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**Tourism: designing a stronger, more balanced future
**Food systems: food insecurity, access and affordability
**Hydrology: improving resilience to flooding and pollution and improving water quality
**Ecology: regional biodiversity, past and present ecosystems, logging impacts, and opportunities for improving watersheds
**Coastal Protection: city planning in an area with unique flooding and erosion challenges, pathways for dealing with increased risk from rising sea levels
Free admission, coffee and light refreshments will be served. All are welcome!
The event will also be accessible by Zoom at:
uoregon.zoom.us/j/97287806110
For more information go to our website www.healthywatershed.org or contact rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection wants no more logging and pesticide use in community drinking water sources regardless of who owns the land, and wants an end to pesticide applications near where people live, work, and recreate. Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have.
#healthywatersheds #peoplevsagentorange
#stoppesticides #protectdrinkingwater #nccwp
There’s one more class scheduled for this season: Saturday, May 16 from 10:00 to 12:30.
Register at EVCNB.ORG.
Go to Events & Trainings and look for the WaSH water drop logo.
More classes will be scheduled next fall/winter, AND if you gather a group of neighbors / friends that would like to learn about WaSH sometime during the summer months, contact <wash@evcnb.org> and let’s see what we can arrange!
Did you already attend a WaSH class and need a review on the information? Email <wash@evcnb.org> and state that you’ll be attending as a REFRESHER.
(The April class if full. Currently there are seats available in the May 16 class.)
Any questions reach out to <wash@evcnb.org>
Book Shelf
Posted on April 11, 2026 by North Coast BBQ
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Book Shelf. 68” x 26 3/4x 13 3/4.
Real wood. Pier One brand.
Only $20
Now in its fourth year, RWR has become a signature spring cultural event on the North Oregon Coast, drawing writers, students, and arts enthusiasts from across Tillamook County and beyond. The festival features craft workshops, youth and adult contests, open mic performances, a keynote address, and an awards celebration.
New in 2026, NCAM expands its partnerships to include the Tillamook County Library and Tillamook Bay Community College, alongside its ongoing collaboration with the Rockaway Beach Business Association. These partnerships strengthen educational opportunities while reinforcing ties between local institutions, businesses, and the creative community.
Accessibility remains central to the festival’s mission. Admission to Saturday’s full day of programming—featuring eleven workshops plus the keynote—is a modest $25, and includes the Sunday morning awards breakfast. Students attend free, and both Friday and Saturday evening open mic events are free and open to the public.
“Rockaway Writers Rendezvous is about more than writing,” said Don Backman, President of NCAM. “It’s about creating space for voices to be heard, for generations to connect, and for our community to gather around creativity during the quieter coastal season.”
This year’s keynote speaker is: Dr. Julie Albright. Dr. Albright will present “The Human Story Behind the Screen: Writing Connection in Disconnected Times.” In an era when we’re more digitally connected than ever yet feel increasingly isolated, how do writers craft stories that truly bring people together?
Dr. Albright will be speaking Saturday, April 25 at 1:30 pm at Rockaway Beach Community Church in the Main Hall.
Workshops will also be taught by: Karen Thompson Walker, Adam Sawyer, Louisa Peck, Sydney Elliott, Michael Bergmann, Duncan Birmingham, Marc Johnson, Lori Tobias, Nik Xandir Wolf, Jon Albertson, and Cheryl Wanner.
Events are hosted at multiple venues throughout Rockaway Beach, encouraging visitors to explore local lodging, restaurants, shops, and public spaces. By anchoring the festival in April, RWR supports local businesses during the shoulder season while reinforcing Rockaway Beach’s growing reputation as a year-round cultural destination.
A highlight of the weekend is the annual RWR Anthology, a professionally produced collection of selected poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and songwriting from both youth and adult writers. Proceeds from the event support arts scholarships for Tillamook County high school students pursuing creative studies.
To purchase tickets and see the weekend’s full schedule, visit rbwriters.com.
About NCAM
The Neah-Kah-Nie Coast Arts Music & Cultural Foundation (NCAM) is an all-volunteer nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to arts and cultural opportunities in Rockaway Beach and throughout Tillamook County. Through festivals, performances, educational initiatives, and scholarships, NCAM fosters creativity, strengthens community, and supports the next generation of artists.
Nominations are being sought for the 2026 Manzanita Citizen of the Year honor. The deadline will be 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 20th for submissions to be received at Manzanita City Hall.
Each year the city honors people who have made a major contribution to the Manzanita as a community leader, business leader, volunteer, educator, or creative artist.
Nominations must be in writing and submitted by email to cityhall@ci.manzanita.or.us, or by mail to Manzanita Citizen of the Year Committee, c/o City Hall, PO Box 129 Manzanita, OR 97130.
To qualify for the honor, the nominee must be a resident of Manzanita, live within the Manzanita Urban Growth Boundary, or operate a business or enterprise in Manzanita. The Citizen of the Year may be an individual or couple who performs any volunteer community service that benefits our citizens.
Currently serving elected officials and City employees are not eligible.
A committee of former Citizens of the Year will meet in late May to consider the nominations and select the individual or couple to be honored this year. The selectee/s will be announced at the June 3 meeting of the City Council.
The Citizen or Citizens of the Year will serve as Grand Marshal of the Manzanita Fourth of July Parade.
On May 12, Manzanita favorite, Juliet Yänko is excited to be kicking off the inaugral season of Cloud & Leaf’s “Tiny Stacks Concert Series,” hosted by Holly Lorincz, and presented in partnership with North Coast Creative Forum.
Performances run from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM.
Space is limited for this special event. Tickets are $25 and can be reserved online at:
tinystacksmusic.com
You may also use the QR Code listed on the poster for this announcement to reserve tickets.
Come support Juliet, as well as the other artists who are lined up for this world-class music series coming this year.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The American Association of University Women – Tillamook is hosting a Candidates Forum for the State Senate District 16, State Representative District 32, and Tillamook County Commissioner, Position #3 races. The forum will be held on Thursday, April 16th starting at 6:00pm. The forum will be held at the Tillamook Bay Community College, Room 107 as well as virtually via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/9618460049?pwd=S3FDT1lBdlhFcHdvVlNNQWVWSGVMQT09
Questions can be submitted at the event, via email (in advance) to lisaphipps08@gmail.com, or can be submitted during the forum in the chat box. Questions will be read by the moderator. This is an exciting opportunity to meet the candidates who play a valuable role in ensuring the success of our county. This is a chance to hear directly from the candidates about their vision, experience, and goals and how they will help Tillamook County.
You hear such a lot from Maga Republicans about how liberals think Trump voters are stupid. But not nearly enough about the far more salient point: that Donald Trump thinks Trump voters are stupid. Naturally, nobody deplores his own people as passionately as a populist, but even by those exacting historical standards Trump really does regard his supporters as a honking great throng of halfwits. How else to explain his seemingly retrofitted claim yesterday that the AI picture he posted of himself as Jesus was “me as a doctor.”
…. It depicts Trump in Jesus robes and holding a glowing orb of something – presumably heavenly light or radioactive material he omitted to tell Congress about – which he is transmitting restoratively into the forehead of some midwestern Lazarus. I’m sure we’d all love to know how the AI prompt for it could be “show me Donald Trump as a doctor”, or indeed how the LLM of choice would react when called out on its subsequent error. “You’re right – I overstated that. I shouldn’t have implied the US president is a benign deity who can raise the dead. To clarify – he’s a malignant narcissist and a tumour on the world. Thanks for catching that.”
Bring you joy. Bring your pain. Lay down. Flail around. Dance alone. Dance together.
This week’s playlist by DJ Starseed.
For your inspiration:
Bless and Release (Heart medicine from Danielle LaPorte.)
https://soundcloud.com/danielle-laporte/bless-release-introduction-3?si=e06ddb62d8014dff805875c75679a30b&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
All are welcome.
Photo by Ahmad Odeh on Unsplash
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Artists may submit up to three original artworks inspired by the May Flowers theme.
Submission Deadline: April 21, 2026
The exhibition runs May 8 – June 6, with a Community Reception on May 9, 5–7 PM — free and open to all.
Submit your work and help us welcome spring with creativity and community.
Full details and guidelines on website:
BlueWaterFineArtGallery.com
Stay connected with upcoming exhibitions and artist calls — sign up for our newsletter at BlueWaterFineArtGallery.com
Come find out and help shape how it works in OUR community!
The Emergency Volunteer Corps of Nehalem Bay’s CERT team is hosting a Community Drill at Rex Champ Ballfield on Saturday, May 30, 1:00–4:00pm.
We need real community members to participate so we can test and refine our Assembly Area plan. Come ready to be hands-on!
Share this with a neighbor who’d want to know about this.
More details: EVCNB.org/events-and-training
Artists may submit up to three original artworks inspired by the May Flowers theme.
Submission Deadline: April 21, 2026
The exhibition runs May 8 – June 6, with a Community Reception on May 9, 5–7 PM — free and open to all.
Submit your work and help us welcome spring with creativity and community.
Full details and guidelines on our website:
bluewaterfineartgallery.com
Stay connected with upcoming exhibitions and artist calls — sign up for our newsletter at BlueWaterFineArtGallery.com
I saw a vision of hands descend from heaven.
I saw the hands begin to unite as the communities across the country decide to let go of their barriers.
I saw hands that came and scooped up the naked and fed the hungry.
I saw the vision that Dr. King had spoken of.
I saw races of every tribe and nation sit at one table and begin to break bread.
I saw the hands that bind and form a degree of one to progress.
I saw a child reach for the hand of an African /American man and ask him for guidance.
I saw millions of hands come together and begin to shout for freedom and liberty and equality of all.
I saw the hands form a circle that encompassed every man, woman and child.
I heard a voice say “hands that build together, grow together, stay together.”
Hands, God gave us these beautiful hands.
Hands that produce awareness of peace.
Hands, God made these hands in His own image.
HANDS!
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Our roads are crumbling and susceptible to great damage in winter storms. The number of gallons of gas, on which all money for road repair comes from, is dwindling. Oregon House Bill 3991 passed which included a 6 CENT increase in the gas tax from 40 cents a gallon to 46 cents. Of that, 2 cents would go to counties and 1 cent would go to cities.
According to Representative Cyrus Javadi, “In fact, for the average driver in Tillamook, we are talking about roughly $2.50 a MONTH. Less than a candy bar. Less than a Grande Americano from Starbucks. Less than a bag of chips.”
A Referendum was put on the ballot by those opposing the tax.
Please vote YES on Referendum 120 to save our roads. We ALL need to drive on them, especially here on the coast where a vehicle is necessary to go almost anywhere and do almost anything.
Here is an excellent article by Representative Cyrus Javadi pointing out the fallacy of opposing this tax.
And here is information about the Referendum by ballotpedia
ballotpedia.org/
Oregon_Referendum_120,_Increase_to_Gas_Tax,_Payroll_Tax,_and_Vehicle_Registration_Fees_Referendum_(May_2026)
Barbara McLaughlin
Nehalem
Sunday, April 26, 1-3 PM
Just a few openings left. Come and join us for a fun afternoon in this hands on workshop.
You will assemble your own unique glass pieces.
You can create sun catchers, garden ornaments, or unique pendants and earrings.
You can create up to three pieces.
Finished works will be kiln fired off site and ready for pick up a couple of weeks later.
AGES 10 – Adult
Cannon Beach Arts Association
$55 for members l $65 for non-members
Class will be held at Cannon Beach History Center & Museum
for more information
Kim@cannonbeacharts.org
Thank you BBQ.
“Fields & Fields Blown Glass, located in Portland, Oregon, was a personal and professional marriage of two unique and accomplished glassblowers, John and Heather Fields. By combining their talents, the dedicated couple created a harmony of style and form. Their singular and successful enterprise was the result of merging two art glass studios into one.
While studying business at the University of Arkansas in the early 1970’s, John began working with glass. Realizing that his future lay in an art form over 2000 years old, John took a glassblowing class at Pratt Institute in Seattle, Washington.
Heather graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of the Arts in 1986. ‘ wandered into the glassblowing studio one day and there was no turning back. I was fascinated with molten glass.’ “
This unique vase is in perfect condition.
$340
Thanks, BBQ!
