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3B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015 Local Religion Briefs Pacific Unitarians The Pacific Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellow- ship holds a service at 11 a.m. Sunday at the First Congregational Church, 820 Alameda Ave. Allison Wil- ski will ask the question, “Which U are You?” Wilski is the lay-leader, Cliff and Arline LaMear are providing refreshments and Coralie Crayne is the greet- er. For information, call 503- 338-6883 or go to www.pac- uuf.org Community sing SEASIDE — A Seaside Community HU Sing takes place at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Seaside Public Li- brary, 1131 Broadway. Re- gardless of one’s beliefs or religion, anyone can sing HU (pronounced hue), an ancient name for God; it is for the spiritual uplift- ment of those who come, and is not directed to any other purpose. For infor- mation, call Seann Valen at 503-717-5485, email ax- cess49@gmail.com or go to www.eckankar.org Society of Friends SEAVIEW, Wash. — The Lower Columbia Worship Group of the Society of Friends (Quaker) meets at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Penin- sula Church Center Fireside Room (south building), 5000 N Place, in Seaview. This is a “silent” (unprogrammed) worship group. All are wel- come to visit and participate. For information, call 503- 895-7474. Evensong CANNON BEACH — Cannon Beach Community Church, 132 E. Washington St., holds an Evensong ser- vice at 6 p.m. the first and third Sunday of the month. All are welcome. Evensong features Wes Warhmund (guitar, flute and clarinet) and meditative songs, Psalms, readings, candlelight and time for qui- et reflection. For information, call the church at 503-436-1222. Knights of Columbus The monthly Knights of Columbus sausage and pan- cake breakfast is held fol- lowing 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Masses Sunday at St. Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Church, 1465 Grand Ave. A special welcome is extended to Coast Guard families and all new parishioners with a free breakfast. Come and en- joy the opportunity to meet other members of the parish family. For information, call 503- 325-3671. Grace Episcopal Grace Episcopal Church, 1545 Franklin Ave., con- tinues to collect during the Twelve Days of Christmas items usable by the poor, hungry, cold or those living in temporary shelters. These gifts may include usable items such as underwear, socks, toiletries, and dispos- able diapers, which are then blessed and placed before the crèche. They will be tak- en to shelters in Astoria for distribution to residents. Following the 10 a.m. Sunday service at Grace Episcopal Church, an Epiph- any cake will be served. There are tokens represent- ing the gifts of love, faith, wealth and labor hidden in the cake to be discovered by those sharing the cake. Grace Episcopal Church is holding its first labyrinth walk of the New Year from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday. A labyrinth introduction is offered at 3 p.m. upon request. It takes an average of 30 minutes to complete the walk. The lab- yrinth will be open the first Sunday of the month during 2015. For information, call the church at 503-325-4691 or go to www.graceastoria.org HONOR ROLLS The following students have earned a 3.5 grade point average or higher at their schools, qualifying them for the honor roll. Clatsop Community College Astoria Astoria: Brandon Alford, Luis Alvarado, Jarryd At- kins, Nicole Aydt, Bryndan Bailey, Matthew Carlsen, Alec Chapa, Melanie Davis, Adam Dean, Liliana Diaz, Rebecca Graham, Chad Grif- fiths, Alexandra Hanson, Ruben Hernandez, Hunter Hoggs, Ella Hughes, Aubrey Johnsson, Brian Lichtenfels, Robert Mcguire, Rolland McNeill, Jacob Moreland, Beth Morrison, Georges Larsen, Randall Ortiz, Chris Partin, Tyler Pearson, Shawn Pedersen, Kimber Peterson, Raymond Quintana, Mary Rummell, Molly S. Sav- age-Kost, D’len Thomasian, Heidi Thompson, Stefan Thompson, Drulyn Tui- asosopo, Talalelei Tulafono, Jodi Vollmer, Tommy Wind- ham, Justin Smith, Garrett Ragsdale, Bobby Blackwell, Timothy Clodgo, Charles Hall, Bradford Heck, Ryan Hills, Kendra Kenne- brew, Alex McNeff, Nicole Schaelling, Lauren Tivey, Miguel Velasco, Mitchell Whiteside. Cannon Beach: Sonny Davis, Vicente Arcadio. Grays River, Wash.: Cal- vin Zimmerman. Hammond: Kalli Klein. Ilwaco, Wash.: Arieanna Blaylock. Long Beach, Wash.: Les- ley Ferguson, Ashley Pettey, Georgia Pettey. Naselle, Wash.: Aaron Davall, Robert Swehla, Alli- son Todd. Ocean Park, Wash.: Ryan Edwards, Dalila Galvan-Pa- checo, Elizabeth Perry, Troy Smith. Oysterville, Wash.: Kim- berly Perez. Rosburg, Wash.: Emily Saari. Seaside: Annellies Albu- ras, Nichele Fletcher, Rose- mary Kinch, Samantha Mc- Lain, Joy Slack, Jason Wallis, Hanna Schroeder. Seaview, Wash.: Brandon Hoover. Warrenton: Ariah Finch, Carlie Joy, Sarah Marble, Stephanie Rowe, Alison Wal- ter, Ronnie Wilson, Mary Byes, Shawn Byrd, Allison Catena, Jeff Culp, Jade Da- vis-Ford. Westport: Robert Bailey, Sean McGuire. Eastern Oregon University La Grande Nehalem: Robin Wilks. SELF-HELP GROUPS Seaside TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)— 8 to 8:45 a.m. weigh-in, 9 to 10 a.m. meeting Tuesday, North Coast Family Fel- lowship Church, 2245 N. Wahanna Road, Seaside. For information, call 503-861-2904. Astoria TOPS — 5 p.m. weigh- in, 5:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday, First Lutheran Church, 725 33rd St. For information, call Trisha Hayrynen at 503-325-4114. Warrenton TOPS — 9 to 9:45 a.m. weigh-in, 10 a.m. meeting Wednesday, First Baptist Church, 30 N.E. First St., Warrenton. For information, call Marilyn Barnard 503-861-2918 or Jeannie Pike 503- 861-1404. p.m. Wednesday, Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway. Al-Anon Family Groups in- formation line for Clatsop and Til- lamook counties, 503-338-5688. Oregon Area Al-Anon website. ore- gonal-anon.org Astoria Al-Anon — 7 p.m. Tuesday. The Harbor, 1361 Duane St. For information, call 503-861- 1703; noon Wednesday, First Unit- ed Methodist Church, 1076 Franklin Ave. For information, call 503-325- 1087; 7 p.m. Thursday, Crossroads Community Church, 40618 Old Highway 30, Svensen. For informa- tion, call 503-458-6929. Alcoholics Anonymous — To nd a meeting, call 503-861-5526 or go to www.aa-oregon.org Nehalem Al-Anon — 7 p.m. Monday, Riverbend Room, North County Recreation District, 36155 Ninth St, Nehalem. For information, call 503-368-8255. Kick Butts Group Meets (Nic- otine Anonymous) — 6:30 to 7:30 Seaside Al-Anon — 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway, Seaside, call 503- 810-5196 for information; noon Friday, same location, call 503-738- 5727 for information. Tillamook Al-Anon — 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, St. Albans Epis- copal Church, 2102 Sixth St., Til- lamook. For information, call 503- 842-5094. Ecola reserve improvements postponed for lack of funds By ERICK BENGEL EO Media Group CANNON BEACH — Many of the im- provements to the Ecola Creek Forest Reserve have been put on hold and need to be reprior- itized because the timber thinning revenue ex- pected to fund them came up short, according to Barb Knop, chairwoman of the Cannon Beach Parks and Community Services Committee. Removing a culvert, planting cedar trees and embarking on a study of a beaver forage area are some of the items in the Ecola Creek Forest Reserve Stewardship Plan that the parks committee planned to implement before the As budgeted, the city had expected these projects to be paid for with money from a timber sale, which was originally estimated to bring in $40,000. But because of wet weather and market resistance, the sale was abandoned, and the city received only $6,393.92 net rev- enue, according to receipts from Trout Moun- tain Forestry. “There may still be $40,000 worth of in- come there, but we still haven’t done the rest of the (timber-thinning) project yet,” City Planner Mark Barnes said. “We still don’t know.” He added that the city didn’t have the im- provement projects to be paid for with timber revenue teed up anyway. “They just weren’t ready to go, whether the money was there or not,” he said. Now the committee is “kind of at a stand- still,” committee member Robin Risley said. The committee went before the City Coun- cil at its Nov. 12 work session asking for some guidance because “we don’t have the mon- ey we thought we would have,” Knop said. “We’re not feeling comfortable with the im- plementation (plan) because we’re not getting things done according to the time line.” Stalled stewardship File photo Improvements in the Ecola Forest Re- serve are being put on hold until more funds are available. A timber-thinning project didn’t bring in nearly as much money as expected. according to city documents. Most of these projects funded by timber thinning revenue are related to cedar planting and beaver foraging. 2013, but “we didn’t cut as many tress as we planned on, and then the market for logs wasn’t as good as we hoped it would be,” Barnes said. Near the end of that summer, the weather turned “very rainy, and the road we needed to bring the logs out on just wasn’t suitable” for hauling them, he said. Additionally, the thin- ning project just didn’t generate as much in- come as the city anticipated. “I think most of it is tied to market condi- control.” A master plan committee developed the stewardship plan for the 1,040-acre reserve over a two-year period; the City Council adopt- ed the plan in 2012. The master plan committee was then disbanded, and the council charged the parks committee with overseeing the plan, which has a project schedule stretching out to The unsuccessful timber thinning is rippling through the implementation plan. Certain proj- ects, for example, can’t begin until others relying The early projects — building an entry kiosk and installing entry gates — were funded from the 2012-13 budget. A “woody debris” project involving large logs dropped into streams to re- store salmon habitat was paid for by an Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board grant. But, as originally proposed, four projects - uled for 2014-15, two scheduled for 2015-16 and two scheduled for 2016-17 require reve- nue from a series of timber thinning projects, written as $400,000 in the 2013-14 budget. “That was just a typo in the budget,” Barnes said. “I spent a fair amount of time tracking that down.” The City Council never adopted a revised budget with the corrected information. But the people who wrote up the budget assured Barnes that the number was never intended to be that big, and no one actually expected the timber sales to generate $400,000, so the dam- age was minimal, he said. Protecting an asset Additional problems arose early on when 2015 is your year Narcotics Anonymous — The Northwest Oregon Area of Narcotics Anonymous (NWONA) holds meetings in Clatsop County. For full schedule details, as well as upcoming special events, call the Helpline at 503-717-3702, or go to www.nworegonna.org Men’s Sexual Purity Recovery Group — Tuesday nights. Part of the Pure Life Alliance (www.pure- lifealliance.org) in Portland. For in- formation, call the con dential voice mail at 503-750-0817 and leave a message. Conversation| Good food | Inspiration Take your first steps to a Happier, healthier you. What will you do this year? Get Fit Catch your breath with CMH Pulmonary Rehabilitation 503-338-4053 Improve your balance with the “A Matter of Balance” class 503-338-7564 Fight bone loss in the “Strong Women, Strong Bones” class 503-338-7564 Conserving the Natural Heritage of the Columbia River Glenn Lamb February 12 A mid-assessment from Oregon’s chief law enforcement officer Ellen Rosenblum March 3 Getting the inside story at Hanford Anna King April 30th Join us for our S PRING E VENINGS Columbia Fo r um FOR RESERVATION OR TO JOIN COLUMBIA FORUM CONTACT: H olly L a rk in s a t 503.325.3211 ext. 227 or foru m @ d a ilya storia n .com Lose Weight Create a diet and exercise plan at CMH Primary Care 503-338-4500 Quit Tobacco Kick the tobacco habit with help, call 503-338-7564 NEW for 2015! Diabetes Self-Management Chronic Pain Self-Management Call 503-338-7564 Eat Healthier Make wise choices with the “Healthy Eating” class 503-338-7564 Manage your diabetes with Diabetes Education 503-338-4012 Feel Better Look good with the CMH ENT/Cosmetic Surgery Clinic 503-338-4529 Free yourself of old injuries with CMH Rehabilitation 503-338-7555 Help Others Give the gift of time and compassion. Become a volunteer 503-325-4321 &YDIBOHF4USFFU"TUPSJB0SFHPOt XXXDPMVNCJBNFNPSJBMPSHt"1MBOFUSFF%FTJHOBUFE)PTQJUBM
