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Local Author Festival and Fall Fundraiser

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Submitted By: manager@cannonbeachlibrary.org – Click to email about this post
Celebrate Local Authors and Support the Cannon Beach Library, Saturday, September 27 3–5 p.m.
The Cannon Beach Library is excited to announce a brand-new literary event for the community: the Local Authors Festival, hosted as part of the library’s NW Authors Series, on Saturday, September 27th from 3 to 5 p.m.
Join us for an inspiring afternoon featuring 13 published Oregon authors, all eager to meet readers, sign books, and share their stories. Whether you’re a fan of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, or children’s books, you’ll have a chance to discover new genres and voices. Author bios and the full list of participants are available on our website.
This is a free and family-friendly event! While adults connect with authors, kids can enjoy a fun coloring contest, with prizes awarded in three age categories.
We will also be announcing the winners of our month-long Fall Fundraiser raffle and silent auction, WHICH IS HAPPENING NOW – GET RAFFLE TICKETS HERE:
cannonbeachlibrary.org/events-and-programs/other-fundraisers/fall-festival/
Participating authors are:
Kerry Blaisdell: Historical Fiction – Portland, OR
Zoë Bossiere: Memoir – Cannon Beach, OR
Marc C. Johnson: Nonfiction – Nehalem, OR
RJ Marx: Nonfiction – Seaside, OR
Marianne Monson: Historical Fiction – Astoria, OR
Konrad Nau: Nonfiction – Cannon Beach, OR
Jennifer Nightingale: YA – Astoria, OR
Robert Michael Pyle: Nonfiction – Gray’s River, WA
Florence Sage: Poetry – Astoria, OR
Brittany Sweet: YA – Gearhart, OR
Evan Williams: Fiction – Nehalem, OR
David H. Wilson, Jr.: History – Portland, OR

Need TLC? Song Bath Invitation

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Submitted By: oquinnhomestead@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
2ND TUESDAYS
@ ST CATHERINE’S CHURCH
NEHALEM, OR
Song Bath Receivers need to RSVP oquinnhomestead@gmail.com or text:503-440-7861
• 5:30-6:00 Singers arrive/social/set-up
• 6:00-6:15 Singers warm up while Song Bath Receivers (who have RSVP’d) quietly arrive and be seated on pews

• 6:15-6:45 Singers invite Receivers to sit in the zero-gravity chairs to receive song for whatever needs to be held tenderly

UPCOMING DATES
• 9/9/25
• 10/14/25
• 11/11/25

To Receive Monthly Text Reminders,
TEXT “Song Bath” to 503-440-7861

North Coast Oregon Threshold Choir (NCOTC)
We gather and sing to heal ourselves and our community…we train to sing for those at the thresholds of life and death.
Whatever level you feel called to participate, we welcome your quiet energy…your resounding spirit…your soothing voice.

For more information:
• Email: oquinnhomestead@gmail.com
• Text/call: 503-440-7861
• www.facebook.com/NCO.ThresholdChoir/

Threshold Choir International (TCI):
• www.thresholdchoir.org

North Coast Veterans for Peace Meeting

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Submitted By: briantjmcmahon@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Hey all

Time for our next VFP meeting. Lots to discuss and share. Here is the info:
Place – Manzanita Public Library
Date – Thursday, August 14
Time. – 10:30 PST

Everyone is welcome. You need not be a vet to attend. Just for peace. Come on in, the water is fine. It you can’t join in person, you can always zoom in

Veterans for Peace is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
us06web.zoom.us/j/87254740556?pwd=7rvDylDeoWZEIwrmAyp05UnohIGDm8.1

Brian

United Paws’ Cats of the Week

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United Paws’ Cats of the Week

Meet Wanda and Daisy, Two Purrfect Princesses looking for forever homes.

Wanda’s story is one of strength and grit. She was cruelly abandoned by being tossed out of a moving vehicle. Thankfully, an eye-witness was able to rescue Wanda and bring her to United Paws. A veterinarian gave her a full examination, and although shaken by her terrible experience, Wanda is in good health. 

Now that she is in safe, loving hands, Wanda’s sweet personality is shining bright. She is a complete snuggle bunny and adores being petted, especially on her belly. She is friendly, affectionate, and wants to trust and love humans.

Daisy was rescued by United Paws after being found exhausted, starving and heavily pregnant. Although she was barely a kitten herself, Daisy gave birth to seven healthy kittens.  She also generously nursed another orphaned kitten when she first arrived in foster care. The kittens are now fully raised and Daisy is ready to find a loving, forever home of her own.

Daisy will make a wonderful companion because of her calm and quiet demeanor. She loudly purrs when you scratch her neck or give her a brushing. She is learning to be a lap cat and is surprisingly fine with having her front claws clipped. Her favorite game is using a cardboard scratching post and getting a treat afterwards. 

These two cuties are survivors who keep living on the bright side of life. Want to learn more? Please visit unitedpaws.org, call 503-842-5663 or email unitedpawsapps@gmail.com.

RHYTHM METHOD FANS???

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Submitted By: garys@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
RHYTHM METHOD will be playing at McMenamin’s Sand Trap in Gearhart from 6:00 to 9:00 on Saturday, September 20th.

This is a big deal for us and we’d love to have our local friends come up to Gearhart for the event. We’re not well known up in that area and we do play sort of an idiosyncratic type of jam band music so seeing friendly faces would be an amazing support that evening – and hopefully you’ll have some great fun along with us!!!

I’ll follow up with details like a location map, pub food menu, etc. in another BBQ post.

Thanks,
Gary

Beautiful China Hutch

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Submitted By: Jennie1550@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
This China hutch is in immaculate condition.
There are 3 glass shelves.
Storage in the base.
Electrified so it will glow in your dining.
Currently in our basement and needs to be moved.
We are on Hugo Street in Nehalem.
At least two strong people are needed. Three even better.
The price is $100 or the best offer.

We also have….
A drafting table that needs to go that would be great for crafting.
A lighted glass display case about 5 feet wide.
A walker and crutches and a bedside commode.
We have lots of miscellaneous pieces of wood for burning, crafting or whatever.
Several filing cabinets short and tall.
That’s all free.

Please respond to the email or text me.
Jennie at 623-337-3934

2013 Toyota Rav 4 Limited

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Submitted By: noxqs@duck.com – Click to email about this post
paint color: silver
title status: clean
transmission: automatic
type: SUV
2013 Toyota Rav 4 Limited, non-smoking owner, 79350 miles, New tires(Feb 2025, $1000. from Costco) new front brakes (Warrenton Toyota $800 8/28/2025.) Fully loaded. Heated two toned leather seats, sun/moon roof, air, roof rack, maintained per Toyota specs. No accidents, no body damage, minor paint scratches. Always kept in a garage. Excellent condition.

$14000. Astoria

A Striped Marlin to the Charming Heather COAST TIME Week in Review

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Submitted By: nehalembayexperience@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
A 9’+ Striped Marlin in Garibaldi – what are Striped Marlins?
Never Thought I’d Overdose,
The Charming Heather,
Quick Notes = YMCA, NCRD and our State Assembly
Coast Time – Week in Review for September 07, 2025
run time 3:33
no Ai – just a dumb human – Cheers, Drew.
LINK= www.youtube.com/channel/UCtDisMjv9_ezqqTav8qUrdg

A FEW CINDER BLOCKS

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Submitted By: sheila.bayside@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Hello all in BBQ Land:
Looking to borrow, or get free or very inexpensively, a few cinder blocks. I need to tarp cover some recently delivered landscape dirt. The delivery person missed his drop target and buried all my trap weights under the load. Hoping to save my monthly budget for groceries so I will super appreciate if some one has some they can part with at a low cost. Thanks Heaps!
Sincerely, Sheila 503-812-2022
Texting or calling is the most reliable way to reach me because sometimes I miss seeing emails.

Individual Artist Grant – Cannon Beach Arts Association

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2025–2026 Individual Artist Grant

The Cannon Beach Arts Association is now accepting applications for our 2025 – 2026 individual artist grant. Local artists in Clatsop County, visual, literary, performing, or musical, are invited to apply for up to $2,000 in funding for original work.

Applications due October 1, 2025.
Details + application can be found through our website: cannonbeacharts.org

The Cannon Beach Arts Association offers an Individual Artist Grant for original work each year. The grant amount is $2,000 for 2025 – 2026 and may be awarded in part or in total to those who qualify.*

Oregon House Rep. Cyrus Javadi switches party affiliation

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Submitted By: genedieken@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
Javadi, who is the Representative for the majority of BBQ’s readership (Dist. 32), has become a Democrat. He announced this on Sept. 5 via a Substack article at substack.com/home/post/p-172875508 It’s a thoughtful piece worth reading and passing on.

I’ve taken the liberty to copy/paste some the article below. His contact info is: 503-986-1432 or Rep.CyrusJavadi@oregonlegislature.gov.

Gene Dieken
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Why Switch?

After long talks with my family, trusted advisors, and many of you, I’ve made my decision: Yes, I’m switching to the Democratic Party.

Not because Democrats are perfect, they’re not. But they’re acting like a governing party. They’re willing to debate ideas on the merits. To defend constitutional principles. To protect minority rights. To do the unglamorous, often thankless work of actually fixing things.

Time after time this past session, it was Democrats who stepped up to support the priorities of the coast, even though I wore the other team’s jersey. It didn’t matter to them. What mattered was whether the policy worked. Meanwhile, Republicans fought against those priorities, against the basic needs of our district. And somewhere along the way, it became clear this wasn’t just a bad season or a passing fever. The Republican Party had chosen a different direction, a different set of values.

By contrast, Democrats were the ones backing not only the needs of the North Coast but also the values I’ve always believed in.

Still, I’m the same person I’ve always been, a champion for Oregon and the North Coast. Does this mean I’ll only represent Democrats in my district or across the state? Absolutely not. I don’t care which party you belong to. I’m an Oregonian, and so are you. That’s enough. I’ll fight for your needs regardless of which bumper sticker is on your car or which flag you wave in your yard.

And my values haven’t changed. I still believe in limited government, free speech, fiscal responsibility, individual liberty, and the rule of law. I still believe your rights don’t come from the state but from something higher. But I also believe government has to work, not just posture.

Community Urged to Attend Public Hearing to Protect Nedonna Beach Wetlands from Development

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Submitted By: Rhonda.nccwp@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) is calling on all concerned residents of the North Coast to attend an upcoming public hearing and voice support for safeguarding Nedonna Beach’s irreplaceable coastal wetlands.  Help prevent further development and establish  a precedent for protecting Oregon’s vital wetlands and drinking water sources.

The hearing, scheduled for Tuesday, September 9 at 5:30 p.m. at Rockaway Beach City Hall (276 S. Highway 101), will address the Nedonna Wave Planned Unit Development application following a remand by the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA). On one side, developers Nedonna Development LLC seek approval for the project’s second phase, while opponents, including NCCWP and the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition (represented by the Crag Law Center), argue it would destroy ecologically sensitive areas.

How to Provide Public Comment:

Written Comments may be submitted electronically by sending an email no later than 48 hours prior to the meeting to CityHall@Corb.us

In Person – sign-up sheet and instructions will be located on the table ouside of the meeting room.

Virtually on Zoom – use the “raise hand” feature when the Mayor announces it is time to do so.

These freshwater forested and shrub wetlands provide essential benefits, including flood and fire protection,  water filtration, carbon storage, and habitat for native plants and animals. They also filter contaminants to protect the shallow backup aquifer that supplements Rockaway Beach’s primary source of drinking water (Jetty Creek) in late summer when rainfall and streamflow are lowest.

Nedonna Beach is a sandy littoral wetland, modified by construction of the 1918 Nehalem River jetty and naturally accreted over decades. Bordered by wetlands on three sides and the ocean on the fourth, the aquifer serves as a DEQ-defined drinking water source, but with about 70% of local homes using septic systems and with damage from past draining, filling, and development, further development of the wetlands raises serious questions about the future safety and adequacy of the aquifer.

NCCWP, a nonprofit advocating for an end to logging and pesticide use in community drinking water sources regardless of ownership, works to ensure safe drinking water and clean air as public trust rights. 

For more information or to get involved, visit www.healthywatershed.org or www.facebook.com/NCCWATERSHEDPROTECTION. Contact rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com to learn more.

Season of Creation at St Catherine

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Submitted By: lufkinali@hotmail.com – Click to email about this post
Beginning Sunday, Sept 7, we will spend 5 Sundays (10am in St Catherine’s sanctuary) focusing on our care of the ‘more than human’ world, in reverence for all the expressions of creation. We will experience, freshly, our failure to care for/with them. We will also experience a possible renewal in our choice to care for/with them. This season will end with our traditional ‘Blessing of the Animals’ on October 5th.
Of course, all are welcome!

SHORT FILM NIGHT RETURNS TO NEHALEM – SUNDAY

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Submitted By: dillond@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
The McMinnville Short Film Festival will present a pop-up screening of five acclaimed documentary or environmental films at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center in Nehalem Sunday, September 7 at 7 p.m. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets will be $10 at the door.

The films to be shown are:

The Final Copy of Ilon Specht (USA-2024) DOC
Director: Ben Proudfoot
An intimate deathbed account of the unsung advertising genius who coined L’Oréal’s iconic “Because I’m Worth It” slogan in 1971, a four-word feminist manifesto that, against all odds, changed advertising forever. (18 min)

Shiringa: Fashion Regenerated Amazonia (Australia/Peru-2024) ENV
Director: Emma Hakansson
In the Peruvian Amazon, an Indigenous community make a bio-material alternative to animal-derived and synthetic leather while defending their land. (12 min)

Substance of Venom (USA -2024) ENV
Director: Cherie Sampson
Cancer survivor Sampson self-administers honeybee “stinging rituals” to call attention to recent research that has discovered that the active substance in honeybee venom, melittin, can treat two types of breast cancer, and stresses the need for more natural forms of cancer therapy than toxic treatments. (9 min)

They Call Me the Tattoo Witch (USA-2024) DOC
Director: Lindsay Nyman
In Hanoi, Vietnam, tattoo artist Tran Ngoc specializes in transforming scars into works of art, confronting social stigma and empowering her clients to reclaim their bodies and stories.
(14 min)

Gonna Need a Bigger Boat (USA-2024) DOC
Director: Jason Rosenblatt
A musical journey through the many bands of Portland musician Jason Wells. (27 min)

Held each February in McMinnville, Ore., the internationally recognized festival is in its 15th year. Over the course of four days, audiences will be presented with over 100 short films, ranging in styles and topics, including Native American, Drama, Environmental, Comedy, Horror, Experimental, Animation, and Documentary.

The website is [https://mcminnvillefilmfest.org/](mcminnvillefilmfest.org/)
Festival updates can also be found on Instagram @macfilmfest.

The Performing Arts Center is at 36155 9th Street in Nehalem.

AUDITIONS: LARGE CAST NEEDED FOR UPCOMING COMEDY HOLIDAY PRODUCTION

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Submitted By: fsquillo@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post
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Plenty of parts as part of a large cast for Riverbend Players Community Theater’s holiday production of THE HOLIDAY CHANNEL CHRISTMAS MOVIE WONDERTHON, a funny spoof of the Hallmark and Lifetime Channels’ holiday movies.

We’re looking for actors of all experience levels who are ready to embrace big characters, holiday cliches, and a whole lot of fun.

Directed by Frank Squillo and written by Don Zolidis, the play is set in a cozy inn during the Christmas season.

The play follows six predictable yet intertwined love stories, filled with small-town charm, romantic misunderstandings, and holiday magic.

For all the details, visit our website:
www.riverbendplayers.org/auditions

Auditions are scheduled for this coming Thursday from 5:00-7:00 pm and Saturday from 4:00-6:00 pm at the NCRD Performing Arts Center.

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Sunday Restorative Yoga at Sea Dream

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Join Sea Dream Studio for Sweet Autumn Restorative Yoga!

Last Sunday of every month (September 28, October 26, November 30). 5:00 – 6:30 pm, No experience needed, All props provided, $25 per class

A rejuvenating evening yoga offering for autumn. Steep in the transformative energies of autumn as you prepare your systems for the calm of winter.

Kate Skaggs (yoga teacher and Nehalem resident) will lead you through this very gentle offering of guided meditation, subtle movement, and supportive poses on the floor or seated. Each pose is held for a few minutes, fully supported by props, allowing opportunities for softening, slowing down, and nourishment.

Register Here: SeaDreamScheduling.as.me/AutumnSundaysRestorative

Free Tempered Glass Panels

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Submitted By: jillt@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
Free tempered glass panels — good for use in greenhouse or garden project or as wind protection on a deck. There are seven panels: two (2) 36″x46″ panels and seven (7) 76″x46″ panels. They are located south of Manzanita close to the State Park. Must take all seven panels. Please contact by text or phone for pictures, additional information and to arrange pickup.
Andy Thurston, 503-812-3599. Thanks!