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Friday, April 14
Spaghetti Feed Fundraiser
Wednesday, April 19
Writers at Work
NAMI Meeting
Chamber Breakfast
5 p.m., Seaside Fire Station, 150 Lincoln
St., Seaside, $10 adults, $25 family.
The Seaside Fire & Rescue will host a
spaghetti feed dinner fundraiser with
silent auction for the Olson family and
their son.
Bingo!
6 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6742, www.
seasidelibrary.org. This group is designed
for writers to meet and share ideas with
local authors.
2 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broad-
way, Seaside, 503-738-6165, www.nami.
org. The National Alliance on Mental Illness
welcomes individuals and caregivers of
anyone who suffers from mental illness.
Friday, April 21
Monday, April 24
Listen to the Land
Chamber Breakfast
Knochlers Pinochle
6 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-9126, www.
nclctrust.org, free. Kate Holleran will discuss
“Dam Beavers! Dam!” at the next Listening
to the Land series.
8:20 a.m., call for location, Seaside, 503-
738-6391.
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-7393, all
ages, $1 per session per person.
8:20 a.m., call for location, Seaside, 503-
738-6391, www.seasidechamber.com.
Open to the public, weekly speakers,
discussions and a no-host breakfast.
Low Impact Walk
9:30 a.m., 503-738-7751. This low-im-
pact walking group meets weekly at
different locations. Sponsored by the
Seaside Branch of American Association
of University Women (AAUW).
“The Mousetrap”
7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre Playhouse, 108
Hemlock St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-
1242, $20 to $25, rated PG.
Karaoke
Junebugs
7 p.m., McMenamins, 1157 Marion
Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150, www.
mcmenamins.com, no cover. The eclectic
taste of the Junebugs range from turn-
of-the-century Americana to modern
hip-hop.
Open Mic & Jam
7 p.m., Pacific Pearl Bistro, 111 Broadway,
Seaside. All styles welcome at this jam
session hosted by the Tim Kelly Blues
Band.
“The Mousetrap”
12:30 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Cen-
ter, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-3311,
www.sunsetempire.com, 10 cents per card,
$2.40 all games. For an afternoon of Bingo
fun, bring some friends, add a few lucky
charms, grab a stamper and play Bingo!
8 p.m., American Legion, 1315 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-5111, www.seaside-
post99.org, 21 +. All are welcome to
stop by and try out a new song or sing an
old standard during American Legion’s
karaoke night.
Sunday, April 16
Thursday, April 20
9 a.m., National Park Service sites, 503-
861-4401, all ages.
SDDA Breakfast
Brian Copeland
8:30 a.m., Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323 Broad-
way, Seaside, 503-717-1914, www.
seasidedowntown.com. Weekly speakers,
discussions and a no-host breakfast.
7 p.m., McMenamins, 1157 Marion Ave.,
Gearhart, 503-717-8150, www.mc-
menamins.com, no cover. Brian Copeland
has cultivated a unique brand of catchy
and lyrical guitar-pop, Northwest pop and
country fusion music.
Monday, April 17
Saturday, April 15
Tuesday, April 18
National Park Week
TOPS Meeting
9 a.m., National Parks, 503-861-4401,
www.nps.gov, all ages. To celebrate Na-
tional Park Week, Saturday and Sunday
admission to all National Park Service
sites will be waived.
9:15 a.m., North Coast Family Fellowship,
2245 Wahanna Road, Seaside, 509-910-
0354. Take Pounds Off Sensibly (TOPS)
focuses on healthy lifestyle changes for
weight loss.
Chapbook Publishing
Cape House Concert
10 a.m., Hoffman Center, 594 Laneda
Ave., Manzanita, 503-368-3846, www.
hoffmanblog.org, $40. John Sibley Wil-
liams will lead a workshop on “Publishing
Your Chapbook” for poetry, short stories
and essays.
7 p.m., private home, Manzanita 503-
717-2997 or 503-436-1718. Enjoy an
evening of song, dance and banjo playing
with Evie Ladin and Keith Terry, and a
music workshop beforehand; location
given at time of ticket purchase.
Matinee Thursdays
Seaside Egg Hunt
Beach Bill Presentation
Business After Hours
10:30 a.m., Broadway Field, 1140
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-3313, www.
sunsetempire.com. Gather the kids, ages
0-10, for a free Easter Egg Hunt with over
6,000 brightly colored, candy-filled eggs
to find, followed by the aquatic treasure
dive at 1 p.m.
7:30 p.m., Cannon Beach History Center,
1387 Spruce St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-
8060, www.twelvedaysofearthday.com.
There will be a talk and presentation on
Oregon’s Beach Bill.
5 p.m., Suzanne Elise, 101 Forest Drive, Sea-
side, 503-738-6391, www.seasidechamber.
com, free. Sponsored by the Seaside
Chamber of Commerce, Business After Hours
provides a social networking opportunity
for chamber members and business owners
to meet and mingle.
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-7393,
www.sunsetempire.com, all ages, $1
per session per person. This is a weekly,
regular play card game.
Were Hats,”
from 1 to 2
p.m.
Beach
Books
also
hosts author
and illustrator
Margo Greeve
Curator
on May 7 from
Sara
1 to 3 p.m. Vickerman
The Seaside
Library presents “Beaver Sto-
ries and Crafts” on May 3.
The North Coast Land Con-
servancy presents “Steward-
ship at Beaver Creek” on May
6, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Seaside Brewing Co. of-
fers the film “Leave It to
Beavers” on May 11, from 6
to 9 p.m. and Neil Maine will
lecture on “Beaver Ecology”
at the Fairweather Gallery on
May 25 at 7 p.m.
Fairweather Gallery is
located at 612 Broadway in
Seaside.
After Seaside, the exhib-
it heads to other areas of the
state including Astoria before
finishing up at the Oregon
Zoo in September.
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Mike Mason, “Beaver Clan,”
floral collage made entirely
of plant materials.
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Marcella Henkels, “Ready-
ing for Winter,” ceramic tile,
framed in barn wood, part of
a set of two.
Senior Craft Fair
10:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Community
Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-
9323, www.sunsetempire.com, $3 to
$6.75, all ages. Local artisans highlight their
creative talents during the third Thursday
Craft Fair, includes handmade crafts, jewelry
and more.
Open Mic & Jam
7 p.m., Pacific Pearl Bistro, 111 Broadway,
Seaside.
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Rene Eisenbart, “Busy Bea-
ver,” watercolor of beaver in
natural habitat.
Kiwanis Club Meeting
Noon, Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323 Broadway,
Seaside, open to the public, www.facebook.
com/pages/Kiwanis-Club-of-Seaside-Ore.
Features weekly speakers, discussions and a
no-host lunch.
8 a.m., City Hall, 698 Pacific Way, Gearhart,
503-738-5501. Free community clean up of
unwanted junk, electronics and other trash;
no chemicals, oils, paint, tires, batteries or
hazardous waste.
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-7393,
free.
Pinochle Refresher
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-3311,
www.sunsetempire.com. The Knochlers
pinochle group offers a free refresher and
beginning course in pinochle to adults 55
and older. Beginners are welcome.
City Council Meeting
7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway, Seaside,
503-738-5511, www.cityofseaside.us. The
Seaside City Council meets twice a month
on the second and fourth Mondays.
Tuesday, April 25
History & Hops
6 p.m., Seaside Brewing Co., 851
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-7065, www.
seasidebrewery.com. The History & Hops
lecture series will feature Gloria Linkey
who will give a talk about World War II
and Seaside.
Intro to Publisher
8:30 a.m., CCC Seaside Campus, 1455
Roosevelt, Seaside, 503-338-2402, $20.
Learn to use Microsoft Publisher for news-
letters, brochures, postcards and flyers;
preregistration required.
Author Reading
TOPS Meeting
7 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6742, www.
seasidelibrary.org, free. Karen Karbo, au-
thor of “Hound of the Sea: Wild Man, Wild
Waves, Wild Wisdom” will be featured,
followed by book sales and signings.
9:15 a.m., North Coast Family Fellowship,
2245 Wahanna Road, Seaside, 509-910-
0354.
Friday, April 28
Chamber Breakfast
Wednesday, April 26
10 a.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-6786.
This month’s discussion will include
planning for the upcoming plant sale in
May, visitors are welcome; dues are $15
annually.
Bingo!
National Park Week
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-7393,
www.sunsetempire.com, free. Enjoy
popcorn and a movie on senior matinee
Thursdays.
Matinee Thursdays
8:20 a.m., call for location, Seaside, 503-
738-6391.
Sou’Wester Garden Club
Saturday, April 22
Gearhart Earth Day
Beaver Tales exhibit opens
Mike Brown, beaver sil-
houtte porthole vase,
hand-crafted of myrtle wood
and other woods.
Gaylord Nelson Award
National Park Week
Knochlers Pinochle
fiber art and ceramics. The ex-
hibition at Oregon State Uni-
versity, which closed March
1, was viewed by thousands
of people. Of the 125 pieces
representing about 80 artists,
17 pieces were sold for over
$5,600 total.
Benefits from the sale of
the art in support the Wetlands
Conservancy, the Necanicum
Watershed Council and the
North Coast Land Conservan-
cy. Local conservation groups
will host educational work-
shops throughout May.
Beaver Tales will be on ex-
hibit in Seaside through May,
kicking off with the opening
on May 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. as
the focus of Seaside Art Walk.
On May 6, from 5 to
7 p.m., the Beaver Tales
Art Exhibit becomes the
month-long focus of Seaside
Art Walk. Author Frances
Backhouse will be at Beach
Books talking about her bea-
ver-themed book, “Once They
9:30 a.m., 503-738-7751, locations vary.
8 a.m., Finn’s Fish House, 227 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-9692. Ham radio opera-
tors meet every Thursday; venues change on
the first Thursday.
7:30 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-1242, www.
coastertheatre.com, $20 to $25, rated PG.
Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” follows
the tale of a group of strangers, a blizzard
and an unknown killer.
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Low Impact Walking
5 p.m., Chamber Community Hall, 207
Spruce St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-8060,
www.twelvedaysofearthday.com. A
presentation of the annual Gaylord Nelson
Award will be given with guest speaker Neal
Maine, includes city potluck.
Ham Radio Breakfast
Seaside, open to the public.
9 a.m., National Park Service sites, 503-861-
4401, all ages.
Troop 642 Fundraiser
4 p.m., American Legion, 1216 Hemlock St.,
Cannon Beach, $12 per plate or 2 for $20,
kids discounted. Show your support for Boy
Scout Troop 642 for a Hawaiian dinner; take
out orders accepted.
12:30 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community
Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-
7393.
Thursday, April 27
Ham Radio Breakfast
8 a.m., Finn’s Fish House, 227 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-9692.
SDDA Breakfast
8:30 a.m., Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-717-1914.
Sunday, April 23
Low Impact Walking
9:30 a.m., 503-738-7751, locations vary.
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7 p.m., McMenamins, 1157 Marion
Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150, www.
mcmenamins.com, no cover. 23window’s
Mike Soto and Gayle Ritt perform original
indie rock, classic blues and folk songs
along with “trip down memory lane” ren-
ditions of some of the decade’s favorites.
Adlai Alexander Concert
7 p.m., Cannon Beach History Center &
Museum, 1387 Spruce St., Cannon Beach,
503-436-9301, www.cbhistory.org, $15
adults, $2 children. Renowned singer
songwriter Adlai Alexander performs jazz,
Brazilian, 60s pop, original and world
music on acoustic guitar.
Open Mic & Jam
National Park Week
9 a.m., National Park Service sites, 503-861-
4401, all ages.
Kiwanis Club Meeting
Noon, Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323 Broadway,
7 p.m., Pacific Pearl Bistro, 111 Broadway,
Seaside.
When Seaside residents readied
for an invasion along the coast
By Rebecca Herren
For Seaside Signal
Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941,
started out as any other Sun-
day. The family of Gloria
Linkey, along with other
Seasiders, attended church.
Shortly after Rev. Leslie
Dunton began his sermon,
a man approached him and
whispered into his ear. That,
Linkey said, was when every-
thing changed. “Rev. Dunton
announced that the Japanese
had just bombed Pearl Har-
bor.” He said a prayer for
peace and dismissed the con-
gregants.
“Nobody could figure out
how this happened,” said
Linkey. “We just huddled
around the radio all day. The
reports of the casualties and
the devastation were very
slow coming in.”
By the end of day, Sea-
side was in blackout and the
trend continued throughout
the war. No lights could be
on, painted rocks had to be
flipped over and gas was
rationed. Seaside had been
thrust into the war years.
“A Town Called Seaside” is
Linkey’s latest book and the
subject of her discussion on
March 25 at the Seaside Pub-
lic Library. Though the book
consists of historical bits of
information about Seaside,
she focused the topic on pre-
and post-World War II and
the affects the war had on this
small town.
“The innocence was gone
and we now knew we were in
the fight,” Linkey said.
Seasiders were not al-
lowed on the Prom after 4:30
p.m., or on the beach during
the winter. There was an 8:30
p.m. curfew for the beach and
the Prom during the summer.
“The only one’s on the Prom
were the MPs (military po-
lice) in their jeeps going up
and down making sure we
were safe,” she explained.
“There were air-raid wardens
who would knock on your
door if you had a light show-
REBECCA HERREN
Seaside resident Gloria Linkey signs books at her reading at
the Seaside Library.
‘We knew, I think, instinctively, we
were watching history and that was
what we wanted to watch.’
Gloria Linkey
ing. It was very different and
sobering for all of us.”
Linkey said no one was
prepared and how they got
prepared had to be “a mira-
cle and by the grace of God.”
The war was discussed daily
in school, noting on the wall
maps where the allies were,
where the Germans were and
where the Americans and
Japanese were.
Soon, everyone adjusted
to this new way of life.
Then it came, she said,
the night of June 21, 1942.
The Linkey sisters had a few
friends over for a slumber
party and since they were
telling ghost stories had left
the curtains drawn. Late into
the night, the girls heard
noises and went to the win-
dow. They saw lights flash-
ing from the ocean toward
shore. They ventured outside
and almost immediately, the
military police yelled, telling
them to go back inside. “Get
back into the house, we’re
under attack. It’s a Japanese
submarine, he’s shelling the
coast.”
The teenagers’ thought,
“Wow!” and stayed outside to
watch. Years later the Linkey
sisters realized the foolish-
ness of their actions. But, as
Linkey explained, “We knew,
I think, instinctively, we were
watching history and that was
what we wanted to watch.”
Even though the mouth
of the Columbia River was
well fortified, Fort Stevens
never did open fire because,
as Linkey pointed out, “They
didn’t want them to know
how far off base they were.”
It was reported the Japanese
had begun shelling about six
miles south of Fort Stevens.
It was later learned that
the commander of the sub-
marine knew they could
not hit anything, but want-
ed Americans to know how
vulnerable their coastlines
were. “And could at anytime
launch an invasion on the
West Coast,” Linkey added.
The impressions of the war
years in Seaside were infused
onto the memory of a young
Linkey. But that night in June
was most indelible. “That
night I remember more than
any other night,” she said.
The flavor of Seaside be-
gan to change.
Families of the service-
men came, homes were rent-
ed out and businesses stayed
open during the winter. Even
the high school grew with
the influx of new families.
“There were people with ac-
cents from all over, including
Brooklyn and the South. It
was interesting and gave Sea-
side more of a cosmopolitan
feeling,” Linkey said.
After the war, Seaside no
longer opened its doors on
Memorial Day and closed on
Labor Day. Seaside proved
it could be a sustainable,
full-time resident town, not
just a summer respite for the
wealthy. “We have grown
from this little tiny town to
where people can now reside
12 months out of the year,”
said Linkey. “We have every-
thing that any town needs.”
Linkey grew up in Sea-
side. She was connected here
at a young age and never
thought of leaving. When
her parents decided to move
to Laguna Beach, California,
her dad requested Linkey
accompany her mother. That
was in 1948.
The desire and yearning
of those earlier times never
left her heart and she couldn’t
wait to return. It took more
than 40 years, but the oppor-
tunity finally presented itself
in 1989 and Linkey moved
back to the town she loved.
Linkey is scheduled as the
next History and Hops speak-
er at the Seaside Brewing Co.
on April 27.