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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 15, 2016
Warrenton Kia gives to CMH
Seaside Elks attend
national convention
The Daily Astorian
SEASIDE — Seaside
Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler
John Gates and his wife,
Carol, attended the 152nd
Elks National Convention
in Houston, Texas, joining
over 5,000 Elks from around
the nation. Michael F. Zel-
len, of the Saugus-Ever-
ett, Massachusetts, Lodge
was elected as the Grand
Exalted Ruler for 2016-
2017. Zellen has been an
Elk since 1968.
In the last year the Benev-
olent and Protect Order
of Elks added more than
72,400 new members. Ore-
gon added 729 new members
and was third in the nation
for an increase in member-
ship. Dedicated to serving
others, it was reported that
last year 1,803,260 Elks and
Seaside Elks Lodge 1748
Exalted Ruler John Gates
helpers impacted 11,370,162
people.
For information about
Seaside Elks Lodge 1748,
call 503-738-6651, email
seasideelks@yahoo.com, or
stop by for a visit 324 Ave-
nue A.
Submitted Photo
Warrenton Kia donated $800 to Columbia Memorial Hospital’s Relay for Life team. CMH’s Ivan Sultan, left, accepts the do-
nation from, left to right, Warrenton Kia’s Jim Morinville, Roxanne Williams-Morinville and Vince Williams. The dealership
hosted a fundraising car wash June 25, during which CMH caregivers and their families scrubbed and buffed cars. With the
addition of donations from grateful drivers, the team raised a total of more than $1,200 for the American Cancer Society.
Free oyster hatchery Local Windermere
tour set for Sunday
branches donate
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A free tour of a Tilla-
mook County oyster hatchery
and processing plant is being
offered from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday. This tour will start in
Tillamook or Bay City; attend-
ees can sign up for the speciic
location. Free shuttle service is
provided. There is no cost for
this event, but space is limited
and preregistration is required.
The tour includes a stop
at Whiskey Creek Shellish
$9,550 to nonproits
Hatchery and a stop at JAndy
Oyster Company. A number of
the sites visited on this tour are
not normally open to the public,
and the tours are a rare opportu-
nity to learn about these facil-
ities, the state-of-the-art scien-
tiic research going on at the
hatchery and the issues faced
by the shellish industries and
wild shellish in the Paciic
Northwest.
For information, and to reg-
ister, go to www.tbnep.org/
Explore-Nature.php
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GEARHART — Real
estate brokers from Wind-
ermere Stellar’s Gearhart
and Cannon Beach ofices
donated $9,550 in the irst
half of this year to local
nonproit
organizations
to beneit programs serv-
ing low-income children
and families. The dona-
tion recipients included:
the Autism Society of Ore-
gon, Connect the Dots in
Gearhart, the St. Vincent
de Paul Food Pantry in Sea-
side, Warrenton-Hammond
Healthy Kids Inc., the Can-
non Beach Food Pantry,
GRADUATE
The following student has graduated from college:
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri
Astoria: Taylor Widawski, doctorate degree, law.
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Today of Clatsop County,
and the Warrenton-based
Assistance League of the
Columbia Paciic.
In addition to helping
these local programs, Wind-
ermere associates partici-
pate in annual community
service projects and donate
a portion of every com-
mission to the Windermere
Foundation — a nonproit
organization that has raised
and donated more than $2.9
million to programs in sup-
port of those who need help
the most in the Portland
metro and North Oregon
Coast areas.
SENIOR NOTES
Alzheimer’s Association Ore-
gon Chapter — Information, referral
and counseling services for families
and caregivers of people with Alzhei-
mer’s, dementia and other related
disorders. For information, call 800-
272-3900 (24 hours a day).
Astoria Alzheimer’s & Other
Dementia Family Support Group
— 2 to 3:30 p.m. third Monday, Clat-
sop Care Center, 646 16th St., irst
loor conference room. Open to all
family members of people with de-
mentias. For information, call Roset-
ta Hurley at 503-325-0313, ext. 216,
or email support@clatsopcare.org
Clatsop Behavioral Health Af-
ter Hours Crisis Line — 503-325-
5724.
Clatsop Community Action
— 503-325-1400. Respite care
services, low-income energy assis-
tance, emergency food assistance,
housing information, emergency
personal care items.
Columbia Senior Diners —
11:30 a.m. weekdays, Peace Luther-
an Church (lower level), 565 12th
St. Cost is $5. For information, or to
have a meal delivered, call 503-325-
9693.
Exploring New Concepts of
Retirement Education (ENCORE)
— 503-338-2408. Provides a wide
assortment of educational experi-
ences for individuals older than 50.
Elder Friendship Line — 800-
971-0016. Available from 8 a.m. to
11 p.m.; crisis calls taken 24/7.
Food Pantries — 503-325-
1400. Clatsop Community Action
serves six food pantries in Clatsop
County through the Oregon Food
Bank Network. Call for area loca-
tions and hours.
Grief Support Group, Sea-
side — 2 to 4 p.m. irst Thursday,
Bob Chisholm Community Center,
Meeting Room 1, 1225 Avenue A,
Local DAR members
attend national meeting
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Sandra Fuller, Sue Glen
and Robin Rhodes, members
of Astoria Chapter Daughters
of the American Revolution,
attended the 125th Continen-
tal Congress in Washington
D.C. recently. While there,
it was announced that DAR
members had broken the
Guinness World Record for
the most letters in a month
— 100,904 — to service
members.
Sue Glen was appointed
national vice chairwoman of
the Northwest Division for
DAR Museum Outreach for
the next three years.
Any woman, age 18 or
over, interested in joining
the DAR may contact Sue
Glen, registrar, at 503-861-
0574, or any member of the
chapter.
Seaside student earns
entry into honor society
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BATON ROUGE, La. —
Tamara Sexton of Seaside
was recently initiated into
The Honor Society of Phi
Kappa Phi, one of the nation’s
oldest and most selective col-
legiate honor societies for all
academic disciplines. Sexton
was initiated at Eastern Ore-
gon University.
Membership is by invi-
tation and requires nomina-
tion and approval by a chap-
ter. Only the top 10 percent
of seniors and 7.5 percent
of juniors, having at least 72
semester hours, are eligible
for membership. The society
has chapters on more than
300 college and university
campuses in North America
and the Philippines.
For information, go to
www.phikappaphi.org
Seaside. For information, call Lower
Columbia Hospice at 503-338-6230.
Legal Aid Services of Oregon
— 888-245-4091. Provides free
services in civil cases to low income
people.
Lifespan Respite — 503-325-
1400. Provides information, referral,
training and paid respite for family
caregivers.
National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline — 800-273 - TALK (8255). A
24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention
service for anyone in a suicidal cri-
sis. TTY users should dial 800-799-
4TTY (4889).
Astoria trolley looking for conductors
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The Astoria Riverfront
Trolley Association needs
conductors/motormen to oper-
ate the trolley, Old 300, and
narrate points of interest along
Astoria’s Riverwalk. Two peo-
ple man the trolley on each
run, switching off as motor-
man and conductor on the east
and west portions of the 6.5-
mile round trip to Pier 39 and
back.
Motormen need only be
18, have a driver’s license and
be willing to act as conduc-
tor. Each volunteer needs to be
available for one or more three-
hour shifts per month.
For information on the trol-
ley and its scheduled stops, go
to www.old300.org. To track
the Trolley via GPS, go to
http://tinyurl.com/TrolleyGPS.
To volunteer, call the Asto-
ria-Warrenton Area Chamber
of Commerce at 503-325-6311.
RELIGION BRIEFS
Society of Friends
SEAVIEW, Wash. —
The Lower Columbia Wor-
ship Group of the Society of
Friends (Quaker) meets at 3
p.m. Sunday in the Peninsula
Church Center Fireside Room
(south building), 5000 N
Place. This is a “silent” (unpro-
grammed) worship group. All
are welcome to visit and par-
ticipate. For information, call
503-895-7474.
Cannon Beach
Community
CANNON BEACH —
Cannon Beach Community
Church, 132 E. Washington
St., holds an Evensong ser-
vice at 6 p.m. the irst and third
Sunday of the month. All are
welcome.
Evensong features Wes
Warhmund (guitar, lute and
clarinet) and meditative songs,
Psalms, readings, candlelight
and time for quiet relection.
For information, call the
church at 503-436-1222.
Peace Lutheran
Peace Lutheran Church and
its Thrivent Action Team invites
the public to an Ecumenical
Outdoor Barbecue and Potluck
at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in the
church courtyard, 565 12th St.
This event kicks off the cooper-
ative Astoria Central City Vaca-
tion Bible School, hosted by
First Baptist, First Presbyterian,
First United Methodist, Grace
Episcopal and Peace Lutheran
churches.
As a fundraiser for scholar-
ships and light-weight porta-
ble staging, the highlight of the
event will be the musical per-
formance of the Seattle Com-
munity Church Teen Band. The
sale of fair trade coffee, choc-
olate and olive oil will also be
available during the festivities.
On Monday night, a Unite
Youth Event for teens starts
at 6 p.m. at First Presbyte-
rian Church social hall at 11th
Street and Harrison Avenue.
Pizza will be provided.
The Helsinki Lutheran
Choir, Brass and Woodwind
Ensemble is performing a
free concert at Peace Lutheran
at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Those
who are able to host hous-
ing are asked to call Peace
Lutheran for information at
503-325-3871.
Starting Tuesday, and
through Friday, from 10 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m., VBS begins
for children ages 4 through
ifth grade. Registration is at
10 a.m. Tuesday at the First
Presbyterian Church social
hall. Students will be directed
through all of the churches
for various portions of crafts,
games, music and other activ-
ities. Lunch is provided each
day, and a CD and a T-shirt are
also included. The cost is $15
per child or $25 for families.
Scholarships are available.
VBS registration forms
are available at http://fbcasto-
ria.org. For information, call
503-325-1761.
First Lutheran
Jerry O’Neill, church pas-
tor, oficiates at the Sun-
day services at First Lutheran
Church, 725 33rd St. Commu-
nion services begin at 8:30 and
11 a.m.; Sunday School is at
9:45 a.m.
Starting Monday, and run-
ning through July 22, Camp
Lutherwood Bible camp, for
children who have completed
K through ifth grade, is being
held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The
theme for the camp is “Fol-
low the Leader!” and coun-
selors from Camp Luther-
wood will lead the children in
Local, Family Owned Company
Grace Episcopal
The Rev. Ann Fontaine
is the guest celebrant and
preacher at both the 8 and 10
a.m. services at Grace Episco-
pal Church, 1545 Franklin Ave.
She is priest associate at St.
Catherine’s Episcopal Church
in Nehalem/Manzanita.
The church is hosting
an Art Reception for John
Wecker at 11:30 a.m. Sunday,
following the 10 a.m. service.
Wecker has a lifelong interest
in art, but since retiring from
the Lutheran ministry, he has
pursued art in earnest.
Oil painting and draw-
ing are his passions, and he
experiments with a variety
of substrates including poly-
meric ilm, wood, and can-
vas. Wecker has visited many
parts of the world, often vis-
iting family. He enjoys paint-
ing and drawing a wide variety
of subjects, and likes to trans-
late travel experiences into his
work.
The annual Grace Church
rummage sale is Aug. 4-6.
Donations are being accepted,
and may be dropped off at the
church from 9 a.m. to noon
Monday through Thursday
mornings.
For information, call the
church at 503-325-4691 or go
to www.graceastoria.org
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a variety of lessons and activ-
ities. An ice cream social and
program featuring the songs
and skits learned during camp
is at 7 p.m. Thursday. Registra-
tion forms are available at the
church ofice or www.astori-
airstlutheran.com
The Women’s Bible Study
and Brown Bag Lunch is at
11:30 a.m. Wednesday in the
Fireside Room. For informa-
tion, call the church ofice at
503-325-6252.
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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