March 3, 2017 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 5A
Little libraries up for auction to support big libraries
T
he promise of spring is in
the air and this spring, little
lambs and little free librar-
ies are popping up at your nearest
library! OK, so I made that part
up about the little lambs, unless
you count the kids who attend our
preschool story times.
However, little free libraries re-
ally will be on display at the Asto-
ria, Seaside, and Warrenton public
libraries throughout the month of
March. These little libraries are
built by local community members
and businesses and will be up for
auction on March 23 at the Seaside
Civic and Convention Center.
The little libraries, reading
themed birdhouses, and other items
will be auctioned off at the live and
BETWEEN
THE COVERS
ESTHER MOBERG
silent auction event. This fundrais-
er is in support of Libraries Read-
ing Outreach in Clatsop County,
a nonprofi t that supports library
programs and cards for all chil-
dren in our county. In addition, it
also provides county wide summer
reading programs to help prevent
“summer slide” which can happen
if children don’t keep up with their
reading during the summer months.
Children can regress up to an en-
tire grade level in their reading,
WHEN: March 23, starting at 5:30
p.m.
WHERE: Seaside Civic and Conven-
tion Center
COST: $15; tickets available at the
Astoria, Seaside, and Warrenton
libraries.
which means teachers often have to
spend the beginning of the follow-
ing school year just helping kids get
back up to where they should be for
their grade.
About 2,900 children in our
county live outside of the city limits
of Astoria, Seaside, and Warrenton.
Without the libraries reading and
outreach program, most of the rural
children living in our county would
not have access to a public library’s
LETTERS
OBITUARIES
Barbara Robson Fraser
July 26, 1918 — Feb. 17, 2017
After a long life full of love
and family, Barbara Robson
Fraser, 98, passed away on
Feb. 17, 2017, at West Hills
Village, Portland, Oregon.
She was born on July 26,
1918, in Cochrane, Ontario,
to William Robson and Flor-
ence Parker Robson, and was
the fi fth of six children. The
Robson family left their On-
tario homestead in December
1918 and moved to Detroit,
Michigan.
Barbara attended Detroit’s
Commerce High School, and
graduated as her class pres-
ident in 1936. During high
school, she was involved in a
number of musical and drama
activities. Immediately after
graduation, she interned and
was subsequently employed
as a secretary by the Detroit
Board of Education for fi ve
years.
Barbara Robson met
George Fraser II on Palm
Sunday 1938, at St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church in Detroit,
Michigan, and they were mar-
ried there on June 24, 1939.
They were happily married
for almost 75 years.
Barbara is survived by her
three sons, George Corwin
Fraser III (Laurel), Michael
Robson Fraser (Pamela) and
Bruce Allan Fraser (Marga-
ret); her nine grandchildren,
Tamara, George IV, Aimee,
Eric, Robson, Richard, Maya
Christine, Holly and Patrick;
and her 11 great-grandchil-
dren.
Barbara was preceded in
death by her husband, George;
their daughter, Kathleen Anne
Fraser; and their great-grand-
daughter, Madelyn Anne Fra-
ser.
Barbara and George
moved to the Oregon Coast
in 1987, and lived there for
27 years. They were visited
frequently by her grandchil-
Barbara Fraser
dren and great-grandchildren.
Grandma Barbara always had
a supply of card, domino and
board games, and the time and
patience to play with the chil-
dren. They all fondly remem-
ber their visits to the “coast
house.”
Barbara was an active par-
ticipant in many volunteer
community and church activ-
ities throughout her life. She
was especially proud of her
association with the William
Temple House as an assistant
to Father Abbott, and later the
writer/editor of Canterbury
Times. She was also an ac-
tive member of Chapter FE of
PEO.
A memorial service will
be held at St. Barnabas Epis-
copal Church, 2201 S.W. Ver-
mont St., Portland, Oregon,
at 2 p.m., on Saturday, March
4, 2017, followed by a recep-
tion.
In lieu of fl owers, the fam-
ily requests memorial dona-
tions be made to the William
Temple House, 2023 N.W.
Hoyt St., Portland, OR 97209;
or to PEO Chapter FE, 92951
Astor Drive, Astoria, OR
97103.
The family wishes to ex-
press its thanks to the staff
and residents of West Hills
Village who brought friend-
ship and comfort to her life.
Lesley Margaret (Smiley) Graber
Sept. 29, 1957 — Feb. 17, 2017
Even on the darkest of
days, she laughed and found
hope. She was the strong of
the strong, and although she
was small, she stood taller
than the tall.
Seaside, Oregon, is where
she made her home; she was
known and loved by all that
she met. Lesley Margaret
(Smiley) Graber was born on
Sept. 29, 1957, and she left
the world on Feb. 17, 2017;
the best for her was yet to
come.
She is survived by her
daughters, Denise (Alan)
Leadingham of Greenup,
Kentucky, Ronda (David)
Dunn of Proctorville, Ohio,
and Desiree’ (Ryan) Lynch
of Ashland, Kentucky; 13
grandchildren; a soon-to-be
great-granddaughter and a
great-grandson; a brother,
Steve (Darrell) Smiley of Ka-
lispell, Montana; and a sister,
Lynn.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Harry Stuart
and Margaret Mary Smiley;
as well as her very beloved
sister, Desiree’ Laurie.
Hughes-Ransom Mortu-
ary and Crematory in Seaside
is in charge of the arrange-
ments. Please visit www.
hughes-ransom.com to share
memories and sign the guest
book.
ROBERT CAIN LD,
Speculation
in Gearhart
I write this letter reluc-
tantly, not because I have
something else I’d rather
be doing, but because I
think the subject is none
of my business — though,
as a resident of the city of
Gearhart, I am assured it is
my business.
A Daily Astorian
headline asks “Is gambling
‘good for Gearhart’?”
(Feb. 8) in the matter of the
owner of a soon-to-open
brew pub being required
to ask the city for permis-
sion to install four video
lottery machines in his
place of business, on his
own property. The question
cannot be answered, as no
one is qualifi ed to speak for
“Gearhart,” much less to
know what is “good” for it.
In the course of my life
of 79 years, I doubt if many
more than half the decisions
I have made for myself have
been “good” for me. Even
less would be the probabili-
ty that I can know what will
be good for another person,
and it is entirely out of the
question that I can accurate-
ly guess what will be good
for a town of about 1,000
residents and numerous
visitors.
In a free enterprise
economy, such as we have
in this country, consumers
“vote” with their dollars. If
a business receives enough
“votes,” it will thrive; if it
does not, it will wither and
die. There is no way to pre-
dict its future, because it is
not known how future gen-
erations will care to spend
their dollars. It is hubristic
for any group of citizens,
including a so-called Plan-
ning Commission, to decide
now what will be good for
my children or grandchil-
dren, or any other future
residents of Gearhart.
In the current matter of
video lottery games, I am
with Thomas Jefferson in
principle — whether a man
install four or 40 gam-
bling machines, it “neither
breaks my leg nor picks my
pocket.”
Louis Sargent
Gearhart
Free the zoo
animals
I am an eighth-grader at
Broadway Middle School.
Zoos are bad. The animals
live in cages, the food is
horrible, and the animals
only have family to rely on.
First, the animals live in
cages. OK, imagine your-
self being in a cage, how
lonely you would be. And,
think how the cheetah and
the tiger and the reptiles and
the birds are feeling right
this very second, all alone
and most likely crying —
like you probably would be
doing.
Second, the food is
horrible. The food is pretty
artifi cial. The animals get
lazy because they can’t
chase after the “food” or
their prey in zoos. The ani-
mals do not get a lot of food
in zoos. And they don’t get
enough vitamins, iron, nu-
trients and bacteria killers.
And they are bored enough
to sleep all day. Imagine
yourself, how worried you
would be. If I were you, I
would make signs to say
free the animals, protest, tell
every zoo to let them go and
write in newspapers.
So as you can see zoos
are bad. The animals live in
cages, the food is bad, and
they only have family to
rely on.
Hayden Spratt
Gearhart
Tuesday, March 7
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
Seaside Community and
Senior Commission, 10 a.m.,
1225 Avenue A.
Gearhart Planning Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 698
Pacifi c Way.
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Seaside Transportation Ad-
visory Commission, 6 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway
Seaside Library Board, 4:30
p.m., 1131 Broadway.
Tuesday, March 21
Thursday, March 9
Candidates sought for rec board
The Sunset Empire Park
and Recreation District is
still seeking district residents
interested in becoming a can-
didate for one of fi ve board
seats that are up for election
this May. Although three of
the current board members
have expressed their interest
in running for re-election, all
fi ve of the board positions
are up for election this year.
Three of the positions are
three-year terms, and two are
two-year terms.
Interested
individuals
will need to pick-up a can-
didate fi ling packet from the
front desk of the Sunset Pool
located at 1140 Broadway
in Seaside. Packets must
be submitted to the Clatsop
County Elections Depart-
ment, 820 Exchange St,
Suite 220 (2nd fl oor) in As-
toria, no later than 8 p.m. on
Thursday, March 16.
The cost to fi le is $10,
however, the fee will be
waived if the candidate is able
to gather 25 signatures from
registered district voters.
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reading outreach program.
Currently over 650 children
have active library cards at the
three public libraries in the county
and last year these children checked
out over 31,000 items. If you know
someone who might benefi t from
a Libraries Reading Outreach in
Clatsop County library card, send
them to their nearest public library
in Clatsop County.
Please join us on March 23
starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Seaside
Civic and Convention Center. The
ticket cost of $15 gets you in the
door and you will have appetizers
and desserts to nibble on while en-
joying the silent and live auctions.
Tickets are available at the Astoria,
Seaside, and Warrenton libraries.
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The outreach program is bridg-
ing the gaps for rural kids while
supporting the work of our teachers
and home-schoolers. The work
of libraries reading outreach is a
collaboration between the county,
the three public libraries, and fi ve
school districts in our county and
we need your support. The program
started back in 2009 and is now
transitioning to being fully commu-
nity supported. We hope you will
join us in supporting literacy and
reading success for all youth to age
19 in our county.
Just last month, we had a child
attend a drawing class at the Sea-
side Library who was very proud
to have a library card through the
music fi rst
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