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Reading outreach gets a boost from benefit auction
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library was cool,’ or thinking
they might want to become a
librarian,” she said.
In the effort to continue
this enthusiasm, ROCC raised
$5,500 in a county auction
March 23 as a way to keep
funding their work to ensure
kids in the county have the
same library access as a kid
would in towns with pub-
lic libraries like Warrenton,
Seaside and Astoria. Before
ROCC, kids in the county
would pay a fee for a public li-
brary card, providing a finan-
cial barrier to many families.
The second annual auction
filled the Seaside Convention
Center with about 90 different
auction items, ranging from
wine baskets and children’s
books to winning a free little
library that someone can put
outside their house to share
books around the community.
The money raised at the
event will go to funding
the outreach coordinator in
charge of organizing summer
reading programs, as well as
the courier system that allows
kids in the county to return
public library books to their
school libraries. This helps
alleviate the long drive that
used to be a barrier for rural
users, event organizer and
Seaside Library Director Es-
ther Moberg said.
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Constance and Gwendolyn Rouda of Astoria ogle at the des-
sert table with former Astoria Library Director Jane Tucker.
The prizes differ from each
year to the next, but the goal
of ROCC remains the same.
“We are serving 700 chil-
dren, but there are 920 who
could be served in the coun-
OBITUARIES
Kenneth L. Bulletset
Bonnie L. Bulletset
Nov. 1, 1926 — March 6, 2017
April 22, 1926 — Oct. 7, 2016
Ken passed away sur-
rounded by his family. Ken
was born in Portland, Oregon,
to Francis (Frank) and Fran-
ces Bulletset. He is survived
by his younger brother, Rob-
ert (Bob); daughter, Debbie
(Sharon); son, Tim (Julie);
three grandchildren; and 10
great-grandchildren.
Ken
was preceded in death by his
wife of 70 years, Bonnie, five
months ago, and son, Fred, in
1991.
Ken joined the Navy during
World War II, and came home
to Seaside to meet the love
of his life, Bonnie. Ken mar-
ried Bonnie on Oct. 10, 1946,
and was recalled back to the
military for the Korean War,
where he again served our
country. After the military,
Ken worked for Pacific NW
Bell until retirement in 1982.
Ken was a devoted hus-
band, father, grandfather,
great-grandfather, and well
known in the community.
Church and family were very
important to him. Ken volun-
teered a great deal with the
Deaf School, Blind School
and many other nonprofit or-
Kenneth Bulletset
ganizations. Ken will be great-
ly missed by everyone who
knew and loved him.
At Ken’s request there
will be no public services. In
lieu of flowers, Ken would be
delighted to have donations
made to the Boys and Girls
Club or Morningside Method-
ist Church Foundation.
Arrangements are by City
View Funeral Home in Salem.
Just three days from their
70th wedding anniversa-
ry, Bonnie Bulletset passed
away at home on Oct. 7,
2016.
Bonnie was born in Sea-
side, Oregon, on April 22,
1926, to Fred and Jennie
Flukinger. She was the last
survivor of the family of two
brothers and one sister. She
attended and graduated from
Seaside High School, and
was a member of the high
school marching band.
While working at a Sea-
side bakery, she met and
married Ken Bulletset in
1946. They lived in Seaside
and Astoria until Ken’s re-
call during the Korean War.
San Diego was their home
until he was discharged
from the Navy, and it was
back to Astoria until being
transferred to Portland, and
eight years later to Salem.
Family and church were
very important in her life
and being a great homemak-
er was her life; raising two
sons and one daughter. They
lost their oldest son, Fred,
in 1991. She will be great-
“Showing community sup-
port is also an important part
of the grant process, as well,”
Harold said.
Jane Tucker, the former
director of the Astoria Public
Library, attended the event
and was at the forefront of
developing ROCC eight years
ago, and said she is proud of
the program’s impact.
“We seek to tear down any
barrier from children read-
ing,” Tucker said. “This is
the reason I did what I did,
why I chose the career I did.
Without literacy you can’t do
anything else. That’s why it’s
so important to give as much
access to reading as possi-
ble.”
ty. We want every kid to have
access to a library card,”
Moberg said. “When this pro-
gram was started, we asked
‘How can every kid in this
county be successful?’ Read-
ing is a place to start.”
Moberg said she hopes to
keep building up the auction as
ROCC transitions from getting
funded by grants to relying
mostly on community support
and donations. For the first five
years, ROCC relied on federal
grants. But due to grant com-
petition and proposed cuts to
the budget that funds this grant
from the Trump Administra-
tion, curating community fi-
nancial support is increasingly
more crucial.
Room tax hike coming
to Seaside in July
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said at an earlier meeting.
Vandenberg said he not
only hopes to recruit larger
groups, but to keep current
clients.
“They’ve grown over the
last 25, 30 years and we ha-
ven’t added any space in 25
years,” he said.
“You’ve really vetted this
Bonnie Bulletset
ly missed by her daughter,
Debbie (Sharon); son, Tim
(Julie);
granddaughters,
Jennie (Brad) Barnes and
Crystal (Nick) Tungate;
grandson, Jeremy (Teresa)
Collins; and 10 great-grand-
children.
At a later date, grave-
side services will be held
in Seaside. Any memorial
contributions may be made
to a charity of your choice,
or Morningside Methodist
Church Foundation.
City View Funeral Home
in Salem is in charge of the
arrangements.
very carefully,” Mayor Jay
Barber said before Monday’s
council vote. “You’ve had
good input from the lodging
owners in the community.
This is a big step forward.”
Barber, Council President
Tita Montero and councilors
Randy Frank, Seth Morrisey
and Steve Wright joined in
unanimously approving im-
plementation of the room tax.
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