November 9, 2018 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 5A
Visiting Seaside with guidebook in hand
T
he wonderful folks at Seaside
Public Works delivered the
final remaining boxes of 2018
Visitor Guides to us last week.
These will last through the next two
months until the new 2019 guides are
published in January.
Work on developing the new
guide has officially been underway
for a number of weeks now. Staff
sent letters and emails to all lodging
partners on file in the city to make
sure we have the most up-to-date and
accurate information in print and also
on our website at SeasideOR.com.
We partner with MEDIAmerica
to produce these annual guides. This
year they report that advertising from
local businesses is up over last year,
which is a good indicator for us. Al-
though we list everything equitably,
those businesses that do advertise in
the guide receive an enhanced listing
with expanded description. More-
over, the total amount of advertising
in the guide is directly related to the
total amount of content we can offer
potential visitors (i.e., page count).
As the guide is the official fulfillment
piece for the Visitors Bureau, ad-
vertisers in the guide are making an
important contribution to Seaside’s
overall marketing efforts.
North Coast
Tourism Studio
Close to 100 important voices
from the North Coast community
Love of the ocean
FROM THE
DIRECTOR’S CHAIR
JOSHUA HEINEMAN
gathered at the Old Mill Center
in Garibaldi in late September for
the opening act of the North Coast
Tourism Studio. As a reminder, the
studio is a joint venture between
Travel Oregon and a steering
committee comprised of diverse
players from Astoria down to
Pacific City. The aim is to connect
stakeholders to empower a sus-
tainable regional tourism economy
while addressing critical manage-
ment issues such as congestion and
preserving the area’s natural and
cultural assets. I’ve written about
this aspect before.
Although the numbers could
have been higher, Seaside had qual-
ity representation for the day-long
workshop including City Council
President Tita Montero and CEDR
Executive Director Kevin Leahy
who both contributed much to the
conversation.
One of the biggest takeaways for
me was simply that this studio sys-
tem works — it’s been done to great
effect in the Gorge region recent-
ly — and that we should trust the
process and get as many voices to
the table as possible for the remain-
ing workshops.
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Visitors take a walk on the Prom.
For instance, last month two of
the studio workshops were held in
Seaside at the Best Western Plus
Ocean View Resort (thank you
for hosting!). We learned about
stewardship best practices already
underway in the region and also
took a hard look at ways to improve
visitor transportation options during
peak season. The experts in the
room taught us all a lot during their
presentations. However, the non-ex-
perts also had countless on-the-
ground truths to share. Both of those
perspectives were invaluable to the
mission of the studio and therein
lies the magic of the process.
As luck would have it, the next
two dates are scheduled to happen
close by in Cannon Beach on Tues-
day, Nov. 13, from 5 to 8 pm and
Wednesday, Nov. 14, all day.
Everyone is invited to partici-
pate from community members and
public officials to lodging owners
and conservation groups. The
evening event is free and the all-day
workshop is just $10 to cover lunch.
Go to Industry.TravelOregon.com/
NorthCoast for more information
and to register. If you’re on the
fence or need assistance signing up,
reach out to me and I’d be happy to
help.
If you’ve lived in Seaside for any
length of time, you might some-
times forget just how remarkable
this corner of the earth actually
is. The city received a Facebook
review from a woman who traveled
here from Minnesota for a wedding,
staying at the Sandy Cove Inn on
Avenue U. She’d never even seen
the ocean before and cried tears of
joy as she ran down to the water’s
edge. Although I’ve lived in various
locations on the West Coast for 15
years now, I grew up in Minne-
sota and I’ve never forgotten that
feeling.
In fact, I felt it strongly again
on a Saturday in late September
when Lexie Hallahan, director of
Northwest Women’s Surf Camps,
made good on a promise from our
July Facebook Live segment and
took me out for a surfing lesson in
the Cove.
There were two kinds of jellyfish
beneath the whitewater and bands
of light rain scurrying across the
horizon. Despite my poor technique,
I was on my feet no less than ten
times all the way back to the beach,
unable to wipe a stupid grin off my
face. My own private lesson in how
to feel like a kid again in Seaside.
Got a tourism-related comment,
tip, or project? I’d love to hear
about it. Write me at jheineman@
cityofseaside.us.
The librarian takes her role in American culture
hen you are a in a specific
field or profession, it’s
always interesting how
that profession is portrayed in books,
movies, and TV shows. Librarians
in particular get a very stereotypical
treatment in Hollywood that is
enjoyable to observe. Some of these
portrayals are very silly, some not too
far off the mark, and some a crazy
caricature of what an actual librarian
looks like or acts. Of course any
librarian in a movie is at some point
going to do a round of “shushing,” it’s
pretty much expected. I’m rounding
up just a few of my favorite literary
and movie librarians, so join me as
we follow a path littered with rose
colored pince-nez, buns, shushing,
pencil skirts, and sensible shoes.
While sensible clothes are still the
regimental uniform of the library
professional today, some of the
stereotypes are a far cry from the real
deal. Although I do admit, I walked
into a library in Scotland last year,
and immediately identified a librarian
by their clothes, (cardigan, sensible
shoes, and glasses), as well as an
upper-management librarian (a little
more business professional-style
clothes that still retained that classic
joie de vivre of librarian comfort
and style that apparently is the same
all around the globe). I guess the
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BETWEEN
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ESTHER MOBERG
question is, if a librarian doesn’t have
a cardigan or pencil skirt, do they
have to turn in their librarian card?
The answer is probably yes. Because
for librarians, practical clothes rule.
Typically, librarians are too busy
helping folks and using their brains to
worry about the latest fashions.
A classic in the librarian world is
the movie “Desk Set” (1957). Actor
Katharine Hepburn plays Bunny Wat-
son, who runs the library reference
desk at the business. Fun fact: Bunny
was apparently based on the real-life
CBS librarian of the time. In the
movie, Katharine matches wits with
the inventor of two new computing
machines (Spencer Tracy) that are
brought in to help with staff efficien-
cy. The plot revolves around whether
the computers are replacing folks, and
sparks fly with romance blossoming
by the end of the movie wherever
Katharine Hepburn and Spencer
Tracey are concerned. While the
technology is pretty funny in today’s
world of smart phones, the repartee
between Katharine and Spencer
sparkles and it’s a fun stereotype of
librarian smarts.
Of course thousands of people
have sung along to Marian the Li-
brarian, one of the catchy songs from
the movie “The Music Man” (1962).
Most librarians are portrayed in mov-
ies as very uptight because of course,
they have to follow and enforce all
of those library rules. Marian the
librarian is no exception but when the
Music Man hits town, he eventually
melts her heart and some of the most
memorable songs in the movie center
around the library and the librarian.
This library is probably one of the
most unique little public libraries
portrayed in the movies, with both an
open dumbwaiter elevator that takes
books to the second floor (usually
they are enclosed) and a metal circular
staircase that figures into the choreog-
raphy of the song.
“The Librarians” was a short-lived
TV series that was pretty much a fan-
tasy about fighting forces of good and
evil in a thin plotline that revolved
around libraries and librarians (all
of which were able to fight evil and
magical powers because apparently
that is what librarians do). The TV
show was created based on “The
Librarian” movies, with actor Noah
Wylie as lead. Probably the most
ridiculous part for real life librarians
in the premise of these movies is that
the character played by Noah Wylie
had 22 educational degrees including
6 masters’ degrees, and apparently
not one of them was an actual degree
in library science. For me, the best
part of this TV show was the fact that
some of the episodes were shot in
Portland and actual libraries in Mult-
nomah County were used for some of
the sets or backgrounds.
In the movie “Dr. Strange” (2016),
the library of Kamar-Taj holds the
most ancient of all secrets and it is
here that Dr. Strange quickly learns
how to do some of the most danger-
ous spells the world has ever known.
The librarian is a monk who enjoys
listening to Beyoncé while guarding
the books. While Dr. Strange thinks
he gets away with borrowing the
books without permission, not much
gets past the all-knowing librarian
Wong, who eventually becomes his
good friend as they guard the world
together.
In books, authors love to include
librarians and libraries into their sto-
ries. In fact, most slip them in half the
time without the reader even realizing
it. There is an endless list of libraries
and librarians in books which is no
surprise given the natural affinity be-
tween writing, authors, and libraries.
Harry Potter spends a lot of his time
in the library searching for infor-
mation at Hogwarts School to solve
mysterious happenings while his
friend Hermione practically lives in
the library to get ahead in her studies.
Most fantasy or magic related books
including books by Terry Pratchett,
Patrick Rothfuss, and Terry Goodkind
have some kind of wizarding library
full of secrets locked away, often
with a super-secret entrance. I’m glad
libraries don’t have super-secret en-
trances for the select few in real life.
To name just a few of my favorite
books with a librarian or library
inside include kid’s chapter books
“Inkheart,” by Cornelia Funke and
“Matilda,” by Roald Dahl. Some
of my favorite picture books about
libraries include “Library Lion” by
Michelle Knudsen and “Bats at the
Library” by Brian Lies. In teen books,
“The Librarian of Auschwitz” by An-
tonio Iturbe is an amazing book about
a hidden library of eight books in
Auschwitz that were used to teach the
children who were in the internment
camp over the years. The list of adult
books both fiction and nonfiction
about libraries and librarians is too
long to list here. Next time you read a
book, pay attention, you never know
when a librarian or library will pop up
in a book, often in the most surprising
ways.
A crate stay for your dog can soon become an ‘overstay’
Y
our sister’s son just
moved in with you,
but you work all day
and the kid is a domestic
cyclone, so you pop him in
the little half-bath under the
stairs before you leave for
work; you will let him out
when you get home. Water
is plentiful in there; you give
him a bag of snacks and
a body pillow. He doesn’t
need half-bath training — he
comes from a long line of
bathroom readers. You doubt
he’s claustrophobic.
When you get home, the
police are in your driveway;
a neighbor had called them,
concerned about yelling
and pounding sounds. You
are shocked and very upset
to find holes kicked and
punched in your half-bath
door. The domestic cyclone
is bleeding.
Why has this happened,
and what are you going to do
now? Of course you know
why — it happened because
a kid was suddenly locked up
in a room all day for, basical-
ly, being a kid. What next?
Option 1: Repeat lock-
ups and keep getting the
same terrible results, or even
worse results.
Option 2: Carefully train
the domestic cyclone to
enjoy or at least accept lock
up before proceeding with
lock up.
Option 3: Implement a
kinder solution for Domestic
Cyclone.
I don’t think I need to add
CANINE
CORNER
RAIN JORDAN
& DAHLIA
floppy ears and a curly tail to
Domestic Cyclone in order
to make the point. Sentient
creatures — mammals like
humans and canines, for
example, are not naturally
inclined to accept arbi-
trarily being popped into a
small space, locked up, and
left there to wonder what
happens next, and when or if
they are ever getting out. It
should be no surprise when
survival instinct kicks in,
leaving a mess in its wake.
Whether you believe in
crating your dog or not, it is
important to understand that
any dog who will ever be
crated must be readied for
the experience in advance, by
being carefully crate-trained.
Classical conditioning
allows us to help a dog learn
to associate being in a crate
with positive things so that
the dog does not attempt to
escape and thereby injury
himself; operant condition-
ing allows us to teach a dog
to enter a crate on cue, lie
down in it, stay in it, etc. On
the other hand, attempting
to force or intimidate a dog
to accept a crate — to “get
used to it” or to go in and
stay in “because I say so”
creates negative associations
with the crate and therefore
sets up the conditions for
negative behaviors in and as
a result of crating.
Negative associations are
not the only risks of forced
crating. Confinement anxiety
and possibly even separation
anxiety put a dog at very
high risk of injury or even
death if crated, certainly
if crated by force, without
proper training.
But even after training,
many dogs with these anxiet-
ies are simply not going to be
safe to leave in crates.
In addition to elimination
in and howling or barking
from the crate, symptoms of
these anxieties may include
chewing at, biting, bending,
or breaking crate bars, walls
or doors, chewing, ripping
apart, eating pads, blankets,
toys, and other materials
inside the crate, getting legs,
feet, toes, head, teeth, or jaw
broken or stuck between
crate bars or elsewhere, often
while attempting to escape,
and stress-related illness,
injury, or death as a result of
any of these.
Safety of crates in cars
is up for debate as well.
Run a search on dog safety
in cars and crash tests. You
will find that most crates do
not survive them, so putting
your dog in a crate for car
rides appears to not be much
safer than a seat belt harness
unless you buy a very
expensive high-end crate
(or high-end car harness).
I don’t even want to think
about how horribly common
crates have been reported to
have done in fires.
If you do decide to crate,
once you’ve properly crate-
trained, your dog will appre-
ciate you for remembering
that crates are for emergen-
cy use (e.g., evacuations,
overnight vet stay, airline
travel) or short-term use
only — an hour a day, likely
OK. The entire day? That’s
an overstay.
Rain Jordan, KPA CTP, is
a Certified Dog Trainer Pro-
fessional. Visit her at www.
elevatedogtraining.com.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
On behalf of all of our members, volunteers and most importantly, THE
KIDS who benefit from our programs, the Assistance League of the
Columbia Pacific would like to thank everyone who
made the 11 th Annual Home & Chef Tour a huge success!
Home Owners: Daniel & Nicole Sturgell, Michael & Becky
Johnson, Sami & Bill Weed, Kristin Finnegan & Larry Grant, Ira &
Linda Goldfarb, and Traci Williams
Home Sponsors: Dr. Roger & Sheila Miller, Dr. Russ & Linda
Keizer, Dr. Richard & Barbara Crass, Dr. David & Cindy Leibel,
US Bank, TOTEM Properties, Englund Marine Industrial Supply,
Autio Company, and Bigby’s Tree Service.
Chefs: Nisa’s Thai Kitchen, El Catrin Mexican Cuisine, Finn’s
Fish House, Drake Radditz Guide Service, The Wayfarer
Restaurant, and The Sweet Shop
Florists: Bloomin’ Crazy, Natural Nook, and Erickson Floral
Graphic Design: Buckelew Graphic Communications
Poster & Cover Art: Cory Logan
Printer: Anchor Graphics
Assistance League of the Columbia Pacific is a nonprofit, all-volunteer,
organization whose philanthropic programs promote the well-being and
self-esteem of children and teens throughout Clatsop County.
To learn more or get involved please visit www.assistanceleaguecp.org