Your potluck might be a crime in Oregon

One North Oregon Coast couple learned the hard way. Here’s what they’re doing about it.

By Penny Rosenberg

Watt Childress
— Courtesy Jennifer Childress
Watt and Jennifer Childress are law-abiding residents of Nehalem, but both have had recent run-ins with the “food police.”
Earlier this year, the couple learned that potlucks open to the public are illegal in Oregon.
It’s true, although, as OJP confirmed, it’s not evenly enforced across the state. Only one county’s…