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ers and families. And celebrating
successes. I think that’s a huge
one, especially in this position.
Jeremy Catt
Q: What are some methods for
Get to know Jeremy Catt, the Seaside School District’s new Director of Special
Services. Catt was hired by the district in the spring and started working in August.
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
Q: What were you doing before
joining the Seaside School District?
A: I was with Neah-Kah-Nie
School District for eight years and
I was at Tillamook High School
for three years prior to that. I
worked at the elementary, middle
and high school levels, but I was
also Neah-Kah-Nie’s autism spe-
cialist, behavior specialist and in-
tervention support for the district.
While I was at the high school,
I was the lead special education
teacher. In Tillamook, I spent
three years working with students
with signi¿ cant behavior disabil-
ities in a self-contained behavior
classroom at the high school.
Q: What draws you to this line of
work?
A: I got into special education
with a focus really on serving stu-
dents with signi¿ cant behaviors,
doing that?
A: One of the things I bring to this
and that’s what I did for my ¿ rst
three years. I feel like my best
attribute is creating relationships
with students with challenges. So
that was the start. And through
that, I was introduced to working
with students with a variety of dis-
abilities, and I’ve really enjoyed
serving students with disabilities.
I have a ton of passion for it, I
have a ton of energy for it and I’m
motivated to see them succeed.
Q: What are some of your
Q: So you fi nd out what each
responsibilities in this particular
role?
student’s particular need is and
how to meet it?
dents the skills to mainstream in
the regular education setting as
much as possible.
A: I think people in my position
could have a variety of responses
A: Absolutely. With the hope of for that. But I see my responsi-
getting them mainstream as much
as possible. I’m really motivated
to be creative with special edu-
cation teachers and the regular
education teachers and looking
at inclusive practices. I’m really
excited when students have an
opportunity to be successful in
the regular education setting. It’s
my personal philosophy and the
philosophy of this district to do
whatever we can to provide stu-
bility as doing whatever I can to
serve students and support teach-
ers. But my responsibilities would
also include practice instruction,
building collaboration strategies
between special education and
regular education staff and, again,
¿ nding ways to mainstream stu-
dents. It’s also my personal goal
to know every student that I
serve, know their families, and
work collaboratively with teach-
position is, because I’ve worked at
every level and I’ve been in every
position, I know what challenges
teachers face, I know what challeng-
es students face. And as a parent, I
know how passionate parents are
about their children. I understand
that, being that I have two children
of my own. So what that looks like
to me is providing students, teachers
and parents the resources they need
to be successful in the school envi-
ronment. And then — because I’ve
been in all those positions — coach-
ing, modeling and supporting. I’m
de¿ nitely a knees-on-the-ground-
in-the-classroom type of special
education director. I love to be in
the classroom, I love to be work-
ing side by side with teachers and
kids. As I’ve come into this school
district, one of the things I’m most
excited about is the how skilled the
teachers are and how open they are
to supporting all students. The lev-
el of teaching in this district, from
what I’ve seen – and I’ve been in
every building multiple times and
almost every classroom – the level
of teaching is extremely high and
teachers are very loving, compas-
sionate and passionate.
Q: What made you decide to take
the position in the district?
A: I have been required in my
experience to do a variety of jobs,
and I continued to be encouraged
by my previous administrators to
pursue an administrative license
and get into a position similar to
this. This is a position that I’m
very passionate about. It’s de¿ -
nitely the right ¿ t for me and it’s
something I’ve prepared myself
to do for the last 15 years. This is
what I’ve done.
Q: How do you like Seaside?
A: My wife is a speech lan-
guage pathologist assistant in
Seaside School District. I met
her at an autism training in Hill-
sboro six years ago and we got
married ¿ ve years ago. I love
Seaside. I’ve lived in Seaside for
¿ ve years, but I’ve been on the
coast for 12. Prior to Seaside, I
lived in Manzanita. So I already
had a really strong community
in Seaside prior to this position,
so it’s made the transition much
easier, personally and profes-
sionally. This is exactly where
I want to be and this is exactly
what I want to be doing. To me,
this is the top. This is not a step-
ping-stone position for me, or a
stepping-stone district. I live on
the Prom, and I surf in all my
free time. This is exactly where
I want to be.
Local veteran seeks community’s Seaside, event organizers parley
on +ood to &oast Podi¿ Fations
help to obtain mobility scooter
The ¿ rst work session
ended with no resolution,
prompting the need for a
second open forum, pref-
erably with representa-
tives from the event.
No one with Hood to
Coast spoke at the ¿ rst
workshop, but a representa-
tive attended and took notes.
In a subsequent interview
with the Signal, Chief Op-
erating Of¿ cer Dan Floyd
said they plan to attend the
council work session to re-
spond to complaints.
Meanwhile, he said, he is
considering other backup op-
tions for a ¿ nish line location.
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
Seaside resident Mitch
Mayhue dreams of living
with more freedom and less
pain. Through a social me-
dia campaign, friends are
helping make the disabled
Marine Corps veteran that
dream a reality.
Mayhue is in need of a
better scooter to transport
himself and his service dog,
Buddy, a long-hair Chihua-
hua. Longtime friend Nancy
Jones, of Ocean Park, Wash.,
started a GoFundMe ac-
count to raise about $3,000
to purchase an E-Wheels
EW-72 four-wheel mobility
scooter, determined to be
optimal because of its com-
fort and dependability. “He
is a wonderful guy,” Jones
wrote. “Thank you so much
for your prayers and bless-
ings.”
A 19-year Seaside resi-
dent with his wife Kathleen,
Mayhue served in the Unit-
ed States Marine Corps as
a trooper scout stationed in
the Philippines and Okina-
wa, Japan, from 1978-81.
Since then he has “done
a lot of hard work” in law
enforcement, ministry, land-
scaping and construction
and several other industries.
At one point he started a
local limousine service,
but today he can no longer
drive. He has even given
up metal engraving and
woodworking because he
can longer handle sharp in-
struments, he said. Now he
can get around only with the
help of Kathleen.
Mayhue uses a power
scooter on loan from the
American Legion, but the
scooter leads to discomfort
and irritates his injuries.
The only wheelchair he
owns “isn’t adequate to get
him up and down the steep
parking lot where he lives,”
Jones wrote.
Mayhue’s lack of mo-
bility has lead him to feel
“trapped,” he said. He hopes
obtaining the new mobility
scooter will change his fu-
ture. He said he hopes for
easier access to medical ap-
pointments, to the store or
supermarket — “things oth-
er people take for granted,”
he said. “That’s all I want,
to be able to do a little bit
more.
The added mobility will
give him freedom and re-
lieve pressure on family and
friends, he said.
So far the campaign has
raised $955 from 14 do-
nors. The fundraising effort,
and particularly Jones’ help
spearheading it, means a
great deal to Mayhue.
“It reestablished my hope
in people to a certain ex-
tent,” he said.
“We love Seaside and
we’d love to be back, but
it would be smart of us
to always have a backup
plan for Seaside and every
other location on our race
course,” he said.
The problem with chang-
ing the venue, or even just
the date, Floyd said, is that
the race is about 200 miles
long. Any change would
impact not only Seaside but
every jurisdiction that pro-
vides a start or exchange
location on the route.
Because of time con-
straints, it is important to
hold a second Seaside work
session as soon as possible,
Frank said. The city needs
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Friends establish online
account for disabled vet
to make a decision so orga-
nizers can ¿ nalize plans for
next year’s event.
Councilor Tita Monte-
ro said she perceives the
second work session as an
opportunity for collabora-
tion between local residents
and Hood to Coast orga-
nizers, including founder
Bob Foote or his daughter,
Felicia Hubber, who now
serves as president.
Even if they don’t at-
tend, councilor Dana Phil-
lips said, the city can record
various opinions and con-
cerns expressed by citizens
and pass on that informa-
tion to Hood to Coast orga-
nizers.
Seaside’s Mitch Mayhue is in
need of a mobility scooter.
Mayhue served in the United
States Marine Corps in the
late 1970s.
SUBMITTED PHOTO/SEASIDE SIGNAL
And if he gets the scoot-
er. “It would be a dream
come true.”
For more information or
to contribute, visit www.go-
fundme.com/r9q32w.
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