We have tinkered with it, tried to shop vac out a clog, etc, but nothing yet has worked.
Thank you.
DEADLINE JANUARY 31 – There is still time to SPEAK UP to protect our drinking water by sending in your comments regarding Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) overarching management document, Forest Management Plan. The plan can be accessed at the following link: www.oregon.gov/odf/board/Documents/fmp-hcp/western-oregon-state-forests-management-plan-draft-september-2025.pdf
Drinking water must be included as a Greatest Permanent Value in the ODF Forest Management Plan.
Please send in your comments via email by January 31st at 11:55pm to:
odf.sfcomments@odf.oregon.gov
(cc: governor.kotek@oregon.gov)
Join our community meeting this coming Tuesday Jan 27, at St. Mary by the Sea Parish Hall – 275 S. Pacific Street in Rockaway Beach, from 6pm-7pm.
Agenda
1. Submit comments to ODF for the new Forest Management Plan. Talking points, discussions and letter writing materials will be available.
2. “Save the Wetlands” updates will include the January 13th LUBA Hearing.
3. Help with NCCWP’s upcoming events.
NCCWP 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. Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds. . www.healthywatershed.org | North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection
For more information, to volunteer or to unsubscribe, contact rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to NCCWP.
You can donate by check or online via debit or credit card by visiting: healthywatershed.org/donate/.
Thank you, everyone, for working to protect drinking water!
#healthywatersheds #stoppesticides #agentorangeawareness #protectdrinkingwater #nccwp
Also. Im selling my back inversion table Brand name TETTER. Im asking 100.00
Also Im offering a chaise lounge. Dark blue used. fine shape- free. all photos coming soon
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as i finished writing this, the title for this post came to me, “MURDER ON THE STREETS”
from Heather Cox Richardson. i have capitalized some words. my reaction “oh my god” came out of my mouth repeated times as i read this.
we MUST vote this criminal regime out of office. please VOTE in the november elections!
om peace namaste
written with tears
lucy brook
nehalem resident
January 24, 2026
HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
This morning, on a street in Minneapolis, at least seven federal agents tackled and then shot and killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse for the local VA hospital.
Video from the scene shows Pretti directing traffic on a street out of an area with agents around, then trying to help another person get up after she had been pushed to the ground by the agents. The agents then surround Pretti and shoot pepper spray into his face, then pull him to the ground from behind and hit him as he appears to be trying to keep his head off the ground. An agent appears to take a gun out of Pretti’s waistband during the struggle, then turns and leaves with it. A shot then stops Pretti’s movements, appearing to kill him, before nine more shots ring out, as agents apparently continue to fire into his body. IT LOOKED LIKE AN EXECUTION.
After he was dead, the agents walked away, apparently making no effort to preserve the crime scene, which people on the street later tried to secure by walling it off with trash bins.
As journalist Philip Bump noted, administration officials didn’t even pretend to wait for more information before jumping straight to “the opponent of the state deserved it.”
Mitch Smith of the New York Times reported that federal agents have blocked state investigators from the scene. Drew Evans of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, a statewide investigations team that specializes in police shootings, told reporters his agency had obtained a search warrant—a rare step—but the federal government still refused them access.
Tonight, in a lawsuit against Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem and other administration officials, Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison asked a judge for a temporary restraining order to prevent DHS agents from destroying evidence related to the shooting. The suit noted the “astonishing” departure from normal investigations, seemingly trying not to preserve evidence but to destroy it. A judge, who was appointed to the bench by Trump, immediately granted the restraining order, barring the administration from “destroying or altering evidence” concerning the killing.
Ernesto Londoño of the New York Times reported that federal officials also “have refused to disclose the identities of federal agents involved in Saturday’s shooting, as well as the names of federal agents who have shot people in recent days.”
Minnesota police have refused to obey the federal officers, though. Local law enforcement has been talking to witnesses and finding videos of the shooting. Minneapolis police chief Brian O’Hara said at a press conference: “Our demand today is for those federal agencies that are operating in our city to do so with the same discipline, humanity, and integrity that effective law enforcement in this country demands. We urge everyone to remain peaceful.”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said that it, rather than the FBI, will investigate the shooting. But, as Alex Witt of MS NOW noted, DHS had already issued a statement about the shooting, which FALSELY ASSERTED that Pretti had “approached US Border Patrol officers with a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun” and that he “violently resisted” as “officers attempted to disarm” him. The statement continued that “an agent fired defensive shots” and added that Pretti “also had 2 magazines and no ID—this looks like a situation where an individual wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.” lucy’s words, “THESE ARE LIES.”
“So,” Witt noted, “they’re gonna be investigating that which they’ve already issued a summary about…. It would seem that it’s a closed book?”
After repeatedly being exposed as liars over previous accusations against those they have shot, the Department of Homeland Security has so little credibility that Witt is not the only journalist calling out the federal agents for lying. Devon Lum of the New York Times wrote: “Videos on social media that were verified by The New York Times contradict the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting of a man by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday morning.
“The Department of Homeland Security said the episode began after a man approached Border Patrol agents with a handgun and they tried to disarm him. But footage from the scene shows the man was holding a phone in his hand, not a gun, when federal agents took him to the ground and shot him.”
But LYING TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE (lucy’s capitalization) is the only option for the administration when we can, once again, all see what happened with our own eyes. Pretti did have a permit for a concealed handgun and appeared to have carried the gun with him, although witnesses say he never reached for it. Tonight Noem doubled down on the lie, saying again: “This looks like a situation where an individual arrived at the scene to inflict maximum damage on individuals and to kill law enforcement.”
When the Democratic Party’s social media account posted: “ICE agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis this morning. Get ICE out of Minnesota NOW,” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller replied: “A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists.” The Democrats’ social media account responded: “You’re a f*cking liar with blood on your hands.” lucy’s words, “THAT IS THE TRUTH.”
In the wake of Pretti’s shooting, Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote to Minnesota governor Tim Walz to suggest he could “bring back law and order to Minnesota” if he handed over the state’s voter rolls to the Department of Justice. (this is where, sitting in my living room by my morning fire, i spoke into the silence of the room, OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!) As Jacob Knutson of Democracy Docket noted, SHE EXPLICITLY TIED THE ADMINISTRATION’S VIOLENCE IN THE STATE TO ITS DETERMINATION TO GET ITS HANDS ON VOTERS’ PERSONAL DATA BEFORE THE 2026 ELECTION. (my words, “BRIBERY ATTEMPT FROM OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN NEEDS TO VOTE–VOTE THESE CRIMINALS OUT OF OFFICE!). Minnesota has voted for the Democratic candidate running against Trump in the past three presidential elections, but he insists that he really has won the state each time. (my words, FRUMPF IS A LIAR)
As G. Elliott Morris of Strength in Numbers wrote: Republicans could stop this at any time they wanted to.
“All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dem[ocrat]s to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump—3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.”
Morris also pointed out that in December, Trump’s approval rating was negative in 40 states, including 10 he won in 2024. That covers 30 seats currently held by Republicans. Pretti’s shooting will likely erode Trump’s support further. Tonight, even right-wing podcaster Tim Pool reacted to Pretti’s killing by noting that it looked as if the agent had disarmed Pretti before the other agents shot him. “I don’t see Trump winning this one,” Pool commented.
The funding bill for DHS is effectively dead in the Senate, as Democrats have said they will not support any more funding for DHS. Tonight, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters: “Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.” But the July law the Republicans call the One Big Beautiful Bill Act poured nearly $191 billion into DHS through September 30, 2029, with almost $75 billion going to ICE and $67 billion going to Customs and Border Protection (FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, got just $2.9 billion).
Representative Seth Moulton (D-MA) had more to say: “What we just saw this morning on the streets of Minneapolis is another OUTRIGHT MURDER by federal officials. And let me just be clear, those federal ICE officers are ABSOLUTE COWARDS. I am a Marine veteran standing here telling you to your face they are unprofessional, pathetic cowards. Because if a Marine, an 18 year old Marine, did that in Iraq in the middle of a war zone, he would be court-martialed because it is murder. And you pathetic little cowards who have to wear face masks because you’re so damn scared, couldn’t even effectively wrestle a guy [to] the ground, so you needed to shoot him? This is why ICE needs to be prosecuted. Yeah, I voted to defund it, but ICE, you need to be prosecuted, and Director [Todd] Lyons, who’s running ICE right now, I hope you’re hearing this from this Marine to you. You guys are criminal thugs. You need to be held accountable to law if you think you can enforce it, and you need to be prosecuted right now.”
Just hours after the killing of Alex Pretti, agents pinned U.S. citizen Matthew James Allen to the street while he screamed: “I have done nothing at all. My name is Matthew James…Allen. I’m a United States citizen…. You’re gonna kill me! Is that what you want? You want to kill me? You want to kill me on the street? You’re going to have to f*cking kill me! I have done nothing wrong.” Nearby, his sobbing wife screamed: “Stop please! Stop!! Please!! We were just running away from the gas. That’s all we were doing.”
Tonight, Susan and Michael Pretti, the parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti, issued a statement:
“We are heartbroken but also very angry,” they said.
“Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.
“I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed.
“Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man.”
U.S. citizen
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May you weep and feel better
May you cry out in anger and curse and stomp
Our world has a plethora of things that make us stumble, weep and anger
And it has soul saving beauty
In the everchanging and luminous light whether dazzling or subtle gray
In music and art in all its forms
In bright rainbows and dramatic clouds
In the unknowable vast radiance of the heavens
In the embrace of loved ones
In the bosom of our family and friends
In the perfect cup of a beloved beverage sipped in a quiet place of restoration
In the breathtaking views of mountains
In the joy and laughter around a table
In the magic and mystery of seeds
In the majesty of the forest and the roar of the ocean
In the wonder of the myriad life forms on our planet
In the release and euphoria of vigorous exercise
In a mindful walk in nature
In random acts of kindness
In the satisfaction of work and play well done
In caring and being cared for
In spiritual renewal wherever you find it
In the celebration of coming together of like minds to create gifts of humanity for our world
In sharing your unique gifts
In being given unexpected gifts
In providing mutual aid
In the astonishing beauty of place everywhere around the globe
Let us keep on keeping on and put our drops of love into the world.
“Persistence and ingenuity” are our watch words. (taken from a novel by Joanna Miller)
Barbara McLaughlin
Photo credits
Carrot hug by Zoe Colosimo from FB
Hugging trees by Amazing World from FB
The tree that doesn’t give up by Ana Klein from FB
Contact – dumpsterfirearts@gmail.com
Come join us for Yoga with veterans, with Molly and with Janet. It’s fun, healthy, complementary and will limber you up. Everyone is welcome. Molly and Janet are excellent teachers.
Here is the info:
Yoga with Molly
Day – Monday
Time – 10:45 PST
Place – Tillamook YMCA
If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link.
us06web.zoom.us/j/85009203244?pwd=kewlp3KzlW0sKcbRbW8m3xMy0t5yOA.1
Yoga with Janet
Day – Wednesday
Time – 10:30 PST
Place – NCRD in Nehalem
If you can’t join in person, you can still zoom in via the following link:
us02web.zoom.us/j/82315818270
See you there.
Brian
With heartfelt gratitude,
Crissi
Saturday, January 24th
10AM to 1PM
Meet at Hemlock St and Marine Dr, west of Hwy 101 near the train tracks in Wheeler
It is finally time to lay and distribute gravel in Wheeler! We have worked diligently clearing brush, removing roots, and levelling the ground over the past 4 months and we are in our final steps for a portion of the Wheeler segment of the Salmonberry Trail to be open this spring.
We will be focusing on spreading gravel deposited on the trail, smoothing the top surface and compacting it.
Bring a snack and water for yourself, we will get lunch from the NeahKahNie Smoke House or Handy Creek bakery in Wheeler when we wrap up at 1PM.
We will have some tools, but if you have your own rake, shovel, and work gloves, bring them along!
Feel free to show up on site or reach out to Skye Cutler in advance
skye@salmonberrytrail.org
360-342-7136
Followed by a panel with the filmmakers Oliver Matthon & Michael Reis and Consejo Hispano.
Saturday, January 24th 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm at the Columbian Theater 1102 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR, 97103
$10 and up sliding scale. No-one turned away for lack of funds.
All proceeds go to Consejo Hispano consejohispano.org/
Up on the Mountain follows Southeast Asian refugees, Latino immigrants, and rural Americans on a year-round migration to harvest wild mushrooms in the American west. Working on foot in public forests, mushroom picking is an accessible path to self-employment. But despite evidence of the sustainability of the harvest, the workers who supply the restaurants of Europe, Japan, and North America are repeatedly denied access to public lands. In the observational documentary tradition, Up on the Mountain exposes race and class inequities in natural resources policies as well as the resourcefulness of disenfranchised communities.
“Highly recommended. The film is overflowing with gorgeous scenery. Does an excellent job in portraying camaraderie as well as tension among commercial mushroom harvesters, recreational mushroom harvesters, mushroom sellers, and Nation Park authorities.”
–Educational Media Reviews Online
★★★★★
“Up on the Mountain is an understated, yet beautiful tale that educates viewers about mushrooms and harsh realities of the politics surrounding the harvesting, in a subtle manner that doesn’t hit you over the head.”
–Video Librarian
“By the quality of the attachment to the characters, to their practices, and to the adversity that they face, this film sheds new light on life in the ruins of capitalism as Anna Tsing so aptly described: the repeated destruction of public forests and the conflicts between economic, regulatory, and ecological norms. And off to the side of the mushroom logistical routes, migrants, outsiders, and forest rangers orchestrate a theater of American precarity and ethnic solidarities.”
–Jury du prix Gaia, Festival International Jean Rouch
“Powerful, riveting, and aesthetically beautiful. This calls to mind the way in which our Western society largely sees nature and humanity as separate from one another. Wild mushroom harvesting offers a beacon of a different paradigm.”
–Fa-Tai Shieh, Professor, Food Studies, The New School
“Up on the Mountain is a fascinating look into the world of mushroom pickers and an unwitting portrait of the American dream. Resonating with the mycorrhizal network of the mushrooms, the filmmakers achieve to empathically reveal the complex social entanglements of mushroom hunters seeking out liberty in a fractured society. A great companion piece to Anna Tsing’s groundbreaking The Mushroom at the End of the World”.
–Jeff Silva, Filmmaker/Anthropologist, member of La fabrique des écritures ethnographiques, Marseille
“For more than three decades, we have diligently curated a list of the best documentaries each year. Meticulously chosen from our extensive collection of reviews, these titles showcase the diversity and artistic ingenuity present in this year’s documentary offerings. These top-tier documentaries of 2023 not only educate but also foster empathy, understanding, and a deeper connection to the world we inhabit.”
–Video Librarian, Best Documentaries List of 2023
“Here at Collective Eye Films, we have always gravitated to environmentally focused-documentaries. Up on the Mountain is one of those films not only for the thoughtful and beautiful way it tells this story but in the intersection of race, politics, and environmental conversation within it. Keeping true to the notion that documentary films are powerful tools for change, it strives to unearth a story that’ll make a difference.”
–Collective Eye Films
“An excellent case-study in the most classic tradition of political ecology in geography and anthropology.”
–Claude Péloquin, Environmental Geography Researcher
“Immersive, patient, and gorgeous, it supplies us with information that enhances our experience.”
–Rustin Thompson, Writer and Filmmaker
“The film posed some pointed questions about the actions and motives of the US Forest Service’s seemingly inconsistent oversight.”
–Coley Gray, Documentary Magazine
We’re excited to invite you to a fun and festive evening in support of North County Recreation District — Pop Goes the Heart!
Join us on Saturday, February 7, from 6:00–8:00 PM for a Wine & Cheese Reception and a chance to win some amazing prizes, including a $1,000 Grand Prize.
Here’s how it works:
– Purchase a chance to pop a balloon and reveal your prize
– $10 = one chance or $20 = three chances
– Prizes include cash, local merchant gift cards, specialty items, art work, hand-crafted items, baskets, and more!
Only 1,500 tickets will be sold
Must be 21+ to purchase raffle tickets
All proceeds collected or donated will go directly toward member scholarships and new fitness equipment, helping us continue to serve our community and expand access to recreation for everyone.
This special event is proudly hosted by the Friends of NCRD Foundation, and we’d love to see you there!
For more information, visit www.ncrd.org and click on the Friends of NCRD tab.
Thank you for supporting recreation, wellness, and community in North County — and we hope to see you on February 7!
Warmly,
Justin Smith
Executive Director
North County Recreation District
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Thank you, BBQ!
DEADLINE JANUARY 31 – There is still time to SPEAK UP to protect our drinking water by sending in your comments regarding Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) overarching management document, Forest Management Plan.
Drinking water must be included as a Greatest Permanent Value in the ODF Forest Management Plan.
Please send in your comments via email by January 31st at 11:55pm to:
odf.sfcomments@odf.oregon.gov
(cc: governor.kotek@oregon.gov)
Please attend our Community Meeting this coming Tuesday in Rockaway Beach at St. Mary’s from 6pm-7pm for talking points and discussions. All are welcome.
NCCWP 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.
www.healthywatershed.org|www.facebook.com/
NCCWATERSHEDPROTECTION
For more information, contact rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com.
#healthywatersheds #peoplevsagentorange #stoppesticides #agentorangeawareness #agentorange #protectdrinkingwater #nccwp
Mercutio is a stunning white cat with two light black spots on his head and cute pink ears. In most households, cats like to be in on the action, but Mercutio really loves to be with his humans. He wants to see what is going on and is the first to help lend a paw. He loves to play with his brother, and they zoom around the house chasing toys and each other. When he is not playing, Mercutio loves to snuggle with his humans on a lap, chair, or bed. When his humans are busy, he is often found up in a high perch snoozing in the sun or watching the birds outside.
Romeo is a carbon copy of his brother, Mercutio. He is all white but has three faded black spots on his forehead and pink ears which makes him interesting and unique. Romeo loves to play and chase his brother. He especially likes to play in water – and will wait patiently for his human to get out of the shower so he can frolic and play. True to his name, Romeo is a real snuggler and loves to be where his humans are. He also likes to climb up a perch or cat tree; watching birds outside is a favorite pastime.
These kitties would be fine in a home with other cats, children and gentle dogs. They have been neutered, vaccinated, and are healthy buddies.
Although it is not essential, Mercutio & Romeo would love to be adopted together, because not only do they look alike, they are especially close. Whether you adopt one or both, it is a certainty that you will add fun and joy to your household.
To learn more, please visit unitedpaws.org or email unitedpawshelp@gmail.com.
Please check it out and give generously–sowing your own seeds of love.
Not every organization can afford a paid profile, which pays for the production. So there is a list of contact information for all in the back.
The Giving Guide and detailed directories of the organizations can be found at www.northcoastbbq.com/local-resources/
The Giving Guide can also be found here:
www.northcoastbbq.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Giving-Guide-2025-26_Final_Spreads3.pdf
Here are descriptions of several of those organizations:
Friends of Rockaway Beach Library
Friends of Tillamook Air Museum (FOTAM)
Friends of Tillamook Police
Friends of Rockaway Beach Library
PO Box 185
120 N Coral St
Rockaway Beach, OR 97136
503-355-2665
friendsrockawaybeachlibrary@gmail.com
www.friendsrblibrary.org
Tom Zelenka, Board President
tzelenka49@gmail.com
971-254-6535
Mission Statement: To provide library services, including access to free internet and fax, to the citizens and visitors to Rockaway Beach.
One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
Since its inception in 1999, the Friends of the Rockaway Beach Library and the donation of the Woman’s Club meeting house, the library building and facility ongoing maintenance, including insurance, utilities, cleaning and repairs are funded through annual Friends memberships, donations, grants and community fund-raising events. The library provides opportunities for local community art and/or informational displays/exhibits, as well as meeting space for gatherings for adults and children, as well as a place for readings/writing classes from local authors.
Friends of Tillamook Air Museum (FOTAM)
4000 Blimp Blvd
Tillamook, OR 97141
503-842-1130
FriendsOfTillamookAirMuseum@gmail.com
www.FriendsOfTillamookAirMuseum.org
Bruce Lovelin, President, Board of Directors
Friends of Tillamook Police
210 Laurel Avenue
Tillamook, OR 97141
503-842-2522
tillamookpd@tillamookor.gov
www.friendsoftillamookpolice.org
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Nick Troxel ntroxel@tillamookor.gov
Mission Statement: To enhance the quality of life in Tillamook by educating the community about crime prevention and by funding crime prevention, youth programs and other police services.
One paragraph about your organization’s history/work:
The primary purposes of this corporation’s activities are to prevent crime and to promote community safety and wellbeing through public education and youth programs. Examples of programs the corporation will support include, but are not limited to, Neighborhood Watch, Business Watch, Citizen Police Academy, Tillamook Police Cadets, Youth Programs and the Tillamook Police Auxiliary volunteers. Please contact us by email or phone to see how you might be able to help.
Local gardeners are sharing tips, tricks, and plant wisdom—free advice, no strings attached.
Bring your questions, your curiosity, or just your love of plants.
Come learn, swap ideas, and grow together.
Free • Friendly • For all gardeners
Saturday January 24th 10 am
White Clover Grange
Sponsored by Nehalem Bay Garden Club
Information/ questions : Sherri Stewart
503-647-6485