By David & Susan Greenberg Your beloved aunt, for reasons you’ll never fathom, kept a goat in her basement. Her home was overrun with cats as others are with termites. She once…
Category: Guest Column
POETRY: SUMMER SOLSTICE
By Virginia Carrell Prowell It’s the first day of Summer, and as I look out my window, I see lovely flowers covering my deck and a varied species of birds flutter and…
Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts (TAPA) Presents: “THE GIN GAME”
By Michael Randall A new production of Donald Coburn’s play, “The Gin Game,” has opened at the Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts (TAPA) in the Barn Community Playhouse. Coburn wrote the…
JOURNEY GAL: Most Memorable Night
By Marilyn Karr One evening while jotting down some notes for another article for the Tillamook County Pioneer, I burst out loud with laughter as I reminisce on a most memorable night….
POSTIVE VIBES: Women Empowered Workshop July 8 & 9
By Jan Boal, RN I facilitate women’s workshops. The focus is on empowerment by way of recognizing fear, whether real or perceived. Empowering women is not meant as a way to strike…
THE OCEANSIDER: Commissioners Continue Work on New STR Rules, Agree to Extend STR “Pause” for 60 Days
By Jerry Keene, Editor, The Oceansider This past week, the Board of County Commissioners held two meetings of intense interest to STR owners and those living near them. On Tuesday, June 13, a…
Mysteries of the Brooten Kelp Ore Baths Explored at Evening Presentation at Cape Kiawanda Community Center June 14th
by Neal Lemery Many of the mysteries of the Brooten baths and sanitarium in Pacific City were revealed to a curious crowd in Pacific City June 14. The kelp ore baths were…
POETRY: LATE
EDITOR’S NOTE: I was going to post a public safety message about traffic and being careful out there, then this poem from Neal popped up … A beautiful arrangement of words with…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: A Long Week in Salem
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 6/12/2023 It is mid-June and the legislative session is winding down. We actually had plans to finish our work a week early and adjourn around…
THE OCEANSIDER – Op/Ed: IT’S OUR FUTURE – Let’s shape it together, starting tomorrow June 12th!
By Jerry Keene, Editor The Oceansider This Monday June 12th (tomorrow at 4 pm), Oceansiders will gather at the Community Hall (and by Zoom) for the second of three workshops aimed at developing a “10 Year Investment Plan” for…
