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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021
Buying a house from
friend in real estate
COMMUNITY NOTES
meal delivery, call 503-325-9693
before 10 a.m.
Group runs trains on HO-scale
layout. For information, call Don
Carter at 503-325-0757.
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 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.
THURSDAY
North Coast Women — For
information, call 503-738-8695.
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 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.
Rotary Club of Seaside —
For information, visit Rotary Club
of Seaside on Facebook at fb.me/
SeasideRotary
Grief Support Group — For
information, call Lower Columbia
Hospice at 503-338-6230.
TUESDAY
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 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.
Astoria Lions Club — Pro-
spective members welcome. For
information, contact Charlene
Larsen at 503-325-0590.
Authentic Spiritual Conver-
sations — Open dialogue about
spiritual issues. All faiths, includ-
ing “spiritual but not religious”
welcome. For information, email
info@cgifellowship.org or call
916-307-9790.
SATURDAY
Karaoke — For information,
call 503-738-7911.
SUNDAY
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 serious men-
tal illness. For information, con-
tact Myra Kero at 503-738-6165,
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 Avenue 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
information, go to AstoriaRotary.
org
Columbia
Northwestern
Model Railroading Club —
WEDNESDAY
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 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
Dear Annie: A year ago, my husband, “Sam,” to vent to.
I tried to stay out of the details
best friend, “Tia,” got her real
estate license, and she has been and just off er encouragement
working very hard to build her cli- during the rough patch of my
entele. She has succeeded in sell- friend’s life. However, details of
ing two homes and being the buy- Sam’s stepping out with other girls
came to light.
er’s agent for three.
Rebecca does not think Sam
My husband and I want to buy a
home soon, and I’m confl icted on did anything wrong because he
whether to hire her as our agent. said that when he met with these
She’s a wonderful friend, and girls, nothing physical ever hap-
pened. Rebecca and Sam
we’ve been through thick
are constantly hanging out
and thin together.
DEAR
together, and she has killed
On the one hand, I want
ANNIE
whatever friendship she had
to do everything I can to
with the wife.
support my friend in her
The divorce has been
new career. I think she
fi nalized, and there is still
has excellent qualities and
tension among all parties
would do a good job for us.
involved. Recently, I’ve
I also worry that she would
noticed that Rebecca has
be hurt if we didn’t choose
ANNIE LANE taken a much more active
her.
Creators
role in her friendship with
On the other hand, my
Syndicate Inc.
Sam. I would not care
husband is nervous about
if Rebecca and Sam got
her lack of experience, and
I worry that if we disagreed in this together if it weren’t for the fact
transaction, it would aff ect our that she is married with four kids.
She has been constantly texting
friendship negatively.
What do you think I should do? him while ignoring her own fam-
ily, despite being told repeatedly
— Mixing Friends with Business
Dear Mixing Friends with that her close relationship with
Business: Since Tia is a wonder- Sam has been raising questions
ful friend, and you’ve been through about whether she is cheating on
thick and thin together, take her her husband.
Rebecca has complained about
to lunch and walk her through the
entire situation. Explain that your her husband working long hours,
friendship is more important to you but the moment he had a day off ,
than a single house purchase. Tell she left him at home with their kids
so she could go to a local date spot
her of your husband’s concerns.
Then, you can propose one of with Sam. Thankfully, there was
two options: You and your husband an additional guy friend there. My
can hire someone else, or she can worry is that she is going to be in
team up with an experienced real the same spot as our friends were
estate agent and you and your hus- recently because her husband will
band can work with two agents in think it was too much. Her husband
buying your house. Having some- doesn’t like Sam either. If a fi ght or
one you can trust who is repre- divorce is on the horizon, she will
senting you is helpful, and having still be part of our family because
someone with vast experience is she is my husband’s sister.
Is there anything I can do or say
worth gold. Good luck with your
new home — and with your endur- to alert her to the dangers that she
may face, or am I sticking my nose
ing friendship.
Dear Annie: I need to put this somewhere it shouldn’t belong? —
out there, even if I’m overreacting Concerned and Worried Sister
Dear Concerned and Worried
and it is not my place. Recently,
friends divorced, and some mem- Sister: Rebecca is playing with
bers of my family took diff erent fi re, fl irting with Sam and ignoring
sides. Specifi cally, I became the ear her husband. Since Rebecca is your
for the wife to vent to when things husband’s sister, you might ask him
got rough, while my sister-in-law, to talk to her for the sake of the four
“Rebecca,” became the ear for the kids, if nothing else.
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 double
queen and king fl at sheets for the
quilting club. To donate, contact
Claudia Kulland at 503-505-1626.
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