Community News - November 8, 2012

Lions Club collect for food banks Saturday

The Wahkiakum Lions will hold their annual Walk-n-Knock food drive to benefit the Wahkiakum Food Bank this Saturday.

Volunteers will pick up donations of food, money and personal items. Donations of non-perishable items should be left on front porches in bags or boxes by 9 a.m. or can be dropped off at 42 Elochoman Valley Road.

For more information or to schedule a pick-up, contact Renee Robert at 849-4003.

Peacemaker to speak

at St. James church

The Rev. Constance Hammond will speak at St. James Episcopal Church this Sunday during the worship service at 10 a.m.

The Rev. Hammond is noted for her peace-making work in Israel/Palestine, and the author of Shalom/Salaam/Peace, A Liberation Theology of Hope.

The book is about two peoples and three religions all struggling for survival, and weaves together the issues of ownership of land, water rights, human rights and religious rights.

All are welcome to attend. St. James is located at 1134 Columbia Street, Cathlamet.

CPR class for healthcare

providers set for November 16

A four-hour class will cover the new American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.

The class also covers adult, child/infant CPR with automatic external defibrillation, one and two person rescue, and adult, child/infant choking. Upon completing the class, students will receive a two-year certification ID card. Class size is limited; reserve a seat by calling (360) 636-1000 or (800) 608-2388. Elder Options is located at 872 15th Avenue, Longview, across the street from PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center. Cost for the class is $55 with a book and $40 without a book and will be held November 16, from noon-4 p.m.

Project Feeder Watch gets underway Saturday

The Project Feeder Watch with Cornell Bird Laboratory will start November 10 this year, but those interested can sign up until the end of February.

It runs for 21 weeks and involves counting birds at a feeder or just in a bird-friendly habitat, usually done in a backyard. Birds are counted for two days every week or two (at least five days between a pair of counting days), and the results are submitted to the laboratory for research and analysis.

There is a $15 participation fee which provides a "research kit" containing instructions, a bird identification poster, a wall calendar, a resource guide to bird feeding, and a tally sheet.

U.S. participants receive a subscription to the Lab of Ornithology's newsletter, BirdScope.

For more information and to sign up, visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/Overview/whatispfw.htm.

Santa comes to

town November 24

Santa is coming to town on November 24 at the Wahkiakum County Courthouse.

The event will feature Christmas carols with the choir, hot chocolate or cider and elves around town in local businesses, which will be open with Christmas specials.

The lighting of the Christmas Tree will be about 4:30 p.m. (dusk) and Santa will arrive by fire truck before heading to the hotel lobby for photographs.For more information, call the chamber at 795-9996.