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City looking to adjust water, sewer rates T
he Cannon Beach City Council, during a work session, tentatively selected a new billing structure for its water and sewer services, according to the city.
The council has yet to put it to a vote, which it will do during its council meeting next month, said Karen La Bonte, the city’s public works director, in a recent email. Scenario No. 5 is the plan tenta-
tively selected by the council from a group of five, La Bonte said. That scenario is discussed in the Cannon Beach Utility Rate Policy Discussion dated Nov. 5 on the city’s website.
Over the past few months, the council reviewed different ways to structure its water and sewer services billing in an effort to find a more equitable way to distribute the charges, as stated on the city
website. Under the existing structure, residential and commercial customers are using about the same
More multi-family houses draw interest
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Lamplighting at Sandpiper Square in 2018. Below Lachlan Meyer and Alyx Mount light the lamp for it’s 45th year. Cannon Beach Gazette file photos.
Cannon Beach hosting seasonal ‘Haystack Holidays’
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eginning in November, Cannon Beach has been playing host to “Haystack Holidays,” a series of seasonal events designed to celebrate unlike anywhere else in the country. The “Haystack Holidays” highlights include Mimosa Madness, Cannon Beach’s alternative to the craziness of Black Friday; a longtime local tradition, the downtown Lamp Lighting Ceremony; and a special holiday concert. This serves as Cannon Beach’s holiday shopping and vacation getaway, with the village lit up festively and shops and galleries offering a plethora of gift opportunities.
Awards, including Best Musical. Performances are Friday-Sunday. Tickets are $20 to $25 and available at www.coastertheatre.com. Friday, Nov. 29, 8-11 a.m.: Mimosa Madness. Refreshments and
Event Schedule Nov. 15-Dec. 22: “Annie” at the Coaster Theatre Playhouse. Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, “Annie” has won seven Tony
deals can be found all around town. Saturday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 7, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.: Holiday wreath making at the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce. This event
comes with an instructor, along with refreshments and holiday music. Monday, Dec. 2-Saturday, Dec. 21: “Cannon Beach in Lights” and “Name That Tune” Window Display Contest. Visit participating retailers and submit correct “Name That Tune” playing cards for a chance to win a holiday gift basket. “Cannon Beach in Lights” voting at the chamber or online at www.cannonbeach.org. Voting open through the 20th. Awards will be announced at the Coaster Theatre Playhouse on the 21st. Friday, Dec. 6-Sunday, Dec. 8: Cannon Beach Chorus Holiday Concerts (Dec. 6, 7 p.m. at Astoria Peace Lutheran Church; Dec. 7, 7 p.m. at Cannon Beach Community Church; Dec. 8, 3 p.m. at Nehalem Bay United Methodist Church). Tickets are $10
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Purple sea urchin invasion triggers havoc Jeremy C. Ruark
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tate officials and fisheries managers are monitoring an explosion of purple sea urchins along the Oregon and California coasts. “We haven’t seen this change in populations or levels of purple sea
urchins before,” said Scott Groth, an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) project manager. “With surveys extending back to the 1980s, we’ve never seen many purple sea urchins at deep sites. Now, they dominate those areas.” According to reports cited by the ODFW, the
purple sea urchins have devoured much of the giant bull kelp forests in northern california and are now moving north along Oregon’s sea floor, threatening the local marine ecosystems. Groth said the purple sea urchins are in competition with other species for the grazing of kelp beds.
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“Most concerning would be their competition for food and space with abalones,” he said. “These urchins have become more numerous (because of) good environmental conditions for recruitment events, such as temperature and
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he level of interest in the construction of multi-family housing in Cannon Beach is on the rise, according to Jeff Adams, the city’s community development director. “It’s a growing trend across the nation,” Adams said. The State of Oregon recently passed HB 2001, which requires cities with a population of 10,000 or greater to permit duplexes to be built on land zoned for single-family housing. However, both Adams and Kevin Cronin, the assistant city manager of Warrenton, say single-family home construction still outnumbers multi-family in those two cities. Clatsop County and its municipalities recently partnered to commission a study to look at the area’s housing needs, as stated on the county’s website. In that study is a section on “strategies,” which addresses the issue of zoning density and multi-family housing. “Strategy 1: Ensure Land
Zoned for Higher Density Uses is not Developed at Lower Densities,” as stated in the study published in January 2019. “Most of the cities in Clatsop County allow for development of new single-family detached homes in their medium- and high-density zones. “While having a mix of housing types in these zones is not in and of itself a bad thing, it is important to preserve an adequate supply of land designated for medium and high density for higher-density housing forms – townhouses, triplexes, fourplexes and multi-family dwellings. “This is important from both a land efficiency perspective and to make sure that each city continues to have an adequate supply of land available for these types of housing. Specific actions to implement this strategy include: • “Update development codes to not allow (or prohibit) new single-family detached housing in high
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Plastic bag ban goes into effect in January Hilary Dorsey For The Gazette
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ffective January 1, 2020, single-use plastic bags will no longer be an option for retailers and restaurants in the state of Oregon. During its last session, the Oregon Legislature passed the Sustainable Shopping Initiative banning single-use plastic bags by retail outlets and restaurants. This new law was supported by Oregon senators, representatives, Safeway, as well as small businesses and restaurants in Clatsop and Tillamook counties. Manzanita and Wheeler city leaders have already adopted local measures banning the use of plastic bags in stores. Fresh Foods stores, both in Manzanita and Cannon Beach, have been plastic-less since opening. An official with the City of Cannon Beach said the measure has not been an agenda item yet but, like
most cities around Oregon, they were waiting to see what the law would look like at the state level. Theresa Family Market stopped using plastic bags last June and says they won’t be affected by the ban. “This will be our first winter with only paper bags,” said an employee of the market, Thomas Schaffer. The market currently doesn’t sell reusable bags, although the owner is wanting to get some in the near future. They do not charge for their paper bags. Included in the ban are single-use check out bags at grocery and other retail stores, including farmers markets, and single-use carry-out bags at restaurants. Not included in the ban are bags provided for produce, nuts, grain, greeting cards and small hardware items; bags for unwrapped prepared food or bakery
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City Council discusses rules for horses in parks, on beaches T
he Cannon Beach City Council elected at its Nov. 5 meeting not to vote on an ordinance to prohibit horses from its city parks, but instead sent the issue back to the Parks Committee to see if the stakeholders could reach a compromise on the issue, according to city staff liaison and Public Works Director Karen La Bonte. The proposed ordinance arose in response to concerns about “horse manure entering the storm drain system” and as a way to “clearly define where horses are permitted,” as stated in the proposed ordinance language on the
website. The proposed language of the ordinance is as follows: “No person shall allow horses under their control to enter any park, or parking lot with the exception of horse trailers for the temporary loading and unloading of animals, in the west Les Shirley parking lot and the east end of Elk Creek Road. Horses are allowed on public roadways, rights-of-way, and on the beach. All horses must be bucketed (wearing a manure catching device) at all times.” In an e-mail last Friday, La Bonte said: “I appreciate the chance to clarify some
of the miscommunication on this topic… First, I’d like to point out that the nuisance associated with horse manure is not a ‘new’ issue here in Cannon Beach as you will see from the minutes attached from the Council Work Session dating back to 2001 through 2015. “The topic arose again last year during the October 2018 Parks Committee meeting during discussion around complaints about manure being left behind by riders in various areas within the city limits and including the beach.
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Bob Wayne plays former Gov. Oswald West at the North Coast Land Conservancy’s CoastWalk event in this Cannon Beach Gazette file photo.
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n Urchin Continued from Page 1 currents, and the lack of their primary predator, the sunflower star, which went from very common to effectively absent following the 2014 sea star wasting event.” It’s unclear, according to reports, whether climate changes have triggered the purple sea urchins explosion. Dr. Cynthia Catton, a scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the impact of the purple sea urchin explosion has significantly impacted the California recreational red abalone fishery, which was closed last year. That fishery con-
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tributed an estimated $44 million annually to the California coastal economy. In Oregon, the ODFW has suspended abalone driver permits for three years. Catton said due to the decline of the kelp forests, the red urchin fishery also has been hit hard, and she expressed concern about other species that will be affected by the decline in bull kelp, such as rockfish. “We are seeing the impact to red urchins and red abalone right away. Those are not subtle,” she said. “But if we go too long without nursery habitat for rockfish species, we will be seeing those impacts as well.” According to Catton, human intervention could be one solution. For the past
three years, she has been working with the commercial red urchin industry and local recreational fishermen to develop a program for harvesting purple urchins. This project examines whether human intervention can play a role in helping shift the balance of the ecosystem back in favor of the kelp. “The idea is that if there are fewer urchins in strategic locations along the coast, the kelp may have an opportunity to recover and replenish bull kelp spore availability more broadly,” she said. But human intervention might be questionable, according to Cal Poly University marine ecologist Benjamin Ruttenberg, who
said there are other factors besides purple urchin predation that can limit kelp. So even with extensive urchin harvesting, a recov-
ery of the kelp ecosystem might not happen. At best, it might work on a small scale, but that would require continuous urchin
harvesting and monitoring. Catton said the efforts to control the purple sea urchins will need to be a long-term investment.
on our downtown and city limits.” Carmen Swigart is the owner of the Sea Ranch RV Park, which includes a stable of horses she rents out. Swigart said she has lived in Cannon Beach since 1975 and has “never seen
anybody riding in the park.” She said she has seen horse manure on the road “a few times. I haven’t seen manure downtown,” she said. “I don’t know who is complaining. I have not seen horse manure to the point where we need an ordinance (about this).” Swigart said if they get a call, they clean up the manure promptly. La Bonte said the
proposed ordinance “is not meant to restrict or eliminate the pleasure of riding one’s horse in Cannon Beach. Instead, it was to address complaints associated with the nuisance of manure left behind, as well as, honor Cannon Beach’s longtime commitment to the cleanliness and appearance of the downtown. “During the course of the Parks Committee working
on the draft proposal, staff personally met with stakeholders (riders) on at least three occasions about the concerns of manure being left behind as expressed by some of our residents, members of the Parks Committee, and some of the business owners downtown. “I believe that Council President Benefield summed the situation up when he
said, ‘We would not be having this conversation if the riders had cleaned up after their horses as they claim they have been doing.’” The Gazette also called Bob Wayne, a member of the community who one of the committee members said would have an opinion on the proposed ordinance. Those calls were not returned.
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n Rates Continued from Page 1 amount of service or usage, but residential was generating about 59% of the revenue and commercial about 41%, as stated in a presentation on the city’s website.
n Housing Continued from Page 1 density zones. • “Allow single-family detached homes in medium density zones only if they meet minimum density or maximum lot size requirements. • “Allow continued use and repair of single-family homes in these zones and allow conversion of larger single-family homes into multi-unit dwellings (e.g., duplexes or triplexes).” Adams said Cannon Beach has yet to implement any of the strategies in the study. The city will look at its comprehensive plan again next spring, he said. “Hopefully, that will launch an analysis of these conversations with builders interested in more dense and multi-family housing,” said Adams. Middle- and low-income workers in Cannon Beach struggle to find affordable housing, he said. “We don’t have that much land left for building … but we are seeing more interest in multi-family, such as duplexes, (fourplexes) and townhomes.” There is more “flexibility in the housing market than there used to be,” said Adams Sea Lark is an eightplex in downtown Cannon Beach that is nearly completed and will primarily provide “workforce housing” for area contractors’ construction workers, he said. Cannon Beach does not have “too many multifamily units (under construction), but we are seeing some coming through.”
By looking at different billing scenarios, the council’s intent was to “find a more equitable distribution of services between audience members (commercial, residential, multifamily, etc.), not an exercise to increase revenue,” La Bonte said. In other words, the goal was to bill customers more equitably. She said “the percentage between
Cronin said construction of all types of housing has been increasing in Warrenton. The city has the available flat land on which to build.
residential and commercial would be more evenly aligned under the new scenario,” so that each would pay about the same amount for the same amount of usage. One distinction: Under scenario No. 5, residential customers with one-inch meters would pay much more for water and sewer services than previously, although the city can offer the option of changing
“There is a huge demand for housing in general,” he said. “Pacific Rim Apartments was completed in six months and it is already filled up.”
out the meter size to three-quarters inch at a price, the presentation states. “The one-inch-meter customers would pay more for the larger meter size, however, they could elect to reduce the size of their meter with a plumbing official sign-off stating it still meets building code requirement,” La Bonte said. “This change-out would be at the
Skipanon Apartments is under construction and will contain 37 units, he said. Also, local builders are constructing attached townhomes in the $250,000
homeowner’s expense.” A discussion of the four other billing scenarios is in the Cannon Beach Rate Structure Analysis dated Feb. 12, 2019 on the city’s website. The city plans to put the new plan into its FYE 2020/2021 budget, the November presentation states.
to $300,000 price range. The City of Warrenton did its own housing study and is in the process of making changes in its code to allow for different
housing types, said Cronin. “Attached housing such as townhomes, duplexes and triplexes will now be allowed in certain singlefamily zones.”
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Coast HappeningsCalendar Friday, Nov 15 Performances begin at 7:30pm. Tickets available at www.coastertheatre.com Starts at $20. For more details call (503) 4361242
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5:30 PM to 6:30 PM at 251 North Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR 97110 85$ for series, 15$ for drop-in
the NCRD Performing Arts Center 36155 9th Street, Nehalem. Improv comedy show, fast, very funny, and suitable for everyone! Go to tickettomato.com for tickets. Visit www.ncrd.com for more information.
8am-11am shopping extravaganza! Celebrate the day after Thanksgiving in our small beach town offering big excitement, personal service, and refreshments while you shop at these participating businesses.
Performances begin at 7:30pm. Tickets available at www.coastertheatre.com Starts at $20. For more details call (503) 4361242
Saturday, Nov 16 Coaster Theater Presents Annie -
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Miniature Show Reception -
6 to 7 p.m. at 1064 S Hemlock St, Cannon Beach. Exhibition is on view from Nov 13. to Dec. 22. Free admission.
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Sunday, Nov 17
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A memorable evening of Nineteenth Century Christmas Music on period instruments and voices at the North County Recreation District Performing Arts Center. Friday, November 29th, 7:00 p.m.
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do – the toxic chemicals work their way up the food chain,” read a statement from the Surfrider Foundation. “This is not only potentially devastating to fish and wildlife, but to human health too.” According to an article from the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), data from various com-
munities shows that a fee will lead many consumers to reduce their use of new bags. DEQ states that a fee (if equal to the cost of the bag) is fair to all consumers – only those consumers who choose to use new bags pay for them, rather than forcing all consumers (including those who choose to reuse) to pay for new bags.
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at the library. Homebaked cookies, tea and cider. Free to the public. Saturday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.: Lamp Lighting Ceremony at Sandpiper Square. Treats and refreshments after the ceremony as well. Free to the public. Saturday, Dec. 14, 1-4 p.m.: Pictures with Santa at
the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce. Thursday, Dec. 26-Saturday, Dec. 28: Holiday Foods Around the World. Visit participating Cannon Beach restaurants featuring food and beverage specials highlighting many different countries and cultures. Thursday, Dec. 26,
7 p.m.: Winter Holiday Concert with Fireside Social Orchestra at the Coaster Theatre Playhouse. Specializing in the music of the 19th Century on period instruments and voices. Tickets are $30 and on sale now by calling 503-4362623.
Continued from Page 1 for adults, students 16 and under are free. Saturday, Dec. 7, 1-4 p.m.: Cannon Beach Library Holiday Tea held
Coaster Theatre presenting ‘Annie’ The Coaster Theatre Playhouse in Cannon Beach is presenting “Annie” at 7:30 p.m. for Saturday shows, 3 p.m. for Sunday shows, as their holiday fare Nov. 15 through Dec. 22. Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, “Annie” has been the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The book and score by Tony-award
winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin features some of the greatest musical theatre written, including the piece “Tomorrow.” With equal measures pluck and positivity, orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She’s determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the
doorstep of a New York City orphanage now run by the cruel, bitter Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC. Annie finds a new home and family there in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable dog … Sandy. A perfect holiday musical for all ages.
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Oregon memoirist and novelist Craig Lesley packed the children’s room at Cannon Beach Library last Saturday afternoon as he presented a stellar Northwest Authors Series reading from “autobiographical” writings set mostly in Oregon and based on his experience with working Oregonians: Indians, cowboys, small-business people, secretaries and family members.
Lesley began with a description of the gathering of native people on Sunday, March 10, 1957 to witness the drowning of Celilo Falls and creation of Lake Celilo behind The Dalles Dam. For 15,000 years, Celilo Falls had been the most important Native American fishing and trading site on the continent. It’s now been underwater more than 62 years. Three months before my 10th birthday, the Columbia River began rising and quickly covered this traditional fishing site. I still remember asking my dad if we could drive up the old Columbia River Highway to watch the falls disappear. This falls always had fascinated me when traveling to
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advantage of walking several times a day by Mollie Wight’s plein air painting of Native Americans fishing at Celilo Falls in the early 20th Century. As Lesley described the 1957 drowning of Celilo Falls and the reactions of Native Americans witnessing this loss, he coaxed tears from me as he showed the harm the Corps of Engineers caused while believing the agency was doing good and doing so efficiently. He then finished his reading with a laugh-out-loud description of his childhood fear of contracting leprosy. Lesley has narrative range and a wonderful gift for humor. The Northwest Authors Series is on a roll. Novelist Stephen Holgate read from his thrillers in October, keeping his audience both amused and engaged. These past two authors have made these reading must-attend events. And there’s more to come. Last year, the Northwest Authors Series sponsored a “Writers Read Celebration” that attracted writings about “Life on the North Coast,” with authors of selected works reading their writings on that theme at the library. That event went so well that the Northwest Authors Series decided to try this again, using a slightly broader theme. This year, north coast
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Hammett, Idaho, to visit my grandparents. Having plans for both of us to spend the day preparing raspberry and boysenberry vines for spring growth, my father dismissed my request quickly, The image of Indians leaning over basalt cliffs and netting 40-pound Chinook high above the rushing river provided me an image that still ties me to Oregon, Unlike other omnipresent Oregon icons - Mt. Hood and Timberline Lodge, Haystack Rock, the Columbia bar or Multnomah Falls - a drowned Celilo Falls is a possible memory only for those born before the 1950s who are reminded by the careful words of a Craig Lesley. I also have the
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n Library Continued from Page 4 authors are asked to submit writings on the theme of “Views from the North Coast.” This is an opportunity for local writers to address their relationship to the north coast: What is your vision of the coast? What draws you here? How do you feel connected to what you see here? Anyone can participate and submit an entry. Entries may take the form of essays, stories or poems. Writers are limited to no more than three entries, of no more than 600 words each. Deadline for submission is Jan. 17, 2010. Entries can be emailed to info@cannonbeachlibrary, or mailed to the Cannon Beach Library, P.O. Box 486, Cannon Beach, Oregon 97110. Submissions should be anonymous. Include a cover letter with the writer’s name, email and telephone number. Do not, however, put your name or contact information on the entry itself. A panel of judges will select nine or 10 entries, which authors will read at
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Care, Inc is seeking an experienced NOC Shift Caregiver and Medication Aide at the Nehalem Bay House. Discover the non-profit difference where care comes first. Please contact tdelano@careinc.org for further consideration. Background check required. Healthy bonus structure. the possibility of allowing alligators to live in Ecola Creek, and asks for the grading and replanting of American beach grass, I have good news for Mr. Dornbusch! Dr. Sally Hacker, Oregon’s beach grass and dune system expert, confirmed in a Sept. 11 presentation that Cannon Beach has an abundance of the library on Feb. 28, 2020. Cannon Beach Reads will meet at the library on Nov. 20 from 7-8:30 p.m. to discuss “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” by Douglas Adams. Bob Lundy will lead the discussion. Anyone may participate in this free event, and enjoy the discussions and sample the refreshments. Penny Rice will lead a Cannon Beach Reads
American beach grass in our dunes. In fact, she predicts that American beach grass will become the dominant species. See Dr. Hacker’s email confirming this point on the city’s website: www.ci.cannonbeach.or.us/sites/default/ files/fileattachments/planning/ page/28011/b01.hacker.pdf. discussion of Zora Neale Hurston’s “Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo,’” on Dec. 18 from 7-8:30 p.m. Again, anyone may participate in this free event and sample the refreshments. Every year, the library sponsors its Holiday Tea to thank members of the Cannon Beach and Arch Cape communities for the support of residents, businesses and
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As far as alligators, Mr. Dornbusch’s analogy is spot-on. Just as in fairy tales where alligators were placed in moats for protection from invaders, our invasive species of beach grasses (including the Oregon non-native, invasive American beach grass Mr. Dornbusch calls for) protect Cannon Beach from
the ever-increasingly strong ocean storms. While I agree it would be ideal to have our dunes populated with only native plants, it simply cannot be as long as we have condos, houses and our town built right next to the ocean. This location requires the sacrifice of an exclusively native dune
ecosystem. We just can’t have it all. Luckily for us, the City Council put our collective safety first and recognized that an all-native plant dune system could work only in a fairy-tale version of Cannon Beach. Dianna Turner Cannon Beach
visitors - and to sweeten the opening of the holiday season. This year, the Holiday Tea is scheduled for Dec. 7 from 1-4 p.m. Volunteers will serve exquisite homemade cookies, candies, sweets, nuts, hot cider and tea. Decorated for the season, the library offers a warm location to meet with friends, new and old, until the Cannon Beach Lamp
Lighting ceremony begins across Hemlock Street at 4 p.m. in Sandpiper Square. A drawing for a handmade quilt, donated by Karen French, will take place during the Holiday Tea, too. Remember to buy drawing tickets ($1 each, six for $5) at the library from now until the tea. The holder of the winning ticket need not be present at the drawing to win; the quilt
will be mailed to the winner. Finally, for volunteers to serve homemade holiday treats at the Holiday Tea, library members, volunteers and patrons must prepare their favorite recipes, as they do every year. Those planning to bake or help serve sweets should drop by the library, or call 503436-1391, or email info@ cannonbeachlibrary.org to sign up.
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