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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Car club shares love of vintage autos
Local mortgage specialist
serves in South Africa
The Daily Astorian
Photo by Susanne Newman, NorthWest Dodge Brothers Car Club
Fifteen Dodge Brothers cars with drivers and friends spent a few hours on Sept. 13 sharing their love of old cars with
the younger generations. Darryle Neimi, with the support of the Lower Columbia Classic Car Club, is mentoring an au-
to-tech class at Warrenton High School. Many students were encouraged to come out and take a look at the cars, which
were built from 1922 to 1934. Club members displayed their wooden floor boards, heavy steel frames, no seat belts and
simple engines. They took the cars to Tongue Point Job Corps Center, where club members enjoyed a barbecue with
students and staff, and again shared their cars and answered questions.
SELF-HELP GROUPS
Al-Anon (Astoria) — 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Peace Lutheran Church,
565 12th St.; 12 p.m. Wednesday,
First United Methodist Church,
1076 Franklin Ave. For informa-
tion, call 503-325-1087; 7 p.m.
Thursday, Crossroads Community
Church, 40618 Old Highway 30,
Svensen. For information, call 503-
458-6467.
Al-Anon (Seaside) — 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Seaside Public Library,
1131 Broadway, call 503-810-5196
for information.
Al-Anon (Tillamook) — 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, St. Albans Epis-
copal Church, 2102 Sixth St., call
503-842-5094 for information; noon
Friday, 5012 Third St., call 503-730-
5863 for information.
Al-Anon Family Groups infor-
mation, Oregon Area Al-Anon web-
site. oregonal-anon.org
Alateen (Tillamook) — 6:30
p.m. Thursday, 5012 Third St. For
information, call 503-730-5863.
Alcoholics Anonymous — To
fi nd a meeting in Clatsop County,
call 971-601-9220, in Tillamook
County, call 503-739-4856, or go to
www.aa-oregon.org
Celebrate Recovery — 6 p.m.
Thursday, The Table Church, 852
Broadway, Seaside. Faith-based
12-step program designed to help
anyone struggling with hurts, habits
and hangups, including drugs and
alcohol, anger, co-dependence,
domestic abuse or sex, food or
pornography addictions. Being reli-
gious not required. Free dinner and
child care provided. For information,
call D.B. Lewis at 503-741-5977.
schedule details, as well as upcom-
ing special events, call the Helpline
at 503-717-3702, or go to www.
nworegonna.org
Kick Butts Group Meets (Nic-
otine Anonymous) — 6:30 to 7:30
p.m. Wednesday, Seaside Public
Library, 1131 Broadway.
Overeaters Anonymous Wom-
en’s Meeting — noon to 1 p.m.
Thursday, 1218 Avenue A., Seaside.
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 confi dential voice
mail at 503-750-0817 and leave a
message.
Narcotics Anonymous — The
Northwest Oregon Area of Narcot-
ics Anonymous (NWONA) holds
meetings in Clatsop County. For full
A local mortgage special-
ist earned a service-oriented
trip to South Africa with her
top-ranked performance in
national lender Academy
Mortgage Corp.
Kathy Israel and her hus-
band Kent were among more
than 160 loan offi cers, man-
agers, executives and other
representatives who spent
two days improving the Mak-
wetse Primary School near
Kruger National Park during
a recent service expedition.
Makwetse
Primary
School has more than 700
students, sometimes 100 or
more per classroom, and a
crumbling
infrastructure.
Academy volunteers helped
build a school kitchen and
keyhole gardens, painted
classrooms and windows,
refurbished more than 400
student desks and painted
bookshelves.
“It was amazing to expe-
rience life on another conti-
nent with such grateful and
happy people who were full
of song, dance, and appre-
ciation,” Israel said in a
Academy Mortgage Corp.
Kathy Israel was among
more than 160 loan of-
ficers, managers, exec-
utives and other repre-
sentatives who spent
two days improving the
Makwetse Primary School
near Kruger National Park
in South Africa.
release. “There are no words
to describe the impact this
experience has had on my
life.”
“Providing
opportuni-
ties to travel to places where
most would probably never
be able to go shows the spirit
and commitment of Acad-
emy to its employees,” she
said.
Scout camp gets new benches
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sen-
sibly) (Astoria) — 5 p.m. weigh-in,
5:30 p.m. meeting Tuesday, First
Lutheran Church, 725 33rd St. For
information, call Trisha Hayrynen at
503-298-9058.
Photo submitted by Tom Grimm
TOPS (Seaside) — 9:15 to
10:15 a.m. meeting Tuesday, North
Coast Family Fellowship Church,
2245 N. Wahanna Road. All are
welcome. For information, call 509-
910-0354.
Tom Grimm, pictured, and John Glen installed new
benches at Camp Royce Finel recently. The frames
were made by Hampton Industries and were set in con-
crete prior to the installation of the pressure-treated
bench boards, which were packed over to the camp in
Grimm’s boat.
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.
American Red Cross — Needs
registration volunteers (donor am-
bassadors) in Clatsop County to
provide customer service and en-
hance the blood donor experience.
For information, call Angela Basurt-
to at 503-528-5430.
Astoria Column — 1 Coxcomb
Drive. Volunteers needed to wel-
come visitors, provide information
and answer questions about the As-
toria Column and the city of Astoria.
For information, call the Friends of
the Astoria Column Visitor 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 — 1111
Exchange St. To volunteer, call Lar-
ry Miller at 503-325-3231.
Astoria Veteran Van Drivers
— Volunteer drivers needed for the
Disabled American Veterans van for
one or more trips per month. The
van leaves Astoria at 7 a.m. for the
Portland Veterans Administration
Hospital and returns in the early af-
ternoon. To volunteer, contact Dick
Lang, Astoria DAV van coordina-
tor, at 503-298-8757 or dicklang@
charter.net. Drivers receive free
breakfast and lunch vouchers for
the hospital canteen on every trip.
Astoria-Warrenton
Area
Chamber of Commerce — 111 W.
Marine Drive. Volunteers needed at
the chamber and for events. For in-
formation, 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
Cannon Beach Academy
— 3781 S. Hemlock St., Cannon
Beach. Volunteers needed for
breakfast or lunch preparation and
cleanup, reading groups, math
groups, lunch/recess duty and
housekeeping. Shifts are 1.25
hours or longer. For information,
call 503-298-5245.
Caring Adults Developing
Youth (CADY) Mentoring Pro-
gram — 800 Exchange St., second
fl oor. 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 Animal
Shelter’s dogs and cats. For infor-
mation, email info@dogsncats.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 Brench-
ley at 503-325-0313, ext. 209.
Clatsop County Animal Shel-
ter — Animal care volunteers age
16 and older needed for one three-
hour shift per week. Pick up an
application at 1315 S.E. 19th St.,
Warrenton. For information, or to
schedule orientation, call Leslie At-
kinson 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 infor-
mation, call 503-325-8631.
Clatsop Cruise Hosts — Look-
ing for volunteers to meet and greet
cruise ship passengers and crew,
provide information and answer
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 in-
formation, go to www.clatsopcruise-
hosts.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 Mu-
seum — 1792 Marine Drive. Vol-
unteer opportunities for those with
an interest in maritime history. For
information, call the volunteer coor-
dinator weekdays at 503-325-2323.
Columbia Senior Diners —
1111 Exchange St., Astoria Senior
Center. Volunteers needed week-
days 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,
fi re and emergency medical service
agencies. Training includes fi re
safety, fi rst aid, traffi c and crowd
control, communications, damage
survey, disaster planning and civic
events within city limits. For infor-
mation, contact CERT coordinator
Kenny Hansen at khansen@as-
toria.or.us or leave a voicemail at
503-325-4411.
background test. Children are al-
ways welcome; must be supervised
by a parent. For information, contact
Lisa Habecker at 503-436-8064 or
habecker@ci.cannon-beach.or.us
Knappa Rural Fire Protection
District — Needs volunteer fi re-
fi ghters. Training provided. For in-
formation, contact any of the active
personnel or call Chief Paul Olheis-
er at 503-458-6610.
Long-Term Care Ombudsman
— Certifi ed ombudsman volunteers
advocate for the rights, care and
dignity of the elderly and disabled
living in licensed long-term care
facilities. Many residents have no
one to watch out or speak up for
when things go wrong. Volunteer
Ombudsmen talk to the residents,
investigate complaints, and work to
resolve problems. Flexible sched-
ule, four hours a week, mileage
reimbursement available. Training
is provided. For information, call
800-522-2602 or go to www.ore-
gon.gov/ltco
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 lunchbud-
dies.mp@gmail.com
NorthWest Senior & Disability
Services — Needs dishwashers
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 volunteer drivers for
Community Connections, a free
program that transports people
to services and appointments re-
lated to health and well-being in
the Portland-Metro area. Mileage
reimbursement available. For infor-
mation, call 503-717-7171 or email
Alana.Kujala@providence.org
Providence Seaside Hospi-
tal — Needs volunteers who enjoy
meeting, interacting with and help-
ing people. Opportunities are avail-
able in the hospital gift shop, café,
and as greeters and for spiritual in-
tegration. For information, call 503-
717-7171 or email Alana.Kujala@
providence.org
Seaside American Legion Vet-
erans’ Assistance & Rehabilitation
— Volunteers needed to help knit/cro-
chet items for hospitalized vets and
cut coupons for military families. Do-
nations of fabric/yarn especially wel-
come. Group meets from 10 a.m. to
2 p.m. second Tuesday of the month
at 1315 Broadway, Seaside. For infor-
mation, call 503-738-5111 and leave
a message for Marilyn Faulkner.
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 infor-
mation, contact Caren Black at 503-
325-6886.
REFORMATION 500 EVENT
Sponsored ELCA Oregon Synod Columbia Coast Cluster
Saturday, November 4
2:00 pm worship
Peace Lutheran Church
565 12th Street
Astoria
with Bishop David Bauer-Rieke preaching
Friends of Seaside Library
— 1131 Broadway, Seaside. Volun-
teers needed to staff the fundraising
store. For information, call 503-738-
6742 or stop by the library.
Haystack Rock Awareness
Program — Needs volunteers
for general offi ce assistance and
to assist lead interpreters on the
beach with signage, ropes and set
up during low tides and talking to
visitors about the rock and the local
fl ora and fauna. Must pass a basic
An offering designated for Hope House will be taken
during worship service.
3:20 pm: breakout session about MUSIC & ART of
the Reformation
3:40 pm: family/children activities
5:00 pm dinner: $10 per person or $25 per family.
Make checks payable to First Lutheran and write
Reformation Dinner in memo area on your check.
Held at Peace Lutheran Church
565 12th Street Astoria