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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021
TLC delivers
gift baskets to
schools, teachers
RELIGION BRIEFS
Bjert the troll comes to Astoria
Astoria Christian Church
For service information and
updates, go to astoriachristian.org
or bit.ly/AstoriaChristian, call 503-
325-2591 or email AstoriaChris-
tian@gmail.com
The Astorian
TLC, a division of Fibre Fed-
eral Credit Union, is delivering
teacher appreciation gift baskets,
packed with classroom essen-
tials, to schools in several coun-
ties in Oregon and Washington
state.
Bailey Roberts and Deb
Dixon of TLC hand-delivered
the baskets over the last several
weeks. “Classroom teaching has
gradually resumed,” Dixon said,
“so we took this great oppor-
tunity to show our gratitude to
teachers in our service areas.”
The baskets were delivered
to: the middle and high schools
in Astoria, Knappa, Seaside
and Ilwaco, Washington; Jewel
High School; Nehalem Elemen-
tary School; Wahkiakum High
School; and Warrenton High
School.
Mannix named
to All-Oregon
Academic Team
The Astorian
SALEM — Valerie Mannix,
of Seaside, who attends Clatsop
Community College, has been
announced as one of 45 com-
munity college students selected
to this school year’s All-Oregon
Academic Team by the Oregon
Community College Association.
The students are selected for
their academic excellence, lead-
ership and community service.
They are all members of Phi
Theta Kappa,
a community
college honor
society.
Each year,
Phi
Theta
Kappa, com-
munity college
Valerie Mannix presidents and
community col-
lege state associations sponsor
All-State Community College
Academic Team ceremonies in
37 participating states. Due to the
coronavirus pandemic, the Ore-
gon Community College Associ-
ation is honoring the students on
its website at bit.ly/2QWluT1
Astoria First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, 349 Sev-
enth St., holds an in-person wor-
ship service at 10:45 a.m. Sunday.
Social distancing is practiced, face
coverings are required and hand
sanitizers are available. The ser-
vice is also broadcast at fb.me/
astoriafi rstbaptist
Sunday school starts at 9:30 a.m.
There is no child care, but children
are encouraged to join the service.
For information, call the church
offi ce at 503-325-1761.
Astoria First United
Methodist Church
For livestream service informa-
tion and updates, email the church
offi ce at offi ce@unitedmethodistas-
toria.org or call 503-325-5454.
The Astoria Scandinavian Midsummer Festival 2021 members of the Astoria Nordic Heritage Park Committee
welcomed Bjert the troll to Astoria recently. They helped escort him in a Troll Parade from the future site of
Astoria Nordic Heritage Park to FinnWare, where he will be on display until the park is built.
Grace Episcopal Church
For updates, food pantry hours
and in-person and livestream ser-
vice information, call the church
at 503-325-4691, email graceasto-
ria4691@gmail.com or go to gra-
ceastoria.org or fb.me/Grace Astoria
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Seaside business
leaders chapter
members win awards
Achievement Award, complet-
ing over 500 hours of community
service during her high school
career.
SEASIDE — Seaside Future
Business Leaders of America chap-
ter members competed at the 2021
State Business Leadership Confer-
ence. Several received awards.
First place: 3D animation, Zach
Fukuda and Jonathan Granillo;
cyber security, Fukuda; and pub-
lic service announcement, Emma
Arden and Isabella Rodriguez.
Second place: 3D animation,
Jackson Schermerhorn; impromptu
speaking, Westin Carter; and polit-
ical science, Wyatt Mayhugh.
Third place: E-business, Wyatt
Mayhugh and Susana Velazquez.
Finalist: Coding and program-
ming, Connor Jackson.
Seaside High School was one of
fi ve high schools in the state to be
recognized for the Gold Champion
Chapter Award for the third con-
secutive year.
Senior Emma Taylor was
recognized as the only Ore-
gon Future Business Leaders of
America member in the state to
fi nish the Community Service
Church off ers
clothes bank
WARRENTON — A free good
condition clothes bank, for chil-
dren in sixth grade to infants, is
being off ered from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, at Warrenton First Baptist
Church, 30 N.E. First St. For infor-
mation, contact Sandi Bridgeman
at 503-338-6073 or 503-791-7522.
Young artists
invited to enter
peace poster contest
The Astoria Lions Club and
the Astoria Art Loft are partnering
again to host young artists in creat-
ing peace-themed posters for sub-
mission to the Lions Club Interna-
tional 2021 to 2022 Peace Poster
Contest.
The winning local entry will be
submitted for judging at the district
level; the district winner will be
submitted for multi-district judg-
ing. That winner will be submit-
ted to the Lions Club Internation-
al-level contest.
The contest, whose theme is
“We Are All Connected,” is open
to ages 11 to 13, born Nov. 16,
2007, through Nov. 15, 2010. Post-
ers are evaluated on three criteria
at each level of judging: Original-
ity, artistic merit and expression of
the theme.
Artwork size can be no smaller
than 13 by 20 inches, and no larger
than 20 by 24 inches. Do not mat
or frame the artwork. All materials
will be provided.
The contest, which is open now,
is hosted by the Astoria Art Loft,
106 Third St., and is part of their
activities planned for young peo-
ple this summer and fall. The local
winner will be selected on Oct. 6.
Young people interested in
participating can send their con-
tact information to astorial-
ionsclub1942@gmail.com
or
can contact the Astoria Lions
Club on Facebook at fb.me/
LionsClubAstoria
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Pacifi c Unitarian
Universalist
A Pacifi c Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship service is being held via
Zoom at 11 a.m. Sunday. For Zoom
information, go to pacuuf.org
Peace First Lutheran
For service information, go
to astoriafi rstlutheran.com under
“Worship & Music/Videos &
Resources” or bit.ly/FLCAstoria.
To receive a DVD of the services
and bulletin, call the offi ce and
leave a message.
Pioneer Presbyterian Church
WARRENTON — For service
information, call the church at 503-
861-2421 or go to pioneerchurchp-
cusa.org
St. Mary,
Star of the Sea Parish
For information about the St.
Vincent de Paul Food Pantry hours,
and service and livestreaming infor-
mation at both the Astoria church
and Hammond mission, call 503-
325-3671, email offi ce@stmaryas-
toria.com or go to stmaryastoria.
com or bit.ly/stmaryastoria
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and Recreation Department
is seeking responses from
qualified firms to provide
project management services
for improvements to be
installed along the Astoria
Riverwalk. Details and
information can be obtained
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