By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a north coast freelance writer and long-time weather watcher. You can reach her at anthonyvictoria1@gmail.com. Gaia is pissed! That’s the thought that runs through my mind…
Category: Op-Ed
Katrina and Cassandra
OIOpublisher By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a free lance writer and used information from the Common Dreams News Center website in preparing this essay, which was first published in September, 2005…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Election Integrity Statement from Tillamook County Democrats Officers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TILLAMOOK, OR, September 24, 2017: Following the elections in November 2016, the chairs of the two largest political parties in Tillamook County released a joint statement, calling on “the…
By Extension: Just Carrying on an Old Family Tradition
By Amy Schmid, Administrative Program Specialist, & Jessica D. Linnell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Practice, Family & Community Health, OSU Extension Service, Tillamook County Not many people can say that their playpen…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Misleading “poll”
In mid-September, a so-called “public opinion poll” was launched in our community regarding a measure that will be on the November ballot. This “poll” has angered many of the people who were…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Misleading “survey” distorts truth, not Tillamook Way
Tillamook County has just experienced a new low in political campaigning. A person, who wishes to remain anonymous, has paid for a push/pull telephone survey in our County regarding the proposed 1%…
THINKING THINGS THROUGH: Revisiting The Four Agreements – Part 2
By Chris Wagner In the previous essay, I introduced ‘The Four Agreements’ and took a look at the first one, Be Impeccable With Your Word which focuses on communication and the power…
The Littoral Life: We’ll Always Have Summerland Key
By Dan Haag “I’m moving to the Florida Keys,” I said out of nowhere. My roommate shrugged and turned up the volume on the television. “Leave me the rent,” he said. Not…
Heading back to school
By Justin Aufdermauer, Executive Director It was American author Napoleon Hill who once said “the mind becomes withered, stagnant, narrow and closed unless it searches for new ideas.”The same can be said…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Serious Situation in East Beaver Creek Valley
Dear Editor, Thank you for your ODF’s fire danger alerts. It is a serious situation and one which I hope people will take seriously and act accordingly. We have a, potentially, dangerous…