T he C olumbia P ress
October 20, 2017
House: A historic Halloween haunt
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curs at their house each eve-
ning until 10.
Pumpkins in the upstairs
windows come alive and
speak and sing to each other.
There are lightning strikes
and creaky doors.
Lights on the house and in
the yard dance to the beat of
a live radio station he broad-
casts from the property.
Just pull up outside the
house across from the Ski-
panon Marina and tune the
radio to the Adelmanns’ FM
station.
The 1962 novelty song
“Monster Mash,” and Mi-
chael Jackson’s “Somebody’s
Watching Me” and “Thriller”
are on the playlist.
Programming or choreo-
graphing each song takes
40 to 60 hours, Mike said.
“There are 48 different light
channels and Christmas is 16
more channels than that.”
Added Teale: “Every beat
of the song is a click of the
mouse.”
Decorating the great out-
doors is Mike’s thing.
“I do the inside of the
house,” Teale said. “But if he
needs help, he tells me what
he needs and where. He’s the
wizard and I just listen and
do what he tells me.”
Mike honed his program-
ming skills while working as
an electronics technician.
These days, he and his wife
run Lifting Large, an Internet
company that sells weight-
lifting supplies. Next month,
they plan to move the com-
pany’s warehouse from the
east end of Astoria into a new
warehouse and small private
gym they’re building a few
blocks from home.
It will give them even more
time to devote toward mak-
ing Warrenton a cool place to
live.
Teale wouldn’t say how
much her husband has spent
on the displays.
“I’d rather they know about
the man-hours he puts in, his
dedication and the passion
he has,” she said.
This year, they put a collec-
tion box out front for folks to
contribute not toward their
holiday displays, but toward
the Assistance League of the
Columbia Pacific, which pro-
vides clothes and school sup-
plies for needy children.
Last weekend, their home
was featured on the Assis-
tance League’s annual Home
& Chef Tour fund-raiser.
The couple, who have been
married 14 years, each has a
grown child. They moved to
Warrenton from New Mex-
ico and learned the history
of their 132-year-old house
while touring it with a real
estate agent.
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Wildlife rescue center celebrates 20 years on coast
Wildlife Center of the North
Coast, a wildlife rescue and
rehabilitation center east of
Astoria, celebrates 20 years
of service with a fund-raising
dinner Nov. 3 in Seaside.
“Yes, this is a fundraising
event, but more importantly,
it’s a celebration of the part-
nerships we’ve forged over
the past two decades with in-
dividuals, organizations, and
businesses, and a celebration
of how far we’ve come togeth-
er,” Executive Director Josh-
ua Saranpaa said.
“We wouldn’t be the orga-
nization we are today if we
didn’t have concerned citi-
zens calling us with injured
and orphaned wildlife need-
ing critical care, or without a
group of dedicated donors
Founded in 1997 by Shar-
nelle Fee, the center special-
izes in seabird rescue and re-
habilitation – something no
other wildlife rehabilitators
in Oregon were doing at the
time.
With no other wildlife reha-
bilitators in the area, Fee saw
a great need along the coast,
and gave up her paralegal ca-
reer to follow her passion of
helping wildlife.
If you go
Wildlife Center of the
North Coast Founder’s
Dinner is 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 3 at Seaside Con-
vention Center. Tick-
ets are $50 and can
be purchased on the
center’s website or by
calling 503-338-0331.
Christina Vitazko-Merten
A northern saw-whet owl res-
cued by the Wildlife Center.
The wildlife center has been
a volunteer-driven organiza-
tion since its start, and has
a network of volunteers who
help the small staff with res-
cue and transport of patients
to the hospital on Highway
202 near Olney.
WCNC helps all kinds of
wildlife native to Oregon, in-
cluding small mammals like
chipmunks and squirrels,
porcupine, beaver, and river
otter, and an immense vari-
ety of birds – from songbirds
and waterfowl, to seabirds
and raptors.
The Founder’s Dinner in-
cludes silent and live auc-
tions and a pledge drive with
all proceeds benefitting the
center’s rehabilitation fund.
“We have some exciting
and unique items to share in
the auction, a few surprises,
and will be honoring some in-
credible people at this event,”
Saranpaa said. “We hope the
community will come out
to support us, and help us
celebrate such a wonderful
achievement.”
More info is available at
CoastWildlife.org.
WARRENTON-HAMMOND SCHOOL DISTRICT
SEEKS BUDGET COMMITTEE APPLICANTS
Warrenton-Hammond School District is hereby taking applications for
Budget Committee members.
The budget committee will have the responsibility for reviewing the
financial program of the district, reviewing the proposed district budget
as presented by the superintendent and recommending an annual or
biennial district budget in keeping with the provisions of applicable state
laws.
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Members are appointed by the Board of Directors
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Members must live and be registered to vote in the Warren-
ton-Hammond School District
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Members must not be an officer, agent or employee of the Warren-
ton-Hammond School District
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Members normally serve a three-year term, but some positions are
completing other terms of office and may be shorter in duration.
Position 1
Position 2
Position 4
Position 6
Three year term
Three year term
Three year term
Three year term
Applications and additional information are available at the school
district office located at:
820 SW Cedar Ave., Warrenton
Phone: (503) 861-2281