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Newspaper Page TextFriday, September 20, 2019 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com • A3 Cleaning up diamond on the Volunteers Ila Bowles, Coach Jessica Garrigues, Emma Taylor and Abby Noﬁ eld. Volunteers, players help restore playing field By CARA MICO For Seaside Signal J essica Garrigues, head softball coach for Seaside High School and Seaside Kids Inc. Softball Liaison, hasn’t been in Seaside long but is already making signiﬁ cant strides in improving opportunities for local kids to play softball and baseball at the Wah- anna Ballﬁ eld, a 4 ½-acre park located on South Wahanna Road owned by the school district. Seaside Kids Inc. is a nonproﬁ t that provides sports equipment and facilities for Seaside youth. Seaside Kids brought the community together to repair and renovate the Wahanna Ballﬁ eld, which is used by the school and others, in April of this year. Garrigues hopes to inspire an annual event. When Garrigues ﬁ rst arrived in Sea- side she was quickly identiﬁ ed by local players and parents as a great softball coach and took the position of head Sea- side High School softball coach this year after serving as the assistant coach in 2018. Garrigues holds a master’s degree in education and English for speakers of other languages, and has a passion for instilling a sense of leadership in the kids she mentors and trains. The Wahanna Ballﬁ eld cleanup is one way of teaching Seaside youth about the importance of giving back. Wahanna Ballﬁ eld was ranked in a 2018 Seaside parks master pan as one of the lowest quality parks in Seaside, sec- ond to only the Mill Ponds. Except for sports and school activities, park visitors are more likely to visit other area parks on a weekly basis. Garrigues met with local youth and coaches to see what was needed to make the programs shine. After receiving laun- dry list of repairs Garrigues organized a group of SKI participants, parents and local volunteers to revamp the dugouts, repair the backstops, improve fencing and batting cages, and deep clean the concessions. Over 50 people, mostly players and their parents, helped out on the ﬁ rst day. “After reﬂ ecting with the Seaside Kids Youth Softball Coaches on the sea- son and discussing out biggest “wins” as a program, this event, where softball and baseball came together to make major improvements to the Wahanna ﬁ elds and facilities, stood out as a gem,” Garrigues said. While most of the volunteers were cur- rent Seaside Kids players and their par- ents, some of the older players returned to “give back” to the program. “Some of the older kids who aged out helped, it was neat to see their leadership skills,” Garrigues said. That leadership is exactly what Sea- Preparation started early for the Wahanna softball ﬁ eld. side Kids is hoping to instill in local kids as their catch phrase implies, “Active Youth Today ... Active Leaders Tomorrow!” Garrigues wants to give a “huge thank you” to all of the business and peo- ple who donated materials, equipment, time, resources and energy to the Wah- anna Ballﬁ eld cleanup including the vol- unteer players, parents and community members of SKI. She added an extra big thank you for Coastal Restoration, Jason Kraushaar Contracting, Forest Betts Construction, All Rents, Builders First Source, Sherwin Williams, A1 Con- crete, Coaster Construction, Brims Farm & Garden, Trails End Recovery, Home Depot, Paciﬁ c Paint, Osburn Olson Con- struction, Ryan Osburn Plumbing, Dave Aho Rooﬁ ng, Advanced Rooﬁ ng, Whites Heating and Sheet Metal, Clean Sweep, Ace Hardware, Knife River, Keith Ker- anen Excavating, Clatsop Concrete and Clatsop Power. Garrigues hopes to continue with an annual cleanup next April, keep an eye on their website or Facebook page for more information. “There won’t be as much work next time,” she said with a laugh. Medical Reserve Corps helps with post-disaster prescription drugs By NICOLE BALES The Astorian CANNON BEACH — The Medical Reserve Corps held a learning session on Saturday, Sept. 7, at City Hall to teach people how to obtain prescription drugs after a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami, as well as techniques to manage pain without medication. The guest speakers were Nate Nerenberg, a pharma- cist and manager of the phar- macy department at Colum- bia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, and Kathleen Bell, a registered nurse and teacher for the American Holistic Nurses Association integra- tive healing arts program. Nerenberg taught peo- ple how to incorporate med- ication into their emergency kits, while Bell shared meth- ods to relieve and manage pain and ﬁ nd increased lev- els of comfort. Nerenberg told people to include a typed copy of their prescriptions, supplements and medical equipment and supplies. He said to update the list every six months and to include expiration dates and any drug allergies. In a disaster, if no computers are working, a pharmacist or Monday, Sept. 23 Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Tuesday, Sept. 24 Seaside Airport Advisory Com- mittee, 6 p.m., Seaside Munici- pal Airport, 2797 U.S. Highway 101. Wednesday, Sept. 25 Necanicum Watershed Council, 4 p.m., Seaside Library, 1131 Broadway. Hailey Hoﬀ man/The Astorian To prepare for a disaster, everyone should have medications in their emergency kits, according to Columbia Memorial Hospital pharmacist Nate Nerenberg. doctor could use the lists to get people their medication. Leaders of the Medical Reserve Corps have been training since 2015, but the learning session was the ﬁ rst public training. They hope to have an emergency pre- paredness event for the com- munity every quarter. The goal is to empower the community, said Lila Wickham, co-coordinator of the Medical Reserve Corps. “Our demographics are older ... which means you’re going to have more peo- ple with chronic disease. So that’s why we focused on how can we help people be prepared,” she said. PUBLIC MEETINGS Monday, Sept. 30 Using a survey conducted by the Medical Reserve Corps, they identiﬁ ed places where people who might have mobility issues live and used the ﬁ ndings to divide the city into six geographic areas. “Our plan is to work in neighborhoods and create neighborhood captains who will do door-knocking and have neighborhood events where people are really engaged at their community level. Because if we have a major event, people will be isolated in their little com- munities if the roads are bro- ken,” Wickham said. Clatsop County Com- City Council/Planning Commis- sion Joint Workshop, City Hall, 989 Broadway. Tuesday, Oct. 1 Seaside Planning Commission, 7 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. Seaside Library Board, 4:30 p.m., Seaside Public Li- brary, 1131 Broadway. it’s fundamentally the rela- tionships. I mean, you need skills, you need ... appropri- ate equipment and the skills to use them. “Fundamentally, it’s a matter of proper relation- ships, people relating to each other and empowering life- saving ways.” roots planning is critical to making sure people are pre- pared for a disaster. “You empower people because you’re not going to be able to command and con- trol your way out of this,” she said. “It’s empowering the grassroots to do well — that’s the answer because WKH &ROXPELD Sunday, October 13, 2019 10K Run/Walk across the Astoria-Megler Bridge GreatColumbiaCrossing.com g PRESENTING SPONSOR Registration: $40 per person. T-shirt: $15-$17 each. EVENT HOST Chip-timing for all participants. Bridge will be closed to vehicles from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Partner with a company that truly cares. As your local, neighborhood experts, we spend the time to understand the way you live and what’s important to you. 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