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Task Force 57 returns after fi ghting wildfi res
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Clatsop County Task
Force 57 is back.
The team of 18 North
Coast fi refi ghters returned
from battling California wild-
fi res last Friday night.
Seaside Div. Chief David
Rankin, the strike team leader,
said the group returned from
the Glass fi re and August
Complex fi res in northern
California.
Early this month, the Ore-
gon Offi ce of the State Fire
Marshal mobilized Oregon
fi refi ghting resources, includ-
ing Clatsop County Task
Force 57, to assist with the
coordinated response to Cal-
ifornia wildfi res, following a
request for state-to-state assis-
tance made by California to
Oregon.
Clatsop County fi refi ght-
ers from Gearhart, Knappa,
Astoria, Lewis and Clark and
Nehalem responded.
The team began at the
Glass fi re in Sonoma County
before heading to the August
Complex fi re, which started
Aug. 17 and burned more than
1 million acres in seven coun-
ties. As of Saturday, Cal Fire
reported it 70% contained.
The fi re was large scale
with “a lot of moving parts,”
Rankin said. “We didn’t get
involved in a lot of front
line suppression, but we
were busy doing a lot of the
cleanup, mop-up, removing
trees.”
Local crews have headed
R.J. Marx
Cody Parry, Genesee Dennis, Katie Bulletset and Dave Rankin after their return from California, in front of the brush truck that
underwent repairs after a tree fell on the windshield as it was moving when fi ghting the LNU Complex fi re in August. No one
was hurt.
south every fi re season since
2016. California fi refi ght-
ers appreciate the mutual aid
from Oregon teams, Rankin
Pizza a’ Fetta comes to Seaside
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
With a pizzeria on Hem-
lock in Cannon Beach oper-
ating in Hemlock since
1988, Pizza a’ Fetta has
opened a second location in
Seaside.
Co-owner James Fauren-
tino came before the City
Council with a request for
a limited on-premise liquor
license for the new spot.
This license allows the sales
of malt beverages, wine and
cider.
Located at 611 Broad-
way in the Gilbert District,
restaurant hours are 11 a.m.
to 10 p.m., seven days a
week.
Stockholder
owners
include Faurentino, Kevin
Countryman, and Brian
Johnston. Milinda Ward
is noted as the application
contact.
The former owner of
said. “We integrate really
well,” he said. “They told us
they really appreciate the help
from neighboring states.”
Sam’s Seaside Cafe sees new ownership
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Bella Espresso in Can-
non Beach, which closed
two years ago, Faurentino
said he was ready for a new
opportunity to Seaside.
Councilors shared his
enthusiasm.
“I’m excited to have
them in Seaside,” Seth Mor-
risey said. “They have great
pizza. I can’t wait to go.
James, what took you so
long?”
The council unanimously
approved the liquor license.
New owners Rob-
ert Scull and Freder-
ick Slentz won approval
for a full on-premises
commercial sales liquor
license at Sam’s Seaside
Cafe.
The cafe, tucked into
the north side of Broad-
way in Seaside next to
bumper cars, will con-
tinue to serve seafood
and clam chowder, both
dine-in and takeout,
Slentz said last Monday
at the Seaside City Coun-
cil meeting.
Slentz, who lives in
Lincoln City, and his
business partner Scull
have run restaurants for
years, he said, opening
the West Linn Saloon and
Steakhouse five years
ago, he said after the
meeting.
Slentz and Scull fol-
lowed that with the
Blossoming Lotus, a
restaurant
in
down-
town Portland specializ-
ing in vegan and organic
cuisine.
“We’ve been success-
ful enough that he got to
retire, and now we could
just start expanding,”
Slentz said.
City councilors unan-
imously approved the
liquor license.
Sam’s, at 104 Broad-
way, is open noon to
10 p.m.; 503-717-1725.
BRIEFS
Johnson joins
Windermere
Windermere Realty Trust
welcomed real estate broker
Sharon L. Johnson last month
in the company’s Gearhart
offi ce.
Johnson is new to the indus-
try, but she has over 20 years of
experience as a business owner
running a vocational rehabilita-
tion consulting business.
Johnson joins more than
500 professionals in the fi rm’s
14 offi ces.
Windermere Realty Trust
Sharon
Johnson
of
Windermere Realty Trust in
Gearhart.
Cultural Coalition
offers grants
Local
individuals
and
organizations are invited
to to apply for grant fund-
ing from the Clatsop County
Cultural Coalition to support
projects to maintain or pro-
tect cultural programs in the
arts, heritage or humanities
in Clatsop County.
The application deadline
is Oct. 31.
Grants will be announced
in December for activities
between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31.
Projects can receive
awards up to $2,000 each,
with approximately $10,000
distributed to applicants each
grant cycle.
Applications must be sub-
mitted by organizations with
501(c)(3) nonprofi t status or
individuals who are spon-
sored by a nonprofi t fi scal
agent.
Applicants are encour-
aged to read the Clatsop
County Cultural Coali-
tion Plan, which is available
online along with the 2021
grant application at www.
clatsopculturalcoalition.org.
For more information, email
information@clatsopcultur-
alcoalition.org or call 503-
298-9258 or 503-791-6207.
peratures will be taken at the
door.
Student graduates
Sou’wester Garden from EOU
Club to meet
Margaret McClean
The Sou’Wester Garden
Club will meet Oct. 28 at
The Bob Chisholm Commu-
nity Center, 1225 Avenue A.
The presentation will be
on attracting hummingbirds.
Everyone is invited.
Masks must be worn; tem-
of
Seaside was among 595
Eastern Oregon University
students awarded degrees
during the 2019-20 academic
year.
McLean earned a Bach-
elor of Science degree in
biology.
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