By Kim Rosenberg During this election season, I’ve met with all three of the candidates for (Manzanita) council, and not one of them is a serial killer or abuses small animals or…
Category: Guest Column
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: What’s Shaking in HD 10?
OIOpublisher By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 I was just getting my day started early Friday morning when the house shuddered. Years of messaging flashed before my eyes. Drop, Cover and…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Roundabout — Struggling with Addiction
by Neal Lemery We took a long weekend, embarking on a road trip across the Northwest for a birthday, a long over-due gathering of loved ones, dear friends, to celebrate a milestone,…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Productive Trip to DC
By Representative David Gomberg Regular readers have heard me talk in the past about the Big Creek Dams in Newport. In 2011, engineers learned that the two earthen dams that store the…
OP/ED: Let’s Change Our Minds, Not Just Our Underwear
By Kim Rosenberg, Manzanita resident It’s easy to be discouraged some days. It’s easy to think that all the problems we face are too big, that what we as individuals do, doesn’t…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Opportunities on the Coast
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Over the course of four years, I worked with Dr. Bruce Mate at the Marine Mammal Institute to authorize a Coastal Playground gray whale license plate. Eventually,…
KITCHEN MAVEN: THE STAFF OF LIFE
by Judi Yamada, www.kitchenmaven.org The first known use of the idiom “Staff Of Life” was in 1638; it meant “a staple of diet”, and the meaning hasn’t changed. Obtained from Western man’s…
PEACE OUT LOUD: Grief and Gratitude – A love story
EDITOR’S NOTE: This blog was first published on Romy’s blog nearly ten years ago on December 19, 2012. She shared it again today on her Facebook page and it just really resonated…
WORDS OF WISDOM: A Short Visit to Meth World
by Neal Lemery My cell phone buzzed, and a familiar name appeared on the screen. I rushed to answer it, hearing the faint voice of a young man I’d befriended years ago….
WORDS OF WISDOM: Guerrilla Gratitude – Bringing Light Into Our World
by Neal Lemery Any act, any kind word, is capable of making a change for the better in our world. Each of us has so many opportunities to make it a better…