By Neal Lemery Ernest Hemingway once said: “The kindest people you meet are not born that way; they are created, shaped by life’s challenges, molded by the struggles they have endured. They…
Category: Guest Column
CIVIC SATURDAY WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: #19 OF 19 – READING OUR COUNTRY
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: As Jim noted, “I’m relieved to have completed this …” And the editor screwed up and didn’t post the Zoom invite for the last sermon. And it’s a great…
THE OCEANSIDER – SPECIAL EDITION – Nov. 1, 2025: Incorporation Survey Results; Proposed Village Residents Support Measure by 2-to-1 Margin
From the Oceanside Village Initiative Team – Over the past year, the Oceanside Village Initiative team (“OVI”) has led a community effort to examine the benefits and costs of establishing Oceanside’s “Village” area as Oregon’s newest city. We alerted…
CIVIC SATURDAY WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: SERMON #18 – Too Busy to Love – Nov. 1st
Join us Saturday, November 1 at 10 am for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new and better ways to be a citizen. They are…
BOOK REVIEWS: The Dying Citizen & The MAGA Doctrine
Somehow I channelled Erasmus, the 15th. Century monk, with the famous quotation, “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” …
CIVIC SATURDAYS WITH JIM HEFFERNAN: SERMON #17 – ARE WE ENOUGH?
Join us Saturday, October 25 at 10 am for Tillamook County’s version of “Civic Saturdays” with Jim Heffernan hosting. The sermons explore new and better ways to be a citizen. They are…
I’ve been thinking … The Island – A Woman’s Heart
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot about the 1985 song, “The Island” by Delores Keane. If you’re not familiar with it, you can listen to it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvcxBT5Bx8Q…
CIVIC SATURDAYS WITH JIM: Saturdays at 10 am – SERMON #16: “A Test of Our Citizenship”
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a great way to start your Saturday – and then go to one of the three NO KINGS rallies in Tillamook County … as Jim noted when he…
CIVIC SATURDAYS WITH JIM: Saturdays at 10 am – SERMON #15: Time Travel
EDITOR’S NOTE: Editor error — with all the happenings this week, the internet outage (we were impacted) and multiple events, I neglected to post Jim’s announcement for today’s Civic Saturday. So, here’s…
BOOK REVIEW: Here Comes the Sun – A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization By Bill McKibben
By Neal Lemery This new book is an insightful and wholistic look at our planet’s climate crisis and the innovations in solar and wind energy to transform our energy needs and abilities…