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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.
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January 6 th • 4 PM
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T-shirt). The third child of the same household is free. For more
information contact the director:
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