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$1.50 Volume 29, No. 20
North County Halloween Happenings 2022 Find a trick-or-treating event near you Chelsea Yarnell
Carolyn Greenwood
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Visitors Center Manager will send you on a scavenger hunt
NCRD brings back trunk-or-treat
fter such success last year, the North County Recreation District is bringing back the second annual Trunk-or-Treat event. “Last year with COVID going on, we wanted to try and give the local families a safe place to bring their kids during the daytime to do some trick-or-treating,” NCRD’s event organizer Kiley Konruff said. After realizing that there wasn’t a trunk-or-treat opportunity for kids in the very northern part of Tillamook County, NCRD put together last year’s event in about a week and half. The event ended up welcoming around 200 trick-ortreaters. “Last year, we threw it together and it was so popular. So, we decided that we had to do it again this year,” Konruff said. This year’s event will be hosted on Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. - 1p.m. at the Rex Champ Field in Nehalem. “Come one all. Bring you neighbor, bring your friends. We want this to be a fun, family event,” Konruff said. “Come for a few minutes or half hour. We want people outside and moving. This is just a fun, safe family event.” Prize baskets will be given away to one child and one adult attendee. Konruff anticipates roughly 20 participating vehicles, but there’s room to welcome even more. To bring a participating trunk, reach out to Konruff via email at kileyk@ncrdnehalem.org or by calling 971-308-0300. This year’s event sponsors include the Mud Nick Foundation and Friends of NCRD. For more information on upcoming events through NCRD, visit their website at ncrd.org.
2022 Tillamook County Halloween Happenings Riverbend Players present: DRACULA! Oct. 21-23 NCRD, Nehalem A radio play by Philip Grecian and directed by Tom Cocklin
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The second annual NCRD Trunk-or-Treat event will take place Oct. 29 from 11 a.m. - 1p.m. at the Rex Champ Field in Nehalem. Photo courtesy of NCRD
Trunk-or-Treat Port of Garibaldi Oct. 22, 3-6 p.m. Biak Avenue, Port of Garibaldi Scavenger hunt, games, candy, prizes, best decorated trunk contest, and more!
Trunk-or-Treat Rockaway Beach Fire & Rescue Oct. 29, 1-3 p.m. Rockaway Beach Wayside, Hwy 101 & S. Pacific Meet Rockaway Beach firefighters, collect candy and information for a safe Halloween.
Tillamook United Methodist Church Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 23 1-3 p.m. 3808 12th St., Tillamook Games, prizes, and family fun!
Trick-or-Treat the Dory Fleet Oct. 29, 5-8 p.m. Kiawanda Community Center, Pacific City “Trunk-or-Treat” the local dory boats.
Trunk-or-Treat NCRD Oct. 29, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Rex Champ Field, Nehalem Family friendly community event.
Hall-O-Nita Oct. 31, 3-5 p.m. Downtown Manzanita Trick-or-Treat at participating businesses. Enter coloring contest at Toylandia for a chance to win prizes.
Downtown Trick-or-Treat Tillamook Oct. 31, 3-5 p.m. Downtown Tillamook Trick-or-Treat at participating businesses. Tillamook Bay Community College Trick-or-Treat Oct. 31, 3-6 p.m. TBCC 4301 Third Street, Tillamook Trick-or-treating, indoor activities, and more! Monster Mash Bash Oct. 31, 3-8 p.m. 2nd Street Plaza, Tillamook DJ, dancing, costume contests for adults and children, pumpkin carving/painting, food, pumpkin bowling, and more.
Bite into the season with Riverbend Players Dracula! One weekend only at NCRD Chelsea Yarnell
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ravel back to the Golden Age of Radio with the Riverbend Players performance of “Dracula! The Radio Play.” For one weekend only, catch the show: at 7 p.m. on Oct. 21 and 22 and at 2 p.m. on Oct. 23 at the North County Recreation District’s Performing Arts Center in Nehalem. Based on the classic Bram Stoker novel, and adapted for stage by Philip Grecian, the Riverbend Players’ 11-person cast will bring the play to life in true 1940s radio fashion. “A stage play is storytelling with characters on the stage. A radio play is a little different,” Riverbend Players Director Tom Cocklin said. “The format is different. In this instance, each cast member is cast in two
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things: a radio personality and a character in the story…they’ll each stand at a microphone dressed in 1940s garb [to perform]. ” Cocklin hopes the performance “scares the audience to death” in a way they’ve never seen (or heard) Dracula before. Thunder will clap, wind howls, and doors rattle as on-stage foley artists produce the bone-chilling sound effects that bring this haunting story to life. “All the sound effects The Riverbend Players rehearse their upcoming production of “Dracula! The Radio Play.” The are done without elecplay will be performed for one weekend only: Oct 21-23 at the North County Recreation District’s tronics,” Cocklin said. Performing Arts Center in Nehalem. “We made our own rain and wind machine, and “We have four of them in play,” McClellan, Emily Dante, Linda we have a big piece of tin for thunCocklin said. “One for the Little Petersen, Christian Simmons, and der. Our audience gets to see these Apple, one for Wanda’s, and two Samantha Bossert. sounds made in real time…we have we made up. We had local Chris Cocklin is joined by Assistant excellent foley artists who have Moncreieffe write the lyrics and Director Mark Bartrom and Probeen practicing like crazy to get the jingles, and they’ll be sung in ducer Jeff Slamal. the timing down for these intricate real time. It adds even more to the sounds.” spooky, radio play feel.” Visit riverbendplayers.org to purKeeping with the time era, the Scott Fisher voices Dracula with chase reserved seating for $20 and audience will also be treated to old- additional cast members Cannon $25. Tickets will also be available time radio commercials throughout Russell, Carol Parks, Juli Stratton, at the door, along with special $5 the performance. Jeff Slamal, Ellis Conklin, Margo tickets for K-12 students.
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arolyn Greenwood knows the magic of Manzanita. “Most people say they love how it doesn’t feel like a tourist town,” she said. “It’s laid back and not as populated as other areas. They like the quaint feel and the little shops, and they say everyone is so nice.” In February, Greenwood took over as manager of the Manzanita Visitors Center after previous manager Dan Haag resigned. “I witnessed Dan be a superhero during the pandemic,” Greenwood said. “He really helped the small business community at that time connect with resources.” Greenwood, a fifth generation Oregonian, grew up exploring the beautiful forests and beaches of Oregon. “My mom, Gwendolyn Endicott, was a fourth generation Oregonian, a local teacher, storyteller, and mythologist who lived in a coastal rainforest,” Greenwood said. “She taught me the importance of learning and telling the story of a place. I’ve been coming out to Manzanita my whole life, visiting my mom who lived here for 33 years.” In 2016, Greenwood left her corporate job to follow her dream of living on the Oregon Coast. From there, she began her quest for work that aligned with her purpose and passions. She created (what was formally known as) Oregon Beach Experiences that offered local, educational scavenger hunts in the Manzanita area, and eventually started Oregon Beach Ceremonies as a wedding officiant offering personalized ceremonies on the Oregon Coast. This summer (July-September), 1,371 visitors stopped by the Manzanita Visitors Center with top visiting locations from Oregon, Washington, California, Colorado, Montana, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Canada. The most popular question that comes through the door? “What is there to do here?’ Greenwood has maintained a relationship as a liaison between visitors and local businesses so that she can recommend locations to shop, dine, and stay. With her local knowledge and new position, this past year Greenwood also incorporated scavenger hunts into the Manzanita Visitors Center offerings including one on the 4th of July and a dog-themed one in September. Greenwood also helped bring back the Muttzanita Festival that raised a record-breaking amount for Animal Haven by the Sea Rescue. The Manzanita Visitors Center is also a popular stop for those looking to borrow a beach wheelchair. “[Visitors] get very excited to go take these onto the beach because they can’t do that in their regular wheelchairs,” Greenwood said. From July-September, there were 53 wheelchair rentals from the Manzanita Visitors Center. The Manzanita Visitors Center is located at 31 Laneda Avenue, open and staffed (by Greenwood and several volunteers) Thursday-Sunday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.