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Clatsop County designated as ‘high risk’ Hilary Dorsey For The Gazette

ith COVID-19 infection rates rising rapidly in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown announced Wednesday, Nov. 25, that strict health and safety measures will likely need to be in place for at least 21 counties found to be at extreme risk for COVID-19 spread following the two-week freeze, which

ended Wednesday, Dec. 2. Clatsop County was designated as high risk as of Nov. 25. The Oregon Health Authority will reexamine county data on Monday, Nov. 30, to determine which counties will be put under each risk level starting Dec. 3. The information will be reviewed and adjusted as needed every two weeks. Some of the measures for high risk include: social

indoor gatherings are limited to a max of six people, recommended limit of two households; social outdoor gathering have a max of eight people; for eating and drinking establishments, indoor dining is available, not to exceed 24 percent capacity, with a 11 p.m. closure, outdoor dining is available with a max of 75 capacity, six people per table, and limit two households; indoor

recreation and fitness establishments and indoor entertainment establishments have a 25 percent capacity max or 50 people total (whichever is smaller); retail stores and indoor/outdoor shopping centers have a max 50 percent capacity and encourage curbside pickup; faith institutions, funeral homes, mortuaries and cemeteries have an indoor max 25 percent capacity or 150 people total

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(whichever is smaller) and 200 max outdoors; offices are recommended to implement remote work if able; outdoor recreation and fitness, as well as outdoor entertainment establishments, have a max of 75 people; personal services are allowed; and long-term care visitation is allowed. “The county has recorded a total of 362 COVID-19 cases since March,” Clatsop County stated in a press release.

“Three hundred and two have recovered, five individuals have been hospitalized, and one person has died. The rest are recovering at home.” According to Oregon Health Authority’s weekly report of Nov. 25, there have been 116 positive and presumptive cases in Astoria, 102 in Warrenton, 77 in Seaside and Gearhart areas, 12 in Hammond and 1-9 in Cannon Beach.

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(Top) A whale rises out of the ocean along the Oregon shoreline. (Right) The migrating whales attract many to the Oregon ocean shoreline during whale watching week. Photos courtesy of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Winter perfect time to watch whale migration Jeremy C. Ruark

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rom mid-December to mid-January a tradition takes place along the Oregon Coast that has intrigued and fascinated thousands for years. Nearly 20,000 gray whales make their migration south from Alaska to the warm lagoons of Baja, Mexico. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department usually sets up its annual Whale Watching Week, utilizing volunteers at several key viewing points along the Oregon Coast to help people spot and learn the whales. But this season, Whale Watching Spoken Here is cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the following conversation, The Gazette gains insight about the 2020 whale migration from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department spokesman Chris Havel. The Gazette: Give us the background of this popular event. Chris Havel: Gray whales migrate along the Oregon coast twice a year. In winter (December–January), they head south from the Gulf of Alaska headed for the Baja peninsula to mate and take advantage of the calving grounds. We can expect 20-25,000 to pass by, peaking at about 30 an hour. Headed south, they tend to be 3-5 miles offshore. In spring (March-May, even into June), adults and their young head north to feed in the Gulf of Alaska. They tend to travel a little closer to shore as they head north. We have ~200-400 whales that more or less stay off the Oregon coast around yearround. The Gazette: What changes have been made to this popular winter activity due to the pandemic and why? Chris Havel: Whale Watch in Oregon usually involves 24 stations along the coast staffed by a big crew of volunteers guided by a few state park staff. We would set up spotting scopes and share binoculars, and manage one visitor center in Depoe Bay to help people enjoy our marine friends. To reduce the risk of transmission between visitors and from visitors to staff and volunteers, the whale watch season is DIY this year: no staff, volunteers, shared equipment, or indoor whale watch center.

The Gazette: Describe locations where folks should go, safely, and following social distancing requirements, to get a good view of the whale migration? Havel: First, travel only with a group of people who live with you in your household. Travel the shortest distance necessary to reach a good viewing spot (more on that below). If there are other people from outside your household at the viewpoint, wear a mask if you can’t keep 6’ away from them. Check the weather and road conditions before you leave. Bring the food/drink, weather-appropriate clothing, and personal cleaning supplies with you so you are as self-contained as possible. If it’s sunny, the best viewing is before mid-day so you’re not staring into the sun.

Wide binoculars or a spotting scope are useful, but you can also just go with your eyeballs. Most people who spot a whale are just looking around without magnification, they spot a plume, and then they use binoculars or a scope to zoom in. Higher is better, so look for parking areas and viewpoints that are elevated, rather than down on the beach. The Gazette: What should we look for as the whales swim by? Havel: The first thing most people see is the cloud-like puff from a whale’s blow-hole as they surface and take a deep breath. It kind of looks like an old steamengine train, except it just happens once or twice. This time of year, you’ll see that plume, and then the whale dives again and keeps heading south, so start looking to the left for the beastie to emerge and take its next

breath a couple minutes later. If you’re really lucky, the whale will jump out of the water, but seeing its breath is way more common. The Gazette: From your insight, why is whale watching such a popular event in Oregon? Havel: Most people are drawn to the wildlife they don’t get to see every day. When you see a wild animal that isn’t part of your daily routine, you feel like you’re traveling to a new, exciting world. It transports you out of your own, well-known routine life and into that exciting, dramatic and unknown existence. Your imagination can kick into high gear. It’s wild and unpredictable and novel and you feel connected somehow to the greater whole. There’s a second, deeper level when we talk about whales. When we’re talking about 30 tons full-grown, you can’t help but lose yourself in awe. The other way to answer that question is, why do people like to see whales in Oregon? Our public ocean shore makes it one of the best places on the planet to pick your front-row seat. You don’t need to get the key to a gate, or buy a ticket on a cruise (those can be fun if you have the means). You need yourself and some patience. The same whales pass by Washington and California. They have some mighty nice stretches of coast there. Nothing rivals the ease-of-access to 363 miles of the Oregon coast. In our humble opinion, of course. What’s next? The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department also lists information on its website about Spring whale watching, which begins in late March as the gray whales travel north on their way towards Alaska. The first surge swims by around the end of March and the migration continues until June. Summer and Fall brings whales that feed along the Oregon Coast from June to mid-November. For more information, visit the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department website.

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n Sunday afternoon, a shark bit the lower leg of a man in the area of Seaside Cove, according to Jon Rahl, public information officer for the city of Seaside. The bite was non-life threatening and the victim, who was rescued by fellow surfers, was then taken to the trauma center of a local hospital, Rahl said. “Both Seaside Fire and a local Medix crew arrived at the Cove and found an adult male surfer being carried to the parking lot by fellow surfers,” he stated in the release. “An off-duty Seaside Beach lifeguard applied a field tourniquet to the injured leg, which helped slow the bleeding. Medix crews then transported the surfer to the… hospital for further evaluation.” The city would not release the name of the injured surfer or the off-duty lifeguard. “The incident serves as a valuable reminder to never recreate alone, in or out of the water,” Rahl stated. “The fast response of fellow surfers was instrumental in providing aid to the victim.” Lt. Genesee Dennis of Seaside Fire and Rescue said these shark attacks are mostly a case of mistaken identity. “They would rather be eating a seal than a wetsuit and a surfboard.” Ben Enticknap, senior scientist with Oceana, an international organization dedicated to protecting the oceans, said that is his understanding as well. The sharks are looking for prey within the surf zone. From underneath in the water the silhouette of a surfer on a surfboard can appear like a seal. “The great white sharks are relatively slow growing and long lived, as long as seventy years, and fierce predators,” Enticknap said. “Sharks off the Oregon Coast are rare but they do come here,” he said. They are looking for seals to eat and “feed off the Columbia River mouth.” The other half of the year, the white sharks go as far away as Hawaii, he said. “The area between Baja California and Hawaii scientists have dubbed the ‘Great White Shark cafe.’” That is where they breed and have babies. White sharks are “pretty rare and likely small populations.” As far as he knows, shark attacks off the Oregon Coast have never resulted in lethal injuries, he said.

A surfer riding waves near Seaside Cove survived a shark attack Sunday. Pictured are teeth marks left by the shark on the his board. Courtesy photo

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Tufted puffins removed from threatened, endangered list Hilary Dorsey For The Gazette

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday, Dec. 2, that the tufted puffin, a charismatic seabird on the North Pacific Ocean, does not warrant listing as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The tufted puffin is a small black bird with a distinctive white mask, bright orange bill and golden tuffs of feathers on either side of its head. According to U.S. Fish and Wildlife, it fishes the deep ocean for much of the year, but in summer months, can be seen nesting in burrows on island and cliffs along the coast. “The most recent rangewide estimate of the species is approximately 3 million individuals, and about 82 percent of the known population appears to demonstrate stable or increasing trends,” U.S. Fish and Wildlife reported. Climate change and oil spills pose the biggest threats

to tufted puffins. The service’s status review found tufted puffins are undergoing a range contraction on the southern end of their range, but the species continues to be widely distributed across the northern part of its range and maintains high overall abundance. “The tufted puffin is an essential member of the coastal and marine ecosystems in which it resides,” said Stewart Cogswell, supervisor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Anchorage Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office, in a press release. “Although the species does not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act, we will continue to work with others to monitor and conserve this iconic seabird throughout its range.” John Underwood, board member of Friends of Haystack Rock, said because the tufted puffin is no longer listed, there is no additional protection or government funding for research. Friends of Haystack Rock fund the

research of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Scientists have put together a strategy to identify puffins in the California Current. The research involves trying to determine if the puffins are a distinct population segment. Under the Endangered Species Act, a distinct population segment is a vertebrate population or groups of populations that is distinct from other populations of the species and significant in relation to the entire species. “We think they are distinct enough to qualify for this segment,” Underwood said. According to Friends of Haystack Rock, Haystack Rock is home to the largest tufted puffin breeding colony in Oregon. These seabirds show up to the rock in early April and spend about 16 weeks at the rock. Underwood said puffin populations are still declining. The population of tufted puffins has decreased dramatically at Haystack Rock and is in significant decline or has disappeared entirely from colonies in California, Oregon, Washington, Japan and the Gulf of Alaska. U.S. Fish and Wildlife lays out a grid on the rock at Haystack to observe the birds, showing every burrow used, Underwood added.

Puffins at Haystack Rock. Photos courtesy of Friends of Haystack Rock. There used to be thousands of puffins at the rock; now there are less than 100. U.S. Fish and Wildlife goes out to the rock 3-4 days a week and monitors when puffins are bringing food back to the burrows. “They meet at the same location every year,” Underwood said of the puffins. Underwood calls the puffins an icon of Cannon Beach. People come from all over to see the iconic bird. The Great Puffin Watch,

held over the Fourth of July weekend brings hundreds of people. People traveling to the area for the holiday weekend learn about the event from going to the beach and brochures in various hotels. “We get the opportunity to educate folks about the puffins,” Underwood said of the event. People who attend this event can view the puffins with birding scopes and binoculars. Underwood said this helps people feel like they

bond with the birds. “We can’t let these birds disappear,” Underwood said. Friends of Haystack Rock is actively raising funds to support research for the tufted puffins, as well as supporting other work done at Haystack Rock. To donate, visit http://friendsofhaystackrock.org/contribute/ Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia. net

Tolovana Arts Colony announces plans for annual bazaar Kathleen Stinson For The Gazette

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, according to the colony’s press release. On the weekends, Dec. 12-13 and 19-20, they are open to in-person shopping noon to 5 p.m. at the Tolovana Hall, 3779 S. Hemlock St. in Cannon Beach. The colony is also offering online shopping as well as contact-less pickup and home delivery, the release states. They can mail gifts out-of-town if needed. Shop online at TolovanaArtsColony.org. “We’re changing the

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Library returns to virtual business

Governor Kate Brown’s latest statewide freeze has been relaxed for Clatsop County, allowing the Cannon Beach Library to offer greater access again for library card holders and visitors. Not only is door-side service open on Mondays and Wednesdays, noon to 4 p.m., but the library is again offering limited browsing on Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m., as local, state and federal guidelines allow. Updated information about both services is available at http://www.cannonbeachlibrary.org. As a third reminder, by way of helpful nagging, the library’s home page also contains information about submitting poems, essays, and other short writings on the theme of the pandemic to the Northwest Author Speakers Series third annual Writers Read Celebration. Deadline for submissions is January 11, 2021, and authors of writings selected anonymously by a panel of judges will read writings via Zoom at the Writers Read Celebration, Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. Most library events and meetings will be offered virtually via Zoom, including meetings of the members of Cannon Beach Reads. Linda Gebhart will lead the reading group’s Zoom discussion of Susan Orlean’s “The Library Book,” Wednesday, December 16, at 7 p.m. Regular members of Cannon Beach Reads will re-

ceive information to join the Zoom session next week. Others interested in joining should contact Joseph Bernt at berntj@ohio.edu. The library has added twenty new titles to the library’s collection. They are now available on the “greendot” shelf among other recent acquisitions. Seven new fiction books include: “Tom Clancy Shadow of the Dragon” by Marc Cameron, “Ready Player Two” by Ernest Cline, “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig, “Love Your Life” by Sophie Kinsella, “The Arrest” by Jonathan Lethem, “Girls of Brackenhill” by Kate Moretti and “The Cold Millions” by Jess Walter. Among eight new mysteries added are: “Hidden in Plain Sight” by Jeffrey Archer, “The Law of Innocence” by Michael Connelly, “Moonflower Murders” by Anthony Horowitz, “Murder in Old Bombay” by Nev March, “The Kingdom” by Jo Nesbo, “Deadly Cross” by James Patterson, “How to Raise an Elephant” by Alexander McCall Smith and “Fortune Favors the Dead” by Stephen Spotswood. Five new nonfiction titles include: “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life” by Jonathan Alter, “We Keep the Dead Close: Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence” by Becky Cooper, “A Promised Land” by Barack Obama, “Traitor: A History of American Betrayal from Benedict Arnold to Donald Trump” by David Rothkopf and “This Time

Next Year No arrests We Will Be were made. Of Laughing: A those students Memoir” by clubbed in Jacqueline front of a Winspear. first-aid tent, I recently 27 were sent to suggested that area hospitals the library conand the geodesider ordering sic-domed tent “The Hardhat was destroyed Riot: Nixon, and carted New York City, away in a few and the Dawn minutes. of the White On Tuesday, Working-Class Joseph Bernt May 12, 1970, Revolution,” in more than 4,000 which David Paul Kuhn dePortland residents, students scribes a frightening May 8, supporting and opposing 1970 protest when hundreds the closure and barricadof construction workers, ing of campus, and faculty with fists and steel construc- marched from the Park tion tools flying, attacked Blocks to City Hall to prothousands of peaceful “hiptest the police attack—still pies” in lower Manhattan. remembered in Portland as a At lunchtime, the hippies police riot. and students were protesting The animosity in Portland Richard Nixon’s April 30, to troublesome students in 1970 expansion of the Vietthe Park Blocks matched nam War into Cambodia and attitudes toward antiwarriors the Ohio National Guard challenging authority and killing of four and wounding traditional values expressed of nine protesters at Kent among cops, stockbrokers, State University on May 4, office workers, teamsters 1970. and dock workers who Immediately following cheered 500 construction news of the Cambodian workers who descended invasion and the Kent State from the World Trade Center massacre, the country wittowers being built in lower nessed student strikes and Manhattan to “break some campus closings at 135 high heads” on May 8, 1970. schools and 746 colleges The hardhats, as one and universities, including workman told police, may Portland State University. have been “out for blood” On Monday, May 11, on this Friday afternoon, but 1970, City Councilman they were fixated on reinFrank Ivancie sent 300 forcing love of country, parPortland police, including ticularly through display of a tactical squad, wielding the stars and stripes, a design 42-inch batons, that clubbed Abbie Hoffman frequently passive Portland State stuused on his handkerchief. dents and hippies expecting The nation’s flag domito be arrested. nates “The Hardhat Riot” as

if a battle flag. One of the most contentious stops during the melee was City Hall where the flag flew half-mast, as ordered by Mayor John Lindsay to commemorate the deaths at Kent State University four days earlier. “Raise the flag! Raise our flag!” Hardhats chanted repeatedly. “Our Flag, all the way up, the American flag at full mast,” Thomas Owens, a steamfitter who was working on the World Trade Center towers, said. “Because Lindsay came out with some pretty terrible anti-American statements claiming the boys in Canada are really the true heroes of the war.” “This is the Silent Majority, but they are not silent anymore,” Owens continued. “They can’t take these hippies anymore because they don’t speak our language. We built this city. Steamfitters. The elevator construction workers. All of us. We built every building that they want to burn down.” Kuhn claims that the hardhats won the battle on May 11, 1970 but lost the long war with the New Left. He argues Richard Nixon conceived a political realignment that moved the Republican Party from blue bloods to blue collars with the capture of the Northern white working class and Southern Democrats distraught over civil rights legislation. At the same time, the New Left won the popular culture wars and then absorbed the Democratic Party while losing blue-collar whites, according to Kuhn.

I found this analysis, with its explanation of Donald Trump’s appeal to white working-class voters, a bit simplistic, especially since Kuhn ignores the modest success Democrats have found in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia and Texas in the past decade. Kuhn also has an irritating habit of underestimating the cultural and political power of a dedicated minority. For example, in evaluating the success of the Columbia University Strike in 1968, he argued, “Even at Columbia, a citadel of liberalism, two-thirds of students and three-fourths of faculty opposed the occupation, despite a narrow majority of both groups supporting their goals.” Goals seldom restrain anyone, but occupied offices can bring educational enterprises to a full stop. Providing percentages of support rather than opposition allows for a different interpretation. If 33% of Columbia’s students and 25 percent of its faculty favored occupation, the protesters had a workable market share. Even so, 80 pages of “The Hardhat Riot” in which Kuhn—using near stream-of-consciousness prose—describes 500 construction workers tearing, hitting, beating and bloodying their way through thousands of hippies, students, professors and office workers, only occasionally meeting resistance, compensates for his questionable interpretation of polling statistics.

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neighbors have the necessities they need to stay warm this winter is just one way we can step up and help,” said Scott Mitchelson, president of Windermere Services Company in Oregon and SW Washington. “Though the campaign looks different this year, we know that our communities will continue to come together to take care of each other in times of crisis.”

Letters to the Editor The church has been streaming on lines services since early spring. Why would Pastor Dave now reopen all services to be held in the church with the increasing infection rate that has exploded in our county. This dramatically increase the risk of COVID 19 spreading in our community. It’s contrary to all the

Dec. 3 – Dec. 20 – Cannon Beach in Lights and ‘Name That Tune’ window display contest in Cannon Beach. Winners will be announced Dec. 21. Visit participating retailers and submit correct ‘Name That Tune’ playing cards for a chance to win a holiday gift basket. Nov. 30- Dec. 18 – Seaside Chamber of Commerce Holiday Lights Tour in Seaside and Gearhart. Saturday, Dec. 12 – 6 p.m. Holiday Painting with Benjamin at the Chamber

health information published and recommendations by our government state and county. It sends the wrong message at a time when we need to reduce ways for the virus to spread. We have been very lucky in Cannon Beach compared to other communities. I believe opening the church greatly increases risk to everyone of spreading COVID. There simply is no rational explanation at this time to in courage people to start meeting

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Clatsop County holiday events Community Hall. For more details, call 503-436-2623. Dec. 18- 19 - Cannon Beach History Center Holiday Tour of Lights Saturday, Dec. 19 – Fireside Story Time with Santa. Settle in virtually for a holiday story time with Santa Claus. Tune in on Facebook to watch Mr. and Mrs. Claus read tales at the Surfsanf Resort and type any questions that the kids have for Santa. Follow Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce on Facebook for updates.

Dec. 20, 22, 24 – Coaster Theatre Radio Hour –a rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Written, workshopped, and performed by our community. Visit www.coastertheatre.com for details or call 503-436-1242. Dec. 27-30 - Holiday Foods Around the World. Restuarants in Cannon Beach feature unique food and beverage specials highlighting many different countries and cultures.

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18 allows, but does not require, the City to permit dune-grading for views. The City chose not to allow the particular use and that decision protects the natural area around Chapman Point and better protects the City from potential natural hazards. Allowing the planting of European beach grass does not change that conclusion, as it also serves to protect the scenic nature of the dunes and protect infrastructure.” The city has posted information about this appeal on its website on its current topics page and includes the briefs, which contain detailed arguments on the issues.

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The Petitioners’ brief states, among other arguments, that the city’s decision was not supported by “substantial evidence within the record.” Attorney James Howsley spoke for the homeowners’ associations at the hearing. Howsley said Chapman Point is recognized as an important scenic area. In order to protect the area, the petitioners seek to restore the natural vegetation, which involves “removing a lot of the dunes. The city insists the dunes grass is natural.” Bill Kabeiseman, representing the city, said “the European beach grass may not be native, but it is

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The Cannon Beach City Council voted in October of 2019 not to allow the grading of sand dunes for views, as previously reported by The Gazette. At the time, the city took comments from many residents and hired the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industry to provide updated information on the subject. Subsequent to the city’s decision, both the Breakers Point and Chapman Point homeowners associations said they would appeal the decision to the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals, which they have done. On Dec. 1, the Land Use Board heard oral arguments from attorneys for the homeowners associations as well as from the respondents, the city of Cannon Beach and intervenor-respondent the Oregon Coast Alliance. Each had 15 minutes to speak before the board, which included within that reserved time for rebuttal. The hearing was transmitted via telephone conference and open to the public. The board will issue its final opinion by January 4, as stated at the hearing. Both the petitioners and the city submitted briefs.

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OSAA adjusts high school sports calendar, eyes Feb. start The Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) Executive Board has revised the Association’s calendar to start activities in February. The OSAA Executive Board was hopeful that the state’s landscape was going to improve when it adopted the current calendar back in August, but that has not proven to be the case as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, county risk level metrics have changed and restrictions on prohibited activities have not been lifted by the governor’s office and Oregon Health Authority (OHA). “Today’s decision by the Executive Board is another reminder of the impact the pandemic has had on Oregon students and schools,” said Peter Weber, OSAA executive director. “While disappointed that we need to adjust our original schedule, we believe that keeping three distinct seasons, albeit in shortened seasons, maintains potential opportunities for all students moving forward.” Board members made it clear with comments during the meeting that the OSAA and its member schools are bound by the rules, regulations and guidance set forth by the governor’s office and the OHA. Neither the OSAA Executive Board nor the OSAA executive director is able to waive state mandates or provide exceptions for certain activities or counties in the state. The OSAA staff continues to be in contact with the governor’s office, OHA and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to advocate for a

safe return to in-person learning and high school activities. In the revised calendar adopted today, fall sports are moved to Season 2 and will begin in February with multiple activities permitted by state guidance. This allows time for case counts to decrease in the new year and for counties to subsequently move out of the Extreme Risk category. Cross Country and Soccer, as outdoor sports, are permitted by the governor’s office and OHA in all counties. As an indoor activity, Volleyball is tied to the Governor’s County Risk Level Guidance and only allowed in those counties deemed as Lower, Moderate, or High Risk. Full contact football remains on the governor’s prohibited list of activities at this time. Discussions around possibly moving football later in the year were not supported at this time due to concerns expressed by the OSAA Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) regarding the impact that a later contact football season would require modifications to the Fall 2021 football season. Season 3 features the traditional spring activities (Baseball, Softball, Golf, Tennis and Track & Field), all of which are permitted by state guidance as outdoor activities. These will begin April 5 and extend into the third week in May. The sports calendar wraps up with Season 4 and traditional winter sports (Swimming, Basketball and Wrestling) beginning in mid-May and extending into late June. The shift of

wrestling and basketball to the end of the calendar provides the most runway for their prohibition to be lifted by the state. The OSAA has been given no indication that a change will be made in this designation but remains hopeful that a change could occur prior to Season 4. Swimming is currently allowed outdoors for all counties and indoors for those counties not in the Extreme Risk metric. The activities schedule was revised to allow more time for school buildings to be accessible to their programs. Activities like Choir and Band/ Orchestra have been pushed back to the end of the school year to provide their programs the opportunity to rehearse in person if school district policy allows. Cheerleading and Dance/Drill culminating weeks have also been adjusted to allow more time for facilities to open or have weather improve enough to move outdoors. The Executive Board also voted to extend Season 1 through Feb. 21, 2021 to allow training, workouts and even competitions to occur in those areas of the state that are allowed per the governor’s office, OHA guidance and local school district policy. The board plans to revisit participation limitations for all seasons, out-of-season coaching policies for Season 2, 3, and 4, and the need for further decisions as a result of updated state guidance or changing risk level metrics at upcoming work sessions.

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une Ella (Gray) Kroft passed away peacefully at the age of 95 years on Nov. 3, 2020. She was born August 1, 1925, to Edward Gray, Jr. and Maxine Morgan Gray, in NE Portland. She led a highly creative life as a fabric artist, celebrated gardener, and published writer. June married Lester B Kroft, jr. Dec. 25, 1943, and together raised their children in Lake Oswego, Leslie Sears (spouse Michael Sears), John Kroft (spouse Bonnie Kroft), Lee Anne Fitzpatrick (spouse Chip Fitzpatrick), and Lorri Taylor (partner Carl Wilson). June loved her family, and was adored by her nine grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Two early childhood experiences helped her recognize she was an artist. In the first grade at

Alameda Grade School (Portland), she won a writing contest and a box of multicolored crayons, which she used to discover her delight in using all the colors. Summers spent with her grandmother Aunnie taught her to observe nature and take it into her life, which became the foundation of her art. She studied fine art at the School of Art & Crafts (Oakland, Ca), Marylhurst College (Lake Oswego), and the Art Museum School of Art, (Portland). While studying, she painted murals and screens in private homes locally. In 1963, with friends she started the Blue Daisy Boutique in Lake Oswego which specialized in wearable art. This led to her use of fabric in color, design and form, merging her fine art painting into visions that depict a mood or scene that takes on its own story. She started showing her fabric art in regional galleries; locally at Cannon Beach Arts Assn., Sandpiper, Coaster Theater, Inglenook, Rainbow, the Cannon Beach History Center, and the Chamber of Commerce. June joined Local 14 in the 1970s during its annual Venue for Women Artists showings. Her family had a home in Cannon Beach since the 1950s, instilling in her a love

for the coast. In 1974 Lester and June purchased a home in Cannon, moving permanently in 1978. Starting as a one room cabin, they handbuilt it into a two story beach house. June’s garden was also a widely recognized form of art, always expressing color and texture. Described as a “jewel box garden” by national gardening magazines, it was recognized as an outstanding coastal garden, her signature flower being multi-colored nasturtiums. In the 1990s she joined Cannon Beach Design Review Board with Beth Holland, both horticulturists, crafting the city’s landscaping criteria, their work focused art as an important part of Cannon’s scene and culture. June carried this forward by writing a column about the history of gardeners in the Upper Left Edge, leading to the publication of her book, “Village of Flowers,” about people who garden. June fully lived and loved life finding and creating beauty. She surrounded herself with family and friends entertaining all with her home, garden, art, writing, clamming, bridge playing, card games, and love of good food with a specially mixed Bloody Mary.

Oregon commercial crab fishery opens Dec. 16 south of Cape Falcon

Fresh Oregon crab is back on the menu – the commercial Dungeness crab fishery will open on most of Oregon’s coast as of Dec. 16. Dungeness crab will be ready to be harvested just in time for the holidays from Cape Falcon south to the California border. Prior to the opener, crab vessels will set gear from Dec. 13 onwards, using the “presoak” period of time to set gear in anticipation of the first pull of ocean crab pots on Dec. 16. The recreational crab fishery is already open along the entire Oregon coast. The area north of Cape Falcon will remain closed to commercial crabbing to coordinate an orderly start with the Washington coastal Dungeness crab fishery. Results from recent

domoic acid testing of crab viscera (guts) conducted by the state of Washington were elevated, and Washington delayed their coastal fishery until further testing is conducted. All crab tested from all Oregon’s crab harvest areas have been well below alert levels and all Oregon crab product on the market is safe to eat. The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) will continue to regularly test crab and shellfish to ensure levels in all areas remain below alert levels. For more information about Oregon’s shellfish marine biotoxin monitoring, call ODA’s shellfish safety information hotline at (800) 448-2474 or visit the ODA shellfish closures web page

ODFW suspends elk feeding tours ODFW has decided to suspend elk feeding tours at Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area during the 2020-2021 feeding season out of concern for the health and safety of our visitors and staff. The tours typically occur Dec. 1 – Feb. 28 and allow participants to ride on wagons to several sites and help feed Roosevelt elk on the wildlife area.

Given current COVID-19 restrictions and the inability to practice social distancing on the wagons used on the tour, ODFW determined it cannot conduct a quality elk feeding tour while maintaining the safety of participants, staff and volunteer hosts this season. Wildlife area staff will continue to provide supplemental feed to elk in areas to provide viewing opportunities. Feeding

will be conducted closer to viewing areas on weekends so visitors can view the elk from a safe location. Visitors should be prepared to maintain social distancing, wear face coverings and take all usual precautions against the virus. While the wildlife area is still open for public use, all ODFW office buildings remain closed to visitors including the office at Jewell Meadows.

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