Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program

On behalf of the family of Russell Ingle, Jr.

Our heartfelt thanks and gratitude are extended to the following for their care and assistance to our family at our time of loss: Brian Dutton of Ocean View Cremation and Burial Service; Donna Mead of Harbor Home Health & Hospice for her care; Pastor Marty and Cindy Cole for their words of inspiration; Karen Shinabery of Astoria Cleaners, who cleans and presses burial flags of our Veterans as a community service; Pacific County Fire District No. 1 for their response to our home; Officer Rick Goodwin for his aid and concerns for our family; and to all who have sent flowers, donated in his memory, or expressed your condolences in some way. Your kindness and thoughtfulness will always be remembered.

Lucille Ingle, Sherryan Ingle-Reische, Karen Ingle-Langendorfer, Pamela Ingle, and all of their families

Ocean Park

Thanks to the Beach Barons Car Club!

The Ocean Park Area Chamber Of Commerce would like to say a special thank you to the Beach Barons for allowing us to use the Wilson Field for our 28th Annual Northwest Garlic Festival. Your club has a great group of volunteers! We appreciate being able to work with you. Again, many thanks for your sincere cooperation and for all you do in our community.

Karen Stephens, Secretary

Ocean Park Area Chamber Of Commerce

The Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program says thank you for 2008-09 support

“It takes a village to raise a child.” This year people from the villages surrounding Naselle and Ocean Beach schools contributed heavily to the success of ECEAP Preschool programs in those communities. Contributions of time, materials, money, and professional expertise came from businesses and individuals. As a result of our many benefactors we have shared new books with children, purchased new equipment for classrooms, watched children be mesmerized by special presentations regarding animals, healthy foods, the best of children’s literature and watched others grow as they assisted our tiny learners.

The ECEAP program is grateful to everyone who supports our efforts to provide preschool at no charge to eligible families in our communities. We wish to publicly acknowledge the following businesses and individuals:

BUSINESSES/ORGANIZATIONS: Okie’s Thriftway Market; Sid’s Supermarket; Subway; Kiwanis; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Ocean Beach School District staff, custodians, bus service, food service and special education service; 0-K Committee; Family Health Center at North Beach; Zahl Foundation; FISH; Ocean Beach Medical Clinic; Lions; Chinook Observer; Pacific County Health Department; Box K; Oman and Son; Dennis Company; Rendezvous Place; Made With Love Creations; Beach House Catering; Red Cross volunteers; Gordo’s Video; Time Enough Books; Fire Cadets of Pacific County Fire District No. 1; Ocean Park Fire Department; and readers from Mr. Doupé’s class.

INDIVIDUALS: Martha Murfin, Todd Carper, Bette Arne, Rainer Houser, Santa and Mrs. Claus, Nancy Provost, Michelle Zilly, Susan Carney, Linda Porteous, Ron Hanlon, Rick Ulbricht, Cameo Ulbricht, Ryan Ulbricht, Linda Thompson, Laurie Phelps, Connie Biggs, Colleen McDaneld, Andrea Jackson, Tera Lucero, Carrie Todd, Brooke Larson, Debbie Phelps, Michel Hilton, Jodie Baxter, Joseph Jeltheim, Sue Webb, Pamela Galvan, Blake Bradshaw, Taylor Odneal, Russ Pendley, Karen Brownly, Dick Bryan and Ben Bryan.

Naselle Businesses/Organizations: Naselle School District staff, custodians, bus service, food service and special education service; Okie’s Select Market; fifth grade helpers from Mrs. Dearmore’s class and high school shop class.

Naselle Individuals: Alan Bennett, Karen Wirkkala, Janice Campbell Johnson, Tonya Simmons, Chris and April Hinkle, Pam Ciminello, Michelle Zilly, Linda Porteous, Alan Erickson, Wayne Erickson and Ed Hunt.

ECEAP currently has openings for four-year-old children at its site next to Long Beach Elementary School and at the Naselle School site. Please call 642-4089 to inquire about registration for either program.

ECEAP

I am so delighted! We just completed the 28th Annual Northwest Garlic Festival and it was a huge success! The only reason it was such a success was because a group of volunteers stepped and made it so.

I must thank the following people who are saints: Karen and Curt Stephens, Veronica and Bob Frink, Amanda Frink, Bob and Judy Beezley, David Little, Bob and Mary Peterson, Jim and Alice McGlothin, Tarah O’Brien, Simone and the Lions Club, Linda Smith, Larry Cook, Dan Gove, Jim Meyers and Sandy, Larry and Sandy Canonica, Ann Powell and her husband, Larry Rucker, the Boy Scouts, Jim Haggard and, of course, my husband, Roger.

These wonderful people were on hand when we needed to raise the tents, lower the tents and run the parking lot and the information booth. Saturday was gangbusters with cars streaming onto the Beach Baron Field and the wonderful folks who took on the parking task did a heroic job! The Garlic Dudes were a highlight of our event again this year spreading smiles and cheer to all attendees. Thanks guys! I hope I have not missed anyone who gave of their time. We were able to use the stage from the Water Music Festival and this provided us with ongoing music without waiting for each band to break down and set up. Jack’s Country Store donated a $50 gas card for us to raffle off at the festival and it was a great success. The winner of the card is D. Williams from Portland.

A special thank you goes to the Boy Scouts and especially their parents! Jerry did such a great job in moving the boys along and they kept the field clean and the cans dumped.

It appeared holding it on Wilson Field was a good call and thanks to the Beach Barons for helping out and for letting us use the field. Everyone was very pleased. The vendors were especially happy to get away from the dust and (mud when it occasionally rains!). Thank you one and all for another great event. It’s time to start getting ready for next year!

Phyllis M. Knight

Ocean Park

For personal reasons, I have decided to end my employment at the Family Health Center.  I will miss all of our patients who at the end of the day made me feel like I had made a difference in their lives. All of you will be greatly missed.  I also want to say thank you to my co-workers who made it fun to go to work and see you every day. 

Chanelle Wilson 

Medical Assistant

Roasting nearly 400 bulbs of garlic does indeed make your eyes water, not to mention the smell!  Question:  how long will the house smell?  No matter, we had great fun this past weekend participating at the Garlic Festival, raising funds for our local no-kill animal shelter.  Tremendous support came from local businesses and master bakers who supplied wonderful breads: Bailey’s Bakery and Cafe, Cottage Bakery, 42nd Street Cafe, Jack’s Country Store, Jane Holeman, Okie’s Thriftway, Steven Linhart and Wholesome Hearth Bakery.  This year’s Loyalty Day Junior Princesses, Mikayla Cheney, Emily McMillan, Hope Bellinger and Allison Bonney, did a wonderful job of raising awareness about our shelter to visitors while selling, too. Thanks to Mikayla’s mom (Nancy), Lannie and Jean Instenes, Lead to Results, Cutler Management and the Breakers, beachdog.com, board members Michelle Zinkevicz and Bonnie and Marv Carey for all their hard work.  And finally, kudos to the Ocean Park Area Chamber of Commerce and Roger and Phyllis Knight for putting on quite an event.  Everyone had a lot of fun, including us!

Shelly & Steve Pollock

NW INSURANCE & FINANCIAL, booth sponsor 

Our Bunco for Breast Cancer was a hit. We had 62 people show and made just over $1,600. We would like to thank everyone for playing. We also thank all of those who donated for this event: Don’s Portside, Beachcombers, Sportsmen’s Cannery, Heidi Brim of Spoiled Rotten, Planter Box, Dunes Restaurant, Cranberry Castle, Jack’s Country Store, Keepsake Tattoo Studio, Brenne Marlow of Spoiled Rotten, Corral Drive-in, Kristina Davis of Starbucks, Marsh’s Free Museum, Short Stop Store-n- Deli/Shell Station, OleBob’s Seafood Market, Neptune Twin Theaters, Best Little Hair House in Klipsan, Chrome Dome, Thriftway, Odd Fellows Lodge No. 118, Ocean Park Lions Club, Sid’s Super Market, Bluto’s Pizza, Subway, Bailey’s Saw Shop, Dollar Wave Plus, El Compadre, Bead Shop, Captain’s Coffee, Artistic Bouquets and More, Gina Raitano, Picture Attic, Funland, Wild Hair, Cottage Bakery, Ronnal of Third Dimension, Dr. Roof, Designs by TK and Sheree, Patti’s Creations, Bargain Den, Ocean Beach Hospital, Chinook Observer, Jimella’s Seafood Market, Mike Winlund of Vince Williams, Raymond Federal Bank (Jayme Schaak and Leslie K. Ramsey), Ilwaco Market, Patty Kester, LaRonna Patterson, Mike’s Repair Works, Casey L. Venus, Kelly’s Deli and Chowder House, Adelaide’s, The Bank of the Pacific, Skipper’s Horse Rides, Doc’s Tavern, Leather Unlimited, Bailey’s Bakery and Cafe, Scrapaccino’s, Sister Sharon Farmer, T&C Home Furnishings, Daniel Cullinan, TruTemp Mechanical,Inc., Willabay Cannery, Dennis Meadors, Dan Wonser, BUCK 90, American Bunco Association, Portland Bunco Team. Also a big thank you to the Chautauqua Lodge (Kathy) for donating a place to hold it.

This is going to be an annual event to be held the second weekend in June. If you would like to join a Bunco team and help with this event, please contact Bobette at 665-5760. Once again, thank you all! Hope to see all of you next year!

Bobette Baze, Project manager

Marcie Wonser, Decorater