8A • October 27, 2017 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com
Seaside Kids gets boost from annual pancake feed
Four hundred
people attend
annual event
By Katherine Lacaze
For Seaside Signal
Over all-you-can-eat pan-
cakes and sausage, community
members gathered and social-
ized to support an organization
whose mission to serve the ar-
ea’s young people is encapsu-
lated in its simple name: Sea-
side Kids, Inc.
The organization has been
furthering said mission for
more than 60 years by provid-
ing healthy, wholesome athlet-
ic activities to more than 600
local kids annually. Doing so is
made possible because of one
important factor, according to
board member John Morris:
“The community really sup-
ports us.”
That was evident during
the Seaside Kids’ annual Pan-
cake and Sausage Feed, held
the evening of Oct. 17, when
more than 400 people fi ltered
through the Seaside Civic and
Convention Center to partake
in one of the organization’s
longstanding fundraising tra-
ditions.
Throughout the event,
volunteers plated the break-
fast-turned-dinner
items,
which were prepared by Or-
egon Fine Foods, and young
football players dressed in their
game jerseys fi lled attendees’
water cups and cleared used
plates and napkins off tables.
Seaside Kids’ priority is
providing free athletic oppor-
tunities to children, primarily
from Seaside, Gearhart, Can-
non Beach and, less frequently,
Warrenton, Jewell and Astoria,
according to Morris. The fam-
baseball programs, in addition
to sponsoring free swim ses-
sions at the Sunset Pool and
other occasional activities.
Past programs, however,
have included bowling, bas-
ketball, gymnastics, wrestling,
volleyball, golf and track. In-
dividual activities or programs
may come and go through the
years because they depend on
having interested adults will-
ing to provide the necessary
leadership and organization to
sustain them, Morris said. In
general, parents are an integral
aspect of the organization’s
success. They serve as coach-
es, and their degree of involve-
ment often affects the positive
outcomes for the children.
Each athletic program em-
phasizes development of fun-
damental skills related to the
respective sport, but coaches
also are intentional about cul-
tivating other life skills, such
as self-confi dence, teamwork,
communication and good
sportsmanship, to promote the
Seaside Kids’ motto: “Active
youth today, active leaders to-
morrow.”
Morris can vouch for that
motto. He played in Seaside
Kids programs while in ele-
mentary school, took a turn
coaching in the past and has
served on the board about 20
years. In his experience, “a lot
of kids that go through the pro-
gram go on to become really
good citizens and leaders,” he
said.
Because Seaside Kids is
operated and sustained en-
tirely by volunteers, there
are plenty of ways to get in-
volved: coaching, umpiring,
fi eld preparation or conces-
sions. For more information,
visit seasidekidsinc.wixsite.
com/seasidekids or email sea-
sidekidsinc@gmail.com.
Beach, 60 Promenade, Seaside, all ages.
Join local volunteers for the monthly
“Treasure the Beach” community beach
clean up.
Sunday, Nov. 5
Night of Trivia
SWAF Weekend
6 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6742.
Trivia tournament nights are informal,
fun competitions, prizes awarded.
SWAF Weekend
Brews & Blues
11 a.m., Cannon Beach Community
Hall, 207 Spruce St., Cannon Beach,
503-436-2623, $25. Sample local craft
beers to live Delta blues music with Steve
Cheseborough.
KATHERINE LACAZE/FOR SEASIDE SIGNAL
Participants in Seaside Kids’ youth football programs enjoy
pancakes and sausages at the organization’s Annual Pancake
Feed fundraiser, held Oct. 17.
ilies don’t pay for equipment
or uniforms, which is possible
because of sponsorships, do-
nations from businesses and
fraternal organizations, and
fundraisers, such as the pan-
cake feed. The group leases
the Sons of Norway fi eld off
U.S. Highway 101, between
Seaside and Gearhart.
The organization current-
ly offers 3rd/4th-grade and
5th/6th-grade football; co-ed
T-ball; girls’ softball; and boys’
CommunityCalendar
Friday, Oct. 27
Chamber Breakfast
8:20 a.m., Spay & Neuter Thrift Store, 600
Broadway #6, on the Riverwalk, Seaside,
503-738-6391, www.seasidechamber.
com. Open to the public, weekly speakers
and discussions; locations subject to
change.
seasidepost99.org, 21+. Thunder Road
Band plays country, classic rock and blues
covers.
Sunday, Oct. 29
Haunted Experience
4 p.m., Seaside Inverted Experience,
111 Broadway, Seaside, 503-470-8040.
Experience a unique attraction where ev-
erything is turned upside down, haunted
houses, too, designed by professional
prop builders.
Cedar Teeth
7 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157
Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150,
www.mcmenamins.com, no cover. Cedar
Teeth blends rough and rusty rock-n-roll
with lyrical American roots music.
Seaside Sashay
7 p.m., Seaside Convention Center, 415
First Ave., Seaside, 503-325-8109, www.
hayshakers.org. Hayshakers and Sunset
Promenaders welcome the public to the
annual square dance festival, includes
Passport Promenade/Craft Fair on
Saturday; square dance attire admired but
not required.
Saturday, Oct. 28
Halloween Happenin’s
10 a.m., downtown Seaside, 503-717-
1914. A weekend of family activities
includes an aquatic touch tank, face
painting, pumpkin decorating, costume
contest and more.
Kiwanis Club Meeting
2 p.m., Seaside Inverted Experience, 111
Broadway, Seaside, 503-470-8040.
Noon, Seaside Golf Course, 451 Avenue
U, Seaside, open to the public, www.
facebook.com/pages/Kiwanis-Club-of-
Seaside-Ore. Features weekly speakers,
discussions and a no-host lunch.
10 a.m., various locations in Cannon
Beach, 503-436-2623. Celebrate the
Stormy Weather Arts Festival with a
weekend of events featuring artists,
authors, poets, musicians and photogra-
phers throughout the city.
WOA Meeting
Bruce Smith
Noon, Mary Blake Playhouse, 1218
Avenue A, Seaside, 503-440-3761.
Women’s Overeaters Anonymous group
meets weekly.
11 a.m., Coaster Theatre Square, Cannon
Beach. Bruce Smith will play acoustic
guitar during the Stormy Weather Arts
Festival.
Matinee Thursdays
Artist Reception
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-7393.
Enjoy popcorn and a movie on senior
matinee Thursdays.
2 p.m., Trail’s End Art Gallery, 656 A St.,
Gearhart, 503-717-9458, www.trailsend-
art.org. Sculptor Kathy Samsel will be the
featured artist at a reception exhibiting
her work.
Murder Mystery Dinner
6 p.m., Maggie’s on the Prom, 580
Beach Drive, Seaside, $55. The Murder
Mystery Dinner is a sock hop gone sour,
features a three-course meal, a two-hour
1950s-themed show that’s engaging and
interactive; reservations required.
Monday, Oct. 30
Knochlers Pinochle
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-7393,
www.sunsetempire.com, $1 per session
per person. This is a weekly, regular play
card game.
Haunted Experience
4 p.m., Seaside Inverted Experience, 111
Broadway, Seaside, 503-470-8040.
Tuesday, Oct. 31
TOPS Meeting
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, meets weekly.
2 p.m., Seaside Inverted Experience, 111
Broadway, Seaside, 503-470-8040.
Wednesday, Nov. 1
Business Class
Seaside Sashay
10 p.m., Seaside Convention Center, 415
First Ave., Seaside, 503-325-8109.
Bingo!
10 a.m., Seaside Inverted Experience, 111
Broadway, Seaside, 503-470-8040.
Drawing Class
1 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6742, www.
seasidelibrary.org. Dorota Haber-Lehigh
will show attendees how to draw using
old world botanical techniques; sign up
required, all materials provided.
Boo’s, Blues & Brews
5 p.m., Elks Lodge, 324 Avenue A, Seaside,
$5 to $25. Live music features Redwood
Son, the Ted Vaughn Blues Band and
Blitzen Trapper.
Halloween Party
7 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157
Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150, no
cover. Celebrate the spookiest of holidays
and experience some paranormal activity,
costume contest and live music with The
Strange Tones.
Thunder Road
7:30 p.m., American Legion, 1315
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-5111, www.
7 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131
Broadway, Seaside, 503-738-6742.
Langdon Cook, author of “Fat of the Land:
Adventures of a 20th Century Forager”
will be featured, followed by book sales
and signings.
Friday, Nov. 3
Chamber Breakfast
8:20 a.m., call for location, Seaside,
503-738-6391.
12:30 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community
Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-
3311, 10 cents per card, $2.40 all games.
A weekly game of Bingo fun with friends.
5 p.m., Book Warehouse, 1111 Roosevelt
Drive, Seaside, 503-738-3055. Join family
descendants of Crazy Horse and author
William Matson for a discussion and
book signing of “Crazy Horse: The Lakota
Warrior’s Life & Legacy.”
5:30 p.m., Seaside Convention Center, 415
First Ave., Seaside, 503-338-0331, $50.
Wildlife Center of the North Coast cele-
brates 20 years of serving local wildlife
at its fi rst Founder’s Dinner with guest
speakers, no-host bar, raffl e and auction.
Eric John Kaiser
7 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157
Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150, no
cover. French troubadour Eric Kaiser cross-
es musical cultures between traditional
French stylings and American rhythm;
includes rock, hip-hop, roadhouse blues
and reggae.
7 p.m., WineKraft, 80 10th St., Astoria,
503-468-0206, no cover, 21+. Saxo-
phonist RJ Marx leads the quartet in a
repertoire of jazz music with John Orr
(guitar), Joe Church (bass) and Dave
Gager (drums).
SWAF Benefi t
Gearhart City Council
7 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way, Gear-
hart, 503-738-5501, www.ci.gearhart.
or.us. Regular city council meetings are
held monthly on the fi rst Wednesday.
Thursday, Nov. 2
7:30 p.m., Cannon Beach Community Hall,
207 Spruce St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-
2623, www.cannonbeach.org, $35. A
Stormy Weather arts benefi t cocktail and
dessert party kicks off the weekend’s events
with art demonstrations, custom cocktails,
craft beer, wine and dessert, includes live
music, a raffl e and silent auction.
Ham Radio Breakfast
8 a.m., call for location, Seaside, 503-739-
3890. Ham radio operators meet every
Thursday; venues change on the fi rst
Thursday of the month.
2 p.m., celebrate creative art forms
during the monthly Gearhart ArtWalk
at businesses and galleries in Gearhart;
look for “Welcome to the Shore” fl ags at
participating merchants.
Saturday, Nov. 4
Beach Clean Up
9 a.m., meet at Seashore Inn on the
Knochlers Pinochle
Thursday, Nov. 9
Ham Radio Breakfast
8 a.m., Finn’s Fish House, 227 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-739-3890.
SDDA Breakfast
8:30 a.m., Pig ‘N’ Pancake, 323 Broad-
way, Seaside, 503-717-1914.
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center,
1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-7393,
$1 per session per person.
Kiwanis Club Meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 7
WOA Meeting
Excel 3
8:30 a.m., CCC Seaside Campus, 1455
Roosevelt Drive, Seaside, 503-338-2402,
$20. Students will explore more Excel
features in “Excel 3: Macros, Charts and
Tables;” registration required.
Noon, Seaside Golf Course, 451 Avenue
U, Seaside, open to the public.
Noon, Mary Blake Playhouse, 1218
Avenue A, Seaside, 503-440-3761.
Matinee Thursdays
1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community
Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-
738-7393.
TOPS Meeting
9:15 a.m., North Coast Family Fellowship,
2245 Wahanna Road, Seaside, 509-910-
0354.
Piano Concert
Senior Karaoke
5 p.m., Cannon Beach Community Church,
132 Washington St., Cannon Beach, $10.
“Water-Wind-Fire-Earth: Piano Medita-
tions and Nature Photoshow” features jazz
pianist David Robinson and photography
by Thomas Robinson.
12:30 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community
Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-
3311. Senior karaoke follows the senior
lunch program on the fi rst Tuesday; time
is approximate.
Friday, Nov. 10
Chamber Breakfast
8:20 a.m., call for location, Seaside,
503-738-6391.
AAUW Walkers
9:30 a.m., 503-738-7751, locations
vary.
Holiday Bazaar
Iron Chef
Seaside Art Walk
RJ Marx Quartet
Author Talk
Gearhart ArtWalk
9:30 a.m., 503-738-7751, locations vary.
Founder’s Dinner
10 a.m., various locations in Cannon
Beach, 503-436-2623.
Monday, Nov. 6
Author Reading
AAUW Walkers
Haunted Experience
8:30 a.m., CCC Seaside Campus, 1455
Roosevelt Drive, Seaside, 503-338-2402,
$20. Students will learn the fundamental
basics of starting a business in “Ready,
Set, Start Your Business;” registration
required.
Haunted Experience
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.
Haunted Experience
AAUW Walkers
9:30 a.m., 503-738-7751. This low-impact
walking group meets weekly at diff erent
locations.
SDDA Breakfast
5 p.m., enjoy original artwork, live music
and refreshments during Seaside’s month-
ly First Saturday Art Walk, includes artists
receptions and demonstrations; look for
art walk signs at participating merchants.
5 p.m., Seaside Convention Center, 415
First Ave., Seaside, www.clatsopunit-
edway.org, $35 to $75. Iron Chef Goes
Coastal features local chefs John Sowa
and Jonathan Hoff man defending their
titles and battling for the coveted prize.
Karaoke
NC Orchestra
8 p.m., American Legion, 1315 Broadway,
Seaside, 503-738-5111, 21+. All are
welcome to show their vocal talents with
a new song or an old standard during
American Legion’s karaoke night.
6:30 p.m., Cannon Beach Community
Church, 132 Washington St., Cannon
Beach. North Coast Chamber Orchestra
will have an open rehearsal for its upcom-
ing season “Falling for Winter.”
4 p.m., Calvary Episcopal Church, 503
Holladay Drive, Seaside. The annual
holiday bazaar offers vintage linens,
collectibles, baked goods, home décor;
raffle tickets for a holiday wall hanging
and lunch, available for purchase.
WOW
Spotlight Concert
8 p.m., Coaster Theatre, 108 Hemlock
St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-2623, $30.
The Seattle Americana band Heels to
the Hardwood brings their foot-stomp-
ing sound to the Stormy Weather Arts
Festival.
Wednesday, Nov. 8
Bingo!
12:30 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community
Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside, 503-738-
3311, 10 cents per card, $2.40 all games.
6 p.m., Cannon Beach Chamber Hall,
207 Spruce St., Cannon Beach, 503-436-
0664, $40. Women Only Weekend is a
pre-holiday shopping event getaway of
pampering, shopping and camaraderie;
begins with a kick off get-together.
Jacob Westfall
7 p.m., McMenamins Sand Trap, 1157
Marion Ave., Gearhart, 503-717-8150,
no cover. Singer songwriter Jacob
Westfall plays pop, a bit of country and
a lot of soul.
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