EDITOR’S NOTE: It was brought to the Pioneer’s attention the results of Tillamook School District 9’s Curriculum Review Committee meeting held July 29, 2024. The committee reviewed the book How the Garcia…
Category: Guest Column
I’ve Been Thinking … Be The One
By Jim Heffernan I’ve been thinking a lot about suicide these days. It’s not personal. I’ve lived a charmed life and call myself very happy for someone who is almost as old…
BOOK REVIEW: You’re More Powerful Than You Think – A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen
By Jim Heffernan I have to wonder why it took me so long to find this book. I might still be looking for the message in this book if friends hadn’t recommended…
TRYING TO SEE: “PROJECT 2025” AND YOU
By Michael Randall We all have heard about “Project 2025” (call it “P-25”) by now, a detailed road map to change the federal government of the United States. While it pretends merely…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Cleaning Out the Gunk
By Neal Lemery The little things in life often teach me the big lessons. Yesterday’s weed eating project came to a halt as my usually trusty string trimmer decided to take a…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Getting My Resilience Up
By Neal Lemery Some days, it is a challenge to meet the demands of the day. The to do list seems to get the best of me. The chore list keeps growing,…
Stories from the Studio: Rising Hearts More Than a Store, Welcomes All, Center for Healing, Help
EDITOR’S NOTE: Christy Kay has written stories for the Pioneer about her energy healing and wellness practice. Christy also volunteers for HUGGS – Helping Us Give & Get Support – a local…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Why Cancer Screening is Important
By Emery Edwards for Tillamook County Wellness Cancer screening can seem really scary, time consuming, like a waste of time, or a host of other things that it doesn’t have to be!…
I’ve Been Thinking … About Immigration
EDITOR’S NOTE: An appropriate topic as we celebrate our freedoms, and acknowledge that we ALL came here from somewhere else; we are all immigrants, unless your roots connect to the native indigenous…
WORDS OF WISDOM & SADNESS: Cutting A Good Life In Half
By Neal Lemery He didn’t quite make it to the median age of men who die from alcoholism in this country. He was only 45, and the average age of men dying…