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Submitted By: Cornes76@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post

Very experienced handyman for hire get your projects done call Cliff Erdman 503 440 4053 no texting

Submitted By: carolina@covebuilt.com – Click to email about this post

Thank you everyone for helping us clean out the former Nehalem Bay House today! We were so happy to see so many things go back out to the community and find new homes. Once we’ve done some demo we’ll be hosting another giveaway day, including cabinets, plumbing fixtures, and more. Keep an eye out in a week or two’s time!

In the chaos, someone very kindly took a generator from the fire alarm room that was supposed to stay in place. This is the backup power for the fire alarms in case of emergency, and we didn’t mean to include it in the giveaway. If this was you, we would appreciate getting it back! No hard feelings though, it was chaos this morning…

Thank you BBQ!

Submitted By: info@evcnb.org – Click to email about this post

evcnb.org/news-updates/velda-honorable-mentions-april2025
Our very own Velda Handler has been recognized during National Volunteer Week. Velda is EVCNB’s Nehalem Bay Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator and Shelters Division Lead. She also serves on EVCNB’s executive committee and board as Secretary.
Click the link at the top to read the full article.

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

Hi everyone! At this month’s meeting, we are having a speaker from Northwest Oregon Restoration Partnership (NORP) come to discuss the ecosystem services of native plants and their propagation. He will give us an overview of their program and may even bring some seeds and a few surplus flowering perennials. Should be very informative. Hope you can all attend.

Nehalem Bay Garden Club meeting
Tuesday
April 29
1:30
Calvary Bible Church
Across from the Manzanita Library

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

We are looking for new clients that are interested to ongoing residential cleaning services.
We also have 1 spot left open for a vacation rental if you are in need of a Housekeeping service.
We can help you with a large variety of things cleaning related and we are also able to haul away yard waste to the dump as well. It’s spring time, let us know if you want a carpet shampooing done or you windows cleaned.
Our names are Brice and Blu, please text or call during the day to set up a walkthrough estimate inspection. 971-389-6795
If you’re not in need of a cleaning service, please share this post out to other people here in the community or share it on your local social media pages.

Thanks so much,
Blu Moorman
971-389-6795
Blu.idealclean@gmail.com
Licensed* Bonded* Insured*

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

Seeking odd jobs

Husband and wife team seeking odd jobs.
Trustworthy-Reliable-Efficient- Hardworking!
Yard care and cleanup, lawn mowing and weeding, maintenance, gutter cleaning, debris hauling, and dump runs! $50/hr
Nehalem, Manzanita,Tillamook Garibaldi, Rockaway Beach, Arch Cape
Call or text 360-472-0638 (leave message and will get back to you ASAP)
email Mikey.tree@gmail.com
Thank you!

Submitted By: gjlewis2002@msn.com – Click to email about this post

PSSSSSTTTTT … have you heard the news?
Yep, you guessed it … REGISTRATION for the Manzanita Fourth of July Parade will open
on MAY 1st !!!!
If you want to walk (or ride, or stroll) in the best small-town parade EVER, come on over to our website AND register:
www.manzanitaparade.com
Be sure to read the ‘rules of the road’ … when you click the button to submit your registration, you’re agreeing to join us in true Manzanita Parade spirit.
The Manzanita Parade is a family-friendly apolitical celebration of community in which we commemorate our nation’s independence with joy and creativity. We ask that everyone, participant or observer, join us with that spirit in mind.

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

To those who enjoy Myriah Mathews hair services, I am still working at J.Marie salon. And as of right now working Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Wanting to increase my days now that I am only driving back to McMinnville twice a month. You can book your appointment through my website at

www.alour-artist.com/

or you can send a text message at 503 503 5061 Thank you again for the continued support and friendship you share with me.

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

Gregory Lee Hightower
Gregory Lee Hightower, 72, of Manzanita, Ore., died April 15, 2025, at his home. He was in hospice care, due to the spread of a rare cancer that first appeared in 2013. His wife of 48 years, Kathie, and his dear friend Daric Moore, were at his side when he passed.
Greg was born Nov. 6, 1952, in Oakland, Calif. to Jack and Naomi Hightower. The family moved with his father’s civil service work for the military. They lived in Japan when Greg was young, and in Kaiserslautern, Germany, where he graduated from high school.
Greg graduated from Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., in 1974. He was a member of Delta Tau fraternity. He completed two master’s degrees.
Upon graduation Greg was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Military Police and served 30 years. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2004.
A fan of the popular Lee Child book series about a fictional retired Army MP major named Reacher, Greg liked to say, “I AM Jack Reacher,” as he had in fact served as a commander with the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command (CID), as a major. Greg delighted in pointing out all the inaccuracies in the Jack Reacher books and movies.
Greg’s Army career included Military Police assignments, CID, and Civil Military Operations in Germany. He was the S3 Operations Officer for an MP battalion during the conflict in Panama, and in the UN Protection Force during the conflict in Bosnia Herzegovina.
Greg served as the Professor of Military Science at Oregon State University. He later worked at ROTC headquarters at then Ft. Lewis, Wash., with additional assignments covering a wide area of the United States, Guam, Tinian and American Samoa, providing Junior ROTC oversight.
After retiring from the Army, a life highlight for Greg was attending the Oregon Culinary Institute for two-plus years at age 63, graduating from both the culinary and the baking programs. His family and friends benefited greatly from those skills.
Greg met his wife Kathie in Germany in 1977, where she was also assigned as an Army lieutenant. They moved a total of 19 times in their nearly three decades of military life. With amazing foresight (i.e. luck), they bought property in the Manzanita area in 1984 and moved there fulltime in 2006, involving themselves in many community activities.
Greg and Kathie traveled the world — all over Europe, Mexico, Indochina, India, China, Russia, and Peru. Even the Republic of Georgia and Lithuania. These were not bucket list trips for the couple to check off. The Hightowers would immerse themselves in the places they visited — talking to people, trying every bit of traditional food and drink, and spending active time in nature whenever possible.
Particularly memorable were numerous week-long kayaking trips off a base camp boat in remote British Columbia with family and friends, and a week of biking much of the country of Liechtenstein, crossing into Austria and Switzerland.
Greg was one of a kind, especially for an Army officer. He talked to everyone to get their life story and could make anyone laugh — even in way-too-tense war zone situations. He made everything into a fun adventure, from a meal to a house project to a trip. He was proud of the fact that he could get just about anybody dancing on his kitchen “dance floor.” As numerous people have said, “Greg always made me feel welcome, seen, and heard, and that is something for men in our generation.”
Greg is survived by his wife Kathie, sister Anita (Gene) Inzer, sister-in-law Nancy Hotter, brother-in-law Joe Hotter, nephews Justin Trudeau and Paul (Liz) Trudeau and their children, goddaughter Mary (Kenny Trowbridge) Beougher, and nieces-in-law, Jessica (Scott) Hotter, and Jocelyn Hotter.
In lieu of flowers, and to honor Greg’s great love of rescuing cats, especially his feral Mr. Finn, and his love of feeding all birds and stray animals, the family requests donations to Animal Haven by the Sea at animalhavenbythesea.com, or in honor of Greg’s love of nature, a donation to the North Coast Land Conservancy at www.nclctrust.org.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Performing Arts Center of the North County Recreation District in Nehalem on Saturday, May 10, from 2 to 5 p.m.
For information or questions, contact Kathie Hightower at 503-739-1505 or kathiejhightower@gmail.com. She welcomes any stories people may have about Greg.