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SMASHING PUMPKINS
Pumpkin splash, pet parade and Trunk or Treat draw crowds
SEEN FROM SEASIDE
R.J. MARX
By R.J. MARX
Seaside Signal
Jeff TerHar
Goodies in the back of a car.
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Fun at the pet parade.
Jeff TerHar
Costumed heroes make their move.
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Ready for the pet parade.
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The family that tricks or treats together ...
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Getting ready for the big drop.
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Dressed to sting at the pet parade.
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Fun at the pet parade.
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This trick-or-treater is ready for fun.
Ten ... nine ... eight ... seven ...
The audience audibly joined the count-
down, louder with each second. Every one
of the hundreds lining in a semi-circle 10
deep on the beach. Hundreds more watching
from the Prom all had cameras ready.
Three... two... one!
The crane released its massive pincers.
The pumpkin dropped in seemingly slow
motion, its massive hulk approaching the
water. When the splash hit there was a col-
lective breath from the crowd. With the ris-
ing cascade of water grew a sense of sat-
isfaction before a palpable relief as the
cascade died down.
The pumpkin drop was only one of a
series of events hosted by Seaside Down-
town Development Association last week-
end, with a pet parade, trick-or-treating and
a witches’ paddle on the Necanicum River.
Dawn Fujiwara-Pavlik, a past director
and board member, launched this year’s pet
parade from her Broadway eatery, Slushies
and Dogs.
“The weather is amazing,” she said.
“Every SDDA meeting, every chamber
meeting, every Rotary meeting over the last
week and a half I’ve been asking everybody
to do that ‘Please don’t rain on Saturday
dance,’ and it worked. I am so grateful the
weather is perfect and for the turnout.”
The day started with the 10 a.m. pet
parade, pets bedecked in caps, hoods,
big ears, glitter, jackets and even dark
glasses. Among the dozens of dogs, two
goats unselfconsciously trotted along in
formation.
Trunk or Treat and a Halloween carnival
provided candy, treats and pumpkin-carving
for the kids, little and grown-up alike.
The fi rst Seaside pumpkin drop took
place in 2009, to be revived again in 2019
and 2020.
This was its fi rst year at the Turnaround,
and the fi rst to use a pool of water populated
with foam ducks and beavers, representing
the state’s university mascots. As a fund-
raiser, the Seaside Downtown Development
Association provided a cash prize to best
guess how far the ducks or beavers splashed
from the pool.
Notables gathered on Seaside’s Prom as
the drama rose. DJ Boomer Barbosa height-
ened the excitement. Small children jock-
eyed for the best view. All eyes went to the
pumpkin overhead.
A duck fl ew the furthest at 121 feet.
“That duck fl ew right over the crowd,” Fuji-
wara-Pavlik said. “The second place beaver
fl ew 27 feet.”
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Halloween fun on Broadway.
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Jeff TerHar
The whole group at the Prom.
Dawn Fujiwara-Pavlik and Samantha Urbach
of the Seaside Downtown Development
Association at the pet parade.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Seaside School District, 6 p.m., seaside.k12.
or.us/meetings.
6 p.m., 989 Broadway.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 17
Seaside City Council, 7 p.m., cityofseaside.us.
TUESDAY, NOV. 16
Seaside City Tree Board, 4 p.m., 989 Broadway.
TUESDAY, NOV. 23
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10
Seaside CERT Team, 5 p.m., Bob Chisholm Com-
munity Center.
Seaside Tourism Advisory Committee, 3 p.m.,
989 Broadway.
Sunset Empire Park and Recreation District,
5:15 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center.
Seaside City Council, workshop on business
licenses, 5:30 p.m., 989 Broadway.
Seaside Planning Commission, 6 p.m., work
session, 989 Broadway.
THURSDAY, NOV. 18
Contact local agencies for latest meeting
information and attendance guidelines.
MONDAY, NOV. 8
Seaside City Council, workshop on homelessness,
6 p.m.; regular meeting, 7 p.m., cityofseaside.us.
THURSDAY, NOV. 11
Seaside Civic and Convention Center Commis-
sion, 5 p.m., 415 First Ave.
CIRCULATION
MANAGER
Shannon Arlint
ADVERTISING
SALES MANAGER
Sarah Silver-
Tecza
PUBLISHER
EDITOR
Kari Borgen
R.J. Marx
PRODUCTION
MANAGER
CONTRIBUTING
WRITERS
John D. Bruijn
Skyler Archibald
Joshua Heineman
Katherine Lacaze
Esther Moberg
SYSTEMS
MANAGER
Carl Earl
CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHER
Jeff TerHar
Seaside Transportation Advisory Commission,
MONDAY, NOV. 22
Seaside Airport Advisory Committee, 6 p.m.,
989 Broadway.
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