By Neal Lemery When I have deep discussions with friends and family on issues near and dear to everyone at the table, I like to become reacquainted with the essential facts and…
Category: Op-Ed
Tillamook County COVID-19 Incident Command: COVID-19 Vaccine Update
OIOpublisher By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager & COVID-19 Incident commander Since the announcement of the rollout of vaccine there has been much excitement. It has also caused quite a bit…
Opinion: As vaccinations increase, equity and trust remain key to ending pandemic
By Patrick Allen, Director of Oregon Health Authority What a difference two weeks makes. At the start, Oregon’s COVID-19 vaccination program was panned for its “snail’s pace.” But last week Oregon passed…
GOOD NEWS: Love in the Time of Covid
EDITOR’S NOTE: We are so blessed to have many talented writers in our midst, and the Pioneer is proud and pleased – over the moon, really – to be able to share…
Bears with furniture
by Linda Shaffer Last summer, I’m pretty sure I wrote something about living in a world of quarantine and the effects it had on our lives. At the time I didn’t think…
Open Letter to Oregon’s U.S. Senators
Dear Senators Wyden and Merkley, Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets reveal that Senator Lyndsey Graham is personally assisting in putting together a team of lawyers to…
GEEZER TRIBE: Treasures abound in old cook books
by Linda Shaffer A few years back, my Old Aunt Wanda gave me a box filled with cook books. The box was marked with my name and hers. It should be noted…
OP/ED: Through our grief, a new ray of hope
By Fred Bassett, Chair, Tillamook County Democrats This is Tuesday, January 19, 2021 – a day that was set aside nationally between Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day as a…
OP/ED: MLK Jr. was a radical; Change is radical
EDITOR’S NOTE: I saw this post by Andrew Jenck on his social media page and asked him if I could share it with Pioneer readers … since so many of you “don’t…
OP/ED: Celebrating A Great American Patriot
By Stevie Stephens Burden As this chaotic time in history continues, I am reminded of the man whose legacy we celebrate tomorrow, Martin Luther King Jr. Reverend King was an American patriot…