I emailed the City Manager and asked if she could confirm that the above insurance premiums that she claimed to have negotiated for the water system property were for the property and liability coverage with City County Insurance (CIS). No response.
I asked if she could provide the year and month that these negotiations took place and who at CIS she had conducted these negotiation with. No response.
Since the City Manager indicated that the Accounting Manager had been involved in these negotiations, I emailed the Accounting Manager and asked if she could briefly describe her role in these negotiations including who at CIS was involved and when this took place. No response.
Failing to get any answers, I contacted the Property/Causality Trust Director for CIS and asked if a city can negotiate with CIS over costs for insurance coverage. The answer was “ We do not negotiate the cost of coverage”.
The City Manager also stated “we process significantly more invoices to the tune of about 50% of all of the financial transactions that occur in the City are for the water department and that is clearly indicated in the analysis that shows in the Materials and Services.”
A simple fact check of water department invoices processed by City Hall staff are nowhere near 50% of the annual Material and Services transactions claimed by the City Manager and is yet another exaggeration of City Hall support services to justify transfer of hundreds of thousands of dollars of Water Fund revenue to the General Fund.
The City Manager claimed “other cities that I have worked in all have used an indirect cost method.” Since the City Manager’s resume only indicates previous city employment with one city, I emailed the City Manager and asked what other cities she has worked in and also in what capacity that would have allowed her to be this knowledgeable about their overhead allocation and budget policies to make this statement? No response.
This is not the first time that I had pointed out factual misstatements made in a public meeting by the City Manager and asked that she simply correct the public record so that citizens were not being mislead. In a response to this request, she emailed the Mayor and Council stating that I or apparently other citizens who point out her public misstatements are making “personal attacks” on her and she advises “we must discourage or even ignore them if necessary”.
The above instances of non responses to simple questions seeking clarification of her public statements on important community topics seems to confirm the City Manager’s determination to discourage and ignore those citizens that are asking questions that she does not have answers for. This is a clear instance of blacklisting. Citizens who are considered by a particular authority or group to a problem because of their insistence that public officials communicate truthfully should be relegated to second class status in their community. This policy would seem to extend to instructing other City staff to also follow her lead.
The routine misstatements and exaggerations are in themselves troubling. The boldness of any public official however, that suggests that they are entitled to recommend ignoring or discouraging any citizen in our community who seeks to hold them accountable for their statements is stunning.
Randy Kugler
Tillamook County ballots arrived are arriving in mailboxes this week and we have until May 16 to complete and turn them in.
Here is a list of candidates on our north county ballots that we three support. All have shown dedication to community service and support the mission of the organization they seek to serve.
Many are incumbents.
Tillamook Bay Community College—these are all incumbents.
Mary Jones
Andrea Goss
Shannon Hoff
Betsy McMahon
Mary Faith Bell
Transpiration District
Position 1: Jim Hefferman
Neahkahnie School District #56:
Zone 6: Michele Aeder
Zone 7: Joseph Carr (Although Tim Borman’s name appears on our ballots for Zone 7, he has suspended his campaign, and gives his endorsement to Joseph Carr.)
North County Recreation District:
Mary Gallagher
Nehalem Bay Health District:
Marc Johnson
Nehalem Bay Health District Bond Measure:
Yes
Bottom line: PLEASE VOTE!
Barbara McLaughlin
Lane deMoll
Vivi Tallman
I am a retired nurse and clinical nursing specialist. Because I am concerned about our community’s health care, I have been attending the Nehalem Bay Health District (NBHD) Board meetings for the past 12 years. The changes that have occurred due to the hard work of the Nehalem Bay Health District Board under the leadership of Marc Johnson are awesome and inspiring.
The Health District has gone from being a land lord managing rentals, to being a driving force advocating for better health care for our community. We recently lost two local skilled care facilities for seniors. I never thought I would see the day that the quality of care at the Nehalem Valley Care Center would improve. But it has! A needs assessment was performed, a new management company found, staff hired, and strong is oversight provided by NBHD. I never thought anyone would have the foresight or be bold enough to try to renovate the Nehalem Valley Care Center, let alone help the Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy (formerly Rinehart Clinic and Pharmacy) get a new building. (Vote YES for local Health Care!) All of this extradorinaiy planning and foresight has occurred due to strong performance of the NBHD Board under the formidable leadership and drive of Marc Johnson. I strongly encourage you to vote for Marc Johnson for the NBHD Board in this upcoming election. His track record is outstanding and we could not do better.
Dianne Bloom BSN, MSN, CNM
These are important positions that benefit the Community over all. I only ask you to keep in mind that these Board seats are about the ‘“US’s” of the community not the “ ME’s”. It is about supporting an institution that started as a scrappy startup and over the years has grown into an extraordinary strong and vital institution to our Community – NCRD. We received International Financial recognition when Standard and Poor’s evaluated NCRD as a A+ Investment Grade Bond issuer and that must be preserved. NCRD is a living testament to the “US’s” of our community.
NCRD has been able to grow and prosper because of the Community’s willingness to devote their Time, Energy and Money to this extraordinary institution not for the sake of any individual ego’s but for the good of the Community over all.
In that spirit, we invite the entire Community to: 1). VOTE! 2). join “US” at the Pool Ground Breaking on May 9, 2023 at 4PM. Please bring your own trowel or shovel. There will be no “Officials” there to take credit but instead NCRD gives credit where it belongs, to the Community as a whole…..the Community did it without help from any officials. We, the Community, did it ourselves! Please come celebrate!
Jack Bloom
Board President
We Get What We Pay For
I bet everybody who lives in Tillamook County knows friends, family, or neighbors who have either traveled hours and miles into the valley for health care or have moved somewhere else to get the health care they need. Or maybe it’s your own sweet self, driving the 26 to Portland to see a doctor or get health care that’s unavailable to you here. That’s me, and a whole bunch of other people I know.
On Sunday I went to NCRD to listen to Marc Johnson and Gail Nelson speak about the health bond on the ballot, May 16.
Here’s where we are with health care in north Tillamook County right now and without significant investment the picture is pretty bleak.
The clinic in Wheeler has 1.5 exam rooms per provider. The general standard in patient clinics is 3 rooms per provider. This means longer waits to get an appointment or to see a provider once you do. There aren’t the specialists here that an aging population could use like rheumatologists, cardiologists, neurologists and oncologists. There’s not even a dentist.
Two local long-term homes closed recently but not for lack of patients. For folks requiring skilled nursing care, no beds available means leaving the place you’ve called home for years or maybe a lifetime, to move away from friends and community when you really need your people for support.
There isn’t affordable housing for our health care work force. Not for doctors, not for skilled nurses and definitely not for the folks who do the grunt work of health care like certified nursing assistants or medical assistants.
The pharmacy is only 450 square feet with not much room for storage so not every prescription can be filled the same day because it has to be ordered and there’s also no room for the other stuff we usually get at a pharmacy—stuff like over the counter meds, first aid supplies, hot water bottles, greeting cards and such. There’s no space for a private conversations between the pharmacist and the patient. That little space is crowded and busy. They do a great job but it’s a tight space.
The Nehalem Bay Health Center & Pharmacy works hard for the community. It provides so many necessary services and functions for all of Tillamook County and because it’s also a Federally Qualified Health Care district it receives money from the feds to provide care and services to the uninsured and underinsured including transportation for people who need to get to the doctor but can’t without a ride. They also offer folks without resources a sliding fee scale. No one is turned away because they can’t pay and for some folks it’s the only way they are able to access health care. Other state grants helped to establish the bilingual food program serving 157 low income families, and the Student Health and Wellness Center for the Neahkahnie School District.
The Local Health Care bond would help create the space to do more for our community and to do it better.
The plan is to build a nearly 17,000 square foot pharmacy that would include a three-chair dental suite. The proposed location is at the bottom of Hospital Road and 101. There’d also be room for disaster supplies and food storage. There’d be room for the kind of merchandise that a typical pharmacy carries like greeting cards and such. Located right on 101, it could make some cash money.
Up top of the hill the old hospital will be torn down and the site prepared for building some much needed work force housing for health care workers built in keeping with the character of the existing neighborhood. Some of those units could be studios for visiting specialists who commit to providing care a certain number of days per month.
The existing 50 bed skilled nursing and care center would get an update and modernization like some air conditioning for those hot summer days. There’s nothing worse than being sick and sweaty or doing a physically demanding job in the heat.
There are discussions to engage in collaborative partnerships with Providence, and OSHU to get specialists and interns. There are more plans, people, and they’re good ones. These plans invest in the health and well being of our entire community.
Does it cost money? Yep. It’s an investment in the community that we live in for all our people.
It will cost a total of 10.25 million dollars over the 25-year life of the loan, and if the bond is approved, property owners within the Health District boundaries would pay .37 cents per $1000 of assessed not market value. For a $300,000 home that’s $111 at first and will increase to $170 over time. That’s like $14 bucks a month. That’s less than Netflix, kids. And we get some stuff we need.
We are all connected. When one of us is in trouble, we’re all in trouble. In taking care of each other, we take care of ourselves. This bond is an investment in our shared future.
The last presentation is at NCRD May 3, at 5pm. You don’t need to register, just show up.
You can find out more (and honey, there’s plenty more) at NehalemHealthCare.com
Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com
1. Why are you running for this position?
I’m running because I think its important for board members to understand the history of the NCRD and the mission statement it stands for. I grew up swimming at the pool and my family has lived in the Nehalem Valley for four generations now. I have an understanding of this community’s goals and aspirations. I also think the board needs more “family minded” representation. I’d like to see more programs available to families who work and live here.
2. If elected, what will be your priorities?
My priorities will be to support transparency, stay budget minded and uphold the NCRD’s mission statement.
3. What particular experiences or skills have prepared you to serve?
Since I’m self employed I understand the importance of fiscal responsibility and self motivation. I’ve also served on the New Discoveries Preschool board for nearly 6 years now. As a board member for NDP I experienced the importance of a pragmatic approach to obstacles, and value of dialogue. I’m familiar with board procedure and I enjoy being constructive and helpful. My occupation requires a lot of negotiating and problem solving, skills that I think are very beneficial to being a board member.
4. What issues do you believe the board needs to address? Please list 3 and your solutions/ideas
1. Once the new pool is built, the board will need to determine what to do with the old one. It would be a shame to leave the space unused. Maybe we should poll the community and see what they think.
2. Since NES reduced the school’s swim program by two thirds I think the NCRD’s mission statement is at risk. I think the board needs to take a look at this and make sure all the community’s children have access to swim lessons. This could be solved with scholarships and supplemental swim programs.
3. Another issue that the board will need to address is the issue of staffing. Like the entire coast, staffing is a real challenge and the board faces an even greater challenge of hiring a new Executive Director. I would really like to see the board look at individuals who are familiar with and are invested in our community. Someone who knows and loves this community would be ideal for all the obvious reasons!
5. If you could make one improvement to the work this board does, what would it be?
I think the board could improve on its communication with the community.
6. In your opinion, what attributes must a good board member have?
I think a good board member listens well and meets challenges directly while taking a sensible and realistic approach to solutions. A good board member should respect and uphold the over all goal of the organization and take great care to remain fiscally responsible.
7. What is your vision for our community?
My vision is in line with the community members who built the pool way back in 1930. It has since expanded into the NCRD that offers much more than just the pool now but the sentiment is still the same. I envision a community that continues to look out for one another.
Thinking about Constance and her passion for NCRD to be and do its best for this community, I come up with these notions to describe her
dedicated
loyal
honest, trustworthy
sticks up for the little guy
not about to be bullied herself
calls them as she sees them
persistent
squeaky wheel
canary in the mine
passionate
energetic
willing to learn and be corrected
enthusiastic
transparent
naive about political jockeying, about calling in one’s cards
gets thumped, licks her wounds, learns from the fall, and gets right back up
righteous
goes public when she sees biased or unfair actions—no closed door bartering
not always diplomatic
Not all of these characteristics are flattering or positive, and with these, she has served and will serve the community well. Let’s face it, the squeaky wheel, the one with persistent demands for change and improvement becomes someone to dismiss. Don’t ignore Constance. In our small community, it’s easy to be lulled into peacemaking, into “don’t make any waves.” “It’s all good.” “After all, we have to live together.”
Every organization can make improvements that make a difference in service. Let’s be open to the different sorts of approaches so that a new approach, combining a variety of approaches is possible. Constance wants people to look for the best ways to serve all in the community.
Don’t let someone who asks tough questions, who proposes new or different service guides, who wants everyone to be included—don’t let that person be dismissed or be characterized as combative. Look at the ways she proposes to engage us all, listen to us all.
Vote for Constance. She loves NCRD. She knows it can be improved.
Julianne Johnson
Manzanita
I’ve been talking to John at KGW and he’s not heard of others having signal problems out here currently. So I’m reaching out to see if anyone in Manzanita or Neahkahnie is seeing what I am. These areas so close to the translator on the mountain should have no problem getting a good signal if all is working.
Thanks,
Dave
DIRECTOR, POSITION 2, 4 YR TERM
Constance Shimek
1. Why are you running for this position? I enjoy the NCRD as a community participant. I was recruited to the Friends of NCRD fundraising board in 2008, our primary focus was replacing the pool. Over the years we expanded our efforts to support all programs and projects for the NCRD. I am very proud that up through 2021 we (Friends of NCRD) raised and distributed over $100,000.00 to the NCRD. After leaving the Friends of NCRD, I remained actively involved with the NCRD by attending almost every Board meeting from a commitment for the NCRD to be the best it can be. I am running for the NCRD Board of Directors as I see an opportunity to have the NCRD be even better than you know it currently to be. I believe my energy, community relationships and dedicated commitment to the NCRD’s future will be a refreshing asset to the Board.
2. If elected, what will be your priorities?
1) Enrolling the Board, Staff, and Employees into having all actions and interactions be guided by the NCRD Mission Statement. ‘To Promote the Educational, Recreational, Social and Physical well being for the entire North County community by offering activities for all ages and abilities in an inviting environment.”
2) Broaden decision making to include new ways of incorporating DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility)
3) Foster new ways of communicating and engaging with the Communities.
3. What particular experiences or skills have prepared you to serve?
a. 15+ years of active involvement and continued personal investment in making a positive difference with the NCRD. In a prior career I was one of
two Workers Compensation Administrators for the largest Employer in Oregon. We were acknowledged for creating and implementing the most
effective Return to Work Program in the State. I have created and managed a successful Health & Life Insurance career for 23 years. While on the Friends fundraising Board I held all positions and was elected President during my last two years.
b. I have the courage to bring to light that which needs to be examined.
c. Being a cancer survivor, I say ‘welcome the diagnosis, we can only impact that which we are aware of.’ Given we are dependent on the Operations
Tax Levy (coming up 11/23) I believe it is critical to keep an eye and ear out for how the NCRD is being received in the 3 Villages and beyond. I will welcome and encourage community comments and questions as opportunities for opening doors, engaged dialogue and resolution.
4. What issues do you believe the board needs to address? Please list 3 and your solutions/ideas
a. The current Executive Director has announced their term commitment to the NCRD is limited. Solution: Immediately begin the process of recruiting and hiring a permanent, long term Executive Director.
b. Some Community members feel the Board is not an inviting space to bring questions. Solution: Facilitate quarterly Town Halls
c. Potential members who work daytime hours do not have access to activities. Solution: Create additional Programs with a wider variety of Programs for Evenings and weekends. Expand weekend hours.
5. If you could make one improvement to the work this board does, what would it be? Hold monthly board workshops for discussing NCRD’s issues and processing solutions which may later be voted on at a Board meeting.
6. In your opinion, what attributes must a good board member have?
a. An unwavering commitment for having the NCRD be the best it can be
b. The courage to question the status quo and create newly
c. Energy to enliven others to stay on track and cause results
7. What is your vision for our community? My Vision is that the NCRD is known as a revered treasure and a Beacon of Light for each and every person in the North Tillamook County community and beyond. I would love to have a soft solar light installed in the Cupola, creating the experience of ‘home’ for the community and the center of belongingness.
Please vote for Constance!
I’ve received quite a few emails over the weekend and I just want to say how thankful and honored I am to have your support!
A lot of people are wondering where my signs are and I’m happy to say they are coming! I was able to grab a few older campaign signs from a former local candidate and have been working on them all weekend!! Keep an eye out and let me know if you’d like a sign for your yard or business. I’m happy to drop it off and pick it up right after the 16th.
Thank you again to everyone who has reached out. And anyone who is curious to know more feel free to drop me a line! I’ll also have a meet and greet event very soon! More details to come!
-Erin Laskey-Wilson
Please be sure and vote in this upcoming election. There are many people running for office and we need their leadership and support for our shared programs. NCRD is a valued public facility that helps us improve our health and quality of life.
I am voting for Constance Shimek as I have known her for over a decade and have been continuously impressed by her commitment to her community.
Constance is active in a number of community projects and programs. As the President of the Nehalem Bay Garden Club she works to provide funding to our community through club grants, brings people together to learn about plants, and to develop community and amaraderie. She always exhibits a desire to contribute her problem solving skills to the task at hand and finds ways to address the needs of the community. Her willingness to help in many projects and programs has created value for our three villages, as well as for Tillamook County.
Constance has my vote, as I know she is a person who has the community’s best interests in mind. She listens to input and makes decisions based on the input from her constituents.
I encourage my fellow citizens to vote for Constance for NCRD Board Representative.
Karen Matthews
I am a retired nurse and clinical nursing specialist. Because I am concerned about our community’s health care, I have been attending the Nehalem Bay Health District (NBHD) Board meetings for the past 12 years. The changes that have occurred due to the hard work of the Nehalem Bay Health District Board under the leadership of Marc Johnson are awesome and inspiring.
The Health District has gone from being a land lord, managing rentals, to being a driving force advocating for better health care for our community. We recently lost two local skilled care facilities for seniors. I never thought I would see the day that the quality of care at the Nehalem Valley Care Center would improve. But it has! A needs assessment was performed, a new management company found, staff hired, and strong is oversight provided by the NBHD Board. I never thought anyone would have the foresight or be bold enough to try to renovate the Nehalem Valley Care Center, let alone help the Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy (formerly Rinehart Clinic and Pharmacy) get a new building. (Vote YES for local Health Care!) All of this extradorinaiy planning and foresight has occurred due to strong performance of the NBHD Board under the formidable leadership and drive of Marc Johnson. I strongly encourage you to vote for Marc Johnson for the NBHD Board in this upcoming election. His track record is outstanding and we could not do better.
Dianne Bloom BSN, MSN, CNM
This event is a 22 minute drive from my home. I don’t drive. For about $15 each way I could call Dial-A-Ride and they could take me. But, they don’t travel on the weekend. And, even if this was a weekday I would have had to make the reservation 48 hours in advance.
But, like I said, I really want to go. I live up Miami Foley. There is no bus that travels along Miami Foley. Luckily, my housemate is going to the same location as the event and I arranged to get a ride to TBCC with them. Unfortunately, they will be going five hours ahead of the event. I will take my Kindle and a book and wait in the lobby until the event begins at 2pm. I’ll use some time to write this letter.
My ride in will be leaving at 2pm just as the event is beginning, so I will have to find another way home. I can conveniently catch the bus just outside of TBCC about 15 minutes after the event ends at 4pm. That bus will take me a mile down the road to the bus station near the court house. I will then wait over an hour for a bus to take me north. It will pass the intersection of the 101 and Miami Foley by a couple of miles.
Another housemate will drive ten miles to pick me up in Garibaldi at 6:17pm and I should be home by 6:30. I left at 9am.
Nine and a half hours to attend a two hour event 22 minutes away from my front door. This is the reality of public transportation in Tillamook County. This keeps people isolated and doing only what must be done.
Determined board members can help create solutions that will allow people like me to simply decide to go to an event one day and go. With a regular bus on Miami Foley that intersects at the 101 in a timely manner I could have been to the event in an hour. I would still be taking 3 buses, but the entire outing would only take me 4 hours instead of 9 and a half. More importantly, I could do it on my own and not have to ask favors. Having to ask for help often keeps me home.
I feel deeply that Mary Leverette is the one candidate for Tillamook County Transportation District that has the determination, experience, and the time to develop solutions that will create access to any and all in need of public transportation throughout the county. It’s very important that board members have time to do more than just show up at meetings.
I selfishly urge you to vote for Mary Leverette for Tillamook County Transportation Board in the upcoming election. There are a lot of places I would like to go, and all of you can help get me there.
Sincerely,
Danielle Clark
I interviewed Vandana when she was doing a short residency at U of O.
Cool lady.
She’s big in ag in India. Here she is talking about Dutch Farmers with Russel Brand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up_SQJHR6U4
For those of you who contacted me hoping for a debate, here are some points I would have made.
(These are my views, from my research. I encourage you to do your own research. Although most seem unaware, the war machine is in full swing, and it will be hard to nail down the truth.)
Russia was baited into Ukraine by NATO. And the moment that happened, Dwight Eisenhower’s Military-Industrial-Complex won. The war is the victory.
Ukraine will not win this war, nor did NATO countries ever expect Ukraine to win. Again, the war is the victory. Most of Ukraine has already been turned to rubble, and it will continue to be turned to rubble and folks will keep dying until a negotiation is reached.
There have been several peace agreements on the table. Boris Johnson killed one on behalf of NATO and the Biden Admin and other NATO reps killed others. Russia is rightfully demanding Ukraine not join NATO, that is the one thing driving all of this for Russia. For Russia, it’s us and NATO breaking our agreements (like we did with the Native Americans) and encroaching on their territory and threatening them existentially. They are correct, that is exactly what are war-making country and the NATO countries are doing.
The missiles NATO/Biden put into Poland can be refitted in 8 hours, they then can reach Moscow in 7-minutes. I would absolutely call that an existential threat from Biden and NATO. Would we accept Russia deploying missiles in Canada or Mexico that could hit D.C. in 7-minutes? Absolutely not.
The above is only one of many example of many examples of the United States and NATO violating the terms of their agreement with Russia, encroaching on Russian territory, and threatening them existentially.
Though the reason the Saturday sign people should be along HWY 101 protesting this horrific U.S.-led war should be on humanitarian grounds, that it is simply wrong of us to be funding the mass-murder of Russians and Ukrainians, here are some economic reasons to protest:
Biden has spend 100-billion dollars on the war.
With the upcoming elections on folks’ minds, how about this: Biden has spent 100-billion on the war so far (billions more for ‘reconstruction’ will follow), that equals $200,000,000 for each Congressional district in the entire Untied States of America. (there are 400+ districts).
Seriously, when we need money for schools, rec centers, roads, emergency services, health centers, why did we just spend 100-billion dollars murdering Russians and Ukrainians instead?
This is a more violent war than Iraq, it is more dangerous as Russia has tons of nukes (nukes they do not want to use, but if we keep it up, they might.), and has already cost 25 times more than the Vietnam war. This is a proxy war that is about to lose its proxy status. That mean World War Three.
300,000 Ukrainians have died, 80,000 Russians. For the number of maimed for life, displaced, orphaned, simply multiply those numbers by (war).
I could go on and on and on about the geopolitics of this, of the history, of where the war-monger elite are planning to take the conflict. There is so much here with respect to the history and context of America’s latest war, it could be a semester-long college class.
Instead of going on and on (a debate would have been nice but now I’ve showed too much of my hand), here is a link to an outstanding film by Oliver Stone, “Ukraine On Fire.” It’s banned on Democrat-run YouTube, so you gotta find it elsewhere, and this should work:
rumble.com/vwxxi8-ukraine-on-fire.html
And if you missed this treasonous chess move from Biden, here is info on Nordstream. For those who don’t know, Sy Hersh was key in stopping the Vietnam War with his Mi Lai massacre reporting. He is the most revered and famous American journalist ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1SIr7-HxdA
I’ll look for the Saturday sign people.
It would be great to see some anti-war protesters around here.
Andy Norris
I am inviting you to join me at North Coast Pinball in Nehalem at 5pm on Sunday April 24th. I’m offering 3 tokens for a free game(s) of Pinball to any adult (18 & over). If you’re like me, maybe you were a ‘pinball wizard’ many, many, many, many years ago? I was shocked after 40 years (?), my skill and passion for the ‘flippen’ games came back in a no time! Will you let me give you a game(s) to possibly once again experience the joy, the strategy, the intentionality, the precision, the exhilaration or the heartbreak (hopefully not the heartbreak, it’s only a game)? Or if you challenge me to a game, I’ll pay for the both of us!
After the games are over, take the opportunity to support our local food trucks! Go between the buildings at the Riverside Fish & Chip sign to find the Food Carts. Grab some dinner to take home. Options are: Riverside Fish & Chips; The Groovy Greek; Pacific Roots Coffee & mini Donuts. There’s also the Bayway Tavern for broasted Chicken & jojo’s; Sunshine Pizza or maybe a hot dog at the Nehalem Grocery Store. Have Fun! Treat yourself! Contribute to our local businesses!
My name is Constance! I am asking you to vote me onto the NCRD board of Directors on May 16th. Thank you
No need for the CIA to kill him like they did his father and uncle. All you have to do now is cancel him on every ‘liberal’ platform available.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqAywexVWdE
And for those who have been forgetting to listen to their Bob Dylan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEmI_FT4YHU
Erin Laskey-Wilson is running for board position #2. I am very impressed with her positivity, that she appreciates what NCRD offers to our community, and wants to be a part of enhancing those offerings. She doesn’t want to “fix what is broken.” Because she doesn’t think anything IS broken (and neither do I!)
I like it that she has been participating in NCRD programs since she was a child. I like it that she and her husband are members of the fitness center. I like it that all three of their children attended New Discoveries Preschool, that they now benefit from the school swim program and after school sports.
I am copying and pasting her campaign statement below and you can see how positive she feels about NCRD.
I am making a case for you to join me in voting for Erin Laskey-Wilson for NCRD board position #2.
om peace namaste
lucy brook
“As most of you know I’m running for NCRD board position this May, and I wanted to give you all a little bit of insight on why!
First off I love what the NCRD brings to our community! It’s been such an awesome source of pro-activeness for all of us. From senior swim to Easter egg hunts, the NCRD has been a part of all our lives. I grew up learning to swim there, and taking basketball clinics in the gym. My husband and I are now members of the fitness center and our 3 children have all attended (one currently attending) New Discoveries Preschool. Now all three kids take swim lessons at the pool and participate in NCRD sponsored sports.
As a board member I would like to see our youth programs strengthened and continue to build what the NCRD already offers the community with working families in mind.
I’m also a self employed parent, and would bring a perspective to the board based in fiscal responsibility and self-motivation.
My family has lived in the Nehalem Valley for four generations now. Fun fact, my grandfather actually went to grade school in that building! Because of these deep ties I like to think I understand very well what the goals and aspirations are of the people who live here. North county has an amazing tradition of looking out for one another, and it’s what built the NCRD! If I’m elected as board member my goal will be to continue that tradition! If you have any questions please feel free to email me at elaskey86@gmail.com