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Today: Toledo Food Bank open 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. second and fourth Fridays monthly behind City Hall.
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Today: Common Ground’s Gary Whiteside says we can focus on the planters at the Gospodor Eagle sculpture.
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Cowlitz Prairie Grange Jam Night 7:00 p.m. second, fourth and fifth Fridays. Performers and supporters welcome. Donation at door. Contact tomboone46@yahoo.com or (360)262-3696.
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Support - Al-Anon AFG meets 7 p.m. Fridays at the Presbyterian Church, 312 Augustus.
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Also Friday: Chimi’s Family Restaurant invites everyone to enjoy karaoke Fridays. Check out this sing-along from a couple weeks ago on Facebook, here.
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Cowlitz Prairie Academy Commencement Friday 7 p.m. at St Mary’s, Toledo High School Commencement Saturday 2 p.m. at the high school. Congrats, Class of 2016!
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Toledo Senior Center hosts their Second Saturday Breakfast 7:30-10 a.m. with full fare breakfast including endless hotcakes, or biscuits and gravy for early risers (until they run out). Still $5, and they do the dishes.
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June 11 – (Saturday) National Get Outdoors Day. Washington State Parks Fee-Free Day, no Discover Pass needed. Link here.
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And: From the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife - Free fishing this weekend! Link here.
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Reminiscent of Edna Ferber’s perspective of red and green cabbages “ jade and burgundy, chrysoprase and prophyry…” is Billie Washington’s view of carrots going to seed. Facebook link here. Catch her fresh and local produce at Winlock’s Saturday Market.
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Reservations required - June 15 Toledo Senior Center Nutrition Lunch menu offers fried chicken, baked beans, potato salad, green beans, and ice cream with berries, June 17 meat lasagna, green salad and garlic bread, peaches and chocolate cake. Nutrition Lunches Wednesday and Friday are sponsored in part by Area Agency on Aging. Cost is $3 for those 60+ years of age. Contact Diana, diana.haug@lewsicountywa.gov or call (360)864-2112.
Also: Items now being accepted for Toledo Senior Center’s noted Second Time Around Sale. This event funds so many activities - classes and meals, special events and community programs. For specifics, contact Diana, diana.haug@lewsicountywa.gov or call (360)864-2112.
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Since I enjoyed some of the paved walking trails on Mt St Helens last Friday, passing and amazing The Otter, this explicit view of the crater from NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams struck a chord. Facebook link here. Perhaps I’ll favor my last remaining Uncle Bill, mountain climber from the 50’s and 60’s and Korean War vet, with that trip to Johnston Ridge he’s been yearning for...
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On that note: thanks to all those who noticed the difference and commented favorably on my miraculous turnaround following a life-threatening breathless episode in early April, an incredible trip to the ER, then a quick return to near-normal breathing after visiting Doc Williams mobile clinic on Highway 12 (link here) a few days later.
The website is asthmastory.com, and it worked for me until environmental factors tipped the scales. If you find asthmastory[dot]com incredible, wait until you hear how an auto exhaust specialist in Napavine uncovered the last mystery which reversed his 90-year-old mother’s cycle of pneumonia and COPD. (Hint: de-humidifier).
Special thanks to my friend Deb, a miracle in her own right who recovered from a lifetime of unending agony and escaped a wheelchair future by sharing - living - her tiny flame of hope. Hers was the voice I heard that unforgettable night I had given up.
Thanks also to Commissioner Edna Fund for her efforts to bring Text-To-911 to Lewis County. It cannot happen soon enough.
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