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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2021
Husband hygiene
COMMUNITY NOTES
FRIDAY
Senior Lunch To Go — Pick up a
hot lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.,
Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Ave.
A, Seaside. Drive up to Avenue B to pick
up at back door. For information, call
Suzanne Bjaranson at 503-861-4202;
for new Meals on Wheels inquiries, call
503-304-3420.
Columbia Senior Diners — Full
Meals $6: Delivered to seniors or
pickup available at the Astoria Senior
Center kitchen door, 1111 Exchange St.
For information, or meal delivery, call
503-325-9693 before 10 a.m.
Ostomy Support Group —
For information, call Lisa Harris at
503-338-4523.
SATURDAY
Detachment 1228 Marine Corps
League — For information, contact
Lou Neubecker at 503-717-0153.
MONDAY
Senior Lunch To Go — Pick up a
hot lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.,
Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Ave.
A, Seaside. Drive up to Avenue B to pick
up at back door. For information, call
Suzanne Bjaranson at 503-861-4202;
for new Meals on Wheels inquiries, call
503-304-3420.
Columbia Senior Diners — Full
Meals $6: Delivered to seniors or
pickup available at the Astoria Senior
Center kitchen door, 1111 Exchange St.
For information, or meal delivery, call
503-325-9693 before 10 a.m.
Warrenton Senior Lunch Program
— For information, or to volunteer, call
503-861-3502 Monday or Thursday.
Astoria Rotary Club — For infor-
mation, go to AstoriaRotary.org
Columbia Northwestern Model
Railroading Club — Group runs trains
on HO-scale layout. For information,
call Don Carter at 503-325-0757.
Parkinson’s Support Group —
For information, call 503-440-1970 or
503-440-1985.
Peninsula Quilt Guild — For infor-
mation, call Janet King at 360-665-3005.
Seaside Lions Club — For informa-
tion, call 503-738-7693.
Pacifi c NW Head Injury Sup-
port Group — For information, call
209-791-3092.
Pacifi c
County
Democrats
— For information, go to fb.me/
DemocratsofPacifi cCounty
TUESDAY
Tobacco Free Coalition of Clat-
sop County — Anyone interested in
tobacco use prevention and education
welcome. For information, call Steven
Blakesley at 503-325-8500 or Alissa
Dorman at 503-325-4321, ext. 5758.
Do Nothing Club — Men’s group.
For information, call Jack McBride at
360-665-2721.
Senior Lunch To Go — Pick up a
hot lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.,
Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Ave.
A, Seaside. Drive up to Avenue B to
pick up at back door. For information,
call Suzanne Bjaranson at 503-861-
4202; for new Meals on Wheels inqui-
ries, call 503-304-3420.
Columbia Senior Diners — Full
Meals $6: Delivered to seniors or
pickup available at the Astoria Senior
Center kitchen door, 1111 Exchange
St. For information, or meal delivery,
call 503-325-9693 before 10 a.m.
Astoria Lions Club — Prospec-
tive members welcome. For infor-
mation, contact Charlene Larsen at
503-325-0590.
Authentic Spiritual Conversa-
tions — Open dialogue about spiri-
tual issues. All faiths, including “spir-
itual but not religious” welcome. For
information, email info@cgifellow-
ship.org or call 916-307-9790.
WEDNESDAY
Mindfulness/Meditation Group
— For information, call 503-338-
4520.
Wickiup Senior Lunches To Go
— Pick up a hot lunch from 11:30 a.m.
to 12:15 p.m, Wickiup Grange Hall,
92683 Svensen Market Road. For
information, call Suzanne Bjaranson
at 503-861-4202. For new Meals on
Wheels inquiries, call 503-304-3420.
Senior Lunch To Go — Pick
up a hot lunch from 11:30 a.m. to
12:15 p.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Cen-
ter, 1225 Ave. A, Seaside. Drive up to
Avenue B to pick up at back door. For
information, call Suzanne Bjaranson
at 503-861-4202; for new Meals on
Wheels inquiries, call 503-304-3420.
Columbia Senior Diners — Full
Meals $6: Delivered to seniors or
pickup available at the Astoria Senior
Center kitchen door, 1111 Exchange
St. For information, or meal delivery,
call 503-325-9693 before 10 a.m.
Association on Mental Disabili-
ties — Support group for families of
those with chronic mental illness. For
information, contact Harry Comins at
503-440-3403.
Warrenton Business Association
— For information, call Kristin Tala-
mantez at 503-861-9750.
Fat Quarter Quilters — Not lim-
ited to quilts. For information, call 503-
325-3300 or 800-298-3177 or go to
homespunquilt.com
LGBTIQ Group — Group is
designed to help connect LGBTIQ
people in Clatsop, Columbia, Tilla-
mook and Pacifi c counties to discuss
LGBTIQ issues freely and confi dentially.
For questions, contact Chris Wright at
425-314-3388.
Dear Annie: My husband ple in a public place. (More on
and I have been married one that in the following letter.)
Dear Annie: For your read-
year. Before we got married, he
kept himself clean. Gradually, ers’ safety, please tell them that
he’s changed, and his hygiene when online dating, they should
has gotten worse and worse. never, EVER agree to meet any-
Now he only changes under- one for the fi rst time at any loca-
wear and showers once a week. tion that is not PUBLIC. You
He has let his hair grow long have NO idea what you may be
and messy and refuses to get a letting yourself in for. Coffee at
haircut. He shaves maybe once a Starbucks or another highly
a week, at most. He used to be public spot is a great idea. — Ed
fun to go out with, and now he in Essex Junction
Dear Ed: Agreed. As the
never wants to go anywhere.
coronavirus is still a
Please help. I’m des-
concern right now, out-
perate. What can I do? I
DEAR
door public spaces are
want the man I married
ANNIE
also a good option, pro-
back. — Stink Has Me
vided there are other
on the Brink
people somewhat close
Dear Stink Has Me
by for safety’s sake. It’s
on the Brink: Although
also smart to fi rst go on
only a licensed health
a “date” over video chat
care professional can
to fi gure out whether
diagnose your husband,
it sounds like his poor ANNIE LANE there’s any chemis-
Creators
try (and to make sure
hygiene is just a symp-
Syndicate Inc.
they’re the same per-
tom of the real prob-
son as in their profi le
lem — possibly clinical
depression or another mental pictures).
Dear Annie: I just read
health issue. The good news is
that help is available. Let him your column with the letter
know, in a compassionate, non- from “Missing Mom” about the
judgmental tone, that you’ve death of her mother and how
been concerned about him this diffi cult it has become to move
past year, and urge him to see on. Many of us can identify
a therapist. If he is resistant to with her. As a person who has
that, encourage him to see his always added poetry to a situa-
primary care physician, who tion, I found my peace through
will likely refer him to a thera- a simple poem I wrote a couple
pist if he hears these symptoms. of years after my mom’s pass-
Dear Annie: I’m recently ing. If it can be passed on to her,
divorced, and I don’t know how I am more than happy to share
to approach men to date. How it.
Memories used to make us
do I talk without embarrassing
sad, /
myself? — Ready to Mingle
But now they make us smile.
Dear Ready: Since your
divorce was recent, take a lit- /
Alone the fi rst one hundred
tle time to date yourself. Try a
new hobby. Read those books yards, /
But now we’ve walked a
you’ve always been meaning
to read. Dive into a daily exer- mile. /
And now we share how life
cise routine. Learning to enjoy
your own company helps you begins /
Then spent with family and
gain self-esteem — which is not
only good for your soul but also friends. /
And with the love and times
one of the most magnetic traits
a person can have. When you’re we’ve shared, /
Know now, it never ends.
ready, try online dating through
— Jack Notman
sites such as eHarmony and
Dear Jack: Your poem is
Match.com. They offer a con-
venient way to dip your toe in touching, and it reminds me
and gain further confi dence and of another quote that I heard
fi gure out what you’re looking recently: “Love is longer than
for. Be sure to always meet peo- life and stronger than death.”
THURSDAY
Wickiup Senior Lunches To Go —
Pick up a hot lunch from 11:30 a.m. to
12:15 p.m, Wickiup Grange Hall, 92683
Svensen Market Road. For information,
call Suzanne Bjaranson at 503-861-
4202. For new Meals on Wheels inqui-
ries, call 503-304-3420.
Senior Lunch To Go — Pick up a
hot lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.,
Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Ave.
A, Seaside. Drive up to Avenue B to
pick up at back door. For information,
call Suzanne Bjaranson at 503-861-
4202; for new Meals on Wheels inqui-
ries, call 503-304-3420.
Columbia Senior Diners — Full
Meals $6: Delivered to seniors or
pickup available at the Astoria Senior
Center kitchen door, 1111 Exchange
St. For information, or meal delivery,
call 503-325-9693 before 10 a.m.
Warrenton Senior Lunch Program
— For information, or to volunteer, call
503-861-3502 Monday or Thursday.
Rotary Club of Seaside — For infor-
mation, visit Rotary Club of Seaside on
Facebook at fb.me/SeasideRotary
Lower Columbia Chief Petty Offi -
cers Association — The club accepts
all enlisted prior, retired and active mil-
itary personnel, rank E7 and above.
For information, call Lauren Walton
208-290-8110.
OTHER
Quilting Project Needs Fabric —
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, Sea-
side. Needs polyester/cotton fabric,
1/2 yard or larger, and clean sheets
(queen or king size) for group that
makes quilts for those in need within
the U.S. and around the world. For
information, or to donate, call Claudia
Kulland at 503-738-5895.
Blankets Needed — Colum-
bia Veterinary Hospital, 576 31st St.
Needs blanket donations for their four
legged patients. Anything is helpful,
even the stained or frayed. Donations
can be dropped off during business
hours (closed for lunch from noon to
1:30 p.m.) Monday through Saturday.
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