September 3, 2024 Dear Tillamook School Board Members, We, the undersigned authors and illustrators, are writing to oppose the removal of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents from your district’s 10th-grade…
Category: Letters to the Editor
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…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Author Julia Alvarez Addresses Banning of Her Book by Tillamook School District
EDITOR’S NOTE: Email subject line – From Julia Alvarez, author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents; “I’m the literary agent for author Julia Alvarez. Some readers of your news publication…
The thing about reading and history …
Last night (August 12th) I got to listen to a couple of men emotionally explain to the TSD 9 Board of Directors why girls shouldn’t have to hear what some men have…
Letter to the Editor: How Our School District Lost Its Books
I’m a parent of three students who attend Tillamook school district. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been following the process the district has used to review the book How the Garcia…
What does it take to join Club Manzanita?
Given the posts about Club Manzanita, I was curious about the guidelines for joining. This is what I discovered: You have to care about Manzanita and our area. You must be willing…
Who knew that water bills would be so controversial?
The complaints were just complaints in the beginning. Now that a referendum is going forward, it will cost us time and money. And really, for what purpose? The City of Manzanita approved…
THANK YOU WHEELER! Annual Clean-up Day HUGE Success!
The 16th annual Wheeler Clean-up Day on Saturday, June 15, 2024 at Waterfront Park was an OUTSTANDING SUCCESS! Two 30-cubic-yard dumpsters were filled to the brim with old wood, broken furniture, odds…
Trump Verdict
Dear Editor, Wait a minute, those who claim our justice system “weaponized” the case against Donald Trump. Weaponization is a made-up word. We might as well say the state prosecutors “used” the…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Hooray for WEBS and TSD9 – Growing Future Scientists!
I was lucky enough to chaperone my 6th grader’s Alternative Energy field trip this month to Cape Lookout State Park hosted by Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach and Sea (WEBS)….