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Javadi discusses party switch WILL CHAPPELL Gazette Editor
The Wavecrest Inn was originally named the Charles Hotel and at times featured a soda fountain and grocery store.
22nd Cottage Tour spotlights Tolovana Park WILL CHAPPELL Gazette Editor
In its 22nd year, the Cannon Beach Cottage tour gave attendees a chance to visit ten homes in the Tolovana Park neighborhood on the afternoon of September 13. The event raised money for the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum and featured a wide variety of homes, as well as the Wave Crest Inn. Weekend activities kicked off Friday night
with an opening Benefit Bash and continued Sunday with two candle painting workshops at the history center and museum, but the star of the show was the cottages. They varied from the 105-year-old Wave Crest Inn to a home built in 1999 and featured beautiful ocean views and charming gardens and layouts.
Former Mayor John Williams’s home on Umpqua Street was featured on the cottage tour.
Following growing frustration with his party’s lack of support, Oregon State Representative Cyrus Javadi switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat in the first week of September. In an interview with the Headlight Herald, discussing the decision to change parties, Javadi said that Republicans’ steadfast opposition to working on a solution for transportation in the recent special legislative session was the deciding factor, confirming a feeling that the party was not interested in finding solutions. “Well, I had enough, honestly,” Javadi said, “I was frustrated with what had been pretty consistent opposition from my own party to do things for the north coast or Oregon that I thought were reasonable solutions to problems we were having and it wasn’t just that they disagreed on principle, they disagreed for reasons I thought were bad, for politics.” Javadi grew up in a home where politics were not discussed much, and he said that he admired Ronald Reagan as a child, was a fan of Bill Clinton aside from his personal indiscretions and thought, at the time, that George W. Bush did a good job of responding to the September 11 attacks. As Mitt Romney became nationally prominent during his 2008 and 2012 campaigns, JaSee JAVADI, Page A3
Stormy Weather Arts Festival Cannon Beach restaurants prepare for Rolls in for Its 38th Year third Crave the Coast
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As the skies grow grey and the nights grow longer, the Stormy Weather Arts Festival, one of the biggest events of the year, returns for its 38th year, once again giving locals and visitors something to look forward to. Jordan Vohel, events and marketing manager for the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce, said that the event provides inspiration for attendees to create something themselves. “When I see the work of other people who are doing all these really beautiful things, it makes me feel like I have the capacity to create beautiful things as well,” Vohel said. “And I would really like for people who visit Cannon Beach to come here and feel inspired to leave with that inspiration and make something for themselves in the future as well.” In a town with more than a dozen art galleries for a population that doesn’t even crack 2,000, and that is recognized as one of the best art towns in the U.S., the festival draws artists with the chance to shine even when the sun normally isn’t. “I think personally that everybody has a little bit of a critic inside of them. And it’s really good to have a place to go and practice that expression,” says Vohel This year’s Artist of the Year for the festival is Greg Scott. The design he chose for the poster of the festival depicts whales, no longer bound by gravity, floating about Haystack Rock. Scott’s work has been influenced by the Pacific Northwest, having grown up on Bainbridge Island in Washington’s Puget Sound. Perhaps the busiest event of
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38th Annual Stormy Weather Arts Festival Poster by Greg Scott
the year, the Stormy Weather Arts Festival will have several activities each day, like a copper leaf and form workshop with Phil Sedar. All workshops are entry-level, so you don’t need any prior artistic experience. However, it is rec-
ommended that, for many of the workshops, participants be at least 16 years old, and there will be dedicated events for younger kids. Visit cannonbeach.org for more information and a complete schedule for the weekend.
Crave the Coast, an event celebrating the diverse “bounties of the North Oregon coast,” has returned in a revamped format after being put on hiatus due to COVID-19. The event, which began as a one-day gathering in Garibaldi in 2018, is being called the “first of this kind” in its new iteration, according to Mariah Surat, Coordinator of Community & Industry Tourism Programs for the Tillamook Coast Visitors Association. The new setup requires patrons to visit participating businesses directly, a change intended to simplify logistics, help keep costs lower and “bring business to our businesses” after the post-COVID obstacles faced by restaurants. The celebration spotlights the region’s “untapped” food scene, featuring fresh seafood from the ocean, amazing farms, and world-renowned food producers. Participants are wide-ranging, including distillers, craft beverage makers, farms, and stores, not just restaurants. Deanna Hammond, who has owned the Cannon Beach Bakery with her husband, a master baker, since 2018, is looking forward to her first year participating in Crave the Coast. “I think this event is going to really open up a lot of experiences for people, food experiences for people, local and tourists alike. It’s going to help. It will help extend our season a little,” Hammond says. The Cannon Beach Bakery’s
monthly special is pumpkin cream cheese muffins. “It’s fitting with the weather changing and all of those good things,” Hammons says. The bakery will also be hosting two cupcake decorating classes, which will be held on Saturday, October 18 – one from 11 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and another from 12:40 p.m. to 2 p.m. Each class is capped at six, and tickets cost $30 each. Last year, the bakery hosted a cookie decorating class and Hammond was impressed by how well it went. The class will be led by the bakery’s pastry chef, and all materials will be provided. To sign up, either call the Cannon Beach Bakery at (503) 436-0399, or visit its website at cannonbeachbakery.com. Cannon Beach’s Pelican Brewing will also be participating in Crave the Coast. Manager Sonya Agnello appreciates that Crave the Coast gives people something to look forward to as summer visitors fade. “The guests slow down, and we’re always looking for something to keep us excited, keep us motivated when we go into those slower months, especially when it starts raining,” Agnellos said. “So doing an event like this helps us support the community, and also just to have something to get excited about.” For its monthly special, Pelican Brewing is offering two bier Wurst poached in Sea’N Red and served with mashed potatoes, See CRAVE THE COAST, Page A5