By Neal Lemery The little things in life often teach me the big lessons. Yesterday’s weed eating project came to a halt as my usually trusty string trimmer decided to take a…
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WORDS OF WISDOM: Getting My Resilience Up
OIOpublisher By Neal Lemery Some days, it is a challenge to meet the demands of the day. The to do list seems to get the best of me. The chore list keeps…
Stories from the Studio: Rising Hearts More Than a Store, Welcomes All, Center for Healing, Help
EDITOR’S NOTE: Christy Kay has written stories for the Pioneer about her energy healing and wellness practice. Christy also volunteers for HUGGS – Helping Us Give & Get Support – a local…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Why Cancer Screening is Important
By Emery Edwards for Tillamook County Wellness Cancer screening can seem really scary, time consuming, like a waste of time, or a host of other things that it doesn’t have to be!…
I’ve Been Thinking … About Immigration
EDITOR’S NOTE: An appropriate topic as we celebrate our freedoms, and acknowledge that we ALL came here from somewhere else; we are all immigrants, unless your roots connect to the native indigenous…
WORDS OF WISDOM & SADNESS: Cutting A Good Life In Half
By Neal Lemery He didn’t quite make it to the median age of men who die from alcoholism in this country. He was only 45, and the average age of men dying…
MALHEUR ENTERPRISE – AROUND OREGON, SPECIAL REPORTS: A veteran police chief’s fall – how Ray Rau ended up in jail
EDITOR’S NOTE: Malheur Enterprise Editor Les Zaitz reached out to the Pioneer about using still photos from the Pioneer’s video interview with then Tillamook Police Chief Ray Rau (see below for a…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Buzzfeed Can Diagnose Which Disney Character You Are — Not Your Medical Condition
By Sarah Ermer, MPH, CHES, from Tillamook Family Counseling Center for Tillamook County Wellness Fortunately, Buzzfeed has never claimed to be able to give you any medical diagnosis. But plenty of other…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Cleaning Up After Fathers Day
By Neal Lemery I’m always relieved when Fathers Day is over for the year. For me, it is a mix of emotions and experiences, with memories both sweet and awkward, sometimes excruciatingly…
“Roots: We Been Here” Exhibit Offers Provocative Visit to Tillamook Forest Center
By Neal Lemery A new exhibit at the Tillamook Forest Center on Highway 6 offers a fresh and thoughtful visit to the Tillamook State Forest. The exhibit explores the relationships between the…