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Friday, July 5, 2019 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com • A7 City budget: City OKs $67M budget for 2019-20 Continued from Page A1 Photos by Katherine Lacaze The top fi ve contestants for the Miss Oregon title included, from left, Shivali Kadam, Miss Portland; Hannah Garhofer, Miss Tri- Valley; Stephanie Magee, Miss Meadow Lark; Allison Burke, Miss Northwest Wonderland; and Claire Sparks, Miss Central Valley. Miss Oregon: Shivali Kadam crowned Miss Oregon Planned street con- struction, sewers and sewer plant replacement costs also drive the bud- get. Capital construction of a water tank above the new Seaside Middle and High School campus in the Southeast Hills is bud- geted at more than $5.5 million. The budget, which required adoption by July 1, directs about $2.2 mil- lion to the Seaside Civic and Convention Center construction cost, after paying more than $14 mil- lion in 2018. The city’s total unap- propriated ending fund balance stands at about $16 million. The approval of the fi s- cal year budget came as councilors also adopted a road district budget and voted to receive state rev- enue sharing. The road budget of $894,939 comes at a cost to property owners of about 30 cents per $1,000 of assessed home value. Without comments at a public hearing, the resolu- tions received unanimous approval from councilors Randy Frank, Tom Horn- ing, Tita Montero, Seth Morrisey, Dana Phillips and Steve Wright. Continued from Page A1 song “Refl ection” from Dis- ney’s “Mulan.” However, her emphasis throughout the competition was promoting Science Technology Engi- neering and Mathematic subjects and discussing how she will help contribute to growing the next generation of female engineers and sci- entists through her platform: STEM to Bloom. “Anyone can be in the Miss America organization,” said Kadam, who graduated from Oregon State Univer- sity in 2018 with a degree in chemical engineering and works as a construction man- ager in semiconductor man- ufacturing for Jacobs Engi- neering Group. “It doesn’t matter what your goals are, personal or professional, we are here to support you in all of those goals.” Kadam fi rst became familiar with the Miss Ore- gon Scholarship Program when she saw her friend and fellow collegiate a cap- pella group member Emma Wampler, Miss Linn-Ben- ton County 2015, at an appearance. “When she described the program to me, the emphasis on service, I was like, ‘I’m all in, I want to do this,’” Kadam said. “I’m so grateful for the last four years in this organization. It has brought me a second family and so many mentors I respect so much who have been guid- ing lights in my life.” During the fi nal day of competition, Kadam and the other top 10 candi- dates competed for a sec- ond time in the categories of talent; evening wear and social impact; and onstage interview. Those candidates included Emily Warren, Miss Sunstone; Stephanie Magee, Miss Meadow Lark; Claire Sparks, Miss Cen- tral Valley; Rylee Young, Miss Southern Gem; Sarah Blum, Miss Linn-Benton County; Josie Carstensen, Miss Capital City; Rose Sheldon, Miss Coos County; Allison Burke, Miss North- west Wonderland; Hannah Garhofer, Miss Tri-Valley; and Danielle Cormier, Miss Emerald Valley. Once the fi eld was nar- rowed down to the top fi ve — Kadam, Sparks, Magee, Burke and Garhofer — the BUSINESS Directory CONSTRUCTION B oB M c E wan c onstruction , inc . 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How- ever, Kadam said she “is so excited to be the fi rst Miss Oregon 2.0 and really move the organization forward in that direction.” ‘I’M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN THIS ORGANIZATION. IT HAS BROUGHT ME A SECOND FAMILY AND SO MANY MENTORS I RESPECT SO MUCH WHO HAVE BEEN GUIDING LIGHTS IN MY LIFE.’ Shivali Kadam was Miss Clatsop County in 2017, took second run- ner-up and Burke was fi rst runner-up. Moving forward Under the Miss America 2.0 initiative, the program made several changes to competition and judging cri- teria, the most prominent of which was the elimination of the swimsuit category. The change was met with During the onstage inter- view segment, Sheldon also was asked her opinion about whether the swimsuit seg- ment should be reinstated or stay removed. 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