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SEASIDESIGNAL.COM • COMPLIMENTARY COPY
OUR 110th YEAR • November 11, 2016
TSUNAMI EFFECT
Amid national stunner, Horning upsets
Johnson, school bond passes
Seaside City Council President
Seaside School Bond
Horning wins
in Seaside
Voters back
bond to relocate
Seaside schools
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
Tom Horning at
the Avenue G
Bridge Wednes-
day in Seaside.
Horning focused
on tsunami pre-
paredness in his
successful bid
for City Council.
R.J. MARX/SEASIDE SIGNAL
By Lyra Fontaine
EO Media Group
T
om Horning, a geologist who has called for greater
disaster preparation, defeated Seaside City Council
President Don Johnson on Tuesday . According to
fi nal unoffi cial results, Horning received 322 votes,
or 58 percent of the tally.
“It goes to show that the public is expecting more actions
toward tsunami preparedness than they’re receiving,” said
Horning, who serves on the city’s Planning Commission . “I’m
looking forward to being of service.”
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Johnson said he was “disappointed” and congratulated his
opponent.
“I feel an honor and privilege to have served the community
and I’ll do my best whenever called upon again,” he said. “It’s
been great working with all the councilors I worked for all these
years. They’ve got some great things in store for Seaside.”
Horning was with friends when he learned of the initial results.
“We were all thrilled. I got a lot of hugs and a lot of people
shook my hand ,” he said. “I guess I’m really gratifi ed that the
public feels confi dent enough to vote for me.”
See Horning, Page 7A
MEASURE 97
59%
40%
Against
For
Measure 97
corporate tax falls
SEASIDE
SECRETARY OF STATE
MARIJUANA TAX
Voters pass tax on
recreational pot
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48%
43%
Richardson
Avakian
Republican breaks longtime
Democrat stronghold
Seaside School District voters said
a resounding “yes” Tuesday to a $99.7
million bond to move three schools out
of the tsunami inundation zone.
In a 65 percent to 35 percent vote,
residents endorsed the plan to replace
deteriorating schools at an 80-acre loca-
tion in the city’s East Hills adjacent to
Seaside Heights Elementary School. The
electorate supported the bond 4,010 to
2,139, according to the county’s unoffi -
cial fi nal tally.
See Schools, Page 7A
Gearhart Mayor
Matt Brown
elected mayor
of Gearhart
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
Matt Brown dominat-
ed the Gearhart mayor’s
election with a convincing
win over Bob Shortman
on Tuesday . Final unoffi -
cial results showed Brown
with 674 votes to Short-
Matt Brown
man’s 178.
The candidates pitted
two visions of Gearhart and some sharp
contrasts on the direction of the city.
Two City Council candidates, Dan
Jesse and Sue Lorain, ran unopposed.
See Gearhart, Page 7A
Chefs go head to head for United Way fundraiser
Event pits region’s top
cooking talent
And the winners are:
BEST DESSERT: Frite and Scoop
BEST APPETIZER: Silver Salmon
BEST TABLE PRESENTATION: Fort George
BEST BEVERAGE: Public Coast
BEST CHEF: Team of John Sowa and Jonathan Hoff man
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
Some jobs really are a
piece of cake. The region’s
best chefs and their teams
assembled Tuesday, Nov. 1,
for the premier local dining
competition, Iron Chef Goes
Coastal, at the Seaside Civic
and Convention Center.
Seaside’s Sea Star Gelato
presented a real Hood strawber-
ry cheesecake at the ninth-an-
nual competition . “You got to
try it,” Tracy Nye said. “Ore-
gon is the best berry-growing
area of the world and H ood
strawberries are the granddad-
dy of them all. They’re only in
season two weeks out of the
year so they’re pretty special.”
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Chef Myles Penfold, Nicole Spivey, Jessica Applegate and
Jonathan Johnston of Twisted Fish in Seaside.
At their side, the Christian
Culinary Academy of Cannon
Beach was prepared for the
competition.
The academy’s president
and chef Ira Krizo and stu-
dents offered profi teroles,
which he described “as a min-
iature cream puff that has co-
gnac, almond extracts and va-
nilla extracts.” The chef adds
a cherry and cabernet sauce
with some amaretto vanilla
candied almonds on the side.
The Iron Chef Goes Coast-
al event is the biggest fund-
raiser of the year for Clatsop
County United Way, accord-
ing to United Way Board
Member Christine Lolich.
The goal is to raise
$50,000, Lolich said, through
ticket sales, silent auction
and raffl e. Food, wine and
beer were donated by partic-
ipating restaurants. All of the
proceeds go to the county’s
United Way to support local
nonprofi ts. Jim Coffee, depu-
ty director of Cowlitz Family
Health Center, won the open
judge’s seat for $1,700 in a
lively auction.
“It’s more than a food
event,” Clatsop County Unit-
ed Way Executive Director
Jennifer Holen added. “Right
here, this is community.”
See Iron Chef, Page 10A