By Amy Schmid, Administrative Program Specialist, & Jessica D. Linnell, PhD, Assistant Professor of Practice, Family & Community Health, OSU Extension Service, Tillamook County Not many people can say that their playpen…
Category: Op-Ed
LETTER TO EDITOR: Misleading “poll”
In mid-September, a so-called “public opinion poll” was launched in our community regarding a measure that will be on the November ballot. This “poll” has angered many of the people who were…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Misleading “survey” distorts truth, not Tillamook Way
Tillamook County has just experienced a new low in political campaigning. A person, who wishes to remain anonymous, has paid for a push/pull telephone survey in our County regarding the proposed 1%…
THINKING THINGS THROUGH: Revisiting The Four Agreements – Part 2
By Chris Wagner In the previous essay, I introduced ‘The Four Agreements’ and took a look at the first one, Be Impeccable With Your Word which focuses on communication and the power…
The Littoral Life: We’ll Always Have Summerland Key
By Dan Haag “I’m moving to the Florida Keys,” I said out of nowhere. My roommate shrugged and turned up the volume on the television. “Leave me the rent,” he said. Not…
Heading back to school
By Justin Aufdermauer, Executive Director It was American author Napoleon Hill who once said “the mind becomes withered, stagnant, narrow and closed unless it searches for new ideas.”The same can be said…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Serious Situation in East Beaver Creek Valley
Dear Editor, Thank you for your ODF’s fire danger alerts. It is a serious situation and one which I hope people will take seriously and act accordingly. We have a, potentially, dangerous…
THINKING THINGS THROUGH: Revisiting the Four Agreements
By Chris Wagner “As children, we didn’t have the opportunity to choose our beliefs, but we agreed with the information that was passed to us from the dream of the planet to…
The Littoral Life: Summer, Bloody Summer
By Dan Haag Labor Day marks the symbolic end of the summer season as children head back to school. It’s a mixed bag of emotions for kids as they reflect on the…
The Littoral Life: Living in a post eclipse-alyptic world
By Dan Haag Just like that, it was over. The Great Eclipse of 2017 came and went like gifts under the Christmas tree: months of anxious build-up and fevered anticipation, followed by…