Community News - December 15, 2011

Redistricting Commission to meet December 13

The Washington State Redistricting Commission will hold their regularly scheduled monthly meeting on December 13 beginning at 10:30 a.m.

The commission has been meeting weekly since mid-November and has scheduled weekly special meetings for every Tuesday through the end of the year. Next week’s meeting will be held at the John A. Cherberg Building in Hearing Room 3 (304 15th Ave, Olympia, WA 98501). The draft agenda can be viewed on their website. The public is welcome to attend in person or watch and give comment during the interactive webcast on the “Get Involved” section of the website.

Go bird counting this Christmas

Anyone interested in participating in the upcoming annual Christmas Bird Counts, can join Willapa Hills Audubon Society and are asked to contact the specific organizer for each count to find out more.

Wahkiakum, December 30, Andrew Emlen 360-795-8009; Leadbetter, December 17, Larry Brandt 360-200-4580; Cowlitz/Columbia, January 1, 2012 Bob Reistroffer 360-636-5125.

For additional information or to email the organizer, go to http://www.willapahillsaudubon.org.

Bob Kilpatrick in

concert at local church

The River of Life Assembly of God church is presenting a Christmas Concert with Bob Kilpatrick on December 16 at 7 p.m.

Most people know Kilpatrick for the songs he has written (In My Life Lord Be Glorified, Here Am I, Send Me to the Nations) and the albums he has produced for musicians like Phil Keaggy and Randy Stonehill. Many others know his radio devotional Time Out with Bob Kilpatrick. He also has a new book entitled The Art of Being You.

For more information on the concert, contact the church office at 795-3465.

Conference focuses on women in agriculture

A conference entitled Women, Farms and Food; Women in Agriculture will be held on February 11, 2012. Keynote speakers will be broadcast across the state and local presenters will reflect the needs of those regions. Cost will be $25.

Those interested in attending one of these workshops, should send contact information to Debra Kollock at dkollock@wsu.edu to be notified of all upcoming news and details. Type "Women in Ag" in the subject line. For more information visit Womeninag.wsu.edu.

All agricultural producers are welcome to attend.

Ring in the New Year

with fun, food and friends

Wahkiakum 4-H and the Lions Club will host the Cathlamet New Year’s Eve Bash, December 31, 6 p.m. through midnight, at the middle school multipurpose room.

A meal of spaghetti will be served, along with snacks and activities including Minute-to-Win-It contests with prizes, Wii games, a cribbage tournament, and various board games. All ages are encouraged to attend, and are welcome to bring their own games to share. The event is sponsored by Bank of the Pacific. Admission is $5, and a dollar will be taken off for each canned food item. All canned food will be donated to a local food bank.

Home Depot Foundation awards grant to WCN

The Friends of the Garden (FOG) group has been wanting and needing a fence built around the Wahkiakum Community Garden at Erickson Park for the past two years but cost was prohibitive. Working with the Wahkiakum Community Network (WCN) and The Home Depot for the past two months has resulted in the Home Depot Foundation awarding the FOG group the materials and volunteers needed to build a new wooden fence.

FOG is taking names of people who want to reserve a garden plot for next spring. Call Carol Geil at 360-452-7359.