Tom Toro is an acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist and cover artist, and award-winning children’s book author and illustrator.
Registration is open for his “Saturday Morning Cartooning” Writing x Visual Arts workshop on Saturday, November 8th, from 10am-1pm.
Come learn the craft of cartooning from one of The New Yorker’s contemporary stars! Together we’ll come up with cartoon ideas, and take them through the three major steps of conception, composition, and caption. By the end of the workshop, we’ll have enough cartoons to cover a fridge. No prior drawing or writing experience necessary.
Registration & More Information:
hoffmanarts.org/events/tom-toro-workshop/
Host: Jamie Corvus
Where: White Clover Grange 36585 OR-53, Nehalem, OR 97131
When: This Thursday, November 6th from 5:30-7pm
Cost: $10
The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the Vietnam War. Today, the world over, a primary chemical of the notorious defoliant controls weeds in farming, forestry, parks, along railbeds and roadways, and even in children’s playgrounds. The pesticide can wreak havoc on the human genome, causing deformities and deadly cancers.
This investigative documentary interweaves personal with political struggles as it follows two heroic women who are leading a worldwide movement to hold manufacturers of these pesticides accountable.
After the film, people will have opportunities to learn more about the pesticide-related challenges Oregonians continue to face, especially in the fight to keep surface drinking water safe. Carol Van Strum and Susan Swift, two of the activists starring in the film, will be on hand to answer questions after the movie.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/user37094368/review/460648960/ebcfe738a1
NCCWP wants no more logging and pesticide use in community water sources regardless of who owns the land, and wants an end to pesticide applications near where people live, work and recreate. Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have. Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds. www.healthywatershed.org | North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection
For more information contact:
rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
#healthywatersheds #peoplevsagentorange #stoppesticides #agentorangeawareness #agentorange #healthywatersheds #protectdrinkingwater #nccwp
The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the Vietnam War. Today, the world over, a primary chemical of the notorious defoliant controls weeds in farming, forestry, parks, along railbeds and roadways, and even in children’s playgrounds. The pesticide can wreak havoc on the human genome, causing deformities and deadly cancers.
This investigative documentary interweaves personal with political struggles as it follows two heroic women who are leading a worldwide movement to hold manufacturers of these pesticides accountable.
After the film, people will have opportunities to learn more about the pesticide-related challenges Oregonians continue to face, especially in the fight to keep surface drinking water safe. Carol Van Strum and Susan Swift, two of the activists starring in the film, will be on hand to answer questions after the movie.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/user37094368/review/460648960/ebcfe738a1
NCCWP wants no more logging and pesticide use in community water sources regardless of who owns the land, and wants an end to pesticide applications near where people live, work and recreate. Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have. Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds. www.healthywatershed.org | North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection
For more information contact:
rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
#healthywatersheds #peoplevsagentorange #stoppesticides #agentorangeawareness #agentorange #healthywatersheds #protectdrinkingwater #nccwp
Fall is the perfect time for projects like fixing things that have been sitting around gathering dust! Bring us your broken appliances, lamps, torn clothing needing a patch and we’ll see if we can fix them. You’ll also be able to learn fixing skills while you watch. There’s nothing more empowering!
Please join us at the Heart of Cart’m Repair Cafe this Saturday November 8th from 3-5 at the HeartWorks Studio in Wheeler.
Sign up at the Heart of Cart’m website (heartofcartm.org) and let us know what you’ll be bringing so we can have fixers there to help you out. We’ll be in touch to confirm your reservation and discuss any things you’ll want to bring along with you.
Let’s build a community culture of reducing waste together!
Silent auction, Raffles, Ugly Hawaiian Shirt Contest, and Rockaway Writers Rendezvous Anthology Release Party!
Raffle and Auction items include Chartered Fishing trip (value $800), Electric Guitar (value $1200), Kayak trip (value $280), Dragon Boat excursion (Priceless!), Photo Shoot (value $350), Artwork, Gift Baskets and stuff I don’t even know about!
Get your Hawaiian shirt on and get your tickets while they last!
More info and tickets at
The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the Vietnam War. Today, the world over, a primary chemical of the notorious defoliant controls weeds in farming, forestry, parks, along railbeds and roadways, and even in children’s playgrounds. The pesticide can wreak havoc on the human genome, causing deformities and deadly cancers.
This investigative documentary interweaves personal with political struggles as it follows two heroic women who are leading a worldwide movement to hold manufacturers of these pesticides accountable.
After the film, people will have opportunities to learn more about the pesticide-related challenges Oregonians continue to face, especially in the fight to keep surface drinking water safe. Carol Van Strum and Susan Swift, two of the activists starring in the film, will be on hand to answer questions after the movie.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/user37094368/review/460648960/ebcfe738a1
NCCWP wants no more logging and pesticide use in community water sources regardless of who owns the land, and wants an end to pesticide applications near where people live, work and recreate. Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have. Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds. www.healthywatershed.org | North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection
For more information contact:
rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
#healthywatersheds #peoplevsagentorange #stoppesticides #agentorangeawareness #agentorange #healthywatersheds #protectdrinkingwater #nccwp
Tom will also be at the
Manzanita Hoffman Center
Presenting 5:30-7:00 PM
Friday, November 7
$20
Manzanita Hoffman Center
Workshop: Saturday Morning Cartooning
Saturday, Nov 8, 10AM-1PM
$100
Tom Toro is a cartoonist and author who has published over 200 cartoons in The New Yorker since 2010. His books include AND TO THINK WE STARTED AS A BOOK CLUB… (Andrews McMeel), CROCODILES NEED FRIENDS, TOO! (Little, Brown), BACK TO SCHOOL, BACKPACK! (Little, Brown) and I’M TERRIFIED OF BATH TIME (Little, Brown) with Simon Rich, HOW TO POTTY TRAIN YOUR PORCUPINE (Little, Brown), and A USER’S GUIDE TO DEMOCRACY (Celadon) with Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice. His cartoons also appear in Playboy, the Paris Review, the New York Times, American Bystander and elsewhere. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
The free readings for children ages 2 to 5 are planned monthly in partnership between The North Oregon Coast Symphony, North Tillamook Library in Manzanita, Seaside Library, and Astoria Library. For more information, visit the symphony’s website at www.nocsymphony.org.
Aging With Grace in Cape Meares
At CACC gatherings, we highlight concerns around aging in place in our small communities, and facilitate social connections that enrich our lives.
Our villages in the Nehalem Bay Area comprise a naturally occurring retirement community — a place where more than half the residents are of retirement age. Yet there are not sufficient services to support aging in place; we rely on neighbors helping neighbors.
A shining example community self-reliance, the village of Cape Meares has taken on the aging-in- place challenge.
The tiny village of Cape Meares, tucked along the northern foot of the towering Cape Meares, is home to only 90 full-time residents. Median age in the village is 75 years.
Join us November 10, 2 to 4PM, to learn how residents of this isolated village are actively nurturing a community of support and awareness to prepare residents for aging-in-place and end of life.
We welcome Beverly Stein, Kathy Burke and Narayan Lincoln from the Aging With Grace program of the Cape Meares Community Association to the Pine Grove in Manzanita. It’s an opportunity to learn from this proactive group, exchange ideas, share resources and envision collaboration between our small North Coast communities. Come join the conversation!
A $5 contribution supports the Pine Grove Community house.
Every muse becomes a maker eventually.
Bring a project or use our materials; sip something lovely, and make in style.
No RSVP, no pressure—just time to make, mend, and imagine.
Monday, November 3rd
3pm to 6pm
Heart of Cartm – 395 Nehalem Blvd, Wheeler
Protect your investments (and your fingers) with regular professional sharpening of knives, scissors, garden tools, axes, etc.
Green Coast Market is a local foods store with products from 85+ vendors– shopping here supports many small businesses in our area at once!
Find us at 117 S Miller Street in downtown Rockaway Beach.
On this stormy night, when the veil is thin and the spirits are restless, join us at the bookstore for a night of dark and delicious stories.
Marcus will read from the psychological thriller WE USED TO LIVE HERE, discuss his new book, and may even share a haunting short story about Manzanita. Let FOMO be your guide…
Saturday, Nov 1, 5:30, Cloud & Leaf
The Agent Orange catastrophe did not end with the Vietnam War. Today, the world over, a primary chemical of the notorious defoliant controls weeds in farming, forestry, parks, along railbeds and roadways, and even in children’s playgrounds. The pesticide can wreak havoc on the human genome, causing deformities and deadly cancers.
This investigative documentary interweaves personal with political struggles as it follows two heroic women who are leading a worldwide movement to hold manufacturers of these pesticides accountable.
After the film, people will have opportunities to learn more about the pesticide-related challenges Oregonians continue to face, especially in the fight to keep surface drinking water safe. Carol Van Strum and Susan Swift, two of the activists starring in the film, will be on hand to answer questions after the movie.
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/user37094368/review/460648960/ebcfe738a1
NCCWP wants no more logging and pesticide use in community water sources regardless of who owns the land, and wants an end to pesticide applications near where people live, work and recreate. Clean drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have. Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds. www.healthywatershed.org |
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection
Contact: rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
#healthywatersheds #peoplevsagentorange #stoppesticides #agentorangeawareness #agentorange #healthywatersheds #protectdrinkingwater #nccwp
Registration & More Information:
hoffmanarts.org/events/author-event-with-tom-toro/
Tom Toro is an acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist and cover artist, and award-winning children’s book author and illustrator.
Registration is open for his “Saturday Morning Cartooning” Writing x Visual Arts workshop on Saturday, November 8th, from 10am-1pm.
Come learn the craft of cartooning from one of The New Yorker’s contemporary stars! Together we’ll come up with cartoon ideas, and take them through the three major steps of conception, composition, and caption. By the end of the workshop, we’ll have enough cartoons to cover a fridge. No prior drawing or writing experience necessary.
Registration & More Information:
hoffmanarts.org/events/tom-toro-workshop/
Come join us for Yoga with veterans, with Molly and with Janet. It’s fun, healthy, complementary and will limber you up. Everyone is welcome. Molly and Janet are excellent teachers.
Here is the info:
Yoga with Molly
Day – Monday
Time – 10:45 PST
Place – Tillamook YMCA
If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link.
us06web.zoom.us/j/85009203244?pwd=kewlp3KzlW0sKcbRbW8m3xMy0t5yOA.1
Yoga with Janet
Day – Wednesday
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/82315818270
See you there.
Brian
Saturday, November 15, 2025
9:00 AM 1:00 PM
Calvary Bible Church
560 Laneda Avenue
Manzanita, OR, 97130
This will be a Red Cross Shelter Exercise – ALL are encouraged to Come. No Previous Training needed.
Host: Starr Misner
Where: White Clover Grange in Nehalem, Oregon 36585 OR-53, Nehalem, OR 97131
When: This Sunday, October 30th at 3-5:30pm
TILLAMOOK, OREGON — On Saturday, November 8, North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection will be showing the powerful and eye-opening documentary The People vs. Agent Orange in Tillamook, Oregon, bringing attention to one of the most toxic legacies of war and corporate power. The free event will take place at the Tillamook County Library, 1716 3rd Street in Tillamook, Oregon beginning at 1:00 p.m.
The People vs. Agent Orange, directed by Alan Adelson and Kate Taverna, follows the decades-long fight of two extraordinary women—Vietnamese activist Tran To Nga and American Carol Van Strum—as they battle to hold the chemical industry accountable for the devastation caused by the toxic pesticide Agent Orange.
Used extensively during the Vietnam War, components of which are still sprayed domestically for forestry and agricultural purposes, Agent Orange has left a trail of environmental destruction and human suffering across generations. The film is a poignant investigation into corporate deception, government neglect, and the resilience of communities fighting back.
Special Guest Appearance / Discussion Panel:
Following the screening, a discussion panel with Carol Van Strum and Susan Swift will offer the audience an opportunity to engage with environmental activists, scientists, and local advocates who continue the fight for justice and environmental accountability.
Event Details:
What: The People vs. Agent Orange – Film Screening & Panel Discussion
When: November 8, 2025
Where: Tillamook Library, 1716 3rd Street, Tillamook, OR 97141
Time: 1pm (Doors open at 12:30pm)
Admission: Free Admission
About the Film:
Described by Variety as “a damning indictment of corporate greed,” The People vs. Agent Orange was an official selection at multiple international film festivals and continues to spark critical conversations across the U.S. and abroad.
NCCWP wants no more logging and pesticide use in community water sources regardless of who owns the land, and wants an end to pesticide applications near where people live, work and recreate. Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have. Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds. www.healthywatershed.org | www.facebook.com/
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Media Contact:
Nancy Webster 971-386-3788
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection
rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
