By: Michelle Jenck, M.Ed., Wholly Healthy LLC, Tillamook County Wellness Coordinator The term “wellness” can mean different things to different people. In the past, people considered the word wellness to mean the…
Category: Guest Column
The Littoral Life: Your questions answered
OIOpublisher By Dan Haag I’ve always felt that one of my greatest strengths is offering unsolicited advice. Just ask any parent who has sat their crying child next to me in a…
Successful Resolutions Sometimes Require Starts and Re-starts (and that’s okay)
By Terra Marzano, Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Rinehart Clinic Winter is here and 2020 is upon us. Having gotten through Thanksgiving, we are now inundated with gift guides, office parties, family…
Visit Tillamook Coast Re-Usable Bags Available as Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect
By Beverly Stein, Tillamook County Master Recyclers Get your reusable bags ready! On January 1 the single use plastic carryout bag ban will begin for stores and restaurants. To encourage people to…
POETRY: THE GLOW OF DECEMBER
Have you noticed the glow? It’s everywhere you go! On city streets, merchants’ windowpanes On village lawns, on country roads and lanes. Neighborhoods engage in a festive competition Who can display the…
OP/ED: What the Linn County Lawsuit Really Means
By Tillamook County Commissioner David Yamamoto After a monthlong trial, after hearing more than 100 hours of testimony and reviewing hundreds of exhibits, some going back to the early 1900’s, the Linn…
Gordon McCraw’s Weather: Tillamook Area Forecast – Wed. Dec. 18
Provided by Gordon McCraw, GAM Weather Consulting to Pioneer readers as a public service Your Pacific Northwest Weather Authority Wednesday, December 18, 2019 – 11:30am A confusing picture looking at the satellite…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Movement Therapy – Good for Anxiety?
By Linda Tate, Communications Director, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation This week, we are covering Movement Therapy, sometimes called Dance Therapy. Many believe that anxiety and panic attacks can be treated using movement…
Making Our Communities Age Friendly
By Neal Lemery, for the Pioneer In ten years, our population of seniors 75 years and older will double. Yet, only 1% of our housing has the amenities that will allow seniors…
The Littoral Life: The Scroogies
By Dan Haag There’s no denying it. Christmas is rolling my way like an out-of-control, twinkle-light festooned locomotive. The signs are everywhere: stores are decorated festively, yards are populated by terrifyingly enormous…