Author: North Coast BBQ

With all the work in the garden, forgot it was Thursday! But, while working in the garden got an idea. Many of you who can’t make it to the North County Resistance Peaceful Protest have been wondering what you might do to help us. And today, I had one idea, and perhaps some of you have more. If you do, please share them with me or anyone else who might relay them to me.

The idea is many of our protest signs are from 6 months ago and even though they are still relevant it seems there is something new happening every week we need to protest against. Again, most of you know this is a Peaceful Protest. We want our signs to reflect this. We have our signs out in Nehalem every Saturday, with hundreds of cars passing by us. Age and gender wise these people fall into all sorts of categories. We want our signs to reflect our thoughts but we do not want our signs to turn anybody off. Consider the couple with their 7-12 year old’s in their car reading a sign with really nasty comments. We want signs that inspire people, to make them want to protest, not to hide their eyes from negative thoughts.

So this is where I ask you to help us with our signs. What would you like your sign to say if you were at the protest? No limitations here, but remember most of our signs are made with 3″ letters and numbers. A sign could be 24 inches wide and 12 inches tall. The fewer words you have can made a very solid point. So, please send me your thoughts about what you would like your sign to say. This will be your contribution to helping us change the direction the American Government is taking. All the protesters want to thank you!

OK, we will be back in Nehalem, and after this week we need to be in Nehalem, on Saturday, May 23, from noon to 2 PM. We hope you will join us and we also hope you will send us some thoughts on signs you would like to see.

Best,
Patty

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/21/trump-slush-fund-anti-weaponization

It was good to see on this morning’s local news that some Republican politicians are running from this as fast as they can.

Sometimes catching the biggest crooks happens via the lesser of their crimes. I don’t think the supreme court immunity ruling applies to tax evasion, or in this case federal corruption. Still the most expedient way to deal with this is at the ballot box. Given the difficult and worsening financial situation most Americans are experiencing, they will be hopping mad this fall and corruption like this provides clarity.

I’m looking forward to our protest this weekend. – Dave

With a coordinated and strategic effort by The Nehalem Bay Health District and The Nehalem Bay Health Center who are a tenant of the district, it passed overwhelmingly with the promise of ADDITIONAL healthcare for the area.

There’s a lot that can be said on all of this, but I’ll save that for some other time and get to the point of this message. We’re about to LOSE access to some critically important healthcare and we need your help to save it.

With the departure of Dr. Monte Gores in early June the clinic may opt to not continue offering acupuncture. A suitable candidate has been identified, but not hired. Patients are unable to make appointments past Dr. Gores last day at the clinic. And, inquiries about ongoing services are being met with non-answers.

The board will be meeting within a few days to make a decision on whether or not to continue offering acupuncture at the clinic. Considering that it was a 90 day wait just to get a first appointment with Dr. Gores, and his schedule was always full, it seems odd that a decision is even in play. But it is and we need the board to hear the community on this one.

Please email as many of the following as you’re up for:

1. Board of Directors of The Nehalem Bay Health Center at boardofdirectors@nehalembayhealth.org

2. Board of Directors of The Nehalem Bay Health District at info@nehalembayhd.org

3. CEO of Nehalem Bay Health Center Gail Nelson at gnelson@nehalembayhealth.org

Or call the clinic and leave a message for the CEO and the board at 503-368-5182

Or, better yet, write a letter or postcard to the board of the clinic at PO Box, 176 Wheeler, OR 97147.

The message is simple: “Compassionate Community Care” needs to be more than a tagline. They need to deliver on the promise of “HealthCare Yes!” and keep (actually expand) acupuncture services at the clinic.

Thank you!