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OUR 111th YEAR • May 26, 2017
‘Mr. Seaside’ Larry Haller dies at 83 District
Former teacher,
councilor helped
shape city
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
Larry Haller
A guiding force for civic in-
volvement and community spirit,
Larry Lee Haller, 83, died Sunday.
Haller, a city councilor for
more than 20 years, touched lives
as a member of the Seaside Kids,
Jaycees, Rotary, Miss Oregon Pag-
eant, Masonic Lodge, Providence
Seaside Hospital board, Seaside
Civic and Convention Center board
and the Seaside Chamber of Com-
merce.
“He was a fun-loving, wonderful
man to be around,” City Manager
Mark Winstanley said . “Every time
he was asked to step up to the plate
and do something, he just gave it
his all. I’m not sure there’s anybody
that cared more about Seaside than
Larry did.”
“Larry was, to me, he was Mr.
Seaside just because of his enthu-
siasm for life and his love of this
community, and his willingness to
always step up to the plate and to
help, whatever he was asked of,”
City Councilor Dana Phillips, a
longtime friend, said . “If he was
given a job he gave it 110 percent.”
Phillips, retired executive di-
rector of the Miss Oregon p ageant,
said Haller was “instrumental in
keeping the Miss Oregon p ageant
going in the community.”
budget
surpasses
$20 million
District to add staff,
meet new science rules
By R.J. Marx
See Haller, Page 9A
Seaside Signal
With a building project ready to launch
and the state boosting coffers, the Seaside
School District’s budget committee has ap-
proved a $20.6 million operating budget .
With an improving state economy, tim-
ber revenue and “excellent management,”
the district plans to move forward without
reductions in staffi ng or programs, Superin-
tendent Sheila Roley said in a budget mes-
sage.
The school district plans to hire an el-
ementary school guidance counselor and a
new high school science and math teach-
er, among other personnel additions. The
budget addresses rising student technology
costs, with districtwide licenses for math
and science software. A new science cur-
riculum will be implemented in the fall
to meet new science and technology stan-
dards.
A full-time licensed staff member will
be hired to provide management support to
students, staff, parents and the community
at both elementary schools. An elementary
teacher will also be added to reduce class
size, allow more time to focus on student
achievement and narrow the achievement
gap, Roley said in her budget message.
A full-time social studies teacher will be
added at Broadway Middle School, among
other personnel additions.
BOB CHISHOLM CENTER GETS A REFRESH
School bond
A ‘FASCINATION’
FOR RECREATION
By Katherine Lacaze
For Seaside Signal
The Bob Chisholm Community Center
Commission started fundraising to reno-
vate the facility’s main hall about a year
ago; what they found in the process was a
community of full-time residents, as well
as second-homeowners, who were eager to
embrace the project.
By way of that support, the commis-
sion has raised about $45,800 for its Bob
Chisholm Community Center Main Hail
Refresh Project. Combined with $200,000
coming from the city of Seaside — which
owns the building — the amount is enough
for the commission to move forward.
See Refresh, Page 9A
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The Fascination Tournament at the Funland Arcade, a fundraiser held
for the Bob Chisholm Community Center Main Hall Refresh Project, also
included a raffl e drawing with prizes donated by local businesses.
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The Fascination Tournament at the Funland Arcade raised $3,000 for the Bob Chisholm Community Center Main Hall Refresh Project.
More than 30 teams of four participated in the tournament.
An additional $112 million capital bud-
get for construction of the new K-12 cam-
pus was also presented for review Tuesday,
May 16. That number grew from the origi-
nal $99.7 million bond approved by voters
in November with the addition of $4 mil-
lion from the state, along with favorable
bond sales and rates.
The district anticipates paying out $22.5
million next year toward the project, en-
dorsed by voters in November, Business
Manager Justine Hill said in April.
Representatives of Day CPM and Dull
Olson Weekes — IBI Architects provid-
ed an update on the construction project’s
progress . The district is soliciting comment
while interviewing contractor candidates to
work with architects to design the building.
During construction, facilities repair and
maintenance will continue to be addressed
at all buildings. The average useful life of
the buildings is 45 years, yet the average
age of the high school, middle school and
Gearhart Elementary School is about 65
years, Roley said.
The budget calls for new fl ooring at
Gearhart Elementary School; a new roof
pack at Broadway Middle School; play-
ground safety measures at Seaside Heights
Elementary School and improvements at
the high school.
The budget was approved unanimous-
ly without additional comment from the
public, members of the board or the budget
committee .
A public hearing on the budget will be
conducted at the school district’s June 20
meeting. The budget must be adopted prior
to the end of the fi scal year in June .
Farmers Market to
resume June 21
By Eve Marx
Seaside Signal
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Shopping at the 2016 farmers market.
With a second year at Broadway Middle
School the Seaside Farmers Market is off to
a running start. The market offi cially opens
Wednesday June 21.
Grace Smith is the special events man-
ager for Sunset Empire, the overseeing
entity behind the market. “People are very
interested in shopping and buying local,”
Smith said. “Farmers Markets are the per-
fect place to do that.”
Conveniently located in the parking lot of
the Broadway Middle School on Highway
101, the market features produce and prod-
ucts raised, grown, produced, or collected
in Oregon and Washington. Depending on
availability throughout the growing season,
vendors will be selling nuts, vegetables,
herbs, cut fl owers, cheese, seafood, meat,
poultry, eggs, preserved foods and fruit to
the Seaside community. Also for sale will
be local jams, ciders, salsas, pickled vege-
tables, and more, including handmade and
homemade crafts and, on occasion, gelato.
“This is the fi fth year we’ve had the mar-
ket in Seaside,” Smith said. “It started at the
American Legion; last year we moved it
to Broadway Middle School, so this is our
second year here.” Smith said the fi rst three
years were tough going because of the lack
of visibility, but is very pleased to say that
attendance has doubled since the market
moved to its new location.
“Last year we got 1,000 visitors ev-
ery Wednesday,” Smith said. “And more
visitors means more vendors. We’re really
See Market, Page 9A