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March 15, 2019
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Sweet Affaire
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
When the school bell
rings on June 14 the last day
of school at Seaside Heights
Elementary, students will
fi le out and the site will be
turned over for renovation
and construction.
On June 17, the site will
be closed to school staff
and turned into a six-day-
a-week construction site
for the school addition. The
Heights will be closed to all
community access for the
summer.
Students from Gearhart
Elementary School will be
joining Seaside Heights stu-
dents in fall 2020, superin-
tendent Sheila Roley said
at Tuesday’s meeting of the
School Construction Citizen
Oversight Committee.
“We had the opportunity
to spare Spruce Street from
construction traffi c, but
once school is out, that will
change.”
In advance, Spruce
Drive residents will receive
a knock on the door from
Hoffman Construction, with
contact information for resi-
dent concerns.
A benefi t of a wetlands
permit delay was that to
date, gravel and masonry
trucks have been using alter-
nate routes, Project Man-
ager Jim Henry said. “That’s
traffi c that didn’t have to be
delivered through Spruce.”
He said he expected
about 40 to 50 trucks up
Spruce per day, six days a
week from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
BRIC Architecture is fi n-
ishing up design develop-
ment of Seaside Heights to
See School, Page A6
HEIGHTS
CONSTRUCTION
SCHEDULE
Summer 2019 — Seis-
mic upgrade (pending
state grant funding) and
admin area
June through December
2019 — New gym
January through July
2020 — New classrooms
and interior renovations
Hiring
decision
could be
near
Superintendent
candidate visits
Seaside School
District
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
member to access the district’s pro-
grams — from swimming lessons
and preschool aftercare to senior
activities, fi tness classes, and art
enrichment — without the scholar-
ships, she said.
Additionally, A Sweet Affaire is
an opportunity for the participat-
ing restaurants and establishments
to showcase a dish that represents
their fl avors and style, such as Sisu
Beer’s honey orange lager, choco-
late treat from Phillips Candies, and
the Wayfarer Restaurant’s tørkes
oysters with a hot sauce made
in-house.
Members of the pub-
lic had the opportunity to
meet Seaside School Dis-
trict assistant superinten-
dent candidate Susan Penrod
Monday at a meet-and-greet
at the high school.
Penrod, K–12 curriculum
administrator at the Eugene
School District, toured
school facilities, met com-
munity leaders and visited
with the public in a day of
introductions.
Superintendent
Sheila
Roley, who said she plans to
step down in winter 2020-
21 school year, said Pen-
rod could fulfi l the super-
intendent’s role after her
retirement.
“Roles will transition
over time,” Roley said.
Penrod is one of 23 can-
didates and fi ve assistant
superintendent
fi nalists,
Roley said.
“We see in a Susan a lot
of things we’re looking for
in a superintendent.”
A Willamette University
graduate, Penrod’s experi-
ence include pre-k work,
career and technical educa-
tion experience, and educa-
tional jobs throughout the
state.
Married and the parent of
two, Penrod said the North
Coast was a big draw.
“We’ve been coming
here many years and enjoy
and all that you have to offer
here,” she said. “So when
I saw this position open, I
thought what a great oppor-
tunity to combine where I
like to vacation with where
I would like to work.”
She said she hopes to join
the district’s efforts to raise
student achievement, help
students grow socially and
emotionally, and become
See Fundraiser, Page A6
See District, Page A6
Katherine Lacaze
Chef Chris Holen, chef and proprietor of Baked Alaska, and his daughter, Anaise, prepare grilled cheese sandwiches
and tomato soup to serve to guests at the 12th annual A Sweet Aff aire fundraiser, put on by the Sunset Park and
Recreation Foundation and Seaside Rotary Foundation.
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For Seaside Signal
F
eaturing an array
of delectable hors
d’oeuvres, drinks and
desserts from about
20 local purveyors,
the 12th annual A
Sweet Affaire lived up to its name.
Equally appetizing, however, was
the fundraiser’s end goal: to enrich
the lives of community members,
young and old, with access to posi-
tive recreation activities.
The event, held Sunday at the
Seaside Civic and Convention Cen-
ter, is presented annually by the Sun-
set Park and Recreation Foundation
and Seaside Rotary Foundation to
benefi t their various scholarship and
other programs that directly impact
those living in the area.
“I’m defi nitely pro-recreation
and everything the park district pro-
vides,” said Ashley Flukinger, chair
of the recreation foundation. “I think
it’s just the holistic approach to it —
the preschool, and the classes for
elderly, and things like that, too —
that’s what’s most important: get-
ting people out and active.”
Because Seaside is “a pretty
low-income community,” it can
be a struggle for some community
Hold Fast Tattoo in Seaside offers custom work, design
By EVE MARX
For Seaside Signal
Hold Fast Tattoo is cel-
ebrating their nine-year
anniversary at their Broad-
way location in Seaside this
May, but Brandy Rea and
Jen Knox have been tattoo
artists in Clatsop County for
years.
“I arrived in Clatsop
County in October 1999,”
the Oklahoma born Rea
said. “Tattooing was a nat-
ural for me; I majored in art
in college.”
Rea and Knox met 20
years ago in a local tat-
too shop; long before they
became business partners,
the two became fast friends.
“I did my fi rst profes-
sional tattoo in 1996,” Rea
said. “It was a rose.”
Knox describes herself
as the “dorky girl from Cal-
ifornia, always reading or
doodling.” Both women
enjoy interacting with cli-
ents old and new to come
up with the perfect work to
indelibly mark their bodies.
“I enjoy people; although
I am naturally an introvert,”
Rea said.
Hold Fast Tattoo is
located at 611 Broad-
way in a large, wildly cre-
ative space. There is a
1,500-square-foot
main
lobby with high ceilings
ideal for displaying artwork
by local and regional art-
ists. There’s even a movie
screen.
Custom work is the stu-
dio’s main focus; clients
start the process by setting
up a consultation with one
of the three in-house art-
ists. In addition to Rea and
Knox, there is a male art-
ist, Jeremiah Gingerbeard.
A nonrefundable deposit
starts your drawing; the art-
ist will work with you on
your piece until it is ren-
dered just how you want it.
“We do photorealism,
Eve Marx
See Tatoo, Page A6
Jennifer Knox works with a client.