Rick Schultze

With the Oregon State Baseball team advancing to the College World Series it reminds me of the time another baseball team from Oregon made it to a world series! That wasn’t an everyday occurrence around here back then, or now, although The Oregon State Baseball team is the defending Collegiate Champion; but generally when baseball…

Becoming Hip! Getting all the tests and paperwork in order before my hip surgery had taken its toll since I have very little patience when it comes to making phone calls and playing phone tag. However, that turned out to be a blessing in disguise because the night before surgery I was too worn out…

You know the old phrase “the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence”? Well, living where I do and doing what I do, reporting on local events and interviewing people, I get to hear lots of comments on that phrase. Yachats is one of those places that has a wide variety…

How the same two words can mean such different things to people! Sure, “all alone” can mean being lonely or longing to be with others and is a sad feeling of being left alone or it can be “all alone” yeah! Now I can watch the big game in peace and quiet or I can…

I played in a band called Good Dog and to this day we former Dogs still bark at one another whenever we get the chance. It was a great experience being a Dog and I was recently reminded that being a Dog helps! In my case I’m dealing with an arthritic hip that’s seen better…

Invisible Walls “This is way different than getting out the last time. Probably because I’m older and got more to loose I’m halfway afraid to go out. Inside there you can’t just get up and go out, you can see the walls. I don’t see any walls now but I’m nervous.” He says that without…

“I’m outta here.” “Come in, I’ll be right out” I stepped into the motel room. A bed covered with clothes and gym bags took up a lot of space. There was also was a closet, a couple of chairs, a small table holding a lamp and phone, and a beat up dresser drawer mirror combo…

I’ll be up before the sun. A very still time of morning with the only noise being the booming of the surf except when the wind is kicking up. Then the trees will be talking. Downtown Yachats is quiet this time a day except for Robin Kingsbury who has been baking her fresh daily supply…

The taxes have been filed, and for those with kids, the last leg of the school year is in full swing, so people are gearing up for their summer getaways. In Yachats where I live summertime is tourist season or as I like to call it “visitor time” and things change around here from the…

Here’s to all the volunteers! While we continue to get bombarded by blasts from the highly visible Presidential hopefuls and the TV screens show horrific pictures from war ravaged parts of the world and showing in Texas busloads of children being shuttled from shelter to shelter in a highly controversial case involving the state versus…