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Hood to Coast: Safety in mind as runners celebrate achievement
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“This is going to look very similar down
here to every other year, with exception to
following the COVID guidelines,” Floyd
said. “We’re going show the entire state
that you can you can hold an event and do
it safely.”
Originally more than 1,250 teams were
expected, but with travel restrictions for
international teams, that was reduced to
about 1,100, Floyd said. Cancellations will
receive race deferrals until next year.
DJ Steph Floss and his team, Run with
the Winners, came from Cleveland, Ohio,
where they have worked as a running team
for seven years. They learned about the race
from two team members from Portland.
Floss, near the fi nish line, said “his legs are
crazy now.”
To train, the team’s Chris Thaxton said
the team did hill workouts and “stacked
their runs.”
Team member Kathryn Ferenz said the
run was something she’s never experienced.
“We don’t get total darkness in Cleve-
land,” Ferenz said. “We’re not generally
running on the roads at 3 a.m. We don’t
generally see stars when we run. And we
got to see stars. We have hills but not roll-
ing hills like this.”
With a surge in COVID cases and new
statewide outdoor mask mandates, safety
protocols were at top of mind for runners
and families.
Runners agreed. “I think they did a
pretty good job of making us feel safe with
mask requirements and all their safety pro-
tocols,” Kelly Trumbull, a team member
of Running with the Bulls, based in Sacra-
mento, California.
Max Dimm, of the Portland-based team
Chafed and Confused, said there was uncer-
tainty whether the event was going to hap-
pen. “The mask and the protocol was all
appreciated, but it defi nitely added a diff er-
ent new element to things.”
Dimm said whenever not actually run-
ning, participants were expected to wear a
mask to be courteous to the people around.
Along with masks, sanitizer and teams
spread out over a longer duration on the
course, Floyd said. Organizers hosted an
on-site free vaccine location, open to race
participants and the public.
Seaside Police Lieutenant Guy Knight
said there had been no arrests or serious
incidents connected to the race.
“It’s an interesting time in our world
right now,” he said at the beach Saturday
Photos by R.J. Marx
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE: The relay off ered
free vaccines to runners and to the public.
Runners with Taking Care of Business, all co-
workers, fi nished the relay in about 29 1/2
hours. Members of the Stumptown Women’s
Run Club based in Portland. Girls Run Wild,
from Salt Lake City, Utah. They’ve run many
relays, but this was their fi rst Hood to Coast.
afternoon. “Everybody’s trying to navi-
gate it and weigh the risk and benefi t. As
you can see, most people are wearing their
masks. They’re doing their best to social
distance. All in all, I think it’s been success-
ful so far.”
Brian Owen, CEO of the Seaside Cham-
ber of Commerce said on Sunday he felt the
event went “as well as it could have.”
With the extra space built into the fi n-
ish line experience, teams, volunteers and
residents distanced themselves and found
a place to celebrate, connect and manage
their own boundaries, Owen said.
“After the past 18 months of isolation or
limited in-person human connection, it was
nice to see people smiling, talking, joking
and creating memories — memories that
include our town, Seaside, a special place
that since the late-1800s families from all
over have traveled to experience the beauti-
ful Oregon Coast.”
Park district: 75% of the staff vaccinated
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R.J. Marx
Along with construction of a new campus up the hill, Pacifi c Ridge Elementary School
received major upgrades and renovations.
Construction: Additional weather protection
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to provide additional
weather protection. Those
plans are expected in Sep-
tember with work to be
complete by mid-October.
“If we don’t fi nd any
large outstanding items for
repair, the major milestone
coming up is to demobi-
lize the contractor from
the site,” Hardebeck said.
“The goal is to have that
occur by Sept. 15.”
Costs for the project
through July, at $130.1
million, are approach-
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JEWELL SCHOOL
DISTRICT - NEW GYM AND
LOCKER ROOM REMODEL
PROJECT
Proposals Due: September
20th, 2021 at 2:00 pm PST.
Jewell School District (JSD)
is requesting sealed
proposals (RFP) for
Progressive Design-Build
services for the design,
construction and start-up
at JSD property located at
83874 Highway 103,
Seaside, OR 97138. A
general description of the
project includes the design,
construction and
commission of the
following: • Site development
for installation of a new gym.
• Installation of metal building
for new gym. • Renovations
to existing locker rooms,
coaches’ office,
concessions and weight
room. RFP documents can
be obtained by contacting
JSD Abram Jenks or by
going to OregonBuys.gov/
bso. Contact: Abram Jenks,
Owner’s Rep,
Abram@KloshGroup.com
ing the forecast expendi-
tures of $131.6 million. In
addition to the $99.7 bond
delivered by voters is sup-
planted by bond sales,
interest, state grants, tim-
ber money, school sales
and a $9 million 20-year
loan.
“Most of those were
before the vaccine became
available, but we have had
four in the last couple of
months that have tested pos-
itive,” Archibald said.
Youth programs reopened
last week after closing due
to a staff member who tested
positive for the coronavirus.
A positive test among staff
brought a closure to pre-
school classrooms, with a
tentative reopening in early
September.
“Each time I feel like it
happens it impacts our abil-
ity to focus on our mission
and to serve our community,
and that challenges us,” he
said.
Archibald
estimated
about 75% of the staff is
vaccinated.
A requirement could
impact employees who have
indicated they would rather
leave their jobs rather than
get vaccinated, he said.
The decision comes as
the park district struggles
with staffi ng levels.
Like other local busi-
nesses, park district staff
has been stretched thin this
summer.
“We’re down three to
fi ve youth program posi-
tions and at least four
aquatic positions for where
we should be at right now
with our current program-
ming,” Archibald said. “I
think there’s a lot of con-
cern from the workforce
about working with vulner-
able populations.”
Board members were in
agreement with the need for
a vaccine requirement, with
exemptions for medical or
religious reasons.
Bodner advocated coun-
seling and education to help
retain staff .
“But, in the end, I think
it is best for the commu-
nity that we’re serving,”
she said. “We don’t have
just one population that
we’re serving, we have sev-
eral vulnerable populations,
and for that reason I whole-
heartedly agree with the
idea of requiring staff to be
vaccinated.”
Bodner, board mem-
bers Michael Hinton and
Su Coddington and board
president Katharine Parker
voted for the vaccine
requirement, pending a for-
mal policy. Board member
Erika Marshall was absent.
The policy could be fi nal-
ized and voted on by the
September board meeting.
“I appreciate that we
made a controversial, hard
decision today,” Parker
said. “But I think it’s what’s
best for our community
to lead the way and keep
everyone safe, particularly
our vulnerable population.”
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