Community Calendar: 1.18.2012

Published 4:00 pm Monday, January 16, 2012

Wednesday, Jan. 18

Women in Business

    KLIPSAN  The next meeting of the Peninsula Women in Business is set for 5:15 pm., on Jan. 18 at Jimella and Nancis Market Café. Dr. Tracy Erfling has treated women and their families for more than 10 years. She graduated from the National College of Natural Medicine in 2000. She believes in using the most natural, least invasive methods possible to assist the body in achieving optimal health. The cost is $5 for urban bites and $for wine pours. Make your reservation by calling 665-4847.

Astoria DAR

    ASTORIA  Astoria Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will meet at the Astoria Golf and Country Club on Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. Leonard Hansen, retired Astoria fire chief will present the program. Members and women interested in membership are invited to attend. For more information or reservation call Regent Evelyn Laughman at 503-325-4683 or Registrar Sue Glen at 503-861-0574.

Volunteer opportunities

    ASTORIA The Womens Resource Center is currently recruiting men and women to help with their programs or at events. Some volunteer opportunities include transporting clients to appointments or shopping, filling out paperwork and job applications, mentoring, answering the 24-hour hot line, accompanying clients to court, assisting at the safe-home shelter, and working in the Thrift Store. Interested applicants must meet with Teri See, volunteer coordinator, to complete the application process before the training begins on Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at 1361 Duane Street in Astoria, with Executive Director Pat Burness facilitating. For information or to schedule an appointment for the application process, call Teri at 503-325-3426. Make a difference in someones life and give the gift that keeps on giving.

Diabetes support group

    ILWACO  This month the Diabetes Support Group meets at Ocean Park Lutheran Church at 240th and U Street from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., Jan. 18. The topic of this meeting is Diabetes and Your Eyes, presented by Darren Thorsen, O.D., from Coastal Eye Care. Everyone is welcome. If you have questions you can call 642-6308 or 642-6314.

Make Parenting a Pleasure

    LONG BEACH Well Spring Community Network is offering a special parenting series to run weekly each Wednesday through March 14 at Long Beach Elementary School. Attendees will learn practical stress management and communication skills, gain a greater understanding of children, learn effective parenting skills and positive approaches to discipline and meet and network with other parents. There will be dinner at 5:30 p.m., with the class running from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cost is $25, with scholarships available. Reserve your spot today by calling 783-2356 or email jean.fisher@oceanbeachschools.org.

GED classes

    ILWACO  Winter quarter begins this month at Grays Harbor College Columbia Education Center in Ilwaco. Adult basic education/GED classes are offered Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Attendees can earn a GED certificate or improve skills to meet the requirements for enrolling in higher-level academic or vocational classes. For more information call 642-9433 or stop in 208 Advent Ave in Ilwaco.

Grief support

    SEAVIEW A Grief Support Group meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at 11 a.m., in the fireside room at Peninsula Church Center at 5000 N Place in Seaview. Call 800-772-1319 if you have questions, or just come to this support group.

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 Jan. 18 is Send Me No Flowers, starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall. 1964. 100 min.

Thursday, Jan. 19

Ilwaco book discussion

    ILWACO  Ilwaco Timberland Library is hosting a discussion of the book Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., Jan. 19 for adults. All with an interest are welcome. For more information call 642-3908.

Gardening chats

    OCEAN PARK Everyone is invited to an informal gardening chat at the Ocean Park Library community room on Jan. 19 at 2 p.m. The discussion will include seed orders and sharing recommendations about plant varieties. Call 665-3061 for more information.

Living Well Workshop

    ILWACO  Ocean Beach Hospital is hosting another workshop entitled, Living Well with Chronic Conditions, for six consecutive weeks from Jan. 19 through Feb. 23. Why come to the workshop? You can learn to live a healthy life with your chronic condition by managing your symptoms. The course is for 2.5 hours on six consecutive Thursdays in the Ocean Beach Hospital meeting rooms. The workshop is free. For any questions call Denise at 642-6308.

Veterans meeting

    LONG BEACH Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3721 in Long Beach holds their monthly membership and business meeting at 7 p.m. Jan. 19 at the Elks Lodge located at 110 Pacific Avenue in Long Beach. For information, call 642-1228.

Free Thursdays

    ILWACO Thanks to the generous support of the Port of Ilwaco, visit the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum at 115 SE Lake Street in Ilwaco on Thursdays free of charge. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. Bring the family and come see what treasures our local museum has to offer.

Line dancing

    LONG BEACH Line dancing on the Peninsula is offered at Long Beach Grange at 5715 Sandridge Road. Dancing for beginners is at 5 p.m. intermediate dancing starts at 6 p.m.; and couples hit the floor at 7 p.m. each Thursday, except the fourth Thursday of the month. Everyone is welcome  the cost is just $3 per person per class. Come check out this fun activity. Call Linda at 783-2389 for more information.

Friday, Jan. 20

Family Game Night

    OCEAN PARK From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 20 at Ocean Park Elementary located at 25701 Vernon Avenue all are welcome to come hang out with friends and neighbors at our local school. Bring the whole family to this free event, where you will find a toddler area, a Wii and board games hosted in the cafeteria. For information call 783-2356.

Benefit dinner

    OCEAN PARK The Moose Lodge, at 25915 U Street in Ocean Park, will host a lasagna/oyster feed on Jan. 20 at 5 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door. All proceeds will benefit Rod Davis, who is battling cancer. Call 665-2363 for information.

Clamming

    PENINSULA A razor clam dig is scheduled on the Long Beach Peninsula from the Columbia River north jetty to Leadbetter Point on Jan. 20 and Jan. 21, pending marine toxin tests, with digging allowed between noon and midnight. The best time to start is an hour or two before low tide and it is recommended you take a lantern for evening digs. Harvesters are allowed to take no more than 15 razor clams and must keep the first 15 they dig, regardless of size or condition. Each diggers clams must be kept in a separate container. Licenses are available at numerous local businesses.

Pinochle

    LONG BEACH  The Elks Lodge at 110 N. Pacific Hwy., in Long Beach has open pinochle games each Friday beginning at 12:30 p.m., in a back room of the lodge. The cost is $1.50 and you need not be a member to play. Call 541-601-2542.

Al Anon family group

    KLIPSAN  An Al Anon family group meets from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 pm., every Friday in the conference room at Golden Sands at 21608 O Lane in Klipsan. The group is open to anyone who has been affected by alcohol use in a family member or friend. For information call 665-2510.

Saturday, Jan. 21

Beach clean up

    PACIFIC COUNTY  This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Peninsulas organized beach cleanups. There will be a potluck gathering and speaker the evening before from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Jan. 20 at the Peninsula Baptist Church in Klipsan. The beach cleanup is set for Jan. 21. After the cleanup, volunteers will gather at noon for a soup feed at the Peninsula Senior Activity Center. Find more information at ourbeach.org.

Fruit tree production

    LONG BEACH The Long Beach Grange, located at located at 5715 Sandridge Road, is offering a community class on Saturday, Jan. 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., upstairs at the grange. Grange member Alisabeth Buck will share her knowledge in the class, Hardy Fruit Tree Production on our Marine Coast. For more information, call 642-4953. This class is free to Grange members with a $5 charge for non-members.

Stamp Club

    LONG BEACH Peninsula Stamp Club meeting Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. at the Long Beach Grange at 5715 Sandridge Road. The next meeting is Feb. 19. Beginners to advanced collectors are welcome. Call John at 642-8732 for more information.

AA meetings

    OCEAN PARK and SEAVIEW Alcoholics Anonymous has two group meetings on the Peninsula. The Ocean Park group meets at 7:30 p.m., at the Ocean Park Methodist Church at 1202 262nd Place on Mondays and Fridays. The second group meets seven days a week at 6:30 a.m., noon and 8 p.m., at 4603 Pacific Highway in Seaview. For more information you can call 642-2902 or go to http://area72aa.org.

Sunday, Jan. 22

The Heart of the Museum

    ILWACO  The Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum has received a wide array of gifts over the past several years, from gift wrap imprinted with the Ilwaco Rail & Navigation Company locomotive, to a sled made from Columbia River Packing Association crates and many more. While they are not able to display all the wonderful donations to the museum, a cross-section of recent donations will be part of a special exhibition showing now through March 11.

Monday, Jan. 23

Bunco for kids food

    LONG BEACH Each Monday at 7 p.m., a fundraiser for the Long Beach Elks sponsored Food4Kids Program will be held. Everyone is welcome to come play bunco, with proceeds going to help purchase food for a backpack of healthy food and snacks to get them through the weekend.

Tuesday, Jan. 24

Comedy DVD program

    SEAVIEW NAMI Pacific County will have its monthly open meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 24, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the memorial room of the Peninsula Church Center, 5000 N Place in Seaview. The program includes a 48-minute DVD from Vancouver BC, Cracking Up, based on a workshop in which 12 people develop and present stand-up comedy routines out of their own mental health experience. Local adults and youth are welcome to the program. For information phone 665-4421 or email bategofish@gmail.com.

Relay For Life meeting

     LONG BEACH  If you have been touched by cancer and would like to help make a difference, come to the community opportunity meeting Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m., at the Chautauqua Lodge. For more information please call Linda Yeager, staff partner, at 503-791-9748 or email linda.yeager@cancer.org.

LB Lions

    LONG BEACH The Long Beach Lions Club meets at noon the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Bensons Restaurant in downtown Long Beach. Call 642-5625 for more information.

Bible study

    SEAVIEW A study of the Gospel of Mark continues on Tuesdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at Peninsula Church Center at 5000 N Place in Seaview, led by nationally known Rev. Tom Schaffer. All are welcome.

Do Nothing Club

    OCEAN PARK Break away from the humdrum of everyday life and do absolutely nothing for a few hours as part of the Do Nothing Club. All men who want to have some fun on Tuesdays at 10 a.m., at the Ocean Park Lutheran Church at 24002 U Street in Ocean Park can just drop in. Pool, cribbage, exchanging stories and lunch are the order of the day. No membership, no officers and doing nothing are the goals of the group. For more information, call Jack McBride at 665-2721.

Masonic meeting

    ILWACO Occident Lodge No. 99 meets at noon every Tuesday for a no host luncheon at the Imperial Schooner Restaurant at the Port of Ilwaco. Sojourners are welcome. For information call Jim at 665-6577 or Norm at 642-2258.

Wednesday, Jan. 25

Authors Showcase

    ILWACO On Wednesday, Jan. 25, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Olde Towne Trading Post in Ilwaco hosts a gathering of writers and listeners. Everyone is welcome to come share and hear original stories and poems in progress, or perhaps even some previously published! Coffee and goodies available at 6 p.m. Readings begin at 6:30 p.m. For more information, call Jan at 642-4932.

Kiwanis

    LONG BEACH The Ilwaco-Long Beach Kiwanis meets at noon the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at the El Compadre Restaurant at 1900 Pacific Avenue in Long Beach. Call 665-2598 for further information.

Big Book meeting

    OCEAN PARK The Ocean Park Big Book meeting is at 6 p.m. each Wednesday at Ocean Park Methodist Church at 1202 262nd Place. All are welcome. For information call Jeannie at 665-3831.

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 Jan. 25 is Murder at the Gallop, an Agatha Christie Miss Marple movie, starring Margaret Rutherfold, Robert Morley. 1963. 81 min.

Future Events

Ladies golf meeting

    LONG BEACH The Peninsula Ladies Golf breakfast meeting is at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 26 at Bensons Restaurant in Long Beach as a kick off for the 2012 season. New members are welcome. Bring your clubs for a round of golf at 10 a.m. Call Sue Skinner at 642-8412 if you need more information.

Ilwaco food bank

    ILWACO The St. Vincent de Paul Ilwaco Food Bank is open the second and fourth Fridays of each month from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. They are next open Jan. 27. Everyone is asked to please bring a container for food.

Cancer support group

    ILWACO Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics Cancer Support Group meets Friday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. in the Ilwaco Community Building meeting room. The support group is part of the hospitals oncology outreach and education program. Cyndy Soule and Jami Greenfield, members of the hospitals chemotherapy team, will facilitate the meeting. Current and past cancer patients and their families are encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, call Cyndy at 642-6327, or Jami at 642-6475.

Gong show

    LONG BEACH On Saturday, Jan. 28 Elks members and guests are encouraged to come to the Coin Box Gong Show, at the Long Beach Elks Lodge at 110 N. Pacific Highway, with proceeds benefiting the Tall Elks Therapy Program for Kids. The no host bar opens at 4 p.m., dinnnr is at 5 p.m., and the who starts at 6 p.m. The admission price is one filled Tall Elks coin box or $8 per person and includes dinner and the show. The show will include a variety of talented (and maybe not quite so talented) performers to entertain and delight. Attendees are sure to have a uniquely outrageous experience. Call 642-2651 if you have questions.

Dinner and Concert

    LONG BEACH On Saturday, Jan. 28 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the Long Beach Grange the public is invited to a community dinner and concert featuring the Ilwaco High School Jazz Band taking the stage at 6 p.m. Dinner, served from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., will include lasagna, salad and garlic bread for $7. Please come out and support our local kids and your community Grange! For more information, call 642-4953.

NOAA Weather Radio Program

    PENINSULA The Pacific County Emergency Management Agency is participating in a NOAA Weather Radio Program designed to educate the public on the warnings and alerts that may be issued from the National Weather Service. On Feb. 1 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., a training will be held at Fire District No. 1 at 26110 Ridge Avenue and then from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., that evening at the Ilwaco Community Building at 158 First Avenue north. Program participants will learn important information about tsunamis and how to make a home preparedness kit during a presentation by the Washington State Emergency Management Division. By attending the presentation, participants will be eligible to receive a NOAA weather radio at no cost (if they meet the specified income levels). Residents of the Long Beach, Ilwaco, and Ocean Park vicinity are all welcome to attend this training; however, radios are limited to the first 50 residents per presentation who meet the specified income levels. Programming assistance will be provided. Please contact the PCEMA office at 875-9409 for more information.

Womens Heart to Heart lunch

    ILWACO  Gwen Meyer, an advanced registered nurse practitioner from the Naselle Medical Clinic, will be one of three speakers featured at the annual Womens Heart to Heart lunch, Feb. 3 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Long Beach Elks Lodge. Listen to Your Heart is the theme of this years forum, which focuses on the unique health issues women face. The event is co-sponsored by Ocean Beach Hospital Auxiliary and Gift Shop and Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics. In addition to Meyer, other speakers will include Dr. Pam Law, a naturopath from Portland and Geri Marcus, the education manager at Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics. Meyers presentation is entitled What Is Your Blood Pressure Telling You? Laws presentation is entitled The Natural Path to a Healthier Heart. Marcus presentation is entitled Staying Alive: The Importance of Learning CPR. Tickets are available at Ocean Beach Hospital Gift Shop, Peninsula Pharmacies and Campiche Studios. The cost is $7 and includes a heart-healthy lunch. For more information, call Denise Ross, Ocean Beach Hospitals diabetes educator, at 642-6308.

CERT training

    ILWACO The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is offering training for disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact this area. The course is a total of 20 hours, spread over three instructional days. All course materials will be provided. In South County training is set for Friday, Feb. 3 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 11 from 8 a.m. to noon at Pacific Bible Church at 501 N. Highway 101 in Ilwaco. Register now by calling Natasha at 642-9409 or email nnesbitt@co.pacific.wa.us.

Strengthening families

    LONG BEACH  Parents and youth ages 10 to 14 are invited to a workshop entitled to a workshop entitled Strengthening Families to be held each Monday, starting Feb. 6 (except Feb. 20) through March 26. Dinner is at 5:30 p.m., class runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The seven sessions will include family discussions and games, a free meal, childcare, parent discussions and youth activities. The cost is $25, with scholarships available. To register call 783-2356.

Friends of the Library Meeting

    NASELLE Friends of the Naselle Timberland Library are having their annual meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Board positions will be filled and anyone interested in supporting the library is encouraged to come. They are also seeking new members for the board. Call 484-3877 with questions.

Valentines Dance

    ILWACO From 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., on Feb. 11, the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum on Lake Street in Ilwaco is holding a Valentines dance. There will be food and fun and 70s music and décor with 70s dress optional! Ticket will be available soon. Call 642-3446 for more information.

Positive community norms

    SEAVIEW  From 9 a.m. to 4 .m. on Feb. 15 and Feb. 16, anyone interested in learning more about changing social norms around youth substance use, mental health, or other wellness topics in our community is encouraged to attend the Positive Community Norms Training at the Peninsula Church Center at 5000 N Place in Seaview. Training is free for anyone who lives or works in South Pacific County. Register using email at koien@co.pacific.wa.us, or call 642-9349.

Daylight saving

    U.S.A. Turn your clocks ahead one hour for the beginning of Daylight Saving Time at 2 a.m., on Sunday, March 11. Fire departments encourage you to change the batteries in your smoke detectors at the same time.

Crab feed

    SOUTH BEND The 87th annual Pacific County Democratic crab feed is set for March 12, beginning at 5 p.m., at the Willapa Harbor Community Center, 916 W. 1st Street in South Bend. For information email Karen Spackman at kess-spack@wwest.net.