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How has the pandemic changed you?
ing eff ect of the pandemic led to major life
changes. Residents opened new businesses
like restaurants and art galleries. People
moved from their homes to the North Coast
for the fi rst time. Others moved away. Some
people started new jobs. People started new
relationships. Others ended relationships.
Many others made other life changes.
An upcoming edition of Coast Week-
end will recognize readers who made life
changes during the pandemic. If you are
interested in sharing your story about a life
change you made during the past year, send
an email to aevans@dailyastorian.com.
Entries should be limited to 400 words.
Please include your name and town of resi-
dence in your email.
By ALYSSA EVANS
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
Earlier this month, we hit the one-year
anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic.
This past year has brought a variety of
changes to North Coast residents, ranging
from wearing masks while grocery shop-
ping to spending more time than ever at
home.
It’s no surprise that the pandemic left
many people feeling like they’re stuck or
that their lives have been paused.
But for some local residents, the paus-
In late April, a selection of readers’
spring-themed or locally-themed poetry
will be published. To participate, send
no more than three poems by April 11
to aevans@dailyastorian.com. In your
email, include your name and town of
residence.
If you have a story idea or event you’d
like to share with Coast Weekend, send
an email to aevans@dailyastorian.com.
COAST WEEKEND EDITOR
ALYSSA EVANS
THURSDAY
MARCH 25
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Coast Weekend will hold its monthly
book club via Zoom and Facebook on
April 14. The virtual event will feature
Tamara Kaye Sellman, author of “Inten-
tion Tremor.” The book features poems
about Sellman’s experience of living
with multiple sclerosis. During the event,
participants can ask Sellman questions
during a Q&A session.
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