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‘Spring into Fashion’ May 12 features fashion show, honors Judge Dawn McIntosh
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By JANAE EASLON
Judge Dawn McIntosh
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latsop County Circuit
Court Judge Dawn McIn-
tosh, elected last year, is
being recognized for her con-
tributions to her community.
The Seaside branch of
the American Association of
University Women (AAUW)
is holding its third Spring
into Fashion event 2 to 4 p.m
Saturday, May 12, at the As-
toria Golf and Country Club.
Attendees will be able to
view clothing available from
local businesses as models
wear items available for
purchase in town.
All proceeds from the
tickets and food sold will go
to local scholarships benefit-
ing women and girls wishing
to further their education.
One scholarship benefits
a woman who has been out
of school for more than five
years and wishes to return to
a two- or four-year school.
Another that will be
funded is the June Stromberg
Scholarship, named after a
former Association member,
and will go to a graduating
high schooler who is the
first woman in her family to
attend college.
Tickets are sold at Beach
Books in Seaside or can
be reserved and purchased
through the treasurer at shar-
lu@hotmail.com. Adults can
purchase their tickets for $30,
students for $20.
McIntosh will be given
the third “Breaking Bar-
riers” award, created to
honor women who promote
opportunities and equality for
women through their work.
Last year, the award went
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to Seaside School District
Superintendent Sheila Roley.
Roley went on to win the
state Breaking Barriers
Achievement Award and was
honored in a ceremony held
in Hillsboro last month.
A woman of ‘firsts’
Cindy Gould, the
president of the Seaside
AAUW branch, interviewed
McIntosh because the
judge’s work aligns with
the Association’s mission to
empower girls and women
locally.
McIntosh said she was
excited and surprised to be
contacted.
“Personally, this means
a lot,” McIntosh said. “The
organization itself, the
philosophy of support for
education and equity for
women and girls is exactly
what I think my career has
been about all along.”
The Association chose
McIntosh because, after
she came to the area in
1998, she accomplished a
lot of “firsts,” Gould said.
“She was surprised that
there were no programs
available for working with
children of child abuse,”
Gould said.
McIntosh was hired to
be Chief Deputy District
Attorney, supervising ma-
jor prosecutions for child
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A trendy coat
Fashionable boots
abuse and sex crimes in
Clatsop County.
She became a founding
member of the Clatsop
County’s Lighthouse for
Kids, an assessment center
for abused children.
In 1999, she was named
Oregon District Attorneys
Association’s Child Abuse
Prosecutor of the Year and
won an FBI award in 2001.
award to fund the first year
of the scholarship, which
will go to a graduating Sea-
side School District senior
and continue to personally
fund it in the future.
One thing that stood
out about McIntosh, Gould
said, is how her children
drive her work.
A mother of one daugh-
ter and three stepdaughters,
McIntosh said she always
looked for ways to take
care of her children and be
career-focused.
McIntosh grew up in
the small town of Banks,
Oregon, and visited the
coast often. After living
and working in Portland,
she was eager to move
back to a smaller commu-
nity to raise her daughter,
she said. McIntosh’s chil-
dren all grew up attend-
ing the Seaside School
District.
She says she loves
living in such a tight-knit
community: “I tell people
every day when we are
in court, it’s a very small
sandbox.” CW
‘A small sandbox’
Fashion photos from Dena’s Shop on the Corner in Cannon Beach
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Now, as the winner of
“Breaking Barriers,” McIn-
tosh’s name will be etched
into a plaque and she will
receive a $500 award at
Spring into Fashion.
McIntosh and her family
are establishing a memorial
scholarship after her late
stepdaughter, Adrienne
Darnell, who died in 2014
after living with a rare liver
disease.
“(Adrienne) was a
remarkable young woman,”
McIntosh said. “Really, if
anybody lived life to the
fullest in the time they
were given, it was Addy.”
McIntosh will use the