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In Manzanita
Tonight is Open Music Jam- starts at 6 PM, bring your instruments, your voice, yourself and let’s have some fun!!
Store will be closed tomorrow, Saturday May 4th – I will be at the Master Gardener’s Plant Sale at the Tillamook Fairgrounds, from 9-1, with my best products- local photography note cards, crystals, journals, jewelry, candles, suncatchers, windchimes/spinners and more! Please stop by and say hello, while you’re shopping for some awesome plants!
And now for some real talk- there are no community events scheduled for this month other than tonight’s open music jam.
I am very passionate about offering community events like this for free or very low cost donations, and for this reason, I added a store to my already busy healing practice- store sales help pay for these events, and keep them open and available to ALL! However, this winter, like most of the businesses along the coast, there just wasn’t enough sales, or support, and now I am making some hard decisions moving forward….
I am also burned out. I was glad to be able to offer the studio for grief support after the passing of my friend Lee, and also my time for the many weeks of his memorial planning, but it was a financial hardship, as well as an emotional one, and honestly, I haven’t had a chance to catch my breath yet, or process my own grief. So, I am regrouping, re-imagining, restoring, and hoping to be back in June with a full schedule again, but I need your help to do it!
Store Hours are Thursday-Sunday 11-4PM- closed May 4th, 12-16th. Free hot tea, and hugs, always available
****Please shop local, if you like a store or service in your community, support them! It’s our local community that keeps us going, it’s not all tourists!***
I LOVE YOU! And I am so BLESSED to be a part of your community! -CK
Hope to see you soon!
Rising Hearts Studio
35840 7th St,
Hwy 101 in downtown Nehalem
(503) 800-1092
Christy@cosmichealingnw.com
The Lower Nehalem Community Trust is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Akdedian as Interim Executive Director. From walks on Neahkahnie Mountain as a toddler, to catching a first crab in the sparkling waters of Nehalem Bay, and now witnessing her children grow amongst the majesty of the temperate rainforest—Emily’s connection to the Nehalem region brought her to the Trust in 2022 when she joined us as Education and Outreach Coordinator.
Emily’s professional career has spanned non-profit education and environmental work across three continents where she has been involved in organizational development, project management, program design and implementation, as well as equity work in collaboration with communities in rural areas of Costa Rica and remote Pacific Islands. She has engaged and managed volunteers on our public lands as the North Coast Stewardship Coordinator for Trailkeepers of Oregon, and during her time with the Trust has worked to connect our North Oregon Coast residents, visitors, and partners to place-based learning opportunities on our lands and in our region. She has implemented various public relations strategies to build awareness and promote engagement in LNCT’s conservation work.
Emily holds an M.A. in Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, an M.A. in International Affairs, and a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology. Her knack for combining knowledge, wit, kindness, and valuing partnerships, diversity, and inclusion as central to a healthy environment and community, have proven to be tremendous strengths for her work at LNCT and for the network that she continues to build.
Emily will oversee day-to-day operations and provide staff supervision and project management oversight toward mission related obligations. While working with the Board during this time of transition, she will help lead strategic and fiscal year planning. Please join us in welcoming Emily to this new role and leadership in our continued journey to conserve land and nurture conservation values in partnership with an engaged community.
Emily can be reached at (503) 368-3203 or emilyakdedian@nehalemtrust.org. Or, you can reach me at (503) 329-1011 or debbie@nehalemtrust.org.
In Partnership,
Debbie Moberly
Board President
Check out these free community events!
6pm – Sunset Sand Spiral Labyrinth Walk
Centerpoint Healing Arts is raking a sand art Labyrinth on Neahkahnie beach for a free community walk to be part of ‘a rolling wave of peace around the world’. Swing by whenever you like between 6pm and Sunset to walk the Labyrinth before the rising tide washes it away. Ocean Rd. & Nehalem Rd. – 0.5 miles / 5+ minute walk on the beach north of Laneda Ave.. Kid and dog friendly event. ‘Leave-no-trace’ pop-up event with respect for our coastal ecology. Expect sandy, uneven terrain.
See you on the Beach! – Za
www.centerpointhealingarts.com/
1 – 3pm St. Catherine’s Community Labyrinth
The Labyrinth Guild is hosting a free community ‘walk as one at 1’ at 36335 Hwy 101, Nehalem, OR 97131. Join us to walk the labyrinth at 1:00 creating a unifed rolling wave of peaceful energy passing from one time zone to the next around the globe. This is a family friendly event and there will be a chance to create messages to send to children affected by the violence in Gaza.
During the month of May, Ginger will be showing new, original art and prints at the North Coast Recreation District (NCRD). Come visit and see this wonderful collection. Perhaps you will recognize a furry face or two!!
my phone number is 503-812-4637. NOT 842!
lucy brook
Located in Nehalem, flexible on days, times, etc.
Thanks,
Terra
EVCNB Volunteers and those who want to join our network are invited to attend one of three informational get-togethers offered on the dates below.
Pre-register at the link shown above or use the QR code in the ad below.
Purchase any reflexology gift card through this Sunday (see my previous posts in For Sale) and you’ll receive a small flower arrangement with your session! You can still choose a free bath fizzy or shower melts, but a few people asked for flowers, so I thought others may want to know they can have this too.
They sure do bring joy into our homes 🙂 Flowers are used in feng shui to refresh and refine energies and make offerings… Beautiful blessings…
Gift baskets with natural hand and foot care, tea and treats available as add-ons as well as a larger flower arrangement or bouquet (from Neahkahnie Blooms.) Contact me at the number below to order your gift basket and book appointments for May 20th-31st.
Thank you.
~ Libby
971.977.0166
www.goldenkeywellness.abmp.com
I am looking for someone to please help me find out why my lawn mower wont start.
I took it up to the barn and put it away nicely. Had a newer battery. Tried to start it and it would not. I bought a new battery, a new fuse, and the wiring was done about 2 years ago. So what gives?? Ugh… it’s always worked before.
Any ideas? Thank you for your help.
(Wheeler) – The Nehalem Bay Health District this week submitted to Tillamook County’s Community Development department design and permitting documents for the new Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy in Wheeler.
The submittal represents a major milestone in the project and anticipates a permit review schedule by the county that will allow groundbreaking in mid-July 2024.
The new Health Center will replace the existing Nehalem Bay Health Center, housed in a building that was constructed in the 1980’s that has no space for expansion or for the development of new health care services. The new Health Center will be located in a prominent location on U.S. Highway 101 across Hospital Road from the Wheeler City Hall. The new facility will have 15 exam and treatment rooms, a large pharmacy, a dental suite, dedicated space for behavioral health services and a large community meeting room.
Health District president Marc C. Johnson said the board is proud that a significant community project has been developed by a talented all-woman team of architects and designers from Scott Edwards Architects, as well as a diverse consultant team that met the Health District’s goal of teaming with multiple COBID certified Oregon firms.
(COBID firms are certified as minority-owned, women-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, and emerging small businesses).
“This team has worked diligently with the health care and administrative staff of the Nehalem Bay Health Center to plan an efficient, modern facility that will serve our community far into the future,” Johnson said.
The Health District board has also placed a premium on working with firms with substantial health care and coastal design and construction experience. The rest of the District’s team includes The Klosh Group, serving as the District’s owner’s representative and Bremik Construction the construction manager/general contractor.
Here is a timeline of key activities leading to construction of the new
Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy.
• Health Center/Pharmacy new-build site purchased by Health District: July 2021
• Scott Edwards Architects retained for site planning and highest and best use analysis: Summer 2021
• Schematic Design for Health Center/Pharmacy completed: December 2022
• Federal funding secured via Congressionally Directed Request: December 2022
• Local General Obligation (GO) bond measure for $10.25 million secured: May 17, 2023
• Environmental studies completed: Summer 2023
• GO bonds sold: September 4, 2023
• Klosh Group retained as owner’s representative: September 6, 2023
• Design Development documents completed: November 2023
• City of Wheeler Design Development approval: December 7, 2023
• Bremik Construction retained as Construction Manager/General Contractor: January 2024
• Tillamook County permits submitted: April 29, 2024
• Groundbreaking projected: Mid-July 2024
(Photo) – Scott Edwards Architects (SEA) assigned a talented all-woman team of architects and designers to work on the project for the Nehalem Bay Health District. From left, Jenna Hays, Lisa McClellan, Hayley Purdy (project lead), Amy Cripps and Eugenia Fama-Higgins. SEA, at the District’s direction, has also utilized Minority, Women, and Emerging Small Business subcontractors to develop various aspects of the project.
2 Across follows the unexpected encounter between two strangers on an early morning San Francisco commuter train. They’re alone in the car, each is married, both are doing the New York Times crossword. She’s an organized, sensible psychologist and a crossword pro. He’s a free-spirited, unemployed ad exec who always quits. They are two opposites in an enclosed space, challenging each other’s values but also being swayed and intrigued by them. They each have serious life problems that the other helps solve. As the commute unfolds, the audience is drawn into a whirlwind of witty banter and unexpected twists.
2 Across is directed by Markus Brown and features Margo McClellan as She (Janet) and Ben Van Osdol as He (Josh).
The production crew includes Sondra Gomez (costumer), Mick Alderman (lighting design), Sam Dinkowiz (sound and video design), Mick Alderman and Markus Brown (set builders), Juan Lira (set painter) and Nancy McCarthy (sound and light operator).
2 Across runs weekends through June 1 with a “pay what you will” show on Thursday, May 16 and one Sunday show May 26. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $30 or $25; they can be purchased at the theatre box office (503-436-1242) or online at coastertheatre.com. The box office is open 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 12:30 p.m. to curtain on performance days.
Upcoming shows and events at the theatre:
Meshuggah-Nuns! June28-Sept 1
AUDITIONS: The Game’s Afoot or Holmes for the Holidays July 15-16
Coaster Theatre Kidz Summer Camp, July 22-26
Vintage Bassett Furniture Industries 4 drawer dresser.
Height: 3.25′
Width: 3′
Depth: 1.5′
Very good condition.
$100/obo
One pallet (28 cases) of new Pergo Outlast+ Waterproof Marigold Oak laminate flooring (549.6 sqft.) Garage stored. The pallet cost was $1,456.83, I’m asking $1,200/obo. I can deliver locally for a fee.
Details:
Model # LF000854
12 mm Thick (10mm core + 2mm attached underlayment) x 7.48 in. width x 47.24 in. length planks
19.63 sq. ft. per case. Case weight: 35.29 lb.
Pallet weight: 988.12 lb
$900/obo
We’ll be back Saturday & Sunday w/our regular hours! Sorry for the inconvenience.
they are sprouting up alongside and between the stone steps going down into my garden. they are tiny, two- and four-leaf. by the time you get here, some might be 6-leaf.
there are 1000’s !!!!
these are from green japanese maple trees, and they are not laceleaf. i don’t know the variety. i bought one when i first moved to this location 27 years ago. since then i planted seedlings from the japanese maple trees at U.S. Bank in manzanita. so these are likely a cross.
they have grown to their mature size of 15-20 feet tall on my north-facing hillside. in full sun they likely wouldn’t grow that tall.
they turn amber/russet colors in the fall, more vibrant with colder autumns, less colorful with milder autumns.
please TEXT if you are interested. 503-842-4637
lucy brook
nehalem
This year’s sale is coming right up—Mother’s Day weekend, Saturday, May 11th from 10-3 and Sunday, May 12th from 10 to noon. Location of the sale is 43080 North Fork Rd, Nehalem at the junction of Hwy 53 and North Fork Rd.
One reason we hold the sale is because we love plants and want to share them. Another big reason is that the Club is passionate about providing plants to locals at reasonable prices in a location close to home.
And for almost 25 years we have been distributing the profits from the sale back into our community to organizations that meet our mission. Since 2020 alone the Club has awarded grants totaling $12,300. Grant recipients include Alder Creek Farm, Food Roots, Hoffman Garden, Tillamook Early Learning Center, and Wheeler Waterfront Park. During the pandemic we wanted to help with food security and included Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church for their Senior Lunches and Food Pantry and North County Food Bank.
So come get some affordable plants without driving too far and help send your hard earned dollars back into our community.
Features of the sale include:
All kinds of plants: hanging baskets, planters with colorful flowers, perennials, annuals, vegetables, tomatoes, shrubs, trees, and houseplants among others.
Mother’s Day gifts
Raffle
Raffle items are a garden statue of a little girl with a book (value $56), a hearty outdoor palm tree (value $100), and a basket of garden goodies that includes a hori hori knife, books, clippers, canister of wildflower seeds and gloves (value $90). Raffle tickets are $5 each or 6 for $20.
Kid’s activity on Saturday only
While you shop they can create wee succulent gardens as commitments to Planet Earth — and possibly Mothers’ Day gifts. All materials provided.
And while you are in the neighborhood, Aldervale Native Plants is having an open house on Saturday, May 11th from 9-4 across the road from the Garden Club sale. 43005 North Fork Rd.
Through the artistic works of Nora Sherwood, Julie Fiedler, Victoria McOmie, Jill Perry Townsend, Bob Kroll, Cynthia Long-Hat Adams, Gordon French, visitors are invited on a journey to explore the rich diversity of species and ecosystems within these reserves.
This exhibit will open during Spring Unveiling Festival with a reception on Friday May 3, from 4 to 6:30pm at the Cannon Beach Gallery.
The show will be open to the public from 10 – 4, 7-days a week through June 2nd. Please check our website for the most up-to-date information on dates and times for our interactive tide pool project, as well as educational speakers around town.
Generously supported by the Audubon Society of Lincoln City and the Cannon Beach Arts Association, this exhibition promises a unique and enlightening experience for all.
Heart of Cartm is inviting YOU to come out to the White Clover Grange in Nehalem, OR, from Thursday, May 16 to Sunday, May 19, 2024, to celebrate 25 years of trashy fun. There will be music, there will be food, there will be art, there will be spoken word, there will be trashion, and there will be . . . a community that is not afraid of Rising From The Trashes!
Don’t miss out on all this inspiring fun! Buy your Festival Button from Heart of Cartm during open hours (Thurs-Sun, 12-6) or at each event.
***There’s still time to craft a costume and be in the trashion show. Email jessi@heartofcartm.org for materials, inspiration or more details!
LOCATION FOR ALL EVENTS:
White Clover Grange, Nehalem Valley
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Trash Art Gallery
Open to public May 17-19, 11am-5pm
Trash Art Show Opening Reception
Thursday, May 16, 5-9pm
Meet the artists, appetizers by Buttercup Julie, drinks, LIVE Trash Art Slam entertainment
Trash Tales
Friday, May 17, 5-7pm Storytelling, appetizers, drinks
Trashion Show
Saturday, May 18, 4-9pm Runway, delicious tacos by Narly’s Tacos, Ash Steeno, drinks, music
Gift cards purchased through this Sunday May 5th will receive a FREE natural bath fizzy (1) or aromatherapy shower melts (5)
Bath fizzies provide moisturizing and healing plant oils, brighten and provide gentle exfoliation for our skin. They smell delicious and feel great too.
Shower melts provide a lingering hit of aromatherapy boosting your everyday shower into a healing spa experience.
May session add-on options include:
Flowers from Neahkahnie Blooms and curated gift baskets with natural products including:
Deeply moisturizing reflexology balm for hands and feet
Glass nail file
Tea and a wrapped treat!
Purchase by this Sunday to receive the free bonus above!
Message or call me at the number below to purchase reflexology session or gift combo for yourself and or a Mother’s Day gift!
Sessions available May 20 – 31st
Thank you!
~ Libby
Elizabeth Golden Seaver
www.goldenkeywellness.abmp.com
971.977.0166
www.northfork53.com/events/beltane-retreat
The goal of this retreat isn’t to get rid of shame.
It isn’t to be a better version of yourself.
It isn’t even to be happier.
I woke up in a terrible mood this morning.
I didn’t want to write this or be “productive.”
I didn’t even want be unproductive!
Everything just felt annoying and hard.
So made myself tea and let myself journal all the restless and stuck thoughts.
I could sense grief and anger in there.
And a strong unwillingness to “figure it out.”
So I used something that always helps when I’m feeling this way.
It’s the last thing my bad mood expects me to do.
Instead of trying to fix or change it, I lean in and..
I light a candle to the terrible mood.
Sit in the holy temple of shame.
Call irritation my guru.
I don’t try to make myself feel better.
I make whatever I am feeling, sacred.
I surprise people when I stay I’m proud of my divorce.
In fact- I’m more proud of it than anything I’ve ever done.
That’s not because it was easy or that I was able to stay on task or give myself a glow up.
It’s simply because I didn’t allow shame to take it over.
I didn’t shame myself and I didn’t shame him.
I also didn’t shame my grief, my anger or my fear.
I was able to let these emotions move through me.
I let myself cry and collapse and feel lost. I let weeds take over my garden and let lots of obligations drop.
It was one of the greatest gifts I have ever given myself and I’m proud of it because pride naturally exists where shame is absent.
I accomplished this by making the hardest thing I’ve ever done- the most SACRED thing.
Shame can’t enter the places you hold sacred.
When you make something sacred you move it from the shadows and shine a light on it.
You imbue it with the power to transform mundane reality.
You acknowledge that pain and suffering is a part of your connection to life.
You surrender the need to control and make it better
You declare that (no matter how broken you may feel) this too is a part of your magical journey.
To make shame sacred is to transform it.
This is a massive shift in a culture that has used shame for centuries to punish, oppress and keep us disconnected.
If this feels inspiring then come this Saturday for the retreat 11am-3pm
Get your tickets here
www.northfork53.com/events/beltane-retreat
This Beltane I hope you welcome all parts of you (especially the shamed ones) as sacred and enjoy more of whatever gives you pleasure!
Bee Well & Happy Spring!
xoxox
Ginger
