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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
RELIGION BRIEFS
Blazers honor
Hernandez, Consejo
Hispano
Norma Hernandez, a staff
assistant and women, infants and
children coor-
dinator at the
Clatsop County
Public Health
Department, has
been recognized
by the Portland
Trail Blazers for
Norma
her service.
Hernandez
She was hon-
ored at a recent
home game in Portland as part
of its Hometown Hero program,
which recognizes people who
have made a diff erence in their
communities.
Along with her regular duties
with the department, Hernan-
dez is a tireless advocate for the
local Hispanic community, and
has served as part of the Clatsop
County’s COVID-19 pandemic
response.
She helped by organizing and
providing interpretation at vac-
cine events, fi elding phone calls
from Spanish speakers, translat-
ing public messaging and serv-
ing as a trusted contact between
the county’s Public Health
Department and local Hispanic/
Latinx residents.
The game also featured hon-
ors for Consejo Hispano, the
nonprofi t organization support-
ing Hispanic families in Clat-
sop, Columbia and Tillamook
counties. The group is being
recognized as part of the Blazer
organization’s fi fth annual Cel-
ebration of Hispanic and Latinx
Heritage.
Chinook heritage
signs dedication set
CATHLAMET, Wash. —
A Chinook tribal heritage sign
dedication takes place at noon
Saturday at the Cathlamet Elo-
choman Marina, 500 Second St.
Two permanent signs have
been erected in Cathlamet in
honor of the Chinook tribes who
once occupied the area. They
tell the stories of Queen Sally,
canoe building and greeting the
Lewis and Clark expedition.
Anchor Baptist Church
The congregation meets at the
Astoria Christian Church, 1151 Har-
rison Ave. On Sundays, the service
starts at 1 p.m.; Bible study is at 7 p.m.
Thursdays. For information, email
anchorbaptistastoria@gmail.com
Wednesday evening testimony
meetings are at 7 p.m. Those wishing
to attend by phone can get details by
calling 971-320-0294.
The Reading Room hours are
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Thursday, except holidays;
enter on Franklin Avenue.
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
Astoria FFA earns top four banner
Astoria FFA members recently participated in the state Livestock
Evaluation contest in Redmond, placing fourth, making it the fi rst
time Astoria has received a top four banner in Livestock Evaluation.
During the event, students work in teams to rank breeding and
market classes of beef, sheep and swine and give oral reasons to
back up their decisions. Pictured, from left, Jameson Linder, Jena
Russell, Connor Toolan and Samantha Davenport.
The signs were funded by a
grant from the Lewis and Clark
Trail Stewardship Endowment,
the eff orts of town councilman
David Olson, and with cooper-
ation from Tony Johnson, chair-
man of the Chinook Indian
Nation.
This event is hosted by the
Wahkiakum Chamber of Com-
merce and is open to the public.
Representatives from regional
political leadership, Chinook
tribal ancestors and local citi-
zens will be in attendance.
Poster contest
accepting entries
The Astoria Lions Club and
the Astoria Art Loft are part-
ners and collaborators for the
2021/2022 Lions Club Inter-
national Peace Poster Contest.
This year’s theme is “We Are
All Connected.”
The contest is open to ages
11 to 13, born Nov. 16, 2007,
through Nov. 15, 2010. Posters
are evaluated on three criteria, at
each level of judging, for origi-
nality, artistic merit and expres-
sion of the theme.
Artwork should not be mat-
ted or framed, and the size
should be no smaller than 13 by
20 inches, and no larger than 20
by 24.
Posters should be turned in at
the Astoria Art Loft, 106 Third
St. The deadline is Nov. 12. For
information, call 503-325-4442.
Astoria First Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, 349 Sev-
enth St., holds a worship service
at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. 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.
Lions Club adds
evening meetings
WARRENTON — The Asto-
ria Lions Club has announced
the addition of an evening meet-
ing on the fourth Thursday of each
month at 6 p.m. at the Flood Val-
ley Tap House, 1605 E. Harbor
Drive. The club meets in the sep-
arate event room; food and bever-
ages are available for purchase.
The new meeting time was
added to give people interested in
serving their community — who
cannot participate in the weekly,
day-time meetings — the option
of meeting after working hours.
For questions or information,
call Ray Montgomery, club pres-
ident, at 971-286-8009.
Astoria First United
Methodist Church
Open for worship on Sun-
days at 11:30 a.m., 1076 Frank-
lin Ave. Masks are required. For
livestream service information,
email the church offi ce at offi ce@
unitedmethodistastoria.org or call
503-325-5454.
Common Ground
Interspiritual Fellowship
Common Ground Interspiritual
Fellowship holds a service from
9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Sunday, via
Zoom, which is open to all belief
systems, including the spiritual but
not religious. For information, go
to cgifellowship.org. For the Zoom
link, email info@cgifellowship.org
Register for Medicare
information class
First Church of Christ,
Scientist
Northwest Senior and Disabil-
ity Services is holding a Medicare
101 open enrollment informa-
tion class, which is being held via
Zoom from 10 a.m. to noon Tues-
day and Nov. 16, 23 and 30.
Topics covered in the session
include: a summary of benefi ts
in Part A and Part B; Medicare
choices; Medicare updates; Part
D, and how to enroll; other help-
ful resources; and avoiding health
care fraud.
Registration is required to
receive a password and attend. To
register, call 503-861-4200.
— The Astorian
Patricia Woodard, a member of
the Christian Science Board of Lec-
tureship, gives a
talk titled, “Break-
ing News: Freedom
Is Ours Now” at
1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Parking is available
across the street.
Sunday morning
Patricia
services and Sunday
Woodard
school at the Chris-
tian Science Church,
632 11th St., are held at 10 a.m.;
enter on 11th Street.
Grace Episcopal Church
For updates, food pantry hours
and in-person and livestream service
information, call the church at 503-
325-4691, email graceastoria4691@
gmail.com or go to graceastoria.org
or fb.me/Grace Astoria
Olney Community Church
The non-denominational Olney
Community Church, 89351 Oregon
Highway 202, meets at 9:30 a.m. Sun-
day for breakfast. Sunday school is at
10 a.m., and the worship service is at
11 a.m. All are welcome. A Wednes-
day prayer meeting is at 3 p.m. For
information call the church at 503-
325-3394 or Ed Hortsch, pastor, at
503-791-4475.
Pacifi c Unitarian Universalist
A Pacifi c Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship service is being held via
Zoom at noon on Sunday. For Zoom
information, go to pacuuf.org
Peace First Lutheran
Peace First Lutheran Church holds
Sunday services at 8:30 and 11 a.m.
at 725 33rd St. The 8:30 a.m. service
is also streamed live at bit.ly/3rckrMd
Wednesday Bible Study is at
10:30 a.m., with noon-time prayers
following, at 565 12th St.
Church offi ce hours are Monday
through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For information, call 503-325-6252,
email offi ce@peacefi rstlutheran.com
or go to peacefi rstlutheran.com
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. Vin-
cent de Paul Food Pantry hours, and
service and livestreaming informa-
tion at both the Astoria church and
Hammond mission, call 503-325-
3671, email offi ce@stmaryastoria.
com or go to stmaryastoria.com or
bit.ly/stmaryastoria
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