Category: General Interest

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

……for evil to triumph, is to yell “its a conspiracy theory” when something you hear makes you uncomfortable

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

Quonset Hut Reverie

I don’t know if it has registered yet with many people around here, but a community landmark is in the process of being destroyed. Another part of our visual history has been condemned to the breaker’s bucket and the picker’s axe as a demolition crew ignominiously removes the quonset structure that has guarded the east end of Manzanita Avenue and east entrance of our little town for more decades than I can imagine. To many new people around here that building is little more than a reminder of all that’s old and in their way in our once quaint little community. In their haste to create their vision of a future that these few new people hold for our town they seem compelled to obliterate the last remnants of our storied past – and replace them with something new and shiny, with something that speaks of their power and progress, I guess.
For me that building is a reminder of my earliest days in this once delightful little town – before much of the rest of the world discovered us. Very, very many summers ago I split my shopping between the little grocery store “downtown” and Neahkahnie Bob’s store that used to occupy the unusual object of this reverie, when I moved here in the 1970’s. I recognized early on that our distinctive little building was clearly modeled after the imposing blimp hangers down in Tillamook complete with the blocky, but functionless, poritcoes at the south end of “our hanger” that faithfully mimicked the real thing the US Navy built up and down all of our coasts to house the aircraft that were sent aloft to protect our shores during the Second World War. I always like to believe our little “hanger” was designed and built as an homage and even as a memorial to the men and women and their Service that rose to the occasion to defend our Nation in the time of our greatest peril. As you go about your errands in the coming days – and if your travels bring you into Manzanita from that compass quarter – you might at least give a moment’s pause for that building and it’s significance to our community for all of these years, and a final nod to it’s part in our collective story as it completes it’s rendezvous with time. I also invite you to give a thought to those young men and women for whom in it’s youth it was valued as much more than just an old eyesore.

Richard Mastenik, Manzanita

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

Kim, your claim that I have stated that ” the City Manager is involved in a lawsuit with the City” is false. I have always referred and written about this matter in the way that the City has described it as an “investigation”.

Rather than falsely accuse me of saying things that I did not say, how about accurately reporting what I have said? My direct quotes follow on what I have written follow:

“As a citizen, I expect full disclosure of the actions of all of our public officials. If Mayor Simmons’s actions were such a threat to our City, I certainly want to know the details.”

“How much of that $90,000 is for the never ending investigation of the complaint filed by the City Manager against our now ex Mayor and when will citizens be allowed to review the investigation’s findings?”

Had you accurately described to readers what I have written, most fair minded citizens would likely conclude that I am interested in the facts and truth surrounding this investigation.

The investigator’s report and all fees paid by the City surrounding this investigation are public records. Citizens have a right to inspect public records without undue delays and burdensome fees and that is what we all should expect from our City officials.

The public’s right to know the details of an investigation concerning the City’s highest elected official outweighs any expectation that the complaining party’s accusations should be withheld from the public and their identity remain anonymous.

You state that “the city attorney’s job is to protect the city’s interests”. If protecting the city’s interests includes legal reasons for the refusal to release public records that are not a part of any lawsuit, I would expect citizens would have a problem with that.

Submitted By: andrew@colorcouncil.com – Click to email about this post

Hi there- Anyone have a recommendation for someone who knows baseboard heaters? Mine appears to have kicked the bucket. Would love to get it fixed!

If you or someone you know might be able to help, shoot me an email. Thanks

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

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

Lawsuit: A Fact Check

Less than a month after being sworn in—February 2023, the former mayor called her lawyer, and her lawyer called the city’s attorney incurring legal fees which have continued to accrue since then. I wrote about that awhile back.

The city of Manzanita is our attorney’s client. Council and the mayor act as agents of the city while in office, so it’s odd that a mayor would use a personal lawyer for anything to do with city business, but that’s what happened.

An executive session was scheduled near the end of February. There was no employee complaint at the time.

The city’s attorney duty is to protect the city’s interests and once the mayor involved her lawyer, it must have been clear that all was not well in Manzanita. I mean, when a volunteer member of a governing body for a town of about 600 residents shows up with their personal lawyer in tow, it probably isn’t a good sign.

The employee complaint wasn’t received by the city’s attorney until May and once he and the city’s insurance company saw it, they suggested an independent investigation to protect the city’s interests. Council voted unanimously at the regular meeting in June to approve the expenditure.

It took time for the independent investigation to be completed. I’m sure there were hours of interviews with multiple people to schedule and I assume some people were interviewed more than once.

During the investigation, the mayor continued to use her personal lawyer which increased the workload for both the city attorney and the investigator. That’s one reason why the legal bills and bills for the investigation have grown so large.

In a recent article Cara Mico wrote for the Pioneer and in posts by Randy Kugler and Will Stone on North County News and North Coast BBQ, they’ve each stated that the city manager is involved in a lawsuit with the city.

But, there is no lawsuit. Never has been. Lawsuits are a matter of public record as Mico, Kugler, and Stone all know. It’s an easy thing to fact check. There is no public record because there is no lawsuit. This begs the question—Why would a former journalist, a working journalist and a former city manager continue to repeat something that they straight out know isn’t true about a city employee?

So far, no details have been released about the investigation. The city’s attorney’s job is to protect the city’s interests and he’s taking care to do just that. Anything that you might hear or read about the investigation is speculation or just plain old gossip. The only source of information would be one of the four sitting members of council and they’d need to be willing to disclose privileged information from executive sessions risking censure. And that would beg the question who would want to do that and why?

Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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Read our eNewsletter December 5, 2023

– Are You Winter Storm Ready?
– The Great Shakeout
– Website Upgrade
– Volunteer Spotlight
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A local (gSMART Recovery group meets weekly at 5pm-6pm at St Catherine’s Church.

SMART Recovery USA – a 501(c)3 organization – is a fresh approach to addiction recovery. SMART stands for Self-Management and Recovery Training. This is more than an acronym: it is a transformative method of moving from addictive substances and negative behaviors to a life of positive self-regard and willingness to change.

Groups are open to anyone.

For more information about SMART see smartrecovery.org.

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

The Christmas portion of the CHILD program is in full swing as we prepare for the holidays. But…there are still some tags available that need to be filled in order to provide for some of our local children. If you are able to help, please pick one (or more) up and shop. The gifts need to be returned by the 15th of December so that “Santa” can get his delivery bag ready and in his sleigh.
If you don’t find the tags posted at a local business, come by Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church and there should be a few hung in the window.
A big thank you for your support. It is great to live in a community filled with so many generous people. CHILD would not be possible without your support.

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

GENERAL INTEREST

Interview with Pepe Escobar, ( not the drug lord):
For those of you who don’t know, Pepe has the respect of journalists and political analysts around the world for his depth knowledge and history regarding the grand chess board. Despite his accent, this wide angle discussion presents probably the clearest possible picture of where and why the players are doing what we see in real time and since events are moving at breakneck speed, someone like Pepe is worth listening to for an hour. And if one is not familiar with the various acronyms, like BRICS, BRI, ( the silk road), SHANGHAI CORP., IMEC, or the Ben Gurion Canal, etc, take some notes, because this is an honest, unfiltered view.

(might have to copy and paste to a new window?)

www.sott.net/article/486510-Pepe-Escobar-US-needs-Gaza-war-to-destabilize-BRICS-Greater-Eurasia

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

I am most lonely when it comes to hearing from people about building gingerbread houses for the North County Recreation District’s Winter Event. My face was bright red when I told the Friends of NCRD Committee I have only two entrants…So, help me out here people! OK, let’s open it up to gingerbread cookies too. Just remember we can’t eat them! I know of one business on Laneda who is going to do a replication of their building. If we get more people doing this, we could have whole towns built. Are you listening Nehalem and Wheeler?

OK, the event-NCRD’s Holiday Social, is going to be at NCRD on December 16th, a Saturday, from 11-1. There will be childcare, delicious food, and some information about the new pool being built. And the nice thing is that it is all FREE!

Come and support this community treasure! See below for recipe for gingerbread. For a poster for the event please contact me.

www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/how_to_make_a_gingerbread_house/

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

The Budgetary sleight of hand that this Council continues to use to pay for their new City Hall with our Water Fund money is worthy of renewed discussion in light of recent increases in water rates. The City’s explanation the past several years for the need to raise rates was that revenues were not keeping up with expenditures. This begs the question as to how this could be happening.

In FY 2019 – 2020, the Council made a direct transfer of $113,675 from the Water Operating Fund to the City Hall Expansion Fund with no explanation of why this was justified. The following Budget year, the same amount was included again in the Budget to be transferred to the City Hall Expansion Fund. John Kunkel, an experienced City Manager who was serving as our interim at the time and had inherited that year’s Budget, advised the Council that he would not be making that transfer as there was no justification for it. Club Members privately fumed but could not publicly dispute Mr. Kunkel’s decision.
In FY 2020 – 2021, the City cut timber from the Alder Creek watershed and received $500,000 in timber sales. This was the first timber cut since 1995 when all of that initial sale went to construct the blue water reservoir to avoid having to ask citizens for a Bond to finance its construction.

You would think that some portion of this $500,000 sale from watershed property would again find its way into the water construction fund to help pay for the millions of dollars of needed water system improvements. Unfortunately, all $500,000 was put into the City Hall Expansion Fund and has been spent to pay City Hall consultants and the loan to pay for the Underhill property.

In the past four years, $675,000 of your monthly water bill payments have been pulled out of the Water Fund and sent to the General Fund where once transferred can now be used for whatever use the Council wants. This year the Council, needing cash to continue to pay its City Hall consultants and demolition costs, sent $700,000 from the General Fund to the City Hall Expansion Fund.

The City has no internal accounting controls to explain how these Water Fund overhead allocation transfers are spent once they arrive at City Hall. It is not possible to give an exact amount as to how much of your new monthly water bill is now being diverted to build City Hall but there’s no disputing the fact that it is.

For the past two years the City has collected approximately $1 Million dollars each year from water customers that the City Charter says shall only be used for the costs of operation and maintenance of the City water supply system. During this time, not a single dollar of your monthly water charge has been set aside in reserve for future water system improvements.

Not much of a mystery as to why revenues to both operate and make needed water system improvements are not keeping up with expenditures when you shuffle hundreds of thousands of dollars each year out of the Water Fund with unknown amounts then ending up in the City Hall Expansion Fund.

Citizens have to work hard just to follow all the moving pieces in this slick hustle and like any successful shell game, the operator always has the advantage.

This shell game with the Water Fund, while not formally listed with other recently unveiled options, is the most successful revenue diversification program that the City has come up with. Questions that were raised about this deception have gone unanswered and the construction of the most expensive City Hall project in State history for a City of our size moves ahead.

Randy Kugler

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Fabulous Ring to be Auctioned – Drawing 1/31/2024. 

This beautiful, brilliant, Pink Sapphire ring was discovered by our very own local company, Pacific Northwest Dirt Fishing. Remarkably it was discovered almost 2 feet underground in the back field of the White Clover Grange. A testament to the diligence and expertise of Tiffany & Ronnie. The ring is likely from the 1920-30’s and is in a unique molded 14k gold, 5 prong solitaire setting.
An appraisal by Fred Meyer Jewelers valued the ring at $800.00, it is likely from the 1920-30’s, is laboratory grown pink Sapphire, round faceted and approximately .72 carats, copy of appraisal available.

Raffle tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Tickets will be on sale at the White Clover Grange on Saturday 12/9 during the Holiday Bazaar, 11-3pm. Other options for purchasing raffle tickets will be forthcoming, this is truly a sweet and unusual ring.

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

Which part of Cara Mico’s writing on Manzanita’s City hall (Tillamook County Pioneer, 11/18) is distorted and biased? Quite a bit. I counted half a dozen inaccuracies, not to mention judgements without support. If this is supposed to be an article, then it fails. As an opinion piece with a confused timeline, innuendos, ‘facts’ without basis, and much hyperbole, it succeeds. The first paragraph contains at least five cliches (point of contention, deep divides, staunch opposition, fervent support, laying bare the challenges….) that make the writer’s take on the topic pretty clear. This is journalism?

Please do watch the city council work session she links to in her piece. There you will see the city government working towards completing a project that many in the city want. We want a safe, secure, workable building for our police and government. The work to get this is steady and collaborative. There have already been numerous discussions, public opportunities to express opinions, and revisions – and more is planned (please view the city website). Also, look at the document on the water rate changes and the amount that changes for an average homeowner. Check your facts and be honest about your intentions, Mico.

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

hello there, BBQ readers,

I’m responding to the november 18 editorial by Cara Mico in the online Tillamook County Pioneer.

i’m wondering where she got her information and who fact-checked it?

i think this article is lacking and/or misconstruing facts. it follows that it is damaging to the people working for manzanita—the city manager and the council.

also, there are several confusing sentences that made me go “hunh? what is she trying to say?” each of those confusing sentences boggles my understanding of english language grammar!

as a nehalem resident who can’t vote in manzanita, i have nevertheless been following manzanita politics for about a year and a half.

words in CAPITAL LETTERS are my comments/questions.

i am disappointed in the TCP for allowing publication of this article as written.

i know i’ve been pretty blunt, but i have the dual lifelong ingrained habits of being a nitpicker of grammatical usage and of being a stickler for the truth.

See article and my COMMENTS below.

om peace namaste

lucy brook

Manzanita’s City Hall Project Brings Community Disagreement to a Head
Posted on November 18, 2023 by Cara Mico, Assistant Editor
Manzanita’s ambitious City Hall project has become a focal point of contention, reflecting deep divides within the community and its leadership. The project, aimed at modernizing city infrastructure, has been met with both staunch opposition and fervent support, laying bare the challenges of balancing progress with fiscal prudence.

But the project comes at a time when all of the city’s infrastructure is aging out of its life cycle and when new water rates, which had been stable for years following the vote to increase them, are now being implemented with many homeowners left unable to pay them. AFTER NOT HAVING BEEN RAISED FOR TEN YEARS, THE WATER RATES JUST SWITCHED TO A MONTHLY BILL IN OCTOBER, SO IT SEEMS A LITTLE SOON TO KNOW JUST WHO ARE THE FOLKS WHO ARE FINANCIALLY STRESSED TO PAY THEIR BILL.

Vocal opponents criticize the project’s estimated $5 million bond (IT IS NOT A BOND. THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO BORROW MONEY RATHER THAN PRESENT A BOND TO THE VOTERS) as excessive, spotlighting concerns over the city manager’s spending without considering public opinion, which had voted the project down previously. IT’S NOT THE CITY MANAGER’S SPENDING DECISION! IT’S THE COUNCIL THAT MADE THE DECISION. THIS IS EGREGIOUSLY INCORRECT. The current plan drew significant public scrutiny, so much so that a petition received over 120 signatures to bring the question to a vote. When the petition was presented to the Mayor nothing but the Council chose to move forward with the second phase of the project anyway.

Proponents argue the existing buildings, deemed outdated and unsafe over three decades ago, necessitate this overhaul. They highlight the long-term savings from consolidating city administration and emergency management facilities as well as creating a public meeting space for regular meetings and disaster readiness.

The project caused rifts in the city council and staff, with resignations potentially influenced by these internal tensions. NOT SO. THE RIFTS WERE BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND CITY STAFF, AND THERE WAS LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCILORS. The Mayor’s recent resignation and two vacant board positions signal a governance system under strain. Amidst these resignations, the city manager has also brought a lawsuit to the city for a hostile work environment. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS NO LAW SUIT. THERE’S AN INVESTIGATION INTO AN EMPLOYEE COMPLAINT. THE CITY’S LAWYER AND INSURANCE COMPANY ASKED FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION. At the moment there is the potential for three appointed positions, the only way to change that would be to change the City Charter, which would require a public vote. THERE IS NOT POTENTIAL FOR THREE APPOINTED POSITIONS—TWO HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILLED. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ONE APPOINTED POSITION, THE MAYOR’S SEAT. THE FIRST COUNCILOR WHO RESIGNED WAS THE ONLY ONE YOUNG ENOUGH TO STILL BE WORKING FULL TIME, AND SHE FOUND THE WORK LOAD TOO MUCH. THE SECOND OF THOSE TWO COUNCILORS RESIGNED BECAUSE HE MOVED AWAY (FAR AWAY). ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH “A GOVERNANCE SYSTEM UNDER STRAIN.” THE TCP MIGHT CHOOSE TO INTERVIEW THESE TWO AND LEARN “FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH” THEIR REASONS FOR RESIGNING/MOVING.

With Manzanita grappling with leadership gaps and a community divided, the path forward for the City Hall project remains uncertain. I DON’T THINK THE CITY IS “GRAPPLING WITH “LEADERSHIP GAPS.” THEY STILL HAVE THE CALM, CONSIDERED VOICES OF LINDA KOZLOWSKI AND JERRY SPEGMAN. THEY HAVE THE TWO NEW COUNCILORS KATHRYN STOCK AND BRAD HART, WHO EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL, YET THEY ARE EXPERIENCED, INTELLIGENT, THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE. As the city confronts these challenges, the need for unified vision and collaborative problem-solving has never been more critical. Check back for a more in-depth discussion with the former mayor and other residents. RATHER THAN WRITE NEGATIVE “IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION WITH THE FORMER MAYOR,” WHY NOT INTERVIEW THE PRESENT AND RECENTLY-RESIGNED CITY COUNCILORS?

HOW ABOUT CREATING POSITIVE SUPPORT FOR BOTH EXPERIENCED AND NEW MANZANITA CITY COUNCILORS?

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

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

Misinformation, Fact Checking, and Journalistic Integrity

The November 18th edition of the Tillamook County Pioneer published an article rife with misinformation. I can only assume that the assistant editor responsible for writing Manzanita’s City Hall Project Brings Community Disagreement to a Head, and the editor responsible for publishing it didn’t bother to fact check the misinformation presented and failed to cite the sources used or direct quotes from whoever made them. Far from presenting unbiased information that would help inform the public, the Pioneer chose to publish a biased opinion piece in the guise of fact. Shame on them.

Let’s check some facts. I’ve pasted direct quotes from the article and responded. I don’t think this article is really about the city hall project, though. I think it’s another attempt to discredit our current city manager.

“The project caused rifts in the city council and staff, with resignations potentially influenced by these internal tensions.”
The writer uses innuendo here to imply that internal tensions about the city hall project was the driving factor for the resignations on council. The writer didn’t interview the councilors who resigned. There are no direct quotes. 

“The Mayor’s recent resignation and two vacant board positions signal a governance system under strain. Amidst these resignations, the city manager has also brought a lawsuit to the city for a hostile work environment.”
The writer cites no source for this false information. There is no lawsuit. There is an employee complaint which required an independent investigation. The employee has not been named nor has the nature of the complaint. The city’s attorney and the city’s insurance company requested the investigation. This false information could only come from a source who attended executive sessions and misstated privileged information for their own benefit.

“But the (city hall) project comes at a time when all of the city’s infrastructure is aging out of its life cycle and when new water rates, which had been stable for years following the vote to increase them, are now being implemented with many homeowners left unable to pay them.” 
The water rates in Manzanita haven’t been raised since 2014. Nehalem and Neahkahnie raised their rates last year and Cannon Beach raises their rates annually. In Manzanita rates depend on the customers usage and time of year.
The writer has no facts to support the claim homeowners can’t pay their bills. How many people did she talk with? What does ‘many’ mean? What’s her source? Where are the facts?
 
Vocal opponents criticize the project’s estimated $5 million bond as excessive, spotlighting concerns over the city manager’s spending without considering public opinion, which had voted the project down previously.  
The estimated cost is 5 million dollars, but it’s not funded by a bond. Council made the decision to move forward with the City Hall project, not the City Manager. Several public meetings and conversations with citizens were held by council before the vote to proceed.

The current plan drew significant public scrutiny, so much so that a petition received over 120 signatures to bring the question to a vote. When the petition was presented to the Mayor nothing but the Council chose to move forward with the second phase of the project anyway.  
The petition was to have a vote on every individual expenditure for city hall—every invoice—not to approve city hall or to fund city hall with a bond. The petitioner and the mayor had the opportunity to present their information at a regular council meeting but chose not to.
 
With Manzanita grappling with leadership gaps and a community divided, the path forward for the City Hall project remains uncertain. As the city confronts these challenges, the need for unified vision and collaborative problem-solving has never been more critical. Check back for a more in depth discussion with the former mayor and other residents.
The former mayor has a history of misstating information evidenced by her performance at the last council meeting. She’s spread untrue information in the community regarding the executive sessions, the independent investigation, and the city manager. We can assume the mayor is the source of this misinformation because who else present at the executive sessions would benefit by misrepresenting the narrative?

The writer promises a more in depth discussion with the former mayor but not with former councilors who resigned, not with the City Manager who seems to be the crux of this article, not with current council.

By publishing an article that is laden with misleading and untrue information the editor of the Pioneer makes it clear that facts don’t matter at their publication. Journalistic integrity relies on the reporters writing to fact check their information before publishing.

The Pioneer’s website ABOUT page states, “The Rotarian ‘4-way test’ resonated with all the partners, and acts as guiding principles for the organization:
Is it the TRUTH?
Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS?
Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Regarding this article, the answers to the questions are No. No. No, and No.

Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

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THE SIXTIES
Coming on the 60th year since John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered. During the same period several other bright lights were also extinguished because as a whole they represented a real threat to the Military Industrial Intelligence Complex that Eisenhower warned us about and any major turning towards world wide cooperation was not to be tolerated. It was a pivotal time in so many ways.

Felix Moumie- Africa- 1960
Dag Hammarskjold- Sweden- 1961
Patrice Lumamba- Africa- 1961-
Sylvanus Olympia- Africa- 1963
Medgar Evans- USA- 1963
J F Kennedy- USA- 1963
Malcom X- USA- 1965
Mehdi Ben Barka- Africa-1965
Martin Luther King- USA- 1968
R F Kennedy- USA- 1968
Eduardo Mondlane- Africa- 1969

Niel Oliver telling it:
www.sott.net/article/486123-Neil-Oliver-Lies-Keep-Coming

James H. Kunstler, the flaming pen, tells it:
www.sott.net/article/486084-Leaving-Blobtopia

Dylan, America’s poet laureate, tells it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fqxsdtOIg0

Kesinya Simonova, tells it for Ukraine/Russia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qOmST_yz-4

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Time Once Again to Remind You to Donate to Local Food Projects
During Thanksgiving schools are closed for four days so kids won’t get free breakfast and lunch. I am not sure how long Christmas break will be, but it is generally 14 days. More food is needed during this time.
Our Main Food Bank in North Tillamook County is the North County Food Bank (NCFB) located across the parking lot from the Nehalem Bay Health Center, 230 Rowe Street, Wheeler, Oregon. The NCFB will be serving recipients a full Thanksgiving Meal this coming Tuesday. The NCFB opens at noon on Tuesday. Donations of food and money are always welcome. No home cooked food or home canned items please. You can give by dropping off donations at noon at the NCFB, or by sending a check to NCFB, PO Box 162, Wheeler, Oregon, 97147. Donations to this food bank are needed year around. And please don’t forget the clothing bank.
The Methodist Church in Nehalem also has a food bank and clothing bank. They are open Monday, Friday, and Saturday from ten to two. Address for them is Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church, PO Box 156, Nehalem, Oregon 97131. Be sure to write on your check where you want your money to go. Also, at the Church they serve Senior meals on Tuesday and Thursday from noon to one. You can eat there or request delivery. Call 503-368-6081.
Meals for Seniors in Rockaway Beach is at St. Mary’s by the Sea Catholic Church. They are served Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 11:30-12:30. They also deliver meals. To support their program, you can mail a check to Meals for Seniors, PO Box 852, Rockaway Beach, Or. 97136
The Lions Club in Rockaway Beach continues to turkey dinner with all the trimmings to families on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Your help with this cause is also appreciated. Their mailing address is Rockaway Lions, PO Box 611, Rockaway Beach, 97136
Do hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Not sure who said this – If you have enough, giving ought to bring you great joy!

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Today climate activists are saying that you have to kill your pet because they are contribute climate change, also you have to give up food, including meat because fertilizer contributes to climate change, and water because water is scarce due to climate change, and you have to give up being warm in winter and cool in the summer because these things take fossil fuel which causes climate change which will end the world as we know it.
I think that if you give up these things, you will end, not just your pet, and that is the point
https://twitter.com/iluminatibot/status/1725044924545208797?s=21 (pet news) Modern doomsayers have been predicting climate and environmental disaster since the 1960s. They continue to do so today. None of the apocalyptic predictions with due dates as of today have come true. What follows is a collection of notably wild predictions from notable people in government and science. More than merely spotlighting the failed predictions, this collection shows that the makers of failed apocalyptic predictions often are individuals holding respected positions in government and science. While such predictions have been and continue to be enthusiastically reported by a media eager for sensational headlines, the failures are typically not revisited . HOW YOU ARE FOOLED https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8455KEDitpU Below are the 41 failed doomsday, eco-pocalyptic predictions (with links):
1. 1967: Dire Famine Forecast By 1975 2. 1969: Everyone Will Disappear In a Cloud Of Blue Steam By 1989 (1969) 3. 1970: Ice Age By 2000 4. 1970: America Subject to Water Rationing By 1974 and Food Rationing By 1980 5. 1971: New Ice Age Coming By 2020 or 2030 6. 1972: New Ice Age By 2070 7. 1974: Space Satellites Show New Ice Age Coming Fast 8. 1974: Another Ice Age? 9. 1974: Ozone Depletion a ‘Great Peril to Life (data and graph) 10. 1976: Scientific Consensus Planet Cooling, Famines imminent 11. 1980: Acid Rain Kills Life In Lakes (additional link) 12. 1978: No End in Sight to 30-Year Cooling Trend (additional link) 13. 1988: Regional Droughts (that never happened) in 1990s 14. 1988: Temperatures in DC Will Hit Record Highs 15. 1988: Maldive Islands will Be Underwater by 2018 (they’re not) 16. 1989: Rising Sea Levels will Obliterate Nations if Nothing Done by 2000 17. 1989: New York City’s West Side Highway Underwater by 2019 (it’s not) 18. 2000: Children Won’t Know what Snow Is 19. 2002: Famine In 10 Years If We Don’t Give Up Eating Fish, Meat, and Dairy 20. 2004: Britain will Be Siberia by 2024 21. 2008: Arctic will Be Ice Free by 2018 22. 2008: Climate Genius Al Gore Predicts Ice-Free Arctic by 2013 23. 2009: Climate Genius Prince Charles Says we Have 96 Months to Save World 24. 2009: UK Prime Minister Says 50 Days to ‘Save The Planet From Catastrophe’ 25. 2009: Climate Genius Al Gore Moves 2013 Prediction of Ice-Free Arctic to 2014 26. 2013: Arctic Ice-Free by 2015 (additional link) 27. 2014: Only 500 Days Before ‘Climate Chaos’ 28. 1968: Overpopulation Will Spread Worldwide 29. 1970: World Will Use Up All its Natural Resources 30. 1966: Oil Gone in Ten Years 31. 1972: Oil Depleted in 20 Years 32. 1977: Department of Energy Says Oil will Peak in 1990s 33. 1980: Peak Oil In 2000 34. 1996: Peak Oil in 2020 35. 2002: Peak Oil in 2010 36. 2006: Super Hurricanes! 37. 2005 : Manhattan Underwater by 2015 38. 1970: Urban Citizens Will Require Gas Masks by 1985 39. 1970: Nitrogen buildup Will Make All Land Unusable 40. 1970: Decaying Pollution Will Kill all the Fish 41. 1970s: Killer Bees!
42. 1975: The Cooling World and a Drastic Decline in Food Production
43. 1969: Worldwide Plague, Overwhelming Pollution, Ecological Catastrophe, Virtual Collapse of UK by End of 20th Century 44. 1972: Pending Depletion and Shortages of Gold, Tin, Oil, Natural Gas, Copper, Aluminum 45. 1970: Oceans Dead in a Decade, US Water Rationing by 1974, Food Rationing by 1980 46. 1988: World’s Leading Climate Expert Predicts Lower Manhattan Underwater by 2018 47. 2005: Fifty Million Climate Refugees by the Year 2020 48. 2000: Snowfalls Are Now a Thing of the Past 49.1989: UN Warns That Entire Nations Wiped Off the Face of the Earth by 2000 From Global Warming 50. 2011: Washington Post Predicted Cherry Blossoms Blooming in Winter
But somehow this time will be different, and the ‘experts’ and 16-year olds of today will suddenly be correct in their new predictions of eco-doom and eco-disaster? NOT.

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The Nehalem Bay Garden Club announces our annual charitable giving program.

The NBGC was established in 1950 and 73 years later we are going strong, primarily due to our love of community, passion for plants & gardening! Our mission is to cultivate the knowledge and love of gardening through educational programs and activities, to aid in the protection of the environment, native plants, wildlife, and to support public service through garden related organizations and volunteer opportunities. You may have noticed our beautification project at the Nehalem Post Office?

We are now accepting proposals for our 2023 charitable gift giving program through December 15, 2023. Proposals must be received by 12/15 to Constance Shimek, % NBGC PO Box 261, Wheeler, OR 97147 or emailed to constance@nehalemtel.net (please include ‘grant request’ in the subject line). Please limit the proposal to one page and it must align with our mission statement. Include in the proposal the amount needed, specific use, and the benefit to your organization or public. Disbursements are usually $500 or less, and larger grants will be considered based on need and availability of funds. Funding will be distributed by year end.

Our grant program is made possible by our Club’s annual plant sale, held the day before Mothers Day in May. During the year we offer a variety of activities for our members including speakers, demonstrations, videos, and potlucks. Additional activities include garden/nursery tours and workshops. We meet from September to April at the Calgary Church in Manzanita, the 4th Tuesday of the month @ 1:30 We welcome guests & new members. For further information contact our President, Constance Shimek: constance@nehalemtel.net.

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