September 29, 2017 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 5A
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utumn has always been one
of my most favorite times of
the year. I think it’s largely
based around my love of baseball
and football (one winding down, the
other ramping up), but the transition
of seasons is always an interesting
time. This year is no different
except for the fact that it feels like
it happened overnight. On Friday,
Sept. 15, colleague Ken Heman and
I were fi lming another Facebook
Live video on the streets of Seaside
on a warm sunny afternoon. The
streets were busy and it still felt like
summer.
Just one week later I was on the
beach in the early morning hours
of Sept. 22 with a production crew,
set to start another Seaside video
project on the offi cial fi rst day of
the Autumn Equinox. While the
calendar reminded me it was fall,
the upper 40-degree temperatures
slapped me in the face to say it’s
defi nitely not summer anymore.
SIDE RAIL
JON RAHL
SUBMITTED PHOTO
And so it is, another summer season
has come and gone in Seaside.
When I last wrote this column
in June (I took a little hiatus this
summer from the writing world), we
had just wrapped up the fi lming of
four videos we were developing to
promote Seaside. Utilizing our “It’s
Easy to Seaside” tagline and “How
to” approach for explaining the
myriad activities we offer, our aim
was to have four, fully-produced
videos ready for launch by fall. Just
this past Monday, two of the four
(all four are fi nished) began running
as 60-second video advertisements
in the Portland-metro market.
With an estimated 70,000 new
residents arriving in the Portland
Photo collage cards from the city’s new tourism campaign.
area over the past year, this is
still one of our strongest markets
especially as we gear up for the fall
and winter travel seasons. “How to
Seaside Inside” and “How to Walk
Seaside” launched the advertising
efforts, but thanks to a razor clam-
ming season that looks like it will
open again on Sunday, Oct. 1, we
hope to follow up those two videos
with an also-completed “How to
Catch Your Dinner in Seaside.” A
fi nal video, “How to Paddle Sea-
side,” is fairly spring and summer
centric and although it’s produced
and something we used as a social
advertisement in August — won’t
be a focused advertisement for us
until early in 2018. “How to Bike
Seaside” and “How to Treasure the
Beach” were successfully fi lmed
and should be ready for distribution
later this year. I encourage you to
check the new videos out by going
to our YouTube Channel (youtube.
com/VisitSeasideOregon) and view-
ing our “How to” playlist.
Finally, if you or someone you
know has expertise in social media
and web development, the Oregon’s
North Coast cooperative (made
up of Astoria-Warrenton, Seaside
POLICE LOG
Sept. 9
2:44 a.m., Avenue A and Prom:
A disturbance is reported.
7:02 p.m., 200 block Broadway:
Caller reports a juvenile sitting
alone in the back seat of a car
crying. Police locate parents
who are in a restaurant in direct
view of the car. They say the
child is being disciplined.
Sept. 10
11:39 a.m. Highway 101 just
south of Safeway: Offi cer checks
on subject sleeping on the side
of the road. The subject agrees
to nap elsewhere.
12:06 p.m., 1100 block
Broadway: Caller reports a man
jumping out at some girls and
cussing at them. Offi cers tres-
pass the subject on their arrival.
10:15 p.m., 12th and Roos-
evelt: A person is arrested on a
warrant.
turned out to be the tenant who
had misplaced his key.
5:52 p.m., 800 block S. Roos-
evelt: A man spitting and curs-
ing was warned of disorderly
conduct.
Sept. 12
3:32 a.m., Quatat Park: A sub-
ject is arrested on a warrant.
10:04 a.m., 400 block Avenue
I: A person who called 911
to report people were in her
home moving furniture forgot
contractors were scheduled to
come that day to paint.
Sept. 13
9:04 a.m., Avenue A: Heroin was
confi scated. The person holding
it was arrested.
12:51 p.m., NC Land Conser-
vancy: A transient camp was
reported. Offi cers were unable
to locate.
Sept. 14
Sept. 11
9:45 a.m., 2500 block Mill Creek
Lane: A physical disturbance is
reported.
12:45 p.m., 900 block S. Holla-
day: A man seen scaling a balco-
ny and entering an apartment
1:36 a.m., N. Downing: Roof
jumping youths are reported.
Police are unable to locate.
10:14 a.m., Seaside police sta-
tion: A registered sex off ender
from Colorado came in to regis-
ter as per his legal obligation.
MEETINGS
Tuesday, Oct. 3
Thursday, Oct. 5
Community and Senior Cen-
ter Commission, 10:30 a.m.,
1225 Avenue A., Seaside.
Seaside Parks Advisory Com-
mittee, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Seaside Library Board, 4:30
p.m., 1131 Broadway, Seaside.
Monday, Oct. 9
Seaside Planning Commis-
sion, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Wednesday, Oct. 4
Seaside Improvement Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 989
Broadway.
Gearhart City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way.
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 989 Broadway.
Thursday, Oct. 12
Seaside Convention Center
Commission, 5 p.m., 415 First
Avenue.
Tuesday, Oct. 17
Seaside School District Board
of Directors, 6 p.m., 1801 S.
Franklin, Seaside.
1:53 p.m., Avenue U and The
Prom: A female reported to be
holding a gun turned out to be
using a torch-style lighter while
on her break from work.
Sept. 15
1:00 a.m., Avenue A: An intoxi-
cated woman is taken to detox.
12:20 p.m., 400 block N. Holl-
aday Drive: A raccoon trapped
and unable to escape was
freed by a tenant before police
arrived.
9:48 p.m., 400 Block S. Roos-
evelt: A person who gave false
information about himself to
police was subsequently arrest-
ed on a warrant.
Sept. 16
3:15 p.m., Seaside police sta-
tion: A person found and turned
in to the police a black phone,
a black quilted purse and a pair
of glasses.
8:17 p.m., 2500 S. Roosevelt:
Police and emergency per-
sonnel respond to a medical
emergency.
Sept. 17
9:56 a.m., 1100 block Broad-
way: Police respond to a report
of a sick or injured cat. Police
determine it is a very old cat,
but not injured. The cat walked
away on its own.
3:44 p.m., 1200 block S. Wah-
anna: Police respond to a report
of a screaming child. The child
and mother were arguing over
cookies.
Sept. 18
and Cannon Beach) is looking for
someone to work with its group to
develop a social and web presence
beyond what each of the individual
communities does on its own. If
you want more info, please send an
email to me (noted below).
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.
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11:30 p.m., 500 block S. Down-
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Sept. 19
12:23 a.m., 800 block 2nd
Avenue: A person is arrested for
being in violation of a restrain-
ing order.
3:30 p.m., 200 block S. Roos-
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