Clatsop Weavers and Spinners Guild is a great group of women (but men are welcome too) who are interested in weaving, spinning, knitting and furthering these crafts in our community. The guild meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month, usually at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco. Spinners get together the 1st Tuesday of the month, either in Ocean Park or Astoria and also most Thursday evenings at the Shelburne Inn, Seaview. Contact me for more info! 360-244-2660 or email me! See our photo gallery as it grows.
Archive for February, 2009
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CROWN JEWEL OF J PLACE! PRICE JUST REDUCED TO $599,000 3 bedrooms and 2-1/2 baths with stunning views of both the ocean and the Willapa Hills |
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NEW LISTING! 30006 H Pl, Surfside Canal Frontage 61′ x 130′ $45,000 |
This month has certainly flown by! We’ve had some wonderful sunshine, wind & rain and now they say we may get snow! Well, why not? That’s what makes living at the beach so interesting.
Watch for more news on what’s happening here on the Discovery Coast!
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This info was sent to me by the Visitor’s Bureau: CON ARTISTS TEXT CONSUMERS TO POSE AS BANKS, CREDIT CARDS
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BBB recommends not trusting text messages that discuss finances. Lake Oswego, OR — Feb. 18, 2009 — Your Better Business Bureau has received recent inquiries showing that con artists are using text messages to attempt to scam financial-institution customers. Scam examples: – Washington and Oregon consumers called your BBB saying they received the following scam text message: “Application Center / This is an automated message from Cullman Savings Bank. Your ATM card has been suspended. To reactivate call urgent at 1-888-873-9356.” Cullman Savings Bank Web site says they “do not use e-mail, text messaging or telephone calls to verify personal or account information.” – Alaska consumers called your BBB and Alaska State Troopers sent out a press release warning that text messages were being sent that falsely informed consumers their Credit Union One account had been suspended. It directed mobile phone owners to call the bank at 870-345-4202, or visit 8705874360@cu1.org to resolve the problem. Credit Union One will never send consumers a text message or e-mail to verify account information. Smishing: Such scams – where consumers are contacted through a text message in hopes of swiping their personal information – are known as smishing. Your BBB advises the following to avoid smishing scams: – Assume unsolicited text messages are fraudulent. – Know your financial institutions’ communication policies. These can be found on the Web site or by calling the customer service line. Financial institutions will never contact you for personal or account information via text message or e-mail. – If you receive an unsolicited message supposedly from a financial institution, contact the business at the number you know is valid – not the number in the unsolicited message. Check the legitimacy of the message in this way. Never reply back, click on links or visit Web sites from unsolicited messages. – Consumers can also report unsolicited text messages to their phone service provider. – If you discover you have provided financial account information to a scam artist, contact the financial institution immediately. If you had money stolen from the account, file a police report and place a fraud alert with the three major credit reporting agencies: Equifax, 800-525-6285; Experian, 888-397-3742; and TransUnion, 800-680-7289. Visit www.bbb.org to stay up-to-date on scams affecting your area.
Pacific County to Begin Monthly Testing of AHAB Sirens
South Bend, Washington – The Pacific County Emergency Management Agency (PCEMA) will begin monthly testing of the All Hazard Alert Broadcast (AHAB) sirens on Monday, March 2, 2009, at noon. Monthly tests will occur at noon on the first Monday of each month thereafter.
The AHAB sirens will sound the Westminster Chimes for 10 seconds followed by a 15 second verbal message stating “This is a test of the Emergency Management Agency Tsunami Warning System. This is only a test.”
In actual events, the AHAB sirens will sound the constant tone (no warble) for three continuous minutes, and may be followed by a verbal message. The Pacific County Tsunami Plan calls for the AHAB sirens to be activated any time Pacific County is placed within the area of a tsunami warning. A tsunami warning means that an earthquake in the Pacific Rim may have generated a tsunami wave that has the potential to reach the Pacific County coastline within a three hour window of time.
There are currently ten AHAB sirens installed along the Long Beach Peninsula located in the areas of Ilwaco, Seaview, Long Beach, Surfside, and Ocean Park. There is also an AHAB siren located in Bay Center. Service on the installations was recently completed to upgrade equipment and replace defective voice chips. Sirens are not designed to be heard indoors and the sound may also be impacted by adverse weather. Residents are encouraged to have alternate methods of warning such as NOAA weather radios, which are tested weekly and can be heard indoors.
The PCEMA has requested assistance from Pacific County Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) volunteers in tracking the success of the test. Residents with questions or concerns may contact the PCEMA office at (360) 875-9340 or (360) 642-9340.
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It’s almost spring – just look outside and you can tell! Are you thinking of selling your home? There are a lot of things you can be doing right now so you’re ready to go. Read the article here and then re-read paragraph 4. Then you call me and we can discuss what it’s going to take for you to compete in this unique market at the beach.
Since I’m busy putting my site back together, lots of my cute cat photos have disappeared. But I couldn’t resist sneaking this one in. This is Julie asleep in the “condo”.
USING A REVERSE MORTGAGE FOR A HOME PURCHASE?!
Here’s a site with answers to a lot of questions. HUD It’s an interesting concept and I’d love to find someone out there who wants to be my “test case”. Any takers?
I have a few rental properties to tell you about:
1 bedroom, furnished or not, Ocean Park on the bus line. $500/month
2 bedroom, 1-3/4 bath condo in downtown Long Beach, $975/month, furnished. (also for sale at $219,000)
Restaurant, turn-key. Port of Ilwaco (The Port Bistro). $2500/month
Our site is finally back up and running, but unfortunately, everything I’ve done during the last 3 months is gone. It will take quite awhile for me to rebuild the “our listings” site but please be patient. My thanks to Beachdog.com for all the hard work. I know this outage effected more than just me, but you made me feel like I was your main concern.
I hope everyone has a great week. You know where I’ll be – right here in front of the computer!
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