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During a 20-year run with General Electric, I was fortunate to spend a lot of time doing business on the road. I remember my first visit to the coast of Oregon like it was yesterday. I needed to do some business down in Coos Bay and decided to take the 101 back to Portland so I could visit a friend … [Read more...] about Meet VtF Board Member: Dean Peterson, Treasurer

The Board of View the Future wants to reach out and connect with our followers during this difficult time produced by the coronavirus. We fully support the CDC recommendations designed to safeguard the health of all.  Our last Board meeting was a teleconference in observation of those safety … [Read more...] about A Message From the VtF Board to Our Followers

Like many people, the natural surrounds of Yachats and the watershed is the magnet that drew Michael here from the mountains of the northern California Coast.   He was raised in Livingston, a farm town located in the center of California's San Joaquin Valley, and was encouraged by his family and … [Read more...] about Meet VtF Board Member: Michael Guerriero

Bette Perman has been a VtF Board member for only four years but has had a love affair with Yachats for over 40 years.  Born in Minnesota, at age seven Bette & her family moved to the California Bay Area where she finished school, including her initial education to become an RN.  After nursing … [Read more...] about Meet VtF Board Member: Bette Perman

Yachats was an easy fit for Sherry Dickinson who had spent most of her early life living in a small town.  Growing up in Northwest Iowa she has fond memories at her grandfather’s vacation house on Lake Okoboji where the family would gather every summer.  At 19 she moved to Arizona for college; her … [Read more...] about Meet the VtF Board Member: Sherry Dickinson

Jerry Kimmel is one of the longest-serving members on the VtF board and a 20-year resident of Yachats. Jerry’s history begins in NY State where he grew up.  His parents encouraged him toward medical school which he completed with a specialty in pediatric endocrine & metabolic disorders.  … [Read more...] about Meet the VtF Board Member: Jerry Kimmel

The Board of View the Future wishes to extend our heartfelt thanks and wishes for a Happy Holiday season for your continued support of our mission to preserve and protect the natural environment of the Yachats area.  We continue activities toward our mission and have established relationships with … [Read more...] about A Holiday Message from View the Future

Join us as Andrea Scharf, author of Saving Big Creek, and members of the greater Tenmile community take the stage at the new Doerfler Family Theater to recall their grassroots battle to save a wild, scenic part of the Oregon Coast from a developer who dismissed them as "just a bunch of … [Read more...] about Just a Bunch of Hippies