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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2018
DAR places banners downtown
SENIOR NOTES
Alzheimer’s
Association
Oregon Chapter — Information,
referral and counseling services
for families and caregivers of
people with Alzheimer’s, demen-
tia and other related disorders.
For information, call 800-272-
3900 (24 hours a day).
Astoria Alzheimer’s & Oth-
er Dementia Family Support
Group — 2 to 3:30 p.m. third
Monday, Clatsop Care Center,
646 16th St., first floor conference
room. Open to all family members
of people with dementias. For in-
formation, call Rosetta Hurley at
503-325-0313, ext. 216, or email
support@clatsopcare.org
Clatsop Behavioral Health
After Hours Crisis Line — 503-
325-5724.
Clatsop Community Ac-
tion — 503-325-1400. Respite
care services, low-income ener-
gy assistance, emergency food
assistance, housing information,
emergency personal care items.
Columbia Senior Diners —
11:30 a.m. weekdays, 1111 Ex-
change St., Astoria Senior Cen-
ter. Cost is $6. 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 experiences for indi-
viduals 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 Clat-
sop County through the Oregon
Food Bank Network. Call for area
locations and hours.
Astoria Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
The Astoria Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution have placed 34 banners in downtown Astoria for July.
for family caregivers.
National Suicide Preven-
tion Lifeline — 800-273 - TALK
(8255). A 24-hour, toll-free
suicide prevention service for
anyone in a suicidal crisis. TTY
users should dial 800-799-4TTY
(4889).
National Alliance on Mental
Illness — 800-950-NAMI (6264)
or locally, 503-717-1835. Sepa-
rate support groups for people
with mental illness and families
of those with mental illness are
available.
Northwest Oregon Housing
Authority — 503-861-0119. Rent
assistance based on income.
NorthWest Senior and Dis-
ability Services — 503-861-
4202 or 800-442-8614. Medicaid
services, food stamps, informa-
tion and assistance, family care-
giver support services, Medicare
choice assistance, home deliv-
ered meals, senior meal sites and
senior peer counseling.
Oregon Aging and Disabil-
ity Resource Connection —
855-ORE-ADRC
(673-2372),
www.adrcoforegon.org. Informa-
tion and services for older adults,
people with disabilities, their
caregivers and families.
Oregon Home Care Com-
mission Registry and Refer-
ral System — 877-867-0077,
https://www.or-hcc.org. Provides
lists of home care workers avail-
able to hire.
Oregon Law Center — 877-
296-4076. Provides free services
in civil cases to low income peo-
ple. Partners with Clatsop Com-
munity Action (CCA), Community
Action Resource Enterprises Inc.
(CARE), and the Bob Chisholm
Community Center to provide
in-person clinics in Astoria, Tilla-
mook and Seaside each month.
Grief Support Group, Sea-
side — 2 to 4 p.m. first Thursday,
Bob Chisholm Community Cen-
ter, Meeting Room 1, 1225 Ave-
nue A, Seaside. For information,
call Lower Columbia Hospice at
503-338-6230.
Partners for Seniors — 503-
717-7174. Serves South Clatsop
County seniors with volunteer
visits, transportation, light house-
keeping, yard work, minor home
repairs, daily phone calls.
Lifespan Respite — 503-
325-1400. Provides information,
referral, training and paid respite
Senior Center, Astoria —
Astoria Senior Center, 1111 Ex-
change St., 503-325-3231.
Barbs for Bezos, but Gates
largely admired in Seattle
By SALLY HO
Associated Press
SEATTLE — The Seattle
region is home to America’s
two richest men, but their local
legacies to date represent two
very different eras for the city.
While Amazon’s Jeff Bezos
is blamed by some for rising
rents and clogged city streets,
Bill Gates is largely admired
for helping lead the computing
revolution and donating bil-
lions through his philanthropy.
The Microsoft co-found-
er’s legacy here includes open-
ing the world’s largest private
charity across the street from
the Space Needle, creating
housing for homeless families
and supporting charter schools.
Microsoft was the first
tech company to dramatically
change the region’s economy
as it grew quickly in the 1980s
and 1990s. Today, Seattle is
booming again with housing
prices skyrocketing thanks
to online retail giant Ama-
zon’s explosive growth that
has added tens of thousands of
well-paid workers to the area.
Bezos has been a flash-
point in the tension that has
come with success. The City
Council recently passed —
then quickly rescinded — a
tax on large employers to com-
bat homelessness, which Ama-
zon opposed and successfully
worked to strike down. A city
councilwoman organized pro-
tests in front of Amazon build-
ings featuring people carrying
“Tax Bezos” signs.
Meanwhile, Gates has
largely escaped the criticism
directed at Bezos and other
tech leaders as Seattle loudly
debates how to respond to the
advantages and downsides of
being the United States’ fast-
est-growing big city.
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 (Clatskanie) — 7
p.m. Monday, Faith Lutheran
Church, 1010 N.E. Fifth St., Clats-
kanie. 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; 9
a.m. Thursday, 6505 Headquarter
St., Tillamook; noon Friday, 5012
Third St., call 503-730-5863 for in-
formation.
Al-Anon Family Groups in-
formation, Oregon Area Al-Anon
website. oregonal-anon.org
Alateen (Tillamook) — 4 p.m.
Monday, 5012 Third St. For infor-
mation, 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, including drugs and
alcohol, anger, co-dependence,
domestic abuse or sex, food or
pornography addictions. Being re-
ligious not required. Free dinner
and child care provided. For infor-
mation, call D.B. Lewis at 503-741-
5977.
Eating Disorders Anonymous
— 1:10 to 2:10 p.m. Wednesdays,
River Zen Yoga, 399 31st St. A 12-
Step program. For information, call
Susan Williams at 510-417-5553.
Men’s Sexual Purity Recov-
ery Group — Tuesday nights. Part
of the Pure Life Alliance (purelife-
alliance.org) in Portland. For infor-
mation, call the confidential 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 schedule details, as well as
upcoming special events, call the
Helpline at 503-717-3702, or go to
nworegonna.org
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.
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.
TOPS (Warrenton) — 9 to 9:45
a.m. weigh-in, 10 a.m. meeting
Wednesday, First Baptist Church,
30 N.E. First St. For information,
call Marilyn Barnard 503-861-2918
or Glennys Sherman at 503-338-
8214.
Urgent Care Anytime!
With two CMH Urgent Care locations and the CMH
Virtual Clinic, we’re here to serve you whenever you
need urgent medical care.
Urgent Care In Astoria
Open M-F, 9am-6:30pm;
and Sat., 9am-5:30pm
2655 Exchange St.
Astoria, OR 97103
503-338-4050
Urgent Care In Warrenton
Open daily, 9am-7pm
1639 SE Ensign Lane
Warrenton, OR 97146
503-338-4500
Virtual Clinic
Open 24/7, in Oregon and Washington
www.columbiamemorial.org/care-now
1-888-972-8022
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