AUDITIONS: ‘THE WINTER WONDERETTES’ HOLIDAY MUSICAL!
Riverbend Players is looking for four talented women to bring Winter Wonderettes to life this holiday season!
This festive musical is packed with fantastic harmonies, 1960s nostalgia, comedy, Christmas favorites, and plenty of personality. If you love to sing, perform, and make an audience smile, we’d love to see you at auditions!
AUDITIONS
This Saturday, September 12th, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
This Sunday, September 13th, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
NCRD Performing Arts Center in Nehalem
The Winter Wonderettes features four female roles, each with her own distinct personality and vocal style. Come prepared to have fun, read lines, sing your favorite Christmas song, and be prepared to learn a harmony for ‘Jingle Bells’.
Performances: December 4th – 20th.
Four women. Four dreams. One unforgettable holiday season.
Please share and help us find our Wonderettes!
For more information about the upcoming auditions:
www.riverbendplayers.org/auditions
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We also are accepting:
Clean Bedding
Clean Clothing
Shelf Stable Foods
Pet Foods
Thank you so much for supporting our food pantry!
We are located at 36050 10th St in Nehalem
Our pantry hours for drop off are:
Monday 10-2
Wednesday 1-5
Friday 10-2
Saturday 10-2
Neighbors helping Neighbors!
$20
Text Only 503-812-8325
If you’re really good at making a fire that can last a pretty good amount of time. If you’re not so good, well…you might need a few boxes.
Well seasoned.
Mix of Alder and Hemlock.
Delivery available for $20 additional.
Call Dave 503 660 7018
Be sure and wait for the beep before starting your message. If I don’t get back to you within 24 hrs. please call again. The cell service out here sometimes drops portions of the call.
No texting or emails please. My nubby fingers can’t do those things.
Please mention where you saw this notice so I can say thanks to my kind neighbor that posted it for me.
Thanks!
Stock up now! You know how nice it is to have a big pile of kindling. 🙂 It’s even better when you don’t have to risk losing a finger.
TREAT YOURSELF!
Ps: in case the images don’t show up, we fill up an apple box of kindling. And we’re generous about it.
Audience response has been overwhelmingly resonant. “The biggest takeaway has been how deeply it’s sticking with people,” says Churchill. “Folks are still coming up to talk about the play, the dialogue, the acting, and the questions the story leaves to ponder.”
The HipFish just ran a review in this month’s issue: “Churchill’s use of storytelling to inspire demonstrates a power of connection that is unattainable through technology… Audience reflection on the concepts of chaos, uncertainty, and creativity as aspects of human connection among artificial intelligence is a solid measurement of [the play’s] success…”
We are living through a strange moment in our collective history. The tools we’ve built to assist us have quietly learned to anticipate us while silently taking over our lives, turning up the pressure on what it means to be conscious, alive, real, even loved. This play is about what happens when our interactions with technology get pressed to the point where something has to give.
The play closes next month in Astoria at Ten Fifteen Productions | September 10, 11 & 12, 2026.
Tickets are available at the door and online at www.thesilentmeasure.com.
You may also use the QR Code listed on the poster for this announcement to reserve tickets.
amherstwriters.org/events/#!event/2026/9/17/-quot-inward-clarity-quot-living-from-the-inside-out
Writers may sign up for 2 weeks, 4 weeks or all 7 weeks. We launch on Thursday Sept 17 (payment due by Sept 14) and write each week through a Nov 5, except not on Oct 1, when Dana will be in NY.
Please contact Dana to ask about availability, to ask questions, or to get info about how to make payment via check or Zelle: artlightmedia@icloud.com
Well it’s time for another Veterans for Peace meeting. Happy to get back together again.
Everyone is welcome, and you need not be a veteran to attend. Anyone can attend and here is the necessary
info.
Date – Thursday, September 10th
Time – 10:30 PST
Place. – Manzanita Library
Veterans for Peace is a non-affiliated organization that’s been around for approximately the last 50 years. Come one, Come all. I am very hopefull that the zoom will work this time. If you can’t make it in person, the following
link can be used:
Veterans for Peace is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
us06web.zoom.us/j/83632794255?pwd=yarlqqBaTl0PahobkACufH84aE3Odr.1
Thank you, I hope to see everybody there.
Brian
Adults! Id love to offer a class for us.
If that is something that would interest you, please let me know!
Hosted by North Coast Community Wellness, this community event will bring together local wellness practitioners, businesses, resources, and experiences all in one place.
If you have a wellness-related business—or know someone who does—we still have a few openings available and would love to connect.
Come be part of a day focused on supporting well-being and discovering the many resources available right here on the North Coast.
Interested in participating? Send me a message for details.
Come Be Part of It
We are looking for volunteers who are willing to roll up their sleeves and help transform an overgrown railroad corridor into a beautiful, welcoming trail for residents and visitors to enjoy.
You don’t have to be an experienced trail builder. You don’t have to commit to every work party. And you certainly don’t have to be an expert.
If you can give a few hours, we can use your help.
Volunteer activities may include:
-Removing invasive plants such as Himalayan blackberry and Scotch broom
-Clearing vegetation and helping open up the trail corridor
-Planting and caring for native plants
-Mulching and helping establish restored areas
-Walking the trail and identifying areas that need attention
-Documenting our progress with photographs
-Helping organize future volunteer work parties
There is a job for almost everyone.
When: Every Monday Sept & Oct 10-1
Third Saturday each month 10-1
To Register:
www.mobilize.us/salmonberry-trail/event/981570/
A Trail With a Story
The Salmonberry Trail follows the historic route of the old Tillamook railroad—a corridor that once connected communities and carried people and goods through some of the most spectacular scenery on the Oregon Coast.
Today, we have the opportunity to give this historic route a new life.
The vision isn’t simply to create a path from one place to another.
It is to create a trail that connects people with nature, history, recreation and our communities.
And we can help shape what that trail looks like.
Restore. Replant. Renew.
One of our goals is to restore portions of the corridor with native plants that belong here.
That means removing invasive species that have taken over and giving native trees, shrubs, ferns and flowering plants an opportunity to return.
Imagine walking the trail several years from now and knowing:
“I helped make this happen.”
Maybe you pulled the first blackberry. Maybe you planted a sword fern. Maybe you hauled mulch. Maybe you simply showed up with a pair of gloves and a willingness to help.
Every contribution matters.
No Long-Term Commitment Required
We know everyone is busy.
That’s why we’re creating opportunities for people to participate when they can.
One Saturday. Two hours. A morning with your neighbors. One Monday morning. Get the week started with a positive action!
Whatever you can give is valuable.
Bring a friend. Bring your family. Meet your neighbors. Get some fresh air and exercise while doing something positive for our community.
And don’t worry if you don’t know anyone yet.
You’ll know someone by the end of the day.
This Is Our Trail
The Salmonberry Trail is a big project with a long history and an even bigger vision.
But the success of the trail will ultimately be measured in something much simpler:
People using it. People enjoying it. And people caring enough to help make it better.
This is an opportunity for all of us to leave a little something behind—not just footprints, but a healthier landscape and a trail that future generations can enjoy.
Ready to Get Your Boots Dirty?
We’re building a volunteer community now, and we’d love to have you join us.
Whether you have a green thumb, a strong back, a camera, a chainsaw certification, a few spare hours—or simply enthusiasm—we have a place for you.
Come help us clear the way for the Salmonberry Trail.
Come plant something that will outlast us.
Come be part of the story.
Volunteer. Restore. Connect.
The trail is waiting.
And it starts with us.
This is a walk-in ear acupuncture clinic held by:
Libby Golden Seaver
Health and Movement Coach
5NP Technician
Fees are sliding scale from $15-$35. No one turned away for lack of funds. No questions asked. Pay what truly works for you 🙂
What is 5NP?
5 needle protocol or NADA protocol (national acupuncture detoxification association) has a history of successful use treating the nervous system, detoxifying the physical and emotional body brining about a balanced state of health. They are 5 potent points in each ear. These 5 points have a long history of affecting the entire body and spirit to:
*put us into our divine healing state (from activated nervous system of fight/flight/freeze to rest and digest)
*Improve sleep
*Support good digestion and clear skin
*Decrease pain, back pain, abdominal cramps
*Process emotions like fear, grief, shame, and anger without talk therapy
*Lift depressive states and awaken our self-esteem keeping us aligned with our sense of purpose
*Improve breathing and the ability to let go of what no longer serves us well.
*Lower blood pressure, improve circulation, energy flow and more….
5NP fortifies the body, encourages the removal of waste and burden leaving us feeling grounded and well adjusted.
It’s recommended to receive treatments regularly, so I will be adding additional locations and clinic opportunities in our area including a boutique experience at Pauseful in Manzanita. Currently, I’m thrilled to be brining monthly walk-in clinics at NCRD every 2nd Sunday 10am-12pm. I hope you come and join us.
What to expect: You will be greeted / fill out a consent form and make payment. You will take a seat in the comfortable fireside room to receive your needle placement then rest there until you feel ready to have your needles taken out. Typically 20-40min. and based on individual feeling and desire. Please bring a blanket and/or neck pillow if you like.
Available for sale at the clinic:
*Garden fresh herbal tea and organic treats that treat you well including self-care body products made by Libby
*Detox and support supplements from FullScript and doTERRA to enhance your treatment.
Cash, Venmo, Zelle, preferred. Cards accepted as well 🙂
wingsforwisdom@gmail.com or text/call 971.977.0166
with questions
Thank you for valuing your health. Together we will calm the hive, live well, and flourish!
Once we get our ballots in the mail we have some time (10-14 days) to vote. This year it would be wise to do your research before you receive your ballot and be ready to get it back to the county sooner rather than later. My ballot usually hangs out at my house for a few days while I figure out how I’m voting but not this year. I plan to do my homework early. You can find information about ballot measures and candidates on the Secretary of State’s current election page. You can read the League of Women Voter’s pamphlet or VOTE 411. There are plenty of ways to get real information about candidates and ballot measures. Political ads aren’t going to give you more than a sound bite meant to scare you so do your homework and return your ballot. I’ve included a list of resources at the end of this post.
When you fill out your ballot be sure to completely fill in the oval by your choice. You don’t have to vote in all the contests. Whatever you do vote for will still count. And please, remember to sign the back of the envelope!
If your ballot is damaged when it arrives, you make a mistake, you spill something on it, your child draws on it or you just plain lose it, contact your county elections office for a replacement ballot.
One of the many things I love about vote by mail is that we don’t have to go somewhere on a Tuesday in November to vote. Do you remember the days before vote-by-mail? I do. You had to go to your specific polling place to cast your ballot. You had to wait in line until a booth was empty. You had to be quick about filling in your ballot because others might be waiting. And sometimes you might not even get to the polls in time to vote. If you were sick or didn’t have transportation or had to work a double, or your babysitter fell through, or any number of reasons that made it impossible for you to get to your polling place and vote. Vote by mail means that more people can vote regardless of any limiting circumstances that may befall them on Election Day and more voting means more people having a voice.
While you can mail back your ballot, because of the uncertainty about how the USPS will process mail-in ballots, Secretary of State, Tobias Read, is encouraging all Oregonians to drop their ballots in one of the collection boxes that are located all over our state. If you’re registered in one county you can drop your ballot off in another and it will still make its way back to the county where you are registered. These boxes are built to be secure and have all kinds of bells and whistles to keep our ballots safe.
The locked ballot containers in the collection boxes are regularly picked up by sworn election officials. Once the ballots make it to the county Elections Division, signatures are verified using a ballot envelope scanner. Trained election staff verify the signatures by comparing it to the signature on file in the registration database. If the signature matches, it goes on to the next step, but if the signature doesn’t match, a letter is sent to the voter letting them know. The voter is required to respond within 21 days after the election or the ballot is rejected.
In the next post we’ll follow our ballots on to the deconstruction step and find out how votes are tallied.
The information in today’s post came from the Tillamook County Clerk’s office, Oregon Secretary of State’s Elections Division, a September 3, 2026, report on OPB’s website by Dirk VanderHart, and a May 17, 2026 KATU report on ballot security.
Resources for more information:
League of Women Voters www.lwv.org/elections
VOTE 411 www.lwv.org/elections/vote411
LWV Voter’s Guide www.lwvor.org/vote (this link has both English and Spanish voting guides available as a pdf)
Tillamook County Clerk www.tillamookcounty.gov/clerk/page/elections-division
Oregon Secretary of State Elections Division sos.oregon.gov/elections/pages/default.aspx
If this information has been helpful to you, please repost anywhere in Oregon! Let’s get out the vote!
Kim Rosenberg
Pine Grove Community House
Manzanita
September 14, 2PM to 4PM
Presented by Kathie Hightower
A 2024 AARP survey says 75% of people want to age in place in their homes, but 44% figure they won’t be able to. Most do not have a plan either way. Most say they want to die at home. Only 31% do so.
Do you have a plan? Join us to look at the realities and options when it comes to aging in place on the North Oregon coast. We’ll look at key services that are available and what’s missing. We’ll cover the gamut from Life Plan communities in Oregon, to Rehab, dedicated Assisted Living and Memory care on the coast, to creative community solutions for Co-housing, to “Alterkin groups.” You’ll walk away with a detailed handout of resources, considerations and questions to ask to do your own very specific research based on your own situation.
Your $5 donation at the door supports the Pine Grove Community House
Little Apple Deli | Manzanita
Looks like sun! Keep praying!
Celebrate Labor Day with the community! Enjoy great food and an afternoon of live music, singing, dancing, and fun with the Sedona Fire Band.
Come celebrate, sing, and dance with us!
We currently have 38 members, and rehearse weekly on Tuesday evenings in Seaside from 6:30-8:30 pm. We present three concert series per season, and perform two concerts per series. We perform in Nehalem, Seaside, and Astoria. Musicians need to bring their own instrument and music stand, play at the advanced high school level (no audition required), and be able to regularly attend rehearsals. There is always opportunity for carpooling from the far flung areas of the North Coast (members currently come from as far away as Astoria and Bay City). Come join us, make new friends, and have fun playing with others!
Please visit our website to learn more about our history, see concert dates for the 2026-27 season, and to hear recordings from past concerts:
www.nocsymphony.org/
For more information about joining the orchestra, refer to the FAQ:
www.nocsymphony.org/join
We can be reached through the contact form on our website, or by sending email directly to info@nocsymphony.org.
We look forward to meeting you!
