By Neal Lemery I often carry a lot of extra weight, excess baggage that holds me down, emotional “stuff” that prevents me from flying, from achieving my dreams and my full potential…
Category: Guest Column
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Moving Forward — Opportunities for Walking Programs This Spring
By Nancy Kershaw, Oregon State University Extension Service Are you a current dedicated walker or do you want to get started on a walking program? April is a great time for walking…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COVID-19 INCIDENT COMMAND: COVID Vaccine Update
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager, COVID-19 Incident Commander I want to give a BIG shoutout to the Tillamook County Vaccine Providers along with an outstanding group of volunteers that are…
POETRY: RESTORATION
– Virginia Carrell Prowell (3-30-2021) (PHOTOS BY Don Backman) The signs of Winter are disappearing and being replaced with a renewed application. Barren branches of the Alder and Oak, the Red Maple,…
TILLAMOOK CHAMBER: West Elliott Boutique and Studios Turn One
By Mallory Gruben, Communications Manager, Tillamook Area Chamber of Commerce TILLAMOOK — Earlier this month West Elliott Boutique and West Elliott Studios celebrated their one-year anniversary — and their persistence through the…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Town Hall, DMV, Recovery Plans, and Spring Breaks
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, Last Friday afternoon, Oregon Coast Community College broadcast a joint Town Hall with Senator Anderson and myself. The event had been advertised and about…
GEEZER TRIBE: Spring things
by Linda Shaffer From where I sit, spring rain doesn’t look a darned bit different than winter rain or fall rain or summer rain. Rain is rain and we get a lot…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COVID-19 INCIDENT COMMAND: COVID-19 Update – 10 cases already this week; 25% of Tillamook County at least one vaccine dose
By Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Manager & COVID-19 Incident commander Tillamook County has had 33 new cases during the last two week reporting cycle that ended last week. This means Tillamook…
NEWS UPDATE FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID GOMBERG: Friday March 26th Town Hall and Capitol News – COVID-19 in the House
By Representative David Gomberg, House District 10 Hello Friends, On Friday afternoon, March 26, I’ll be taking part in a “zoom” town hall meeting. This is a free videoconference starting at 4:30. Oregon Coast Community…
THE VIEW FROM HERE: Friday, the Thirteenth, Twenty-Twenty
EDITOR’S NOTE: About a year ago, the Governor issued the stay at home orders and Tillamook County recorded it’s first case of coronavirus on March 26, 2020. Here is a perspective from…