By Scott Gordon for Friends of Tillamook Bay As thousands of us get excited and gear up for the height of the fall salmon season, we should take a moment to question:…
Category: Guest Column
OREGON FOOD BANK – Hunger Awareness Month Feature: Galena Flores Cooks Up Change in Tillamook County
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: Galena Flores is one of our “go-to” volunteers, and I’m so proud to see all of her community efforts highlighted below. She’s a rock star in our community and…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Looking at the Content of My Character
By Neal Lemery Almost seventy years ago, I remember watching soldiers on our grainy black and white television, escorting kids my age into a school. I asked my mom why the soldiers…
GEEZER TRIBE: ‘Physically Fit’ isn’t always a fairy tale
By Linda Shaffer Not sure about you but the odds of me being labeled physically fit would be like winning the Mexican lottery or being hit by a flying turtle. Before all…
I’ve been thinking … A Giant Faucet? Really??
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot about Donald Trump and his “giant faucet” that will solve all of California’s water problems. I can’t help it, maybe it’s a curse. I’ve…
BOOK REVIEW: The Power of Strangers – The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World by Joe Keohane
By Jim Heffernan This is a book I read a year ago, but I failed to review it. I should have written about it then because I thoroughly enjoyed the book and…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Taking a Breath
By Neal Lemery This week has been full of projects, and I’m finding myself moving from one to the other, barely getting some things done and starting something else that needs to…
OLD TILLAMOOK TIMES: “Dear Folks” Series #3 – The Journey They Took
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the next few weeks, we will be sharing entries from Old Tillamook Times, provided by Sandi Burgess Botten Dean, featuring Karen Kranweiss Nudelman’s blog in which she describes the…
I’ve been thinking … Book Burning Impulse
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the impulse that leads to the banning of books. I always thought our little green corner would be immune. I was wrong….
OLD TILLAMOOK TIMES – “Dear Folks” Series #2: As Ever, Sherry
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the next few weeks, we will be sharing entries from Old Tillamook Times, provided by Sandi Burgess Botten Dean, featuring Karen Kranweiss Nudelman’s blog in which she describes the…