Dune trail meeting
The city of Ocean Shores has scheduled a public meeting April 9 on plans for a public use and fire-fighting access trail along the high outer dunes. The meeting will take place from 3:30-5 p.m. in the Ocean Shores Convention Center prior to the regular City Council meeting, which starts at 6. The city’s home page online has a link to the High Dune Trail Feasibility Study for more information prior to the meeting.
City Clean-up set
The city of Ocean Shores will hold its annual Spring Clean-up from April 24 through April 26 at the Public Works Shop (from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., with entrance off of Canal Drive). The Annual Spring Clean-up is intended for individual property owners, not for commercial dumping. Dumping is limited to one load per household, and proof of residency (water bill, driver’s license, etc.) will be required before dumping. The city will pick up from citizens who have physical impairments if they call with their request and location prior to noon, Thursday, April 26. Please call the City Shop at (360) 289-2824 or (360) 581-0887.
No yard waste or brush cuttings , construction debris, household garbage, hazardous waste, paint, waste oil or tires will be accepted. Refrigerators/freezers must be Freon free and without the compressor. Separate cardboard from other items to be dumped.
Hydrant flushing continues
The Ocean Shores Water Department will be flushing fire hydrants in the northwestern area of the city during the months of April and May. Work will be conducted from Ocean Lake Way to Pacific Boulevard NW on April 10-11, from Pacific Boulevard NW to W. Chance A La Mer Street on April 24-25, and from W. Chance A La Mer to Damon Road on May 8-9. It is common for flushing activities to stir up sediment in the water lines surrounding the work areas. The city recommends you do not use hot water during the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on the days shown. If you experience discoloration of your water, please run the COLD water tap for a few minutes until it clears. If you must use hot water during flushing operations, the city strongly recommends flushing your hot water tank after operations are complete. A map of the work area can be viewed at www.osgov.com. If you have any questions or require additional information call 360-289-4210 or email mtobert@osgov.com.
DSHS Mobile Unit
The state Department of Social and Health Services mobile customer service operation will be in Ocean Shores from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 18 at the Ocean Shores IGA, 101 E. Chance a la Mer St. NE. At the event, you can apply for cash assistance, basic food assistance, or drop off paperwork, complete and eligibility review, a mid-certification review or make changes to an existing case. For further information, call 1-(877) 501-2233.
Concerned Citizens
Concerned Citizens Action Coalition of Ocean Shores is a group of civic-minded Ocean Shores residents and property owners who “see issues in our city that we would like to have addressed by City Hall but may not feel like we have a voice at Council meetings.” The new group’s first meeting is Tuesday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. in the Ocean Shores Library meeting room.
Ongoing
• The group Community Voices meets to discuss local issues on Thursdays at the North Beach Senior Center, 885 Ocean Shores Blvd. from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Moderated by City Council member Susan Conniry.
• 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.
• Indivisible Ocean Shores meets at various meeting places and times: indivisibleoceanshores.website.
• Ocean Shores Councilwoman Holly Plackett holds a weekly no-host coffee hour on Tuesdays at 4 p.m. at the Home Port Restaurant, located at 857 Pt. Brown Ave.
• The Coastal Interpretive Center is at 1033 Catala Ave SE, Ocean Shores. Through fall and winter months, the center will be open on Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Its website and Facebook page has regular updates: www.interpretivecenter.org
• Ocean Shores Friends of the Library (FOL) meets the second Monday each month in the Library meeting room at 573 Point Brown Ave NW at 2 p.m. All interested persons are encouraged to attend.
• Toastmasters Club No. 3942026, North Beach Speech Masters, meets every Thursday from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 199 Ocean Lake Way SE. Guests welcome.
• Bingo at the Elks: Ocean Shores/North Beach Elks Lodge No. 2581 hosts 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 the first and third Tuesdays of the month at noon at Alec’s by the Sea, 131 E. Chance a La Mer NE.
• The North Beach Senior Center and Thrift Store is located at 885 Ocean Shores Blvd. Lunch is served Monday through Saturday 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.; breakfast on Sundays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• The Ocean Shores Food Bank at 848 Anchor Ave. NW provides distributions of food on the first and third Thursday of every month, from 1:30 until 5 p.m. To make arrangements for transportation or food delivery, call Mitch at 309-236-4896 or Galilean Lutheran Church, 360-289-3313.Emergency food is available Monday through Saturday 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.
• The Grace Cafe is open each Friday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for a free Community Meal at Galilean Lutheran Church, 824 Ocean Shores Blvd. NW in Ocean Shores. For more information, call Leslie Reedy at 360-589-3349 and Nina Chalupnik at 651-900-3142.
• 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 UnitedMethodist Church, 557 Point Brown Ave. NW.
• Women Helping Women – Women 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.
• Ocean Shores’ Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) meets Wednesdays at 4:45 p.m. at the Ocean Shores Library.
• There are two Bridge sessions weekly in Ocean Shores: Duplicate Bridge is on Mondays at 12:30 p.m. and Party Bridge is played on Tuesdays at noon. Call for information: (360) 289-2327.
