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July 7, 2017 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 7A Buccaneers lead the way with beach cleanup effort Parade from Page 1A thousands of Independence Day visitors. By midday to- day, they will have collected 12 to 15 tons of trash. The Buccaneers are SOLVE’s largest distributor of trash bags. Seaside parade For the Fourth of July pa- rade, early birds had lawn chairs in place by 9 a.m., with red, white and blue banners, flags and bunting everywhere. Led by a Seaside Police car and followed by the Boy Scouts, the march kicked off at 11 a.m. from the corner of 12th and Necanicum, head- ing up Holladay to Broadway under cloudy skies and chilly temperatures. Seaside Mayor Jay Barber rode alongside City Councilor Tita Montero as Councilors Tom Horning, Seth Morrissey and Steve Wright passed out flags. Newly crowned Miss Oregon Harley Emery rode proudly, followed in the line- up by Miss Clatsop County Hannah Garhofer and repre- sentatives of the Miss Oregon Scholarship Pageant. Kevin Leahy, represent- ing the Astoria Regatta, led a group including chaperone Amber Hill and Aubrey Mc- Mahan — last year’s Regatta queen. Seaside’s Sydney Ord- way joined princesses on the float. “Here we are five years running — it’s a great pa- rade!” Leahy said. Coastal author Honey Perkel added a literary note with a recurring parade ap- pearance, while “Wonder Woman” from the Inverted Experience, Seaside’s newest Broadway tourist attraction, garnered attention. Bigfoot, Ghostbusters and the Lion King marched, too. And everybody had candy: taffy, lollipops and gummies. All ages Youth was definitely fea- tured, from Portland’s King Sun School drill team, the Tsunami Skippers, of Seaside, Astoria and Cannon Beach, and the littlest ones, from Mrs. Tami’s Daycare and Preschool. Jackson Januik, the Gulls basketball standout named the Class 4A Player of the Year, joined teammates on float fea- turing the Gulls championship basketball team. It was his first parade, Januik said. “It’s fun R.J. MARX/SEASIDE SIGNAL Gini Dideum of the Beach Drive Buccaneers provides cleanup bags for visitors and residents alike. seeing all the people.” Members of Clatsop Coun- ty’s Sons of Beaches and the Legion Riders held sway on their big trucks, while mem- bers of “We Are Indivisible” joined the parade for the first time. “We’re promoting democ- racy,” said member Joyce Hunt. “And keeping our nation going in the right direction.” The Beach Drive Bucca- neers, meanwhile were march- ing and doing their jobs hand- ing out beach bags. By the time they reached First Avenue and R.J. MARX/SEASIDE SIGNAL Members of the Tsunami Skippers jump-roped their way through the parade. Holladay, they had passed out more than 1,000 cleanup bags — and “we’re only halfway in the parade,” Gini Dideum said. With the sun pushing through the clouds for a day of sunshine and fireworks ahead for the evening, the Bucca- neers’ cleanup crews would have their work cut out for them. But nobody seemed to mind. “People are always so excited to be in the parade, to have fun and to showcase their vehicles or their kids,” Dideum said. “It’s always fun!” Pacific Pearl brings arty vibe, offers freshly ground coffee beans A new take on your morning joe By Eve Marx For Seaside Signal Sometimes you just want a cup of coffee. Any reliable place will do. But sometimes you want an experience. That’s when you go to Pacific Pearl. Dawn Greenfield, owner and operator of Pacific Pearl Coffee Company, home of handcrafted beverages and treats, located 1 block from the beach on Broadway, arrived in Seaside by way of Vegas. “I was born in Portland,” Greenfield said. “My husband is from New York. Da Bronx! We took a vacation to Sea- side and that moment decided this was where we wanted to live. It took awhile to sell our home in Nevada and make the move, but we’re here, and we love it.” Greenfield says she be- lieves in making coffee the old fashioned way. And it’s Sleepy Monk organic coffee she’s brewing. “Every beverage ordered is hand crafted,” Greenfield said. “We grind the beans. We work the press.” Don’t take yours black? Pacific Pearl has just about any lightener you can think of. Soy milk. Hemp milk. Rice milk. And for those “the heck with calories, give me the Half and Half” types, she’s got it. You want whipped cream and chocolate on top? Sure thing. And they’ve also got the newest craze, white espresso. What’s that again? “It’s made from beans that are barely roasted. It’s a true caffeine rush,” Greenfield said. Pacific Pearl is a family run business. “My whole family is on board,” Greenfield said. “I couldn’t do it without them.” After being open for about a year, Greenfield was more than ready for a space rear- rangement. She closed for two weeks to complete the re- model but is rarin’ to go once again. “Before, pretty much ev- erything we offer was to go, but now we can offer our pa- trons sit-down counters and tables,” Greenfield said. The space also doubles as a ven- ue for art. “Our walls are an ever-changing gallery for the work of local artists.” Indeed, Pacific Pearl does have an arty vibe. It’s not en- tirely mellow; the atmosphere feels alive. The place seems like a perfect destination af- ter an athletic walk or run on the promenade, or where you might pull up on your Harley when you’re ready for a caf- feine shot. As Greenfield’s pal Keith I. Baker noted, it’s on the surrey route. “Tourists can park their surrey out front and come in- side for a smoothie,” Green- field joked. Speaking of smoothies, Pacific Pearl makes super delicious ones featuring real frozen fruit. I can attest to the cherry and the peach; both were marvelous. They also have hand crafted Italian soda in a rainbow array of flavors. The most asked for smoothie, Greenfield shared, is Red Bull and frozen fruit. This summer she’ll be add- ing a few dessert items to the menu. “I’ll be doing homemade pound cake with Oregon berries and whipped cream,” Haber- Lehigh celebrates beauty in Northwest plants Garden from Page 1A Heights Elementary School, where the new Seaside School District campus will be built. Logging on some of the site is about to begin. “We made trips and trips and took buckets and shovels and brought back a little of everything,” even though the task was exhausting, she said. But so many native plants had to be left behind. “That’s sad, because we see all of this native vegeta- tion disappearing,” she added. The new plants have taken to her yard well, noted Dor- ota, who teaches English as a second language and bo- tanical illustration at Seaside High School. She also men- tors students who work in the school’s culinary garden. “Everything I planted this year looks like it has been there forever, but it hasn’t,” she said. Skunk cabbage, salmon- berries and ferns grow along the creek that runs through the yard. A graceful hemlock tree provides shade. A bridge built over the creek offers a seating area for Dorota and David to relax and enjoy the natural setting. Trails, outlined in bark- dust, meander through the area for the deer. Dorota has ‘We’re losing so much. I feel like it’s our responsibility to preserve as much as we can. But I think more people are gaining awareness about landscaping with natives. The movement is growing.’ Dorota Haber-Lehigh taken into account that the deer are bound to nibble on some of the plants, which grow in abundance. “I want it to go wild; I’m OK with that,” said Dorota, who also wants to add more mushrooms — a particular interest for her — to the yard. When she plants the native plants like rattlesnake plan- tain (a native orchid) or native currant, she considers what creatures will come come to her garden. “We’re trying to create a habitat that attracts hum- mingbirds, bees and birds,” she said. “The birds like the elderberries.” Planting natives is a pas- sion for Dorota, who is a member of the Native Plant Society and Oregon Botanical Artists. She recalls when her gar- den had far fewer native plants, and the non-natives she introduced failed to coop- erate. “I used to fight it, control it,” she recalled. I struggled with anything flourishing. Then, I would go on hikes and find everything thriving in the woods. Nobody was doing any trimming or watering. I realized I was doing some- thing wrong.” She learned more about native plants through work- shops at the Hoyt Arboretum in Portland and from local experts with several North Coast organizations. She also has a plot at the Sunny Hunt Community Garden behind the Sunset pool. “I grew up in Poland,” Dorota said. “Everybody had a community garden. It was a necessity. After the war (World War II), the borders were closed and there were no imports of fruits and vegeta- bles. Whatever you ate, you grew.” Even in the 1980s, com- munity gardens flourished. Dorota and her family would ride bicycles – there were few cars or paved roads — to their community garden, which measured about one-tenth of an acre. “There were cherry, peach and plum trees. We weren’t farmers, but we would grow carrots, cucumbers, zucchi- nis, lettuce, herbs and toma- toes.” In the summer they would forage for wildflowers to make tea and for mushrooms. After Poland joined the European Union in 2004, de- velopment flourished: Large stores and malls replaced mom-and-pop shops, and highways filled with cars. “Now people realize they have lost a lot of the country- side. Instead of planting lawn, they plant native prairies be- cause they’re feeling nostal- gic,” she said. Dorota worries that the same thing will happen here. But she also hopes that, with more awareness of the variety of native plants and the ease of caring for them, people will consider incorporating them into their gardens. “We’re losing so much. I feel like it’s our responsibili- ty to preserve as much as we can. But I think more people are gaining awareness about landscaping with natives. The movement is growing.” Dania Nolazco recipient of PEO $1,000 scholarship At Seaside High School’s annual scholarship awards event the Seaside P.E.O. held June 6, Chapter CR presented Dania Nolazco with the chap- ter’s annual $1,000 scholar- ship award. She also received a number of other awards as well. Dania will be attending Pacific University in the fall. She would love to become a dentist but her more practical side has her considering den- tal hygiene as well. P.E.O., an international philanthropic educational or- ganization, holds fundraisers to provide a variety of schol- arships and loans to wom- en of all ages. Chapter CR was established in 1953 and through the years has award- ed many scholarships: P.E.O. Educational Loan Fund, Ore- gon P.E.O. Scholarship Fund, and Cottey College, a fully accredited liberal arts college for women in Nevada, Mis- souri, owned and operated by the P.E.O. Sisterhood since 1927, along with other P.E.O. scholarships. Greenfield said. “We’ll see what else.” Pacific Pearl has a few events planned in the works. Meanwhile she is open to ca- tering corporate events, beach weddings, and is thinking ahead to Halloween. The big news is that a sub- stantial portion of her store’s unused space is about to be- come an exciting tourist at- traction called the Seaside Inverted Experience. Green- field’s friend Keith I. Baker, the venue’s owner and cre- ator, a mariner for 30 years, is bringing his unique perspec- tive on the world to open the Inverted Experience. “It’s a one-of-a-kind pho- to adventure with a vintage Seaside theme,” Baker said. He plans to open in about a week. Baker showed a report- er around the as-yet-not-com- pleted venue. The Inverted Experience is truly upside down. Patrons pose in an upside-down bedroom, bathroom, or upside-down bar. Famous Seaside attractions like the Promenade and the reef of the Seaside Aquarium have been reproduced, albeit upside down. The idea is you use the camera in your cell phone to take a photo, which is then Photoshopped. It’s fun and you’ll have a unique keepsake to forever document your time at the beach, something you’ll treasure forever, or at least lon- ger than a tee shirt. Meanwhile, once you’ve had your fill of life upside down, kick back at Pacific Pearl. Everyone is welcome. “I’m really glad to be here,” Greenfield said. “It’s been a long time dream of mine to have a coffee shop.” Pacific Pearl Coffee Co., 111 Broadway; 503-739-7444.