Category: General Interest

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

**EXTERIOR DETAIL**:Water Beading Ceramic Hand Wash,Clay Bar,spray Wax,Hand Polish,Clean Tires & Rims Including degreasing tire, applying tire shine,Trim Restoration

**INTERIOR DETAIL**: Vacuum interior including clean trunk, carpet stain remover,floor mats, seats , leather , windows, mirrors, air vents, consoles, glove box, Dash, Door Seals and Panels. **NO SHAMPOOING**. Anything excessive like sand,mud or pet hair will be extra charge.

According to the size and how much work needs to be done will determine Price$$$

Mobile service for Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Rockaway Beach, Garibaldi and Tillamook Area.
Will travel farther for an extra fee.

PLEASE PROVIDE WATER and ELECTRIC ONLY everything else I can provide.

Hours: Monday to Sunday 9am-5pm

Also Depending on the Weather Conditions.

Please when inquiring about price. Let me know WHAT YEAR,MAKE & MODEL so can give accurate information.

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Meet Olive and Isis. They are currently in a foster home and available for adoption through United Paws of Tillamook. Are you looking for adult cat companions? These young cats have fantastic personalities! Olive (tabby) is the classic entertaining, cartoonish cat to have around the house – she wrestles her mirror image, loves to lounge and gaze out the window, and tells you about her day with her very sweet vocalizations. Isis (sable brown) is the lover of the two – she wants to snuggle next to you for pets, lounge in her favorite chair, and follow you around the house. They enjoy playing with toys, both independently and with a human. Olive performs incredible gymnastics when chasing the feathers on a wire, while Isis makes lightening-fast moves to secure the prey.
If one or both of these girls sound like the friend(s) you’ve been looking for, check them out at unitedpaws.wordpress.com on the Adoptable Kittens and Cats page.

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We the members of the White Clover Grange
would like to express a sincere Thank You to the wonderful friends in our community, and beyond, AND to our intrepid small business owners in the Tri-village area for your generous donations to our new table fund.

We, who strive to keep our grange hall maintained and accessible for use by all who are in need of a large gathering venue, appreciate the ease of setting up and putting away of our new tables.

Also, Thank You to all who gave our old tables new homes- repurposing is very important to our community!

Much gratitude again, to our friends, who helped us with this important project!

We achieved our goal!!

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Nehalem Bay Community Services is asking for your help in getting our local students a great start to their school year.

We have placed ‘tickets’ in several locations around the area, each ticket outlines need for school supplies and clothing. Please make your purchases and drop off at the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church by August 21. Address: 36050 10th Street, Nehalem, OR.

Any questions, please call us at 503.368.5612 or email us at nbumcchild@gmail.com.

Please visit the following locations for Back to School tickets: The Little Apple, Cloud and Leaf,
1st Security Bank, Yolk, Nehalem Lumber, North Tillamook Library in Manzanita, Wanda’s, El Trio Loco Restaurant (Manzanita), Nehalem Bay Health Clinic, Mohler Co-op Grocery, Four Paws on the Beach, Grumpy’s, the Roost.

Thank you.

NBCS is an equal opportunity provider.

Submitted By: ben.killen.rosenberg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I installed my painted cut out wooden ‘flock of seagulls’ at COVE Gallery in Wheeler. The cut outs are keeping company with the other painted works I did in the past. Don’t stand under them! Support your local businesses in Wheeler, and the independently owned liquor store.
Ciao,
Ben

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I haven’t heard of anyone in the Legislature who supports Measure 118 on the Nov. 5 ballot. The initiative would increase business taxes in order to give most Oregonians an annual tax rebate estimated at $750.
During a virtual town hall last month, several Portland-area lawmakers denounced the proposal, which was going through the signature verification process as Initiative Petition 17. Rep. Lisa Reynolds, D-Beaverton, called it “a totally twisted version of the kicker.”
“It’s another example of out-of-state monied interests using Oregon’s low bar to get something on the ballot to create an experiment here in Oregon,” she said. “It happened with Measure 110, which we had to roll back after a lot of gnashing of teeth. And so there will be very concerted efforts by many people, including elected officials, to defeat IP 17.”

Rep. Dacia Grayber, D-Portland, added, “If there is a legislator supporting it, they’re supporting it very quietly.”
Opponents are not quiet. Led by Oregon Business & Industry, a lengthy list of groups created a coalition against the measure, contending it would implement the largest tax increase in state history. 
Oregon Senate Republicans issued a press release Wednesday unanimously opposing the measure and thanking Gov. Tina Kotek for also opposing it. The Taxpayers Association of Oregon put it this way last week: “The tax is so bad, even Gov. Kotek is against it. That’s bad.”

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The August issue of Manzanita Today came out today. You can access it at their website:
www.manzanitatoday.com/

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The good news is that the Manzanita Budget Comm. reviewed this year’s budget, including Indirect Cost Allocation methodology this Spring. With no axe to grind, and dealing with legal, municipal and cost realities, after rigorous discussions, the budget and methodology were voted on and approved by a unanimous vote of City Council. Half of the Budget Comm. consists of highly qualified volunteers who applied, were interviewed and then appointed by unanimous vote of our elected/appointed representatives. The other half of the Budget Comm. consists of the City Council and our highly qualified Chief Budget Officer, Leila Aman. This process, which by law happens every year, assures that the Manzanita budget is secure, legal and produced with the utmost professionalism. In contrast, resident Kugler wants Manzanita to follow his personal budgetary opinions, which consistently display an astounding lack of understanding of municipal budgeting or budgetary acumen. Every year, we hear the same tired, irrelevant tirades. A few years back, he even threatened to sue the city if they didn’t follow his opinions. Thank you to the City of Manzanita for following the law and common sense, and including resident input from all of us, not just a self-appointed “expert”. We have real problems to face and exciting opportunities facing the city. Let’s continue to focus on these, or actual challenges.

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

I tried for 5 years to get the strip of gravel between the county road and my cement driveway paved. No one was willing to do it or I was on their “list” and they never go to it. I was given the name of Olson Asphalt in Gearhart,(www.oamnw.com) they came out, gave me an affordable estimate and did an outstanding job. In fact, it is so good, I will no longer have the water from the road and drive running onto my patio. I would highly recommend them for your paving and sealing needs.

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

Kim, this is a great, succinct overview of Manzanita’s water fund and also indirect cost allocation. The subjects can seem abstruse and confusing, so your examples offer a refreshingly straightforward picture. We, as Manzanita residents can learn about the ins and outs of such finance, policy and legal issues by following city council meetings, budget committee meetings as well as Planning Commission meetings. The Budget Comm. in particular zeroes in on the specifics in minute detail. Having said that, to get a good overview without taking as much time, read relevant portions of the newsletter “Manzanita Today”: www.manzanitatoday.com/
Their website has some search capabilities to simplify research questions. And, of course one can ask questions!

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

Nehalem Bay Community Services is asking for your help in getting our local students a great start to their school year.

We have placed ‘tickets’ in several locations around the area, each ticket outlines need for school supplies and clothing. Please make your purchases and drop off at the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church by August 10. Address: 36050 10th Street, Nehalem, OR.

Any questions, please call us at 503.368.5612 or email us at nbumcchild@gmail.com.

Please visit the following locations for Back to School tickets: The Little Apple, Cloud and Leaf, 1st Security Bank, Yolk, Nehalem Lumber, Dixie’s Vino, North Tillamook Library in Manzanita, Wanda’s, El Trio Loco Restaurant (Manzanita), Nehalem Bay Health Clinic, Mohler Co-op Grocery, Four Paws on the Beach, Grumpy’s.

Thank you.

NBCS is an equal opportunity provider.

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

NEIL OLIVER WITH WHITNEY WEBB
Educational challenge: connect the dots history class.

Very little is as it seems and if you can keep up with Ms Webb, you will understand how this is. With the ground beneath us moving so fast and the air so full of “stuff”, look to your family and neighbors for support and don’t think for a minute that the blue or the red billionaire camps have our interests at heart.

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The extended course is in her book:
One Nation Under Blackmail

Submitted By: ben.killen.rosenberg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Manzanita’s Water Fund
Posting on behalf of Kim Rosenberg

Manzanita’s water fund isn’t a separate entity from the City. The city maintains and operates the water system. Some of that work is done by Dan Weitzel and the Public Works crew but city staff like the City Manager and Accounting Manager use their time, their city offices, supplies, computers, and printers to do billing and payroll and other work to maintain and operate the water system. The City does this for the water system and the City Charter allows those indirect or overhead costs to the city to be paid out of the water fund.

In Section 22 (i) the Charter states that one of the many duties of the City Manager is to supervise the operation of the public utility. That’s our water system.

I asked Dan Weitzel, Director of Public Works, at July’s Coffee with Councilors for an example of what the CM does in regard to the water system since she’s not out laying pipe or running a backhoe. Weitzel told the group about the recent 2.7 million dollar grant for city water projects that CM Aman applied for and received. It takes time and research to write a grant that will be funded.

Weitzel told those of us at the coffee talk that he speaks with the CM daily and if there’s a problem, more than that. The CM is his boss and the responsibility for the water system doesn’t end at 5pm Friday. In fact, the responsibility for keeping everything running in town including the water, is the CM’s.

This is how I understand indirect or overhead costs. Let’s say the city buys a box of pens and a stack of legal pads to use in their day to day. Staff use their pens and their legal pads for both city stuff and water fund stuff. The same pads and pens are used by both entities so how do you determine the exact cost used by the water fund? And what about office machines like a copier or printer? How do you determine the cost to the water fund of toner they use in a year and what about wear and tear on that printer? Who pays for paper? And then you’ve got stuff like the electric bill because the city offices are where the administrative work of the water fund happens. And if the CM covers city business and water business in the same meeting—how do you keep an exact record?

There’s been a suggestion to have administrative staff use timesheets to track their minute by minute but that’s never been done by any of the city managers we’ve had since the dawn of time. Not even the guy who continues to suggest it, kept a time sheet. Time sheets have probably never been used because CMs wear a bunch of hats and it’s impractical to constantly keep track of how much time is spent on each area. For example, in a conversation about time spent on IT issues, do you separate out the time spent talking about how it affects the water billing system versus other billing systems?

You can so easily get all up in the weeds trying to figure out the minutiae of this stuff.

Which is why governments, corporations and other entities everywhere do an indirect cost allocation to cover the cost of the shared support and services provided to another entity.
You do your best to estimate the time and cost and charge accordingly.

Kim Rosenberg
loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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Poison Control for Pets

Posting on behalf of Kim Rosenberg

Last night at about 5:30, as I was getting dinner together, I noticed that Nina, our 8 month old dachshund puppy, was suspiciously quiet in the other room. Ben was at the pottery studio in Nehalem and not expected home until dinner time at 7. When I went to check on Nina, I saw she was happily tearing apart a pack of gum and there was only one piece left.

Like puppies and babies of all kinds Nina puts everything in her mouth—rocks, socks, arch supports, anything questionable or smelly goes straight in her mouth. I’ve been worried about her interest in the bees in our back yard because she’s so small and our last dachshund was allergic. Over the weekend Ben picked up some liquid children’s Benadryl just in case she gets stung when the vet is closed. But we never thought of gum as a dangerous substance.

I got the package away from her—a real trick since this girl likes to play keep away when she has something extra naughty. The gum was sugar free and written in tiny letters on the ripped up package the word xylitol identified the sweetener.

I looked on-line and learned that xylitol is extremely toxic to dogs. It causes hypoglycemia so severe that a dog can quickly lapse into a coma or have seizures. Symptoms can come on fast in 30 minutes and all the information said to go immediately to a vet. Even a few pieces of gum can kill a dog or cause liver damage and our pup only weighs 9.5 pounds. I texted Ben to let him know and asked him how many pieces of gum were in the package. He thought maybe 5 and there was one full piece left so she maybe ate 3 or 4.

Of course, this happened after the vet was closed for the day but on their answering machine and texted automatically to me after my call, I got the number for ASPCA Poison Control a 24 hour toll free number.

I had to hold for what seemed like a long time but probably was five or ten minutes. Someone took my information—Nina’s weight and age, what type of gum, how many pieces, how far from a veterinarian we are. They conferred with a toxicologist and gave us information about how to manage her care overnight (small meals every two hours for twelve hours) and what to do should she have a seizure or seem out of it (give her a tablespoon of honey or maple syrup and go right to Tanasbourne or Dove Lewis). They also gave us a case number should we need to take her in so the vet could get all the details. It cost $95 dollars and they have payment options.

Because she was showing no symptoms except delight that dinnertime appeared to be an all-night buffet, we stayed here in Manzanita and luckily this morning she is fine and we are, too.

We didn’t know that Xylitol is toxic for dogs or how quickly it can cause damage. We also didn’t know that the ASPCA has a poison control number with a staff of toxicologists and veterinarians who can help. That phone number is now in my phone and if you have a pet, I encourage you to do the same!

ASPCA Poison Control 24 hour Toll Free Number 1-888-426-4435

Kim Rosenberg
loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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I just moved here recently and I am looking for a medium size electric bike that I could front mount my daughter with. I have been searching this site daily and I haven’t been able to find anything yet. Please help
Thank you

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August Collage Kits at the Manzanita Library

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

Up at the Manzanita transfer station last spring, I spied heavy duty sealed boxes over by the little free community bookshelves. I opened a box and full sets of National Geographics from 1941-1968 were inside. They had evidently been stored somewhere dry because they didn’t smell moldy, so I took home one box and then went back for another….and another.

Cutting up old magazines was a favorite occupation of mine when I was a kid. I was sick a lot and the youngest of five girls by a decade, so I made my own fun a lot of the time. I liked to cut out pictures of people and built entire paper doll families designing their houses with the old Sunset and Family Circle magazines my mom had around the house.

As a preschool teacher, I’d make collage “story starters” and ask the kids to tell me the story of the picture. I’d transcribe their words and we’d make books of the stories that went with the images. I used the same process when I taught creative writing at PSU only by then I was collecting old photographs from thrift stores.

Once I found those magazines at the transfer station I went gangbusters—you can see some of the collages I’ve made at the library through the month of August. I guess you could say that the embroidered felt pieces that are also in the library are like collage in a way. Cutting and stitching, take a lot longer, but I love the process of making things by hand.

It’s time for me to pass on the rest of my collection so I put together bags with a few National Geographics, some paper ephemera I’ve collected, heavy duty paper and a glue stick for anyone who wants to cut and paste the old school way. You’ll need scissors and your imaginator. Add other stuff like old greeting cards and photos. Be creative—collage old oatmeal containers or cardboard packaging. The sky’s the limit!

They’re at the desk for your crafting pleasure!

Kim Rosenberg

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am I the only one who feels that by now surely we would have yellow radio with a clearer easier screen to see . I did a search online and saw a variety of models .
corinna @ cbbcalm@gmail.com

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Announcing TillCoDems fundraising raffle, all proceeds go into our general fund and are used to elect Dems both locally and across America!

Here’s your chance to win a FABULOUS DeWalt ELECTRIC Chainsaw, Flex Volt Brushless 60v Lithium Ion, 16″ bar, includes tools, battery, charger ($329.99 value)

Raffle tickets are $5 each or 5/$20, we will not sell more than 500 tickets so odds are good! The drawing will be held Saturday 8/10 @ aprox. 7pm, in the TillCoDems booth at the Tillamook County Fair, you don’t need to be present to win.

Email me now to arrange buying tickets before Friday 8/9! Think about it, no more being jerked around by a cord, or smelling like stinky gas, it’s reliably ELECTRIC!

Thank you!
Constance Shimek
TillCoDems Chair

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Can anyone identify this instrument?

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Hello, neighbors!
Please share this information with visitors, your friends and family – help us stamp out food insecurity – you never know who might be receiving food benefits!

This is your reminder that Oregon Trail (SNAP) card holders can double their buying power at most farmers markets, including the Manzanita Farmers Market! At the market info booth, swipe your Oregon Trail card for tokens that can be used for all your normal SNAP foods – meats, cheeses, grains, oil & vinegar, honey, pickles, jams, veggies and fruits.

We match up to $20 with coupons for FREE PRODUCE: fresh veggies, beans, fruits, fresh herbs and mushrooms!!!

Please see Karen in the info booth, Fridays from 4 to 7 in the field behind the new City Hall at Manzanita Avenue & Division. All questions answered!

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Nehalem Bay Community Services is asking for your help in getting our local students a great start to their new school year.

We have placed ‘tickets’ in several locations around the area, each ticket outlines need for school supplies and clothing. Please make your purchases and drop off at the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church by August 10. Address: 36050 10th Street, Nehalem, OR.

Any questions, please call us at 503.368.5612 or email us at nbumcchild@gmail.com.

Please visit the following locations for Back to School tickets: The Little Apple, Cloud and Leaf, 1st Security Bank, Yolk, Ticor Title, Nehalem Lumber, Dixie’s Vino, North Tillamook Library in Manzanita.

Thank you.

NBCS is an equal opportunity provider.