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WaSH Class for Emergencies

Posted on February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 by North Coast BBQ

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Take our WaSH class to learn important information about obtaining safe water and dealing with waste during a disaster.

Register for your spot in class today!

Nehalem Bay Garden Club meeting Tuesday Feb 27 features Ketzel Levine

Posted on February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 by North Coast BBQ

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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.

Another fairy tale – The Tale of City Hallenstein

Posted on February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 by North Coast BBQ

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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.

CRIMES OF THE HEART OPENS MARCH 1st! GREAT SEATS AVAILABLE! NCRD PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Posted on February 22, 2024February 22, 2024 by North Coast BBQ

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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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Now Twice Monthly: Singing to heal, nurture and open to be way…

Posted on February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 by North Coast BBQ

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Our local Threshold Choir is growing!
(www.thresholdchoir.org)

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.

Threshold singers gather (in person) twice per month on 2nd&4th Tuesdays, *6:00-6:45pm @ St. Catherine’s Church in Nehalem, Oregon. We encourage singers to come as early as 5:30 for self-guided social & warm-up.

2nd Tuesdays: Intro & Healing Space (practice giving/receiving healing through song)

4th Tuesdays: Core Songs Practice (Nuts & Bolts)

BONUS!
For those who wish to stay later to sing with the St. Catherine’s Community *Song Circle*, they begin at 7pm (also both 2nd&4th Tuesdays), and all are welcome.

Let us Sing!
2nd&4th Tuesdays *6-8pm
St. Catherine’s Church in Nehalem, Oregon

*Come as early as 5:30 for self-guided social & warm-up

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

Tillamook Estuaries Partnership hiring Administrative Assistant

Posted on February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 by North Coast BBQ

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Administrative/Accounting Assistant

Full-Time Position + Great Benefits

Join our growing team and have a great time doing a lot of good for the estuaries we all love!
We are looking for somebody who will work closely with our staff, Board of Directors, and partners who share a common goal of clean water, healthy ecosystems, and strong communities.

The Administrative/Accounting Assistant is the hub of our office and the first point of contact for the public and many of our partners. This position is accountable for
• Front office reception and welcoming atmosphere
• Smooth communications for our Executive Director and Board of Directors
• Office processes, supplies, & equipment
• Accounts Payable

Applications will be accepted until 5:00pm (Pacific Time), Thursday, February 29th, 2024.

More information about TEP, a detailed job description, salary and benefits for this position, and the application process may be found online at www.tbnep.org/news/now-hiring-administrative-accounting-assistant/.

Tillamook Estuaries Partnership is an equal opportunity employer.