6A • June 24, 2016 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com
Drummers, ireworks on tap for Seaside Fourth
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
The drums are beating for
the Fourth of July, and the brass
will sound.
Four world-class bands will
provide the rhythmic support
for the hundreds of marchers
and thousands of visitors this
Independence Day.
Presented by the Seaside
Chamber of Commerce, py-
rotechnics specialist Larry
Kriegshauser will not only
light up the skies, but serves as
volunteer coordinator for four
drum and bugle corps — 550
performers in all.
The Oregon Crusaders will
be joined by the Battalion from
Salt Lake City, Utah; the Santa
Clara Vanguard, number four
in the world, from Santa Clara,
California; and the Spokane
Thunder from Spokane, Wash-
ington. The parade begins at 11
a.m., at which time bands will
join marchers; at 2 p.m., a free
show will feature all four drum
corps at Broadway Field.
Kriegshauser was intro-
duced to drum corps in 1981,
when his son marched.
“We’ve had some of the top
corps,” he said. “These young
people 15-21 will outperform
any military or marching band.”
Kriegshauser will be oper-
ating with a budget of $56,000
for transportation and lodging
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for musicians, who perform
without fee.
The Seaside Chamber of
Commerce coordinates meet-
ings with city staff, public
works and volunteers, Event
Coordinator Cyndi Mudge
said. “Our role is to make sure
all the pieces are talking and
working together.”
The parade kicks off at 11
a.m., coordinated by volunteer
Virginia Dideum. The parade
route has been shortened due
Holladay Drive roadwork. Pa-
rade participants will line up on
Necanicum Drive from First
Avenue to 12th Avenue, the
opposite direction from years
past.
The parade will turn east
from Necanicum across the
First Avenue Bridge and then
south on to Holladay, west on
Broadway, north on Columbia,
and then east on First Avenue,
inishing at Necanicum.
From 1 to 3 p.m. is the
old-fashioned social at the
Seaside Historical Museum
and at 2 p.m., the drum corps
concert. At 3 p.m. on the
Prom, the Northwest Skylin-
ers present a stunt-kite display.
Fireworks begin at 10 at the
Turnaround.
The show, produced by
Western Display Fireworks,
is called “Fire in the Sky,” and
will feature more than 9,500
pyrotechnic shots, all timed
to music. “If you can’t hear
the music, you’re not hearing
the show,” Kriegshauser said.
Fireworks are launched by
computer, set to synchronize
with Elvis Presley, John Phil-
ip Sousa and in the inale,
Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Over-
ture.
“You’d better hit that can-
non-ire right where it be-
longs,” Kriegshauser said.
The sky will light up rain or
shine.
Kriegshauser (and others)
are hoping they do not see a
repeat of the 2015 extravagan-
za, at which a Mylar balloon
knocked out power to the city
LEFT: Santa Clara Vanguard will be one of four bands to
perform at the Seaside Independence Day parade. ABOVE:
Fireworks illuminate the sky above Seaside during the 2015
Fourth of July ireworks show.
for hours. He described it as
“very scary” — 40,000 people
with no lights, pits on the beach
and darkness falling.
Parade registration is open
at SeasideFourthofJuly.org un-
til June 29.
On July 5, from 8 to 11
a.m., is the Treasure the Beach
Cleanup. Locations are The
Turnaround, Ave. U and the
Prom, and 12th and Prom. Vol-
unteers at the three locations
will provides trash bags.
DINING
on the
NORTH COAST
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New group publisher to lead Signal
Formerly with Register-
Guard, Pero starts July 11
EO Media Group
Northwest newspaper ex-
ecutive David Pero has been
named group publisher of The
Daily Astorian and its com-
panion publications on the
Oregon Coast. He succeeds
Steve Forrester, who is retir-
ing as publisher after 28 years
in Astoria.
Pero, 59, will serve as edi-
tor and publisher of The Daily
Astorian. As group publisher,
he will oversee all operations
on the coast for the Astori-
an, Seaside Signal, Cannon
Beach Gazette, Coast River
Business Journal and Chinook
Observer.
He will begin work in As-
toria on July 11.
“I really look forward to
joining The Daily Astorian,
which has such a great history
of serving Astoria and all of
the coastal communities, and
to continuing that mission and
tradition. It is an outstanding
family-owned company, with
an excellent staff in a terriic
community. I can’t wait to be
part of each,” Pero said.
Pero most recently was
David Pero
chief operating oficer for the
Register-Guard in Eugene.
In that capacity, Pero was re-
sponsible for day-to-day op-
erations of that family-owned
55,000-circulation
daily
newspaper, along with several
niche publications and digital
publishing. Other responsi-
bilities included inancial and
budgeting oversight, strategic
positioning, new business and
commercial printing develop-
ment.
During Pero’s tenure at
the newspaper, it was twice
awarded the Oregon Newspa-
per Publisher’s Association’s
highest honor for overall gen-
eral excellence. Its website
was named best in the state
for several years. The news-
paper was also recognized for
excellence by several national
organizations.
Before joining the Regis-
ter-Guard in 2007, Pero spent
17 years in Beaumont, Texas,
as assistant to the publisher
of a 50,000-circulation daily
newspaper owned by Hearst,
a multinational media com-
pany. He was responsible for
general administration, new
product and business devel-
opment, marketing, legal,
personnel/human resources,
production, technology, and
corporate communications.
He also was responsible for
the proit and loss for ive
weekly newspapers, as well as
niche and digital publishing.
Pero began his newspa-
per career in Florida as a re-
porter and photographer. He
moved to the Clearwater Sun,
a 40,000-circulation daily,
where he rose through the
ranks in newsroom manage-
ment, eventually becoming
executive editor.
A graduate of the Universi-
ty of Florida with a degree in
journalism, Pero also partici-
pated in continuing education
programs for newspaper exec-
utives at the American Press
Institute and the Media Man-
agement Center at the Kel-
logg School of Management
at Northwestern University.
Forrester, who will remain
as president and CEO of EO
Media Group after retiring
as publisher of the Astorian,
said his family-owned com-
pany was seeking a veteran
newspaper executive with
strong business credentials
and experience in digital
publishing.
“David Pero will bring to
this job two things that are es-
sential for our company,” For-
rester said. “He has worked
in a family-owned newspaper
company, which is the essence
of what we are. Secondly, his
experience in Texas and Eu-
gene gives him a strong grasp
of all facets of our enterprise:
news, advertising, production
and circulation.”
Pero said he is an avid col-
lege football fan and likes all
sports, including baseball and
NASCAR. “In my spare time
I also am a bit of history buff
and like reading historical
novels and biographies,” he
said. Pero has been involved
with youth sports organiza-
tions and United Way.
Pero and his wife, Victo-
ria, will relocate in the Astoria
area. They have two grown
sons.
Land donation may enable relocation of schools
Schools from Page 1A
“A Cascadia earthquake off
of our coast will cause large
portions of these three anti-
quated schools to collapse
and then be submerged by the
Paciic Ocean. The average
age of these schools is over
63 years and they have out-
lived their useful lives.”
Seaside School District
commissioned state research-
ers to conduct a comprehen-
sive research study to verify a
safe elevation to relocate the
schools. Researchers recom-
mended schools be relocat-
ed to stable land that would
not liquefy during an earth-
quake. Since tsunami waves
could rise as high as 90 feet,
researchers recommended a
site at least 80 to 100 feet in
elevation.
According to Dougherty,
Weyerhaeuser allowed Sea-
side School District to study
approximately 1,000 acres of
hillside to the east and south
of Seaside. Geotechnical
engineers evaluated poten-
tial slide issues, conducted
site core drillings and in-
stalled long-term monitoring
equipment. After analysis,
engineers determined that
the property directly east of
Seaside Heights Elementary
School contains land that best
meets the state recommen-
dations. Weyerhaeuser Com-
pany owns the only suitable
property in Seaside, Gearhart
or Cannon Beach.
“We have had many ge-
otechs evaluating that hill-
side,” Dougherty said in
April. “They strongly be-
lieve that is the very best
piece of property to relocate
the school district.”
“We are a part of the coast-
al communities in which we
operate. Helping the school
district keep its students safe
and out of harm’s way is the
right thing to do,” said Jim
Bunker, senior manager of
Weyerhaeuser Co. said in the
district statement.
The school district will
now consider asking resi-
dents to support relocating
its three schools out of the
tsunami inundation zone
through a bond measure. The
district is gathering commu-
nity feedback as they devel-
op the proposal, Dougherty
said.
In April, he said the pro-
cess of building a new school
could take four years. Costs
and whether students would be
transferred at one time or year
by year were not determined.
The district will gather
community feedback, Dough-
erty said last week. “We will
be conducting polling to in-
form the price and compo-
nents of the bond.”
A vote would take place
Nov. 8.
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