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Dave Bell for Wheeler City Council

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Submitted By: dave@captainbell.com – Click to email about this post
I’m Dave Bell and I’m running for election to the Wheeler City Council.
I have been asked about whether I support development in our community. Without going into a lot of detail, my bottom line is that I support ideas that will contribute to our economic well-being. It’s no secret that our town is barely getting by on an extremely limited budget and yet we have several items that absolutely must be completed for us to continue and even thrive as a community. I support a number of things, but the reality is that some of them conflict with other ideas. That’s where compromise comes into play. We cannot adhere to any single policy without taking the larger picture into perspective.
Now, let me address what I do not support. Some of the other candidates for this office have cited the Wheeler Vision as the document that must be followed when considering any development in the city. Now, I believe the idea of documenting the resident’s vision is a good one. I was a member of the City Council that approved that document and placed it in our Comprehensive Plan. But the fact is, several of those items contradict each other. The document is meant to be a guide for development in our community, but we must use some common sense when we address those contradictions. Most of us know how the Vision is being used by those opposed to development in one part our town, but let’s look at the flipside. I’m just going to look at some of the phrases in that document.
• We need a bigger tax base.
• Focus on things that can be accomplished. Do not micromanage.
• Focus on eliminating noxious weeds like Knotweed, Scotch Broom and Blackberries.
• Ordinances should not be obstacles designed to control people and their property rights.
• Manage development, do not control development.
• Do not stop growth and the jobs it would create.
And perhaps, if any of the items in the document can be singled out as most important,
• Support a vital economy. Improve commercial property. Maintain and expand the business core. Support economic growth and business development.
Those points all relate to the current proposal, and all join the items being used to oppose the plan. These are all equal parts to our Vision Plan. If you support the Vision, you must support the entire document. Again, I support the Wheeler Vision. But in doing so, I also recognize that we must also follow the regulations that are placed on any potential development in our community by all of the regulatory agencies. As much as we may like to, we cannot simply “cherry-pick” parts of the Vision to oppose the proposal.
I have said that we need to negotiate and compromise to accomplish the things we need to do to return our city to financial health. We cannot take a hard line using only the Vision. There is so much more involved. We need to get back to a City Council that is working for everyone, citizens and developers alike, to allow our community as a whole to prosper. That is going to take some common sense and we need to return that to our council.
Thank you for hearing me out.
Dave Bell Wheeler

Managing Short Term Rentals Take Two

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Submitted By: Linda.Kozlowski@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Managing Short Term Rentals Take Two

I’m Linda Kozlowski and I’m running for re-election to the Manzanita City Council.

I recently received an email correcting information in my previously published BBQ post regarding STRs. I appreciated clarifying that the 17.5% cap on STRs was established in 1994. I mistakenly wrote that it was created in 1998 under city manager Jerry Taylor. The 17.5% cap has proven to be very important to our community. Since that time, the revenue from transit lodging tax has been critical to our general fund, and only recently has it become a concern.

It is vital for us to continue to manage STRs, knowing that this tourist lodging tax contributes significantly to our budget. A priority for the upcoming Council is to determine if there are other revenue sources that could lessen our reliance on STRs.

I have researched, learned, and worked on STR management for many years as a City Council member and I look forward to continuing this important work. Your vote for me on November 8 will give you a Council member who brings knowledge and continuity to this highly important issue.

Hosts wanted for Pelican Brewing- Cannon Beach

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Submitted By: claudiam@kiwandahospitality.com – Click to email about this post
Join the Pelican Pub dining team! We are a high energy team of hospitality professionals who like to have fun while delivering exceptional service to guests. We are hiring Hosts for our culinary team at our Cannon Beach location.

NOTE: AVERAGE HOURLY WAGE WITH TIP POOL IN 2021 FOR THIS POSITION WAS $28.78 PER HOUR (anticipate similar earnings in 2022)

What you get to do:

Our Dining Team will get to work collaboratively to deliver an exceptional dining experience. Be empowered and have fun!

Ensure each guest is warmly greeted and follow processes to seat guests. Assist with retail sales.
Clear dishes from tables, fill non-alcoholic drinks, clean tables and surrounding areas. Support the team in meeting service goals.
Leverage your knowledge and passion for our location, menu of great food, and craft beer.
Work collaboratively to ensure every guest interaction delivers our brand promise.
Put Pelican in the spotlight by staying on top of trends and identifying opportunities to differentiate our services.
Set and achieve guest satisfaction ratings. Ask guests how we are doing and take action.
Build guest loyalty. Actively connect with guests to create positive experiences. Demonstrate reliable and responsive service to include quickly solving concerns.
Be a life-long learner; Whether learning a new skill, taking a class, or exploring the area to share your experience, you will have the opportunity to continue to develop and grow.
Greet each guest with a friendly hello and smile.

Compensation: You will be paid an hourly rate of pay plus tip-share. This compensation program works to ensure you earn a minimum of $15.00 per hour.

OLCC license is preferred.

This Will Change The Way You Garden!

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Submitted By: ketzel.levine@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Likely your garden has shrubs and small trees as well as flowering plants. They’re the bones and backdrop of a good garden. How you prune them is the difference between a garden in harmony and a garden in bits and blobs, where the shrubs and trees stand isolated from the garden – and the landscape – as a whole.

The difference is a two-hour class this Saturday morning at the Hoffman Center for the Arts. Join us!!!

What: Pruning For People Who Love Plants
When: Sat, Oct 17th 10am-12pm
Cost: $15

Sign up at hoffmanarts.org/events/pruning-for-people-who-love-plants/

Karen Matthews–Wheeler City Council

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Submitted By: babbles@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
Having read Karen Matthew’s post on BBQ last night, stating her position regarding the Wheeler Vision Plan, I am moved to express my opinion in response.

I admire Karen’s willingness to clearly state where she stands on probably the most important issue (or at least the most contentious) facing Wheeler.

i have known Karen always as a woman who clearly states her mind, and who has the good of the whole at the core of her actions.

In my 6 1/2 years working at the Alder Creek Farm community garden, I had the opportunity to observe Karen’s effective, conscientious, capable leadership. I got to witness her being kind when she had to also be tough. I know she will bring those same qualities to membership on Wheeler’s city council. I urge Wheeler citizens to make an excellent choice in voting for Karen for city council.

om peace namaste
lucy brook
nehalem resident (who also pays attention to events in her neighboring towns!)

My Day with the Legendary Ken Kesey

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Submitted By: barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
Posting for ellisconklin@gmail.com
barbaraandchuck@nehalemtel.net did not work as a reporter or spend time with Ken Kesey.

Many years ago, while working as a reporter for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, I spent a day with Oregon’s premiere writer Ken Kesey at his dairy farm in Springfield, to talk about his life and times.

www.postalley.org/2022/10/09/stealing-fire-from-the-literary-heavens-my-day-with-ken-kesey/

Endorsement for Karen Matthews

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Submitted By: firstbrookdoug@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
I was very pleased to see that Karen Matthews has declared herself a candidate for Wheeler City Council. I have had numerous opportunities to work with Karen on a professional basis and have always come away impressed with her diligence in learning the issues being faced and her ability to craft a strategy to address them. Her previous experience and institutional knowledge gained during previous sustained and engaged participation during her long years in Wheeler will be a tremendous asset to the community. I would encourage my Wheeler friends to put her to work on your behalf.

Doug Firstbrook

Cannon Beach Candidate Forum

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Submitted By: andrew@colorcouncil.com – Click to email about this post
Dear Community-

We’re reaching out in hopes you’ll join us for a citizen-led candidate forum on Thursday, October 13th at 6:30PM at the Coaster Theatre. There, we’ll better get to know candidates running for city council/mayor and explore the issues that affect us all.

This event will be put on by Vote Smart Cannon Beach, an ad hoc committee of concerned citizens. It will be non-partisan.

To be clear: our goal is not to push any particular issue, agenda or candidate, nor to comment on any individual candidate’s position—simply to better and more deeply inform the full spectrum of Cannon Beach voters.

This won’t be our first time hosting such a forum—we first convened during the 2016 election. We’re proud of our thorough and clear production of that event.

This year, with eight combined candidates running for council and mayor, order, efficiency and clarity will be paramount to the forum’s success–both in terms of covering a wide range of topics and allowing each candidate fair and equal opportunities to share.

Our intent–and we’re already hard at work–is to develop a set of questions drafted by a committee of informed and engaged citizens from disparate viewpoints, professional backgrounds, economic and social interests. The Vote Smart committee include members of the hospitality industry, artists, business owners, employees, homeowners, renters, entrepreneurs, environmentalists and more.

We aspire to build, as the saying goes, a “team of rivals”—one capable of distilling the various viewpoints of our citizens and encompassing the myriad challenges of our city politics.

We will also solicit topics of discussion and questions for the candidates from all residents of Cannon Beach. If you have a question for the candidates share it with a member of the committee or email it to us at: votesmartcannonbeach@gmail.com.

We hope–in order to keep eyes from glazing over–to conclude the event in the neighborhood of 90 minutes.

Questions asked of the candidates will be broad and wide-ranging–launch-pads from which to examine how candidates see tentpole issues facing Cannon Beach.

But, at the core, as much as we want to explore *what* the candidates think, it’s our goal to better understand *how* they think. The challenges of tomorrow may not be perceptible to us today. Like the pandemic, challenges may surprise us.

Finally, and although you hear it ad nauseum, we believe this election truly is important. A voting majority of Cannon Beach’s council (including the mayorship) is on the ballot. And with so many candidates, councilors have the potential to be elected with as little as something like 17% of the plurality.

So, with all this in mind, we hope you’ll join us in getting to better know the vision of those seeking to serve Cannon Beach in a fair, open, and unbiased way on Thursday, October 13th, beginning at 6:30PM at the Coaster Theatre.

If you have any questions about the workings of the forum, or would like to submit a query to the candidates, please email votesmartcannonbeach@gmail.com.

Thank you,
Vote Smart Cannon Beach

Ride share to Cloud Mountain Friday?

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Submitted By: bark@nehalemtel.net – Click to email about this post
I am going to a meditation retreat at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center starting this Friday. I just thought I’d check to see if anyone else in this area happens to be going to this retreat (with Willa and Eliza and Carol teaching), seems like we should car pool. Please let me know if you are going and would like to ride share. Reply by email or call (503) 368-2627.

Thanks from Lark Miller

Rockaway Beach – Candidate Forum

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Submitted By: michael.s.weissenfluh@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
The Candidates running for Rockaway Beach Mayoral and City Council positions in the upcoming election will meet at a public Candidate Forum on Friday, October 14th, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The forum will be held at the Neah Kah Nie School District Offices located at 504 N. 3rd Avenue in Rockaway Beach. The forum is hosted by the Tillamook Pioneer and will be moderated by Lisa Phipps of the Tillamook AAUW.

All Rockaway Beach citizens are invited to attend. Each candidate will be provided an opportunity to introduce themselves. Written questions from the audience will be collected and the moderator will present the questions to the candidates. Each candidate will have an allotted time to respond to the questions. They will then have a short opportunity to present a closing statement. This will provide members of the public a good opportunity to learn about the candidates on their local ballot. All candidates have agreed to participate.

For members of the public who would prefer to attend virtually, the forum can be accessed on-line at the following site:
us02web.zoom.us/j/4762240830?pwd=N3kvNkt4Sm9rNkdWcFJjeTRqb0dCdz09

River Community Meditation Wednesday 1022

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Submitted By: jettkeyser@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
We meet each Wednesday at St Catherine’s church next to the Hope Chest on 101 near the Shell station at 6 p.m.

We are open to all persons interested in building community, learning how to build peace in our lives.

We work out of the inspiration of buddhist history…and represent many different faith traditions.

This is always offered free to the community.

In Response to Wheeler Vision and Zoning by proactivewheeler@gmail.com

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Submitted By: wheelertattletales@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Did you see last nights posting on BBQ titled “Wheeler Vision and zoning”?

It is full of inaccurate statements.

The statement that “There is not, nor has there ever been, a limit of ten units. The interpretations of ordinance 2012-06 state that large-scale developments over ten units be subject to clear and objective design standards.

IS JUST NOT ACCURATE

Page 5 of the Vision States:
Wheeler citizens also value preserving the small town atmosphere and very strongly supported limiting large scale developments (large scale development was later defined as anything more than ten units. Preserving open space (also defined later) and establishing polices to control growth were also strongly supported by the community.

Read the documents. Know the law. LUBA upheld the Vision in denial of waterfront applications.

ReHomed Art Show & Sale 10/14-16

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Submitted By: ReHomedArtShow@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
It’s finally here…

The ReHomed Art Show & Sale is happening this weekend!! Attached to post is a SMALL sampling of the over 250 pieces donated by our loving community in support of the Pine Grove Community House. Lots of artwork and assorted mediums starting at just $15 with exceptional pieces upwards of $1000. Something for everyone and all budgets.

Please join us for opening night celebration Friday night, October 14, 5-8pm at the Pine Grove, 225 Laneda, Manzanita. Light snacks and drinks will be served for attendees to enjoy while perusing the show. $10 suggested donation at the door.

Show and sale run Saturday, October 15, 10am-4pm and again on Sunday, October 16, 10am-1pm.

Email questions to: ReHomedArtShow@gmail.com

Hoffman Center for the Arts presents Printmaking Workshop

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Submitted By: toni@rbogen.com – Click to email about this post
Visual Arts Workshop
Printmaking Workshop with Ben Rosenberg
October 27-29 | 10:00am-4:00pm
Tuition $240 | Materials fee $25
Hoffman Center | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
This class requires proof of vaccination

Join Ben Rosenberg as he introduces the principles and practices of creating monoprints and monotypes. Monotype is a distinctive print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked surface. When creating a monotype, it cannot be replicated again. It is a highly individual creation, much like painting, as it allows for spontaneity, “happy accidents,” and working along a plate surface to bring a wide range of marks that can be obtained through the creation of an image.

Topics include basic theory and use of color and composition in working with water-based, mixed media, and a variety of surfaces. This workshop will involve both conceptual approaches and direct observations using still life, the figure, abstract composition, and a variety of student investigative resources.

You will explore various monotype styles, techniques, and media used with rollers, stencils, textured surfaces, brushes, and various inventive wiping tools to create unusual one-of-a-kind prints.

Through lectures, demonstrations, discussions, and printing time, participants will develop a command of the technical aspects of monotypes and monoprints (color mixing, paint application, materials), and the properties of creating an image (line and shape, color concept, composition, abstraction) and an understanding of how formal choices create meaning.

Each day will begin with a lecture and discussion, followed by an afternoon for studio time. This class is a place where you can engage your own artistic interest and explore your personal voice.

Bring your ideas and be willing to take them further. It is a time and place to soak up everything you can and take risks.

hoffmanarts.org/events/printing-workshop-led-by-ben-rosenberg/

Mark Talks About Solving Problems

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Submitted By: MarkForCouncil2022@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
I’m Mark Kuestner, and I’m running for Manzanita City Council. We’ve all been hearing about the “problems with Short-Term Rentals” for a while now. I think we all agree that there are legitimate concerns about livability, noise, lighting, crowds, traffic…

However, I’ve been finding that there’s a lot of anecdotes but not enough data. I know from my career in academia that you cannot solve a problem without truly understanding it. For instance, when I met with Manzanita Police Chief Harth recently, I asked him what proportion of their calls were STR related. He said they have no way to know that. They might see a sign posted when they arrive, but that is not data that is tracked. So how do we KNOW noise issues are from STR guests?

We have crowds of visitors on Laneda but no one has done the work to find out if they are an overnight guest in Manzanita, staying at the State Park or Neahkahnie, visiting for the day, or a long-term city resident. Without data, how can we say that STR guests are the primary source of our parking issues or crowds?

The former STR Workgroup put forward many suggestions that will help fill these data gaps. I was glad to see that Council finalized the new STR Committee member roster at their last meeting. They can start the work required to get reliable data to present to Council so informed policy decisions can be made. I support their efforts and will advocate for funding and studies to find the root causes of our livability issues. I also think it’s critical that issues that impact our community at large are addressed in a way that helps everybody, not just neighbors of STRs. We have a new city-wide noise ordinance as a direct result of the Short Term Workgroup’s recommendations. One of their recommendations that would enhance local livability has yet to be implemented city-wide: an Intrusive Light Ordinance. There is much to discuss. Let’s talk.

Please visit my website www.MarkForCouncil2022.com to learn more about me. I ask for your vote. Thank you.

Showing Who We Are

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Submitted By: ben.killen.rosenberg@gmail.com – Click to email about this post
Posting on behalf of Kim Rosenberg loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

Showing Who We Are

During this election season, I’ve met with all three of the candidates for council, and not one of them is a serial killer or abuses small animals or steals from their grandma…that I know of. I bet they all recycle, pay their taxes, love their friends and families and return library books on time.

What’s most important to me in choosing who to vote for isn’t the candidate’s niceness to their friends or their history of volunteerism for any of the very worthy organizations that exist in our town.

It’s way more important to me that in a town that has seen so much division, name calling and hate speech between neighbors, that the candidates we elect are respectful of others and thoughtful in their responses. Especially to those folks with whom they don’t agree and don’t even like. A lot of that vitriolic discourse has happened on community social media spaces like BBQ–which everyone can read and North County News Facebook, which only people with Facebook accounts can read.

The on-line yelling back and forth between people is troubling. A lot of the fighting is about perceived past wrongs. None of it will ever be resolved in a public forum, but I don’t think resolution is what people are always after. Like Tu Pac and Notorious B.I.G. used to say, “Haters gonna hate.”

My mom called it airing your dirties in public–not a good look for anybody. Blaming and shaming doesn’t heal what hurts you, and doing it in a public forum just spreads the hurt to other people. We all choose a side. We start to think in camps–we like some people and decide not to like others because they’re friends with somebody we decided not to like. Does this remind anyone else of 7th grade?

As the election season draws to a close, I want to remember that this will be over soon. Whoever wins will need to be able to bring people together. This will be difficult for anyone with a history of serious long-standing beefs with members of the community and connections to some of the loudest haters.

People can change, and they do, but this kind of change isn’t quick. It takes awhile of living the change before others can see it. Like they say, you might be through with the past, but the past ain’t through with you. I think that’s true for our little town.

How people treat the people they love and care about is one thing, but to me, it’s how we treat people we don’t like that matters most. That, to me, is the measure of a good leader and a good person–how they treat the most disagreeable among us.

I want a council that can listen to and works with people of different perspectives, opinions and backgrounds. I want a council that can build consensus and moves things forward for the good of all of us. We can’t do that if we’re playing on any team other than Team Manzanita.

I want elected leaders who respect all the people in town regardless of whether they agree with them, or like them or not. I want people who play fair and aren’t driven to write and post the first thing they think of when they disagree with someone on the community websites. In fact, if I had my way, I’d like us all to get offline and get in person.

There’s the gossip and the conspiracies and way too much time spent on websites that provide a space to say the stuff to a screen that you wouldn’t dream of saying to a face.

People show us who they are. We all do every day and every moment of our lives. To me, the way we treat those we don’t like or agree with matters way more than how many hours we volunteer or how we treat our friends. You can’t volunteer away name-calling, misrepresenting issues you don’t agree with or shutting down comments with sarcasm and shame. You also can’t pretend like that past is gone without doing the work to make amends.

I’ve faced a dilemma in writing about this. I believe all three candidates are nice people. I believe all three are invested in the community. And I believe that to move forward, we need a council that comes without baggage from the past. And that’s another reason I’m voting for Brad Mayerle.

Kim Rosenberg
loretta.kim.rosenberg@gmail.com

Community Game Night This Saturday

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Submitted By: Christy@cosmichealingnw.com – Click to email about this post
Please join us at Rising Hearts Studio, 35840 7th St, in downtown Nehalem, this Saturday @6PM for community game night!
You can bring your own favorite game or play one of ours – let’s have fun together.
Popcorn and lemonade provided
Hope to see you there
This is a free event sponsored by Cosmic Healing NW
Christy (503) 800-1092 or Christy@cosmichealingnw.com for info or questions

Vintage Canon AE-1 Program Film Camera in Perfect Working Order For Sale

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Submitted By: cpu442@protonmail.com – Click to email about this post
Second owner selling their perfectly preserved 80’s gem Canon AE-1 to any interested. Includes original instruction manual and various lenses (50mm 1.4 and telescopic 70-150mm for Canon FD mounts). Also comes with lens cleaning paper and battery. The pictures say it all, everything has been taken good care of over the years, first bought in 1984. Selling because I have far too many cameras than I know what to do with. If interested don’t hesitate to ask about taking a look! Asking $300 but open to offers sensitive to budgets! Just want it to go to a good home and carry the spirit of film to the next generation.

Vintage Adler J5 Typewriter Made in West Germany For Sale

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Submitted By: cpu442@protonmail.com – Click to email about this post
Typewriter Ready for Use! This German machine c. 1980 will serve well the brooding poet, the aged memoirist , and those who just want to type it out. All keys are working fine and with regular maintenance this wonderful typing machine will last a lifetime. Comes with original case. Asking $150 but feel free to make me an offer!