By Virginia Carrell Prowell It’s the first day of Summer, and as I look out my window, I see lovely flowers covering my deck and a varied species of birds flutter and…
Category: Don Backman Photos
IN THE GALLERY AT NCRD: Local Photographers Don Backman & Marilyn Elkins Show, Sell Prize-Winning Images, Reception Sat. June 10th
Locally acclaimed photographers Marilyn Elkins and Don Backman are teaming up to bring their photographs to the North Coast Recreation District Gallery in Nehalem in June. This show features many fan favorites…
“We Must Not Forget.” Memorial Day service, Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens, 2023
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman Flags flew at each gravesite, fluttering in the northwest wind. People slowly searched about the graves, looking for a relative, a friend, a loved one….
Oregon Vietnam Veterans Traveling Memorial Wall Comes to Tillamook for Memorial Day Weekend
Story, Photos & Video By Don Backman “We have had a lot of people today,” Tom Davis, Board Member of the Umpqua Chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America commented. He was…
Marine Debris Surveyors: 5th & 6th grade class from Tillamook’s East School surveys Cape Lookout Beach
Story, Photos & Vidoe By Don Backman “This is real science,” Denise Harrington, retired Tillamook teacher now National Oceanic and Atmospheric Teacher at Sea Fellow (TASAA fellowship) for the National Marine Sanctuary…
Local Brewery de Garde Brewing Celebrates 10 Years with Beer Festival
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman for the Tillamook County Pioneer (May 6, 2023 – Garibaldi, Oregon) – “It’s crazy that we are here ten years later,” Linsey Rogers of de…
Welcome to the Oregon Coast – Please Recreate Safely, So You Can Come Back and Enjoy Our Awesome Coast Again & Again
By Laura Swanson Here we are again … the warm weather hits and visitors swarm the beaches, bays and rivers. And it’s already happened – yesterday afternoon at Tolovana, just north of…
City of Tillamook Plants Tree for Arbor Day, Honoring 35+ Year Annual Tradition (VIDEO)
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “Tillamook has celebrated being a Tree City USA for 35 years and counting,” Tillamook City Manager Nathan George announced to the small assembly braving the…
Rockaway Beach Preparedness Fair at Neah-Kah-Nie High School April 15th
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman Pee. Poo. What do these two have to do with emergency preparations? Tillamook County is no stranger to disasters. In the past 25 odd years,…
Orcas in Tillamook Bay – April 17, 2023; Transient Whale Project Identifies Visitor(s) (VIDEO)
Photos & Comments from Don Backman The Orcas were in Tillamook Bay today, April 17, 2023. Also known as killer whales, these impressive creatures come into Tillamook Bay occasionally to prowl about….