GHC Honor roll

More than 350 students qualified for the Fall Quarter President’s List at Grays Harbor College, including these North Beach residents who achieved grade-point averages between 3.5 and 4.0 for at least 12 credits of college-level courses: Guadalupe Aguilar, August Anderson-Smith, Sarah Bisson, Jeffrey Capoeman, Chloe Converse, Arpad Depaszthory, Craig Goodface, Joyce Hoy, Chyna Kinkade, Ashley Krusemark, Aaron Loyd, Alexander Marcisz, George McManus, Yrsa Moe, Paul Naylor, Scott Nelson, Cora Pope, Ben Poplin, Hannah Raaberg, Madeleine Schultz, Emily Takagi, Clinton Underwood and Ingrid Wilson.

Mardi Gras Auction

St. Jerome Catholic Church will host a Mardi Gras auction from 7-9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25. All are welcome.

The live auction begins at 8 p.m. featuring items each worth $200 and up. Bidding starts at $100 with competition to take home the best deal. Silent auction bidding starts at 7 p.m. with over 20 baskets of generously donated goods and services.

Auctioneers C. Scott Sage, local attorney and judge, along with Jack Schuster, former Kennedy Catholic High School principal, provide a lively and entertaining experience.

Colorful decorations, delectable finger foods, desserts, and soft drinks whet the bidding spirit. Three drink tickets for beer and wine are included in the $20 admission. Auction items may be paid by cash, check or credit card. Space is limited, so call Linda Lauletta at (425) 417.1069 for tickets and information.

St. Jerome’s Catholic Church is at 15 Patrick Way.

Town Hall

Housing and home repair will be the subject of a town hall during the afternoon of Jan. 29 at the Ocean Shores Elementary School. The question and answer session is open to the public and will be moderated by Doreen Cato, former King County Housing Authority commissioner and current North Beach School Board member.

The program will include guests from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, local contractors and real estate representatives, local banks and mortgage companies, and community and building organizations. The event is from 1-4 p.m. at the school, 300 Mt. Olympus Ave. SE in Ocean Shores. It is citizen sponsored by the Ocean Shores Block Watch & Disaster Preparedness group.

Some of the information will include home repair programs with financing to very low income and/or elderly homeowners to repair, improve or modernize homes; health and safety hazards (ramps, hand rails, safe baths); utility hookup, installation, assessments and fees.

Benefit Spaghetti Dinner

A spaghetti dinner/auction to benefit North Beach Medical Equipment will be held Jan. 21 at Pirates Cove. North Beach Medical Equipment helps hundreds of people every month by providing free medical equipment, everything from crutches and wheelchairs, to bed pans, shower aides, walkers and canes. The silent auction will begin at 2 p.m. with dinner ($12) at 5 p.m. and a live auction at 7. To donate items for the auction, call Rich at (360) 289-3733.

Council member sessions

Starting Jan. 10, and every following Tuesday at 4 p.m., Ocean Shores City Council member Holly Plackett has a weekly no-host Council Coffee at The Ocean Grill, located at the Quinault Sweet Grass Hotel (formerly the Ramada Inn) on 845 Ocean Shores Blvd NW. Everyone is welcome, and the goal is to discuss current issues before the City Council and to gather input and ideas, Plackett said.

Ongoing

• The Coastal Interpretive Center is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Mondays, at 1033 Catala Ave SE, Ocean Shores. Its website and Facebook page has regular activity updates: www.interpretivecenter.org

• Toastmasters Club No. 3942026, North Beach Speech Masters, meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Ocean Shores Elks Lodge, 199 Ocean Lake Way SE, Ocean Shores. Visitors and potential future members always welcome. An opportunity to learn to feel comfortable and confident speaking in public while getting your point across. Phone: (360) 209-2143; Email: northbeachspeechmasters@gmail.com; Website: http://3942026.toastmastersclubs.org.

• Answers for All (AFA), meets every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Ocean Shores Elks Lodge, 199 Ocean Lake Way SE. Join for coffee and conversation about Ocean Shores, the North Beach and the county.

• Bingo at the Elks: Ocean Shores/North Beach Elks Lodge No. 2581 hosts Bingo every Sunday at 1:30 p.m., with lunch at noon; 199 Ocean Lake Way SE, 360-289-2581.

• Ocean Shores Lions Club meets at noon on the second and fourth Thursdays in the Lions Club building, 832 Ocean Shores Blvd. NW.

• Ocean Shores Kiwanis meet the first and third Tuesdays of the month at noon at Alec’s by the Sea, 131 E. Chance A La Mer NE in Ocean Shores.

• The North Beach Senior Center and Thrift Store is located at 885 Ocean Shores Blvd. Coffee and dessert every Wednesday at 2 p.m.

• The Ocean Shores Food Bank at 848 Anchor Ave. NW provides regular distributions of food on the first and third Thursday of every month, from 1:30 until 5 p.m. Emergency food is available Monday through Saturday between 10 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. by requesting assistance at the Anchor Avenue Thrift Store.

• The Copalis Community Church Food Bank is at 3140 State Route 109. Open every Wednesday from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.

• VFW 8956 of the North Beach meets at 11 a.m. on the first Monday of the month at 953 Trent Court SE, Ocean Shores.

• North Beach Senior Resource Center and the Olympic Area Agency on Aging have a Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisor every Thursday, noon to 2 p.m. at Ocean Shores United Methodist Church, 557 Point Brown Ave. NW.

• Women Helping Women – Women alone, sharing resources, information, support and friendship – meets at noon on the second Friday of each month at the Shilo Inn on the fourth floor. No-host lunch and speaker. Call 289-3880.

• Brookdale Ocean Shores, formerly Emeritus at Harbour Pointe Shores, is offering SAIL (Staying Active and Independent for Life) exercise classes for Seniors, with instructor Daniela Werner. Classes every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at 1020 Catala Ave. SE. Public welcome, call (360) 289-9663.

• PAWS volunteers. If you love animals and have an hour and a half to spare each week helping at the shelter taking care of dogs or cats, call Lorna at (360) 289-2924.

• The Ocean Shores Animal Shelter needs volunteers a few hours a month to care for lost, stray or abandoned animals. Stop by the police station for an application.

• The Wednesday Men’s Christian Breakfast Group meets every Wednesday at 8 a.m. in the lounge at the Shilo Inn. Contact Leon Cooke, (360) 289-5735 or 500-5242.

• There are now two Bridge sessions per week in Ocean Shores. Duplicate Bridge is 12:30 p.m. every Monday at the Ocean Shores Inn & Suites. Party Bridge starts at noon every Tuesday at the Community Club, 1016 Catala Ave. S. For more information, call Glenda Reade at (360) 289-2327.

• Pickleball: Learn to play, have fun at Damon Park on Monday, Wednesday Friday, 10 a.m.