By Jim Heffernan When I lived in barracks in Kansas (1964-1966), the base library would deliver a box of paperback books once a month. They were mostly “pulp”, but there were worthy…
Category: Guest Column
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Holly Riendeau-Local Behavioral Health Clinician on Problem Gambling
March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month and Tillamook County Wellness with partner Tillamook Family Counseling Center provides a Q&A with Holly Riendeau, TFCC’s problem gambling counselor What is your role at the…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 3/30/22 – COVID-19 Case Update
By Gordon McCraw Tuesday, March 30, 2022, 10:15am Weather A weak front moved across this morning giving us just under ½” of rain. Now we can expect some light post-frontal scattered showers today. Winds today becoming westerly…
RENDERINGS & RAMBLINGS: Technology and Grandma Seymour’s cooking
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s more about Chuck’s childhood, and if you’ve missed a story – see the end for links to more Ramblings. By Charles McLaughlin Grandpa Lee Seymour had an eclectic skill-set…
A yearly cycle: What’s going on outside? Spring and Frogs
EDITOR’S NOTE: Join me in welcoming another wonderful guest columnist to the Pioneer, Barbara McLaughlin! A local gardener and community organizer, and wife of another Pioneer story-teller, Charles “Chuck” McLaughlin, Barbara will…
NEWS FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Collection of Salient News – 3/28/22
Hello Neighbors and Friends, Childcare. Parents can’t find it and when they can find it, they often can’t afford it. The result is that many parents stay home to care for their…
Good Friday Shakes – Remembering the Great Alaskan Quake – March 27, 1964
By Stevie Stephens Burden I remember the day so well, March 27th, 1964. It was my father’s birthday and we were all home to celebrate. That is no small statement, since at…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY DAILY WEATHER BRIEFING: Gordon’s Update – 3/25/22
By Gordon McCraw Friday, March 25, 2022, 07:00am We continue with a mild southwesterly flow today, brought on with a trough of low pressure off the coast in the eastern Pacific and…
RENDERINGS & RAMBLINGS: School in “B” Town
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is #6 in Chuck McLaughlin’s series of stories about his life. If you’ve missed one, see the links at the end to “catch up.” By Charles McLaughlin The months…
BOOK REVIEW: Gunfight- My Battle against the Industry that Radicalized America
By Jim Heffernan This a book written by a man who grew up in rural Kansas (20 miles from Colorado, 20 miles from Nebraska). That makes his birthplace Cheyenne County, Kansas, same…