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It’s a Wal-Mart

By Felicia Struve

Coast River Business Journal

WARRENTON Despite pressure by WalMart’s lawyer to close the deal, the Warrenton Planning Commission decided on Oct. 25 to keep the record open for further comment from the public.

Plans for an unnamed big box retailer have been on file with the City of Warrenton Planning Department since June. The Planning Commission and an audience of about

75 people heard testimony on the plan for the first time at its Oct. 25 meeting. “I represent the applicant this evening as a part of this presentation. The retailer of the proposed store will be Wal-Mart. I’d like to make that disclosure at the very beginning of the hearing tonight,” said Greg Hathaway, with Hathaway Koback Connors LLP, the attorney who represented Wal-Mart at the meeting.

The Wal-Mart design

See WAL-MART, page 5

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• Applicant: Pacland, a development consultant • Tenant: Wal-Mart Supercenter • Property owner: PeaksView LLC, which is headed by Ken Leahy • Architect: BCRA Inc. • Land size: 17.03 acres • Building size: 153,500 square feet, plus a 6,599 square-foot garden center • Proposed hours: 24/7

• Employees: 300 • Shipments via truck: 40 per week, up to 10 per day • Parking spaces: 684 (including two for police, four for RVs and 154 for employees) • Bicycle parking: 28 (variance requested to reduce spots from 68) • Traffic control: one traffic light at the intersection of Ensign Lane and the south drive to Costco; a right-only intersection at Ensign and Discovery lanes

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A SHS student speaks about the robotic club, showing a robot from last year’s competition.

By Anthony Rimel

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A congressperson and a state senator walk into a school to drive a basketball-firing robot. No, that’s not a premise for a joke, it’s an event that actually occurred at Seaside High School on Oct. 23, when U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici and State Senator Betsy Johnson visited for a presentation by the school’s robotics team.

In addition to getting a chance to drive the team’s basketball firing robot built for a competition last year, they also listened to a presentation by members of the team.

This site plan and rendering are two of the images Wal-Mart’s representatives presented to the Warrenton Planning Commission at its Oct. 25 meeting. Members of the public and the Planning Commission requested that the design team better tailor the design to the character of the community by including different colors and materials in its design. Courtesy images

See ROBOTICS, page 5

Students help restore historical path for Clatsop Indians

By LeeAnn Neal For the Signal

GEARHART – For their senior project, two Seaside High School students are helping to restore a path that was a key route for Clatsop Indians through modern-day Gearhart.

“We chose the Ridge Path project for our Pacifica because we knew that many residents were hoping to see the trail finished,” said Shota Kanzaki, who with fellow SHS senior Cirilo Herold, is working on completing the trail. “We thought that finishing the trail would be a great way to help and serve the community. We also believe that the trail, once finished, will last for a long time and it will be something that we can be proud of in the future.”

The Pacifica Project is a graduation requirement for

SHS students. To complete a project, students must perform at least 50 hours of community Shota Kanzaki service of their choosing leading toward a project they can present to the community before graduation. “Lots of people help at local hospitals or food banks, clean the beach or supervise a camp,” said Kanzaki.

The Ridge Path, which runs through most of Gearhart and parallels Cottage Avenue, currently starts at F Street and ends at 8th Street.

“It used to be an Indian trail, which they used to go north,” said Kanzaki. “The trail is now used by people taking a

walk or running.

It is a very nice, quiet place.”

The Ridge Path is one of a series of Cirilo Herold natural ridges that formed along the Coast between the ocean and wetlands, from Gearhart through Clatsop Plains to Warrenton, said Gearhart City Manager Chad Sweet. “They are a relatively unique geological feature.” It is composed of sand, soil, tree needles and an elaborate tree root system.

The Ridge Path served as a natural trail for the Clatsop Indians, who maintained a village in Gearhart called

See PATH, page 7

HISTORY SURROUNDING THE TRAIL

By LeeAnn Neal For the Signal

As it restores access to the Ridge Path that runs through the heart of town, the City of Gearhart is mindful of the trail’s historical implications.

The path, said City Manager Chad Sweet, was used by the Clatsop Indians to travel from the village in present-day Gearhart known as Neacoxie to the Columbia River.

“I think interpretation is important,” said Sweet.

“When people understand where they are and its significance, they tend to tread a little more lightly. So we’re going to look at ways to add some interpretation to

‘Jennie Michele,’ whose Clatsop name was Tsinistum. Her mother greeted Lewis & Clark when their expedition visited Seaside in 1805. (Seaside Museum) the path, and possibly create some maps.”

Neacoxie, sometimes

See HISTORY, page 7

Natural Nook owner celebrates 10th year with Windermere Foundation fundraiser

By Samantha Swindler

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The Natural Nook moved to Gearhart this year.

GEARHART – Cathie Cates is celebrating her 10th year in the floral business with a fundraiser for the local arm of the Windermere Foundation.

The Natural Nook is hosting the “First Annual November at the Nook Fundraiser” from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1. The Natural Nook, a full-service florist and garden center, moved to its new location at 738 Pacific

Way in Gearhart earlier this year.

“It was a good move,” Cates said. “It’s night and day from Seaside.”

The new location isn’t much larger as far as building square footage.

But the space has a better layout for the store, and it includes a large garden area where Cates and business partner Pam Fleming have greatly expanded the Back Alley Gardens portion of the business.

A sign still declares the

See NATURAL NOOK, page 5

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‘Weekend’ redefined for historical barn The Council’s Oct. 25 decision ends the reconsideration process and puts into place the modified amendments to the conditional use permit.

This amendment document will now be forwarded to LUBA. Smith has 21 days to decide whether to “reinstate” her notice of intent to appeal with the LUBA. If she does, the City then has 21 days from that point to send its record of events to LUBA. After the record is received, Smith has another 21 days to file a “petition for review,” which actu-

By Samantha Swindler

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GEARHART – On Oct. 25, the Gearhart City Council finalized its recommendation from the previous week, officially changing two conditions in the conditional use permit for the Barn at Neacoxie Creek events center.

The first change redefines “weekend” as lasting from 10 a.m. Saturday to 10 p.m. Sunday and no longer includes Friday as part of the weekend. Since the Barn is restricted to hosting only one event per weekend, the change means owner Shannon Smith can hold events on a Friday and Saturday in the same weekend.

The second change removes restrictions on set up and tear down times.

The original conditional use permit required set up and tear down occur within the “weekend” time frame.

Now, those activities can take place without restriction. However, the requirement that “prior to each event, a written notification of the event with a date of the event and the number of persons expected shall be provided to the City” remains.

The changes are small

The interior of Shannon Smith’s Barn at Neacoxie Creek. victories for Smith, but she still faces a slew of other hurdles before she can begin holding legal events in the historic barn.

A total of 13 Conditions of Approval must be met by the Barn, and only two were modified during the meeting.

And those Conditions of Approval don’t even go into building code requirements Smith has failed to meet.

“I appreciate that they did the bare minimum, but I am still disappointed,” Smith said after the meeting.

She said she had not yet confered with her attorney

Seaside City Council approves annual CEDR contribution The Seaside City Council last week unanimously approved its annual $7,500 contribution to the Clatsop Economic Development Resources group (CEDR.) CEDR Executive Director Kevin Leahy gave a presentation to the City Council describing CEDR’s work to “deliver businessdriven economic development services to create, grow and retain business in Clatsop County.”

In his report to the council, Leahy said CEDR had counseled 173 clients on business matters over the course of 868 hours – with 80 clients coming from the south county area. CEDR worked with four new businesses, and held 33 training events.

The total CEDR annual budget is about $219,000.

According to data from Leahy, the cities of Astoria and Seaside both contribute $7,500, Warrenton gives $5,000, and Cannon Beach gives $2,000 to the organization. About $60,000 comes from Clatsop County

lottery funds.

On Nov. 7, Leahy will be speaking before the Gearhart City Council and requesting that the city contribute $2,000 to CEDR. Gearhart has “not contributed for several years,” Leahy said.

Other funds include $10,000 from Clatsop Community College, $5,000 from Pacific Power; $1,000 from Clatsop Community Bank; $9,000 in other private sector sponsorships, $83,000 in federal and Small Business Development Center grants, and about $27,000 in carryover from the previous fiscal year.

Leahy’s presentation also detailed CEDR’s budgeted expenses – $165,204 in wages and benefits to employees; $10,000 to contracted consultants; $20,600 in advertising, travel, supplies and miscellaneous costs; $12,000 in rent for CEDR’s Seaside-based headquarters; and $11,600 in anticipated carryover into the next fiscal year.

and was unsure whether she would continue the appeals process to the Land Use Board of Appeals.

A bit of background: The City Council had approved amendments to the most recent conditional use permit for the Barn on June 21. Smith then filed a “notice of intent to appeal” that decision (not quite an actual appeal) with the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA).

In response, on Aug. 3 the City withdrew its June 21 decision and reconsidered the issue, an action that effectively suspended the “notice of intent to appeal.”

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Smith said she held 11 events at the site this summer – all of them against city codes. She says the city failed to work with her as she tried to address their concerns about the space.

“I had a terrible ‘Sophie’s choice’ to make and I begged and offered countless options and continued any way in trying to seek some sort of understanding and middle ground,” Smith said.

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If that’s not enough legalize for you, you can read about the lengthy process in detail here: http://www. oregon.gov/luba/Pages/faq. aspx None of this addresses the fines Smith has acrued over the past several months for continuing to hold events on the Barn site without an occupancy permit.

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Tillamook Rock Light remains a thing of terrible beauty Second part of a two-part feature on Tillamook Rock Light

By LeeAnn Neal For the Signal

Decades after its inaugural lighting in 1881, Tillamook Rock Lighthouse continued to shepherd ships to safety on their way to and from the Columbia River Bar while proving wary locals right about the rock’s inevitable hardships.

Lightkeeper duty on the rock, which was less than one acre in total surface size, was challenging at best, with the four men on duty for three months at a time given little to do but read, talk, sleep and stare at the shoreline. The isolated station went through four principal keepers in its first two years.

Disputes among personnel weren’t uncommon, sometimes leading to fisticuffs. A punching bag hanging in the lightkeepers’ quarters served as a means of some tension relief.

“Everywhere I looked, the place took on more of the aspects of an insane asylum instead of what I had pictured a lighthouse to be,” wrote James A. Gibbs, a Tillamook Rock lightkeeper from 1945 until 1946 in his book, “Tillamook Light,” published in 1979.

“When night came on dark and eerie, I could see the hint of lights at the distant resorts of Seaside and Cannon Beach.

I knew for the first time what men imprisoned at Alcatraz, in the center of San Francisco Bay, must have felt.”

Gibbs wrote of tales of a lighthouse ghost based on inexplicable moaning sounds heard throughout the station.

Over the decades, many lightkeepers told of hearing cries from below the rock, while others talked of a phantom ship sighting. To this day, there are those on the mainland who claim to see ghostly lights from the tower, despite the fact that the lens was removed long ago. Others tell of a Native American legend in which a tunnel running underwater connects the living on the shore with the dead who reside at the rock.

This Oregon Journal newspaper clipping shows the last crew to serve at Tillamook Rock Light, pictured here in 1956.

Worse than isolation and swept away the station’s derghost stories for the lightkeep- rick, which had been secured ers were the frequent storms to the rock with iron bolts burthat pummeled the small ied more than three feet under island. Significant storms octhe rock’s surface and snapped curred in 1880, during the sta- its telephone cable and heating tion’s construction, 1894 and system pipes.

1919. Shortly after the January Wading through water in 1880 storm, builder Frederick the cold and dark, soaked to A. Talbott wrote of the event, the skin, the men were forced “at 6 o’clock in the evening, to hang from the station’s the hurricane burst and the rafters several times to avoid workmen witnessed a sight as waves and high water. they had never seen before, for Despite the chaos and the whole coast seemed in the destruction, the crew went grip of it with Tillamook Rock to work around the clock the vortex.” repairing what damage it The worst storm to hamcould. While replacing broken mer the rock occurred in 1934. window glass with emergency On Oct. 20 that year, the crew wooden shutters, Hansen – Principal Keeper William severely cut his hand on a jagHill, First Assistant Henry Jen- ged piece of glass. kins, Hugo Hansen and Robert With the lantern and fog Fogg – noted a howling east signal both inoperative, the wind and light rain begincrew set up a temporary fixed ning about 10 p.m. Later that light in consideration of any evening, the wind increased ships that may have had the to gale force at 100 mph and misfortune to be nearby. shifted to the southwest.

Jenkins, an amateur radio By 3 a.m. on Oct. 21, the enthusiast, built a shortwave seas were extremely high, transmitter/receiver from throwing spray over the top of broadcast receiver parts, batthe rock. teries, tinfoil scraps and brass.

At 9:30 that morning, JenTwo days later, on the evening kins awoke soaked through by of Oct. 23, he made a successa wave that had crashed over ful call to an Astoria HAM ophis bed. Subsequent waves erator. He asked him to relay slammed at the window shuta message to the lighthouse ters until they broke through superintendent concerning the and shattered the glass, floodsignificant station damage, the ing the lightkeepers’ quarters broken light and fog signal, and hurling timber, boulders Hansen’s injury, and a request and fish at the station. for repair supplies.

Even bigger waves crashed Jenkins continued to over the lighthouse tower, transmit messages from the snuffing the light, crashmakeshift radio until the seas ing through lantern panes, calmed and help could be demolishing the Fresnel lens dispatched to the rock. and cascading down the spiral The Oregonian newspaper stairwell. The turbulent ocean ran an article on Oct. 24 head-

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In an official report , Lighthouse District Superintendent R.R. Tinkman wrote that the crew’s combined efforts during the storm were “an example of sheer heroism in the force of almost overpowering odds. … It was a titanic struggle.”

It took several months to repair damage at Tillamook Rock Light. However, there was never another Fresnel lens at the station. Instead, workers replaced it with an electric Great Lakes-type aero-marine revolving beacon protected by a wire mesh cage.

By 1957, Tillamook Rock Light had become an extremely expensive to maintain navigational relic.

Its last keeper, Oswald Allik, switched off its light forever that year when the station was

officially decommissioned.

The US Coast Guard replaced it with an automated offshore buoy.

The federal government sold the rock to private interests. Although a succession of owners tried to restore it over the years, the rock’s inaccessibility hampered their efforts.

In 1980, Mimi Morrissette, a real estate developer, bought the rock with a handful of investors for $50,000. Her Eternity by the Sea Marketing group turned it into the Eternity at Sea Columbarium.

According to a New York Times article published in 2007, Eternity lost its Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board license in 1999 after state officials said the owners had not kept accurate records of cremated remains placed there and that because urns rest on boards and concrete blocks rather than in niches, the lighthouse does not qualify as a columbarium.

Today the rock, with its ever-decaying station, is a federally protected wildlife refuge, home to nesting common murres and cormorants.

Despite its decades of bad publicity, the rock was held in high esteem by some. Longtime lightkeeper Bob Gerloff, who was forced to retire in the 1930s, refused to take shore leave when his turn came.

He loved the rock and worried about it constantly after returning to life on the land in Seaside. Each evening he walked to the shore to make sure the Tillamook Rock Light turned on.

Even Gibbs came around somewhat. Of finishing his tour of duty, he wrote, “I somehow knew I was going to miss the natural surroundings; the untamed, changing seascape and the moods of weather. Above all, I would miss the ocean, a capricious destroyer yet a thing of beauty.”

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Viewpoints Lyme Disease and shopping bags I get goosebumps witnessing any of the space experiments Q: Our family spends the summer to shoes and all clothing. hiking all over the northwest. Our Following these steps should help neighbor’s daughter got Lyme Disease. prevent Lyme Disease.

How can we prevent that illness?

- Joy-Salem Q: My sister came to visit me, and A: Lyme disease is caused by a she was horrified I was using reusable bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, which bags to do my grocery shopping. She is spread through the bite of infected says they are dirty. Is she right? black legged ticks (or deer - Thelma-Portland tick, Ixodes scapularis). The A: Reusable bags are widely used ticks can attach to any part all over Oregon. They are very handy of the human body, includto do your grocery shopping, and take ing the groin, armpits, and to the farmers markets. However they scalp. The tick must be must be washed regularly in the washattached for 36-48 hours ing machine or by hand. or more before the Lyme Researchers at the University of disease bacterium can be Arizona, and Loma Linda UniverTHE DOCTOR sity found huge amounts of bacteria transmitted.

The deer tick is found in (including E. coli) in about 12% of the IS IN DR. PHYLLIS RITCHIE grassy areas, open fields, reusable bags tested. and especially the margin Recently there was an outbreak of where fields meet wooded norovirus (which causes a stomach areas. The risk of being bitten by a deer flu) among 17 members of a girls’ soccer tick infected with Lyme disease is greatteam and their four adult chaperones est in the summer months of June and while attending a tournament in WashJuly. ington state. The common link was a To avoid ticks avoid walking through reusable grocery bag of snacks that had tall grass and shrubby areas. Wear slacks been stored in the bathroom. tucked into socks and wear light colIn summary you must wash your reusored clothing to make it easier to detect able bags on a regular basis. ticks. Stay close to the center of hiking trails to avoid brushing against foliage.

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Letters to the Editor Hope and Change revisited

It was former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Democrat, Tip O”Neal’s observation that all politcs is local.

For the last eight years, Oregon has elected Democrat Governors, State Representative for House District #32 and Congressional District #1. How are the Democratic economic plans working for you? Have you taken a walk through Seaside, Cannon Beach, and Astoria lately?

If you have, you will notice all the empty buildings with “for lease or for sale signs.”

Oregon has the terrible distinction of being number one with people on food stamps.

Our Governors, State and Congressional Representatives keep promising that they are working for jobs and working across the aisle to create economic growth for families.

The problem is their record reveal votes for higher taxes that impact families and business, more government regulation that hinder business growth and very little respect for the people’s tax dollars. Their mantra is: reducing spending is bad, spending more money is good, as you become more dependent on government and less self-reliant.

The time for change in Salem and Washington D.C. is long overdue as the failure of hope and change surrounds us.

We can no longer accept false promises and failed economic policies.

Do you and your family want some hope for the future? Do you want a job? If you have not voted, mark your ballot for State Representative, Jim Welch; Congressional Representative, Delinda Morgan; as well as President Mitt Romney. We can rebuild Clatsop County.

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We are pleased that Seaside Carousel Mall, Seaside Public Library, Seaside High School,

Bob Chisholm Community Center and Clatsop Community College all enthusiastically endorsed this effort by allowing us to set up a table to assist in registration.

We were disappointed, however, that probably the largest retail operator in Seaside, our local Safeway Store, not only could not make the decision to have it at the store, nether its corporate headquarters or local store manager expeditiously let us know their decision so we might seek a different locale. As we had pointed out to them in our letter of Aug. 31, this was not intended as a political event as our organization does not permit an endorsement of any political party. It was intended to educate and provide a service to the residents of our area.

We finally did receive a reply from Safeway’s Public Affairs Director, Mr. Dan Floyd, after the state voter registration deadline had passed.

Mr. Floyd stated that “Safeway prohibits petitioning and other ‘free speech’ activity on our property.” It is unfortunate that while other north coast businesses support our efforts, Safeway prefers to judge an act of civic responsibility – registering voters – as too political for their parking lot.

Thank you, citizens of the north coast of Oregon, for participating in our attempts to get residents registered to vote in the upcoming election. We regret that Safeway chose not to be involved in this community service.

Seaside AAUW for Voter Registration Carol Brenneman Pat Lehman June Stromberg Karin Webb Diana McLoughlin

Support Tom Bergin

To the Citizens of Clatsop County, It is with great pleasure that I voice my hearty support for the re-election of Tom Bergin as your county Sheriff.

I have known Sheriff Bergin throughout his tenure as your Sheriff, and have been struck by his unique ability on many occasions. With great tenacity and passion, Sheriff Bergin has fought for Clatsop County not only on a local, but also a statewide level.

Whether conversing in the driveway of a rural farmer, or

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It was really exciting to hear and pamphlets they send us? on PBS that “Upstairs, DownThe most memorable name of stairs” was coming up again. As the month was Baumgartner, the luck would have it, there was no guy who jumped off the narrow re-run as I had hoped, but rather front porch of his capsule, way a new production with not nearly up in the wild blue, tumbled out the quality of the original. Drat, of control for several minutes, I wanted to see Gordon What’sand finally opened his chute and His-Name and the downstairs made a perfect landing on terra cook. firma.

Why do we have an I don’t know what Election Day when so kind of fallout they’re many people choose to expecting from this exvote on another? In the ercise, but every venture old days (there she goes into space seems to have again) absentee ballots many serendipitous efwere for people who fects. I don’t know about were ill, handicapped, you, but I get gooseSCENE unable to get to the polls bumps witnessing any of AND HEARD the space experiments. or out of town on ElecCLAIRE LOVELL tion Day. Now they may They’re so thrilling. be doing it early so they John Pfund has writcan vote again on the ten a book on voter fraud sixth. which contains in this warning to As you know, I believe in all crooks: “Dead people do not neighborhood precincts, bedeserve voting privileges without ing identified and signing your respiration.” name so voting is a privilege. I I love those COPD ads where always resisted voting by mail, an elephant walks behind the perand didn’t vote for Norma Paulus son who has trouble breathing. because it was her project. The I wonder what would happen if camaraderie of a day at the polls that person walked a little faster. is something special, a chunk of Would the elephant push him Americana that brings us togethover? It looks kind of chancy. er. How can anything like that My friend Emmy and I had cost more than all the booklets planned to attend the soup sup-

explaining the fine points of complex legislative initiatives to the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association: Tom Bergin never backs down from the call of duty. He is a committed guardian of public safety in his stance against dangerous and illicit drugs.

Sheriff Tom Bergin’s leadership and unwavering advocacy for Clatsop County is recognized statewide. I strongly support his re-election.

Sincerely, Jack Crabtree Sheriff, Yamhill County

Vote for Widdop for mayor

We desire people who care about this place, who simultaneously support us as we support them, who will strengthen the fabric of our community without self-interest or guile.

For well over 16 years, serving as a city council member, as nearly as long as she has been a resident of Gearhart, Dianne Widdop has made the vital effort to understand and respect many points of view. She is surrounded by a network of neighbors who became friends, and acquaintances that became friends — all who are passionate about living in the residential town named Gearhart. She listens.

The residents, full time or summer time, seem to have several desires in common: finding happiness, seeking unfettered comfort and living with grace…all the time-honored and time-tested elements that exemplify all that everyone here holds near and dear.

Dianne Widdop is passionate about serving Gearhart. She has proven to be fair-minded and just. She will continue to offer fresh solutions to issues raised all the while upholding the laws of the community, if elected mayor.

She is best equipped to face challenges and has proven year after year to take steps to maintain the quality and safety of lives living and visiting Gearhart.

She is a trust-worthy champion, able to look far forward honoring the deeply rooted tradition of Gearhart’s uniqueness. She is the sort of leader desired—and the sort that will steer the community with honor and dignity. I endorse Dianne Widdop for Mayor of Gearhart.

Denise Fairweather Gearhart

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Flooding danger due to debris

The North Coast Conservancy and the Leisure Time Resorts property and all properties east of Wahanna Road north of Broadway are in grave danger of flooding this year due to the placement of logs and stumps in a main drainage channel. They have placed this debris in at least four places on the main channel. This will cause flooding in this area. Due to the fact that this water needs to flow freely, any backup of water will cause flooding in high tides and heavy rains.

I have fought for more than 35 years to control the flooding in this area. Now the North Coast Land Conservancy wants to introduce beavers.

They build dams, which hold back water and will cause flooding in this area.

Many months ago I spoke to Neal Maine and Doug Ray of the North Coast Land Conservancy about the matter of beavers. Doug Ray’s response was “The beavers were here first if you don’t like it you can move.” This statement was witnessed by Jeremy C. Ruark of the Seaside Signal, Jan. 22, 2011.

As I am 73 years old, I don’t know of any beaver older than me, and I have no intention of moving for the North Coast Land conversancy or any beaver.

Remove the debris from the main channel.

Dave Langlo Seaside Editor’s Note: Jeremy Ruark says he did not hear the statement, although he did see Langlo speaking with Doug Ray on the date in question.

Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Awards

The recent 6th Annual Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Awards and Social held in Warrenton was greatly appreciated by our law enforcement and commented on by many of the public that attended. Awards were presented to Detective Matt Beeson of the Oregon State Police who was the recipient of the James D. Shepherd Memorial Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award, and it’s Runner Up to Officer Kranak of the Warrenton Police. Additional awards of SUBSCRIPTIONS Annually: $26 in county; $38 out of county.

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Achievement were given to Sergeant Vincent Yokoyama, Gearhart Police and Deputy Chance Moore, Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office. This year Reserve award went to Officer Jim Rankin, Warrenton Police and a Special Appreciation to Chaplain Jerry Gaidos Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office.

There are many people involved in making this program work and I want to mention them. Curtis Peugh was our acting Chaplain and assisted in setting up, taking down and the free raffle.

He is a life member of the Marine Corps League, North Coast Detachment 1228. His lovely wife, Florence assisted him. Lois Sheker, every year steps forward and decorates the tables and is constantly surprising us. Betsy Jasmin, who prepares the desserts and makes the beautiful gift baskets that are given to the spouse of each award recipient and is my great backup.

Our Commandant of Detachment 1228, Lou Neubecker, is a very strong supporter of law enforcement. He is the Adjutant of Post 99 American Legion and a District Commander #1. He is also the Vice Commander of the Seaside VFW Post.

The perpetual LEOY Memorial plaque showing the names of the past top officer recipients is now on display at the Astoria Office of the Oregon State Police for the next year when it will be picked up and readied for the next presentation. I hope that I will be able to participate again as coordinator for the 7th annual. That will be up to the Detachment 1228 and God. The Marine Corps League, North Coast Detachment 1228 was formed in 2005 with the forming of eight Charter members, lead by a determined “Mustang” Marine Captain, Dan Crocket, Commandant at that time.

From there several programs were brought forward. I was asked to coordinate a law enforcement program, which became the James D. Sheperd Memorial Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Awards.

My main concern then and still is that law enforcement officials might take the program in a light that would overlook their own promotion and awards programs. I have attempted to insure that is not our intention. We realize the Chief of a Police Department and Sheriff have their own special criteria for awards and are both exceptional and rewarding. The Marine Corps League just wants to add and additional Thank You for Special and Demanding work that a law enforcement person encounters every day.

Our nominations are open to all law enforcement within Clatsop County as well as to the general public. Contact Mel Jasmin, 503-861-2030, 503-440-0086 or fax 503861-2035 or mel@houseofjasmin.com. Nominations will be accepted for the 7th annual no later than 20 September 2013.

Respectfully, Mel Jasmin Coordinator LEOY

per at the Convention Center.

We didn’t make it in time so we went to Riley’s for lemon pie and coffee. While there, we talked with Sandy and Terry Underhill who were having an anniversary celebration on the 14th. Also present were Frank Brougher and a friend whom I didn’t know.

Conversation flowed freely.

It was such a nasty day, our Columbus Day Storm two days late. The flag at the police station flapped around so badly, it split down the middle. There was no light on it either. I let them know when I got home.

Saturday was the memorial service for Judy Crandall, who died on Oct. 9. It was a comforting service with friends and family getting to know each other. Debbie Vail and Laurel Adelman sang a beautiful duet and a few people told of their relationship with Judy. She wrote a book about her trials with M.S. It’s titled, “Turning Toward the Light.” We’ll surely miss her sweet presence.

N.B., Love at first sight is often cured by a second look.

Claire Lovell lives in Seaside and can be reached at (503) 738-7215.

Most important vote in history

Your vote is the most important vote in our country’s history. Your vote for continued freedom and opportunity is crucial to reverse much of the current administration’s agenda to take over every part of our lives. Obama has written more executive orders than any past president most bypassing a vote by our elected legislators.

I am certain whether, or not, Obama wins we will see a major push in the next two months to remove all firearms from all the law abiding citizens via United Nations vote bypassing our wishes.

Next will be some level of freedom of speech, take over of private industry, and more to create a much bigger government controlling our every move.

We need a REAL American born, raised and educated in our values who understands our freedoms and opportunities. We need a President with business experience to pull us through many of the worldwide challenges, and not afraid to show his history we can believe on short notice.

Our President must treat and be treated as an equal, no bowing to anyone, in solving serious problems like food and potable water shortage, natural resources which will not last forever, reducing the huge debt of the last four years, creating a balanced budget, health care equal for all our citizens that want such, bring jobs and our military home and many more. Yes, a reduced balanced budget we have hope for years.

I am an American first, and a registered Republican second as I want to be the best I can be in learning good, and serving others including my family to be their best as they seek their goals for the success only available in a truly free society.

We need a leader who is a born American, who understands our American way of life enabling him to a strong, determined leader in all areas of concern nationally as well as international, and who believes in God. Please join me in voting Mitt Romney for President of the United States of America.

Russell, Lende, St. Seaside

Time to fix Gearhart government

Gearhart’s city government is broken. On Nov. 6, 2012 residents have a chance to fix it. We can bring back civility and cooperation; get rid of hidden personal agendas.

We can make sure that all of our rules and laws are applied to everyone, equally. We can get rid of the existing “double standard” in our city’s government.

We are voting for Bob Shortman, Dan Jesse and Carolyn Anderson and we urge all of you to do the same.

Bring integrity back to Gearhart’s city government and get us back on the right track.

Dr. Harold T & Jane Gable Gearhart

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n Wal-Mart From page 1 team presented site plans and renderings to the group.

The plans show an “earth colored” 153,500-square-foot store that would offer a full grocery department, general merchandise, a pharmacy, a garden center and a fast-food restaurant, such as Subway or McDonald’s. It is currently oriented to face east, with its truck dock and trash compactor on the west side, facing U.S. Highway 101. To prevent people driving along the highway from being able to see activity at the rear of the store, the plan includes an eight- to 10-foot screen wall along the back of the store. Building such a wall would require the Planning Commission to grant a height variance. Wal-Mart is also requesting a variance to reduce the number of required bicycle parking stalls from 68 to 28. To receive a variance, Wal-Mart will have to prove

that complying with the code would be a hardship on the company. The Planning Commission appeared unimpressed by what they saw.

Commissioner Daryl Birney commented that the screen wall made the building look like a prison from the highway. Commission chair Paul Mitchell said, “While it’s not as bad as some stores I’ve seen, it’s not as good as some stores I’ve seen.” He went on to say that the store ought to reflect the character of the city. “Warrenton is not a place you drive through, it’s a place you drive to.”

Several business owners in the county expressed their opposition to the plan, partly because it’s for Wal-Mart, and partly because Wal-Mart has been working on the plans for at least five years and is only now claiming them. “I’m a little disappointed that it took this long to declare that it’s a WalMart,” said Krista Bingham, owner of Serendipity Caffe in Warrenton. “It’s fair and it’s right to let your local

businesses know what’s coming.” The Planning Commission unanimously voted to leave the record open for written comment for 14 days.

The public has until 5 p.m. on Nov. 1 to submit written comments to the planning department regarding the plans on file and testimony given at the Oct. 25 meeting. Then, the public may give written rebuttals to comments submitted by 5 p.m. on Nov. 8. Comments may be submitted in person at the planning department (225 S. Main Avenue, Warrenton) or by email (cityplanner@ci.warrenton. or.us). The applicant will then have seven days to alter its proposed plans and give its final written argument.

The Planning Commission is expected to meet the evening of Nov. 15 to review the plans again, but a meeting had not been set at the time of this publication.

For more information about the process, contact the Warrenton Building/Planning Department at 503-861-0920.

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building’s name as “Fitzgerald’s,” a gift store that closed years ago, because the building owners want the space to remain the “Fitzgerald’s property.”

One of the biggest compliments Cates has gotten is a comparison to the original store.

“Fitzgerald’s used to be a really cool store, and people say, ‘wow this is as close to Fitzgerald’s as this place has ever been,’ because there were three or four stores after that,” Cates said.

The store is filled with reasonably priced gifts, many of which are made by local and regional artists. Cates said gift and decor sales carry the business in the touristtraffic-driven summer. Winter means the beginning of the busy season for floral arrangements, from Thanksgiving through Mother’s Day. “You have all your major holidays through the winter, and with floral, that’s what carries you through,” said Connie Cosner, who’s worked for the Natural Nook for about two decades.

While this is Cates’ tenth year with the business, the Natural Nook was founded 37 years ago by Lynn Bigsby.

When he retired and moved to Hawaii, Cates – who was and is friends with Cosner – bought the store.

“I used to do wedding flowers, and I worked fulltime and then I retired... from Portland,” Cates said. “We had a condo down here and I knew Connie. I heard the business was for sale and went and looked at it and thought ‘oh, wouldn’t this be fun?’”

Susan Bish to demonstrate plein air painting during First Saturday Art Walk GEARHART – Local artist Susan Bish will be on hand from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3 at Trails End Art Association demonstrating her plein air techniques during the First Susan Bish Saturay Art Walk. Plein air painting is art created outdoors on location.

The public is invited and refreshments will be served.

In addition to her demonstration during the First Saturday Art Walk, Bish will be the Featured Artist for the month of November at Trails End. Many of her offerings will be paintings done locally at various sites. During the

Providence Seaside is hosting a forum on incontinence – the loss of bladder control – a common and often embarrassing problem.

“Please Don’t Make Me Laugh, or Sneeze, or Cough” will be held from 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Providence Seaside Hospital Education Center at 725 S. Wahanna Road. Urologist Richard Zobell,

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Over the years, the Nook moved from an old house on First Street in Seaside, to the Broadway location, and now, to Gearhart.

Cates will be donating a portion of sales from “November at the Nook” to The Windermere Foundation.

The evening will featuring light bites from local chefs from five restaurants: Dooger’s Seafood and Grill, Newmans At 988, The Firehouse Grill, Fulio’s and Simply Cakes By Jae. Wes Warmond, a guitar player from Cannon Beach, will provide music. Wine tasting or purchase will be hosted by The Wine Haus of Seaside.

Admission is free, but funds will be raised via donations, raffle ticket sales and a silent auction.

The idea came to Cates from her realtor, Pam Ackley with Winderemere Real Estate, who is currently listing Cates’ home. The two started talking about the foundation.

Ackley had a need for a fundraiser; Cates had space at her florist shop.

For the past 23 years, the Windermere Foundation has donated a portion of the commission from every home purchased or sold towards

Bonamici was invited to the school by the students to see their robot. She said the team is inspirational and she was excited to see the students at SHS so enthusiastic about learning about science, creativity and teamwork.

“Education is what we need to rebuild the economy and they’re an example of how we can do that,” she said.

Bonamici said programs such as the robotics club at Seaside High School are worth supporting because they engage students, keep them involved, and teach them about more than just building a robot.

“Here they need creativity and innovation to come up with the ideas and to actually build, but they also have to follow the rules. It’s a great hands-on learning experience that prepares them anything in the future,” she said.

The students on SHS’s robotics team are trying

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to raise $13,000 this year to support their activities, which include a competition in Portland that requires a $5,000 entry fee.

Johnson, a State Senator representing a large area of the Oregon Coast including Seaside, heard Bonamici was planning to visit the school and decided to attend the event – with a $,1000 check for the club.

After a speaking engagement, Wells Fargo had offered to make a $1,000 donation to a charity of Johnson’s choosing – and after receiving a letter from the club’s advisor, which she said captured her imagination, she chose to give the money to the Seaside robotics team.

“We got a chance to hear these articulate, smart, creative kids and hopefully this will light a flame under some of their fundraising,” she said.

“These are kids who instead of screwing around after school are figuring out how to get a basketball to shoot better out of their robot. That says the whole thing right there,” said Johnson.

Johnson pointed to a mo-

ment during the presentation by nine of the club members when the students were asked if being involved in the club had influenced their career and educational plans - all of the students raised their hands.

“I’m leaving a true believer,” said Johnson after the presentation.

Alex Stills, a member of the club said robotics is a culturally diverse team, and in past years they even had a foreign exchange student on the team. At the presentation with Bonamici and Johnson, the club’s representatives were nearly evenly split between boys and girls.

JoJo Miller, a junior in her second year with the club, said the club is a lot of fun and it helped her realize that you don’t need to be a technical person to be involved in robotics. She said she’s more interested in art, but she still was able to be involved with the team.

“Anybody can be in robotics,” she said.

She said drove the robot during competition – at one point flipping it over – but her teammates didn’t hold that against her.

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What started in 1989 as a grassroots foundation serving families in Washington State has grown to encompass ten states and has raised over $22 million for programs and organizations that provide shelter, clothing, children’s programs, emergency assistance, and other services.

Cates said that money raised local at the Nook event will stay locally in Clatsop County. Here, the Foundation supports local food banks, the women’s resource center, and other nonprofits, Cates said.

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summer months, a group from Trails End meets weekly – paints, brushes, carts, and supplies in hand – traveling to various picturesque locations to recreate the scenery.

Bish also enjoys figure painting and will include some selections in her exhibit. She works in oils and acrylics.

“I like painting live models in a classroom setting. While I strive for the lines of the model, I also try to capture something of the personality of the person,” she says.

She studied art in high school and went on as an art major in college – where she met her husband – through an mutual interest in Com-

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Obituaries

Walker Lundberg

Walker Lundberg was born in Seaside on Jan. 8, 1925. He was active in high school on the track team, swim team and basketball team.

He attended Oregon State University and graduated from the University of California in Berkeley.

He was a Navy pilot, playing on the Navy basketball team, flying in the South Pacific as well as the Naval Reserves.

He started his own insurance agency in Sanger, Calif. where he and his wife, Shirley, raised their three daughters, Emily Lundberg, Janis (Jani) Gurash and Susan (Susie) Corden. He was a successful businessman, growing from a one person office in Sanger to a large office in Fresno with satellite offices in the surrounding area. He was involved in the Independent Insurance Association, serving as president of the California Association as well as on national boards.

His life ended on Oct. 18, 2012 back in Seaside - a fitting place. A rugged individual, known for his sense of humor, adventurous streak, and unrelenting energy, he seemed to parallel the characteristics found on the rugged, windy Oregon Coast.

He is survived by his three daughters as well as his grandchildren, Evynn Overton, Rollie Corden, Eli Gurash, Scott Corden and Heather Gurash - and his great-grandchildren: Jack Overton, Amelia Overton, Daniel (Xander) Gurash, Henry Overton and Oliver Gurash.

The memorial service will be held Nov 11 in Sanger, Calif.

Gifts in Walker’s memory can be given to the Wounded Warriors at www.woundedwariorproject.org or to Wounded Warrior, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675.

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Clemet Bernt Paulsen

Clemet Bernt Paulsen, 88, passed away Oct. 19, 2012 at his Seaside home.

He was born Feb. 17, 1924 in Oslo, Norway to Bernt & Frida Paulsen.

He was educated and graduated in Norway with a degree in forestry. He volunteered for the Norway military in 1940, and defended Norway against German occupation. After World War II, he served in the Royal Kings Guard of Norway.

In 1947 he married Liv Thorsrud in Porsgrunn, Norway.

He lived in Seaside for 56 years. He spent 26 years with Crown-Zellerbach as a contract logging supervisor and also a forest manager before retiring in 1982.

He was a member of Our

Savior Lutheran Church in Seaside. He served with the Seaside Police Reserve from 1962-1965, and is a Past Exaulted Ruler and Life Member of Seaside Elks, Lodge # 1748 and the Sons of Norway.

He enjoyed skiing, golfing, dancing, traveling and working in his yard.

Survivors include his wife, Liv Paulsen of Seaside; daughter, Julie Hitchman of Seaside; son, Howard Paulsen of Eugene; three grandsons; one granddaughter; and one step-granddaughter.

He was preceded in death by his son, Peter F. Paulsen, in 1987.

Memorial services will be determined at later date.

Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Carol Leone Tate

Ralph E. Winsor

Carol Leone Tate, 76, of Seaside, passed away Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012.

She was born May 31, 1936 in Seattle, Wash., to Milton and Hazel Jensen Brown.

She lived in Gearhart and Seaside for 70 years.

She attended Seaside Union High School, and attained an eleventh grade education. On Sept. 12, 1966 she married Floyd E. Tate in Seaside.

She had retired after working as a nursing assistant and homemaker.

She was a member of the Legion auxiliary, Elks and Moose, and the Kinni Kinnie PyThien Sisterhood.

She enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading, and watching soap operas.

Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Kelly and Debbie Breitmeyer of Seaside, and Kip and Anita Breitmeyer of Redmond; daughter and son-in-law, Traci and Craig Calder of Gearhart; son, Robert Breitmeyer of Astoria; sister and brother-in-law, Sherri and Charles Palmer of Seaside; brother and sister-in-law, Wayne and Teresa Brown of Hammond; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Milton and Hazel Brown; and husband, Floyd E. Tate.

A private service and memorial has previously been held.

Hughes-Ransom Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.

Ralph E. Winsor was born August 19, 1922 to Ralph H. & Marion C. (Hobgood) Winsor in Tacoma, Wash. They moved to Oregon in 1935 and then to Seaside in 1977.

Ralph went to be with the Lord Jesus on Aug. 9, 2012.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26 at Willamette National Cemetary in Portland.

Ralph is survived by the love of his life, Billie Jean Winsor. Together they have seven children, 19 grand children and 14 great-grandies. Ralph enjoyed his cousins Des and Jean De Lacy Bourke, Ben and Mary Hobgood and Miona West. Also, his church family and many military gatherings.

He was a member of Seaside Elks, American Legion, VFW & 1st President of Oregon E9 association. Ralph enlisted in the Oregon Army National Guard at age 16 until 1940 when he joined the U.S. Army during World War II, serving in the South Pacific.

Wounded on Luzon Phillipines, he retired from the Army in 1945. He served in the US Army Reserve from 1957-78, retiring as Command Sergeant Major of the 104th Division Training in Vancouver, Wash. During his service to his country of 28 years, he earned many decorations and awards including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Badge, Meritorious Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Phillipine Liberation medal, Asiatic-Pacific Medal with three stars and one Arrowhead, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, American Defense Medal, Army Reserve Achievement Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal and WWII Victory Medal.

His grandfather retired as a Major General with the Washington Army National Guard.

Ralph worked for Pacific Northwest Bell telephone Company from 1945 -1982.

After 36 years of service, he began his own telephone company in Seaside.

Family members say he will be ever remembered for his special love and caring ways, along with how he served his God, country, wife and family. He inspired all by demonstrating dignity, honor and love to everyone he met.

Neacoxie, said Sweet. By following the path, these Indians were able to walk to the Columbia River. “They used the path for transportation, communication and survival.”

Another similar ridge formation located further east served as the foundation for the local rail line, said Sweet.

The city owns the Ridge Path through an easement that ranges from 10 to 20 feet on either side of it, according to Sweet. The trail runs through some of Gearhart’s residential areas featuring some of the city’s older homes, he said.

The opportunity to extend the trail occurred when a subdivision along the city’s north end expanded. “They gave us an easement to add another 2,500 feet of trail,” said Sweet.

He noted that the “new” stretch of the Ridge Path runs

n History From page 1 spelled “Neacoxy” in pioneer journals, was a village located at the mouth of Neacoxie Creek.

The Clatsop people inhabited 14 villages throughout 1,100 square miles of northwest Oregon for thousands of years before the first white settler arrived. Abundant in wild game, edible roots, berries, salt- and freshwater fish and shellfish, their territory ran from the Columbia River in the north to Tillamook Head in the south and east to Coast Range. They were neighbors with the Chinook to the north and the Nehalems, part of the Killamooks (also known as the Killamox and later the Tillamooks) to the south.

However, according to “A Brief History of the Clatsop-Nehalem People,” by the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes, the social, economic and geographic lines between the Clatsop and Nehalem peoples were not firmly drawn.

“The Clatsop and Nehalem peoples shared resource harvesting areas, such as the rich berry picking grounds of Clatsop Plains, and visited the same sacred places, such as Saddle Mountain,” reads the history, in part. “They gathered together each summer to trade with visiting tribes, socialize, and conduct ceremonies at the large village near Tansey Point, in present-day Hammond, Oregon. In the winter, many gathered together in a mixed Clatsop-Nehalem village near present-day Seaside. Though their languages were different, Clatsops and Nehalems were

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When Lewis and Clark arrived with their expedition in 1805, they established a winter encampment in present-day Warrenton. They wrote much about the Clatsops in their journals. In January 1806, William Clark wrote the following about the expedition’s salt-making operation in present-day Seaside: “Situated near 4 houses of Clatsops and Killamox, who they informed me had been verry kind and attentive to them.”

When Lewis and Clark left the area in 1806, there were plenty of white settlers drawn to the area behind them.

In 1851, the Clatsops and Nehalems assembled at their traditional gathering place at Tansey Point at the mouth of the Columbia River to participate in treaty negotiations with the Oregon Territory Superintendent of Indian Affairs.

Although the Clatsops and Nehalems signed a treaty, the document was blocked in Congress, placing the native people in a demographic limbo in which they were not part of a federally recognized tribe.

In 1875 the federal government forced many Clatsops and Nehalems to relocate to the Grand Ronde Reservation.

In 1806 Lewis & Clark estimated the total Clatsop Indian population to be 300. By 1910, the U.S. Census indicated there were only 26 Clatsops remaining.

Beginning in the late 1980s, descendants of the Clatsops and Nehalems began seeking federal recognition as an independent tribe, enrolling members and establishing a non-profit organization to coordinate tribal affairs.

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said Sweet, adding that the city does not know what the project will involve until more preliminary work is done.

However, there is money in the city’s general fund to cover beginning tasks such as mapping, he said. “We’re not looking at anything fancy. It will likely be gravel and not paved.”

There is the possibility of obtaining grant funding to help with the project, said Sweet.

In the mean time, he said he is impressed with the Pacifica Project program as well as Kanzaki and Herold.

“They’re great kids. They’re very curious and full of questions. They’ve got their youth and they’ve got their energy.”

Kanzaki added, “this project also appealed to us because we wanted a challenging project. We are not saying that cleaning up the beach or working in the hospital is a bad Pacifica, because those certainly help the community, but we wanted to do something more creative.”

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through forest and wetland – “it’s beautiful back there” - so readying it for pedestrians will require working with civil engineers and the Oregon Division of State Lands, among other entities. “We’re not sure yet how mitigation will occur.

We don’t want to change any of the wetlands at all.”

As for Kanzaki’s and Herold’s roles, “currently they are trudging through the trail and identifying some of the property pins and taking pictures to document the process,” said Sweet.

Throughout the school year, Kanzaki and Herold will meet with city staff and others involved in the project. “We are currently trying to mark the woods with tape so we have an idea of how the trail will run,” said Kanzaki.

“They’re going to be included in all the meetings,” said Sweet. “I’m positive we won’t be able to finish the trail by the time they graduate, but they’ll be in on the process.”

There is no estimated cost to the trail project yet,

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Willyard is Seaside’s cross country champion

By Kyle Boggs For the Signal

Seaside’s Brett Willyard was the 2012 Cowapa League boys individual cross country champion at Camp Rilea on Oct. 25.

He took the lead within the first minute of the race and set the pace from there. Nobody ever challenged him for the lead and he won the 5,000-meter race in 16:58 – despite skipping lunch. Willyard, a senior, will be running for the University of Oregon next year.

As a team, Seaside’s boys

finished fourth with 89 points behind Scappoose (46), Astoria (60) and Tillamook (62). Seaside’s girls finished fifth with 126 points behind Scappoose (31), YamhillCarlton (60), Astoria (69) and Tillamook (99). The Seagull girls were led by sophomore Charlotte Blakesley, who finished 10th in 22:09.

As far as weather goes, it was picture perfect during the girls race; the clouds rolled in and cooled things down a little bit at Camp Rilea for the boys race.

The cast of ‘Stealing Home.’

SHS fall play ‘Stealing Sign up now for Tsunami Wrestling Club Home’ opens Nov. 2 Brett Willyard at Camp Rilea on Oct. 25.

PHOTO BY KYLE BOGGS

The Tsunami Wrestling Club will meet from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning Nov. 8 through Dec. 20.

The club is open to students in grades 1-5.

Cost is $20, which includes a T-shirt and entry into mini-meets on Nov. 20 in

Seaside, Dec. 3 in Ilwaco and Dec. 18 in Warrenton.

For an additional $35 USA Membership Card plus admission fees (ranging from $10 to $15 per tournament) students can join the large Saturday tournaments. Tournaments are Nov. 24 at Knappa, Dec. 1 at Nestucca, Dec. 8

Seaside girls soccer team defeats Yamhill-Carlton The Seaside girls soccer team defeated YamhillCarlton-Gaston 1-0 on Oct. 26 at Yamhill Carlton High School.

The decisive goal came in the 8th minute of the first half when Ally Utti received a ball on the left side and sent a left-footed crossing shot that went by the goal.

Hannah Garhofer ran down the ball and passed back into the center, where Emily Becker was making a run up the center. She shot the ball past the keeper for the only goal of the game.

Seaside had control of the first part of the half, but Yamhill had more possession for the last 20 minutes of the half.

Seaside’s Kaitlin Lewis was taken down hard in the first half and had to leave the game. After some treatment she came back and, despite the pain, she played the rest of the game.

The second half saw a tough fought contest. The first part of the second was back and forth, with Yamhill creating several dangerous scoring opportunities.

Seaside keeper Allison Bussert made several excellent saves to keep the score at zero.

The last 15 minutes saw Seaside reassert itself and dominate possession and shots on goal. Utti, Garhofer, Becker, Westerholm, Kilday, Villegas, and Babbitt all took shots but most were stopped by the Yamhill keeper. Alison Kilday came very close with a strong shot that missed the right post by inches.

With the win Seaside clinches second place in the Cowapa League with one league game remaining: Astoria on Oct. 30 at the Warrenton soccer fields. See seasidesignal.com for the results of that game.

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For more information, contact Trent Rollins at 503-738-5756 or trollins@ seaside.k12.or.us; Jeff Corliss at 503440-1125 or jcorliss@seaside.k12.or.usl or Mike Magnuson at 503-436-2347.

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Chris Bodner removes “pumpkin guts” during a pumpkin carving event at the Seaside youth center Oct. 25.

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Seaside High School, in association with Coaster Theatre, is proud to present its fall play, “Stealing Home,” a comedy by Pat Cook. The play opens Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.

“You can’t judge a book by its cover!” Cecil tells Officer Doughberg as he tries to explain why he and his partner, Pug, were caught in a funeral home in the middle of the night.

He figures to confuse the policeman with fast talk and mumbo jumbo.

Actually, they were there to heist a few trinkets, which is what Doughberg figured all along.

What nobody figured on was Beulah Meadows, the owner of the place, showing up and recognizing Cecil as her long-lost son, Jimmy Meadows, who vanished from an amusement park some 25 years earlier.

This, of course, comes as a tragic shock to Beulah’s daughters, who were just about to sell the funeral home for quite a bundle.

“We’ll have to get rid of him,” intones Gretchen, the oldest daughter, “one way or another.”

Before you know it, the place is overrun with other-worldly sisters, whining lawyers, policemen, psychiatrists and nuns! Is Cecil really there to help

out his would-be mother?

Or is he sticking around because he has a crush on Joan, the mortician? And is Cecil really Beulah’s longlost son? Find out in this frantic farce when two con men set out to lift a few pieces of silverware and end up Stealing Home.

The students have been hard at work preparing for the big production. The cast includes Patrick Leary, Garrett Flowers, Joshua Strozzi, Jordan Miller, Mackenzie Walgren, Patience Greene, Rachael Leroux, Chloe Johnson, Dresdan Stockstill, Destiny Miller and Jean Wu. Stage manager is Taylor Dintleman. The play is directed

by Lenore Morrisson with assistance from Taylor Dintleman; set design is

by Craig Shepherd; costumes by Kirstin Whitlock; and lighting design by Ian Shepherd.

Performances are Nov. 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at the door, which opens at 6:30 p.m. Ticket are $5 for adults, or $3 for SHS students with an ASB card.

Children elementary age and younger are also $3.

For more information, contact Lenore Morrisson at the high school at 503738-5586 or lmorrisson@ seaside.k12.or.us.

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