Gallery 447 is Now Open!

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Dear Residents,

We’re thrilled to announce that Gallery 447 is officially open for business!

Located at 447 Laneda Ave in Manzanita, our gallery offers a curated selection of vintage art, acrylic and glass sculptures, rocks, crystals, woodwork and jewelry.

We invite you to visit us and explore the beauty and craftsmanship showcased in our gallery.

Looking forward to welcoming you to Gallery 447!

Best Regards,

Gallery 447

Ageism and COVID

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My husband and I still have not had COVID. We still wear masks, which must work since medical people have been wearing them to avoid spreading things long before COVID. We still do not gather in groups. We have had all of the vaccines. We still ask people to wear a mask if we need to talk with them face to face for a long time. I have 5 medical conditions that make me more vulnerable to death from COVID, so I won’t take the risk and act as though COVID is gone.

Masking has never been about freedom, it is a choice about caring for yourself and others. I would feel horrible, if through my neglect, I gave someone this disease knowing that it did not have to be. We are all in this together. Being tired of COVID doesn’t make it disappear. We are all tired of it but we all can do more to protect ourselves and others. Please think twice about your decision to not mask up when appropriate.

I am posting the link to a article from CNN because it is informative about COVID and aging.

We are an aging society here on the coast and we need to let the world know that we still have value. A solution is suggested in this article.

Thank you for reading about my take on things. Everyone stay safe and let’s all matter to each other and spread some love! Audene

www.cnn.com/2024/02/08/health/aging-discrimation-kff-partner-wellness/index.html

Response to Julie and

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Hi Julie and “Community” – whomever that is…

First of all, I’ve lived one of the happiest and most interesting lives a broke-ass motherf*cker has ever lived. I’ve been to all 50 states via car/train/bus/thumb, met all sorts of interesting famous and not-famous people, worked I don’t know how many different cool jobs all over this country, spent lots of time in the deep wild all over the place, etc. etc. etc.

Secondly, I have written many, many things and I’ve made three films that I carefully crafted as to avoid negativity.

And that’s not easy to do when you’re making an anti-war film about Iran (a country which, unfortunately the Dems are now using to escalate world war three, a war in which we are already in btw), a film about the polluted Columbia River, the imperiled salmon runs, the natives being treated like crap, etc.

My stripper movie is quite fun:

tubitv.com/movies/575933/the-dancer-diaries

Another way to affect change, Julie and “Community” is to angrily hold a mirror up to idiots and morons who are not just idiots and morons, but are also destroying lives and our quality of life by:

Completely disregarding our southern border. 300,000 people from 140 countries crossed in December alone. And who knows how many thousands of pounds of the Chinese Communist Party’s fentanyl, the cartels’ meth and the cartels’ heroin were simply walked over and brought straight to Oregon thanks to the dipsh*ts running the DPO and the worst federal administration in American history.

And don’t any of you woke sheep reading this dare scream ‘Andy’s racist! Bwaaaaaaaaaaaa!’. As a cabbie I worked with and was friends with people from all over the planet. I current work with and am friends with Mexicans and a Lebanese guy.

So yeah, last month:

This guy came in: (I can’t find the link of the convicted terrorist saying to the reporter at the border ‘You’ll know my name soon’, but this article from Reuters makes my point. And the numbers in this story are incorrect, LOTS MORE terrorists have crossed and are waiting stateside in stand-by:

www.reuters.com/world/us/smuggler-with-extremist-ties-helped-uzbeks-cross-us-mexico-border-us-says-2023-08-29/

And this guy came in:

https://twitter.com/DrewHLive/status/1754864041418514720

There will be Hamas-style terror attacks stateside very soon. I’m not sure how I can phrase that without it sounding negative.

A deep dive on the border crisis is available here:

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

We all know people who have overdosed because of the self-righteous narcissist arrogant lying Oregon Dem politicians and the dumb-asses who vote for them. The DPO is literally killing people with their arrogance narcissism and stupidity. Doesn’t that make you angry? Or does that make you just say ‘oh well, the world is in chaos. Happy day! I’m going for a beach walk!’

Anyone who has family that has overdosed in Oregon over the last few years should join in a class-action lawsuit and bankrupt the DPO, that coven of anti-life incompetent murderous Covidiot woketards.

Our law enforcement officers here in Tillamook County are some of the most amazing public servants I have ever witnessed. The Portland cops are great too. I worked there as a taxi driver for eight years and watched every demolition of old Portland, and the aftermath of every violent (sorry ‘mostly peaceful’) protest by the antifa fascists and BLM communists.

I would never be a LEO in Wokeland, and mega praises to any Portland cop who is managing to stay in that sh*thole, drug-infested violent town. I left the taxi biz before my co-worker cabbie Bruce Lawson was knifed in the neck from the backseat and killed by a crazed absolute lunatic tranny shim who was let out of jail early because of Dem anti-life legislation after threatening store workers with that very same knife. (The Oregonian made sure to get the shim’s pronouns correctly. Thank God for that!)

One of my steady taxis had a bullet hole in the trunk and backseat, after another co-worker was shot in the back and crippled. Yes Julie and community, it is good to open your eyes and look at this stuff. It might just save your life one day.

Our officers out here who work in the field have to deal with violence and threats of violence every day, and here in Oregon that violence has ramped-up immeasurably, after the billionaire farma pigs released a bio-weapon into the world and shut down the global economy for reasons that most on this list, sadly, will never take the time to understand.

I was at Mohler Co-op when Shawn (deputy, don’t know his last name) was taking the report, the morning after the tweakers (Foss Rd gang I heard) used a saw to cut into the co-op from the outside. Rene was sad. Everyone in there was sad. Shawn was sad, I could feel it.

And what was even sadder was this elderly guy, 85 maybe, frail, lives alone in an indefensible isolated house on the Miami-Foley, comes up to me and he meekly and very very sadly told me that the tweakers had stolen $200 of gas from his car so far this year. They siphon it, not drill his gas tank like the tweakers did my housemates car here in Tweakerville a few months ago. There is absolutely nothing he can do about it. It was so sad.

Julie and “Community”, I challenge anyone to rewrite this piece, containing all of the pertinent, potentially life-saving info enclosed herein, without being negative. Good luck.

Anyway, Julie runs one of the best restaurants in the area, Buttercup, and you should go in if you haven’t, and she makes the best homemade ice-cream in the entire world, with very unique, high-quality ingredients.

That said, I’ve never left North America, not counting Hawaii.

Doh!

🙂

(There, that wasn’t so bad was it? Gets a little negative in there for a bit, but overall it’s positive-ish. And you said if I was positive, good things would happen to me, right? Free ice cream???)

WORLD-CLASS JAZZ WITH JOHN STOWELL & DMITRI MATHENY

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Saturday March 2nd at 7pm, join us as the Bay City Arts Center welcomes acclaimed guitarist John Stowell and flugelhorn player Dmitri Matheny. Known for his innovative guitar work and collaborations with top jazz artists, Stowell’s compositions entrance audiences during live performances. Matheny’s technique and emotional playing style pair beautifully with Stowell’s guitar mastery. Treat yourself to an evening of world-class jazz for $20 general admission and $10 for students. Doors open at 6:30pm. We look forward to seeing you there! Get you tickets in advance on our website at the www.baycityartscenter.com.

STORY TIME! Crafting, Free Books, and Treats

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Join us for Story Time at the Cannon Beach Library, 2 p.m. on Saturday, February 10. The theme is “Be Mine, Valentine!” Come listen to stories about Valentine’s Day in both English and Spanish. There will also be Valentine crafting, FREE books, and treats. Story Time is a free event. Target age is pre-k to 8, but all ages are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Contact us for more information.

Ikea FÖRHÖJA Kitchen Cart

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For sale: Ikea FÖRHÖJA Kitchen Cart. $40. Cash

New condition. Except it’s already put together, and the box has already been recycled!! AND it’s already here on the coast. It’s like getting the product, delivery, and product support, all in one!

It’s like a 2-fer. Two draws, two shelves, two wheels, and too convenient!

And too cheap. New it costs $150. (see link below) But you get all those 2-fers, fer just $40 cash. C’mon!! Take advantage of me! My move is your opportunity!

And, it is a sweet kitchen cart. And it’s made of birch.

You can see it on the Ikea site, here: www.ikea.com/us/en/p/foerhoeja-kitchen-cart-birch-80035920/
Or just search “Ikea FÖRHÖJA” (accent marks not necessary)

BEN NUÑEZ SR. SCHOLARSHIP 2024 Sponsored by Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS

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Friends of Netarts Bay – Watershed, Estuary, Beach and Sea (WEBS) announces:
The BEN NUÑEZ, SR. SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY FOR TILLAMOOK COUNTY GRADUATES. Now in its third year.

WEBS is committed to supporting students who want to make a positive impact on our natural resources.

Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (WEBS) works to build a community of environmental stewards around Netarts Bay watershed and the areas between Cape Meares and Cape Lookout. We use educational events, programs and activities, as well as informed scientifically based documents, to enhance knowledge of the important and unique qualities of the Netarts Bay Area. “WEBS is committed to supporting local students who care about our natural resources and are looking to start a career in science and conservation”, says WEBS Executive Director Chrissy Smith.
The scholarship is named after long-time board member, Ben Nuñez, Sr. who passed away in 2022. Nuñez served as the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS treasurer for many years and continued to be a strong ambassador for the non-profit upon resigning from the board. Ben’s legacy lives on through his generosity and we are delighted to award in his name, multiple scholarships.
The Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS Ben Nunez, Sr. Scholarship opportunity is now accepting applications. WEBS is offering up to three scholarships to graduating high school seniors or Tillamook County residents interested in pursuing a career in oceanography, marine conservation, estuary health, watershed ecology, or a closely related field. Awards are made at the discretion of the WEBS board. This scholarship opportunity is open to any resident or graduate of Tillamook County schools and will be allocated via the Tillamook Education Foundation.
The application deadline for the 2024 Ben Nuñez, Sr. Scholarship is 4 pm on March 15, 2024.
More information can be found on the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS website at www.netartsbaywebs.org/scholarships.
Questions about this opportunity can be sent to Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS by emailing info@netartsbaywebs.org

Self Care Community Wellness Event- February 16th, 6:30 PM at Rising Hearts Studio

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Hello BBQ Community-

Community Acupuncture- Singing Bowls – Grounding Tea

Please join Megan Lucas LAc and Certified Sound Healer Christy Kay for a special February Self Care/Self Love Community Wellness Event at Rising Hearts Studio, Friday February 16th, 6:30 PM – enjoy community acupuncture, while bathing in the sounds of healing singing bowls, with grounding tea offering to follow. Leave feeling calm, refreshed and renewed.
$50/person
Space limited- registration required app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=20787704&appointmentType=58532489

Meet your practitioners:
Megan Lucas, LAc, MAOM. NADA certified.
A licensed acupuncturist, Megan feels grateful to live on the north coast with her family. As a practitioner, she aims to help patients to improve their lives through deepening their relationship to their health through encouraging lifestyle changes. She offers acupuncture, bodywork, shiatsu, breathwork and recommendations on diet, movement, and herbal medicine. Her treatments focus on
the goals of the patient and the connection to their healing journey. As someone who has gone through intense illness and trauma, she understands the challenges people may face in their healing
journey.
She enjoys hiking, foraging, hunting, fly-fishing, writing, floating the river or collecting wild herbs for salves and tinctures, often alone and often with her family. She continues to work toward being a
beacon of light for others so they may more easily navigate the storm of life, and is looking for new opportunities to reach the community to offer services.

Christy Kay is a Vibrational Medicine Practitioner who lives on the North Oregon Coast. She has been studying health and wellness most of her life, in an effort to overcome chronic illness, including several autoimmune diagnoses. After a serious car accident over 10 years ago, she found herself with a traumatic brain injury, a broken back, and PTSD. With training and certifications in over a dozen healing modalities, she found the greatest relief through Energy Medicine. Sometimes it is hard to become unstuck. Using an array of energetic practices, her passion and gifts lie in facilitating healing on a deep energetic level for clients who want deeper peace, health, and wellness in their lives. When energetic flow is brought back into balance, we are more able to move forward and step into our Divine Self. Christy knows that healing the whole person, in all realms, will create more happy, vibrant souls who will create a better, more peaceful world. She has a private healing practice, Cosmic Healing NW, working one on one with clients since 2017. She opened Rising Hearts Studio in 2020 to be able to offer healing arts events to her community.
Christy is a Reiki Master/Teacher, Certified Sound Healer, Certified Crystal Therapy Practitioner, Registered Holistic Health Practitioner, and Registered Metaphysician who blends a large array of healing modalities together to help you truly heal!
Visit www.cosmichealingnw.com for more info on Christy Kay

Please join us for this Healing Community Event!

BOOKS!! NYT Best Sellers $5 ea

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Six good reads for rainy days– $5 each. Purchase 2 and get one FREE!! Two hardbacks. All in great condition.

Oh William!! — Elizabeth Strout
Sea of Tranquility — Emily St. John Mandel
The Bonesetter’s Daughter — Amy Tan
Pale Morning Light With Violet Swan — Deborah Reed
The Music of Bees — Eileen Garvin
The Pine Island Paradox — Kathleen Dean Moore

Optimal Health by Denise Donohue

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Hi, I’m Denise.
I am a certified health coach and owner of Optimal Health and Optimal Life Coaching. Knowing how much this program was FOREVER CHANGING my life for the better, I had to share this EASY solution with others.

My desire is to INSPIRE and MOTIVATE others to achieve their wellness objectives. I LOVE helping people and I want others to experience AMAZING HEALTH!

To learn more about my journey and how my coaching can help you reach your health goals, please visit my website: findingoptimalhealth.com/
or
complete the inquiry form link: form.jotform.com/240297688072163 and I will contact you to start a conversation about reaching your health goals.

‘CRIMES OF THE HEART’ OPENS MARCH 1st. TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

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Opens March first!
Tickets On Sale Now at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

This darkly comedic play by Beth Henley delves into the messy lives of the Magrath women, each grappling with their own “crimes of the heart.”

Under a searing Mississippi sun, the Magrath sisters’ fragile lives shatter when Babe, the youngest, shoots her philandering husband.

Summoned home, the eldest, Lenny, wrestles with small-town stagnation and dreams of escape.

Meg, the middle sister, a washed-up singer, drowns her past in whiskey, returning with secrets clinging to her like Spanish moss.

As Babe’s legal storm brews, the kitchen of their childhood home becomes a pressure cooker of buried memories and blistering truths.

Past resentments erupt, revealing the scars of their mother’s suicide and their father’s desertion.

Their eccentric cousin Chick stirs the pot, while their flamboyant lawyer Barnette offers shaky legal support and a dash of unexpected romance.

This Pulitzer Prize-winning play paints a bittersweet portrait of Southern women struggling to rise above their “crimes of the heart” and embrace the promise of a brighter future.

Tickets on sale now at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

Trash Bash Turns 25! SAVE THE DATE

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The Trash Bash Arts Festival is about to turn 25. That’s right! It has been 25 years since the very first celebration of reimagined trash and it’s time to come out again to celebrate the artistry and creativity of our community. Together, let’s reimagine all the things that trash can be:
Can it be a great story and conversation piece? Oh, yes it can.
Can it be beautiful art? Absolutely.
Can it bring us together as a community to sing and dance and find creative ways to keep it out of landfills? You betcha.
And can it be a wearable designer gown, lighting up a runway? Well, why not come out and see for yourself?
Heart of Cartm is inviting every community member to come out to the White Clover Grange in Nehalem, OR, from Thursday, May 16 to Sunday, May 19, 2024, to celebrate the silver jubilee of the Trash Bash Arts Festival. There will be music, food, art, and spoken word. There will be fun. There will be trashion, and there will be . . . a community that is not afraid of facing its trash head-on and gathers to playfully discover all the things that trash can be. Don’t miss out on all this fun!
In fact, why not help us shape the celebration? Don’t just stand on the sidelines; we want you to dive in and get involved. Whether you’d like to volunteer, donate to the cause, submit art, tell a trash tale, or walk the runway, we want you rising from the trashes with us!
This year’s poignant Trash Bash theme is “RISING FROM THE TRASHES”. Jessi Just, Executive Director of Heart of Cartm in Wheeler, OR, points out that the board chose this theme because it rang true for so many of us who are rebuilding, reorganizing, and reimagining our lives after the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, the image of a phoenix rising from the (tr)ashes even describes Heart of Cartm’s story itself, which had to be reimagined into existence after the contract with the transfer station in Manzanita was not renewed in 2018. Thankfully the board persevered, continued to meet, and reimagined itself as Heart of Cartm, which carries on CARTM’s original mission to lead our community to zero waste. Heart of Cartm opened its new creative reuse store in Wheeler in 2021 and welcomes visitors, patrons, donors, and volunteers Thursday–Monday, noon–6pm.
So, come on out and be part of the fun! Let’s celebrate transformation, community, and creativity (all while keeping our waste out of landfills) as together we Rise from the Trashes!
To become a creative community activist, help us keep trash out of landfills, and have fun while you’re at it, sign up at www.heartofcartm.org/trash-bash-2024#involved and let us know how you’d like to get involved. We can’t wait to see you there!

Save the date and join us! Once again, here are the details:
LOCATION: White Clover Grange, Nehalem, Oregon
DATE: Thursday, May 16 to Sunday, May 19, 2024
MORE INFO: Visit our website to learn more about participating as an artist, designer, storyteller, or volunteer: www.heartofcartm.org/

Oak Tryptic Mirror For Sale

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The photo won’t post but will be sent via text or email to interested folks. The center mirror is 53 inches at top of the arch to 28 inches across. The side wings are
37 inches at high point by 12 inches across.
This is a lovely oak trimmed mirror. Asking $50.00
208-899-9414
Cash preferred. You may pick up in Rockaway or we may deliver within the area.

FOR SALE-Heated Massager for Chair or Car

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FOR SALE – Neck and Shoulder Heated Massager

NEW In Box – Two speeds plus reversible massage.
Works both as an AC or car lighter plug in for your car.

Nice enough to give as gift – that’s how I acquired it. These sell for between $70. and $120.
Yours for $35.

It does feel good. I just don’t find myself using it and I’m working on de-cluttering.

Call or Text Lori
503-801-0774
banjo2@nehalemtel.net

(Please email if my photos don’t come through)

Rice & Shine’s Response to the Tweakerville Post

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Hello! Rice & Shine here,

While we greatly appreciate the kind words that were expressed regarding us and our food cart, we do feel the need to express that we have no plans of leaving this town. We have dealt with our fair share of chaos including flooding, theft, crazies, and other things. No town is perfect. With that being said, Wheeler still remains our favorite little town on the coast! We love this town so much and the people in it.

We’re just so stoked to be here! Rest assured we aren’t going anywhere!
That’s all 🙂

<3,
Mandy & Casey
Rice & Shine

Looking To Leave Tweakerville (Wheeler)

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Can you please update my post and delete the other if possible?

Good morning,

I am casually looking to get the hell out of Tweakervile (Wheeler) as the crime is getting quite bad.

The first thing I do everyday is look out the window to see if my cars are there, and then I look at the pavement to see if they have drilled my gas tanks. It’s like I’m living in Portland again.

The recent days/months have seen:

My housemate’s gas tank getting drilled, the tweaker/zombie (that’s what he looked like on the video) only took one gallon of gas, and let the rest drain all over the street and into the storm drain and then into the bay. My housemate had to get a tow and pay for the fix, of course, and then he started parking blocks away at a friend’s house and walking home.

The city of Wheeler’s excavator was stolen, three blocks away from me. Yes, the excavator.

Last week, Rice and Shine, a very hard-working young couple’s excellent food cart, had their large propane tank stolen ($300 when empty). One of my cars was parked 30-feet away. I expect Rice and Shine’s food cart will be leaving Tweakerville soon as well. Like me, they probably take a breath of relief when they arrive and see that their food truck is still there. It sucks living like this. (If anybody knows of a spot for them in a town where their stuff won’t get stolen and they can operate their business in peace, maybe give them a shout?)
Tweakers regularly get off the Wave and walk one block up the hill for their drugs to the tweaker-dealer matriarchs sh*t-hole of a house. Everyone knows she’s the biggest dealer around, including law enforcement, but apparently nobody in city government gives enough of a crap to do anything about it. Maybe because there is no money because we spent it all helping Russia destroy Ukraine; woulda been $300,000,000 for each congressional district. Just a small portion of that money would have been enough to get these shameless thieving tweakers into rehab and/or jail, from Astoria to Tillamook.

There is another drug-dealing tweaker apartment complex up the street as well, the city knows about that shooting gallery as well.

My neighbors truck was stolen last year, with his work tools inside. Forgot about that one.

A mile or so away, tweakers sawed their way into the Mohler Co-Op, and stole a generator. Yup, cut a hole in the wall from the outside.

A BIG dump truck that was parked at that transportation facility next to Nehelam Elementary School was stolen, and I hear later recovered at the famed Foss Road tweaker compound.

A while ago, a different BIG dump truck was stolen and driven up the logging roads above Coal Creak and stripped.

One local business owner here in Tweakerville told me they no longer decorate out front because the tweakers steal everything, from hose faucets to potted flowers. So whomever is selling that newly constructed tiny house along HWY 101 in Wheeler, make sure to tell the buyer not to keep anything outside, including faucets and flowers, and make damn sure to lock the door when you leave.

I think the DPO’s decriminalization of the CCP-made fentanyl, cartel-produced meth and cartel-produced liquid heroin, along with Democrats’ refusal to honor our country’s southern border, isn’t so good for Wheeler, or Oregon in general.

Or life in general for that matter.

And wow, I wasn’t even thinking of the fentanyl overdoses when I wrote that above, I was just thinking that the quality of life under Oregon’s Democrat rule is rapidly degrading, as it has been for many years now. Oregon Dems quickly ruined Portland for God’s sake, like real fast; that city was the jewel of the northwest, and the destruction has been quarterbacked by none other than Ted Wheeler, an heir of this town’s namesake, for the past several years.

The DPO will ruin the rest of the state too before they are finished. They are the majority for the foreseeable future in the governance of our state. We are so screwed. Lovely Oregon as it once was is toast.

And Wheeler, of course, isn’t going to get any better any time soon. It’s going to get worse and worse and worse and worse. Mark my words. Remember reading this.

So, as I said, I am casually looking to get out of Wheeler, this Little Town of Methlehem. The amazing mountain views and easy access to the bay for kayaking and fishing isn’t worth the stress of living here. A new car costs more than a salmon tag.

Relocating to tweaker-haven Foss Road would not be an improvement, so not interested in that area.

I am looking for a two-bedroom for me and my honors student teen daughter, somewhere between Bay City and CB, and as far away from thieving tweakers as possible.

Andy

🙂