by Linda Shaffer Last summer, I’m pretty sure I wrote something about living in a world of quarantine and the effects it had on our lives. At the time I didn’t think…
Category: Op-Ed
Open Letter to Oregon’s U.S. Senators
Dear Senators Wyden and Merkley, Recent articles in the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets reveal that Senator Lyndsey Graham is personally assisting in putting together a team of lawyers to…
GEEZER TRIBE: Treasures abound in old cook books
by Linda Shaffer A few years back, my Old Aunt Wanda gave me a box filled with cook books. The box was marked with my name and hers. It should be noted…
OP/ED: Through our grief, a new ray of hope
By Fred Bassett, Chair, Tillamook County Democrats This is Tuesday, January 19, 2021 – a day that was set aside nationally between Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Inauguration Day as a…
OP/ED: MLK Jr. was a radical; Change is radical
EDITOR’S NOTE: I saw this post by Andrew Jenck on his social media page and asked him if I could share it with Pioneer readers … since so many of you “don’t…
OP/ED: Celebrating A Great American Patriot
By Stevie Stephens Burden As this chaotic time in history continues, I am reminded of the man whose legacy we celebrate tomorrow, Martin Luther King Jr. Reverend King was an American patriot…
No More Lies
The events of January 6 have been sobering to most. How have we progressed to this? An adage states: “if you tell a lie long enough, you will believe it; if you…
Jordan Schnitzer Printmaking Residency 20th Anniversary Folio exhibition January 12 – February 28, 2021 at Waterstone Gallery
Sitka Center for Art & Ecology in collaboration with Waterstone Gallery will debut the 20th Anniversary Folio and related work in an exhibition at Waterstone Gallery January 12 – February 28, 2021….
PEACE OUT LOUD: Time for a Choice
By Romy Carver In 1999, I spent four days in Washington, DC where I lobbied for children’s mental health parity on Capitol Hill. It was November but it felt like early fall,…
Short term rentals should contribute to the County’s housing needs
I am writing in support of Ordinance 86 passed recently by the Tillamook County Commissioners to collect a quarterly fee on short term rental owners to support workforce housing. I am a…