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3B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2017 Camp Rilea cafe offers dinner on Christmas Eve The Daily Astorian WARRENTON — A Christmas Eve dinner, pro- vided for those in the com- munity who have nowhere else to go, starts at 3 p.m. Sunday at The Port Light Café, 33194B Patriot Way Community radio gets upgrade at Camp Rilea in Warrenton. On the menu are thin-sliced prime rib, scalloped potatoes, vegetables, roll, and a non- alcohol beverage. The cost is by donation only, and the public is welcome. For information, call 503-861-0245. HONOR ROLL The following students have qualified for the honor roll by earning a 3.5 grade point average or higher at school. Oregon State University Corvallis Seaside — Christian Anderson, Emma Dutcher, Nicholas Nelson, Rachel Stahly, Joshua Strozzi, Brit- tany West. Cannon Beach — Annuka Brown. Gearhart — Hunter Thompson, Rebekah Cave, Aimee Schacher. 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 Commu- nity Church, 40618 Old Highway 30, Svensen. For information, call 503-458-6467. Al-Anon (Clatskanie) — 8 p.m. Monday, Faith Lutheran Church, 1010 N.E. Fifth St., Clatskanie. For information, call 503-728-3351. Al-Anon (Nehalem) — 7 p.m. Monday, Riverbend Room, North County Recreation District, 36155 Ninth St. For information, call 503- 368-8255. 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 in- formation, Oregon Area Al-Anon website. oregonal-anon.org Coast Community Radio Alateen (Tillamook) — 6:30 p.m. Thursday, 5012 Third St. For information, call 503-730-5863. Alcoholics Anonymous — To find a meeting in Clatsop County, call 971-601-9220, in Tillamook County, call 503-739- 4856, or go to 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, in- cluding drugs and alcohol, anger, co-dependence, domestic abuse or sex, food or pornography ad- dictions. Being religious not re- quired. Free dinner and child care provided. For information, call D.B. Lewis at 503-741-5977. Eating Disorders Anon- ymous — 1:10 to 2:10 p.m. Wednesdays, River Zen Yoga, 399 31st St. A 12-Step program. For information, call Susan Wil- liams at 510-417-5553. Kick Butts Group Meets (Nicotine Anonymous) — 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway. The Clatsop County Cultural Coalition gave a grant to the Tillicum Foundation, which operates Coast Community Radio, to upgrade two production studios at the station. “When complete, this project will improve, expand and preserve our facilities and training services,” Station Manager Graham Nystrom said. “We are very appreciative to the Cultural Coalition for providing Coast Community Radio this opportunity.” Pictured, from left, Dylan Haus- er-Shaulk and Gabe White, KAYR hosts. Are poinsettias poisonous? Some holiday truths By LINDSEY TANNER Associated Press CHICAGO — Are poin- settias really poisonous? Are snowflakes really pure as the driven snow? Does feasting really put on the pounds? Sure as sugarplums, myths and mis- conceptions pop up every hol- iday season. Here’s what sci- ence says about some of them: Flower power Poinsettias, those showy holiday plants with red and green foliage, are not nearly as harmful as a persistent myth says. Mild rashes from touch- ing the plants or nausea from chewing or eating the leaves may occur but they aren’t deadly, for humans or their pets. Poinsettias belong to the same botanical family as rub- ber plants that produce latex, so some skin rashes occur in people allergic to latex. According to a Western Jour- nal of Emergency Medicine research review, the plants’ toxic reputation “stems from a single unconfirmed death of a 2-year-old in Hawaii in 1919.” Dr. Rachel Vreeman, an Indiana University pediatri- cian who has researched hol- iday myths, cited a study on more than 20,000 poison con- trol center reports involving contact with poinsettias. “In none of those cases were there deaths or serious injury. In fact, more than 95 percent of them required zero medical care,” she said. The anglicized name comes from Joel Poinsett, a 19th cen- tury U.S. diplomat who brought the plant back from Mexico. The white stuff To form snowflakes, mois- ture high in the atmosphere is frozen by clinging to par- ticles that may include dust specks or soot. Add germs to that list. University of Florida microbiologist Brent Christner has found that bacteria com- monly found on plants are sur- prisingly abundant ice “nucle- ators” present in snow from populated areas, barren moun- tain peaks and even Antarctica. So is catching snowflakes on your tongue a bad idea? “There’s a yuck factor,” Christner said. “It’s better than yellow snow.” He said the number of bacte- ria in snow would probably be about 100-fold less than in the same amount of bottled water. “There are a lot more things to be worried about in making you sick than ingesting snow- flakes,” he said. EMERALD HEIGHTS APARTMENTS 503-325-8221 2 & 3 BEDROOM APARTMENTS EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All Rents Electricity · Garbage · Water Include: ASK ABOUT NEWLY REMODELED APARTMENTS Astor Street Opry Company Presents Youth Auditions For Pete r Pan A Musical Adve nture Directed by Katherine Lacaze Music Direction by Dena Tuveng January 6 th • 4 PM Possible Call Backs on January 7th • 4pm Twenty-six or more roles for ages 7 and up. $ 50 fee per player (includes T-shirt). The third child of the same household is free. For more information contact the director: Katherine Lacaze 503.741.5668 katherine.lacaze@yahoo.com 129 W. Bond St. · Astoria T he D aily a sTorian ’ s c utest B aBy c ontest If your baby was born January 1st & December 31st , 2017 , between you can submit your newborn’s picture either via email at: classifieds @ dailyastorian . com or drop by one of our offices in Astoria or Seaside and we can scan in the photo for you. 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