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

POSTED IN BEHALF OF DEBBIE CURLEY

I LOVE NCRD! That’s why I’m urging you to Vote YES on the upcoming renewal of its 5-year tax Levy.

From the moment I walked into the doors of NCRD, I felt welcomed, included, and supported! My passion for fitness led me to join the center, but it’s been the members, staff, and the variety of programs, that have kept me coming! The fitness and yoga instructors are top notch, and the classes offered are inclusive of all abilities, whether you’re young or wizened!

In addition to the classes and the fitness center, I’ve attended a number of fund raising and social events in the gym and in the various rooms that can be rented and used by the community. One of the attractions that draws me down the hall, is the art that adorns the walls of the River Room and the art room. The art is by local artists, and when the items are for sale, some or all of the proceeds benefit local programs or communities, so it’s a win win!

Another program that impressed me, and that I volunteer at, is the before and after school program, Playcare. Angie and her team, assure a safe, well-supervised, stimulating environment, for the children attend. This important program, is offered at a fair price and there are scholarships to those families that need assistance. As a single mom, I know how much a program such as this, was a life saver when I was raising my daughters!

While my participation and use of programs at NCRD has been limited to my personal interests, I’m very much aware of the Aquatics programs, the preschool program that uses the space, and the many other services and programs that are offered at NCRD. I’m proud to be a member of this organization that provides so much to the community! Connection, Community, and Inclusivity are at the heart of this center.

Vote YES for NCRD! No increase in taxes to you, and none of this goes to the funding of the new pool! This levy will assure that all programs, services, and operational costs can be covered! How has NCRD been part of your life and those around you? Let’s keep it going!

Debbie Curley
Member, Volunteer, Friend of NCRD

Submitted By: onesmartwoman99@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

I previously posted that Tillamook County is planning to award a $337,600 contract to renovate the DA’s office.

This is still true, however the square footage I quoted was incorrect. 166 sq ft was from a previous bid announcement that went out but was never awarded and was from a smaller portion of the project.
Thanks

Submitted By: onesmartwoman99@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

This Wednesday, November 8th 2023, the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners plan to approve a contract with Columbia Cascade Construction Inc for a $337,600 renovation of the District Attorney’s office. The space to be renovated is stated as 166 sq.ft, which is roughly the square footage of a 11ft x 15ft room. This contract approval will happen at the Commissioners meeting which starts at 9:00am, at Tillamook County Courthouse 201 Laurel Avenue, Tillamook, Oregon 97141. The public is welcome to attend.
The contract consideration is item #7 on the agenda.
You can see the agenda here: www.co.tillamook.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/board_of_county_commissioners/meeting/88901/2023-11-08_bocc_agenda_-_final.pdf
You can read the contract here: www.co.tillamook.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/board_of_county_commissioners/meeting/88901/7._pwr_columbia_cascade_-_da_office_remodel_exp_2024_06-30.pdf
You can see the public notice call for bids that states the square footage of the project here: publicnotices.djcoregon.com/search/detail.aspx?detail=2473315
My question is, does anyone in the community know any details? What necessitates such a high price for such a small area? Commissioners have not provided public answers thus far.
Thanks.

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

Helping with Hunger in our Area

I’m sure most of you know we have two Senior Meal Sites and the North County Food Bank in our area.
The two Senior Meal Sites are located in Nehalem and Rockaway Beach.
This is some information I copied off the Senior Meal WebSite in Rockaway Beach:
Who We Serve
Our goal is to provide senior citizens in the area with a place to congregate, socialize, be entertained, and have access to an appetizing and nutritious dining experience. We serve senior citizens in North Tillamook County. Our patrons come from Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler, Brighton, Nedonna, Rockaway Beach, Twin Rocks, Barview, Garibaldi and from unincorporated areas of the North County. Our target population is senior citizens, with a special dedication to seniors who are home bound. For those people who are unable to come to the meal site, we deliver a freshly prepared, complete packaged meal, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Many of these homebound are not able to shop; thus, we also deliver additional frozen meals and snacks, so they have meals for six days of the week. This Meal Site in Rockaway Beach is open from 11:30 to 12:30, at the Catholic Church Dining Hall. This year, 2023 they are on track to serve about 13,000 meals. This comes out to a little over 240 meals per week! They ask for a donation of $4 per meal, but it is not required. $20 would provide 5 meals for our Seniors. You can help by sending a check to Meals for Seniors, Inc., PO Box 852, Rockaway Beach, Oregon, 97130.

Nehalem Senior Lunches are provided at the Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church. Meals here are $5, and again, no one is turned away. This is information I copied off the Nehalem Senior Lunches website:
Senior Lunches
Nehalem Senior Lunches provides lunch for people to dine in-house for community and conversation, pick up, or delivery to home bound folks. Request $5 donation per meal.
Hours:Tuesdays/Thursdays noon to 1
(Call the church office at (503) 368-5612 to order pick up or request delivery). Your contribution to this cause can be sent to Nehalem Senior Lunches, PO Box 156, Nehalem, Oregon 97131

The North Tillamook County Food Bank located in Wheeler is a huge help to our local families. Not only do they provide food but also have a clothing bank. Here is some information from their website:

Click the button to donate online by debit/credit card or using your PayPal account. You will have to go to their website to do this.
Financial donations enable us to purchase wholesome food at wholesale prices from the Oregon Food Bank and local grocers.
You can also send checks made out to “North County Food Bank”:
North County Food Bank
P.O. Box 162
Wheeler, OR 97147
We will send you a donation acknowledgement for your tax records.
If you would like to make a gift of appreciated stock, please contact us for wire transfer information.
Information about the Clothing Bank is as follows:
You are welcome to bring donations of food, gently used clean clothing and shoes, and hygiene items during open hours at the Food Bank. We are currently open from 12 pm – 3 pm on Tuesdays.
We especially appreciate donations of non-perishables, such as peanut butter, dry pasta, soups, canned fruit and vegetables, beans, rice, and other staples.
For clothing, we especially need men’s work clothes (jeans and work shirts—not business clothes), practical shoes for men and women, leggings/yoga pants for women, and clothes and shoes for children. We need children’s toys and stuffed animals, as well as sheets, blankets, and towels.
If you can’t make it on a Tuesday with your donation, contact us and we’ll arrange a pick up. Contact information: If you have any questions or comments, please contact us via email or phone.

Email
northtillamookcountyfoodbank@gmail.com

Phone
(503) 368-7724 (messages only)
Please note the North County Food Bank will be providing all the trimmings and a turkey dinner for Thanksgiving.
The Rockaway Beach Lions will be serving about 22 families for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. They would love a donation sent to Lions, PO Box 611, Rockaway Beach, Oregon 97136.

If you’ve read all through this you probably deserve something, but for right now let’s concentrate on helping and donating what we can to our neighbors and their families for the holiday season. Thanks very much! Patty

Submitted By: Cpossibility1023@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Dear Community, we’re coming down to the wire. Ballots must be dropped by 8pm tomorrow. Regardless of the outcome, I implore you to get involved, attend the board meetings (2nd Thursday, 6pm) ask questions, be a stand and ensure the NCRD becomes a Treasure for ALL.

Take a moment to read again what was said directly to me when meeting with a BM while specifically looking for stage accessibility in the PAC: ‘Why are you poking your nose in this’, ‘I have a disability, you don’t see me asking for special favors’; ‘You don’t want to get on the wrong side of the board, ‘WE HAVE OUR OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS’. Again, not one board member or staff disputed those comments, not one.

My dream for having the NCRD be a treasure for ALL is ATTAINABLE. I believe in the mission statement: which is to promote the Educational, Recreational, Social and Physical well being for the entire North County Community by providing activities for all ages and abilities in an inviting environment.

AND change is not going to happen as long as the status quo culture is supported with OUR tax dollars.

Again, Voting down the levy will not be the end of the NCRD. It will not be the end of the swim program or the after-school program, or those coming from the Health district. What it will do, it will send a clear message, it’s time for the NCRD to be for ALL.

So one last time:

If you are one who has had a negative experience, or been treated with less than respect with the NCRD staff or board.
Vote No.

If you are one who experiences the NCRD as not listening to the needs for ‘all ages and abilities’ as stated in the (nowhere to be displayed) mission statement.
Vote No.

If you are someone whose experience of requesting clarity, or asking questions to the board or the NCRD is as effective as spitting in the wind.
Vote No.

If you are someone who doesn’t trust the NCRD, or the Board, for any reason.
Vote No.

If you believe the NCRD functions as an ‘old boys club’, and you’re tired of paying for it.
Vote No.

If you are someone who is no longer using the NCRD.
Vote No.

If you believe the board should create committees to look for stage accessibility; youth recreation (skatepark); community alliance; and won’t.
Vote No.

VOTE NO for Diversity, Equity, Accessibility

/Constance

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

Greetings BBQ,
I will be fact-checking some of the posts on this forum propagating misleading and false information. Basic facts and aspects of scientific literacy (such as cause vs correlation) can and should be elucidated and evaluated. In most cases I will simply link to reputable organizations which provide clear rebuttals. Opinion and personal perspective are irrefutable. Regarding the covid-19 pandemic, I hope there are a few things we can all agree on. No organization or individual had all the answers or performed perfectly all the time; mistakes were made, but when it comes to infectious disease we’re all in this together. I believe public health policy does need to be openly debated, and should never be conducted by for-profit entities behind closed doors. Misinformation will not help open that process in any way.

In the following paragraphs I will examine some of the claims made in a recent post by andynorris21@yahoo.com.
“Anyway, more myocarditis in Switzerland. I’m not even going to bother to see if Fact Checker or Snopes tried to cover the truth of this, because it seems to be very true, it’s a study that you and I can read. It’s interpreted by John Campbell who is doing amazing work helping humanity figure what happened to them. I’m guessing big-tech-funded Fact Checker and Snopes won’t even try to re-truth this study into one of their lies, it’s too solid:”
Here is a link to the study: ​​https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejhf.2978
And here are links to multiple articles which clearly explain how the study in question has been misinterpreted. The first link has some further information about John Campbell as well.
leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/07/fact-check-video-swiss-study-do-not-prove-1-in-35-given-covid-19-vaccine-booster-develop-heart-injury.html
www.aap.com.au/factcheck/holes-in-claim-swiss-study-links-jabs-to-heart-disease/
I think it continues to be important to seek Verifiable Truth, and I will continue to do so. But the above example is especially interesting because it shows the importance of scientific literacy and the ways that data can be twisted and used to sow doubt and confusion. I urge people to watch John Campbells video, as well as read the two articles which debunk his conclusions and explain what the study actually concludes.
-Hank Tallman

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

POSTED IN BEHALF OF ROBERT & SHARON BORGFORD:

We strongly support a “YES for NCRD” vote for renewal of the current five-year option tax for General Operations. This measure renews the current local option tax with no change in current taxation. We think the summary on the ballot describes it best:

“North County Recreation District will use the tax revenue from this measure to operate the district at its present level of service.
Property taxes pay for recreation and health program services in aquatics, fitness, youth, and activities for adults, and operating costs such as the existing swimming pool operation, utilities, general administration, and minor maintenance.
Major capital expenditures are paid using timber tax and other non-property tax sources of income. Savings for these major capital costs, which include a fund for a replacement swimming pool, do not come from property taxes.”

I have been privileged to serve on NCRD’s Budget Committee for a few years and have witnessed the fine stewardship of NCRD’s Administration and Board. Please consider going to www.ncrd.org/admin/documents and open the first entry, the 2023-24 Budget. As you page through it, it is apparent how many programs are supported for residents of all ages, including children and senior citizens. In doing so, NCRD has kept budget increases to a minimum.

NCRD belongs to our community. It’s ours, it belongs to all of us, and it has consistently demonstrated its value. Whether taking a fitness class, attending a play, viewing artwork on display, or swimming in the pool—and these are just some of the offerings— there are abundant opportunities to develop and enjoy a sense of community. If there happened to be a national competition for rural community recreation organizations, we think NCRD would come out the top.

We absolutely need to continue this operational support bond by voting “YES”. If it is not passed, it would have devastating consequences that would be hard to recoup. If you look at page 10 of the budget (please see link) the local option is $573,187.00. That’s 31% of the budget. Just imagine the loss of staff, programs, and support for so many parts of our community if it failed. NCRD is a vital hub of fundamental importance to the community. Please keep it intact by voting YES.

Robert and Sharon Borgford
Manzanita

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

i am writing in agreement with gene dieken’s post on last night’s bbq, which i have copied and pasted below.
gene wonders whether “bbq policy might be rethought when it comes to election advocacy.”
my personal opinion is that NOTHING on bbq should be anonymous! over the years, when some particular post has interested me, but it was posted anonymously, i have written to the email address to ask “who are you?”
words are sometimes weighted more, have more value, … or, sometimes the opposite, depending on who wrote them.
so… to repeat, imho, i think NO ANONYMOUS POST should be allowed. and i respectfully ask the director/curator/manager of BBQ to effect that policy.
om peace namaste
lucy brook nehalem resident long-time north county resident
p.s. for some odd reason, last night’s bbq posts are all dated nov. 6. yesterday was nov. 4 and today is nov. 5.
???
posted by gene dieken, 11/5/23 The value of anonymous & ambiguous posting on BBQ Posted on November 6, 2023 by North Coast BBQ
Submitted By: genedieken@yahoo.com – Click to email about this post Given the recent late-in-the-game statement of “transparency” by a frequent poster on BBQ who advocated a no-vote on renewing the NCRD levy by using only a pseudonymous email address as identification, I have to wonder if this BBQ policy might be rethought when it comes to election advocacy.
Also, and once again, on Nov. 4 our friendly Manzanita wine merchant, Dixiesvino@gmail.com, had to clarify that she is NOT the frequent very conservative poster, dixiegainer@gmail.com. I imagine over the years, this confusion has had some financial impact on the former.
Seems like a couple of small policy changes could create a more reliable service.
Gene Dieken