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Are campers moving on?

After passage of a homeless camping ordinance in June, an eyesore at the city-owned lot was cleared and other camping locations, including areas of the Mill Ponds Natural History Park, have been shut down. Campers may apply to the police department for permits to pitch their tents or park their RVs overnight at a designated area at the entrance to the park. But surprisingly few campers are participating in the permit program. Are the homeless receiving the services they need, leaving the city, finding shelter with friends and family, or similar hiding in more secluded places?

What’s ahead for the Fourth

Parade, fireworks and beach wheelchairs for those who cannot walk on the sand are among the Fourth of July holiday events ahead in Seaside.

The lineup begins on Necanicum Drive at 9:45 a.m. The parade runs from 10 to 11. The route is shortened this year with the start being at the south end of Necanicum. From Necanicum it will turn east on First Avenue, then south on Holladay Drive to Broadway, west to Columbia, east to First Avenue back to Necanicum.

Organizers expect about 40 entrants in the parade.

Seaside’s July Fourth fireworks celebration, funded by donations, begins at 10 p.m. on the Prom. Western Display Fireworks is producer of the 20-minute show,

Big gulp!

Cameron McKirdy is in training. The Seaside native is “chugging” his way to Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, for the Nathan’s Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest. He’s competing in the lemonade-swigging event, going up against a giant in the field — all 6XL of him Eric “Badlands” Booker, the “godfather of chugging,” social media star known for chugging gallons of liquid in a small amount of time. Badlands was the champion of last year’s chugging contest, drinking a gallon of lemonade in 40 seconds.

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