By Linda Shaffer If you have never made, eaten or seen a red, white and blue gelatin salad, you might not be old enough to read this column. If you need to…
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Gordon’s Update Wednesday, June 9, 2021 – Weather & COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic Updates
OIOpublisher By Lt. Gordon McCraw, Director of Emergency Management,Tillamook County Weather An upper level trough of low pressure continues to sit just offshore, keeping us under a moist southwesterly flow that is…
IN GOOD HEALTH: Why Is My Face Leaking?!
By: Linda Tate, Communications Manager, Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation We are going to talk about allergies. Are yours worse this year? I know mine has been. I went the first five decades of…
Geezer Tribe: Just the short of it
by Linda Shaffer Remember that old saying about “the long and the short of things?” Well, I do. Why? I am reminded of it daily because somewhere between the early 2000s and…
NEWS FROM OREGON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Memorial Day Message
Following the tumultuous 2020 election cycle, the leaders of Tillamook’s Republican and Democratic Central Committees put their heads together to share their concerns for how political divisiveness impacts our society, our communities…
Geezer Tribe: Where is Tarzan’s beard?
by Linda Shaffer I’ve been watching too much television news again. It leaves me sad, upset and fearful most of the time. It also leaves me with a head full of questions…
NEWS UPDATE FROM OREGON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Revenue Projections, the Kicker, Mask Updates, and a new safer Hiking Trail
By State Representative David Gomberg Hello Friends, Oregon received remarkable news this week. In a dramatic change from dire projections a year ago, our economy is recovering quickly from the COVID pandemic and…
WORDS OF WISDOM: What I Am Learning from the Pandemic
by Neal Lemery The last year has taught me many lessons, and I hope I can fully absorb and retain the wisdom of these times. The lessons are often challenging and messy,…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS – Mental Health Spotlight: There is a Way Out
By Dr. Ben Douglas, MD, Adventist Health Tillamook “I felt like I was at the bottom of a deep well with no way to get out.” This is how one patient described…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Interpersonal Best – Help for Getting & Staying Active
By Michelle Jenck, Adventist Health Tillamook Director of Community Well-Being and TCW Coordinator Just as we have to “move well” to “be well”, we also have to feel good enough to get…