Story from the Barrier Miner – April 6, 1908 (Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia article and found that they got the story from the “Daily Telegraph”) Writing from Los Angeles (U.S.A.)…
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MEMBER NEEDED FOR TILLAMOOK COUNTY PARKS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners is seeking applications for one vacancy on the Tillamook County Parks Advisory Committee. Members of this committee advise the Board of Commissioners on planning issues and…
Tillamook School District Wellness Programs Benefit Staff, Students, Community
By Michelle Jenck, Tillamook County Wellness Coordinator Many of our Tillamook County Wellness partners have made both employee and community wellness a priority. One important example of this is Tillamook School District…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY PIONEER MUSEUM SPEAKER PRESENTATION CANCELLED FOR FEB. 16TH; Museum Closed for Maintenance Feb. 18-March 4th
The speaker presentation at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum for tomorrow, February 16th has been cancelled. Our speaker, Adam Davis, is sick. Please note: February 18th to March 4th for maintenance and…
COMMISSIONERS SEEK LIBRARY BOARD MEMBER
The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners is seeking applications for a vacant position on the Library Board. This is a seven-member board that is responsible for the development of library policies and…
Rare Columbia River spruce swamp now conserved by coastal land trust
Much of the original forested floodplain along the Oregon side of the lower Columbia River has long since been logged off and diked for pasture. Blind Slough Swamp Preserve is an exception….
Everything you wanted to know about chocolate but were too busy eating it to ask
By Dana Zia, The Golightly Gourmet “You can deprive the body, but the soul needs chocolate” – Frederick Shilling Oh chocolate, how I love thee! And it seems I am not alone,…
Feb. 14, 1908: A Three Masted square rigged schooner the Emily Reed has shipwrecked on the Oregon Coast
(From newspaper reports … compiled by Don R. Best, Rockaway Beach, OR) TODAY, February 14th, at 1:30 am, one hundred and eleven years ago, “Three Masted square rigged schooner, The Emily Reed…
OP-ED: How I Celebrated My Birthday
By Commissioner Bill Baertlein This year I celebrated my birthday by volunteering at the Homeless Connect. This is an event to count the homeless in our community for a national census of…
Thoughts On Creativity
By Neal Lemery (February 13, 2019) “Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they…