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DECEMBER 6, 2018 // 13 Continued from Page 7 A table stocked with Christmas goodies at Clatsop Animal Assistance’s 2017 Holiday Party and Fundraiser. COURTESY CLATSOP ANIMAL ASSISTANCE Dining Out North Coast and Peninsula Imagine Your I putter around here all day just to be on time for the Happy Hour! Mon-Fri 4-6pm $1 off Draft Beers or a Well Drink Restaurant 503.755.1818 www.camp18restaurant.com Favorite stop to & from the Coast Advertised Here! Seaside 451 Ave U Golf Seaside Course 503-738-5261 seasidegolfcourse@gmail.com OPEN FRI & SA NIGHTS T ‘TIL 9 ILIES FAM OME! C WEL Throughout the day, supporters can stop by to bid on items, buy tickets for the drawing, purchase treats at the bake sale, or have a photo taken with their pets and Santa Claus. They can also learn more about Clat- sop Animal Assistance and what the organization has accomplished this year. With the auction and raf- fle drawings open six hours, until 3 p.m., people have plenty of time to submit a bid, Dunning said. Three of the raffle prizes: a roundtrip boat ride and lunch with a bar pilot for two; a GoPro Karma Quad- copter with a HERO5 Black action camera; and a gently used Yamaha Clavinova electric piano. If winners cannot pick up their items on Saturday, they can stop by Fort George to collect them Sunday. The proceeds from the event are used to support animals at the county shelter. Clatsop Animal Assistance provides about $80,000 in funds to cover veterinary care, spay/neuter fees, medicine, cat litter, groom- ing, specialty-diet foods and other supplies not covered by the shelter’s budget. IF YOU GO Clatsop Animal Assistance Annual Holiday Party and Fundraiser When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8; bidding and auction end at 3 p.m. Where: Fort George Lovell Showroom, 1483 Duane St. HUGH MCKENNA PHOTO Gene Mellot as Santa Claus for the Clatsop Animal Assistance in 2013. A happy ending The organization’s roughly two dozen volun- teers provide a different type of support. Their Crossword Answers Buy 1 Meal, Get 1 1/2 off Breakfast or Lunch Hungry Harbor GrillE (of equal or lesser value) 3 13 Pa c ific Hw y, Do w n to w n Lo n g Be a c h, W A 3 60-642-5555 • w w w.hu n gryha rb o r.c o m for 22 $ ECIAL! Y PIZ Z A DA Piz 2 zas C ALL TO RES ERV E Y OUR HOLIDAY PARTY ! W ED IS BURG ER NITE SP TU ES COM E DIN E W ITH THE CHRIS TM AS V IL L AGE! Tuesday-Sunday 3 8TH & L, ON THE S EAV IEW BEAC H APPROAC H 3 60-642-7880 Offer expires 12/31/18 303 1st Avenue South, Ilwaco, Washington 360-777-3740 • travsplace.net OPEN AT 6 AM SMOKEHOUSE BUTCHER BLOCK MEAT , SMOKED MEAT , 503.325.7414 bakedak.com #1 12th Street, Astoria, OR GHOSTS , LIKE US ON FACEBOOK FOR WEEKLY SPECIALS and more ! 125 9TH ST. ASTORIA OR. (503)325-4744 F L O E A U D R A U N D I D L A S T E D B R A F A D E F R A N A M I A D A N N B O D O M E G M A V E B R E A R P L A C H A B A I V E S L A T E T M S A A N D R E A A M S T P E P I N S K S I E D I N R O N E T A N S K I N E N E E N A N E R R E S R A N E L O N E E N D S O U T E N R A T O O B A T U F N A T R E L I E S U L T T S S P A B R E W A N T G A S W A M E I O S L S T S T A C A B S I G O R T E A S T O I L R A E R E N D O W S A T O N A L A R E A R I A L T T O E D I T A I N L L L E S A T L E P G O R D U E T A N T R I C E M I G R E D S R J U P E L D I W N A K R D J V E N S S H R A P N E L R O B B A Z A R I A W E I R A R E S M A S H O N E D A Y S A L E R E N E W E L A T E E M D E N D E U C E T R S E S K E S E E R donated time is used for hosting adoption events, providing advertising and promotional materials, tend- ing to the cats, walking the dogs and other tasks. “It takes a lot of hands and hearts to make a go of it and be successful,” said Zimmerling, who along with her husband, Bob, got involved when the organi- zation was established as a nonprofit in the late 1990s. Linda Dygert, of Asto- ria, started volunteering sporadically in 2001 — and more so when she moved to the coast full-time about 10 years ago. At first, she wanted to take all the animals herself to provide them with a permanent home. The problem, she said, is “you can’t do that — there’s too many.” “You just have to find the best home for them,” she added. “And the satisfying thing is, you do.” Although seeing the an- imals come in injured, sick or malnourished can be dis- heartening, Dygert said, “the good outweighs the bad.” “We know their life (at the shelter) is better than the one they had before,” she said. There is no limit on how long the pets can be sheltered; they remain until they get adopted. While there, however, they require constant care. “The animals are there seven days per week, and they are in need seven days per week, so volunteering is well worth it to help them out,” Zimmerling said. “We just want to turn a bad story into a good story with a happy ending.” CW
