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The Week Ahead
Public Meetings
M onday
• Warrenton Senior Citi-
zens Inc. directors, 4 p.m.,
Community Center, 170 S.W.
Third St.
• Rural Development Initia-
tives Roadmapping meeting,
5:30 p.m. Community Center,
170 S.W. Third St.
Groups & Events
t uesday
W ednesday
• Warrenton City Commis-
sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S.
Main Ave.
W ednesday
• Clatsop County Board of
Commissioners, 6:30 p.m.,
857 Commercial St., Astoria.
t hursday
• Sunset Empire Trans-
portation District Board
of Commissioners, 9 a.m.,
• Take Off Pounds Sen-
sibly, 10 a.m., First Baptist
Church, 30 N.E. First St. Info:
503-338-8214.
• Kiwanis Club of War-
renton, 1 p.m., Fultano’s, 78
Harbor Dr.
• Warrenton Rotary Club, 6
p.m., Dooger’s, 103 S. Highway
101.
Road Work
a storia
• Bridge repairs are under way
along with waterfront. Seventh,
Ninth and 11 th streets will be un-
der reconstruction through May.
Sixth, Eighth and 10th streets
will be worked on next year.
C latskanie
• A new crosswalk that includes
Senior Moments
Transit Center, 900 Marine
Dr., Astoria.
• Clatsop County Recre-
ational Lands Planning
Committee, 1 p.m., 800
Exchange St., Fourth Floor,
Astoria.
a flashing beacon and concrete
island “refuge” will be installed
in downtown Clatskanie. It will
be in front of Safeway, east of
the Highway 47 intersection. It’s
expected to be complete by the
end of November.
October 19, 2018
with Emma Edwards
Miracle pills can’t replace good old honey!
I received great news on
my birthday a few weeks ago
that there’s now a pill that
reverses aging! However, the
bad news (by law) had to be
shared with me, too.
“Side effects may include
fatigue, hair loss, indigestion,
creaking joints, back pain,
hypertension, clogged arter-
ies, constipation and possibly
memory loss.”
I was then instructed to
contact my doctor in case any
of these should appear after
taking the miracle pill.
Some wee cartoon man with
a large yellow head (some-
times has one eye and other
times two eyes) was quoted re-
cently (and by the way, I total-
ly agree with him), “Just once
I would like to read a medica-
tion label that says ‘Warning:
May cause permanent weight
loss, remove wrinkles and in-
crease energy.’”
I think I’ll settle for advice
once given by Erma Bombeck:
“Never go to a doctor whose
office plants have died.”
Lately, we’ve been bidding
a fond farewell to several of
our snowbirds who head to
drier country for the winter.
It’s nice that some continue
to receive their hometown
newspaper (The Columbia
Press) either online or via the
post office. Hello to each of
you if you, indeed, are read-
ing this issue from far, far
away already.
It will make you feel so
much closer to home and you
won’t miss us quite so much.
Interestingly, we have
friends who are leaving for
their yearly reverse-snow-
bird winter. I’m speaking of
a couple who spend the win-
ter near family in Denver.
Recently, they subscribed to
“our” newspaper online so
they won’t miss any perti-
nent news. Just go to theco-
lumbiapress.com or call 503-
861-3331 to subscribe.
One more gem of knowl-
edge to share. A lot of us se-
niors out there prefer honey
to sugar. In learning about
honey, I found it’s the only
food on the planet that won’t
spoil or rot. It does crystallize
if left around for an exces-
sive period of time, but when
melted it is good as new.
The mistake some make
with honey is to put it in the
microwave to liquefy. That
kills the enzymes in honey.
Lots of diseases can be cured
with a combination of cinna-
mon and honey. In fact, I’m
told the drug companies ar-
en’t anxious for us to know
this fact.
Honey can be used without
any side effects for many dis-
eases. Funny thing: When I
told my friend, Oriole, that
I was excited with all I’d
learned about honey, she
replied, “You mean the two-
legged kind?”
We can dream!
Life Flight’s medical director named tops by OHA
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improving emergency medical director for 10 years.
Life Flight Network’s
medicine in Oregon.
Bryan oversees and provides
medical director, Dr.
At
Life
Flight
Network,
hands-on
training to 300
Jim Bryan, has been
he
is
actively
involved
in
medical
professionals
in the
honored as Medical Di-
maintaining
the
highest
network.
rector of the Year by the
level of quality care we
Life Flight Network, a non-
Oregon Health Author-
deliver
every
day
to
pa-
profit
air medical service, has
ity for his commitment
Bryan
tients
and
the
commu-
a
base
of operations at the
to excellence and edu-
Astoria-Warrenton
Regional
nities
we
serve.”
cation in emergency medical
Airport.
He
has
been
Life
Flight’s
services.
The Oregon EMS Awards
Banquet, held Sept. 28 in Sa-
lem, honors those who stand
Monday, Oct. 22: Chicken Parmesan, spaghetti carbonara,
out among the thousands of
green
beans, tomato soup, apple pie.
EMS professionals helping to
Thursday,
Oct. 25: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy,
save lives around the state.
corn, coleslaw, ice cream.
“We want to congratulate
Dr. Bryan on this exciting
The Warrenton senior lunch program is at noon (doors
honor,” said Michael Griffiths,
open at 10:30 a.m.) Mondays and Thursdays at Warrenton
Community Center, 170 SW Third St. Suggested donation is
chief executive of Life Flight
$5 for ages 55 and older; $7 for those younger. For more
Network. “Dr. Bryan has ded-
information, call 503-861-3502.
icated his entire career to
Senior lunch menu