Community Centered Death Care A Lived Experience

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September 15, 2026, 6 – 7 PM (Zoom)

Community-Centered Death Care: A Lived Experience
Presenters: Kevin Shukla, Jim Emmerson, and Gale Ousele

Join the North Coast EOL Collective for a virtual conversation about one family’s experience caring for a loved one through the end of life and beyond: the support in her final months, care for her body after her passing, a home burial, and continued care for her living legacy.

Kevin Shukla, a resident of Hebo and frequent participant in the North Coast EOL Collective offerings and the Coastal Community Death Care Series, will be joined by Jim Emmerson and Gale Ousele; friends, neighbors, and co-facilitators in one peaceful passing. Together, they will reflect on their experience throughout the entire continuum of home death care.

Rather than a “how-to” presentation, this offering will provide an opportunity to learn through lived experience. Their story invites us to consider what is possible when families, friends, and communities reclaim meaningful roles in caring for one another through death, burial, remembrance, and stewardship.

As always, there will be time for conversation and questions.

This offering reflects the North Coast EOL Collective’s belief that learning about death and dying happens not only through education, but through listening to one another’s stories, strengthening community wisdom, and creating A Collective Approach to Death and Dying.

To register, copy and paste the URL. www.northcoasteolcollective.com/events-one/community-centered-death-care-a-lived-experience

There is no cost to participate. Questions: welcom@northcoasteolcollective.com

Durant Olive Oil Tasting at Green Coast Market this Friday 4-6

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Free Olive Oil & Vinegar Tasting!

This Friday from 4–6pm, Green Coast Market is hosting a free tasting with a representative from Durant Olive Mill in Dayton.

Founded in 2008, Durant has become a leader in Oregon olive oil and is home to the Pacific Northwest’s only Olioteca. Come taste, learn and discover some seriously good local olive oil!

Green Coast Market is located at 117 N Miller Street in charming downtown Rockaway Beach. We’re open 11–6 every day and happily welcome SNAP/EBT customers.

Thanks for supporting our local food community!

P.S. We still have bubble wrap and cardboard boxes. Need some? Hit us up anytime! 🙂

Protest in Nehalem-August 22-noon to 2 PM

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Hello Friends,

Please join us for our next protest in Nehalem. The North County Resistance will be meeting on Saturday, August 22nd, from noon to 2 PM. At this time the weather report is showing cooler temperatures with only 20% chance of some light rain. The kind of weather frogs tend to like this time of year.

Albert Einstein said: “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.” Remind you of anybody you know?

North County Resistance members are a peaceful group of ordinary people, most of whom live in this community. Yes, they are angry about what is going on in the world, much of it caused by the people in our United States government. We gather to try to create change. We talk as a group about what we might do to make this change. Please make sure you are registered to vote and then vote for change. This is one thing we can ALL do.

Please also consider a donation to our local food banks. Several programs are being cut that so many people depend on for food for themselves and their families. Addresses for these organizations:

North County Food Bank, PO Box 162, Wheeler, Oregon 97147
Nehalem Bay Community Services, PO Box 232, Nehalem, Oregon 97131
Meals for Seniors, PO Box 852, Rockaway Beach, Oregon 97136

Again, we hope you will join us on Saturday, August 22 in Nehalem. Thank you one and all for your donations to our community.

Best,
Patty Rinehart

NEW PRICE House for Rent Manzanita/Nehalem

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10560 Meadow Lark Lane Manzanita, OR
3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, 1840 tsf

All new carpet and refinished wood floors. Very Clean. Move-in ready.
Classic Great Room Plan
Large Open Vaulted Loft/Family Room
Kitchen Island & Solid Granite Counters
Big Closets & Pantry
Dishwasher, Refrigerator, Range
Interior Washer & Dryer Hookups
Propane Fireplace
Fenced Yard with Covered Cement Patio
Attached Garage with Opener

$2500 per month with 1-year lease
Contact Maggie 503-784-6569

Poetry Reading with Tricia Gates Brown

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Tricia Gates Brown will read from her new poetry collection ‘Of a Certain Age’ (Fernwood Press, 2026), at St. Catherines in Manzanita, at 7 PM on September 26. Location: 36335 Hwy 101. Deb Montgomery will play some music.

Moving through the decades — teens to fifties — Of a Certain Age explores the unfurling of a life, capturing the tones of the ages, from loss of innocence to contemplation of death. Of the collection, poet Emmett Wheatfall writes “Each poem adds a new layer of intelligence and canny magnetism while a subtle sense of spirituality also weaves through the poems—notwithstanding love, tenderness, kinetic energy, sensuality, and heartbreak. …A wonderful collection for readers coming of age, especially for those in the latter half of life.” Poet Joann Boswell calls the collection, “a breathtaking inspiration.”

Of a Certain Age is available in paperback from Fernwood Press and major booksellers. At the event, the author will be signing books.

After almost two decades living on the Oregon North Coast, Tricia Gates Brown now lives and works as a writer/editor in Newberg, Oregon. Her poetry has appeared in several literary journals. Her second novel, Finding Something to Love, will be released in July 2027 by Vine Leaves Press. Website: triciagatesbrown.net.

Trigger Point Release

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Join Graceful Waves Wellness Center for a free community class on Thursday, September 17 at 7:00 PM.

In this approachable, hands-on class, you’ll learn simple ways to ease tight muscles and better understand how light contact on the spine can help shift tension in the body.

You’ll also have the opportunity to observe or participate in a live spine demonstration, with volunteers welcome.

In this class, you’ll:

See how light contact on the spine can shift tension in the body
Learn what’s happening during a spinal adjustment or entrainment
Observe or participate in a live demonstration
Explore a simple method for easing tight muscles

This class is our gift to the community. No charge. Registration required.

Book here: app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/82124172/appointment/2031844/calendar/648646?appointmentTypeIds=

Play Music on the Porch Day August 29th at Rising Hearts Studio

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Hello BBQ Community-

There will be NO OPEN MUSIC JAM THIS FRIDAY. We will resume our First and Third Open Music Jam Nights in September.
Please join us for a special night of music – our version of the worldwide Play Music on the Porch Day:Playing for Peace – on Saturday August 29th at Rising Hearts Studio, 6PM. Bring your instruments, your voice, yourself – and let’s have fun playing music together, along with musicians all around the world. ALL are WELCOME! Hope to see you there!

Contact Christy (503) 800-1092 for info/questions.

Rising Hearts Studio
35840 7th St
Hwy 101, downtown Nehalem
“Lifting the community with education and services that promote healing on all levels.”

Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Free Admission Day

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The Tillamook County Pioneer Museum will host a free admission day on Saturday, September 5 from 10 am – 4 pm.

The community is invited to come and see the second installment of “The Searchlight,” a rotating series focused on military history at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum (TCPM), comes “From the Archive: A retrospective of American Military History over 250 years.” The latest exhibit highlights artifacts from the museum’s collection to show little-known pieces of America’s military history throughout time.

The exhibit will be on display for a year.

NCCWP PRESENTS The North Coast Temperate Rainforest Isn’t Disappearing — It’s Gone

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North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) is sponsoring a presentation of aerial photographs by Richard Felley entitled:
The North Coast Temperate Rainforest Isn’t Disappearing — It’s Gone Tuesday, August 25, 6pm Doors open at 5:30pm St. Mary by the Sea Parish Hall 275 S. Pacific Street, Rockaway Beach Free Admission – All Welcome How much land in Clatsop/Tillamook is forestland transformed by logging and pesticide spraying? Richard Felley will present his aerial photos of clearcuts on private and state forests, with a discussion and information on what you can do about it. He will discuss how the timber industry transforms our native, real forests into clearcuts, and then into tree farms. The aerial photos were taken from a helicopter flying over Tillamook and Clatsop counties. Felley says: “My purpose for acquiring the images is that I have gone into the woods (tree farms) for over 40 years now to cut firewood and I feel most people really just don’t see up close what I have seen. My concern is that these lands can’t handle the kind of rotations that their owners are imposing on them and, combined with a warming, drying local climate, they are cutting their own throats and impacting the watersheds of everyone by continuing business as usual. Many of the images show tree farms that have clearly been planted 10 to 20 years ago with much die off occurring and no replanting occurring either. In a word I simply call it mismanagement.”
Just as the salmon inspire you to keep swimming upstream, let us keep speaking up to advocate for healthy forests and clean drinking water for all.
NCCWP wants no more logging and pesticide use in community drinking water sources regardless of who owns the land, and wants an end to pesticide applications near where people live, work, and recreate. Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have. Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds.
For more information go to our website www.healthywatershed.org or contact rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com.

Ride To Oregon Poetry Association in Salem August 28-29

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The Oregon Poetry Association is celebrating its 70th birthday on Friday August 28 through Saturday August 29. I would like to ride share.

If anyone just wants to come for the 28th and can stay through the Open Mike, I could use a lift home and then I will drive back in the daylight.

(I got an Honorable Mention and will be reading at the Open Mike, but I cannot drive easily at night.)

Thanks!

Katja
katjabiesanz@icloud.com

Manzanita Film Festival Oct 2-3 Tickets Now Available

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Save the date for the Manzanita Film Festival on October 2-3 at The Pine Grove Community House in beautiful Manzanita. We’re excited to showcase an incredible line up of animated, live-action, and documentary shorts from filmmakers throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Buy tickets at
www.manzanitafilmfestival.com

Schedule:
Friday October 2
7pm Friday Night Frights (Doors 6pm)

Saturday October 3
12pm Live Action Shorts (Doors 11am)
2pm Animated Shorts (Doors 1:30pm)
4pm Documentary Shorts (Doors 3:30pm)

All tickets include complimentary beverages & snacks.

A huge thank you to our generous sponsors for supporting the festival. We couldn’t do it without you! Tillamook Coast Visitors Association, Oregon Film, The Winery at Manzanita, The City of Manzanita, The Pine Grove Community House, Steeplejack Brewing, Laurelhurst Theater & Pub, San Dune Inn, Ocean Inn, and ScovelINK

Manzanita modern – 2bed/1bath – open October ‘26 – 3,200

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OCTOBER 2026 just opened and reduced – $3,200. 30 nights – fully furnished. NOVEMBER 2026 also open – $2,500. This is NOT a long term lease option.

Welcome to 3THREE8 Manzanita ~ a newly remodeled, month-to-month private home retreat in Manzanita, Oregon. Our intimate and modern space is the perfect retreat for those who enjoy high end furnishings in a comfortable, home-like setting. 1.5 blocks to Laneda Ave (main village with all the shops), 3.5 blocks to the beach with private back yard, fire pit and golf course views. 2 bedroom/1 bath, two person max, one small dog OK w/ additional fee. We cover all utilities except electric – no deposit required.

Please share with any of your friends that might want to spend a month at the beach. Text Bret (owner/host) with any questions 503.939.3927

Big beautiful blueberries U-pick!!!

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There are still lots of U-pick blueberries available
This Wednesday come and enjoy some of what this year has to offer.
Wednesday we will open 10:30 – 3:00. Dedicated pickers will find PLENTY of berries! Please no early birds!
U-pick blueberries $3.00/lb and pre-picked packs available roadside for $4.75 each.
15545 McDonald Rd. That’s located at the corner of McDonald rd and Liar’s lair.
PLEASE!
No early birds
No kids
No pets

Biomechanics: Posture, Pillows & Backpacks

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Join Graceful Waves Wellness Center for a free, practical, hands-on community class on Monday, August 31 at 7:00 PM.

We’ll explore how posture affects the body, what can pull posture out of alignment, and how everyday activities like sleep position, pillows, and backpacks can influence the spine and nervous system.

Please bring your favorite pillow. Kids are welcome to bring their backpack for fit and posture tips.

What you’ll learn:

How posture affects the body
Pillow height for better sleep support
Backpack fit for healthier alignment

This class is our gift to the community. No charge. Registration required.

Book here: app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule/82124172/?appointmentTypeIds

A New Season of WaSH Classes – Register Now!

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A new season of WaSH (Water/Sanitation/Hygiene) classes are posted at EVCNB.ORG.
Go to Events & Trainings to choose the Saturday, 2.5 hour, Fall thru early Winter ’26 class that you’d like to attend:
September 19
October 24
November 21
December 12

Do you have SAFE (potable) water stored in your home?
How will you manage human waste when toilets aren’t functioning?
How will you dispense SAFE water for washing?
How do you rank your household in regards to Emergency Preparedness?
Got a plan?

Register for a WaSH class to gain the know-how!
Classes are held at the Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue Station on Hwy 101.