EDITOR’S NOTE: We are so excited to introduce Mallory Gruben (see her story on Oregon Food Bank Tillamook County Services) a new contributor to the Tillamook County Pioneer. Her background and experience…
Category: Op-Ed
GEEZER TRIBE: Why it’s so darned hard to toss out food
OIOpublisher by Linda Shaffer Last night I decided to use up a packaged sauce mix which had lived in our cupboard for a long, long time. When I opened the package, I…
Save money by starting vegetable seeds at home; FREE Seeds available at Tillamook Libraries, and other locations
EDITOR’S NOTE: Our recent cold temperatures and frozen precipitation makes Spring seem a long ways off, but it’s not! And now is the time to get seeds started for your garden. Tillamook…
Celebrating my Oregon: It’s ironic!
EDITOR’S NOTE: Fred Bassett provides an introduction to a year-long project collaboration with the Tillamook County Pioneer and Tillamook County Democrats. Launching the weekend of Oregon’s birthday – February 14th – the…
Geezer Tribe: The trouble with ‘gullfriends’
by Linda Shaffer Winter may not bring much snow to the Oregon Coast but it sure does bring the seagulls. I don’t mean to imply that they go away any time of…
Free Speech: A Limitation on Government, a Tool of Responsible Citizenship
By Neal Lemery When I have deep discussions with friends and family on issues near and dear to everyone at the table, I like to become reacquainted with the essential facts and…
Tillamook County COVID-19 Incident Command: COVID-19 Vaccine Update
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager & COVID-19 Incident commander Since the announcement of the rollout of vaccine there has been much excitement. It has also caused quite a bit of…
Opinion: As vaccinations increase, equity and trust remain key to ending pandemic
By Patrick Allen, Director of Oregon Health Authority What a difference two weeks makes. At the start, Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccination program was panned for its “snail’s pace.” But last week Oregon passed…
GOOD NEWS: Love in the Time of Covid
EDITOR’S NOTE: We are so blessed to have many talented writers in our midst, and the Pioneer is proud and pleased – over the moon, really – to be able to share…
Bears with furniture
by Linda Shaffer Last summer, I’m pretty sure I wrote something about living in a world of quarantine and the effects it had on our lives. At the time I didn’t think…