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Happy Fourth of July weekend to all Coast Weekend readers. Let’s hope it is safe and sane here…
July 3, 2025
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Miss Oregon, indeed any scholarship pageant, draws mixed reactions. But two things are for certain: it is happening…
June 26, 2025
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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…
June 19, 2025
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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…
June 12, 2025
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Scratchpad: In reverent search of One-Eyed Willy’s ship
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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…
May 29, 2025
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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…
May 22, 2025
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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…
May 15, 2025
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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…
May 8, 2025
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The newspaper joins me in commending our colleague Lissa Brewer for her stewardship of Coast Weekend these past…
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