Community Calendar: Feb. 27, 2013

Published 4:00 pm Monday, February 25, 2013

Wednesday, Feb. 27

Empty bowl glazing

    OCEAN PARK  Drop by Bay Avenue Gallery to glaze a bowl for the March Empty Bowls event on Feb. 20, Feb. 21, Feb. 27 and Feb. 28, March 6 and March 7 and March 13 and March 14, from    1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. Bay Avenue is located at 1406 Bay Avenue in Ocean Park. Call 665-5200 with questions.

Neptune Classic Movies

    LONG BEACH The Neptune Twin Cinemas offers family and classic movies with no charge for admission, subject to capacity. All family and classic shows begin at 1 p.m. The movie on Feb. 27 is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court, starring Bing Crosby and Rhonda Fleming. 1949. 108 min.

Thursday, Feb. 28

Bunco for Food4Kids

    LONG BEACH The Long Beach Elks holds bunco the first and third Thursdays of each month at 6:30 p.m., at 110 N. Pacific Highway. These are potluck gatherings so bring something to share. The cost is $5, which goes to support the Food4Kids backpack program. Prizes will be awarded to winners. This program provides a backpack with food for needy kids to take home on Fridays so they have something to eat on the weekend. If you have questions call 642-8244.

Friday, March 1

CERT meeting

    LONG BEACH On Friday, March 1, from 6:30 p.m. to       7:30 p.m., at Lighthouse Ocean Front Resort at 12417 Pacific Way in Long Beach, the Pacific County Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) will hold their annual leadership elections. Also on the agenda will be a discussion of future activities for the club. All Pacific County residents are welcome to attend. Call Mary Atherton at 665-5975 or email maryaliceatherton@gmail.com for more information.

AARP meeting

    KLIPSAN The next monthly meeting of American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is at noon on March 1, at the Peninsula Senior Activity Center in Klipsan. This is a potluck meeting. Call Dorothy Tenney at 665-0888 for more information.

LB Merchants

    LONG BEACH The Long Beach Merchants Association meets Friday, March 1 at 8 a.m., at the Lightship Restaurant in Long Beach. For more information call Craig Smith, president at 642-5678.

Saturday, March 2

Sense of Place

    LONG BEACH On March 2 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Northwest Artist Guild announces their March First Saturday art show and reception at Gallery 504 North, located in the Peninsula Performing Arts Center at 504 N Pacific in Long Beach. Featured artist Dian Schroeder will share her Sense of Place through her watercolor landscapes and waterscapes. Whether representational or impressionistic, through her paintings Dian exhibits her love of vivid color and the changing light and feel of the coastal seasons. Please come enjoy an evening of art and meet the artists. To learn more about the Guild and its members log on to northwestartistguild.weebly.com.

Ducks Unlimited Banquet & Fundraiser

    ASTORIA The 36th annual banquet of the North Coast Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will be held on Saturday, March 2, at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. Doors open at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6:30 p.m. This year also marks the 75th Anniversary of Ducks Unlimiteds mission to protect, enhance, restore and manage important wetlands for the benefit of North American waterfowl. The event includes an excellent barbeque dinner, live and silent auctions and assorted raffles and games of chance. Wildlife art, carved decoys, firearms and useful merchandise are featured. About 40 guns will be auctioned or given away. Regular ticket price is $45. Special ticket packages are available for youths, significant others and sponsors. All tickets include the dinner, DU membership and magazine and a chance at the door prize gun. Members of the Long Beach DU chapter are especially invited and will only need to pay the $25 dinner cost. Tickets and information are available from Jennifer Biamont at 503-738-5580.

Dr. Seuss birthday party

    RAYMOND Raymond Timberland Library presents Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!, from noon to 1 p.m., March 2 for children. Help the library kick off the annual Family Read-Aloud program. Play games, listen to stories and have a good time celebrating Dr. Seuss. Then watch a Dr. Seuss movie after the birthday party. Popcorn will be provided, you bring a drink. For more information call 942-2408.

Sunday, March 3

Neighbors helping neighbors

    OCEAN PARK Community Table free lunch program needs your help. The all volunteer hot lunch program prepares about 100 meals each week at a cost of $2 per meal, with 100 percent of your tax deductible donation going to provide a hot meal for your neighbors in Ocean Park and nearby. Please help them continue. Mail your donation for one or more meals to: Community Table, c/o Ocean Park Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 22, Ocean Park, WA 98640.

Monday, March 4

Heavenly hats

    RAYMOND My name is Mariah Jenkins and I am a senior at Raymond High School. For my senior project I will be working with Heavenly Hats by collecting and sending brand-new hats of all kinds to those heroes of all ages who have lost their hair due to treatment of cancer or the many other medical conditions, which may cause hair loss. They can be any style of hat; baby hats, soft hats, childrens hats, baseball caps, etc. Note: All hats that are donated need to be brand-new due to the low immune systems of their recipients; monetary donations are also accepted. The collection bins will be located at Raymond High School, Raymond Elementary, South Bend Pharmacy, Sagens Pharmacy and Willapa Harbor Hospital. The bins will be at their designated locations March 4 through March 18. Hats or donations can also be sent to Raymond High School, 1016 Commercial St., Raymond, WA 98577. Thank you ahead of time for helping those who are in need. Call 942-2474 with questions.

Tuesday, March 5

The Paris Wife

    OCEAN PARK Ocean Park Timberland Library presents a discussion of the book The Paris Wife by Paula McLain, from     6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on March 5 for adults. For more information call 665-4184.

More birthday party

    SOUTH BEND From 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., March 5, children are invited to the South Bend Timberland Library to join in a party for Dr. Seuss and a family read-aloud celebration. Enjoy birthday games, stories and treats. Refreshments provided by the Friends of the South Bend Timberland Library. For more information call 875-5532.

Wednesday, March 6

Neptune Classic Movies

    LONG BEACH The Neptune Twin Cinemas offers family and classic movies with no charge for admission, subject to capacity. All family and classic shows begin at 1 p.m. The movie on March 6 is The Seahawk, starring Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall. 1940. 128 min.

Future Events

Chronic Disease Self-Management Classes

    OCEAN PARK Teaching patients to take charge and manage their chronic illnesses in partnership with their physicians is the focus of the upcoming Living Well with Chronic Conditions workshops to be held at the Family Worship Center located at 26310 Ridge Avenue in Ocean Park. Classes will be held for two and a half hours once a week for six weeks on Thursday afternoons from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. starting March 7 and ending April 11. The course, developed by the Stanford Patient Education Research Center, is designed to enhance regular treatment by teaching patients how to manage their illnesses, carry out normal day-to-day activities, manage emotional changes and create their own personalized action plan to help them achieve their individual goals. For more information or to register contact Iris Andersen at 665-4760 or Denise Ross at 642-6308.

Read aloud

    OCEAN PARK On March 7 from 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., Ocean Park Timberland Library is hosting a read aloud after school session for children in first through sixth grades. Celebrate the birthdays of Dr. Seuss and Beverly Cleary with activities, games and craft projects. For more information call 665-4184.

AAUW Tea

    LONG BEACH  The Willapacific Branch of the AAUW will present its annual Treasures of Time tea celebrating womens history month and the achievements of women on March 9 beginning at 11:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge in Long Beach. This year they will be celebrating the wisdom passed on to us by our grandmothers in a presentation called A Grandmothers Gift. All proceeds benefit the AAUW Young Womens Scholarship Fund for Ilwaco High School and presentations of awards will take place at the tea. Tickets are available at the following locations: Okies Thriftway Market in Ocean Park, Long Beach Pharmacy and Old Town Framing in Astoria, or by mail at AAUW, P.O. Box 385, Long Beach, WA 98631 (to be received no later than March 1). The cost is $20 per person or $10 for children 12 years and younger. Call 642-8244 for more information.

Family movies

    ILWACO All ages are invited to Ilwaco Timberland Library for family movies at the library, set for 1 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., March 9. Join library staff for a Dr. Seuss movie and popcorn. Bring your favorite pillow or blanket from home, get comfortable and enjoy the show. For more information call 642-3908.

Smitty gathering

    OCEAN PARK The Peninsula Senior Center will host a potluck memorial celebration of life for Harrison Smitty Smith on Saturday, March 9 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. All are welcome. Please bring any stories you may have relating to Smitty and share them with the group. Plan to have a wonderful, entertaining time. For more information call Lorrie Haight at 642-8090.

Mo Graham plaque

    PORT OF ILWACO At 11 a.m., on March 9 at the Port of Ilwaco there will be a dedication of the special plaque honoring Maurice Graham. Then at 1 p.m., on March 10 at the Long Beach Elks lodge there will be a potluck gathering and honoring celebration. All friends and family are welcome. Call 642-8244 with questions.

Tribal meeting

    CHINOOK Chinook Tribal Council will be meeting on Saturday, March 9, at 11 a.m., at Fort Columbia in the theater building in Chinook. Tribal members are encouraged to attend. A storytelling event with a potluck luncheon will follow the meeting. If you have questions call 875-6670.

Daylight saving time

    WASHINGTON Daylight saving time starts on Sunday, March 10 at 2 a.m. Clocks should be turned forward one hour. This is also a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

Japan Tsunami Remembrance

    LONG BEACH  A Japan Tsunami Remembrance event is scheduled to begin at noon on March 10 at the World Kite Museum. The purpose of this event is to remember the Japanese people and applaud their resilience and recovery after the enormous 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami two years ago. People are encouraged to visit the World Kite Museum to look at the Japanese kite display and to make an origami crane or two. In Japanese legend, making 1,000 origami cranes brings eternal good luck or a wish. To bring luck to Japan, people are invited to make cranes at the museum before or after the event. The cranes will be displayed through the middle of June. If you are interested in making cranes prior to the event, a template and instructions are available on the Pacific County Emergency Management Agency Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PCEMA. Please bring them to the museum on March 10. If you have questions or need additional information about the event, contact Lea Reuss at 642-4482 or email lreuss@co.pacific.wa.us.

WellSpring meeting

    LONG BEACH The public is invited to attend the WellSpring Coalition meeting at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12 in the main conference room the county building at 7013 Sandridge Road in Long Beach. Please join attendees and help work toward a safer and healthier environment for our community. For additional information call 642-3787.

Handgun Safety

    ASTORIA Clatsop Community College regularly offers classes on handgun safety through its Workforce Training and Continuing Education Program. Participants learn handgun safety and receive the training necessary to apply for a concealed weapon permit. Participants must pre-register. The next class date will be conducted on Tuesday, March 12, from 7 p.m. to 9:50 p.m., in Towler Hall on the CCC main campus at 1660 Lexington Avenue. The cost for the class is $65. Register now at www.clatsopcc.edu/register or call 503-338-2402 or 503-338-2408. NOTE: Additional handgun safety classes are scheduled on April 9, May 14 and June 9.

Naselle library friends

    NASELLE Friends of the Naselle Timberland Library will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12. Meetings are open to the public and new members are always welcome. For more information call 484-3877.

Tsunami classes

    NASELLE Pacific County Emergency Management Association is hosting five workshops around the county starting March 13 at 6 p.m., at the Naselle Timberland Library. The tsunami workshops will discuss how they work, what they do and what we need to do before, during and after one. Topics to be discussed include tsunami science, the emergency alert system, historic tsunami events as well as local preparation, response and recovery. Additional workshop will be held in the Timberland Libraries as follows: at 5:30 p.m., March 20 in South Bend; at noon on March 23 in Ocean Park; at       6 p.m., March 26 in Raymond; and at 11 a.m., March 30 in Ilwaco.

Sheriff Department community meetings

    SOUTH BEND Pacific County Sheriffs Office will hold a series of meetings within local communities so that members of the office can visit directly with the people they serve. Sheriff Johnson and other members of the department will share what is new and encourage attendees to participate in discussions on how they can better serve you. The meetings will start at 6 p.m. and last until 7:30 p.m., as follows: March 13 at Willapa Valley High School located at 22 Viking Way in Menlo; March 14 at Tokeland Tribal Center located on Tokeland Road; March 20 at Peninsula Senior Center located at 21603 SR 103 in Ocean Park; March 21 at Naselle High School located at 793 SR 4 in Naselle. If you have questions please call 875-9397 or 642-9397.

Quilt show

    ILWACO  The 18th annual Peninsula Quilt Guild exhibit is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, March 15 and Saturday, March 16, and from noon to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 17 at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco. This event is sponsored by the Peninsula Quilt Guild. Admission is free. The Peninsula Quilt Guild has 55 members and includes some of the areas most talented fabric artists. The exhibition will have quilts of all types and sizes with over 100 quilts on display in three galleries, all donated by members of the Quilt Guild. Raffle tickets for the Beach Wedding prize quilt, will be available throughout the show at a cost of $1 per ticket. The drawing will be held on Sunday afternoon, and it is not necessary to be present to win. Proceeds from the ticket sales go to various charitable organizations on the Peninsula and in Pacific County. For more information call 642-3446.

Author reading

    TOKELAND  Author Dawn Lawrence will read from her book, Joseph and the Tamana WIS Spirit on March 16 at 1 p.m., in the Shoalwater Tribal Center meeting room at 2373 Old Tokeland Road. For more information call 267-8190 or email dawnleelawrence@gmail.com.

88th Annual Crab Feed

    SOUTH BEND Join the Pacific County Democrats for their 88th Annual Crab Feed on Saturday, March 16, at the Willapa Harbor Chamber Building, located at 916 West 1st St. in South Bend. Festivities begin at 5 p.m. with mouth-watering crab served at        6 p.m. Contact pacificcountydems@gmail.com or call 642-3085.

Boating Safety Class

    CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT The Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering a boating safety class from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., on March 23 at the National Motor Lifeboat School at Cape Disappointment. The focus for this class will be on the requirements of the boaters education card. All persons in the state of Washington who are 12 to 50 years of age must have the card to operate a power-driven vessel with an engine that is 15-horsepower or more. On Jan. 1, 2014, all boaters who were born after 1955 must have this card. Now is the time to get this out of the way. The is for the class and materials is $10. Upon successful class completion, there is an additional fee of $10 for the card. To sign up, call Dick Willingham at 642-7588 or John Lester at 665-5772.

Flower baskets/bowls

    ILWACO The Ilwaco class of 2013 is selling hanging baskets and color flower bowls to benefit their 2013 Substance Free Graduation Party. All orders must be in by March 30. Prices for the hanging baskets are $28 each or $25 each for two or more; color bowls are $20 each or $18 each for two or more. Plants will be available in early June. Place your order by calling Dana Clark at 360-783-2800; Sally Wright at 360-703-8239 or Jeri Wilson at 665-6494.

Black, white & blues

    ILWACO On Saturday, March 30 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., the Peninsula Players present the Black and White Blues Ball with North Coast Blues and friends at the River City Playhouse, 127 S.E. Lake Street in Ilwaco. There is a $10 cover free. For tickets and more information call 642-8667. (NOTE: Black and white attire encouraged but not required.)

HS Graduate Scholarship Apps

    OCEAN PARK  Peninsula Arts Association awards an annual High School Graduate Scholarship to a student from the Ocean Beach or Naselle-Grays River Valley school districts. Graduating seniors planning to pursue an education in the arts are urged to contact their school scholarship director and ask about the possibilities of applying for this $1,000 award. To be eligible for the PAA Scholarship, students must have developed an interest in art, completed 11th grade and maintained a minimum of 2.5 GPA. Applicants must attend high school in the previously mentioned school districts, or live and be homeschooled locally. Along with references, referrals and school transcripts, the applicants are asked to write an essay on their future art plans and present a portfolio of work during a follow-up interview. Any graduate interested in pursuing further art related education, through workshop classes, college courses, apprenticeships and such may apply. Application deadline is April 19. For more information call Myrna Kay Thompson at 665-4592, email at penart321@gmail.com, or visit www.beachartist.org.   

Circus in town

    LONG BEACH The circus is coming to town. There will be two performances on Sunday, June 2, one at 2 p.m. and one a 4 p.m. Watch for more details about getting your ticket early. This event is sponsored by the Long Beach Lions Club.