Category: General Interest

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Christmas is as a time of giving joyfully, and caring for one another as a community.
This year, the residents of Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler and beyond did this by providing Christmas gifts, bikes, dolls, games, toys, warm coats, pants, tops, shoes, boots, socks, underwear, stocking stuffers and other supplies for 86 local children from 37 different families.
In addition, this year, we provided a “store” at NCRD where over 20 children in the preschool program there could shop for gifts (jewelry, scarves, socks etc.) for their moms, dads and caregivers.
While the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church spearheaded the project, it took hundreds of volunteer hours and donations from the community to pull it all together. Thank you to everyone who contributed by either taking a tag and shopping for a child, made a donation so that volunteers could go shopping on your behalf, or helped sort, organize and bag the gifts.
May God bless you for your generosity and caring spirit.

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

Does anyone know if the Polar Bear Plunge is definitely happening on NY Day? If yes, what time?

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May your Holiday and New Year be filled with Wagging Tails and Constant Purrs. See you in 2024!
With Gratitude,
Ginger Matyas
Katcandu and Woofgang LLC
www.gingerpetsitter.com

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

Hey. I am putting together a video celebration for Lee. If you have any pics or videos (Digital/VHS/8mm are fine) of Lee being Lee, please contact me. I know Christmas is upon us but take a few minutes to see if you have any. Also, I’m looking for local musicians to provide audio. So if you have a 3 minute gift to give please contact me. Lets share and spread Lee’s message. Cheers, Drew.

Submitted By: brh7926@charter.net – Click to email about this post

I am in total shock – as is the case in suicides. Someone can appear “normal,” but is in so much pain that we don’t even realize.

I don’t even know what to say, except that I am so sorry for his wife and parents. My heart cries for you.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Do6NLjGqq0

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

The subject of Mayor Simmons reluctance to meet and have private one on one discussions with other Council members and only have discussions of City business at public meetings continues as some form of valid criticism of her role as Mayor.

Perhaps Mayor Simmons took seriously her responsibility to not engage in “serial communications”. A serial communication according to the State Attorney General is where ” A governing body risks violating meetings law through a series of private communications, even if a quorum isn’t involved in any single communication. We recommend that members of a governing body should not meet in private to discuss business, or exchange private communications about business, even if those involved constitute less than a quorum. Such a gathering creates the appearance of impropriety, and runs contrary to the policy of the Public Meetings Law, which supports keeping the public informed of the deliberations of governing bodies. ” Oregon DOJ on Public Meetings.

Translation: In Manzanita, less than a quorum means two Council members. Those two members of the City Council are not to communicate in person, by phone, text or email to discuss City business.

Prior to Mayor Simmons, a dissenting opinion or a no vote on an item of City business was unheard of. Has anyone else gotten a sense that over the years that decisions appear to have already been made before a Council discussion and vote? I wonder if you could find a single Council decision that had a less than unanimous vote in the past 15 years of Council meetings. Makes one wonder how such unanimity is possible for all of those Council decisions.

It would appear that in our city, attempting to follow the law or asking questions to better understand how the City operates puts one at risk of both criticism and investigation.

The now released acknowledgement of the expenditure of at least $139,000 of public funds for this report on the investigation of Mayor Simmons is a public record. The public interest in knowing how the Mayor acted inappropriately in her duties outweighs any reasonable claim by the City of a compelling need to refuse to disclose its findings and release the report.

Randy Kugler

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

THIS TELLS YOU WHERE WE ARE GOING WHEN THE SLAVE PLANET BECOMES A REALITY! Do you remember Covid when our “leaders “ went maskless at parties and gatherings while we were forced to wear them even outside in some places?
OH NO! Its the same- O same- O

Attendees at the UN’s COP28 climate summit in Dubai this week are being treated to a wide array of meat cuisine options even as many attendees — including the UN itself — urge governments to limit meat consumption for taxpayers.
COP28 is offering its 70,000 participants a selection of nearly 100 restaurants and food carts, at least a third of which specialize in beef and dairy dishes. Attendees can choose “juicy beef” and “slabs of succulent meat,” barbecued chicken and steak, hamburgers, Philly cheesesteaks, shawarma, carne asada, Tex Mex chicken, birria, kebabs, “melt-in-your-mouth BBQ,” smoked meats, and more.
“Our focus at COP28 UAE is on delivering environmentally sustainable, socially responsible, delicious, and nutritious food and beverage,” said the summit’s website. “This is a key priority for the Presidency, and we are striving to show the world how climate-friendly food can be tasty, healthy and affordable.”
“Working with Nutritics, we aim to ensure that 50% of the food served within sustainable limits for carbon and water intensity and is within UAE nutritional guidelines,” the site added.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is expected to publish dietary guidelines at the summit which will demand the United States and other developed nations limit their meat consumption to “fight climate change.”
Although past climate conferences have focused on curbing carbon emissions in manufacturing, transportation, and power sectors, this will be the first year that extra pressure will be brought to bear on the agriculture industry.
Developing countries which already consume less meat will also be issued guidelines to follow, reported Bloomberg, which will involve reforming their farming practices to make them more “sustainable.”
While the expected document is considered to be the first of its kind from the UN, the globalist organization has long been urging Western countries to eliminate meat from their diets due to the methane emissions from livestock.
A global “climate-friendly” diet, which includes little to no meat, has long been a globalist goal and is beginning to be implemented by the C40.
The C40 is a George Soros-funded conglomerate of nearly 100 global mayors who have pledged to transform their cities to meet the World Health Organization’s Air Quality Guidelines. To meet those guidelines, C40 has adopted a slew of measures including a meal plan for taxpayers called the Planetary Health Diet. The diet is limited to 2,500 calories a day and is mostly plant based, with 50% fruits and vegetables and 50% other foods such as whole grains, plant-based protein, legumes, nuts, and small amounts of animal-sourced protein. 
New York City Mayor Eric Adams earlier this year signed onto a C40 plan for a 33% reduction in carbon emissions by reducing meat and dairy in taxpayers’ diets. The city has already made plant-based meals the default option for patients in the Health + Hospitals network, and Adams’ office says it is on track to distribute 850,000 plant-based meals to patients in 2023.
New York City also became subject to new food standards last year which placed a cap on the amount of meat that can be served by municipal agencies and a minimum quota for plant-based foods. The rules also state that processed meats must be phased out by 2025.
Other globalist figures are also doing their part to limit meat consumption for taxpayers in wealthier nations. Billionaire Bill Gates is funding several fake meat companies in the hope of replacing meat completely in developed countries. If the public cannot be convinced to switch to fake meat then they should be forced to do so by government regulation, he said.
“I don’t think the poorest 80 countries will be eating synthetic meat,” Gates told the MIT Technology Review in 2021. “I do think all rich countries should move to 100% synthetic beef. You can get used to the taste difference, and the claim is they’re going to make it taste even better over time. Eventually, that green premium is modest enough that you can sort of change the [behavior of] people or use regulation to totally shift the demand.”

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

this is an open letter to linda ballard, who posted on BBQ on 12/19/23 about “troubles in manzanita.”

i am a long-term nehalem resident who has been following manzanita city council discussions and decisions.

i would like to comment on your narrative in your BBQ post.

1) “our deeply rooted, well regarded and honorable mayor ….” deb simmons is not deeply rooted in manzanita. she was a political unknown when she ran for mayor. she had no previous government experience, so i would think that she is neither “well regarded” nor “not well regarded.” based on her tenure as mayor, she has certainly garnered both of those appellations. i do know that she was a well-regarded fifth grade school teacher in nehalem grade school for a number of years after her “retirement” to manzanita,

2) i also don’t get why there is an ongoing investigation, and i agree with you that it is opaque to the public. i am aghast that it has cost the city of manzanita 6 figures in expense (don’t get me started on the hourly rate that lawyers charge). i do understand that whatever this is, the council was informed of the employee complaint by the city attorney in May 2023, and the council voted unanimously in June 2023 to authorize the independent investigation that was strongly advised by the city attorney and their insurer. It would certainly be more comfortable for all on the city council if they could release more information, but legally they cannot. i do not think there is a “cover-up” by city council members. it’s typical in litigation to not publicize ongoing discussions. i agree that it IS frustrating to not really know what is going on.

3) i had high hopes for deb simmons’ tenure as mayor. then already in the first months of her tenure i learned two things that i thought were odd.
a) she refused the traditional conversation with the outgoing mayor. i thought to myself, “hmmm…. that’s strange.”
b) she nixed the new planning commission appointees that had been selected with due process. i thought this action was also strange, since she was brand new in her tenure as mayor. (i also wondered how she got to unilaterally nix due process and appoint who she wanted.)

4) as the months continued i learned that deb simmons refused all discussion with other council members except at public meetings. i found this also strange. especially as a newbie to politics, you would think one-on-one discussion with fellow council members would be valuable.

5) while you state you are in the dark about the investigation, nevertheless you have come to the conclusion that “there have been no findings of wrongdoing by the Mayor and the council is covering it up.” do we know that this investigation involves the former mayor? do we know that her resignation has anything to do with the employee complaint investigation? i am wondering what facts led you to this conclusion.

6) “hundreds of grassroots petition signers” is an exaggeration. manzanita has a population of 633 permanent residents. that’s how many people get to vote (if they are registered—which i would guess most of them are). i believe the petition signers represented about 20% of that number (and were they all permanent residents? were they all registered voters?).

7) “The council has demonstrated a pattern of overlooking smart, experienced citizens to fill vacancies on the council….”
a) when the council appointed kathryn stock to the council to fill a vacancy, i read all the letters of application. hers stood out head and shoulders above the others, both for the level of intelligence about city concerns, and for the depth of her work experience that would stand her in good stead. the council didn’t “overlook” anyone; they picked who seemed to them to be the best candidate.
b) ditto when the council picked brad hart to fill a vacancy.

8) “our mayor was elected by hundreds of voters….” 356 to be exact. running unopposed.

9) “A minority of loud activists appears to be calling the shots….” from attending city council meetings, the council members appear to me to be both thoughtful and well-prepared. they are intelligent, successful-in-their-careers, retired citizens who have chosen to serve the city and its residents on city council. i have had conversation with each of them at one time or another. i don’t believe any of them sits on city council for personal gain, or for any undisclosed motive. they just want to bring their capability and experience to serve the citizens of the city in which they live. i don’t think any of them are listening to “loud activists.”

10) i’m wondering what are the facts that justify you stating that the current city council is dominated by an “anti-diversity, anti-inclusive mindset….”

i agree with you, linda, that the fracturing of the community is very sad. where i don’t agree with you is as i’ve listed above.

om peace namaste

lucy brook
nehalem resident

Troubles in Manzanita

Posted on December 17, 2023 by North Coast BBQ

Submitted By: hildiballard@gmail.com

Friends and Neighbors,

“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking”
George S Patton to his troops

The troubling developments of the last few weeks in Manzanita have citizens worried. Our deeply rooted, well-regarded and honorable Mayor felt the need to resign her position, this, subsequent to the resignation of two city councilors this year and the sudden ‘retirement’ of a long term city hall employee. What is going on in Manzanita?

An opaque employee complaint emerged this year and an investigation has been ongoing, for months, with the citizens footing the bill of $139,000.00 and counting. Citizen requests for investigation findings have been stonewalled. If there has been wrongdoing we need to know about it. This investigation is a public record and subject to disclosure. The city council has not been transparent about the issue furthering distrust. Citizens remain in the dark.

My conclusion is that there have been no findings of wrongdoing by the Mayor and the council is covering it up. The power of ugly innuendo has served its purpose resulting with the Mayor’s resignation. Had there been any wrongdoing you can be sure that information would have leaked all over the place. Who is responsible for this expensive mess.?

Our Mayor was elected by hundreds of voters and sought to represent them by asking tough questions. She pushed back on spending matters for which we applaud her. She pushed back on ‘group think’.
The failures of this council to cultivate diversity of opinion is costly. Some seek unity in the community, but unity is built on trust and that trust is absent here.

A minority of loud activists appears to be calling the shots while hundreds of grassroots petition signers have been ignored. It is time to act inclusively and respect and include diverse opinions.

The council has demonstrated a pattern of overlooking smart, experienced citizens to fill vacancies on the council (despite their repeated efforts) and this further erodes trust – goodbye unity.

It is time to root out the anti-diversity, anti-inclusive mindset that dominates the current city council. The damage done so far is enough, the body count too high, the fracturing of the community too sad.

Linda Ballard
Manzanita Homeowner

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

Friends and Neighbors,

“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking”
George S Patton to his troops

The troubling developments of the last few weeks in Manzanita have citizens worried. Our deeply rooted, well-regarded and honorable Mayor felt the need to resign her position, this, subsequent to the resignation of two city councilors this year and the sudden ‘retirement’ of a long term city hall employee. What is going on in Manzanita?

An opaque employee complaint emerged this year and an investigation has been ongoing, for months, with the citizens footing the bill of $139,000.00 and counting. Citizen requests for investigation findings have been stonewalled. If there has been wrongdoing we need to know about it. This investigation is a public record and subject to disclosure. The city council has not been transparent about the issue furthering distrust. Citizens remain in the dark.

My conclusion is that there have been no findings of wrongdoing by the Mayor and the council is covering it up. The power of ugly innuendo has served its purpose resulting with the Mayor’s resignation. Had there been any wrongdoing you can be sure that information would have leaked all over the place. Who is responsible for this expensive mess.?

Our Mayor was elected by hundreds of voters and sought to represent them by asking tough questions. She pushed back on spending matters for which we applaud her. She pushed back on ‘group think’.
The failures of this council to cultivate diversity of opinion is costly. Some seek unity in the community, but unity is built on trust and that trust is absent here.

A minority of loud activists appears to be calling the shots while hundreds of grassroots petition signers have been ignored. It is time to act inclusively and respect and include diverse opinions.

The council has demonstrated a pattern of overlooking smart, experienced citizens to fill vacancies on the council (despite their repeated efforts) and this further erodes trust – goodbye unity.

It is time to root out the anti-diversity, anti-inclusive mindset that dominates the current city council. The damage done so far is enough, the body count too high, the fracturing of the community too sad.

Linda Ballard
Manzanita Homeowner

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

A huge thank you to one and all who have given so much to so many in our community. There are so many grateful families you have helped during this time of year. I just had someone contact me this morning as they had received a couple of fruit gift packs and it seemed there was no way they could eat everything. They are bringing the baskets to me and what is in them will be distributed to those who need a bit of extra help. If you find yourself in this same spot, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me. If you need food or if you have some to share call me-503-368-6081. Remember we cannot accept homemade food; it must be packaged by someone with the proper commercial licenses. Again, let’s keep up the good work sharing and caring for others.

Just want to share these addresses one more time:
Meals for Seniors Inc.
PO Box 852
Rockaway Beach, Oregon 97136

Rockaway Beach Lions
PO Box 611
Rockaway Beach, Oregon 97136

North County Food Bank
PO Box 162
Wheeler, Oregon 97147

Nehalem Senior Lunches
PO Box 156
Nehalem, Oregon 97131

CHILD Program
PO Box 156
Nehalem, Oregon 97131

Happy Holidays! Best, Patty

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Does anyone have information as to who destroyed the Wheeler Gateway Sign some time from Dec 6 to Dec 10?
Contact Garry Gitzen
503 354-7668
or email: ggitzen@nehalemtel.net

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from lucy brook, i am copying and pasting an article published 12/3/23 on the Tillamook County Pioneer.

Trying to See: Be Careful What You Wish For

Posted on December 3, 2023 by Editor
By Michael Randall
Here’s a serious question for you: should we be concerned about the 2024 presidential election’s outcome? Let’s examine what one of the leading candidates thinks about and speaks about widely. When he ran in 2016, he said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?”
We found out that might be true, though he never tested his theory so violently during his presidency. But he did his best to undermine the integrity of the 2020 election, and has challenged its outcome ever since with his “Big Lie,” even when told by his own senior staffers that he lost that election. Also, he incited an insurrection in January 2021 to try to stay in power.

Why is his repeated lie and his illegal efforts to stay in power OK with so many people, people who fervently want to see him elected president again? Apparently, some of us do not mind having to live under a totalitarian system in which the dictator says what the law is and is not, where citizens’ fates are determined by the dictator alone.

What is the wide appeal of this “not-even-a-man” (“NEAM,” my new acronym to counter “MAGA”)? He has called veterans “chumps” and “losers” and “suckers,” and has called desperate people on our southern border “criminals and rapists.” If elected in 2024, his team is already planning for him to invoke the “Insurrection Act” so that he can use the military to quell citizen protests. His team now plans to build massive camps to hold illegal migrants after sweeping the country for them prior to their deportation. Also, they are now vetting the names of people they would appoint to roughly 1,500 higher level positions in different federal agencies, people who will swear loyalty to Trump rather than to the US Constitution. These plans actually are underway for 2025, if he wins. Don’t believe this? Look it up.
Do his supporters like to be told what to do by a dictator? He pleases millions of these folks, gets their juices up with his seething anger against immigrants, senior military officers, the media, federal agencies, and the courts. On the Veterans Day just past, he pledged that “…we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and radical-left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country….” He claimed, “They’ll do anything to destroy America, and to destroy the American Dream.” This rotten-flesh rhetoric is putrid meat to feed his disciples. Where are the communists? Where are the vermin? Most importantly, what are the people like who believe in and support his ridiculous garbage?

Johns Hopkins University did a study in 2011 before Trump came onto the political scene, a study in which they evaluated a large sample of people, part of which was to identify personal characteristics of people who held negative attitudes toward minority groups, especially African Americans and Muslims. In 2018, they decided to go back to those same people to see what they felt about Trump after he had been in office for two years. They found that people with negative attitudes toward minorities were widely supportive of Trump. What are they so afraid of regarding people of a different skin color or different religion?
Much media coverage asserts that Trump created the current angry, hateful atmosphere in American politics. But the Johns Hopkins study found that he was simply the flame that attracted angry moths from the dark. Such animosity (full of fear, angry resentment, and the sense of being victimized) has always been present in any human population. But Trump’s unhealthy mental condition, belligerence, racist language, and fine-tuned cunning drew this kind of person to him. He knew just how to appeal to them and make them into what psychiatry calls “totalists,” people who are totally committed to some idea, and whose minds are closed to new information that contradicts their current thinking. (Of course, many “progressives” on the political left are totalists, too.)

A former senior Trump White House official is quoted anonymously in Jonathan Karl’s new book, “Tired of Winning.” The man worked closely, daily, with Trump and says, “HE LACKS ANY SHRED OF HUMAN DECENCY, HUMILITY OR CARING. HE IS MORALLY BANKRUPT, BREATHTAKINGLY DISHONEST, LETHALLY INCOMPETENT, AND STUNNINGLY IGNORANT OF VIRTUALLY ANYTHING RELATED TO GOVERNING, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, HUMAN EVENTS OR WORLD AFFAIRS. HE IS A TRAITOR AND A MALIGNANCY IN OUR NATION AND REPRESENTS A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW.”

Trump’s thought process and political language closely resemble those of Adolph Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Mao Tse-tung, whose tyranny killed many millions of people, crushed their surviving citizens into submission and made them silently obedient. Many Americans do not think such things can happen here. But in times of confusion and crisis like now, many people among us would welcome being told what to think and do by their chosen dictator, and would be glad to see violators punished for disobeying.

They should be careful what they wish for. Trump has openly expressed admiration for Russia’s Putin, China’s Xi Jinping, Hungary’s Orban, Turkey’s Erdogan, and North Korea’s Kim Jung Un–all dictators who have severely tightened the screws on their people to create police states. Everything Trump (remember “NEAM”) says points us in that direction if he is elected President a year from now.

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

Hi folks – Jeff here from the honey/maple syrup booth – regretting the last minute cancellation of Tuesday’s (12/12) scheduled “pop-up” in Wheeler. Anyone who has followed my activities in Tillamook County over the years knows that backing out of a commitment is NOT my style. Realization of the need to make the change came too late on Monday to submit a post here on the BBQ.
If someone has specific needs PRE-HOLIDAY (gift or otherwise) they should reach out to me via text to my cell: 208-424-0042, by e-mail: jwmerc@gmail.com or by instant message on the JW Merc Facebook page (I may be able to accomodate delivery).
Otherwise – I will be back in the area come January – and should anyone be in the south Lincoln County area I am available roughtly five days a week there in downtown Waldport.
Have a great holiday season – and please accept my apologies if you were inconvenienced by the cancelled appearance…jw

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

Hello neighbors. At the end of this message, I’ve included something I got off the internet last week as a guide to help with food insecurity. That said every little bit helps.
I’ve called the Neah-Kah-Nie S.D. Superintendent’s office and found out there will be no food provided through the school system for the Christmas holiday. Kids will be out of school from December 16 through January 1. This means 16 days with no breakfast or lunch programs at school. Please do what you can to help feed these kids. Lots of things in our lives end. We have the end of a day or the end of the year-but no end to food insecurity. So, let’s pitch in and all do what we can to help with this problem.

I want to provide you with some addresses where you might send money or donate food over the holidays. Nehalem Senior Lunches can be reached at 503-368-5612 or PO Box 156, Nehalem, Oregon, 97130. This would be for Senior Lunches provided on Tuesday and Thursday.

Meals for Seniors located in Rockaway Beach, PO Box 852, Rockaway Beach, Oregon, 97136. Free lunches are provided on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

North County Food Bank, PO Boxx 162, Wheeler, Oregon, 97147. Remember they also have a clothing bank.

Rockaway Beach Lions, PO Box 611, Rockaway Beach, Oregon 97136. Lions will be providing Christmas dinners for several families.

The CHILD Program run by the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church is providing clothes and toys for many children for the holidays. It’s getting a bit too late to shop now, but they could always use cash donations. Please be sure to write CHILD on your check. Address is Child Program, PO Box 156, Nehalem, Oregon, 97131.

OK, here is the list I got off the internet:

1. Everyone donates Kraft Mac and Cheese in the box. They can rarely use it because it needs milk and butter which is hard to get from regular food banks.
2. Boxed milk is a treasure, as kids need it for cereal which they also get a lot of.
3. Everyone donates pasta sauce and spaghetti noodles.
4. They cannot eat all the awesome canned veggies and soup unless you put a can opener in too or buy pop tops.
5. Oil is a luxury but needed for Rice a-Roni which they also get a lot of.
6. Spices or salt and pepper would be a real Christmas gift.
7. Tea bags and coffee make them feel like you care.
8. Sugar and flour are treats.
9. They fawn over fresh produce donated by farmers and grocery stores.
10. Seeds are cool in Spring and Summer because growing can be easy for some.
11. They rarely get fresh meat.
12. Tuna and crackers make a good lunch.
13. Hamburger Helper goes nowhere without ground beef.
14. They get lots of peanut butter and jelly but usually not sandwich bread.
15. Butter or margarine is nice too.
16. Eggs are a real commodity.
17. Cake mix and frosting makes it possible to make a child’s birthday cake.
18. Dishwashing detergent is very expensive and is always appreciated.
19. Feminine hygiene products are a luxury and women will cry over that.
20. Everyone loves Stove Top Stuffing.
21. Diapers
22. Wipes
23. Buns
24. Baked goods
25. Potatoes
26. Nuts
27. Seeds for eating or cooking
28. Raisins
29. Dishwashing pods
30. Rags and cleaning supplies
31. Pet food
32. Pet supplies
Thank you all!

Patty

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

Posting on behalf of Loretta.Kim.Rosenberg@gmail.com

Update to Lawsuit Response

I want to acknowledge that the Pioneer updated the article Cara Mico wrote. They removed the word lawsuit after the article posted. While I got it right about Will Stone’s posts, I was mistaken about Randy Kugler’s use of the word lawsuit. I believed he used that word in a response to someone’s post but when I looked, I couldn’t find it. I want to apologize for my mistake. In future posts I’ll make sure to slow my roll and include direct quotes as I usually have in the past.

Kim Rosenberg
loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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Celebrating those who live and/or work in Manzanita !

Give yourself the gift of self-care with 10% off full-priced spa treatments for our residents who live within 20 miles of Manzanita and all who work here. Just tell us you’re a “local local” or where you work when you book.

Book online @ spamanzanita.com
or text/call at 503.689.8679 or call 503.368.4777.

Check out our Winter Wellness packages and other specials (sorry, specials can’t be combined with the locals discount)

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Sink into relaxation and soothing warmth with this package perfect for the cooler days. Hot stones reach deep into tense muscles to help you relax and release. During the massage a magnesium-packed warming mud is applied along the spine to detoxify, warm, re-mineralize and relax tight back muscles. You’ll finish with an infrared sauna session to close out this warming, soothing and oh-so relaxing Winter Wellness treat.

RENEW & REVIVE PACKAGE
Restore your skin’s glow with our ultimate age-defying facial. The cleanest, purest ingredients, White Algae, White Wine, White Tea, and Copper Peptides blend with Hyaluronic Acid, Vitamin C, Probiotics, and an intense marine-based oxygen serum to give the skin a superior boost. Then relax into a red-light therapy infrared sauna session to allow all of those nourishing products to absorb and renew your skin.

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Join us for our Holiday Party!

FRIDAY, December 15

Please RSVP by December 13 so we know how many folks to plan for an evening of good cheer and great music!

Send your RSVP email to Mary Moran at: moranmem@gmail.com

NOT A MEMBER, JOIN AT THE DOOR FOR $20 ($40 per couple)!

Pine Grove Holiday Party on 12/15/23

Time: 5pm – 8pm

Place: Pine Grove Community House

Put on your holiday duds and join us…

A community gathering to celebrate the holidays.

Music by Stay Tuned 1st set – 45 minutes

Sing Along with Rob Borgford after 1st set of Stay Tuned. Holiday music – 30 minutes

We will have a visit from Santa who will draw names for our door prizes.

2nd set by Stay Tuned.

Appetizers and desserts:

We are hoping some of our community members will contribute a favorite holiday appetizer or dessert.

Tela Skinner will be organizing this.

If you are interested in bringing a special appetizer or dessert, please email Tela Skinner: telaskinner@gmail.com

We will serve beverages: wine, beer, coffee and water.

There will be 3 special door prizes. As people check in they will fill out a ticket giving them a chance to win one of our door prizes. All door prizes have been donated by members or businesses of our Manzanita community.

Come and dance, sing and/or connect with your neighbors.

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The Clock is Ticking!

I have a few CHILD TAGS which need filling. CHILD is a program sponsored by the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church. This is a program which gets Christmas gifts, clothing, and toys for children in our community. This note will let you know the age of the child and what is on their Christmas list. You can return these gifts, unwrapped please, to the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church in Nehalem. Tuesday and Thursday are probably good days to take presents to the church. A number to call would be 503-368-5612. If you would like a receipt for your gift, please enclose a receipt and how we might reach you.

Girl-Age 5-Anything to do with Mermaids or Rapunzel
Girl-Age 5-Pants, top, and PJ’s girls’ size 5
Girl-Age 9-Jacket Jr. small and shoes size 3 youth
Girl-Age 9-Jeans size 9 girls, tops and PJ’s girls’ size 8/10
Girl-Age 9-Drawing supplies
Girl-Age 15-Pants miss 6/8, Tops miss medium
Girl-Age 15-Drawing supplies and Brain Games
Girl-Age 15-PJ’s miss large, shoes size 8.5
Boy-Age 9-Jacket boys 10, PJ’s boys 9, Shoes 3 youth, favorite color purple
Boy-Age 9-Pants and tops boys’ size 9
Boy-Age 9-Crocs size 3 youth, RC Car, Squishmallow, dinosaurs, Slippers 3 youth,
Boy-Age 12-PJ’s Men’s small, shoes 7.5
Boy-Age 12-Legos
Boy-Age 12-Sweat Pants, men’s small, tops men’s small
Boy-Age 16-Jacket men’s medium, shoes size 9, favorite color black
Boy-Age 16-Pants 28×30, tops and PJ’s men’s medium
Boy-Age 18-Jacket men’s medium, Shoes size 8
Thanks to all who have helped with this project. You are making a difference for so many families!