SEASIDESIGNAL.COM • COMPLIMENTARY COPY
OUR 110th YEAR • January 22, 2016
LADY GULLS
Let
Seaside
grow —
just let
us know
TOUGH &
TOGETHER
Seaside Planning Commission
continues public hearing with focus
on urban growth boundary
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
Is Seaside doing enough to inform
people about potential new property
boundaries?
The Planning Commission heard
comment on proposed urban growth
boundary plans during its meeting ear-
lier this month, and residents pressed
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and information.
Property owner Buz Ottem said he
believes everybody affected or possibly
affected by the a potential urban growth
boundary expansion “needs to be here.”
Ottem’s Southeast Hills home is located
in one of the areas potentially impacted.
See Growth, Page 7A
SHS’s Roley
to retire
Administrator, teacher spent 26 years
in South County schools
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The Seaside girls are nearly unstoppable on the basketball court.
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
Teamwork keeps girls pressing toward season goals
of winning league, going to state tournament
By Katherine Lacaze
Seaside Signal
What do Seaside’s Lady Gulls bring
to the table beside one of the top 4A
basketball programs in the state and
a respectable record heading into
Cowapa League play? Eleven ded-
icated student-athletes who offer
each other support and companion-
ship as they strive to meet personal
goals in each facet of life, set good
examples for younger players and
deliver their best behavior on and
off the court.
About midway through the regular season, the play-
ers have put up some notable numbers, both as indi-
viduals and as a team. As of Monday, they were 11-2
and scheduled for a game Tuesday against Scappoose,
which marked the start of league play. Coach Wally
Hamer and assistant coach Mike Hawes lead the team,
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Seaside High School Principal Sheila
Roley recently announced her plan to re-
tire at the end of the 2015-16 school year,
describing her time with
Seaside School District
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spend the past 26 years.”
“I have learned some-
thing new every day,”
Roley wrote in her retire-
ment request to Superin-
tendent Doug Dougherty SHEILA ROLEY
and the district’s Board
of Directors. “My opportunity to serve the
students of the Seaside School District has
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The board formally accepted her resig-
nation during a regular meeting Tuesday.
Her retirement is effective June 30.
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dence that our students will continue to be
served by dedicated and talented educa-
tors, including teachers, support staff and
administrators, and by a school board who
has always had the best interest of stu-
dents as the only real item on the agenda.”
“Thank you for your unwavering sup-
port for all of us and for allowing me to
be part of this special school community,”
Roley wrote.
Coaches provide side court guidance.
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See Roley, Page 7A
Daniels, Bulletset and
Dennis receive top honors
KATHERINE LACAZE/SEASIDE SIGNAL
Seaside Volunteer Fire & Rescue held its annual awards banquet at the Seaside Civic and
Convention Center. The ceremony recognized the many accomplishments of department
personnel throughout the 2015 year.
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service providers and the
time they devoted to train-
ing and responding to calls
By Katherine Lacaze
during 2015.
Seaside Signal
“We do so much for the
city of Seaside, but also the
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community,”
by the Seaside Fire and Res- said Lt. Jeramy Houston,
cue personnel was on display chair of the banquet commit-
Saturday, Jan. 9, when staff, tee. “We’ve grown so far be-
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In his remarks, Mayor
friends and family members
gathered at the Seaside Civ- Don Larson also highlighted
ic and Convention Center the important role played by
for the department’s annual family and friends, who are
committed to supporting and
awards banquet and dinner.
The event, organized each encouraging the volunteers.
year by a special committee,
See Awards, Page 3A
recognizes the department’s