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Seaside Hall of Famers talk life, love and war
Marlantes was born in
Seaside in 1944, attended
Seaside High School and
graduated in 1963. “A lot is
the same,” he said. He played
football on a team that went to
By Katherine Lacaze
a state championship; worked
Seaside Signal
in the cafeteria scraping dish-
es alongside his grandmother,
If national best-selling au- the school’s cook; and roamed
thor and Seaside Hall of Fame the same halls and classrooms
member Karl Marlantes as the students who attend the
could do anything in his life high school today.
differently, he told Seaside
One big difference was
High School students during that for Marlantes and other
the 2015 Hall of Fame Pro- male high school students,
gram held Sept. 25, “I would the draft hovered in their
have talked to more girls.”
future like an unappealing
Not “hooking up,” he inevitability.
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“It was kind of like in-
laughed. But life brings us in come tax,” he explained. No
contact with lots of interesting one wanted to do it, but ev-
people, and Marlantes wishes eryone expected to, he add-
his shyness had not kept him ed. At 18, he enlisted in the
from getting to know and be- United States Marine Corps.
friend more of those people
On a National Merit
— especially members of the Scholarship, he attended Yale
opposite sex of whom he was University for undergraduate
particularly intimidated.
studies. From there, he be-
Marlantes was one of 12 came a Rhodes Scholar and
past and present inductees spent a term at University
who returned to their alma College in Oxford, England.
mater to address students However, guilt from seeing
the day before the Hall of his fellow classmates serve
Fame induction ceremony overseas drove him to volun-
and banquet Sept. 26. The teer for active duty. In a mat-
program was a new feature ter of days, he was dropped
added during the last Sea- in the Vietnam jungle with
side Hall of Fame induction other service members to
ceremony in 2013.
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The question of what he the topic of his award-win-
would do differently was ning book, “Matterhorn: A
one of several posed by high Novel of the Vietnam War.”
school students listening to
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Marlantes share about grow- book in the 1970s, after
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an international consultant Oxford. It took 35 years
and writing an award-win- after its completion to get
ning novel that took more the book published in 2010,
than 30 years to publish.
he said. A year later, after
Past, present inductees
participate in 2015 Hall
of Fame Program
Author and
motivational
speaker Polly
Campbell, a
member of the
Seaside High
School Hall of
Fame, speaks
with a student.
KATHERINE LACAZE
SEASIDE SIGNAL
spent hours in the library,
poring over biographies of
world-changing leaders, like
Mahatma Gandhi. One thing
she found in common be-
tween these celebrities and
leaders, along with herself,
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ties and overcame them.
Instead of backing down
from adversity, large or
small, she advised students,
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“get curious about it.” Grow-
Author and Seaside Hall of Fame member Karl Marlantes,
ing up, she wanted to play
class of 1963, addresses students at the high school Sept. 25.
basketball, an activity seem-
ingly incompatible with
“Matterhorn” met with suc-
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cess, Marlantes published class of 1986, also touched as a manager for the high
a second book, “What It Is on the writing profession. She school team — learning to
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students, is “a combination that “you can do this.”
in at practices. Finally, she
of keeping your head down
Campbell grew up in Sea- got the chance to play in a
and not giving up, and luck.” side, a member of Seaside game. She didn’t do it partic-
“It’s the nature of the beast; Heights Elementary School’s ularly well, but she did it, and
it’s an industry,” he said.
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Marlantes recently com- she was diagnosed with ju- ment is what she remembers,
pleted a third book, which venile rheumatoid arthritis. she said.
now sits in the hands of his Because of that, she said, “I
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publisher, along with his hope. learned early on that I wasn’t ence for myself,” she said.
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ful books, as a writer, you way I wanted.”
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don’t know,” he said.
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The key is to approach best way possible, every- negative and positive.
writing like any other job: thing I do today and every-
“Weed out what’s accurate
you get up in the morning thing I’ve done,” she said.
for you,” she said. “When
and do it, whether you feel
In lieu of playing out- you know you’re capable of
like it or not, he said.
side during recess, she coping and managing and
Teachers don’t like Cannon
Beach Academy proposal
Parents also have
concerns about school
By Dani Palmer
EO Media Group
Teachers with Seaside
School District 10 took the
opportunity to stand and
speak against a proposed
charter school in Cannon
Beach during a school board
meeting Tuesday, Sept. 15.
In a reversal of the August
hearing, the majority of those
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ents, opposed the school.
“It isn’t an ‘us vs. them,’”
parent Michelle Wunderlich
said. “I’m not against the
charter school. I’m just very
much for a strong district
for everyone.”
She said the charter
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from the district. “It’s affect-
ing the whole pie too much
for such a small piece,”
Wunderlich added.
Chuck Albright, a third-
grade teacher at Gearhart
Elementary School, echoed
Wunderlich’s sentiments.
He said all students need an
“excellent education” and
the wants of 75 students
should not be placed ahead
of the needs of 1,500.
He added that there
would be diminished quality
in the district regardless of
the teachers’ skills.
Without incentives, Gear-
hart fourth-grade teacher
Sena Bergquist said she
doesn’t see how Cannon
Beach Academy would at-
tract the same high caliber
teachers. And with the loss of
up to 85 students, she’s also
concerned about how fund-
ing cuts would “negatively
affect” the other schools.
Cannon Beach Academy
Board of Directors Presi-
dent Ryan Hull said he sees
a reduction in class sizes as
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After the meeting he
said the district would re-
ceive 20 percent of what
the charter would get per
student from the state if it
sponsors the academy.
Seaside Union President
John Meyer handed over a
list of 11 points against the
charter school signed by a
dozen people, the major-
ity of whom were district
teachers. Meyer said he is
not comfortable with the
academy’s curriculum and
would only be OK with a
school in Cannon Beach
if it is managed by the dis-
trict.
A sense of belonging
Hull said Cannon Beach
Academy wants to be a part
of the district. If the school
district supports the acade-
my rather than the state, he
added, there would be “set
checks and balances.” The
academy would have to give
annual reports and could
be closed if it doesn’t meet
measurable goals.
“We’re part of the district
still,” he said. “We’re not an
outside entity, but we are dif-
ferent.”
The academy would have
its own curriculum which,
Hull admitted, wouldn’t be for
everyone. But it would pro-
vide options that would ben-
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Seaside’s Kevin Widen-
er joined Hull in speaking
on behalf of the academy.
He said Cannon Beach res-
idents pay a “great deal of
taxes” and deserve their own
school, one he thinks will
work for students.
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nancial reasons and fears for
student safety. The building
lies in the tsunami inundation
zone. The charter school has
already been denied twice by
the district, citing lack of an
adequate location and secure
start-up funds.
Hull addressed those con-
cerns in August. The school
has a conditional use per-
mit from the Cannon Beach
Planning Commission al-
lowing it to modify and oc-
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of the former Athletic Club
at 171 Sunset Blvd., and the
academy has collected dona-
tions and created a balanced
three-year budget.
Meyer read through the
charter’s proposal and said
“the numbers just don’t
match,” adding he doesn’t
think the academy would
even be able to receive bank
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through such concerns, Hull
said.
Thirty day review
Under state law, the
school district has 30 days
to ensure a charter’s appli-
cation is complete, which it
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did on June 22. It then has
60 days to hold a public
hearing, which occurred on
Aug. 18, and 30 days after
that to render a decision.
Hull argued that the contin-
ued hearing went over that
alloted time frame. Under
that statute, he said, a deci-
sion concerning the charter
school’s fate should have
been issued by Thursday.
Despite feeling the
school district went over the
legal time frame, Hull add-
ed that the academy’s board
has voted to work with Sea-
side 10 over the next 30
days.
“At the end of the day,
my goal is focused on get-
ting a public charter school
for Cannon Beach,” he
said. “If that means 30 days
more, we’ll take it.”
Under state law, the State
Board of Education may
also grant an extension of
the timeline “if the district
has good cause for request-
ing the extension.”
Superintendent
Doug
Dougherty said both parties
agreed to the extension.
At the end of day, what
matters is that the district
can trust the academy to
be safe with the students,
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cational strong, Hull said.
If Cannon Beach Acade-
my meets that criteria, the
school should be approved,
he added.
Dougherty said the
school board will look to
state criteria for its decision
making.
The board has 30 days to
issue a decision. If it says
no for a third time, Can-
non Beach Academy could
again appeal to the State
Board of Education.
The next school board
meeting is Oct. 18.
learning from your decisions,
you’re free to do anything.”
Lastly, she encouraged
the students to participate in
their lives and engage expe-
riences surrounding them.
“Do not sit on the bench,”
she said. “Show up, get a
job, call your mom.”
Create “a life that makes
you happy,” she added. “Own
both your success and failure.
When you are accountable
for the things that don’t go
well, you can reap the awards
of what does go well.”
Others speakers for the
2015 Hall of Fame program
included Ben Archibald, a
professional football player;
Ed Johnson, and educator,
coach and environmen-
tal advocate and activist;
Jill Gann, an educator and
coach; Michelle Hawken
Wunderlich, owner of Sea-
side Coffee House; Kelli
Truax-Taylor, co-owner of
Bruce’s Candy Kitchen; Dan
Clark, a visual effects artist
and cinematographer; Jor-
dan Lewis, a professor and
international researcher; Jor-
jett Strumme, a Hollywood
designer and stylist; Dawn
Buzzard, the senior deputy
district attorney in Clatsop
County; and Rebecca Olson,
a professor of Shakespeare.
Seaside School District seeks buyer
for 13 acres on Clatsop Plains
Department of Education
Thursday.
In general, Dougherty
said, “we are just about the
By Katherine Lacaze
same as we have been for
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As per the Sept. 15
Seaside School District
numbers, Broadway Mid-
10 needs a Realtor. At its
dle School’s enrollment
for 2015-16 decreased by
Sept. 13 meeting the board Enrollment
about 6.4 percent from
authorized the sale of 13
the 2014-15 school year,
vacant acres on the Clat- numbers steady
At the meeting, Dough- which included 358 stu-
sop Plains near Warrenton.
The property, zoned erty also shared approxi- dents, according to the
for residential or agricul- mate enrollment numbers Department of Educa-
tural use, consists of three for the 2015-16 school tion.
year. Gearhart Elementary
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Seaside
High
neighboring parcels.
“At this point, what the School has 295 students School, there was an in-
board would like to do is enrolled; Seaside Heights crease of less than 1 per-
contact a Realtor and just Elementary School, 461; cent, or from 431 students
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are with this piece of 335; and Seaside High in 2015-16.
Seaside Height’s en-
property,” Superintendent School, 435. Total enroll-
ment is 1,526.
rollment also increased
Doug Dougherty said.
Dougherty said these by about 10 percent, or up
The school board has
the option to declare dis- numbers represent the stu- from 418 in 2014-15.
Gearhart Elementary
trict property as surplus dents in class the day data
and authorize its disposal if ZDV FROOHFWHG 2I¿FLDO School’s enrollment fell
it is no longer useful to the enrollment numbers were by about 11 percent, down
submitted to the Oregon from 332 in 2014-15.
district.
District says it doesn’t
need vacant property
The district received
the Clatsop Plains prop-
erty as a gift from a fam-
ily in the 1960s. At this
point, the board does
not see a future need for
the property, Dougherty
said.
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