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Scratchpad: A joyous time will be had by all
Now The Goonies 40th anniversary weekend is in the rear-view mirror, it is time to move into the ...
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Scratchpad: Tillamook Air Museum zealous about preserving history
This week’s edition has a military and historical flavor. Our thanks to Bruce Jones from the Columbia River ...
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Scratchpad: In reverent search of One-Eyed Willy’s ship
I probably don’t need to introduce the stars of this week’s edition. “The Goonies.” Who would have thought ...
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Scratchpad: Clint Carter, Players’ auditions and ‘Goonies’ coming
So sad about the cancer death May 13 of Clint Carter, who ran a music festival in Ilwaco ...
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Scratchpad: One person’s trash is another’s treasure
The World’s Longest Garage Sale will cover the 22-mile stretch of Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula during Memorial Day ...
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Scratchpad: Solidarity among artists is so cool
One of the coolest things I heard recently was about a gathering of three bands who play vastly ...
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Scratchpad: The weekend to celebrate your mom
I miss my Mum. Readers were very gracious with feedback when I wrote in The Astorian and Chinook ...
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Scratchpad: We REALLY need the arts right now
The newspaper joins me in commending our colleague Lissa Brewer for her stewardship of Coast Weekend these past ...
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An enduring sense of place
Some of my earliest memories of visiting the Oregon Coast are with my dad’s mother, who we called ...
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Notes from the newsroom
They come ringing the doorbell and ask if we’re still here. Have we moved? Has the building sold ...