EDITOR’S NOTE: The May 18th ballot features dozens of opportunities to serve your community on local boards for our schools, ports, transportation district, recreation districts, water districts, fire districts and more. There…
Category: Op-Ed
Geezer Tribe: Geezer-proof packaging
OIOpublisher 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…
PIONEER WEEK – April 9th – Sneak Preview of Mark Beach Interview; and More …
Did you know the Pioneer has a YouTube Channel? And there are LOTS of videos available. Pioneer Week, a production of the Tillamook County Pioneer, is a video review of recent news…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Letting Go
By Neal Lemery I often carry a lot of extra weight, excess baggage that holds me down, emotional “stuff” that prevents me from flying, from achieving my dreams and my full potential…
Geezer Tribe: When gardeners become hoarders
by Linda Shaffer As a couple about to celebrate 40 years of marriage, you can guess that we have some things in common. Not all things because that would be too boring,…
Response to Manzanita Elections Letter
By Randy Kugler I made no request of the Tillamook County Elections Clerk to investigate the registration of any Manzanita voter, made no claim to the Elections Clerk that any voter may…
FAITH: Questions to Ponder as Observation to the Season – Who Killed HIM?
A historical set of questions to ponder, whether Jew or Gentile, as we think back to the recorded events of 2000 years ago. It was a special time in history, and this…
PIONEER WEEK – April 2, 2021
Pioneer Week, a production of the Tillamook County Pioneer, is a review of recent news and community events here on the North Oregon Coast. We hope you enjoy and SUBSCRIBE to our…
Geezer Tribe: When smaller is more fun
by Linda Shaffer Several years ago I noticed that my mom started coveting little things. Among those were travel sized personal products, miniature candy bars, cheese and cracker snack packs and mini…
THE VIEW FROM HERE: Friday, the Thirteenth, Twenty-Twenty
EDITOR’S NOTE: About a year ago, the Governor issued the stay at home orders and Tillamook County recorded it’s first case of coronavirus on March 26, 2020. Here is a perspective from…