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3B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2016 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 4-H — Looking for 4-H leaders. For information, call Sandra Carl- son at the Oregon State University Extension at 503-325-8573. Astoria Column — 1 Cox- comb Drive. Volunteers needed to welcome visitors, provide informa- tion and answer questions about the Astoria Column and the city of Astoria. For information, call the Friends of the Astoria Column Visi- tor Center at 503-325-2963. Astoria Riverfront Trolley As- sociation — 111 W. Marine Drive. Needs conductors/motormen to operate trolley and narrate points of interest. One or more three-hour shifts per month. For information, call the 503-325-6311. Astoria Senior Center — Temporarily located at 1555 W. Marine Drive in the old Astoria Yacht Club. To volunteer, call Larry Miller at 503-325-3231. Astoria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce — 111 W. Marine Drive. Volunteers needed at the chamber and for events. For information, call 503-325-6311. Camp Kiwanilong — A large variety of volunteer opportunities are available. For information, call 503-861-2933 or go to www.camp- kiwanilong.org Caring Adults Developing Youth (CADY) Mentoring Pro- gram — 800 Exchange St., second Àoor. Needs mentors for youths ages 10 to 17 at risk of school fail- ure. Time commitment: one year, about eight hours per month. For information, contact Laura Parker at 503-325-8601 or lparker@co. clatsop.or.us Clatsop Animal Assistance Inc. — Needs volunteers who have a strong commitment to work on behalf of the Clatsop County An- imal Shelter’s dogs and cats. For information, email info@dogsn- cats.org or call 503-861-0737. Clatsop Care Center — Vol- unteers needed daily for all three meals to provide one-on-one as- sistance to dining dependent resi- dents. Volunteers must participate in a 16-hour training program. For information, contact Mandy Brenchley at 503-325-0313, ext. 209. Clatsop County Animal Shel- ter — Animal care volunteers age 16 and older needed for one 3-hour shift per week. Pick up an applica- tion at 1315 S.E. 19th St., Warren- ton. For information, or to schedule orientation, call Leslie Atkinson at 503-325-1000. Clatsop Community Action Regional Food Bank — Volun- teers needed to help hand out fruits and vegetables at the weekly produce pantries for two hours on Thursdays, from April to October, in Seaside and Warrenton. Ware- house attendants are needed for food packing or processing, picking orders for agencies, light janitorial and housekeeping, or lawn and grounds maintenance. Three to four-hour shifts are available Mon- day through Friday. To volunteer, call 503-861-3663. Clatsop Community College Outreach Literacy — Needs volunteer literacy tutors to work with adults, native and non-native speakers. Training available. For information, call 503-338-2557. Clatsop County Public Works — 1101 Olney Ave. Adopt-A-Road volunteers needed to remove litter two times (minimum) per year for two years. Safety equipment and supplies provided. Volunteers must receive safety orientation. For in- formation, call 503-325-8631. Clatsop Cruise Hosts — Looking for volunteers to meet and greet cruise ship passengers and crew, provide information and an- swer questions about the Clatsop County area. Ships arrive in the spring and fall, about 20 ships each year. Work all the ships or part of them. For information, go to www. clatsopcruisehosts.org Columbia Memorial Hospital — Needs volunteers to provide assistance to patients, visitors and hospital staff. Training provided. For information, go to www.colum- biamemorial.org. To schedule an interview, call 503-325-4321. Columbia River Maritime Museum — 1792 Marine Drive. Volunteer opportunities for those with an interest in maritime history. For information, call the volunteer coordinator weekdays at 503-325- 2323. Columbia Senior Diners — 565 12th St. Volunteers needed weekdays to serve tables and for kitchen help. To volunteer, call 503- 325-9693. Community Emergency Re- sponse Team — CERT volunteers needed for community events and disaster response with local police, ¿re and emergency medical ser- vice agencies. Training includes ¿re safety, ¿rst aid, traf¿c and crowd control, communications, damage survey, disaster planning and civic events within city limits. For information, contact CERT coordinator Kenny Hansen at khansen@astoria.or.us or leave a voicemail at 503-325-4411. Friends of Seaside Library — 1131 Broadway, Seaside. Volun- teers needed to staff the fundrais- ing store. For information, call 503- 738-6742 or stop by the library. Knappa Rural Fire Protec- tion District — Needs volunteer ¿re¿ghters. Training provided. For information, contact any of the active personnel or call Chief Paul Olheiser at 503-458-6610. Lunch Buddy Mentoring Pro- gram — Adults needed to mentor elementary and middle school stu- dents once a week during lunch. For information, call Mary Jackson at 503-440-0368 or email lunch- buddies.mp@gmail.com NorthWest Senior & Disabil- ity Services — Needs dishwash- ers and volunteers to serve and clean up weekdays at a meal site, and drivers for Meals on Wheels. For information, contact Candy Foster at 503-738-9323. Providence Seaside Hospi- tal — Needs volunteers to drive local senior citizens to medical appointments for the Partners for Seniors Program, and to work in the Providence Seaside Hospital Gift Shop. Commitments as small as one hour a month to regularly scheduled weekly shifts are avail- able. For information, call Volun- teer Services at 503-717-7171 or email Alana.Kujala@providence. org River Song Foundation — Looking for people to assist with Trap/Neuter/Release/Feed (TNRF), especially in the Seaside and Knappa/Svenson areas. TNRF involves setting and/or monitoring traps, and daily feeding of cats and maintenance of any shelters, and is a proven, science-based method that along with spay/neu- ter programs is the only effective and humane way of ending cat homelessness and suffering. Call 503-861-2003 for information and to volunteer. Seaside Downtown Develop- ment Association — Volunteers needed to help with local events happening throughout the year. For information, call Tita Montero at 503-717-1914 or email director@ seasidedowntown.com Seaside Museum and Histor- ical Society — Volunteers needed to help as docents, maintaining and creating exhibits, and various events throughout the year. Small and large projects available. Any amount of time will be greatly appreciated. Call the museum at 503-738-7065 or email seasidemu- seum@hotmail.com Start Making a Reader Today — Needs volunteers to read to stu- dents one-on-one for one hour a week at local elementary schools. To volunteer, call 503-391-8423 or go to www.getsmartoregon.org Svensen Congregate Meal Site — Wickiup Grange Hall, 92683 Svensen Market Road. To volunteer, or for information, call Debbie Dunaway at 503-791-7298 or 503-861-4202. Titanic Lifeboat Academy — Volunteer to help care for animals and assist with sustainable living projects; minimum commitment of four hours per week requested. Some training provided. For in- formation, contact Caren Black at 503-325-6886. Tri-City Spay and Neuter Thrift Store — 600 Broadway, Seaside. Needs volunteers inter- ested in improving the welfare of animals. For information, call 503- 738-7040. 9eterans Services OfÀcer of Clatsop County — Seeking vol- unteer drivers to transport veterans from Astoria to the Veterans Ad- ministration Medical Center in Port- land using the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) van. To volunteer, call 503-298-8757 or email clat- sopvso@gmail.com Warrenton Senior Lunch Program — Warrenton Communi- ty Center, 170 S.W. Third St. Vol- unteers needed to help with Meals on Wheels and in the dining room Mondays or Thursdays. For infor- mation, contact Barb Balensifer at 503-861-1341. Wildlife Rehab Center of the North Coast — Needs volunteers to help rehabilitate orphaned and injured wildlife. For information, call 503-338-0331 or go to coastwild- life.org Submitted Photo Seaside High School alumna Heather Christie sings Frogtown’s “Middle of the Road” with Oregon Hall of Fame’s Andy Stokes. Christie will be performing with the Frogtown cast at the Tillamook Head Gathering fundraiser to benefit the arts at Seaside High School. Gathering aims to keep the arts alive in Seaside Second-annual event supports art education, experiences for Seaside High School students Mizell said. “They might not be necessarily bread-and-butter sorts of things as far as money goes, but the arts give us spir- itual nourishment that some- times the students don’t neces- sarily get in other places.” ¿nd a meeting, call 503-861-5526 or go to www.aa-oregon.org 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 Jones and Bonnie Raitt. She has written and produced three al- bums and toured with her own material. About eight years ago, she got connected with Pelletier and Frogtown and started pro- ducing, collaborating and sing- ing with the group. Teaching diversity “It actually helped me grow with frogs, music The Tillamook Head Gath- a lot as an independent artist to ering is put on by a committee have all these new experiences By KATHERINE LACAZE of current and former students and take it to another level,” she said. EO Media Group and teachers. The group is focused on a The highlight of the event SEASIDE — The common- will be a multimedia stage new release, called “Bedtime ality of art, music and poetry show, Frogtown, based on Em- for Tadpools,” a multimedia is one of the messages stu- my-award-winning author and experience with a lullaby am- dents will receive when they composer Philip Pelletier’s mu- biance that follows the water participate in the Tillamook VLFDO VWRU\ERRN ³2QH 1LJKW LQ cycle, as well as a CD featur- Head Gathering in Seaside this Frogtown,” published in 2008. ing dance music, called “Let’s “It’s for kids 9 to 90,” Mizell Move!” Some of the new ma- month. The gathering “is really an said. “It’s really a cool story, terial will be premiered at the effort to keep art endeavors and the performance they do is group’s Tillamook Head Gath- alive,” English teacher Mark really neat.” ering performance. Using projected anima- Mizell said. “I really think Christie said she is excited we’re shorting the kids if we tions, a live-story reading and and honored to partake in the don’t expose them to the arts.” live music performances, the fundraiser for her alma mater. The fundraiser returns Jan. theatrical rock show tells the Giving students access to arts 30 at the Seaside Civic and story of cultural diversity using education is “essential for sur- Convention Center for a second music as a metaphor. The cast vival and sanity,” she said. High year with a special multimedia includes Seaside’s Christie, school is a time when “you’re production by Frogtown, a so- Pelletier, Oregon Music Hall of growing and learning and hav- cially conscious entertainment Famer Andy Stokes and saxo- ing strange feelings and emo- troupe that features Astoria phonist Andy Warr. tions, and you take things really native and 1993 Seaside High intensely,” she said. Art “helps graduate Heather Christie, and us transform those emotions Music as an outlet other performers from the Pa- Christie, who helps produce into something beautiful and FL¿F1RUWKZHVW the show, also does individ- positive,” she added. Seeing the Last year, about 250 peo- ual work as a performer. She way children — and people of ple attended to hear prominent comes from a musical family; all ages — react and respond to local author and Seaside High her grandparents, father, aunt Frogtown. Christie knows the School alumnus Karl Mar- and uncles all did performing importance of musical exposure. lantes. The event raised more arts of some sort. Her aunt, “It’s a really magical expe- than $6,000, used to bring Retta Christie, spearheaded the rience and with such positive award-winning Oregon author western swing group Retta and messages,” she said of Frog- Clem Starck to speak to En- the Smart Fellas. town. “It’s very intergenera- glish classes on the subject of Heather Christie’s early tional, and brings everyone beat poetry, send students on memories include watching together, from the grandkids to ¿HOGWULSVDQGRIIHURSSRUWXQL- her dad’s rock shows under her the grandparents.” ties to learn more about visual mother’s poncho. At a young The fundraiser will include and performing arts. age, she started singing blue- a silent auction, featuring art When Mizell started teach- grass, country and western and donated by local artists. From ing at the high school, funds gospel songs. Using her moth- 6:30 to 7 p.m., people can ZHUH DYDLODEOH IRU ¿HOG WULSV er’s 1940s Martin guitar, she browse the silent auction items. and activities to support extra- taught herself how to play the High school senior Claire Ogil- curriculars, but “those funds instrument. vie will coordinate the auction, have really gotten scarce,” he $Q DI¿QLW\ DQG WDOHQW IRU among other tasks, as part of said. music was a natural part of her KHU3DFL¿FD3URMHFW That is unfortunate, since life, not something she had to The high school’s jazz choir “there is a very thin line — if consciously strive for. and jazz band will perform, there is a line at all,” between “I think it was just some- followed by the Frogtown pro- the arts, creativity and spiritual thing I was born with,” she duction. matters, he added. said. “It was just happening and Tickets cost $10 in advance “When you’re talking about it was what was driving me.” and $15 at the door. They are the arts, you’re talking about +HU VW\OH LV LQÀXHQFHG E\ available at Beach Books, things that really keep people the sounds of the ’60s and Seaside Coffee House and the going on a day-by-day basis: ’70s — Joni Mitchell, the Ea- EXVLQHVVRI¿FHDW6HDVLGH+LJK visual arts, music, poetry,” gles, Grateful Dead, Rickie Lee School. SELF-HELP GROUPS 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. 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. 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. 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