DailyAstorian.com // TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2022
149TH YEAR, NO. 98
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A studio
man in
Seaside
Seaside
zooms in
on softball
solution
Manship helps artists
record their music
School district needs
to create more equity
By R.J. MARX
The Astorian
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For The Astorian
S
EASIDE — As the pan-
demic drew musicians into
home studios, Zoom and You-
Tube, Kyle Manship navigated
his own sound studio enterprise
from a room in his southeast
hills home.
Photos by Lydia Ely/The Astorian
ABOVE: Matt Moritz of the Astoria parks department points at the engraving on the cemetery marker.
BELOW: Years of degradation has worn the wood of the cemetery marker.
The tricked-out studio pres-
ents the tools for mixes, mas-
ters and start-to-fi nish music
production.
“This is a great space and
a great place for someone to
come in and have a good time,”
he said. “When you hear the
samples of what I’ve done, not
to toot my own horn, but peo-
ple say, ‘Wow, that sounds like
what I hear from the record
company.’ That’s why I started
this — to get back to doing that
quality of work.”
A defense contractor with
a company based in Flagstaff ,
Arizona, his day job enables
him to maintain his second
career.
“It sometimes can be a lot of
hours, but it’s a good balance,”
he said.
Raised in Muncie, Indiana,
his father owned a commer-
cial recording
studio.
“Growing up
as a kid I was
immersed
in
music,” Man-
ship said. “He
and his friends
Kyle Manship
are all outstand-
ing musicians
and I started playing drums
with them when I was about 14
or 15. I cut my teeth doing a lot
of session work, getting count-
less session work and learning
the ropes on how to record, mix
and master.”
Manship grew up play-
ing along with recordings
from Pearl Jam, Soundgarden
and other ’90s bands, but also
became familiar with the ’70s
and ’80s music of his father’s
generation — Eric Clapton,
Cream and Led Zeppelin.
In college, he would return
home to work in the studio.
At the studio, he became
familiar with all kinds of music.
“I worked on everything from
Christian rap to death metal and
everything in between, which is
a good thing,” he said. “It elim-
inates your bias towards certain
music and you meet interesting
people at the same time. You
learn to make that genre sound
the best that it possibly can.”
Manship earned a bachelor
of science degree in aeronauti-
cal engineering technology at
Purdue University and a mas-
ter of science degree in applied
information management from
the University of Oregon.
In Warrenton, a hint of
history found near cemetery
Trio discovers a potentially historic marker
By ETHAN MYERS
The Astorian
W
ARRENTON
—
Just north of Ocean
View Cemetery sits
a densely wooded area lit-
tered with garbage, rusted
bicycles and several homeless
encampments.
Underneath, there may also
lie some forgotten history.
In January, Bob Ellsberg,
along with his wife, Clau-
dia, and City Commissioner
Rick Newton, explored the
area using tools — fastened
broomsticks and coat hang-
ers — to sort through the over-
grown trees and shrubs.
Newton, who grew up in
a house just across the street,
recalled a time when he found
a wooden grave marker as a
kid, and moved it into a tree.
Shortly after, the trio
came upon the relic — a
worn wooden plank with an
engraved message: “All is
lost, but hope.”
In smaller print, it also
reads, “l esu, l esu,” which
likely is a reference to Jesus in
Latin, Newton said.
“It has a beautiful carv-
ing and nice wood,” Ellsberg
said. It also has holes and burn
marks, likely from candles,
as well as a careful patch job
over the word “All.” Because
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Matt Roberts, a mechanical engineer for GE Power, works at his home offi ce in Seaview.
SEASIDE — The Seaside
High School softball fi elds
could be relocated to a new
location .
After evaluating four poten-
tial sites for the Seaside School
District’s new softball com-
plex, the project team has rec-
ommended the fi elds off Wah-
anna Road with signifi cant
upgrades.
The school district has until
June 2023 to build the facil-
ity and provide more equity
between girls and boys athletics.
Going forward, design eff orts
will primarily focus on the Wah-
anna site, keeping the other sites
open for discussions as alterna-
tive sites if design issues arise
at Wahanna, according to proj-
ect manager Brian Hardebeck
of DAY CPM.
Hardebeck was joined by
Josh Modin, with ZCS Engi-
neering and Architecture, to
present the fi eld recommenda-
tion to the school board at their
January meeting.
Over the past several weeks,
the project team, along with
school district staff , reviewed
four potential sites for the new
fi eld: on the hill by the new cam-
pus; on the city’s property north
of the old high school, referred
to as the North 40; at Broadway
Field; and the Wahanna loca-
tion, which is owned in part by
the school district and by Provi-
dence Seaside Hospital.
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Many businesses have turned to remote work as a necessity during the
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Taking into consideration
development costs, property
ownership and other factors, the
project team believes upgrading
the fi elds at Wahanna is the best
solution — particularly with the
2023 deadline looming as per the
school district’s resolution with
the U.S. Department of Educa-
tion’s Offi ce for Civil Rights .
The school district antici-
pates having to adjust an inter-
governmental agreement with
Providence Seaside if they do
build the new softball complex
at this site. The southern prop-
erty line runs from the south
fi eld to the main campus, while
the north property line — shared
with Providence —runs approx-
imately through fi rst base of the
northern practice fi eld.
The initial conceptual plan
involves upgrading the south-
ern fi eld, which is contained
entirely on school district prop-
erty, with new synthetic grass
and synthetic dirt that have fi eld
markings.
The plan also involves
removing the existing dilapi-
dated building that sits between
the fi elds and replacing it with
a newer fi eld house, designed
with restrooms, team rooms and
concessions .
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