Friday, July 19, 2019 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com • A3 CAMPUS UPDATE Crews address hillside crack, dormant mold The Heights’ roof slopes predominantly to the south and likely some time ago several roof drains were clogged, causing overfl ow internally at the overhang. Crews are replacing dam- aged studs and Sheetrock in the areas abated by an abate- ment company, Henry said. “We just wanted to be safe with what we were doing.” The Heights gym will be completed by the end of the year, he said, with school renovation beginning in 2020, with completion pro- jected by fall for the opening of classes. Roley estimated that 115 workers were on site this week, grading the athletic fi eld, working on the middle and high school, and begin- ning construction on the gym at The Heights. “We are are on sched- ule‚” Roley added. “I’d be disingenous if I didn’t say every day feels like a nail biter — it’s a tight schedule and we’re pleased with our team.” By R.J. MARX Seaside Signal A crack on a hillside above The Heights park- ing lot caused some quick architectural redesign, Proj- ect Manager Jim Henry said at the meeting of the Sea- side School District Build- ing Oversight Committee on Tuesday, July 9. “We reacted pretty quickly, as it was a surprise and site work at the Heights was beginning soon,” Henry said. “It took several weeks from beginning to end to come to a solution.” First noticed by a dog- walker, geotechnical engi- neers conducted tests to reveal on the discovered crevices of between 2 inches and 8 inches, indicating there was some earth movement. The crack is attributable to water seepage after tree-cutting, Henry said. The crack was not attrib- utable to work at the mid- dle and high school, or at the elementary school. R.J. Marx Work on athletic fi eld at the new middle and high school campus. Weyerhaeuser, which logged the area prior to con- struction, has reforested the area, Seaside School District Superintendent Sheila Roley said. Rather than build a retaining wall with drilled piers to address the earth movement northeast of The Heights at a cost of between $500,000 and $700,000, architects redesigned the layout for modular class- rooms and realigned the fi re lane away from the slippage area. around the schools. Some proposed utilities — including transformers and a gas meter — were moved, as well as a location to store dumpsters and trash. With the new layout engi- neers didn’t have to cut into the hill. “We’re leaving that lower part,” Roley said. “That seemed to be a critical Third osprey chick dies in Seaside nest By KATIE FRANKOWICZ The Astorian The last of three osprey chicks in a Seaside nest that is the subject of a pop- ular online livestream died sometime Wednesday night, July 10. The chicks lived in a nest above Broadway Park that has been monitored by cam- era since 2013, providing online viewers with around- the-clock opportunities to see ospreys in the wild. An osprey pair — nicknamed “Bob and Betty” by viewers — were raising three chicks this year. But the fi rst two chicks died soon after the disap- pearance of the adult male osprey at the end of June. Despite some hope that the third chick would survive, the female osprey struggled to bring suffi cient food back and appeared to be absent from the nest entirely for at least 24 hours earlier this week. Some viewers reported that she showed up Wednes- day afternoon with a fi sh, but after hours alone in the nest, exposed to rain and chilly weather, the chick was not in any shape to eat. Wildlife rescue groups and the Necanicum Water- shed Council, which main- Seaside Osprey Nestcam/The Daily Astorian An osprey chick, center, in a nest in Seaside’s Broadway Park rests near its mother on Monday. The chick died on Wednesday. Two other siblings had died earlier in the month, soon after the disappearance of the adult male osprey in late June. tains the nest camera, could not intervene after the male osprey disappeared. Federal regulations protect migra- tory bird nests and for- bid anyone from disturb- ing a nest while chicks are present. “We are heartbroken of the passing of all three chicks in the osprey nest and the disappearance of the male this year,” the Neca- nicum Watershed Council wrote in a Facebook post Thursday morning, and explained they were shut- ting down the livestream for the season. Angie Reseland, execu- tive director for the water- shed council, fi rst shut down the camera at 3 a.m. Thurs- day. The night before, she heard from the Wildlife Center of the North Coast that the last chick appeared to be dying. “I woke up thinking about it,” she said. She thought: “If I shut the camera down now early in the morning, nobody will have to wake up and see this.” The feed came back on a couple of more times, but was completely shut down by midmorning. “Thank you for pro- viding the camera,” one woman wrote in response to the watershed council’s announcement. “It’s inter- esting to watch nature, the good, bad and ugly.” Osprey begin breeding activities in the spring and can lay up to four eggs. Male osprey typically take on the role of provider and bring food to the female while she sits on the eggs, according to information provided by the watershed council. Chicks begin to fl y about 52 days after they hatch, often in late July or early August, but continue to return to their nest for food and rest between practice fl ights. Mature osprey head south for the winter and return to the North Coast to breed in the spring. Osprey live on a diet of fi sh and it is believed the chicks in the Broadway Park nest starved to death. Last year, Bob and Betty successfully reared three chicks to maturity. “So now it’s like the opposite, the swinging pen- dulum,” Reseland said. She sighed, paused and added, “Next year, it’s going to go great.” Commission hires new Clatsop County manager By NICOLE BALES The Astorian Clatsop County commis- sioners have hired a new county manager. Don Bohn, the assistant county administrator for Washington County, will start on Sept. 16. Monica Steele, the coun- ty’s budget director, has served as interim county manager since Cameron Moore retired last year. She will remain in the role until Bohn takes over. Bohn and the other fi nal- ist — Dan Chandler, the assistant county administra- tor for Clackamas County — attended public meet- and-greet events Monday and rotated between three panels made up of residents, county staff and county commissioners. 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