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Post Offi ce: ‘As for packages, we’re overwhelmed every day’
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four vacancies within the past
year, he said.
Sorting machines for mail
are located in Portland, not
locally, and they continue to
operate without interruption.
No mailboxes have been
removed from local streets,
he added.
In Gearhart, postal volume
is greater than ever due to the
coronavirus pandemic, Kozij
said, driven by homework
assignments, online buying,
library lending and more peo-
ple working at home.
“As for packages, we’re
overwhelmed every day,”
she said. “It’s busier than
Christmas.”
Ernie Swanson, a U.S.
Postal Service spokesman
based in Seattle, said he is
confi dent the postal service
will be able to “handle, pro-
cess and deliver all election
and ballot mail requirements
in a timely manner.”
There are no signifi cant
changes in operations in Sea-
side or the northern Oregon
C oast, Swanson said. “It is
basically business as usual.
There are no cuts affecting
the Seaside area.”
Kozij advised local res-
idents to bring service con-
cerns to postal and govern-
ment offi cials.
“If I get the mail, you can
be darn sure I will sort it,”
Kozij said. “But if I don’t
get the mail, I can’t sort the
mail.”
R.J. Marx
Seaside Post Offi ce.
R.J. Marx
Karynn Kozij of the Gearhart Post Offi ce.
Scouts: Park district and Girl Scouts have been ‘excellent tenants’
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Foreclosed upon by the
county in the 1930s, The
Girl Scout structure was
built in 1952.
Girl Scouts has used
the building since then for
troop meetings, ceremo-
nies and overnight stays,
through a lease with the
county for $1 per year.
The building is closed now
due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
George said the Sea-
side location, one of nine
Girl Scout properties in
Oregon, is considered the
Scouts’ “most popular pro-
gram property.”
The former Boy Scouts
cabin was moved to its
current location during
the 2008 site prep for the
adjacent Seaside Public
Library.
The cabin, built in 1940,
was in disrepair, with dry
rot, a leaky roof and chim-
ney, including sagging
support beams.
In 2010, Mary Blake,
the former general man-
ager of the park district,
procured funds to fix up
the cabin for the benefit of
a youth drop-in center.
The building was dedi-
R.J. Marx
The county agreed to transfer ownership of the Mary Blake Playhouse to the Sunset Empire
Park and Recreation District.
R.J. Marx
Building on Broadway used for Girl Scout activities.
cated in 2013 as the Mary
Blake Playhouse in her
honor. A former Boy Scout
cabin located about 200
feet from its current loca-
tion found new life as the
Mary Blake Playhouse
when it was moved to the
south end of the property.
Adjacent to the library off
of Avenue A, the small
cabin is used as a rental
space and ongoing evening
programs.
The district, in con-
junction with the city,
repaired the cabin and in
2011 entered into a lease
agreement with the county
for a 10-year lease with
the option to renew for
Brown: ‘It’s been an honor to work with everyone’
at Astoria Golf & Country
Club, Bandon Dunes Golf
Resort and Pumpkin Ridge
Golf Club.
Brown earned a degree
in business at Linfi eld Col-
lege and attended school in
Gearhart and Seaside.
In making the announce-
ment, Brown endorsed City
Councilor Paulina Cock-
rum for Gearhart mayor.
Brown and Cockrum
served together on the
city’s Planning Commis-
sion as chair and vice chair.
They have agreed that pro-
tecting the c omprehensive
p lan and giving residents a
voice in the community are
top priorities.
“Paulina has years of
experience serving on the
Planning
Commission
and on the City Council,”
Brown said in a statement.
“It’s been incredible to have
her as our council president
these last few years where
she continues to work dil-
igently to preserve what
makes Gearhart so special.
It’s been an honor to work
with everyone and help
keep Gearhart the quiet res-
idential community we all
know and love.”
He also encouraged
councilors Reita Fackerell
and Dan Jesse to run again
in November.
“With
Paulina
and
Councilor (Kerry) Smith,
I hope they will continue
the incredible work that our
residents, city, and council
have accomplished together
the last four years.”
said.
Neither property will
be added to the real estate
tax rolls; the park dis-
trict is a taxing district
and not assessable, Duoos
said. The Girl Scouts are
eligible for nonprofit tax
exemption.
Both buildings and
land will be in their own-
ership with a reversionary
clause should either prop-
erty experience a change
in use.
The only cost to the
park district is $92 for
deed transfer.
After
commission
approval, the park district
board must approve the
transaction, Duoos said.
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four consecutive terms of
10-years each.
The building is owned
and managed by the park
district.
Both the park dis-
trict and the Girl Scouts,
with renewable long-term
leases, have been “excel-
lent tenants,” the county’s
property management spe-
cialist, Sirpa Duoos, said.
“We just thought it would
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