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OUR 112th Year
July 5, 2019
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District
addresses
disaster
readiness
Miss Portland
Shivali Kadam
rides in the
Seaside parade
Saturday.
Later she was
crowned Miss
Oregon.
R.J. Marx
A
STATE
CROWN
Miss Oregon moves to Level 2.0
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For Seaside Signal
A Cascadia Subduction Zone event would
impact every family in the community.
To prepare, the Seaside School District is
working alongside Clatsop County and other
entities to develop an updated natural disas-
ters plan that bolsters their ability to apply
for grant funding and enhance readiness.
“Not only is it a good idea to have a plan
— so you can respond — but you’re also
eligible for grants through FEMA (Federal
Emergency Management Agency) to do mit-
igation work so you can hopefully prevent
some damage from happening,” Superinten-
dent Sheila Roley said during the board of
directors meeting, Thursday, June 18.
The county’s existing plan expires July
23, 2020, and the Department of Land Con-
servation and Development has received a
pre-disaster mitigation grant to assist juris-
dictions with updating the plan.
FEMA is shifting focus and funds to
incorporate more disaster prevention, as
opposed to just response, Roley said.
According to the old plan, all the indi-
vidual entities — including the school dis-
trict — were under the county’s umbrella.
The federal recommendation is now for the
See School District, Page A7
Seaside approves
$67M city budget
Katherine Lacaze
Miss Oregon 2018 Taylor Ballard passes her crown to Shivali Kadam, Miss Portland, at the 2019 Miss Oregon Scholarship
Program’s state competition, which concluded with the crowning Saturday night in Seaside.
By KATHERINE LACAZE
For Seaside Signal
O
regon has a new represen-
tative: a 25-year-old engi-
neer, armed with a passion to
demonstrate Miss America
Organization and its affi l-
iated state and local programs can be
an outlet and platform for women with
diverse interests.
“I’ve been working for this goal for
four years, and to fi nally have it come to
fruition and to be able to set into action
all the plans I’ve been dreaming of for
years is so exciting,” said Miss Portland
Shivali Kadam, who was crowned Miss
Oregon on Saturday night.
Kadam and 24 other Miss Oregon
candidates competed in preliminary
competitions Wednesday through Fri-
day before the fi nal contest and crown-
ing at the Seaside Civic and Conven-
tion Center.
Setting, achieving goals
For the talent portion of the compe-
tition, Kadam sang a rendition of the
See Miss Oregon, Page A7
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
The city of Seaside took care of busi-
ness, as councilors approved the 2019-20
city budget. The budget, approved June 24,
reaches almost $67 million.
Of more than $51 million in appropria-
tions, public safety, including police and fi re
departments, comprises almost $6 million;
community development, which includes
building and planning, is budgeted at $1.55
million.
Public works, which includes engineer-
ing, public works and city parks, is budgeted
at a total of about $1.56 million. The general
fund, which comprises the business offi ce,
library, and community center among other
appropriations, totaled $6.26 million.
See City budget, Page A7
AUTHOR KARL MARLANTES
A SEASIDER RETURNS, WITH A NEW NOVEL
By JORDAN BARBOSA
For Seaside Signal
‘WE HAVE TO GET OVER
DEMONIZING, BECAUSE
WE WON’T GET ANYWHERE
WITH THAT.’
—Karl Marlantes
Karl Marlantes is the author
of the bestselling books “Mat-
terhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam
War” and “What It Is Like To Go
To War.” These books come from
his intensely personal experi-
ences from his time serving in the
Marines during Vietnam. He also
was born and grew up in Seaside.
His most recent novel “Deep
River” continues mining his per-
sonal history, but in a different
way. It’s a family epic centering on Scandi-
navian immigrants in the late 19th century as
they struggle to adapt to life in a small logging
town just off the banks of the Columbia River.
Q: You seem to have a lot of per-
sonal connection to your writing.
After writing about your experi-
ences in Vietnam, what inspired you
to write about the area where you
grew up?
Marlantes: Well, there is a whole
series of motives.
First of all, I just love the area I
grew up in and there’s a sense that if
you love something you want to share
it.
I grew up in Seaside when it was logging
town. It’s a very different sort of culture today.
See Marlantes, Page A10
Devon Marlantes