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From the April Newsletter

Just a quick reminder that this Sunday is the monthly pancake breakfast – 8-12 – always great fun, friends and ideas – so join us.

The Artist of the Month come from Tillamook High School and their work is amazing – you won’t want to miss this chance to come to see the show – and even consider becoming a sponsor for a developing artist -

Yoga continues on Monday and Thursday at 6pm – Guaranteed to make you feel great -
Toddler Art on Wed at 10 – Come and join in with you ‘wee one” and enjoy a wonderful morning of activities and fun.

Our resident artist Becci Spaniel is the featured artist at the Garibaldi Museum.  Her show is fabulous and we hope you’ll take the time to drop by and see her work.

Bay City Arts Center is pleased to announce that Terra Wilcoxsen has joined the board of directors.  Terra brings a wealth of enthusiasm, talent and experience and we are thrilled that she will be part of the BCAC family.

Also exciting news, BCAC will serve as the fiscal “parent” organization for the Hoquarton House Interpretive Center. This exciting project will create a glorious “welcome mat” to our community.  The house will be moved back on its existing location, refurbished and repurposed – complete with historical displays, information about the community and a science lab for students to conduct research on the slough and surrounding properties. BCAC was an early partner with the Hoquarton Trail Project and we look forward to working with the HHIC committee to create this attractive and educational venue. We would also like to thank the many community partners who are helping to make this project a success – and we welcome support as the project moves through it’s 3 stages of development.  Watch for more to come . . .

Don’t forget to check out the activities at the Pioneer Museum – and send them your new e-mail if you were one of use on oregoncoast.com -

The Board meets on the first Monday of the month at 6pm. We welcome your input.

Thanks to those of you who have dropped off items.  We are always in need of pellets for the stove, computer paper, paper products for kitchen and bathroom, large and medium sized trash bags, dish soap (yes, we do them by hand), art supplies, and dish towels to name a few.
If you are not a member yet, please consider joining – we need your ideas – and welcome you

And – watch for news on facebook, thanks to board member Breanna Moran.

See you at the BCAC

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Bay City Arts Center
(503) 377-9620

http://www.baycityartscenter.org

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Greetings from the valley, yes, long time no post! As many of you know, I live in Portland now, but still have a stake in both Oceanside and Netarts, and think of my friends and neighbors there often.

So what’s new…. I’m lucky to be a volunteer adviser to a wonderful project, funded and led by Oregon’s own Meyer Memorial Trust.  You can read more about this on their web site, but to make a long story short, they’ve built a place (platform) on the web designed to help Oregon communities better help themselves, to collaborate, share information, find kindred spirits, and do all those things that community minded folks do every day out of the generosity and love for their community.

So, when I heard Oregon Unlimited was taking the show on the road to roll out this fantastic resource, I said “You have to go to Tillamook County, it’s rich with community projects and a  vibrant non-profit and volunteer culture”.  So there you go!  They’ve booked space at the Tillamook Bay Community College on April 5th so they can show you what we’ve done, and ask you what you think,  and are treating you to lunch to boot!

Meyer Memorial Trust Oregon Unlimited Road Show

Tillamook Bay Community College, Rooms 214/215

4301 3rd Street, Tillamook, OR 97141

Friday, April 5, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6000968057

Be sure to register – it’s free of course but you need to let them know you’re coming so you don’t have to watch other people eat.  While you don’t.  Nobody wants that.

You can read more about Oregon Unlimited in context, in Doug Stamm’s blog

And go explore the Oregon Unlimited portal – or what’s I’d describe as a community organizer’s technology nirvana.

Cheers,

Deb Bryant Macartney

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Mid Columbia Gorge, a set on Flickr.

Day One road trip to Central Oregon, destination Photogenic.

Early in our road trip, the haze of wildfires made conditions for landscape photography less than ideal. My otherwise unremarkable shots taken in Biggs Junction (first night’s lodging) and the Maryhill, Washington area have been pressed a bit to the artistic side in the darkroom, but still convey the character of the Gorge on those dry windswept bluffs above the wide river, winding roads and busy railroad lines.

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Dear Neighbors,

I am nearing the end of my four year term of public office as Commissioner on the Oceanside Water District. I will not be running for relection in the May special election.  My term expires on June 31, 2011.

If you’re a registered voter living in the district – that includes the Cape Meares and Oceanside communities – please consider running for the board. We have a great group; Geoff Davey and Henry Wheeler from the Capes, Bob Garrigues from Cape Meares are currently on the board and will continue to serve. Luke Rogers recently moved out of the area so we’re missing representation from Cape Meares, and we’d like to maintain the traditional Oceanside-Cape Meares 3-2 ratio so we’re looking for board members from each community.

The Board meets one a month on the Monday of the month for approximately 90 minutes. Board materials are provided for review a few days before the meeting.

I’m pleased that during my term of service the board has taken on longer range planning and is working to make the inevitable replacement of our small aging plan a smooth one with the least financial impact possible to the community. Our water master Alan Tuckey is hard at work keeping the plant in good operation while helping us plan for the future.

Please consider joining the OWD board. You can contact me directly or reach any of the board members – we’d be happy to answer any questions. You can also contact our office manager Tami who can fill you in on the special election process and has the forms for you to use. Deadline to file is March 15.

OWD phone: 503-842-6462
Office location: 5390 Netarts Highway NW , Oceanside

I thank you for the opportunity to have served the district.
Sincerely,

Deb Macartney

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Purpose and Authorization of ONA Missing in Action

From the ONA chair; looking for a quorum to rubber stamp minority opinion, lack proper context.

Here’s Jud Randall’s pitch:

“Oceansiders, Attached is the agenda for the Oceanside Neighborhood Association meeting that will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in the community center. We desperately need a quorum (36 persons) so we can make a recommendation to the county on the proposed Oceanside Community Plan. The plan is available on the ONA website – www.oceansidefriends.org Please come and bring your friends and neighbors. Also on the web site are seven reports from the Netarts-Oceanside Sanitary District that Dave Hunt provided. They cover the district’s finances and construction information on the new sewage treatment plant.”

In this editor’s opinion, the ONA has completely blown off the clarification of their role as a Citizen’s Planning Advisory  Committee (noticeably missing from the ONA web site).  Why do we care?  Continuing in the tradition of wishful thinking – as well as an  aversion to calling themselves a CPAC – a review of the recommended community plan makes no mention of the recent and direct advice of the county commissioners  regarding the authority of the ONA, and fails to frame the community survey,  which this editor personally assisted in crafting and sharing, as an essential tool of the community plan.

In short, proposed plan falls short, blinders on, rats-chance to make a meaningful impact on land use planning.

Cheers,

The Editor