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Category: Op-Ed
Geezer Tribe: When smaller is more fun
OIOpublisher by Linda Shaffer Several years ago I noticed that my mom started coveting little things. Among those were travel sized personal products, miniature candy bars, cheese and cracker snack packs and…
THE VIEW FROM HERE: Friday, the Thirteenth, Twenty-Twenty
EDITOR’S NOTE: About a year ago, the Governor issued the stay at home orders and Tillamook County recorded it’s first case of coronavirus on March 26, 2020. Here is a perspective from…
Celebrating 100 Years: We need your help to restore and revive the historic White Clover Grange!
Dear Community, The White Clover Grange Hall on Highway 53 is an important venue for our north Tillamook County community. It serves as a site for community events, winter farmers markets and…
Drew’s Editorials: CAN YOU HEAR THE WHOS?
By Andrew Jenck Recently, the estate of Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, announced that several of his books would be taken out of print due to their stereotypical depictions of…
OP/ED: From the Perspective of a Nursing Student: The COVID vaccine
EDITOR’S NOTE: Proud mom moment here – the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our lives in so many ways, and for our family with many in the vulnerable population and with chronic diseases,…
Checking in with the Tillamook Republicans
By Brian Cameron, for the Tillamook County Pioneer When the term ‘divisiveness’ gets brought up these days it’s hard not to immediately segue into current affairs. Indeed, there is a lot to…
OP/ED: Is Manzanita Listens really listening?
By Randy Kugler Two of the four scheduled community meetings that were billed as a fresh start to listen to questions from citizens about our new City Hall project have been completed….
Tillamook County Pioneer – Week in Review 3/12/21
From Drew Reid, Tillamook County Pioneer Videographer Voltaire advised that we Tend To Our Own Garden. That is exactly why we created PIONEER WEEK, to reflect on the news and community events…
OP/ED: We’d better think again
By Fred Bassett, Chair TillCoDems In what has been labeled an “unprecedented” move, the Chairpersons of five of the seven Democratic Central Committees in Congressional District 5 this week sent a letter…