4A • May 15, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com I $ZHOFRPHWRWKHFLW\RI6HDVLGH s it true that every new mem- EHU ZLQV WKH UDIÀH DW WKH 6HD side Downtown Development Association breakfast? Now that is a way to show some hospitality! Let me introduce myself: I’m R.J., or Rick Marx, and I’ve just moved to town to settle in to my QHZ MRE DV HGLWRU RI WKH 6HDVLGH 6LJQDO )LUVW RII OHW PH WKDQN Nancy McCarthy, the paper’s ORQJWLPH HGLWRU IRU PDNLQJ WKH 6LJQDO VXFK D KLW LQ WRZQ WKDW LW ZDVQDPHGE\WKH6HDVLGH&KDP ber of Commerce as “2014 Busi- ness of the Year.” 6HFRQGOHWPHWKDQNWKHIRONV who attended the two sensational EUHDNIDVWV , KDG WKH SULYLOHJH RI DWWHQGLQJODVWZHHN,ZDVFKDWWLQJ with a friend back east and I told KLPZHGLQHGDWWKH3LJ¶13DQ cake. “Which did you choose, the SLJRUWKHSDQFDNH"´KHVPDUWDO ecked, and I replied: “That’s the beauty of it, you can have both!” $W WKH ORFDO PHHWLQJV , PHW several local residents. I quickly OHDUQHG,PD\EHWKHQHZJX\LQ town, but not by much. I met a WUDQVSODQWHG /RV $QJHOHDQ ZLWK 10 months’ residency, a Portland- HUZKRLVKHUHJRLQJRQKHUVL[WK week, and heard a lecture from the Port of Astoria Executive Di- UHFWRU -LP .QLJKW ZKR DUULYHG KHUH IURP 2O\PSLD DERXW HLJKW PRQWKV DJR 0\ *HDUKDUW QHLJK bors are from everywhere, from 6FDQGLQDYLD WR 9DQFRXYHU DQG points midway. :KDW LV LW WKDW EULQJV XV DOO here? My horoscope before my arrival read: “Like a turtle, you KHDGZHVWWRWKHZDWHU´6R,GLG And just think: an aquarium, a FDURXVHO ¿UHZRUNV FDQG\ DQG WDII\ 3UREDEO\ P\ ¿UVW MR\RXV school memory was as a 4-year- ROG DW ³.LGGLH &ROOHJH´ LWV UHDO QDPHZKHQZHWRRND¿HOGWULSWR WKHWDII\IDFWRU\,¶PEHJLQQLQJWR WKLQNWKDW6HDVLGHPLJKWEULQJRXW the kid in all of us — and that’s DJRRGWKLQJ,JXHVVLW¶VQRDFFL dent that one of the main streets is named “Holladay.” My philosophy of community MRXUQDOLVP LV ¿UVW DQG IRUHPRVW to tell the news as it happens. And ZH ZDQW WR EH ¿UVW DQG WKH PRVW WKRURXJK ZLWK LW 7KH PHHWLQJV newsmakers and policy issues are only the start of the job. Then FRPHV WKH JRRG SDUW *HWWLQJ WR NQRZ \RXU QHLJKERUV $WWHQGLQJ S EEN FROM S EASIDE B Y R.J. MARX You may be seeing me wandering around town getting to know people and taking in the sights. After all, Seaside is a tourist town, isn’t it? DOO WKH IXQ HYHQWV LQ WRZQ 6DP SOLQJ HYHU\ VLQJOH UHVWDXUDQW DQG FODPKRXVH([SORULQJWKHOLEUDU\ +HOSLQJ RWKHUV LQ WU\LQJ WLPHV 3URYLGLQJ D IRUXP IRU GLIIHUHQW YRLFHV ,QWURGXFLQJ QHZ SHRSOH to the community, and celebrat- LQJLWVEHVWHYHU\GD\RIWKH\HDU 0D\,EHJXLGHGE\P\SUHGHFHV R.J. MARX PHOTO “Mer-horse” at the Carousel in Seaside. sors, from Nancy McCarthy and EH\RQG LQFOXGLQJ WKH YHQHUDEOH 0D[ 6KDIHU ZKR HGLWHG WKH 6LJ QDOIURPWR7KDW¶VJRW to be a record. <RXPD\EHVHHLQJPHZDQGHU LQJ DURXQG WRZQ JHWWLQJ WR NQRZ SHRSOH DQG WDNLQJ LQ WKH VLJKWV $IWHUDOO6HDVLGHLVDWRXULVWWRZQ isn’t it? 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The ads you see on the Internet are typically tailored to your VHDUFKLQJDQGEX\LQJKLVWR ry on the Internet. <RX PD\ EH ZRQGHULQJ what all of this has to do with libraries but believe it or not, people usually end up at the library with ques- tions about how to run all of these machines as well as questions or concerns about privacy issues. I’ve per- sonally been asked to help SHRSOH QDYLJDWH HYHU\WKLQJ from how to create your RZQ ,6%1 VHDUFK WKH ,Q ternet in private, or how to use little laptops that were FUHDWHG VSHFL¿FDOO\ IRU XVH in third world countries. (YHU\WLPH,JHWDTXHVWLRQ like this, I love the chal- OHQJH EHFDXVH OLEUDULDQV love to learn! I think the XQGHUO\LQJ SKLORVRSK\ WR WKLV LV WKDW FKDQJH LV FRP LQJDQGDVXVXDOOLEUDULDQV are expected to help carve D SDWK WKURXJK WKDW FKDQJH that helps others under- stand. I love that the ma- MRULW\RISHRSOHZDONLQJLQ the library with a tablet ask XV IRU KHOS LQ XVLQJ LW :H OLYH LQ H[FLWLQJ WLPHV DQG WHFKQRORJ\FRQWLQXHVWRDG vance. Who knows, maybe by this time next year you ZLOO EH UHFHLYLQJ WKLV DUWL FOHLQKRORJUDPIRUPIURP \RXU'KHDGEDQG Esther Moberg is direc- tor of the Seaside Public Library. Scene and Heard CLAIRE LOVELL Pancakes and sausage at the convention center On April 7, we had Ki- ZDQLVSDQFDNHVDQGVDXVDJH at the convention center. ,W EURXJKW EDFN PHPRULHV of Mayor Joyce Williams DQG +HUE 6FKODSSL Y\LQJ with each other to see who could sell the most tickets. 6LQFHWKH\ZHUHERWKPHP bers of my church, I alter- nated between the two in SXUFKDVLQJ PLQH 7KHUH¶V DOZD\V JRRG FRQYHUVDWLRQ with friends we sometimes see only then. They still ha- YHQ¶WFKDQJHGWRWKHSODVWLF ketchup containers with the pointed dispenser on the WRS IRU V\UXS WKRXJK ,¶YH used them before and they don’t drip contents down WKH VLGH DV WKH JODVV RQHV GR VWLFNLQJ XS HYHU\WKLQJ LQVLJKW Body language blues ,¶P D JHVWXUHV ZDWFKHU RQ79:KDWDZHLUGVFKRRO that is for actors who sell products. Most look so silly when the sound is turned off. The way they use their arms and hands — in symmetry or one at a WLPH ² LV VR PHDQLQJOHVV Why don’t they just stand still with arms at their sides DQGWZLWFKD¿QJHUQRZDQG WKHQ" 6KHHVK , JHW WLUHG MXVW ZDWFKLQJ DOO WKH H[HU FLVH $QRWKHU LQIXULDWLQJ WULFNLVEHQGLQJDFRXSOHRI ¿QJHUV RQ HDFK KDQG VXS SRVHGO\ VLPXODWLQJ TXRWD WLRQV,W¶VWLPHWRJLYHLWXS Trivia test Robin and I took the trivia test at Riley’s while WKDWWLPH+HJRWRQWKHEXV somewhere in Warrenton on +LJKZD\SHUKDSVQHDU Camp Rilea on his way to 6WDU RI WKH 6HD VFKRRO DQG was a familiar person for quite a while. One of his relatives, I think, was an of- ¿FHUDW)W6WHYHQVDQGZDV VLJQL¿FDQWLQP\KXVEDQG¶V OLIH GXULQJ WKH ZDU $QG then to have his wife follow him in four days must be so KHDUWEUHDNLQJIRUWKHIDPL ly. We offer them our deep- Sad passing est sympathy. I was sad to read of the 7KRXJK P\ PHPRULHV GHDWK RI 'RQDOG )DOOHXU RI'RQDOGDUHIURPVRORQJ on April 22. I didn’t really DJR,NQRZPDQ\ZLOOPLVV NQRZKLPDOWKRXJKZHURGH him. WKHVDPH*UH\KRXQGEXVWR Astoria when I worked at Feathers and hooves That was an interest- 6W 0DU\¶V 'RQDOG ZDV D chubby kid of about 10 at LQJ SLFWXUH RI WKH &URZQ it really doesn’t sound very JRRG,DOZD\VKDYHDFDW¶V HDUIRUZRUGXVDJH3HUKDSV it’s our international makeup ZKLFKVHHPVWREHDGGLQJVR PDQ\VWUDQJHH[SUHVVLRQVVR quickly. And why do today’s conversationalists say they have it “out” for someone rather than that they have it ³LQ´ IRU WKHP" ,I \RX JX\V DUH JRLQJ WR FKDQJH HYHU\ WKLQJDWOHDVWWU\WRPDNHDQ improvement. CLAIRE LOVELL ZH ZHUH KDYLQJ GLQQHU RQH QLJKW DQG GLG VXUSULVLQJO\ ZHOOLWGRHV\RXUKHDUWJRRG to be able to still keep up. What does it mean to “love on” somebody, as op- SRVHG WR MXVW ORYLQJ WKHP" When a person says it aloud, Princess cruise ship arriv- LQJ LQ $VWRULD 7KXUVGD\ It’s not clear what kind of ELUGV DUH IO\LQJ WKURXJK the super-structure, but WKH\ ORRN WR EH JXOOV GXFNV RU JHHVH :KR FDQ tell? They do have a nice VWUDLJKW OLQH JRLQJ ,W¶V D JUHDWSLFWXUH ,VDZDZRPDQDW6DIH way on Tuesday with a WZRIRRW EDJ IXOO RI FDU rots and had to ask her, “Do you have rabbits?” And she said, “No, hors- es.” Live and learn. Laugh Line: 6N\GLYLQJ ZLWKRXW D parachute is a once in a lifetime experience. Claire Lovell is a long- time resident of Seaside. Obituaries Ray G. Schumacher Sept. 26, 1941 — April 28, 2015 5D\ * 6FKXPDFKHU passed away April 28, LQ )RUHVW *URYH 2UH+HZDV He was born in Eure- ND 6' 6HSW to Jacob M. and Matilda 3IHLIOH 6FKXPDFKHU +H ZDV WKH \RXQJHVW RI children. He was adored by his parents and de- scribed by his sister as “the apple of their eye.” +LV IDWKHU KDG HPLJUDWHG from Russia in 1912, set- WOLQJLQ6RXWK'DNRWD+LV SDUHQWV PDUULHG LQ Their first child was born in 1917. There were just about 25 years between 5D\DQGKLVROGHVWVLEOLQJ 5D\ JUHZ XS RQ WKH farm and moved to Mo- EULGJH 6' +H DWWHQGHG DQGJUDGXDWHGKLJKVFKRRO at Northwest Lutheran $FDGHP\ LQ 0REULGJH where he learned to speak DQGZULWH(QJOLVK+HZDV GHVFULEHGDVYHU\EULJKW He worked as a farm hand for farmers in the area, and then drove a ce- ment truck. He moved to 6HDWWOH :DVK LQ where two of his broth- Ray Schumacher HUV ZHUH UHVLGLQJ +H was married and later di- IDPLO\IDUPZHVWRI/RQJ vorced. He worked for /DNH 6' +H OHDUQHG WR Bausch and Lomb as a lens drive a tractor at an early JULQGHUH\H JODVV PDNHU DJH DQG ZRUNHG RQ WKH for over 20 years. He then family farm. He was 14 worked as an accountant when his family sold the for several different busi- nesses for many years. He moved to Astoria, Ore., in 2004 to be closer to two of his three children. His poor health forced his retirement in 2007. This past year he lived in an DVVLVWHG OLYLQJ IDFLOLW\ LQ 6HDVLGH2UH ,Q KLV \RXQJHU GD\V KH was an avid bowler, win- QLQJ PDQ\ WURSKLHV DQG HYHQERZOLQJVHYHUDOSHU IHFW JDPHV +H HQMR\HG KXQWLQJ ZLWK KLV ODWH EURWKHULQODZ /HQ *XWH +H ZDV D GHYRWHG 6HDWWOH Mariners fan and was al- ZD\V ZDWFKLQJ RU OLVWHQ LQJWREDVHEDOOJDPHV+H liked John Wayne movies, HQMR\HG JDUGHQLQJ DQG loved his pets. He survived by one VRQ %ULDQ 6FKXPDFK er of North Plains, Ore.; WZR GDXJKWHUV .DWKDULQH Mather of Astoria, Ore., DQG$PDQGD0HOYLQ$U ULQJWRQ RI 6HDWWOH:DVK QLQH JUDQGFKLOGUHQ +DQ nah, Madison, Kielee, and 6DPXHO0DWKHURI$VWRULD Ore., and Andre Moore and Myah, Melvin III, Alexis, and Anastasia Ar- ULQJWRQ RI 6HDWWOH:DVK WKUHH VLVWHUV (YDQJH OLQH &ODUN RI 9DQFRXYHU :DVK (LOHHQ *LHQJHU RI 0REULGJH 6' DQG 0LOGUHG -HUDXOG .OXFN man of Lusby, Md.; two EURWKHUV 3DXO 6FKXPDFK er of Des Moines, Wash., DQG /DZUHQFH 3HJJ\ 6FKXPDFKHU RI )HUQGDOH Wash.; and numerous nieces, nephews and other extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents; four VLVWHUV,UHQH6FKXPDFKHU *HUWUXGH5XHE/HRQD2W WHQEDFKHU6FKHXIIHOHDQG Adeline Binder; and two EURWKHUV 5REHUW 6FKXP DFKHU DQG 9LFWRU 6FKXP acher. Memorial services for 5D\ * 6FKXPDFKHU ZLOO EH 6DWXUGD\ 0D\ 2015, at 2 p.m., at Beth- DQ\)UHH/XWKHUDQ&KXUFK LQ $VWRULD 3DVWRU &UDLJ Johnson will officiate.