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Cannon Beach Academy taps interim director Kathleen Stinson
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he Cannon Beach Academy will have more students than ever this fall, said interim director Ryan Hull. School is starting with 50 students and an additional two on the waiting
list, Hull told The Gazette on Monday, Aug. 2. Cannon Beach Academy is a kindergarten through fifth grade, tuition-free public charter school. The academy will hold its first day of school on September 9th. “A couple of days before on September 7th and 8th, we will have parent-teacher welcome meetings,”
he said. Fall classes will be 100 percent in-person, “as far as what we know today,” he said. The school will follow the Ready Schools, Safe Learners guidance, which means students will wear face masks and desks will be three feet apart. “None of our students will have the ability to get vaccinated.”
“As far as anything new and exciting, we will be able to just focus on in-person learning and there will be no online learning option,” he said. “(And) we have hired a new teacher.” The school’s board of directors will search for a full time administrator to take the place of former director Amy Fredrickson, who has
taken a position out of the area, he said. “My focus is teaching and I will continue to be a kindergarten teacher,” he said. During the interim period, he will teach half time and administer the other half of the time, he said.
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Bruce’s Candy Kitchen keeping it in the family for 58 years B
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ruce’s Candy Kitchen has been a staple in Cannon Beach since 1963. Bruce and Treva Haskell began the candy shop and it has been in the family ever since. Bruce’s Candy Kitchen has had five generations of family involved in the business. The shop is run by Kelli Truax-Taylor, her mom Susan Truax, and Traux-Taylor’s husband Brian Taylor. Traux-Taylor’s sister and younger brother are candy makers. Each family member has a different job. Bruce and Treva Haskell are Truax-Taylor’s grandparents. “We keep it simple,” Truax-Taylor said. “It’s nuts and chocolate. We don’t get too crazy. It’s been consistent, it’s a good memory, good location.” The shop is located in the heart of downtown Cannon Beach and is a popular stop for visitors to the area. In the beginning, the shop made eight
taffy flavors, 12 types of hand-dipped chocolates and other treats. Over the years, more taffy flavors were added and the chocolate varieties expanded as the candy makers developed new candies. The shop offers a wide variety of homemade confections the family creates, including saltwater taffy, hand dipped chocolates, peanut brittle, caramels and more. Truax-Taylor said over the last year, during the closure of businesses during the pandemic, the shop expanded their website and did more online orders. “Usually mail orders die off this time of year but it’s kept it more consistent,” Truax-Taylor said. “When our doors were closed, it made us money.” The shop has newer chili mango taffy and also combined some other new flavors. “We do a soft peanut brittle – it’s like a Butterfinger essentially – and we started dipping that in chocolate,” Truax-Taylor said. “First we just sold it
bagged and then we dipped it.” Truax-Taylor’s mom, Susan, started making cocoa bombs last Christmas that proved to be popular. The shop uses their quality chocolate for that. Susan decorates them for the holidays and will do it for Halloween. Truax-Taylor said customer favorites are taffy and chocolates, as well as chocolate gummy bears, among others. Peanut clusters, sea salt caramels and sea foam are always popular. Bruce’s Candy Kitchen will decorate marshmallows, Nutter Butter mummies and a ghost truffle for Halloween. The truffles are decorated differently depending on each holiday. Bruce’s Candy Kitchen is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday through Saturday. The shop is located at 256 N Hemlock in Cannon Beach. Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia.net
Summer of Sandcastles contest is in full swing T he Virtual “Summer of Sandcastles” Contest is underway in Cannon Beach. “This has been a hometown tradition since 1964,” said Debbie Nelson, chairman of the sandcastle contest. “It’s going well – I wish we would have had it in person –hopefully next year,” Nelson said. “The master’s team, which is almost professional, came down and did a wonderful build,” she said. They are allowed to “do one build for a promo.” The contest continues through September 6th and on Labor Day the winners will be selected, she said. “We have sold a lot of our
Sandcastle Kits, which are required to register this year for the contest,” said Buddie Anderson, membership and content manager for the chamber of commerce. So far, we have received six photo entries. Nelson said she has met with the city and the chamber and they are looking forward to “holding the event back in person next year (if possible).” About the contest Cannon Beach has hosted this Oregon Heritage Tradition event since 1964. Chamber Executive Director, James Paino explained, “The health of our community, volunteers, competitors, and attendees must come first.
Rather than a one day, large-crowd event, the virtual contest goes the entire summer so more builders can safely participate.” Volunteer and Committee Chair Debbie Nelson said “It’s fun to come across a sandcastle while walking on the beach. We have encouraged past teams to come create and build on their own through September 6th. I can’t wait to find the sandcastles and sculptures they build!”
Sandcastle kits can be purchased at the Chamber.
Turtle VanDemarr bids farewell to Coast at concert in Cannon Beach Joe Warren
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urtle VanDemarr, band leader, guitarist and vocalist with the popular Richard Cranium and the Phoreheads is saying farewell to all his friends and fans in Cannon Beach by hosting a concert in City Park on Thurs. Aug. 12 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. one last time. Turtle has been playing music on the coast for over 40 years and has performed with various bands and musicians in Cannon Beach, getting his start playing at the Tolovana Inn when they first opened around 1975. He says he used to live in the Bugs Ear cottages and worked at the Tolovana Inn that first summer. “This is our farewell, our goodbye to the community we’ve loved playing for over the years. It’s also a memorial event to honor the late Billy Hults (a former band member who was inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame),” Turtle said in a phone interview last week. “Carmen and I have sold our beach house in Arch Cape and are heading to Mexico.” Turtle said he’s been battling cancer for the past six years, and it’s time to slow down and retire. “I may come back from Mexico in a box for all I know,” he said jokingly. Turtle just turned 71-yearsyoung last Friday but still loves to get on stage and play what he calls, “Rock-N-Roll Jazz with a lot of Blues and Rockabilly influence” type of
music. Turtle and his bands have also been mainstays at the San Dune Pub in Manzanita and as well at the Nehalem Winery. Turtle grew up in Portland but was always drawn to the Coast. “I’ve loved the Coast since I was a little kid, I always got so excited when we would come to the Coast,” he said. “It’s magical here.” When Turtle first started to play at the Tolovana Inn, his band opened for Phil ’N the Blank Spots. “We played for three months to a packed house every night,” he said. “It was such a fun summer.” The Coast has always been special for Turtle, he has many friends, good memories, but Cannon Beach will always be extra special to him. “Cannon Beach is very much an arts community with lots of very talented people and artists of some sorts,” he added. “I have longtime friends in the area and I want to make sure they all know it’s my last go-a-round for the foreseeable future.” From here Turtle says, he and his wife Carmen are taking a long vacation to Mexico. The concert is free to the public, but tips for the band are much appreciated. Bring your blanket or lawn chair, sit back and enjoy the Foreheads farewell to the community concert.
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Council continues discussion on size limits on new construction Kathleen Stinson For The Gazette
The city of Cannon Beach has been considering amending the zoning requirements that dictate the size and height of new construction as a reaction to pressure from property owners to build larger units, which some townspeople consider are not consistent with the village aesthetic that is Cannon Beach. Some months ago, the planning commission discussed placing a 2,000-square-foot upper cap on the size of new singlefamily homes, including the accessory buildings such as a garage. However, after hearing from the public, the city has settled on a possible recommendation of prohibiting single-family dwellings larger than 3,500 square feet in gross floor area. The council asked the planning commission to draft zoning amendment language consistent with their concerns
about unit square footage and the village aesthetic they wish to preserve in new development, said Jeff Adams, city community planning director. “…the Council asked for amendments that would help to immediately alleviate the combining of lots to make larger lots for larger homes and the maximizing” of lot space, Adams said. The zoning amendments “could go into effect after Public Hearings at the Planning Commission, in September, and the City Council, which might be as soon as October, with adoption possibly before the end of the year,” Adams said. “We will begin noticing for the September meeting in the next few weeks and hope to begin hearing from the public. They can send their comments regarding the changes to planning@ci.cannon-beach.or.us. The amendments include the following three options. As stated in a city document: “Option 1 provides
the simplest adjustment, by prohibiting the combination or recombination of parcels and lots. Option 2 goes a step further by limiting floor area ratios and gross floor areas of single-family dwellings and their accessory structures, by zoning districts. Option 1 and Option 2 could be combined to further restrict development, but Option 3 attempts to meet such a prohibitive measure by utilizing a progressive lot coverage and floor-area ratio to provide some ability to build larger homes on larger lots, while discouraging the recombination of lots.” Since the entire code audit process can take about two years, the city is “asking for an initial track to resolve the combination of lots and home-size issue, before tackling the other issues in the comprehensive code audit analysis,” as stated in the proposed amendments. In a previous article by The Gazette the following ap-
peared: “According to a city document, the median square footage of homes built in Cannon Beach has increased in the past two decades. “In fact, since the 1990s more homes have been built above 2,000 SF than below, bringing the current median home square-footage to 1,498 and mean square-footage of 1,683,” as stated in the document. “In other words, although Cannon Beach places limits through FloorArea-Ratio and Lot Coverage on the size of homes, these controls are dependent on the acreage of the lot, directly proportional to the land being developed. This places a premium on either maxing-out the FAR and Lot Coverage on the lot or by buying larger lots or combining lots to get added acreage. https:// www.cannonbeachgazette. com/news/planning-commission-to-review-unitsize-ordinances/article_9c6b60cc-3459-11eb-a223-9fe2c0612a7e.html.
Building height limitations are also a part of the proposed amendments. Adams said the following is under consideration: “… the limitation on Oceanfront Homes to a maximum building height of 18’ peak and 14’ average. We currently allow 28’ peak and 14’ average, with very few vacant lots remaining along the oceanfront. This would limit all new construction to the single-story heights, while those over the proposed maximum of 18’ peak and 14’ average would be non-conforming and any alterations or expansions of those structures would need to abide by the new standards.” The amendments propose striking the Planned Development Overlay Zone. Adams told The Gazette: “The City has not had the best of experiences with the one Planned Development (PD) that it has approved, the Cannon Beach Preservation Subdivision, also known as the Nicholson PD, where it
has had at least three trips to the state’s Land Use Board of Appeals and a continual string of appeals since its contested approval. “Yes this flexibility in design comes with trade-offs and the Planning Commission doesn’t feel the trade-offs are worth it for Cannon Beach. Like I said earlier, the PD option has been in the Cannon Beach Municipal Code since 1979 and only been utilized once, from my understanding, since its adoption, so it isn’t that significant of a loss. In fact, Planned Developments in the Cannon Beach Municipal Code are limited to parcels over 3 acres in size and there just aren’t too many of those left in Cannon Beach.” Any of these proposed amendments would not be retroactive, he said. ”…existing buildings can stay, it is just when and if they want to alter the structure that they would have to abide by the nonconforming structures language…”
Cannon Beach hosts the Cascadia Cup Beach Handball Series After an 18-month COVID-19 pause, the Cascadia Cup Beach Handball Series returned to Cannon Beach in July, with the No. 16 nationally-ranked Portland Sasquatch, Seattle Handball Club and U.S.-based repre-
sentatives of Vancouver and Victoria, Canada Handball rebooting the classic series, first founded in 2012. More than 250 fans were on-site, leveraging social distance in this outdoor beach venue. Portland and Seattle lent
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level in the region. Cannon Beach has been home to the Cascadia Cup Beach Handball Series for more than a decade and has been the starting ground for national legends like E.J. Udo-Udoma, as well as, a who’s who of international players who have moved
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More services are returning to library Joseph Bernt
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ast month the Cannon Beach Library announced that overdue book fines would return on August 1, after a long period of not applying fines during multiple Covid outbreaks. At its most recent meeting the board acknowledged that the plague is once again blooming in Clatsop County. In light of this, the board plans to reconsider their earlier decision about fines for late books. Although the library board members are looking at every means of returning to what once passed for normal, it intends to rethink whether fines even make any sense, which is why so many public libraries have discontinued a practice that many libraries view as inhibiting library patronage. In pursuit of normalcy, the library is now open for limited browsing on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. Masks still are required for everyone entering the library. Computers, indoor WiFi and printing services are again available. A 30-minute time limit and normal usage fees apply. The Children’s Room, as of July 7, is again open, and the area devoted to used book sales has expanded.
Library holdings, fines or no fines, continued to grow in August with the addition of twenty new titles: eight novels, eight mysteries and four nonfiction books. The new novels added to the collection are “The Forest of Vanishing Stars” by Kristin Harmel, “The Final Girl Support Group” by Grady Hendrix, “The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu” by Tom Lin, “It’s Better This Way” by Debbie Macomber, “Such a Quiet Place” by Megan Miranda, “The Therapist” by B. A. Paris, “The Cellist” by Daniel Silva and “Sleeping Bear: A Thriller” by Connor Sullivan. Newly added mysteries include “The Heathens” by Ace Atkins, “Fallen” by Linda Castillo, “Razorblade Tears” by S. A. Cosby, “The Night Hawks” by Elly Griffiths, “Tender Is the Bite” by Spencer Quinn, “The Bone Code” by Kathy Reichs, “False Witness” by Karin Slaughter and “The Man with the Silver SAAB” by Alexander McCall Smith. The four new nonfiction titles are “Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism” by Anne Applebaum, “The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer” by Dean Jobb, “Madhouse at the End of the Earth: The Belgica’s Journey into the Dark Antarctic Night” by Julian Sancton and “Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous
Coup of 1898 commentary and the Rise of in newspapers White Supremacross North acy” by David Carolina. Zucchino, Supremacist which rexDemocrats ceived the 2021 counted on just Pulitzer Prize such a reaction, for General which they then Nonfiction. used to generate Zucchino’s Wilmington’s prize-winning 1898 race riot work about the and run re1898 insurrecelected black tion in Wilmpoliticians from ington, then office. Joseph Bernt North Carolina’s At least sixty largest city, tops this columblack residents were murnist’s must-read list. Wilming- dered openly on the streets ton was a city of mixed-race of Wilmington, many were governance and successful wounded and black officials business enterprise. fled the city. Fearful black Through stuffing ballot families hid in the swamps boxes, suppressing votes and outside this prosperous city. threatening voters, white suThe riot is seen by histopremacists won control of the rians as marking the estabNorth Carolina legislature. A lishment of Jim Crow in the Democratic politician called former Confederate states. for white voters to support “Wilmington’s Lie” is deficandidates who would protect nitely on my reading list, as is Southern womanhood from Anne Applebaum’s “Twilight attacks by newly liberated and of Democracy: The Seductive increasingly successful black Lure of Authoritarianism.” residents. Another new green-dot In response, Alexander book I just consumed and Manly, a young black editor recommend is “Forget the of The Record, an African Alamo: The Rise and Fall of American daily, published an an American Myth” by Bryan editorial that argued relationBurrough, Chris Tomlinson ships between white women and Jason Stanford. Check it and black men often were out. consensual. For those who grew up Manly’s editorial in The watching John Wayne and Record only served to further Fess Parker playing the role enrage white supremacists, of Davy Crockett in a world especially after Democratic shaped by Walt Disney, “Foractivists reprinted Manly’s get the Alamo” presents a cast
list of the scallywags, horse thieves, slave traders and con men defending the Alamo against legitimate Mexican authorities. The authors never let readers forget that anticipated profits from expanding the production of cotton for a booming world market and the extension of the institution of slavery motivated the war for Texas independence from abolitionist Mexico. In the 13-day siege of the Alamo nearly 1500 Mexican soldiers died. Only 189 Texian (sic) defenders died, but fewer than 200 Texians were defending the Alamo. Alamo enthusiasts compare the Battle of the Alamo to that of Thermopylae, in which 298 Spartans died while killing 20,000 Persians. Others compare the Battle of the Alamo to the victory of King Pyrrhus over the Romans. Every time King Pyrrhus defeated his Roman opponents, he claimed if the Romans lost another battle, he would be ruined. That’s the very definition of Pyrrhic victory. On Wednesday, August 11, at 7 p.m., the World of Haystack Rock Library Lecture Series will host Selina S. Heppell, department head and professor of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University. Dr. Heppell will present “What Can Citizen Science Tell Us about Puffin Declines and North Pacific Climate
Change?” Dr. Heppell’s presentation celebrates “The Year of the Puffin.” Friends of Haystack Rock, a nonprofit organization focused on keeping Haystack Rock healthy and thriving, promotes the preservation and protection of the intertidal life and birds that inhabit the Marine Garden and Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge at Haystack Rock. Members of Cannon Beach Reads who met via Zoom July 21 to discuss “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” by Mark Twain also discussed meeting in-person for our next discussion. In no more than a week, though, Covid took off seemingly everywhere including Clatsop County. So, CB Reads will again meet on Zoom for a discussion of “Pilgrim on the Great Bird Continent: The Importance of Everyday and Other Lessons from Darwin’s Lost Notebooks” by Lyanda Lynn Haupt. Kathy Bell will lead this Zoom discussion, Wednesday, August 18, at 7 p.m. Advance notice. Members of Cannon Beach Reads, led by Mary Lloyd, will discuss “A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future” by Richard Attenborough, probably via Zoom, Wednesday, September 15, at 7 p.m.
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anyone in the details. All I can say in the end is a paid lot is a great idea and I wouldn’t complain about it as a tourist. I think with modern mobile payment options, this lot could easily generate more funding for the town. Thank you for listening to me and I hope you have a wonderful day!
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My name is Elle. My boyfriend and I recently had a day trip to Cannon Beach and ran across a lovely woman who clearly loves her town. Through our conversation, the idea of raising town funds through charging tourists came up. We talked about a tax but also about paid parking. We were informed that Cannon Beach has two parking lots that are free. The idea would be to change these to paid lots. My boyfriend and I are from Seattle, and honestly we wouldn’t blink an eye if we found out we had to pay to park so close to the beach. Given any tourist destination, I would EXPECT to pay. I am writing this to you in hope that it may be directed to town hall upon this wonderful woman’s request.
From my perception, I don’t think it would be absurd to charge $20 for full day parking or $3 (plus the surcharge for the parking meter) per hour. This does not sound unreasonable whatsoever. (The hourly could pay off most as $3 x 1 hour x 10 or more total users = $30+) If this idea were to be taken into consideration, I do believe it would be ideal to implement it in one parking lot to test. Also, I do think the companies in charge of the parking meters are important too. Most places in Seattle have switched to allowing patrons to pay via their mobile devices. This creates ease of use. If possible, I do think it would be a smart idea to see what services PaybyPhone and CallToPark can offer. (I prefer to use PaybyPhone but I do like when a parking lot has both options as sometimes sites can unexpectedly fail.) I hope I haven’t lost
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Seaside hosts Prom centennial parade, ceremony The City of Seaside will host a parade and ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 7, to commemorate the centennial of the Seaside Promenade, which was officially christened on this day in 1921 when hundreds of officials from across the state joined then-Gov. Olcott in Seaside to watch Martha Hagmeier, age 8, break a bottle of sea water on the concrete. The Prom Centennial Parade will begin at 10 a.m. near city hall (989 Broadway), which was the historic location of Seaside’s train station, and then proceed west down Broadway to the Turnaround. The Royal Rosarians, Portland’s official ambassadors of goodwill, were
present at the 1921 dedication and will return to Seaside to join the parade. Additionally, the group’s prime minister will plant a rose at the corner of Broadway and Holladay in the city’s Historic Gilbert District to commemorate the day’s activities at 11:30 am. At 1 p.m., all visitors and residents are invited to an official ceremony at the Turnaround, which will include remarks from mayors past and present, community representatives, and officials in attendance. State Sen. Betsy Johnson will give the keynote speech. A time capsule will be buried during the ceremony and another bottle of seawater will be broken to commemorate the milestone. The public is invited to gather on the beach facing the Turnaround, which will serve as a stage for the ceremony. Those wishing to sit are advised to bring chairs or beach blankets. “As then-Mayor Hurd made clear in 1921, the Prom is not for Seaside alone but was quite literally built through local cooperation for the enjoyment of everyone,”
said Joshua Heineman, director of tourism marketing for the City of Seaside. “Please join us as we celebrate the past and look forward to another hundred years of timeless memories being made on the playground that is the Seaside Prom.” The 1.5-mile “Prom”, as it’s now affectionately known, has become one of the most iconic coastal landmarks in the Pacific Northwest, an Oregon nod to the great boardwalks and promenades of the world. Visitors to Seaside have been experiencing the Prom Centennial all year long with a 32-page limited-edition Prom Centennial booklet and commemorative holographic stickers that are available for free at the City of Seaside Visitors Bureau and Travel Oregon Welcome Center (7 N. Roosevelt). The book contains history of the Prom, activities and attractions, historic homes walking tour, and a seasonal passport program and sweepstakes. Find more info at SeasideProm.com
A band plays for the crowd in 1921 in front of a hotel in Seaside. Below, the Prom today.
Oregonians urged to sign up for SOLVE’s statewide beach, riverside cleanup Come together with thousands of Oregonians on Saturday, Sept. 25, for SOLVE’s Beach & Riverside Cleanup, in partnership with the Oregon Lottery. Volunteer registration is now live and all Oregonians, from Astoria to Brookings, Pendleton to Sunriver, are encouraged to sign up for this statewide cleanup event. For nearly four decades SOLVE has hosted the annual Beach & Riverside Cleanup. With the support of SOLVE, community leaders and partner organizations host restoration events, urban litter cleanup projects, and beach cleanups. Each volunteer project is aimed at caring for one of Oregon’s most precious resources, the water, from source to sea. Increasingly, Oregonians are sounding the alarm to protect the freshwater. As more people become aware of the Western States drought crisis, more people want to step up and help where they can. Removing invasive plant species, nurturing native
plants, and collecting litter are all easy ways volunteers can create a huge positive impact on Oregon’s water quality. Each piece of litter collected removes the possibility of it entering a nearby river, waterway, or storm drain, where it can eventually make its way to the sea and contribute to the global marine debris crisis. Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and typically have shallow roots, leading to increased erosion and poor water filtration. “Just as SOLVE has done for decades, the Oregon Lottery values Oregon’s diverse communities and our natural environment,” said Oregon Lottery Director Barry Pack. “By partnering with SOLVE for the Beach & Riverside Cleanup, we are able to give back to both. And as we like to say, ‘Together, we do good things.’” Interested community members are encouraged to visit solveoregon.org to see a list of volunteer projects and sign up. All necessary
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Cannon Beach restaurants at this time. It has become extremely difficult to manage our resources the last year and a half. Projects have been delayed in hopes the cost of materials will decrease over the next 2-3 years. In my opinion the City Manager would benefit greatly by showing compassion and come up with alternative
Continued from Page 3 the main reason; to build a 16 million dollar city hall. The current cost of building materials due to COVID has tripled. It would be fiscally unsound to impose a tax on
tools and supplies will be provided. The Beach & Riverside Cleanup is a great way to bond with family members, coworkers, and neighbors, all while collectively giving back to some of Oregon’s most beautiful places. Join the action today at solveoregon.org. About SOLVE SOLVE is a statewide non-profit organization that brings Oregonians together to improve our environ-
solutions. Do you not look for cost effective solutions to your own home projects? My landlord replaced a section of flooring that sold for $25. In a years time it cost $75. I believe, as the majority of food and beverage workers do, that it would be irresponsible to impose a tax at this time. Our wounds have just begun to heal and now the counsel
ment and build a legacy of stewardship. Since 1969, the organization has grown from a small, grassroots group to a national model of volunteer action. Today, SOLVE mobilizes and trains tens of thousands of volunteers of all ages across Oregon to clean and restore our neighborhoods and natural areas, and to build a legacy of stewardship for our state. Visit solveoregon.org for more information.
has ripped our wounds open. Let’s heal and let the scarring fade before we are put to battle again. Vote NO on the food and beverage tax. Thank-you, Crystal Marshall, the Pig-N-Pancake Crystal Marshall Seaside
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Cannon Beach’s Earth & Ocean Arts Festival Promotes Environmental Awareness and Stewardship Sept. 16-19 The public is invited to be part of a live art project that will create the world’s largest sea star entirely made up of people in one of the highlights of the festival. Art and environment go hand in hand in Cannon Beach Oregon like no other place on the planet and Sept. 16-19 the town celebrates that combination at the Earth & Ocean Arts Festival. The festival will showcase the wonders of the natural world and encourage environmental stewardship through a broad range of gallery exhibits, live art performances and events. Some of the highlights of the event include: Art For the Sky to Create World’s Largest Sea Star: The public is invited to be part of a live art project that will create the world’s largest sea star on the beach, entirely made up of people. The live art project will be coordinated by Art for the Sky, known for creating giant living paintings made of groups of people that are photographed from the sky. Over a span of twenty years, Art for the Sky founder Daniel Dancer has completed over 300 projects, in 44 states and eight countries with the help of more than 150,000 participants. Live Performance Installations and Roving Performers: Public spaces in Cannon Beach will become participatory theater as award-winning San Francisco based theater group, We Players,
acclaimed nationally for their site-integrated performances, will perform from their recent sold-out production of PSYCHOPOMP, portraying mythological characters who ferry souls between worlds. Dualing Easels: A Unique Painting Experience: Participants watch as painters Michael Orwick & Anton Pavlenko, with their own distinct styles and color palettes, simultaneously begin paintings then switch canvases several times before finishing the canvases. Gallery Events: Each of Cannon Beach’s art galleries will feature the work of their artists with strong environmental connections during the weekend and several galleries will host special guest artists who will offer demonstrations and meet the public. Farm to Fork Dinner & We Players Performance: Iron Chef Goes Coastal winner Jonathan Hoffman will cater this exclusive limited attendance culinary event that will also feature a performance by San Francisco based theater group, We Players, who will perform an uplifting tribute of songs and stories about our ocean environment. Cost is $150, a fundraiser for the festival’s five featured non-profit organizations. Raku Pottery Firing on the Beach: Ending with a burst of flame and smoke that creates the iridescent sheen
of raku pottery, ceramic artists Dave and Boni Deal will fire a raku piece on the beach for the public to view. In addition to showcasing art inspired by the natural world and encouraging stewardship, Earth & Ocean Arts Festival is a fundraiser for five North Oregon Coast based environmental non-profits including: North Coast Land Conservancy, Wildlife Center of the North Coast, Friends of Haystack Rock, Sea Turtles Forever, and Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve. Festival passes are $50 per person and include all festival events (excluding Thursday’s dinner) and entry in a prize drawing worth $500 in gift certificates for use at participating Cannon Beach galleries. A total of $25 from every festival pass sold will be donated directly to the participating non-profit organizations. Admission to festival events is free for children 12 and younger, excluding the Thursday dinner. Adults and children can participate free in the Art For The Sky live art sea star by registering online. For more information, to purchase passes or register for the Art For The Sky live art sea star, visit cbgallerygroup.com (https://cbgallerygroup. com/earth-ocean-arts-festival-september-16-19-2021/)
Raku firing. Photo courtesy of Bob Kroll
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Oregon approves petition to reclassify marbled murrelet as endangered The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission approved Friday, July 10, a petition filed by five conservation groups to give marbled murrelets more protection by reclassifying them from threatened to endangered under the state’s Endangered Species Act. The 4-3 decision comes two years after an Oregon judge ruled that the commission had violated state law by denying the petition without explanation in 2018. “We’re relieved that after so many missteps, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission will finally move forward with extending marbled murrelets the full protection of endangered status under state law,” said Quinn Read, Oregon policy director at the Center for Biological Diversity. “These unique birds face serious threats in Oregon from climate change, ocean warming, wildfire, and unchecked logging of their nesting habitat and should have been protected as endangered years ago.” The marbled murrelet is a small seabird that nests in old growth and mature forests and forages at sea. Its population has declined dramatically in recent decades due to extensive logging in Oregon’s coast range. The bird was listed as
threatened under the Oregon Endangered Species Act in 1995. But Oregon has allowed intensive clearcut logging to continue in marbled murrelet habitat on lands owned and regulated by the state. Habitat fragmentation, ocean warming, climate change and large-scale disturbances compound the existing threats and put this species’ future in greater jeopardy. According to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s 2021 biological assessment, the marbled murrelet is considered one of the least resilient species to climate change, and is at risk of being wiped out by a single catastrophic event, like wildfire. Uplisting to endangered status requires the state to develop a management plan and survival guidelines, providing much-needed protection for the species. “We applaud the commission for choosing to safeguard Oregon’s imperiled marbled murrelet population and its fragile forest habitat by uplisting the species to endangered,” said Danielle Moser, wildlife program coordinator for Oregon Wild. “This decision is not only in step with science and Oregon law, but also illustrates the commission’s willingness to be conservation leaders in
the fight against the extinction crisis.” The groups petitioned the commission to uplist the marbled murrelet in 2016. The department conducted a status review the following year to assess the murrelet’s condition and found that murrelets were at high risk of extinction, due largely to loss of nesting habitat from ongoing clearcut logging on lands managed by the state of Oregon. The status review provided copious evidence from multiple peer-reviewed studies that murrelets are at serious risk in Oregon. The best available science predicts the extinction probability at 80 percent by 2060 along Oregon’s central and north coasts and 80 percent by 2100 along Oregon’s
south coast. California and Washington have already classified murrelets as endangered. “Today’s decision is a victory for the marbled murrelet,” said Sristi Kamal, senior representative for the Northwest Program at Defenders of Wildlife. “After four years of advocating to uplist the species, this decision has been a long time coming, and we are thrilled. Marbled murrelets face significant habitat loss due to excessive logging, and warming ocean waters due to climate change is impacting the species’ ability to forage and nest. We applaud the commission for taking a big step in the right direction which will give this species a much-needed opportunity to recover in the state.”
In February 2018 the commission voted 4-2 to accept the petition and increase the seabird’s protections. The commission then instructed the wildlife agency’s staff to begin development of mandatory species survival guidelines as required under Oregon law. Yet, under pressure from the timber industry and its allies, the commission reversed itself without explanation and voted 4-2 in June 2018 to deny the petition it had accepted just four months earlier, Cascadia Wildlands reported. “It has been more than 25 years since the marbled murrelet was listed under the Oregon Endangered Species Act and during that time this amazing seabird has moved closer and closer to extinction in large part because of logging of its habitat on lands owned and managed by the State of Oregon,” said Portland Audubon Conservation Director Bob Sallinger. “The ODFW Commission made the right choice today based on both the law and science and hopefully is setting this species on a path towards recovery. However, today’s decision is just a first step. The decision to uplist needs to result in much more aggressive action on the
ground to protect murrelets in Oregon.” “At long last, marbled murrelets will receive essential additional protections from the state of Oregon,” said Bethany Cotton, conservation director for Cascadia Wildlands. “While these protections should have been implemented years ago, we are grateful that ultimately science and law triumphed and murrelets will have a better chance in the face of a rapidly changing climate and aggressive private logging in their remaining old growth forest habitat.” Lane County Circuit Court Judge Lauren Holland concluded in August 2019 that the Fish and Wildlife Commission had illegally changed its decision after first voting to accept the petition to list the murrelet as endangered. “The marbled murrelet is in trouble, and today’s action is an important first step in ensuring Oregon can help the seabird recover,” said John Mellgren, general counsel for the Western Environmental Law Center. “We look forward to working collaboratively with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to ensure the murrelet can always call Oregon home.”
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