By Virginia Prowell Thanks to the work of Bill Landau of the Tillamook Library Association for bringing such a delightful and talented musician from Ghana of West Africa to preform here in Tillamook County. His music and story were an inspiration to me and my friends and I’m sure to the rest of the audience. This…
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15th Annual Harvest Festival Saturday, October 7 at Alder Creek Farm, Nehalem
Come to Alder Creek Farm from noon to 4 pm for an afternoon of live music from Rhythm Method, farm and garden tours, the last farmers’ market of the season, cider pressing, KidZone and more! The event is free and open to the public. The Farm’s orchard did not produce well this year and the Harvest Festival is in need…
The Littoral Life: What Might Have Been
By Dan Haag Another blood-spattered street. Another incredulous family member claiming “we never saw this coming.” Another impromptu memorial fence filling up with stuffed animals, candles and balloons. It’s all too familiar, as are the daily news reports of gun violence in Portland, Chicago, Baltimore, and New York. More orphans, more widows. True to form, the narrative is shifting to…
Letter to Editor: A Call To Action: Hate will not be tolerated
Friends, Many of you are now aware of an unfortunate event which was discovered in our community this past week. A hateful message implying killing people of color (words have been change to stay respectful) was found painted on the skate ramp at NCRD. It has since been painted over. I first want to thank many of you in the…
Nature bats last
By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a north coast freelance writer and long-time weather watcher. You can reach her at anthonyvictoria1@gmail.com. Gaia is pissed! That’s the thought that runs through my mind in response to multiple “natural” disasters exacerbated by human behavior. First, there’s Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Houston, where I lived for a few years as a small child….
Katrina and Cassandra
By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a free lance writer and used information from the Common Dreams News Center website in preparing this essay, which was first published in September, 2005 in the Chinook Observer based in Long Beach, WA. This is a timely topic. In Greek mythology, Cassandra had the unfortunate fate of being able to predict the future…
By Extension: Just Carrying on an Old Family Tradition
By Amy Schmid, Administrative Program Specialist, & Jessica D. Linnell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Practice, Family & Community Health, OSU Extension Service, Tillamook County Not many people can say that their playpen was the back of an old truck with chainsaws in it. Valerie Elder (Grant), Forestry and Natural Resource Agent with OSU Extension Service is one of the few…
THINKING THINGS THROUGH: Revisiting The Four Agreements – Part 2
By Chris Wagner In the previous essay, I introduced ‘The Four Agreements’ and took a look at the first one, Be Impeccable With Your Word which focuses on communication and the power of words to hurt or heal. It also plays a significant role in the other three agreements. Don’t Take Anything Personally This is a big one for me….
The Littoral Life: We’ll Always Have Summerland Key
By Dan Haag “I’m moving to the Florida Keys,” I said out of nowhere. My roommate shrugged and turned up the volume on the television. “Leave me the rent,” he said. Not quite 20, I was living in a dingy apartment whose furnishings leaned heavily towards cinder blocks and two-by-fours. The contents of the fridge was one beer, moldy bologna,…
Heading back to school
By Justin Aufdermauer, Executive Director It was American author Napoleon Hill who once said “the mind becomes withered, stagnant, narrow and closed unless it searches for new ideas.”The same can be said for an organization like the Tillamook Area Chamber of Commerce. Unless we are always searching for new and innovative ways to add value to our members and increase…