Here’s a celebration to be thankful for – Garibaldi and Bay City libraries have had aquariums with salmon eggs that had hatched, and then they invite the community to help with salmon…
Category: Don Backman Photos
Screams, Squeals, Shouts, and Zombies – Halloween, 2023 at Tillamook Junior High (VIDEO)
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman The prey dodged with a squeal. The zombie timed its lunge carefully and caught the prey. Another squeal. The zombie moved in… The prey, a…
Tillamook Future Natural Resource Leaders (FNRL) team cuts, saws, scales, and chokes their way to the top
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman “Keep going. You’re almost there!” teammates shouted encouragement up at the girl climbing the tall high-tension powerline-sized pole. High up on the pole standing at…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS – Saturday October 28th – Rockaway Beach’s Halloweentown to Pacific City’s “Trick or Treat the Dory Fleet” VIDEO
VIDEO & PHOTOS BY DON BACKMAN Tillamook County brought the Halloween spirit with sunny skies and crisp temperatures, all the ghouls, witches and unicorns came out to check out the Rockaway Beach…
Tillamook Coliseum Theater Celebrates 100 Years!
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman Star Wars. Rocky. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The original and best Doctor Doolittle. People in long lines on the sidewalk waiting to get in. Packed…
Pacific City Cape Kiwanda Longboard Classic – Sunday Sept. 17 – Photos & Video by Don Backman
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47th Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce Kite Festival High Flying Success (Photos & Video) – One More Day to Go Fly (or Watch) LOTS of Kites
By Don Backman “There are 35 vendors and 26 Kite Fliers,” Kristine Hayes of the Rockaway Beach Chamber of Commerce explained between having to dart away and take care of necessary chores…
Cannon Beach Lifeguards Successful Rescue of Six People Caught in Rip Tide Saturday Sept. 2nd
On Saturday September 2, 2023 at 12:18 while patrolling north on the beach, Cannon Beach Lifeguards witnessed two children and four adults being swept out by a rip current at Chapman Point….
Bay City Arts Center Artists of the Month: Don Backman & Students Main Floor Gallery; Upstairs Oil Works by Emily Cordo, Marie Hilton & Lizzy Hilton – Reception Saturday Sept. 1st
Bay City Arts Center will feature a variety of mediums and student works in September. Join us on Friday September 1st from 5 – 7pm for a free artists reception. During September,…
Tillamook’s Main Library Park Opens – Maxwell Park Dedication – VIDEO
By Neal Lemery; Photos & Video by Don Backman “A park for the people of Tillamook County, built by the people of Tillamook County.” With these words, the newest public park in…
