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Preparedness forum invites community involvement
By CARA MICO
For Seaside Signal
The Seaside City Coun-
cil is hosting an Emer-
gency Planning Commu-
nity Forum in conjunction
with the National Prepared-
ness Month on Wednesday
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the
Seaside Library, where local
agencies
representatives
will explain current emer-
gency preparedness pro-
grams and answer commu-
nity questions.
One of the Seaside City
Council’s goals is to increase
community
involvement.
Council member Steve
Wright had no political
ambitions before he joined
the council but once elected
discovered a strong desire to
support the emergency pre-
paredness work taking place
throughout the North Coast.
Wright is spearheading com-
munity involvement and is
hoping that the upcoming
forum will help address this
goal.
“I’ve chosen two areas,
getting high school youth
involved, beyond what
they’re already doing them-
selves, and the other is emer-
gency preparedness. I don’t
particularly want to be the
leader on this, just the coor-
dinator and City Council
representative,” Wright said,
adding that he would like to
recruit a core group of Sea-
side residents to take the
project on.
The nature of emergency
preparedness on the coast
ebbs and fl ows. By Wright’s
approximation, Seaside had
a lot of people who worked
together in emergencies after
the 2007 hurricane but some
of the planning waned as the
leaders of those groups grew
older.
“Ham radio operators
are well organized and meet
weekly, but as people get a
little older, sometimes they
can’t do it anymore. I’m
happy to say that we have a
pretty good spread amongst
the people involved, from
high school students to peo-
ple older than me.”
Wright attributes some of
R.J. Marx
City councilors Steve Wright and Tom Horning hope to increase
citizen involvement in Seaside’s emergency preparedness.
the most recent emergency
preparedness actions to the
Seaside High School stu-
dent body and the impetus to
move the high school out of
the tsunami inundation zone.
“The student body really
got involved and brought
it to state legislators atten-
tion,” he said. “They brought
a project to City Council
to get roadway markers for
evacuation routes, which are
a lot less vulnerable to theft
or vandalism.”
Wright looked to the
Nehalem Community Emer-
gency Response Team and
the Cannon Beach Medical
Reserve Corps for inspira-
tion to increase Seaside’s
emergency
preparedness
and has also developed
relationships with Clatsop
County’s emergency ser-
vices manager. He is also
working with Seaside City
Planning and Emergency
HAPPENINGS IN BRIEF
Tracking the
spruce aphid
On Monday, Sept. 16,
from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Bob
Chisholm Center in Seaside,
join Oregon State University
Extension — Clatsop County
for a free informational meet-
ing on the spruce aphid, the
tiny insect that is responsible
for defoliating Sitka spruce
along the Oregon Coast and
northern California.
Guest speaker Dr. Chris-
tine Buhl, a forest entomolo-
gist with the Oregon Depart-
ment of Forestry, will share
information on the spruce
aphid and describe her cur-
rent efforts to monitor for this
pest, with a Q&A to follow.
Immediately after the
meeting, there will be an
optional fi eld trip to a nearby
location to view spruce aphid
damage up close and to learn
how to participate in efforts
to monitor for this pest.
The fi eld trip will immedi-
ately follow the meeting and
reconvene at a nearby loca-
tion within easy walking dis-
tance of the meeting venue.
The Bob Chisholm Cen-
ter is located at 1225 Avenue
A, in Seaside.
For more information or
to RSVP, contact Dan Stark
at dan.stark@oregonstate.
edu, or call the OSU Exten-
sion offi ce at 503-325-8573.
County earns grant
for evacuation plan
Wildlife Center of the North Coast
Volunteer to aid
coastal wildlife
Volunteers release a brown
pelican after rehabilitation.
The Wildlife Center of
the North Coast is looking
for volunteers to help reha-
bilitate orphaned and injured
wildlife.
Wildlife Center of the
North Coast’s mission is to
promote compassion, empa-
thy and respect for all life
through wildlife rehabilita-
tion, ecological teachings,
and wildlife conservation.
Volunteer orientation will
be held Saturday, Sept. 21 at
the Wildlife Center’s facility
in Astoria. For more infor-
mation about volunteering,
visit www.CoastWildlife.
org.
For more information
about volunteer orientation,
questions, and to RSVP con-
tact volunteer@coastwild-
life.org or 503-338-0331.
Clatsop County has been
awarded a state grant to create
a plan for emergency evacua-
tion routes and facilities.
The $132,000 grant was
one of 12 recently awarded
statewide through a joint
initiative of the Oregon
Department of Transpor-
tation and the Department
of Land Conservation and
Development.
The money will fund the
development of an evacua-
tion improvement plan.
A key feature of the plan
will be identifying the best
locations for routes that can
provide safe evacuation, as
well as serve as year-round
recreational facilities, such
as off-road bicycle paths.
Some routes will also be
“lifeline” routes for deliver-
ing goods in the aftermath of
a disaster.
Preparedness Coordinator
Anne McBride.
McBride wants Sea-
side residents to have their
go-bags ready and to know
their neighbors. “Waiting for
people to come may not the
best option.”
McBride invites area res-
idents to attend the forum to
share preparedness ideas, or
to just come by to chat and
learn.
“A volunteer core group
is a great way to gain edu-
cation and educate oth-
ers about disaster prepared-
ness for the hazards that
may impact our commu-
nity,” she said. “The city
and fi rst responders promote
being prepared for emergen-
cies every day. Even a small
disaster can overwhelm our
immediate response capabil-
ity so to have a team of vol-
unteers trained is basic skills
can only aid in our recov-
ery. Reorganizing teams of
responders within neighbor-
hoods is a great start.”
Emergency preparedness
takes many forms. The Fed-
eral Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, or FEMA,
supplies
municipalities
with equipment. You may
have seen the FEMA trail-
ers at emergency cache sites
throughout Clatsop County.
FEMA also helps with train-
ing and direct disaster relief.
But FEMA takes a while to
mobilize and can’t always
reach areas affected by
disasters in a timely man-
ner. Disaster preparedness
also includes personal pre-
paredness and knowing your
neighbor.
Since the city of Sea-
side can’t prepare for all
possible emergencies, in
addition to working with
FEMA, the city is focus-
ing on connecting neigh-
bors. The forum one step
in that direction. Wright is
hoping that people who can
take care of their neighbor-
hood and their neighbor’s
needs during an emergency
will attend the forum. Infor-
mation about what supplies
are needed during an emer-
gency, including what is
needed in a go-bag, will also
be provided.
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Seaside Police
Sept. 1
12:51 a.m., Broadway: A per-
son is arrested on a warrant.
2:30 a.m., 10th Avenue: A dis-
turbance is reported.
2:36 a.m., The Cove: A person
is charged with unlawful lodg-
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1:31 p.m., S. Hemlock: Police
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1:37 p.m., Ocean Shore, District
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ported lost. Child was located
and reunited with parents.
8:22 p.m., 1900 block Spruce
Drive: An assault is reported.
Sept. 2
6:14 p.m., The Cove: A distur-
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7:14 p.m., 2400 block Highway
101: Caller reports subject they
wish to be trespassed from the
property; police are aware of
this individual and will notify
them on next contact.
10:14 p.m., Avenue A: Loud
music reported coming from a
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2:19 a.m., 300 block Broadway:
Offi cers responding to a report
of a fi ght in the roadway say
parties separated prior to their
7:23 a.m., 33000 block Beer-
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10:55 p.m., OceanWay: Sev-
eral vans parked in the lot
of Dundees are reported for
unlawful lodging. Police at-
tempted to make contact:
one of the vans was unoccu-
pied.
Seaside Fire
Sept. 1
12:28 a.m., 3100 block Sunset:
Emergency medical response.
5:39 a.m., 800 block Necanicum:
Emergency medical response.
3:22 p.m., Semaphore N: Emer-
gency medical response.
8:30 p.m. Avenue U: Fire inves-
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Sept. 2
Sept. 4
1:41 a.m., Broadway: A sub-
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10:26 a.m., S. Roosevelt: Sub-
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10:41 a.m., Holladay: Subjects
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