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6A • August 31, 2018 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com Councilors run unopposed in Seaside Ballot from Page 1A He said the council’s main concern for the future must be to do what is necessary to get the new school site ready for safe occupancy in two years. “We will continue working to improve our housing situation, being better prepared for future disasters, and many other is- sues,” Wright said in announc- ing his candidacy in July. Randy Frank, Tom Horn- ing and Seth Morrisey round out the City Council, with terms expiring in 2020. To qualify for a council po- sition, an individual must be a registered voter in Seaside and have resided in the city during the 12 months imme- diately before being elected to office. They must also reside in the ward or wards that the council position represents and continue to reside there throughout the term. The po- sition of mayor is elected at large. Cannabis shops win two extra hours of operation DEEN VAN MEER Original cast of “Aladdin.” Seaside Rotary fundraiser ahead Rotary from Page 1A and seeking to meet costs of improvements. Last year the club gave $20,000 in scholarships — the most of any local service organization in the region, Rotary’s Doug Barker said. Barker and Raven Brown are co-chairing this year’s dinner, which will provide scholarships to Seaside High School grads. Out of 15 to 30 applications, “six or eight” are provided scholarships, Brown said. “We rank them on answers to the questions based on their financial need and their families, how they’ll pay for their school and what they’ll be able to do with that in terms of the community.” The foundation considers grants from all 501(c)3s that apply Brown said. “We look for ways to serve seniors any way we can. This one we think is important because of the service to the community they serve hundreds of meals out of the center, we think it’s really important.” One former scholarship winner, Ashley Flukinger, now a partner in the law firm of Moberg & Rust, received Rotary support both as an undergraduate and in law school. Seaside Rotary’s $7,000 gift of a clean water system in Tanzania was matched by funds from 22 Rotary groups worldwide, amounting to $238,000. The event is themed with “the Mad Hatter’s garden par- ty.” Wear your favorite fedo- ra, or wear a costume to suit the theme of the evening: the Queen of Hearts, Alice, the Cheshire Cat, Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee. Prizes will be given for “most fabulous” hat or costume. Auction items include tickets and a backstage pass to the hit Broadway show “Aladdin,” arranged through the largesse of former Sea- side resident Dick Sarpola, Barker’s former partner at Coast Hardware and a mu- Added hours expected to meet competition By R.J. Marx Seaside Signal MATTHEW MURPHY Major Attaway as Genie in “Aladdin.” Tickets to the show are part of Seaside Rotary’s live auction. sician in the show’s stage orchestra. Other live auc- tion items include a baseball signed by members of the championship Oregon Bea- vers and a day in the state Legislature with Sen. Betsy Johnson. Seaside Rotary boasts 52 members, plus an influx of international visitors from among the 35,000 clubs in the world. “If you’re wearing a pin, you’re welcomed in,” Brown said. “That’s what Rotary’s all about.” Tickets are $60, avail- able from the Seaside Ro- tary website; price includes buffet dinner, appetizer and beverages. The event takes place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Civic and Convention Center. Members of the Seaside City Council gave the OK Monday night to a request from local cannabis store owners seeking to extend hours of operation. They unanimously approved an ordinance designed to allow retail shops to stay open until 10 p.m. The ordinance had re- quired cannabis stores to close at 8 p.m. In July, Brian Kulp, manager of Cannabis Nation, and Steve Geiger, owner of Highway 420, each sought a change in hours to make the stores more competitive at prime hours. Kulp told councilors that neighboring stores in Astoria, Cannon Beach and elsewhere were permitted to stay open to 10 p.m., putting local stores at a disadvantage and reducing tax revenue for the city, which collects 3 percent of retail sales. In 2016, the city approved an ordinance amending li- censing procedures for can- nabis retailers. Among those rules was a requirement pro- hibiting sale or distribution between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. Those dispensaries failing to observe those hours could have their licenses suspended or revoked. Violations could be accessed at $700 per day, with each day constituting a separate violation. After councilors unan- imously approved the ex- tension of hours, Geiger as- sessed how far the cannabis retail marketplace has come in Seaside. “I would like to think that all the worries they had initially are unfounded,” Geiger said. ““Not only has it not been a problem for the city and cleaned up the black market, but it’s brought in a piece of revenue that’s pretty sizable. “I’d like to think that they all believe it was a good decision and they’re much happier when they opposed it.” Will the two hours of sales make a difference? “I’m not going to think they’re going to make too much of a difference,” Geiger said. “Right now the competi- tion and number of places has increased, so much so that ev- erything helps.” In Jewell, school board to seek grant for new health center A narrow vote after concerns about safety ‘THERE IS NO COMPARISON FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW TO WHAT THIS WOULD OFFER — DAY AND NIGHT DIFFERENCE.’ By Edward Stratton The Daily Astorian JEWELL — The Jewell School Board on Monday, Aug. 20, narrowly approved applying for a grant to start a campus health center that would open to students and residents, despite concerns from board members over letting people and their health issues on campus. The school board’s 3-2 approval clears the Clatsop County Public Health Depart- ment to apply for a $60,000 annual grant from the state’s school-based health center program. Michael McNickle, the county’s public health direc- tor, said he reached out to Jew- ell’s administration to gauge interest after learning there were more grants available for medically underserved communities such as Jewell and Knappa, whose board he will reach out to next. The school district would provide the building and util- ities for the health center. The county would handle staffing it with a physician’s assistant, potentially saving the district $10,000 by eliminating the need for a school nurse. The health center could provide primary care services such as general exams, sick visits, treatment of minor injuries, vaccinations, alcohol and drug counseling and mental Superintendent Alice Hunsaker R.J. MARX/THE DAILY ASTORIAN A grant could help start a health center at Jewell School. health services. It could issue prescriptions, but would not carry pharmaceuticals. The county opted to avoid the potential controversy around providing reproduc- tive health services and will instead leave that up to com- munities, McNickle said. The Astoria School Board, facing a backlash by some residents concerned over reproductive health services and parent permission, voted in 2013 not to partner with Coastal Fami- ly Health Center on a school- based health center. Jewell is more than 30 miles from the nearest med- ical clinic in Seaside. The school district has a nurse, but she provides the legal mini- mum of services and is only around three days a month, said Superintendent Alice Hunsaker. “There is no comparison from what we have now to what this would offer — day and night difference,” she said. Several board members raised concerns about the at- tention having a medical clin- ic on campus would bring. “We have some very unsa- vory people in this communi- ty,” said Brian Meier, a board member who voted against applying for the grant. “The liability outweighs the bene- fit.” The health center would be better placed in a nearby Clat- sop County Sheriff’s Office substation or the Elsie-Vine- powered by maple Rural Fire Protection District, Meier said. Michael Stahly, a board member who also voted “no,” said he agreed with Meier and was concerned over the state mandates that could come with a health center. As of last year, there were nearly 80 school-based health centers in 25 Oregon coun- ties. During Hunsaker’s in- volvement with several health centers in central Oregon, she never heard of any troubles involving the public, she said. Board chairman Bryan Swearingen and board mem- bers Ginger Kaczenski and Michael Wammack voted in favor of the health center. Al- though she supported trying to get the grant, Kaczenski said she wants more infor- mation on how other health centers manage tough situa- tions with the public. Board members included a require- ment that they vote again on whether to accept the coun- ty’s grant. The grant application is due next month, and the win- ners chosen late this year. The hope is that the grant can help start the health center, and that the services provided to the community over the summer and other breaks will make it more financially sustainable while helping people regard- less of their ability to pay, McNickle said. “I really think we should meet the needs of the commu- nity,” he said. CIVIL W AR! REENACTMENT SE P TEMBER 1-3, 2018 Randall Lee’s 0% FINANCING AVAILABLE N E W LO C A TION! CLATSOP COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS Window Treatments, Fabric, Designer Wallpaper, Visit Our Counter Tops, All Flooring and Miele Vacuums Outlet! GATES OPEN AT 9:00 A.M. BATTLES 11 A.M. & 3 P.M. 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