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Seaside Police join in Tip-a-Cop
to support the Special Olympics
Officers work
with servers at
Mo’s Restaurant
By Brenna Visser
Seaside Signal
For one night only, people
at Mo’s Restaurant got their
cup of chowder served by
the police officers of Cannon
Beach and Seaside.
Police officers shadowed
the servers of the seafood
restaurant Thursday, Nov. 16,
for the second annual Tip-a-
Cop, an event that raises mon-
ey for local and regional Spe-
cial Olympics programs.
Special Olympians from
Clatsop County also worked
beside the police officers, act-
ing as hosts and greeters. Af-
ter getting drinks and taking
orders, part of the job for the
officer was to ask for extra tips
to support the program.
The fundraiser started in
the county two years ago after
Cannon Beach Police Chief
Jason Schermerhorn talked
with a representative from the
Special Olympics at a police
chief’s conference. A phone
call and two emails later, Mo’s
Restaurant was on board and
officers had Mo’s hats on their
heads and cups of clam chow-
der in their hands.
“Doing this is just another
way to be involved in the com-
munity,” Schermerhorn said.
“It brings light to the Special
Olympics. Sometimes I think
people here don’t know we
have athletes here, and it’s nice
to highlight their stories.”
Special Olympics Oregon
provides year-round sports
training and athletic competi-
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Red-eyed medusa
Exotic sea creatures
found in Seaside
By R.J. Marx
Seaside Signal
Above, Special Olympians
Cheyenne Valenzuela and Se-
lah Bryce work as hosts at Mo’s
Restaurant as a part of the
Tip-a-Cop fundraiser for the
Special Olympics. Left, Cannon
Beach police officer James Jor-
dan jokes with Rose Smith, a
server at Mo’s Restaurant, and
diner Susan Settje as a part of
the Tip-a-Cop fundraiser for
the Special Olympics.
BRENNA VISSER/SEASIDE SIGNAL
tion in a variety of Olympic-type
sports for children, youth and
adults living with intellectual
disabilities, said Adam Kau, the
director of programs at Special
Olympics Oregon.
Kau said the statewide
fundraiser has already raised
$90,000 so far, with more ex-
pected to come in.
“The contribution is enor-
mous. All the proceeds pay for
the buses the athletes can take
to competitions, uniforms,
programs and the overall ath-
lete experience,” Kau said.
There are about 100 Special
Olympians in Clatsop County.
Steve McAloney, who was at
the event as support while his
son greeted people at the front,
said they became involved a
few years back. He started as a
parent who would drop off his
son at basketball practice. Even-
tually, he became passionate
enough to become the regional
coordinator for the county.
“For most of these ath-
letes, the chance of competing
on a high school sports team
is slim,” McAloney said. “It
keeps these kids physically
fit, sure, but also they make so
many friends through this. And
so many are gifted athletes —
you just have to give them the
right environment. These kids
are some of the hardest work-
ers you could ask for.”
To show how hard she
worked, Selah Bryce wore all
of her medals around her neck
as she walked patrons to their
tables.
“I do aquatics and track.
I’ve won a lot,” she said with
a smile.
Ranger finds sea turtle on Columbia River Beach
Seaside Signal
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This sea turtle found by a
Fort Stevens ranger was
transported to Oregon State
Aquarium for rehabilitation.
A 20 to 30 pound live ju-
venile green sea turtle was
found Sunday morning by a
beach ranger from Fort Ste-
vens State Park on the Colum-
bia River Beach.
“When we arrived the tur-
tle was quite active, which is
a good sign,” Tiffany Boothe
of the Seaside Aquarium
said. “But knowing that this
poor turtle went through the
Columbia River Bar and the
fact that it’s shell looked pret-
ty beat up, we knew that if
this turtle had any chance of
survival it would be a rough
road.
The turtle was transport-
ed down to the Oregon Coast
Aquarium, one of two li-
censed rehabilitation facilities
in the Pacific Northwest for
sea turtles, the other being Se-
attle Aquarium which is cur-
rently rehabbing a turtle found
in early October on the central
Oregon coast.
The Oregon Coast Aquari-
um is also in the midst of rehab-
bing an Olive Ridley sea turtle
found in Illawco on Nov 23.
The Seaside Aquarium
made some unusual finds
over the past several days,
including a triple-sail Velella
velella and a red-eyed medu-
sa jellyfish.
Velella velella can create a
“blue tide” when beaches are
strewn with an aquamarine
layer of jelly-like organisms.
While associated with spring
and summer, if close to shore
they can come in anytime the
wind blows out of the West,
Tiffany Boothe of the Sea-
side Aquarium said.
Red-eyed medusas are a
small species of local jelly-
fish that wash ashore from
time to time, she added. The
animals are now under the
care of the aquarium, and
“doing quite well.”
As far as future finds?
Keep scanning the beach.
“Fall and winter are one of
the best times to beachcomb,”
Boothe said. “Large surf com-
bined with west wind brings
in a lot of interesting things.
Keep an eye out for salps,
pyrosomes, bull kelp and var-
ious types of jellyfish.”
Pyrosomes are back again
Seaside Signal
The Seaside Aquarium
reported the arrival of a fa-
miliar visitor: Pyrosome at-
lanticum, a pelagic colonial
tunicate.
The sea creature, usually
found in temperate waters,
has been washing ashore
on Oregon’s beaches. This
colony of animals moves
through the water column
by the means of cilia. Pyro-
somes filter plankton out of
the water for food and are
known for bright displays of
bioluminescence.
Fishermen compare them
to pickles, gummy bears and
sea cucumbers.
Their scientific name
is derived from the Greek
COURTESY SEASIDE AQUARIUM
Pyrosomes are once again
washing up on Seaside’s
beaches.
words pyro meaning “fire”
and soma meaning “body.”
It’s one of the few pyro-
somes that make it to the
west coast of the U.S., much
less Oregon’s waters. Large-
ly colorless once stranded
on shore, they can show
up as pink, grayish or pur-
ple-green.
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OBITUARIES
David H. Burns
Terrebonne
Sept. 24, 1941 — Nov. 20, 2017
David H. Burns of Terrebonne, Oregon, Beach. He later became an award-winning real
passed away Nov. 20, 2017, following a coura- estate agent in Clatsop County. David was a
geous battle against ALS. He was 76.
published novelist as well; he spent his entire
Born in South Bend, Washington, on Sept. life writing, and was an avid reader.
24, 1941, David moved several times
He is survived by his loving wife
as a boy, spending time in Minnesota
and life mate of 48 years, Susie; their
and North Dakota, before he ended
two daughters, Lisa Burns Palm-
er (Aaron) and Jami Burns Barker
up living in Oregon logging camps
(Scott); two grandchildren, Sophie
as a teen. He graduated from Forest
Elle Palmer and Henry David Palm-
Grove High School.
er; a sister, Darlene Winnett (Bill) of
David was a U.S. Navy sonar
technician during the Vietnam era.
Gilbert, Arizona; a brother, James
Upon his discharge, he continued his
“Bud” Burns (Donna) of Hillsboro,
education at Portland Community
Oregon; as well as nieces and neph-
ews.
College and Portland State Universi-
ty. He later became a correspondent
David Burns
David was a beloved member of
for the Oregon Journal newspaper.
his church and community, and will
He and his family lived many
be deeply missed by his family and
years on the Oregon coast in Seaside and Can- all who had the honor of knowing him.
non Beach, and he and his wife, Susie, were
A memorial service is scheduled for Dec. 9,
business owners in Astoria during the early 2017, at 3 p.m., at Redmond Christian Church.
1980s. In the 1990s, David was the co-man-
A memorial website can be found at https://
ager of Osburn’s Grocery & Deli in Cannon tinyurl.com/DHBurns
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