Tillamook County has been lighting it up! Thanks to everyone who sent us your addresses and photos! The link to the map is below and since our roads have thawed out and things are warming up, if you want to get out for a drive and check out all the holiday lights, we’ve got the locations. And be sure to…
Category: Don Backman Photos
Happiest Place in Tillamook County on Saturday Dec. 17th – Tillamook Fred Meyer for 18th Annual Shop with a Cop Event
Photos by Don Backman Fred Meyer in Tillamook on Saturday December 17th was the happiest place on earth. It was hard to tell who was smiling more — the kids or the officers, or the employees, or the other shoppers. There were smiles for miles as 50 kids paired with local law enforcement to get some shopping done for their…
Tillamook Celebrates the Season with Tree Lighting, Light Parade Saturday Dec. 3rd – Photos & Video by Don Backman
Tillamookians gathered to bring in the holiday with music and dancing from local schools; gifts and giveways. Of course, the high-LIGHT was the lighting of the tree and the Light Parade on Saturday December 3rd.
Bay City, Garibaldi Library Successful Salmon Rearing – Kids Release Spring Chinook Salmon into Patterson Creek
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “Look at the little fish.” “Can you carefully put them in the water?” A small crowd of excited preschool children, parents, staff, and volunteers assembled at Al Griffin Memorial Park in Bay City to release Chinook salmon into Patterson Creek on Friday afternoon December 2nd. The Bay City and Garibaldi branches of the…
The Out-Patientz Rocks NCRD, Invitation-Only Performance to Record Video Brings the House Down
Story, Photos & Vidoe by Don Backman The strident tones of the fire alarm in the auditorium at North County Recreation District brought everything to a sudden halt. “You’re burning the house down,” someone commented amid laughter. While the alarm was accidentally triggered by the fog machine, and a fire alarm isn’t ever a laughing matter, it was true, the…
Tillamook Celebrates High School Football Team Success – 2nd in State – Congratulations on Historic Best Season with Town Parade – VIDEO
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a recap of the game from Pioneer Sports reporter Matt Maizel. We will have a season wrap-up about this historic team. Photos & Video of Town Parade by Don Backman Story by Matt Maizel Ron Tonkin Field was the site for the 2022 OSAA 4A Football State Championship, where fans from both schools showed out and provided…
Garibaldi Lights Up Tree Saturday Nov. 26th
Photos by Don Backman The wonderful thing about small towns is they coordinate their tree lightings – so you can go to every single one. Saturday November 26th it was Garibaldi’s turn. There were whoops of delight as the tree was lit, and the bayside village of Garibaldi twinkled and sparkled from lighted displays along Hwy. 101 to the big…
Rockaway Beach Lights Up – Hundreds Attend Area’s First Tree Lighting of Season
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “It’s a steamer! A steamer goes to the North Pole” “Santa’s coming!” Young children chatted excitedly to their parents as the steam engine arrived in a cloud of steam and shrieking whistles. The passengers looked out from the train cars at the expectant crowd waiting for them. Highlighted by a community Christmas choir,…
United Paws Launches In-House Spay/Neuter Surgery Clinic – Photos & Video Tour
Photos & Video by Don Backman for the Tillamook County Pioneer The local not-for-profit United Paws of Tillamook is proud to announce the opening of an in-house high-volume spay/neuter surgery clinic created to greatly increase the number of companion animal sterilization surgeries performed in Tillamook County. This will allow United Paws to combat pet homelessness more successfully by reducing overpopulation….
TILLAMOOK AIR MUSEUM VETERANS DAY EVENT HONORS ALL VETERANS, SPECIAL RECOGNITION OF LOCAL WWII VETERANS
Photos, Video & Story By Don Backman A large group of veterans and their families filled the event tent inside the blimp hangar at the Air Museum. This years ceremony honored all veterans, but especially selected WWII veterans. Local veterans from WWII present were Rudy Fenk, Pat Patterson, Owen Nicholson, Virgil (Bub) Simmons, and Thomas Blanchard. Veterans and families were…