My name is Constance, around me People and Organizations excel, we get er done! I am asking YOU to vote for ME. Thank you
I’m 27 years old and I would really like to finish my AA and transfer to a 4-year college. But, I‘ve chosen to live on the Oregon coast, which has been an amazing experience. It’s a different kind of education. It’s enriching, just as continuing my formal education would be.
There’s a good community college nearby and I have been able to take a few classes and meet some great people that I’m sure I will know forever. I’m building a life here and it feels correct. A lot of people might not appreciate such a simple idea, but for people like me, people that are on their own and just doing the best they can, it’s a really big deal.
I have attempted to get myself more invested in pursuing the AA, as the path to getting it and moving forward has been made very clear to me. I know it will be a big accomplishment that moves my life in the direction I want. All I have to do is show up.
This is where the problem lies. I don’t drive. So, I either ask a friend or I take the bus. I can get my head around regular bus travel. I kind of like it. The real problem with my plight to attend college is that there is NO BUS at the TIME I need it. I work full time and the only classes that fit my schedule are in the evenings. Those classes end around 9pm. The bus to the college stops running at 7pm. This leaves me stranded about 15 miles from home. So, I don’t go to school right now. I just dream.
I watched the MooVoter candidate forums and was able to hear from the candidates for Transportation Board. I had never heard of any of these people, but in listening to them I knew they weren’t bus riders. Some said everything was fine and that is way off. Others touted technology as a solution. “No!” I shouted at the screen. An app won’t move me from point A to point B.
Despite my shouting at the screen I was also given some hope. The one candidate that stood out was Mary Leverette. Clearly, this person is smart, creative, calm, and although not a bus rider, I felt like she wanted to understand and that she would work hard to do just that.
In watching this forum, my dreams of getting back to aggressively pursuing this degree came alive. I’m voting for Mary Leverette for the Transportation Board. I don’t know if she can fix my particular situation, but I feel like she’s the only candidate that will try. I hope you’ll join me.
PS: The image is kind of how it feels to be me in this situation. I hope it helps sum things up. Please vote!
RECORDED CONTENT – MooVoter Candidates Forum Mid County SUPPLEMENTAL.
This video was filmed on May 12th, 2023. The opportunity to participate in this recording was open, by personal invitation, to EVERY candidate that was unable to attend the May 6th, 2023 MooVoter Candidates Forum for Mid County.
View at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfSef-k6Q64
To see the May 6th, 2023 MooVoter Candidates Forum, that features many other go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gssKWuoMx-A
Next Tuesday, May 16, is election day! PLEASE VOTE!
And when you cast your ballot for local school board positions, vote for the qualified public education leaders below. The well-being and academic success of ALL students is their highest priority.
More information about each of these candidates can be found on the Tillamook County Retired Educators and Teachers, TREAT, website: www.tillamookretiredteachers.org.
NOTE: Ballots must be postmarked by 8pm election day. To be on the safe side at this point, drop your completed ballot in a local drop box. Find locations at sos.oregon.gov/voting/Pages/drop-box-locator.aspx.
A healthy community needs leaders strong enough to take a stand. Each member of our council was elected for their knowledge, strengths and the unique skills they have to better our community. Strong leaders, problem solvers, do not use rules of Follow the Leader to decide what is best for the citizens…they listen to their constituents, ask questions, research alternatives, ask more questions, listen again, before decisions are made. No matter who is leading the charge, regardless of what their fellow councilors think, each individual council member has made a commitment to the people. Expectedly, to do the best job they can, make their decisions with thought and honesty….”There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship” (R.Nadar) I would like to commend Deb Simmons, Mayor of Manzanita, for exemplifying the role of city councilor. She is intelligent, respectful, a problem solver , strong in her beliefs, caring and a great listener. She saw a need, ran for office and has been a force to be reckoned with from day one. Her passion for citizen involvement is certain…she listens, researches, collaborates, and listens again. Mayor Simmons most definitely walks her talk. Deb has been unjustly attacked, again and again, by the same group of unhappy campers, and she just moves on! She has too much too do in her Mayor job to be detoured by naysayers…my biggest kudos for her strength here. Deb is 100% committed to the healthy growth of Manzanita and its citizens. I look forward to the day when the negative mudslinging stops, and we can all work together for a common goal…our city! “Democracy belongs to those who exercise it” (B.Moyers) Thank you all for your volunteer service, Donna Miller 869 Knobcone st. Manzanita Dcmiller6677@gmail.com
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During its regular meeting on May 10, 2023 the board of the Nehalem Bay Health District expressed its profound sadness over the recent death of Jeff Slamal, the Health District’s chief executive officer.
Jeff, who had held the administrative position with the District since 2017, died suddenly on May 7.
The board expresses its deepest condolences to Vicki, Jeff’s family and his many, many friends. Jeff informed the board on March 20 of this year that he intended to retire in June at the end of the current fiscal year, and he indicated his desire to work closely with his replacement to ensure a smooth transition.
“Jeff’s decision to retire was accepted with genuine regret, but we certainly recognized and appreciated his strong desire to spend more time with his wife, family and friends, while continuing to enjoy his life as a musician and his role as a member of the board of the Riverbend Players,” said board president Marc C. Johnson. “The tragedy of Jeff’s passing is made even more profound with the realization that he will not enjoy his well-earned retirement after a lifetime of dedicated work and public service.”
Johnson said he was speaking for all health District board members in praising Jeff Slamal’s service to the District and the larger community. Jeff has been a key participant in every aspects of the District’s work for the last six years from the development and execution of a strategic plan, including preparation of a general obligation bond measure focused on local health and senior care to strengthening relationships with the District’s community partners.
“Jeff never met a stranger,” Johnson said. “He was a tremendous ambassador for the District and its mission. He was a ‘get it done’ kind of guy with a great sense of humor who was also tremendously caring and very people focused. As a friend and colleague there was none better.”
I am hoping to connect with any and all community folks who are following TH!RD ACT and/or 350.org. or other similar organizations, perhaps. No need to limit my sphere of inquiry. I am a member of TH!RD ACT and TH!RD ACT OREGON and 350.org, and a follower of TH!RD ACT JUNEAU. (Not sure that is relevant.) I feel as if there must be others nearby. Phone, text, or email–503-809-1312, edith@nehalemtel.net.
Although, I’m inclined toward not answering the phone if I do not recognize the number. If you leave a message, I’ll call you back. Thank you.
Hi my name is Nick Burns, I was born and raised on the coast. I grew up doing all different kinds of maintenance in hotels, vacation rentals, and residential homes. Later I worked for a general contractor for almost two years doing miscellaneous carpentry inside and out of commercial buildings and residential homes. I then met another general contractor who guided and helped me get licensed as well as start a company of my own. Now I’m looking to do weekend work under my own name for extra income and to be more proactive on weekends.
No job is too small, text me at (503) 741-1384 to set up a time for me to stop by for a free consultation and estimate.
If you are concerned about the small increase in property taxes that will occur if the bond for a new health care center passes compare that to the significant increase in property value that will accrue by having a new high quality health care facility in the immediate neighborhood. You will more than make up for the tax increase if you avoid the expense of gas for one or two drives a year to Portland, Astoria or even Tillamook to get care.
President of Moderna (formerly called Mode RNA):
“Yes, there has been an increase in myocarditis for those who have taken the shots”.
The guy in this video is the CEO (not president) and he is now a billionaire thanks to Trump’s and Biden’s trillion-dollar Big Pharma ‘covid’ scam. (Trump started the mandates, the shutdowns, and the vaccine production.) But making a billion-dollars off our suffering wasn’t enough compensation for this criminal, he made an additional 400-million dollars last year.
He got a billion of our taxpayer dollars for a vaccine that did nothing to stop the spread or reduce hospitalizations. Our money paid for the ‘development’ of these mRNA shots as well.
And he got this money despite admitting on Fox Business News that the lab-engineered SARS-CoV-2 virus contained a DNA-sequence PATENTED by Moderna!!!!!
Oh no, this is NOT a conspiracy theory, though many wish it was…
From his own new-billionaire mouth:
at 07:30:
Yup, and an increase in myocarditis (and heart attacks and strokes for the elderly, though not mentioned in this hearing on myocarditis in teen boys) from the shots:
The director of the health district in Wheeler ‘died suddenly’ while working out the other day.
He was in great health before the shots.
Then he began having heart problems his doctor couldn’t figure out.
Then, as I said, he died suddenly at NCRD while working out the other day. Was it from the shots? I don’t know, this isn’t a science experiment. But I know where I would put my money.
Healthy folks dying “suddenly” is a known thing in England and much of Europe.
But, for example, since Anderson Cooper’s show gets 8 million of its 10 million dollars from Pfizer, VAERS stuff (The feds “Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System”) doesn’t get any reporting. Don’t bite the Big Pharma hand that feeds you…
It’s safe and easy to pretend this new technology from Big Farma/Big Tech is just our polio vaccine or whatever. But if you put this junk in your body you might want to think about detoxing, though many think that isn’t possible.
Again, this isn’t science, but I know where I’d put my money. rumble.com/v1h9lat-nothing-to-see-here-mark-steyn-questions-why-young-healthy-people-are-dying.html
Finally, we are all adults on this site. Since I started posting on BBQ after a ten year absence, I have received five pieces of insanely childish hate mail (I won’t out you cowards here) and someone called my boss, North Korea-style to complain I had become a ‘right-winger’.
I am the same true-liberal anti-war, anti-Big Pharma, organic, fierce environmentalist (wild animals way more desirable than humans, as I am clearly reminded after every time I post on BBQ), that I have always been.
What I see however, is most on the ‘left’ have abandoned classical liberalism and have embraced leftist fascism and totalitarian communism. The left has also become over-the-top intolerant, irrational, and childish. I can’t stress that last point enough.
BBQ is a community forum. If you disagree with something someone posts, the proper course of action, so it seems, is not to have a temper tantrum and then send hate mail to those you disagree with. If you have something to share, use your adult words and make your argument on the site, that’s how these community forums are supposed to work.
And unless you admire North Korea, you certainly don’t complain to the boss of someone who posts something you disagree with.
But if you must send hate mail, go ahead.
Your head might be thicker than my skin, but my skin is thick enough, I can take it.
In fact, I will confess, your hate mail has been quite fun…
Featuring Candidates for Tillamook School District #9 Justin Aufdermauer Dr. Danell Boggs Kurt Mizee Matthew Petty Samantha Spratt and Candidate for Tillamook County Transportation District Jim Heffernan and Candidates for Tillamook Bay Community College Board Mary Faith Bell Mary Jones
In response to Erin’s BBQ post of May 7th, regarding the MooVoter/Tillamook Pioneer Candidate Forum, and bringing clarity.
Many of you know I was a Board member, Officer, President of Friends of NCRD from 2008-2021. In 2019 I became President when tunnel vision for the pool project threatened the security of our Scholarship Program. Our newly elected board immediately rewrote our ByLaws to reflect Scholarships would be given priority funding. If you look into the Quarterly disbursements, you will discover the Youth after school program receives the majority of funding.
To be clear, I have never said the NCRD doesn’t provide Scholarships, I was a critical part of ensuring the Scholarship program remained strong. I stated the NCRD doesn’t do enough to promote Scholarships for those needing financial assistance. On the NCRD website you will see the statement ‘Scholarship assistance is extended to individuals in need of rehabilitative therapy due to injury or illness’. This statement alone implies Scholarships are exclusive, it says nothing about funding due to financial need. I also stated I would like to see user fees reviewed and the NCRD look into creating a sliding scale, creating Equity.
I hear myself in Erin’s statement of ‘not once did I ever have any feeling of un-welcomeness’. That WAS me and now sounds dismissive and promotive of the status quo. The status quo needs to change. I listen and I have heard many conversations of anger, upset and frustration. I am aware of them, the Board of NCRD is aware of them, the Friends of NCRD is aware of them and the NCRD is aware of them. I AM committed to listening for the NCRD becoming the best it can be, PERIOD! With me on the Board, we will create a safe space which will allow individuals to bring their concerns and have them addressed with honor, respect and completion, inside the context for the NCRD being the best it can be, for ALL.
My name is Constance! I ask you to vote for me, thank you.
I am a third generation North coast resident. My grandparents moved here from Portland in the mid 80’s after retirement. My grandfather built their home and large separate garage on the top of the hill in Wheeler. He called it “Up town Wheeler,” and that’s how he answered the phone since I was a little girl.
My grandfather was an avid fisherman among many other things and deeply intertwined in the community. He was the mayor of Wheeler at one point. My grandmother was a really wonderful lady, an avid gardener and part of the garden club in town. They both were proud Lions club members and loved living out here on the coast. They finished building their home here the year I was born, so I spent my entire childhood traveling back and forth a lot from the Portland area.
My grandfather had many serious health issues over the course of his retirement. He would travel back and forth from Portland, Astoria, Seaside, Tillamook and other bigger cities nearby because of the lack of resources in this area for his medical needs. He had heart problems that lead to a pacemaker and liver disease in his end years. He was life flighted and rushed by ambulance many times throughout his time here as our local health system wasn’t sufficient for his medical needs. Moving away from the coast was never an option as they were deeply involved in the community and wanted to stay in their home they loved and built for themselves.
My grandmother had really ideal health until her late 70s when she developed Alzheimer’s disease. At one point, she was in the Nehalem Bay memory care before my mother pulled her out and brought her home to Grandpa where she belonged. My mother and a few of their siblings took turns caring for my grandmother for the remainder of her time here on earth. It ended up being 5+ years of my grandmother battling the disease before it took her life. During those very difficult years, my mother spent most of her week down here, from her home and family in the Portland area, caring for my grandparents night and day. She would get relief by a few of her siblings for a couple days a week. They traveled from Sandy and Raleigh Hills, OR. They all did whatever it took to make sure my grandparents got to stay together in their home where they wanted to be. This was a major sacrifice and a reality for many in this community. As it turns out, both my grandparents passed away within a few months of each other in the comfort of their home with their kids by their side.
My mother and stepdad had bought a home in Nehalem not long before my mom’s parents both passed away.
My mother then went on to living life for herself again, and it wasn’t long before she herself began an awful battle with cancer. They found when it was late stage 3. She spent the rest of her life traveling for her medical care to Portland and the cancer center in Astoria. This was a really unfortunate situation and something many will deal with as they choose to retire or live here. Lack of specialty care and access to sufficient medical systems and care facilities make this area really challenging for all. These things make it difficult for everyone and it’s important to recognize that we are all in it together. At some point, every person in this community will need health services or specialty care that we may or may not have available here and need to travel for. Our grocery store clerk, gas station attendant, bankers, farmers, and so on. Even if it doesn’t impact you or your family directly, it will inevitably still impact you.
I am now raising the 4th generation here in our community. I moved out here when my mother was diagnosed with cancer and my daughter was only 3 months old. We had a year with my mother before she passed from complications of chemotherapy and the cancer itself. I’ve raised my daughter here and stay with my stepdad where we have grown quite close as we share the grief of missing my mom. I plan to continue living in this community and my daughter is now in the Neahkahnie school district as a preschooler. We spent the first few years of her life traveling to Portland for her primary care and then to Tillamook for a short while. Then we landed at the (then known as) Rinehart clinic where we quickly realized we should have been all along. We are lucky to have such caring and wonderful health care workers right here in our little town. It took a little time and some recommendations from friends in town, before we found the right place for our needs. My daughter has some special needs and is being well taken care of, still needed to travel some for her.
The Nehalem Bay Health Center needs this upgrade we are voting for.
With all that said, our livelihoods are deeply impacted by access to healthcare. Our health care system in this area needs a major upgrade and overhaul to accommodate the needs of our community and aging population, my stepdad included. It is deeply important to me to do whatever I can to make this happen.
As a student of Public Health and future health care worker and more importantly, a mother, daughter and friend. We are the fabric of our community, and we need to care for one another. If there is one important thing I’ve learned in the study of Public Health, it’s that the health of every individual matters and makes a difference. Lack of access to healthcare is a major determinant of health outcomes.
We need this new upgraded facility, and we need to ensure we are all given a fair and equal opportunity to have good health and promote longevity. Traveling for care is both a privilege and a major added challenge, that many will be, and already are, unable to make happen. This means poorer health outcomes for our community and negatively impacts our population health.
We need our community strong, healthy and fully supported. This is why I’m voting “Yes” for local health care.
During times of economic instability, crime goes up – and crime has increased tremendously in Oregon and other big cities in this country, and also in smaller coastal cities and town. Fentanyl is here now! Many of the homeless are settling in our little coastal villages. There are increasing reports of thefts and home break-ins. I think we need more deputies. BUT the County seeks to cut six County Sheriffs Deputy positions already funded in a recent proposed budget. They want to transfer the money to a contingency fund where it could be spent on anything. They want a new city hall! Personnel cuts to the Sheriffs Office were the most financially impacted of all the county departments.
This is what I have to say about that: During times of economic instability, crime goes up – and crime has increased tremendously in Oregon and other big cities in this country, and also in smaller coastal cities and town. Fentanyl is here now! Many of the homeless are settling in our little coastal villages. There are increasing reports of thefts and home break-ins. I think we need six more deputies. My opinion of the county commissioners is not good. They are definitely not small business friendly and they don’t seem to be county friendly either. They want to cut law enforcers in a time of more crime. You can make a statement about this by sending an e-mail to: publiccommens@co.tillamook.or.us
