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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 infor-
mation, call Marilyn Barnard 503-861-
2918 or Jeannie Pike 503-861-1404.
Tillamook Al-Anon — 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, St. Albans Episcopal
Church, 2102 Sixth St., Tillamook, call
503-842-5094 for information; noon
Friday, 5012 Third St., Tillamook, call
503-730-5863 for information.
Tillamook Alateen — 5 p.m.
Thursday, 5012 Third St., Tillamook.
For information, call 503-730-5863.
Warrenton Al-Anon — noon
Friday, United Methodist Church, 679
S. Main Ave. For information, call 503-
738-5727.
Narcotics Anonymous — The
Northwest Oregon Area of Narcot-
ics 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.nwore-
gonna.org
Men’s Sexual Purity Recovery
Group — Tuesday nights. Part of
the Pure Life Alliance (www.pureli-
fealliance.org) in Portland. For in-
formation, call the con¿dential voice
mail at 503-750-0817 and leave a
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SEASIDE • 220 N Holladay • 503.738.6622
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To all of you that ever sat under a tree on a hot August afternoon
sipping lemonade or after school doing homework, or climbed a tree
and sat on its branches, slept overnight in a tree house, swung in a tire
from a tree branch, jumped from a branch into a swimming hole, or
just had a tree best friend growing up — this letter is directed to you.
world committed to plans that would pro-
tect the world’s forests, and to regenerate
those destroyed. ODF should be leading
and supporting these efforts.
There are many, many arguments
against destruction of this forest. The
North Coast State Forest Coalition web-
site, the Upper Left Edge website, and
the Aug. 15 issue of HipFISH all carry
articles discussing why destruction of this
forest is a very bad idea.
The Coast Range Association, Oregon
Wild and the Portland of¿ce of the Nature
Conservancy have all been noti¿ed. They
are only effective because you are behind
them. A call to these organizations for
help could make a positive difference.
I would like to suggest you call Mr.
Decker but he won’t take your calls. He
has, instead, forwarded calls to the Astoria
ODF of¿ce. <ou can try writing but there
is no guarantee he will read your letter.
Still, you all need to know that this is
going down.
ODF did request public input before
it was decided to clear-cut this tract. I
wonder, was the decision to clear-cut this
forest decided before the public comment-
ed? It seems to me if ODF cared about
public opinion, this coming auction would
be delayed in the hope that a win-win
solution could be worked out. I am still
naive enough to believe this is possible.
We have just survived a very seri-
ous storm with Àoods, slides and road
washouts. This tract is along the Nehalem
River and is part of the watershed for both
Clatsop and Tillamook counties. Destroy-
ing this forest would create additional
complications for the watershed during
serious storms.
I am a 76-year-old single woman living
in Nehalem. It is the time of the year
when, like you, I re-evaluate my goals:
What is precious to me, what makes
me smile, what makes me feel joy. It is
time for us (like our lobbyists, our major
corporations) to be relentless in pursuit of
what is important to us.
Interesting enough is the ODF website
where they describe the type of for-
ests they plan to create in Oregon. That
description ¿ts the Homesteader Tract in
Buster Basin. So why destroy it?
I am not anti-logging. I use wood like
many others, but I subscribe to the Nature
Conservancy approach. Spare the old
trees; select cutting or thinning the forests
is a healthy way to provide needed wood
and to provide necessary funds.
At the Paris Climate Conference, major
corporations and countries around the
Seaside Al-Anon — 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Seaside Public Library,
1131 Broadway, Seaside, call 503-
810-5196 for information.
Kick Butts Group Meets (Nic-
otine Anonymous) — 6:30 to 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Seaside Public Li-
brary, 1131 Broadway.
Mortuary & Crematory
ODF says they are raising revenues for
Clatsop County. The question is: Does
Clatsop County need funds bad enough to
destroy this forest, or is ODF creating a
fake revenue crisis to support their plans
to destroy this forest? Have the citizens
of Clatsop County been polled to see how
they feel? After all, the state forests, just
like the state parks, belong to the public.
In my naiveté I thought the job of ODF
was to protect these assets for all of us.
Nehalem Al-Anon — 7 p.m.
Monday, Riverbend Room, North
County Recreation District, 36155
Ninth St, Nehalem. For information,
call 503-368-8255.
Alcoholics Anonymous — To
¿nd a meeting, call 503-861-5526 or
go to www.aa-oregon.org
Hughes-Ransom
This tract is home to trees that are over
200 feet tall, over 100 years old, and up
to ¿ve feet in diameter. The forest Àoor
boasts ferns as tall as a man’s chest. This
is a multi-culture forest and needs to be
saved. For pictures showing the beauty
of this amazing piece of north Oregon
coast, go to the North Coast State Forest
Coalition website. On the north coast of
Oregon, for an old growth forest — this is
it — a healthy ecosystem home to some of
the few remaining old trees on the north
coast.
Astoria Al-Anon — 12 p.m.
Wednesday, First United Methodist
Church, 1076 Franklin Ave. For in-
formation, call 503-325-1087; 7 p.m.
Thursday, Crossroads Community
Church, 40618 Old Highway 30,
Svensen. For information, call 503-
458-6467.
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.
Local, Family Owned Company
The trees need your help and they
deserve your help. On Jan. 19, three units
of the Homesteader Tract of Buster Creek
Basin in the Clatsop State Forest will be
auctioned off by Oregon Department of
Forestry (ODF) despite the thousands of
phone calls and letters to Doug Decker,
Oregon chief forester, asking (actually
begging) him to either cancel or delay this
auction.
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
Seaside TOPS (Take Off
Pounds Sensibly)— 8 to 8:45 a.m.
weigh-in, 9 to 10 a.m. meeting Tues-
day, North Coast Family Fellowship
Church, 2245 N. Wahanna Road,
Seaside. For information, call 503-
861-2904.
Louise Christianson
Nehalem
Funerals, burials, and cremations
Onsite crematorium
Reliable 24-hour service
Preplanning available
Special attention to veterans
Special rooms for receptions
ASTORIA • 576 12th Street • 503.325.2535
