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.
Community Voices
A group called Community Voices has formed to promote ideas and innovative solutions for the city. It will meet once a month on the third Thursday of every month. The next meeting is from 10-noon Dec. 15 at the Pirates Cove Pub meeting room, 798 Ocean Shores Blvd. NW. For information, contact Susan Conniry at susan@careforthefuture.org or by phone at (619) 977-7132.
School Board
The North Beach School District Board of Directors will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 20 at the North Beach Jr./Sr. High School Library.
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 Tuesdays 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.
Death notices
• Sidney William Glessner of Copalis Beach died Sunday, December 11, 2016 at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. He was 90. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, December 17th at New Beginnings Open Bible Fellowship located at 301 N. “B” St. in Aberdeen. Arrangements are entrusted to Harrison Family Mortuary in Aberdeen.
Arnold Samuels photo: Alec Takagi, center, and his family-owned and operated Alec’s by the Sea restaurant was named the Business of the Month for December by the Ocean Shores/North Beach Chamber of Commerce. Alec’s is one of Ocean Shores longstanding local favorites at 131 W Chance a La Mer NW: (360) 289-4026
