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May 27, 2016 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 7A Cameron Moore moves from Mahomet to the mountains New county manager getting up to speed By Kyle Spurr EO Media Group Cameron Moore made his introductions at the Seaside City Council meeting Mon- day night. “My wife and I wanted to move as far West as we could,” he told City Coun- cil members. “This was it.” The new Clatsop County manager, Cameron Moore, has spent his irst month on the job getting accustomed to life on the North Coast. He told councilors he had recent- ly purchased a home in Gear- hart. On days off, the avid hik- er explores scenic trails along the Paciic Ocean. On the job, Moore enjoys learning from county staff and com- munity members. As the top administrator for the county, he watched over his second Board of Commissioners meeting Wednesday, April 27. “It’s kind of been a two- way street,” he said. “I have expectations of people on our JOSHUA BESSEX/EO MEDIA GROUP Clatsop County Manager Cameron Moore in his oice. Moore moved earlier this month from Mahomet, Illinois, where he served as the chief executive oicer for the Champaign Coun- ty Regional Planning Commission since 2007. staff, but I also know they have a lot to teach me.” Moore, 59, is getting brought up to speed on var- ious issues facing the coun- ty, from a housing crisis and mental health concerns to the county’s role in forestry and ishing management. Hired in February, Moore moved earlier this month from Mahomet, Illinois, where he served as the chief executive oficer for the Champaign County Regional Planning Commission since 2007. He replaced Scott Somers, who resigned last year to take a job in Maryland. Champaign County has a population of more than 200,000, and is home to the University of Illinois. Over his 30-year career, Moore has gained experience in public service administration and economic development with several public and private en- tities in Pennsylvania, Arizo- na, Iowa and Illinois. While he worked in larg- er markets, Moore said, his recent experience in Cham- paign County has similari- ties to Clatsop County. The regional planning commis- sion there offers community development, planning and early childhood educational services to local governments. Moore led a staff of 215 employees with a $25 million budget. Clatsop County has about 200 employees and a budget of about $60 million. “They are similar sized,” he said. “Many of the things we do here, I have some back- ground in.” Board of Commission- ers Chairman Scott Lee said he has been impressed with Moore. “Cam is coming in with a lot of background,” Lee said. “He had been managing or- ganizations with hundreds of employees for a long time. I sensed right away he is some- one that has an intuitive un- derstanding of the job.” Seaside High School choir takes it on road Choir from Page 1A Rush joined forces with Danita Pap- pas, a local substitute teacher, who is act- ing as the group’s tour manager. Pappas recently took a similar trip to Disneyland with students as a teacher in a different school district. She is making reserva- tions, budgeting and overseeing the de- tails. Meanwhile, the choir students have embarked on several fundraising en- deavors to help inance the trip. During the past couple years, they have host- ed a jazz and dessert night, held silent auctions at concerts, performed at the Tillamook Head Gathering this and last year, fundraised through winter musical revues, sold wreaths and Krispy Kreme donuts and much more. So far, they have raised about $15,000, and personally contributed another $10,000 toward their portions of the cost. Mixing business with pleasure The choir students are doing a workshop June 16, the irst day they arrive at Disney- land. During a recording studio simulation, the students will work with a Disney clini- cian. Each using their own microphone and headset, the students will sight-read sheet music for a Disney song. Afterward, they will get to view a Disney video on a big screen with their recording played back as accompaniment. Of multiple workshop options, Rush said, “that is by far the most exciting one.” The following day, June 17, the students will perform their “Totally Awesome ’80s” musical revue, a performance they put on in Seaside in December 2015 and the production they used for their Disneyland audition video. The “Awesome ’80s pro- duction,” Rush said, “made the most sense for Disneyland since there is dancing and costumes.” Some choreography is being tweaked for the Disneyland performance, since not all the jazz choir students nor stu- dents from the musical revue class will be going on the trip. Since the students have not performed the “Awesome ’80s” production since the winter, Rush said they are spending a lot of time during class and after school brushing up the piece. “In that aspect it is a little stressful, be- cause we’re performing in a month,” she said. In between the scheduled activities for the trip, the students can explore the theme park. Rush has heard from many students that it will be their irst time visiting Dis- neyland, and the excitement level is high, she said. “A lot of these students have never even been outside of Seaside, let alone Oregon,” she said. Going to state The Disneyland trip is a feather in the cap of a successful competitive year for the Seaside choir. In April, the choir took irst place in the 4A Cowapa League at a regional choir festival, which automatically qualiied the group to attend the state cham- pionship, held May 6. It has been at least 10 years, and likely more, since the school’s choir last qualiied for the state competi- tion, Rush said. At the championship, she said, the choir took 11th place. She felt it “was really just an honor to be participating” and to be “performing with the top 12 schools in Or- egon.” “The students performed really well,” Rush added. “We were really proud of the performance they gave.” As one of the inal fundraising endeav- ors, the high school’s jazz choir will be busking and singing well-known Disney tunes at the Turnaround starting at noon May 28; they will have a tip jar, and all do- nations will be put toward Disneyland trip. Budget includes funds for preparation of bond measure Budget from Page 1A The budget will cover dis- trict expenses from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017. Among the expenses listed in the budget is the cost to pre- pare a bond measure for next November’s ballot to relocate the district’s schools out of the tsunami inundation zone. The district could spend up to $540,000 for architectural and engineering fees and other ser- vices. However, that amount depends on the proceeds re- ceived from the sale of dis- trict-owned property near Surf Pines. The district hopes to re- ceive $335,000 from the sale. A $128.8 million bond mea- sure to relocate the schools on a hill east of Seaside Heights Elementary School failed in 2013. The district’s budget, how- ever, doesn’t include potential revenue from the sale of the former Cannon Beach Ele- mentary School to the city of Cannon Beach. An item in the city’s proposed budget re- serves $665,000 for the pur- chase and possible demolition of the building. Of that, between $400,000 and $500,000 is supposed to go toward the school’s pur- chase; the tentative purchase price hasn’t been made pub- lic, and no sales contract has yet been signed, according to Cannon Beach City Manager Brant Kucera. The budget includes a 2.25 percent salary increase for dis- trict employees. Although he is retiring June 30, Dougherty will continue to stay on half-time to shepherd the bond measure through the November election. Seaside High School Principal Sheila Roley will take over as super- intendent beginning July 1. SEASIDE SIGNAL/SUBMITTED PHOTO Beginning calligraphy will be taught at the Seaside Public Library Learn calligraphy with Rebecca Read The Friends of the Sea- side Library host a Begin- ning Calligraphy Workshop on June 25, from 1-3 p.m. in the Community Room. The class will be taught by local artist Rebecca Read. Read studied graphic de- sign, and typography at the Paciic Northwest College of Art in Portland. She did un- dergraduate work in graphic design at the University of Oregon, and studied callig- raphy at the Oregon College of Art and Craft. Read is cur- rently a studio artist on the north Oregon Coast. In an age of instant elec- tronic communications one would think that writing by hand is becoming obsolete. This two-hour workshop will provide an introduction to the practical applications of calligraphy, and hands- on instruction of beginning italic lettering. All materials will be provided; the class is limited to 20 people. Sign up at the circulation desk or by calling the library at 503- 738-6742. Seaside Public Library is located at 1131 Broadway. For more information call 503-738-6742 or visit www. seasidelibrary.org. ‘The Sound of Gravel’ The Friends of the Sea- side Library host Ruth Wari- ner, author of “The Sound of Gravel,” Thursday, June 16, at 7 p.m. “The Sound of Gravel” is the true story of one girl’s coming-of-age in a polygamist family. The event will take place in the Com- munity Room and there will be book sales and signings presented by Beach Books. Ruth Wariner was the 39th of her father’s 42 chil- dren. Growing up on a farm in rural Mexico, where au- thorities turn a blind eye to the practices of her commu- nity, Wariner lives in a ram- shackle house without indoor plumbing or electricity. At church, preachers teach that God will punish the wicked by destroying the world and that women can only as- cend to heaven by entering into polygamous marriages and giving birth to as many children as possible. After Wariner’s father — the man who had been the founding prophet of the colony — is murdered by his brother in a bid for church power, her mother remarries, becoming the second wife of another faithful congregant. D EL ’S O .K . SEASIDE SIGNAL/SUBMITTED PHOTO Ruth Wariner writes about her experiences in a polyg- amous family Wariner lives in Port- land. At 15, she left Colonia LeBaron, the polygamist Mormon colony in Mexi- co, where she grew up, and moved to California. After earning her GED, she put herself through college, eventually becoming a high school Spanish teacher. 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