Community: Jan. 1, 2026
Published 6:00 am Thursday, January 1, 2026
Odd Fellows ballroom receives three grants
The ballroom of the historic Odd Fellows building in Astoria.
The Astoria Arts and Movement Center has received three state grants to help fund the historic restoration of its 1923 ballroom studio in the Odd Fellows building: the Kinsman Foundation’s Historic Preservation Grant, the Oregon Cultural Trust’s Community Development Grant, and an Oregon Community Foundation’s Community Grant.
The Odd Fellows ballroom sustained severe damage when it lost a portion of its roof in the Great Coastal Gale of 2007. The roof was repaired, but the 4,000 square foot ballroom suffered considerable water damage.
The restoration project will take place in February and March, during which the AAMC ballroom studio will be closed. The mezzanine studio located directly above the AAMCwill absorb some of the ballroom classes.
To date the AAMC has received nearly $300,000 in grant funding to restore the Odd Fellows building. Jessamyn Grace West, executive director of the AAMC and co-owner of the building, is “just so grateful for this support.”
For AAMC class schedules and information, go to astoriaartsandmovement.com.
Three county foundations receive Community First awards
Pictured, from left, Crystal Garrison, manager, TLC Marketing and Community Development; Mark Kujala, executive director, Columbia Memorial Hospital Foundation; Rebekah Gustin, donor specialist, CMH Foundation; Luke Pannebaker, manager, TLC Financial Services; and Kari Rempfer, supervisor, TLC Community Development.
TLC, a division of Fibre Federal Credit Union, has announced the recipients of this year’s Community First awards to three organizations in Clatsop County.
This year, the Columbia Memorial Hospital Foundation received $2,000 to support
expansion and improvement projects; the Providence Seaside Hospital Foundation received $2,000 to support the annual Festival of Trees fundraiser; and the Clatsop Community College Foundation received $2,500 for a scholarship and the annual Bandit Celebration. All three foundations have received this award in the past.
Community First is a multi-year sponsorship. To date, the credit union has donated $284,500 to 13 hospital foundations and seven community college foundations.
Cultural Grants to be awarded to local organizations
The public is invited to attend the Clatsop County Cultural Coalition’s annual awards
ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8, at Suomi Hall, 244 W. Marine Drive, when $24,000 in grants will be presented to 14 Clatsop County organizations involved in promoting, furthering and providing for the arts, heritage and humanities in the area.
Funding comes from the Oregon Cultural Trust, with additional funds for 2026 from the Oregon Community Foundation and the Roundhouse Foundation.
Coalition co-chair Charlene Larsen will serve as emcee for the evening. The Suomi School Kantele Group will provide entertainment. Special guest speakers are Leila Collier, president of Friends of Suomi Hall, and Eric Williams, president of the Suomi Hall Restoration Committee. Light refreshments will be served.
For information, go to clatsopculturalcoalition.org/index.html.
Keller, Drury and Glover-Cloutier join CMH
From left, Dr. Andrea Keller, Dr. Brian Drury, and Danielle Glover-Cloutier.
Columbia Memorial Hospital has announced that board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Andrea Keller, a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, has joined the CMH-Oregon Health and Science University Health Obstetrics & Gynecology Clinic.
For the past six years, Keller has been an OB/GYN hospitalist in the Bend area for St. Charles Medical Center and Asante Rogue Medical Center, and has more than 13 years of practice experience.
After earning a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine, Keller completed an OB/GYN residency at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Keller is especially interested in high-risk obstetrics and childhood and adolescent gynecological medicine, but also takes care of OB/GYN patients at all ages and stages of life.
Dr. Brian Drury has joined the CMH Emergency Department with several years of experience in emergency and wilderness medicine. While earning a medical degree from Penn State College of Medicine, Drury simultaneously completed a master’s of education degree.
Drury finished an emergency medicine residency with Alpert Medical School of Brown University, received a fellowship in the Academy of Wilderness Medicine from the Wilderness Medical Society in Austin, Texas, and earned a diploma of mountain medicine from the University of New Mexico.
After working as a consultant with REI, Drury worked on projects that included designing an REI wilderness first aid kit for various environments, and has also worked as an emergency medical technician and volunteer firefighter, among other roles.
Danielle Glover-Cloutier, a certified family nurse practitioner, has joined the CMH-OHSU Health Primary Care Clinic – Warrenton. Glover-Cloutier earned a master’s degree in Family Nurse Practice from Washington State University. Areas of special medical interest include autism, ADHD, autoimmune issues, gender-affirming care, LGBT+ health care and diabetes management.
Glover-Cloutier most recently worked at Cowlitz Family Health Center in Longview, Washington, providing comprehensive primary care in a highly underserved, rural setting characterized by widespread poverty and limited healthcare access.
