We had an excellent turnout of around 60 members and guests for the annual picnic, which was again hosted by Pam Greene. The weather was great, we had an amazing assortment of salads and desserts contributed by the members in addition to the sandwich makings and drinks provided by the Club. The were a number of new faces this year as the membership has grown through the recruitment efforts of the current officers.

There are more photos of this years event that can be viewed by clicking the photo album link on the right side of the page.

Approximately 17 members turned out for the annual meeting on May 7th.  The main order of business was the election of officers for the next year. The slate of officers nominated by the nominating committee were elected by unanimous vote.

The officers for the next year are:

Monica Isbell – President

Tori Pickerel – Vice President

John Isbell – Secretary

Bill Pritchard – Treasurer

Mike Lincicum agreed to continue to maintain the Club’s web page for another year.

The outgoing Secretary, Karen Harshbarger, has compiled two notebooks with valuable information for future Club officers.  One notebook contains historical material such as membership lists and meeting minutes going back many years.  The other notebook includes information regarding planning and preparation for Club social events in recent years.  This should be very helpful to those responsible for these events in the future. Karen also found a copy of a Club logo that was purchased in 1992.  Below is a copy of the logo.

There was an extended discussion of the Club’s finances and a proposed budget for 2011.  There was a consensus that the Holiday Party should again include a catered dinner and that the full cost of the food, including gratuity, should be paid by those attending the event.  The Club will continue to provide the drinks, decorations, and liquor liability insurance. The Club will also continue to provide food and drinks for the annual picnic potluck.

There was also a request for volunteers to help with upcoming Club activities.

Copies of the official meeting minutes from this meeting and the proposed budget are available in PDF format below.

Meeting Minutes

Proposed Budget

We have had a request from the Tillamook County Food Bank to post their flyer regarding a coordinator for the Summer Feeding Program on our web site.  Please check out the link below if you are interested.

Summer Feeding Program Flyer

In November 2008, voters approved the formation of a consolidated Nehalem Bay Fire and Rescue District (NBFRD) to serve the residents of Neahkahnie, Manzanita, Nehalem, Wheeler and the former Nehalem Rural Fire District. Included in the ballot measure was a new tax rate to fund the district and allow the hiring of three staff members, replacement of aging fire fighting equipment and construction of two new fire stations.

Perry Sherbaugh, Manzanita’s former Chief of Public Safety, was hired in July 2009 as Fire Chief. The other two positions were filled by Scott Mullen as Division Chief/Training Officer and Jan Fisher as Administrative Assistant. NBFRD offices are temporarily located in the former Manzanita Fire Department building at 165 South 5th St. in Manzanita.

In 2010, the District purchased a multipurpose rescue vehicle to replace an old limited use pickup rescue and in 2011 there are plans to replace two pieces of apparatus, a tender (tanker) and a pumper, with a single combination tender/pumper.

The NBFRD currently houses its equipment in the old stations owned by Manzanita, Nehalem and Wheeler. These facilities are leased temporarily from the respective cities and each of the cities has indicated they would like to have the properties returned for their own use as soon as possible. Accordingly, the NBFRD Board of Directors and staff moved ahead with their master plan to construct two new fire stations. Property was located and purchased for a main station on Highway 101 at Bayside Gardens road and for a satellite station on Highway 53 near Camp Four road. An architect was hired to design the stations and necessary approvals and variances for construction were obtained. Actual construction work on these facilities is expected to begin in the spring of 2011. General design plans for the new fire stations are available for viewing at the Manzanita, Nehalem and Wheeler city halls and the Manzanita library.

The NBFRD Board President, John Steele reported that all costs related to financing the new construction will be included in the NBFRDs existing tax rate. Another Neahkahnie resident, Walt Covert, also serves on the NBFRD Board of Directors.

Submitted by John Steele

The annual Holiday Party on Saturday night was a big success. We had a good turn out of members in spite of the fact that it was the day of the Civil War football game. The catered dinner from Marcie at the Big Wave Cafe seemed to be very popular, and the holiday decorations at Pine Grove and the table decorations provided by the Club really added to the festive atmosphere.

Members enjoying the catered dinner

Monica Isbell presenting Phyllis Brownlee with gift certificate

The Club presented Phyills Brownlee with a gift certificate as a thank you for all of the work she did on the recent path upgrade project.

There are more photos available for viewing in the Photo Album link on the right, under the “pages” heading.

On November 22, 2010 we learned that our web page had been hijacked, and some people trying to view the web page were being re-directed to a fraudulent web site.  This behavior was not affecting all users, and was specifically targeted toward computers running Internet Explorer on the Windows XP operating system. The scam was targeting computers that might not have up to date software, and therefore would be more vulnerable to malware. This underscores the importance of keeping your computer’s software up to date, and always running anti-virus and anti-malware software on a regular basis.

This problem has been fixed, and we hope that it will not come back again. If you have recently tried to connect to the NCC web site and been redirected to another site, we recommend that you run a full virus and malware scan on your computer to make sure your computer was not infected by the fraudulent site. There are many free products available online that can perform this type of scan if you don’t already have one.

In the future if any visitor to the NCC web site experiences odd or suspicious behavior, please alert us immediately by sending an Email to our contact Email address: info@neahkahnieclub.org.

We are extremely sorry for any inconvenience that this issue may have caused.

Thanks to the hard work of our Beach Path Committee Chairperson Phyllis Brownlee, the beach path between 1st Street and Reed Road has been repaired and upgraded.  There were major issues with the drainage and stairs at the top of the path that could not be addressed within the resources we had available, but Phyllis was able to work out a plan with our contractor, Robert Vermilyea, that significantly improved the condition of the path using the remaining money in our special beach path fund.

After the completion of work this year on both beach paths, we have no money left in the special fund that originally came from member donations many years ago.  So, in the future the Club will no longer be involved with any maintenance activities related to the beach paths unless some other source of funding is identified.  There is no money in the Club’s regular operating budget for this type of work, but both paths are in much better shape than they have been in for many years.

Some before and after photos of the 1st. Street – Reed Road path are below. More photos are available in the Photo Album link to the right.

1st St. Stairs - after

1st St. Stairs - before

Reed Road - before

Reed Road - after