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16th Annual Pie Day Coming This Saturday!

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February 7th at the historic White Clover Grange, fun will be had by young and old alike…
Doors open at 1:30 p.m. for you to review sumptuous creations by local artisans, with auction festivities to begin at 2:00 p.m. For your convenience Square, Venmo, or cash, will be cheerfully accepted upon entry – $15.00 for adults, $5.00 for kids 10 and under.
Red, White, and Blue is the theme for this years event, celebrating our great nation’s birthday – so we have many differant offerings including Cherry “Red” pie, Tillamook Vanilla Ice Cream “White”, and “Blue” Berry pie, YUM!!
Your generous entry donation entitles you to the opportunity to place bids on 25 wonderful auction pies, a place in line for the world famous “feast pie table”, ending with a dollop of delicious Tillamook Ice cream capping your samplings, and a chance to win one of several special pies and prizes in the raffle towards the end of the auction. Join together with your friends and cohorts to place bids and win your favorite pie!!
Free coffee will also be available to enjoy with your pie, adding to the ambiance and fun, competitive atmosphere…
This family friendly event is proudly hosted by the members and volunteers of the White Clover Grange, with all proceeds staying in, and supporting our community projects and activities, as well as maintaining our beloved and often used 105 year old building.
Our wonderful and talented friend Chip McGregor will emcee our event, ensuring a captivating atmosphere while you, our favorite pie aficionados, enjoy each others company and conversation 🙂
As always, have lunch before, but save room for PIE!!!
Hope to see you there! Your friends at WCG

TICKETS FOR RIVERBEND PLAYERS PRODUCTION OF ‘MISERY’ ON SALE. PLUS SEASON PASSES

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“I’m your number one fan.”
Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now, he’s writing to stay alive. Riverbend Players is proud to bring Stephen King’s white-knuckle thriller, MISERY, to the stage!
Don’t keep Annie Wilkes waiting… tickets won’t last long for this strictly limited run.
-Opening Night: February 27, 2026 -Run: 9 Shows Only! -Location: NCRD Performing Arts Center, Nehalem -Tickets: riverbendplayers.ludus.com/index.php
Get yours now, before things get… uncomfortable. PLUS: SEASON PASSES STILL AVAILABLE UNTIL 03/15/26.
SAVE 20% ON TICKET PRICES AND RESERVE YOUR FAVORITE SEATS FOR ALL FOUR SHOWS THIS SEASON
For more details and tickets, go to: www.riverbendplayers.org

Craft Night: Love Letters for Wetlands at Bay City Arts Center

Submitted By: maijahecht@nehalemtrust.org – Click to email about this post
What’s love got to do with… wetlands!? Drop into Bay City Arts Center on Thursday night, February 12th to hang out and craft valentines for your loved ones AND for your local estuary!

Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea – WEBS, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) and Lower Nehalem Community Trust staff will be around to tell you all about what there is to love about wetlands, specifically the estuaries that make our North Coast so biodiverse and special.

Craft supplies provided. See you there from 6PM – 8PM on Thursday, February 12th!

Responding to: Socialist Fury

Submitted By: stayhuman@tutamail.com – Click to email about this post
A self-described socialist responded to my post FED KILLINGS (in this general interest category days ago) – about feds killing the two folks in MN and Ashley Babbit on J6.

The self-described socialist wrote, about feds killing the small, unarmed woman Ashley Babbit, who was protesting on J6:

“She was climbing through broken glass of one of the doors when U.S. Capitol Police Lieutenant Michael Byrd fired a single shot to stop her entry to the secured area. This stopped her from crossing the threshold and scared her accomplices away, preventing their advance into the breach. While her death is regrettable, I feel that his use of force is one of the few captured on video that remains defensible.”

Frist of all, the above is hardly a reason to end somebody’s life.

Second, I am so glad that you do not work for ICE!

The socialist went on to write:
“I do not mourn Babbitt. I am angry that her co-insurrectionists were pardoned.
My heart breaks at the fate of Good and Pretti, because they were trying to make the world a better place.”

I do mourn for Ashley, as I mourn for the two shot dead in MN and for anyone, of any belief, race, sexual orientation, etc., that is shot dead by out of control feds.

Again, I am so glad the socialist does not work for ICE, and I hope he doesn’t own a firearm.

If interested, read on as I will explain my view of the events of J6. If you are not interested, don’t read what I am about to write.

If you watched the video I posted showing Ashley’s murder, you will see Pelosi’s Capitol police standing by and doing nothing while feds – in my view – are smashing windows. My favorite is the fed – in my view – with the mask and wrapped in the Don’t Tread On Me flag!

I believe J6 was a riot orchestrated by the feds. Ray Epps is one of the feds who got found out, and he can be researched. Much like the ‘umbrella man’ in Minneapolis the first time around, who was seen lighting fires, and was likely a fed, there were lots of feds doing the bulk of the violence and window smashing on J6.

The reason why Pelosi’s Capitol police opened the gates for the protesters was so they would trespass, get charged with sedition, and then the dems could try to link the sedition to Drumf, so he couldn’t run in ’24.

A huge flag for any free thinker:
Dick Cheney’s daughter ran the kangaroo court(!), and that fact alone should get the attention of anyone who remembers the most anti-American (9/11) and most murderous (Iraq) administration of my life: Dubya and Dick. She handed down extreme draconian sentences to folks who were wandering the Capitol grounds as if they were tourists. 20 years???? This is why I wrote a piece on this site when Drumf deployed the National Guard to Portland – so young activists wouldn’t be arrested and sentenced like Lizzo sentenced j6ers.

The socialist also cites the NYT in his ‘media literacy’ paragraph as an example of objective reporting. This is the same war-war-war!!! NYT that published treasonous Dick Cheney’s WMD lie from BS Italian intelligence that Saddam was procuring yellowcake, that NYT article written by fellow treason gal Judith Miller. In my view, the NYT has always been nothing but propaganda for the 1%. And the NYT LOVES WAR.

I would also like to point out that the socialist did not deny the many anti-American murderous atrocities of treason committed by Team Blue that I wrote about – only finding issue with the number of executive orders I wrongly ascribed to King Obama. King Obama, however, still holds the record for persecutions of whistleblowers and journalists.

I did forget to mention my favorite lie from King Biden though: After US special forces and Norwegian special forces blew up Russia’s Nordstream pipeline, an act of war – done to escalate NATOs war against Russia – King Biden lied to the world, and to HIS OWN VOTERS, claiming that Russia blew up their own pipeline! That act of terrorism from King Biden resulted in the single largest release of methane ever, if that matters to any climate change folks.

Finally, I believe Biden did in fact steal the election. As did JFK and Dubya did twice.

I believe J6 turned quite rapidly into a riot orchestrated by the feds.

I also believe those protesting on J6 had a great case and great cause for protesting the election. And, I think they were trying to make the world a better place, by standing up for democracy, as THEY BELIEVED THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.

Bottom line: there was no reason for that officer to murder Ashly Babbit.

Art from the Heart at the Hoffman Center for the Arts

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Drop in and get creative for Valentine’s Day! Open to all ages (bring a friend, a date, or the whole family.) Using a wide range of inks, paints, papers, collage materials, drawing media, crayons, pastels—you name it—participants can make one-of-a-kind Valentines to share or keep. No pressure, no rules, just come ready to create. Valentine’s Day treats will be provided.

Some words, that I’ve been asked to share, to inspire courage

Submitted By: jamietaylormassage@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
We are being asked to hold so much, more than ever, it seems. I have done a lot of personal work over the years deconstructing in myself the lies of colonialism, patriarchy, white supremacy, capitalism, all of it, and I also have a large capacity for grief, but still, I know that I have spent the last month practically drowning in the horror and the sorrow of it all, wondering, how do we move forward knowing, so, so, so clearly now, that these evils exist in the world? How do we move forward knowing that these people in power are a depraved death cult, so deeply disconnected from their humanity, and that they may well kill us all? I’ve found myself especially lamenting that this evil, or potential for evil, has always existed, and I was feeling rather hopeless in the “why-did-I-even-sign-up-for-incarnation-and-why,-oh-why,-did-I-have-children-it’s-too-fucking-hard” way. I have been crying real, bitter, tears about it. I have had grasping thoughts of how to stay safe in the midst of it all, and coming up empty. This morning something shifted in me though, and that is this. Hopefully, it will help you too.

Yes, this horrific capacity in humanity for shallow evil and lies has always existed, but so has our capacity for deep love and truth. Those of us that share this collective grief and rage about our current reality are truly expressing our maintained connection to our own humanity and love for Life, and that too, has always existed. Therefore, the conditions are still the same. Life is asking of us in this moment, and every moment, the same thing that it has always been asking of us humans, simply, to risk it all. Life is asking us today, as it always has, how alive can we be, for our lives? How human, can we become? How tender? How soft? How honest? How complex? How open? How vulnerable? How connected? How kind? How patient? How curious? How amazed? How brave? Given all that is on the table, how much are you willing to give of your life, for Life? For the future ones? What are you here to do, really? Let us take our places in the long and distinguished line of people who have stood for Life. Let’s risk it all.

We’re all going to die, this I know, and none of us know when, or how. Friends, I beg of you, make a place for grief in your life. If we are going to do the true, honest work of meeting Life on it’s own terms, knowing that everything we love, including our own lives, we will lose, there we will find the courage to live our lives for Life. Life does not want us to stay safe or small, it does want to know what kind of ancestor do you want to be?

Green Coast Market wants your plastic (film, bags, etc.)

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Green Coast Market wants your plastic!

We are collecting *clean and dry* flexible plastic films, including: bread bags, ziplock bags, bubble wrap, bubble lined plastic mailers, grocery bags, dry cleaning bags, etc. Bring your stash anytime during our open hours: Thursday through Monday, 10am-5pm (closed Tue/Wed).

The plastic we collect will go directly to Trex, an outdoor decking and furniture manufacturer. When the community recycles enough pounds of plastics, Trex will provide an outdoor bench in return. Win win!

Green Coast Market is located at 117 S. Miller Street in downtown Rockaway Beach. We are a local foods store proudly featuring over 100 small farmers and food producers from Oregon (and nearby WA). SNAP/EBT happily accepted.

Also, mark your calendars for our one-year anniversary festivities! We opened on February 14 last year, and we’ll be celebrating all weekend long with demos, tastings, free samples and more.

Support Oregon HB 4148 excellent history and explantion of Transient Lodging Tax by Cyrus Javadi

Submitted By: barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
Excellent history and explanation of Oregon’s Transient Lodging Tax by Rep Cyrus Javadi.

As Rep Javadi says, Since 2003, 70% of TLT moneys collected MUST be used for marketing tourism. He points out that overnight visitors contribute to that tax and that “day trippers” do not. And that ALL visitors use our infrastructure that needs to be maintained and paid for: water, bathrooms, roads, police, etc.

And in Tillamook County the other 30% of TLT money HAS to be used for roads.

So how do tourist communities maintain their infrastructure when they see their population double, triple and even quadruple during high tourist season?

He is co-sponsoring HB 4148 along with our Senator, Suzanne Weber, and others, which allows cities and counties to change the percentage that goes to marketing while leaving at least 40% for marketing.

This is a good start to fixing this problem. Please our legislators with your support.

Rep Cyrus Javadi
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1432
Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE, H-373, Salem, Oregon 97301
Email: Rep.CyrusJavadi@oregonlegislature.gov
Website: www.oregonlegislature.gov/javadi

Senator Suzanne Weber
Capitol Phone: 503-986-1716 Disrict Phone: 503-300-4493
Capitol Address: 900 Court St. NE, S-405, Salem, Oregon 97301
Email: Sen.SuzanneWeber@oregonlegislature.gov
Website: www.oregonlegislature.gov/weber

From Rep Javadi’s newsletter:
“This is the same bill we introduced during the long legislative session in 2025. No changes. Just more support.
Senators Weber and Nerron Misslin, along with Representative Julie Walters, myself and many lawmakers are sponsoring the bill.
Now, before anyone reaches for the fainting couch about a bill that raises taxes or ruins tourism, let’s be clear about what it doesn’t do.
It doesn’t eliminate tourism promotion.
It doesn’t raid marketing budgets.
It doesn’t punish hotels, short-term rentals, or the people who make their living welcoming visitors.
It doesn’t raise taxes. It doesn’t increase rates. And, it doesn’t create a new program or a new bureaucracy.
What it does (quietly, almost modestly) is restore balance.
Cities and counties would still be required to devote at least 40 percent of lodging tax revenue to tourism-related spending. That’s more guaranteed promotion than almost any other industry receives from a consumer tax. And, this is important, if a city or county wanted to invest 100% of the tax on tourism promotion, they absolutely can.
That’s the beauty of it. Cities and counties can decide how to meet the needs of their communities. Local governments could finally use the remaining funds for what tourism actually needs to function:
Infrastructure. Public safety. Emergency services. Basic livability. In other words, the stuff that makes visitors want to come back.
So, let me say it again:
No new tax. And no rate increase. Just permission to use existing dollars honestly.

Want to read more? Find the full newsletter here: cyrusjavadior.substack.com/p/sunsets-and-sewer-pipes

Text of HB 4148
apps.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB4148

The first reading is today, 2-2
olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4148

Tillamook Housing Commission 2026 Grant Applicants

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Tillamook County Housing Commission
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The Tillamook County Housing Commission is pleased to announce that it will be hearing eight project proposals for this round of the Housing Production Solutions Fund (HPSF) at our next meeting, February 5th 2026 at 9 am.
It is always exciting to hear about new housing projects in Tillamook County! The public is invited and encouraged to attend in person or online. For more information, visit tillamookcounty.gov/bc-hc or email Parker.Sammons@TillamookCounty.Gov

Apply to Volunteer at the Community Garden at Alder Creek Farm!

Submitted By: maijahecht@nehalemtrust.org – Click to email about this post
Are you interested in learning to grow food on the North Coast, aiding local nutrition access, and spending time with a welcoming and knowledgeable community?

Located at Alder Creek Farm and Natural Area in Nehalem, the Lower Nehalem Community Trust (LNCT) Community Garden season runs from late February through October with work parties on Tuesdays and Saturdays, 9am-noon, rain or shine. All are welcome, with no prior garden experience necessary. Garden Volunteers enjoy garden training and education, and share produce amongst themselves as well as with our local community food partners.

Visit our webpage to learn more: www.nehalemtrust.org/alder-creek-farm/community-garden/

Conscious Aging and Community Connections Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, 2-4pm

Submitted By: cardoons@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
Conscious Aging and Community Connections:
Barbara Coombs Lee, author of
Finish Strong: Putting Your Priorities First at Life’s End, will lead our discussion Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, 2-4pm, at Pine Grove Community Center.

Barbara will offer straightforward information and encouragement to bravely consider what is central to the quality of our lives. She will point us toward tools to identify our values and empower us to hold open-hearted, honest conversations with loved ones. She will also talk about how to provide specific guidance to family and health care providers about our end-of-life wishes.

Sometimes physical and mental decline occur slowly over months or years. Sometimes they are the result of a sudden catastrophic event. Barbara will talk about creating documents, recording a video and preparing our loved ones to follow our wishes in a variety of situations.

Please join us for this candid conversation about supporting your future self.

The Conscious Aging and Community Connections Program is sponsored by Pine Grove Community House. This allows us to keep admission at $5. All proceeds go directly to Pine Grove.

2006 Toyota Forerunner 4×4 SR5

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$8700
230,000 miles w/ Clean title
Weather Tech Mats
Tires – BF Goodrich All-terrain T/A KO2’s
Recent maintenance:
– throttle body clean
– new alternator/ serpentine belt
– newer struts
– newer headlight bezels
– recent tune-up…Plugs, cap, rotor
2nd Owner/ Runs great
Minor dent in rear bumper corner
Minor dent in front bumper
Located in Nehalem – call Kelly – 503-347-7580

Crab Dinner at the CB American Legion

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A mighty fine crab dinner at the Cannon Beach American Legion, presented by the Auxiliary.
Only $40

SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 7TH 57PM
INCLUDES: WHOLE CRAB, COLESLAW, BAKED BEANS, GARLIC BREAD, PROCEEDS HELP MANY VETERAN CAUSES & OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP FUND.
LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE BAR!

What do these things have in common?

Submitted By: mikieli@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
Girl Scouts – Camping – Travel – Gardening & Preserving – Moving Family / Household – Food Service: Chef / Baker – Teaching – EVCNB & CERT.
Q: What do these things have in common?
A: Planning & Preparing, of course!

Having had all these experiences in my life, I suppose I can say that planning & preparing are rooted in my nature. I’m coming up on 19 yrs. of living here. In December 2007, my first winter, the hurricane hit. No power for days. Thankfully water was still available.

We experience many weather events here on the coast and there’s the potential for a major earthquake / tsunami. I volunteer with EVCNB & CERT because planning-preparedness are an important aspect of my life. I teach the WaSH (water-sanitation-hygiene) class to help my community to think about what they will do to care for themselves, to plan strategies, to begin processes for preparedness.

I invite you to attend a WaSH class. It’s 2 1/2hrs on a Saturday 10am to 12:30pm. There’s a $20 registration fee per household – (registration & laminated info pages).
Refer to the attached poster for class dates.

Don’t hesitate to contact me at <wash@evcnb.org> with question.

– Kim Miller

Timeless Wisdom

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

Mahatma Gandhi’s Seven Social Sins, published in his Young India newspaper in 1925, are behaviors he believed would destroy society by undermining moral, ethical, and human values. They are:
1. wealth without work,
2. pleasure without conscience.
3. knowledge without character.
4. commerce without morality.
5. science without humanity.
6. religion without sacrifice.
7. politics without principle.

IS THIS IS NOT WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY OUR COUNTRY? ARE NOT MORAL, ETHICAL AND HUMAN VALUES BEING DESTROYED?

we need instead, the following:
1. wealth WITH work.
2. pleasure WITH conscience.
3. knowledge WITH character.
4. commerce WITH morality.
5. science WITH humanity.
6. religion WITH sacrifice.
7. politics WITH principle.

these principles serve as a timeless guide for maintaining a just and sustainable society. let us elect leaders who will follow the teachings of Mahatma Ghandi. be sure to VOTE in every election.

om peace namaste

lucy brook
nehalem resident
U.S. citizen

SoulCollage Year of the Fire Horse

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Year of the Fire Horse
A SoulCollage Workshop

Sunday, February 15, 2pm–430pm
Located in Nehalem (address sent upon registration)
Cost $45 (includes all materials, instruction, tea and snacks)

The Year of the Fire Horse carries themes of passion, movement, courage, and transformation. In this workshop, we’ll explore what this powerful energy is inviting into our lives through the SoulCollage process.

You will create cards and engage in guided reflection focused on intention and personal insight. Open to beginners and returning participants.

Led by Carolyn Greenwood – Certified SoulCollage Facilitator

Space is limited. Advanced registration is required
To register
www.eventbrite.com/e/1980782086542?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Time is NOW!

Submitted By: nmccarthy1276@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
WAITING UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE? WELL, IT’S HERE!
It’s time to put your pen down, take one last glance, and kiss your entry to the Writers Read Celebration good-bye. The deadline is MONDAY, Feb. 2 — there’s just enough time to press “enter” on your keyboard and send your 1, 2 or 3 pieces to the Cannon Beach Library (info@cannonbeachlibrary.org). Then, you can think about them “From a Distance.”

Thanks Lydia for the reminder to unsubscribe

 

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

I have been thinking about ending my Prime membership as a economic protest and actually just did it thanks to Lydia’s post.  The suggested month long boycott begins today.  Since money is all to those in power, maybe this will touch them.

Here’s a link to the website
www.resistandunsubscribe.com/

(Business Insider wanted me to sign up, which I didn’t want to do)

Barbara McLaughlin

 

2006 Toyota Forerunner 4×4 SR5

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$8700
Clean title
Weather Tech Mats
Tires – BF Goodrich All-terrain T/A KO2’s
Recent maintenance:
– throttle body clean
– new alternator/ serpentine belt
– newer struts
– newer headlight bezels
– recent tune-up…Plugs, cap, rotor
2nd Owner/ Runs great
Minor dent in rear bumper corner
Minor dent in front bumper
Located in Nehalem – call Kelly – 503-347-7580

Something to consider

Submitted By: lfelley@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
So many of us are disturbed by what is happening in our country. It helps to feel like you are doing something to make things better. This article suggests an easy action one can make, boycott big tech
www.businessinsider.com/tech-ai-boycott-february-protest-ice-scott-galloway-2026-2

Hope you find this helpful!
Lydi Felley