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Lamp Lighting Ceremony marks beginning to holidays in Cannon Beach Although the holiday season has only just begun, Cannon Beach has been a flurry of festive holiday activities. Since Thanksgiving, the town has celebrated black Friday with Mimosa Madness; hosted a wreath making class at the Chamber of Commerce and celebrated its own unique holiday traditions with the lamp lighting ceremony and Cannon Beach Library Holiday Tea Party. To see more photos of the events, check out the photos on page 12. Although some stellar events have already occurred there are still plenty of holiday festivities to go around, including performances of “Scrooge: The Musical” at Coaster Theatre and the Cannon Beach Chorus’ Christmas Season. Plus, anyone can vote for the best decorated building in town for the Cannon Beach in Lights competition until Dec. 19. Results of the competition will be announced on Dec. 22 at intermission of Scrooge at Coaster Theatre. To vote, check out Haystack Holidays on Facebook. Performances of “Scrooge: the Musical” run on Fridays, Saturdays, select Thursdays, and Sunday matinees through Dec. 29. For showtimes, check the Coast Happenings calendar on page 4, or visit coastertheatre.com. Tickets for “Scrooge: The Musical” cost between $18 and $23, and can be purchased

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Although the consideration of an option agreement for buying land that could be used for a new tsunami-safe replacement of Cannon Beach Elementary was on the agenda for the December meeting of the Cannon Beach City Council, no decision was made at the meeting. After the December 4 meeting, City Councilor Sam Steidel said there are some legal issues with the purchase of the option to be worked out before the council can decide on whether or not to reserve the right to buy the property at a later date. According to Steidel, the decision on purchasing an option could be made at the Dec. 11 city council work session, or at a special session of the council this month. In the council’s agenda packet for the meeting was an option purchase agreement, that said the price of the option will be $10,000. For the non-refundable $10,000, the city would have the exclusive right to buy the property for the entirety of 2013. The city would also have the right to extend the length of the option by another six months for an additional $5000. The staff report for the city council prepared by City Manager Rich Mays said that the option agreement

See HOLIDAYS, page 12 Cannon Beach Elementary student Stephen Synder lighting the lamp to kick off the holiday season on December 1 at Sandpiper Square. Synder and his fellow fifth grader Emma Brown were selected to light the lamp for their good citizenship.

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ON THE WEB n Clatsop County Commissioners organizing rally in Salem to support gillnetters n Astoria man charged with encouraging child sexual abuse

Eric Johnson talking to a chamber member at the meet and greet on Nov. 27.

After a long vacancy, the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce has hired a new executive director. The Chamber’s executive search committee made its final decision to hire Astoria native Eric Johnson on Nov. 28, less than a day after its meet-and-greet with its top two candidates for the position. Johnson, who graduated from the Oregon State University College of Business in 2010, has worked as an information aide for the city for the past three summers. “I’m very honored to be selected to be in the top two,” he said before the decision had been announced. Johnson said he’s fallen in love with the community through his work as an information aide and his time in the community as a volunteer. “This is a great community,” he said. Johnson said his primary focus would

Here’s the Church, Here’s the Steeple Story and Photo by: Anthony Rimel Editor

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Chamber hires new executive director Story and Photo by: Anthony Rimel

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In 1934 the bell on the Cannon Beach Community Church was rung for the first time in the bell tower. Decades later, the bell tower was removed and the bell was moved to a new location on the building, but by 2000 it had deteriorated to such a state that it could no longer be rung. However, when the new steeple is complete on the Cannon Beach Community Church, the sound of a bell will be heard at the church once again. The new steeple, which was fabricated in Utah, was lifted onto the church by crane on Nov. 28. Although the steeple won’t house a bell, it will include internal speakers that will broadcast digital recordings of bells. Pastor David Robinson said the bells will ring a call to worship before Sunday services, and will also ring the time out at noon and 6 p.m. most days of the week. He said the installation of the steeple was a unique day for the community. “It’s nice to see the vision realized,” he said. Robinson hopes to have a dedication of the steeple before Christmas. Although the 4,000-pound steeple has been placed on the church’s roof, there

are still steps left before it is complete, such as the installation of the speakers and floodlights. According to Robinson, the city’s design review board rejected the church’s initial proposal for a steeple about three years ago, but their second design was approved in March 2011. Since then the church has been fundraising for the money to build the steeple. Robinson said SMR Construction had done much of the work to get the church building ready for the steeple to be placed. Scott Rice, owner of SMR Construction and an elder at the church, said the feeling of seeing the steeple in place was good. “We are an incredibly blessed church to have the ability to do this,” he said. Ron Dean, owner of Coastal Repair and Maintenance, was the one to actually operate the crane to lift the large steeple into place. He said he has been involved in similar installations, and helped place the bell tower at the Catholic Church in Seaside. He said the challenge of installing

See STEEPLE, page 11 The steeple is lowered into place on a reinforced pad on the Community Church’s roof.

be to build new trust in the chamber. “The number one thing I need to do is mend fences before I can build bridges,” he said. He said he’d also like to work with other chambers of commerce in Clatsop County to promote the whole region. Johnson majored in marketing while in business school. He said getting a face-to-face introduction at the meet and great was a great experience. Johnson said he wants to be visible and available, so he can better know what the needs of the chamber are. Johnson began his first day on the job Dec. 1, which he says he mostly spent visiting businesses. Also in the running for the position was Kimberly Ward, who worked for Chamber in the past, and has been involved in the Clatsop County community since 1989. Ward said she was “absolutely thrilled” to make it as far in the hiring process as she did, and that the interview process was excellent.

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Another rainy and fun filled Stormy Weather Weekend was held the first weekend of November. I remember when the first one was held; yes I’ve been here that long! The original idea of the Stormy Weather Arts Festival was conceived by Steve Martin, with the idea of bringing people to town during the slowest weeks of the year. Twenty five years ago Nancy Littell was the Chamber Director and Linda Beck-Sweeney was the Chamber President. They coordinated meetings Chickadee Baby by Eugene Morelli. involving many people that worked on and developed ideas also does custom pieces using and plans. The first festival personal photographs and othwas much smaller and more er memorabilia. Husband and intimate than we have today, wife team Joan Zygmunt and more of a gathering with a Eugene Morelli have several few small pieces of artwork as stunning, highly detailed bird door prizes. Held at Haystack sculptures as well as bronze Gardens, the Friday evening vessels adorned with flora and opened with wine and hors fauna. Bird lovers would also d’oeuvres and some live music. enjoy the beautiful bronze Saturday evening was a small bluebird candlesticks by quick draw, with various other Melissa Cooper. Birds aren’t art works hanging in the Cham- the only wildlife art at Bronze ber Hall. There was no featured Coast; Joshua Tobey’s colartist on Saturday night at the lection of personality packed Coaster Theater and no live bronze miniatures music during the day includes a mouse, throughout town. bears and elk. MiniaAnd I must admit that ture cats by Rosetta about the third year of mimic the poses and the Stormy Weather expressions of the Festival, when the family pet. The rain was pounding gallery also features and the wind howlunique hand-crafted Patty ing, I looked at my jewelry by Robert Coomes husband, Bill, and Rogers whose artful info@ commented that I pendants are accomhaystackgallery. wasn’t sure that this com panied by poems and event was going to stories that tell of the take wings. Boy, am I meaning behind each glad I didn’t propiece. nounce that publicly then! I am Haystack Gallery has happy to eat crow now that I’ve some wonderful special admitted my early doubts and jewelry from Israel. Two I look forward each year to the different kibbutz’s supply energy and excitement of the these special pieces, which weekend. Had people 25 years are all hand crafted. One line ago not dreamed and planned, features sterling silver, often we all would have lost the ophammered creating various portunity to have this wondertextures along with some ful celebration. So thank you precious stones. The second to the early visionaries who line features Roman Glass spent hours creating this marform the archeological digs. velous Cannon Beach event! This company has permission December has now arrived, from the state to use these the days are shorter and the small shards in their unique precipitation does tend to styles. The patina on the glass arrive more often and stay is created by the interaction longer. As you work your way of the minerals in the soil, so toward the holidays, the galler- the color varies from piece to ies do have a variety of items piece. Some pieces the artist that would be wonderful gifts. scrubs and cleans the patina Bronze Coast Gallery curoff to reveal the original color rently has a large collection of this antique glass. Each piece of smaller pieces, ideal for a comes with a certificate of special gift. Randy Mulder’s authenticity. Haystack Gallery collection of sculptures called also has some brand new small ‘Time Machines’ are working masks by Jeff Zigulis. Frogman clocks that are an assemblage has created several new frogs of new, recycled, and found that would make wonderful items. Adorned with objects, gifts. His newest gem collecwords, and pictures, each Time tion frogs is “Sunbather” and Machine is unique. Mulder he has created a solid stainless

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Red Mountain by Joshua Tobey. steel frog, “Mystere”. Other new arrivals include four small originals from plein air painter Sean Conrad, several new oil paintings by Sally O’Neill and Janis Ellison just sent us some new pastel originals. The Cannon Beach Gallery will be showcasing the work of the many volunteers who donate their time and talents to operate the programs of the Cannon Beach Arts Association in its’ annual Volunteer Show from December 6-31, 2012. The Artist Reception will be held on Saturday, December 8 from 6-8pm and will feature libations, appetizers and lively conversation. The Cannon Beach Arts Association is a volunteer run, non-profit organization with several programs that directly impact the quality of cultural life on the northern Oregon Coast, including an Annual Summer Art Camp that is held at the Cannon Beach Elementary School in late July, an Individual Artist Grant, Scholarships to High school seniors pursuing the arts and the Cannon Beach Gallery. The Cannon Beach Gallery is manned primarily by a Docent Staff, and many of these individuals are artists who work in a variety of media. The Volunteer Show will showcase the photography of Manzanita resident, Linda Cook; paintings by Cannon Beach resident, Clement Lee and the fabric assemblages of another Cannon Beach resident, Bonny Gorsuch.

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Reflections on half a year with the Gazette I recently passed the six that my time is limited and month mark from when I it’s not always worth it to took over as editor of the write a brand new story for Cannon Beach Gazette. The everything that deserves to last six months have been be in the paper. interesting to say the least. Further, while I may I’ve learned a have in the past lot about what it looked down on takes to produce running stories a newspaper sent to me by our during this time, sister publicaand I still feel tions because an enormously they are not privileged to be “Cannon Beach working for a centric” enough Anthony great newspaper for my taste, I’ve Rimel in a community turned a corner news@cannon as wonderful as on my thinking beachgazette.com Cannon Beach. on that as well. 503-436-2812 As a way to mark Some stories a half a year of about general my time at the coastal issues are Gazette I wanted just too importo reflect on the things I’ve tant for me to not run them learned in my time here so just because Cannon Beach far. isn’t mentioned in the story I think the biggest thing by name six times. that has changed in my time I’ve also learned the hard at the Gazette is that I have way to always work hard to lost a lot of illusions about not miss stories and events submitted content. Before happening in town. There I took over this paper I are a few events that I’ve tended to look down on been informed of well in papers that ran submitted advance that have been lost stories or wire stories. In a in the shuffle and have not perfect world, every newsbeen included in the newspaper could have a staff paper before they occur. I reporter write every story want to take full responsithat goes in the paper. How- bility for these errors. I’ve ever, since I’m the only full already apologized to the time news staff I have I’ve people and organizations learned to be a little stingy who didn’t get the advanced with my time over the last coverage they deserved, but six months. In this imperthis is a community newsfect world I have to accept paper and I can’t apologize

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enough for the times when community events don’t get covered. To everyone who hasn’t gotten the timely coverage they deserve, I apologize. On a more positive note, six months in Cannon Beach is still surprising me in a good way. Even though the town is a small one, I keep finding interesting stories that I’m excited to tell. For example this week’s story on the “Neverland” play at Coaster Theatre was so much fun to cover. When I started here I was a little disappointed by how few letters to the editor we get. As strange as it sounds letters to the editor, positive or negative, at least let me know that people are paying attention. Over time however, I’ve had enough people comment to me in person on my coverage to know that people are paying attention to what’s going on at the Gazette, which is reassuring. One of the biggest ways I’ve improved as a reporter since I’ve started at the Gazette is in my knowledge of the community. I feel like I now understand what some of the bigger stories are, which makes it easier for me to cover them correctly. In my first few weeks here there were stories I missed that I should have covered. Now, I feel like fewer sto-

ries slip by me. Even though I’m six months into the job and I have a better idea of what news is in this town, I still feel really humble. When I started here, I wrote at that time that I need help from the community in finding stories. This is still true. I can fill a newspaper with reports about city council, new shows at Coaster Theatre and business developments, but I need help to find meaningful stories about people. I think this paper could use more stories about the people who live here when they have something going on, but I don’t always hear about these. One of my favorite stories this year was the feature on Brett Willyard. He’s a really neat kid, but it was only luck that I heard he was being visited by a University of Oregon recruiter in time to write a profile of him while the news was still fresh. I don’t want to miss these stories, but I don’t always hear about these things in time, so I’d like to restate this: the Cannon Beach Gazette is a community newspaper, and I’m not a community all by myself. I need everyone’s help with story tips, and submitted event announcements. If I’ve learned anything in the last six months it is that we make this paper together.

Things to be thankful for no matter what time of year it is CHAMBER NOTES

Although Thanksgiving now is signature event. in the rear-view mirror, I want to For the previous two years, I give thanks for all of the had the honor of chairing the event, backed blessings I receive from the community of Cannon by faithful Chamber staff and generous local Beach. We are not without volunteers. (“Thank you” doesn’t begin to cover my our challenges and missteps, but the kindness debt to Diana Pappas for and compassion I see handling the music side of the weekend… for two daily from this village far outweigh any of our colyears, no less.) Carol Hungerford But we determined we lective shortcomings. carol@ Last summer, I was could benefit from some countrymedia.net sitting in the Cannon new vision. We needed 503-436-2812 a coordinator who could Beach Chamber office honor the event’s imporvisiting with staff about tant traditional aspects our need to find a volunteer to coordinate the while at the same time “Stormy Weather Arts re-crafting its dated, dysfunctional pieces. Festival” for November 2012. This In walked Jeffry Hull, artist is the Chamber’s largest annual extraordinaire, volunteering to fundraiser, what has become a

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6 Beach Chorus at the Festival

World of Haystack Rock Lecture This presentation, given by Laura Todd with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, will describe details of plover status in Oregon, recovery efforts, and the components of the collaborative program that have proven successful. 7 p.m. Cannon Beach Library, 131 N. Hemlock St.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7

Holiday Appreciation Party at the History Center You are cordially invited to the History Center’s annual Appreciation Party, a private event for members, sponsors, and volunteers. Mingle with old friends and new! The 2012 History Heroes will also be honored at this event. History Heroes share a passion for history and preservation by donating their time and energy to the History Center each year. Enjoy music, food, and wine by the fire. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. For more information call 503.436.9301 or email info@ cbhistory.org.

of Trees benefit for Providence Seaside Hospital. This event is at the Seaside Convention Center. For more information, visit www.cannonbeachchorus. org or contact 503-436-0378.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8

Scrooge The Musical Scrooge The Musical by Leslie Bricusse. Based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, this musical version takes us through three fantastic dreams, each with a very particular tour guide, ending where the true meaning of Christmas awakens Ebenezer Scrooge from his soulless existence. 8 p.m. Tickets: $18 and $23.

Cannon Beach Library hosts author Honey Perkel The library will host Honey Perkel, author of “A Thousand Summers” and “Secrets at the Cove.” She is a resident of Seaside. The event will begin at 2 p.m. at the Cannon Beach Library. Honey is part of the Library’s Northwest Authors Series.

Clatsop Animal Assistance Holiday Open House The Holiday Open House and fundraiser put on every year by Clatsop Animal Assistance, Inc. (CAA) has moved to the Fort George Brewery and Pub’s Lovell Showroom, at 14th and Exchange Streets in Astoria. From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Includes activities like getting your pet’s photo taken with Santa.

CB Chorus at Festival of Trees 7 p.m. performance by Cannon

Local Authors Series at Astoria Library Author Brian Ratty of Warren-

create the poster for 2012’s festivities – the event’s 25th anniversary. (The year 2012 also marked the 25th anniversary of his gallery.) Hull’s offer to design the event’s poster was a remarkable gift to the Chamber, and a valuable show of support for the organization. Then, Troy Crowe of Ocean Lodge, who is new to our board, volunteered to chair the event. Shari Russell of Bank of Astoria, also new to our board, stepped up to assist him. And with Hull’s support, the Chamber’s committee grew to include many of the artistic community’s Gallery Group, which donated endless hours and passionate creativity. The end result was one heck of a party for Cannon Beach. And a record-setting fundraiser for the

ton will read excerpts from his historical fiction. Ratty’s latest novel, Tillamook Passage-Far Side of the Pacific, was selected as a winner in the Young Adult category of the 2012 Eric Hoffer awards. Artists who are interested in participating in Local Authors at the Library or donating their works to the Local Talent collection are encouraged to contact library staff at 503-325-7323 or comments@astorialibrary.org.

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Cannon Beach Chorus Performance The Cannon Beach Chorus, under the direction of Dr. John Buehler, will present their Hallelujah! Concert at

Chamber. I am deeply thankful for these volunteers. On another note of thanksgiving, the Chamber recently received generous funding from the Cannon Beach Tourism and Arts Commission that will allow us to partner with the Seaside and AstoriaWarrenton Chambers on a north coast marketing plan. The funding includes money for creation of a new website for the Chamber. Two members of the commission volunteered to help the Chamber with finding a vendor and getting the site created. Meantime, we’ve been positioning the Chamber to hire a new executive director. A small group came together this fall to begin that process. I have been struck by the remarkable tone of cooperation and

the Cannon Beach Community Church at 7 p.m. The Chorus has been rehearsing weekly since September 10. They will perform another concert at the Rockaway Community Church in Rockaway Beach and also at the Seaside Convention Center as part of the Seaside Festival of Trees. Chorus membership is open to anyone 16-years-ofage and beyond and interested individuals are encouraged to call 503-436-0378 or visit www.cannonbeachchorus.org for additional information. A single ticket for each concert is $10 with students 16 and under admitted free of charge.

SCROOGE THE MUSICAL

Scrooge The Musical by Leslie Bricusse. Based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, this musical version takes us through three fantastic dreams, each with a very particular tour guide, ending where the true meaning of Christmas awakens Ebenezer Scrooge from his soulless existence. 8 p.m. Tickets: $18 and $23.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 16

Cannon Beach Chorus Christmas Season performance Under the direction of Dr. John Buehler, the chorus will be performing selections from Handel’s Messiah as well as other choral selections for the season. 3 p.m. at the Rockaway Community Church in Rockaway Beach. $10 and students age 16 and under are admitted free. For more information, visit www.cannonbeach chorus.org or contact 503-4360378.

determination at each and every meeting of this team of volunteers. Their review of job applicants was conducted in a professional and respectful manner. When my husband, Steve, and I returned to Oregon seven years ago after more than a decade in the Midwest, we were cautioned that this could be a tough place to do business. The theory went that there were too many independent thinkers. People here simply were too used to being their own boss. My experience has been that, yes, we are a community of passionate, freethinking, independent people. Yet we all care about the success of our neighbors. We use all of the resources available to benefit one another. For that, you have my heartfelt thanks.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19

Cannon Beach Reads Book club meeting on the third Wednesday of the month at the Cannon Beach Library. Meet at 7 p.m. New members welcome. In November, join in the lively conversation about The Boat (Das Boot) by Lothar Buchhelm.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20

Winter Solstice Celebration Musicians Hanz Araki and Kathryn Claire return to the Coaster to share their acclaimed celtic music concert. The longest night of the year is made bright with the light of music, storytelling and wonder. Ancient carols and winter songs of the Celts are given new life with stunning harmony and brisk musicianship. Tickets: $15

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21

Scrooge from his soulless existence. 8 p.m. Tickets: $18 and $23.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22

Author Brian Doyle visits Cannon Beach Brian Doyle will start a round of appearances in Cannon Beach, beginning at 2 p.m. at Cannon Beach Book Company. He will sign his book(s): “The Grail: A Year Ambling and Shambling Through an Oregon Vineyard in Pursuit of the Best Pinot Noir Wine in the Whole Wild World.” and “Mink River,” a lyrical mixture of fabulous characters, geography, lore and fantastical happenings in the imaginary Oregon coastal town of Neawanaka. The signing will go on until about 3:30 p.m., when Doyle will move to the Wine Shack for a tasting. At 5 p.m. Doyle will move to The Ocean Lodge for a gathering at 5 p.m. Scrooge The Musical Scrooge The Musical by Leslie Bricusse. Based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, this musical version takes us through three fantastic dreams, each with a very particular tour guide, ending where the true meaning of Christmas awakens Ebenezer Scrooge from his soulless existence. 8 p.m. Tickets: $18 and $23. --------------------------------Send us your calendar items to Editor Anthony Rimel at news@cannonbeachgazette. com. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday before the next publication.

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Chasing birds and keeping track for my ‘Big Year’ BOAC’S BIRD NOTES

Prior to this year I was living of this, my sixth decade on the the life; the birds came to me and planet, I decided to try to see as many birds as I can – my indiI did my best to indentify them. vidual ‘Big Year.’ Other than the bird book, As I’ve reported in there was no paper inmy column, I am known volved. This was clearly the work of a lazy birder to yell out bird names although I did develop in the middle of often skills of observation times serious conversaand a complete delight tions about relationin watching the antics ships, sports, news or of various birds. My any normal subject backyard paradise was (people say I have BirdTourette’s). It happened the perfect environment to encourage this ‘come again on Thanksgiving Susan Boac hither’ level of a worldDay as I was wishing my gazetteads@countrywide craze. daughter a happy holiday media.net when into my view came Then I started ‘listing’: that often neurotic the elusive Mountain Chickadee. I couldn’t activity of keeping track help yelling out, it was of each species of bird so fabulous to finally see one for I see. The typical day rustles up about 25 species. At the beginning my list!

The chase for this particular chickadee started months before when I drove up to 6,000 feet on the north side of Mt. Hood to Cloud Cap Inn, dragging along my 80-plus-year-old mother by saying encouraging things like, “it’ll be FUN!” The road was bumpy, dirty, narrow and darn right scary in a couple of places where it seemed to disappear down the side of the mountain. The view was incredible and the inn is amazing. Cloud Cap Inn was opened as resort in 1889. It has been the base for the Mt Hood Crag Rats for snow surveys and rescues since 1954. Four years ago it barely escaped the Gnarl Ridge fire, but I digress. We saw no chickadees that day, much less the elusive Mountain Chickadee. My mom, being the seasoned world birder, said “Susie, we’re

gonna get a Mountain Chickadee for your list before the year’s over, I swear it!” (Yeah, my mom calls me Susie and she swears.) That day on Mt. Hood, my desired list also included a Clark’s Nutcracker and a Western Meadowlark (the Oregon state bird). We gave up on those and headed back to my sister’s home in Parkdale where we did see the nutcracker at the top of a tree near her house at about 2,400’ elevation, miles closer than where I’d been looking. Several weeks later, I saw a meadowlark in my own backyard here on the coast. That’ll teach me to chase birds around the countryside. Well - no - that really won’t. So where was I on this glorious Turkey Day? I was at 4,100 feet elevation in Klamath Falls with good friends. I told Scott that I was not

leaving this altitude until I saw the bird in question. I had identified a tree in the neighbor’s yard as a hot spot for chickadees and it did not disappoint. There they were, a little herd of Mountain Chickadees. My husband’s comment was “ Okay, we can leave Klamath now.” Susan has spent her life enjoying the great outdoors from the lakes and woods of Northern Minnesota, Mt. Adams in Washington and now the Oregon beach environs. After spending many pleasurable hours driving her avid birder parents around, she has taken up birding as a passion, to the mixed emotions of her husband Scott. The Boacs reside on the Neawanna Creek in Seaside where their backyard is a birder’s paradise.

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vice we do to the men and women (often still teenaged) we send to fight in them without giving them adequate psychological awareness of the longterm impacts they will live with. In my opinion, it should be read by everyone and the author’s suggestions for change should be considered.” If you aren’t familiar with Karl Marlantes here are some highlights: He grew up in Seaside, graduated from Yale, received a Rhodes Scholarship, landed in Vietnam in 1968, was awarded the Navy Cross, two Navy Commendation Medals for Valor, two Purple Hearts and ten air medals. And then his life became even more interesting. We hope you will start checking out our Staff Favorites.

Holiday Tea Residents and visitors had a wonderful time bringing in the holiday season on Dec.1 at the library. Thanks to everyone who, as always, did more than their share to make it a fun day for all. Merry Christmas!

are still happening at ‘The Shack’! It’s amazing how quickly the store. This POS system Cannon Beach has slowed will allow us to quickly down. It seems like it was track our sales by brand and just summer and the city type of wine. This will help was bustling with people, us keep track of what is and kids and dogs. The Wine isn’t selling. You may have Shack is quiet now, and seen The Wine Shack’s new mercifully, there is no oval logo. If not, the new Jimmy Buffett logo is in our music playing in advertisement the store. in this edition of Although the Gazette, so Maryann and I you can check it have vacationed out. We plan on in Cannon Beach putting the new during the winter logo on all of season, this is our our materials, as Steve Sinkler first time going we update them. Columnist through winter Also, we will be as storeowners. putting a new The slowdown is Wine Shack sign giving us a chance outside the store, to get some things done using the new logo. that we’ve been putting off Inside the store, we’ve because we were so busy. recently updated our SpanFirst, we are in the process ish wine section. We have of updating our website, some delicious Spanish www.beachwine.com. We wines made from the folwant our website to give our lowing grapes; Albarino, customers the same look and Grenache, Tempranillo feel as you get when you and Verdejo. While these are in the store. The updated aren’t as familiar to many website will include a new as Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris online shopping cart, so you and Cabernet Sauvignon, can order delicious Oregon these Spanish grapes make Pinot Noir without having to delicious and affordable trek to The Wine Shack. wine. In fact, one of the We’re also planning on putting in a point of service (POS) computer system in

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This December we are a library, we often tried to giving everyone a spefigure out how that would cial gift. Our guest this work. Well, we did it! month is Seaside author, Now you will be seeHoney Perkel. She consid- ing a Staff Favorite book ers herself a writer from that will be located in the the ocean’s edge. Honey new release section. When spent summers that book is in Seaside and checked out, after she and her we will replace husband retired it with another they moved to one. Our staff the coast where are our dedicated volunteer she writes full time. readers. Her debut One volunCarol novel was teer is MarjoLynch A Thousand rie MacQueen. Manager Summers and Marjorie is 503-436-1391 her second Treasurer of novel Secrets the Board of At The Cove Directors, was published orders all our last Spring. books and does She is currently many other working on A Place Called tasks for the library. She Paradise. is also an avid reader. Her Honey believes in choice for a favorite is things that go bump in the What it is Like to Go to night, in past lives, spirit War by Karl Marlantes. guides, and angels, and Here is what she had to that belief touches her say about the book: writing. What a perfect “This book was one of author to hear this holiday the most important and season. The Northwest highly-praised books of Author Series is held on 2011. The author comthe second Saturday of bines an honest and soulthe month which will be searching account of his on Dec. 8. We hope to see experiences in war and you at 2 p.m. afterwards with a thoughtful analysis of how we can do better in preparing our warriors for battle and, perhaps most important, for a return to civilian Book stores often tout life. This is not an antiwar their Staff Favorites so or pro-war book. It is a customers will consider discussion of the realities books that they might not of wars and of the disserhave been looking for. As

best priced wines at The Shack is Borsao’s “Tinto,” made from the Grenache grape. This wine, which you can find in our “$10 Buck Bin,” was selected by Wine Enthusiast magazine as their #1 Best Buy of 2010. If you haven’t checked out our $10 Buck Bin, you should as you never know what you’ll find in there. Currently, we have two other Spanish wines in the $10 Buck Bin, Kila Cava, a delicious sparkling wine, and a very nice Riveray Tempranillo. For those of you who are always looking for a good deal, you should take a look at our $10 Buck Bin. Our staff and I are always searching for a delicious wine to put in there. The slowdown has also given me time to begin the process of adding a new wine (or two) to the Puffin lineup. Maryann and I are excited about this possibility. Over the years, Puffin has been so successful and the time seems right to expand it a bit. I’ll keep all of you updated as we make progress on this. Cheers!

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Review board aproves Pelican Pub remodel to former Dooger’s Story by: Anthony Rimel Editor

The site of the former Dooger’s Seafood and Grill may be renovated to house a new restaurant. Pelican Pub, the Pacific City brewery and restaurant, was granted approval to renovate the building at the most recent meeting of the city’s design review board. The plans for the site include a refurbishment of the exterior and an addition of approximately 725 square feet to the northwest side of the building. The designs presented to the design review board include an increase in outdoor seating at the building, which is on the northeast corner of Sunset Boulevard and Hemlock Street. Vito Cerelli, of Tolovana Architects, spoke about the design for Pelican Pub. “Part of the goal was to bring what they are doing in Pacific City to Cannon Beach,” he said. Cerelli said the expanded floor space of the restaurant would be used as additional kitchen space, which he said

was needed because of the increased seating capacity at the restaurant when the patio is expanded. “The new patio will have a similar look and feel to what is there now,” he said. According to Cerelli, they will also build a new entryway of exposed wood for the restaurant. The building will also be re-sided. Hank Johnson, chair of the design review board, said he liked the design, but asked questions about some of the tree removals proposed in the landscaping plan. Ultimately, the board voted to approve the design, and site plan, while asking for one of the trees to not be removed in the landscaping plan. Pelican Pub and Brewery is a landmark in Pacific City, and their beers are distributed throughout the state. The company is also opening a brewery in Tillamook to increase their production capacity. The former Dooger’s Restaurant building has been vacant for nearly a year, after the restaurant unexpectedly closed. The former Dooger’s building could become home to Pelican Pub.

Judge issues injunction against timber sales in state forests Story by: Anthony Rimel Editor

In an injunction issued in November, a federal judge ordered a temporary halt to timber sales at 11 locations in state forests as a result of a lawsuit over federal protection of the marbled murrelet. The state had already voluntarily agreed to suspend sales at the locations in the Tillamook, Clatsop and Elliot State Forests because of a lawsuit by environmental groups that claim the state’s timber sales violated Endangered Species Act protections of the sea bird. District Judge Ann Aiken found the state’s voluntary cessation of timber sales and logging activities was insufficient, and issued the injunction to prevent any timber sales or logging activity at the 11 locations

at issue in the lawsuit. In her ruling, Aiken also addressed the fact that the voluntary halt on logging allowed the Oregon Department of Forestry to resume timber sales after providing the environmental groups 60 days notice. “Because the defendants have retained the right to simply resume logging operations after providing notice, a possibility of recurrence of the allegedly illegal logging activities exists,” wrote Aiken in her Nov. 19 order. She also wrote that the ability to resume logging activities with 60-day notice could pose an “imminent threat” to the bird. “Because the suspension of logging activities may be lifted at anytime with 60-days notice, and due to the imperiled status of the marbled murrelet, the status

quo includes an imminent threat of irreparable injury under the ESA,” she wrote in her order. Aiken’s statement says that the injunction will remain in place until the case is resolved. Cascadia Wildlands, one of the environmental groups suing the state, issued a press release in praise of the injunction. “The state of Oregon’s forest practices are the most reckless in the Pacific Northwest and are pushing the marbled murrelet closer to extinction,” said Francis Eartherington of Cascadia Wildlands in the statement. “This ruling should send a signal to the leadership of Oregon that balanced forest plans are critically needed to truly protect the murrelet.” Cascadia Wildlands, along with its co-plaintiffs,

Artwork stolen from Cannon Beach Gallery

Six original pieces of artwork were stolen from the Cannon Beach Gallery Thanksgiving weekend. Cannon Beach Police Chief Jason Schermerhorn said there was no sign of forced entry at the gallery, and the art could have been taken while the coffee shop that shares the same building as the gallery was open. According to Schermerhorn, the theft took place between Thanksgiving and Saturday Nov. 24. Because the theft probably took place while the coffee shop was open, other people in the area could have witnessed the theft. Anyone with information should contact the

Cannon Beach Police at 503-436-2811. In a press release about the theft, the gallery stated the stolen art was by five different artists: Zemula Fleming, Christopher Kellher, Holly A. Hughes, Airri Foote and Peter Greaver. Schermerhorn said the total value of the stolen works is around $800. Andrea Mace, Executive Director of the Cannon Beach Arts Association, said the theft is a betrayal of their trust. “It’s unfortunate because we are a tiny nonprofit gallery,” she said. Mace said the gallery will compensate the artists for the stolen work, but taking away from the gal-

alleges that certain logging practices in the state forests violate the U.S. Endangered Species Act’s protection of the marbled murrelet, which lay their eggs on the branches of old growth trees. The lawsuit could have a huge impact on Tillamook County, which received 20 percent of its general operation funds from state forest timber harvests in the 2010-2011 budget year. According to Tillamook County Commissioner Tim Josi, state forests make up 44 percent of timberland in the county and represented $2.8 million in revenue

for county government in 2010-2011. While this lawsuit only affects areas of state owned forestlands, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is currently being sued by the American Forest Resource Council, which wants the marbled murrelet removed from the endangered species list. In a press release announcing their lawsuit the American Forest Resource Council said that marbled murrelets are abundant in Alaska and western Canada, and the populations in Oregon, Washington and California should not be a considered a separate

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Neverland: The Adventures of Peter Pan at Coaster Theatre Coaster Theatre Education Department presents “Neverland: The Adventures of Peter Pan” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6, and noon Saturdays, Dec. 8 and 15. Admission is free and all ages are welcome. This original musical runs about 40 minutes, and features songs from both the broadway and Disney versions of the Peter Pan tale, as well as other classics like “Paint with all the colors of the wind” from the movie Pochahantas and an adaptation of “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch.” The cast includes the following local school children: Parker Fergus as Peter Pan, Sophia Adams as Tinkerbell, Catalina Smith as Wendy, Kayla Vowels as Captain Hook, Sage Park as Smee, Holly Fergus as Tiger Lilly, Brinda Jimenez as a mermaid, Alexiss Jimenes as a mermaid, and Izzy Adams as Belle.

Kayla Vowels as Captain Hook, singing a song about the character’s villainous nature.

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Haystack Rock Awareness Program: 2012 by the numbers The Haystack Rock Awareness Program is officially in the off-season. At the city council work session on Nov. 13 Nala Cardillo, Haystack Rock Awareness Program’s Coordinator, spoke about the program this year. Cardillo said that the city only paid for 2.61 full time equivalent employees, but adding in volunteer hours to the paid hours the program had 5,432 hours worked in 2012. According to Cardillo both volunteer hours and donations on the beach were up this year. She also said they didn’t have to tell as many people not to trample the wildlife this year. Cardillo presented the council with statistics about the Haystack Rock Awareness Program (HRAP) in 2012, including: HRAP had people on the beach 154 days – including 44 days in both the morning and evening. This includes 3,550 hours volunteered by the program’s 88 volunteers. HRAP has one full time coordinator, one part time intern and 15 part time seasonal staff. The program also had partner support from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and the Cannon Beach Lifeguards and Police. HRAP had 62,934 contacts on the beach, which is an average of 86 contacts per hour. The day with the highest number of visitors was Sunday, July 22, when there

were 251 people counted at Haystack Rock. The average number of visitors at the Rock was 50. A total of 50 school and adult groups visited Haystack Rock, with a total number of participants exceeding 2,100. The vast majority (90 percent) of those 50 groups scheduled their visit in advance. The count of visitors

asked to climb down from Haystack Rock in 2012 was 228. Another 323 visitors were asked to return 663 animals to their homes in the marine garden (including 24 sea stars, 59 mussels, 178 snails and 272 crabs). More than 500 dog owner were asked to use leashes while visiting the marine garden, and more than 1,000 visitors were

redirected from harassing animals. The statistics described harassing animals as including activities like poking and dehydrating anemones, and prying sea stars off the rocks. An additional 4,512 visitors were redirected to walk on the sand instead of trampling animals. HRAP collected donations of $5,200 on the beach

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Reflections on the Past: Archaeology in Oregon Bases of Western Stemmed Projectile Points in hand of Dennis Jenkins.

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by Oregon archaeologist Doug Deur, and my personal favorite First Oregonians. First Oregonians is written

by members of Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes. The Cannon Beach History Center & Museum is

NEWMANS AT 988 988 S. Hemlock St. 436.1151 Turn any evening into a special occasion. Enjoy the masterful creations of Executive Chef Aaron Bedard. Multicourse dinners (with prix fixe and a la carte menu options) are prepared with the freshest ingredients the region has to offer. Dinner is by reservation. Call for weekly menu selections.

Voted best restaurant in 2006, Newmans at 988 offers French-Italian fine dining, set in the warmth of a 1910 farmhouse. Enjoy both a nightly chef’s prix fixe menu as well as ala carte items.“Simple Elegance”. Dinners only. Reservations recommended. Please call for current hours.

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go to The Ocean Lodge, where he will be hosted by Wendy Higgins, General Manager and Party Planner extraordinaire. Wendy will have The Ocean Lodge decorated to a farethee-well and invites Brian’s fans to join in holiday festivities that will include a nosh and a beverage. There may even be a song or two around the tree – or a story told by Brian, as only he can tell it. Mark your calendar now for this Day of Doyle, a festive respite from too much planning and prepping – give yourself a holiday in good company.

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From hashbrown potatoes ground fresh daily and award-winning sourdough pancakes to homemade soups and clam chowder, you’ll find delicious family friendly dining at the Pig ‘N Pancake. Over 35 breakfast varieties and a complete lunch menu, too. Our dining area overlooks a beautiful wetland area and downtown Cannon Beach.

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Neawanaka. The signing will go on until about 3:30 p.m.. Then, Brian will move next door to The Wine Shack where Steven Sinkler, owner and impresario, will host a reading from “The Grail” in his upstairs Tasting Room. There will be more books to sign and Brian will also sign bottles of the Pinots he mentions in the book. Steven will have several of Brian’s choices on hand for tasting and purchase. There will be ample opportunity to talk to Brian about his choices, his books and anything else of interest. At about 5 p.m., Brian will

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Author who just published book on Oregon wine to make three stops in Cannon Beach On Saturday, Dec. 22, Brian Doyle will start a round of appearances in Cannon Beach, beginning at 2 p.m. at Cannon Beach Book Company. He will sign his book(s): “The Grail: A Year Ambling and Shambling Through an Oregon Vineyard in Pursuit of the Best Pinot Noir Wine in the Whole Wild World.” (Brian won a bet with a friend on who could write the longest subtitle with that one), and “Mink River,” a lyrical mixture of fabulous characters, geography, lore and fantastical happenings in the imaginary Oregon coastal town of

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Caves in 2009 for several more years. Artifacts gathered during this time period were then sent to thirteen organizations to be independently tested. In July of this year the results of these 13 studies were released. The finding of the research indicated that the site at Paisley Cave was at least 13,200 years old! Bringing back the date of western activity several thousand years, and rewriting some of the history books. “From our dating, it appears to be impossible to derive Western Stemmed points from a proto- Clovis tradition,” Jenkins said. “It suggests that we may have here in the Western United States a tradition that is at least as old as Clovis, and quite possibly older. We seem to have two different traditions co-existing in the United States that did not blend for a period of hundreds of years.” What does all of this mean and why is the archaeological community enthusiastic about it? Hofriether, a biologist in DNA laboratory of the University of York in the United Kingdom says, “The results of this study are exciting, because they show that the hypothesis that the Clovis people were the first Native Americans, which has been the prevailing idea for the last decades, is wrong. Now researchers need to come up with a new model for the settling of the Americas.” So how did these early humans get here? Some new hypotheses are emerging indicating that the first to come to the Americas may have come by sea. As a history enthusiast, I am in ecstatic that I have been able to see history change in my lifetime. For more information about this fantastic project visit the University of Oregon’s website, or find the July issue of Science. For more information about early Native American culture I highly recommend Handbook of North American Indians by William R. Seaburg and Jay Miller, anything

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December has arrived dated. Layering of sediment and perhaps, the end of the or strata can indicate age -the lower down usually being world! If you are reading the oldest, dependent upon this and feel the end is nigh, location. They will also use please forward a blank check radiocarbon dating if there to Elaine Murdy. All joking is enough organic material. aside, with December comes There are other the excitement techniques too, but of the holidays. I won’t get into For those familiar those. with my usual Enter organic historical forays, chemistry, stage this shouldn’t be right. Radiocarbon too much of a dating is probably deviation. I have one of the most decided to fight Elaine Murdy prevalent tests this winter chill Operations used in archaeolthat I feel sinking Coordinator at ogy and relies on into my bones, CB History Center a simple natural with some ground& Museum phenomenon. As breaking Oregon 503-436-9301 archaeology. I the Earth’s upper am taking off my atmosphere is bombarded by History Center cap and putting on my cosmic radiaIndiana Jones Stetson. They tion, atmospheric nitrogen is are sort of the same in my broken down into an unstable mind. isotope of carbon – commonly known as carbon 14 Several years ago an amazing discovery was made (C-14). The unstable isotope is brought to Earth by about 220 miles southeast of atmospheric activity, such as Eugene, just outside a small storms, and becomes fixed town known as Paisley. In eight caves on the outskirts of in the biosphere. Because it reacts identically to C-12 and Paisley some of the earliest evidence of human activity in C-13, C-14 becomes attached to complex organic molethe Americas was found. In cules through photosynthesis the archaeological community this was the find of the in plants and becomes part century. I was attending Port- of their molecular makeup. Animals eating those plants land State University when Dennis L. Jenkins of the in turn absorb Carbon-14 as University of Oregon’s initial well as the stable isotopes. findings were published. This process of ingesting Radiocarbon dates of C-14 continues as long as the plant or animal remains alive. organic material at the site When an organism dies the dated to about 14,000 years ratio of C-14 begins to graduago, while material in the ally decrease. Archaeologists strata just above this material dated to about 13,000 to use a logarithm to measure the half-life of C-14 within 13,200 years ago. Making an organic artifact. The rate this site the oldest in Orof decrease in a decaying oregon and the oldest site that contained Western Stemmed ganism for the C-14 is about Points. Western Stemmed half every 5,730 years. This Points refers to a type of process can be used for huprojectile point, such as a man remains, plant remains, spear or arrowhead. Archaeand other organic materials. ologists often use styles or Radiocarbon dating is only techniques to date a site; they accurate within a particular might use potsherds (classify- window of time, for example it may not be accurate with ing pottery styles), projectile points (identifying techniques something as old as 50,000 of flaking or fluting), or art to years. Jenkins, lead researcher of indicate age. This is typically not the only way that an the Paisley Caves site continued digging again at Paisley archaeological site might be

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Local vacation rental employees earn new certifications Two of the top employees at Cannon Beach Vacation Rentals have earned a new certification from the Vacation Rental Managers Association for completing courses in the subject at professional conferences. Barbara Cool-Olson and Brian Olson have earned the designation of Certificated Vacation Rental Manager (CVRM) by the Vacation Rental Managers Association. Cool-Olson and Olson are the only two people in the state of Oregon to earn the certification. The CVRM recognizes vacation rental managers for their continuing commit-

ment to increasing skills and knowledge in vacation rental property management. CVRM applicants must complete 15 credits of certificated courses, including passing exams after each course. Cool-Olson is Cannon Beach Vacation Rentals’ General Manager for operations, and Olson is its General Manager for business development. Olson said the certification’s courses cover a wide variety of topics relevant to vacation rental mangers, including topics like customer service. “It shows we’re up to date, and that we’re

informed about the industry,” said Olson of the certification. He said that in particular he thinks the courses have improved his ability to maintain good relationships with the company’s property owners. Olson is currently a part of the Vacation Rental Manager’s Association’s education task force. He said they are currently developing an online version of the courses for the CVRM certification. All the classes that Olson and Cool-Olson took were at professional conferences, so the addition of online curriculum should allow greater access to the

classes for other rental managers. The Vacation Rental Managers Association (VRMA) is the professional trade association of the vacation rental property management and hospitality industries. Founded in 1985, the VRMA has more than 600 property management and associate members throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Caribbean representing approximately 150,000 vacation rentals, condos and villas. Barbara Cool-Olson (center) and Brian Olson (right) on stage receiving their certifications.

Storm severely damages Helping Hands Christian Thrift Store Last Friday, volunteers filled dumpster after dumpster of ruined merchandise from Helping Hands Christian Thrift Store south of Seaside. The store flooded during last week’s storm, damaging several thousands of dollars worth of furniture and other donated items. The flood also significantly damaged the building itself, which will take thousands of dollars to fix. The thrift store helps sustain and support the Helping Hands Outreach Re-Entry program. “This place is the heart beat of our program,” said

Property From page 1 would have “no impact on City budget as option money will be donated.” According to the still unapproved “Option and Purchase and Sale Agreement” included in the council packet, the money paid in the option would go towards the purchase cost of the land should the city decide to exercise their right to buy the land. In the document, the purchase price of the land is listed as $359,000, but the document says part of that figure includes the value of the timber on the land. According to the agreement,

Alan Evans, the Chief Executive Officer. “It helps keep us alive.” Evans estimated the store makes anywhere from $80-110 thousand dollars a year to help keep the re-entry program available to those who need it. He plans on having the store back up and running by the first of December, but needs donations to re-fill the space. “Our biggest delimma won’t be replacing the stock,” he said. “This community has always been great about giving us their donations because they know every penny in that store goes back out to help the community.”

The re-entry program provides 42 beds for men, women and children as well as emergency over-night shelter with 25 beds and 24-hour staff. The average monthly overnight stay at the shelter is 320 people. “Re-entry is the key to ending homelessness,” Evans said, who co-founded the program nine years ago. The emergency shelter provides a place for people who need a place to sleep, families who have lost their home or when the hospital or police department need somewhere to drop someone off. “They can come here, and they don’t have to sleep under a bridge somewhere,”

said Evans. “And it’s safe here.” He added often times people purposefully get arrested just so they have somewhere safe to sleep and a meal to eat. “Getting arrested shouldn’t be a rescue,”he said. The re-entry program is a one-year program designed to help men and women reenter society. “We evaluate the obsitclces that each person faces and we help them overcome those obstacles,” he said. “We have to find out what makes them tick and then we decide what tools we can give them to help them out. Every body needs to re-enter society.”

the purchase price would be reduced if the city decides to allow the logging company that owns the property to harvest the timber before the sale. The land, which is described as 55 acres in the agreement, has been discussed in past city council meetings and work sessions as a possible tsunami and earthquake safe site for a replacement of Cannon Beach Elementary School, which would be inundated in a local tsunami event. However, members of the council such as Mellissa Cadwallader have said at past meetings the land could also be used for other purposes. An email from City Planner Rainmar Bartl to Mays was included in the packet. In the letter Bartl said that

the city had a verbal statement from staff at the Oregon Department of Land Conservancy and Development that the 55-acre site could be brought into the urban growth boundary to be used as a school and emergency shelter. However, he goes on to say that in his opinion it would difficult to justify add-

ing the 55 acres to the urban growth boundary just for an emergency shelter. Bartl said that if the council wants to have more flexibility in adding the property to the urban growth boundary they should purchase 80 acres, which is a lot that could be more easily added to the urban growth boundary and city limits.

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What sets Helping Hands apart from other re-entry programs is that it has created its own funding to be sustainable; it doesn’t depend on those using its services to find work and pay rent. Most of its funding came from the thrift store. “Which is why when

something like this [flood] happens, it’e devastating,” he said. “The ripple effect on our community is huge.” If you would like to make a donation to help the Helping Hands Outreach Re-Entry during this difficult time, you can do so by going to www. helpinghandsreentry.org.

PAWS & CLAWS Shaylee a 5 year old spayed Rotti/ Shepherd Mix. Let Shaylee bring you a gift from the heart for your heart: her unyielding friendship. To adopt Shaylee, or a great cat or dog like her, visit the Clatsop County Animal Control and Shelter at 1315 S.E. 19th Street in Warrenton. Their hours are Tuesday through Saturdays 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. They can be reached by phone at (503) 861-7387. Each issue of the Gazette features a different animal that needs a loving home. If you would like to adopt the animals or have questions, please contact the Clatsop County Animal Control and Shelter at (503) 861-0737 or visit their website at co.clatsop.or.us and select the animal control link.

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Information about Cannon Beach Community Church Steeple History of Church Steeple and Bells at Cannon Beach Community Church • August 2, 1931: original Church Sanctuary with Bell Tower dedicated, but with no bell. • 1934: Bronze-Cast Bell donated to Cannon Beach Community Church, installed in the newly built Bell Tower (built in 1931) and first rang on Easter morning, April 1, 1934. • 1953: First carillon bell system installed at Cannon Beach Community Church • 1973: upgraded carillon bell system installed, bells rang daily at Noon and 6PM, playing classic hymn melodies for 2 minutes at those two times of day. • 1975: New recordings purchased for carillon and time clock installed • 1979: New Carillon system installed. Bell Tower (three poles along Hemlock) installed with help from Cannon Beach Fire Department using their cherry picker. • 2000: Carillon system fell into disrepair due to weathering of reel-to-reel tapes and corrosion of speaker system.

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the steeple to the Community Church was that the steeple was very large, and they had a small space to operate in. “This one is kind of

• 1934—2000: 66 years of Church bells ringing daily in Cannon Beach. • 2007: Cannon Beach Community Church formed Bell Tower Taskforce to reinstall Carillon Bell System in new Bell Tower. This plan was presented to the City Council of Cannon Beach in February 2007, and they give unanimous endorsement and support for bell tower project including renewing daily bell ringing. • 2009: Bell Tower Project concept and initial design approved by Leadership Team of Cannon Beach Community Church • 2010: Steeple Design developed and approved by Cannon Beach Community Church Design Team. Steeple Design approved by Leadership Team of Cannon Beach Community Church. Cannon Beach Planning Commission approved project. Cannon Beach City Council approved Bell Ringing proposal for Church Steeple. • 2011: Steeple Design approved by the congregation at our annual congregational meeting. Cannon Beach Design Review Board approved Steeple Design. City of Cannon Beach Planning Commission unanimously granted setback reduction and conditional use for construction of Steeple. • 2012: City of Cannon Beach Design Review Board unani-

unique,” he said of the installation. Dean prepared for the installation by examining the space in which he had to operate the crane. Dean said weather can be a factor in installations like this. He said he heard a low rumble of thunder at one point, and would have scrubbed the installation if there had been lightning, be-

mously approved Steeple lighting design. November 28, 2012, Church Steeple delivered and installed. December 23, 2012, Church Steeple and Carillon Bells Dedicated during Sunday Morning Worship services, at 9 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

Design of the Church Steeple at Cannon Beach Community Church The lower portion is the bell-tower, to house the Carillon Bell speakers which will play digital recordings of bronze cast bells. The upper white portion is the steeple with a Celtic Cross. We considered many steeple designs and selected a design that fits the character of the historic church building built back in 1930. We placed the church steeple in the historic location of the original bell tower built in 1930. We believe the new church steeple expresses the elegance, grace and faith of the people who worship at Cannon Beach Community Church. We hope this church steeple and church bells will point people heavenward, reminding people of the hope we find in Christ Jesus, inviting people to pray daily and come join us for weekly worship.

cause of the hazard it would have posed for those working around the crane. For Robinson, the installation of the steeple has a deeper meaning because he says the steeple is supposed to point people toward heaven. “It will hopefully be a reminder of God above,” he said.

The steeple was fabricated in Utah and shipped nearly whole to Cannon Beach.

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From jobs big to small… Ron Dean operates the crane as the 4,000-pound steeple is lifted off the truck that brought it to Cannon Beach.

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By D avid Robinson

Pastor, Cannon Beach Community Church

12 | December 6, 2012 | Cannon Beach, Oregon | Cannon Beach Gazette

Holidays From page 1 at the box office or online through Coaster Theatre’s website. Under the direction of Dr. John Buehler, the chorus will be performing selections from Handel’s Messiah as well as other choral selections for the season. They have performances at the following times and locations: Friday Dec. 7, at 7 p.m. at

the Festival of Trees benefit for Providence Seaside Hospital. This event is at the Seaside Convention Center. Friday Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Community Presbyterian Church in Cannon Beach. Sunday Dec. 16,, at 3 p.m. at the Rockaway Community Church in Rockaway Beach. The Chorus’ performances are priced at $10. Students age 16 and under are admitted free. For more information, visit www.cannonbeachchorus.org or contact 503-4360378.

Left: The Landing in Cannon Beach lit up for the holidays.

Left: George Vetter taking advantage of a rare sunny day to hang the lights on the Village Center downtown on Nov. 25.

Below: Carolers singing at the Cannon Beach Library’s Holiday Tea Party on Dec. 1.

Right: The Christmas Store during Mimosa Madness the day after Thanksgiving. Photo by: George Vetter.

Left: Terri Royse serving drinks at the Cannon Beach Library’s Holiday Tea Party on Dec. 1. The Tea Party, which started at noon, preceded the lamp lighting.

Right: Bill Steidel (center) sings an original Christmas song at the lamp lighting ceremony on Dec. 1. Before the performance, copies of the lyrics were handed out to the audience so they could sing along.

Providence Seaside Hospital Foundation

Friday, Dec. 7 Holiday concert

• Handel’s “Messiah” (Part 1) and other seasonal music featuring the Cannon Beach Chorus, directed by Dr. John Buehler and accompanied by Dr. Susan Buehler • 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) • Admission: $10; children 12 and under, $5

Saturday, Dec. 8 Free public open house

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • More than 25 beautifully decorated trees on display

Gala and auction

3 Bloomers

Created by this year’s featured artist,

Jim Kingwell of Icefire Glassworks, Cannon Beach, Ore.

The Festival of Trees is a fundraiser for Providence Seaside Hospital Foundation.

• Doors open at 5:30 p.m. • Music performed by Acústica World Music • Tickets: $100 per person; $1,000 for table of 10 ($35 or $350 is tax-deductible)

• For reservations or more information, please call 503-717-7600. Seaside Civic and Convention Center • 415 First Ave., Seaside, Ore.