Author: North Coast BBQ

Honey DELIVERY on Monday (Tilco to Astoria)

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Submitted By: jwmerc@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Hello North Tillamook County! (and beyond) – I will be making an afternoon delivery run of NW-local honeys this coming MONDAY (March 20th) from Rockaway Beach to Astoria – with the rather focused group pictured here (quarts of Willamette Valley Clover, Blueberry Blossom and Wildflower – quarts of Yaquina River Blackberry (Lincoln County) – and one gallon ONLY of the blueberry blossom.
Orders must be placed IN ADVANCE – and we’ll have to make a delivery arrangement (unless we already have a tried/true one in place). TEXT is best to get a spot reserved ASAP: 208-424-0042 – or e-mail: jwmerc@gmail.com – or send instant message through the JW Merc Facebook page – thanks – and I’ll see you on MONDAY THE 20TH – this is a DELIVERY TRIP (not a pop-up) JW

Neakanie beach coyote scare Mar 15

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Submitted By: Gingerlee58@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
This morning around 8:00 am~ I was walking two Corgis clients at the very North end of Neahkanie beach. No one was around and I had these two Corgis off-leash. Suddenly, a very large Coyote from up above the bluff raced down and charged the dogs ! I thought it was a large off-leash German Shepard. I started screaming and ran towards the dogs and Coyotes. He stopped but stood his ground. Bold. Unafraid of me. I quickly leashed up the dogs and ran South. He followed us for the longest time on the beach! Insane behavior. Please tell your friends with small dogs on the beach.
Ginger Matyas

Aimee-zing Creations! Handmade crochet

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Submitted By: sofar4romit@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Aimee-zing Creations!
Call Aimee to have handmade crochet goodies
made custom for you!
Beautiful afghan crochet blankets
Hats, beanies, scarfs, purses, bathing suit tops,
baskets, table cloths, and so much more!

Calls or texts only
no emails please

1-503-801-9909
Prices very depending on what project your wanting.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Nehalem Handy Man Services Available

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Submitted By: 503wednesday@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Please Call me to discuss jobs @:
971-324-0149
(Please No Emails)

Good Morning Nehalem
I’m a local, a father of 3 and trying to pick up some extra work.

If you have any projects needing attention.
Well then, I’m you guy!

I have many skills & wear many hats.
My skills include:
*Licensed driver
*Transporter
* Errand runner
*Yard work
*Painting (interior/ exterior/ cars/ toys)
*Skilled Car Mechanic
*Pet Sitter & Walker
*Heavy Equipment Operater
*Gutters

and Lots more!
If you have something in mind that’s not listed…
just ask me
Most likely I’m your man!

Have a wonderful day!

Miscellaneous Items, tool, & art

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Submitted By: amncarl@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Calls Only PLZ NO Emails:
971-324-0149

Beautiful Outdoor Marble Fire Pit Table w/ 4 Rocking Chairs included. $350-

Outdoor white Wicker patio furniture $350

Vintage Rod Iron in or outdoor furniture (round table & 2 chairs) nice patina $150-

12 Inch Hunting Knife w/ Leather Holder $100-

Contracting Stud Finder Kit worth several 100 asking $100-

2 Electric Paint Spray Guns for interior or exterior $75- for both

Various Custom Canvas Paintings & Canvas Photography Prints in assorted sizes. Wave & Beach Themed.
Each painting or print will be priced differently depending on size etc. We will send pix via email, text, or schedule a viewing
for interested buyers.

Logging Boots Size 9 and 10

971-324-0149

Huge Sale!

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Submitted By: am_n_carl@outlook.com – Click to email about this post
Huge Sale everything must go!
Call to schedule appointment to come view items.

We have:

Refrigerator
Deep freeze
Hose
Shovels
Hand saw
Table saw
Tools
Aquariums of all sizes
Drop lights,
There’s so much more!
Come poke around and see what you may need.

Calls & messages:
971-324-0149

Call or Text:
503-749-7444

PLEASE NO EMAILS

Meet The Cast of Riverbend Players Production of ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’: Emilee Andrade as Nora

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NEIL SIMON’S COMING-OF-AGE COMEDY ‘BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS’

NCRD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER March 18th – April 2nd.

Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

Dreaming of baseball and girls, young Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley.

Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche and her two young (but rapidly growing) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style.

Meet the Cast: Emilee (Emma) Andrade as Nora

Emilee (Emma) Andrade is in her 16th show and counting. She’s a manager at Schwietert’s Cones & Candy in Manzanita, lives in Nehalem, and is a cat mom.
She’s a photographer and her company Northwest In Focus donates all profits to the American Diabetes Foundation as Emma’s been diabetic for 32 years.
No matter what she’s doing, Emma loves to put smiles on everyone’s faces.

The first rule of Write Club. There are no rules.

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Submitted By: revolutionginger@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
You are invited to the first gathering of Write Club.

When: Tuesday, March 21st – New Moon in Aries ♈︎
Where: North Fork 53 Communitea Wellness
Time: 6-8 pm
What to Bring: writing tools and journal, chocolate helps too
Hosted by Ginger & Adria

The first rule of Write Club:
Write without rules.

The second rule of Write Club:
Remember you are inspired and inspiration embodied.
And then write without rules.

The third rule of Write Club:
Drink tea and repeat.
Always repeat.

If you’re planning on coming please RSVP to info@northfork53.com

Spring Renewal Retreat Day

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Submitted By: revolutionginger@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Saturday, March 25th 10am-3pm
We are gathering for a Spring Renewal Retreat!

The Spring Equinox is when the solar energy officially tips towards spring.

I love taking this time to retreat and find my balance as the season changes and I know you will too.

What’s A Spring Renewal Retreat look like?

12 beautiful souls gathering and spending 5 hours on the farm being creative and magical. Eating healthy snacks, drinking tea, cleansing in the sauna and circling to celebrate energy of the season.

You will leave with huge smile on your face and your batteries fully recharged.

If this sounds like your kind of spa day then by all means take this invitation to come and join us!

To renew for Spring you’ll be gifting yourself a day of:

Restorative Sound Healing led by Tatiana.
Wood Sauna w/ Kelp Masks and Cold Plunge.
Spring Renewal Circle led by poet/guide Adria
Seed planting herbs & flowers for your garden
Tea, Snacks and Magical Surprises

There are only 12 spaces available and these events sell out fast!

Get your tickets at the link below:
www.northfork53.com/events/spring-equinox-retreat-day-coming-back-into-balance?p?p?p?p&mc_cid=e12027874f&mc_eid=1d97bea721

see you there!
Ginger

Alexi returns for massage appointments this Friday and Saturday

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Submitted By: revolutionginger@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Hello neighbor!

I am just getting back in the swing of things after helping my mom recover from a hospital stay back in Michigan.

The whole experience has made me appreciate all over again just how important taking care of my health is- especially as I get older.

With the sunshine this week I’m sure you’re feeling like getting outside and moving more. So if you’re needing a spring tune up then I have good news.

Our very popular massage therapist Alexi is returning this weekend for appointments.

She will be here Friday March. 17th and Saturday March 18th.

Because I took some hard family time over February I know I am getting a session for sure!

Alexi always books up so if you want some work don’t hesitate to grab your spot!

Click the link below to book your massage:

www.northfork53.com/manual-therapy-massage-with-alexi?mc_cid=32716d1255&mc_eid=fc661efbb7

Happy Spring!
xox
Ginger

North Coast Veteran for Peace Meeting

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Submitted By: briantjmcmahon@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Happy St Patty’s day everybody

Our Veterans for Peace meeting will be Thursday, March 16th at the Rockaway Roastery in Rockaway at 10:30 PST. It will be face to face as well as on zoom.

Briant McMahon is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: North Coast VFP Meeting
Time: Mar 16, 2023 10:30 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
us06web.zoom.us/j/82895415481?pwd=aDlFc1I1eFdwNG1LME1WcjNKUTc1QT09

Thanks Brian

Poker returns to Nehalem

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Submitted By: mjsommers7@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
The Texas Hold’em tournament will re-start this Wednesday, March 15th (and every Wednesday thereafter) at the Bayway Tavern in Nehalem (just west of the flashing traffic light). Tourney starts promptly at 6:30PM. Buy in is $40 with one rebuy available during the first 4 blind levels (levels are 15 minutes). To rebuy you must be felted or surrender your remaining chips. There is an optional $20 add on after the first break and optional side pots for Last Longer and High Hand ($10 and $5 respectively). See you there!

Office Space in Manzanita

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Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
FOR LEASE: OFFICE SPACE IN MANZANITA
2nd floor office space for lease in Manzanita for $1,250/mo. First and last month’s rent plus security deposit of $1,250 due upon signing, minimum 1 year lease. Longer lease preferred. Space is 558 sq ft plus shared restroom and small kitchen area. Quiet office adjacent. Pay your own electric bill. Do your own recycling. Sewer, water, and garbage service included in the rent. Move in cost is $3,750. Leave a message at 503-368-6081 and Patty will return your call. Available April 1, 2023

Former Manzanita City Manager — Keeping the Lights on at City Hall

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Submitted By: Tinnindeb@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
As Ronald Reagan so famously said, ‘There you go again.’

Randy Kugler’s answer to the question on his recent Budget Committee application explaining why he wanted to serve the City of Manzanita, ‘Inattention to structural budget problems during the past 20 years has created both funding problems and community discord when those issues have been raised for public discussion.’ Posted on the City’s website.

Indeed, Mr. Kugler has beat the indirect costs drum for years with no evidence given of financial wrongdoing. He’s even threatened to sue.* The City’s Audits continue to be conducted and authorized. Is there a conspiracy that has continued for 20 years, over multiple staff members, a variety of elected officials, independent auditors and accounting firm reviews?

*Footnote: “We asked our outside auditors, Accuity, LLC to thoroughly review the situation. They found no issues or concerns. Randy then took it upon himself to challenge their competency, reported them to the Oregon Secretary of State’s office, and forced Accuity to hire attorneys to defend themselves.” Mike Scott, Tillamook County Pioneer, July 10, 2020

Mr. Kugler whined that previous city administration officials ignored his advice on indirect cost models and, more importantly, ignored him as a candidate for the City’s Budget Committee. A new City Council voted 5 to 0 on an excellent slate of Budget Committee members at the March Council meeting. Mr. Kugler was not chosen.

The Council voted 4 to 1 to accept an indirect cost model that Mr. Kugler continues to rant and bully against. The City has worked diligently at reviewing the indirect cost model. The City has hired an outside accounting firm in the past. More recently Mayor Simmons has praised the Warrenton Mayor so there was a review of Warrenton’s indirect cost model which they used for the last 20 years. This model was voted on at the March Council meeting. Mayor Simmons was the No vote and she explained her vote by saying, ‘I like direct costs’.

We can’t ignore the fact that Mr. Kugler, in the 1990’s when he was the Manzanita City Manager, used the water funds to keep the lights on at City Hall literally, including paying part of his salary from the water fund. Mr. Kugler using his indirect cost methodology to pay himself.

Deb Tinnin
A Manzanita Voter (I was accused of voter fraud by Mr. Kugler after he lost his Council race.)

TAKE A TRIP TO NOLA WITHOUT CROSSING THE COUNTYLINE

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Submitted By: qulwater@msn.com – Click to email about this post
Maria and Her Red Hot Bluesiana Band is coming to town.

Tickets still available at
tickettomato.com/event/7935

Opener: Neahkahnie High School Choir

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Doors open: 3:30 pm
Event begins: 4:00 pm

Artist Website: Maria Muldaur

The North Coast Music Project (formerly known as the Manzanita Music Festival) is hosting Maria Muldaur. Opening this special event will be the NKN choir directed by Michael Simpson.

No lover of American roots music should miss this Oregon Coast performance by Maria Muldaur!

Soulful and sassy, Maria Muldaur will light up the stage with New Orleans blues, gospel, and swamp funk, backed with grit and reckless abandon by her Red Hot Bluesiana Band.

Meet The Cast of Riverbend Players Production of ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’: Penny Cole as Blanche

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Submitted By: frank@wandascafe.com – Click to email about this post
NEIL SIMON’S COMING-OF-AGE COMEDY ‘BRIGHTON BEACH MEMOIRS’

NCRD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER March 18th – April 2nd.

Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

Dreaming of baseball and girls, young Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley.

Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche and her two young (but rapidly growing) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style.

Meet the Cast: Penny Cole as Blanche

Penny is returning to the stage after a 40-year hiatus, where she performed in many productions with the Footlighters Theater Company in Fort Bragg, CA.

She has been a full-time resident of Rockaway Beach for the last two years and is enjoying everything about her recent retirement, including her first performance in a Riverbend Players production.

Thursdays Ecstatic Dance: with a little Celtic flavor this week.

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Submitted By: Neahkahniespiritdance@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Chickpea will be hosting this week!
Ecstatic Dance/free-flowing dance and movement experience—-with a little Celtic flavor this week, a nod to St Patrick’s day, as we enter into Spring and honor the Goddess Ostara. Let’s dance.
@ the White Clover Grange on HWY 53
Thursday 3.16

Doors open at 6:00 PM for warmup/setup
6:30 PM – opening circle/dance set
8:00 PM – closing circle

$10 *Kids dance free*

Dance Etiquette:
*All ages and all bodies are welcome.
*No outside shoes.
*Please limit talking on the dance floor.
*We ask this to be a sober space.
*We are encouraging everyone to be mindful of each other’s safety and health and stay home if you are not feeling well, or have been exposed to someone sick. Follow your own judgment on whether to wear a mask or not.

Hoffman Center for the Arts March Gallery Exhibition

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HOFFMAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERY SHOW IN MARCH WILL FEATURE WORKS BY CHRISTINE HARRISON, JAN BRANHAM, AND CERAMICS BY SHANE SJOGREN

hoffmanarts.org/events/march-gallery-exhibition/

Christine Harrison has lived on the Oregon Coast for the past twenty-five years. She is one of the founding members of Art Accelerated, an arts non-profit for Tillamook County artists. Harrison’s deep connection to coastal land, weather, and water has greatly influenced her art. She looks to capture a sense of place in her work, which led to her investigation of botanical dye printmaking. Using local flora and fauna to make dyes and ink for artmaking, Harrison is able to physically embody the landscape. The pieces in this show were all made using local tannins and botanical prints.

Jan Branham is a printmaker who splits her time between Manzanita and Corvallis. Branham’s work is from her collection “Ansisters and Mancestors.” The pieces incorporate collage and print making, such as linocut, woodblock, monoprint, collagraph, as well as the mixing of media to satisfy the artist’s image making curiosity. The collection is inspired by snapshots of the artist’s relatives and family friends taken 1920-1950s on a Kodak Brownie camera. Branham chose individuals from the snapshots, drew them in larger format, added embellishments and created printed, collaged, and mixed media images to develop a narrative.

Shane Sjogren resides in Wheeler. The colossal vegetation of the forests and the pulse of the Pacific inform Sjogren’s ceramic works. His ideas flourish from observations of the environment of the Oregon Coast. Throughout the process, Sjogren’s initial inspiration transforms rapidly as the work progresses. The resulting piece often contains the dual purpose of function and diversion—a kelp leaf may seem to consciously flow into the form of a flower vase.

We invite you to view art March 2 through 24, Thursdays through Sundays from 12-5 pm.The not-for-profit Hoffman Center for the Arts is located at 594 Laneda Avenue, Manzanita, Oregon.

Come Hear Stories & Poems from Friends and Neighbors

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Submitted By: lynn.joy.steinberg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
For two years, our friends and neighbors have submitted heartfelt and often poignant stories and poems to Community Writes, a program of the Hoffman Center for the Arts. The Hoffman Center would now like to share that work more broadly and is hosting a Community Writes Open Mic event Saturday, March 18, from 4 – 5:30 p.m. Join us and support our flourishing community of writers. Admission is free, but please register at: hoffmanarts.org/events/community-writes-open-mic/
If you’ve never contributed to Community Writes, now’s the time! We’ve kicked off 2023 with a call for submissions on the theme “Scarlet.” Use your imagination. Do your thoughts run to a show-stopping shade of red? A fevered love affair? The Scarlet Letter, perhaps? Scarlet Fever? Send your fiction, essay, memoir or poetry about Scarlet. No more than 800 words please — and include an image if possible. Visit hoffmanarts.org/about/programs/writing/ for more information or to check our previous submissions.

PROPOSED BOND MEASURE INFORMATION – NEHALEM BAY HEALTH DISTRICT

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PROPOSED BOND MEASURE- NEHALEM BAY HEALTH DISTRICT
Wheeler, OR 97147
Ph: 503-368-5119
nbhdistrict@gmail.com

Nehalem Bay Health District Refers Proposed Bond Measure for Health and Senior Services
Tillamook County Ballot Measure #29-175

(Wheeler) – The Nehalem Bay Health District is implementing a comprehensive plan aimed at improving health and senior care and supporting health care and other essential workers.

Plan implementation includes a proposed bond measure to be placed on the May 16, 2023 ballot that would partly finance:

• Construction of a new, modern health center and pharmacy large enough to offer specialty and dental care

• Major renovations and modernizations to the Nehalem Valley Care Center, one of the few skilled nursing facilities on the Oregon coast

• Site preparation as a critical step in developing workforce housing, primarily geared for health care workers and other essential workers in our community

The overall cost of these projects is estimated to be $15.5 million.

If passed, the bond measure would raise $10.25 million.

Thanks to Oregon Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden the health district has already secured $3 million toward the construction cost of the new health center and pharmacy. An additional $500,000 federal grant has been awarded to the Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy that can be applied to the construction cost. The District is actively seeking state government support, as well as foundation and private contributions to complete the full funding package.

If the measure passes, bonds would mature in 26 years or less from the date of issuance and may be issued in one or more series. The annual average tax rate is estimated to be $0.37 per $1,000 of taxable assessed property value. For illustration, a property with an assessed value of $300,000, and an annual average tax rate of $0.37 per $1000 of assessed value, may experience an increased tax of $170.00 annually, or approximately $0.46 per day. Actual rates may vary based upon interest rates incurred and changes in taxable assessed value. The projected tax cost for the measure is an estimate only, based on the best information available from the county assessor at the time of the estimate.

Depending upon the success of foundation and other funding opportunities, the District may not need to levy the full amount requested in the bond measure.

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers, Tillamook County Ballot Measure #29-175

If the bond measure passes what is the Nehalem Bay Health District proposing to do?
The District’s strategy has three objectives, fundamentally aimed at enhancing the well-being of the overall community by improving health and senior care and supporting health care workers. To better fulfill that mission, the District is proposing to:

• Construct a new, modern health center and pharmacy, replacing an outdated building with one large enough to offer specialty and dental care
• Make major renovations and modernizations to the 40-year-old Nehalem Valley Care Center, one of the few skilled nursing facilities on the Oregon coast
• Demolish the old hospital building and associated environmental cleanup. This site preparation is a critical step in developing workforce housing, on District land, primarily geared for health care workers and other essential workers in our community

For the complete Q and A document we invite you go visit our website via the link below. go to LATEST NEWS and select Proposed Tillamook County Ballot Measure #29-175: FAQ : www.nehalembayhd.org/

Thank you Manzanita Today

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Submitted By: rkinor@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
I want to thank Manzanita Today for keeping the topic of the annual transfer of hundreds of thousands of dollars of your monthly water charges from our Water Fund to the General Fund each year alive and under scrutiny. When this issue hits your pocketbook later this year after the City announces the need for water rate increases because “revenues are not keeping up with expenditures” please remember to thank the editorial staff of Manzanita Today for their timely reporting.

Whenever Manzanita’s unofficial newsletter directs the full attention and resources of their research team to do their lead story on one Manzanita resident, I must admit it’s not quite like being highlighted as Citizen of the Year but I am nonetheless honored.

Manzanita Today describes itself as “a publication independent of the City of Manzanita” however two of its editorial board are also members of the City Budget Committee. These two members researched the Warrenton overhead allocation model, passed on their findings and assisted City staff in developing the model outcomes for Manzanita and then gave their recommendations as Budget Committee members that the Mayor and Council should adopt this model.

I am not sure how the members of an “independent” reporting publication can essentially serve as City staff and also public officials who advise the Council on these policy matters and will ultimately vote to approve our City Budget based on the costs contained in this model. Any claim of objective journalistic observation and reporting would seem to be at odds with the role that board members of Manzanita Today played in this matter.

And please do read the memo that I submitted to the City Council asking for some common sense explanations to the reasons being given as to why Manzanita should just do what Warrenton does on this matter. The full memo can be found here. tinyurl.com/3szm79ye

Finally, note at the end of my letter I reminded the Council since our voter approved City Charter clearly spells out how water fund revenues are to be used, I suggested “ If you remain uncertain as to how to decide what policy decision is in the best interests of Manzanita, the citizens who approved the above Charter language should be given the opportunity to share their thoughts with you.”

The City certainly is not reluctant to do surveys asking what folks think on a host of important community issues. Sometimes they are not all that concerned if you even live in the City and the real impact on your household budget is sometimes unclear. This is not one of those issues and it is going to cost you.

Given that we are now finding out how our past Councils failed to address the future funding needs of our water system, storm system and streets and the millions of dollars that will be needed to now address the funding of these systems, maybe you believe that keeping more money in the Water Fund is a better policy then using it to pay for City Hall salaries and office expenses. If you are like me and believe funding improvements for our water system is a priority, let our Mayor and Council know that you would like to have a direct voice in reconsidering this decision.

Randy Kugler