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February 15, 2019
Opioid treatment
center prepped
for Seaside
CODA plans to open this fall
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
A new clinic that will provide methadone
to treat heroin and prescription opioid addic-
tion could open this fall.
CODA, a Portland-based drug treatment
provider, is negotiating a lease with Terry
Lowenberg for a former real estate offi ce on
South Holladay Drive off U.S. Highway 101.
The clinic could treat up to 300 people,
said Tim Hartnett, CODA’s executive direc-
tor. Along with methadone, people could
receive other federally approved medica-
tion-assisted treatment for drug abuse, such
as buprenorphine or naltrexone.
“We help people in the deep end of the
pool,” Hartnett said at a City Council meet-
ing Monday night. “We help people who not
only have drug and alcohol problems, but
are tangled up in poverty, tangled up in the
criminal justice system, the child welfare
system. We work with a very complicated
caseload.”
See Treatment center, Page A7
Phillips resigns
as president of
school board
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Jesse Brockey and his daughter Felicity,
4, share a dance at the Sunset Empire
Park and Recreation District’s fi fth
annual Daddy Daughter Dance.
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For Seaside Signal
athed in colorful lights, a small army of girls, accompanied by their fathers
and other male relatives, generated a palpable energy that thrummed along
with high-volume music and excited chatter during the Sunset Empire
Park and Recreation District’s fi fth annual Daddy Daughter Dance.
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See Dance, Page A7
Seaside School District Board of Direc-
tors President Steve Phillips submitted his
letter of resignation at a spe-
cial board meeting at the dis-
trict offi ce Thursday, Feb. 7.
Phillips steps down in
the aftermath of a settlement
with the Oregon Department
of Justice. The state alleged
Phillips and his wife Dana
conducted unlawful trade Steve Phillips
practices in conjunction with
their roles with the Miss Oregon Scholarship
Program and Oregon Scholarship Founda-
tion. The Phillips’ agreed to pay $150,000
to the Oregon Community Foundation for
the Tiffany Phillips Memorial Scholarship
Fund, named for the couple’s 17-year-old
daughter, who died in a 1998 car accident.
“Please accept my resignation from the
board of directors effective Monday, Feb.
4,” Steve Phillips wrote superintendent
Sheila Roley and the board. “I wish every-
one well in the future and know that I will
always be a true supporter of the Seaside
School District.”
The board unanimously accepted the
resignation.
Vice-chairman Mark Truax, who con-
ducted the meeting, praised Phillips’ 24
years as a school board member. “Steve
has given everything,” Truax said. “It’s
about kids, from day one. His talents will be
greatly missed.”
Roley thanked Phillips for “his support,
guidance and mentorship in this position.
We’ll really miss him.”
Phillips represented Zone 5, Position 1 in
Seaside, and leaves a second unfi lled board
seat. Patrick Nofi eld, who vacates one of
See Phillips, Page A7
Newcomers club: No dues, no politics, just fun
North Coast Newcomers and Social
Club celebrates its fi rst year
By EVE MARX
For Seaside Signal
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was hard to develop meaningful connections.” She
spoke of the isolation of the coast and the some-
times inclement weather which kept her indoors so
much of the time. “I knew I’d have to change some-
thing or leave the area.”
Which is what lead to her founding the North Coast
See Newcomers, Page A7
Eve Marx
Kathy Zimmerman, Joy Sigler, Ellie Ludy are among the founding members of the North Coast
Newcomers and Social Club.