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OUR 110th YEAR • July 22, 2016
Stakes for bond raised as state enters game
District could ask voters for $99.7
million for new schools campus
The grant is a result of a random draw
through the Oregon School Capital Improve-
ment Matching grant program. The district was
one of 29 school districts that applied for these
funds on July 1.
By R.J. Marx
“I am optimistic because in the May elec-
Seaside Signal
tion, every school district that was on the
The push to move Seaside schools to safe- waiting list and passed their bond received the
ty got a big boost as Superintendent Dr. Doug funding,” Dougherty said early this month.
The funds are contingent on the district
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school district on a waiting list to receive $4 passing a bond in November. The 2015 Legis-
lature authorized $125 million in state match-
million in state grant funds.”
ing bonds to provide incentives to school dis-
tricts seeking approval for capital projects. The
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contribute $4 million on a $99.7 million bond
cost, according to pre-election grant results.
“For almost two decades, Seaside School
District has been seeking state and federal
funding to offset local costs to relocate our
schools, and it has been a frustrating path to
provide our students with a safe, new educa-
tional space,” Dougherty said in a statement.
BIKE PUMP TRACK ‘IS FOR EVERYONE’
“With the donation of 80 acres from Weyer-
haeuser for the new campus and potential ac-
cess to state funding, the pathway to providing
a safe learning environment has opened up for
us to pursue a school relocation bond in No-
vember.”
Dougherty displayed a map of the property
at a June school board meeting. The donated
property is in the shape of a rectangle on the
hillside immediately east of Seaside Heights
See Bond, Page 6A
RELAY FOR LIFE
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Annual event held in Seaside
By Katherine Lacaze
For Seaside Signal
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Young riders take to the new pump track at Cartwright Park during a grand opening Saturday by the North Coast Trail Alliance.
‘Supportive community’
pumps it up in Seaside
By Katherine Lacaze
For Seaside Signal
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he grand opening July 16 for the Cartwright Park Pump
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biking venue for old and young enthusiasts alike.
The trail — designed and created under the leader-
ship of the North Coast Trail Alliance — sits adjacent to
Cartwright Park, on the corner of Avenue S and Franklin Street
behind the Seaside School District Administration Building. The
looping track system offers three areas varying in degree of dif-
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ance bikes along with hard core BMX racers wanting to build
their skills for application on mountain trails.
The outdoor facility is, in fact, intended as a family friendly
venue with no age restrictions, said Chris Quackenbush, a mem-
ber of the North Coast Trail Alliance.
“A pump track is for everyone from 2 to 92,” he added. “It’s
a family activity.”
All that’s asked of riders is that they wear helmets while rid-
ing.
During the grand opening, members from the alliance and the
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ect accomplished by the organization. Local businesses donated
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purple, softly illuminated memorial bags and
attendees of all ages take lap after lap around
a track for multiple hours of continuous move-
ment. Each symbol present Saturday at Seaside
High School contributed to the underlying mes-
sage of the annual Relay For Life of Clatsop
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Although the traditional 24-hour event,
which started at 10 a.m. Saturday, was short-
ened because of bad weather, about 15 teams
from around the county withstood high winds
and rain to raise awareness and funds for the
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al American Cancer Society event, brings
“awareness in the community, and camarade-
rie,” said Linda Yeager, of Astoria. Her hus-
band, Tim, being diagnosed with chronic my-
eloid leukemia is what got the family involved
with Relay about 15 years ago.
“Seventeen years ago, they gave me 10
years to live,” Tim Yeager said.
He was seen at Oregon Health & Science
University and treated with Gleevec, a drug
that targets the disease at a cellular level. Want-
ing to give back to the cause, he donated bone
marrow and blood for research and became the
state lead for American Cancer Society Can-
cer Action Network during the organization’s
early years.
“I want to do anything I can for others to
survive,” he said, adding the hope is in 50 or so
years, people will view cancer the same way
they now do infections, which used to result in
higher mortality rates.
For Linda Yeager, as a caregiver, support
from friends, family and the community was
“everything, because it’s just an amazing jour-
ney to go through.”
A portion of the funds raised through Relay
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a cure and develop new therapies. The funds
also go to support programs, resources for pa-
tients and caregivers, education and advocacy.
A ‘common bond’
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Children ride their bikes around the Cart-
wright Park Pump Track at the course debut.
Since 1994, the countywide Relay For Life
has taken place every year, although it alter-
nates between Seaside and Astoria. The co-
chairs this year were Brian Cole and Laura
Parvi, whose father-in-law was the late Kay
Bredleau, one of the founders that got Relay
started in Clatsop County.
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Seaside delivers Fallen Badge donation in wake of tragedy
Mayor Larson presents
$10,000 check
they are entitled by providing “the
highest level of tribute and decorum
in the traditions of the honor guard.”
In the aftermath, the foundation
partnered with the Seaside Police
By R.J. Marx
Department to provide backup and
Seaside Signal
logistical support for the memori-
Seaside made good on its promise al service, attended by more than a
to the Oregon Fallen Badge Founda- thousand visitors, many of them law
tion, presenting a $10,000 donation to HQIRUFHPHQW DQG ¿UVW UHVSRQGHUV
the organization for support in the af- from around the country and Cana-
termath of the shooting death of Sgt. da. The foundation served as point of
contact for volunteers, honor guard
Jason Goodding.
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Mayor Don Larson delivered the
after being shot serving a warrant on
convicted felon Phillip Max Ferry on contribution to Oregon Fallen Badge
Broadway downtown. Goodding left Foundation board member Bob
Miller at the Monday, July 11, City
behind a widow and two children.
The Oregon Fallen Badge Foun- Council Meeting.
“I think everybody in this room
dation is organized and operated to
provide support for the planning and that went through this has thanks that
execution of law enforcement me- are as deep as they could ever be,”
morial services throughout the state. Larson said. “The check we’re going
According to their mission statement, to hand you is a $10,000 check from
WKHVHVHUYLFHVHQVXUHWKDWIDOOHQRI¿- the people of the city of Seaside — the
cers are given the full honors to which people whose lives you touched —
‘It was absolutely fantastic,
the love that everyone
showed during that week
of tragedy. I will personally
never forget that.’
Bob Miller
Oregon Fallen Badge Foundation board member
the lives your own people touched, in
such a tremendously tragic situation.”
Miller served as deputy logistics
director for the response. “I was a go-
fer,” he said. “I had to go around to
different businesses in town and ask
people for things. And in many cases
I said, ‘Send me the bill.’ They would
say, ‘There will not be a bill, don’t
sweat it.’ It was absolutely fantastic,
the love that everyone showed during
that week of tragedy. I will personal-
ly never forget that. I know none of
us from Fallen Badge will forget it.
Thank you on their behalf.”
R.J. MARX/SEASIDE SIGNAL
Seaside Police Lt. Bruce Holt and Bob Miller
of the Fallen Badge Foundation.