8A • December 24, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Deadline for Community Calendar is noon Wednesday two weeks before our publish date. Items can be emailed to rherren@dailyastorian.com,
faxed to 503-738-9285 or mailed to 1555 N. Roosevelt, Seaside, OR 97138. Events are in Seaside unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, Dec. 26
City Council Meeting
Jukebox Night
7 p.m., City Council Chambers, City Hall,
989 Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-5511,
www.cityofseaside.us. The Seaside City
Council meets on the second and fourth
Mondays of the month.
7 p.m., American Legion 99, 1315
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-5111, www.
seasidepost99.org, no cover, 21 and older.
Anything goes on free jukebox night.
Dinner burger basket special for $6.
DJ Sugar PDX Dance Party
9:30 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-3467, www.twistedfi sh-
steakhouse.com, 21 and older. DJ Sugar spins
house, electro, hip-hop, Top 40s and dubstep.
Sunday, Dec. 27
Tuesday, Dec. 29
Kiwanis Club Meeting
7 a.m., Undersea Coff ee (inside World-
mark), 26 Ave. A, Seaside, open to the
public. Features weekly speakers and
discussions, a no-host breakfast available.
Visit www.facebook.com/pages/Kiwanis-
Club-of-Seaside-Ore.
Whale Watch Week
10 a.m., Ecola State Park, Cannon Beach
and Neahkahnie Mountain Historic Marker
Turnout on Hwy. 101, 541-765-3304,
www.whalespoken.org. The Whale Watch-
ing Spoken Here program places trained
volunteers at the best locations along the
Oregon and Washington coasts to help
visitors spot migrating Gray whales as they
travel from Alaska to California and Mexico.
Winter Whale Watch Week runs to Dec. 31.
NAMI Meeting
2 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6165, www.
nami.org. The National Alliance on Mental
Illness welcomes anyone who suff ers
from a mental illness. Membership is not
required.
9 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broadway, Sea-
side, 503-738-3467, 21 and older. Twisted
Fish off ers karaoke twice a week.
8 a.m. weigh-in, North Coast Family
Fellowship Church, 2245 N. Wahanna
Road, Seaside, 503-861-2904. TOPS
focuses on healthy lifestyle changes for
weight loss.
Knochlers Pinochle
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, all ages, $1
per session per person. This is a weekly,
regular play card game. Prizes awarded.
Ham Radio Breakfast
8 a.m., Finn’s Fish House, 227 Broadway,
503-738-9692. Ham radio operators meet
every Thursday. Venues change on the
fi rst Thursday of the month.
SDDA Breakfast
8:30 a.m., Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-717-1914, www.seaside-
downtown.com. Features weekly speakers
and discussions, a no-host breakfast
available.
Wednesday, Dec. 30
Bingo!
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-3311,
www.sunsetempire.com, 10 cents per
card, $2.40 all games. Try your luck at
Bingo, add a few lucky charms, grab
your stamper and play Bingo! Bring your
friends for an afternoon of Bingo fun.
3:30 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-440-4390. OA
groups seek recovery and support through
the Twelve Steps program.
7 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 N. Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, www.
cannonbeach.org, $39. Join The Trail Band
as they put on a special holiday concert
featuring an eight-piece ensemble and
fi ve vocalists performing an energetic
Friday, Jan. 1
Knochlers Pinochle
Twisted Karaoke
9 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-3467, 21 and older.
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, all ages, $1 per
session per person.
Saturday, Jan. 2
Tuesday, Jan. 5
Beach Clean Up
Kiwanis Club Meeting
9 a.m., Seaside Beach, meet at Seashore
Inn on the Beach, 60 N. Promenade, Sea-
side, all ages. Join other volunteers for the
monthly “Treasure the Beach” community
beach clean up in helping to restore the
quality of the beach for all.
7 a.m., Undersea Coff ee (inside World-
mark), 26 Ave. A, Seaside, www.facebook.
com/pages/Kiwanis-Club-of-Seaside-Ore.
DJ Sugar PDX Dance Party
Kiwanis Club Meeting
9:30 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-3467, www.twisted-
fi shsteakhouse.com, 21 and older.
Noon, Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323 Broadway,
Seaside, www.facebook.com/pages/
Kiwanis-Club-of-Seaside-Ore.
Sunday, Jan. 3
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-3311,
www.sunsetempire.com, free. Enjoy
popcorn and a movie on senior matinee
Thursdays.
Theory of Relativity
9 p.m., American Legion 99, 1315
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-5111, www.
seasidepost99.org, no cover, 21 and older.
Welcome in the New Year with Theory
of Relativity, playing rock-n-roll, blues,
country, jazz, folk and classical.
8 a.m. weigh-in, North Coast Family
Fellowship Church, 2245 N. Wahanna
Road, Seaside, 503-861-2904.
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-3311,
www.sunsetempire.com, free. Senior
karaoke follows the senior lunch program
on the fi rst Tuesday of the month. Time is
approximate.
9 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-3467, 21 and older.
Wednesday, Jan. 6
Monday, Jan. 4
Bingo!
Big Loser Contest
Sunset Pool, 1140 Broadway, Sunset
Family Fitness, 840 24th Ave., Seaside,
503-738-3311, www.sunsetempire.
com. The Biggest Loser Contest is back.
Join as an individual or as a team of
up to 10 people. Weigh-ins are Fridays
beginning at 5:45 a.m. at Sunset Pool
and 5:30 a.m. at Sunset Family Fitness.
The contest runs to Feb. 12.
Will West
9 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157 N.
Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150, 21
and older. Songwriter Will West performs
with a rotation of acoustic musicians
called the Friendly Strangers, featuring
an array of music from modern roots, folk
and bluegrass to pop and groove sounds
to bring in the New Year.
TOPS Meeting
Senior Karaoke
Twisted Karaoke
Matinee Thursdays
Holiday Concert
Monday, Dec. 28
Thursday, Dec. 31
TOPS Meeting
Overeaters Anonymous
Twisted Karaoke
blend of brass and string instrumental,
traditional and original music.
Family-cise Class
10:30 a.m., Living Fit Studio, 1775 S.
Roosevelt Drive, Seaside, 971-219-9413,
$60. Living Fit Yoga & Training Studio
will off er an exercise class for parents of
young children ages four and younger.
Cost includes all six weeks or $10
drop-ins.
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-3311,
www.sunsetempire.com, 10 cents per
card, $2.40 all games.
Overeaters Anonymous
3:30 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-440-4390.
Email Marketing Class
Noon, CCC Seaside Campus, 1455 N. Roos-
evelt Drive, Seaside, 503-338-2402, www.
clatsopcc.edu/schedule, $20, all levels. Part
of the Lunch & Learn series, this class will
show tips and tricks for successful email
marketing. Preregistration required.
www.ci.gearhart.or.us. Regular city
council meetings are held every fi rst
Wednesday of the month.
Thursday, Jan. 7
Ham Radio Breakfast
8 a.m., call for location, Seaside, 503-
738-9692.
SDDA Breakfast
8:30 a.m., Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-717-1914, www.seaside-
downtown.com.
Kiwanis Club Meeting
Noon, Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323 Broadway,
Seaside, www.facebook.com/pages/
Kiwanis-Club-of-Seaside-Ore.
Matinee Thursdays
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-3311,
www.sunsetempire.com, free.
Bereavement Support
2 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-338-6230,
18 and older. This group provides support
through journaling and discussion. Hosted
by Lower Columbia Hospice.
Friday, Jan. 8
Chamber Breakfast
8:30 a.m., Twisted Fish Steakhouse, 311
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6391, www.
seasidechamber.com, open to the public.
Features weekly speakers and discussions,
a no-host breakfast available.
Low Impact Walking
9:30 a.m., 503-738-7751. Meets at
diff erent locations.
Gearhart City Council
Twisted Karaoke
7 p.m., City Council Chambers, City Hall,
698 Pacifi c Way, Gearhart, 503-738-5501,
9 p.m., Twisted Fish, 311 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-3467, 21 and older.
Wendy Richardson: A ‘fabulous, giving person’ Holiday
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‘She will be sorely missed. She had the kindest heart.
Wendy from Page 1A
Richardson attended school here
and graduated from Astoria High
School in 1977. After graduation,
she attended the Art Institute of Port-
land, formerly the Bassist Institute,
where she studied marketing. She
returned to the coast after college,
and with her mother opened ’Tis
the Season, a year-round Christmas
store in Cannon Beach. The store
offered holiday items and collect-
ibles, as well as cards and lights. The
store moved to Seaside in 2001 and
closed in 2004.
Her mother, Dorie Shannon, died
in 1996.
A love of the coast
Family members said Richard-
son loved nature, birds, family and
classic rock. She loved the scenic
beauty of the North Coast.
Holidays were important to Rich-
ardson, especially Christmas.
“Christmas was her thing,” Alix
Richardson said Tuesday.
Andie Richardson said her par-
ents loved to hang out and watch
travel shows. “They didn’t need to
travel, they could just watch,” she
said. “They would get so excited.”
Cannon Beach was especially
important to Wendy Richardson,
where she appreciated both the art
scene and natural beauty.
“She loved everyone,” Andie
Richardson said.
An ‘asset’ to the community
She was so full of life and fun to be around.’
Wendy Richardson was hired as
the sales consultant for South Coun-
ty for the Daily Astorian in October
2007.
“One of the pleasures of Tuesday
mornings was greeting Wendy as
she walked past my of¿ ce to join our
sales meeting,” Forrester said. “Her
warm personality and keen insights
into Seaside and Cannon Beach
were a constant ingredient of those
meetings.”
“Wendy was a stable and trusted
sales consultant for her advertisers
for almost nine years,” Daily Astori-
an Advertising Director Betty Smith
said. “Wendy was a huge asset to
this company and she worked tire-
lessly as our ambassador. She took a
leadership role in the Seaside of¿ ce
when we acquired the Signal and
(Cannon Beach) Gazette. She will
be greatly missed.”
“She was selÀ ess and a dedicat-
ed volunteer, but her greatest joys
were her three children, Alix, Andie
and Nick,” said Gretchen Darnell,
a longtime friend and the director
of sales for the Seaside Civic and
Convention Center. “Above all, she
loved her family, her children and
Gretchen Darnell,
a longtime friend
her husband, Al. She will be sorely
missed. She had the kindest heart.
She was so full of life and fun to be
around.”
Wendy and Al Richardson met in
Astoria through friends, and married
in 1990.
“I always found her to be a ray
of sunshine and smiles and very
good at all she did,” Daily Astorian
Managing Editor Laura Sellers said.
“Our thoughts are with her family
and friends.”
“Wendy immediately made me
feel welcome in the community,”
Seaside Signal Editor R.J. Marx
said. “I especially appreciated her
irreverent sense of humor. She knew
everyone and had an understanding
of what makes Seaside tick.”
Former Signal and Gazette edi-
tor, Nancy McCarthy said, “Many
times, when I needed to know whom
to contact about a story I was cov-
ering, I would ask Wendy because
she seemed to know everyone along
Obituaries
Richard Allan ‘Dick’ Fague
our stretch of the North Coast. Wen-
dy was the consummate friend and
community volunteer. … She will
be greatly missed.
“She was a fabulous, giving per-
son to everyone she knew,” Seaside
business owner Jeff Ter Har added.
“It’s a big loss to the community.”
Caring and compassion
On Tuesday, Alix, Andie and
Nick Richardson said she will be re-
membered for her love, caring and
compassion.
“I just loved her so much,” Alix
Richardson said. “She’ll always be
our best friend.”
“She was my best friend,” Andie
Richardson said.
“She’s always there,” Nick Rich-
ardson said. “Just talking to her was
the best.”
Funeral arrangements will
be announced later this week.
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is han-
dling service arrangements.
In observance of Christmas
Day on Friday, all federal and
state of¿ ces are closed Friday.
Clatsop County of¿ ces and
Astoria City Hall and city ser-
vices close at noon Thursday,
and are closed Friday. Cannon
Beach and Warrenton city halls
and services are closed Thurs-
day and Friday. Gearhart and
Seaside city halls and services
are closed Friday. All U.S. post
of¿ ces are closed Friday, and
there is no mail delivery.
Seaside schools are closed
for winter break. The Seaside
Library is closed Friday. Gar-
bage collection through Recol-
ogy Western Oregon (covering
Seaside, Gearhart and Cannon
Beach) and the city of Warren-
ton with a normal service day
of Friday will receive service
Saturday. The Sunset Pool in
Seaside is closed Friday. The
Seaside Museum is closed
Thursday and Friday.
Sunset Empire Transporta-
tion (“The Bus”) is not running
Friday.
The Daily Astorian of¿ c-
es are closed Friday, and the
newspaper is not printed.
Somewhere over the rainbow
April 19, 1947 — Dec. 4, 2015
Richard Allen “Dick”
Fague, 68, passed away on
Dec. 4, 2015, at his home in
Olympia, Washington. He
was born on April 19, 1947,
in Seaside, Oregon, to Wil-
liam James and Dorothy Ann
(Dow) Fague.
Dick grew up in Seaside,
Oregon, and he graduated
from Seaside High School
in 1965. After high school he
joined the Army. He was the
recipient of two Meritorious
Service Medals, four Army
Commendation Medals, an
Army Achievement Medal,
Airborne wings, an Expert In-
fantryman’s Badge, Path¿ nd-
er Badge, and a Ranger Tab.
He retired in 1991, achieving
the rank of major.
Dick had a long and dis-
tinguished career in law en-
forcement. He served as the
commander of the Olympia
Police Reserves, acting chief
of police of Tenino, Wash-
ington, and was an agent for
the Washington State Liquor
Control Board.
He attended the Army
Richard Fague
Command and General Staff
College and received a bach-
elor’s and master’s degree
from St. Martin’s College in
Lacey, Washington.
Dick married the love of
his life and soul mate, Bar-
bara Terese Wells, in 1967 in
Seaside, Oregon. They were
high school sweethearts,
and happily married for 48
years. He enjoyed his fami-
ly. He was recognized as an
Outstanding Young Man in
America in 1974.
Dick was preceded in
death by his parents, Wil-
liam and Dorothy Fague; his
son, William Steven Fague
(2000); and his lifelong
best friend, Robert “Bob”
Chisholm.
Dick is survived by his
spouse, Barbara, of Olym-
pia, Washington; his daugh-
ter, Tracie Billings of Olathe,
Kansas; his son, Todd C.
(Holly) Fague of Apex, North
Carolina; his daughter, Joann
Bell of Olympia, Washington;
his daughter, Kellie (Russ)
Briskin of Lynden, Washing-
ton; his daughter, Amy (Jon)
Schreck of Olathe, Kansas;
his sister, Patti (Daryl) Ro-
bison of Rogers, Arkansas;
his sister, Wilma Jane Nel-
son of Emerald Isle, North
Carolina; his grandchildren,
Ashley, James, Jenny, Jus-
tin, Blake, Meagan, Michael,
Brandon, Eliana, Natalie,
Nathan, Ryan, Steen, Am-
berly, Anders, Evelyn, Kael,
and Ashlyn; his great-grand-
daughter, Adrianna; and his
lifelong best friend, Darlene
Chisholm.
R.J. MARX PHOTO/SEASIDE SIGNAL
Amidst the rain, a little bit of sunshine in Gearhart.