Category: Announcements

Submitted By: juliebuttercup22@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

March is a busy one for us. We’re planning a few special dinners:

March 7th: another Nehalem River Social Event involving our entire building as well as many local businesses. Danny’s doing tacos…not just any tacos though…we’ve procured some special masa (red, blue, yellow & white) and are making our own tortillas for this event. He’s planning on making 3 kinds of tacos – al pastor, Santa Fe Chicken and crispy tofu. Served w/black beans, cilantro rice w/homemade salsas. Dessert will be Tres Leche Cake w/dulce de leche caramel frosting. More details later…

March 17th: I got the last 30#’s beef brisket from Lance & Tammy so plan on curing my own corned beef for this special. Served w/cabbage, carrots & potatoes w/horseradish crema, grain mustard, Irish soda bread w/Irish Whiskey butter and Chocolate-Baileys Pot de Creme for dessert. This is a pick up and reheat situation, pre-order necessary as we won’t be open that day for regular business. More details on that later as well…

Then it’s time for our March menu!

ICE CREAMS

Irish Coffee on brown butter cone

Burnt Chocolate on salted almond cone

Marshmallow on chocolate-dipped graham cracker cone

Grasshopper on chocolate cone

Banana Cream Pie (not g/f) on vanilla cone

Black Sesame (vegan) on vegan/g/f cone

Grapefruit Mint Sorbet (vegan) on vegan/gf cone

We also have Tiramisu Semifreddo (Italian frozen dessert sold by the slice) and Caramel Banana Pops w/chocolate and peanuts.

Did you know we make Pupsicles for your doggie? Made w/bananas, peanut butter, coconut oil and milk on a rawhide stick!

CHOWDERS

NW Clam…same as usual

Thai Red or Green Curry…same as usual

Primavera…Spring is coming!…creamy parmesan base w/yukon gold potatoes, leeks, carrots, asparagus, peas, celery, lemon, garlic, white wine topped w/green goddess butter

Italian Sausage & Tomato…house sausage in tomato base w/yukon gold potatoes, celery, onions, carrots, green peppers, kale, garlic, fennel seed, white wine, spices topped w/fried basil

Our house salad is w/organic greens, toasted hazelnuts, goat cheese, pear vinaigrette

We make our own hot & cols drinks so check them out!

We’re keeping our Winter schedule for awhile longer so we can keep doing some special events:

Open Friday & Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday 11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Closed Mon – Thursday

Come find us at 35915 Hwy 101 North in Nehalem

Call ahead and we’ll have your order ready: 503-368-CHOW

Submitted By: lynnleveringthomas@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Finnesterre, the beautiful boutique in downtown Manzanita, is currently promoting Eco Prints by Levering Thomas. These are created using local leaves and a sustainable art process. Unique and reasonable priced.

Finnesterre is located at 194 Laneda Ave, Manzanita. Store hours are 11am-5pm daily.

Submitted By: admin@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post

– CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS TOMORROW NIGHT, FOR 9 SHOWS, MARCH 1st – 17th
Great seats available at www.RiverbendPlayers.org
CRIMES OF THE HEART: 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.
Get tickets now at www.RiverbendPlayers.org –

Submitted By: jwmerc@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Hi folks – Jeff and the JW Merc “Honey In A Hurry” home/office delivery service will be coming through north Tillamook County (and even stretching out to Cannon Beach on this trip) this coming TUESDAY March 5th – 2024 in the afternoon.
On board will be plenty of raw Blodgett-area (coast range) Blackberry honey quarts ($29 each), at least one other variety of raw honey from the valley ($27 each) – and real Vermont maple syrup (dark/robust variety) – $28 per quart and $89 per gallon.
Pre-orders essential – and best to reach out to Jeff SOON to get on the list – via e-mail: jwmerc@gmail.com – or via instant message on the JW Merc Facebook page.
See you on TUESDAY in north Tillamook County/south Clatsop County! JW

Submitted By: admin@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post

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CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 1st
Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

CRIMES OF THE HEART:
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
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Submitted By: knappgj@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Interested in playing Pinochle? We will be starting pinochle at NCRD on Wednesday afternoons from 2-4 pm in the Fireside Room. Beginners to expert. Beginning March 13. Please drop me an email if you are interested.

Submitted By: susantone@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Volunteers needed prior to the May 24/25 Manzanita Library Book Sale to move folding tables, shelves & supplies from storage to sales venues. Requires strength for lifting and we need people with pick up trucks. Please contact Madeline Olson at NTLF for more details allanmadeline@aol.com or sign-up to volunteer with the Manzanita Librarian.
The Book Sale benefits North Tillamook Library Friends, the local non-profit that maintains & improves the Manzanita Library building & grounds. Thank you for your support!

Submitted By: marc@nehalembayhd.org – Click to email about this post

New Administrator, Director of Nursing Join Team at Nehalem Valley Care Center

(Wheeler) – Bryan Boon, an Oregon Licensed Nursing Home Administrator, was recently named the new Administrator at the Nehalem Valley Care Center in Wheeler, Oregon. Boon has nursing home and hospital experience having previously worked in a variety of health care roles, including rehabilitation services, as a surgical aide and Certified Nursing Assistant at facilities in the Northwest and in Arizona.

Boon is now a full-time resident of north Tillamook County.

Jessica Case, RN/BSN has also joined the Care Center staff as the facility’s Director of Nursing Services. Case has extensive healthcare experience in both hospital and nursing facility settings and is passionate about providing excellent patient care and developing Best Practices.

Case is also now a full-time resident of north Tillamook County.

The Nehalem Valley Care Center, owned by the Nehalem Bay Health District, is our region’s only skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, in fact the only facility of its kind between Astoria and Newport on the Oregon coast.

The facility provides 24-hour Skilled/Long Term Care nursing care for residents and offers physical/Occupational/Speech therapy services as well and is licensed by the state of Oregon. The Care Center is one of Tillamook County’s largest employers with staff that includes Registered Nurses (RN’s), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN’s), Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA’s), food service, maintenance, administrative and business office personnel.

The Care Center is managed for the Health District through an agreement with Canyon Wren Consulting LLC, an Oregon nursing home management firm.

For information on the Care Center’s CNA training program contact Lynnelee Baertlein at
lbaertlein@nvcarecenter.org or call #503-436-3450.

For more information on the Nehalem Valley Care Center and the services it provides visit:
nehalemcarecenter.com

Submitted By: susantone@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

The March-April display of Art at the North Tillamook County Library in Manzanita will feature the work of student-teacher pair Tim Miller (age 64) and Julien Anctil (age 11). Tim and Julien, who live across the street from one another in Wheeler, have been working together in Tim’s studio for several hours a week for about a year and a half. Their beautiful work reflects their shared appreciation for nature and natural history. Tim will be showing five paintings exploring color, line, and abstraction. Julien will be showing two paintings and two drawings exploring color and drawing skills.

If you are an artist in the north Tillamook County area and are interested in the opportunity to show your work on the library’s wall space, please contact Mary Kyle McCurdy at mkmccurdy7@gmail.com. And if you are interested in the work of any of the artists we have shown, please contact Mary Kyle and she will connect you.

This program brought to you by volunteers with North Tillamook Library Friends.

Submitted By: lucybwild@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

MARCH SPECIAL!! 20% OFF, FOR FIRST RESPONDERS!!

Short Hair $58
Medium $75
Long $90
Kids $48
Buzz $20

Call Lucy to book!
360-643-1887

Submitted By: jessi@heartofcartm.org – Click to email about this post

After much construction and cleanup, we are delighted to announce that Heart of Cartm in downtown Wheeler will be reopening at Noon on Friday, March 8th!!

Come on over to shop our new furniture room and see the “new to us” items on display.

**While we are excited to accept your donations, please go easy on us by bringing a little at a time or waiting to bring them until the following weekend.**

Regular hours to follow reopening weekend:
Thursday – Monday, 12-6pm

See you sooooooon!!!!

Submitted By: optimalcoachingservices@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

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Submitted By: marc@nehalembayhd.org – Click to email about this post

For immediate release:
February 23, 2024

Nehalem Bay Health District Selects Bremik Construction for New Health Center Project

(Wheeler) – Following a competitive process the Nehalem Bay Health District has selected Bremik Construction, an Oregon firm with extensive health care and coastal construction experience, as Construction Manager/General Contractor for the new Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy project.

Bremik won the engagement with the Health District by demonstrating successful construction management of similar health care facilities and by proposing the most cost-effective approach.

Bremik, founded in 2004, recently worked with the District’s architecture team – Scott Edwards Architects – on a medical office building in Hood River and the Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center in Newberg. Bremik has also done extensive work for Providence Health & Services and Kaiser Permanente. Bremik has also worked with the Health District’s owner’s representative, Klosh Group, on a variety of projects.

Bremik’s coastal construction experience includes work on the Cannon Beach Elementary School, a motel to housing conversion in Seaside and the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria.

Bremik principal and partner Tygh Colton is serving as the preconstruction manager of the Health Center project. Susan Odeh Brandt is the project manager and Kevin McMurray will be the project superintendent once construction begins. The combined Bremik team has more than 75 years of construction experience.

Bremik has also won industry and union recognition for its apprentice programs that have involved thousands of hours of training and work by female carpenters. Bremik has an extensive record of working with small and minority owned businesses and subcontractors and has embraced the District’s expectation that north coast subcontractors will be involved in the project.

“It is an important milestone in this transformative project to have the Bremik firm and a complete team onboard,” said Health District president Marc C. Johnson. “We know that the coastal environment, as well as a very detailed and complicated health care construction project present challenges and we are fortunate to have a team with deep experience to bring this project to competition in a timely and cost-effective manner.”

“The project aligns with Bremik’s mission to build projects that benefit the local community,” said Bremik’s Tygh Colton. “It is an honor to be working with the Nehalem Bay Health District and Scott Edwards Architecture to deliver this project to serve the Nehalem Bay region.”

Johnson expressed thanks on behalf of the Health District board to community members Lloyd Lindley, a retired landscape architect, and Brad Berman, an experienced construction project professional, for their assistance in evaluating construction manager/general contractor qualifications and approaches.

Scott Edwards, the District’s architect, is currently working on detailed construction drawings for the new 16,000 square foot Health Center and Pharmacy. The District and its design and construction team expect to submit permit applications to Tillamook County in the late April timeframe with a summer target date to commence construction.

The city of Wheeler conditionally approved the design of the new facility in December, including signing off on parking and heights requirements. The city asked for additional detail on landscaping plans and stormwater drainage, issues that will be addressed during the current phase of architecture work.

The new Health Center and Pharmacy, located at US Highway 101 and Hospital Road in Wheeler, will nearly triple the size of the existing Health Center in Wheeler (the former Rinehart Clinic), including a larger, modern pharmacy, a dental suite and exam rooms to accommodate current patients and future growth.

For more on the Nehalem Bay Health District visit: www.nehalembayhd.org

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Submitted By: admin@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post

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CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 1st
Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

CRIMES OF THE HEART:
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
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Submitted By: robbro2011@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Self discovery group. T the self discovering group that meets at Ncrd is moving to Wednesday at 10 AM in the fireside room weekly all those in getting a new perspective on who he truly are not adding any new beliefs but looking intensely at old ones is welcome.

Submitted By: fsquillo@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post

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RIVERBEND PLAYERS AUDITIONS FOR ‘THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG’ NEXT WEEK AT THE NCRD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.

MONDAY, MARCH 4TH AND TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH FROM 5:00 P.M. – 7:00 P.M.

*Casting for 8 parts: 6/M, 2/F

*Several male roles are gender-neutral and can be played by any gender. Physical elements are required for some parts.

From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes the Riverbend Players’ Production of the smash hit farce THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG!

SYNOPSIS:

Welcome to the opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things quickly go from bad to utterly disastrous.

This whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines).

Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences!

Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!

Directed by Frank Squillo

Performance Dates: May 31st – June 16th.
AUDITION DETAILS AT www.RiverbendPlayers.org
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Submitted By: Cornes76@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Very experienced handyman for hire get your projects done call Cliff Erdman 208 746 3177 no texting

Submitted By: visualarts@hoffmanarts.org – Click to email about this post

The Hoffman Center for the Arts in Manzanita is seeking additional models for our life drawing group. This is a paid position for three-hour drawing sessions that meet on alternating Tuesday evenings.

As a life drawing model, you will help artists deepen their understanding of the human form and structure under conditions of varying light and shadow.

Although it is helpful to have prior modeling experience, it is not a prerequisite, and guidance will be provided. We welcome individuals of all body types, ages, and genders with a genuine interest in helping artists practice their drawing and painting skills. You will need to feel comfortable in front of a group wearing no clothing and have the ability to remain still for variable periods of time.

For more information, contact visualarts@hoffmanarts.org.

Submitted By: admin@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post

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CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS FRIDAY, MARCH 1st
Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org

CRIMES OF THE HEART:
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
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Submitted By: koptiuch@asu.edu – Click to email about this post

On Thursday, February 29, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection invites you to join us for our first FOREST POETS event in the Lovell Taproom at Fort George Brewery and Public House, 1483 Duane St. in Astoria. (Note: The doors open at 5:00 p.m. for food and drinks before the event begins.)

This free event will feature readings from several North Coast poets, including the award-winning Robert Michael Pyle, as well as Jim Dott, Jennifer Nightingale, Reba Owen, Logan Garner, and Lauren Mallett. Their poetry selections will be inspired by, and celebrate, our temperate rainforest ecosystem that has forests and bodies of water which serve as muse for many of us living in the area.

Robert Michael Pyle lives, writes, and studies natural history along Grays River in Washington’s heavily-logged Willapa Hills. His 1986 book Wintergreen is widely considered a classic testament to the resilience of life in the land of logging. His 28 books of essays, poetry, and fiction often turn to the woods and waters for their subject. Pyle is the recipient of two National Outdoor Book Awards, the John Burroughs Medal, as well as a Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Conservation Biology.

This first Forest Poets event is being coordinated by North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection and Fort George as a part of the brewery’s Thursday Lecture Series. Doors will open at the Lovell Taproom at 5:00 p.m., allowing time for mingling, food, and drinks before the event begins at 6:00 p.m. During the event, there will be a brief intermission. You will also get to hear from NCCWP about our current and upcoming plans in Clatsop and Tillamook Counties, and how you can get involved with efforts to safeguard and restore your local watershed. DON’T MISS IT!

Submitted By: admin@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post

CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS MARCH 1st Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org
CRIMES OF THE HEART:
This darkly comedic, Pulitzer Prize-winning 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

Submitted By: fsquillo@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post

– AUDITIONS MONDAY, MARCH 4TH AND TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH
*Casting for 8 parts: 6/M, 2/F *Several male roles are gender-neutral and can be played by any gender. Physical elements are required for some parts.
From Mischief, Broadway masters of comedy, comes the Riverbend Players’ Production of the smash hit farce THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG!
SYNOPSIS:
Welcome to the opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things quickly go from bad to utterly disastrous.
This 1920s whodunit has everything you never wanted in a show—an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines).
Nevertheless, the accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through to their final curtain call, with hilarious consequences!
Part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes, this Olivier Award–winning comedy is a global phenomenon that’s guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter!
Directed by Frank Squillo
Performance Dates: May 31st – June 16th. AUDITION DETAILS AT www.RiverbendPlayers.org –

Submitted By: cityofmanzanitaoregon@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

The City of Manzanita is hosting a Virtual Town Hall on the new City Hall and Police Station next week, Tuesday, February 27th from 5:30-700 pm via Zoom.

The project team will provide a comprehensive overview of the project history and timeline and working with our contractor, Jason Stegner of Cove Built will give an overview of what to expect next on site. The Project Architect, Chris Keane will provide an in-depth peek into the design of the building, and the site plan. At the end of the presentation, the Mayor will moderate a question-and-answer session with the entire project team. If you have any questions about the project you can also send them to the city in advance – please send an email with your question(s) to cityhall@ci.manzanita.or.us and note “town hall” in the subject line. We will do our best to make sure all your questions are answered.

We look forward to seeing you there and if you cant make it we will post the meeting video on line so you can watch it anytime.

Submitted By: admin@riverbendplayers.org – Click to email about this post

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CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS MARCH 1st

Tickets at www.RiverbendPlayers.org
CRIMES OF THE HEART:

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
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Submitted By: marc@nehalembayhd.org – Click to email about this post

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

Nehalem Bay Health District’s
Meeting of the Wheeler Care Center, LLC

Wednesday, February 28, 2024 – 5:30 pm

This meeting is open to the public and those interested can attend via Zoom videoconferencing.

For questions or other information: info@nehalembayhd.org

Join Zoom Meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88112248618

Agenda

1. Call to order

2. Consent agenda
– Minutes of the January 24, 2024 regular board meeting and February 12, 2024 special meeting

3. Care Center Management Report
– Monthly financial report

4. Summary of February 12, 2024 work session

5. Care Center renovation
– Foundation work update
– Review next steps

6. Public comment

7. Items for the good of the order

8. Adjournment

Submitted By: barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post

Nehalem Bay Garden Club meeting
Tuesday Feb 27 1:30
Calvary Bible Church across from Manzanita Library
Featuring Ketzel Levine, a local favorite speaker

Ketzel will present
“Strategies for Thirsty Plants: Some Just Gotta Go”

After six years as director of the Hoffman’s Wonder Garden, Ketzel is ready to trade in quite a few beloved but thirsty plants for those that have particular super powers: a tolerance for winter wet and summer dry. Her presentation will offer us a look at what’s in and what’s out this coming year in the Wonder Garden.

Everyone welcome.

Anyone wishing to become a member can do so by paying the $10 annual dues. It is not necessary to be a member to participate in Garden Club activities and we appreciate all those who chose to do so.

Submitted By: wstone1991@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

The Tale of City Hallenstein
Once, in the tranquil town of Fiscalshire, the local city council harbored grand ambitions. They envisioned a new city hall, one that would tower over Fiscalshire like a beacon of progress, replacing an old but functional building they had been neglecting. Yet, their dreams were hampered by the mundane shackles of budgets and public opinion. What they spent on a new building would not be available to fund essential infrastructure and city enhancements which the voters preferred. That was until they appointed the new City Manager, Mr. Hallenstein, who was hailed as a visionary capable of turning even the dreariest ledger into a masterpiece of municipal finance.
Mr. Hallenstein, with sharkskin suits (Where does the shark end and the skin begin?, some asked.) and sharper wit, began his tenure with a zeal that bordered on fanaticism. His singular obsession: to erect the new city hall as a monument to his legacy and launchpad for his career. The council, blinded by promises of architectural grandeur and modern efficiency, gave him free rein, not knowing that they had unleashed a force that would run amok through the town’s finances.
With the stealth of a cat burglar, Mr. Hallenstein began his financial machinations. Land was acquired in a shady deal. He diverted funds from the water utility, arguing that “water flows, but legacy stands firm.” A stand of ancient timber, which had stood as the town’s verdant guardians, was sold off in another clandestine deal, its proceeds funneled into the city hall coffers. City buildings, once the bedrock of community services, were bartered away as if part of a Monopoly game. Grant money was rerouted with a magician’s sleight of hand.
As the new city hall began to rise, so too did Mr. Hallenstein’s audacity. Specifications were altered as whimsically as the wind changes direction, each change necessitating a new cadre of highly paid consultants to cover Hallenstein’s tracks. Solar panels were jettisoned. Once necessary structural pilings were explained away. Needed amenities like backup generators were kicked down the road. The building was suddenly downsized. Council members who whispered dissent found themselves on the receiving end of veiled legal threats, their political futures dangled precariously over the abyss by Mr. Hallenstein’s well-manicured hands.
Yet, as the edifice neared completion, whispers of its true cost began to ripple through Fiscalshire. The general fund, once the lifeblood of the town, was now a parched riverbed, depleted by Mr. Hallenstein’s relentless diversion of resources. Needed projects were ignored and a loan secured, further handcuffing the general fund for decades. The citizens, who had watched with a mix of awe and unease, now gazed upon the nearly finished city hall not as a symbol of progress, but as a monument to folly. They called the newly downsized structure “The city small”.
In the end, Mr. Hallenstein vanished as mysteriously as he had arrived, leaving behind a legacy of financial ruin and a half-finished city hall that loomed over Fiscalshire like an unfulfilled promise. The city council, in a desperate bid to salvage their reputations, proclaimed the project a success, a testament to their visionary leadership. They spoke of fiscal recovery and future prosperity, even as they secretly mourned the loss of their little town’s financial security.
The citizens of Fiscalshire were left to ponder the ruins of their public coffers, their trust in local government shaken. They whispered tales of Mr. Hallenstein, the city manager monster who had feasted on the town’s finances to feed his ambition, leaving a trail of broken promises and depleted funds in his wake.
And so, the tale of City Hallenstein became a cautionary legend in Fiscalshire, a reminder of what happens when ambition overshadows stewardship. And monsters are not just in the stories we tell, but in the halls of power we entrust with our hopes, dreams, and municipal funds.

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