by Neal Lemery Putting aside the hubbub, the seemingly endless demands on us to be “in the holiday mode”, I find my purpose and comfort in the quiet of the winter, as…
Category: Guest Column
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 12/16/21 – Weather
OIOpublisher By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Thursday, December 16, 2021, 3:00pm Weather High pressure is building over our area as a disturbance off the central Oregon coast continues to move…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Resist the Grinch – How to Handle Stress This Holiday Season
By Karen Sheelar, Behavioral Health Clinician at Tillamook County Community Health Center While some people have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, many of us may lie awake stressing about…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 12/15/21 – Weather & COVID-19 Update – Omicron variant in Oregon
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 08:30am Weather Good news, the temperatures did not drop to the expected levels overnight, they did drop into the mid 30s…
“I’ve been thinking …” – Make America Greater
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s a commentary from Jim Heffernan, whom we introduced a couple days ago with his brief book review (he’s got more of those in the works, too) of local author…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: Gordon’s Update – 12/14/21 – Weather & COVID-19 Update
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 11:00am Weather A chilly night where most folks saw the overnight low temperatures dropping to or below freezing and with scattered…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A “Special” Session, the Chance to Comment on Masks, and a Swarm of Small Earthquakes
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Neighbors and Friends! As I mentioned in the last newsletter, legislators will be returning to Salem today, Monday, December 13, to deal with emergency business related…
OP/ED: Those Were the Days …
By Stevie Stephens Burden “Forgive, sounds good…forget, I’m not sure I could…” to quote the Dixie Chicks on their “Taking the Long Way” album. The album reflects the part of their lives…
BOOK REVIEW: “An Industry Worth Fighting For” by Derrick Josi
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome a new Pioneer contributor, Jim Heffernan. He will be contributing book reviews (his first is below – by a local author we all know – “An Industry Worth Fighting…
OP/ED: A Special Session Will Help Landlords, Too
By State Representative David Gomberg Representative David Gomberg is a Democrat representing District #10, and the people of the Central Coast. Across my district, most landlords are not big corporations, but retired…