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February 17, 2017 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 5A Partnerships encourage tourism along the coast I t’s quite common for towns and cities to forge friendly — or sometimes not so friendly — rivalries against nearby commu- nity neighbors. This can be most common in sports, especially when each community has its own high school and sports teams. The Clatsop Clash — where Astoria and Seaside compete for athletic bragging rights is a perfect example of this. But ri- valries can of course also extend off the diamond, court or sports fi eld. In tourism, it might be a com- petition of restaurants, attractions and hotels. Many make the claim of having the best of this or the best of that. Marketers constantly point to top 10 lists that show an edge they may have over someone else. But sometimes neighbors and rivals come together to do more, and be SIDE RAIL JON RAHL stronger as one. More than fi ve years ago, the Seaside Visitors Bureau and As- toria-Warrenton Area Chamber of Commerce forged a relationship to use part of its individual funding to also promote this area as Oregon’s North Coast. We’d still promote ourselves as individual communities, but we would also leverage some of our budget together, meaning we could stretch our dollars a little bit further. This was in the fall of 2011. The Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce joined the coalition in 2012, and the ONC has shown strong growth over the last fi ve years, while continuing to show tan- gible results for North Coast tourism. The ONC partnership has allowed the four communities to leverage more advertising dollars than they could have individually, and to ad- vertise in areas they otherwise would not have been able to reach success- fully. Since 2011, the partnership has yielded close to $350,000 in coop- erative dollars to promote travel and tourism to the region. During that same time period, hotel occupancy has increased in Clatsop County from 54.7 percent in 2011 to 62.8 percent in 2016. Total hotel spending during those fi ve years has increased from just under $60 million in 2011 to more than $70 million fi ve years later. As growth has occurred, the ONC has also sought out ways to be stronger and do things better. Grant dollars from the Oregon Tourism Commission helped us kick this co- alition off in 2011. So when Clatsop County awarded the ONC a grant of $16,800 in December, it meant we could continue our growth. One of the purposes of the new grant will be to help develop the ONC’s social media presence. The group is look- ing to hire a local subcontractor to help boost its visibility on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. The Clatsop County grant was made possible by transient room tax dollars collected in the unincorpo- rated areas of Clatsop County. Per Oregon regulations, 70 percent of dollars collected in municipalities or Job seekers, employers invited to county job fair OBITUARIES Trevor Gene Secord Sept. 20, 2001 — Jan. 26, 2017 Trevor Gene Secord, 15, of Warrenton, was born in Seaside, Oregon, on Sept. 20, 2001, and went home to be with our H eavenly F ather on January 26, 2017. A Warrenton resident since age 4, he attended Warren- ton p ublic s chools and was a freshman at Warrenton High School. He was full of life and loved by many. He was an amazing athlete, brother, son, nephew, grandson and friend. He was also a lover of animals, foot- ball, baseball, wrestling and had a protective warrior spirit and was a protector of many. Trevor is survived by his parents, Christina and Ben Se- cord; brothers Tyson, Trey and Tripp; sisters Tianna, Teagan and Taylynn. Also surviving are his grandparents, Brenda The Clatsop County Ca- reer and Job Fair takes place Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds. CEDR and WorkSource Northwest Oregon are spearheading the third an- nual fair. The format has been enhanced this year to TREVOR SECORD and Lewis McKune, Pam, Dan and Marsha Secord, uncles Cliff and Brandon Williams, Jeremiah Secord, Matt and Josh Beatty; aunts Heather McKune and Talia Secord. He is also survived by m any cous- ins, great-aunts and uncles and a community of friends. counties with transient room tax in place are restricted for use in funding tourism promotion or tourism related facilities. Tourism is a vital part of our north coast economy, throughout Clatsop County. Tourism shows no borders, especially to those that are visiting here. Visitors are simply seeking a retreat from daily life, and tourism across Oregon’s North Coast allows for just that. Proof positive that when we all work together, we all win. Have a thought or a question about tourism in Seaside, or maybe an idea for a future column? Drop me an email at jrahl@cityofseaside. us. Jon Rahl is the director of tour- ism for the Seaside Visitors Bureau and assistant general manager of the Seaside Civic & Convention Center. He was preceded in death by his uncle Daniel Williams, grandfather Darwin Secord, and aunt Janet Hollyfi eld. He is truly loved and will be se- verely missed by all who knew him. A celebration of Trevor’s life, followed by a potluck fel- lowship, was held at Warrior Hall at Camp Rilea in Warren- ton on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Memorial contributions in his memory may be made to your favorite charity. Please sign our online guestbook at www.Ocean- ViewAstoria.Com include adult job seekers in the afternoon. To register as an employ- er to participate in the career and job fair, call Linda Wyss at WorkSource Northwest Oregon offi ce at 503-325- 4821 ext. 234, or email Linda at linda.l.wyss@oregon.gov, or visit clatsopjobfair.com. BUSINESS DIRECTORY F LOORING Laurelwood Compost • Mulch • Planting MacMix Soil Amendments YARD DEBRIS DROP-OFF (no Scotch Broom) 503-717-1454 Timothy Dee Emmons 34154 HIGHWAY 26 SEASIDE, OR Jan. 11, 1944 — Jan. 28, 2017 Tim died the morning of Jan. 28, 2017. He was born Jan. 11, 1944, to Clifford and Eu- genia Emmons in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Surviving are brothers Den- nis S. of Clackamas, Oregon, and David M. of Aurora, Ore- gon; his wife, Sandy, of Coro- na, California; a daughter, Leah Kendal of Los Angeles; and a son, Richard Milan, his wife, Jessica, and two grandchildren, Lyle and Molly, of Sonora, Cal- ifornia. Tim’s early years were spent in Pasco, Washington, where he excelled in sports. His fam- ily moved to Seaside, Oregon, where he played football and basketball, graduating in 1962. He played football and graduated from Lewis & Clark College in 1966. He completed a master’s degree and received a Ph.D. in psychology at Van- derbilt University. He was a psychologist during his career, retiring in 2007 from Long Beach State University. Tim was a good son, broth- er, uncle, father, grandfather and husband. He worked hard, did his best and loved his fam- ily. Also mourning his passing are Adele Spellacy, along with many friends made during his life. Laurelwood Farm L ANDSCAPING B oB M c E wan c onstruction , inc . E xcavation • u ndErground u tiitiEs r oad w ork • F ill M atErial s itE P rEParation • r ock owned and operated by 503-738-3569 LETTERS Letters from Page 4A uncharacteristically “ghetto.” With a broken heart eclips- ing his good sense, the boy of barely age 18 erupted in indig- nation, and dug in his heels for real. Today, he is serving a fi ve- year prison term. When the boy of barely age 18 gets out, he will be hobbled for life by a fel- ony conviction. The preponder- ance of state and federal assis- tance programs will deny him aid. Only defi cient housing will accept him. Too many employ- ers of merit won’t hire him. As a result, he will work harder to earn less over a lifetime. And, no matter how hard he works, the station of even middle-class is likely to elude him. Still worse, kept from cast- ing a political vote, his very voice will have been silenced. America’s promise of power to the people will no longer apply to him. One youthful episode of stuck-on-stupid will have ren- dered him politically impotent for life. For both America and its criminal justice system, this begs the question: “Precisely who is it that’s stuck on stu- pid?” Arizona police exacted re- venge on an above-board but stuck-on-stupid kid still en route to full maturity. In effect, the overwhelming police force with which he scuffl ed had ri- valed that of a street gang esca- lating its violence. By the kid’s relatable account, police held him hostage, characterized his skateboard as a weapon, put him in a chokehold, beat him and threatened him with loaded guns. Seemingly police, them- selves, had been caught up in escalating gang mentality. For them, the kid’s comeuppance was both justifi able “payback” and “all in a days work.” By contrast, what was “all in a days work” for Arizona police, was apocalypse for the boy now strapped with a felony convic- tion. Thus this humble homily to police, criminal defenders, prosecutors, judges, and all other residents of the village it takes to raise a child: Don’t “felonize” our youth because we can. As a country, we already boast the largest prison population in the world. Clearly, it’s needless overkill to extract from our inexhaustible supply of stuck-on-stupid kids to seed the prison population even more. PUBLIC MEETINGS Tuesday, Feb. 21 City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way. Sunset Empire Parks and Rec District, 4 p.m., 1225 Ave. A, Seaside. Thursday, March 2 Seaside School District, 6 p.m., 1810 S. Franklin, Seaside. Wednesday, March 1 Seaside Planning Commis- sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Gearhart City Council, 7 p.m., Commission made wrong decision Last month, Seaside and Gearhart’s county commis- sioner Sarah Nebeker cast the deciding vote against Clatsop County participating in a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit claims that Oregon did not live up to its contractual ob- ligation to generate required revenue from our forestland that was given them to man- age by Clatsop County. Clat- sop County might have re- ceived $262 million from the state under this suit. Over time the state, under pressure from those through- out the state who prefer our forested lands remain unhar- vested, has cut back the orig- inal contractually required plans to generate revenue. This revenue is needed to help operate Clatsop County schools and local government. The County Commission by a 3-to-2 vote said that the state is doing a good enough job. Our county commissioner evidently wants the forest to be a state park with a lesser need for our schools and roads. In July, commissioner Nebeker was enthusiastic about the county’s plan for improving the Lewis and Clark main- line road to provide a disaster evacuation route behind Gear- hart and Seaside. There is no funding plan for this $15 mil- lion project; just 5 percent of the potential judgment would meet the funding needs for this life and death project. Our area needs these types of projects so it can survive and continue to fl ourish in the event of a disaster. The County Commission needs to enforce our contract. If they don’t like the contract then renegotiate it to get the state to provide the revenue from another source. 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Whatever role we play in law enforcement, we must remain mindful that a sensible rather than stuck-on-stupid generation can’t be legislated. Rather, if must be incubated and reared by an adult village — one child at a time. Anna Ryan Seaside Seaside Parks Advisory Com- mittee, 7 p.m., City Hall, City Hall, 989 Broadway. Seaside Community and Senior Commission, 10 a.m., 1225 Avenue A. M ike and C eline M C e wan CCB# 201010 • Reg.# 977689-99 music fi rst BUSINESS DIRECTORY