Crab feed, blood drive highlight the calendar

News from Naselle:

Sports calendar for the coming week includes: Thursday, high school boys basketball at Twin Valley and high school girls basketball at Wishkah at 5:45 p.m .; Friday, high school boys and girls basketball with North River in Naselle at 5:45 p.m .; Monday, middle school boys basketball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m .; Wednesday, high school girls basketball with South Bend in Naselle at 5:45 p.m., middle school boys basketball at North Beach at 5:45 p.m. Go Comets!

Naselle Booster Club’s annual birthday and anniversary calendars are now available at Okie’s Select Market in Naselle and at the school. This is a great way to support our kids and to keep updated on who has a birthday or anniversary coming up.

Come celebrate Chinese New Year, the Year of the Monkey, and bid on great auction items supporting the Naselle Mandarin Immersion program! The celebration also includes a traditional Chinese dinner served buffet style, a silent auction, traditional Chinese New Year games, art activities, and finally in the gym, the Lion Dance entertainment.

The event will be held in the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park (the old Rosburg School in Rosburg), on February 20, 4-8 p.m.

Please contact Amy Chadwick, Annie Strange, Emily Lindstrom, Briane Smith, Genice Normand, or Kendall Ford for ticket purchase. Individual tickets are $25, family tickets (two adults, one child; add $5 each for additional children). Visit the event website at: http://www.liuxingnaselle.weebly.com

Westend news:

The Red Cross Blood Drive scheduled to take place tomorrow in the Valley Bible Church is opening up a few more opportunities for the awesome folks in our area willing to donate the life giving liquid. Times are available for walk-in donors from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., but you can still contact Susan Burkhalter to make an appointment. This drive will probably determine that when the need arises for a good cause, the generosity of people in our neck of the woods won’t be outdone. I understand that the Red Cross will also have their bus there, so there should be no waiting for a spot to give. As an added bonus, you can enjoy one of April Zimmerman’s delicious sliders for a snack and you could have a chance to win a gift certificate to Mocha’s & More. Thanks to all of you who donate, the volunteers who set the event up, and God Bless the people who are given life because of your generosity.

The Valley Bible Church is located at 4723 SR 4 in Rosburg. Call Susan Burkhalter for an appointment at 465-2264.

The annual Crab and Oyster Feed, sponsored by the American Legion Deep River Post #111, will be held this Saturday. If you don’t have your ticket yet, please call Ken Elliott at 465-2271, Nick Nikkila at 465-2595 and Dale Rose at 465-2234 to see if there are any left. Tickets are $28 each, and include dinner, raffles and a dance.

On the menu: crab, oysters, baked beans, potato salad, cole slaw and garlic bread.

Happy hour will take place 6-7 p.m., dinner will be served 7-8 p.m. with the raffle drawings at 8:30 p.m. followed by the dance from 9 p.m. to midnight. If you only want to attend the dance, admission is $5 per person. No outside alcoholic beverages will be permitted in the building, and no one under 21 permitted in the bar area.

The synopsis for the Free Friday Night Movie this week in the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park: Three friends who are scouts, battle zombies and attempt to save their town from the undead. This is a 2015 release and is rated R.

Concessions are also available with popcorn, candy and pop for reasonable prices.

This year’s indoor Super Sale is set for March 26 in the Grays River Valley Center at Johnson Park. If you are interested in renting a space or want more information please call Cheryl Dutcher. In order to accommodate more shoppers we are trying to make arrangements for vendors to park elsewhere and are looking for a volunteer to shuttle them from another site back to the GRVC. If you are interested in that capacity please contact Cheryl.

Students, do you need more community service hours? We have several events coming up at GRVC (including the Super Sale and Spaghetti Dinner in March) where we could use your strong backs and good dispositions. For more information please call me at 465-2960.

It looks like a room in the Grays River Valley Center will soon become a Game Room, complete with a full size pool table, possibly a Foos-ball table and other activities. It could also be used for a crafts teaching room (wood working, art, knitting and crocheting, weaving, spinning, etc.). The only problem is—we need volunteers to teach these things. We have the room but need someone willing to devote the time and put in the effort to make it happen. Call me if you are interested in doing any of these things.

The Rosburg Wednesday Senior Lunch Bunch meets every week in the Rosburg Hall for a delicious meal prepared and served by Pat Potter and her volunteer crew. Lunch is served at noon.

On Thursdays, CAP also sponsors a senior lunch in the Rosburg Hall. These two venues give our local folks a great opportunity to get out, socialize with neighbors and enjoy a nice meal.

Happy Birthday to Kevin Leaf, Stephanie Gudmundsen, David Leeland, Donna Fithen, Bobbie Jo Bighill, Rose See, James Henry, Alan Gatens, Amber Eaton, Rita Rafferty Sheldon Warden, Michelle Wirkkala, Sarah Dotson, Monte Givens, Andrea Kay Smith, Esther Gregg, Jill Keller, Paty Rose, Caitlin McGuire, Deanna Gjovik and Bruce Harkness. Wishing each of you a perfect day.

Happy Anniversary to Duane and Judy Kent. Wishing you many more celebrations together. Congratulations on the sale of your house and wishing you much happiness in whatever the future holds for the two of you.