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Enrollment, recruitment key drives at Academy
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For Seaside Signal
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View of Gearhart along U.S. Highway 101.
Lessons from Cannon
Beach, for Gearhart
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Should Gearhart take
greater control of the city’s
commercial development?
Cannon Beach Commu-
nity Development Director
Jeff Adams came to Gear-
hart’s Planning Commission
on Feb. 14 at the invitation of
commission member David
Smith.
Adams was asked to
lead a discussion of design
review, a topic he has stud-
ied throughout the coun-
try. “I came from coastal
Georgia, worked in Illinois,
Kansas, resort areas, deal-
ing with a lot of these same
issues everywhere I go,”
Adams said.
Adams, who arrived in
Cannon Beach late last year,
described the planning pro-
cess as one of “making bet-
ter decisions.”
Design review may con-
sider corridor planning, sig-
nage, size and scale, historic
districts and landscaping,
he said. Cities may regulate
parking, or types of stores to
prohibit arcades, food carts
or other drive-in facilities.
General
development
policies in the Cannon Beach
code discourage “com-
mercial uses which detract
from the unique character of
downtown, or are detrimen-
tal to the small town atmo-
sphere of Cannon Beach
shall be prohibited.”
That includes no “formula
food” — restaurants defi ned
as businesses required by
contractual or other arrange-
ments to offer standardized
menus, ingredients, food
preparation, interior or exte-
rior design, or uniforms.
In Cannon Beach, mod-
ifi cations to commercial or
multifamily structures are
subject to design review,
a process currently not in
place in Gearhart.
Gearhart’s plan features
three levels of commer-
cial zones, with the goal of
achieving a compact town
center in the vicinity of
Pacifi c Way and Cottage
Avenue. The city will estab-
lish zoning ordinance stan-
dards to protect residential
areas from adjacent com-
mercial development.
Adams stressed a regional
approach to many of the con-
cerns here, starting with each
city’s comprehensive plan.
“We need to work not just
within our jurisdictions,” he
said, particularly with trans-
portation, housing and corri-
dor planning.
Hair Shoppe: Sweet spot
in the heart of Gearhart
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“I really enjoy coloring,”
Keranen said. In the past, she
exclusively used Goldwell
products, but has recently
fallen in love with new and
vibrant Italian color lines.
“I do a great gray cover-
age for blondes,” she said.
“Balayage is really good for
that because it’s like paint-
ing. And the effects are more
natural.”
Keranen said her clients
are quite educated these days
about hair care. “They’re
familiar with product lines
and are well versed on prod-
uct ingredients and what’s on
trend,” she said.
While she loves playing
with all the color possibili-
ties available (she recently
did someone’s hair a breath-
takingly beautiful, shim-
mery, pale pink) and enjoys
doing an edgy cut, at heart
Keranen is a fan of classic
American beauty. Whether
you’re rocking a modern
bob, or your hair falls glori-
ously below your shoulders,
or you’re ready to try a pixie
cut, you’ll sashay out her
salon door feeling like a mil-
lion bucks.
The Hair Shoppe is
located at 95 S. Cottage Ave.
in Gearhart. Hours are by
appointment only. The shop
is open Monday through
Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
with some weekend hours.
Expect to have times vary
in the summer months. You
can also message the shop
through their Facebook page
or email Stephkeranen@
gmail.com.
Board: Vacancies fi lled
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Swedenborg now holds,
with Brian Taylor, one of
two positions representing
Cannon Beach.
Over the past two years
she has been a substitute
teacher at the Heights Ele-
mentary School and Broad-
way Middle School. She
taught high school biology
in the Renton Washington,
School District for 10 years.
Gomez fi lls the Zone 5
Position 1 vacancy left by the
resignation of Steve Phillips.
She brings more than 12 years
of professional experience
working in public schools
and is a former employee of
the Seaside School District.
Increasing
student
enrollment and commu-
nity outreach are key goals
of the Cannon Beach Acad-
emy, director Amy Fred-
rickson said in an update
on the charter school to the
Seaside School District’s
board of directors on Feb.
19.
Increased enrollment has
an impact on how much
funding the charter school
receives from the district,
Fredickson said.
A portion of the
$180,000 grant from Ore-
gon’s Department of Edu-
cation, the second state
education grant awarded to
the academy since its open-
ing, will address enrollment
numbers.
While state grant dol-
lars cannot pay staff sal-
aries, funds can also go to
staff development and sup-
port through the purchase
of upgraded technology.
Another focus of the
academy, Fredrickson said,
will be “enriching and
improving our curriculum.”
For instance, the acad-
emy is attempting to add a
new grade level each school
year, which requires pur-
chasing new curriculum to
serve the older students.
The school uses direct
instruction curriculum for
reading and math, which
has led to positive results.
“It’s helping to fi ll the
gaps for many students who
were behind in reading and
math,” she said. “It’s also
helping our students to
excel, in terms of students
reading above grade level.
The
academy
also
received a Cannon Beach
Community Grant for
$9,146 to augment the
school nutrition program
with fresh fruits and vege-
Rita Goldfarb
Satchel Parker, Hallie Kropf, Faith DiNapoli (background), Denny Nolasco Luna (foreground).
Rita Goldfarb
Genesis Campuzano, Kimberly Olvera, Valentina
Rodriguez (background) Leticia Campos in technology
class.
tables and improve emer-
gency preparedness through
obtaining food and water
storage barrels.
Additionally,
the
school’s $1,250 grant from
U.S. Bank helped fi nance
the installation of a new
playground, which also
was supported by academy
board member Barb Knop.
Staff and volunteers
The
academy,
which
started operating in 2017, is
serving 34 students — from
Nehalem to Warrenton —
in the 2018-19 school year.
About 20 percent of the
students come from Span-
ish-speaking homes and
52 percent are from house-
holds self-disclosed as eco-
nomically disadvantaged,
Fredrickson said.
The academy’s core
teaching staff includes
Dawn Jay, the kindergar-
ten and fi rst-grade teacher;
Ryan Hull, the second-
and third-grade teacher;
and Leticia Campos, the
Spanish, English Lan-
guage Development, and
co-kindergarten/fi rst-grade
teacher. Fredrickson also
provides teaching support
part-time.
The school heavily relies
on help from community
members and parents, Fred-
rickson said, adding those
volunteers “are critical for
our school to run.” They
serve breakfast and lunch
— which are offered free
of charge to all students,
regardless of income —
and help with cleaning and
maintenance each week.
Fredrickson said they
also have a dozen local col-
lege students who provide
instructional assistance in
the classroom each day. The
young students “love hav-
ing them there,” she said.
“They also love having
our family members, par-
ents, and community mem-
bers come into the class-
room as well,” she said.
Smart meters: Equipment can read your meter
remotely, but what if you don’t want it?
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County began Feb. 11.
“You may have installers
around already. They’re
jumping around a little
bit.”
Dunlap said Pacifi c
Power has scheduled com-
plete installation in the
county by the end of May.
“By fall, we’ll have com-
pleted all of our installa-
tions across the state.”
Is opt-out cost fair?
While there’s no cost
for installation, residents
objected to terms of the
opt-out clause in the con-
tract — a clause that could
cost $36 a month. “That’s a
little bit less than my whole
bill,” Joyce Hunt said.
“I feel like we’re get-
ting gouged by the fee,”
Dave Eilenberger of Sea-
side said.
He also showed con-
cern for possible impacts
of radio frequencies and
health risk.
Frank
Erickson,
a
retired radiologist, told the
City Council he had “see-
sawed” whether to opt
out or opt in for the smart
meter installation. “I’m still
rethinking.”
R.J. Marx
Smart meter recently installed outside a building in Seaside.
SMART METER WORKSHOPS
As part of the rollout of smart meters in Clatsop County,
Pacifi c Power is hosting two customer workshops to share
information about the upgrade. The Seaside workshop takes
place Tuesday, March 5, from 5:30-7 p.m. at Seaside Brewing
Co., 851 Broadway St., in Seaside.
The Astoria workshop takes place Wednesday, March 6, from
5:30-7 p.m. at Fort George Brewery, Lovell Showroom, 1483
Duane St., in Astoria.
The events are free to attend and will be held during the
following dates and times. Appetizers and drinks will be
provided.
Customers seeking additional information on the workshops
and smart meters are encouraged to call 866-869-8520 for
help with any questions. Additional smart meter information
is available at www.pacifi cpower.net/smartmeter.
The health effects have
been ping-ponging over
the past 20 years without
a clear consensus, he said,
with a small but growing
body showing health care
risks.
“What bothers me
more is paying that $36
a month to make up for
costs they have because
they don’t have 100 per-
cent compliance,” Erickson
said. “I think they should
address that to see if they
can do something more
reasonable.”
Councilor Seth Mor-
risey called the opt-out
fee “absolutely ridiculous.
You’re basically charging
a tax on people for some-
thing they already have.”
Dunlap said the fee is
determined by the cost of
bringing service to opt-
out customers. “The utility
commission does not allow
us to have one customer’s
decision push costs on to
another,’ she said.
Morrisey asked for
Pacifi c Power to work to
lower that fee.
“I hear you, I hear you
and I will certainly con-
tinue to have our regulatory
folks look at that,” Dunlap
said.
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