Author: North Coast BBQ

It seemed early to have returned…but there she was before my eyes.

Some years ago walking about in my community I enjoyed another Swallow moment.

Wings

Stop and behold 
the joyful swallow,
rising and releasing,
soaring upwards
and streaming back,
down to the earth,
gravity’s companion.
Like the breath 
entering and leaving, 
a joy to stop,
and simply witness 
rising and releasing, 
the in and out
of what we know
as a gift or blessing.

Love in a time of war and privilege.

A sneakier tactic is also included in the bill, which makes it much easier and far more personally consequential for private political groups or indivduals to sue not only states but also election officials. This is in the section of the bill labeled “Private Right of Action,” also known as “standing.”

A query of Google AI returned this summary:
Q. How does the SAVE Act affect private rights of action?

A. Key Impacts of the act on Private Right of Action:
*Targets Election Officials: The Act enables private individuals or organizations to sue election officials if they believe the law is not being strictly enforced, specifically for allowing voter registrations without DPOC.

* Broadens Legal Liability: It creates a direct, new private right of action against local election officials who fail to comply with the new documentation standards, even if they act in good faith.

* Encourages Litigation: Critics argue this provision could lead to a surge of lawsuits (an “avalanche of litigation”) against election officials, particularly in states with high mail-in or online registration rates.

* Supplements Criminal Penalties: The private right of action works alongside new criminal penalties that can see election officials fined or imprisoned for up to five years for registering applicants without sufficient proof of citizenship.

* Encourages politically motivated lawsuits against administrators.

* Creates a “chilling effect,” where officials become overly cautious and reject valid applications for fear of being sued or prosecuted, even if the voter is a U.S. citizen.

So essentially, this gives groups like Dixie Darrow’s favorite, Judicial Watch and its hunky president, much more power to harass anyone they don’t like with impunity, all in service of disenfranchisement.

Gene Dieken

Below: Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch and his good buddy

Kiddos 6+ will meet Tuesday afternoons working on foundations, movement skills, group work, and choreography (“Art in Motion”

Women 17+ will meet Tuesday evenings to tap into our femininity and build a connection with our selves and our bodies through dance
(“Muse-icality”)

Would love to see you there!
xo – Miss Katelyn

Please check it out and give generously–sowing your own seeds of love.

The Giving Guide and detailed directories of the organizations can be found at www.northcoastbbq.com/local-resources/

The Giving Guide can also be found here:
www.northcoastbbq.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Giving-Guide-2025-26_Final_Spreads3.pdf

Not every organization can afford a paid profile, which pays for the production. So there is a list of contact information for all in the back of the Guide.

Here are descriptions of several of those organizations:
NeahCasa
Neah-Kah-Nie Coast Art, Music & Cultural Foundation
Nehalem Bay Community Services

NeahCasa
PO Box 384
Nehalem, OR 97131
503-440-1342
info@neahcasa.org
www.neahcasa.org

Mission Statement: To support community and the economic vitality of our area
by creating permanently affordable housing for fulltime residents.

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
NeahCasa is a non-profit housing advocacy group, incorporated as a housing trust (aka community land trust or CLT). Founded in 2005, the organization, has been dormant for several years but now with the current workforce housing crisis is becoming active again as a non-governmental voice for affordable housing for permanent residents. Our website lays out housing and economic issues and potential solutions in Tillamook County: neahcasa.org/

Neah-Kah-Nie Coast Art, Music & Cultural Foundation
PO Box 332
Rockaway Beach, OR 97136
503-812-8282
dback01@gmail.com
www.NCAMFoundation.org
www.RBWriters.com
www.ncamfoundation.org/donate

Mission Statement: The Neah-Kah-Nie Coast Art and Music Cultural Foundation (NCAM) believes that everyone, including youth, deserves access to cultural expression in an engaged community through writing, music, arts, and cultural programs that reflect — and inspire — our rural community’s creativity, diversity, and connections with one another.

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
NCAM creates events to raise funds and awareness for arts on the coast. We split the money we raise into two key areas:

Scholarships – Scholarships to high school seniors pursuing further education and training in the Arts. We define arts as any creative activity, from fine art to writing to music to culinary to coding – all of these are forms of art that elevate communities

Special Projects – We are raising money to build a recording studio at Neah-Kah-Nie High School to create a Music Technology program, and we offer recording grants to local musicians via our in-house recording studio.

Nehalem Bay Community Services
PO Box 232
36050 10th Street
Nehalem, OR 97131
503-368-4385 message
info@nehalembaycs.org

Programs

CHILD
Margaret Page, Organizer
503-368-4385 message

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
CHILD helps provide Back to School and Christmas assistance for children birth through high school living in North Tillamook County who might do without. Many local families struggle just to provide a roof over their heads and food on the table. Parents register their children with CHILD listing needs for Back to School and a small gift before Christmas. Parents must register each child prior to each event. Tags requesting needs/wishes are then prepared by CHILD and placed in local business for people to pick up and fill the needs of the child.

Munch a Lunch
Deb Tinnin, Organizer
503-368-4385 message

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
Munch a Lunch provides lunches for school children living in the Wheeler- Nehalem- Manzanita area at designated Grab & Go location and times during summer break.

Nehalem Bay Food Pantry and Clothing Bank 503-368-4385 message
Cathy Tinker, Organizer

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
NBCS Food Pantry/Clothing Bank is open 4 days each week, Monday, Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Wednesday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for those needing to supplement their weekly food purchases. The Oregon Food Bank delivers some of the food that is offered; what is not available through them is either donated or purchased with monies donated by local groups, business, or individuals.

Nehalem Senior Lunches
503-812-2647 message
Doug Dickey, Chef
Text 503-812-2647
nbumcnsl2020@gmail.com

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
Nehalem Senior Lunches is a program located in the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church, offering lunches to seniors each Tuesday and Thursday. Seating begins at 11:30 with lunch served at noon. Lunches are delivered to those who are unable to come to the church. A lunch may also be picked up for take out between 11:30 and noon. A donation of $5.00 per meal is requested.

NBCS Chair Exercise
503-368-4385 message
Jane Knapp, Organizer and Leader

One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
Designed for senior citizens who have a variety of exercise challenges, this 45-minute class exercises both the body and the brain. A friendly and welcoming group. Mondays & Thursdays, 10 to 10:45 am.

www.stlwc.org/peace-i-ask-of-thee-o-river

Peace, I ask of thee, O river, peace, peace, peace.
When I learn to live serenely, cares will cease.
From the hills I gather courage, visions of the day to be,
strength to lead and faith to follow, all are given unto me.

​Peace, I ask of thee, O river, peace, peace, peace.
Peace like the falling rain,
like the floating cloud,
like the flowing stream,
like the gentle breeze as it whispers.

​Peace, O river, peace.

We shall be Known
Ma Muse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4xhQcgyoLk

We shall be known by the company we keep
By the ones who circle round to tend these fires
We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap
The seeds of change, alive from deep within the earth

It is time now, it is time now that we thrive
It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now, and what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love

We shall be known by the company we keep
By the ones who circle round to tend these fires
We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap
The seeds of change, alive from deep within the earth

It is time now, it is time now that we thrive
It is time we lead ourselves into the well
It is time now, and what a time to be alive
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love
In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love

Row, Row, Row, Your Boat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7otAJa3jui8

Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream

Thanks to so many of you, NO KINGS3 in Manzanita was a huge success. We were 755 people strong, but if you consider the people who went by in cars, waving and hollering out as many windows that could, we were much more than that number. We are a crowd of old, middle aged, young, and children. We are a crowd of people showing our government we are not happy and we want change.

And always the question comes up “what good do you think you are doing?” I personally can’t imagine doing anything better, except for letting our government, elected officials know we are not happy with what is going on. We elected these people by giving them our vote and now feel like they have turned against us. They have turned against us by not stopping Trump, his War, his obvious disregard for both the people that voted for him and the people who voted against him.

Type a question into your browser-how much does it cost for Trump to travel in our Boeing 747 between Washington D.C. and Mara-Lago. Answers come up anywhere from $200,000 per hour to 1 million dollars per round trip. So, let’s now compare this with our local gas going up to $5.15/gallon for regular gas. This should infuriate everyone! We are told by Trump to just “suck it up”. Sad, sad, sad.

So, yes, keep protesting, keep writing your letters, help people and we will find our way out of this. Don’t give up!
Best,
Patty