Peninsula Sanitation Service
For residential and commercial trash pickup, the Peninsula Sanitation office, located at 116 Howerton Way SE in Ilwaco (360.642.2541) is open Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.

Also available are yellow plastic bags for purchase (~$6). These bags are picked up by Peninsula Sanitation when left on the side of the road.  You can get them at the Peninsula Sanitation office.

Don’t forget to visit the recycling dumpsters on NE 9th in Long Beach!

Geno’s Plumbing
PO Box 1456
Ocean Park, WA 98640
360-665-3624

With over 30 years experience in remodels, new construction and repairs, Geno’s Plumbing offers a professional job at very reasonable rates.  No job is too small. License Bonded and Insured, Wa Lic#Ginosp 984pu

Ocean Spirits
800 Pacific Hwy South
PO Box 1374
Long Beach Wa. 98631
360-642-2583

Our local purveyor of spirits is open Monday through Saturday from 11AM-7PM.   June 15 through September 15, hours change to 11AM-8PM on Fridays and Saturdays.  Here, you’ll find a wide variety of liquors as well as mixers and bar paraphernalia.

Ilwaco Odd Fellows Lodge No. 118
Instituted March 26, 1892

Ilwaco Odd Fellows Meet the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Odd Fellows Hall on the corner of Spruce & 1st Streets in Ilwaco, Washington.

Noble Grand: Kathleen Middleton payed
Secretary: Fred Molsby
Phone: 360-783-2465

The Odd Fellows are a fraternal organization.  The Ilwaco Odd Fellows is a small part of a worldwide organization which is in 28 countries. The Ilwaco Odd Fellows support our Shelter with regular donations and yearly dues.  Ilwaco Odd Fellows help our community through donations to local charities and organizations such as SPCHS.

Pacific County Master Builders President Glenn Trusty presents a check to Keith Schwartz for the South Pacific County Humane Society. Money for the donation was raised through the Pacific County Master Builders’ annual surplus sale. Each year the group votes to determine which non-profit organization will benefit from the surplus sale’s earnings. This year’s sale raised about $2,600 for the no-kill shelter.

SPCHS wants to give a BIG shout out to Glenn & Hillary Trusty, and to all the Pacific County Master Builders, for the check presented to us last week, the result of their choosing us as a beneficiary of their annual surplus sale.  Thanks, Master Builders!!

Read on; the group will be holding a Home and Garden Show at the Elks next weekend (July 24-25-26, 2009).  We’ll be there and hope to see you!

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Home and Garden Show highlights top-quality talent

By AMANDA FRINK
Chinook Observer Staff Writer

LONG BEACH – The first-ever Pacific County Master Builders Home and Garden Show will come to the Peninsula next weekend to educate and help area residents plan for home and outdoor improvements. [more]

Glenn Trusty, president of South Pacific County Master Builders (a chapter within Olympia Master Builders), says he hopes the event will provide networking opportunities, encourage local business support, and bring a positive change to the local market.

“The focus is to support local contractors,” says Trusty. “People can come see what they can do and what is offered by each of them – there’s a wide range and variety.”

Information, specials, rebates, coupons, discounts and promotional items will be available from many participating vendors, including Dr. Roof, Wall’s Group Services, Nichol’s Masonry and Concrete, Adair Homes, Penguin Windows, Oman and Son, Northwest Home Improvement, Sherwin-Williams Paint, Kitchen Craft, K-Designers, Bonney’s B.J. & R Construction, Dennis Company, Ford Electric and Olympia Master Builders. And don’t miss your chance to win some door prizes!

South Pacific County Master Builders meet the second Thursday of each month from September through July. The group hosts a guest speaker at each meeting to discuss various issues, including representatives from and information regarding the county, community development, green building, energy efficiency, Pacific County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Labor and Industries. Members are also given the opportunity to take classes to further their education.

“Olympia Master Builders sets the pace for the future, for the community,” explains Trusty, whose wife, Hillary, is the home show chair.

Sponsored by Penguin Windows, KAST 1370 AM radio, KCRX 102.3 FM radio and the Chinook Observer, the Pacific County Master Builders Home and Garden Show will be held at the Elks Lodge, 110 North Pacific Way in Long Beach. Hours of operation will be Friday, July 24 from noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday, July 25 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, July 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.

Vendor spaces and outdoor food booth spaces are still available, as well as tables for non-profit organizations. For more information on participating in the show, contact Rhonda Coleman at 360-534-9684.

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Pioneer Market
2006 N Pacific, Long Beach, WA 98631
360-642-4004

Gas Station and convenience store located in north Long Beach has been a favorite of Rod Runners and locals for years.  Stop in and see that Pioneer is much more than your average convenience store!

My family has been in the convenience store business since 1981 when my father, Art bought Uncle Bob’s Cannery and turned it into Art’s Market. It was a wonderful business and home but in spring of 1995 my parents decided that it was falling apart and we needed to make some changes. So we demolished our business and home and a few months later in July of 1995 Pioneer Market featuring Chevron fuel was open for business. We strive to be a clean, friendly place where customers can feel welcome and appreciated.

Pioneer Market supports the shelter through paying for a membership and donating money. We also put fliers up in our community board when given to us and, whenever possible we display SPCHS events on our big reader board. One of our family members/employees has donated bags and bags of pet food. I have donated money, food, and garage sale items in previous years and also always attend the sales when I can.

Long Beach Realty pride them selfs on superior service and area expertise.  Long Beach Realty has been in business since 1938 with a vast property selection and rental property services. Please contact one of the knowelegable agents for information on peninsula listings.

DENNIS OMAN REALTY was started in 1989 by Dennis and Marion Oman.  Dennis  grew up on the Long Beach Peninsula and has been selling real estate here since 1978. Dennis Oman Realty’s office motto is HOMETOWN PRIDE.  The agents strive to give you person-to-person service and make your sales experience a comfortable one.

Peninsula Hypnotherapy Practice
Michael “Mike” Kutras
1004 Oregon Ave North
PO Box 941
Long Beach WA 98631
360-642-4544

Pierson & Son Construction Inc
18000 Sandridge Rd
Long Beach, WA 98631
(360) 642-2796

Pierson and Son Construction has been serving the Peninsula for over 30 years. Specializing in lot preparation, excavation, paving, septic work, site development, tree services and more. Contact them to see what they can do for you.

Carol Pierson and her husband Woody share their home with twelve Springer Spaniels. Carol works with the SPCHS as a rescue for Springer Spaniels that may come through our Shelter. She would happily place a Springer in the home of one of the many lovers of the breed she currently has on a waiting list.

Take a look at the Chinook Observer article for the remarkable story their lost dogs and the dedication they have to the beloved pets.

Unique Petique
2103 Pacific Ave N
Long Beach, WA 98631
360-642-1202
Don’t pass by Unique Petique!

2 stores in 1 ‘Unique’ is in our name, and that is what you’ll find. Nautical, garden, pet-related and fun gifts. Toys, treats, food, clothing–everything your pets need for a happy life.

Expect the best. Unique Petique supports the adoption of pets through the shelter with information and bargains for your newly adopted pet.  Tell them you’ve recently adopted and see what good things come your way!

Breakers pet fees fund donation to Peninsula’s no-kill shelter

Mike Litawa gives check to SPCHS Treasurer Jane Holeman

Cutler Management, Inc., managing agent for the Breakers, a beachfront condominium resort in north Long Beach, made a donation of more than $1,000 to South Pacific County Humane Society (SPCHS) in Long Beach this week. The ceremony was marked with a check presentation and photos Monday afternoon.

After deciding at the end of last year to donate a portion of collected pet fees, the total sum of the fees for the first half of 2009 have been rounded up by Cutler Management to present to the no-kill shelter. Fees are collected by most pet-friendly lodging establishments, ranging from $10 to $50 per night on average.

“Pet fees here on the Peninsula are typically lower than we find elsewhere in the state,” noted Una Boyle, executive director of the Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau. “We are a very pet-friendly community, with many merchants welcoming dogs in their stores and providing biscuits and water for their canine customers. Having a no-kill shelter is something this community should be very proud of and the Breakers sets a great example by donating their pet fees.”

Said Mike Litawa, president of Cutler Management and second vice president of the shelter: “It is great to be able to welcome dogs onto our lawns, dunes and beach and at the same time generate money that goes towards helping homeless pets in our local community.”

From data entry to event planning, management and execution, board service, paperwork, fundraising and more, Cutler Management offers up hundreds of staff hours each year to the cause of finding forever homes for lost and surrendered pets in need of a new family. Cutler Management Business Manager Michelle Zinkevics is new to the SPCHS Board of Directors this year, “I’ve been involved with shelters in other communities and I am really impressed with the way this community supports its Humane Society. It costs a lot to keep the doors open and, month after month, from coins dropped in donation jars to writing checks, to supporting events and fundraisers, this community pays the bills.”

“Every dollar makes a difference” is written across the bottom of the hand-written thank-you notes board members Keleigh Schwartz and Harriet Cavalli send out weekly. Based on the many avenues this organization works to receive funds, it would seem to be true. Bequests and planned giving are boosts to the bottom line and the organization holds a number of events throughout the year, as well as an annual raffle, to raise the nearly $11,000 per month it costs to operate frugally. Donors sponsor pets for adoption and many of these are ‘paid forward’ with the pet’s adopter paying the fee for another pet before taking their new family member home. Memorial plaques hang on the wall of the shelter’s lobby, another fundraiser. Donations of hand-crafted goods are often at the front counter for sale and donation jars can be found throughout the community.

In addition to cash donations, a wish list can be found on www.beachpets.com, the shelter’s Web site. Board President Keleigh Schwartz is quick with an answer, when asked what is needed at the moment. “Kitty litter and pet food, especially kitten and puppy food and milk. We were so fortunate last year that 100 percent of our pet food was donated. One bag, one dollar at a time, SPCHS donors, staff and volunteers get the job done.”

Discovery Coast Real Estate owners Cheri and her husband Charlie have 6 cats of their own and regularly sponsor cats at the SPCHS. Click on the link to the blog for more wonderful cat photos:  http://discoverycoastrealestate.com/

Discovery Coast Real Estate, with 15+ years experience, is able to provide you, as buyer or seller, quality assistance. If you’re looking for a home, vacation cottage, commercial property, vacant land, or investment property, they have the tools & expertise you need. Sellers receive professional service from a respected realtor, experienced in the Peninsula’s unique real estate market & South Pacific County. Buyers can instantly be updated on properties that suit their needs. Discovery Coast Real Estate can show & sell any property listed for sale! Thinking of a “for sale by owner?” Discovery Coast can facilitate that transaction too, making sure you’re represented competently. For more info, call or visit the web site: http://discoverycoastrealestate.com/

888-845-8470  or  503-842-6081
Physical Address: 1610 Pacific Ave., Tillamook, OR 97141
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 203, Oceanside, Oregon 97134

Ocean Front Cabins were established in the early 20′s. When they first opened there were both cottages and tent houses available and the road to get to Oceanside was nothing but dirt and wood planks. In 1943 there were 40 cabins and they were called Kirk’s Motel. Through the years there have been many changes to Oceanside. The cabins have had changes made as well. One difference is that there are now only seven cabins. There numbers are 17-23. A remnant of days gone by. When looking at the surrounding hillside you can still pick out homes that were formerly part of Kirk’s.

In 1989, John and Patricia De Ruyter purchased the cottages. They were given a new name and the innkeeper’s residence was turned into a coffee house. Over the past several years, the cabins have been getting spruced up and, although the cabins have been renovated, they still hold the charm that comes with having stood the elements for over 80 years.

In fact all of Oceanside is like a step back in time. There are no shops or large commercial buildings, just a restaurant, tavern, post office a few motels and bed and breakfasts and a coffeehouse. What Oceanside is lacking in modern facilities it more than compensates in lack of crowds, beautiful beaches and stunning scenery.

Oceanside is truly a hidden gem. John and Patricia would love to have you come and stay with them while you discover its secrets and the incredible value of this quiet getaway.