A Poem By Virginia Carrell Prowell (4/30/2021) Photos by Don Backman There was a time, a long time ago, When young children danced around the May Pole. Holding long colorful ribbons attached…
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TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Get Outside and Explore Nature
OIOpublisher By Sayde Moser-Walker, Creative Content Specialist, Explore Nature The Explore Nature Series is a collaboration of environmental organizations working together to provide meaningful, nature-based events that showcase the uniqueness of Tillamook…
Tillamook County now has all 3 COVID-19 vaccines types with appointments for each all next week!
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager and COVID-19 Incident Command A Vaccine Report As of 4/27 there have been 11,636 people (44%) that have received their first dose and 7,765 people…
Geezer Tribe: Greeting card blues
by Linda Shaffer As luck would have it, we’ve been pretty much untouched by Covid fatigue. During this time of quarantine our lives have been relatively unchanged. We have the same habits…
Tillamook County Families Feeling Financial Impact of COVID-19
By Peter Starkey, Executive Director, CARE Inc. The sun is finally shining outside my office, the temperature is rising, and I can see the flowers starting to bloom. Spring appears to have…
NEWS UPDATE FROM OREGON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Budgets and Big Decisions Looming
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, The Ways and Means Committee has completed the fifth of their public “Roadshows” designed to hear from Oregonians on budget priorities and concerns….
PEACE OUT LOUD: Cemetery Clean Up in Bay City, First Event, More Planned by New Organization Tillamook County Cemetery Conservation
By Romy Carver The Bay City Oddfellows Cemetery is a very special place to me. As a kid, when things got rocky at home, I’d walk to the cemetery to sort my…
OP/ED: Re-elect Manderson and Troxel to Tillamook School Board
By Kris Lachenmeier As a Tillamook School Board member for 10 years, and Board Chair for the last 2 years, I wanted to share my first-hand experience working with Eva Manderson and…
GAM WEATHER – Gordon’s Tillamook Weather & COVID-19 Update
By Gordon McCraw First the Weather: Sunday, April 25th we see more showers resulting from a low pressure area that could also trigger a thunderstorm or two and maybe even some small…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Making The Rounds
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here are some of Neal’s thoughts about ways to make every day Earth Day – plant a tree. A friend mentioned that she was planting a tree this year on…