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Hyak housing project is put on hold for time being
Housing authorities await legal
opinion, city of Seaside’s ruling
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
The NorthWest Oregon Hous-
ing Authority is holding off ac-
quisition of the Hyak Building in
Seaside until the agency establish-
es a dialogue with the neighbors
about the building’s future use
by Helping Hands and receives a
legal opinion on potential zoning
issues that have been raised.
While the authority’s board
of commissioners still supports
the project, they are sensitive to
concerns raised by the building’s
neighbors near Edgewood Street
and Avenue S.
“We respect the input from the
community and we welcome the
conversation,” NOHA Executive
Director Todd Johnston said at
the agency’s April board meeting.
Some of the property’s neigh-
bors, such as Rosemary Bak-
er-Monaghan, are challenging the
property being used for a purpose
that doesn’t conform to its resi-
dential medium density zoning;
others simply don’t want to live
next to, as they call it, a half-way
house.
Helping Hands plans to lease
the property and use it to house
formerly homeless men in the
pre-graduate stage of their re-en-
try program. Baker-Monaghan,
at the authority’s board meeting,
said she believes “there’s a better
spot to accomplish what you want
to accomplish.”
“I hate that I have to come here
and say, ‘stop,’” she said, reiter-
ating she believes the project as
proposed would violate the city’s
Zoning Ordinance.
The concerns expressed by
other neighbors allude to fear
about potential illegal or criminal
activity transpiring at the house.
In a letter to Mayor Don Larson
and City Administrator Mark
Winstanley, a man who lives adja-
cent to the Hyak property said he
has two young children that play
in the backyard, and he thinks
the tenants from Helping Hands
could pose a safety risk.
“At the very least, if this proj-
ect is pushed down our collec-
tive throats, I will insist on an
adequate fence to be constructed
between our mutual properties
to give me some peace of mind
in letting my children out to play
in their own backyard,” he wrote.
“That is the very least that could
be done to mitigate this perceived
and possible threat to my children
from men who may have prob-
lematic backgrounds.”
He and others also believe
property values could be harmed
when Helping Hands moves in.
Who would be renting
Helping Hands Executive
Director Alan Evans reminded
the housing authority board that
the agency would be leasing the
building to the organization as a
whole, not to individual members.
It was previously reported ten-
ants would pay rent to help cover
the lease, but that is a mischarac-
terization. Helping Hands would
use member dues to help pay for
the lease. If tenants did not be-
have according to Helping Hands’
rules and guidelines, they would
lose their membership and be re-
moved from the Hyak house.
Also, Evans said, the face of
homelessness has changed - it
should not be assumed all home-
less people are former drug or al-
cohol users or abusers.
“This is about good people
who’ve been through bad situa-
tions,” he said.
Evans is used to dealing with
individuals that oppose the idea
of having rehabilitation centers
and homeless shelters in their
backyards, but he believes there
may be misunderstandings about
the project.
NOHA board member Joyce
Stuber agreed the face of home-
lessness is changing and the com-
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enlightenment and education.
Helping Hands’ goal is to pro-
vide a safe living environment for
members once they have a job or
are enrolled in school as part of
their re-entry program. The mem-
bers have to adhere to a high level
of accountability.
Research shows how auton-
omy, mastery and purpose are
benchmarks by which people
measure their value, NOHA
board member Darlene Newton
said. Moving to the Hyak house
near the end of their program
would provide Helping Hands
members a level of autonomy and
self-reliability that could serve as
a springboard for their reintegra-
tion into the community.
“I really advocate for this type
of venture,” she said.
Helping Hands already has
invested about three years and
thousands of dollars to make the
project possible. The project lost a
$500,000 grant from Oregon Hous-
ing and Community Services when
See Hyak, Page 7A
Obituaries
E. Roy Cole
Judith Ann Osborne
Jan. 22, 1919 — April 10, 2015
Dec. 23, 1941 — April 14, 2015
E. Roy Cole, 96, passed
away peacefully at home,
with family, on April 10.
2015. He was preceded in
death by his wife Mary Cole,
and six of his brothers, and
two sisters.
Roy is survived by his sev-
en children: Daughter Shirleen
Hutchens and husband Gary
of Estero, Fla., grandchildren
Eric Hutchens, wife Ranya,
and great-grandsons Gabri-
el and John, grandson Tim
Hutchens and great-grandson
William, Amy Figge and hus-
band Alex and great-grand-
sons Thomas and Ford, and
granddaughter Anne Hutch-
ens. Daughter Diane Schafer
and husband Ralph of Ramo-
na, Calif., granddaughter An-
gela Keller and husband Jay,
and great-grandchildren Ava
and Jack, and grandson An-
drew Schafer. Son Jim Cole
of Seaside, Ore. Daughter Pat
Boehm and husband Don of
Astoria Ore., grandchildren
Tracy Linder, David Pitman
and Nicole Bennett, Becky
Boehm, and Jennifer Boehm.
Son Fred Cole of Baja, Mex-
ico. Daughter Judy Knapp
and Rick Murrell of Knappa,
Ore., and grandchildren Doug
E. Roy Cole
Knapp, great-grandchildren
Kaydence, Macy, and Gatlin.
Josh Knapp and wife Chris-
tina, and great-grandchildren
Teagan and Mollee. Son Rog-
er Cole and wife Pat of St.
Petersburg, Fla., and grand-
daughter Summer Thielbeule
and husband Adam. Brother
Robert Cole of Chapel Hill,
N.C., and his loving compan-
ion Rosie Egbert of Hillsboro,
Ore.
Roy was born in a tur-
pentine camp in Texas and
raised in Florida. He joined
the Navy, met his wife in
Nashville and was stationed
in Coos Bay before moving
to Seaside in 1945. He had
his own delivery service, was
employed as an auto mechan-
ic, in a lumber yard, delivered
linens, had many rental prop-
erties and owned and oper-
ated a motel. Roy is a past
commander of Legion Post
99, and was very generous
with his contributions to the
Seaside High School Schol-
arship fund.
Roy was an avid hunter,
clam digger and gardener.
He enjoyed traveling and
found his greatest joy and
true calling as patriarch to his
26 grandchildren. His warm
smile, soft voice and the spar-
kle in his eyes will be remem-
bered and missed by all who
knew him.
Funeral services were held
at Hughes-Ransom in Seaside
April 18. Graveside services
at Evergreen Cemetery and a
reception at the Cole family
residence followed.
Donations to the Seaside
High School Scholarship
Fund are encouraged in lieu
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Hughes-Ransom Mortuary
is in charge of arrangements.
Visit www.hughes-ransom.
com to share memories and
sign the guest book.
John Cooke
May 16, 1945 — April 8, 2015
John Douglas Cooke
was born May 16, 1945, in
Astoria, to Mildred Evelyn
Niemela Cooke and Doug-
las Cooke. John attended
Westport Elementary and
Clatskanie High School then
moved to Seaside his sopho-
more year, where he graduat-
ed from Seaside High School
in 1963.
He graduated from the
University of Oregon and
then became a bank exam-
iner in Southern California.
In 1976, he invented a board
game called “Double Option
Cribbage,” which he sold to
a toy company. The sale of
Double Option Cribbage al-
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accounting business: Cooke
CPA.
He is survived by wife
Annie Cooke; brother Bob
Cooke; sister Carole Cooke
Bass; children Jena Cooke,
Michelle and Tim Wunderlich,
and Monique and Richie Gan-
gle; grandchildren Tandy and
Jada Carrow, Annika, Riley
and Madden Wunderlich, Hai-
lie and Madisyn Gangle (they
called him Opa). He enjoyed
visits with his sister, Carol, and
her grandchildren, Nicholas
and watching his grandkids
in their various activities.
He took many drives up and
down the coast with the love
of his life — Annie. They
traveled together to Europe,
where he met more friends
and family, and loved going
to Mexico. He looked for-
ward to many more trips with
retirement.
John enjoyed gatherings
at home — there was always
food and drinks and everyone
John Cooke
was invited! At Christmas the
grandkids would decorate the
and Chirstina, and recently re- house and read “The 12 days
uniting with his cousin, Mary of Christmas.”
Cooke Briggs. He had count-
“Opa Jonny” loved hear-
less nieces, nephews and cous- ing the laughter and chaos.
ins who all loved him dearly.
John was loved by those close
John was a successful to him and will be missed ev-
businessman, retiring from ery day. With so many great
his last business, John Cook, stories and memories, he will
CPA in 2012. He was always be remembered always.
thankful for his faithful of-
At John’s request, there
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He was an avid golfer and services. Friends and family
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more during retirement. He EUDWLRQRIOLIH,QOLHXRIÀRZ-
really liked visiting with his ers, donations may be made
friends and talking about the to scholarship funds at the
stock market and other cur- American Legion or the Elks
rent events. He loved clam Lodge.
digging, crabbing, watching
“Cheers Jonny – it’s 5
the sunset, walking the Prom, o’clock now.”
Judith Ann Osborne passed
away Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
She was born in Sacramento,
Calif., on Dec. 23, 1941.
After graduating from
Highline High School in the
Seattle area, she attended Cen-
tral Washington University in
Ellensburg, Wash. and became
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Airlines. She raised four chil-
dren on her own; loved books;
loved history; all things Brit-
ish; was a published writer
and member of a local writer’s
group. She rescued many a cat
and dog over the years.
She is survived by her
brother, Donald Osborne Jr.
and his wife. Donna Jean, of
Wheeler, Ore.; her children,
Jessica Stoller of Leaven-
worth, Wash., Jeffrey Stoller
of Seaside, Ore., Joshua
Stoller of Nehalem, Ore., and
Brian Stoller of Myrtle Creek,
Ore.; and two grandchildren,
Zachary Robinson and Oscar
Stoller. There are numerous
nieces, nephews, great-niec-
es and nephews, her beloved
animals, Poppy, Dixie Brindle
April 17, 2015
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Coleman
Lloyd “Cody,” 64, of As-
toria, retired Clatsop Coun-
ty deputy sheriff, died in
Astoria. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of the
arrangements.
April 22, 2015
LARSON, Daniel Ray,
Judith Ann Osborne
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and Indigo, and many friends.
She was preceded in death by
her parents, Donald and Lou-
ise Osborne of Cannon Beach.
There will be no formal ser-
vice at Judith’s request. For-
mal viewing ended Wednes-
day, April 15, at Waud’s
Funeral Home in Tillamook.
The family is planning a cele-
bration and memorial event in
the near future, when the full
family can participate. Infor-
mation will be forthcoming.
The family asks that dona-
tions be made to the Cannon
Beach Library, P.O. Box 486,
131 Hemlock St., Cannon
Beach OR 97110; the Man-
zanita Library, P.O. Box 147,
Manzanita OR 97130; and
the Oregon Humane Society,
1067 N.E. Columbia Blvd.,
Portland, OR 97211.
74, of Seaside, died in Sea-
side. Ocean View Funeral
& Cremation Service in
Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
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Olive Pershing
Oct. 12, 1917 — April 24, 2015
Olive Pershing peace-
fully passed away April 24,
2015, at her home in Van-
couver, Wash., surrounded
by the love of her family.
Olive Cassie Gray was born
October 12, 1917 to George
and Sarah Gray in Astoria,
Ore. She resided in Seaside,
Ore., most of her life.
Family was everything
to Olive. She had six chil-
dren, 23 grandchildren and
many great-grandchildren.
She was kind and gentle,
and was always happy to
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loved Jesus.
Her sisters, Nelly Bark-
er and Mary Dunn, and her
son, John Pershing, preced-
ed Olive in death. She is
survived by her daughters,
Connie (Darrell) Downey
and Laura Brown; sons,
Monty, Bob (Barb) and Bill
(Sheila) Pershing; along
with her many grandchil-
dren, great-grandchildren,
and so many other relatives
and friends.
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