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There’s no particular need for me to review Marc’s well-known qualifications. They speak for themselves: Board President of the Health District, President of the North Tillamook Library Board, active worker for all sorts of essential organizations, including EVCNB. It was Marc who, in partnership with Senators Wyden and Merkley, secured $3 million in federal funding to help build a new healthcare center, renovate the skilled nursing facility, and plan for workforce housing.

Marc Johnson has been at the center of all this. And it makes sense to keep him at this center while these visionary goals are being realized. I know Marc to be clear-sighted, collegial, persistent, courageous, and utterly committed to bringing the best possible healthcare to all people in the Nehalem Bay community.

No more needs to be said. We will re-elect Marc Johnson. It’s just common sense.

The city council’s action came during its March 21, 2023 meeting. City council’s in Nehalem and Manzanita are expected to consider resolutions supporting the projects during their April meetings.

In a letter to the Health District, Wheeler Mayor Doug Honeycutt noted the unanimous support for the resolution and said, “We are looking forward to a great project like this, which supports our communities, to be constructed in Wheeler. Personally, I believe that for a community to survive and grow, access to healthcare and education are prerequisites.”

Health District board president Marc C. Johnson said support from the city of Wheeler was extremely gratifying and on behalf of the District board expressed thanks for the cooperation and collaboration by the city.

The $10.25 million bond measure will be on the May 16, 2023 ballot. If approved, the bond measure will help fund construction of a new Nehalem Bay Health Center and Pharmacy on Highway 101 in downtown Wheeler. The new facility will double the size of the existing health center and create space to bring a variety of not currently available specialty care services to the community. The new facility will include, for example, a dental suite and a much expanded pharmacy.

The bond measure will also fund extensive renovation and modernization of the Nehalem Valley Care Center, the only skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility between Astoria and Newport on the Oregon coast. The renovations include remodeling all patient rooms, updates to the facility dining room and kitchen and enhancements to provide a safer and more inviting environment for patients and staff.

The Health District also plans to use bond proceeds to prepare the site now occupied by the old Wheeler Hospital for work force housing focused on the needs of health care and other essential workers.

Support for the bond measure and health and senior care improvements continues to grow with more than 150 endorsers in the community. Oregon senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden have already secured $3 million in federal funding to support the Health Center and Pharmacy construction. That appropriation is expected to be available later this year.

The effort to pass the bond measure to enhance local health and senior care is being spearheaded by a local volunteer committee – Yes For Local Health Care.

The committee’s website is: www.nehalemhealthcare.com

Remember to follow the committee’s Facebook page so you’re up to date on the bond measure and upcoming events.
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Friday and Saturday night at 7:00 pm and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm.

Don’t miss Neil Simon’s coming-of-age comedy ‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ during its final weekend at the NCRD Performing Arts Center in Nehalem.

Tickets at www.RiverBendplayers.org.

Tickets are $20 and $25 and with our new ticketing system, you can select and reserve the best seats.

Dreaming of baseball and girls, young Eugene must cope with the mundane existence of his family life in Brooklyn: formidable mother, overworked father, and his worldly older brother Stanley.

Throw into the mix his widowed Aunt Blanche and her two young (but rapidly growing) daughters and you have a recipe for hilarity, served up Simon-style.
Contains mature themes.

Cast photos Copyright © Riverbend Players
Left to right: Brian McMahon, Christine Calkins, Juli Stratton, Jay Johansen, Penny Cole, Emilee Andrade, and Leo McDonald-Goldstein.

On Thursday March 28, 2023, the NCRD Board of Directors voted to Award the Contract for Construction of the New Pool. The District received three competitive bids for the project. Par-Tech Construction out of Oregon City was the low bidder and they were Awarded the Contract.

They are a family-owned business led by a father/son team and they are excited about our project. They were both on site to sign the Contract and meet the NCRD staff.

We will be putting out a formal press release soon and making plans for a Community Groundbreaking Ceremony in the coming weeks as soon as we have an actual start date which we anticipate will be sometime in April.

Thank you to the entire community for all your support over all the years that it has taken to make this goal a reality. Every dollar you have donated, every hour you have volunteered, every time you have voted yes and all the taxes you have paid is what has brought this to fruition. This is truly an amazing accomplishment for our small rural community.

Thank you for giving us your support and believing in the mission that began in December of 1929 when the School District voted unanimously in favor of building our current Pool so that every child in our community could learn how to swim. NCRD was formed to carry on that mission. The New Pool will allow NCRD to continue that legacy in the 21st century.

Thank you so much for helping us give all of our children and the entire community this incredible opportunity and gift!

Pictured:
Ben Parsons (Par Tech), Roger Parsons (Par Tech), Barbara McCann (Executive Director), Jack Bloom (Board President), Peter Nunn (Pool Advisory Chair).

See you on the mat!

The Nehalem Valley Care Center in Wheeler is Tillamook County’s only skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility. In fact, the Care Center is the only facility of its kind on the Oregon coast between Astoria and Newport.

The demographic trends are clear: our community will have more seniors with more health care needs in the future.
Renovating and modernizing the Care Center is an investment in quality senior care right here at home.

Please support the Health District bond measure in the May 16 election in order to keep this essential health care facility in our community.

Visit our website (www.nehalemhealthcare.com/) for more information or to make a donation (www.nehalemhealthcare.com/donate) to support our campaign efforts.

Remember to follow our Facebook page so you’re up to date on the bond measure and upcoming events.
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