Right there, laid out in black and white, was the cold proof of who was financing this group. Dozens of people had donated less than $100 each, and only a handful over that. I recognized all but one of the names — people who live in Netarts, Tillamook, Bay City, Nehalem, Manzanita, etc. All locals. The largest contribution was $1000. I didn’t see any red flags here.Â
Since I had a few more minutes to invest in this rabbit hole, I decided to check out some local races, since as Tip O’Neill told us, “All politics is local.” So on to the commissioner race! Not surprisingly, the average contribution was a bit higher, but once again, I recognized most of the names who were listed as contributors to Mary Faith Bell’s campaign as locals. Her opponent had not reported any contributions or expenses at all.Â
So on to the state house race! New locals running for this open seat. The first thing I noticed when I pulled up Logan Laity’s info is a line highlighted in red. When Orestar was created, they must have wanted to make it easier for us to identify the red flags of out-of-state influences on our politicians. Well, it looks like Logan received $150 from someone in Montana — maybe an old friend or relative? Other than that, pretty boring looking at his list.Â
Cyrus Javadi has managed to draw in about six times as much money. Although he has quite a few red lines, they appear to be from family members or fellow dentistry professionals. So where’s the money coming from? Quite a few political action committees have made significant contributions, with one giving as much as A Just Right has raised in aggregate so far!Â
The third contestant in this race has not yet raised or expended any money.Â
The state senate, not surprisingly, is a different story. Heading into an uncontested primary, the Democrat has raised about as much as the Republican. The number of “red lines” is about the same, though Melissa Busch’s appear to be from individuals in Kansas, whereas Suzanne Weber’s appear to be primarily from large corporations. I chuckled when I saw that Anheuser Busch Companies have given $3,500 to Weber’s campaign, rather than to their namesake.Â
I’ll keep this in mind as I fill in my ballot.Â
Call Terri at (503) 368-5203 or email
helidoni@nehalemtel.net
Introduction to Photography
Session 1 â May 21-22 | 10:00am-2:00pm
Session 2 â June 4 | 10:00am-1:00pm | June 5 | 10:00am-2:00pm
Tuition $200
Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
This workshop will require proof of vaccination
Beginning Photography Course Description
We want to make you a better photographer! This is the first in a series of courses for those who want to improve their basic photography skills. This class takes place over 4 days and 2 weekends. It is designed for those who have digital cameras that allow for adjustments to key settings like aperture, shutter speed, and ISO. Ideal camera types for this course include mirrorless DSLRs, as well as certain compact âpoint & shootâ cameras. Some of the topics we will explore include:
Topics
Basic camera functionality and operation
Developing the eye of a photographer
Creative expression
Harnessing the power of light and using the exposure âtriadâ
Equipment and proper usage including lenses, filters, and tripods
Basic composition
How to photograph flowers and art
Workflow and an introduction to image editing
Follow this link for more information or to register:
hoffmanarts.org/events/intro-to-photography/?
Small sturdy side table with maple finish is yours for free! It’s light weight with a few scratches, but is sturdy.
I can’t get the pictures from my phone to upload, but I’ll text them to you.
Text or email only please!
k.r.yurka@gmail.com
503.475.zero975
~Karen
ProcreateÂŽ (Intro to Digital Art Creation)
Digital Art Class with Jen Hoff
June 25-26 | 1:00-4:00pm
Tuition: $150
Hoffman Center for the Arts | 594 Laneda Avenue | Manzanita
This workshop will require proof of vaccination
Led by digital artist Jen Hoff, this beginning Procreate workshop is focused on exploring the various tools available to you on your iPad with the software Procreate. Similar to Photoshop or Illustrator, Procreate allows you to create unlimited and complex digital creations. Whether you like to hand-draw, paint, do graphic design, or creatively modify photos, Procreate can be a fun digital canvas environment. Participants will learn about digital canvas creation using layers, painting with existing brushes or creating your own, and how to create and use palettes.
Note: Procreate is one of the best creative graphic software apps. Participants will need to bring an iPad with the Procreate app, which is available for $9.99. Although you can sketch, paint, and edit images using your finger, we recommend you bring an Apple Pencil or compatible stylus.
Come prepared to play, create, and ask plenty of questions as you navigate this powerful
and fun tool!
Note: Procreate is one of the best creative graphic software apps. Participants will need to bring an iPad with the Procreate app, which is available for $9.99. Although you can sketch, paint, and edit images using your finger, we recommend you bring an Apple Pencil or compatible stylus.
Jen Hoff has been an artist for over 15 years. Her mixed-media paintings have won an award from the Colorado Gallery of the Arts, been displayed in public installations, and been included in group shows in Denver & Breckenridge, Colorado, Austin, Texas, and Cannon Beach, Oregon.
Follow this link for more information or to register:
hoffmanarts.org/events/procreate-intro-to-digital-art-creation/?
Dianne R Bloom BSN, MSN, CNM
Nehalem Bay Medical Reserve Corp
A raffle for a iRobot Vacuum Model 805 Roomba, complete with all the paperwork in the cardboard tray it came in. Tickets are $5 each or 6 for $20.
River City Flower Farm will be selling their dried flower arrangements and wreaths as well as dahlia bulbs.
There will be gifts for Mom, including garden themed cards handmade by Garden Club members.
The sale will be held Motherâs Day weekend: Saturday, May 7th from 9-4 and Sunday, May 8th from 10 to noon. Location of the sale is 43080 Northfork Rd, Nehalem at the junction of Hwy 53 and Northfork Rd. Look for the horse sculpture!
And donât forget we have TOMATOES! About 600 gallon pots of at least 19 varieties of tomatoes will be available including heirloom, cherry, grape, roma and beefsteak types among others. These varieties were specifically chosen by experienced members because they are proven performers in our coastal climate.
Besides tomatoes, club members have started other vegetables from seed so gardenerâs plant selections will be available from a local source. Also on offering will be the clubâs usual annuals, perennials, natives, herbs, succulents, shrubs, and trees.
Club members want to share their appreciation to the folks at the Lower Nehalem Community Trust. Since Alder Creek Farm is not having a plant sale this year, due to a gap in garden management resources, they graciously made their hoop house available for the Clubâs use. It is currently stocked with the tomatoes growing big and lush in the heat and light of the hoop house.
Nehalem Bay Garden Club donates proceeds from the sale to local organizations that share the Clubâs mission. Recently the focus for these grants has been on food security. Past recipients include North County Food Bank, Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church for their food programs, Food Roots, Hoffman Gardens, Alder Creek Farm, Nehalem Elementary Garden Program, and the mural at Nehalem City Park.
Asking $5250.
Call or message to see or for more information/ NO TEXTS
503-368-3214
Here is some information about each of the measures and how I am voting.
Question: Should Tillamook County officials be prevented from enforcing most state, federal and local firearm regulations?
Paragraph 1 of Summary: This ordinance would prevent Tillamook County and its employees from devoting resources or participating in any way in the enforcement of any law or regulation that affected an individualâs right to keep and bear arms, firearm accessories or ammunition.
I urge you to join me in voting NO on 29-161. This measure is unnecessary, confusing, potentially dangerous and probably unconstitutional. I donât believe that Second Amendment rights are under attack.
I also urge you to join me in voting YES on all three of the following measures.
A new healthcare education building at TBCC would be a great boon to our county. Currently healthcare positions are not being filled and/or cost the healthcare organization much more to hire temporary employees at higher rates. Many of these positions are not being filled because of lack of housing. This is a creative solution to the housing crisis by filling healthcare positions with local, trained residents who already live here.
The library is a vital resource that we cannot do without.
Many veterans endured trauma on our behalf and deserve our support.
If your home is ASSESSED at $200,000, these three measures would cost you $182 a year or a little over $15 a month at the published rates. For me that is equivalent to 3 lattes or 3 Wandaâs scones a month. I am definitely willing to forgo these treats to be able to pay my share for a library, a healthcare education building and support our veterans who sacrificed on my behalf.
Measure 29-165
www.co.tillamook.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/clerk039s_office/page/69486/29-165tbcc_bondmeasure5172022.pdf
Question: Shall Tillamook Bay Community College issue $14,400,000 principal amount of general obligation bonds to construct a Healthcare Education Building?
Summary:
If approved, this measure would finance the construction, equipping and furnishing of a new healthcare education building on existing TBCC land. The Oregon legislature has approved an $8,000,000 grant if the District can provide matching funds.
A new building provides the capacity to add a nursing program, additional healthcare occupations training programs, expand and add new degrees and certificates to meet the communityâs growing workforce training needs. It will include state-of-the-art simulation labs, high-tech classrooms, office space and a large community event center that the college, local businesses and community organizations can utilize.
TBCC is the only community college in Oregon that does not have its own nursing program. TBCC students have to enroll in other colleges for this training and certification.
Bonds would mature in 20 years or less from the date of issuance and may be issued in one or more series. If approved the total bond tax rate is estimated to be $0.19 per $1000 of assessed value. Actual rates may vary based upon interest rates incurred and changes in assessed value.
Measure 29-164
www.co.tillamook.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/clerk039s_office/page/69486/29-164renewaltillcolibrarylevy5172022.pdf
Question: Shall Tillamook County continue countywide library operations by levying $0.65 per $1000 of assessed value for five years, beginning in 2022? This measure renews current local option taxes.
Measure 29-163
www.co.tillamook.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/clerk039s_office/page/69486/29-163tillvetlevy5172022.pdf
Question: Shall Tillamook County levy a five-year tax of $.07 per $1000 assessed value for County Veteranâs Office beginning 7-1-2022? This measure may cause property taxes to increase more than three percent.
There is also a Bay City levy for fire protection that I am not able to vote on since I am not a resident of Bay City. www.co.tillamook.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/clerk039s_office/page/69486/29-162cityofbaycityfire5172022.pdf
So what laws did WE, the Oregon voters put in place? If we voted for them they must have been on a ballot. And if they were on a ballot – what party put them there? These laws came from the Oregon legislature – obviously the majority party put them on the ballot. I donât remember anything on the ballot that would keep Oregon police from doing their job. What were these laws WE voted for? I believe these laws are there. Look at votes to defund he police leading to an enormous rise in murders and crime and vandalism in Portland. Where did this all come from?
âWe are dealing with a well connected network of people running around stealing property to sell for money,â said a Wheeler local business owner who would like to remain anonymous. The uptick in crime in Tillamook County is raising eyebrows and has people hoping that property thieves will be stopped. Can we stop this? I think we can with better choice in voting. Lets get a balanced legislature.
Coast Guard rescues 2 stranded hikers from coastal cliff in Manzanita, OR Monday April 25th
Nehalem Bay Fire & Rescue, Coast Guard Rescue Couple from Neah-Kah-Nie Mtn. Cliffside Monday April 25th
Is Your Drinking Water Safe? A Free Zoom Workshop Monday May 9th, 5:30 to 6:30 pm
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update 4/27/22
FREE DAILY NEWSBRIEFS DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX EVERY EVENING. FREE, YEP, FREE!
Sign up today at www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/xscripts/register.php
T-shirts are also available in womenâs sizes medium through xxl. The shirts are 100% cotton and run small. T-shirts worn in the photo are (left) Large and (center, right) X-Large.. Donation for shirts is $38 each.
HELP SAVE THE CHILDREN IN UKRAINE
At the meeting, we will update you on our efforts and offer a workshop that will teach you mapping tools. Find out exactly where your water comes from and empower yourself with tools to track clear-cuts and pesticide sprays in your area. Weâll also discuss upcoming volunteer opportunities and direct actions you can take to protect our forests and watersheds. We look forward to seeing you there!
Sign up on our website: healthywatershed.org
An exciting upswell of momentum is building around Oregonâs forests and drinking watersheds right now. Itâs the perfect time to reinvigorate our shared efforts to safeguard and restore our drinking water sources.
Our goal is to bring attention to the evolving coastal drinking water crisisâquality and quantityâresulting from corporate logging and pesticide spraying practices, and aspects of climate change (heat domes and the drought, for example).
By law, all water in Oregon is publicly owned, regardless of who actually owns the land. All watersheds that supply wells, spring boxes, or municipal systems should be legislatively protected. As a matter of law, and in recognition of the necessity of clean and safe drinking water for all, there should be no more logging nor pesticide spraying in drinking water sources.
We are advocating for the critical need to prioritize DRINKING WATER FIRST!
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (formerly Rockaway Beach Citizens for Watershed Protection) is a grassroots group working, through education and advocacy, for better protections of the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the forests that sustain us. healthywatershed.org |www.facebook.com/NCCWATERSHEDPROTECTION
Contact us at: rockawaycitizen.water@gmail.com
We have been told that saving a small piece of what little is left of Manzanita’s past was unimportant. Cost shouldn’t be a consideration because short term rental income is at record levels and can pay for 30 years of debt to build a new City Hall. The Cannon Beach Elementary School remodel is already underway, take the opportunity to go see for yourself on Saturday what yet may be possible in Manzanita.
If you have been around Netarts Bay then you have likely seen the harbor seals that live here year-round. Maybe you have seen a sea lion pup on the beach in the spring or a whale surface passing by in the ocean. There are many marine mammals that utilize the bay, surrounding ocean, and beaches. Have you ever wanted to know more about these charismatic animals and what to do when you see a mammal ashore? Hereâs your chance!
Jim Rice, Stranding Program Manager for the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University, will share about what to do if you think a marine mammal is injured or stranded and how you can best help in those situations.
âOur goal is to create a team of local volunteers that are able to respond when marine animals come ashore in the Netarts area,â said Chrissy Smith, Executive Director for the Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea (WEBS), âThis workshop will help prepare volunteers for this situation.â Smith added that this is also a wonderful event to learn more about local marine mammals and animals that use our shoreline and people are welcome to join even if they are not interested in volunteering.
This workshop is designed to prepare volunteers for assisting the stranding network, however, it is also great for anyone will be of interest to anyone who wants to learn more about Oregonâs marine mammals and what to do when encountering beached animals.
To attend this event, please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/marine-mammals-ashore-responding-to-strandings-in-oregon-registration-326037114787
More information is available after registering for the event.
When: April 30th from 10 am – 12:30 pm
Where: This event will be held in person at the Netarts Community Center (4949 Netarts Hwy, Netarts, Or) and virtually via zoom (please register for a link)
Cost: There is no cost to attend this program. Tax-exempt donations to Netarts Bay WEBS to enable programs like this are encouraged, but not required.
Questions? Contact Chrissy Smith at director@netartsbaywebs.org
We understand everyone learns differently and we are open to working with anyone that needs additional support. We will adjust how we offer this event to meet the needs of participants, however, we have limited capacity. Please contact us in advance so we can do our best to accommodate your needs.
This is an Explore Nature co-hosted event. Explore Nature Partnership offers a series of meaningful nature-based experiences highlighting the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve the areaâs natural resources and natural resource-based economy.
Find out more on our website Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (www.netartsbaywebs.org) and by following our Facebook and Instagram pages (@netartsbaywebs). Stay connected with the Explore Nature Partnership at www.explorenaturetillamookcoast.com or on social media (@explorenature_tillamookcoast).
This event was made possible with support from the Oregon Community Foundation – Salty Dog Fund. Explore Nature series is partially supported by Tillamook Coast Visitors Association and the Travel Oregon Forever Fund.
Trees in Our Era
By Cannon Beach Mayor Sam Steidel
Question is, does a property owner have a right to cut trees on their property? In order to build or a view or for any reason they wish? Didnât every lot in town become a house by cutting a tree down?
Does not the community also have a right to maintain a tree canopy?
Yes, most houses built in CB at some time did cut trees. Had to, place was saturated by âem. It is pretty easy to say the tribes a long time ago would have seen a vastly more complete canopy. Hundred years ago, fifty, even ten years ago, each era has both a connection to a canopy we do not have today. Both in quantity and in loss. That said each era had reason to complain about loss of trees from the prior era as well as one which we could say is much better than we have today.
Thing is, today we are finally realizing how dramatic the loss has become because we can see an end point. But before I delve into that, a definition.
The term canopy refers to a cover, in this topicâs sense, the cover of the older stock of grandad trees.
It is on us as caretakers of our environment to acknowledge that we have not well filled in with the follow on generations of the natural stock. Namely spruce, hemlock and cedar. We planted, in our attempt to be responsible; shore pine, decorative cherry and here and other pretty esteem-building anomalies. I confess I chose a beech, not wholly a native. I have since mended my ways and planted two hemlocks and a fir. (afraid the elk took the fir recently)
Our, the cityâs, plan for replacement could have been better designed to rebuild the canopy in the last fifty years if the program specified species. Bygones. Time now is to quit the blame pointing of past generations and whining about what could-have-beens and dive into a solution for today. In both replacement and preservation.
We can not replace the canopy that was. Not quickly. We can see our mistakes and move toward corrections. Yes in the past cutting was allowed, even promoted. To that point, so was filling in wetlands, then called swamps. So was shoving out sand for the ocean to take it away, or hauling sand here and about. So was scarfing up round âbeachâ rock. Or moulding the intertidal estuaries with concrete and boulders digging drainages and shoring up hillsides.
All things frowned upon today because we see them as finite, dangerous tactics or important landscapes. In the topic of the grandad trees, finite threatens the city scape. Yes many are aging to an extent they are dangerous. What with the cultural climate of insurance and liability, dangerous is also an ever lowering bar.
The few remaining groves of canopy and the spartan stalwarts that fortune provided locations between house footprints have become the thin green line of survivors. Trees are a renewable resource, only if we remember to renew. Forget to pay your cable bill and no soap operas for you, forget to plant trees and no trees for generations. We neglected to pay, or perhaps we tried to pay on credit with ornamentals and shore pines. Just think, if every shore pine planted from the fifties on was a tall and healthy hemlock. Or my beech was a fifty year old cedar. Dang.
My point is, if you haven’t got it yet, trees matter to the community. Aesthetic character, climate endurance, native environment, historical and cultural honor, so many good reasons to be mindful for keeping what we have left.
Is that fair to the new house builder? Probably not. Neither is no infill of wetlands or fire codes to the hundred year ole cottage. Be no downtown with out fill. Thing is if a new arrival chooses this community for itâs character and culture it is on them to adopt an understanding not bring the baggage of standard-practices.
But the value of their property? Was and is created by the value of the community. Cannon Beach has this very unique quality that holds higher property value greatly because of how the community so cherishes character and environment.
Pose this question in forty years time from now, how might property values be made if the character is altered too harshly? No tall trees in the built up areas. No wetlands. Every lot built to the max with cookie cut boxes. Parking on every spare patch of land. Dunes molded and partitioned. Every other house rents for $1200 a night in 2060 dollars. Is value so entirely reliant on proximity to the beach?
Perhaps I exaggerate. Try and imagine, go back to 1960. What would a resident of that era who was concerned about their community then say if they saw what it was like now? Would today be a shock? Perhaps as much of a disbelief as when we see old photos of back then, but, in the opposite?
Time to own up. We did wrong with good intent rules. Time to do what we can to make good. Trees mean more today. Time to make rules work inline with who we are.