EDITOR’S NOTE: Over 50 local, Tillamook County community members signed a request to the TSD#9 School Board to reverse the book ban. Local people continue to be added to the list ……
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Tillamook School District Ignores Requests to Reverse Book Ban from Parents, Community Members
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Tillamook School District #9 School Board meeting is Monday September 9th at 5:30pm. There is NOT an agenda item about reversing the ban on “How the Garcia Girls Lost…
SHORT FILMS RETURN TO NEHALEM, SATURDAY, SEP. 7
The McMinnville Short Film Festival will offer a pop-up screening of five environmental or documentary short films at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center in Nehalem on Saturday, Sep. 7 at…
Request for Reversal of Tillamook School Board Decision to Remove Book
I do not currently have children or grandchildren in the Tillamook School District, but I pay taxes in this district, and I care deeply about the quality of education the students TSD…
Local Organizations Against Book Bans: Neah-Kah-Nie Coast Art & Music Cultural Foundation – Banning Books Threat to Free Expression and Public Access to Information
EDITOR’S NOTE: Neah-Kah-Nie Coast Art & Music Cultural Foundation (NCAM) is a newly formed 501c3 non-profit supporting all forms of art based in Rockaway Beach, serving the Neah-Kah-Nie Coast, and creating scholarships…
BOOK REVIEW: The Anxious Generation – How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
By Jim Heffernan While we were talking about the current censorship at Tillamook High School, Laura recommended the book, “The Coddling of the American Mind”. I saw that the same author had…
Hoffman 20th Anniversary Festival August 31: Please join us as we celebrate 20 years of providing arts and culture opportunities in Manzanita!
Please join us on Saturday, August 31st, between 11:00 am-6:00 pm, for our celebratory 20th Anniversary Festival! We’re planning a day of creative activities for the whole family. The event will kick off at 11:00…
BOOK REVIEW: The Truths We Hold – An American Journey by Kamala Harris
By Jim Heffernan The Los Angeles called this book, “A life story that genuinely entrances.” They were certainly right about that. This book grabbed me from the beginning and held my attention…
Original Practice Shakespeare Festival at Tillamook Library’s Maxwell Park August 30-31
Tillamook County Library will host the Original Practice Shakespeare Festival at Maxwell Library Park adjacent to the Tillamook Main Library. There will be two performances. Romeo and Juliet will be performed on…
Kyler’s Big Heart Benefit Concert Sept. 7th, featuring Jacquie Roar, at Garibaldi Event Tent; Tickets Going Fast!
The Kyler’s Big Heart Benefit Concert will be held on September 7, 2024 at the Port of Garibaldi. Headlining this event is country singer Jacquie Roar. Jacquie is a family friend of…