Pet Sitter Extraordinaire -Local

Submitted By: pelksorensen@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Ginger of Katcandu and Woofgang is the most caring, knowledgeable and experienced pet specialist I know.
Ginger has a special connection with pets, especially cats. My mostly feral cat actually let her pet her having just met her. She speaks “Cat”!! Ginger’s experience with pet behavior is very valuable and she is happy to selflessly share it. She offered me many suggestions and resources with a kitty relationship challenge I have been working on. Many thanks Ginger!!
As an added bonus, Ginger is a talented pet artist. You can find her artwork around town.
Ginger is local and has 30 some years of experience!

Contact info:
Gingerlee58@gmail.com
www.gingerpetsitter.com

Linda S

Bill Clinton’s motorcade/1995

Submitted By: runnawaytrain1@gmx.com – Click to email about this post
I drove the White House Press Corp in a 15-passenger van during then President Bill Clinton’s motorcade, while he vacationed in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Bill played golf one day with James Wolfenson, who ran the World Bank at the time. Bill stayed at a senator Rockefeller’s (WVA, VA?) house in Jackson during his vacation. Day one, a C-130 (?) flew in the huge amount of survellence gear: truck loads, plane loads. On the golf day, a local Jackson dude was innocently on his roof, a long ways away, watching Clinton golf, with a rifle scope but with no rifle attached. He was far, far away and just wanted to watch. The SS got on his ass real quick, and he wasn’t even trying to shoot Clinton. He was let go, but damn them SS boys and girls are real good…when they want to be. (Most are patriots).
The SS was also very much complicit in the murders of JFK and RFK.
Like the Kennedy boys, Trump isn’t on board with their (CIA, military-industrial-complex, etc.) wars, this one being world war three via Russia. Trump ain’t on bard with a hot war with Russia. AND WE SHOULD ALL THANK HIM FOR THAT!!!!!
Looks to me like the SS let the shots at Trump fire. Trump has his own private security, but they are resourcefully-dwarfed compared tp the SS, who coulda/shoulda seen the guy on the roof – real close! – who shot Trump today, he was WAY closer to Trump than the guy with the scope in Wyoming that day:
x.com/sharpfootball/status/1812265909727396107?t=madgPal51fzNJUSc0nbtVA

Coffee with the City

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Coffee with the City
June 18th, 9am

This Thursday Dan Weitzel, Manzanita Public Works Director will be joining the councilor in an open format to answer your questions and hear your thoughts.

We look forward to seeing you at the Offshore Grill.

Offshore Grill is located at 154 Laneda Avenue.

Independent Presidential Candidate

Submitted By: Tevisdiii@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
This link gives a general history of Robert Kennedy’s Jr’s background since the mid 80’s:

www.kennedy24.com/about

He has a podcast on Spotify interviewing many people who also reflect where he stands on issues.

His attention and concern for the environment, the Children’s Health Defense Council that he started, His proposal of positive ways to create regenerative agriculture, and his desire to end all the endless WARS and bring back that huge chunk of our tax dollars to our citizens to create a healthier society here feeds optimism to my mind and spirit.

Independent candidates haven’t been taken very seriously in the past in FEAR of taking votes away from the 2 party system. However:

Social media has helped even the playing field, and with the common thread of a strong desire for positive change, this Candidate deserves a consideration.

response to

Submitted By: babbles@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
to all,

i just want to say that i am in 100% agreement about signing opinion posts.

after all, your opinion is worth more, or less, depending on who you are. we each have whatever amount of credibility from living in this north county community, and that makes a difference whether someone is going to listen to you.

if an opinion piece is unsigned, i give it no attention.

just sayin’. putting in my two cents worth!

om peace namaste

lucy brook
nehalem resident

Deck staining

Submitted By: DebMuell503@aol.com – Click to email about this post
Hi! I’m looking to get my deck stained. I’ve recently gotten it power washed in preparation for staining. If you, or someone you know, provides this service, please contact me via text/call at: 503-830-1855 to set up a viewing and give bid, or referral. I’m located in Manzanita and would like to get the project done by early August if time and weather allow. Thank you! Debbie

Volunteers Needed! Munch A Lunch Program

Submitted By: Tinnindeb@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
We need volunteers to help us make sandwiches and pack up lunch bags for the Nehalem Bay Community Services Munch A Lunch Program. We provide lunches to the NCRD daycare, local kids camps, programs at the high school, and Grab and Go lunch bags for our local kids.

Monday and Wednesday from 8 am to 11 am at the Nehalem Bay United Methodist, located at 36050 10th Street, Nehalem, OR 97131. The program runs through August 21.

NBCS is an equal opportunity provider.

Flower Arrangers for July/August

Submitted By: pattyrinehart@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
VOLUNTEERS are needed by Friends of North County Recreation (NCRD) to help with making bouquets which Friends sells to support programs and projects at NCRD. The dates are listed below Friends supports scholarships for Youth, Aquatics, and Fitness Centers. This is one of Friends’ bigger fundraisers and the money is well spent to make our communities shine. The dahlias and other flowers are coming on and we need to find homes for them. The project starts daily at 9 AM in Manzanita. Friends will have water and vases, and flowers, but if you have flowers to contribute, please bring them with you. You’ll want to bring clippers if you have them-we always have extra sets, and many people want to wear gloves. Come on over and help! You do not need any florist skills; the flowers will arrange themselves. Call me, Patty, 503-801-3534 (message phone) and let me know if you can help anytime in July or August. I’ve listed the days we need filled in July. August is completely open so have at it!

Available dates in July would be:
Mondays, 15th, 22nd, and 29th.
Tuesdays, July 9th,16th,23rd, and the 30th.
Wednesdays, July 10th,17th,24th,31st.
Thursdays, July11th, 18th,25th.
Fridays, July 12th.
Saturday, July 13th.

Thanks!

SAVE THE PLANET FOR WHO?

Submitted By: dixiegainer@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
The United States has joined 12 other nations in signing a World Economic Forum (WEF) agreement that seeks to engineer global famine by destroying the agriculture industry.
AND THE USA IS ONE OF THEM!
www.globalresearch.ca/13-nations-sign-agreement-engineer-global-famine/5860390
read the article here:

According to the agreement, which was drawn up by the WEF and the United Nations (UN), food production is causing “global warming” and must be eliminated.
To “save the planet” from “climate change,” globalists insist, farms must be shut down across the world.

In other words – to save the planet we have to die of starvation- which is happening in many parts of the world now. The hype of bird flu is just one of the weapons used to accomplish this.
So why would people want to save the planet if most of us will die of starvation? Just who are we saving the planet for?
Cut the water – get rid of the farmer – watch for this in your Oregon legislature – already being tried in Idaho and elsewhere.
(www.idahopress.com/emmett/news/update-water-curtailment-order-lifted-for-east-idaho-farmers/article_786d0b88-2e8f-11ef-a904-d300ba8f593e.html#:~:text=)

What does it take to get into Club Manzanita?

Submitted By: judysugg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Given the posts about Club Manzanita, I was curious about the guidelines for joining. This is what I discovered:
• You have to care about Manzanita and our area.
• You must be willing to be thoughtful about the issues affecting the city.
• When a decision is made, be willing to move forward.
• You have to consider the city ours, not mine, and not yours.
• You have to be willing to focus on the future and not the past.
• Change will happen and when you don’t like it, that’s fine, but talk respectfully to others.
• Feel free to run for office, and if you don’t win, be gracious, not resentful.
• Respect the many hundreds of volunteers at the city and area’s organizations. In fact, celebrate them for their problem-solving skills, patience, grace in communication, and diligence. Wow, they do a lot of work.
• Enjoy the fantastic place we live in and work to make it a better, kinder, more inclusive place.

SNAP/Oregon Trail Customers Get Free Produce!

Submitted By: k.r.yurka@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Did you know that you can use your Oregon Trail / SNAP benefits at Farmers Markets? When you spend your SNAP dollars on locally grown and crafted foods at a participating farmers market, you also get up to $20 in FREE produce coupons!

Imagine fresh berries, stone fruit, leafy greens, legumes, herbs, mushrooms and root vegetables [for FREE]. You will find them all, picked fresh for you at the Manzanita Farmers Market, Fridays from 4 to 7 at Manzanita Avenue & Division.

Your SNAP dollars can buy delicious meats, fish, cheeses, baked goods, jams, sauces, tea & coffee, pickles and sweets, all made locally and available at the Manzanita Farmers Market!

Visit www.manzanitafarmersmarket.com for up-to-date information on market vendors and products.

Please see Karen at the Info Booth for details, and to start receiving your FREE produce (up to $20 value) per day!

Manzanita Fourth of July Parade

Submitted By: cpossibility1023@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
TillCoDems will be participating in the Manzanita Fourth of July parade. All are welcome to join us and show our pride in being Democrats and having confidence in all of our candidates, our President and the sanctity of Democracy.

We will have a beautiful 1993 grey decorated Ford truck and two of us will be carrying a TillCoDems banner in front of the truck. It would be great to have you and your’s join us to walk, wave, maybe pass out candy or voter registration forms.There will be room for a couple of folding chairs in the back of the truck, so let us know if your mobility is limited and we will try to accommodate. There will also be some small flags participants can use and hopefully hand out a few.

We will gather at the corner of Division and Manzanita (right off of highway 101). Those of you willing to help decorate the truck should be there at 10:30 a.m. Those who are walking, waving, and smiling with us can be there at 12:00. The parade starts at 1:00.

Look for Angel or Dave!

Where’s Club Manzanita and Who’s a Member?

Submitted By: ben.killen.rosenberg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Where’s Club Manzanita and Who’s a Member?

Posting on behalf of Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

Since we moved here I’ve heard different stories about this “Club Manzanita”.

I worry more about the exclusionary language and the hateful rhetoric this creates than I worry about our water bill or city hall.

Some people call for civility but only extend that civility to the people who agree with them, not to the people who work here or volunteer for Council or are city staff or play golf or once worked at Nike or own a vacation home or live here full time and have a different opinion. There are so many ways to be excluded.

Civility doesn’t mean being quiet about the things we don’t agree on. Civility means remembering that the people with whom you disagree are…people and deserve the same respect we all want. Exclusionary rhetoric that splits communities into US and THEM doesn’t belong here. It doesn’t belong anywhere and it’s a tool used by angry people who didn’t get what they wanted but can’t let it go. That’s where we are in Manzanita and where we are in the United States.

When a public figure—a politician, a community leader—uses the rhetoric of US and THEM to divide a community they aren’t acting in the interest of the community. They’re acting to divide. They’re acting to sow fear, hate and division and it’s a tool used by people with grudges who are angry about the past. And when someone in a position of power or public trust abuses that trust and breaks the rules, I believe that the public has a right and an obligation to know the facts.

We don’t live in the past. The past is over. The address of life is the present moment, and we create our future in the now. Every time we gossip about things we don’t know are true, we create our future. Every time we lie, we create our future.

You can be civil and stand up for what you believe in—think the late greats John Lewis and Ruth Bader Ginzburg.

If Manzanita is a club, who are the members?

If you pick up trash on the beach and around town, are you a member?

If you deliver Meals on Wheels in the community, are you a member?

Are you a member if you make sandwiches for kids in the community during the summer break?

Are you a member if you sit on a board or volunteer at the Pine Grove, the Hoffman or EVCNB?

Clubs are exclusive and you have to be a member. Teams are inclusive and anyone can join. I say we create a TEAM Manzanita and a new future together.

Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

Club Manzanita How Did You Get Those Numbers?

Submitted By: rkinor@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
When the City reduced our base water allotment last year from 4,000 gallons to 2,000 gallons per month we were told that this was necessary to bring into alignment water production costs with revenue and to encourage conservation. In order to accomplish these goals, households that exceeded their monthly base allotment would pay a surcharge each and every month because you were now considered a “heavy user”.
City staff claimed that they analyzed residential household water usage to get winter and summer averages. They took out those homes that were Short Term Rentals because of the high water usage associated with visitors using those homes and came up with the remaining residential usage averages for the “general homeowner” of 3,900 gallons of water per month in the summer and 1,600 gallons in the winter months.
Almost as an aside, City staff in explaining who these remaining “general homeowners” were and how they arrived at these averages stated ” I will clarify that it is people that live here full time and second homeowners, I don’t have a way in our water system to distinguish between the two”.
There are approximately three second homeowners for every one full time household in Manzanita. If you take the water usage of a full time resident household and combine it with the household water usage of three part time homeowners whose homes are largely empty for weeks or months at a time during the year, you will undoubtedly get the skewed residential averages that the City has presented. The result is large numbers of full time resident households now paying monthly surcharges for exceeding 2,000 gallons per month.
Numerous public organizations track community domestic water usage including the US Environmental Protection Agency and estimate full time household usage at 60 -100 gallons per person per day. In order to avoid paying a water surcharge every month, each member of a two person household in Manzanita would have to use less than 35 gallons of water each day or about half of the low end of the EPA estimate. Instead of considering this readily available information to establish a realistic base allotment, the City conducts a flawed analysis that includes the admission that it lacks the ability to evaluate the actual water usage of full time Manzanita water customers.
If water revenue needs to be increased to cover production costs especially in the summer when visitors create the need for more water production, have those visitors pay for their usage. We are constantly reminded of the benefits of turning our community into a visitor destination and that residents should be grateful for the financial largesse that comes from this transformation. The City claims that visitors, through their Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) contributions fund the majority of City services including infrastructure funding. Our water system is our most important community infrastructure yet the City has never allowed a single dollar of visitor generated TLT revenue to be transferred from the General Fund to the Water Operating Fund to assist in the operation and maintenance of the system. An additional benefit of visitors contributing to the operation of our water system is that we would receive a reasonable base allotment of water and a stream of revenue that would keep downward pressure on future water rate increases for full time homeowners.
Be prepared to hear that the Water Utility Fund as an Enterprise Fund, should establish rates from its users to cover all of its costs of operation and maintenance. Manzanita has a large class of water users in the form of visitors who are creating these service demands. The City has the ability to use revenue collected from these visitors for the water demand that they create but it chooses not to and once again visitors are at the root of a community livability issue. In light of this fact, creation of an equitable allotment of water and rates for full time residents requires a more creative policy solution by our Council.
There is nothing prohibiting the Council from transferring a portion of the estimated $1.3 million in Transient Lodging Tax in their FY 24-25 Budget back to the Water Utility Fund as recognition of the increasing water demand of these visitors and paying their share of that increased production cost. After many years of Council neglect to keep water rates at adequate levels and failing to keep System Development Charges updated so developers paid for their share of water infrastructure improvements for their new developments, the Council seems to have found a way for full time residents to now bear the cost burden of this past neglect.
Fortunately for residents, a consequence of the November referendum is that the City has the opportunity to answer questions raised in its initial study and adopt new funding policies that require visitors to contribute to the operation and maintenance of our water system.
The Council is currently developing new water rates including appropriate base allotments and tier surcharges per quarter should citizens vote to retain quarterly billing at the November election. They have asked citizens to contact them with questions and concerns at citycouncil@ci.manzanita.or.us
Consider sharing what you would have them do as a full time resident.
1. Restore a reasonable residential household base water allotment of 12,000 gallons per quarter consistent with recognized national studies.
2. Do not increase the base residential water charge to more than $142.68 per quarter.
3. Require visitors to pay their share of any additional needed Water Utility Fund revenue for costs for the operation and production of our water through transfers of TLT revenue to the Water Utility Fund.
How the Council responds in this matter will go a long way to confirm just whose interests they are prioritizing.
To receive these updates directly, send your email address to rkinor@gmail.com.
Randy Kugler

News from Sammy’s Place

Submitted By: juliechickxo@icloud.com – Click to email about this post
Accessibility is important to everyone. Whether it be accessing a beach or park, a tourist attraction or coastal eatery; or joining a committee, class, council, or board, access to participate matters to every one of us. For many, there are barriers to being an active community member that can be overcome with attention and consideration, and the right connections.
This is the work Sammy’s Place and its COAAST (Communities of All Abilities Succeeding Together) Network programs having been doing for several years. The network is part of the Oregon Consortium of Family Networks (OCFN) whose goal is to connect families with each other and to their local communities where they live. These relationships become the supports needed to gain genuine access to our communities. When we know each other, we care — when we care, we support.
Sammy’s Place works to fund programs that increase access for all individuals, that provide more choices to be part of the community, such as:
Self Advocacy Discovery Tours and Summit with the Arc of Lincoln County. New exciting networking opportunities in our coastal communities. Person-Centered Planning and why it works. Disability 101 Education: How do I talk to my neighbor? Video production highlighting independence, universal design, and housing access. Affordable housing that highlights the principles of universal design and community. Community Service Equity: Who are we missing? Universal Access for our hard-of-hearing friends.
AND much more!
“We are interested in growing as many opportunities as possible for our coastal neurodiverse families and friends including those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD),” said Leah Halstead, Board Chair for Sammy’s Place. “This is our time to share the simple ways thinking about universal access opens the choices, for everyone. It’s really exciting work”.
The Sammy’s Place Board invites community friends and organizations to partner where our work intersects to increase reach and support for these valuable, necessary programs and services.
Funding comes from a variety of sources including the Emil W. and Lois E. Brammert Fund of Oregon Community Foundation, The Fairview Trust, the Collins Foundation, the State of Oregon, and private donations [see more here: https://sammysplace.info/about/partners-supporters/]. “The Sammy’s Place Board of Director is very grateful for those that continue to support the innovative ideas and new services,” added Halstead.
As Sammy’s Place works to create opportunities, they invite you to think about ways your family or organization can expand the reach by supporting every person for who they are, and to be an active participant in our communities.
Upcoming Activities & Events:
Community Picnic, Rockaway Beach, June 27
Discovery Boat Tour, Newport, OR Yaquina Bay – Registration coming soon.
Tillamook County Fair – Meetup
Healthier Oregon Community Exploration
Self-Advocacy Discovery Events
Universal Design Housing Tours
Fall Community Unified Sports
For more information, go to www.sammysplace.info
Photos by Travis Williams of Broken Banjo Photography
(housing update to come)

Conspiracy, Andy?

Submitted By: bryan.miller@outlook.com – Click to email about this post
Are you are using a new email address, Andy? It’s been a while since you last posted and I was starting to believe you had signed off for good.
We may need a few new posting categories on BBQ such as “conspiracy rant”, “let off steam”, “freedom of speech opinion”. I may not agree with you most of the time, but I support your right to free speech.

Michelle Obama for Prez?

Submitted By: runnawaytrain1@gmx.com – Click to email about this post
One more post,

I didn’t watch the debate last night, but woke up to these headlines on Drudge:

“OPERATION REPLACE BIDEN”

and

“DEMS HAVE 130 DAYS”

I had been telling folks that the debate wouldn’t happen cuz Joe is too far gone. I figured they had some sort of plan to avert the debate, then replace him. Then I realized that throwing Joe to the dogs was exactly how the Clinton/Obama war-with-Russia psychopaths were going to get rid of Sleepy Joe – who can’t beat Trump – let Joe crash and burn on the world stage! And I was right.

What a bunch of nice folks the Dems are!

So kind and compassionate. The sad event you witnessed on the world stage was the Michelle Obama crowd “taking the high road”. I’m not sure how she knows so much about roads anyway, as there aren’t many roads near her 18-million dollar mansion on the tiny Massachusetts island Martha’s Vineyard.

That said, I actually don’t feel bad at all for Joe Biden, or his son Hunter, and I am happy to see the racist sociopath war-whore getting ever closer to the hell he deserves.

The question we all have is, who will the Psychopath War-Pig Vax-Pig No-Border Dem-Whores currently running our country pick next?

I’m thinking Michelle Obama can convince millions of Democrats to inject ‘bird flu’ mRNA-tech into their bodies, accept CBDCs, and get into a hot war with Russia.

But before the worst administration in American history is over, and Trump takes office, can we please, PLEASE!!!!! Have Kamala Harris use her pronouns while addressing the nation from the Oval Office? It would pair well with Slick Willy and Monica’s misadventures in that oddly-shaped room.

“Hello America and the world. My name is Kamala Harris, I am a woman sitting at the table, my pronouns are she/her, I am wearing a purple blouse, and I am the President of the United States.”

PLEASE DEMOCRATS LET THIS HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN SO PATIENT WITH DEMOCRATS IN THE FACE OF THEIR CHILDLIKE INSANITY FOR FOUR YEARS DESERVE A GOOD LAUGH!!!!!

rumble.com/v1dtg6b-clown-show-kamala-begins-meeting-with-her-pronouns-and-declares-herself-a-w.html

Conspiracy

Submitted By: runnawaytrain1@gmx.com – Click to email about this post
“…cuz my money is spent, on that god-damned rent, neither party is mine, not the jackass or the elephant.” – Public Enemy, ‘When I get to Arizona”, (circa 1991)

BBQers of the last 15-20 years may remember “Source To Sea: The Columbia River Swim”, a documentary film I made dealing with salmon, natives, and the once clean water of Che’Wanna, aka The Columbia River. The film won several awards on the environmental film festival circuit that year.

In that film I interviewed Yakama elder Russel Jim, a round-faced full-blooded Yakama scientist who dealt with the Hanford Nuclear Reservation for the tribe (he has died). His significant physical stature was that of Jeff Trenary, also genetically native, and familiar to many who use this forum. Russel used words like “pyrophoric” and he had a hatchet hanging on his office wall that I’m sure he would have loved to bury into the forehead of the CEO of Bechtel. My producing partner, Ralph, told Russel as much, and Russel just smiled.

Russell also fished Celilo Falls as a child before The Dalles dam was built. That dam produces very little electricity, and in my opinion, should be removed so We the People of Oregon can have our sacred, Niagara Falls-rivaling Celilo Falls back. Those falls, sacred fishing grounds for several area tribes since time immemorial, should never have been flooded by The Greedy Ones.

And part of that flooding provides great insight into ‘conspiracy theory’, a term non-thinkers like to use so they don’t have to pay attention to and/or look at ugly stuff, such as threats to their health and livelihoods, our open southern border, their complicity in war, etc.

Today – and you may have seen it – there is a railroad bridge connecting Oregon and Washington, just west of the now buried Celilo Falls, east of The Dalles. That bridge was built, according to Russel who lived there and fished the falls as a kid (mega-huge salmon caught on hand-made scaffolds via hand-held hoop net. Um…hell yeah! I want in!), and, check this out, but it isn’t fun – that bridge was built – with a DECK THAT CAN LIFT TO ACCOMMODATE CONTAINER SHIPS – and check it out – IT WAS BUILT 20 YEARS (TWENTY YEARS) BEFORE there was ANY TALK OF DEEP-WATER CONTAINER SHIP TRAFFIC ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER!!!

“They”, the conspirators in this case, built a bridge-lift on a bridge that could accommodate container ships, 20-years BEFORE there was any talk of container ships on The Columbia (!), (they certainly didn’t tell the Indians) because they were confident that 20-years in the future, ‘they’ were going to successfully flood-out the Celilo People and destroy their lives and culture so their buddies (co-conspirators) could make money via container ship and barge traffic pressing into the grain-growing country of The Palouse.

That’s what happened.

The events described above constitute a conspiracy in my view, and I have just outlined a ‘conspiracy theory’.

That wasn’t so bad now, was it?

Anyway, can you imagine being part of building a bridge and looking upstream and seeing this entire Native Village of Salmon People fishing and living and laughing and loving-their-lives and their children, as they had been doing since time immemorial – and knowing that you are complicit in destroying their town and homes and lives and THIER CHILDREN’S HOPE so a bunch of greedy grain growers in the Palouse – who cut your measly paycheck – can make an extra buck? There were/are roads and railroad tracks. Celilo did not need to be flooded. The People Of Oregon’s destruction of The Celilo People is, inarguably, so, so sad.

The Greedy Ones, The Conspirators, “The Sparrow Sisters”, as they have been remembered in Celilo lore, exist in myriad form.

Like the flooding of Celilo, the mass deaths from ‘the vax’, the mRNA tech, from The Greedy Ones, was known well in advance:

www.sott.net/article/492574-Japanese-leader-apologizes-to-the-unvaccinated-You-were-right-vaccines-are-killing-millions-of-our-loved-ones

When The Greedy Ones are clearly planning World War Three:

www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ar-BB1oJkqR

…and in advance of that, are using lawfare (warfare with words) to anticipate a legal justification for murdering our daughters, that is CONSPIRACY to commit future murder:

www.securitywomen.org/post/u-s-congress-moves-closer-to-making-women-register-for-the-draft

The Greedy Ones are planning World War Three, and they have started building a damn across the Columbia River, and for some sick/strange reason, they are hell-bent on using our daughters as cement.

Is there a border CONSPIRACY? Looks like it, but this is example doesn’t speak to that, but to common sense.

This guy from Iran is more worried about America than any Democrat I have EVER HEARD FROM, and that is so incredibly shameful. Look how logical and smart this Iranian is. Then think about how stupid every open-border democrat is:

x.com/BenBergquam/status/1743450902755770497?mx=2

Is there a bird flu CONSPIRACY?

Get ready to don your masks and line up for bird flu shots! Oh the nostalgia!

(If this new excites you, you are what is called a masochist)

www.the-express.com/news/health/141391/bird-flu-finland-vaccinations-humans

I’m done writing. Ya’ll are stupid and boring. I wish I had some Celilo Indians to hang out with.

🙂

ISO bicycling friend

Submitted By: jamesvlambert@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
ISO bicycling partner

I have a new touring bike and would like to meet a person or persons to join me for 20-50 mile rides in the northern Oregon region, perhaps Washington.
Me: 63 yo retired chef and spinning instructor. I moved to MZ five years ago, and am quite active in the community. I identify gay, liberal, and somewhat hippy. I ride at a moderate pace, taking time to stop and enjoy side trails and beauty.

You: experienced road and trail rider, male or female, any age. You have a vehicle with rack to transport bikes (my Prius only fits 1 bike in the back). And have a flexible schedule, weekday rides!

Notes: I am not looking for dates, only a buddy or friends to ride with. My new ride is a gazelle class 1 ebike, no throttle, and I ride it like a road bike, often no motor or minimal assist. I’ll adapt to my friends riding style and speed.

Let’s meet up in town and then go for ride.

Presidential Debate

Submitted By: Tevisdiii@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Tonight at 6pm, there is a link where if you want to observe 3 presidential candidates debating ( the independent candidate was not invited to participate, however he has created a link to respond simultaneously along with the republican and democrat.)
I favor inclusivity over cancelling a candidate with very favorable poll ratings.
The link to hear all three speak is:
therealdebate.com

Drake Association Observes Nehalem Bay Anchorage

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On Thursday June 27th, at the Wheeler Waterfront Park, the Sir Francis Drake Association of Oregon and California board members observed the 450th anniversary of Francis Drake’s anchorage in Nehalem Bay during his 1577-1580 circumnavigation. Garry Gitzen, President of the Oregon chapter, read from the voyage journal describing Drake’s encounter with the Natives and flora & fauna as: We fell with a convenient and fit harbor ¾ mile across and came to anchor therein, until we continued until the 23rd day of July [old Julian calendar] (August 2nd new Gregorian calendar). During all that time, so near the sun during the Summer we were continually cold…and although the cold was second nature the Natives came shivering and often shroud themselves under [fur] garments to keep them warm….” The journal went on to describe the Snowy Plover as: “The poor bird’s souls not daring to so much as once to arise from their nests, of which we had plenty of observances, until the eggs have hatched.” The journal went on to: “showing trees without leaves [PNW fir, spruce, cedar, noble, redwood, hemlock and yew].
Afterwards, members gathered in Wheeler at 125 First St to erect a 12 ft. by 8 ft. banner. Additionally, various flags were raised of: a symbol of St. George, patron saint of all English Navigators and would have been displayed on Drake’s sails; a flag describing the four corners of the globe sailed during the circumnavigation; a British flag; and a flag recognizing Drake’s anchorage in Oregon.
Everyone in the tri-cities is welcome to drive by and read the banner of Drake’s land claim he called Nova Albion, an old name for England so-called by the Romans. Please do not trespass on the property.

Drake’s ship Golden Hind off the coast of Tillamook circa 1979

Who knew that water bills would be so controversial?

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Who knew that water bills would be so controversial? The complaints were just complaints in the beginning. Now that a referendum is going forward, it will cost us time and money. And really, for what purpose?

The City of Manzanita approved a new rate structure in July to catch up on nine years of inflation. The plan also rewarded water conservation, and we went to monthly billing.

Complaints about this needed adjustment seem oddly centered on monthly vs. quarterly billing without focusing on the required catch-up from nine years of no increases. And very little has been mentioned about water conservation.

The city, with the help of numerous experts and the active participation of the community, meticulously crafted a new rate structure. This was not a hasty decision. It was a well-researched and considered change. However, due to the referendum, the water rate study now has to be redone, incurring a cost of $8500, not to mention the additional time and more attorney fees. The city has already spent $4500 on attorney fees.

Should the November ballot referendum pass, it will not restore what we had before. If it passes and we go to quarterly billing, rates have to cover the higher costs and account for the difference in averaging, and thus the base will very likely be higher. If it doesn’t pass, we go back to monthly billing, reverting to the current rate.

All of this confusion—for what? We needed a rate that covers the costs and a rate structure that encourages water conservation. This is what the city did.

Ultimately, the genuine cost is wasted time and dissension. We have a limited city staff and an unpaid city council. Their time is finite – and significant projects like the comprehensive plan are waiting.

Dr. Jonathan Allan Speaker, Friday, June 28, 2 – 4 PM

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Don’t forget to join us to hear Dr. Jonathan Allan, a registered geologist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries speak. He currently leads the Tsunami modeling and mapping program for the State of Oregon.

Friday, June 28, 2024
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Pine Grove Community House
225 Laneda Avenue
Manzanita, OR, 97130

You could win a fully stocked GoBag at the event!

Click the link at the top for more details.

News from the Nehalem Bay Health District

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Health Center Groundbreaking Planned for July 20 in Wheeler

Community Room to be Named for North Coast Health Care Advocate

(Wheeler) – Formal groundbreaking for the new Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy will take place on Saturday, July 20 in Wheeler. The public is invited to mark this auspicious milestone in the community effort to improve health and senior care in north Tillamook County and beyond.

The groundbreaking events will take place at the site of the new Health Center: the corner of U.S. Highway 101 and Hospital Road in Wheeler, across the street from Wheeler City Hall. Events will begin at 11:00 am.

The new 16,000 square foot Health Center is being developed by the Nehalem Bay Health District and will replace the current facility which is too small to accommodate expanded and new services able to reach more patients. The project represents a major upgrade in local health care delivery, featuring 15 exam and treatment rooms, a dental suite, behavioral health, x-ray and a modern retail pharmacy.

The new Health Center will also feature a community room equipped with a teaching kitchen that will accommodate classes and demonstrations. The room will serve Health Center staff, as well as the community.

During a community celebration and fundraising event on June 23 the Health District announced that the room will be named the Leila Salmon Community Room in honor of the long-time north coast community and health care advocate.

Leila Salmon has volunteered for a range of community causes, including serving as president of the Manzanita City Council, as a member of the Tillamook County budget committee and chair of the former Rinehart Clinic board, the precursor to the new Health Center.

The idea of honoring Mrs. Salmon originated with the generosity of the Samuel S. Johnson Foundation (the family foundation of former north coast state Senator Betsy Johnson).

The foundation made an unrestricted $15,000 donation to the Health District earlier this year with the suggestion, as Senator Johnson wrote, “that our contribution be associated in some fashion with the years of dedicated service provide by Mrs. Leila Salmon. For years. Mrs. Salmon was one of the Rinehart Clinic’s champions, She was a ferocious advocate, fundraiser, political ‘arm twister’ and ‘volunteer extraordinaire.’ Her influence on the availability of medical services in the region cannot be overstated.”

“The Health District board of directors wholeheartedly agreed,” said Marc C. Johnson, president of the board, “and enthusiastically endorsed the naming of the new community room in honor of Leila.” Johnson noted that Mrs. Salmon is still mentoring and advising local officials and remains deeply involved in the community.

Mrs. Salmon’s advocacy for health care extends far beyond the north coast of Oregon. Before her “retirement” and relocation to Oregon she served as chair of the New York State Mental Health Planning Council, advising the governor on the use of mental health funding. She later trained mental health professionals for the federal Department of Health and Human Services and also served as executive director of a national organization of mental health professionals.

The Health District board expresses it heartfelt thanks to the Samuel S. Johnson Foundation for its generous support to improve health and senior care on the north coast.

For updates on the progress of the new Health Center project visit: www.nehalembayhd.org