Raffle Fundraiser for Fire Mountain School

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SUPPORT FIRE MOUNTAIN SCHOOL! ENTER TO WIN 2 POSSIBLE OREGON GETAWAY VACATIONS!!

Each prize valued at $1,000. The 1st place winner can choose: either (1) 3 nights at a vacation rental in Falcon Cove, OR plus hundreds of dollars in “Eats and Treats” gift certificates from nearby shops and restaurants or (2) $1,000 gift certificate to Breitenbush, an off-grid Retreat Center & Hot Springs in the Oregon Cascades.

Tickets are only $100 each! Drawing is June 5th, 2023.

For more information and to buy tickets: www.firemountainschool.org/2023raffle.html

Health District Praises Service of Jeff Slamal

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During its regular meeting on May 10, 2023 the board of the Nehalem Bay Health District expressed
its profound sadness over the recent death of Jeff Slamal, the Health District’s chief executive
officer.

Jeff, who had held the administrative position with the District since 2017, died suddenly on May 7.

The board expresses its deepest condolences to Vicki, Jeff’s family and his many, many friends.
Jeff informed the board on March 20 of this year that he intended to retire in June at the end of the
current fiscal year, and he indicated his desire to work closely with his replacement to ensure a
smooth transition.

“Jeff’s decision to retire was accepted with genuine regret, but we certainly recognized and
appreciated his strong desire to spend more time with his wife, family and friends, while continuing
to enjoy his life as a musician and his role as a member of the board of the Riverbend Players,” said
board president Marc C. Johnson. “The tragedy of Jeff’s passing is made even more profound with
the realization that he will not enjoy his well-earned retirement after a lifetime of dedicated work and
public service.”

Johnson said he was speaking for all health District board members in praising Jeff Slamal’s service
to the District and the larger community. Jeff has been a key participant in every aspects of the
District’s work for the last six years from the development and execution of a strategic plan,
including preparation of a general obligation bond measure focused on local health and senior care
to strengthening relationships with the District’s community partners.

“Jeff never met a stranger,” Johnson said. “He was a tremendous ambassador for the District and its
mission. He was a ‘get it done’ kind of guy with a great sense of humor who was also tremendously
caring and very people focused. As a friend and colleague there was none better.”

Looking for TH!RD ACTORS or 350.org followers

Submitted By: edith@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
I am hoping to connect with any and all community folks who are following TH!RD ACT and/or 350.org. or other similar organizations, perhaps. No need to limit my sphere of inquiry. I am a member of TH!RD ACT and TH!RD ACT OREGON and 350.org, and a follower of TH!RD ACT JUNEAU. (Not sure that is relevant.) I feel as if there must be others nearby. Phone, text, or email–503-809-1312, edith@nehalemtel.net.

Although, I’m inclined toward not answering the phone if I do not recognize the number. If you leave a message, I’ll call you back. Thank you.

General Repair, Maintenance, Installations, Demo & Dump

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Hi my name is Nick Burns, I was born and raised on the coast. I grew up doing all different kinds of maintenance in hotels, vacation rentals, and residential homes. Later I worked for a general contractor for almost two years doing miscellaneous carpentry inside and out of commercial buildings and residential homes. I then met another general contractor who guided and helped me get licensed as well as start a company of my own. Now I’m looking to do weekend work under my own name for extra income and to be more proactive on weekends.

No job is too small, text me at (503) 741-1384 to set up a time for me to stop by for a free consultation and estimate.

CCB License Number: 243353
Email: nickburnsconstruction@gmail.com

Health Care

Submitted By: yuiqwe1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
If you are concerned about the small increase in property taxes that will occur if the bond for a new health care center passes compare that to the significant increase in property value that will accrue by having a new high quality health care facility in the immediate neighborhood. You will more than make up for the tax increase if you avoid the expense of gas for one or two drives a year to Portland, Astoria or even Tillamook to get care.

Detox from ‘covid’ shots?

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
President of Moderna (formerly called Mode RNA):
“Yes, there has been an increase in myocarditis for those who have taken the shots”.
The guy in this video is the CEO (not president) and he is now a billionaire thanks to Trump’s and Biden’s trillion-dollar Big Pharma ‘covid’ scam. (Trump started the mandates, the shutdowns, and the vaccine production.) But making a billion-dollars off our suffering wasn’t enough compensation for this criminal, he made an additional 400-million dollars last year.
He got a billion of our taxpayer dollars for a vaccine that did nothing to stop the spread or reduce hospitalizations. Our money paid for the ‘development’ of these mRNA shots as well.
And he got this money despite admitting on Fox Business News that the lab-engineered SARS-CoV-2 virus contained a DNA-sequence PATENTED by Moderna!!!!!
Oh no, this is NOT a conspiracy theory, though many wish it was…
From his own new-billionaire mouth:
at 07:30:

Yup, and an increase in myocarditis (and heart attacks and strokes for the elderly, though not mentioned in this hearing on myocarditis in teen boys) from the shots:

The director of the health district in Wheeler ‘died suddenly’ while working out the other day.
He was in great health before the shots.
Then he began having heart problems his doctor couldn’t figure out.
Then, as I said, he died suddenly at NCRD while working out the other day. Was it from the shots? I don’t know, this isn’t a science experiment. But I know where I would put my money.
Healthy folks dying “suddenly” is a known thing in England and much of Europe.
But, for example, since Anderson Cooper’s show gets 8 million of its 10 million dollars from Pfizer, VAERS stuff (The feds “Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System”) doesn’t get any reporting. Don’t bite the Big Pharma hand that feeds you…
It’s safe and easy to pretend this new technology from Big Farma/Big Tech is just our polio vaccine or whatever. But if you put this junk in your body you might want to think about detoxing, though many think that isn’t possible.
Again, this isn’t science, but I know where I’d put my money.
rumble.com/v1h9lat-nothing-to-see-here-mark-steyn-questions-why-young-healthy-people-are-dying.html
Finally, we are all adults on this site. Since I started posting on BBQ after a ten year absence, I have received five pieces of insanely childish hate mail (I won’t out you cowards here) and someone called my boss, North Korea-style to complain I had become a ‘right-winger’.
I am the same true-liberal anti-war, anti-Big Pharma, organic, fierce environmentalist (wild animals way more desirable than humans, as I am clearly reminded after every time I post on BBQ), that I have always been.
What I see however, is most on the ‘left’ have abandoned classical liberalism and have embraced leftist fascism and totalitarian communism. The left has also become over-the-top intolerant, irrational, and childish. I can’t stress that last point enough.
BBQ is a community forum. If you disagree with something someone posts, the proper course of action, so it seems, is not to have a temper tantrum and then send hate mail to those you disagree with. If you have something to share, use your adult words and make your argument on the site, that’s how these community forums are supposed to work.
And unless you admire North Korea, you certainly don’t complain to the boss of someone who posts something you disagree with.
But if you must send hate mail, go ahead.
Your head might be thicker than my skin, but my skin is thick enough, I can take it.
In fact, I will confess, your hate mail has been quite fun…

Recording of MooVoter MidCounty Forum Session 1

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Recorded May 6, 2023

MooVoter MidCounty Forum Session 1

Moderated by Sayde Walker

Featuring Candidates for Tillamook School District #9
Justin Aufdermauer
Dr. Danell Boggs
Kurt Mizee
Matthew Petty
Samantha Spratt
and
Candidate for Tillamook County Transportation District
Jim Heffernan
and
Candidates for Tillamook Bay Community College Board
Mary Faith Bell
Mary Jones

https://youtu.be/gssKWuoMx-A

Why ME for NCRD response to Erin

Submitted By: constanceforncrd@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
In response to Erin’s BBQ post of May 7th, regarding the MooVoter/Tillamook Pioneer Candidate Forum, and bringing clarity.

Many of you know I was a Board member, Officer, President of Friends of NCRD from 2008-2021. In 2019 I became President when tunnel vision for the pool project threatened the security of our Scholarship Program. Our newly elected board immediately rewrote our ByLaws to reflect Scholarships would be given priority funding. If you look into the Quarterly disbursements, you will discover the Youth after school program receives the majority of funding.

To be clear, I have never said the NCRD doesn’t provide Scholarships, I was a critical part of ensuring the Scholarship program remained strong. I stated the NCRD doesn’t do enough to promote Scholarships for those needing financial assistance. On the NCRD website you will see the statement ‘Scholarship assistance is extended to individuals in need of rehabilitative therapy due to injury or illness’. This statement alone implies Scholarships are exclusive, it says nothing about funding due to financial need. I also stated I would like to see user fees reviewed and the NCRD look into creating a sliding scale, creating Equity.

I hear myself in Erin’s statement of ‘not once did I ever have any feeling of un-welcomeness’. That WAS me and now sounds dismissive and promotive of the status quo. The status quo needs to change. I listen and I have heard many conversations of anger, upset and frustration. I am aware of them, the Board of NCRD is aware of them, the Friends of NCRD is aware of them and the NCRD is aware of them. I AM committed to listening for the NCRD becoming the best it can be, PERIOD! With me on the Board, we will create a safe space which will allow individuals to bring their concerns and have them addressed with honor, respect and completion, inside the context for the NCRD being the best it can be, for ALL.

My name is Constance! I ask you to vote for me, thank you.

Why I’m Voting ‘Yes’ for Local Health Care

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A testimonial from a local supporter.

By Kelly Seaton

I am a third generation North coast resident. My grandparents moved here from Portland in the mid 80’s after retirement. My grandfather built their home and large separate garage on the top of the hill in Wheeler. He called it “Up town Wheeler,” and that’s how he answered the phone since I was a little girl.

My grandfather was an avid fisherman among many other things and deeply intertwined in the community. He was the mayor of Wheeler at one point. My grandmother was a really wonderful lady, an avid gardener and part of the garden club in town. They both were proud Lions club members and loved living out here on the coast. They finished building their home here the year I was born, so I spent my entire childhood traveling back and forth a lot from the Portland area.

My grandfather had many serious health issues over the course of his retirement. He would travel back and forth from Portland, Astoria, Seaside, Tillamook and other bigger cities nearby because of the lack of resources in this area for his medical needs. He had heart problems that lead to a pacemaker and liver disease in his end years. He was life flighted and rushed by ambulance many times throughout his time here as our local health system wasn’t sufficient for his medical needs. Moving away from the coast was never an option as they were deeply involved in the community and wanted to stay in their home they loved and built for themselves.

My grandmother had really ideal health until her late 70s when she developed Alzheimer’s disease. At one point, she was in the Nehalem Bay memory care before my mother pulled her out and brought her home to Grandpa where she belonged. My mother and a few of their siblings took turns caring for my grandmother for the remainder of her time here on earth. It ended up being 5+ years of my grandmother battling the disease before it took her life. During those very difficult years, my mother spent most of her week down here, from her home and family in the Portland area, caring for my grandparents night and day. She would get relief by a few of her siblings for a couple days a week. They traveled from Sandy and Raleigh Hills, OR. They all did whatever it took to make sure my grandparents got to stay together in their home where they wanted to be. This was a major sacrifice and a reality for many in this community. As it turns out, both my grandparents passed away within a few months of each other in the comfort of their home with their kids by their side.

My mother and stepdad had bought a home in Nehalem not long before my mom’s parents both passed away.

My mother then went on to living life for herself again, and it wasn’t long before she herself began an awful battle with cancer. They found when it was late stage 3. She spent the rest of her life traveling for her medical care to Portland and the cancer center in Astoria. This was a really unfortunate situation and something many will deal with as they choose to retire or live here. Lack of specialty care and access to sufficient medical systems and care facilities make this area really challenging for all. These things make it difficult for everyone and it’s important to recognize that we are all in it together. At some point, every person in this community will need health services or specialty care that we may or may not have available here and need to travel for. Our grocery store clerk, gas station attendant, bankers, farmers, and so on. Even if it doesn’t impact you or your family directly, it will inevitably still impact you.

I am now raising the 4th generation here in our community. I moved out here when my mother was diagnosed with cancer and my daughter was only 3 months old. We had a year with my mother before she passed from complications of chemotherapy and the cancer itself. I’ve raised my daughter here and stay with my stepdad where we have grown quite close as we share the grief of missing my mom. I plan to continue living in this community and my daughter is now in the Neahkahnie school district as a preschooler. We spent the first few years of her life traveling to Portland for her primary care and then to Tillamook for a short while. Then we landed at the (then known as) Rinehart clinic where we quickly realized we should have been all along. We are lucky to have such caring and wonderful health care workers right here in our little town. It took a little time and some recommendations from friends in town, before we found the right place for our needs. My daughter has some special needs and is being well taken care of, still needed to travel some for her.

The Nehalem Bay Health Center needs this upgrade we are voting for.

With all that said, our livelihoods are deeply impacted by access to healthcare. Our health care system in this area needs a major upgrade and overhaul to accommodate the needs of our community and aging population, my stepdad included. It is deeply important to me to do whatever I can to make this happen.

As a student of Public Health and future health care worker and more importantly, a mother, daughter and friend. We are the fabric of our community, and we need to care for one another. If there is one important thing I’ve learned in the study of Public Health, it’s that the health of every individual matters and makes a difference. Lack of access to healthcare is a major determinant of health outcomes.

We need this new upgraded facility, and we need to ensure we are all given a fair and equal opportunity to have good health and promote longevity. Traveling for care is both a privilege and a major added challenge, that many will be, and already are, unable to make happen. This means poorer health outcomes for our community and negatively impacts our population health.

We need our community strong, healthy and fully supported. This is why I’m voting “Yes” for local health care.

Don’t Portland my Tillamook

Submitted By: dixiegainer@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
During times of economic instability, crime goes up – and crime has increased tremendously in Oregon and other big cities in this country, and also in smaller coastal cities and town. Fentanyl is here now! Many of the homeless are settling in our little coastal villages. There are increasing reports of thefts and home break-ins. I think we need more deputies. BUT the County seeks to cut six County Sheriffs Deputy positions already funded in a recent proposed budget. They want to transfer the money to a contingency fund where it could be spent on anything. They want a new city hall! Personnel cuts to the Sheriffs Office were the most financially impacted of all the county departments.
This is what I have to say about that: During times of economic instability, crime goes up – and crime has increased tremendously in Oregon and other big cities in this country, and also in smaller coastal cities and town. Fentanyl is here now! Many of the homeless are settling in our little coastal villages. There are increasing reports of thefts and home break-ins. I think we need six more deputies. My opinion of the county commissioners is not good. They are definitely not small business friendly and they don’t seem to be county friendly either. They want to cut law enforcers in a time of more crime. You can make a statement about this by sending an e-mail to: publiccommens@co.tillamook.or.us

Wait, I’m Not An 80-Year-Old EVCNB Volunteer!

Submitted By: bradhartmobile@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
As I’m sure many of you have seen on social media and the City Council Meeting on 5/3, a lot of emails were released from a request to the City of Manzanita for public records. One of those is attached below. The following is a response to that email.

My name is Brad Hart, 53 years old. I’m a full time resident and voter in Manzanita. I’m involved, contributing through volunteerism with the Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay (EVCNB) and other organizations to make our community a better and safer place to live. I was honored and humbled to receive the Volunteer of the Year award from the EVCNB for 2022. I was included in the Harshbarger CERT award along with a group of distinguished EVCNB CERT volunteer colleagues.

The EVCNB is recognized in our local community, Tillamook County and by the State of Oregon as a leader in community education and disaster preparedness. It and its volunteers have received awards and honors from the State’s Medical Reserve Corps, SERV-OR, and other organizations. The organization, as well as the many volunteers that give countless hours of their time, are dedicated to building personal, community and regional resilience, developing programs to ensure readiness, and promoting a culture of emergency preparedness. The EVCNB is recognized as a blueprint for many other communities to help them prepare, be organized and ready to respond in case of a disaster.

Mr. Kugler, Manzanita Mayor Deb Simmons’s “trusted advisor”, makes inexcusable remarks ridiculing the efforts of the founding generation of volunteers such as this excerpt: “their medical needs attended to by 80-year-old EVC volunteers”. I view these individuals as being the foundation of the EVCNB. Having started the organization 15 years ago and leading it to what we have today, it is no less than heroic. These senior members of the organization are personal mentors, role models and leaders in our community. I strive to follow in their footsteps. I for one would be happy to receive help from qualified and trained volunteers, regardless of their age, at Underhill or elsewhere if a disaster strikes.

I’m appalled and find the email to be mocking in nature of all the efforts of the EVCNB organization and the many dedicated volunteers. These volunteers have contributed countless hours of their time to benefit our community. Excerpt: “those tourists that survive will be provided with a complimentary go bag signed by the EVC volunteers to show the City’s gratitude for your visit”. Making a joke that the go-bags being given to tourists as gratitude for a visit during a disaster is reprehensible.

Kugler continues to conflate EVCNB with the City of Manzanita. EVCNB is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization promoting preparedness throughout the Nehalem Bay area. The City of Manzanita is just one part of the broader community served. The cities and County are responsible for the needs of any people within their jurisdiction after an emergency or disaster. Mocking this responsibility is childish.

There are many volunteers involved in the betterment of our community. Eighty years old, older and younger. I personally choose to focus on efforts to help not only my family, but the greater good of our community. Regardless, if I survive the big one, I’ll be here to help my fellow citizens in any way possible.

If you want to know more about the EVCNB and all the good work we do, please contact me, or visit the www.EVCNB.org website. You can get more involved in your local neighborhood cluster, emergency communication or simply to learn more about being prepared for a disaster. There are many volunteer opportunities. We welcome anyone to help with our mission, no matter your age.

Email referenced below:

From: Randy Kugler <rkinor@gmail.com>
Subject: Use of TLT funds
Date: February 16, 2023 at 2:39:38 PM PST
To: Jerry Spegman <jerryspegman@gmail.com>, Brad Mayerle
<Brad@mayerletydeman.com>, Debra Simmons <daslunas@icloud.com>

When conversations come up on uses of TLT monies, you might want to become familiar with the statutory language below that is used to consider how those funds can be used. “Tourist” means a person who, for business, pleasure, recreation or participation in events related to the arts, heritage or culture, travels from the community in which that person is a resident to a different community that is separate, distinct from and unrelated to the person’s community of residence, and that trip:
(a)
Requires the person to travel more than 50 miles from the community of residence; or
(b)
Includes an overnight stay.

Does the cost of constructing facilities used for the storage of emergency supplies and the purchase of the supplies themselves qualify?

I suppose if Manzanita wants to promote itself as the first disaster destination locale that offers those lucky few visitors who time it just right to take advantage of our next tsunami, it might just work.

Those visitors who travel more than 50 miles or stay overnight when the big one hits can afterwards go up to Underhill, sleep in the open or in tents on cots now that the Q Hut is going away, eat prepackaged meals and have their medical needs attended to by 80 year old EVC volunteers. To complete this unique recreation experience, those tourists that survive will be provided with a complimentary go bag signed by the EVC volunteers to show the City’s gratitude for your visit.

If you can’t laugh about some of the nonsense and uninformed comments that come out of these meetings you’re not going to survive.

Property Maintenance and repair

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Virtuoso Worriers, Ne’er Do Well Enoughs, Rage Kings and Queens, Celebrants All

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Come offer your miraculous ordinariness each Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. in St Catherine’s Sanctuary.

We are a buddhist inspired Sangha gathering to share what is possible.

You will be welcomed.

There is never a cost. If you cannot step out of a market economy, give something away to whatever dog-worthy.

In peace.

Why ME for NCRD

Submitted By: Constanceforncrd@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Posting for my friend and fellow Mahjong playing buddy, Susan Henderson Pierce

North County is fortunate to have Constance Shimek seeking a position on the North County Recreation District (NCRD) board. I have known and had multiple contacts with her for the last couple of years. During this time, she has been honest, trustworthy, intelligent, and keeps her word. Constance is not afraid to ask hard questions and she actually shows up. I have never heard her speak negatively about anyone. She is a secure problem solver. A vote for Constance is a vote you won’t regret.

Endorsements for TBCC Board by Retired Teachers

Submitted By: cava02@centurylink.net – Click to email about this post
Tillamook County Retired Educators and Teachers PAC, TREAT, has endorsed five candidates for re-election to the Tillamook Bay Community College Board of Education.

Mary Jones, Position 1
Andrea Goss, Position 2 (unopposed)
Shannon Hoff, Position 4 (unopposed)
Betsy McMahon, Position 5
Mary Faith Bell, Position 7

All five candidates deserve and need your vote. These current board members have helped guide the college in its development of strong academic and vocational training that is accessible to everyone in our community.

Go to the TREAT website at www.tillamookretiredteachers.org for more information about each of these candidates. TREAT is also on Facebook at tillamookretiredteachers.

Below are the three TBCC Board candidates who are running opposed. Your vote for them will be a vote for public education and the success of ALL students.

FRIDAY NIGHT’S MOO VOTER

Submitted By: elaskey86@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
First, I’d like to thank the Tillamook County Pioneer and MooVoter for putting on the event Friday night. I enjoyed participating!
There were a couple of topics we discussed in the forum that I would like to revisit and clarify.

One topic that really concerns me is some residents not feeling welcome at the NCRD. I have used the NCRD my entire life, and now almost daily for over 6 years, and not once did I ever have any feeling of un-welcomeness. Perhaps that’s just my experience. However, I’m aware that a few private groups did practice some exclusions during Covid and that this did leave some people with bad feelings. I would like to take a look at policy regarding the use of the NCRD space, keeping in mind that we want all people to feel comfortable, safe and welcome.

Another topic I want to touch on addresses the inclusivity of the NCRD due to scholarships based on financial need. It was mentioned in Friday night’s forum that there are no programs to ensure people with lower incomes can afford to participate at the NCRD. I thought this was odd because I was quite sure there were scholarships available to anyone who asks, but I don’t like speaking about topics unless I have the facts in front of me. I’ve now confirmed that indeed there are scholarships available, based on financial need, for participants in all three NCRD departments (Youth & Sports, Fitness and Aquatics.). In fact, in just the past six months, Friends of NCRD funded $2,737.30 for scholarships in Quarter 1 (Jan-Mar 2023) – and for Quarter 4 (Oct-Dec 2022) Friends funded $2,843.80 in scholarships. Those are sizable quarterly amounts and should not be forgotten or misrepresented. We should take great care in relaying correct information to the community. It’s important for people to know the NCRD is available to ALL residents of North County.

We can’t please everyone, and there’s always room for improvement. However, we can compromise and do our best. I spend a lot of time finding middle ground for my clients, and I know it is difficult at times.

If I’m elected as board member know that I will listen and problem solve for you. I will meet any obstacle head on and work to find the best solution. I think the NCRD is a great place and we’re so lucky to have it! Its success is only a refection of our community! So let’s continue to build on it!

Please vote for me, Erin Laskey-Wilson for NCRD board position #2!

Manzanita Civility RIP May 3rd 2023

Submitted By: rkinor@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
I admit to getting a bit nostalgic for those days not so long ago when the City proclaimed the Year of Kindness whereby “The City of Manzanita encourages community members to participate in spreading kindness and practicing respect, generosity, patience, and considerations of others at all times”.

Remember the recent admonitions made by some of the very same participants in Wednesday’s Council meeting to honor our citizen volunteers for their service to the community. Little did we know that that respect only applied to those volunteers that they deemed worthy of respect.

The last rites of civility were ably performed with a sermon on the ongoing dangers that I and others pose to the community. The lead officiant at the meeting and author of that day’s BBQ post unveiled a treasure trove of private emails between myself and Council members and public emails with the City going back to 2018 to prove her point. The choir chimed in on cue offering their testimonials with the fervor of a charismatic tent revival meeting.

The BBQ author would have you believe that my sharing informed opinions of how City government operates with our elected officials is a greater community concern than City staff who chose to not answer citizen questions and a City Manager who recommends ignoring and isolating citizens who she determines are making personal attacks on her by even asking questions.

My transgression was pointing out that the latest examples given by the City Manager of City Hall staff efforts to justify Water Fund transfers to the General Fund had failed a simple fact check. This was not worthy of a rebuttal or correction at Wednesday’s meeting because it must be too embarrassing to admit. Equal silence on ignoring and isolating citizens who ask questions must be interpreted that this is now acceptable City policy.

Please do read as much of the 478 pages of documents painstakingly reviewed to produce half a dozen snippets of out of context quotes to make the case that my “clandestine and destructive interference in our city’s affairs” must be stopped.

The warning signs that a cult like mindset is becoming a dominant feature of our local political culture should not be dismissed. The telltale characteristics include: Opposition to critical thinking. Isolating nonconforming community members and punishing them. Loyalty to those in position of authority.

May 3rd should be a wake up call for those that value civil liberties and the right to fully participate as a citizen in our local community decisions. I suspect that the sermons will continue and the choir will continue to rehearse until enough of the silent majority say enough.

Randy Kugler

Marc Johnson for Nehalem Bay Health District Board

Submitted By: allanmadeline@aol.com – Click to email about this post
I am writing to urge your support for the re-election of Marc C. Johnson to the Nehalem Bay Health District Board. He has provided strong and collaborative leadership since being appointed to the Board by the Tillamook County Commissioners in 2017 and being elected to a full term in I 2019.
During this period the Health District Board has done extensive community outreach and completed a five-year strategic plan. Under Marc’s leadership the District Board has strengthened collaboration with community partners.
With Marc’s strong and visionary leadership, the Health District has gained the support of Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and obtained $3 million in federal funding to be the foundation of the funding package necessary to build a new larger health center and to renovate and modernize the Nehalem Valley Care Center in Wheeler, the region’s only skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility.
I’ve worked with Marc Johnson on the North Tillamook Library Board both in my position as President and when he was President. He has continued strengthening the Library’s community presence in north Tillamook County and continued the financial planning for the future.
Marc lends his leadership skills and wisdom in communication strategies to the nonprofits in the community that have been fortunate to have him involved as a volunteer. In addition to the North Tillamook Library Friends, these include the Hoffman Center for the Arts, the Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay and the Neahkahnie Water District.
Our community is fortunate to have Marc C. Johnson’s leadership at the Nehalem Bay Health District as this crucial time. I will vote for Marc and for the Nehalem Bay Health District’s general obligation bond measure on May 16, 2023.

Madeline Olson

Mark Twain

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
When the neo-con war-mongers of the Bush/Cheney/Clinton crowd decided to commit mass-murder in the Middle East, (with their sick war friends/campaign contributors making billions off the death and destruction, just like Russia/Ukraine today) I went to downtown Portland and handed out a hundred copies of Mark Twain’s ‘The War Prayer’.

I am now ‘handing it out’ to the war-mongers in the new, neo-con-run Democrat Party:

americanliterature.com/author/mark-twain/short-story/the-war-prayer

Why ME for NCRD AI endorses endorsement

Submitted By: cpossibility1023@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
** I had a little fun with AI (Artificial Intelligence)…I entered my stump speech and this is ‘the’ response…

It sounds like you have a strong track record of involvement and success in your community. Your dedication and efforts to raise funds for various organizations and causes are impressive. It’s great to see individuals like you who take on a leadership role and work with others to make a difference in their community.

I appreciate that you have shared specific examples of the amounts of money raised through your involvement in various organizations. This shows that you are results-oriented and have a clear understanding of the impact that your actions can have.

Overall, your message conveys a sense of passion and dedication towards your community. I wish you all the best in your endeavors and hope that your efforts continue to inspire others to get involved and make a positive difference.

** Please vote for Constance!

Teacher’s Union Head

Submitted By: andynorris21@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post
This is the woman most-responsible for destroying the lives of millions of children while extorting them: she told children to shoot Big Tech’s new junk (that they never needed) so they could go back to school again. (link below)
How utterly shameful.
And she’s a teacher’s union president??? How did a child-abuser end up in that position?
Children barely get symptoms from SARS-CoV-2. I (and many many others) knew this from Day One. And history has already proven me/us correct. The mild, flu-like infection wasn’t the problem for the children.
What was devastating to the children, however, were the shutdowns and the sad-as-hell ‘remote learning’.
In fact, the school shutdowns did NOTHING to stop the spread of SARS or reduce hospitalizations, and likely made the children SICKER and more apt to contract a SARS infection.
“Shoot the vax kiddos, then we’ll let you go back to school.”
Extorting children is evil and shameful.
That the school closures would help children was always a hysterical lie from the ‘vax’ pushing criminals at Mode RNA, Pfizer, WHO, the CDC.
We have several such hysterical minds in our midst, and let’s keep them away from our children, shall we?
Here is one of the biggest child-abusers in American history, Randi Wiengarten. She is currently going around the talk show circuit claiming the horrendous and torturous school shutdowns, and the resultant suicides, drug abuse, and at-home child abuse were NOT her fault!!!!!
You wish honey. But we know what you did, we remember you!
Yes Randi, you are responsible for the massive suffering of millions of children and here is the proof you shameless liar:
https://twitter.com/michaelpsenger/status/1653804555895988224

NKN School District Board Endorsements

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Tillamook County Retired Educators and Teachers PAC, TREAT, endorses the candidates below for Neah-Kah-Nie School District Board. To learn more about TREAT and why each candidate is endorsed, go to www.tillamookretiredteachers.org/.

TREAT is also on Facebook at tillamookretiredteachers.

Vote by May 16. Your vote matters!

Manzanita Lofts LUBA and ORCA

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The developer of the Manzanita Lofts project went to LUBA February 27th, 2023 (Land Use Board of Appeals) which was created to simplify the appeal process, speed resolution of land use disputes, and provide consistent interpretation of state and local land use laws. The Planning Commission of Manzanita denied his application for a development of a a 34-unit complex between Classic Street and Dorcas Lane. The future hotel is planned to be adjacent to the north-east end of the Manzanita Links golf course. This hotel would face the green of the golf course’s Signature Hole #5.

Below is information from ORCA(Oregon Coast Alliance) concerning the Manzanita Lofts Development. ORCA’s mission is to protect the Oregon coast by working with coastal residents for sustainable communities; protection and restoration of coastal and marine natural resources; providing education and advocacy on land use development; and adaptation to climate change.

“Manzanita is not obligated to approve this project on remand; it is free to strengthen its legal rationale and deny it again for failure to meet city standards. ORCA suggests this is a course of action the city can, and should, take. The developers have not changed anything about the project this second time, except having convinced the city to design the remand hearing around their interpretation of the LUBA opinion. That, of course, biases the remand structure from the outset, and ORCA does not commend the city for allowing it.
 
“ Manzanita needs to do further work to determine whether, how, and to what extent the current proposal meets the city’s density standards for residences, and traffic and transportation standards. As the applicant does not appear to have changed anything substantial in the application to deal with the city’s concerns, ORCA hopes and trusts Council will continue its far-sighted protection of a vibrant residential area of town, and deny the project again, this time with a more watertight legal rationale to support its findings.”

For anyone who has been engaged in this process please attend in person or by zoom the May 15th 4:00 PM meeting of the Planning Commission.

A group of concerned citizens of Manzanita.

Black Bear Sighting in Manzanita

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May 5th at 3am there was a black bear trying to get to our bird feeder (small seeds and sunflower in the shell). The bear was maybe 300 lbs, probably a female, and roaming the golf course area near the 3rd tee. Looks similar to one near the 8th green in a picture I saw back in the fall. Last year was terrible for berries the bears depend on so this one may have adjusted to living in the area to take advantage of garbage cans and bird feeders (and maybe the occasional pic-a-nic basket 😉