By Victoria Stoppiello, for Food Roots and White Clover Grange I heard a story years ago about a Tillamook County resident who absolutely loved pie, loved pie so much that he ended…
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Local SAFE E-waste and Styrofoam Collection Results
OIOpublisher January 5, 2019 found local high school SAFE committees collecting electronic waste (E-waste) and Styrofoam as a part of their fundraising campaign. For the fifth year in a row, the Solid…
Start Your Own Walking Program – Walk with Ease Begins Feb. 4th
The OSU Extension Service in Tillamook will offer the Walk with Ease (WWE) program this winter to assist people with establishing a walking program to help reduce pain and improve overall health….
Open forums on repair, replacement of tide gates to be held at various locations; Tillamook on Jan. 17th
A work group formed in September 2016 to discuss repair and replacement of tide gates and associated infrastructure on the Oregon Coast and the lower Columbia River will host a series of…
Young artistic talent recognized, to be featured in Solid Waste quarterly calendar
As part of Tillamook County Solid Waste’s promotion of Earth Day 2018, last April, the department sponsored a drawing contest open to county students who participated in the Earth Day transfer station…
Response to “Call to Action – Curbside Recycling”: Rethink Waste
This is in response to: tillamookcountypioneer.net/call-to-action-curbside-recycling-in-north-county/ Your attention to recycling is commendable. Unfortunately, not all recycling is equal. Commingled is recycling in name only: once different plastics are combined they are difficult…
Passing On
—Neal Lemery 1/9/2019 They say life’s a journey and time moves on And lives end and now you are gone. When someone goes, it’s never on my schedule And I can mourn,…
Drew’s Reviews: Mary Poppins Returns—Did magic also come back?
By Andrew Jenck In the midst of Disney modernizing their classics, making a sequel to Mary Poppins, on paper, is the most cynical. Yes, I am aware that the original book had…
Help eliminate invasive ivy along the Skipanon River
Invasive English ivy has a foothold along the Skipanon River in Warrenton, where it climbs into Sitka spruces and other native trees, causing them to rot and ultimately topple. North Coast Land…
Lower Nehalem Watershed Council Annual Meeting and Speaker Series with Tom Horning Jan. 10th
Manzanita, Oregon – On January 10th, geologist Tom Horning will take us on a journey through time discussing the Nehalem Alps, their formation, the Yellowstone Hotspot, uplift of the coast range, the…