By Charles McLaughlin Well, getting back to Stanyan, at its base the “76” car turned westward and hauled paying passengers and rascals alike to the incredible Fleishhacker Pool, the largest open air…
Category: Guest Column
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Container Gardening – The Basics
OIOpublisher Provided by Tillamook County Wellness The first day of Spring is TODAY March 20th. You may be using this time to clean out last year’s garden beds, or to collect seeds…
Renderings & Ramblings: More About Life as a Kid in San Francisco
By Charles McLaughlin I’m picking up here, guys and gals, talking about what it was like living in San Francisco. Well, unlike poet Rod McKuen, Stanyan Street held no sorrows for me….
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 3/18/22 – Weather; Roads – Hwy. 101 south of Wheeler – Restricted to One Lane; Spring Break Begins
By Gordon McCraw Friday, March 18, 2022, 08:00am Weather High clouds are streaming across the top of the high pressure ridge and dropping down across the area. The ridge is getting pushed…
About Bakersfield: Losing my prejudice
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sharing stories begets more sharing of stories … Chuck McLaughlin’s ramblings about Bakersfield prompted local writer Victoria Stoppiello to recall a story she wrote about her experience in Bakersfield. Thanks…
RENDERINGS AND RAMBLINGS OF AN AGED BOHEMIAN: Stanyan St. Stinkers Take On San Francisco
EDITOR’S NOTE: And the stories continue … here’s the continuing saga from Chuck McLaughlin about his early days as we meander through the McLaughlin history book. See link below for the first…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 3/16/22 – Weather & Roads
By Gordon McCraw, for Tillamook County Emergency Management Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 10:00am Weather As we inch toward Spring, which officially starts this weekend, we see typical Spring like weather over the…
“I’ve been thinking” … Trip back to 1996 on spaceship Earth
By Jim Heffernan I found this when I moved my printer. It’s from April of 1996 when I was taking WR246 at TBCC. The last paragraph is new, but otherwise 26 years…
Series: “What’s the Story with Housing in Tillamook County” – Chapter 9: A Remodel in the Works
From Tillamook County Housing Commission Outreach Committee Robert and Peggy Schumann moved out of the “Big City” and arrived in Wheeler about five years ago looking for a more affordable place they…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Back and Busy in the District
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 With the 2022 session now fully a week behind us, I’m back in the district and enjoying a robust schedule of forums, fundraisers, ribbon-cuttings, and…