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A6 • Friday, December 27, 2019 | Seaside Signal | SeasideSignal.com Year in Review: New fees, guidelines for rentals Continued from Page A1 meeting the needs of larger clients, brings renovations and upgrades to ballrooms, offi ces, the lobby, lighting, storage and more are among the major changes unveiled, as the facility grew from 46,000 square feet to 55,000 square feet, an increase of nearly 19 percent. The renovation and expansion is to be paid for by an increase in the city’s transient room tax, from 8 percent to 10 percent, which went into effect last summer. Across the street, groundbreaking began at The Lodge at Seaside, a 65-room luxury hotel at 250 First Ave., formerly the City Center Motel. For hospitality workers, construction team mem- bers, city and county offi - cials, putting shovels to the ground was a way of mark- ing the launch of the $11 million construction project. The upscale hotel aims for a new market in Seaside, Seaside Lodging co-owner and managing director Masudur Khan said, calling it a “dream come true,” 10 years in the making. Supermarket sweep With a Grocery Outlet in the construction phase at U.S. 101 near Avenue N, consum- ers will fi nd more options to get their daily bread. In March, the Seaside Planning Commission gave its unanimous OK for the R.J. Marx Seaside City Council met in the remodeled chambers at the fi rst June meeting. new 18,000-square-foot Gro- cery Outlet. A 175-foot-long “turn pocket” along U.S. High- way 101 southbound into Avenue N will satisfy the state Department of Trans- portation and the Planning Commission’s requirement for a left-turn lane. The turn pocket will be developed before the new store opens. Meanwhile, down the street on Avenue U, Ken and Sons Market traded hands and reopened as the Hamil- ton Market. The grocery had been in the hands of Ken Smith and his family since 1967. During the past 52 years, each of his fi ve children, along with other in-laws and grandchildren, have worked at the neighborhood grocery store at one time or another. The Smiths turned over management of the mar- ket to Natasha Montero and Mike Hamilton. Between them, they have worked for Whole Foods Market for a combined 35 years, with experience in management, purchasing and dry goods. Raised in Seattle, the cou- ple moved to Seaside about six months before making the decision to purchase the new market with family member William S. Montero. Health care at the fore CODA, Oregon’s old- est opioid treatment pro- gram, offering treatment for substance abuse disor- ders including alcohol, crack cocaine, heroin, metham- phetamine and other amphet- amines, as well as opioids and prescription medication, will open in Seaside in 2020. With treatment centers in Portland, Hillsboro, Clack- amas, Gresham, and Tigard, in a few weeks the organi- zation expects to open their newest location in Seaside in January, co-project manager Jennifer Worth said at an open house at the new loca- tion at 2367 S. Roosevelt Drive. The project is a collab- oration between Colum- bia Pacifi c CCO, Care Ore- gon and CODA Inc. CODA conducts and supports sub- stance use research to inform evidence-based care and to improve patient health and treatment outcomes. The facility expects 80 to 100 patients living in the Seaside area who currently have to go to Portland for treatment. That number is expected to double as it gains recognition. Along with the reception area, the clinic will have four dispensary windows, mul- tiple medical exam rooms, group rooms for counseling, a records room, DEA-ap- proved safes for medication security, and a staff break room. Fifteen health care pro- fessionals will be working at the location every day. Columbia Memorial Hos- pital CEO Erik Thorsen came before the City Coun- cil to announce the winter 2020 opening date of a new primary care and urgent care clinic at the Seaside Outlet Mall. The clinic will follow the model of CMH’s Warrenton clinic, offering primary care, urgent care, X-ray and labs. Twenty-fi ve to 30 new “full- time family-wage jobs” will open through the new Sea- side clinic. The white yard signs going up around Seaside and the outskirts are part of the Seaside School District’s eff orts to create a positive environment in the community and motivate families prioritize their children’s attendance at school. The campaign is modeled after a successful one implemented in Newberg a couple years ago. Year in Review: School District looks ahead Continued from Page A1 Zone 1, Position 1, and Mark Truax, won 1,279 votes for re-election to Zone 4, Position 2, based in Seaside. Attendance initiative Dogged by troubling attendance numbers, Sea- side administrators and staff began a districtwide initiative to turn that trend. The Oregon Department of Education’s recently released profi les on the Sea- side School District and its individual schools shows positive signs in the areas of attendance and grad- uation rates, while stu- dents across the district and state continue strug- gling with achievement in mathematics. About 20.4% of students were considered chron- ically absent — mean- ing they missed 10% or more of schools days — in the 2018-19 school year, slightly down from 20.5% in 2017-18. The reversal stops a run of four consec- utive years with increases in chronic absenteeism of about a percentage point per year. Key indicators high- lighted in the profi les include the number of regular attenders, or stu- dents who attended more than 90% of their enrolled school days; academic per- formance in English lan- guage arts and mathemat- ics; ninth-graders on track to graduate; the on-time graduation rate of 12-grad- ers; and class sizes. Book: New work tells stories of land conservation efforts by dedicated citizens Continued from Page A1 As she listened and unraveled the stories over 10 years, Houle said she became aware of how they are “pivotal to Oregon’s future.” Among those Houle interviewed were: SOLV leader Jack McGowan; State Sen. Betsy Johnson, whose family dedicated the head- waters of the Metolius River to the U.S. Forest Service; Nancy Russell, who spear- headed the Columbia River National Scenic Area; and Henry Richmond, founder of 1,000 Friends of Oregon and defender of the state’s unique land-use planning system. She asked them what Oregon means to them, what their values are, why they dedicated a good portion of their lives to pursue these goals. “From these interviews, I gleaned lessons I hadn’t anticipated,” Houle said. Their backgrounds, political philosophies, religions and ethnicities differed. “But they all had a com- mon denominator: They loved Oregon. They felt grateful to live here, and they wanted to give some- thing back without desire for personal gain or recognition. “What they showed me was participatory democ- racy in action.” The stories, she said, “give me the hope I need to face an uncertain future. Today we’re facing the great- est environmental challenges the world has ever known. We’re at a time in our history when leadership and gen- erosity of spirit are needed the most, yet they seem the scarcest qualities of all.” Neal Maine and others in the book can be models for others, Houle said. “They remind us who we are as Oregonians.” Oregonians can continue to inspire the nation, she added. With their example, “Our future may not be so bleak after all.” Maine taught biology for 30 years in the Seaside School District but remained actively involved in state- wide conservation activities. He helped to start the Hay- stack Rock Awareness Pro- gram in Cannon Beach. In 1986, Maine co-founded the North Coast Land Conservancy. In those days, Maine said, “environ- mental actions were, for the most part, taking people to court.” “We played that game up and down the Oregon Coast, but no one had deep enough pockets to win court bat- tles,” Maine said. But the conservancy developed a new strategy when it negotiated a land swap in return for a 15-acre buffer with a timber com- pany that wanted to harvest up to the border of Saddle Mountain State Park. The cut would have jeopardized an old-growth forest in the park. “A light went on, and the (land conservancy) board said, ‘Wow, there’s another way to do this.’” Maine said. The strategy became the conservancy’s template: “Look for a way to cooper- ate, be part of the commu- nity structure, engage peo- ple and stay out of court.” Since its founding, the conservancy has protected more than 50 properties and thousands of acres. Its current project is to cre- ate a 3,500-acre Rainfor- est Reserve stretching from Onion Peak to the Cape Fal- con Marine Reserve. The land trust experience taught him to go slowly and persevere, said Maine, who retired as director in 2008. “Find out what it is you believe in, and just stay with it,” Maine said. “Don’t lose it; just keep plugging away.” Come Join Us for Our YEAR END SALE! Out with the OLD In with the NEW!!! Some marked down items less than $5! 20% to 75% OFF * December 26 th - 31 st Meet the North Coast’s general surgery team! Eric Friedman, M.D. Manfred P. Ritter, M.D. GENERAL SURGERY GENERAL SURGERY Eric Friedman, M.D., is a board- certified general surgeon. He received his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He completed his residency at Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine. Dr. Friedman was born and raised in Philadelphia and in his free time enjoys hiking and traveling. Manfred P. Ritter, M.D., received his medical degree from Ludwig- Maximilian-University of Munich, in Germany. 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