Category: General Interest

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

The North County Resistance group was incredibly proud of the turnout at our October 18th NO KINGS DAY! We welcomed 750 calm and peaceful participants in Manzanita, including our regular locals, new residents, visitors from Cannon Beach to Tillamook, and many guests. Thank you all for coming together and making the event a success!

We also extend our gratitude to everyone who helped the day run smoothly: those who kept a watchful eye on the crowd, assisted people in staying behind the barriers, Mr. Eagle Eye, volunteers helping with safe highway and street crossings, musicians and drummers, providers of muffins and fudge, and all who joined the downtown march. It truly felt like a festival of wonderful people.

To provide some context for recent protest participation numbers: according to the Invisible Team, April’s Hands Off Day saw an estimated 3 million participants nationwide, June’s No Kings Day had about 5 million participants across the country, and October’s No Kings Day reached approximately 7 million participants nationally. All these events, including ours, were committed to non-violence and remained peaceful demonstrations.

As we celebrate our community’s engagement, we remain focused on key priorities: protecting health care, ending the shutdown, and ensuring families have enough to eat.

In addition to organizing peaceful demonstrations, North County Resistance is committed to supporting local organizations that strengthen our community. We aim to partner with established groups, including the North County Food Bank in Wheeler, Nehalem Bay Community Services in Nehalem, the Rockaway Beach Lions Club, and Meals for Seniors in Rockaway Beach. Here’s how these organizations make a difference—and how you can help:

Meals for Seniors, Inc. — Rockaway Beach: For over 20 years, their mission has been to help senior citizens of North Tillamook County remain independent by providing nutritious meals and social opportunities. Meals are served and delivered from the dining hall at St. Mary’s by the Sea Church on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Meals for Seniors is a federally designated 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Tax ID#90-0097197), serving over 12,000 meals per year. To support Meals for Seniors, please consider donating or volunteering—contact them at 503-317-8967 or send donations to PO Box 852, Rockaway Beach, Oregon 97136.

Rockaway Beach Lions Club: This group provides food baskets for families and seniors at Thanksgiving and Christmas. To contribute or get involved, reach out to Rockaway Beach Lions, PO Box 611, Rockaway Beach, Oregon 97136.

North County Food Bank — Wheeler: Currently operating at the former Rinehart Clinic site on the hill, the Food Bank is moving to a new location and recently closed its clothing bank. They especially need food donations for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Please call 503-368-7724 to learn about current needs or mail donations to NCFB, PO Box 162, Wheeler, Oregon 97141. Food and cash/check donations are gratefully accepted.

Nehalem Bay Community Services (NBCS): Formerly under the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church, NBCS now operates independently as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Tax ID#93-4296849). They run the CHILD Program (providing clothing at the start of the school year and gifts at Christmas), Senior Lunches (served or delivered on Tuesday and Thursday), a food pantry, and a clothing bank. NBCS is open Monday, Friday, and Saturday. To support NBCS, send donations to NC, PO Box 232, Nehalem, Oregon 97131, and please note which project you wish to support.

Additionally, it is expected that Nehalem Grade School will collect food donations for children during school breaks at Thanksgiving and Christmas. I will investigate this further and provide updates as available.

Thank you for helping to care for our community. Your support makes a real difference.

Best,

Patty

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

Remembering one tough lady and a true force of nature – Ime.
Filmed in Nov. of 2013.
run time 3:25 – Cheers, Drew.
https://youtu.be/dMGz6TIwI1c

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

One of today’s opinions in The Guardian dovetails nicely with my post yesterday. It is professionally written and I think well worth reading. As national guard troups will now be unleashed into Portland, I think we should be proud our non-violent protests are working. One sign I saw correctly pointed out it is the feds who are inciting violence (the administration needs it). Taking the bait will only reduce our protest power and effectiveness. Don’t do it. One issue I have with this opinion piece is how it throws around the word hate. That’s not okay. It’s part of what we’re protesting, but we aren’t hateful. -Dave

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/20/no-kings-protests-democrats-trump-politics

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

This is in response to (codger) Jim’s post Dark Times on Sept 19. It has been on my mind all this time while reading related articles. In his post, Jim offered the introduction to a Sept 18 NYT column written by David Brooks.

Brooks says politicians use dark passions to motivate voters. He delves into dark passions and how they take hold. He laments the loss of morality and sees an era of mass ignorance as we are fed an endless stream of entertainment he calls spiritual nutrients. I would call it something else. Most people I encounter don’t seem to have a lack of morality or intelligence. The flood of entertainment vying for our attention on the other hand… but then it’s just entertainment, we can choose to turn it off. Spirituality and intelligence come from somewhere else.

In the conclusion of David Brooks’ column there are 3 paragraphs that, for me, summed it all up:

“So to return to my original question: Why does politics feel so different now than in times past? My short answer is that over these years, demagogues in politics, in the media and online have exploited common feelings of humiliation to arouse dark passions, and those dark passions are dehumanizing our culture and undermining liberal democracy.”

Brooks defines humiliation as a result of being denied expected rights. He goes on to say people humiliated can lash out. Trump certainly exploited that at his rallies. Bernie Sanders too, but doesn’t get as much traction with his promotion of free everything. As an aside, Brooks wonders if history would have been different had Obama not humiliated Trump at the correspondent’s dinner on 30 Apr, 2011. Brooks conveniently omits Trump’s frequent attacks on Obama’s birth, religion, and election legitimacy prior to that dinner.

Brooks continues, “I often hear Democrats say their party needs to fight harder. These are people who don’t really believe in democracy. Fighting is for fascists. Democracy is about persuasion. Democrats would do well to get out of their urban and academic bubbles and understand the people they need to persuade and then persuade harder.”

At his many rallies, Trump (seeking adoration) refined his messaging for the base, building on what he previously learned from right wing media. The people think he really cares about them. It translated to tremendous voter support. Many only vote when Trump is on the ballot. Liberals feel ignored, as Brooks implies. Voters are quietly changing affiliation to Independent, while Bernie Sanders is the one connecting with the electorate. So the Democratic Party needs to figure it out, not just find a charismatic leader – I think we need more politicians who speak clearly and can explain complex matters. Their electorate must begin to feel like the party is really paying attention to average folks who are not the proverbial squeaky wheels or special interests.

I think the real nugget in Brooks’ column is this: “I’d add only that in order to repress dark passions and arouse the good ones, leaders need to create conditions in which people can experience social mobility. As philosophers have long understood, the antidote to fear is not courage; it’s hope. If people feel their lives and their society are stagnant, they will fight like scorpions in a jar. But if they feel that they personally are progressing toward something better, that their society is progressing toward something better, they will have an expanded sense of agency, their motivations will be oriented toward seizing some wonderful opportunity, and those are nice motivations to have.”

Persistent wealth disparity, and now unregulated big tech, have for too long trampled rights while duping us with counterfeit hope. Yet, adding to our frustration, nobody seems to know what to do about it. Those with money and power think they can soon get by without us by automating everything. What are they smoking?

Just the other day I found an idea in another article. Maybe it’s simplistic but in my experience uplifting and powerful. With some exceptions of course, those controlling our country and society are acting in bad faith and exhibiting very poor character. Rather than responding in kind or taking the bait, we can change what we consume, and modify how we behave to act with good character. By noticing and commending better character in others the movement can spread.

ICE protests in Portland are a good example. It’s brilliant to wear non-threatening costumes and deny the administration any sort of war zone appearance, which they so desperately need to support their bad faith narrative. Opportunities to apply this kind of strategy are in everything we do. We just need to be kind and considerate. We don’t have to participate in or contribute to whatever is harmful. From the bottom up, we can model a better way. Many do already, and those who’ve been angered by dark passions and dreadful news can try exercising their good character. Benefits will begin immediately.

This is not any revelation. It’s something we’ve been taught all along in many different ways. “Helping others is what makes us happy” (from the movie Last Christmas).

– Dave

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

No Kings Manzanita,
ODOT Rocks Garibaldi,
Shake Rattle and Roll,
Overcoming Hidden Damage.
run time 4:08, no Ai – Cheers Drew
www.youtube.com/channel/UCtDisMjv9_ezqqTav8qUrdg

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

NO KINGS DAY is another big rally being hosted by North County Resistance. Tomorrow, Saturday, October 18, we will be meeting along Hwy. 101 at the top of Manzanita and Laneda Avenues to PROTEST the way our country has lost sight of DEMOCRACY for all of us.

As many of you already know we use these Protests to collect food for our North County Food Bank located in Wheeler. If you can please bring canned or non-perishable food to this event. We will deliver food, cash, or checks to the Food Bank when they are open on Tuesday. Please put your food in your car right now so you don’t forget it.

Our Protest is peaceful, and we want to keep it that way. If you have someone harassing you or bothering you in any way, take your friends and slowly move away from them. Find someone with a bright yellow vest on and explain what is happening. Do not respond to negative remarks or threats. Put some space between you and the problem. Do not try to touch angry people. Please follow the directions of the organizers-people in the yellow vests.

Because we are along Highway 101 we ask you to stay behind the barriers with caution tape on them. We ask you to not park in any of the business parking lots. You can park in the parking lot of the Manzanita City Hall. You can park along Manzanita and Laneda Avenues. Again, not in the business parking lots. If you need a ride from the Manzanita City Hall parking lot, call 503-801-3534 when you arrive and someone will pick you up shortly. We need to keep the corner of where Manzanita Avenue and Hwy. 101 empty so that people driving cars can see around the corners. If you park in this area, you will be asked to move for safety reasons.
Have good spirits and a positive attitude at this rally. We look forward to seeing you between noon and 2 PM.
Thanks, Patty

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Meet Maggie, United Paws’ Cat of the Week. The first thing you will notice about Maggie are her bright green eyes set off against her exquisite fluffy brown and tan tabby stripes. Her big round face is like a ball of sunshine. Then you will notice is loud purr and as she moves in to sit on your lap. Maggie loves attention and her bright personality is just beginning to shine in her young life. While still a kitten herself, she gave birth to a healthy litter of babies. Now that her parenting duties are completed and her kittens are off to their own homes, Maggie cannot wait to find a loving home of her own, and maybe recapture some of her own kittenhood. 

Maggie is a very outgoing kitty who adores having her silken fur stroked over and over. She gets absolutely wild when she is in play mode, and loves to chase the wand toys.  Once finished hunting she would love to curl up with her person for a little catnap.  

Maggie loves to play; batting balls, climbing towers and chasing string toys are all activities she loves. When she is not playing or snuggled on an available lap, you will find Maggie cozied up on padded chair or blanket. Maggie would be an excellent companion animal for someone who loves to cuddle and play, and then cuddle some more.

MAGGIE WOULD BE IDEALLY SUITED TO AN ONLY CAT HOME. She has a dominant, somewhat bossy demeanor and the only cats she will tolerate without frequent altercations are very submissive, easy going, “ok lady, you’re the boss, I’ll get out of your way” types.  A very slow, cautious intro period would also be needed.

To learn more about adoption, please email unitedpawshelp@gmail.com or visit our website at unitedpaws.org.

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

DISCLAIMER: The following article/post is written by a Dixie who does NOT live in Manzanita. I do not have any connection with the very nice lady who owns the wine shop in Manzanita. And aren’t you lucky to have such a nice wine shop right in your own neighborhood!! Be thankful for what you have! I am thankful I don’t have to live amongst morons like y’all, who pester her every time I post something.

This is from @WallStreetApes. On X!

Investigation finds Oregon Democrats allocated $15 million dollars of taxpayer money for lawyers for illegals.

Then another $15 million for down payment assistance on homes for non citizens.

“That’s what Democrats did. — There is no check and balance “
Our taxes are going up to pay for that……………………..?

So while some of our veterans are homeless, and some Oregonians are homeless, and some young Oregon couples cannot afford to buy a home, let alone pay high rent prices – I say, the above information is disgusting!

I welcome immigrants who come into this country legally! These people have gone through the proper process, and waited for their turn to come into this country. The illegals have not waited their turn and they have rudely cut in line. What makes the illegals so attractive to democrats? Or maybe I should say – what makes the illegals so attractive to Antifa and the democrats? That is a question that needs pondering.

Submitted By: codger817@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Join us Saturday, October 18 at 10 am for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new and better ways to be a citizen. They are aimed at developing “citizenship muscle. We will need “muscle” to bring power back to “We the People”, where it belongs. Each sermon functions as a stand-alone sermon. Don’t worry about missing earlier sessions.
This week’s sermon , number 16 of 19, is “A Test of Our Citizenship” and is 32 minutes long. Eric Liu talks about the three hardest questions on the citizenship exam naturalized citizens must take. They are “What is the Constitution for?”., “What is the “rule of law” ?”, and “What is the promise you make when you become a citizen? ” I think this sermon is the best of all 19 sermons. We can talk about the sermon afterwards, or not. We can exercise our citizenship by attending one of the “No More Kings” gatherings that will happen at noon Saturday the 18th of October.
Sermon was first given on May 5, 2018, but, sadly, little has changed in the last seven years.
Zoom link below
Invite link for Saturday 10 AM
us06web.zoom.us/j/88905106346?pwd=TEaw5qfSN2X5UoxBHgZSF7UsqwMugD.1
Recordings are available for those who are unable to attend the zoom. Contact me at codger817@gmail.com and I’ll e-mail one to you. Recordings also available for earlier sessions.

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

Riding the 100 year old McCloud 25 Steam Engine,
Find Charley Brown’s Great Pumpkin in Kilchis,
A Jazz Legend plays the Coaster and
the Horror of Dracula invades Seaside.
COAST TIME – WeekEnd Preview – Oct.16, 2025
run time 3:55 – no Ai – Cheers, Drew.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCtDisMjv9_ezqqTav8qUrdg

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

Hi Folks,

Today is “numbers count” day and we need you to count. We know many of you are coming to the “NO KINGS” DAY, this coming Saturday, October 18, from noon to 2 PM in Manzanita, at the corner of Hwy 101 and top of both Laneda and Manzanita Avenues. We want your presence there to count! In order to be in the count please type into your browser:

MOBILIZE MANZANITA
.
A page will come up on which you can enter your name and some other information about yourself. You will then be counted as participating in this NO KINGS event. It even gives you the opportunity to as friends, neighbors, and others to also participate. Please register yourself. You don’t have to but we would sure like to see your name and number. Last names are left off. Remember YOU count!

Thanks very much!
Patty

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

This was written several years ago when we first joined our family to reside here. I continue to be amazed anew by the changes that come to us each Fall.

On the Nehalem

Autumn is offering its gold again.

All along the descending river

in gatherings of maple and alder,

a season’s leaves will soon join

the water’s quieting reflections.

Moving slowly downstream

through the open pasture lands

and nearing the end of its run,

river grows wide approaching the sea,

where urgent tides rush the shallow bars,

then sweep the old log moorings.

What has been supported, returns.

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

Calling all creatives! If you are passionate about creating and would like to be in community with other artsy types of folks, please join us at the White Clover Grange. You might even make a new friend and learn something new!

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Enjoying the afternoon sun yesterday, one leg propped up on the other knee while sitting in a chair on the back deck, a small Cooper’s hawk suddenly appeared over my lap and fluttered in place briefly before flying off onto a nearby tree branch. I could see the color bands on its tail as the hawk sat there before flying away. It must have thought my bony chicken leg easy prey. Safe to say we were both rather surprised 🙂

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

If you choose to go to a No Kings rally, Sat. Oct. 18th, I suggest that you RSVP to an event. By doing so you will be counted with many other rally goers. Those numbers provide data to show how many are sharing their voices for democracy. You can find where events are being held by typing No Kings events. Then click Find events and RSVP to the one you’ll be going to.
Thanks!
Lydi

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

Maggie sang the blues because she lived the blues. She seldom suffered fools but occasionally she cut us some slack. Miss you girl!
https://youtu.be/7aYBE_RabPA

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

Hi Folks,

I get information daily now about the No Kings Day coming up this Saturday around the nation and here in Manzanita. Location is on Highway 101 at the top of Laneda and Manzanita Avenues. Time is from noon to 2 PM. The last information I received from the No Kings Team said this: ” Let’s do everything in our power to make No Kings Day the biggest, peaceful day of action possible.” So, are you with us? The website below talks about this event. Please watch it. As with all you tube, you could watch
forever, just asking you to watch this video on safety.

Go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fka4dek_YW8

Our Safety Committee consists of 14 people who will be wearing orange vests. At the event know where these people are in case you have a problem. With your help our group will keep this event safe for everyone.

If you can, dress in yellow. This will make our group stand out even more than they already do. If you can, bring a NO KINGS sign, or sign of your choice. Know that these signs will be seen by the public of any age, so we ask you to make your sign appropriate for anyone to see. Make your sign as positive as you can to reflect the positiveness of our PROTEST. Yes, we are all MAD about what is going on. Let’s just not be as mad as the people running the government right now. We are better than that. Remember: GOOD NEEDS TO WIN!
What else do you want to see at our PROTEST? Let me know, because this is all about US, and US needs to speak up!

Enjoy our sunny days.
Best,
Patty

Submitted By: mkuestner10@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

The October issue of the Manzanita Today newsletter just out:
www.manzanitatoday.com/

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

Dear Folks,

What an excellent PROTEST we had today in Nehalem—even the rain couldn’t dampen our spirits! About 30 people joined us, and hundreds more showed their support by honking and giving us the thumbs up. Many agreed that this was the most enthusiastic response we’ve received in weeks. Over the past few months, we’ve held more than 16 PROTESTS, and while we wish we could be out every day, it’s not always possible. There are so many positive events happening in North Tillamook County, and we are truly fortunate to live in such a vibrant, supportive community where freedom of speech is celebrated.

Looking ahead, we need to get serious about next week’s PROTEST in Manzanita. Your support is crucial—here’s how you can help: bring a friend, make a sign, donate snacks like banana bread or pumpkin bread for our protesters, or simply spread the word to encourage others to join us. We especially hope to see more teenagers participate; we haven’t seen any at our PROTEST since July 4th in Manzanita. Even if you can’t stay, drive by a couple of times and honk to show your support. Every action makes a difference!

Rain is likely next Saturday, but this week proved that a little weather won’t hold us back. To keep everyone safe at the Manzanita PROTEST, we’ll share important instructions in the next few days—please read them carefully and follow them. These guidelines are for everyone’s safety. If you’re unable to follow the instructions, we ask that you refrain from attending.

Stay tuned for more updates.

Thank you to everyone who braved the weather today! We are grateful for your dedication and proud to be part of this amazing community.

Don’t forget your donation of canned food to our North Tillamook County Food Bank. Go put your donation in your care now. Thanks.

Best,

Patty

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

DISCLAIMER: The following article is written by a Dixie who does NOT live in Manzanita. I do not have any connection with the very nice lady who owns the wine shop in Manzanita. And aren’t you lucky to have such a nice wine shop right in your own neighborhood!! Be thankful for what you have!
Most of us are familiar with the YIN and YANG symbol. A circle divided with a wavy line, one side black, one side white, each side containing a small circle.
Yin and Yang are fundamentally opposite but complementary forces in ancient Chinese philosophy that exist in harmony and balance, representing the duality of everything in the universe.
OPPOSITE BUT COMPLIMENTARY IS THE KEY!

The Yin-Yang symbol itself illustrates their interconnectedness, showing that each force contains a seed of the other and they are interdependent and constantly transforming.  

This is pretty true of the dominate political parties in our country. YES! Really it is – and that is good! Remember Opposite but Complimentary is the key!!!

I have to say that as a democrat, my late husband was a republican and my good friend who lived across the way was also a republican, and it didn’t seem to matter. We differed on several things, greatly on the matter of abortion, I was and am pro choice and she was pro- life. YET – we still got along! We just agreed to disagree and then enjoyed each others company, Do you remember those days?

We can still do that – agree to disagree – and still respect and enjoy each others company!! YES WE CAN

SO who or what is dividing us, how do they turn us against each other? Basically it is the media. People my age, maybe 60 plus usually watch the corporate news. The left and the right media usually over exagerate the positives on their side of the aisle and just don’t mention the negatives, which make us all believe that the other side is totally crazy. How can you believe that? They say to me. I could ask them the same question!

There is much going on that is not addressed in the mainstream media. Most people don’t care enough to go deeper into who or what is happening, or even why? I think these people are the ones who get mad at the Dixie who runs the wine shop. (Again – that Dixie is not posting on the BBQ.)

Their are many people who want to know the what, why, where, and who. We usually go to the internet and listen and watch others who have opinions that we are interested in hearing.
So naturally these people are more informed than the others. Sometimes they feel that what they know should be shared because the information involves all Americans and we feel that everyone should know because it involves safety, it might effect our freedoms, and our way of life. If you don’t want to read or hear about these things, then you have the right and ability to tune out, and you can, You don’t have to read what I write – so don’t read it. But to threaten a local wine shop because this very nice lady has the same name as me is a little ridiculous don’t you think? And you know what? If she goes out of business YOU are
The looser!!

Republicans and Democrats – fundamentally opposite – but complimentary
( we help each other come to sensible conclusions)

Submitted By: Website@unitedpaws.org – Click to email about this post

It’s a “Kitten Caboodle” over at United Paws! Kitten season is nearing a close, but we still have a bundle of irresistible kittens available for adoption that are sure to bring entertainment and warmth to your home. These kittens have been socialized in loving foster homes, vaccinated and spayed/neutered.
You can view additional photos and videos of the kittens in action at unitedpaws.org. To schedule a Meet & Greet, please email unitedpawshelp@gmail.com.

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

City Officials are scrambling to control the narrative on what is becoming the debacle on the Classic Street reconstruction project. Here’s a summary to date:

In August 2024, the City Manager issued a Request For Proposals allowing engineering firms to provide proposals for professional engineering services and construction administration. The request included the unusual requirement that “all proposers must have been in business as their current entity for at least five years”. This effectively eliminated North Coast Civil Design, a local firm with 25 years of  experience including the design, overview, and construction administration services for the Dorcus Lane Reconstruction Project. North Coast Civil Design was viewed to be in existence in their “current entity”  as a business for 3 years thus effectively preventing them from even submitting a proposal for consideration. 

City officials retain Windsor Engineers from Portland, pay them $424,000 for presenting a project to the community for 2,000 feet of road widening, a new 10 ft. wide paved pedestrian path, over 3,000 ft. of new water main, over 1,000 linear feet of retaining wall for the extreme slope along the west side of Classic Street, and stormwater improvements. Unfortunately, key provisions of that design will not now be built and Windsor Engineers was removed from the project with no public explanation. City officials now decide to select North Coast Civil Design to salvage a project that squandered both time and money. No explanation given as to why the 5 year prohibition preventing a submittal a year ago was no longer relevant. 

Classic Street is defined as a Minor Collector street due to the volume and type of traffic it carries and as such is required by City Ordinance to have minimum eleven foot travel lanes. City officials plan to ignore their own Ordinance requirements and maintain the existing 10 foot travel lanes for a considerable portion of the project. The 2 foot wide landscape buffer that was designed to separate vehicle traffic from pedestrians has been eliminated thus maintaining the existing unsafe conditions for bikers and pedestrians. Despite the fact that Councilors take an oath to uphold City Ordinances, when that oath becomes inconvenient, they simply ignore it and hope no one notices.
   
Perhaps the most important element of the project identified by Windsor Engineering was the need for a retaining wall or other suitable engineering measures along the steep slope that forms the west boundary of Classic Street. The Windsor consultants noted the  pavement condition along the west side of Classic Street and confirmed that the underlying base is moving or otherwise failing. There will be no retaining wall built to arrest this movement which will only be exacerbated by the increasing levels of traffic on Classic Street in the years to come. The exact condition of the existing road base is also unknown. Old timers recall when the original road base was put in with substandard materials including old tires and the City then failed to overlay the road base with sufficient asphalt.  

The City continues to pay legal fees and awaits a verdict out of Tillamook Circuit Court resulting from a prospective bidder who alleges the City engaged in an improper bid process. The City Manager claims that visitors pay for most of our infrastructure improvements yet not a single dollar of Transient Lodging Tax money from those visitors has been budgeted for this project to assist funding the construction as recommended by the Windsor consultants to create a long term stable roadway with sufficient width to provide safe conditions for pedestrians and bikers. 

No announcement from the City as to when the new design which bears little resemblance to the one presented last year, will be presented to the public at a meeting for review and questions. Also, a firm cost for the above described project remains unknown and likely will need to be increased if some of the unknowns need to be corrected. After all, what could possibly go wrong? 

Randy Kugler

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

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

We’re excited to invite you—and everyone you know—to join us for two important community protest events that bring us together for positive change!

Event #1: Nehalem Community Protest

Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Location: Nehalem (gather across from the coffee shop)

Let’s unite as the North County Resistance for a peaceful, informative, and constructive gathering. Even if there’s a little rain, don’t let that stop you—we promise you won’t melt! Bring your own beverage or grab a coffee across the street. We’re also collecting donations for the Food Bank to help our neighbors in need. Your participation can make a real difference in our community!

Event #2: “NO KINGS” National Protest

Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025

Location: Manzanita

This is our biggest protest of the year, and we’re joining 2,456 locations across the United States—over 1.5 million people are already registered! Rain or shine, we’ll stand together against chaos, corruption, and cruelty. There’s no coffee shop nearby for this one, so be sure to bring your own drinks and anything you’d like to share with fellow citizens.

Why Participate?

Our protests are more than just gatherings—they’re moments to strengthen our community, raise awareness of important issues, and inspire hope. Every voice matters, and together we can create lasting, positive change. By showing up and supporting each other, we build a stronger, more caring community for all.

Take Action!

Register now to join the “NO KINGS” event in Manzanita on October 18, 2025! Your commitment encourages others—invite your friends, family, and neighbors to stand with us. Use the link below to sign up and help spread the word:

mobilize.us/s/RYC75X

Together, we can make a difference. I’ve already signed up—will you join us.

Best, Patty

Submitted By: codger817@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Join us Saturday, October 11 at 10 am for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new and better ways to be a citizen. They are aimed at developing “citizenship muscle. We will need “muscle” to bring power back to “We the People”, where it belongs. Each sermon functions as a stand-alone sermon. Don’t worry about missing earlier sessions.
This week’s sermon , number 15 of 19, is “Time Travel” and is 35 minutes long. Eric Liu talks about how truth travels through time by invoking an imaginary time machine that takes us backwards and forward a decade at a time. We can talk about the sermon afterwards, or not.
Sermon was first given on May 28, 2018, but, sadly, little has changed in the last seven years.
Zoom link below
Invite link for Saturday 10 AM
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Submitted By: jettkeyser@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Returning from a 2,500 mile road trip to the Eastern Sierras of California and an elevation of 9,000 feet, taking in the slow onset of fall colors, I was reminded of the privilege we share in this beautiful riverside community, reminded that as we are able we can express our commitment and solidarity to preserve this democratic union. On October 18, another special day of gathering all across this country, we can continue to say no to the current republican administration…No Kings Day

We the People

Inscribed on the Statue of Liberty

“Give me your tired, your poor,
your huddled masses, yearning
to breathe free, the wretched refuse
of your teeming shore. Send these,
the homeless, tempest tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”
Mother of Exiles

Brokering the ways of treason and
intimate violence, you now bring war
to our streets. The enduring dream
of community and country based on
realizing equality, precious and fragile,
is being lost. Behind a flag, a bible,
a train of endless lies, all your words
lift nothing and bring disgrace. Each
slight of hand and grifting distraction
invites hate and it is so easy to turn away
from taking responsibility. No goodness
can abide in deceit. We understand
what is better than this. For generations
our citizens have offered goodwill
and carried the decency to follow the law.
In this historic struggle, we will resist, hold
the line, find a way to take back the power
and voice of the common good. When justice
calls, and justice will call, your privilege
will be denied, a stronger scaffold will rise.
Behind bars you can heal what is broken
or go down failing in your own mad bunker.
As this timeless dream returns, we the people
will open the golden door.

Submitted By: Keeks54@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Editor’s Note: Let’s Talk Tillamook is a community series that shares how federal policies affect
our lives in Tillamook County. This Q&A is based on an interview with Dr. Tim
Borman, a semi-retired local physician, on what changes to Medicaid mean for our
community. Listen to the full interview at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=YM-B9Kbuh90

Let’s Talk Tillamook: Understanding the Future of the Oregon Health Plan
By Dr. Tim Borman, Semi-Retired Local Physician

Q: What is Medicaid, and how does it work in Oregon?
A: Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps cover medical costs for
people with limited income. In Oregon, it’s called the Oregon Health Plan (OHP).
OHP serves children, pregnant women, people with disabilities, and elderly adults.
Currently, the federal government pays about 76% of the cost, and Oregon pays
about 24%.

Q: How does Medicaid differ from Medicare?
A: Medicare is a federal health insurance program for people age 65 and older, as
well as some younger people with disabilities. Unlike OHP, Medicare has the same
rules across all states and typically requires participants to pay premiums,
deductibles, and coinsurance. Medicare generally does not cover long-term nursing
home care. That gap is filled by OHP, which pays for services for about 60% of
nursing home residents in Oregon.

Q: How many people rely on OHP in Oregon and here in Tillamook?
A: Across the state, 59% of children and 34% of adults are covered. Nearly half
of all births in Oregon are paid for through OHP. Here in Tillamook County, about
8,000–8,500 people—roughly one-third of the population—are enrolled.
Q: Who qualifies for OHP?
A: Eligibility depends on income, family size, and health status. For example, a
family of four with an annual income below about $43,000 may qualify. OHP is
designed to help people who might not otherwise afford health insurance.

Q: What changes are coming to OHP?
A: Beginning January 2027, Oregon will receive less federal Medicaid funding.
That means fewer services and fewer people eligible for OHP. Rural areas like
Tillamook are expected to feel the cuts hardest. Without insurance, people often
delay care until it becomes urgent, leading to worse outcomes and much higher
costs. For example, an urgent care visit might cost $150–$250, while an ER visit
for the same condition could be $1,500–$3,000. If small hospitals can’t keep up,
some may close.
Eric Swanson, president of Adventist Health Tillamook, notes that 35% of the
hospital’s patients rely on OHP. He warns that cuts will be “devastating to
people on Medicaid.”

Q: What about the new work requirement?
A: Also in 2027, most OHP members ages 19–64 will have to document at least 80
hours of work per month (or prove exemption) to keep coverage. While 71% of
OHP members already work, many who don’t are elderly or disabled. The online
reporting system may create barriers, especially for rural residents with limited
internet access.

Q: What can people do now?
A: If you think you may qualify for OHP, it’s best to apply before December 2026,
when enrollment will likely become more complicated. Visit the Oregon Health
Plan website or contact the Tillamook County Community Health Center for help
applying.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgAe7O0RenQ

Dear Protesters,

It’s been a busy week here. Just wanted to touch bases and let you know the Protest for this week will be in Nehalem from noon to 2 PM. We’ve been pretty lucky with the weather, but right now I am seeing some rain for Saturday-not much, but some. Please bring your rain gear, your waterproof signs, or forget the signs and just bring yourselves. The few critics we have are hoping we shrivel up when we get wet. We want to collect your thoughts on what people might do if they can’t protest in the rain.

A few thoughts have already been presented, the first one being a letter/postcard campaign. Writing to both Republicans and Democrats to express how we feel. Another is to turn our thoughts and energy into helping those in our community who have been adversely affected by our Federal Government. Neither thought is exclusive of the other. Between our North County Food Bank, our Nehalem Bay Community Services, and the need for food for kids when they are on vacation during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays. Please add your own thoughts to these and let us know what you are thinking on Saturday.

We are looking for more donations in our donation box for the North County Food Bank or cash/check donations to this organization. Again, we thank the couple from Tillamook who bring a minimum of 5 cases of food plus a large bag of dog or cat food each Saturday.

The address at the top of the page is all about being safe at our protests. Please read. We still need about 4 more people to help us with the “NO KINGS” Protest on October 18th. This protest will be in Manzanita. We must have you all at this protest with your “NO KINGS” signs. Please join us to show how we feel about not only our political parties but also the Federal Government. If you need your sign waterproofed, we are working on a solution for that.

Thanks,
Patty
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Submitted By: nehalembayexperience@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

59 Seconds for LUNA-tics
repost from ’24-no Ai- Cheers, Drew.
https://youtu.be/QlBb6ogZV-U

Submitted By: bigbeach@gmx.com – Click to email about this post

From KOIN today, full link below:

“The January 6 attack
The storming of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, by a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the results of the presidential election of 2020, which Trump had lost to his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, the Encyclopedia Brittanica states.
“Because its object was to prevent a legitimate president-elect from assuming office, the attack was widely regarded as an insurrection or attempted coup d’état. The FBI and other law-enforcement agencies also considered it an act of domestic terrorism. For having given a speech in which he rallied supporters to storm the Capitol in a violent attack that threatened the certification of Biden’s victory, Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led House of Representatives for ‘incitement of insurrection’ (he was subsequently acquitted by the Senate).”

Full:

www.koin.com/news/portland/trump-threatens-to-use-insurrection-act-what-is-it/

I absolutely reject Drumf’s current deployment of any National Guard to Portland.

I also absolutely reject “Encyclopedia Brittanica” cozy little explanation bout J6. In the view of many, including myself, the Biden admin did in fact steal the election. And there were fed instigators like Ray Epps all over the place. Many innocent folks were given draconian sentences by Dick Cheney’s daughter, in my view.

Anyway, I think Drumf a dangerous moron, might have some stuff planned to escalate the current situation in Portland, and I would encourage protesters to do something else for a couple weeks.

And, this is my last post barring future comments about my previous posts. It’s time to fish and hunt and I got to make some money.

I would encourage more folks to contribute to this site as we need to talk about a lot of stuff as a nation right now, and we need to come together in Oregon.

FUNNY!:



Looks like woke has receded enough that we can laugh again! Some brand-new edgy political comedy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW81cIJVgLE

Submitted By: dixiedarrow@icloud.com – Click to email about this post

I had intended to write something about getting along with others but after reading a recent post on the BBQ, I think I will write about hatred.

The most iconic photo portraying hatred that I know of, is the picture that appeared in LIFE MAGAZINE, which is no longer in publication. This was a picture of southern white citizens spitting on little black children who were integrating (for the first time ever in the south) a white school back in the 60’s…….

The little 6,7 year old children were dressed in their very best little ruffly dresses, shiny black patent shoes, each holding the hand of a white policeman. The faces of the angry white adults being held back by a rope and other policemen were screwed up, screwed up!, with hate and they were spitting on the little children as they walked past. The image of their faces has stayed in my mind forever. I can’t find this picture on the Internet. Can you imagine spitting on little children?

Did you read the novel 1984 by George Orwell – in it was a daily ritual “Two Minutes of Hate”. During this time the citizens were to participate in a hate filled session watching pictures supplied by their government of their supposed enemies, OH! – we have that today on our news channels don’t we???
YES WE DO, on our TV! Real and AI. I!!!!!!!

Do we need to practice minutes of hate of our enemies supplied to us by the media? I am going to let you answer that question for yourselves. Here is another question? What is the effect of your hatred on your own body? You can look that up too !!

Sent to BBQ 10,6,25