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OUR 113th Year September 11, 2020 SEASIDESIGNAL.COM $1.00 Lou Solitske Supporters of brewery owner Jimmy Griffi n showed their support Sunday. In August, Griffi n went before City Council to ask for limits on open carry gun rallies in Seaside. Heated tempers, but rally remains peaceful in Seaside Second Amendment rally targets local brewery By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal Dual rallies in Seaside — with Second Amend- ment advocates on the east side of U.S. Highway 101 and supporters of Sea- side Brewing Co. owner Jimmy Griffin — came to a peaceful conclusion Sunday after three hours of marches, drums, chants and sometimes heated discussions. No arrests, no warnings and no citations by the time participants dispersed at about 4 p.m., Police Chief Dave Ham said. The open carry and Sec- ond Amendment rally was co-organized by Miles Rudduck and Ryan Lyles. Griffin had spoke at a City Council meeting after an open carry demonstra- tion in August in front of City Hall caused fam- ilies at his brewery to be concerned for their safety. He proposed that the community begin a conversation to figure out how to prevent armed groups from marching in Seaside’s streets with loaded weapons. In a post that went viral on Seaside Brewing’s Facebook page last Mon- day, Griffin called for “an exchange that helps define what we need to do to move the ball forward as a community, and helps strengthen and support the foundations of our democ- racy through conversation, and subsequently, under- standing of each other. Let’s keep the dialogue going.” At about 1 p.m., Sec- ond Amendment support- ers marched down Broad- way to the Turnaround. After saying the Pledge of Allegiance, they returned to City Hall while a second group across the street chanted “We love Seaside,” and showed their support for Griffin . See Rallies, Page A5 Archibald receives retroactive raise By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal The Sunset Empire Park and Recreation Depart- ment board of directors delivered a 4% raise to executive director Sky- ler Archibald. The raise, retroactive for the 2019- 2020 fi scal year, reverses a December board decision to deny the merit increase for Archibald. Archibald, whose salary is $84,500, will receive an additional $3,400 annually. The raise came because Archibald went “above and beyond” for the district during the period, board members said. “He’s doing a very com- mendable, superior job,” Skyler Archibald board member Michael Hinton said. “We appreci- ate that.” Board members Celeste Bodner and Erika Mar- shall, Mike Hinton and Su Coddington joined board president Katharine Parker in August to reject an exec- utive director pay review See Archibald, Page A5 Katherine Lacaze Bob Evans, a local coach and school teacher, broke a Guinness World Record for the most catches juggling with fi ve balls while swimming last weekend. A world record Evans makes ‘swuggling’ history By KATHERINE LACAZE For Seaside Signal “And there was a lot of strug- gle even today.” Training for a record Breaking a Guinness World Record doesn’t hap- pen in an instant. It takes sev- eral attempts at a time — and months of training before that. Bob Evans, a local coach and fifth-grade teacher at Pacific Ridge Elementary School, demonstrated such discipline and perseverance at Sunset Pool last Saturday when he surpassed two records in the field of “swuggling,” or swimming while juggling. A few people were in atten- dance to document his attempt, and the Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District also streamed the hour long pro- gram online. “If you just pop on now, and see me kind of effortlessly get more than 25 catches, you don’t really see what goes on beneath the surface, but it’s a lot of struggle,” Evans said. At the beginning of the year, Evans set a goal of surpassing the mark recognized by the Guinness World Records for most catches while swuggling with five balls, which previ- ously was 25. There were no time or distance parameters for Evans to worry about, although the records organization has a few guidelines for the accom- plishment: a specific juggling pattern has to be followed, the balls have to stay above the water and the swimmer’s feet can’t touch the bottom of the pool. Since Evans opted not to pay for a Guinness official to attend the event in person, he has to submit a variety of evi- dence, such as reports from a minimum of three witnesses and video showing a couple different angles. “It’s pretty strict, which is nice, because it makes it offi- cial,” Evans said. For the first several months, Evans did on-land training, such as strengthening his core, breathing exercises and finess- ing his ability to juggle on his back. It wasn’t until June 20 that he started practicing in a pool. The recreation district staff reserved him a lane for two four-minute sessions each week, time which was critical for Evans to accomplish his goal. “I was plateaued at 11 until July, and then I kind of had some breakthroughs,” he said. His hard work paid off, however, as during the pro- gram, Evans not only broke the record but went well beyond it by completing 101 catches. He also completed 224 catches while juggling with four balls in the pool, which isn’t a Guin- ness record, but is officially recognized on RecordSetter. com. The previous record was See Swuggling, Page A5 Logging near the Cove prompts concerns By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Astorian A proposal to cut trees on land below the iconic slopes of Tillamook Head has caught city officials and neighbors off guard. Though the land is zoned for forestry opera- tions and some homeown- ers say they knew harvest was a possibility, the real- ity is proving to be more complex. In their notification to the state, the landowners propose logging about 87 acres. The property, bordered by a subdivision, com- mercial timberland and protected state parkland, sits above the Cove, a popular surfing spot. The main access to the parcels slated for logging is a spur road nestled among homes on Evergreen Drive that people often mistake for someone’s driveway. City officials say log- ging trucks should not be able to use residential roads to access the prop- erty, but the city has lim- ited oversight. The neighborhood next to the property is mostly home to full-time residents, Mayor Jay Barber said. He noted that the streets leading off U.S. Highway 101 to Sunset Boulevard and See Logging, Page A3 Local fi refi ghters assist in blazes across state By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal Local firefighters quickly geared up to join crews fighting fires throughout the state, Sea- side Fire Chief Joey Dan- iels said Tuesday. They were headed to the command post at Chemeketa Community College to camp on the baseball field, Gearhart firefighter Chad Sweet said. In total, Clatsop County has about 27 fire- fighters out of the county fighting fires. Firefighters left Sea- side early Tuesday morn- ing, led by Div. Chief David Rankin, and appa- ratus from Gearhart, Knappa, Olney Walluski, Astoria, and Nehalem Bay in Tillamook County, Daniels said. Gearhart firefight- ers joined the county task force, fighting the See Firefi ghters, Page A5 R.J. Marx High winds caused this tree to break overnight at a South Columbia Avenue home.
