March 20, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 7A
Conservancy looks to acquire property
Recreation district may be
potential fi nancial partner
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
The North Coast Land
Conservancy may purchase
360 acres nestled between the
organization’s Circle Creek
property in Seaside and Ecola
State Park.
To accomplish the goal,
the conservancy has asked
the Sunset Empire Park and
Recreation District to help it
obtain a grant from the Ore-
gon State Parks’ Local Gov-
ernment Grant Program.
The property, dubbed
Boneyard Ridge, was ap-
praised at $1.8 million.
Owned by timber manage-
ment and investment com-
pany Campbell Global, the
property would become a
new habitat reserve if ac-
quired by the conservancy.
In February, 113 people
contributed $25,231.75 for
conservancy founder Neal
Maine’s 75th birthday. The
donations helped the orga-
nization more than double
a $10,000 matching grant
challenge from the Mintkeski
Family Fund and put about
$35,000 toward the acquisi-
tion of Boneyard Ridge.
The conservancy also has
secured more than $500,000
from the Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board. Now,
the organization hopes to ob-
tain another grant available
only to park districts and mu-
nicipalities. This is why the
land conservancy is turning
to the Sunset Empire Park
and Recreation District.
At the district board’s
meeting in February, the con-
servancy’s associate director,
Jon Wickersham, asked the
agency to apply for and be the
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the conservancy’s behalf.
“It makes sense when
we can both achieve shared
goals; it’s a good idea,” he
said.
The group does not know
at this time how much money
it will request. About $4 mil-
lion is available annually for
outdoor recreation projects,
Wickersham said, and Ore-
gon State Parks funds about
42 percent of the grant appli-
cations. The conservancy is
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in terms of the asking price,”
he added. The grant is due
April 1.
About the property
When considering appli-
cations, Oregon State Parks,
the granting agency, uses
certain yardsticks that are
aligned with the Statewide
Comprehensive
Outdoor
Recreation Plan, such as un-
paved or dirt walking trails
and wildlife viewing areas.
The Boneyard Ridge proper-
ty would score highly for both
those components, which are
some of the biggest needs in
Clatsop County, Wickersham
said.
The property has three
salmon-bearing streams that
all drain into the Necanicum
River. One stream is un-
named. The others are called
Boneyard Creek and Little
Buddy Creek.
The property shares a 1.5-
mile border with Ecola State
Park and a mile-long border
with Circle Creek.
The conservancy plans
to manage the property’s old
growth trees, which could
include thinning the forest,
replanting new trees and re-
moving invasive species,
Wickersham said. First, the
organization would hire a for-
ester to assess the property.
The conservancy also
hopes to add a recreation
component.
“It’s a pretty cool idea to
have a trail running through,”
Wickersham said. Oregon
State Parks is interested in
helping the conservancy build
a trail that would connect the
property to Ecola State Park,
he added.
The conservancy is creat-
ing a potential management
plan for the property. The cur-
rent draft proposes banning
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only archery hunting, but that
is “up for interpretation” until
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ized, Wickersham said.
If the recreation district
obtained the grant on behalf
of the conservancy, it would
hold a recreation easement
for at least 25 years and
would have some say in the
property’s management.
Recreation district board
member Ruth Johnson said
she believes partnering with
the conservancy on the grant
is a good idea as long as it
doesn’t cost the recreation
district any money.
“It’s got all the hallmarks
of a win-win for everyone,”
board member Tom Horning
agreed.
The acquisition of Bone-
yard Ridge could take
awhile. Because some of
the grants have deadlines for
use, the conservancy hopes
to acquire the property by
summer 2016.
“That is the goal,” Wick-
ersham said. “Some of that
is regulated by the grants we
get. ... The timelines are kind
of set for us in a way.”
Obituaries
Howard Jefferson Bell
Lois Foster
Nov. 25, 1910 — March 2, 2015
Jan. 11, 1932 — March 3, 2015
Howard Jefferson Bell
passed away Monday morn-
ing, March 2, 2015, at the age
of 104. He was born Nov. 25,
1910, in Portland, Ore., to
Chriss A. Bell and Charlotte
Bennett Bell, who were mar-
ried on the front porch of the
family home in Gearhart in
1904.
The family, which includ-
ed brothers Robert and Fred-
erick Bell and sister Edna El-
len Bell, spent their summers
in Gearhart, like many fami-
lies of that day. Their father
would stay in Portland during
the week and come to the
beach on the weekends on the
“Daddy Train,” while moth-
er and the kids would spend
their days clamming, beach
combing and playing tennis
and golf.
He grew up and went to
school in Portland, attend-
ed Glencoe Elementary and
Franklin High schools and
eventually spent time at Vir-
ginia Military Institute and
Oregon State University.
Admittedly not the greatest
HOWARD BELL
student in the world, he even-
tually went into his own small
business, Howard Bell Film
Service, were he worked for
the rest of his life.
He married May Elaine
Turnbull in 1938, after hav-
ing met her on the tennis
courts when they were in
high school. Together they
raised three children: Chriss
Bell of Green Valley, Ariz.,
Douglas Bell (Christine) of
Portland and Gearhart, and
Patricia Bell Wollner, also
of Gearhart. He also leaves
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eight grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
Howard is predeceased by
his parents, wife, brothers and
sister. At his request, there will
be no service. Hughes-Ran-
som Mortuary in Seaside is
handling the arrangements.
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tions can be made to the North
Coast Land Conservancy, P.O.
Box 67, Seaside, OR, 97138.
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thank all those who carefully
cared for him at Necanicum
Village in Seaside during his
last few months. While he was
there, he was able to watch the
famous coastal elk herd out-
side his living room window,
as well as a few golfers brav-
ing the cold winter sun.
Being a man of few words,
Howard wrote a note to each
of his children describing
how he wanted things han-
dled after his death, ending
with, “Love to you all and
will see you in Eternity.”
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som.com to leave memories
and sign the guest book.
Lois Marlene Foster
passed away peacefully on
March 3, 2015, at the age of
83, in Hillsboro, Ore. Lois
was born Jan. 11, 1932, to
Arthur and Edra Camberg in
Astoria, Ore. Due to her par-
ents’ work with various log-
ging camps in Northwest Or-
egon, Lois lived and attended
school in a number of places
as a child, including Wheeler,
Astoria and Jewell, Ore.
Lois met the true love of
her life, Earnest “Bubby”
Foster at a dance at the Vine
Maple Grange Hall in Jewell
when she was 16 years old,
and he was home after being
discharged from the Navy.
A year and a half later they
married. Lois lived the ma-
jority of her life in Jewell and
Olney, Ore., where she and
Bubby raised their family.
Lois never shied away
from hard work. She was an
excellent cook and home-
maker all her life. While rais-
ing her family, she intermit-
tently worked as a sales clerk
at JC Penny Co., grocery
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on
the
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checker at the Astoria IGA,
and even opened her own
business for a time in Astoria
(Lois and Dot’s Café). She
also worked in the cafeteria at
Jewell School.
Lois and Bubby opened
their home to serve as foster
parents to numerous children
in foster care throughout the
years, temporarily expanding
their family as others needed
them. Lois was a bright, up-
beat, quick witted, spunky
personality, who had a quip
and good natured joke about
most situations. She enjoyed
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dancer in her day.
She remained deeply
committed to her family
all her life, and was a well-
loved mother, grandmother,
great-grandmother,
auntie
and friend to many. She will
be dearly missed.
Lois is predeceased by
her husband; her parents; a
brother, Herb Camberg; and
a sister, Joan Camberg Ol-
stedt. She is survived by her
three children, Clifford R.
Foster (Katie), Janette M.
Hughes (Dominic Kohlasch)
and Clark A. Foster (Hei-
di); nine grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren and nu-
merous nieces and nephews.
A graveside service was
held Saturday, March 7,
2015, at Jewell Cemetery in
Jewell, Ore.
Hughes-Ransom
Mor-
tuary in Seaside is in charge
of arrangements. Visit www.
hughes-ransom.com to leave
condolences and sign the
guest book.
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