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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021
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 Avenue A,
Seaside. 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 deliv-
ery, call 503-325-9693 before
10 a.m.
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 Avenue A,
Seaside. 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 deliv-
ery, 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.
Astoria Toastmasters — For
information, go to 775.toast-
mastersclubs.org or call Christa
Svensson at 206-790-2869.
TUESDAY
Stewardship
Quilting
Group — Donations of mate-
rial always appreciated. For
information, call Janet Kemp at
503-325-4268.
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 Avenue A,
Seaside. 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 deliv-
ery, 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 Mar-
ket 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 Center, 1225 Avenue A,
Seaside. 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 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.
Fat Quarter Quilters — Not
limited to quilts. For informa-
tion, call 503-325-3300 or 800-
298-3177 or go to homespun-
quilt.com
Warrenton Sunrise Rotary
Club — For information, call
503-325-4030.
THURSDAY
Alzheimer’s
Support
Group — For information, call
503-368-6445.
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 Mar-
ket 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 Center, 1225 Avenue A,
Seaside. 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 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
Caregiver Support Group
— Open to all caregivers, both
professional and family care.
Yoga exercise, refreshments,
friendship and support. For
information, call 503-738-0900.
OTHER
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 busi-
ness hours (closed for lunch
from noon to 1:30 p.m.) Monday
through Saturday.
Sheets Needed — Our Sav-
iour’s Lutheran Church, 320
First Ave. in Seaside, needs dou-
ble queen and king fl at sheets
for the quilting club. To donate,
contact Claudia Kulland at
503-505-1626.
Accessing happiness and
connection through sharing
Dear Annie: Lately, I fi nd myself think- for Remy. We’d always just been friends,
ing a lot about old roommates, friends and but gradually, an attraction grew. Before I
co-workers. I’m talking about people from knew what was happening, we both found
over 30 years ago, whom I haven’t spoken ourselves falling in love. We have so many
to in decades. I think I would like to tell similarities and shared interests. It’s so
them how they have impacted my life in easy to talk to each other. It’s been over a
positive ways. Should I reach out to them or year of our sharing this intense, romantic
would that just be self-serving and weird? I connection.
But there’s a catch. I knew that she
mean, if I were to reach out, I’m not sure
what the follow-up would be: “Nice catch- was technically married and had a kid,
but I always thought that she was sepa-
ing up with you, goodbye forever?”
rated from her husband. It turned
Tell me, Annie. Is this sort of
DEAR
out that wasn’t the case. She insists
feeling normal as we age, and
ANNIE
she’s going to separate from him,
should I act on it or just forget
though, and is just waiting for
about it? — Too Much Time to
her new house to be done so that
Think
she can move. Meanwhile, I’m in
Dear Too Much: Reminisc-
limbo, not knowing what’s going
ing more with age is not only com-
to happen.
mon; it can be hugely benefi cial,
Annie, what do you do when
provided it’s positive/productive
in nature, which yours is. A 2016 ANNIE LANE the woman you love is unhappily
Creators
married? She says she loves me
study of 47 people living in senior
Syndicate Inc.
and wants to be with me. And I’m
care facilities found that after shar-
so excited to have found some-
ing memories, family history and
personal accomplishments, participants one who connects with me so deeply. Our
experienced fewer feelings of loneliness only clashes come on the weekends when
and depression. So, keep taking those laps she has to play house and can’t write to me.
I’ve mostly been understanding up until
around Memory Lane.
And to the question of whether or not now, but it’s starting to get a bit frustrating.
you should reach out to these old friends — Lover in Limbo
Dear Lover: What you call “playing
and acquaintances, my answer is a resound-
ing yes! Too often it’s not until after people house” is her living her real life. Your dig-
are gone that we express how much they ital rendezvous are her playtime — a way
meant to us. Drop them a line today. Let for her to escape the day-to-day drudgery,
them know you’ve been thinking of them blow off some steam and avoid having to
lately and that you’re glad for the time you make any substantial changes to her situa-
knew them. There’s a good chance you’ll tion. She might not be conscious of the fact
that this is what she’s doing, but it doesn’t
make their day.
Dear Annie: I’ve been friends with make it any more acceptable. The bottom
“Remy” for six years. We both play the line is that if she were going to leave her
same computer game on the same plat- husband, she’d have done so already. Pull
form, and we always enjoy chatting as we the plug and free yourself up to connect
play. A little over a year ago, I was sin- with a loving, available woman — one you
gle and found myself developing feelings can meet in person.
SELF-HELP GROUPS
Al-Anon (Astoria) — For information, call
503-325-1087.
Al-Anon (Seaside) — For information,
call 503-810-5196.
Al-Anon (Nehalem) — For information,
call 503-368-8255.
Al-Anon (Tillamook) — For information,
call 503-842-5094 or 503-730- 5863.
Al-Anon (Clatskanie) — For information,
call 503-728-3351.
Al-Anon Family Groups — Oregon Area
Al-Anon website, oregonal-anon.org
Alateen (Tillamook) — For information,
call 503-730-5863.
Alcoholics Anonymous — To fi nd a
meeting in Clatsop County, call 971-601-
9220, in Tillamook County, call 503-739-4856,
or go to aa-oregon.org
Celebrate Recovery — Faith-based
12-step recovery from hurts, habits and hang
ups. For information, call 503-738-7453.
Sexual Purity Recovery Group — Part of
the Pure Life Alliance (purelifealliance.org) in
Portland. For information, call the confi den-
tial voicemail at 503-750-0817 and leave a
message.
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