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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021
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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, Sea-
side. Drive up to Avenue B to
pick up at back door. For infor-
mation, call Suzanne Bjaran-
son at 503-861-4202; for new
Meals on Wheels inquiries, call
503-304-3420.
Columbia Senior Din-
ers — 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.
Better Breathers Club
— Sessions off er support,
ways and techniques to cope
with COPD, asthma, pulmo-
nary fi brosis and other respi-
ratory issues. Caregivers also
welcome. For information, call
800-562-8964.
SATURDAY
Lower Columbia R/C Soci-
ety — Local Academy of Model
Aeronautics chartered radio
control model aircraft club. All
model aircraft enthusiasts are
welcome. For information, call
503-458-5196 or 503-325-0608.
SUNDAY
Blacksmith Enthusiasts
Meet — For information, con-
tact Mark Standley at 503-
434-0148 or Herman Doty at
971-306-1043 or ringingan-
vildesign@gmail.com
National Alliance on Men-
tal Illness Support Group —
Family to family support group,
for anyone with a friend or
loved one suff ering from a seri-
ous mental illness. For informa-
tion, contact Myra Kero at 503-
738-6165, or k7erowood@q.
com, or go to nami.org
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, Sea-
side. Drive up to Avenue B to
pick up at back door. For infor-
mation, call Suzanne Bjaran-
son at 503-861-4202; for new
Meals on Wheels inquiries, call
503-304-3420.
Columbia Senior Din-
ers — 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
information, go to AstoriaRo-
tary.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 information, call Janet King
at 360-665-3005.
Seaside Lions Club — For
information, call 503-738-7693.
Pacifi c NW Head Injury
Support Group — For infor-
mation, call 209-791-3092.
Pacifi c County Democrats
— For information, go to fb.me/
DemocratsofPacifi cCounty
TUESDAY
Tobacco Free Coalition of
Clatsop County — Anyone
interested in tobacco use pre-
vention and education wel-
come. For information, call Ste-
ven 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, Sea-
side. Drive up to Avenue B to
pick up at back door. For infor-
mation, call Suzanne Bjaran-
son at 503-861-4202; for new
Meals on Wheels inquiries, call
503-304-3420.
Columbia Senior Din-
ers — 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 — Pro-
spective members welcome.
For information, contact Char-
lene Larsen at 503-325-0590.
Authentic Spiritual Con-
versations — Open dialogue
about spiritual issues. All faiths,
including “spiritual but not reli-
gious” welcome. For informa-
tion, email info@cgifellowship.
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 Bja-
ranson 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 Center, 1225 Ave. A, Sea-
side. Drive up to Avenue B to
pick up at back door. For infor-
mation, call Suzanne Bjaran-
son at 503-861-4202; for new
Meals on Wheels inquiries, call
503-304-3420.
Columbia Senior Din-
ers — 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 Dis-
abilities — Support group for
families of those with chronic
mental illness. For informa-
tion, contact Harry Comins at
503-440-3403.
Warrenton
Business
Association — For informa-
tion, call Kristin Talamantez at
503-861-9750.
Fat Quarter Quilters —
Not limited to quilts. For infor-
mation, call 503-325-3300 or
800-298-3177 or go to home-
spunquilt.com
LGBTIQ Group — Group
is designed to help con-
nect LGBTIQ people in Clat-
sop, Columbia, Tillamook and
Pacifi c counties to discuss
LGBTIQ issues freely and confi -
dentially. For questions, contact
Chris Wright at 425-314-3388.
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 Bja-
ranson 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 Bja-
ranson 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 information, visit Rotary
Club of Seaside on Facebook
at fb.me/SeasideRotary
Breast Cancer Support
Group — Support for women
who are being treated for, or
are survivors of, breast cancer.
No registration required. For
information, call Mari Monte-
sano at 503-338-4589 or email
mmontesano@columbiame-
morial.org
Understanding
Your
Grief — Free support group
providing an opportunity to
learn about the grief process,
identify new coping strat-
egies, and discuss a variety
of topics related to the heal-
ing process. For questions,
contact Jeanette Johnson at
503-338-6230.
Columbia River Estu-
ary Action Team — CREATE
fosters citizen involvement
in protecting the Columbia
River Estuary. Visitors and new
members always welcome. For
information, go to create-co-
lumbia.com
Dear Annie: My ex and dealing with clinical depres-
I got married when I was sion since you were a teen.
19. We stayed together for That black dog, as Winston
10 years, during which I Churchill called it, can’t just
was dealing with untreated be shaken off . Therapy won’t
depression. That did not wash away all your pain and
make life easy for either of regret, but it can help make
us. Eventually, he left, leav- your feelings more manage-
ing me to care for the kids. able and life more enjoyable.
He gave us some fi nancial
Additionally, in light of
support but was not present your son’s drug abuse, you
in their lives.
might benefi t from a sup-
Unfortunately, I did not port group such as Nar-
give my kids the atten- Anon (www.nar-anon.org),
tion I know now they badly LifeRing Secular Recovery
needed. I was preoccupied (www.lifering.org) or Fam-
with my worry about being ilies Anonymous (www.
alone forever. I have
familiesanonymous.
DEAR
org).
tried to make up for
ANNIE
Dear Annie: I
this since, but my
don’t believe it is
daughters still har-
impossible for “In
bor a deep resent-
a Quagmire,” who
ment for me. I have
was “unable to use
told them numerous
computers,” to learn.
times how much I
When I taught
regret my behavior
and off ered to hear ANNIE LANE farmers how to use
Creators
computers, I started
all their sadness as a
Syndicate Inc.
out with how to turn
consequence of my
the computer on and
actions without try-
ing to defend myself. But log on. After that, they played
Solitaire until they learned
they have both cut me out.
My son, the youngest, is how the mouse worked.
still in my life and has reas- Then I let them do email
sured me that I was not a ter- until that is natural to them.
rible mother. He also suf- The above process might
fers from depression, and take weeks. The import-
for years he abused drugs. I ant thing is to do something
blame the fact that he had no basic and not introduce other
father in the home for those things until they are com-
fortable. It is not necessary
important fi rst years.
Even after all these years, to learn everything at once.
I am still preoccupied with It is overwhelming.
I learned that everyone
my time married to my ex.
Random thoughts are always learns diff erently. I had one
about him — what could user who took forever to
have been — and I always learn anything, but once they
had it down, they never made
feel on the verge of tears.
I’m about to turn 70. Is mistakes. I am 73 and have
there a way to fi nally put this been working with comput-
behind me? I’ve had much ers for 55 years. If you want
therapy over the years but to learn, keep looking for an
still revert to the pain and instructor who understands.
sadness about the child- Remember: One thing at a
hood I was unable to give time. — Wanda S.
Dear Wanda: “One
my kids and the loss of my
marriage. I think that if I go thing at a time” is good
into therapy again, nothing advice across the board. And
will change. But should I try I received a few follow-up
letters to “In a Quagmire”
again? — Regretful Mom
Dear Regretful Mom: that recommended play-
To the question of whether to ing Solitaire and other sim-
try therapy again, my answer ple games to become more
is always yes. In your case, comfortable with the basics
especially so. You’ve been — smart tip.
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