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…
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NEWS UPDATE FROM OREGON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Budgets and Big Decisions Looming
OIOpublisher 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…
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…
NEWS UPDATE FROM OREGON STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Dollars, Deadlines, and a Critical Compromise
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, In a previous newsletter, I reported that about 4000 bills were introduced this session. I wanted to tell you this week about one…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: How A Map Brought A Community Together
by Samantha Goodwin, Northwest Youth Corps GIS Intern In Tillamook County, the problem isn’t finding a place to enjoy the outdoors but rather that there are too many places to choose from….
Geezer Tribe: Geezer-proof packaging
by Linda Shaffer For the most part, I think we oldies are pretty patient about things and if we aren’t, it’s because we get frustrated by that which we can’t do but…
NEWS FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE SUZANNE WEBER: District Updates – Saturday, April 10, 2021
By Representative Suzanne Weber My staff and I met with OSHA Director Michael Wood recently to discuss the proposed permanent rules. While much of the hype is around mask-wearing, I have much…