Santa Claus at Four Paws at the Beach

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Santa Claus Is Coming to Town!

Sunday, December 17th
2:00 to 4:00 pm

At: Four Paws at the Beach
144 Laneda Ave.
Manzanita

Bring you Furry or Non-Furry Family
and Your Own Camera or Smart Phone and get a picture with Santa Claus. Mrs. Claus and Elves expected to be there too!

This is a fundraiser for: Animal Haven By the Sea
$10. Donation requested
100% proceeds goes toward local animal spaying, neutering and other emergency pet costs.

Call Meghan or Matt if questions: 503-368-3436

GoBag and WaSH Pop-Up Shop, Saturday, December 16, 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm, Manzanita Police Station

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Last chance in 2023 to secure your emergency supplies. They also make great holiday gifts. Don’t forget about or popular cookbook “Recipes for Disasters”.

Make sure and place your order as the GoBag and WaSH Pop-Up shops will take a break during February and March.

Yellow Radio, Emergency Communications Class, January 13, 11 AM – 1 PM

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Sign up for our Yellow Radio course to learn how to communicate in an emergency situation.

You’ll learn important skills to help you communicate when other traditional means, like cell phones and Internet, are not available.

A Yellow Radio is required to enroll in this class and can be purchased on the class registration page (link above). You must be physically located in the Nehalem Bay area during class.

LNWC December Board Meeting (Thursday Dec 14th)

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On December 14th, 2023 the Lower Nehalem Watershed Council will be hosting their regular board meeting.

The LNWC’s Board Meeting will start at 5 pm. The board meeting will include regular council business including reports on fiscal status, organizational health projects, and a discussion of ongoing and upcoming LNWC projects. This meeting will also include discussion of a new Personnel Policy and the 2024 Annual Budget. The public is welcome to join us and learn more about how the Watershed Council operates and what we do.

The Board Meeting will be hosted on Zoom. The zoom link is us02web.zoom.us/j/85257362427.You can also contact the watershed council at info@nehalemwatershed.org

Event Information: This event is FREE and open to the public. Find more information on our speaker series and the links for access on our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/lnwc1).

Time & Agenda:

5-7 PM LNWC Board Meeting

FREE KIDS ACTIVITIES AT THE NCRD HOLIDAY EVENT

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Come and join us for some holiday fun! The NCRD youth center has tons planned for all the kiddos! Make sure to reserve your ticket here: secure.givelively.org/event/friends-of-ncrd/ncrd-winter-celebration?fbclid=IwAR3r9M_OK803tnCSoLXoC4l2JXg0A-eNRwR_oyursjaJje-H3lqg_dD2wd8#WinterCelebration

Let Angie at the youth center know you plan to take advantage of the free child care during the speaker event at angiet@ncrdnehalem.org

The event starts at 11am with a Holiday Social. There will be free food and drinks and a fun silent auction with 12 very cute baskets! Following the social is the main speaker event starting at 1:30. Each ticket holder will be entered to win one of 3 Tillamook Creamery gift baskets! Winners will be announced during the speaker event.

Hope to see you all there!

ARTIST For December at Manz. News and Espresso

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Manzanita News and Espresso
Corner of 5th and Laneda Ave., Manzanita

Artist of the month of December
Lori Dillon:
Acrylics, Photographs on Canvas, Mixed Media
(agates, mirror), Botanical Pen and Inks.
Dinese Elder:
Found Wood, Driftwood Spinners.

Also at the Coffee Shop: Puzzles, Games, Calendars, Mugs, Jewelry – tons of other gift ideas including Gift Certificates.

Open 7:30 am to 5:00 pm Every Day

Check out the show and grab a nice warm drink and snack!

Community Sacred Grief Circle Tomorrow 5-7pm

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New Moon. Tuesday, Dec 12th
5-7pm
North Fork 53

Community Sacred Grief Circle
Somatic Practices & Sound Healing

The holidays can bring up big emotions for many of us and often it can be hard to know how to deal with them.

If you are feeling sad this holiday season-you’re not alone. Please join us in our Community Grief Monthly circle to get support and tools that can help.

In this free 2 hour event we will be offering:

-Community sharing circle (for up to 12 people)
-Two somatic (body based) practices that can help you relate and process grief and other emotions as they move through you.
-Gentle sound healing to relax and integrate the practice

Somatic therapies work directly with your body- where your emotions are held.

You will practice noticing what you’re feeling without judgement, resistance or a desire to change it.

Then you’ll learn an anchoring technique to help you feel big emotions while also finding safety in your body.

These two techniques (noticing/tracking the charge and anchoring) are essential tools for anyone trying to get through the times we live in.

This will be followed by a short sound healing – a beautiful way of letting the body relax and release without having to go through the mind.

I hope you can join us!

Please RSVP to info@northfork53.com if you plan to attend.

We are limited to 12 people for this circle.

Bee well,
xoxo
Ginger Edwards -via the NeahKahNie Grief Collective and Communitea Nonprofit

NCRD: HOLIDAY SOCIAL AND SPEAKER EVENT

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It starts at 11am with a Holiday Social, there will be free food and drinks and a fun silent auction with 12 very cute baskets! Followed by the main speaker event starting at 1:30! Each ticket holder will be entered to win one of 3 Tillamook Creamery gift baskets!

The NCRD youth center will provide have free child care too for parents who’d like to attend the speaker event!

You can reserve tickets by following the QR code on the flyer or by following this link: secure.givelively.org/event/friends-of-ncrd/ncrd-winter-celebration?fbclid=IwAR3r9M_OK803tnCSoLXoC4l2JXg0A-eNRwR_oyursjaJje-H3lqg_dD2wd8#WinterCelebration

Hope to see you there!

Yoga with Veterans and with Molly and April

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Hey everybody. Happy Holidays

Yoga is good for you, so everyone should take advantage of it. Also it’s free.

First there’s Yoga with Molly.
Day – Monday
Time. – 11:15 PST
Place – Tillamook YMCA

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us06web.zoom.us/j/84115365249?pwd=Y1ZETEp1ZEtoS1JDTG9Sdmg3cGoyQT09

Next there’s Yoga with April.
Day – Tuesday
Time – 10:30 PST
Place – NCRD in Nehalem

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/87338175282

Brian

Conscious Aging and Community Connections, Monday, Dec. 11, 2-4pm at Pine Grove

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Hello Community Friends,

The Conscious Aging and Community Connections program will meet Monday, December 11th, 2-4pm at Pine Grove Community House. Door opens at 1:45.

This program meets on the second Monday of each month with the intention to provide a space for people in our area to gather and get to know one another as we address some of the challenges and opportunities we face as aging human beings.

The topic this month is Traversing the Edge Between Doing and Being.

If you have time before Monday please take some time to contemplate the topic and the following quotes:

Our curriculum of conscious aging requires that we get as close as possible to the thing that’s scaring us, in order to reveal our attachments, and to experience the serenity that comes from letting go of them. Ram Dass
It is the mental tendency to cling that creates anxiety, suffering, and fear, and once we’re able to identify what we are attached to — a certain standard of living, say, or a body that does not change — we are able to take the first steps toward freeing ourselves, regardless of the particular difficulty. Ram Dass
We sometimes erroneously project midlife values, activity patterns and expectations onto old age, and then define these values, patterns and expectations as successful aging. Maybe our projections are not just rooted in midlife, but also in western culture and white middle class hopes for success to continue into old age. When you think about it, what makes us think that we will be the same person with the same desires at 80 as we are at 50? And why would we want to be the same? Lars Tornstam
It is important to create opportunities … to build some time into our lives to consider our deepest questions about who we are, where we are, and how it all makes sense. Ram Dass

We’re experimenting with the program format and have decided to try breaking into several smaller groups to allow more in-depth discussions. We also hope this will mitigate the noise level and honor individuals who prefer not to speak in front of a large group. Please note, you are welcome to pass anytime you don’t feel like talking. We are open to feedback about these meetings, so feel free to express your ideas and/or concerns to organizers.

Future events:
January 8: Creating a Compassionate Community. We’ll provide more information about this before the session.

January 29th: 1-5pm Creating Vision Boards. More information about this event will be coming by mid-January. If you are interested in this, please let me know. telaskinner@gmail.com

The Conscious Aging and Community Connections Program is sponsored by Pine Grove Community House which allows us to keep admission at $ 5 per session.

We look forward to seeing you Monday!
The Conscious Aging Team: Tela Skinner, Kathie Hightower, Sue McGrath, Jan Hamilton, Mary Ruhl, Kathleen Moore, Dori Bash and Paula Sansum.

Girl Scout Holiday Pet Food Drive

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Come on out to the White Clover Grange Holiday Bazaar today, 11am-3pm, and bring some pet food with you! The Girl Scouts will be placing a collection box at the bazaar, and we appreciate any and all pet food donations. We will deliver them to the local pet food bank.

If you miss us today, remember that we have collection boxes throughout the community for the holiday season.

Thank you for your support!

TEEN NIGHT at North Coast Pinball FRIDAY December 15th 6-8PM

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Hello BBQ Community-

TEEN NIGHT is next Friday, December 15th, 6-8PM, at North Coast Pinball. FREE PINBALL and Games for ALL TEENS! Spread the word, and send those teens down for some free fun! Thank you!!

This is a HUGGS (501c3) sponsored event. Please contact Christy (503)800-1092 for more info or to donate.

WORKSHOP: Resin Ornaments & Holiday Printmaking

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RESIN ORNAMENTS & HOLIDAY CARD PRINTMAKING
Instructor: Karen Weiss

Time: 10:45 – 12:45PM

Location: Cannon Beach Gallery

1064 S. Hemlock St. Cannon Beach, OR 97145

Cost: $35 Members

$45 Non-Members

*Family Friendly

Tis the season to gather & create one of a kind holiday ornaments & cards!

Come join local artist Karen Weiss to learn about art resins versatility in creating both ocean inspired & traditionally themed ornaments. Create gifts for friends, family, and more.

But that’s not all! Students will also have the opportunity to explore the art of printmaking to design their very own holiday cards.

Our class size is limited to 10 people, ensuring an intimate and cheerful atmosphere that is brimming with holiday joy. Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity to unleash your creativity and spread holiday cheer through art!

Ceramics Workshops – January Offerings Just Posted

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January Ceramics Class Just Announced

Whether you want to learn to throw on the wheel or learn the techniques of hand building and glazing, the Hoffman Clay Program has a workshop for you in January! Start 2024 right with skill-building and fun!

More information and registration: hoffmanarts.org/classes/all-classes/

These workshops fill quickly so sign up today.

Come join our new chess club this Sunday!

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Pacific Pawns and Knights Chess Club will have it’s first meeting this Sunday, December 10th from 4pm-6pm at the Pine Grove in Manzanita. All ages and abilities are welcome! Come learn about the club and play some chess.

Feel free to reach out with questions:
brentanctil@gmail.com
anctilaaron@gmail.com

Special Olympics Open House

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Special Olympics Oregon (SOOR) offers individuals with intellectual disabilities the same access to sports and competition that most people have. It also allows them to experience greater independence, physical fitness, and improved quality of life. We have grown to serve 14,000 participants per year through our life-changing programs, including local sports training and state-wide competition, athlete leadership training, and health and wellness education.

Our Local Program in Tillamook County, which is completely volunteer driven, is proud to be part of this amazing organization. Through these initiatives our athletes learn tools for daily living, develop confidence, make life-long friendships, and become active members of our community.

We are excited to be hosting an Open House for our Special Olympics Oregon – Tillamook County to bring in some new faces to join this amazing community of Athletes, Volunteers, and Coaches. Have you been wanting to do more, or do you know someone who might want to get involved with our community, but just aren’t sure where to start? Then this is the place to be! We welcome you and your friends & family, to join us to learn about our program and become part of an amazing fun filled environment that fulfills your aspirations of helping others.

Open House

Saturday, December 16

1:00 PM

Tillamook County Library

1716 3rd St, Tillamook

Special Olympics Oregon – Tillamook County
www.soor.org/tillamook
Tillamook@soor.org
503.248.0600 ext 119

Yoga with Molly and April

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Hey everybody.

Yoga is good for you, so everyone should take advantage of it. Also it’s free.

First there’s Yoga with Molly.
Day – Monday
Time. – 11:15 PST
Place – Tillamook YMCA

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us06web.zoom.us/j/84115365249?pwd=Y1ZETEp1ZEtoS1JDTG9Sdmg3cGoyQT09

Next there’s Yoga with April.
Day – Tuesday
Time – 10:30 PST
Place – NCRD in Nehalem

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/87338175282

Brian

Holiday Bazaar at White Clover Grange, this Saturday from 11am-3pm

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Coming right up–the fun and festive
White Clover Grange Holiday Bazaar!
Saturday December 9th, 11am-3pm

Homemade sweet treats, craft items and jewelry,
locally grown teas, flowers, fresh vegetables, meats,
Christmas trees and wreaths.

Vendors include Lance’s Farm Vittles, Moon River Farm, Sugar Plus Air, River City Flower Farm, Little Wing Kinetics, Sam’s Soothing CBD, Lone Wolf Forge, North Fork 53 Communitea, Kanobi Candle Co, Aloha Hippie, Color Street Nail Art, Blooming H(eARTh), Poppy Jewelry and Art, LJ’s Goodies, and more.

Upstairs and down, vendors are selling a delightful array of locally grown and crafted goods including vegetables, meats, teas, wool, body care products, soap, bouquets, dried flowers, copper wind sculptures, pottery and figurines, handmade Christmas textiles, vintage décor, knitted items, CBD products, jewelry, hand forged metal art, post partum workbooks, baby gear, gratitude journals, beads and buttons, art work, more jewelry, cookies, jams and jellies, candles, fingernail art, solar lamps, honey and more.

Grange bakers will be selling their delicious cookies and treats, plus there will be cinnamon rolls from Handy Creek Bakery, Annie’s famous caramel corn, and Sugar and Air’s cotton candy and popcorn. Unfortunately, Health Department regulations no longer allow us to serve our traditional holiday lunch.

Christmas trees and hand made wreaths by Jose will be available outside, near the shed.

Kid’s crafting: In the Grange kitchen area, for a nominal donation, kids are invited to craft holiday ornaments and decorations with our creative Grange volunteers.
Also downstairs: a photo booth to capture the day!

Buy a chance to win a leg of lamb—raffle tickets are $2 each or 6 for $10.
Donated by Lance’s Farm Vittles

Win a pink sapphire ring in a 14k gold setting from the 1920’s—raffle tickets $5 each or 5 for $20. This ring, found by Pacific Northwest Dirt Fishing in the grange back field, and brought back to its original luster, is valued at $800.

White Clover Grange Holiday Bazaar
Saturday December 9, 11am-3pm!
36585 Hwy 53, about 2 miles east of Hwy 101.
Look for Daisy the Cow!

Girl Scout Holiday Pet Food Drive

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Our Girls Scouts had a wonderful event on Saturday – thank you for all your support!!

We still have collection boxes available throughout the community for the next couple of weeks, so we welcome all pet food donations to those locations!

We are also going to have a box at the White Clover Grange holiday bazaar on Saturday, December 9 (starting at 11am).

New Discoveries Preschool Pictures With Santa

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Santa at New Discoveries Preschool – NCRD
Saturday, December 9th
11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Fundraiser – Pictures with Santa

Community is invited to get their picture with Santa Claus himself!

Dan Rice (a preschool Dad) will take your photo, print it and you can
take it home. Also, you are welcome to bring your own camera or camera phone.

Cookies – Hot Chocolate – And More for sale
Donation requested for photo.

New Discoveries Preschool
NCRD
36155 9th Street
Nehalem, Oregon

(Posting for New Discoveries Preschool and Santa)

NCCWP’s Free Zoom Webinar on Dec 7: Professional Ecological Forester Herb Hammond

 

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On Thursday, December 7 at 6:00 pm, Herb Hammond, a forest ecologist and retired professional forester with over 45 years of experience in the fields of forest research, ecologically sustainable forest plans, consultation, and public education, will give a Zoom talk entitled “Forests for Water or Timber: A Clearcut Problem.” Mr. Hammond and his spouse, Susan, co-founded the Silva Forest Foundation, a non-profit organization devoted to research and guidance in ecosystem-based conservation planning. He has helped Indigenous and rural communities across several continents create over 25 ecosystem-based conservation plans. Mr. Hammond has been the recipient of Canada’s Gold Award for Sustainable Living and has authored several award-winning books, including “Seeing the Forest Among the Trees: The Case for Wholistic Forest Use.”

The presentation is being coordinated by the North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection, in collaboration with the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, the Lower Nehalem Community Trust, and the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance (Peachland, BC). In his presentation, Mr. Hammond will address what comprises a healthy watershed, how watersheds provide high quality water in moderate flows, and how water may be degraded by inappropriate human activities. He will also discuss the current health of watersheds, both forested and clearcut, ranging from coastal Oregon to British Columbia. This will provide insight into the direct interactions between deforestation, extreme weather events, and climate change. Mr. Hammond will address what needs to be done to restore and safeguard forested drinking water sources. He will include his personal insights based on his review of reports and images on the current condition of Jetty Creek Watershed, which is the primary source of drinking water for Rockaway Beach. Mr. Hammond’s talk will conclude with a question-and-answer period.

Register here: secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/VPHvQ4TcXM3dGGdiF8OAAQ?t=1699485596.

This event is hosted by the North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (formerly known as Rockaway Beach Citizens for Watershed Protection), a 13-year-old grassroots organization located on the North Coast of Oregon. While NCCWP opposes logging and spraying in all drinking watersheds, we continue to focus on Jetty Creek in Rockaway Beach because it offers the best example of how logging activities were allowed to compromise, and possibly destroy, a town’s drinking water. Our goal is to prevent logging and spraying in our drinking watersheds. Our mission is to raise awareness to accomplish this goal.

The web – healthywatershed.org

Facebook – www.facebook.com/NCCwatershedprotection/

Instagram – www.instagram.com/nccwatershedprotection/?hl=en

Email – rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com

 

Yoga with Molly and April

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Hey everybody.

Yoga is good for you, so everyone should take advantage of it. Also it’s free.

First there’s Yoga with Molly.
Day – Monday
Time. – 11:15 PST
Place – Tillamook YMCA

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us06web.zoom.us/j/84115365249?pwd=Y1ZETEp1ZEtoS1JDTG9Sdmg3cGoyQT09

Next there’s Yoga with April.
Day – Tuesday
Time – 10:30 PST
Place – NCRD in Nehalem

If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/87338175282

Brian

Free Tix to Riverbend Players

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FREE TIX TO DEC 17TH “A CHRISTMAS STORY”
Riverbend Players is offering a limited number of free tickets to their final show of A Christmas Story! See details below.
DECEMBER 12TH
5-6 Christmas Carols Practice
@ St. Catherine’s Church (Dec 17th RSVP = Free Tix to Show!)

DECEMBER 15TH (last day school – Christmas break begins)
5:00-6:30 Christmas Caroling on Laneda, Manzanita (weather: drizzle=sing; hard rain=cancel)
》》4:45 meet at Visitor Center
》》6:00 end with hot cocoa

DECEMBER 17TH (RSVP Only – Must attend Dec 12th Practice)
1:00-2:00 Christmas Carols before Matinee Show of A Christmas Story @ NCRD Performing Arts Center

DECEMBER 24TH (Christmas Eve)
3:30-4:00 Christmas Carols before Candlelight Service @ St. Catherine’s Church (meet at 3:15)

If you would like a text reminder, text “Christmas Caroling” to 503-440-7861