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March 1, 2019
FULLY UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
The Seaside Civic and Convention Center posted this photo of new carpet being
installed in the Necanicum Room, as part of the center’s $15 million renovation.
New fl oor installed; $15 million renovation at the Seaside Civic and Convention Center could be completed by mid-July
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Things are looking “down” at
the Seaside Civic and Convention
Center. Workers installed 12,000
square feet new fl ooring and carpet
in the Necanicum Room, as part of
the center’s $15 million renovation.
“We are fully under construc-
tion,” the center’s General Man-
ager Russ Vandenberg said at
meeting of the Seaside Downtown
Development Association.
“It is a dust bowl,” Vandenberg
said. “There are workers sand-
ing the concrete fl oors, installing
carpet, putting light fi xtures up.
Plumbing is being installed. It is
defi nitely a hard-hat zone every-
where inside the building.”
The new fl oor will be placed
to include all public spaces, with
the exception of the Pacifi c Room,
which has a concrete fl oor. The
Pacifi c Room fl oor will receive a
complete sanding, charcoal stain-
ing and lacquered fi nish, Vanden-
berg said.
Five phases of construction are
underway, including work on the
kitchen and storage areas; east
side addition; north west addition;
the administrative offi ce and new
restroom addition; and the mezza-
nine and meeting room upgrade.
On April 18 crews are sched-
uled to begin phase six, with work
on the main lobby and stairway
relocation.
The 14-month expansion is
expected to be completed by
mid-July.
Gomez,
Swedenborg
named to
school board
Smart meters
come to the
South County
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
How much is too much to
opt out?
The Seaside School Dis-
trict fi lled two vacancies
Tuesday, Feb. 19.
Shannon
Swedenborg
fi lled Zone 1, Position 1,
after Patrick Nofi eld stepped
down in Cannon Beach.
Sondra Gomez replaced
Steve Phillips in Seaside.
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
something with sports, but I’m
also a beauty and fashion per-
son, so this is the road I took.”
While it’s possible to get any
number of body parts includ-
ing your chin waxed at The Hair
Shoppe, it’s the hair on your
head that is Keranen’s main
focus.
“I do Balayage, I do high-
lights, I do hair extensions,” she
said. And then there’s her styl-
ish cuts and color. All shades of
blond are a specialty.
For smart meters, it’s not how much
you pay if you want one. It’s how much
you pay if you don’t.
Alisa Dunlap, regional business man-
ager for Pacifi c Power, addressed con-
cerns from residents as the power com-
pany replaces customers electric meters
with digital meters that communicate
with Pacifi c Power through a wireless
network. “We’ll be upgrading all of the
meters in the county,” Dunlap said.
The change comes to keep costs down
in the future and support a more ener-
gy-effi cient grid, Dunlap said. Smart
meters will help the power company
better manage the demand for renewable
resources.
Meters send basic communication
about customer usage, she said.
Pacifi c Power will notify customers
by postcard and phone of their sched-
uled changeover date. There is no charge
for replacement and during installa-
tion, power will be lost for less than 5
minutes.
Most installations are done in 30 sec-
onds, she added.
The installation effort began in Ore-
gon in early 2018 in the Willamette Val-
ley; the fi rst replacements in Clatsop
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Eve Marx
Stephanie Keranen grew up far from the ocean, but she’s a beach girl all the way.
Welcome to The Hair Shoppe
By EVE MARX
For Seaside Signal
Stephanie Keranen grew up
far from the ocean, but she’s a
beach girl all the way.
“I love it here and I have a
great clientele. I’ve been doing
hair here for nearly 20 years.”
Four years ago Keranen
moved The Hair Shoppe from
up on the highway next to the
Gearhart Liquor Store to a
tucked away, sweet spot right
in the heart of Gearhart, but off
the main drag. Inside her deli-
ciously decorated, bright and
sun-fi lled salon, you can’t help
but feel very pampered and
cared for. It’s an intimate, one-
on-one situation as Stephanie,
as everyone calls her, works her
magic on one treasured client at
a time.
Keranen is a graduate of the
Beau Monde Academy of Cos-
metology in Portland. “I studied
everything from hair to aesthe-
tician work to nails,” she said.
“I am a sports person and grow-
ing up everyone thought I’d do