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THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, dEcEmbER 23, 2021
COMMUNITY NOTES
FRIDAY
Senior Lunch To Go — No lunch is served
today.
Columbia Senior Diners — Pickup and deliv-
ery only. Order deliveries in advance. Astoria
Senior Center kitchen door, 1111 Exchange St. For
information, or meal delivery, call 503-325-9693.
Seaside Bridge Club — Players need proof of
vaccination and a partner; for information, or to
request a partner, call 503-325-0029.
SATURDAY —
CHRISTMAS DAY
Karaoke — For information, call 503-738-7911.
MONDAY
Senior Lunch To Go — Pick up a hot lunch
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Bob Chisholm
Community 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 — Group runs trains on HO-scale layout. For
information, call Don Carter at 503-325-0757.
TUESDAY
Stewardship Quilting Group — Donations
of material always appreciated. For information,
call Janet Kemp at 503-325-4268.
Do Nothing Club — Men’s group. For infor-
mation, 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 Com-
munity Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Drive up
to Avenue B to pick up at back door. For informa-
tion, 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-Warrenton Bridge Club — Players
need proof of vaccination and a partner; for infor-
mation, or to request a partner, call 503-325-0029.
Astoria Lions Club — Prospective mem-
bers welcome. For information, contact Charlene
Larsen at 503-325-0590.
Authentic Spiritual Conversations — 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.
WEDNESDAY
Wickiup Senior Lunches To Go — Pick
up a hot lunch for Wednesday and Thursday
from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m, Wickiup Grange
Hall, 92683 Svensen Market Road. For infor-
mation, 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
Community 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 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.
THURSDAY
Senior Lunch To Go — Pick up a hot
lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Bob
Chisholm Community 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-Warrenton Bridge Club — Play-
ers need proof of vaccination and a partner;
for information, or to request a partner, call
503-325-0029.
Pinochle Group — Looking for players.
For information, call 503-869-2390.
Rotary Club of Seaside — For informa-
tion, visit Rotary Club of Seaside on Face-
book at fb.me/SeasideRotary
Caregiver Support Group — Open to
all caregivers, both professional and fam-
ily care. Yoga exercise, refreshments, friend-
ship and support. For information, call
503-738-0900.
OTHER
Blankets Needed — Columbia Veteri-
nary 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
business hours (closed for lunch from noon
to 1:30 p.m.) Monday through Saturday.
Sheets Needed — Our Saviour’s Lutheran
Church, 320 First Ave. in Seaside, needs dou-
ble queen and king flat sheets for the quilt-
ing club. To donate, contact Claudia Kulland
at 503-505-1626.
Startup connects farmers
with project financing
By GEORGE PLAVEN
capital Press
During her years working for the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Sami Tella-
tin heard from farmers about the barriers to
adopting innovative soil health management
practices such as no-till and cover cropping.
The biggest challenge, despite high
demand, was finding the money to help pay
for projects, Tellatin said.
Last year, Tellatin co-founded a startup
company called FarmRaise, a web-based plat-
form that assesses whether producers are eligi-
ble for federal grants and loans, and provides
“success teams” to assist with applications.
Switching farming practices can be expen-
sive. Farmers may need to buy new equip-
ment, such as no-till seed drills, that can cost
tens of thousands of dollars.
Though the investment does pay off over
time — requiring fewer fertilizer and pesti-
cide applications — it can take five years or
more before farmers see any return.
“Funding through grants and other
mechanisms is important to surmount that
barrier,” said Tellatin, the chief operating offi-
cer of FarmRaise.
To date, FarmRaise has helped growers
from across the country submit more than
100 applications seeking $3 million for stew-
ardship projects. More than 10,000 farmers
have taken the company’s eligibility quiz, tap-
ping into a database of 1,000 state and federal
funding programs.
“It’s mostly planning and accountability,”
Tellatin said. “We’ll manage all of the dead-
lines for you, and keep you up to date on dif-
ferent opportunities.”
Tellatin, 29, grew up in the Ozarks of
southern Missouri, where she developed a
love of the landscape with its rolling hills,
caves and lush deciduous trees.
She fondly remembers visiting her fami-
ly’s cabin at Bull Shoals Lake, a 45,150-acre
reservoir straddling Missouri and Arkansas
that is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. The lake’s heavily forested shore-
line is undeveloped and protected as a buffer
zone for 400 feet, which left it undisturbed for
Tellatin to explore.
“That really instilled in me an appreciation
for public resources, the land and land man-
agement,” she said.
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