April 14, 2017 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 5A
Emergency responders make a difference in Seaside
I
t’s no secret that visitation
to Seaside comes and goes
throughout the year. Two years
ago, with very little snow falling
in the Oregon mountains, visitors
fl ocked to the beaches during
unseasonal warm days throughout
January, February and March of
2015. This year’s weather has been
the exact opposite of two years ago,
and many leisure days have been
spent in the mountains instead of
along the beaches.
Yet, no matter what’s happen-
ing, or how busy it is in Seaside
— whether it’s our year-round
population of 6,500 or a busy sum-
mer day, coupled with a large event
— there is a small group of people
in Seaside that arrive at work each
day and serve the public behind
the scenes. National Public Safety
SIDE RAIL
JON RAHL
Telecommunicators Week is April
9-15, and as of this publication, just
concluding. The weeklong event,
established in 1981 by Patricia
Anderson of the Contra Costa Sher-
iff’s Offi ce in California, was set
up to honor and celebrate the hard
work and dedication of those who
have made their professional lives
all about serving the public as an
emergency telecommunicator.
Part of my role with the City of
Seaside is also assisting with the
dissemination of public information
to the media and citizens of our
town. I’ve seen our emergency dis-
patchers in action. I’ve witnessed
them taking a call about a minor
accident but I’ve also seen them
working in situations where some-
one’s life is on the line. There’s
really no way to know what that
call coming in may be for. Is it a
visitor who has seen a loved one go
missing in our vast Pacifi c Ocean?
Maybe it’s a minor disturbance.
It could also very well be because
someone has stopped breathing
and needs CPR assistance. These
dispatchers provide as much help
as possible until police, fi re and
medics can arrive on seen. They are
a lifeline to thousands of citizens
every year.
I personally thank them for their
service and encourage you to do so
as well.
Advertising updates
With the kickoff of the spring-
break season, the Seaside Visitors
Bureau launched a couple of brand
new ad campaigns over the past
month. On March 13, we unveiled
mass transit advertising on the
TriMet Light Rail system through-
out the Portland metro area. Our
icon-rich advertising, sans photos,
will be featured on train cars for
twelve consecutive months running
through March 2018. The cars
can be seen across the entire Max
train system over the length of the
contract.
As of April 1, you can also
keep tabs on what the Seaside
beach looks like by tuning into
KOIN news. Seaside is now one
of eight weather cams across the
Portland viewing area. The camera
will be used by meteorologists on
various news broadcasts with all
on-air inclusions featuring the “It’s
Easy to Seaside” logo. Part of our
partnership will also include digital
advertising across the KOIN.com
website and the webcam can be
viewed online at koin.com/weather/
webcams. We plan to add the same
online stream to our website in the
next 30-60 days.
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.
OBITUARIES
Violet May Malo
Doris Alma Hill
Oct. 6, 1925 — March 26, 2017
Vi, who was 91, lived a
full life surrounded by family
and many friends. Everyone
who knew her would say she
was an extremely loving wife,
mother, grandmother, and
a hard worker and kindred
spirit. She was a native Ore-
gonian.
The daughter of Raymond
and Viola Robertson, Violet
was born in Dallas, Oregon.
She attended school in Taft,
Willamina and was a gradu-
ate of Sheridan High School,
where she met her husband,
Robert William Malo. They
were married until his death
in 1987.
Vi worked in the ship
yards during World War II as
a certifi ed Navy welder and
electrician. In later years, she
ran and worked her blueberry
farm in Tigard. Oregon, while
raising her boys.
After her husband’s retire-
Violet Malo
ment, they made the move to
Cannon Beach, Oregon. There
she opened the Mama Malo’s
Burger Factory (home of the
Surfer Burger) in an old box
car. She also worked along-
side her husband next door
after the opening of Malo’s
Crab and Fish Market.
Violet had a love for trav-
eling, the ocean and also her
Lone Rock getaway.
She is survived by two
sons, James Eugene Malo
and Robert Adran Malo; by
four grandchildren, Angela
Maria Malo, James Robert
Malo, Matthew Robert Malo
and Katelin Maria Malo; and
three great grandchildren,
Krystopher Daniel Malo, Ma-
lia Kana Lei Lani Malo and
Summer Riley Malo.
Violet enriched everyone’s
lives she came in contact
with, and was better known as
“Mom Malo.”
She’s journeyed to the
spirit in the sky (God speed),
where she’ll where she’ll fi -
nally meet Elvis.
We’ll miss her!
Caldwell’s Funeral & Cre-
mation Arrangement Cen-
ter in Seaside is in charge of
the arrangements. An online
guest book may be signed at
www.caldwellsmortuary.com
LETTERS
Letters from Page 4A
Oregonians have access to
the broadest possible range
of specialty physicians and
providers throughout the state
and not just in urban areas.
Our community is already
struggling under the high
costs of health care. Truly
my drive in going to Salem
every year is to fi ght against
anything that can cause state
sponsored rate increases with-
out a recognizable benefi t. As
a member of our community
it has always been important
to me to stand against things
that I believe will negatively
impact our economic health
as well as our quality of life.
Far too many of my commu-
nity live on a fi xed income,
increases in cost without
increases in income are
devastating. On Wednesday I
will have the honor of sitting
with both of our wonderful
representatives, Rep. Deborah
Boone and also Sen. Betsy
Johnson to bring forward our
concerns and hopes .
Jeremy Mills, State Farm
Seaside
Thanks to all for a
memorable season!
We would like to thank
the many, many people who
helped make our season one
to cherish and remember.
From the very beginning
of the season, through the
Holiday Classic, on into the
league season, and through-
out our journey to state, we
had so much support from
so many different people,
and we’d like to express our
gratitude. The kindnesses
we received from parents,
community members and
fans was something we shall
never forget.
We can’t begin to explain
the wonder and joy it meant
to go to on the road to Banks,
or Tillamook or Molalla, or
play at the state tournament,
and have it feel like a home
game. With such support, both
at home and on the road, we
couldn’t help but give it our
all. We have truly been given
a lesson in what the idea of
community means, and how
special it was to have been the
recipient of such support.
Finally, we would like to
give a big, loud, and wonder-
ful congratulation to our boys.
Way to bring home the fi rst
state championship for bas-
ketball in our school history.
We could not be more proud
of our boys and their coaches
and supporters.
Thank you Seaside, thank
you to all who helped make
our season such a memorable
one.
Michael Hawes, head coach
Seaside High School girls
basketball team and coaches
Dec. 9, 1923 — March 16, 2017
Doris was born in Stra-
chan, Alberta, Canada, to
Albert and Grace Barkham
on the family homestead.
When she was twelve, she
moved to the Portland area
and graduated from Frank-
lin High School. While in
high school, she was a Rose
Festival princess.
After high school, she
earned her college mon-
ey as a welder in the ship
yards building Liberty ships
for the war effort. She met
her future husband, Vernon
Hill, at Oregon State Col-
lege. In 1944, they were
married in Buffalo, New
York, where Vern was serv-
ing in the Army Air Corps.
She and Vern raised their
family in Richland, Wash-
ington.
In 1972, they retired to
Vern’s family homestead in
Hamlet, Oregon, near Sea-
side. They enjoyed 66 years
of marriage. Her last seven
years were spent at Ava-
mere at Seaside, where she
received loving care and
made many good friends.
Doris was preceded in
Doris Hill
death by her husband, Vern,
and grandson, Peter Hill.
She is survived by her sister,
Millie Lindsay (Gordon);
her brother, Larry Meissner;
her daughter, Diane LeClair
Neet (Donald); and her
son Dave Hill (Charlotte).
She has fi ve grandsons and
eight great-grandchildren:
Samuel Hill (Justine), and
their daughter Eva; Andy
Hill (Kari), and their chil-
dren, Abbie and Gabe; Alan
LeClair and his daughter,
Marcelle; Nathan LeClair
(Mary) and their sons,
Adam and Henry; and Kev-
in LeClair (Sarah) and their
sons, Evan and Jack. Doris
has numerous nieces, neph-
ews, cousins in both the
U.S. and Canada.
Doris will be remem-
bered for her kind and gen-
tle spirit. She always had a
smile and time for people.
She was sensitive to oth-
ers feelings and needs. She
dearly loved her family and
friends, and they loved her.
Now she is freed from her
dementia and cancer, rejoic-
ing at the feet of her savior.
A memorial service
will be held at the Cannon
Beach Community Church,
132 E. Washington St., on
April 15 at 2 p.m.
In lieu of fl owers, dona-
tions may be made to Low-
er Columbia Hospice, 2111
Exchange St, Astoria, OR
97103; or Cannon Beach
Community Church.
Hughes-Ransom Mor-
tuary and Crematory of
Seaside is in charge of the
arrangements. Please visit
www.hughes-ransom.com
to share memories and sign
the guest book.
COME JOIN US!
The Cannon Beach Academy is a public, tuition free char-
ter school that is part of the Seaside School District. We open
this fall, starting with grades K-2. We will grow one grade,
each year, until we reach K-5.
We are off ering a unique curriculum consisting of Direct
Instruct and The Core Knowledge Sequence. Both programs
have been proven to increase student achievement as well as
boost self confi dence and esteem. Our class sizes are limited
to 22 students.
We are off ering Spanish language exposure; students will
receive daily instruction in Spanish. We are also providing a
focus on the Arts; we will work with the large number of local
artists to help provide our children with a rich experience.
Enrollment ends on April 30th, 2017. To enroll your chid,
please visit our website at www.thecannonbeachacademy.org or
give a call to 503.440.9878.
COME JOIN US!