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OUR 110th YEAR • June 10, 2016
In case of emergency, ham
radio operators dial in
Earl Richardet
and Al Nightin-
gale, both from
Vancouver,
B.C., take a
look at a power
meter used to
measure Ham
radios on Satur-
day, during the
SEA-PAC Ham
Radio Conven-
tion fl ea market
at the Seaside
Convention
Center.
Cascadia threat raises urgency for amateur radio devotees
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
It was hot this weekend at the con-
vention center, but sales were hotter on
the fl oor of the SEA-PAC convention,
the Northwest’s largest amateur ham ra-
dio show.
DANNY MILLER/
EO MEDIA GROUP
Before midday Saturday, Bill Eaton
of Ham Radio Outlet in Tigard had sold
out of the season’s most coveted item,
the ICOM IC-7300. They go for $1,499,
“but they’re gone.”
What makes this device so special?
“It’s the new, great DSP (digital signal
processing) fi ltering receiver, transmit-
ter with SDR (software defi ned radio)
built into it — it’s got a nice color touch
screen,” Eaton said. “We had 16, they
were gone in the fi rst hour.”
Radio communications are expected
to play an important role in the event of
See Radio, Page 10A
CHANGING COURSE
R.J. MARX/SEASIDE SIGNAL
The Seaside Carousel Mall.
Seaside’s Carousel
Mall is up for sale
By Nancy McCarthy
For the Seaside Signal
Seaside Heights
Elementary School
Principal Sande Brown
greets students as they
arrive for school. Brown
is retiring after the
2015-16 school year.
KATHERINE LACAZE/FOR SEASIDE SIGNAL
Sande Brown, leader and
student advocate, to retire
By Katherine Lacaze
For the Seaside Signal
I
t is a typical midweek morning, and
Seaside Heights Elementary School
Principal Sande Brown is stationed at
her habitual post outside the main en-
trance to smile, wave and converse with
students as they disembark from buses
and cars and trek into the building.
“The best part of the day is greeting kids
as they come to school,” she says.
During the past two and half decades,
her place — the place she worked, loved,
invested her time and developed profes-
sionally and personally – has been in the
halls of Seaside School District schools.
After the 2015-16 school year, the curtains
will close on that stage of her life when she
retires.
Refl ecting back on her career, Brown
said, “I think the thing I’ve enjoyed the
most is working with children and families
to make their lives better, and that could be
in a variety of ways.”
With emotion, she explained her role
of guiding students and working alongside
families as they wrestle with various issues
and challenges and successfully come out
the other side.
It is evident the time has come for re-
tirement, she laughed, “When you get senti-
mental about things like that.”
According to Superintendent Doug
Dougherty, “Through her inspiring leader-
ship and advocacy for students, a culture of
learning and growth has been established
throughout Sande’s career.”
“She works with her teachers, parents
and support staff to make sure students’
needs are met and each student has a safe,
caring and effective learning environment,”
he added.
In March, Brown offi cially gave her
notice of retirement, effective June 30,
and the Seaside School District Board of
Directors accepted the notice. Broadway
Middle School Principal John McAndrews
will be the new principal at the Heights,
while Broadway Middle School Assis-
tant Principal Robert Rusk will fi ll in for
McAndrews.
See Brown, Page 7A
‘The best part of the day is greeting kids as they come to school.’
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Sande Brown
The Seaside Carousel Mall is for sale
with an asking price of $4.1 million.
An entire city block, bordered by Broad-
way, and Edgewood, Oceanway and Down-
ing streets, is included in the sale, said Thom-
as McDowell, senior commercial real estate
broker at Norris & Stevens in Portland. His
listing partner is Raymond Duchek.
The total 33,106-square-foot area con-
tains 21 shops, as well as the full-size car-
ousel for which the mall is named. Current
store leases will be maintained and assigned
to the new owner, McDowell said.
Zoned as commercial resort, the one-sto-
ry building could go to four stories if the next
owner wants to enlarge it, he added.
Several persons have expressed interested
in the property, but it still remains for sale, ac-
cording to McDowell. Although he declined
to reveal the amount of income the mall pro-
duces annually, he said it was “very good”; the
mall has no debt, McDowell said. Economic
details will be released to a serious buyer after
a confi dentiality agreement is signed.
The mall will be marketed to investors on
the west coast, as well as nationally and in-
ternationally.
Developed by Portland business man
Raymond Arthur Dodge in 1985, the mall
stayed in the family, even after Dodge’s
death last year. The mall was built on the site
of the old Bungalow Dance Hall, which be-
gan operating in the 1920s and was a draw
for big dance bands in the 1940s.
When the mall fi rst was built, a small,
“portable” carousel, which traveled occa-
sionally to other destinations, was installed.
Later, however, a Dodge family member,
who especially loved carousels, hired a San
Francisco company to build a larger, perma-
nent carousel for the mall. It was installed in
1990.
Instead of only horses, the carousel also
includes rabbits, cats, reindeer, ostriches, a
pig, bear and sea horse.
For more information on the listing,
contact McDowell at tom.mcdowell@nor-
ris-stevens.com or call 503-225-8473.
M E M O R I A L DAY I N S E A S I D E
American Legion Post 99
observes our country’s
‘most solemn holiday’
RIGHT: Sea-
sider Greg
McCollum
(left) per-
formed the
traditional
wreath laying
ceremony in
memory of
his father,
Korean War
veteran Jack
McCollum.
He was
accompanied
by First Vice
Commander
Brad Moore.
By Katherine Lacaze
For Seaside Signal
Seaside paused Monday to re-
member the country’s fallen ser-
vicemen and servicewomen during
a ceremony in observance of what
was described as “America’s most
solemn holiday.”
The Seaside American Legion
Post 99 held its annual Memorial
Day Celebration in honor of Ameri-
ca’s military war dead.
“Yesterday, I walked out on the
beach and I looked at the ocean and
the sand and I realized I owe a debt
to 1,355,000 million Americans who
FAR RIGHT:
Col. Michael
Becker gave
history of
Memori-
al Day.
See Memorial Day, Page 3A
PHOTOS KATHERINE LACAZE/FOR SEASIDE SIGNAL