July 20, 2018 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 5A
New tourism director finds a welcoming home
I
’d been in Seaside each weekday
for three weeks before my wife
and three young children arrived
— a sort of reverse “daddy train”
situation. Living out of a suitcase
isn’t the most comfortable life,
but it is one way to simplify the
distractions and routines of home
for a short while.
Free of those things you see
clearly. And what I saw in Seaside
those first days as tourism market-
ing director was remarkable. Not
just the impossibly vast and sandy
beach from Tillamook Head to the
Necanicum Estuary either.
I’m thinking about an impromp-
tu lunch at Patty’s Wicker Cafe with
Steve Wright discussing the Muse-
FROM THE
DIRECTOR’S CHAIR
JOSHUA HEINEMAN
um & Historical Society. I’m think-
ing about a mid-construction tour
of the Civic and Convention Center
with Gretchen Darnell, and how she
treated me like an old friend on my
very first morning in town.
I’m thinking about Michelle
Wunderlich, who may have been
the first person to realize I’d actu-
ally be sticking around awhile and
gave me a coffee mug as a welcome
gift because it matched my outfit.
I’m thinking about the apple butter
olee from Alex Brandon at Dough
Dough Bakery that changed my
life.
I’m thinking about Russell
Vandenberg, who was the one
who invited me on this Seaside
adventure in the first place and has
continued to be there when I’ve
had a question or needed context
on a city issue or the unfamiliar
faces in a room. I’m thinking about
watching Seaside’s spectacular
fireworks from a front-and-center
IMAX-esque position on the beach
at sundown thanks to Brian Owen
and the Chamber of Commerce.
I’m thinking, of course, about
Chelsea Harper, Ken Heman, and
Josh Garhofer — aka the City of
Seaside Visitors Bureau — and the
closest thing to “home” I had in
those first weeks. Watching these
three amazing employees and our
two lovely volunteers attend to the
needs and inquiries of North Coast
tourists with heartfelt guidance is
something to see. As one of only a
handful of official Welcome Centers
in Oregon, I’m proud that travelers
leaving our Visitors Bureau are also
leaving with the keys to unlock the
state as a whole.
Lastly but maybe most impor-
tantly, I’m thinking of Jon Rahl.
For eight years, Jon built up a little
tourism marketing empire over here
at U.S. Highway 101 and Broad-
way before transitioning to a new
position as assistant city manager
at City Hall. He’s been absolute-
ly integral to the cooperation up
and down the coast of communi-
ty partners and has assembled a
coalition of creative, development,
marketing, and destination partners
for Seaside and the North Coast in
general. Thanks to his vision and
bridge-building over the years,
millions of people know “it’s easy
to Seaside” and this historic coast
community is well positioned for
the future.
My family will be a small part of
that future. Thanks to all of you.
Joshua Heineman is Seaside’s
director of tourism and marketing.
County libraries rock out with music-themed summer
W
e are having a beautiful
summer here in Seaside.
The sun is sparkling on
the waves at the beach, people are
playing on the shore and so many
people are reading books. Reading
may not be the first thing you think
of when summer starts, but it’s true.
A lot of people enjoy summertime
for reading more than any other
time of the year. Vacation R&R is a
great time to relax and what better
way than to turn off the TV, get
outdoors or just relax with a book
in a hammock with a fruity drink
nearby!
Every year at the Seaside Library
we do something called a summer
reading program. Not just for kids,
we do a program for adults, teens,
and kids too. The official summer
reading programs for libraries has a
theme that is used across the entire
United States. Collaborative library
summer reading programs originally
started in the late 1980s in Minne-
sota when a group of libraries got
together to share their ideas for get-
BETWEEN
THE COVERS
ESTHER MOBERG
ting kids in to the library all summer
long while having fun educational
programs tied in to reading. Howev-
er, library summer reading programs
have been around since the 1890s.
From there it grew year after
year until every one of the United
States offered summer reading pro-
grams at their libraries.
With the exception of Alaska,
most summer reading programs
offered have similarities including
theme and some of the program
ideas. However, each library usually
customizes their program to fit their
local kids, teens, and adults. Each
library wants to use program ideas
that are unique, creative, and meant
to stir the imaginations of kids.
The focus is especially on kids
in the summer because studies
have shown that children who stay
engaged in reading and learning all
summer long do a much better job
of retaining their grade levels at
school each year. Our summer read-
ing started in June and is now in full
force at the Seaside Public Library.
This year’s summer reading theme
is “Libraries Rock!”
All of the libraries in Clatsop
County are rocking out this summer
to as many music-themed events as
possible. Most events are open to all
ages. So far at the Seaside Library
we have had a sock hop party, drum
circle, dance class, create your own
musical jingle, and a performer
from Ghana who gave a hands on
demonstration of the storytelling,
dance, music, and instruments of
his country. At the dance class, kids
learned how to do certain styles
of dance including the Charleston,
African dance, and hip-hop. At
the musical jingles event, children
created original lyrics which were
then filmed and edited by a teen
volunteer.
R.J. MARX
Seaside Library
Coming up in July, we will have
a guitar class for teens, giant lawn
games, book club, and more. The
festivities included Mo Phillips,
a comedic songwriter, creating
a song with the help of the kids
attending the event, with a musical
instrument-making art project in the
style of the artist Kandinsky, who
saw colors when he heard music.
Preschoolers will also have music
themed storytimes throughout the
entire summer and our children’s
librarian is incorporating more
music and movement into all of our
storytimes. Preschool storytimes are
held every Wednesday at 10 a.m. in
Fighting invasive weeds at Circle Creek
Seaside Signal
Soon the seed pods of in-
vasive policeman’s helmet
plants will be maturing, and
when they do, their seeds can
fly as far as 20 feet, spreading
the plant far and wide. You
can help arrest this weed and
keep it from overrunning na-
tive coastal plants. Join North
Coast Land Conservancy for
a volunteer stewardship day
at its Circle Creek Conserva-
tion Center in Seaside on Sat-
urday, July 21, from 10 a.m.
to 1 pm.
Policeman’s helmet (im-
patiens glandulifera), a high-
ly invasive, non-native plant,
has taken hold throughout the
Necanicum River watershed,
choking out native plants and
NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY
A weed-pulling day is scheduled at Circle Creek on Saturday.
reducing plant and animal di-
versity while increasing the
risk of streambank erosion.
North Coast Land Conservan-
cy and the Necanicum Water-
shed Council are working to-
gether on a three-year project
to try to rid the watershed of
this invader.
Four summer stewardship
interns are working through-
out the watershed to eradicate
this plant, and volunteers will
be gathering to help them at
Circle Creek on July 21. The
plant is easy to pull; the next
step is to pile uprooted plants
and stomp on them to crush
the stems and prevent the
seed pods from developing
or maturing. Get details on
the June 13 stewardship day
at NCLCtrust.org/pull-police-
mans-helmet-july.
Visit NCLCtrust.org/pull-
pile-stomp for more details
and to report suspected sight-
ings of the plant.
Policeman’s helmet is
named for the shape of the
blossom, which resembles an
old-fashioned British police-
man’s headwear. It is native to
the Himalayas and was intro-
duced in North America as an
ornamental garden plant but
has since spread widely.
Resource leadership class to start in November
Seaside Signal
Resource Education and
Agricultural Leadership Or-
egon is seeking applications
from natural resource profes-
sionals from around the state
for Class 2, which will start this
November.
REAL Oregon is a collab-
oration of industry and other
groups throughout the state that
have recognized the importance
of developing and grooming
natural resource leaders now
and in the future. In addition to
networking opportunities and
learning more about the state,
the program will bring current
and future leaders together
from agriculture, fishing, and
forestry sectors in a series of
five statewide sessions starting
this fall. The annual leadership
development program will ex-
pose this cross-section of rep-
resentatives to the diversity of
Oregon’s geography, economy,
and cultures through training
in board governance, commu-
nication skills, conflict resolu-
tion, government interaction,
public policy work, critical
thinking, media relations, pro-
fessional presentations, public
speaking, relationship building
and other areas.
The application deadline for
program consideration is July
27. Application packages and
additional information can be
found on the organizations e at
www.realoregon.net.
REAL Oregon Alumni are
serving on various boards and
commissions and have been
recruited for other industry and
service related organizations.
In addition, many from the pi-
oneer class have volunteered
to help with future classes and
even serve on the organiza-
tion’s governing board. Alumni
are now serving on the orga-
nization’s board of directors,
its curriculum and fundraising
committees, and helping in oth-
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The REAL Oregon Board
will review application materi-
al in August and announce the
members of Class 2 in Septem-
ber.
our children’s area. This week will
be Seaside fire trucks and firefight-
ers at storytime.
Kids can sign up for summer
reading at the free lunch program
at Broadway Middle School when
the Seaside children’s librarian is
present. Get a free lunch, sign up
for summer reading, and get a free
book! Weekdays through summer.
Kids, teens and adults can all
turn in reading logs throughout the
summer for a chance to win a prize.
Grand prizes for kids and teens this
year are all music related including
an electronic drum set, blue tooth
speakers, and musical instruments.
The prize drawings for those who
turn in their reading logs will be held
at the end of summer, giving ev-
eryone a chance to read all summer
long. So pick up a favorite book, a
new book, or a book recommended
by a friend, join the summer reading
program, and start relaxing while
you exercise your mind!
Esther Moberg is director of the
Seaside Library.
Trail’s End judged art show
Seaside Signal
The Trail’s End Art Asso-
ciation’s 68th Annual Judged
Show is open to all artists.
This year’s show will take
place Aug. 4-31. A gala recep-
tion is planned Saturday, Aug.
4, from 2 to 5 p.m. This year’s
prizes include $100 for best
in show and a $50 “mayor’s
award.” Prizes were also do-
nated by McMenamin’s Gear-
hart Hotel and Dots ‘N Doo-
dles Art Supply in Astoria.
Artists may submit their
work on Sunday and Mon-
day, July 29 and 30, between
10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Age cat-
egories are adults over 16;
youth 13-16; children 12 and
under.
The 68th Annual Judged
Show call for art form may
be picked up at Trail’s End
upon delivery of art for the
show. Trail’s End Art Gallery
is located at 656 A Street in
Gearhart; 503-717-9458 or
visit Trailsendart.org.
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