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2B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015 NOTES THURSDAY Continued from Page 1B Ukulele Players — 1:30 p.m., Warrenton Masonic Lodge, 66 S.W. Fourth St., Warrenton. All are wel- come, including beginners. Loaner ukuleles available. For information, call Roger Williams at 503-717- 5645. Fat Quarter Quilters — 5:30 to 8 p.m., Homespun Quilts, 108 10th St. Not limited to quilts. For information, call 503-325-3300 or 800-298-3177 or go to http://homespunquilt.com Wickiup Senior Lunches — 11:30 a.m., Wickiup Grange Hall, 92683 Svensen Market Road. Free for those older than 60 ($3 sug- gested donation), $6.75 for those younger than age 60. For informa- tion, call Michelle Lewis at 503-861- 4200. Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- nation of $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- is at 503-861-4200. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran Church (lower level), 565 12th St. The cost is $5. For information, or to have a meal delivered, call 503-325-9693. Warrenton Senior Lunch Pro- gram — noon, Warrenton Commu- nity Center, 170 S.W. Third St. Sug- gested donation of $5 for seniors and $7 for those younger than 60. For information, or to volunteer, call 503-861-3502 Monday or Thursday. Seaside Rotary Club — noon, Shilo Inn, 20 N. Prom, Seaside. For information, go to http://seasidero- tary.com FRIDAY AAUW Walking Group — 9:30 a.m. Seaside Branch of American Association of Univer- sity Women weekly low-impact group walk, followed by coffee and fellowship. For information, call 503-738-7751. Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- nation of $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- is at 503-861-4200. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., Peace Lutheran Church (lower level), 565 12th St. The cost is $5. For information, or to have a meal delivered, call 503-325-9693. Open Skating — 5 to 9 p.m., Astoria Armory, 1650 Exchange St. Admission $2. Limited roller skate rentals available for $3; bring own skates if possible. OTHER U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Yo- cona (168) Sailors — Reunion of shipmates being planned in 2015 for anyone stationed on the cutter Yocona. For information, contact Ken Pearson at 503-741-0860 or kenpearson@centurytel.net Knappa Girl Scouts support Wishing Tree KNAPPA — The Holiday season began early for some Knappa Girl Scouts. Junior Troop 10086 from Hilda Lahti Elementary knew before their ¿UVW PHHWLQJ RI WKH VFKRRO year what they wanted to do as a community project, as well as earning their Bronze Award. The Bronze Award is the highest honor a Junior Girl Scout can achieve. They worked together and created a plan to help support the Wish- ing Tree Foundation. Since 1982, the Astoria Wishing Tree has been providing the needs of local children during the holiday season. The girls used some of their cookie earnings the past two years to purchase items to donate to the foundation. The girls planned out ways to help promote, collect dona- tions and organize collected items during this busy time. They created posters, decorat- ed donation bins and passed RXWÀLHUVWRDOOWKHIDPLOLHVDW Hilda Lahti, as well as Knap- pa High School. The girls then decided to take it a step further and asked sister troops in Astoria and Warrenton to assist in supporting their proj- ect at their schools as well. To add to the project, the girls were given permission to display a tree at Hilda La- hti and have “Wishing Bells” hung on it for staff, students and families to provide gifts for individuals. In Clatsop County, eligible parents fill out applications for food and gifts for each upcoming hol- iday season. The family is asked to list the childrens’ ages, clothing sizes and gift wishes. These are then trans- ferred to the paper bells and placed on trees throughout the area. Those wishing to play “Secret Santa” choose a bell and purchased items for an individual. Volunteers collect the gifts and assem- ble the family gift bags and food baskets at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. During Thanksgiving week, some of the girls from the troop were able to work downtown and distribute, and in some cases, decorate the trees in some of the local business- es with these special yellow bells. All the donations collect- ed from the schools were then taken to the fairgrounds. Troop 10086, as well as oth- er Girl Scouts from Clatsop County, gathered to volunteer their time sorting and orga- nizing all the generous items donated from the schools and from the community. When asked why the girls decided to focus their project towards helping the Wish- ing Tree Foundation, they responded, Girl Scouts is all about helping others, making the world a better place and we care about other people’s feelings. We wanted to make sure other children in our community got a chance to have a fun Christmas. Evelyn Castro Laura LaLond Lindsey Mizell Courtesy of Sandy Newman The Miss Clatsop County Princesses and Miss Clatsop County contestants at Monday’s luncheon at the Bridgewater Bistro. notforsale Princess Luncheon raises anti-bullying awareness Miss Clatsop County Delaney Phillips, her moth- er Beth Phillips and the Bridgewater Bistro in Asto- ria, hosted a Princess Lun- cheon Monday for the 2015 Miss Clatsop County Prin- cess Court to raise aware- ness about the anti-bullying cause. Delaney was selected ODVW\HDUDVWKHRI¿FLDO0LVV Clatsop County’s Princess and has been making ap- pearances throughout the county since then. Delaney has always known that she wanted to fo- cus on anti-bullying and did a presentation at the luncheon where she asked the other princesses and Miss Clatsop County contestants in atten- dance to take a pledge with her standing up against bully- ing and then presented each with a bracelet engraved with the letter “B” on each side which stands for “Be Brave.” She developed the afternoon program around Sara Ba- Courtesy of Sandy Newman From left, Miss North Coast Princess 2014 Rylee Pierce, Miss Clatsop County Princess 2014 Delaney Phillips and Miss Oregon Outstanding Teen 2014 Ni- cole Carter at the Princesses Luncheon Monday. reilles’ song “Brave,” which Delaney also sang at the lun- cheon. Also in attendance was Miss Oregon’s Outstanding Teen 2014 Nicole Carter who gave a “Miss Manners” class. Fourteen contestants and 20 princesses attended the event. Gearhart resident claims father’s bronze medal GEARHART — Sixty-Five Civil Air Patrol (U.S. Air Force Auxiliary) members nation- wide were lost during service in World War II. One was Lt. Harry M. Hewitt, 28, of Oregon, ZKRORVWKLVOLIH-DQZKLOHÀ\LQJD Southern Liaison Patrol Mission. Civil Air Patrol members who served during World War II were recently awarded the Con- JUHVVLRQDO *ROG 0HGDO ZKLFK ZDV RI¿FLDOO\ accepted on behalf of the CAP by Lester Wolf, a member of the Civil Air Patrol during the war and who later served in Congress for 17 years. Civil Air Patrol members or family members received bronze replicas of the medal. Harry Hewitt Dichter of Gearhart received the bronze medal for his father, Lt. Harry M. Hewitt. 7KH¿UVWJROGPHGDOZDVSUHVHQWHGWR*HQ George Washington March 20, 1776. It has since been presented only 151 times to indi- viduals and groups such as Orville and Wilbur Wright, Charles Lindbergh, Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell, Howard Hughes, the Tuskegee Air- men, and the Woman Air Force Service Pilots Lt. Harry M. Hewitt (WASPS). Oregon’s Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, and Reps. Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Greg Walden, all signed the petition to give the Blumenauer, Peter Fazio, Kurt Schrader and award to the Civil Air Patrol. CuttCatch award PEO scholarship winners announced Scoggins receives A conservation group in Livingston, Mont., has SEASIDE — PEO, an in- ternational philanthropic ed- ucational organization, holds fundraisers to provide a vari- ety of scholarships and loans to women of all ages. Three local women received awards in 2014 from Seaside PEO Chapter CR. The Seaside High School winner of a $1,000 scholar- ship was Evelyn Castro. She plans to attend Clatsop Com- munity College to pursue a career in nursing. Laura LaLond was award- ed a PEO Oregon Scholarship for $2,000 to help achieve her goal of earning a master’s de- gree in health management and policy at Portland State University. Her specialty is in reproductive, prenatal and pe- diatric epidemiology. Lindsey Mizell also re- ceived a PEO Oregon Schol- arship, for $2,500, to apply to the postbaccalaureate classes Visit us online at www.DailyAstorian.com at PSU toward a master’s de- gree in medical speech pathol- ogy. She plans to specialize in swallowing and cleft palate rehabilitation. Seaside PEO Chapter CR was established in 1953. Since 1999, Chapter CR has award- ed 78 scholarships amounting to over $73,000. For infor- mation locally, contact Khris Frank at 503-810-5196 or kd- frank52@hotmail.com, or go to www.peointernational.org Submitted photo Thomas Scoggins received the CuttCatch Award from the Interna- tional Federation of Fly Fishers. recognized angler, Thomas V. Scoggins of Astoria, for his accomplishments and appreciation of trout diversity. The International Federation of Fly Fishers (IFFF) has presented him with the CuttCatch Award for catching four subspecies of cutthroat trout: Col- orado River Cutthroat, Bonneville Cutthroat, Snake 5LYHU&XWWKURDWDQG<HOORZVWRQH&XWWKURDW(DFK¿VK ZDVFDXJKWZLWKDQDUWL¿FLDOÀ\DQGUHOHDVHGEDFNLQWR its native waters. An IFFF program, Project CuttCatch promotes DSSUHFLDWLRQ RI QDWLYH ¿VK VSHFLHV 0DQ\ RI 1RUWK America’s subspecies of cutthroat trout are facing pressures that may lead to their disappearance. Learn- LQJWRYDOXHWKHVH¿VKLQWKHLUQDWLYHUDQJHVLVDFULW LFDO¿UVWVWHSWRZDUGFRQVHUYDWLRQDQGUHFRYHU\SUR gram managers said. Project CuttCatch encourages fly fishers to docu- ment memories of the cutthroat trout subspecies they have caught and released. Members of IFFF who successfully catch four subspecies of cutthroat trout are eligible for the CuttCatch Award. )RULQIRUPDWLRQJRWRZZZIHGÀ\¿VKHUVRUJ