May 27, 2016 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 5A
FINAL CHAPTER
OF WORLD WAR II
The Friends of the Seaside Library
will host Rex and Keiko Ziak as they
present the program “The Final Chapter
of World War II,” Thursday, June 2, at
7 p.m. Pearl Harbor survivor Ed Johann
will also be in attendance. The event will
be in conjunction with a photographic
exhibit of images from the Obon Soci-
ety that depict the story of the Yosegaki
Hinomaru that will be displayed in the
library through June 30.
When war broke out the Japanese
called up their young men to serve in
the military. Each family prepared a
unique personal keepsake for their son
to bring along when he was away from
home. The family signed their names
and wrote messages on a small lag
which each man carried with him and
carefully guarded. It was called a Yo-
segaki Hinomaru. When it was discov-
ered that every Japanese soldier carried
these lags, they became highly prized
treasures of war, and were brought back
SEASIDE SIGNAL/SUBMITTED PHOTO
Pearl Harbor survivor Ed Johann.
home by the thousands.
After 70 years, many veterans and
their children realize these battleield
souvenirs are personal family items and
want them to be returned to their right-
ful owners in the spirit of peace and
reconciliation. They send them to the
Obon Society and they conduct a search
across Japan through their network of
priests, scholars, and government agen-
cies. When the family is found the arti-
cle is returned at no cost. These lags,
for most Japanese families, are the only
surviving trace of their husband, brother
and father.
The program and photographic ex-
hibit that the Obon Society is presenting
continues President Kennedy’s spirit of
friendship and respect our two nations
now share.
Seaside Public Library is located at
1131 Broadway. For more information
call 503-738-6742 or visit www.sea-
sidelibrary.org.
Register now for Fourth of July Parade
Registration for Seaside’s
annual Fourth of July Parade
is now open. Registration may
be done online at www.seaside-
fourthofjuly.org through June
29. The parade line up will be
on Necanicum Drive and all en-
trants must be in line and ready
to go by 10:45 a.m. Since the
Fourth is on a Monday, large
crowds are expected resulting
in trafic delays. Arriving ear-
ly is strongly suggested. Those
entrants not at their assigned
position will be put at the end
of the parade as space allows.
Entries must be able to
negotiate turns onto and off
Broadway. Floats cannot be
over 40 feet in length, towing
vehicle and loat combined, and
no more than eight-feet wide.
If a loat or vehicle distributes
“goodies” it must be done by
someone walking alongside the
entry. No goodies or candy can
be thrown from the loat or ve-
hicle.
The parade starts at 11 a.m.
From Necanicum it will turn
east on 12th Avenue, then south
on Holladay Drive to Broad-
way, west to Columbia, east
to First Avenue back to Neca-
nicum. The parade takes place
rain or shine.
Emails with additional pa-
rade information and assigned
position will be sent out to reg-
istered entrants July 1-2.
Sushi employee arrested for
sexually abusing co-worker
Management at Tora Sushi
assisted with the investigation,
An employee at Tora Sushi according to police, and placed
in Astoria was arrested Tues- Cruz on leave pending com-
day for sex abuse and harass- pletion of the investigation.
ment after allegedly touching
“Circumstances like this
a co-worker inappro-
often go unreported to
priately while training
police for various rea-
her.
sons. When we learn
Maximo
Cruz
of these situations we
Figueroa, 31, of Sea-
become
concerned
side, is being charged
about whether there
with third-degree sex
may be other victims.”
abuse and harass-
Astoria Police Deputy
ment with a sexual
MAXIMO
Chief Eric Halverson
component. Astoria
CRUZ
said.
Police detectives re-
FIGUEROA
Any
former
ceived a report from
co-workers or victims
the 26-year-old victim, who that may have information re-
had been hired at Tora Sushi garding Cruz are encouraged
the day before the incident. to contact Detective Thomas
She reported the inappropriate Litwin at 503-325-4411 or by
touching.
email at tlitwin@astoria.or.us.
EO Media Group
Chicks, ducklings killed in ire
EO Media Group
Baby chickens, ducklings
and a turkey were killed May
16 when a shed on a property in
Gearhart caught ire.
The cause of the ire is un-
determined, but ireighters are
pointing to a heat lamp in the
shed for the baby chickens and
ducklings that may have started
the ire.
Residents of the property on
the 89000 block of West An-
derson Road were not home at
the time. A neighbor reported
the ire and Gearhart Volunteer
Fire Department responded at
about 9:30 a.m. The shed was
fully engulfed in lames and is
considered a total loss. No other
buildings were damaged.
Gearhart Fire Chief Bill
Eddy said some of the baby
chickens and ducklings were
able to get out. It is unknown
how many were killed, since the
shed was completely destroyed
and unsafe for ireighters to en-
ter and investigate.
Fire crews stayed on scene
for about a half hour putting
out hidden hot spots around the
structure. Gearhart Fire was as-
sisted by the Seaside and War-
renton ire departments.
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Sou’wester Plant Sale 2015.
Sou’ Wester Garden
Club Plant Sale
The Sou’ Wester Gar-
den Club Annual Plant Sale
takes place Saturday, May
28, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the Seaside Civic and Con-
vention Center. The public
is invited and admission is
free.
The Garden Club Plant
Sale received rave reviews
last year for its spacious
location at the convention
center.
The garden club’s schol-
arship program provides a
$1,500 scholarship to each
of two Seaside High School
graduates.
Jack Whittle will be
graduating in June and plans
to attend the University of
Montana to major in re-
source conservation.
Alanna Kieffer graduated
in 2014 and will be a junior
at Oregon State Universi-
ty where she is majoring in
marine biology.
Scholarships are funded
by a rafle and a silent auc-
tion.
The rafle items are a
salad bowl on wheels, a
whimsical garden couple
and quails on parade. Rafle
tickets are available for $1
each or six for $5. The si-
lent auction features theme
planters entered by mem-
bers for competitive judging
before being offered for sale
and other unique planters.
For further information,
call 503-717-4221. Sou’
Wester Garden Club is a
member of the Oregon State
Federation of Garden Clubs
and the National Council of
State Garden Clubs, a 501c3
organization.
Death Notice
SEASIDE SIGNAL/FILE PHOTO
Seaside’s 2015 Fourth of July Parade featured participants
of all ages, including some youngsters riding on the loat for
Mrs. Tami’s Daycare & Preschool.
Help attack a notorious weed
at Circle Creek in Seaside
Impatiens glandulifera —
an invasive plant better known
as policeman’s helmet — is
becoming a scourge in the
Necanicum River watershed.
Help arrest this public enemy
at Circle Creek Habitat Re-
serve at a volunteer steward-
ship day on Saturday, June 11,
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Native to Asia, policeman’s
helmet is named for the plant’s
white, pink or purple low-
ers, whose shape resembles
an old-fashioned British po-
liceman’s helmet. It was irst
sighted in the Necanicum Riv-
er watershed about 3 years ago
and has since spread widely. It
thrives in moist riparian areas
such as the loodplain at Circle
Creek, where volunteers will
be working.
Dense patches of police-
man’s helmet choke out other
plant species and reduce na-
tive plant and animal diversi-
ty while increasing the risk of
stream bank erosion. When
touched, the plant’s mature
seedpods split and eject seeds
up to 20 feet. A single plant
May 15, 2016
THOMSON, David A, 83, of Seaside, died at home. A
celebration of life will occur at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 18 at
the American Legion, Post 99, in Seaside.
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SEASIDE SIGNAL/SUBMITTED PHOTO
Policeman’s helmet is easy
to pull up by the roots.
can produce up to 800 seeds,
which remain viable for 18
months or more and can even
germinate under water. We’ve
timed this stewardship day—a
partnership with Necanicum
Watershed Council—to pull
up plants before they have a
chance to set seeds.
If you’d like to help, con-
tact NCLC Stewardship Direc-
tor Melissa Reich at 503-738-
9126, melissar@nclctrust.org,
for details and directions. Visit
NCLCtrust.org for more infor-
mation about this stewardship
day and a link to a fact sheet
about this weed.
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